Moon-Shadow Sword Emperor

Chapter 534

Special Side Story Episode 8

‘In the end, I couldn’t solve all the secrets surrounding the first Heavenly Demon.’

The road from Master’s residence to Wolhwajang (月華莊).

I was lost in thought as I looked up at the stars rising in the night sky.

Perhaps because I drank too much, my mind became unorganized and miscellaneous thoughts kept coming to mind.

‘Well, the most important goal has been achieved, so it’s okay.’

I didn’t have high expectations to begin with.

Isn’t he a legendary being who was active in the distant past, like Bodhidharma or Jang Sanbong?

It would be even stranger if I could find out everything about him now.

The only reason I collected information about the first Heavenly Demon was to satisfy my personal curiosity.

The issue of Tianlei Gate and Tang Seoyeon, which was the real reason for deciding to go to Seojang, was resolved.

So there were no more regrets.

‘There is nothing new I learned.’

For example, the jewel currently in my hand.

Its identity was an object that protected the user from all kinds of harmful energies.

It was similar to, but different from, the Tang family’s poisonous liquor.

I can’t tell you how surprised I was when I found out about the use of gems through Simaun.

[That’s amazing. It is clear that it is an object created by humans and not naturally...]

[Is there something strange?]

[I don’t know much about witchcraft. It’s a completely different discipline from Jinbeop, and I didn’t pay much attention to it in the first place. But even so, you can see how high-level technology must have been needed to make this item.] [

I’m sorry if I sound like I’m begging you, but it doesn’t really make sense to me.]

[Didn’t you notice anything strange, Elder?]

[.. ....?]

[Whether it is martial arts, Jinbeop, or magic. All studies develop over time.]

[It’s natural. The longer you study, the more knowledge you accumulate.]

[But how on earth were the ancient Westerners able to create such items? In other words, they had amazing technology that even modern shamans have not yet been able to reproduce...] [

It’s strange to hear it clearly.]

[And the purpose of the object also becomes questionable.]

[What does it mean? ]

[To put it bluntly, this item has very poor usability. Unless it is for a special purpose, such as the First Heavenly Demon or an Elder, there is no one who needs it.] [

Ah...]

[It is not an item that can be expected to yield enough benefits by spending a huge amount of time and manpower to develop it. At first glance, it seems to be useful, but it does not completely protect the user like poisonous liquor.]

What Simaun wanted to say was simple.

As an example, let’s imagine that we take this gem with us into Namman’s Poisonous Blood Valley, where countless highly poisonous plants and poisonous substances grow naturally.

As long as the back of the neck wasn’t bitten by a wild beast, the bearer would most likely not die.

If you look at it up to this point, it will seem like a very useful item.

But that was all.

Just surviving was one thing, but collecting useful poisonous plants and poisons and bringing them out was a completely different matter.

Even if they were in possession of the jewel, an ordinary human being who was not a member of the Tang family or an assassin of Dokhyeolgok would not be able to do anything in Dokhyeolgok.

An object that only guarantees survival, allowing the holder to survive in a dangerous environment.

That was Sima Yun’s assessment of this object.

[Of course, even if it is an item that only guarantees survival, it may have its own use. But......]

[The balance of profits is not correct?]

[Yes. I really don’t know what the purpose of researching and developing an item that can only be used for extremely limited purposes is.] [

Hmm.]

[......There is a hypothesis that just came to mind, would you like to hear it?]

[Hypothesis ?]

[It’s just my imagination, so just listen with one ear and let it go with the other.] [I’m getting

more curious because I pause like that.]

[In the beginning of the distant past, there is a story about abstinence that borrows the power of non-human beings. ) is said to have been prevalent.]

[......?]

[Sometimes it is wisdom that encompasses all things in the world, sometimes it is a powerful power that can overwhelm all people, and sometimes it is a miracle that reverses cause and effect. It is said that people in the western region refer to those beings who appeared through contractors as devils.]

[I have heard of it before. But they are just monsters that appear in folk tales.]

There was even a time when Simaun, who stubbornly refused, saying he was healthy, was forced to take him to a doctor and get a checkup.

‘If I think about it now, I was overly nervous.’

Sima Yun had already passed the age at which he died in his previous life.

Seeing as he was still alive and well, there was no need to worry about him anymore.

‘Indeed, the circumstances in which he died in his previous life are abnormal.’

Sima Yun was the best fighter in the central region, but he was also an expert in martial arts to a considerable level.

Masters of that level usually did not die from diseases.

Because they have a much stronger and stronger body than ordinary people.

The special nature of the entertainment district’s environment and the extremely devastated spirit caused by the Sima family.

If it weren’t for two factors, he probably wouldn’t have died from the flu.

‘It looks like you kept me busy while I was away. Should I get some healthy herbs as a gift sometime soon?’

* * *

This is an unrecorded incident.

A past and future that no longer exists due to changes in history.

Saaaaa.

It was a winter with cold winds blowing.

Sosalmagun, the second disciple of the Demonic Cult, who stepped into the huge underground space, looked surprised.

“Should I really call him a thousand reporters? How on earth did they create a space like this? “He must have been chased by a demonic cult.”

“.......”

“Don’t you think so? “Siganghaksa (侍講學士).”

Sosalma-kun asks while looking to the side.

In the direction his eyes were looking, there was a young man with dark shadows under his eyes.

His hair was unkempt, and his thin body made anyone who saw him feel sorry for him.

An appearance that wouldn’t be strange if someone unfamiliar with him mistook him for a bad person.

The identity of the man radiating an unpleasant aura was a bachelor dispatched by the imperial family.

There was an awkward atmosphere between the demon cultists in the back and the gold-clad masters.

An unusual situation in which the imperial family and the Demonic Cult join hands to jointly pursue work.

To be precise, the Sosalma Army acted on its own to avoid the eyes of the Demon Cult leader, but that was not important.

Everyone was hesitant, unable to adapt to the current stifling atmosphere.

“Try to say something, though. “It’s going to be awkward since you’ve been talking to yourself since a while ago.”

“.......”

“It’s hard.”

Sosalma, who was licking his lips in embarrassment, suddenly made a mischievous expression.

He looked back at the young man again and spoke in a subdued tone.

“Now that I think about it, I heard that Cheon Gi-ja’s tombstone was also discovered on Mount Xuedu in Zhejiang, right?”

“.......”

“I heard that many martial powers came together and fought, but in the end, the final winner was the imperial family. “Would our Master Shiganghak have been there?”

“.......”

“Of course you were there. He is the legitimate son of the Samase family, a famous family of martial arts. “Is it possible that the emperor would not have dispatched Sima Yun, who is now recognized as the best legal expert in the imperial family?”

“Shut up.”

For a moment, life lingered in the eyes of the once indifferent young man.

The air around the area became cold at the single word he uttered.

Is it because the other person finally responded?

An eerie smile befitting his nickname appeared on Sosalma-kun’s lips.

“Si Ma Yun is dead.”

“I guess so. “Did you say he died of the plague in the entertainment district of Hangzhou?”

“Never call me by that name again.”

“Sure.”

“Not twice.”

“I’m sorry. Please forgive my slip of the tongue.”

Sosalma-kun answers with a sly shrug of his shoulders.

The young man looked away from him and looked straight ahead with an indifferent expression.

After that, the two did not exchange any words for a while.

Only the sound of irregular footsteps echoed in the silent cavity.