Chapter 60

Chapter 60

How far is the line between life and death?
He thought the boundary was the same thickness as the tip of a sword.
Every time a sword crosses a sword, life and death are at stake, and the difference is always one sharp point.
“Whoa. Whoa.”
Sword in hand, Bu Eunseol was breathing heavily.
The densely packed shelves had all been knocked over, and torn books were scattered everywhere.
With each blow, blood dripped from Buunsul’s body and the lifeblood from the bodies of his assassins.
“Whoa. Whoa.”
Bu Eunseol, who had practiced both the Dao of the Thousand Defeats and the Practical Sword Study at the same time, gasped.
We’ve crossed many lines of fire, but none of them have been this long.
I don’t even know whose blood is on the floor.
I had exhausted my strength, and my sword, made of pearlized steel, had lost all its teeth.
“What a monstrosity…….”
The remaining assassins hesitated.
The blood-covered snowflakes looked like they were about to collapse, but they stood upright and sprinkled with black herbs.
“You are…….”
They didn’t continue.
The staggering Bueunsul was once again sprinkled with black herbs like lightning.
“Kaboom!”
With a low scream, the remaining assassins fell again.
‘Is this the end.
No more Bears, no more Bears, no more relentless assassins.
But it hadn’t gotten past the first shijin yet. With his eyes closed, Feng Shui suddenly pushed the beast to the limit.
“No, there’s something.
You could call it a hunch.
The assassins were defeated, but…… an eerie feeling lingered, as if an invisible fiend had bared its teeth in the darkness.
I stood there for a minute or so holding my breath,
Koooooow.
Suddenly, the inner chamber opened and Dansook jumped out.
When he heard nothing for a while, his anxiety and fear got the better of him and he threw open the door to the chamber.
“Is everything okay?”
Dan Xiao’er finds the blood-soaked puffed snow and rushes over to him,
“Step back.”
A wide-eyed Boon-Seol stepped in front of her, straightening his sword to a halt.
“Well done, you caught me off guard.”
A low voice spoke, and a black shadow slowly emerged through the fluttering papers.
He was dressed in strange clothes that glistened with an inky sheen, and his long hair was parted in two.
Eek.
As she looked at him, she felt a strange pressure.
It was an unfamiliar and strange pressure, as if a large creature would jump out of the man’s back at any moment…….
“Hmm.”
The low-slung man looked down at the snow and shook his head.
“That’s surprising, I’ve certainly never seen him before.”
Bu Eun-sul could infer one thing from the man’s words.
Not only have they been preparing for this for a long time, but they also realize that they weren’t the bad guys back then.
‘I came in six months ago. This was planned a long time ago.
The man smiled, as if he had read her thoughts.
“Yes. If we had someone like you, the plan would be a little different.”
His voice is relaxed, and his movements are extremely natural.
If this man were to use his hands, he would unleash a power that would shake the heavens and rumble the earth.
“If you back off now, …… there’s a future for you.”
The man with the smug smile on his face suddenly raised his fist.
“FYI, I’m not recommending it because you can’t win!”
Suddenly, the man clenched his fist. At that moment, powerful seismic waves spread out in concentric circles, slightly pushing the snow off the ground.
With a single burst of the powerful inner qi gathered in his hand, he revealed his profound inner cultivation.
“Now, will you move out of the way?”
Smiling smugly, Sana looked at the small cave behind Bu Eunseol’s back.
“You just need to take a step to the side. If you do that, no harm will come to you.”
Already, Bu Eun-sul had sustained injuries, large and small, from fighting over a hundred reapers. She couldn’t tell how much blood she had lost, and her eyes were becoming blurry.
Towering.
However, Bu Eun-sul’s waistline only grew wider.
“Walk sideways.”
And then I slowly raised my game.
This much hurt, this much crisis…… was nothing compared to what I’ve been through.
Another gleam of blood rose from his hazy, swollen eyes.
“You’ll never be able to take another step forward!”
Ouch!
The inner ball he drew became a powerful wind, blowing the man’s hair in all directions.
“hoooh…….”
The man shook his head as he realized that Bu Eunsul’s level of inner cultivation was on par with his own.
“That’s too bad.”
Then he slowly drew his sword from his waistband.
It was a unique sword.
It was half a village’s width narrower than a normal longsword, and a character’s length longer. The hilt was devoid of all the characteristic shine that iron should have.
It was a unique stance.
Instead of pointing his long sword at Bu Eun-sul, he held it up to his forehead in a horizontal position, as if to block out the light pouring down from the sky.
“I concede the initiative.”
The interest was not compounded.
The sword of the killer is only the result of the will to kill. It doesn’t care about outnumbering or initiative.
Whip.
Instead of answering, Buunsul extended his sword.
It was a slow, powerful, but unpredictable sword, with an unpredictable blade path and number of seconds.
It was one of the most important lessons in practical swordsmanship that I had learned through countless real-life battles.
Wham!
The blade of a shapeshifting Buunsun is about to slice the man’s wrist,
Shoot!
I felt like a giant wave washed over me.
Dull.
Bu Eun-sul stopped attacking and swung her sword to protect the yin blood in her body. But even so, she felt a pressure that felt like her body was being torn apart.
“Heavy sword!
The hilt of the longsword in his hand bent as if it were about to snap.
The man in front of you is using a powerful heavy sword technique with a long, slender blade.
“Don’t bump into them.
As if he had honed his heavy sword for a long time, he exerted tremendous pressure with the slightest movement.
If sword meets sword, the weapon will immediately shatter.
Ziying.
Taking a step back, Bu Eunseul turned his sword behind his back and assumed an odd stance.
Then, the energy to process blossomed around Bu Eunseol, instantly halting the company’s first water.
A thousand defeats were too many.
“You’re using some pretty extraordinary means!”
Increasing the destructive power of his heavy sword, Sana moved the tip of his extendable blade to pierce Bu Eunseol’s sword force.
The digging, stabbing, and slashing of the herbivore’s claws sliced through her skin, but she remained unperturbed, defending against the heavy sword’s first strike with a thousand fists.
“Bastard, now I see you’ve been stalling!”
The man who realized that what Bu Eun-sul was after was time, not victory, raised the tip of his sword to the sky.
“Stop this too!”
Suddenly, the pressure of the machining ripped through her body.
It was the ultimate in heavy sword techniques, unstoppable by simple techniques.
“Wait!
At that moment, a brilliant light shone in Feng Shui’s eyes.
In fact, he too can draw a heavy sword. However, his constant defensive stance has caused the man to become impatient and use powerful strikes.
Chirp!
Bu Eun-sul performed a powerful heavy sword technique with the longsword in her right hand, while her left hand drew the killing sword sheathed in her back.
Centrifugation.
When the man generated a great deal of pressure, he drew his heavy sword with his right hand and his light sword with his left.
Wham! Pow!
At that moment, the binge drinking pushed the swollen tongue and the man’s body in opposite directions.
“Mmm.”
The man’s neck was bleeding, but fortunately not pierced.
Just as he was about to pierce his throat with his light sword, the pressure of the heavy sword was instantly expanded, cutting both his longsword and his killing sword in two.
“…….”
He’d barely blocked the attack, but his neck was bleeding profusely.
But the blade didn’t penetrate deep enough, and the wound was not life-threatening.
“He deliberately caught me off guard.”
The man nodded in approval, his eyes glazed over with the life of a cypher.
“He should never have been allowed to live.”
Chubbun.
The man was the first to raise his sword in interruption.
Gooooooo…….
Then a powerful wind began to blow around the sword.
It was as if the world’s hidden powers were converging on the man’s longsword.
“Try blocking this too.”
A man with an evil grin bared his fangs and brandished a sword,
Purr.
The sound of a waterfall falling from the distant sky echoed softly.
It was the sound of a superhuman kung fu master practicing a new technique.
“Woohoo!
The man’s eyes flashed as he unsheathed his sword.
Wu Wenhuang is a master who is not out of his league.
I can always kill a brat like Bu Eun-sul. But in this situation, he should never have faced Wu Wenhuang.
Gooooooo.
His mind was distracted, and the energy on his sword faded. In the end, the outcome was sealed.
“What a lucky guy.”
Slowly, the man sheathed his sword and looked down at Boonsun.
“I’ll kill you slowly later.”
The swollen snow stared straight at the man with cold, still eyes.
“Here’s what I have to say.”
“Hoo hoo hoo.”
The man with the low laugh muttered in a gravelly voice.
“Let’s hope so.”
With those brief words, the man’s body slowly faded into the darkness.
Bu Eun-sul stared at the figure, and then the man disappeared,
Taang.
He threw the broken katana he was carrying to the ground.
Jurrrrrr.
At the same time, a faint trickle of black blood oozed from the corner of his mouth.
“I can’t believe you’re able to generate that kind of pressure with just a flag ceremony!
By simply performing the qigong ritual before unleashing his sword technique, San’an generated a powerful force field that caused internal injuries to Bu Eunseol.
“Mr. Ho!”
When Bu Eunsul collapsed, Dan Shaoxue, who was standing behind him, rushed to his aid.
“Are you okay?”
Of course it’s okay. An internal wound is nothing.
Bu Eun-sul tried to say.
But her mouth didn’t fall open. Teardrops had formed in the eyes of Dan Xiaoxue, who was staring at him.
“Are you okay? You shouldn’t be dead.”
Dan Xiaoxi was shivering violently.
Worried that the swollen tongue breathing heavily would pass away, that he would close his eyes.
“Will she be sad when I die?
Wrong idea.
The housekeeper’s longtime treasure, and a fortune-telling maiden.
Why would she mourn the death of a mere mortal when she holds one of the most honored positions in the land?
“It was a stupid idea.
Looking at the tears in Dan Xiaoxue’s eyes, Bu Eunsun shook her head and stood up.
“Swollen tongue.”
“What?”
“That’s my name.”
“Yueyang Tower… floating snow.”
Hush.
It’s a name that matches her pale skin.
And like the sadness in his eyes, it was a name that was somehow both poignant and beautiful.
“I see.”
Dan Xiaoxi wiped away her tears and smiled wryly.
“I’ll remember that.”
He glared at the snow.
His eyes were full of emotion, and a flush rose to his cheeks.
Sensing something was wrong, Bu Eun-sul averted his gaze, but a pair of eyes followed him insistently.
The eyes of a single jadeite filled with oil wells.
Kwarrung!
Thunder crashed and a gray shadow landed in front of the used bookstore. It was Wu Wenhuang.
Green!
Wu Wenhuang landed, followed by a group of men dressed in black and gray robes. Their eyes shone in the darkness, like torches.
They were probably unmanned, working for the butler.
“Jade, are you okay?”
Wu Wenhuang paused in his rush.
Dansook, covered in dust and blood, is staring at him, her body pressed against his.
“What?”
After regaining his senses, Dan Shaoxue calmly pulled himself out of Bu Eunsul’s arms.
“Thanks to Mr. Bu…… Ho for protecting me…….”
Bam!
Then, once again, the door to the used bookstore crashed open and a booming voice rang out.
“Eighteen! We’re here to help!”
When Feng Shui turned his head, Sangliang and Maun rushed in, their clothes ragged and covered in blood.
“They’ve been defending hard, but it looks like a few of them slipped through, so we’re going to take them all out and…….”
Sangliang and Maun, who had barged in confidently, fell silent when they saw the scene inside the antiquarian bookstore.
There were mountains of corpses of assassins, many times more than they had killed.
“That wasn’t a few. Hahaha.”
“Yeah, I know. We must have missed a few, hahaha.”
Shangliang and Maun looked at each other and smiled awkwardly,
“You really went to the trouble. Thank you.”
Wu Wenhuang, who had abandoned all pride, grabbed Bu Eunseol’s shoulder.
If we had listened to Bu Eun-sul, this risk would not have occurred.
And even now, if he hadn’t fought for his life,…… Dan Xiaoqing would already be a cold corpse.
“It was something that needed to be done.”
It’s a cold, unfeeling answer.
Wu Wenhuang of old would have been furious with this answer.
‘What a manly man, so few words.’
But now, even the stiffness of Buun-sul’s voice seemed masculine and strong.
“Do we know who they are?”
“Not at all. I couldn’t even tell if it was a Zheng or a Shiite, let alone a faction.”
When Bu Eunsul gave him a surprised look, Wu Wenhuang said bitterly.
“Even their weapons and clothing have been scrutinized by our experts at headquarters, but we have been unable to locate their source. They had done everything they could to avoid being caught in the first place.”
Gritting his teeth, he spoke again.
“I will return to headquarters and hunt down those responsible for this to the end. And…….”
We could barely hear Wu’s final words, but we could guess what was going on behind the scenes.
“Another bloodbath in the river.
The master of the house is a fearsome figure, comparable to the lords of the ten gates.
And Dansook, who is pushing for the Senate, has a lot of influence in the mahjong as well…….
Eventually, those who do this will pay the price for their actions.
“You two have been through a lot, too.”
Dan Shaoxue smirked at the two horses, and they bowed their heads with a wide grin.
“You’re talking out of your ass!”
“Exactly, we were just doing what we had to do.”
“Dear Mr. and Mrs. Outside. These are the people in Akyang Branch…….”
“I know.”
Wu Wenhuang coldly cut off his horse and led Dan Shaoxiao to the carriage.
“Let’s go back now.”
And then Maun frowned.
“Damn, can’t that old man at least say something nice, he just walks away like it’s a given.”
Shangliang laughed and shook his head.
“The lady has already answered you,” he said, “and you can wait for the good news, for she is not one to talk nonsense.”
Riding in the carriage, Dan Shaoxing stared out the window at the snowy snow.
But Wu Wenhuang misunderstood her attitude and said.
“The Gongs are also members of the Yueyang Branch. There’s nothing special about this.”
“Yes. Uncle.”
Even as she answered, Dan Xiaoxue’s gaze remained fixed on Bu Eunsul’s face as she stood in the ruined antiquarian bookstore.