Episode 42
The whereabouts of the believers
Although the shock from the man in the reverse Taegeuk pose was great, I quickly collected my thoughts.
From the moment I decided to live the life of ‘Yeonunhwi’ as ‘Dangunhwi’, from the moment I swore to take revenge for my past life, I never once thought that the path would be easy.
So nothing changed.
No, I actually thought it went better.
Because I was able to see with my own eyes some clues about those guys who had been a mystery all this time.
From a providential perspective, the reverse Taegeuk was an absolutely difficult sorcery to establish.
If so, just digging into this will help us learn more about them.
On the one hand, there was something that caught my attention, so I decided to finish this project by first organizing the thoughts that came to my mind one by one.
And it wasn’t like there were no clues at all about the whereabouts of the Master and the believers.
What Tam ate was only the soul of the White Bone Spider, but fortunately, the corpse remained intact, right?
Of course, it would be difficult to take all of them with me, so I cut off Baekgolmangsa’s head and returned to where Danggon and Dang Gyujin were.
“…What is that?”
“Huh? What is it? It’s a skullcap. I brought it to give to the Lord of the Branch House, but it’s a bit gruesome, so bear with it.”
“But isn’t it a bit much to bring it like that!!”
Danggon looked at me with a dumbfounded expression and waved at the flagpole I had brought.
At the end of a long bamboo pole that must have been at least 6 meters tall, a white flag made from torn clothing hems and a skull made from bone mesh were hung together.
The flag made from the guy’s uniform had this very proud writing on it:
Purr~ Luck!
―Tang Yunhui brilliantly subdues the Baekgolwangsa.
The letters were also written in the blood of the white bone mesh snake.
It was really cool how it looked like it was written in one stroke.
It’s the epitome of grandeur, wow!
“Why is it cool? The world also knows that you defeated the Baekgolmangsa.”
“That’s something only ignorant fools would do!”
“Of course.”
I put my hands on my hips and braced my stomach.
Ahem!
“Because I followed suit.”
“Stop it now!!”
Among the minions, there were those who beheaded their enemies to show off how great they were.
My skills are this good. If you want to beat me, come after you’ve reached this level. That’s what it meant.
A custom that was bound to appear in a new religion where fights over hierarchy are so commonplace.
I also had the experience of using it often to shut up the mouths of those who were complaining when I was being looked down on for not being able to use the danjeon.
The effect was so immediate that I used it again this time.
Is this something that deserves such opposition?
I think I’ve heard that the conservatives don’t have this kind of custom…
“Hey…! You’re slandering the supreme tradition of the new religion! This won’t do! Young Leader, give the order! I’ll come and beat that non-believer with a club!!”
“Execution is a good way to spread the tradition of the new religion and the achievements of the Sangseung (常勝)! Also, it is a good way to provoke the Black Bone Ghost Valley, so please ignore it!”
I looked back at Dang Gyu-jin, as if asking for help.
But Dang Gyu-jin scratched his cheek with an awkward expression and nodded.
It meant that it would be better to just do as Danggon said.
Tch, that’s too bad.
Finally, I took off the skullcap and hung it on the horse’s saddle.
Instead, since it looks weak with just one(?), you can hang the heads of Baek Dong and the other prosecutors together-
“Ah! I told you to just take it normally!!”
* * *
In the end, due to Dang-gon’s active opposition, Baekgolmangsa’s head ended up being wrapped very neatly in a so-bok.
“Oh, this makes me look too weak.”
As I licked my lips in regret, Dang-gon’s forehead furrowed again.
“Why are you trying to do such barbaric things when you’re not even a member of the Sapa clan? Your family is a prestigious family that represents the Jeongpa clan-”
“Weren’t meanness, treachery, stinginess, revenge, and human nature the mottos of your family?”
“… Now that you mention it, I have nothing to say, but still, the Jeongpa is the Jeongpa! Leading the Sacheon martial arts world!”
While Dang-gon and I were bickering, Dang Gyu-jin asked a question.
“What are you planning to do here instead of getting off right away?”
“I was looking for something.”
I was taking two people to the original site of the shrine.
The fire had subsided considerably, leaving only small sparks visible.
Most of the buildings that made up the shrine were gone.
All that remained were the skeleton and the foundation stones. The walls had completely collapsed, leaving only ruins.
Namgung Sanyoung looked like he was blatantly reluctant to come in, but I didn’t care at all.
“Everything was blown away in the explosion, what could be left?”
“There must be. Most of the data may have been lost, but the important ones must have been protected somehow.”
“That’s true. Then I’ll take this side.”
“Then I’ll take charge of this area. Usually, sorcerers set up their altars under large trees like this, so if I search around I think I’ll find something.”
Dang Gyu-jin and Dang Gon each dispersed to different areas.
“Mother, please help me.”
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“Shouldn’t I also go back to my hometown first and report this fact to the Nanhyeopjeon? Furthermore, I can request detailed information from the hometown later on when I ask for an investigation team-”
“I don’t know when the remnants of those guys will return. Or you can go back alone. In return, you don’t have to know what I’ll be taking back, right?”
“… No. Please let me help too. This is a family affair after all. Do you think I, the mistress, should get involved?”
Namgung Sanyoung smiled as brightly as possible.
Judging from the way the corners of his lips were twitching loudly, he seemed to be holding back his anger.
No matter how much a person is influenced by the Tang dynasty, how can one think of striking the back of the head as soon as the tooth that was aching falls out?
It was clear that Namgung Sanyoung wanted to return to the family while I was away and find and destroy all evidence related to him.
But, if you keep disobeying and doing stupid things behind my back, I’ll make you aware that it’ll be no fun, so now you’re finally bowing your head again.
Seeing that he didn’t change even though his daughter was watching, I thought that he was a person after all.
I really need to take the opportunity to push it aside.
“What on earth happened with your mother?”
At that moment, Dang Gyu-jin sent a subtle message.
It seemed like the two people who seemed like they would never be together were getting along well, so people were curious about the secret.
“There have been so many, many things. So many fun things.”
『… It seems like you were the only one having fun?』
“I hope everyone had fun.”
Dang Gyu-jin’s face turned red with bewilderment.
『… … Okay. Let’s say that’s true. What exactly are you looking for here?』
Dang Gyu-jin seemed to want to hear the story through the phone as Namgung San-yeong was watching.
『There will be letters exchanged with Cheonsan here. Or documents related to him.』
“Ah! You’re trying to find the weeds connected to the skeletal mesh.”
『Yes. No matter how secretly the act was committed, Guryong County is the front yard of the main house. But if they are so bold as to hide it, doesn’t that mean that someone is in the middle of the scheme?』
The exact reason why Heukgolguigok was able to secretly infiltrate Sacheon was because of Dang Hosan’s tacit approval, but Dang Gyujin did not know this fact yet.
That’s why Dang Gyu-jin’s thoughts went in a different direction.
The voice sank deeply.
“Are you trying to find a connection to the Namgung family?”
Dang Gyu-jin’s gaze briefly turned to Namgung San-young.
As time passed, Namgung Sanyoung looked increasingly anxious.
She must be crazy about the same thing.
If evidence of collusion between Namgung Se-ga and the Demonic Cult is discovered, she will never be able to even dream of making a comeback.
But that didn’t stop us.
Rather, it will only arouse Dang-gon and Dang-gyu-jin’s suspicions even more.
Yeah. Keep going like that and try riding that shit rope.
『You can probably guess what the Demonic Cult was trying to do here, right?』
I neither confirmed nor denied Dang Gyu-jin’s question.
But that was enough.
Dang Gyu-jin also came to guess that this incident carries a weight that is by no means small.
‘You guys should spread out and look for it too.’
“What should we look for?”
‘Letters exchanged with Cheonsan.’
Protestantism is Protestantism, and Christianity is Christianity, but to me, there was something more important than that.
‘Among them, there will definitely be a letter mentioning the Angmasinhwajong or the Master’s whereabouts.’
* * *
Since waking up as ‘Dangunhwi’, I have been visiting Cheongpung Guesthouse every single day.
But so far, no one has confirmed the secret code I left behind.
It could simply be that the civil war within the Shinto religion intensified, causing all the believers of the Angmasinhwajong sect in Sacheon to leave Sacheon.
But now the civil war has calmed down enough for the council to move.
And a conspiracy was unfolding centered around Sacheon.
If so, there must have been some movement from the Angmasinhwajong, which is more sensitive to this information than anyone else, but the fact that no one has confirmed it until now means there is a problem.
―It is clear that there is some kind of crisis in the Angmasinhwajong.
This was the conclusion I had no choice but to reach.
It was for this very reason that I tried to kill the white bone net.
Because I feel like you definitely know something.
The end of the civil war meant that the Angmasinhwajong was truly in danger, and if there were any remnants left, they would surely be desperately chasing them to end it.
So I thought that Baekgolmangsa might have some vague information, but it all ended up being in vain when Tom suddenly showed up.
Surely there must have been information about Master’s whereabouts there… but it has disappeared.
But I knew very well what kind of person Baekgolmangsa was and how the Black Bone Ghost Valley operated.
They never destroyed records easily.
In the case of records containing top secret information, they were stored separately in specially designed safes or institutional devices.
‘Fifteen, should I pay for the meal?’
“Ma, as I said, So, Soma is only at the bottom, so I know very little information-“
The other ghosts quietly picked up their clubs.
As the white bone net disappeared, the youngest child suddenly became sad again. Fifteen-year-old Ho-ho shouted quickly and repeatedly, half sobbing.
“Baekgolmangsa used to frequent the Heukgoldang, the innermost part of the shrine, and since he often didn’t come out for hours, I’m cautiously guessing that if you search there, you’ll definitely find something.”
“Are you a ghost who knows what the youngest is saying?”
“Heukgoldang? What time is it? I think that’s what it said?”
“Where on earth is Heukgoldang?”
The place we arrived at, led by the 15th, was a very small pavilion located in the deepest part of the shrine. No, it was the site of the pavilion.
There were only a few cornerstones and burnt wooden pillars lying around, so I wondered if I could find anything there.
“You’re not joking, are you?”
“If you try to avoid getting hit and then get caught, you’ll lose your hand?”
“Eek! No! It’s true! Please believe me, seniors! Lord of the Elementary School!!”
I don’t think it’s a lie, seeing as you’re looking at me with those longing eyes.
“I wonder if it’s true?”
However, the ghosts who were about to pick up their clubs stopped because the fifteenth number was still not hot.
“Did you find something?”
“maybe.”
I picked up the piece of iron that was covered in ash.
“What is that?”
“Piece of organ machinery.”
“then-“
“It’s nearby.”
I created a gust of wind, blowing away all the ash and dust that covered Heukgol-dang, and began to walk slowly on the ground.
The Sacheon region has long had a humid climate and many mountains, so it has been used a lot of dry wood.
A typical wooden floor is hard.
However, the floor covered with iron or stone felt closer to being ‘solid’.
It was a subtle difference, but my senses couldn’t be fooled.
“It looks like this! There’s a lot of things here!”
The ghosts were also able to successfully pinpoint the location of the vault, as they were free to move in and out of the ground at any time.
I stepped on the ground with all my might.
Kwaaang!
The floor completely split apart with a loud noise.
Beneath it, a very large and deep secret space appeared.
There were dozens of shelves, large and small, along the walls, storing various documents, sorted by date or type. There was also a shelf on one side, piled high with gold bars.
“Did you find something?”
“My, my gold is all here-”
Danggon and Danggyujin heard the sound and ran over here.
Namgung Sanyeongdo also looked down with a surprised face.
I threw myself down into the secret space first.
A shelf where books are stored separately.
Among them, there were orders that appeared to have been sent directly from Cheonsan.
It was written in a unique script used only in Cheonsan so that others could not read it, but there was no way that I, as a small sect leader, could not read it.
The book mostly dealt with the damage to ranches that had been left in disarray.
It seemed that during that time, Guigokju had been catching Baekgolmangsa like a rat.
There was also content saying that he would come soon.
The letter I was looking for was right below.
―… … Currently, three men who appear to be remnants of the Shinwha Sect have been discovered in Milmildae. Chase after them and capture them. Before the lord arrives.
The hand holding the letter tightened its grip.
I finally found it.
It was the whereabouts of the believers.
Reincarnation Demon Temple
