Tangmunjeon - Chapter 355



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Tangmunjeon Episode 355

Flowers blooming in the snow

When Baek Hyang-ah didn’t die for three days even after pulling out Jinwon Jin-gi, the mood in the group became strange.

“Why don’t you die?”

“Who knows?”

Baek Hyang-ah used her massive amount of negative energy to slow down the speed at which the Jinwon Jin energy was dispersing.

Unlike other people who can draw out the true energy and have their lifespan end in half a day, the time allowed for Baek Hyang-ah is approximately two weeks.

However, the party led by Dang Mu-jin had no way of knowing that fact.

Of course, it is not that Dang Mu-jin and his party wanted Baek Hyang-ah to die.

But at the same time, I didn’t think that Baek Hyang-ah had to survive. The group’s reaction was closer to pure curiosity.

Hong Geol-gae and Namgung Myeong lowered their voices and talked loudly.

“Could it be that Baek Hyang-ah was unable to bring out Jin Won-jin’s energy?”

“How could that be? Didn’t you feel Baek Hyang-ah’s yin aura suddenly getting darker?”

“There must be a method we don’t know about. An unknown internal energy method, perhaps.”

“Where can you find a method of internal energy that suddenly increases your internal energy like that? If there was something like that, I would become the best in the world. Talk about something that makes sense.”

“Then, does it make sense to hold out for three days with the original energy pulled out?”

Unlike Namgung Myung or Hong Geol-gae, who were simply curious, Dang Mu-jin was constantly fidgeting.

There was only one problem. In Dangmujin’s eyes, Baek Hyang-ah looked like a patient.

Baek Hyang-ah had been a patient since she was suffering from pulse failure. After taking Mannyeonbingjeong, she became even more seriously ill, and now she is a patient whose life is in danger.

Rather, I felt at ease right after Baek Hyang-ah pulled out Jin Won-jin-gi.

I thought that since it was beyond the realm of medical treatment, there was nothing I could do about it. But now, my mind was filled with thoughts that I might be able to save him somehow.

‘It may not have really touched Jinwonjinki as Hong Geol-gae guessed. It may be possible to revive him.’

As soon as Dang Mujin finished his thoughts, he quickly launched his lightness attack in the direction Baek Hyang-ah was in. Hyun-gong was terrified when he saw this.

“Dang Mu-jin. Where are you going?”

“I’ll just check on the condition for a moment and come back.”

“Status? Baekhyang-ah?”

“that’s right.”

“You last time···”

Hyun-gong observed Seol-hwa’s expression and then sent a message to Dang Mu-jin.

– Didn’t you say that you killed Baek Hyang-ah’s father?

– that’s right.

– Doesn’t Baek Hyang-ah know?

– I don’t know the details. But I think I know at least that it’s related to me.

Hyun-gong frowned.

– And yet you want to approach Baek Hyang-ah? If you do that, you’ll die. If another guy dies, there won’t be any widows, or only one, but if you die now, there will be two widows.

– You weren’t hostile last time. You’ll be okay this time too.

– How could that be… Oh, okay. Okay. Just wait. Let’s go together. If I go with you, even if something goes wrong, you won’t die.

Hyun-gong also quickly expanded his lightness and followed Dang-mu-jin.

*

Dang Mu-jin and his party maintained a distance of about ten to fifteen li from Baek Hyang-ah.

If you decide to catch up, it’s a short distance away. Dangmujin and Hyungong found Baek Hyang-ah before long. Her back was covered in ice shards so small that it was hard to see with the naked eye.

Dang Mu-jin approached Baek Hyang-ah and shouted.

“Baekhyang-ah!”

Baek Hyang-ah still displayed her lightness, and turned her head to look at Dang Mu-jin.

“why?”

“Are you feeling unwell? Can I check on you?”

“it’s okay.”

“You know I’m a member of the National Assembly, right? I can cure most illnesses. Let’s at least check your condition.”

“Where in the world is there a person who would entrust his life to his father’s enemy?”

“uh···.”

Baek Hyang-ah knew that Dang Mu-jin had killed her father, Baek Chu-seo.

Baek Hyang-ah said indifferently.

“The reason I didn’t try to kill you right away is because you lost someone just as important to me. We’re not that close.”

Baek Hyang-ah knew the whole situation. Baek Chu-seo had asked Sal-mak to kill the evil spirit, and as a result, the evil spirit died, and Dang Mu-jin had killed Baek Chu-seo to get revenge.

But the party leadership did not back down.

“Then can I ask you a question?”

“paperweight?”

“You don’t necessarily have to take my pulse. Just ask me how I’m doing. I don’t think I’d refuse something like that.”

Baek Hyang-ah answered with a deep sigh.

“What are you curious about?”

“There’s something I need to check first. Did you pull out the original source?”

“That’s true···”

Baek Hyang-ah slowly began to speak. Dang Mu-jin thought that Baek Hyang-ah’s gaze had slightly shifted away from him.

At the same time, Baek Hyang-ah stretched out her pure white right arm. It was a hand that clearly held murderous intent.

Dang Mu-jin reflexively dodged Baek Hyang-ah’s attack.

It wasn’t hard to avoid the hand, but I felt something small and hard flying countless times and hitting my skin. They were ice particles that were moving around my body, frozen by Baekhyang-ah’s yin energy. Of course, the ice particles weren’t threatening.

However, Baek Hyang-ah’s attack was not initially aimed at Dang Mu-jin. The person Baek Hyang-ah’s right-hand man was targeting was Hyeon-gong.

“be careful!”

Dang Mu-jin shouted in a hurry, but there was no need to warn him separately. Unlike Dang Mu-jin, Hyun-gong had not let his guard down from the beginning.

Hyun-gong immediately drew his sword, unfolded the Taegeuk sword, and caught Baek Hyang-ah’s hand.

Geuggeuggeuk-

A metallic sound was heard between Baek Hyang-ah’s grip and Hyeon-gong’s sword.

This is the sword that Hyun-gong made for him by Dang Mu-jin. It is not something that was made with special care, but it is a famous sword that can be easily counted among the top ten swords in the world.

Even though her hand came into contact with that famous sword, Baek Hyang-ah’s hand was not damaged at all.

It was an amazing sight. If the sword made by Sam-an-bul-do Dang-mu-jin, who devoted his life to external affairs, were cut, it would at least leave a small wound.

Even if he blocked Baek Hyang-ah’s hand, it wasn’t the end.

Hyun-gong noticed that his right arm, which was holding the sword, was being consumed by Baek Hyang-ah’s yin energy. The speed was incredibly fast.

Hyun-gong felt as if ice was forming on his fingers, wrists, and elbows. As the small pieces of ice pierced his joints, he felt a sharp pain that made him dizzy.

“Ugh!”

Hyungong immediately unleashed the most powerful of the Wudang faction’s light-hearted techniques, Jeunjong, and flew backwards. Hyungong’s new body stretched out like a stick of candy.

At the same time, Hyun-gong developed the Six Yang Heart Method (六陽心法), which was the fastest way to gather yang energy among the internal energy methods of the Wudangpa. As the yin energy that had permeated his body and the yang energy of the Six Yang Heart Method were roughly balanced, his joints slowly loosened and the pain subsided.

Hyun-gong’s back became excited with cold sweat.

‘It was dangerous.’

If I had let my guard down, I would have died. Even if I hadn’t let my guard down, if either Jeunjong or Yukyangsimbeop had been even a little late, I would have lost at least my right arm.

In the past, he was able to overcome a crisis by gaining enlightenment and being able to use two martial arts simultaneously.

Hyun-gong scolded Baek-hyang-ah.

“A surprise attack? What a cowardly thing to do!”

But Baek Hyang-ah laughed.

“The reason I didn’t attack Dang Mu-jin is because, even though Dang Mu-jin killed my father, my father greatly contributed to the death of the goblin. But you didn’t pay any price, did you?”

“The price? What did I do wrong?”

When Hyun-gong spoke as if he was being treated unfairly, Baek Hyang-ah looked at him with a dumbfounded expression.

If you were to pick the person among the current party members that Baek Hyang-ah held the deepest grudge against, it would be, without a doubt, Hyeon-gong.

Unlike his friends who had no choice but to take up their swords, Hyun-gong actively engaged in a hostage situation, which resulted in the battle’s balance being turned around and Muryang-ja, who was like a father to him, dying.

“You… no, just die without knowing. It’s not worth telling.”

Baek Hyang-ah ran towards Hyeon-gong.

Any other warrior would have raised his sword with pride, but Hyungong was not a person who would accept a fight where he had nothing to gain or a fight where he had no chance of winning.

Therefore, Hyungong opened the Jeunjong once again to open the distance, and then spread the Yanqing Shipalbi (燕靑十八飛) like flowing water and ran away quickly. Baek Hyang-ah, whose achievements were unbalanced, could not keep up with Hyungong’s Gyeongsin method.

Baek Hyang-ah looked around. Dang Mu-jin had already disappeared.

Baek Hyang-ah let out a deep sigh and then turned to the north again.

*

The sun set and the moon rose.

The party of Dang Mu-jin lit a small bonfire and chatted away.

“So, Hyun-gong, you almost lost an arm because you approached Baek Hyang-ah for no reason?”

“Yes. You, who obediently became one-armed when you were in danger of becoming one-armed. I, who overcame the danger and saved both arms. This is the decisive difference between you and me. Do you understand?”

“Just like you did in the last debate, why don’t you sneakily take out your third arm and attack?”

“Okay. I’ll do that next time.”

Namgung Myung, Hyeon Gong, Hong Geol Gae, and Seol Hwa all laughed and chatted, and then quickly fell asleep.

However, Dang Mu-jin quietly stayed in his seat, and then got up after confirming that everyone was asleep.

Dang Mu-jin approached Baek Hyang-ah.

Baek Hyang-ah was alone in the darkness, without even lighting a fire. She buried her head between her knees, shivering slightly.

Dang Mu-jin asked from a distance so as not to startle Baek Hyang-ah.

“If it’s cold, should I light a fire?”

Instead of answering, Baek Hyang-ah raised her head and looked at Dang Mu-jin.

“Why did you come?”

“You didn’t finish the story we were going to tell earlier in the day, did you?”

Baek Hyang-ah remembered that Dang Mu-jin had tried to question her during the day.

Even after causing such a fuss, is a patient still a patient? Baek Hyang-ah thought so, smiling faintly in the darkness.

Baek Hyang-ah asked in a voice that was much softer than during the day.

“What are you curious about?”

“How are you feeling? Is there anything wrong with your shoulders or the back of your neck? Does it feel stiff for no reason, or does it feel numb for no reason? Or does it feel stuffy and heavy in the pit of your stomach?”

“I pulled out the real Jinwonjinki.”

At first glance, it sounded like a red herring, but it was the most concise and definitive answer.

It means that since you will die soon, there is no need to waste time trying to treat you.

“So, go back.”

Dang Mu-jin was about to suggest that they check on her condition, but then changed his mind.

In any treatment, the doctor’s medical skills are important, but the patient’s will to survive is also very important. However, Baek Hyang-ah did not seem to have the will to survive.

If you approach Baek Hyang-ah here, it is not a medical technique to save the patient, but only the doctor’s greed.

But I don’t want to just go back. That’s why Dang Mu-jin brought up a story unrelated to medicine.

“Then can I ask you something else?”

Baek Hyang-ah answered obediently.

“What is it?”

“What are you planning to do by going to the Ice Palace? Are you planning to cause a catastrophe?”

“···no.”

In fact, until recently I had been thinking about causing a bloodbath.

Because my heart was filled with resentment, I wanted to do something loud.

But as always, Baek Hyang-ah’s radical thoughts did not last long.

This is because among the people remaining in the Bukhae Ice Palace, there was not a single person who held a grudge against Baek Hyang-ah.

Except for Sosang-gakju and Daebyeok-gakju, all the people of Bukhae Ice Palace were kind and gentle. At one point, I thought I wanted to live in Bukhae Ice Palace for the rest of my life.

Baek Hyang-ah said, mumbling.

“···I want to correct people’s misunderstandings and end my life in the Bukhae Ice Palace. I want to show them that I didn’t run away after stealing the Eternal Ice Crystal and the Secret Vessel. I want to return the Secret Vessel and, in exchange for the Eternal Ice Crystal, return my body to the Bukhae Ice Palace. I think that’s not a bad ending.”

“That’s why you pulled out Jinwonjinki? That’s ridiculous.”

Dang Mu-jin couldn’t fathom Baek Hyang-ah’s thoughts.

If that’s the only reason, then instead of dragging out the True Origin and inviting death, why don’t you just go back to the Bukhae Ice Palace and live?

After hearing Dang Mu-jin’s answer, Baek Hyang-ah stared at Dang Mu-jin in the darkness.

Then suddenly, I burst out laughing.

A loud laugh. But a slightly awkward laugh.

Dang Mu-jin thought that it must have been a long time since Baek Hyang-ah smiled.

Isn’t this the first time since Goei and Dangmujin cured the pulse?

It may have been even longer than that. It is not easy for someone who has been seriously ill for a long time to smile.

Baek Hyang-ah laughed for a long time, then wiped away the tears that were welling up in her eyes with her sleeve and spoke to Dang Mu-jin.

“You, you really don’t have any thoughts?”

“···Why are you swearing all of a sudden?”

“That’s not what I meant. On the contrary, I meant it in a good way.”

Baek Hyang-ah stretched out while sitting up, then lay down on the floor defenselessly. Perhaps because the weather was cold, the stars were unusually bright.

“Do you know why Sosanggakju and Daebyeokgakju followed me?”

“okay.”

“The two of them were after my body. It’s a little gruesome, but my body can be used as an incredible elixir.”

“know.”

“Was my body only an elixir for two people?”

Baek Hyang-ah stared at Dang Mu-jin as she spoke.

Only then did Dang Mu-jin understand why Baek Hyang-ah had pulled out Jin Won-jin-gi.

Just as Baek Hyang-ah’s body is a elixir to So Sang-gak-ju and Dae Byeok-gak-ju, Baek Hyang-ah’s body is also a elixir to Dang Mu-jin and his party.

From Baek Hyang-ah’s perspective, Dang Mu-jin and his party were a threat in and of themselves.

Three super masters. Two super masters.

A relationship that is even a little hostile, knowing what value your own body has.

In order to reach the North alive, Baek Hyang-ah had to paradoxically risk her life and pull out Jinwon Jin-gi.

Otherwise, he might have thought that he would be killed by the party’s party.

That was the worst outcome Baek Hyang-ah could imagine.

Not only would he not be able to reach the North, but even death would not be his choice.

From birth to life and death, it becomes a life in which nothing was chosen by oneself.

Dang Mu-jin spoke in a slightly smaller voice.

“···You’re mistaken. There are some eccentric people in our group, but no one wants to covet your body.”

“Really? That’s good.”

Baek Hyang-ah spoke in a clear voice. However, Dang Mu-jin’s heart was still heavy.

“I didn’t understand how you felt. I’m sorry about that. I’m sure you didn’t want to die like this either…”

“It’s okay. I didn’t bring out Jinwonjinki just because of you guys.”

“huh?”

“There are others besides you who covet my body.”

“Who is it?”

Baek Hyang-ah did not answer, but looked at a dot in the darkness and spoke.

“You’re here just in time.”

Dang Mu-jin also looked at the place Baek Hyang-ah was looking at.

Two people were faintly visible in the darkness.

Coincidentally, both of them were faces that Dangmujin knew.

The left-handed method of the Demonic Cult, Yeon Sa-wook. And Gwangyeom-ra.

Gwangyeomra raised his hand and greeted Dangmujin and Baekhyangah.

“You’re lucky. There’s someone you want to kill and someone you have to kill. How’s everyone doing?”

Baek Hyang-ah whispered to Dang Mu-jin.

“The Demonic Cult didn’t just let me go.”