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Reborn as the Doomed Heir of a Mage Dynasty (Web Novel) - Chapter 334
Chapter 334
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KU-GU-GU-GUNG.I looked at Sung Hun upon seeing the door open.
Sung Hun was looking at me as if he couldn't believe what had just happened.
It was like he'd seen something he shouldn't have.
How could you possibly...?
Was it because I had opened a hidden door in someone else's house so boldly? Even I couldn't help but chuckle awkwardly.
"Ah, I'm sorry. I did it without thinking...."
I should have asked for permission before opening it, but I hadn't, so clearly I was in the wrong.
No, that's not it...
Sung Hun chose his words and then asked me,
How, exactly, did you open it?
"Well..."
If you wanted to know how I'd opened it, the answer was simple.
"I could see it."
You could... see it?
"Yes."
The Moon Eye told me. It wasn't because I had some great talent.
Truly.
'I just followed what I saw.'
I was shown the answer. I merely followed it.
'Maybe this is something that changed as my level increased.'
Having surpassed the peak, perhaps even my eyes had undergone some change as a result.
'Indeed.'
If something had changed, what was it?
I should ask someone about thatbut, of all things, there was no elder around to ask.
'Well, it's probably just because of my level.'
I didn't want to overthink it. The martial arts Yu Chun-gil had created were already something I'd found strange.
'Things like this don't even surprise me anymore.'
Yu Chun-gil's existence explains almost everything.
It's amazing martial arts. How is this possible?
Yu Chun-gil created it.
Ah-ha!
'... What the hell.'
It sounds ridiculous, but it was true. Even when incidents or problems occurred, mentioning Yu Chun-gil to someone who knew him tended to resolve things.
Martial arts were no different.
'It's absurd, isn't it?'
It was the "Yu Chun-gil solves everything" theory.
Like master, like disciple, I suppose.
See? Even now, by mentioning Yu Chun-gil in this situation, Sung Hun was trying to make sense of it.
... That sect, honestly...
And then, the conversation naturally drifted to doubts about the Blue Moon Sect.
After watching up to that point, I finally spoke to him.
"Anyway... so now we just go inside?"
If the door was open, should I just go? At that, Sung Hun nodded.
Yes. Go ahead and enter.
"...."
I walked inside. The entrance was a bit narrow, but since my body wasn't particularly large, I slipped through easily enough.
As soon as I went in, I saw stairs. Why is this damned Central Plains so obsessed with basements, I wonder.
When darkness enveloped me, the Moon Eye naturally produced light.
My vision brightened completely, pushing aside the darkness, and I kept walking.
"There aren't any traps, are there?"
It was an unfamiliar space. Every storage I've visited so far has had traps, so I had to ask.
No need to worry. There are no traps prepared here.
"... Really?"
That was a rather unexpected answer.
"So this isn't a storage, then?"
Since it was a hidden space, I thought for sure it was a storage.
It is a storage. It's a place called the Gate of Splendor , which only successive Heads of Mount Hua may enter.
"...."
That was an even greater statement than I had expected. Only the successive Heads of Mount Hua could enter here?
"Is it really okay for me to just barge into such a place?"
Of course not. If it were under normal circumstances.
Sung Hun smiled kindly.
But, given what you've done for Mount Hua, doesn't this much accommodation seem fair?
"By the authority of the Head, you mean."
That's right.
What authority does a spirit have? I wanted to say that, but I held my tongue for now.
'So this is Gate of Splendor.'
A storage only the successive Heads of Mount Hua could access.
And there was something inside that the Virtuous Moon Sword wanted.
"What exactly am I supposed to collect here?"
Something truly incredible.
"...."
It didn't seem like he intended to answer. Was I supposed to see it for myself?
'Tsk.'
Old men who managed to earn a place for themselves all had strange personalities.
So I pressed on.
Soon, I came across a door.
'A wooden door.'
It wasn't iron. It was a smaller wooden door than I'd expected.
'Should I just open it?'
I glanced at Sung Hun with that thought, and he nodded. That was a clear sign to just open it.
Creeeak.
I grabbed the doorknob and opened it. The door was not locked.
Carefully, I opened the old door and peeked inside.
'Hmm.'
My eyes narrowed. A subtle fragrance was wafting through the chamber.
'Is it the scent of flowers?'
It was a fragrance I'd often smelled since coming to Mount Huaa gentle, alluring floral scent.
It seemed to be the fragrance emitted by Mount Hua's unique ceramics.
'If I can smell it in here, that means...'
There had to be something inside. Judging as much, I stepped forward.
Tap.
My ears perked up. Unlike in the corridor, my footstep rang out clearly.
'Are the materials used here different?'
The floor or the walls looked ever so slightly different from those elsewhere.
And also
'There are a lot of boxes or thing covered with cloth.'
Boxes neatly stacked up. Things covered with cloth. And then
'Books?'
Bookshelves filled to the brim with scrolls and books.
All of them are martial arts texts.
"These are all of them?"
Yes, you could say this room contains all of Mount Hua's heritage.
"...."
All of Mount Hua. The weight of those words made me freeze instinctively.
"Is it really all right for me to be here...?"
For a benefactor, naturally...
"Don't say such things. I'm asking if it's truly all right, honestly."
... Heh.
At my refusal to take a joke, Sung Hun gave a sheepish laugh.
Normally it would not be permitted. But given the situation, we have little choice.
"Little choice, you say..."
I can't hand it to you personally. And I have a favor to ask of you, so I have no alternative.
"A favor?"
What was he talking aboutall of a sudden?
"What do you mean all of a sudden?"
It wasn't something I'd heard before. A favor?
It's really nothing special. There's just one thing I'd like you to pass on.
"... Ah, that might be a problem."
I understood taking an item to return to the Virtuous Moon Sword since I'd been instructed to, but...
'To receive something from a spirit and pass it on?'
Personally receiving items from a spirit was another matter altogether.
Getting directly involved with a spirit was troublesome.
'It adds weight to my soul.'
I wanted to avoid accumulating unnecessary karma, so I made a troubled expression.
But all you have to do is deliver it?
Sung Hun looked at me with a pitiful expression, but obviously, it wasn't going to work on me.
"Yes, I never receive or do things for spirits. This'll be no different"
Even if it's regarding Yu Yun?
"...."
My face twisted.
"What does that have to do with anything here?"
Heh.
Dragging Yu Yun into this all of a sudden was starting to get on my nerves.
"I don't care if it's about Yu Yun or whatever. It's got nothing to do with me."
Yu Yun or nothing, I was the problem here.
Why bring up her name now?
'Did you think I'd listen if it had to do with Yu Yun?'
Tsk.
A heavy sigh escaped me.
"... Whatever. Let's just get to the thing you want to give me first."
I set the "favor" aside for now and replied to Sung Hun. He swallowed his disappointment and pointed somewhere.
Over there.
I looked where he pointeda box was sitting, also covered with cloth.
"That one?"
Yes.
I did as told and headed that way.
Upon reaching the box,
Remove the cloth.
Following Sung Hun's instruction, I pulled the cloth away. Srrrk. The cloth quietly fell, revealing the item inside the box.
'What's this?'
It was a box inside another box. The problem was
Hwaaaaaa.
"...!"
The moment I opened the cloth, a floral fragrance, incomparable to before, filled the place.
"What the...?"
This wasn't just an ordinary pleasant scent. There was something almost sacred about this.
"... What is this?"
It was definitely not something ordinary.
When I asked, Sung Hun stepped closer and answered.
It is called Virtuous Splendor Pill .
"Virtuous Splendor Pill?"
I wondered what that could be.
'Wasn't Mount Hua known for the Violet Mist Pill?'
Just as Shaolin was famous for the Great Rejuvenation Pill, each sect had their own famed elixirs.
The Blue Moon Sect, too, had many representative elixirs.
Among these, something called Virtuous Splendor Pill
'Violet Mist Pill.'
There was already a renowned elixir known throughout the Central Plains.
But
'Virtuous Splendor Pill? What's that?'
At least, as far as I knew, it wasn't a famous elixir.
Maybe it was just some ordinary medicine
'But this aura is absolutely not ordinary.'
It wasn't normal. Even a layman like me could tell that this was an extraordinary elixir.
"What is Virtuous Splendor Pill?"
I asked again. Sung Hun replied,
It's an unknown elixir of Mount Hua.
"Unknown...?"
Every sect has at least one secret. The Blue Moon Sect is no different; it's the same with us.
"... That's true."
He was right. The Blue Moon Sect had secrets, tooI'd experienced it myself.
An elixir available only to the sect leader.
After ingesting it, the Moon Eye had been awakened properly.
'So, is this the same kind of thing?'
And then
"So this is the item my sect leader instructed me to claim from Mount Hua?"
I suppose that must be the case.
"... What do you mean?"
He didn't sound certain. Did he mean he wasn't sure?
Frowning in confusion at this inexplicable answer,
The Virtuous Moon Sword never left anything with Mount Hua to claim.
"What are you saying?"
He simply trusted there would be something to receive.
"...!"
Those words struck me like a hammer.
'Wait a second....'
Could it be
'That guy?'
Ha.
Catching onto the Virtuous Moon Sword's intent, I let out a hollow laugh.
'... What a fox of a man.'
He looked like a tiger or a leopard on the outside, but deep down, the Virtuous Moon Sword was a nine-tailed fox.
'He predicted this?'
He had anticipated everything that happened.
'Did he already know?'
The Virtuous Moon Sword had foreseen that I'd resolve something at Mount Hua.
Maybe he even guessed I'd be acknowledged as a benefactor.
Furthermore,
'He must have known Sung Hun couldn't leave for Henan.'
He'd have foreseen that he couldn't go there to cure the Divine Spear.
So
'He arranged for me to receive something here?'
At the moment I'd secured Mount Hua's favor. And then used that to get something out of them.
'... That makes no sense, though?'
If so, there was still something I didn't understand.
'How could he be sure they'd give me this?'
I couldn't comprehend the certainty that something would be handed over.
It had been written in his letter
'If the sect leader dies or in a similar case'
If that condition was required to claim something,
'It would've been more likely directed to someone other than Sung Hun.'
How could he judge that someone would just casually hand this over?
'And besides...'
He had been certain Sung Hun would be unable to come.
Unlike Jaegal Jin's choice, this was completely different.
'What in the world?'
What kind of person was the Virtuous Moon Sword?
What was he thinking? Did he, perhaps
'Did he know I could see ghosts?'
Maybe he predicted this would happen since I could see Sung Hun, now a spirit.
'But that's even more ridiculous.'
That was even more implausible.
'Seriously, what kind of person is he?'
I was left with bitter doubts and many thoughts about the Virtuous Moon Sword.
Even in that state, looking at the Virtuous Splendor Pill, I spoke to Sung Hun.
"... Are you telling me to take tis?"
Whether it will be enough to save the Alliance Leader is uncertain, but it is the best reward I can give.
"...."
Virtuous Splendor Pill.
I stared at it. Since I needed to take it, I reached out to wrap it in the cloth
It's right next to it.
"Excuse me?"
Sung Hun spoke to me.
The thing I mentioned I'd ask you for. It's right there next to it.
"... As I said earlier..."
I spoke with a sigh in my voice, ready to rebuff him again.
But at that moment
"... Hm?"
My eyes widened as I saw what was beside it.
"This is...?"
There was a sword there.
An old sword whose edge was completely worn away.
-------------= Clacky's Corner -------------=
Will the Virtuous Splendor Pill be used to save Divine Spear?
