Episode 629 A story in the reign (4)âHello.â
The black and white pair slightly lowered their heads.
âAre you here?â
Namgungdan said with a smile.
âI came to see the leader. We made a promise, but are you still inside?â
âHeâs probably not here right now. I heard he has a place to visit for a while.â
âOh really?â
âIâll be back soon. Would you like to wait inside?â
Namgoong Danâs eyes widened.
âIs that okay?â
The Demon God Palace is the largest and most sacred place of the Heavenly Demon God religion.
The Demon God Palace was a place where even the highest-ranking leaders of the Protestant Church could not reside unless permission was given. However, the head of the Namgung family, one of the best families of the political faction, was told to come into the Demon God Palace and wait.
It was time for the black and white pair to open their mouths.
âYou are the religious leaderâs honored guests.â
Everyone turned their heads.
Mudam was walking there.
Mudam said with a smile.
âFor the demons of our church, the Demon Godâs Palace is a sacred and inviolable territory, but isnât it true that we can bow our heads to the church leaderâs guests like we demons do?â
Namgungdan bowed his head.
âGreat protection law.â
Mudam also bowed his head.
âThe teacher gave this person a word. If he canât come on time, I want you to have tea with me.â
âOh, did you?â
âLetâs go in.â
âThen I will shame you.â
So the four people entered the Demon Godâs Palace.
Namgunghwa looked at Mudam with curious eyes.
Mudam asked without even turning his head.
âIs there something on this old manâs face?â
Namgunghwa was surprised.
âHuh! Oh, thatâs not it.â
âBut how can you stare at this old manâs face?â
âBecause itâs fascinating.â
It was a bold answer. Mudam burst into laughter.
âWhat is so surprising?â
Namgoonghwa instinctively knew when to show her true intentions and when to be polite. So she spoke honestly.
âI heard that the Great Protection Law of the Heavenly Demon Church is one of the strictest in the Demonic Martial Forest.â
âis it?â
âYes. I heard that his martial arts skills are comparable to those of the Old Demon Lord, enough to bring down Mount Tai, and his strictness is the best even in the Protestant Church, so I heard that he is a person that no one can easily look at.â
Mudam shook his head.
âYouâre not wrong. It was like that once.â
âYou mean not now?â
âNow that I have a trustworthy successor, I am slowly beginning to let go of the heavy burden of Great Protection.â
Namgungdan said with a smile.
âAre you talking about team leader?â
âThatâs right. I think heâs quite capable of handling the position of Daehobeop, but heâs insisting on the position of leader, saying he still has a lot to learn.â
âI think I understand.â
âhmm?â
âA master is like a parent. It is every childâs wish for his parents to have a comfortable retirement, but at the same time, it is also the childâs wish to see his parents live young.â
Mudam smiled.
âI donât know yet.â
âHaha, have a drink with your team leader later. No matter how close you are, if you donât talk openly, you wonât know whatâs inside you.â
âThank you for the advice.â
Namgungdan, who was watching the martial arts story with a smile, tilted his head.
âWhere did Butema Howie go?â
Mudam pointed north with his finger.
âHe went where he belonged.â
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âHave you memorized everything?â
âof course.â
Lee Cheon-sang nodded.
âItâs the same in any area, but the taste of alcohol in particular can vary greatly depending on minor temperature differences and the fermentation process. If you want to make it right, you have to pay attention to every single thing, even if itâs annoying.â
âAll right.â
âokay.â
Lee Cheon-sang quietly looked at Seo-ryang.
Xu Liang smiled.
âWhy are you looking at me so intently?â
âTo keep it in my memory.â
âyes?â
âItâs because I want to remember the face of the man who became the first man to rule the world of magic for as long as possible.â
At that moment, Seo-ryang felt overwhelmed.
He spoke as calmly as possible.
âWe have not yet achieved the world of magic.â
âIt has been achieved.â
ââ¦.â
âYou know, right? Youâve already achieved the world of magic. Youâre just lacking a little bit of color.â
âI have to finish the coloring.â
âOf course you should.â
âSo, donât go anywhere until we achieve a complete Demon World.â
The corners of Lee Cheon-sangâs mouth rose.
âWhy? Did you think I would disappear somewhere forever?â
âYouâve already disappeared from our lives, right? I just want you to watch over us a little longer.â
âI already have no regrets, so what can I do by watching you more?â
Seo-ryang smiled mischievously.
âI donât know what youâve become one with, but arenât you frustrated? Please keep it that way. Wouldnât it be nice to come here once in a while and have a drink like this when you think of your student?â
âI always wanted to see Shingyo.â
Lee Cheon-sangâs eyes deepened.
âAnd I always wanted to be by your side.â
ââ¦.â
âBut this is also not natural. Thanks to the unprecedented favor of the Yoseon, I did not die as a human but melted into the world as a half-seon, but it is not right to bring in the soul so often. Itâs work.â
âA person whose very existence is against the odds has now come to find the natural order.â
âWhy donât you just curse and tell me to go to hell?â
âI cannot send my master to hell as a disciple.â
Lee Cheon-sang chuckled.
âHow much alcohol do you have left?â
Xu Liang shook the bottle.
âThereâs about one sip left.â
âGive it to me.â
âYou are very greedy.â
âYou have a mountain of alcohol in your liquor store.â
Xu Liang smiled and handed over the bottle.
Lee Cheon-sang drank the last sip.
âLiang.â
âyes.â
âLet regrets be regrets.â
Xu Liangâs eyes wavered.
That meaningful word pierced somewhere in my heart.
Lee Cheon-sang put down the bottle and smiled brightly. Unbelievably, that smile contained deeper affection than any smile I had ever seen.
âI donât know if you know, but you are much kinder and softer than you think.â
âTo date, more than tens of thousands of people have died by my hands.â
âIt deserves to be called a rare assassin. However, even after killing so many people, you still maintain your own soul. That is difficult for anyone.â
ââ¦.â
âI know that I have lived a poor life so far.â
âIâve never chased money.â
âIâm not talking about money.â
ââ¦.â
âYou lived a life starving for a proper ârelationshipâ.â
Seo-ryang clenched his fists without realizing it.
âWhen you were young, you fought to eat, and when you went under Damsayoungâs command, you fought not to die. In those decades, you have never built a proper human relationship.â
ââ¦.â
âYou always wanted freedom. But you should have looked closely at what caused you to want that freedom.â
âCauseâ¦.â
âWhat is freedom and what is an ordinary life? For humans, an ordinary life cannot be created without relationships with others.â
ââ¦.â
âThe freedom you desire ultimately comes from the desire to live with someone.â
Xu Liang looked at Li Cheonsang in silence.
âWhy, you know me better than I know myself.â
âYou have a personality that is easier to understand than you think.â
âHaha, Iâve heard it a lot.â
âLet me ask you something. Even now, do you want to throw away the burden on your shoulders and spend the night alone?â
ââ¦.â
âDo you want to give up your position as the leader of a Protestant religion and move to some countryside to make a living cultivating rice fields?â
Xu Liang smiled bitterly.
âno.â
âYou have wanted a life like that. But why are you saying you donât want to do that now?â
âBecause I am satisfied with my life now.â
âIs that the end?â
âAndâ¦â
Seo-ryang closed his eyes.
Although I closed my eyes, I could vividly see the countless people I had built relationships with.
âBecause there are many people who can help ease my burden.â
Lee Cheon-sang nodded.
âYou finally built a relationship.â
âThatâs right.â
âAnd youâre satisfied with just that.â
âYes. I think so.â
âYou are a thousand worthy successor to me. If you are more greedy, you can open the realm of myth at any time.â
ââ¦.â
âIf you put your mind to it, you can live comfortably for two hundred years. By then, all your precious people will have died. What do you plan to do then?â
Xu Liangâs eyes wavered.
Lee Cheon-sang nodded.
âBreaking up is difficult for anyone to get used to. There is no choice but to endure it or cut off the relationship.â
ââ¦.â
âWould you cut off ties with your people just because you donât want to break up?â
âI canât do that.â
âI guess so.â
âBut I donât want to break up either.â
âYou already sent me.â
âYou are here.â
âThen, unlike before, I can prepare my mind and send it off.â
Xu Liang gritted his teeth.
Lee Cheon-sang looked up at the sky.
âIt always bothered me. Even though I didnât die as a human and became one with something in the world as a half-seon, I kept thinking about you. I couldnât give you everything I could have given you.â
ââ¦I received it in abundance.â
âThank you if you think so.â
Lee Cheon-sang lowered his head, grabbed the bottle, and then put it down again.
âI really wanted to tell you how to make Six Heavenly Heart Juice.â
ââ¦.â
âDeath means forgetting. The memory can last for a hundred years at best. But tradition and history can last a thousand years.â
ââ¦.â
âJust as I taught you the recipe for the Six Heavenly Heart Pillar, later on, tell your disciples this secret. With this, I will be able to live for another thousand years.â
Lee Cheon-sang stood up.
Xiliang did not wake up. I didnât even look up at Lee Cheon-sang.
I just sat there and looked at the empty liquor bottle on the ground.
A benevolent smile spread across the teacherâs face as he looked down at his student.
âAnd I was waiting again for the day when you would put a blanket in this place.â
ââ¦.â
âYou probably knew that todayâs drink is the real farewell drink.â
âI knew it.â
âThen why are you hesitating?â
Seo-ryang, who was quietly looking at the empty bottle, stood up.
I didnât bow. When Lee Cheon-sang died, he offered his prayers with all his heart. It was impossible to kill someone who had already passed away twice.
Just as a Heavenly Demon.
The previous Heavenly Demon, who was called the Absolute Demon God and led the peak of Shinism, was faced by the contemporary Heavenly Demon, who was called Yeomra Demon God and had achieved the world of magic for the second time in the history of Protestantism.
There was no more delusion visible on Seoryangâs face as he confidently faced Lee Cheon-sang.
Lee Cheon-sang said.
âWhat do you hope for?â
âI wish for nothing more.â
âWhat do you see?â
âI see what I want to see.â
âWhat are you listening to?â
âI only hear what I want to hear.â
âIf so, where will you head now?â
Xu Liang smiled.
âI have to head to Shingyo again.â
Lee Cheon-sang stroked Seo-ryangâs shoulder.
âGoodbye.â
Pusssss.
Lee Cheon-sangâs body became light and passed away.
Hehehe!
The illusion created by Panmajeong disappeared in an instant.
Xiliang looked up at the sky.
The power of Panmajeong had disappeared, but the light rising into the sky was still vivid.
Xi Liang sighed.
âHe seems like a cold-hearted guy.â
So, Xiliang sent his teacher.
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