Chapter 24

Episode 24:

The evil demon’s breathing became heavy.

My body felt heavy, as if I was in a mire.

Even though we were just standing face to face, I felt so pressured that I couldn’t even lift a finger.

‘It’s not just that we lost momentum.’

Having reached the peak of perfection, you are just too scared to move?

It was a story that made no sense.

‘Could it be a false flag?’

It is an art that is exclusive to absolute masters who can harm others simply by activating their will.

The moment he realized that an invisible force was binding him, the demon’s face turned white.

‘crazy! Why on earth is such a monster here...!’

It was known that among the absolute rulers of the sect, commonly referred to as the Ten Heavenly Emperors, the only one who built a nest in Sacheon was the Poison King.

However, the man in front of me did not look like a poison king by any means.

Not only did I not feel the unpleasant energy unique to poisonous people, but the white electric current swirling around my body was by no means something that could be emitted by someone who practiced poisonous techniques.

“Are you the leader of the demons?”

“.......”

“I understand even if you don’t hear the answer.”

The man, Dokgo Woojin, snapped his fingers twice.

Then the two demons who were watching the situation from afar collapsed on the spot.

The demon’s eyes widened.

For a split second he saw.

A thin mass of strong energy released from Dokgo Woojin’s fingertips pierced between the eyebrows of his subordinates.

“What were you planning to do by kidnapping my son?”

“What are you talking about?”

“Didn’t you kidnap Cheonumjiche?”

“...!”

It was only then that Eumsalgwima was able to roughly understand the situation.

[You will regret it.]

[Regret? What do you mean?]

[I was blinded by my paranoia and proceeded with the work without properly collecting information.]

I thought the young guy was bluffing, but it seems that wasn’t the case.

The man in front of me was not an avenger who hated the uninhabited island demon dispatched by a specific force.

He was just a father who ran to save his son who was in danger.

“Who the hell are you? “I have never heard of someone like you in Sichuan.”

“I don’t want to tell you and there’s no reason I should.”

“If you want your son to be safe, you had better not act rashly.”

“It’s too bad, but all the demons who were chasing the Taoist monk of Qingcheng are already dead.”

“...!”

I glanced down at Dokgo Woojin’s feet.

Unlike Eumsalgwima, who fled the scene as soon as he sensed something strange, Ilho was unable to respond to Dokgo Woojin’s attack.

Crump!

Dokgo Woojin lightly stamped his foot.

The life quickly drained from Il-ho’s face as he clutched his sunken chest and croaked.

“There’s no need to keep the two of them alive.”

The Demon Demon of Eumsal watched the scene intently but did not move.

No, I couldn’t move.

“I will ask again. “What were you planning to do by kidnapping my son?”

“There is no need to ask. “Because I know everything.”

The answer did not come from the demon of evil spirits, but from the mouth of Yeonsun, who was lying in the middle of the collapsed warehouse.

“You know?”

“yes. “I will explain everything later.”

“Then there is no need to go through the trouble of interrogating him.”

“Whether you split his limbs or abolish his dantian, if you subdue him appropriately and hand him over to the Qingcheng faction, it would be a decent gift.”

“It’s not a bad idea.”

Dokgo Woojin nodded and took a step forward.

The demon’s eyes were bloodshot.

More than being insulted, I was angry at myself for not being able to move properly in this situation.

I had lived my whole life with pride in my martial arts skills, but at this moment, it felt like it was being shattered.

It was so painful that I couldn’t bear it.

After finishing my fortune-telling exercise, I was staring blankly at the ceiling when a woman came into the room holding a decoction.

It was a familiar face.

She is Dokgo Woojin’s wife and a wife to me.

‘Seo Moon-hye?’

The moment our eyes met, her movements suddenly stopped.

“Have I come to my senses?”

“.......”

I answered by nodding once.

Seo Moon-hye’s eyes suddenly became bright.

I couldn’t hide my embarrassment at the sudden situation.

Why is this woman crying all of a sudden?

* * *

Not long after, Dokgo Woojin appeared in the hospital room, being led by Seo Moonhye’s hand.

I moistened my throat with lukewarm water and opened my mouth.

“How long have I been asleep?”

“I lay unconscious for a full 10 days.”

“Ten days? “Does that mean so much time has passed?”

“okay.”

“Where are we? “It seems like it’s a medical office run by a fairly competent member of the National Assembly.”

“It’s Cheonui-bang (天醫房). “It’s one of the rooms managed by the Sacheondang family.”

“Sacheondanga? Are you talking about that Tangga, one of the five great sages?”

The Sacheondang family is famous for its medical skills as well as its poisonous techniques.

Among the lawmakers produced by the party, there were many who were called famous doctors.

“Is there another Tangga?”

“Aren’t the members of the party famous for being expensive? It would have cost quite a bit of money to rent an entire hospital room of this size...”

“Don’t worry about the money issue.”

“What about your son? “You wouldn’t have said that there was a problem due to delayed blood analysis, right?”

“If it’s a castle, you don’t have to worry. “There were no injuries and there were no side effects due to spotting.”

“Fortunately, the.”

“I owe you something.”

“It wasn’t just debt, it was a big debt.”

“If there is anything you wish for, please tell me. “As long as you don’t want to learn the martial arts of Tenreimun, I’ll listen to anything.”

“I want to learn the martial arts of Tenreimun.”

“...Did you even listen to what I said?”

“Other than that, I don’t really want anything else.”

“I said it before, but it is impossible for you to learn the martial arts of the Thunder Gate.”

“Please at least tell me why I shouldn’t do it.”

“.......”

“Wouldn’t you at least know the reason so you can give up cleanly or not?”

“okay. “It would be best to explain it in a way that you can understand.”

Dokgo Woojin nodded as if sighing.

I clenched my fists.

We finally stood at the starting line.

A man who had been reluctant to even talk about related topics until now is now responding seriously to the conversation.

“The martial arts of the Thunder Gate can only be learned by those with a special constitution.”

“What do you mean by special constitution?”

“Jeolmaek (絶脈).”

“Desperation? Are you talking about a cursed constitution that guarantees death before the terms are fulfilled?”

“Do you know about Jeolmaek?”

“I know a little bit.”

“Then it would be easier to explain.”

It is often said that the stronger and tougher the blood vessels are, the more suitable they are for martial arts training.

That was a clear fact.

However, there are always exceptions in this world.

It is said that anything in excess is poison.

The same was true for Jeolmaek.

A blood vessel that is narrow, stiff, and hard rather than tough and flexible.

His cursed constitution was such that he had difficulty even in the basic cycle of betting, let alone accumulating energy through the use of Neigongsimbeop.

Did you say that in the end, the passage through which energy should circulate is completely blocked, leading to death?

“Unless you are a person with naturally thick veins, you cannot learn the White Lightning God Art. “During the training process, the blood vessels will not be able to withstand it and will burst.”