Chapter 47 (1/2)

“What are you thinking about?”

Byeoktaesan lifted his gaze slightly and looked at Yeonharin sitting in front of him.

“It is nothing.”

As soon as he came back, she didn’t think of leaving his side.

It seemed that she was worried that he would get into trouble.

Yoo Seo-yeon has been escorting her after she joined the party. It seemed like she felt something was wrong.

She was still escorting her from a distance behind her, but she was watching her and Byeoktaesan with a very happy expression.

Now Byeoktaesan was having dinner with Yeon Ha-rin.

He had already finished eating, and he was thinking about the previous entanglement that happened earlier.

‘It’s still so weird.’

Today, he pulled and burned the spirits of three people, including Seomunjaehak.

He used the method he found out and trained through Il Chim Gui.

As much as possible, the outer part of the spirit was burned and only those that were not mixed with the existing spirit was extracted.

It was a little different from the spirit of Il Chim Gui, but it wasn’t very difficult because he had done it often.

The spiritual power that he had burnt and extracted was accepted through the Spirit Absorption skill.

However, the power he accepted was very different from the existing power.

No, more precisely, it had a different nature from the one extracted from the spirit of Il Chim Gui.

The spiritual power extracted from the spirit of Il Chim Gui was really excellent. In particular, it showed great power to the extent that there was nothing better than that in treating the life force.

He thought that was because it was a different usage of Spirit Absorption, but it was not.

Seeing that the spiritual power extracted in the same way from Seomunjaehak gang was so poor in quality.

Of course, it was that the treatment effect was poor compared to the spirit of Il Chim Gui, not that the spiritual power itself was weak.

Rather, it seemed to be more effective if he used this in a different way.

‘Come to think of it… … .’

Spiritual power extracted from the prostitutes brought a change to his body. Other women described it as a peculiar sex appeal.

In fact, after that, the gaze of women has changed strangely.

‘I think I know a little… … .’

He was not sure yet, but it seemed that the nature of the spiritual power of the spirit was different depending on the way the time was accumulated in the spirit.

Of course, the basic spiritual power itself was powerful no matter what kind of spirit it was extracted from.

Moreover, since this can’t be said to be inner power, others can’t even see his true power.

They will never find out unless they have built a similar strength.

Even Il Chim Gui couldn’t figure out from his diagnosis.

“Then does it have to be a doctor?”

He had found a way to heal his life force faster. The answer was, doctor.

There was a limit to holding onto just Il Chim Gui.

Perhaps the first time the spirit is burned would be the most effective.

The effect gradually declines. If he burns all the dirt off the spirit and absorbs it, it will be difficult to expect any more effects.

Of course, if he had left it alone for a while, it will build up over time, but that will take a lot of time.

So he had to find a new doctor. It would be better he had a lot of time to build up dirt on his spirit and have excellent ability as a doctor.

There happened to be one fitting that description nearby.

Byeoktaesan finished his thoughts with a pleasant expression.

“My lord, there isn’t something you are worried about right? Did the people who came with me say anything weird to you?”

Yeon Ha-rin looked at Byeoktaesan with an anxious expression.

This was because Byeoktaesan was locked in his thoughts without saying anything for a while even after eating all the food.

“Worry? no. Rather, it’s the opposite.”

“Pardon?”

“It seems like a good thing will happen.”

“Ah… I see. That good thing… I wish it had something to do with me.”

Yeon Ha-rin laughed slightly embarrassingly as she said so.

‘I thought you were pretty, but you are really pretty.’

Byeoktaesan thought like that while watching Yeon ha-rin smile.

Wouldn’t it be close to the best of all the beauties he’s seen so far?

‘Still, is she a bit worse than her? No, is it similar?’

Suddenly one person came to mind, but soon he let that thought go. It wasn’t a person he wouldn’t meet again anyway.

Because she will be in Cheonma Shinkyo by now.

He would never see her again unless Hyun Woljin was eliminated.

Even she left Cheonma Shinkyo, his chances of meeting her were infinitely low.

Whatever happened he was now the second son of the Gold Wall merchants after all.

“Since we finished eating, should we go for a light walk?”

At Byeoktaesan’s words, Yeon Ha-rin smiled brightly and nodded without hesitation.

How long was it since Byeoktaesan approached her first like this?

“Yes please.”

The two went outside by side.

And Yu Seo-yeon and Cheon Gyeong-wan quietly followed from a distance.

The two were faithful to their mission as bodyguards.

At least at this very moment.

* * *

The short walk lasted a bit longer than normal.

Byeoktaesan and Yeon Ha rin roamed the river for a long time even after the sun went down.

In fact, for Byeok Tae-san, he used this as an opportunity to accept the new spiritual power he had gained today.

Rather than sitting still and absorbing the spiritual power gained today like usual, it was more effective to move like this.

Somehow, this also seemed to follow the characteristics of the spirit.

In the meantime, it was an area that he rarely thought about or tried.

Not only did he not yet have a full grasp on the newly enlightened Spirit Absorption, he had no room to turn his attention to things other than healing his body.

Anyway, thanks to that the walk lasted longer than usual, but it seems that Yeon Ha-rin took it in as a different meaning.

By the time they returned, she was very happy.

So, like that, they arrived at Geumwol hostel again and tried to go inside, but they noticed the inside was very busy.

“What could it be?”

As Byeoktaesan’s muttered, Cheon Gyeong-wan first went into the hostel.

“I will find out.”

Cheon Gyeong-wan went inside and came out again almost immediately.

“I think it would be better to wait a bit before entering.”

“Huh?”

“They are… in the process of removing the smell.”

The moment he heard that, Byeoktaesan could roughly guess what happened.

Byeoktaesan turned around without hesitation.

“Let’s go another lap.”

Isn’t there no need to smell someone else’s shit?

It was just a matter of putting up with it for a while as they went to the annex buildings, but it must be really awful if Cheon Gyeong-wan talked like that.

So he rather preferred to inhale fresh air while walking.

* * *

Seomunjaehak, Gu Yang-su, and Chu Young-hak gathered in one room with their heads down.

They sat around with a small table in between, but everyone didn’t say a word.

The more he thought about it, the more gloomy he felt.

“Fuck, I… … .”

He couldn’t say anything. He had shit in his pants.

It wasn’t just a little bit, he really all out. While sleeping too.

Because of how bad the smell was, no matter how much he washed, the smell did not go away enough.

Probably, if they weren’t the sons of prestigious families, they would have been kicked out of the hostel.

No, maybe it would have been better to get kicked out.

“I should have run away.”

The rest of the people nodded at the same time as someone muttered.

However, it was not a situation that they could escape.

It was something they did while sleeping.

By the time they woke up, it was already too late.