Chapter 731: Guest (3)

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Unlike the nervous Li Wei, Hyunmoo smiled softly and exchanged greetings.

Hyunmoo spoke to Hwang Jiho, smiled at me, and greeted Baekho-gun.

“How have you been, Baekho? It’s the first time I’ve seen you since you became an auspicious beast.”

“Yeah.”

“You’re not frustrated? Every time I wandered around the world, I thought of you.”

“...”

“You’ve become much less talkative than before.”

Hyunmoo’s tone was full of longing.

Baekho didn’t talk much, but he seemed to be pleased enough to nod his head occasionally at Hyunmoo’s words.

Watching this, Hwang Jiho said a word.

“Baekho is tied to this land, but he was the most free-spirited member of the Tiger Clan a long time ago. He’s also got quite the connections.”

Baekho-gun wished for the power to go anywhere, so that must be true.

He must’ve had a lot of friends.

Looking at his steely facade, everyone would be curious and want to be close.

But there was a catch.

‘Not many people from PMH came to meet Baekho-gun or offer a helping hand... Ah.’

The reason was at hand.

It was the blindfolded Hyunmoo.Điscover new chapters at novelhall.com

If it’s Baekho-gun who lived and made friends with legends, they were likely to have high divinity just like Hyunmoo.

Hwang Jiho didn’t seem to have built it up, but if he decided to, he could become a superior being.

Most of those who had exchanges with Baekho-gun have left this land to become superior beings.

“I heard that Cheongryong’s love for his descendant is special. Are you still doing well with yours?”

“It’s as you think.”

“Haha, I see. Someone as stern as Cheongryong can’t do anything now that he’s met a Hongryong-like descendant.”

Stern Cheongryong?

The image of Cheongryong next to the Red King waving a Hongryong light stick while watching Playlist came to mind.

Not a tinge of sternness was in his image.

Something suddenly came to mind from Baekho-gun and Hyunmoo’s conversation.

‘Baekho, Cheongryong, and Hyunmoo were part of the Four Auspicious Beasts. Then the remaining one is...’

As if to give me the answer, Baekho-gun asked Hyunmoo,

“And Jujak?”

Hyunmoo and Jujak didn’t appear in PMH so I thought they became superior beings, but when we went to that coverage trip in China, I found out that the two remained of royal lineage.

I’ve had a conversation with Hwang Jiho before.

— Is this Hyunmoo’s base?

— To be precise, it belongs to the Four Auspicious Beasts; Baekho (White Tiger), Cheongryong (Blue Dragon), Jujak (Vermillion Bird), and Hyunmoo (Black Tortoise). It was built by those who served the four. The Jujak and Hyunmoo often stayed here, opening the Yashi whenever they pleased.

Jujak and Hyunmoo would’ve stated close, so it’s highly likely that they know what the other has been up to.

However, when Jujak’s name was mentioned, Hyunmoo’s mouth went down a little.

“Jujak is doing well in the human world. Maybe.”

Maybe?

Did Hyunmo lose contact with Jujak?

“The business run by Jujak is thriving.”

“You know it well.”

“Have you forgotten that this body is leading Hwangmyeong Group? Any businessman would know about the Zhuque Konzerne.”

I snapped into attention at Hwang Jiho’s words.

Zhuque Konzerne is a mega-corporate group considered China’s symbol of the otherworld industry.

The existence of the Konzerne prevented the Player’s Association from stepping up.

When we met Hyunmoo and Li Wei before, Hwang Jiho offered the latter a deal.

Li Wei’s light skill is connected to Yeomje Shinnong, and he has a rare power to possibly heal Jeokho.

Although Yoo Sanghee is close, Hwang Jiho asked Li Wei to do two things because he can’t leave the life of his friend to a single Yoo Sanghee.

First, to use his light skill when the Tiger Clan requests it.

Second, to not divulge the details of the transaction to the outside world.

— I’ve heard of the 12-point alliance in Korea.

— Let me meet the head of the Cow Clan

Hwang Jiho replied that he would think about it if Li Wei gave a reason, but Li Wei did not talk.

Li Wei must be here now because he’s determined to talk.

He took a breath and opened his mouth.

My father met the head of the Cow Clan just before he died.”

Isn’t Li Wei’s father a recipient of Yeomje’s order?

Hwang Jiho was supposed to contact Li Wei’s father, but when we went to China, he was already dead.

Instead, we met Li Wei.

Hwang Jiho wasn’t aware of Li Weis’ father’s death.

“Before my father met the Cow Clan’s head, he left me with these words.”

“What words?”

Li Wei looked under his feet and at the door.

Other than hesitation, there was a faint sense of guilt in his eyes.

“If he doesn’t come back, run away from the head of the Cow Clan. And don’t ever set foot on the Korean Peninsula.”

What is the relationship between Li Wei’s father and Uma?

It’s still unknown, but Li Wei seems to feel guilty for breaking his father’s will.

“But you asked to meet the head of the Cow Clan and you came here. I don’t think you accepted this body’s deal because of your own will.”

“...I have something to show you.”

Li Wei took an old notebook out of his arms.

In the notebook was a letter, and based on the last name written, it must be a keepsake left by Li Wei’s father.

“According to my father’s diary, the head of the Cow Clan made a dangerous suggestion to him.”

“That must have something to do with your father’s death.”

“I think so. I don’t think my father had any intention of accepting the offer.”

“I’ll see for myself. Open the page that says it.”

Li Wei immediately turned the page.

How many times has he read it over again for him to remember all the pages in that diary?

Hwang Jiho’s eyes, reading the pages from Li Wei’s hand, were a little blurred.

“It’s absurd, but I can’t deny it. There were people in Korea who wanted to do similar things, and Uma used his power.”

“What does the diary say?”

Hwang Jiho answered Jeokho’s question.

“Uma attempted to take away the power of a superior being. He had Yeomje’s order, and he tried to take his power through the human who had a light skill connected to him.”

“Such nonsense...!”

“It’s not ridiculous. Uma used the power of Gugalanna who was close to being a god.”

Hwang Jiho was right.

Gugalanna was a bull in the sky that was close to being a god.

If Gugalanna decided, he could’ve ascended as a superior being anytime.

And there was a group in Korea that tried to do something similar to Uma.

After taking power from a powerful royal lineage, they took a human who had a connection to a healing god.

‘It’s similar to the TC Research Institute that imprisoned Wu Zhiqi and threatened Yoo Sanghee.’

The Artificial Descent Project must have a separate purpose.

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