◈ Traps (3)
Wijihak, who had led Mujin to the front of Mannyeonseolsam, asked.
“Would you like to consume it right here? Or are you going to take it with you?”
“I will try to consume it somewhere else.”
“Well, it might be uneasy to consume it here. “The cold will be too strong, and it will be emotionally uncomfortable.”
Wijihak shook his head at Mujin’s answer and added some advice.
“But you’d better take it as soon as possible. “Perennial snow ginseng is an elixir that grows in places with strong cold, so if you take it to another place, its medicinal effects will quickly dissipate.”
After giving a brief explanation, Wi Ji-hak put the perennial snow ginseng into a small box made of iron located next to the Bing Jeong-ok and handed it to Mu-jin.
“This is the box we used to bring the perennial snow ginseng to our Murim Alliance. It’s mixed with ice crystal jade powder, so it’ll keep some of the chill in. However, compared to placing it next to the ice crystal jade, the effect is weaker, so it will not be able to last for a long time. In fact, when I brought this to the Murim Alliance, I steadily injected cold energy with the help of the North Sea Ice Palace warrior, but didn’t you master the ice attack?”
“I think we should return to the Shaolin Pavilion as quickly as possible.”
“Just in case, I will attach the Murim Alliance warriors as escorts, so please return to the Shaolin Hall immediately.”
“Thank you for your consideration. Amitabha Buddha.”
Mu-jin, who showed respect to Wi Ji-hak as class president, picked up the box Wi Ji-hak gave him.
And right after leaving the warehouse.
“Now that’s done, let’s go back.”
Leaving Wijihak’s greeting behind, he unfolded the Gyeongsinbeop and quickly escaped the Murim Alliance. To protect Mujin, several warriors from the Murim League came together.
Since the winning product, perennial ginseng, is an eye-popping elixir, some people may be overly greedy.
Immediately after arriving at the entrance to the Murim Alliance, I encountered the Shaolin disciples who were waiting for Mujin.
Mujin quickly explained the situation to them and immediately moved towards the Shaolin Hall with them.
“We will be standing guard around the pavilion, so Mujin, you can quickly consume it.”
“thank you. Monk Oedangju.”
As soon as Mujin was able to show his respect as class leader, Master Hyeonhyeon told the Shaolin disciples each direction to protect themselves and tried to guard against any unexpected situation.
Mujin watched the scene for a moment and headed straight to the room.
When Mujin entered the room and opened the box, he found that, just as the Murim Lord had said, a huge amount of energy was flowing from the perennial snow ginseng.
As the chill surrounding me weakened, I lost my balance in the unfamiliar environment and lost the effectiveness of the medicine.
The energy that was flying right now was so enormous that it was a situation where any martial artist would have thrown the perennial snow ginseng into their mouth and swallowed it without delay.
And Mujin, without delay, raised the bet in both hands.
Kwasik!
I just crushed the perennial snow ginseng.
Quaaaaaaaaa.
There was obviously no sound, but Mujin felt like he heard it.
When the perennial snow ginseng, which contained infinitely concentrated cold, was crushed, the concentrated energy that was visible to the eye began to gush out with tremendous force.
“Whoa.”
As Mujin took a deep breath, the gold ball that was only on his hand expanded its area to cover Mujin’s entire body.
If I stayed like that, I felt like my whole body would get frostbite from the cold of the perennial snow ginseng.
Mujin protected his entire body with the gold ball and used his hands again to crush the perennial snow ginseng starting from the tip. It’s like grinding it with a compressor.
The perennial snow ginseng clearly had a form similar to ginseng, but when its shape was broken by Mujin’s grip, it began to turn into energy rather than powder.
The immense chill gushed out from every corner of the room where Mujin was located, and the inside of the room began to form frost and icicles, as if it were an ice warehouse.
Either way, Mujin was only focused on dismantling Perennial Seolsam.
And around this time, there was only about this amount of perennial snow ginseng left.
“!!!”
The moment he felt a strange feeling in his fingers, Mujin stopped crushing the snow ginseng and quickly grabbed the strange material.
“Gotcha.”
The black creature, which was much smaller than a pea or, if I had to compare it, to the size of a grain of coarse salt, was caught by Mujin’s hand while trying to escape into the remaining inside of the perennial snow ginseng.
This was the trap prepared by the dark forces residing in Perennial Seolsam.
No, in Mujin’s opinion, the perennial snow ginseng itself was nothing more than bait to use this guy in the first place.
Yin Yang Go (陰陽蠱).
A type of poison, it absorbs the host’s energy and covers its exterior with that energy like a chameleon.
That is, if this guy is in the elixir. He said that even if he ate this thing, he would not feel any strangeness whatsoever.
Likewise, this thing absorbed into the body through the elixir absorbs some of the human’s energy, which has become a new host, takes on the same color, eliminates the feeling of heterogeneity, and very naturally coils itself around the upper body.
And as it was coiled in the upper chamber where the brain was located, it was possible to apply a kind of ‘brainwashing’ to the host according to the shaman’s orders.
Even if it had already settled inside, it was impossible to detect it even if you tried to detect it because it contained the same energy as the host.
‘In the original, Namgung Jincheon ate this guy and became a bastard.’
The original Namgung Jincheon was also an arrogant and unlucky guy, but he was just a guy who lived for his own pride. He wasn’t a fool who bullied a quiet guy for no reason.
Anyway, since we found this guy, we were able to block the plan that the dark forces had laid out for the Yongbong branch.
‘In the original work, it was said that this guy only appeared once and that it was extremely difficult to make.’
This guy was extremely difficult to make, and even more difficult to use.
Since it has the ability to absorb the host’s energy and hide itself, it had to be created in reverse and put into an elixir at the same time.
Moreover, because it continues to absorb energy little by little in order to survive, it was necessary to continuously feed it elixirs to keep it alive.
“hmm. “I’ll be able to use it as evidence later, so I should keep it.”
Mujin put the small insect he caught in his hand into the box he had received from the Murim Lord, and then sealed the box with several layers.
This was a conclusion I came to after thinking about it for several years while preparing for the Yongbong branch, but it was foolish to use this guy as evidence right now.
‘Damn martial arts.’
In this world where there are no CCTVs or cameras, I went out with this guy and thought, ‘This guy came out of the snow!’ Even if you try, the other side will say, ‘This is a frame-up!’ If you refute it, it’s over.
According to common sense, it was strange that they found this guy by crushing the perennial ginseng, one of the rare elixirs, without even eating it.
Doesn’t it look like he did it because he knew that this guy was in Perennial Snow?
If so, naturally, how did you know? It will lead to the question of who did this, but Mujin doesn’t know who did this.
I don’t even know when it was put in. I just knew that it contained Yin-Yang Go.
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Of course, he could have shown this guy by crushing the perennial snow ginseng right in front of Wijihak, not here.
‘Well, the result is the same.’
In conclusion, it was meaningless because we didn’t know who did it. It’s just a situation where everyone is suspicious of each other.
Political factions, which are already in conflict, could be divided, and if that happens, the shadowy forces will more easily be active.
Therefore, instead of drawing the attention of the dark forces without much gain, Mujin planned to deal with this guy secretly and then escape from Shaolin and destroy the plans that the dark forces were preparing while hiding his identity.
In the meantime, it would be even better if we could secure evidence related to this Yin-Yang Go.
“Hmm. “But I think you still have some energy left, right?”
Just for a moment, let us look at the tip of the perennial snow ginseng, which has less than half a year left, and is still radiating energy and disappearing.
Mujin immediately shoved the remains of the perennial snow ginseng into his mouth.
Hwaaaaa!!
Mujin swallowed it down, trying to ignore the chill of the perennial snow ginseng coming from his mouth.
Then, using the Mahayana Mind Method, I began to absorb the energy of the perennial snow ginseng that had passed into my body.
‘Maybe it’s because Yin-Yang Go has already absorbed the energy, but the amount is less than I thought?’
Even though only the ends remained, I was able to absorb the energy quickly because I had less energy than I thought.
Therefore, right after Mujin absorbed the energy of the perennial snow ginseng that entered inside. I took a deep breath and began to absorb the energy from the outside.
As the perennial snow ginseng was crushed, a chill emanated throughout the room.
Some of it had already mixed with the energy in the air and flown out through the small gap, but an enormous amount of cold was still flowing inside the room.
Although it was difficult to obtain the effect of absorbing the elixir, it was possible to obtain the effect of drinking fortune energy in a place where the natural energy was concentrated.
“Whoa.”
After finishing his fortune-telling breakfast for about an hour, Mujin opened his eyes with a deep breath.
The inside of the room, where frost and icicles had begun to form, was filled with only a soggy floor and moisture. Before I knew it, all the chill had disappeared.
Some of the chill that stayed in the room between one hour was blown out by Mujin’s Danjeon, and the rest was blown out to the outside of the room.
“Fifteen years of public effort?”
Although it was an absurdly small amount of income considering that he had taken the perennial snow ginseng, Mujin stood up, thinking it was better than nothing.
* * *
“Huh. “I never thought the energy of perennial snow ginseng would be so strong.”
The Shaolin disciples standing guard around the pavilion where Mujin entered muttered in surprised voices without realizing it.
This was because a tremendous amount of cold was constantly flowing from the room Mujin entered.
“If the energy coming out is this much, how much energy has Mujin absorbed?”
There was a bit of a misunderstanding here.
Everyone thought that Mujin had eaten the elixir and was absorbing it, so they thought that the enormous chill coming out was just the residue that Mujin had failed to absorb.
“The chill is so strong, I’m worried that the balance of the bet may be upset.”
“Hmm. If it’s Mujin, it will be enough to endure. “Maybe he’s deliberately emitting cold like that to keep his balance.”
To the concerns of a Shaolin disciple, Master Hyeonhyeon took pains to answer in a calm tone.
While they were protecting the law during the visit, the Shaolin disciples were turning into strange faces with a mixture of anticipation and worry.
The good news was that, unlike the initial surge, the chill was getting weaker as time went by.
Furthermore, right after the flowing chill completely disappeared.
I’m sorry.
The hinges, soaked in cold and moisture, made an unpleasant friction sound, and Mujin appeared.
“Are you feeling okay?”
“yes. Monk Oedangju.”
The Shaolin disciples sighed in relief at Mujin’s answer, and Mujin tilted his head as he looked at the scene.
Mujin didn’t understand why he was worried about his body, even though he wasn’t dancing.
And from far away in the Shaolin Hall, there was a man who was watching the scene with his eyes focused.
‘It looks like the absorption was successful. Hehehe.’
With a satisfied expression on his face, he turned in the direction where the Murim League was located.
* * *
That night.
As usual, the unoccupied person in the room was laying down a mattress on the floor to sleep in one room.
But for some reason, Muhyul asked, looking at Mujin who seemed lost in thought while holding the mattress.
“huh? Mujin, what are you doing?”
As if there was no point in pondering the question, Mujin made a decision and opened his mouth to the three Mujabae men.
“Everyone knows that we have to return to Shaolin tomorrow, right?”
“of course.”
“So you should go to bed early. “I guess we’ll have to pack up and leave tomorrow morning.”
In response to Mugung and Mu-gyeong, Mu-jin asked with a grin.
“Aren’t you planning on going back a little longer?”
“A little more? how?”
“Hmm. “If you ask Hyeonhyeon Taesasukjo, he might give you about a day.”
Mu-jin shook his head towards Mu-gyeong and Mugung, who were giving answers like model students.
“That makes it meaningless. Guys, think about it. “If we go back to Shaolin now, when do you think we’ll be able to come out again?”
Mujin decided to recruit an accomplice to help him escape.
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