Chapter 55

The sound of grunting continued to flow from Byeoktaesan’s room all night. Sometimes a scream was heard, but overall it was very quiet compared to usual.

In addition, Cheon Chu Shin Ui and Il Chim Gui stood in front of the room of Byeoktaesan with anxiety.

Sooner or later they will know the outcome of the bet.

“The more I think about it, the more I realize I lose more on this bet than I win.”

“What are you talking about?”

“It just doesn’t make sense to bet Il Chim Gong on just to find out who you are.”

“If you win the bet, you will naturally know that is not the case.”

“It’s not like you are the hidden son of Black Lotus’s leader. No, even if you are that wouldn’t compare to the Il Chim Gong.”

“Why are you making a fuss out of only just sharing a few tips for acupuncture?”

“Only? Did you just say only? Do you know how many people will lick the soles of my feet because they want to know the gist of that only a few tips of acupuncture?

“Do you have to make it so dirty? That’s why all the other doctors are avoiding you. They aren’t avoiding you because they are scared of you, it’s because you are so dirty.”

“Are you comparing me to poop right now?”

“There you go again saying dirty stuff.”

He barely swallowed the boiling temper.

“Let’s stop. No, I can’t. How about adding one more thing to our bet?”

“Add? What are we adding?”

“If I win, I’ll hit you just once. If you win, you can hit me once.”

“Ah, what kind of doctor tries to solve with violence?”

“So are you going to do it or not?”

Cheon Chu Shin Ui smiled.

“I won’t. I hate being beaten or hitting.”

“Sigh. If I can just hit that detestable face just once, I wouldn’t have any regrets.”

When the two were complaining to each other, the sound of pain coming from the room had stopped.

Then, the door to the room opened and Byeoktaesan came out.

The two doctors in the room were unconscious on the floor.

“Remove them.”

At Byeoktaesan’s words, Cheon Chu Shin Ui and Il Chim Gui quickly pulled out the doctors and threw them into an empty room nearby.

And they looked at Byeoktaesan with nervous eyes.

“Ah, how was it?”

Byeoktaesan nodded.

“It wasn’t as effective, but it wasn’t bad.”

The expressions of Cheon Chu Shin Ui and Il Chim Gui became slightly darkened when he said it wasn’t as effective.

But they couldn’t help it. The good doctors’ seed had dried up around here.

Byeoktaesan was actually quite satisfied.

This time, he succeeded in pulling and burning the spirit from two doctors at the same time.

The achievement of the Spirit Absorption was slightly improved.

Probably, it seemed possible to pull out more spirits at the same time if it was further developed.

Of course, in order to do so, the Jeolmaek must be completely healed and the achievements of the Spirit Absorption must be much higher than it is now, but anyway, it was possible to do it with time.

This time, the doctors brought in by Cheon Chu Shin Ui and Il Chim Gui seem to have lived neatly, so their spirits didn’t have any particularity.

They were ordinary people who never hurt or killed anyone.

That’s why their spirits were also relatively ordinary. The spiritual power in their spirits was also ordinary.

Because they were doctors, it had a therapeutic effect, but it wasn’t comparable to that of Il Chim Gui or Cheon Chu Shin Ui.

Still, it was meaningful to Byeoktaesan.

Byeoktaesan decided to burn the spirits of more diverse people in the future.

Then, shouldn’t he gain new enlightenment or the ability of Spirit Absorption to grow more?

Anyway, now he had to tell the results to those two who were staring at him intensely.

Byeoktaesan smiled and looked at Cheon Chu Shin Ui and Il Chim Gui.

“It’s a draw.”

“Pardon?”

“What do you mean a draw?”

Byeoktaesan continued what he said without worrying about the reaction of the two.

“If I have to explain it since both spirits were pretty low class, I would have to say both of you lost.”

“Huh?”

“What kind of… … !”

What was this nonsense ruling?

But the two didn’t talk back anymore. This was a conclusion that can be reached because it was Byeoktaesan.

The best in the world can do whatever they wanted after all.

The two agreed and tried to move on, but Byeoktaesan wasn’t finished.

“So make sure both of you give up whatever it was you guys bet to each other.”

“Excuse me?”

“That doesn’t make any sense!”

“Are you sure it doesn’t?”

When Byeoktaesan glanced at the two people and asked, both were forced to shut their mouths tightly.

What in this world couldn’t be done? You just have to do it.

The quiet voice of Byeoktaesan could be heard in the ears of the two.

“I’ll be sure to check. And… expect good things to happen if you two choose to make a bet involving me. So I suggest doing only what you can afford to do.”

Byeoktaesan left those words and went into the room.

Slam.

The door closed, and the Cheon Chu Shin Ui and Il Chim Gui couldn’t move and stood there frozen for a while.

They were scared to death.

* * *

Chun Chu Shin Ui’s and Il Chim Gui went to the corner of the dorm and squatted down.

It seemed as if they were secretly conspiring.

“Who the hell is he?”

“What are you talking about?”

“The lord’s identity. Shit, It’s the first time I’ve ever been so scared in my life. All he did was talk, but how can he be so scary? Damn it.”

“Because of the atmosphere.”

At the words of Cheon Chu Shin Ui, Il Chim Gui nodded.

“That makes sense. It wasn’t like he raised his inner power, or like he showed his aura. … .”

Chun Chu Shin Ui smirked.

“Why are you smirking? Am I funny? Weren’t you scared as well?”

“What do you mean not scared. I’ve had similar experiences before.”

“You had similar experiences? You must have gone through what I went through when you first met him.”

Chun Chu Shin Ui frowned.

“Ah, damn it that’s… yes that is true, but what I was talking about wasn’t the lord.”

“It wasn’t him? Then are you saying there is another person that is so scary?”

Suddenly, Cheon Chu Shin Ui’s shut his mouth.

“Why are you putting on that atmosphere again? What are you planning to talk about?”

“What are we going to do about our bet?”

“What do you mean? If the lord said we drew, then it’s a draw.”

“No, I mean what are you going to do about Il Chim Gong.”

Il Chim Gui grinned and glared at Cheon Chu Shin Ui.

“Are you planning on disobeying the lord?”

“No way. Of course, I should listen to the lord.”

“Tell me first then. What’s the fuck is your identity?”

“Can you stop the noise from going out from here?”

He was saying to cut off the sound by putting up a sound barrier. The face of Il Chim Gui suddenly distorted.

“Hey, do you think anyone can do that? Just wait a bit.”

Il Chim Gui frowned and focused on something. Sweat sprang from his forehead.

“Sigh. It’s done. Even if it doesn’t block the sound completely, the sound will shake back and forth so a proper sound won’t be heard by anyone.”

“It must be nice to be so talented.”

“Stop beating around the bushes and tell me. What is your identity?”

“Cheonma Shinkyo.”

“Shit.”

He shouldn’t have asked.

* * *

Ho Mu Ryeon-ju looked at the commander who suddenly came to the office and quietly avoided his gaze.

Yesterday he had a lot of work to do, but he hasn’t even done half of it yet.

It was the result of going to the Next-generation meeting yesterday and getting involved with Byeoktaesan.

What was even more regrettable was that Byeoktaesan disappeared while he was doing it.

He couldn’t get what he wanted, he was played, and he couldn’t finish his job, and someone came to nag.

“Ryeonju nim.”

“I’m sorry.”

“Pardon? Why are you suddenly apologizing?”

“Huh? No, it’s nothing. But why are you looking like that? Is there anything urgent?”

“There is a problem.”

“A problem?”

“The Black Iron Room has disappeared.”

“Black Iron Room? Disappeared? What do you mean, explain it in detail so I can understand.”

The Black Iron Room was one of the smaller parties located in Uichang.

As the name suggests, it was more like a smithy than a Moorim guild.

It was a party that produced high-quality weapons, and it has supplied various items including weapons to Homu-ryeon.

“It’s literally that. They disappeared. Only the manor and the temple were left, and everything in it disappeared. The people and their things.”

The expression of Homuryeonju became serious.

“All of them vanished? Have you asked around to see if anyone has seen them move?”

“Yes. But no one had seen anything.”

“When was the last time you checked them?”

“It was four days ago.”

“Four days ago… … .”

If it was four days ago, it meant that they could have disappeared anywhere from three to two days ago, or a day ago.

Three days ago, was the day the next generation meeting was held.

“Did they use the gap that opened from the distraction caused by the next generation meeting? But why would they do that? I know they still had money to collect as well?”

Since they have been trading for a long time, they have been steadily supplying the goods, and payments have been made once a month on a set date.

And this month, there were still a few days left before payment.

“It looks like… It doesn’t seem to be an arbitrary movement.”

Homu-ryeonju nodded.

There was enough possibility.

“What about the investigation?”

“We are still in the middle of it.”

“Is there anything dangerous?”

“What would be dangerous in the investigation process? Wouldn’t the real thing start after the investigation?”

“That is true.”

Homu-ryeonju stroked his chin and fell in thought.

The commander looked at Ho Mu Ryeon-ju with a puzzled expression and waited for his instructions.

“Was there anything else that was strange?”

“About that, I heard that the people of the Black iron room were not feeling well recently.”

“They weren’t feeling well?”

“Yes. However, I heard that they were not at the level of getting sick, but rather complaining of more fatigue than usual.”

“That’s why they thought it wasn’t a big deal and just moved on”

“Yes. That seems to be the case.”

Ho Mu Ryeon-ju fell in thought with a serious expression. His fingers regularly tapped the table.

Ho Mu Ryeon-ju, who had finished thinking, looked at the commander with brightly shining eyes.

“Look around the vicinity of Black Iron Room. I wonder if anyone complained of similar symptoms.”

“Yes. I will take action immediately.”

“And ask the two doctors who came as guests this time for help.”

“Are you talking about Cheon Chu Shin Ui and Il Chim Gui?”

“Since they said they complained of illness, wouldn’t it be helpful if they both came?

“I will make a request right away.”

Ho Mu Ryeon-ju nodded and finished.

“Oh, and while asking the two of them, put Byeoktaesan into the investigation team.”

The commander’s eyes opened wide.

“You mean the second son of the Gold Wall Merchants?”

“Yes, that Byeoktaesan. If he has requests, as long as it’s reasonable, have it taken care of.”

The commander questioned his motives. But he didn’t inquire for more details.

He bowed his head and left.

When the commander left, the Ho Mu Ryeon-ju fell in thought for a moment.

When he thought of Byeoktaesan, he naturally thought of what Seomundeok had said.

‘Did you say you can feel the presence of a master?’

When he first heard about it, Ho Mu Ryeon-ju thought it was ridiculous.

If the person who said that wasn’t Seo Mun-deok, he might have told them to stop playing around.

However, after meeting Byeoktaesan, he thought he knew why Seo Mundeok had said that.

“What the hell is he?”

He felt the presence of a real master. Even though he couldn’t feel any inner power.

* * *

Byeoktaesan walked slowly toward the Black Iron Room.

The entire group who came to Homu-ryeon were on the move with Byeoktaesan.

And the warriors of Homu-ryeon who guided them were set up as if escorting them.

Next to Byeoktaesan, Yeonharin walked by his side.

In fact, Yeon Ha-rin was a little excited.

Getting a formal request from Homu-ryeon. Her gaze naturally turned to Byeoktaesan.

Whenever she saw Byeoktaesan recently, something surprising happened.

Not long ago, she was really surprised to see him blatantly acting like the Homuryeonju was bothering him.

When she thought about that, her heart pounded like crazy.

‘Is that why this request was made?’

To be precise, it was a matter that Ho Mu-ryeon formally requested to Cheon Chu Shin Ui and Il Chim Gui.

Byeoktaesan was just added to it.

However, when she saw the situation going around, Ho Mu-ryeon was looking at the convenience of Byeoktaesan incredibly.

Yeon Ha-rin glanced behind her.

‘It’s clear when they said they’re taking them all and he didn’t say anything.’

Cheon Chu Shin Ui and Il Chim Gui were the targets Ho Mu ryeon asked for in the first place. Also, even if Cheon Gyeong-wan and Yoo Seo-yeon were brought under the title of bodyguards, what would be the reason for Soso, Danyoung, and Chaewol to follow.

Of course, Byeoktaesan just informed them and did not say a word of explanation or excuse.

Ho Mu-ryeon casually accepted the notification.

So while the thoughts continued endlessly, they had arrived at Black Iron Room.

“This is the Black Iron Room.”

Byeoktaesan nodded and went inside at the polite words of the warrior who was in charge of the guide.

“Well, shall we take a look?”

Byeoktaesan’s mouth went up slightly.