Chapter 440

Episode 440

“Please take care of Cheonan while I am away.”

“yes. “Don’t worry and have a nice trip.”

Adjutant Hwadaerang waved his hand to see me off.

During his visit to Haenam Island, he would be in charge of all the major and minor affairs of the department.

It would have been fine to leave it to Sima Yun, another deputy, but he was currently in the Sima family with Seonhye Dojang.

It was to greet the messenger of the Cheonghyeoldomun (淸血刀門) who would visit the family.

Suddenly, a conversation I had with a blood red sword when I visited Cheonghyeoldomun in the past came to mind.

[Then, what do you think about the Blue Blood Clan becoming a Baekdo Clan?]

[What?]

[Why are you so surprised? [It is not entirely without precedent.]

The work of making Cheonghyeoldaomun and Sima Sega into the two major martial powers in Guizhou was progressing smoothly.

From the beginning, the Cheonghyeoltaomun was a sect with enough power to become the loser of a region, and the Sima family had Sima Yun, the best martial arts expert in the world.

Soon, there would be upheaval in Gwiju’s power structure.

It was unfortunate for the Baekdo clans and families who were previously active in Gwiju, but there was no reason for me to care about their circumstances.

[under! This guy is really no good!]

[Wasn’t tomorrow the day we were originally supposed to enter the ruins? You say you will ignore the alliance’s decision and play as you please, monopolizing the treasures? There are levels of shamelessness!]

Although it had already been several years, I remembered it clearly.

Those with vested interests in Gwiju who scolded them and told them to hand over their bundles to rescue those who had fallen into the water.

‘An elder of Soolmun, the head of the Muk clan, the head of the Yun family.’

No one stopped them as they chased Simaun, saying things that didn’t even sound like words.

I say this every time, but I was a person with a bad personality.

Even if we forget grace, we never forget resentment.

I was the one who had to repay double what had been done to relieve my anger.

“Then let’s leave.”

As we boarded the carriage, the disciple of the Haenam Sect sitting in the driver’s seat waved the reins.

The carriage wheels began to roll with a rattling noise.

There were a total of three members who would go to Haenam Island with me.

Namgung Geum Cheon Ga-ryeong Tang Seoyeon.

Chen Jia-ling accompanied Hao Wen when necessary, and Tang Seo-yeon simply wanted to accompany him, so he offered to accompany him.

We could have increased the number of people, but we decided not to.

There was a need to minimize the number of companions so as not to attract attention.

The fact that the Flame Soul Sword fell into a demonic state is a secret to the public.

Then why are you taking Namgung Geum with you?

It was a simple reason.

This was because I had in mind the story I heard from Jeolhaegeom two days ago.

Jeolhaegeom said that it was highly likely that the reason Yeomhongeom fell into mental illness was because of the death of Geomwang, whom he regarded as a teacher.

Namgunggeum, who came from the Namgungse family and watched the end of the Sword King from the side, might be able to persuade Yeomhongeom to jump into the battlefield.

‘Yeomhongeom is the highest leader of the Haenam faction and a person of the same rank as Munju. If someone like that moves, the other Haenam believers won’t be able to stay still.’

The reason I went to a distant island and tried to save the Flame Soul Sword was to demand active participation from the Haenam faction in the war.

In that sense, Namgung Geum could be said to be the most appropriate choice.

Doo doo doo doo!

A large four-horse chariot moved along the well-maintained road.

Disciples of the Haenam Sect positioned themselves around the carriage as if guarding it and drove the horses.

“.......”

Cheon Ga-ryeong, who was sitting across from me and staring blankly out the window, secretly turned to me.

‘In fact, many of the priestesses of the past became the companions of religious leaders.’

What Cheon Ga-ryeong brought me was a record of that priestess.

『The priestess who was the companion of the Six Great Religious Leaders performed a ‘ritual’ while pregnant.』 Even if

other people didn’t know, I knew for sure.

What is the ritual that the priestesses performed?

What process do they go through to accept the power of a sacred object containing the power of wisdom?

[According to what Reporter Cheon has figured out, there are two main conditions for using the sacred object of wisdom. The first is energy based on the Heavenly Demon Heart Gong.]

[Are you saying that previous priestesses learned the Heavenly Demon Heart Gong?]

[No. My guess is that when the priestess gained the power of wisdom, the religious leader would have been present and flowed energy into her body.]

In order to infuse the priestess with the power of a sacred object, the magic energy accumulated through the use of the Heavenly Demon Heart Gong must be flowed into the priestess’s body. I needed to put it in.

So what happens to the body of a priestess after completing the ritual?

‘Of course it’s bound to hurt a lot.’

No matter how much the priestess learns martial arts and develops resistance, even if she controls the energy flowing in from the demonic cult leader.

It is inevitable that a huge burden will be placed on the body.

The destructive nature of the inner energy accumulated through practicing Heavenly Demon Heart Gong could not be taken lightly.

It would be easy to understand if you think about how long Yeo So-ok spent in a hospital bed, consumed by the demonic energy emitted by the religious leader of the time.

Yeo So-ok was like that, but what about the priestesses who received that energy directly into their bodies?

Even at the minimum, I would have had to abstain for half a year to recover my health.

The reason why Cheon Ga-ryeong, who did not know anything about sacred objects, was interested in the information was probably because she saw records about it.

The surprising fact here was that the companion of the six great religious leaders, who had performed the ritual while pregnant, gave birth safely.

It was something that couldn’t have happened based on common sense.

The energy accumulated by practicing Heavenly Demon Heart Gong swirled through the body, and the mother lay ill for a long time due to the aftereffects.

Is it really possible for the fetus inside the womb to survive it safely?

It is said that the mother took good care of herself after completing the ritual, or that the child in her womb had a unique constitution.

It was not an issue that could be understood by giving such a reason.

[According to the records, it appears that the priestess at the time used a special method to protect the fetus from demonic energy.]

[Special method?]

[I don’t know exactly what she did. Even though I searched through all the remaining records of what happened at that time, I couldn’t find anything. I’m just speculating that it may have something to do with witchcraft that was said to have been prevalent in the distant past.] [It’s

witchcraft.]

[This is the point. If it is possible to protect the fetus from demonic energy for more than half a year, wouldn’t it also be possible to protect the fetus from miasma?] [......It might certainly be possible.] [It’s worth digging

into

. I think there is enough.]

We have been continuously conducting investigations based on the information we received from Cheon Ga-ryeong, but we have not yet achieved any significant results.

The most certain way was to expose the headquarters of the Demonic Cult.

If you want to catch a tiger, you have to go into the tiger’s den.

If we overthrow the Heavenly Demon Palace, we might be able to salvage records related to the early days of Demonicism.

‘It’s truly ironic.’

It wasn’t long ago that I was relieved that thanks to the records left by Reporter Cheon, the secret about the return was solved and there was no longer any need to search Cheonmagung.

Now I have to investigate that place for another reason.

At this point, I felt like there was something called fate that had tied me and the Demon Cult together and wouldn’t let me go.

‘Whoa.’

It had to come to an end one way or another.

Wouldn’t it be a good thing if additional income awaits you at the end of the inevitable fight?

Thinking like that made me feel a lot more at ease.

I closed my eyes and muttered in my mind.

‘In the end, what needs to be done is the same. Defeat the cult leader and destroy the demonic cult.’