Chapter 42 : Chapter 42

Chapter 42: The Emissary of the Murim Alliance

I suddenly sought out the Clan Head's quarters.

“I wish to go on a journey through the Jianghu.”

He who had been so difficult in my past life had now become quite comfortable.

Isn't it always the first time that's difficult?

“Heh heh.”

Clan Head Dancheon Gang laughed.

It was with that characteristic laugh my father had when he was in a good mood.

This could be called a green light.

Since my running away from home had become an annual event after my regression, perhaps he was now accepting it as a matter of course.

……That thought of mine could not last long.

“Heh heh. A journey through the Jianghu.”

Dancheon Gang, who had mumbled so, fumbled at his waist.

“Heh heh.”

Sreung.

“Aigoo, please calm down!”

Father Dancheon Gang’s personal guard instantly turned into my guard.

It meant that Uncle Yeo Baek, who had sensed an unusual atmosphere, had clung to Father Dancheon Gang.

“Let go of me!”

Thanks to my uncle, I was able to avoid the misfortune of getting stabbed in the Clan Head's quarters.

Indeed, my only true ally in the clan is Uncle Yeo Baek.

“Put that down and let's talk!”

My uncle barely managed to calm down my struggling father.

Although it could be called a touch-and-go situation, this scene, which I had not seen in my past life, was truly delightful.

To think I could have lived my whole life without knowing that my father Dancheon Gang, who only knew how to be stern, and Uncle Yeo Baek had such a human side to them.

“Hah-”

My father, who had no intention of shaking off Uncle Yeo Baek's restraint in the first place, plopped down in his seat.

“What is it this time?”

In truth, I know that I no longer have a justification for a journey through the Jianghu.

Which prestigious clan would frequently send their child out into the mountain of swords and forest of blades that is the Jianghu?

But.

A man does not necessarily need a justification to venture out into the Jianghu, does he?

“There is something I wish to achieve.”

This level of ambition should be enough.

“Is it a necessary task?”

Father Dancheon Gang asked, meeting my eyes.

His gaze was once again filled with the solemn dignity of a Clan Head.

“Yes.”

At my firm answer, he gave a slight nod.

It is at points like this.

The part where I think he is a good Clan Head and a good father.

A year ago, even though I had presented the Immaculate Pomegranate, my father and uncle did not ask where I got it or how I got it.

And now, Dancheon Gang does not ask the reason why I insist on a journey through the Jianghu.

He only asked if it was necessary for me.

Although Father Dancheon Gang could not give me overflowing love, I think he is an excellent parent who does not become a stumbling block in my life.

“How much time will you need this time?”

Since things were going well, I decided to be honest.

“Wouldn't about a year be enough?”

Just in case, I answered with a slightly more generous period than I had in mind.

It was also a bother to ask for permission every time I left home.

Sreung.

“Ah, why are you being like this when you weren't before!”

“You brat!”

Uncle Yeo Baek quickly blocked Father Dancheon Gang.

My uncle gestured to me.

Seeing the movement of his hand, it seemed to mean not to come closer, but to leave quickly.

“I'll be on my way!”

I left the Clan Head's quarters without looking back.

“Aigoo.”

To have such a hard time going on an excursion even as a regular clan member, I would say not becoming the Young Clan Head was a truly good choice.

At that moment.

“Have a safe trip!”

From the roof of the Clan Head’s quarters, Uncle Yeo Baek was waving at me.

Next to him was my father with a sullen expression.

And…….

“When are you coming back?”

Somehow knowing, Dancheon Hak, who was standing guard in front of the Clan Head’s quarters, asked me.

“I'll be back soon.”

“Hmph. My sword will not be easy then.”

Saying so, Dancheon Hak turned and disappeared.

I would say my elder brother is also a very consistent person.

I know that this is his own way of seeing me off.

Now that there were people waiting for me to return to the clan, a warm feeling settled in my heart.

* * *

Since ancient times, ginseng has been considered the best among the spiritual medicines that are born and grow in nature.

This is because ginseng, in general, has sufficient efficacy as a restorative medicine even without containing spirituality.

It is inevitable that ginseng, which is already a restorative medicine, gains spirituality with the passage of time, thus possessing an efficacy that cannot be compared to the fleeceflower root, which was nothing more than a grass root.

This is the reason why ginseng is treated as a higher-grade spiritual medicine than grass.

Therefore, when discussing the best among the spiritual medicines of extreme Yin, the Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Snow Ginseng is always mentioned.

The spirituality of ten thousand years.

The Yin energy naturally absorbed from growing in the snow.

Adding to that the inherent efficacy of ginseng, the greatness of the Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Snow Ginseng would be inevitable.

The Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Snow Spirit Grass that the Healing Sage took is also sufficiently precious and rare, but it is a truth that it is bound to be inferior when compared to the Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Snow Ginseng.

Among the snow ginseng that has aged for ten thousand years, the best are those that are born and raised in a land of perennial snow.

If I were to give it a name, wouldn't it be something like the True Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Snow Ginseng?

It is because it is not even a matter of discussion which would be closer to extreme Yin between a snow ginseng that grew absorbing Yin energy only during winter in a year and a snow ginseng that absorbed the extreme Yin energy of the perennial snow all year round.

This would be the reason why a normal snow ginseng is also sufficiently rare, but a snow ginseng that has absorbed the Yin energy of perennial snow is considered the best.

Many do not know, but perennial snow also exists here and there in the Central Plains.

It is because the peaks of Mount Tai, which reach the sky, are usually covered with perennial snow.

Theoretically, it means that the Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Snow Ginseng can sufficiently grow naturally even in the Central Plains.

The unfortunate thing would be that finding a Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Snow Ginseng on the high peaks of Mount Tai, which are covered with perennial snow, is like plucking a star from the sky.

Who in the world would painstakingly climb that dangerous place just to dig through the hard snow ground that hasn't melted for ten thousand years, searching for a spiritual medicine that might not even be there?

Finding the Immaculate Pomegranate on the steep peaks of Mount Tianzhong was also very difficult, but compared to finding a Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Snow Ginseng on the peaks of Mount Tai, it could be described as a piece of cake.

Didn't even the Healing Sage, who had opened his spiritual eyes, say that it was not something a human could do?

But since ancient times, the Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Snow Ginseng has occasionally shown its face in this world.

The reason being, there are clans in the world who live with the perennial snow.

Even though it is a place where people live, it is a place where perennial snow always exists; it is the barren Northern Sea.

This time, the Northern Sea Ice Palace delegation has brought the Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Snow Ginseng, a supreme treasure, as proof of their friendship with the Central Plains Murim, so this has established itself as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for me.

“Hoo-”

Although it wasn't perennial snow, my footprints were imprinted all over the pure white snowfield.

It was because my plan to secure the Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Snow Ginseng had already begun.

After decorating the pure white snowfield with my footprints for a long time, and after the entire vast, pure white field lost its original appearance, I finally found what I wanted.

“Hoo- here it is.”

To have to take a deep breath even after reaching the State of Harmony, this was also not an easy process.

Tok.

Protecting my hand as much as possible with the Scorching Sun Palm, I gathered the snow-like petals.

Petals whiter than snow, it was the Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Snow Spirit Grass.

The one that the Healing Sage took for his Fifth Stage.

I quickly put the petals into the protective tool I had brought at a great expense.

Since it was precious, it shouldn't be damaged, right?

“For now, the insurance is secured.”

I have not given up on the Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Snow Ginseng.

Nor did I come to get the Snow Spirit Grass just as a simple insurance.

It is because if it were a simple insurance, I could have gotten it after failing to obtain the Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Snow Ginseng.

This Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Snow Spirit Grass is a fellow that will only be discovered after at least five years.

“Now that the preparations are done…….”

Of course, there would be a reason for obtaining the Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Snow Spirit Grass first, even to the point of using an expensive protective tool.

It is because if things proceed according to the plan I made during my time as Myeong-gae, this Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Snow Spirit Grass will be absolutely necessary.

It could be called a kind of arrangement.

“Now, shall I go and get the Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Snow Ginseng.”

Having obtained the Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Snow Spirit Grass as the first step of my journey in the Jianghu, the Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Snow Ginseng will be in my arms before this step ends.

* * *

There is no place in the world without beggars.

This means that there is no place where the information network of the Beggar's Gang does not reach.

But this would not be the truth; it is because the previous statement can only be true if the premise 'in the Central Plains' is attached.

It means that the information network of the Beggar's Gang does not reach well to the frontiers, which are usually called the Outer Regions.

Among them, if I were to pick the place where it is hardest to reach, it would undoubtedly be the Northern Sea.

It is because the naked beggars would have a hard time surviving in the biting cold of the Northern Sea.

The Northern Sea Ice Palace.

It is a great sect that reigns as one of the Four Powers of the Outer Regions, along with the Beast Palace of the Southern Man, the Potala Palace of the Western Regions, and the Changbai Sword Sect of the East.

Why would they be called the Outer Regions for no reason?

Since they are separated from the Central Plains by a vast distance, they are beings that ordinary Central Plains Murim people will never see once in their lifetime.

Especially among them, the Ice Palace of the Northern Sea is famous for its reclusive nature, so it would be extremely rare for them to visit the Central Plains.

‘The delegation from the Northern Sea is visiting the Murim Alliance, and they have the Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Snow Ginseng’ is an event that occurs with an extremely low probability, a combination of rarity upon rarity.

If I miss this chance and still want the Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Snow Ginseng, I would have to make my way to the Northern Sea myself, and setting aside the worry of freezing to death, I would not be able to avoid becoming a lost child in the endless snowfield.

But the current situation could not be said to be smooth sailing.

It is because the most important stage remains.

That is the part of how to obtain the Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Snow Ginseng possessed by the Northern Sea Ice Palace delegation.

It is because obtaining a spiritual medicine that has no owner in nature and obtaining a spiritual medicine that has already found an owner are quite different in their process and difficulty.

In reality, it could not be the same as the situation with the Heuksu Mun where I obtained the Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Fleeceflower Root.

In the first place, I knew that the Heuksu Mun had sold off the Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Fleeceflower Root for the prosperity of their sect.

Since they had sold something important regardless of the price, it would be right to see that there was a possibility that the buyer could be me.

Of course, the situation progressed to the best case where I didn't have to pay the cost because I found out they were spies of the Demonic Cult.

But the delegation of the Northern Sea is not a group that wants money, and they are certainly not the public enemies of the Jianghu Murim, so it would be a distant prospect to obtain the Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Snow Ginseng through conventional methods.

I briefly thought about methods like becoming a gentleman thief and stealing the Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Snow Ginseng or possessing a robber and taking it by force, but they were immediately rejected plans.

As a promising rising star of the righteous Murim who dreams of becoming the Murim Alliance Lord, isn't it an outrageous thing to even think about?

But who am I?

Wasn't it I, Dancheon Myeong, who endured the life of Myeong-gae to arrange for this very moment?

I had set up a countermeasure for it even before I regressed.

In reality, it is not a difficult problem.

It is because if you think about it calmly, the answer comes out easily.

Since the first method of robbery and theft is gone, only the second method of paying a corresponding price remains.

It would be right to pay a price that would make the delegation of the Northern Sea Ice Palace hand over the Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Snow Ginseng to me.

To be precise, I would have to create a reason and justification or a practical benefit for them to hand over the Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Snow Ginseng to me.

What price could be equivalent to a supreme spiritual medicine?

This is like a problem with a fixed answer; it can be answered as the grace of saving a life.

“I will save you all.”

I plan to exchange the lives of the Ice Palace delegation for the Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Snow Ginseng.

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