Chapter 9
the next day.
I knew little about poisonous dragons and party leaders..
Since they are under suspicion in the current situation, they should know that and be on guard..
In order to ease one's guard even a little, the priority was to find a common topic so that a conversation could be established..
If you make a mistake and choose a topic that you might dislike, it can be a big problem, so there is no harm in being careful..
So, I tried to find out about the name of the party, but for some reason, even after searching around, I couldn't find much information..
‘Is it because I entered the Dark Spirit Department? I don't have much information about it either in this life or in my past life..’
The party leader was a victim of the times of war..
Since I didn't have any significant achievements, I couldn't remember much from my past life..
Even if he had played an active part, he might have been overshadowed by his membership in the Black Young Club..
All I know is that he distinguished himself as a talented person in the Tang family early on, and became one of the Five Dragons and Three Peaks as soon as he became an official..
And he was called to the Murim League and dispatched to Dokwon..
“Party name……”
“I hope you will tolerate me standing where my brother works and muttering as if I am addressing someone I adore..”
At the Call of the Murim League 1 Danghye had just arrived today..
“Oh, isn't it a poisonous soger?.”
Joo Seo-cheon welcomed Dang-hye.
“This is Ju Seo-cheon, the sword dragon who became the Five Dragons and Three Peaks..”
Joo Seo-cheon greeted him jokingly, but Dang-hye didn't even glance at him..
The sign of Dokwon was reflected in those eyes that were somehow confusing..
Joo Seocheon watched his back and remembered an old incident..
Not recently, but not that long ago.
In the past, when she accompanied Danghye to visit the Murim Alliance, she stood in front of Dokwon and stared quietly..
I was curious when I saw that, but I remembered that I passed by without asking at the time because I thought there was something going on..
“He said he heard about the dark spirit.?”
Ju Seo-cheon was surprised by Dang-hye’s question..
“……Let me tell you a little bit..”
Tang Hui took a step to the side..
Joo Seocheon followed him..
A bamboo forest appeared behind the Dokwon building along the outskirts..
Instead of entering the building, I entered the bamboo grove..
“Who do you think is the person closely related to the Black Spirit??”
It's dark because the sunlight doesn't come in very well due to the tall bamboo trees..
The scenery in front of me was all the same, and I felt like I would get lost if there was no one to guide me..
Tang Hye stopped at a certain point as she walked, pushed through the bushes beneath her feet, and pulled something out..
“Murim Chiljang? Military or vice-military? Or the Murim Lord?”
Grumble. Clap.
the land was opened.
The ground literally turned over.
To be exact, it was a secret door hidden in the bushes..
“no.”
went through the door and down the stairs.
After taking a few steps down, I heard the door close above me..
It became dark in front of me, but it quickly became brighter..
Part of the wall opened and Ya Myeong-ju appeared..
Dang-hye grabbed Ya Myeong-ju as if she was used to it, and walked forward with her eyes open..
If Zhuge Heung were here, he might have been happy with his eyes sparkling..
“Jeoktong (嫡統) of Sacheondangga).”
Danghye's voice was somehow dark..
“Danghye. By any chance, you too……”
“Watch your mouth. Because I don’t want to be treated like that..”
Danghye reacted violently with a sharp voice..
I couldn't see his face because I could only see his back, but I thought he might be very distorted..
“If you are a member of the party, you will know it even if you don't like it..
That's it.”
Isn’t there another reason hidden behind Zhuge Sang’s summoning of Tang Hui?.
“……It's different from those losers..”
Tang Hye clenched her fists..
The ring she wore on her finger reflected in the night pearl and shined as fiercely as her emotions..
“In your opinion, where do you think the nine factions and the five factions that make up the Murim Alliance have medium or low influence??”
“that……”
“Amipah, who has not been able to produce absolute masters for a long time and is on the path to decline? Kunlun faction, far from the central plains?
Zhuge Emperor, who advocates resourcefulness rather than strength? out of it. It's okay.”
The influence of the martial arts faction changes over time..
What determines this are the absolute masters who reach the top of the ten thrones of heaven and the wise men..
In particular, the Shaolin Temple and the Shaman School continued to produce these absolute masters, so they came to be called the North Head and the South Zone, respectively..
“Even if it's a political faction, in the end, it's martial arts.
You probably know that if you don't have power, you'll be left out, no matter what you say, it won't have any impact, and in the end, you'll be ignored..
They say they are not hypocrites from political factions, but they are pure lies..
That's reality.”
Even in the Tang Dynasty, monsters that went beyond human limits were often produced..
However, the number is small compared to other places.
The interval was also long..
The situation was even worse as there were many people within the political faction who looked down on him for dealing with poison..
As time passed, rather than disappearing, that disdainful gaze deepened..
It was natural since there were no absolute masters produced..
“When the power weakened to the point where it was excluded from the five major families, the Tang family resigned itself to producing absolute masters and made a decision..”
“no way……”
A terrible scream was heard from the end of the long hallway..
Not only that, I could smell blood and rotting corpses..
After passing through the hallway, there was a space that could accommodate hundreds of people..
In the center was a man with a gaunt face who looked almost forty, although he was clearly not thirty..
When I saw him, the current head of the Tang family, Tang Yuqi, who looked old despite being middle-aged, came to mind..
“Assassination, kidnapping, intimidation, torture, poisoning, and other things like making people crazy by making them drunk... … Maintain power by taking on the problems that the hypocrites of the political faction do not want to touch..”
Heukyeongbu has been in charge of the party's ruling party so far..
And most of them became family households or small households..
It is at the highest level among the darkness and secrets of the Murim Alliance, so of course someone has no choice but to become a powerful person..
The current head of the family, Dan Yugi, and the previous head of the family have also done the same..
So did Sogaju, who would later become the head of the family, and his party name..
“Welcome.”
Tang Myeong-in greeted Joo Seo-cheon and Dang-hye with a tired look on his face..
“It's been a while since you too.”
Tang Myung-in politely greeted Joo Seo-cheon with a bow and then smiled slightly at Tang Hye..
However, that smile somehow seemed like a doll, and I wondered if they were blood-related siblings..
“By the way, why did you leave the front door and come in through the back door??”
“sorry. I knock on the front door but there is no answer……”
“Ah, I'm sorry. I guess I haven't heard about the torture of the blood cult these days because everyone is busy here and there..”
The party leader scratched the back of his head..
“Oh, by the way, Maehwajeonggeom… … No, Geomryongdaehyup. Please keep the backstory a secret..
It doesn't matter that Geomryong said that the Lord Lord gave a general explanation of the Heukyeongbu, but the Heukyeongbu is a place where information is limited even for the elders..”
“Of course. I'll keep that in mind.”
Tang Hye is not a member of the Heukyeongbu, but as a member of the party family, if the party leader goes wrong, he must take over the matter..
Even though I was not currently in office, I still knew various things including the secrets of the Dark Lord..
“Wow! help me! Please save me!”
Then I was about to continue, but someone in prison started screaming..
Joo Seocheon frowned as he unconsciously looked for the source of the scream..
‘That's bad.’
All of the skin had been peeled off, and other than that, it was full of traces of torture..
If I hadn't experienced war and hell in my past life, I might have vomited a long time ago..
“This was rude. I didn't want to show this... … I guess you were so caught up in digging up information that you didn't notice me coming through the front door. Please go up first..”
Without even raising an eyebrow, Tang Myung-in took Joo Seo-cheon and Tang Hye and went up through another door..
Unlike the underground hell that unfolded in this world, Dokwon's original building was relatively intact..
Since it was a private hospital, poisonous air leaked here and there, but it didn't really matter as it didn't affect me much..
Other than that, there were no particularly strange places other than the fact that there were many drug manufacturing and storage rooms..
After drinking tea served by the Tang Master, Ju Seo-cheon relayed everything he had heard to Nangong Weimu and Zhuge Sang..
The party leader nodded his head without asking if he had heard anything and suggested that we go outside..
“I'm comfortable here, but if I have to be seen by people, there's no use staying in a place where no one comes..
Hye-ya, if it’s okay with you, would you join us??”
“Yes, brother.”
Dang-hye became so calm that Dang Myung-in was in front of her..
The usual harsh words were everywhere, making me doubt my eyes..
“Wow, it's Geomryong and Tokbong.!”
When I came out to the garden for a walk, I immediately attracted attention..
It was only natural that Dokbong has a beauty that attracts attention wherever she goes, and she often participates in external events..
Ju Seo-cheon did not show his face to the outside world, but due to the recent war, quite a few people recognized him..
Above all else, isn't it Hapbi, the center of political factions and the headquarters of the Murim League?.
“under! Good man and fairy, good man and fairy!”
“I heard that Geomryong and Dokbong are like that.?”
Because it was so famous, there were all kinds of rumors..
Among them, there was a lot of talk about Geomryong and Dokbong..
Although no one talks about it these days, it was also called Bongchu in the past..
And the main characters of the celebration are Ju Seo-cheon and Dang-hye..
It's even weirder if you're not involved..
“huh? But who is the person next to me??”
“This is my first time seeing you……”
If the two of us had been alone, all sorts of scandals might have arisen, but since a party member was involved, attention returned..
“You're a poisonous dragon, right? What's going on?”
“A poisonous dragon is coming out……”
Although the name of the Tang Dynasty was Five Dragons and Three Peaks and Poison Dragon, his face was not well known..
It was partly because he didn't go outside often because he was a black young man, but also because he himself didn't prefer to go outside..
But that doesn't mean they don't go out at all. There are people who go in and out of the private garden, so there were people who recognized them..
“I got to see three of the five dragons and three peaks.……”
In the past, Oryong Sambong was a late exponent of political factions and even held regular exchange meetings to promote friendship..
But this time, Oryongsambong was a little different..
Dokbong had a terrible personality and did not get along well with Ohryongsambong, and Dokryong did not meet people at all..
It was difficult to meet Ji-ryong as he traveled around here and there while receiving training as a deputy military officer of the Murim Alliance..
Inryong, who had recently retired from his position after being killed in action, was also far from a sociable person..
four out of eight.
About half of them were absent, and recently, because Kang Ho-sa was noisy, there was no friendly exchange..
“What? A sword dragon and a poisonous dragon meet?”
Meanwhile, the leaders of the Murim Alliance, who heard this news, immediately frowned and showed complicated feelings..
I couldn't help but feel embarrassed that the prime suspect in a recent incident was hanging out with a hero from a political faction..
Those who harbored negative feelings toward the Black Prince or the party family wanted to rush in and disrupt the party right away..
However, all three of them were post-exposures, and so many people around them were watching, so they couldn't do that carelessly..
“how did this happen?”
“Perhaps we are not mistaken.?”
“No way! Then who did such a thing! Under the circumstances, there is no one other than a member of the single party and a member of the party.!”
“one… … Isn't it not just anyone else, but the hero Joo Seocheon? From what I heard, he seemed to know where the poisonous dragon belonged.……”
The name of a political faction hero is quite heavy..
If the party leader is a friend and you are in a position to defend that friend, you will collide head-on with the hero..
If you feud with the most popular hero of the time, your standing in the Murim Alliance will not be good..
Unless, like the Anti-Shan Sect, there is a grudge against the Hwasan Sect that causes them to foam at the mouth and attack you..
After Joo Seo-cheon came to the Murim Alliance, rumors circulated that he often hung out with party members, leading to internal opinions that he should reconsider..
Surprisingly, my doubts were gradually fading just by hanging out with the hero..
Even in the Murim League, I was able to feel the popularity and power of the hero..
Meanwhile, in addition to hanging out with the Tang Ming Dynasty, Zhou Seocheon also stood in front of the Wulin people as requested by Nangong Wei Wu and Zhuge Sang..
“Fellow disciples of Gangho, please listen..
As those of you who know, the movements of subversive forces are being detected in Xinjiang, outside the Central Plain. That force is the Demonic Cult..”
It was a preparation to respond to the Demonic Cult's actions..
“War will probably break out again soon..”
People showed anxiety and dissatisfaction at the word war..
Even before the wounds of war have completely healed, war begins again..
The relief that it was over now was in vain..
Some dissatisfied people even shouted out loud, asking if fighting was that good..
“I don't want to fight either.
I don't want to see someone bleed, I don't want to feel sad or in pain..
But you can't run away.
You cannot give in. demons are dangerous.
They will rape someone's lover, their daughter.
They will plunder and devastate the food stored up to survive the winter..”
The Demonic Cult is the devil. So it's not propaganda or anything like that..
They are madmen whose minds are filled with demonic nature..
“That is why we must fight against it. No, you have to keep it.
You must protect your friends for a drink, your lover to share sweet whispers with, and your children, whom you love more than anyone else, from the clutches of demons..”
Joo Seo-cheon spoke as if he had greased his tongue..
The word was spread throughout the martial arts world by the people and poets..
“but it lacks power.
To put it bluntly, there is a lack of money and people..”
There was no need to say it back.
To win people's hearts and get their support, you need to be more certain..
In war, an inarticulate statement can cause someone to die senselessly..
“As you know, the Murim Alliance recently suffered damage while protecting their families and property from blood cult madmen..
Unfortunately, before the wounds can be completely healed, the Demonic Cult attempts to invade the central plains. We need your help.”
During my time as Elder Hwasan Oh, I read a lot of books and picked up a lot of things from here and there, so I had no trouble speaking..
“A little bit, a little bit is okay.
That alone will be of great help..
We need your help.”
Joo Seocheon bowed his waist..
“People call me a hero.
But I'm not the only hero.”
People admired Ju Seocheon and followed him..
Joo Seocheon admired people and followed them..
“If you think you want to help someone and have a little courage to take the next step, that person is a hero..”
Those words moved people's hearts.
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