Episode 5: Bargain (2)
-bang!
The godfather, Mrs. Seok, returned to Hyehwadang, her residence, and kicked the chair roughly.
The chair was split in half by a powerful kick.
She huffed with a red face.
“dare!”
Even when I was at the pharmacy, I tried to calm down my anger as much as possible.
However, when things happened like this, it was difficult to hold back my anger.
“Ma’am, please fix it.”
Hoang, the bodyguard, carefully tried to dissuade Mrs. Seok.
Then she spoke in an irritated voice.
“fix? Does it look fixed now? “I looked for a skilled craftsman and brought him to him, but the wrong guy turned out to be a skilled craftsman… Ah!”
“lady!”
Mrs. Seok grabbed the back of her neck.
As my blood pressure rose, I felt dizzy and closed my eyes.
In fact, among the children of the pastoral family, although he kept in check the second child, who was extremely clever, and the youngest child, whom the owner regarded as cute, he did not pay any attention to the third child, Mok Gyeong-un.
It was no exaggeration to say that he had no talent for martial arts and that his maternal family was almost ruined.
So I didn’t care at all.
But who would have known that a guy I didn’t even care about would become such an ambush?
– Wow!
Mrs. Seok gritted her teeth.
I didn’t expect him to bargain like this with the master craftsman.
She thought that if she was even slightly scared, she would spit it out on her own.
‘…….It was like this originally.’
The Mok Kyung-un she knew did not have this kind of cunning.
Rather, he seemed cowardly and cowardly.
There were many anecdotes.
‘Have you been hiding your true self?’
Well, until my mother died, I always heard that he was quite brilliant, if not immortal.
‘Maybe he did it to protect himself after that.’
If that’s the case, it might be something we need to be more wary of.
He himself said that he was not interested in the position of chieftain, but the more patient he was and the more he knew how to hide himself, the more fearful he was.
‘And that power….’
I was fascinated by that strange power.
The maid, Sohwa, suddenly came to mind, her veins were popping out, and she was about to suffocate.
Watching that, I thought of the dead Bangsa Myoshin.
It was very similar to the appearance of fire extinguishment.
That means,
“…….He must have killed Bangsa Myoshindo.”
“Are you talking about that guy Mo Kyung-un?”
“okay.”
Surely, that way, the anglerfish would fit together.
I brought him here because he was rumored to be quite brave, but there was no way that such a person would end up being manipulated by a monster and go on a rampage.
It was definitely Mok Gyeong-un’s doing.
At Mrs. Seok’s assurance, the guard Hoang jumped up and down.
“How dare you kill the person you called? Please leave it to your subordinates. Even before the hex is used, neither the mouse nor the bird knows…..”
“Arthur.”
“Do you…”
“Then, if the second oldest, Mok Eun-pyeong, or the youngest, Mok Yu-cheon, were to become chief masters, my son would have to take care of it.”
“But if you get dragged around by that guy…”
“Who said you would be dragged around?”
“yes?”
Mrs. Seok took something out of the white porcelain cabinet on one side of the room.
It was a small bead made of jade.
The bead had a unique pattern engraved on it, and she handed it over to Howie Hoin.
“This?”
“Take this with you to Mongseong’s Gwiyeonggak. And inform each state of the fact that Bangsa Myoshin was murdered.”
“iced coffee!”
Howie Hoang, who understood her intention, nodded.
Gwiyeonggak (鬼影閣).
It was a group of radiants to which the deceased Myoshin belonged.
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-match!
With the slap, Howie Gochan’s head turned to the side.
Howie Gam looked at him, clicking his tongue in disappointment.
“Tsk, tsk, was it really that difficult to keep an eye on just one baby?”
“Oh, no.”
“You said you would allow him to subdue you, but you took that guy to the main temple? “Are you out of your mind to do such a thing?”
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Go Chan could not say anything in response to Gam Howie’s scolding words.
In fact, I wanted to reveal everything that had happened while he was away.
No, that was the original plan.
But now I hesitated about it.
‘…Why am I so anxious?’
With his martial arts skills alone, he could take care of him at any time if he wanted to.
However, after experiencing fake tree cultivation, I became afraid of him.
The fact that its blood was toxic and its strange hex magic bothered me, but what bothered me more was that it didn’t feel like a human.
If I pretended to be with him for no reason, it wouldn’t end well.
‘Damn it.’
I don’t know what this is like.
It was great when they said they had found someone worthy of acting as Mok Gyeong-woon’s stunt double, but now they are in a situation where they have to do whatever the stunt double tells them to do.
[I believe your mouth will be heavy.]
‘………’
Those words were quite scary.
Since he’s outside the pharmacy, he probably can’t hear, but strangely, he seems to notice it.
It’s a strange feeling, as if someone is watching you.
Why is this like this?
While I was caught up in a strange feeling, Gam Howie clicked his tongue and said,
“If you let him snoop around one more time, I won’t let him.”
“…Anyway, your thigh will be pierced, so it will be difficult to walk for a while.”
“Don’t let him notice your thighs or anything.”
“All right.”
“Anyway, you’re sure you didn’t get caught by the great lady, right?”
“yes. I’m sure. I was right next to you. However, visiting the parish church made the great lady uncomfortable.”
‘To be exact, he bargained with the great lady’s hand.’
Gochan’s mouth went dry.
The boundaries of whose side one is on have become unclear.
I mean, half of the truth has to be hidden from the person who is supposed to tell the truth.
“Tsk tsk.”
Howie Gam shook his head.
As expected, he doesn’t fit the role.
I recognized the real Mok Gyeong-un when I killed him on the spot, but as time passes, it will become more difficult to control.
‘We better hurry.’
Even with the warning, things could have gone wrong later if things continued unchecked like this.
I needed to make a quick decision about who to switch to.
“Never take your eyes off me and keep an eye on me.”
“Aren’t you going to warn me directly?”
“There are many eyes watching.”
There were pharmacists and servants in the pharmacy.
Although they were just Kano, they were also guards, so they could not interfere with them, and even if they were fake, they could not carelessly criticize them in front of others.
and,
‘You’re clever. ‘Nothing good will come of having a long conversation with that guy.’
It would have been better not to know how the situation was going.
That way, it will be easier to change the line and handle it later.
* * *
Regardless of the conversation going on outside, Mok Kyung-un was sitting peacefully, leaning back, flipping through a book and reading it.
It was the Book of Yin-Yang Gabon (陰陽家本書).
As he was flipping through the book, a certain passage caught Mok Gyeong-un’s eyes.
‘If a dead person becomes a vengeful spirit and becomes a ghost, the status of the ghost changes depending on various conditions.’
In the Book of Yin-Yang, there was more detail about monsters than expected.
Looking at this, it could be said that a demon monk is a type of ghost or ghost that has become a ghost of a vengeful spirit.
‘A low-ranking, weak vengeful spirit takes the form of an earthly spirit and can only influence the living to the extent of stimulating the sixth sense. Hmm.’
According to the Yin-Yang Gabonseo, the status of a vengeful spirit is divided into seven stages.
Regardless of the various conditions, if we simply divide the status,
The first one is the red spirit…..it is the spirit of the earth and can exert influence on living beings to the extent of causing goosebumps or mild chills.
The second is the spirit… It can influence others to the extent of making their body heavy or painful to the point of body aches.
The third is the yellow spirit… From here on, it was described as being quite dangerous to the point where it should be exterminated.
It is said that if it reaches the level of the emperor, it can not only weaken the target but also cause death.
‘…To put it in perspective, the demonic monk is an imperial spirit.’
Hwangryeong itself is divided into three stages depending on the level of risk.
The level at which a lower-class person can reveal himself and cause direct fear in humans.
Intermediate level is the level that can directly affect or inflict pain on living beings.
The upper level is the level at which you can kill the target.
-Sleep!
At that time, someone appeared like smoke penetrating the wall near the entrance to the pharmacy.
It was a demonic horse.
I didn’t know, but it seemed like the devil was a higher-ranking monster than I thought.
‘So that’s what it means to influence a living being.’
I understand why the demon monk could not touch the dead body of Bangsa Myoshin.
Because it was already dead.
A dead body ultimately has no life, so it cannot have any influence.
‘Right.’
However, there were some facts that I learned that were not described in the Book of Yin-Yang Gabon.
He had Ma Seung target Lady Seok, the grand dame.
However, the Great Lady immediately reacted to the slight touch of the Demon Horse and was pushed away.
‘Did you say she was a top-notch expert?’
On the other hand, the great lady’s maid did not notice at all and was helpless until the demonic monk directly threatened her life.
What is their difference?
Is it because the maid didn’t learn martial arts?
‘Is it possible that monsters may not work for those who have learned martial arts?’
There was no description of that in the Book of Yin-Yang Gabon.
-Quick!
At that time, the door to the medicine hall was opened and Gochan, the escort, came in.
At this, Mo Gyeong-un slightly raised the corner of his mouth and muttered.
“It’s a good test subject.”
“yes?”
Go Chan asked back because he wanted to know something.
“iced coffee. That’s not what I said to the Gochan escort. Shall we lightly raise our arms?”
“Confucius, what is that?”
It was that moment.
-Startle!
For a moment, Gochan felt his whole body shiver.
It was something strange that went beyond the realm of the five senses, which can be considered physical sensations.
-Park!
“Huh?”
Gochan’s arm suddenly tried to lift upward.
‘profit!’
Surprised, Gochan sent his strength to withstand it.
However, Gochan’s arm, which had been holding on tremblingly, did not last long and was forcibly lifted upward.
‘What the hell is this…’
Gochan was extremely embarrassed because he could not understand the English text.
But I immediately knew why this happened.
“Go, Confucius?”
At this, Mok Kyung-un gently waved his hand.
Then, I was able to lower my wrist, which had been forcibly lifted, as if someone had grabbed my wrist.
Even though his wrist was lowered, Gochan must have been very surprised and said to Mok Gyeong-un.
“What on earth did you just do?”
“I just need to check.”
“Confirm?”
“yes.”
“Why did you do that to me…”
“It was just right. Did you say that Gochan Howie was a second-rate warrior?”
“Yes, but. “What on earth are you checking?”
“You don’t have to know.”
“……”
Yeah, there’s no way you could tell me nicely.
Gochan stood in front of the bed with a look of discomfort on his face.
‘Damn you son of a bitch.’
I slightly regretted that it would have been better to tell the truth about what happened to the executioner, Howie Gam.
Anyway, Mok Gyeong-un nodded to himself as if he had learned something.
‘It works for Gochan escorts.’
Go Chan also recognized it immediately the moment Ma Seung grabbed his wrist.
Perhaps because I learned inner energy, my senses were definitely more sensitive than those of ordinary people.
Although he held on for a little while, he could not overcome the power of the devil.
‘The power of the Demon Monk can be easily used by ordinary people and second-class warriors.’
That was the standard that worked reliably.
Although it has not been confirmed for sure yet, the power of an imperial level monster may not be very effective for a top-notch expert.
If that were the case, it would be a bit disappointing.
‘Well, that doesn’t mean it’s not useful.’
The strange horse horse was very useful in many ways.
Just as I had just eavesdropped on the conversation between Go Chan and Gam Guard, I could have monitored it from a close distance, and it would have been nice to send reconnaissance in advance to a blocked area.
How useful is this?
A thought occurred to Mok Gyeong-un as he read the following passages from the Book of Yin-Yang.
‘It wouldn’t be a bad idea to get a stronger monster.’
The fourth green spirit…..very dangerous. A commandment is definitely needed.
A vengeful spirit that has existed for over several decades. It can affect objects around it and confuse living beings enough to cause auditory hallucinations.
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