Chapter 177

Bu Eun-sul nodded with a calm expression.
“Don’t worry. I’m sure you’ll like my suggestion.”
“This is crazy.”
When Bu Eun-sul replied with a stern tone, flames leapt from her eyes.
“Or are you suddenly blind, and you don’t realize whose tongue you’re clucking in front of?”
“I am offering to negotiate with Zhengzhou.”
Bu Eun-sul replied resolutely.
“I understand that negotiations are only possible on equal terms.”
“You mean to tell me you’re on par with the main colony?”
“Sure.”
Bu Eun-sul said confidently.
“If you want a settlement that forces you to lose on unfavorable terms, let me know. I’ll use superlatives right away.”
“Hoo hoo hoo.”
A strange light flashed in her eyes.
They realized that not only did she have a unique personality, but she was completely fearless.
“You’ve done some thinking, haven’t you. Did you intend to impress him and provoke him into negotiating with you?”
Kuk Hye-ryeong, who had negotiated with many powerful people, quickly guessed Bu Eun-sul’s true intentions.
“Good. I will grant you temporary recognition that you are entitled to negotiate on an equal footing with the main settlement.”
A chilling glint flashed in the eyes of Kuk Hye Ryung as she smiled.
“But if you don’t like that offer, you’ll have to worry about…… how you’re going to get out of the clutches of the mainstream.”
“Don’t worry.”
“So tell me. The best offer you can make.”
Bu Eun-sul glared into Kuk Hye-ryeong’s eyes and said, “I’m sorry.
“I will give you the strength to stand on your own.”
Hye-ryung Kuk, who had been listening, snorted in disbelief.
“A young man not worth negotiating with.”
“Or they’ve covered it from the entrance to the inside with machinery for God’s sake.”
“What.”
“Just a moment ago, Zhengzhou was quite emphatic about fellowship with the powerful.”
“Bullshit.”
Kuk Hye Ryung said coldly.
“We’ve always been invaded by foreign powers, so we’ve built in safeguards.”
“You’re welcome.”
Bu Eunseol stared directly into the puffy eyes of Kuk Hye Ryung.
“Isn’t it a situation where you can’t stop the muggers if you don’t stay friendly with the powerful?”
Quack!
At that moment, a gigantic storm of True Qi surged through the roof of the pavilion and into the sky behind Kwei Ling’s back.
“Say that again.”
Even her hair had risen to the sky, and she looked like a witch who controlled the darkness.
“What did you just say?”
Despite his fearsome appearance, Bu Eun-sul crossed his arms and repeated his words once more.
“You can’t stop the robbers unless you borrow the strength of the strong.”
Kaaaaaah!
At that moment, a storm of white hot energy rained down,
Pow!
A sharp flash of light stopped an inch or so from Bu Eunseol’s forehead.
However, Bu Eun-sul stood tall, looking only at Kuk Hye-ryeong.
“…….”
Looking at Bu Eunseol’s coldly frozen eyes, Kuk Hye Ryung suddenly flicked her sleeve.
“I admire your guts.”
Saracen.
She said in a sullen voice, having gotten over the storm of energy in an instant.
“So how do you empower your true nature?”
“The Mu Hai Shui Yu Zheng can be said to be a master of the female arts, but there are no martial artists who can be said to be a master of the male arts.”
“So?”
“I will give you the power to defeat the outside forces on your own, without befriending the powerful.”
For a moment, there was a leaden silence in the hall.
Kuk Hye Ryung, who was pondering Bu Eun Seol’s words with deep eyes, shook her head in sorrow.
“You’re talking out of your ass.”
He moved his parched lips to form an angry voice.
“Giving them the power to defeat external forces with their own strength? Is that what the masters of Nanyagak teach the disciples of Bon Justice?”
“That’s not possible.”
“Then how are you going to give Bon Zheng the power?”
Then Bu Eun-sul pointed to herself.
“Support me as your successor.”
“What?”
“I will open the Manmayujin Pavilion to you if you become my successor.”
“Hahahaha!”
A glint of madness flashed in Kwei Ling’s eyes.
“Now I see you’re a madman. You expect Zhengzhou to believe such a promise?”
“First of all, I’ll give you the Demons of the Immortal Realm right now.”
“Heaven on Earth?”
Buunsul nodded.
“You are well aware that the vast majority of the magical secretaries scattered throughout the Ten Thousand Demon Realm come from the Immortal Realm.”
He pointed to Hyuk Sojin, who stood dumbfounded beside him.
“There are an unfathomable variety of magical arts in the Immortal Realm, and if we teach them to our disciples according to their characteristics, the power of the Infinite Water Well will rise in a short period of time.”
“You’re talking nonsense, the phantom would never allow such a thing.”
“I will.”
Bu Eun-sul pointed to Hyuk So-jin.
“Because that’s what he, the next landowner, demands.”
Hyuk So Jin looked at Bu Eun Seol with a slightly surprised expression.
As he stared into Bu Eun-sul’s unwavering eyes, a thought flashed through his mind.
“If I say no, she might have another seizure.
By accompanying Bu Eun-sul, Hyuk So-jin is also drawn into the succession battle.
In the battle for succession, the status of heir to the Immortal Realm is no shield.
“I was supposed to be a force in support of my brother anyway, so let’s go all the way.
“That’s right, I’ll make sure of that.”
“Well, it’s not a bad offer, but it’s too bad.”
Kwak Hye Ryung said, her eyes flashing with life.
“Even if you covet Manmayujin Palace’s magical secretary, you don’t have to risk supporting the whole of Nangya Palace.”
She shook her head.
“I’m going to decline the offer.”
“I said prioritize.”
“What do you mean?”
“I have one more thing for you.”
“Speak.”
Bu Eun-sul spoke at a leisurely pace.
“Didn’t you say that Zhengzhou called me here as an investment in the future?”
“So?”
“I, too, would invest in the future of zero-waste wells.”
Bu Eun-sul spoke in a solemn voice and without hesitation.
“If I become your successor, I will release the ban, so that the successor of the Sewerless Well can also become your successor.”
Kukung.
It was a shocking proposal that she hadn’t even expected. Kuk Hye Ryung’s eyes narrowed as if she had been slapped in the back of the head.
As a woman of the family’s lineage, Mu Haisu Yu Zheng had no qualifications to be the successor to the master.
But what if you were to gain powerful magical assistants, and you were able to challenge for the title of magical heir?
In other words, a drainage-free well can stand alone in the forest and no longer worry about invasion from outside forces.
Bu Eun-sul’s proposal was to release the limitations of the sewage-free wells, which he had always regretted in the past.
“Hahahaha!”
Kuk Hye Ryung’s strange laughter echoed through the blood moon.
The more I listened to the angry laughter, which sounded like a mix of male and female voices, the more I cringed.
“Hye-sun!”
At Kuk Hye Ryung’s words, a middle-aged woman approached from the side and bowed her head.
“You called, my lord.”
Staring at Bu Eunseol, she spoke in an unprecedentedly soft voice.
“Take the two of them to the Heavenly Moon Pavilion.”
* * *
A full moon bathed the darkened land in pure white.
Bu Eun-sul and Hyuk So-jin sat opposite each other in a high hut where they could see the moonlight.
There were beautiful views in all directions, and a simple sake table with fruit and rice cakes was set up in the center of the hut.
Bu-eun-sul drank quietly, while Hyuk-so-jin sipped his drink, looking wistful.
“That’s a little surprising.”
He scanned the landscape around the gazebo and spoke in a low voice.
“When I heard about the Cheonwolgak, I thought it was a mountain temple with beautiful women dancing and singing.”
The drinks served in the gazebo weren’t bad, but the appetizers were more for the short-mouthed ladies.
“I’m sure you didn’t invite me here for a drink.”
“Then what’s the point of putting people in these seats?”
“Zhengzhou hasn’t fully accepted my offer yet.”
Bu Eun-sul said in a low voice.
“They’re probably scrutinizing my past behavior and tendencies. They’re looking to see if my proposal is feasible and how valid it is.”
“You’re a stickler. No sewage wells.”
“It’s just like a dead end job.”
“What?”
Bu Eun-sul splashed some alcohol into her mouth and said.
“Didn’t the landowner put two conditions on me?”
“At least Grandpa didn’t argue about it, right?”
“You’ve done your homework.”
Tak.
Putting down her glass, Bu Eunseul said with a solemn expression.
“I spent two months in the middle of nowhere trying to win the support of a landowner, and even if I had fulfilled all of his suggestions, if he decided I wasn’t the right person to support…….”
Bu Eun-sul said with a determined expression.
“The landowner would never have kept his word.”
Hyuk protested.
“My grandfather is not that good at bouncing abacus balls or betraying trust.”
“Faithfulness is a word that only applies to relationships between people. To be the head of a sect is to calculate the gains and losses more coldly than anyone else.”
Hyeoksojin couldn’t argue anymore.
To others, he was a loving grandfather, but to others, he was a fearsome and ruthless mastermind.
The head of a sect, a position that requires one to maintain an unrelenting coldness.
“If you put it that way, you’re a born boss.”
Taking another drink, Hyuk Sojin smirked.
“Well, I suppose it doesn’t matter what Zhengzhou decides, we have a last resort.”
“What do you mean?”
“Zhengzhou, you’re over a hundred years old, but even if that were true, wouldn’t the successor to the Wu Family be young?”
Hyuk Sojin couldn’t have been more serious.
“If your brother-in-law gives you that look and asks for a favor, no woman will ever say no…….”
Then, with a crackling sound, two shadows approached the gazebo.
The first to show up was Kuk Hye-ryeong, the principal resident.
“Settlement.”
Bu Eun-sul and Hyuk So-jin stood up and clasped their hands together.
Then a tiny shadow appeared next to her.
He was about ten years old?
She was a cute little girl, with slightly chubby cheeks and big, dark eyes that hadn’t been weaned.
“This is my granddaughter, Kuk Hye-bin. She is my heir to the throne.”
‘I can’t believe the next inheritor of the untapped oil well is a girl!
Hyuk So Jin frowned as if he had bitten into a rotten persimmon.
Doesn’t this mean that the last resort, the handsome man, is out the window?
While Hyeoksojin was in the midst of his ramblings, Bu Eunseol furrowed her brow, deep in thought.
‘If the next heir to the Mu Ha Shu Yuan is such a young granddaughter…… why hasn’t this rumor reached the Murim?
At that moment, Kuk Hye-bin bowed her head toward Bu Eun-sul and Hyuk So-jin.
But no voice came out.
“…….”
Staring at Kuk Hye-bin, Bu Eun-sul’s eyes flickered to her neck.
“You’ve hit your larynx pretty hard.”
“How did you know that?”
Kwak Hye Ryung’s eyes widened in disbelief.
We can’t see her neck because it’s covered by her clothes, but how did she notice the scar on her neck in the first place?
“Where did you hear that Binyi was injured? This has never been known in the Murim?”
Buunsul calmly explained.
“Making a voice is like moving the muscles of the organ that makes the sound.”
“So?”
“When those muscles move at the right pressure and intensity, they send air from the lungs to vibrate the vocal cords, and when that vibration travels through the mouth and esophagus to create a sound, it comes out through the mouth as voice.”
Bu Eun-sul pointed to Kuk Hye-bin’s neck.
“But he didn’t make a sound even though he was working his muscles hard, so I just assumed his larynx was injured.”
Kuk Hye Ryung opened her mouth.
It’s hard enough to believe that you can see the movements of muscles hidden by your neck, but to be so knowledgeable about anatomy?
“I hear you’re from Goa.”
As if she’d already done a thorough research on Bu Eunseol, Kwak Hye Ryung’s eyes lit up.
“Was he actually from Hanglim?”
“You’re from Goats.”
“I can’t believe you’re as familiar with the anatomy as the corpse-scrubbers.”
Bu Eun-sul replied with a bitter expression.
“It must have been because they specialized in the treatment of strangers and unrelated people.”
“What does that mean?”
“Most of those without guests or connections were martial artists, and their bodies were rarely found intact, often torn apart by flying beasts.”
Bu Eun-sul’s eyes deepened as if she was recalling those days.
“If I didn’t know the anatomy, I couldn’t bring him back to life, so I got to know him well.”
“It was.”
The silent Kuk Hye Ryung nodded lightly.
It’s amazing that a man who practiced chanting for so long could become a ten-handed warrior, much less one with such a fearsome inner strength.
“The mysterious one.
Shaking her head, Kuk Hye-ryung quickly changed the subject.
“Why do you think I called you here?”
“I’m guessing.”
“How?”
Bu Eun-sul gave an uncharacteristically thin smile and pointed at Hyuk So-jin.
“Because I’ve traveled to the Temple of Heaven and Earth first.”
“Hoo hoo hoo, so your company is the result of solving the conundrums that the Immortals have thrown at you.”
“Yes.”
As the conversation continued, Kuk Hye Ryung’s furrowed brow stretched a little.
Buunsul’s disrespectful tone wasn’t as offensive as I thought it would be.
Plus, his low, hushed voice had an oddly inviting quality.
“I’ll be straightforward.”
Kuk Hye Ryung looked at Bu Eun Seol and said.
“I have a high regard for your skills. And I trust you to do what you say you’re going to do.”
“Thank you.”
“But things don’t always work out the way we want them to, so I have a proposition for you.”
“Tell me anything.”
“Hui Binyi has mastered all of the righteousness arts, but he hasn’t mastered a single killing technique.”
Kuk Hye Ryung looked at Kuk Hye Bin’s innocent face and said heavily.
“I want you to teach this child one of the most cruel and poisonous magic killing techniques. Enough to be called a witch.”