Rebirth of the Thunder God

"Your guess is right. The General's Three Eyes really refers to a third eye. To be precise, it refers to another eye embedded in his forehead."

"What? He really has three eyes? He's not some kind of mutant."

"If you call it a mutant, it's a mutant. Because he was born from some kind of biological experiment as a child."

The actions of the Hoicheon Association were so shocking that it was horrifying.

What kind of experiment did they conduct to make a person have three eyes?

On top of that, as if it had a special ability, every time the words 'Three Eyes' came up, everyone uttered meaningful words.

Now was the time to find out the truth about those Three Eyes.

"So what is the ability of the Three Eyes?"

"It's called the Insightful Eye. It refers to a spiritual eye that sees through the truth of things."

"I see. If he has such a spiritual eye, then the actions the General has shown so far make sense."

It wasn't that it didn't make sense if he had a spiritual eye called the Insightful Eye, how he had figured out the existence of the Thunder Sect and even seen through its weaknesses.

However, Namgung Hui had some parts he couldn't quite understand, whether the performance of the Insightful Eye was much better than Cheon Museong's explanation.

No matter how much he saw through the truth of things, it was a puzzling part to move as if he had foreseen the future.

Was it because he had read Namgung Hui's expression?

Cheon Museong's explanation continued.

"Based on the information identified by that Insightful Eye, the General comes up with excellent reasoning. For example, the humidity in the atmosphere, the pressure of the air, the flow of the wind, the shape of the clouds, etc. He gathers and analyzes this information and then predicts the weather for the next day. Since the General has a brilliant intellect and a vast information network called the Imperial Palace, it may seem as if he is predicting the future. In that context, this manual was also a clue that the General found. It was probably the result of tracking the whereabouts of the previous Heavenly Demon."

Come to think of it, his sworn brother and the Heavenly Demon had not fought at the Valley of Certain Death.

It was a natural thing.

Hadn't even Namgung Hui himself fought with Sosu Mahu and turned the area of the Valley of Certain Death into ruins?

The peddler he had met at the Myriad Gold Merchant Guild a while ago had even testified that it had remained in ruins until now.

The area was no different from a land of death, to the point where he had to risk his life to bring back Beak Seolhwa's belongings.

Moreover, if the fight between the Thunder God and the Demonic Empress was this much, what would the fight between the Heavenly Demon and the Martial God have been like?

Even just watching from a distance, people might have died from the aftermath.

It would be like a shrimp's back is broken in a whale fight.

So they fought at a very far distance to minimize the damage to their allies.

Since he had gone so far that it was difficult for Namgung Hui's ki sense to perceive, he might have fought a battle outside the Central Plains.

The fact that the Heavenly Demon Divine Art had not been discovered until now would add credibility to the speculation that the final battleground was not the Central Plains.

'The General must have made his reasoning with the Insightful Eye and other information in this way.'

Even Namgung Hui himself had established a merchant guild to make such a reasoning.

Hadn't he been able to roughly guess the enemy's movements just by grasping the trend of supplies?

It might have been a natural result for the General, who had a better information network than Namgung Hui and a brilliant brain, to deduce this.

"Then since I roughly know what the Three Eyes are, let's go back to the main point, the Heavenly Demon Divine Art. If I ask you to tell me that information, can you tell me?"

"I can tell you. But there's a condition."

"A condition. Shall I hear it first?"

If he could just get a clue about the whereabouts of the Heavenly Demon Divine Art, he was willing to grant any request.

It wasn't just for Namgung Hui to learn the Heavenly Demon Divine Art.

'Because I can't just hand over the Heavenly Demon Divine Art to the Demonic Heaven or the Blood Cult. Absolutely not.'

As Namgung Hui nodded, Cheon Museong continued.

"My request is not that difficult. It's to take responsibility for my younger sister, Yeohwa, until the end."

"Until the end. That's a somewhat ambiguous phrase. Specifically, how do you want me to take responsibility until the end? Do you want me to take care of her until she dies? Or do you want me to support her until she becomes independent?"

Cheon Museong curled his lips and said.

"Is it a shameless request to ask you to protect her until she dies? I want to ask your conscience."

It would be different for other people.

But Namgung Hui had personally witnessed the power of the Heavenly Demon Divine Art.

If he asked his conscience, the weight of it would be more special than anyone else.

'Since I've decided to use Yeohwa as my person anyway, I'll take care of her for the rest of her life. I'll just think of it as having another younger sister for Choyeon and Chohwa.'

"Alright. I'll take responsibility for Yeohwa until the end. I'll even send her off to get married, and I'll help her re-establish her merchant guild, and while I'm at it, I'll even avenge her family. How about that?"

"With this much, it's a condition that is immeasurably joyful. The reason I actually stole the Heavenly Demon Divine Art was all to get revenge on the Association. They probably don't even know the fact that I've specified the manual. No matter how outstanding the General's Three Eyes are."

"Still, it's better to be safe than sorry, so it would be better in many ways to pass the information on to me. If I think about the Heavenly Demon Divine Art manual getting into the hands of the Hoicheon Association... I don't even want to imagine it."

Right now, even the Second General, who had learned the Sunflower Manual, boasted of a tremendous achievement.

As they say, 'improving day by day.' Looking at the Second General, who was improving day by day, he even had a doubt that the Sunflower Manual might be the true demonic art.

Not only were the conditions for learning it vicious, but with its sinister energy and its growth power that destroyed common sense, he couldn't think of any comparable demonic art even if he lumped all the demonic arts together.

There was the Star-Sucking Great Art, but its side effects were much more severe than the Sunflower Manual's.

Because the Great Duke of the Demonic Cult who had learned it had turned into a madman at the end of the Righteous-Demonic War.

He had even gone so far as to kill his own son.

Perhaps it was a cheap price to pay to be able to learn a divine art like the Sunflower Manual by giving up two testicles.

Since Taoism and Buddhism tended to stay away from lust anyway.

Cheon Museong, who had nodded, put his hand into his mouth and repeatedly retched.

Namgung Hui frowned at the sudden strange behavior, and when a scroll popped out of Cheon Museong's mouth, he finally grasped the situation and opened his mouth.

"To think you'd put that in your stomach, you're a real piece of work. No wonder the Demonic Fist couldn't figure it out."

"Heok. Heok. Here. Although some of my saliva is on it, it's made of a special material, so the contents shouldn't be damaged."

Namgung Hui took the scroll that Cheon Museong handed him, brushed off the saliva, and carefully began to unfold it.

Gulp.

Was it because of the name 'Heavenly Demon Divine Art'?

The scroll felt unusually heavy.

As the scroll was slowly unfolded, pictures that looked like a map appeared inside.

Namgung Hui looked at the unidentified map and asked Cheon Museong.

"Is this also encrypted? I can't even get a sense of what kind of terrain it is."

"That's right. Rather than being encrypted, it's been treated with a special chemical. I don't know if you know about the juice of a lemon, but if you heat it with fire, the rest of the lines will gradually reveal themselves."

Since Namgung Hui had nothing to hesitate about, he condensed his thunder ki and created a samadhi fire.

Cheon Museong, at the sudden flame, said with a flustered expression.

"H-hey! Look! What if it burns up!"

Since Namgung Hui was already at a level where he had mastered the control of ki, he could control the flame so that the scroll would not catch fire.

As the samadhi fire shrank like a firefly, Cheon Museong finally looked on with a relieved expression.

"Don't worry. This level of fire control is a piece of cake. Then let's see how great the information hidden here is."

As Namgung Hui scorched the scroll, complex lines were gradually drawn as if they were dancing.

A steep mountain and a rugged valley.

A wild mountain area with no visible path was a place that even the well-informed Cheon Museong had no way of recognizing.

It was impossible to easily guess a region that was presumed to be outside the Central Plains.

Cheon Museong looked at the map and then shifted his gaze to Namgung Hui's face and said.

"Hidden Dragon. Looking at your expression, it seems you have no special way either. I thought you would know something."

Namgung Hui relaxed his hardened expression at the Mad Dragon's words and continued.

"When did I say I didn't know?"

"Then why did you frown like that? If you knew the place, there would be no reason to do so, would there?"

That was not because Namgung Hui couldn't recognize the terrain, but rather because it would also be a problem if his memory was correct.

'To think it's the Kunlun Mountains at the end of Qinghai Province. It's only natural that Cheon Museong can't recognize it.'

The Kunlun Sect had suffered a blow close to annihilation during the Righteous-Demonic War.

Although they had entered seclusion to consolidate their internal affairs, since there had been no news for 60 years, it was reasonable to assume that their lineage had been severed.

Even if that wasn't the case, it would be difficult to take out the Heavenly Demon Divine Art if they were storing it there.

There must be a reason why they hadn't informed the Righteous Path Martial Alliance until now.

Or they might have burned and destroyed the dangerous Heavenly Demon Divine Art long ago.

Because it was only natural for the Kunlun Sect to hate the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult.

'If it's Qinghai Province, which is close to Tibet, it's a good place for my sworn brother and the Heavenly Demon to fight. It's not that far from the Heavenly Mountains, so it's a perfect midpoint.'

Although it wasn't up to the outer martial world, it was a region closer to Tibet than the Central Plains, to the point where Tibet would appear right after crossing the Kunlun Mountains.

So when the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult attacked from the Heavenly Mountains, the support troops of the Martial Alliance were bound to arrive late.

If you just consider the distance, the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult of the Heavenly Mountains was much closer than the Martial Alliance in Zhengzhou.

Because of that geographical location, the Kunlun Sect was always the first to be invaded by the outer martial world.

Namgung Hui, recalling the Kunlun Mountains, continued.

"I can't be sure if the place I'm thinking of is correct. I think I'll have to go and see for myself."

Since he couldn't guarantee how much the terrain had changed in 60 years, he couldn't give a definite answer unless he went and saw it for himself.

"Information that's not certain? Don't tell me you're just repeating my words?"

"That's not it. It's because I really can't guarantee it. And it's also a dangerous area."

Although he wanted to tell Cheon Museong that it was the Kunlun Mountains, considering the weight of the Heavenly Demon Divine Art, it seemed better not to reveal it.

Just in case Cheon Museong was captured as a prisoner like this in the future, it could act as a big variable.

"Well, it's out of my hands now, and since I decided to hand it over to you anyway, I'm not that interested. Make sure you find the Heavenly Demon Divine Art and either learn it or destroy it. But I hope you keep your promise."

"Yes. A man's word is worth a thousand pieces of gold, so I'll definitely keep it. But what are you going to do from now on? You're not planning to die here like this, are you?"

For Namgung Hui to take him out like this, there were many watchful eyes, along with the members of the clan village.

If it was discovered that he had smuggled out Cheon Museong to the Demonic Fist, he would have to face not only the Demonic Fist but also her subordinates.

On top of that, if it was the mind of Bukgung Jinwu, he might reveal Namgung Hui's identity to the Dugu family and aim for an advantage.

At first, he had planned to use the Cheon Museong in front of him as bait, but now that he knew he was Cheon Yeohwa's brother, he couldn't sacrifice him like that.

'And I still haven't heard all the trivial information about the Hoicheon Association.'

"Are you worried about me?"

"Since you're Yeohwa's brother, of course I have to care."

"Yeohwa? Don't tell me you, you bastard. You touched my younger sister... No, the White Phoenix wouldn't just stand by and watch."

"What kind of man are you, going back and forth like this? So what are you going to do from now on?"

"First, can you release my acupoints? After that, I'll try to do something."

That much was manageable for Namgung Hui.

Even if he released his acupoints, they would think that Cheon Museong had released them himself; they would never even imagine a connection with Namgung Hui, who had been his enemy until yesterday.

Even Namgung Hui himself had not dreamed of a sibling relationship until he heard Cheon Yeohwa's name.

But although Namgung Hui had boldly tried to release Cheon Museong's acupoints.

'This isn't an acupoint.'

What was binding his internal energy was not something like an acupoint.

(End of Chapter)