The Northern Sea Ice Palace’s Martial God Son-in-Law

Chapter 052 : Iron Venerable

'A treasure map of the Ten Venerables under the Heavens?'

It was information that made my ears perk up.

Ten Venerables under the Heavens.

It refers to the ten strongest people in the entire Murim.

-Ten Venerables under the Heavens, that is an alias I have not heard in a long time. They left behind a treasure map even though they selected the members excluding the Outer Region Murim?

-Still, they were all guys who made a name for themselves. It means that if you get your hands on that treasure map, you can reach their level.

I shook my head at the words of the Sword Venerable and the Demon Queen, who were taking the Ten Venerables under the Heavens lightly.

'It is strange.'

If it is a treasure map of the Ten Venerables under the Heavens, it is information that would turn the Central Plains Murim upside down.

However,

'Why have I never heard of it?'

Even though I only trained in martial arts with the Elders in the Demonic Cult in my previous life.

I was reacting sensitively to outside information.

Because I had to survive in Murim, I was the type who wanted to acquire all information, whatever it was.

The fact that my desire for martial arts was high was actually due to that reason as well.

'A struggle to survive.'

As such, I remember clearly.

There was no such thing as a treasure map.

"What shall we do?"

It was a question asking me to choose whether to approach or not.

And if the treasure map actually existed,

'We must not leave anyone who knows this and any information about us.'

Having hardened my resolve, I opened my mouth with a stiff expression.

"We do not have time, but I think we need to verify that."

"Yes, understood."

Tae Un-seo moved first.

He seemed to have confirmed my intention.

Slice-

He abruptly pulled out a kitchen knife and started slicing the martial artists gathered in the bushes.

"Ah, again!"

Wi Ji-yeong urgently chased after Tae Un-seo.

"You must not kill them all!"

Baek Mu-yong followed Wi Ji-yeong.

"…Is there anything I can help with?"

"I hope the Young Palace Head focuses on recovery."

We might have to run a bit faster to make up for the time spent here.

"Ah, yes."

Cheon Deung-jin seemed to have understood my words as well.

Tremble tremble tremble.

When I approached the men hiding in the bushes, the men were already kneeling on the ground.

"P, please just spare our lives."

"Tell me everything you know."

"We do not know w, who you are, but we know nothing……."

Slice-

Thud.

The arm of the man who had a long tongue fell with a thud.

"Aaaack!"

"If you do not answer properly, you will all end up like this guy."

"T, they say a treasure map containing the legacy of the former Saphaeryeon Leader, the Iron Venerable, is circulating!"

"Hearing the rumor that it is the treasure map of the Ten Venerables under the Heavens, we were chasing the person known to possess it right now!"

At the words saying there was a person possessing the treasure map, I asked.

"Who is that?"

"It is a person called the Book Hiding Guest!"

It is an alias I am hearing for the first time.

"Where are they?"

"We lost them near here, they must be nearby for sure."

At the words that they would be nearby, Tae Un-seo, Wi Ji-yeong, and Baek Mu-yong immediately moved to search the surroundings.

Then, Cheon Deung-jin quietly approached me.

The martial artists who were in pain sparked their eyes at the appearance of Cheon Deung-jin, who looked delicate.

If it is now when the guys who beat them down are gone!

"Hiya-"

"Ah. Sorry."

Crack-

"You rushed at me first."

Cheon Deung-jin split the head of the man who rushed in without being flustered at all by the sudden attack.

"…You are quite skilled?"

"Ah, I have suffered so many sneak attacks since I was young that I am used to it now."

It seemed the Flame Demon did not aim for the Young Palace Head's body for no reason.

His nature appeared extremely calm, but Cheon Deung-jin's hand in action was extremely fiery.

"Are you going to keep the rest alive?"

"No way."

I had already hardened my resolve.

If the movement of the Ice Palace and the Potala Palace and the information regarding the treasure map were true, it was important not to leave a trace.

Furthermore, if it becomes known that the two are involved, it is truly the worst.

Because if the treasure map of the Ten Venerables under the Heavens is real, it is that dangerous of a matter.

"Ah. It was like this."

Soaring flames took away the lives of the men.

"Captain!"

At that moment, Baek Mu-yong's voice was heard.

"I think we found them!"

***

The Book Hiding Guest, Sim Myo-yeon, was holding the treasure map and running like crazy.

'I absolutely must not be caught like this.'

The special order the Book Hiding Guest received.

That was to not have this treasure map taken away by anyone.

She knows that countless martial artists chased the Book Hiding Guest and came to Qinghai.

'If I just arrive at the Kunlun Sect, which is an Orthodox Sect.'

They will protect her.

It is a treasure map the Book Hiding Guest obtained by using her strength with difficulty.

Since the Kunlun side would also want to analyze the treasure map and claim those treasures, she did not doubt in the slightest that they would protect the Book Hiding Guest and be with her.

"Now there really is not much left."

It is the entrance to Kunlun Mountain.

The guys who followed behind were not visible, perhaps having disappeared somewhere.

If she just climbs the mountain like this, she arrives at Kunlun.

If she puts strength into her legs and unfolds her lightness art, something like this Kunlun Mountain is.

Halt-

She thought she could climb it.

But.

Ping-

She sees glittering threads installed between the trees.

'Gulp-'

If she had run as she was, her whole body would probably have been cut into pieces.

"That is a shame."

Thud thud.

A woman who was hiding in the bushes revealed herself.

"You are……."

"Wi Ji-yeong. I am a member of the Small Snow Squad of the North Sea Ice Palace."

"What does that……."

A martial artist of the Ice Palace popped out of nowhere.

"I heard it while passing by chance. I am sorry, but I think you have to hand over that treasure map you possess to us."

Just one step now.

If she went just one step further forward, she could have survived.

"You have already surrounded me."

A strange gleam appeared in Wi Ji-yeong's two eyes.

"Are you not giving up even while knowing that?"

"I absolutely cannot give up."

"Then it cannot be helped."

Boom!

The ground the Book Hiding Guest was stepping on exploded.

Swoosh!

Just as the Book Hiding Guest jumped into the sky fearing there might be a sneak attack from below,

"You were fooled?"

The Book Hiding Guest accurately fell into the arms of me, who was already floating in the air.

Wham!

I, who was already holding Extreme Yang Qi in both hands, hit the Book Hiding Guest.

"Cough-"

The Book Hiding Guest collapsed to the floor just like that.

Thud, thud-thud.

The front of her clothes burst open and the treasure map fell from the Book Hiding Guest's body.

I did not kill her immediately this time.

Because there was something I wanted to ask.

"Name."

"…Why should I tell you?"

"Name."

"…Ptooey."

The spit the Book Hiding Guest spat out turned into steam and evaporated before it touched my face.

"What……."

I slowly bent my waist and lifted the Book Hiding Guest's chin.

Sizzle-

The feeling of something incredibly hot touching was felt at the tip of her chin.

"Aaaack!"

The Book Hiding Guest's scream rang out.

"Name."

"……Book Hiding Guest."

"Affiliation."

"…Saphaeryeon."

"The reason you brought the treasure map all the way to Qinghai?"

"Such a reason is……."

The Book Hiding Guest, who was about to tell a lie, stopped speaking after seeing my attire.

"The reason?"

"Are you by any chance the son of the Cult Leader of the Demonic Cult who is getting engaged to the Young Palace Head of the North Sea Ice Palace?"

The question filled my eyes.

An expression asking how the Book Hiding Guest knows that.

"…If I am?"

"…Beware of Saphaeryeon. Right now all of this is……."

Pow-!

The Book Hiding Guest's head burst open.

Splatter.

Blood poured down and the headless body of the Book Hiding Guest collapsed to the floor with a flop.

"Captain!"

"Young Master!"

"Are you alright?"

"Yeah."

-She was hit by a restriction.

-What a vicious thing, they placed a restriction so she could not say something.

Listening to the opinions of the Sword Venerable and the Demon Queen, I felt I knew why the Book Hiding Guest reached death.

"Beware of Saphaeryeon……."

I picked up the treasure map and opened it.

The place the treasure map indicated was... a place not that far from here.

"It seems to be... nearby."

"The treasure map is not what is important right now."

I examined the Book Hiding Guest's corpse.

[Guest]

A nameplate symbolizing a Guest of Saphaeryeon came out of the Book Hiding Guest's bosom.

Picking this up, I recalled the Book Hiding Guest's words and frowned.

"Why has the news of my engagement reached the ears of Saphaeryeon?"

If it becomes like this, it becomes very troublesome.

The Central Plains Murim and the Outer Region Murim have not been on good terms since ancient times.

Although they are not as hostile as the time when the Ice Palace and the Central Plains Murim clashed or the chaotic period when the Demonic Cult and the Central Plains confronted each other.

The current Murim is one where they mutually watch each other and do not cross each other's lines.

However, a marriage engagement is being formed between two forces that confronted the Central Plains Murim.

The impact this marriage will have on Murim will not be a simple matter.

Therefore, I did not want the forces of the Central Plains to know about this before the engagement took place.

But, the fact that Saphaeryeon knows means that the Murim Alliance will also come to know, and if they are martial artists of the Central Plains, they will not think too fondly of the Demonic Cult and the North Sea Ice Palace joining forces.

'There might be those who try to obstruct it.'

If that happens, the most dangerous thing is,

'Seol Ye-rin.'

The Young Palace Head was in danger.

"I need to speed up a little more."

"What will you do about the location of the treasure map?"

I contemplated for a moment.

The treasure map had a high possibility of being a trap.

The Book Hiding Guest, a Guest of Saphaeryeon, carried this and was active in Murim and gathered people to Kunlun.

The reason is probably because whether it is Xinjiang or the North Sea, the closest place is Qinghai.

The martial artists gathered in Kunlun will enter the Iron Venerable's tomb because of the treasure map, and if that tomb is a trap,

'It is the same trick again.'

It is the same method.

Like the Ice Palace person from the Demonic Cult who killed the martial artists of Kunlun.

It seems they intend to point out the Demonic Cult and the Ice Palace as the culprits who distributed the treasure map this time.

The engagement ceremony of the Young Palace Head and the Third Young Master, asserting the blood alliance of the Ice Palace and the Demonic Cult that broke out in the midst of such a situation.

The Central Plains Murim will not just watch the Ice Palace and the Demonic Cult holding hands.

The problem is,

'Who on earth set up this board?'

It is not something that can be prepared and moved in a day or two.

While I left for the Ice Palace, saved Seol Ye-rin at the Ice Palace, and seized the Ice Palace.

Someone heard that news and was planning and executing this.

'Is this whole thing something that only Hyeokryeon Geuk can be suspected of?'

I felt the scope of the matter I was wary of growing larger.

I clearly thought I could survive safely if I could just escape from Hyeokryeon Geuk's hands.

'If it becomes like this, the story changes.'

Even if I have the Ice Palace and the Potala Palace on my back and confront Hyeokryeon Geuk and snatch victory.

After that, if a Great War of Righteousness and Demonic.

No, if a Great War of Ice, Demonic, and Righteousness breaks out with the intention of the Central Plains Murim joining hearts to erase the Ice Palace and the Demonic Cult, the Ice Palace and the Demonic Cult might disappear from the map.

I judged that there is a need to address this matter.

"I think I have to check it and go."

"We will move."

"No, let's split up."

"Pardon?"

I am worried about Seol Ye-rin.

"I will move with Cheon Deung-jin, just the two of us. You guys go back first and protect Seol Ye-rin."

"What does that……."

Wi Ji-yeong looked at me with eyes saying she could not understand.

"You are saying only the two of you will go to the location engraved on the treasure map where we do not know what kind of trap might be installed?"

"We cannot do that."

"I agree. If I go, who will cook for you while the Captain returns to the Ice Palace?"

The atmosphere is as if the Captain's order is not even regarded as an order.

"The Small Snow Squad is a unit to protect the Young Palace Head of the Ice Palace, not a unit to protect the Small Snow Squad Captain."

At my single remark.

"If you are going to go, step on me and go."

Wi Ji-yeong lay down on the floor.

"We just have to all go together, check together, and return quickly. Even if we depart first anyway, there will not be a difference of a few hours. Isn't it that you, Captain, will also just quickly check and follow us?"

"I'll tell you again, but you must not skip meals……."

I blocked Tae Un-seo's mouth.

Tae Un-seo's cooking skills were developing day by day, but the fact that it tasted terribly bad was still the same.

"Everyone is really stubborn."

"Captain... you were a Captain with deep thoughts."

"…Why is the Young Palace Head making that face again?"

Cheon Deung-jin, who saw the reactions of the Small Snow Squad members, looked at me with a touched expression.

"Such a hierarchical relationship. It is the best!"

Judging by the hand skill of martial arts, it seems Cheon Deung-jin has lived a life of being thoroughly alone.

"It is not a common case but... I would be grateful if you adapt."

"Captain, somehow since last time, I feel like a sense of distance is being felt little by little……."

"It is a misunderstanding."

After I dismissed Cheon Deung-jin's words with a single remark.

I spoke as if it couldn't be helped.

"We move to the location engraved on the treasure map."

"Yes!"

A short while later.

Arriving at the location engraved on the treasure map, we all had no choice but to frown.

Kunlun Mountain, Jade Void Peak.

Because the highest peak in Kunlun Mountain was the very place shown on the treasure map.

"In a place like this... there is no way the legacy of the Ten Venerables under the Heavens would remain."

-Heh heh, it has been a while since Jade Void Peak.

-It reminds me of old times.

-The energy was good so I used to come and go often.

The Sword Venerable and the Demon Queen opened their mouths as we climbed Jade Void Peak.

'Did you perhaps have an incident related to Saphaeryeon?'

-Hmm? I do not remember well either, but I think I fought a bout with the Saphaeryeon Leader when I was young.

……When young?

I cannot know the time period.

However,

'Who won?'

-Oh my, I am the Cold Snow Demon Queen, you know? Of course I won.

'Then did the Saphaeryeon Leader die?'

-Well. I do not think I killed him?

At that moment.

"Captain, I feel a wicked energy from over there?"

Cheon Deung-jin looked at me and spoke quietly.

Cheon Deung-jin, whose body had been drained of Fire Spirit Qi, became a constitution extremely sensitive to energy.

Truly a human detector.

Such as Cheon Deung-jin says she feels a wicked energy.

-Heh heh, do you think the treasure map is real?

'I will have to check that from now on.'

If it is a trap, we run away, and if it is real.

'It is a jackpot.'

Former Saphaeryeon Leader.

We arrived at the place where the legacy of one of the Ten Venerables under the Heavens, the Iron Venerable, might be left behind.