Chapter 110 (1/2)

As soon as Ho Muryeon saw the general entering the office, he began to ask urgently.

“How are you? Were they really the Black Cheolbang people?”

The Commander-in-Chief answered in a cautious tone. “Once the corpse had exploded in its head, it was impossible to investigate, and the three relatively intact corpses were clearly warriors from the Heukcheolbang.”

“Also… I did.”

“And the rest were so dry that it was difficult to pinpoint exactly… It is highly probable that he belongs to the Heukcheolbang.”

At this, Ho Muryeon frowned. “They aren’t really ordinary guys. If it wasn’t for Byeok Tae-san, I would have been hit again.”

“Should I just be beaten? A little… It must have been noisy.”

At this, the other person shook his head. “It gives me chills to think of them pouring out of the black iron room in the midst of a frenzy.”

The general smiled bitterly, simply because that was correct. “Is Byeok Tae-san having a good rest? Let me give you a decent place to stay. Take care.”

At this, the Commander-in-Chief put on a puzzled expression. “That… Byeok Tae-san and his party are now in Heukcheolbang.”

Ho Muryeon looked at the general with bewildered eyes. “Why? You’re not saying you’re going to stay there, are you?”

“It’s comfortable there.”

“Are you comfortable? Where was the pile of corpses?”

“Aren’t we going to collect them anyway?”

After all, this was where the Black Iron Room used to be. Still, it had been left unattended, so it could be inconvenient if one didn’t touch it. Besides, it was way too big.

“Isn’t there less than twenty? Isn’t it too wide for just that person?”

“Well, you will figure it out.” Ho Muryeon shook his head and changed the topic. “By the way, how is the search going? Did you find some?”

At this, the general smiled bitterly. “It seems that the identities of the people moving on our side have been revealed. No results at all.”

The other man. “You know that we have mobilized most of the personnel in Homuryeon right now, right? If you get robbed like this, there won’t be any valid excuses.”

“You must hurry. And so, I’m telling you… How would you like to submit a quest to Haomun?”

“Haomun?”

The frown on Ho Mu- -ju’s face symbolized how he did not like this. “It’s not like it used to be. Wasn’t it the place you were doing today or tomorrow?”

“No. It used to be, but it has changed a bit these days.”

“What… Would you like to do it?”

“We should find out from now on.” The commander waved his hand. “Do something quickly. Don’t forget to hurry. Oh, and ask Byeok Tae-san to see you. If you come all the way here, you should say hello.”

“Yes. I will tell you.”

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Byeok Tae-san and his party took a seat in the Heukcheolbang. Tae-san decided to stay here until the end of his work.

At this, Byeok Tae-san began to speak out impulsively, and Ok Hwa, who received it, immediately contacted Hao-mun and arranged the manor for immediate use. All the corpses were collected in Homuryeon, so the Haomundo simply cleaned and repaired the damaged areas.

He arrived in the middle of the night, smashed the Bangangsi and the latent ones in the black iron room, immediately contacted Ho Muryeon to collect the corpses, and summoned Hao Mundo to clean up the manor. With this, the darkness began to recede little by little.

Byeok Tae-san decided to use one of the halls in Heukcheolbang’s inner garden. In fact, there was no need to use it anywhere else.

Tae-san and his party were now only 30, with a few additional Haomen to help them. Heukcheolbang was too large for 30 people to write. No, there were too few people to write one full-length.

Byeok Tae-san and his party allotted their own rooms in the front building and slept first. They had run from Wuhan to here in one day and even fought that fierce battle, so everyone’s physical and mental fatigue had reached the extreme.

A comfortable bed was the best way to release it properly. Byeok Tae0san decided to use the top floor of the hall by himself and even moved a huge and soft bed there. Sitting on the bed, he quietly closed his eyes and organized the spiritual powers he had gained today.

The spiritual power he had received was far superior to any other spiritual power he had ever experienced. Of the total amount, only a fraction of the work was accepted, but the fraction of work was better than the sum of the spiritual powers of hundreds of Bangangsi.

He gradually built up that spiritual power in his body. He didn’t need to invest his spiritual power in Gimaek anymore once he had fixed the joints. And so, all he had to do was accumulate the remaining spiritual power in his body.

Byeok Tae-san spread his spiritual power evenly throughout his body and built it up. All of the successive celestial horses had already mastered the spirit magic craftsmanship, and of course they burned souls to extract spiritual power and build them up in their bodies.

However, the methods of building or using spiritual power were all different. Usually, it was compressed and collected before the lower end or the middle one before writing. It was then adjusted so that there was no spiritual power as much as possible before the top.

This was because they did not know what the spiritual power could do to the brain. It had the possibility to burn up the whole soul and cause detrimental effects. Thus, to prevent that, Byeok Tae-san built up his spiritual power by dividing it into the middle and lower courts in the days of Cheonmai.

And later on, when the limit was exceeded, it was expanded and piled up with the Gimaek around Danjeon.

It was best to keep his spiritual power in a danjeon as much as possible. At least, that was the case when he had been a thousand mai, that was, until he got the realization of Jeunghon-Magong.

No, he believed it then, but not now.

The spiritual power had had now acquired was really clean and pure. A clean spirit had a positive effect on the body, allowing him to build up his power in a way he never had before.

Byeok Tae-san spread his spiritual powers well and opened his eyes slowly. He didn’t really practice much, but his body was getting better due to the action of his spiritual power. It wasn’t just about getting healthy. Muscles and bones became tough, hard, and flexible. The blood must be clear and the heart should be strong.

In addition to this, the head rotation seemed to speed up. His memory improved and he was able to think faster. And no matter what kind of training, the effect was much greater.

‘If you accumulate more spiritual power, you can share a similar effect with those around you…’

It didn’t mean that one’s spiritual power was worn out just because one did that. Of course, there was still a long way to go. At least, if one had hundreds of times more spiritual power than they did now, they would be able to barely try it.

Byeok Tae-san checked the newly acquired spiritual power one last time and then lay down on the bed. Then, he fell asleep and didn’t wake up until the next day the sun passed through the middle of the sky.

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