Chapter 351
351fury. Do you remember what I said earlier??
Baek Soo-ryong looked at the back of Ma Jung-cheon's head lying flat on the floor..
‘How much do you know about interest?.’
It was Baeksu-ryong’s aim to reveal the Reverse Heavenly Art to Ma Jung-cheon..
He recalled the information that the poisonous horse had given him as he was dying..
‘I heard that the Blood Cult is having several candidates learn the Reverse Heavenly Technique. To create a competition and make one of them a Blood Demon.’
I think it's crazy, but it gives Baeksu-ryong one advantage..
You can disguise your identity as one of those candidates..
Until now, the only person who came back alive after seeing the White Water Dragon use the Reverse Heavenly Art was the Black Yama Emperor, and even then, the White Water Dragon was wearing a mask..
In other words, there was no fear that Baeksuryong's identity would be revealed even if he used the Reverse Heavenly Art..
“O noble one…….”
noble one.
That's probably what they called the sect leader candidates who had mastered the Reverse Heavenly Art..
‘Knowing the existence of the candidate and seeing that his martial arts skills are not very strong... … . It's most likely that he belongs to Bimagak..’
Bima Gak (秘魔閣) was an information organization of the blood religion, and it was an organization that spread information throughout the central plains and collected and managed information..
In the past, Ma Noe, the head elder of the blood religion, was also a footnote to Bimagak..
“…….”
As Baeksu-ryong remained silent, Ma Zhongtian did not dare to raise his head and trembled..
He was very confused by the sudden appearance of a religious leader candidate..
Is it true that Seolryonghwi was a person sent by the church??
Why this disguise?…….
At that moment, Baek Soo-ryong broke his silence and opened his mouth..
“State your affiliation and position.”
Ma Zhongcheon answered in a voice filled with fear. I blurted out things I didn't even ask about..
“This is the seventeen major masters of the Secret Demon Pavilion. It was ten years ago that I was dispatched to the Ice Palace.…….”
As expected, Ma Jung-cheon was a member of Bimagak..
One of the leaders of the 20th battalion under Bimagak, not a high-ranking position, but not a low one either..
After introducing himself, Ma Zhongcheon carefully raised his head and said:.
“But, why is this noble person here?…….”
bang!
Baek Su-ryong stepped on Ma Jung-cheon’s head and slammed it to the floor. A chilling voice rang out from above his head..
“Who gave you permission to ask questions?.”
“……sorry. Please forgive me…….”
Ma Jung-cheon, crushed to the floor, let out a painful groan. The energy of the Reverse Heavenly Technique entangled his entire body. I felt like a moth caught in a spider's web..
“Let your puny brain guess. why i came here If you get it right, you'll remove your foot. If you don't get it right, you'll crush the useless shoulder decoration..”
“……!”
A very arrogant way of speaking.
The unstoppable behavior of a person born and raised in a blood religion that is strictly self-respecting..
In blood religion, it was natural for the strong to oppress the weak and hold the power over life and death..
“My feet are getting heavier..”
“Now, just a moment... … . Ugh!”
Ma Zhongcheon desperately rolled his head, enduring the pain of being crushed. His fingers scratched the floor..
This kind of dog death, not martyrdom for the glory of the religion, was not acceptable..
After a while, he said with difficulty:.
“Perhaps it was sent by an apostle?…….”
“…….”
Baek Soo-ryong’s expression hardened for a moment when he heard the word apostle..
Disciples of a Past Life.
Now, when I think of them at the center of the blood religion, I feel like the wound in a corner of my heart is being torn apart..
“……You're lucky..”
As Baek Soo-ryong put his foot away, Ma Jung-cheon unconsciously sighed in relief..
But it's still too early to relax. The exam is not over yet.
“Why do you think the Apostle sent me??”
“……Due to the delay in processing work at Binggung, I believe that the Apostle ordered the Exalted One to check in person..”
Ma Jung-cheon looked at Baek Su-ryong's eyes and said the answer he came up with after racking his brain..
“Hmm. That thing on your shoulder wasn't a decoration.”
“So, I'm sorry.…….”
Ma Zhongcheon broke out in a cold sweat..
I saw many elders at church and other candidates, but this was the first time I saw a man with such a huge presence..
‘You are not an ordinary person. Very precious in the church... … . Perhaps he is the closest person to a religious leader of his time..’
Ma Zhongcheon, filled with reverence, bowed his head politely..
Because of that, I didn't see the corners of Baek Su-ryong's mouth turn up faintly..
‘It’s convenient because it makes you imagine it on your own..’
[How can you be so cunning?…….]
Baek Soo-ryong has experienced similar things many times and now has a knack for it..
After scaring the opponent with a reverse heavenly attack and making him think for himself and answer, nod his head with a disapproving face and that's it..
Baek Soo-ryong continued to mislead Ma Jung-cheon and said,.
“Your thoughts are roughly correct. The apostle sent me, telling me to quietly inspect the North Sea Ice Palace..”
“……!”
An arrogant way of speaking that doesn't even use honorifics, even to apostles. Ma Jung-cheon’s delusion grew even bigger..
“Now, tell me. What is the biggest problem here??”
“……This is Eunhwiryeong. Because it continues to oppose participation in the war,…….”
The name of the current lord of the North Sea Ice Palace has been revealed..
Baek Soo-ryong naturally asked a question..
“Are you saying that the current head of the Bing Palace is hostile to the school??”
“yes.”
Baek Soo-ryong was able to know at least one thing for sure from that answer..
‘I guess we can trust Master Eunsabu’s descendants..’
I was worried that other families in the Bing Palace would be as cooperative with the blood religion as the Seol family, but Ma Jung-cheon's answer scratched that itch..
“Also, Daejangro Hansongbaek is also a problem. The Eun family and the Han family are joining forces to keep the Seol family in check. Although the Seol family is still a bigger force, the influence of the two families cannot yet be ignored.…….”
“That's pathetic.”
“So, I'm sorry..”
Ma Jung-cheon lowered his head and spoke cautiously..
“I plan to get rid of both of them after the grand scheme is completed. The conversation with Seolsu-ryun has already ended, so you don’t have to worry..”
Whoever wants?
What will be removed from the North Sea will be Seol Su-ryun and the leadership of the Seol family that follows her..
“What are the trends in other families??”
“There is no need to worry much about other than the three families.…….”
Ma Zhongcheon explained the movements and political structure of the major families in the Beihai Ice Palace..
It was advanced information that could never have been known just by staying at the snow house for a few days..
‘Now you can tell who's your friend and who's your enemy.’
Baek Soo-ryong asked while organizing the information given by Ma Jung-cheon in his head..
“At the banquet a few days ago, I saw that Seol Soo-ryeon had completely lost control of the conversation..”
Ma Jung-cheon's face turned red as he looked at her with pitiful eyes..
“I apologize. Seol Soo-ryun is not an easy woman.…….”
An iron-blooded woman who sold the Ice Moon Goddess to the Blood Cult for her own ambitions, and eventually took over the palace lordship after a civil war..
Seolsu-ryeon was a difficult opponent for Bimagak’s Gakju to handle..
“He tried to poison me with the poison of a poisonous horse, too..”
“Come on, cancel the contract right away.…….”
“No need. It didn't work for me in the first place.”
At the lightly spoken words, Ma Jung-cheon’s eyes widened..
“Already on the verge of invincibility……!”
To be exact, it is at the level of the poisonous poison and is especially resistant to the poison of the poisonous horse, but Baeksuryong allowed Ma Jungcheon to misunderstand it as he pleases..
“Is our school providing poison to Seol Su-ryeon??”
“yes. Seolsuryun uses its poison to eliminate political opponents, intimidate, and mainly dominate other families..”
Baek Soo-ryong nodded as if he knew that would happen..
‘also. There's no way he only used poison on me..’
A woman who can do anything to achieve her ambitions.
He would even use poison against Seolryonghwi, whom he believes to be his blood relative, and would mercilessly use poison on warriors from other families..
“Recently, the grandson of Grand Elder Han Song-baek was also poisoned by the poison used by Seol Su-ryun. Although I still know that I am sick,…….”
The Han family was the largest family in Beihai, along with the Xue family and the Yin family..
Grand Elder Han Song-baek stubbornly stands against the Seol family, but Ma Jung-cheon said that sooner or later they too will bow to Seol Su-ryeon..
“If that happens, Eunga will be in an isolated situation. Eunhwiryeong will become a palace lord who is no different from a scarecrow..”
It wasn't just poison. Seol Su-ryeon used all means possible, including intimidation, force, and economic pressure, to increase the power of the Seol family for decades..
More than half of the families in Beihai already treat the Xue family as if they were their masters..
The more I heard, the more impossible it seemed to be to sing a song in the North Sea, but Baek Soo-ryong persisted in asking questions..
“One last thing to ask.”
“Please ask.”
“I heard that 35 years ago, the Wulin people from the central plains invaded the Bukhae Ice Palace..”
Baek Soo-ryong recalled what he heard from Seol Shin-woo..
- That day, many of Bingung’s masters died. Among them, there were also candidates for Sogungju like me. Also, children were kidnapped… … After stopping the attack, Bingungung was able to unite as one..
The identity of the sense of discomfort I felt when I heard those words.
I was confident that Ma Jung-cheon would know exactly..
“The raid. Is this something that Seolsuryun and our school planned together??”
Even as I asked, I half hoped not..
Anyway, I hope he's not that corrupted..
However, Ma Jung-cheon asked back with a puzzled expression..
“didn't you know?”
“…….”
“At that time, Seolsuryun was suffering from a political crisis. The checks and pressures from other families became more severe day by day. That's why I asked our school for help..”
Seol Su-ryeon committed a much more terrible act than Seol Shin-woo knew..
“Disguised masters of the main school broke into the ice palace and eliminated Seolsu-ryun's political opponents and candidates for the lord of the small palace from other families. To avoid suspicion, they killed some of the Seol family's uninhabited islands. Mainly those who had animosity towards Seol Su-ryun.…….”
In order to purge those who opposed him, he brought in foreign powers and dyed the North Sea with blood..
If this fact is known, Seolsu-ryun will never be forgiven..
“At that time, our school also needed experimental subjects..”
“test subject?”
Ma Jung-cheon tilted his head and said, as if he really didn't know..
“…… There were not enough test subjects to be used to study the ice white magic at our school. As the young ones in the North Sea have a good constitution for learning ice-baiting techniques, it was a mutually beneficial deal..”
Baek Soo-ryong gritted his teeth..
I automatically imagined kidnapped children being confined in a small space and being forced to learn martial arts..
“These crazy guys are really…….”
As he was the one who created the fake ice vaccine, Baek Soo-ryong knew its side effects better than anyone else..
The face of the Nine-Eum Witch I met in Wicked Song came to mind..
A woman who suffered from mania all her life and ultimately chose to kill herself..
Thanks to the ice crystals she left behind, Baek Soo-ryong was able to enter the Ice Baek Shin Gong..
How many Nine-Eum Witches has the Blood Cult created so far?.
“O noble one?”
Ma Jung-cheon looked at Baek Soo-ryong's grimly distorted expression and made an expression as if he did not understand..
“You must have also learned the improved Bing Baek Shin Technique at our school... … . How come you don’t know that fact?……?”
Even though I knew it was a rude question, I had no choice but to ask..
Because doubts that I shouldn't have were growing in my head little by little..
“okay. It must be difficult to keep hiding it.”
Baek Soo-ryong sighed and said..
“Do you remember what I said earlier??”
“When are you talking about?…….”
Baek Soo-ryong stretched out his hand and grabbed Ma Jung-cheon’s neck. Ma Zhongtian did not resist and looked at the hand blankly..
“I grabbed your neck like this earlier..”
“…….”
What I forgot to say because I was so shocked when I saw the white water dragon turn red-eyed..
Ma Zhongcheon remembered those words and muttered absentmindedly..
“……I am interested in how to eradicate blood religion.…….”
“that's right. It was like that.”
“Oh, no way…….”
Eyes wide open in astonishment.
Ma Zhongcheon looked at Baek Su-ryong with an expression of disbelief..
“This is ridiculous. Uh, why would someone like you teach this school?……!”
Wow!
Ma Jung-cheon did not know the reason until the moment he died. A body with a broken neck lay limp on the floor..
[……What are you going to do now??]
To Changryong Shingeom’s question, Baeksu-ryong answered with a calm expression..
“Now that I know the whole truth, I have to go see the palace lord..”
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