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Chapter 294
Chapter 294. Returning Home in Plain Robes (2)
The man walking alone through Thousand Caverns stopped.
“Sss…… haa.”
After exhaling the breath he had drawn in deeply, the man shuddered.
“To think such Killing Intent exists…….”
Ě n̂ ŭm а
It was regrettable that he had failed to kill Dam Jung-ho, but his mission had never been something like assassinating an important figure in the first place.
He had missed a small pleasure gained in the course of his work, but thanks to that, he had witnessed another amusement, so it was not greatly disappointing.
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“To think such a being existed in the Central Plains. Hehehe.”
The moment he saw him, he had forgotten even his original mission, and the urge to kill had surged up blindly.
The fact that the Ever-Changing Monstrous Demon Art, which would not emerge on its own unless the opponent was extraordinary, had burst forth proved that he was clearly an opponent from whom pleasure could be gained.
He had often thought such things even in ordinary times.
Ē ňum̊а̄. ĩd̃
That it would be nice if one day he had the chance to kill Yong So-ah, Small Buddha Il-myeong, or the White-Hand Divine Maiden.
‘And yet, to think there was another being this interesting.’
Compared to them, he seemed slightly lacking, but he was a being the man desired even more.
SLURP.
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Coarse, crude Killing Intent.
The moment he saw the fundamental Intent that sought only to chew an opponent’s flesh and strip his bones clean, the man understood.
Ë ň ůṁа
That bastard was a beast.
And a monster, just like himself.
He was not one of the countless flowers grown in the Central Plains, but a beast that roared across the vast earth, one not easily seen even in the Divine Cult.
How could one who carried the foul scent of the Daoist Gate exude such coarse energy?
“Ah, what a terrible shame.”
He could understand why Lord Little Demon had more interest in him than in Yong So-ah.
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‘Should I just kill him now?’
The man looked back along the path he had come from, then soon shook his head.
That bastard was a good one who had crushed Je Geum-hak’s head. Giving him one chance to live would not be bad.
That was certainly true, but…….
“Urgh…… my excitement will not settle.”
Unlike his reason, his body had changed according to his desire, making his gait awkward.
Е.n ú m а
Once desire had risen to such a pitch, it did not easily subside. He needed to release it somehow….
“Who are you!”
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“How dare you intrude recklessly upon Zhongnan’s event!”
“Do you want to die!”
Just then, three warriors surrounded the man.
They wore Zhongnan’s martial robes and carried swords.
W̄ е b̄n̆о vе l̆ Е̃n̆ u m а̃
The man feigned a flustered expression.
Because he had been too excited, he had not even thought to hide himself.
“Oh dear…… I decided not to leave traces in Thousand Caverns…….”
Since three people had already seen him, his chance to leave secretly had vanished.
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“Ah! If I eat them all, there will be no traces left!”
Laughter leaked from him in little bursts.
Е n ú mа̊ .і d̆
At the man’s words, the Zhongnan disciples made dumbfounded expressions and emitted Killing Intent.
“A madman!”
“Do you truly want to die?”
“What are you all doing? Subdue him.”
The man’s expression twisted at the surging Killing Intent.
Not because they dared emit Killing Intent before him, but because its level was so low that it abruptly killed his interest.
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“What is this? It is not even children playing at war.”
CRACKLE─ CRACKLE CRACKLE─
The sound of bones twisting came from his hands and arms as their shapes began to change.
“Wh-what is…….”
“W-witchcraft!!”
At the sudden change, the Zhongnan disciples’ eyes widened.
Е̂ n̈ ū m_à. і d̂
“Look closely. This is not some lowly thing like witchcraft.”
The man wiped the drool from the corner of his mouth and spoke.
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“It is the Demonic Path.”
The Zhongnan disciples despaired at the dreadful sight, something they had never seen in either the next world or the mundane world.
After obtaining the Five-Spirit Immortal Flower Oil, we began moving again.
Since we had obtained the Five-Spirit Immortal Flower Oil, the original plan was to take advantage of the chaos, blend in with the outsiders, and leave the cave.
Ѐnūm̀ ã.і̆d
However, the number of outsiders who had entered Thousand Caverns was smaller than I had expected.
As I quietly mingled among them and listened in, I was able to hear of matters we had not known until now.
‘They blocked the entrance?’
I had wondered why there were far fewer people than expected, and it turned out Zhongnan had blocked the entrance.
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They had collapsed two of the entrances, merged them into one, and stationed disciples in front of it so that no one could enter or leave.
Why were they acting so drastically?
Е̊ ň ǔm ã
The warrior continued speaking.
“From what I hear, Zhongnan knew the time when the Five-Spirit Immortal Flower Oil would appear.”
“……Then do they think it has already appeared?”
“Considering Zhongnan has not left even though the time has passed…… they must think one of us has it.”
My junior disciples glanced at people’s reactions with stiff faces.
Fortunately, none of the warriors seemed to find our party suspicious.
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The shape of our waterskin was not particularly different from the ones they carried either.
“Still, they would not…… use Killing Moves, would they?”
The warrior’s voice grew small.
Then, perhaps because he was somewhat uneasy, his voice trembled.
“Killing Moves? ……Ahem. What kind of outrageous, o-outrageous scheme would that be! If they used Killing Moves here, what would become of Zhongnan’s name?”
“Th-that is right! No matter how far Zhongnan goes, they would not act that recklessly, would they?”
Eṅ u_m̀а̀..і́d́
The man who spoke tried hard to seek agreement to calm his unease.
However,
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“If everyone here dies, no one outside will know anything.”
At someone’s casually thrown remark, silence suddenly swept over them.
Though they had somehow entered this place, they now felt, painfully and anew, that they had placed themselves inside the jaws of a tiger.
“As if we would just stay still!”
Е́ n ü ṁá. i d̊
“Exactly! If they act so arbitrarily, we will not remain idle either!”
At that moment, a question was thrown out.
“Then who will stand at the front?”
“Hm?”
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“Even if everyone acts together, someone has to stand at the front. I am asking who will do that.”
Because he kept objecting, the warriors’ gazes sharpened.
Enu m̀.а̌..і̌ d
“Why the hell have you been saying nothing but that it cannot be done since earlier? Do you want to die here?”
Even under the pressure of the surroundings, the warrior who had been objecting chuckled.
“Look around carefully. Are there any disciples of prestigious sects here besides riffraff like us?”
Eun-ho firmly pressed down and restrained Geum-pyo, whose body had flinched.
Pride in one’s sect was good, but one had to distinguish when to step forward and when not to.
‘And strictly speaking, we are not exactly prestigious yet…….’
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As he had said, the outsiders who had entered this place were all wandering warriors. Some had gathered in groups of two or three, but they were all unaffiliated.
“Do any of you have people who could oppose Zhongnan at least to retrieve your corpses after you die? Before those who will deny knowing anything at all about what happened inside?”
“……Kh.”
As though struck in a sore spot, the warrior closed his mouth and turned his head away sharply.
When silence settled after that conversation, I led my junior disciples away from the group.
Once we had put some distance between us, Sa-ryeon carefully asked me,
Е́.ńû.m̄ ӓ
“Senior Brother…… what exactly is happening?”
I was rather curious too.
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Why had Zhongnan suddenly begun acting so extremely?
There were two possible reasons.
The first was that, as someone had said earlier, they had predicted the time when the Five-Spirit Immortal Flower Oil would appear.
Even if outsiders had entered, they likely would not have withdrawn their disciples from the places where the Five-Spirit Immortal Flower Oil was likely to appear.
Еn̊ ŭ m̊ á .і̀ d̊
Just as Gun Cheon-ji and the Hall Master had not moved from one cave.
‘But it did not appear there.’
Even after the expected time passed, the Five-Spirit Immortal Flower Oil had not appeared, and none of their disciples had discovered it. Zhongnan might naturally have concluded that an outsider had taken the Five-Spirit Immortal Flower Oil.
The second was that Dam Jung-ho was unconscious.
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Since the Northern Dipper Swordsman whom Zhongnan had deployed had not appeared again, did they think something had happened?
Or perhaps,
E n u m а.. і d̂
‘……Could that son of a bitch have caused some trouble?’
Damn it, his eyes truly had not been sane…….
Judging from the way he had tried to kill Dam Jung-ho without delay, he did not seem like the sort of bastard who would pass by without causing an incident.
Still, if he had caused trouble, was the time not too short?
Moreover, no matter how much a Demonic Practitioner bastard had nothing but murder in his head, if he had even a shred of thought, he would not do such a thing.
To put it bluntly, even they could not reveal their identities right now.
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“Would Zhongnan really…… take such ruthless measures?”
That was impossible to know.
Only Zhongnan knew how ruthless their resolve was.
What mattered was that the Five-Spirit Immortal Flower Oil was far too precious an object to abandon simply because the planned matter had gone awry.
If one placed the infamy of killing the wandering warriors who had entered Thousand Caverns and the Five-Spirit Immortal Flower Oil on a scale, the scale would surely tilt toward the Five-Spirit Immortal Flower Oil.
And from the moment they blocked the entrance, Zhongnan also seemed to have made a certain degree of resolve.
Е nũm a_. і ḋ
‘In the end, the first plan must be discarded.’
The plan to gather plenty of outsiders, create chaos, and leave again through the entrance had gone awry.
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At that moment, Eun-ho spoke to me.
“Eldest Senior Brother. What if we simply hide instead?”
“Hm?”
“Like when we obtained the Five-Spirit Immortal Flower Oil, if we block a few caves, hide inside, and suppress our presence, it will be difficult for them to find us.”
E n u m̀ ӑ
As expected, his mind worked well.
However, that was not effective now.
“It is a good idea, but they also already have a perfect map, so we would be found eventually.”
“Then what should we do?”
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“What are you worried about?”
“Pardon?”
E n um а. їd
I looked at my junior disciples and raised the corner of my mouth.
“We simply leave the same way we entered.”
Was it not normal to prepare as many as three plans?
Why live so rigidly, you ask?
Well, I did not want to either, but…….
‘In my life, nothing has ever gone according to the first plan.’
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I had mastered the Dao of finding a way to survive.
“What happened inside?”
Cheol Sun-jik looked with puzzled eyes at the robe Cheol Hyeon-jik held out to him.
Cheol Hyeon-jik let out a small sigh and placed the robe in his younger brother’s hands.
“Your martial robe is dirty. Day has broken, so your wounds are visible too.”
“Ah…….”
Е̌n u m̄a
Only then did Cheol Sun-jik realize his own condition and accept the robe, putting it on.
‘That was a little dangerous.’
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Because he had been near the entrance, he had immediately realized that the first entrance was collapsing.
Since he knew what Zhongnan intended, he was no longer in a position to carry out what Jin So-un had asked of him.
Cheol Sun-jik took advantage of the chaos and quickly left Thousand Caverns.
Still, he had delayed them for as long as promised, so he had done enough.
Ẇ ё b̀nо̃v̈е̃l̄ Е n̈ um̄а̄
‘But I still do not understand what the second request meant.’
He had asked him to erase their traces.
And then he had said,
‘Collect the Iron Rings??’
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As expected, he was an impossible man to pin down.
Since he had not understood, Cheol Sun-jik did not know what to do.
Е̃ nu mă. íď
But even if Jin So-un said he had broken their promise and refused to give him the promised one-tenth, it would not be much of a loss.
From the beginning, Cheol Sun-jik had never thought the Five-Spirit Immortal Flower Oil would end up in his hands.
More importantly, the reason he had entered lay elsewhere.
“……Did you see what you wanted to see?”
He raised his head and examined his elder brother’s face.
The redness had subsided, but the flesh still protruded in the shape of the palm mark.
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There were so many people watching. He should at least press a cold stone against it.
Cheol Sun-jik deliberately looked away from his brother’s face.
“I am not sure. Since Zhongnan has blocked the entrance like this……. We will have to see what happens.”
After the third entrance was breached, even the Zhongnan disciples who had been waiting in Xi’an gathered near Thousand Caverns.
Zhongnan immediately sealed two entrances and left only the smallest entrance open.
Cheol Sun-jik’s gaze turned toward Zhongnan’s people.
W̄e b̈ň о̃v̄ èl̂ En̊ũ m̄а
Among the Hall Master- and Hall Master-level personnel stood two middle-aged men with clear distinction.
The presence of those two was far more distinct than that of any other Zhongnan Sect member.
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‘Two Northern Dipper Swordsmen…….’
Unlike the young Northern Dipper Swordsman whom he had stopped, these were people whose level he could not even estimate.
In a way, they were the strongest masters currently present here.
The fact that the two had not entered Thousand Caverns and instead remained outside made their intent clear.
Е̄ǹ u m̂ a
They would absolutely catch the one who had the Five-Spirit Immortal Flower Oil.
‘Are they even prepared to kill to silence?’
At that moment, heaven and earth shook once more.
RUMBLE.
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And Cheol Sun-jik realized it instantly.
Something was certain to happen again.
W̃ ёbn̈оvel̂ Е ñ u̇ m̈ а
This time, Zhongnan’s people seemed to realize it as well, and they began running madly toward the place where the tremors were coming from without delay.
“S-Sun-jik!”
Cheol Sun-jik chased after Zhongnan’s personnel with such speed that the robe his elder brother had handed him fluttered behind him.
And at that moment,
BOOOOOOM!
With a massive explosion, part of a mountain corner vomited out boulders and heaps of earth.
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It was the same kind of collapse as before.
Before he knew it, a hollow laugh escaped Cheol Sun-jik.
“It is him! It is the bastard who made the third entrance!”
“Disciples of Zhongnan, go and catch him!”
“Go!”
Another massive hole appeared, and before the dust that had risen could even settle, Zhongnan disciples were sucked madly into the hole.
W еb ňо vе̃ l̄ Е̂ nù ṁ а̊
However,
RUMBLE.
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Heaven and earth shook once more, and Palm Force burst out again.
Some of them seemed to have tried to withstand the Palm Force, for they were spat out of the hole with their fingers broken.
“He possesses tremendous Inner Force.”
“Indeed. To think he has Inner Force to this degree…….”
Еń ü_m̌ӑ
The Northern Dipper Swordsmen, who had quietly expressed admiration, blocked the cave entrance.
Before he knew it, Cheol Sun-jik swallowed dryly.
Has Jin So-un truly obtained the Five-Spirit Immortal Flower Oil?
No, apart from that, could he, who was trying to flee, truly defeat the Northern Dipper Swordsmen?
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At that moment,
“Fooooorward!”
W е b̌n о_v̈ ӗ l̀ .Е̌ num̊ а
“Fooooorward!”
Cries rang out from within the cave, and something black shot out of the cave.
“Are you trying to drive us out with mere stones like these?!”
“You must have looked down on us quite a bit…… hm?”
The Northern Dipper Swordsmen tried to cut what they assumed were rocks in a single stroke with swords wrapped in Sword Qi, but,
CLANG! CLANG!
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“Wh-what is this!”
Far from being cut in a single stroke, the unexpected weight made them falter.
In that instant, five black figures shot out of the cave like arrows.
“Ha…….”
The Northern Dipper Swordsmen were busy knocking away the countless heavy objects that flew toward them, and they could not stop the five people who had hidden their bodies among them.
The Northern Dipper Swordsmen gave up on neutralizing the unidentified objects(?) and tried to thrust their swords at the five people.
Ѐ n̈ū mа
At that moment, another thunderous roar rang out from the hand of the person at the very back.
……Along with a rough voice.
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“Eat this!”
RUMBLE!
BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!
When Palm Force, much smaller than before but still possessing formidable destructive power, shot forth, the Northern Dipper Swordsmen had no choice but to raise both arms in an instant to protect themselves.
Е n.ùm̊a. i d̊
───.
After that storm-like moment passed,
and when they barely raised their heads,
“……!”
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The five people had vanished without a trace.
“Ha, what kind of Movement Art is…….”
W ё b̃n о̄ v е̂ l̃ Е̃n úm̌_а̃
“What in the world…….”
The Northern Dipper Swordsmen, having been absurdly blindsided, let their swords drop in disbelief.
And Cheol Sun-jik had witnessed the entire scene with his own eyes.
‘He really…… he really succeeded.’
He had to work hard, again and again, to stop something welling up from his chest.
But then,
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‘Huh……?!’
The object that had struck the Northern Dipper Swordsmen entered Cheol Sun-jik’s eyes.
‘Ir-Iron Rings? Could it be……!’
Only then did Cheol Sun-jik understand Jin So-un’s second request.
After hesitating for a moment, he put on a solemn expression and began quietly gathering the Iron Rings without anyone noticing.
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