Monochrome Sovereign (Novel) - Chapter 92 - Same Bed, Different Dreams (4)
Chapter 92 – Same Bed, Different Dreams (4)
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Translated by Heavenly Cat
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Two gak later, Go-pyeong fell bleeding.
The two found out many things from him. To be precise, Baek Jung-cheon did, and Yeon Ho-jeong assisted from time to time.
After learning the truth, Baek Jung-cheon was in a state of despair.
“……I was deceived.”
An uncomfortable air hung on Yeon Ho-jeong’s face.
Normally, if someone was deceived, it would be normal to be madly angry. However, Baek Jung-cheon was not like that. It seemed he had completely lost his mind in futility.
“I…… because of me, Ga-ryeong…….”
Baek Ga-ryeong was Baek Jung-cheon’s daughter.
A Ghost Archer of Sun-Piercing Valley cannot marry or have children. Because a God is a symbol of perfection, they must not have relations with people of the secular world.
However, it seemed Baek Jung-cheon had formed a bond with a secular woman behind Sun-Piercing Valley’s back. But it seemed he only found out he had a daughter recently.
And that his daughter was ill.
He happened to find out about his daughter’s existence and illness during the competition. That was why Baek Jung-cheon caused this scene.
Yeon Ho-jeong opened the box placed on the bed. Inside were several jet-black pills.
It was the medicine Go-pyeong gave to Baek Jung-cheon. To be precise, it was not medicine but poison.
In other words, the fact that Baek Jung-cheon’s life was not long for this world was all because of Go-pyeong, more accurately, his backers.
“You said it was Baek So-gyeong, right? The person who sent that fraudster to you.”
“…….”
“I didn’t know the position of the God of Archery was such a great seat that one would want to become it even by using such schemes.”
Baek Jung-cheon looked up at Yeon Ho-jeong.
his expression was vacant. It seemed his soul had left him.
Deceived by a fraudster sent by a competitor, he had put not only himself but also his daughter in danger. Even with the mental strength of a trained martial artist, it would have been hard to bear.
Yeon Ho-jeong, who was staring down at him silently, asked as if throwing out a question.
“What about you?”
“…….”
“Is your daughter more important, or is winning the competition more important?”
In an instant, a terrifying light emanated from Baek Jung-cheon’s eyes. It seemed as if he had become a different person for a moment.
“I didn’t even wish for the God of Archery! I just, for my dead wife, my daughter……!”
He could not finish his words.
Yeon Ho-jeong nodded.
“Guide me to your daughter.”
“……What?”
“I have to see your daughter’s condition to know whether I can save her or not.”
Baek Jung-cheon’s eyes widened.
“Wha-what? You can save Ga-ryeong?!”
“I didn’t say I could save her. I have to see her condition.”
“You, could it be you were a doctor?”
“I’m not the one curing her. I don’t know if he will come even if I call. Still, I should try as much as I can.”
Vitality sprouted on Baek Jung-cheon’s face.
“T-Thank you! If Ga-ryeong’s illness is cured, I will even give you my life……!”
“I don’t need a life that isn’t worth a few pennies. Instead, do me a favor.”
“Of course! Of course!”
Yeon Ho-jeong smiled faintly.
“The contract is established.”
Baek Ga-ryeong was a girl not yet ten years old.
Yeon Ho-jeong, who saw Baek Ga-ryeong’s condition, realized that the child’s condition was quite bad but her life was not in immediate danger.
He immediately sought the branch of the Beggar’s Gang in that village.
“Send a renowned doctor to the back garden of Cheongsaru, second floor, north end room. It’s a young child. Internal injuries are extreme, so tell them to prepare in advance.”
“I understand.”
“I have somewhere to go for a moment, so attach someone reliable to the child.”
“Do not worry.”
“And send this letter to the Zhuge Clan. Similarly, it is urgent. It must be as fast as possible.”
The person Yeon Ho-jeong wanted to call was precisely the Heaven-Connecting Divine Physician.
A doctor of the level of the Heaven-Connecting Divine Physician cannot be called by just anyone. Since he had happened to check his body at Zhuge Ah-yeon’s request, he intended to try and ask somehow this time too.
Having finished such measures, Yeon Ho-jeong brought Baek Jung-cheon out.
“Cough!”
Baek Jung-cheon let out a dry cough. He didn’t cough up blood, but his complexion was extremely pale.
Yeon Ho-jeong let out a sigh.
“Just tell me the location and wait here.”
“I’m finished.”
“…….”
“I don’t know how you made my body into this state, but I know this one thing. That my life is not long for this world.”
“……I see.”
“Perhaps if I had taken the medicine that guy handed me, my lifespan would have been cut down even more. It’s a relief at least.”
“The pain will be severe. That medicine, though I don’t know it well, seemed to have an excellent pain-relieving effect.”
“In exchange, it would have eaten up my life even more.”
“…….”
“Considering the pain my daughter has suffered all this time, it’s not even at a level of tickling. And…… I cannot forgive.”
“You said it was Baek So-gyeong?”
“If it were only me she touched it would be fine, but she even touched my daughter. Baek So-gyeong is mine.”
“Do as you please. But before that.”
Yeon Ho-jeong’s eyes gleamed.
“Just guide me to where Baek Hyang is.”
“……I understand.”
Thus, the two of them ran toward Bagong Mountain in Anhui.
Swish!
Baek Jung-cheon’s movement technique was amazing.
Even though his body was not normal, his agility was like a bird playing in the clear sky. It was an efficient movement that was fast yet reduced internal energy consumption to the minimum.
Baek Jung-cheon glanced at his side.
Yeon Ho-jeong was running while grimacing. There was no abnormality in his breathing, but it seemed burdensome to increase his speed any further.
“Strange.”
“What is?”
He spoke even while performing a fairly fast movement technique. It was possible because Baek Jung-cheon’s realm of movement techniques was outstanding, and Yeon Ho-jeong had tremendous physical strength.
“Your martial arts were extremely combat-oriented. Honestly, they didn’t seem lacking even compared to the Nine Dragons Heaven-Shattering Bow.”
“…….”
“But your movement technique is not great. Are you running only with the internal power you possess?”
Yeon Ho-jeong smacked his lips.
“My physical strength is on the good side, so it’s fine.”
“Physical strength is finite. Movement techniques are useful.”
“Tell me about it. I should have learned a usable movement technique.”
“Shall I teach you one?”
Yeon Ho-jeong was inwardly startled.
“You’re going to teach me a movement technique?”
“Is there a problem?”
“Why?”
“Why, you ask?”
Baek Jung-cheon tilted his head as if Yeon Ho-jeong, who questioned him back, was even stranger.
“Thanks to you, I was able to call a good doctor. I also found out that Old Man Go was a fraudster. Since I received a favor, shouldn’t I naturally pay the price?”
It was true, but…….
‘What’s with this guy?’
Thinking about it, he didn’t even know that the character named Go-pyeong was a fraudster.
For an expert of Baek Jung-cheon’s level, it wouldn’t be a problem to identify whether the opponent’s words were false or true. At the very least, it was only right to have some suspicion.
Yet he was deceived. So very easily.
That wasn’t all. No matter how much he had given up in despair, once he had experienced such a thing, it was normal not to erase suspicion toward himself.
Despite that, Baek Jung-cheon did not suspect Yeon Ho-jeong. He just expressed infinite gratitude.
Not only that, he said he would teach him a movement technique. It was something he could sufficiently do for the benefactor who saved his life, but still, it was something he could have hesitated over.
‘He has no experience.’
Only now did Yeon Ho-jeong realize. The reason for Baek Jung-cheon’s stupid innocence.
‘He has rarely come out into the world. He knows of it by hearing, but he hasn’t experienced it.’
He has never been deceived by others, never been attacked for no reason, and at the very least, never had a quarrel picked with him.
He is literally transparent. He has only trained in martial arts all his life and does not have proper social experience, so he acts this way.
Yeon Ho-jeong smiled.
“I decline.”
“Why?”
“I plan to find and learn a movement technique that suits my body. I’m grateful for your heart, but I’m fine.”
“But…….”
“Tell me when I really need to speed up. I’m confident in my physical strength at least.”
Baek Jung-cheon nodded.
“I understand.”
How long did they run like that?
“There is something I’m curious about.”
“What is it?”
“You, how do you know Baek Hyang?”
“…….”
“That’s not all. You knew the Dragon Fang Cannon. The Dragon Fang Cannon is one of the secret techniques of the Nine Dragons Bow, which no one but someone from Sun-Piercing Valley can know.”
Yeon Ho-jeong shook his head.
“That is difficult to tell you.”
“I understand.”
Unexpectedly, Baek Jung-cheon didn’t say much. He didn’t want to make his benefactor feel embarrassed.
Yeon Ho-jeong thought while looking at that appearance.
‘His heart has completely left.’
His heart has left Sun-Piercing Valley. Unless that was the case, such a reaction couldn’t come out.
‘It’s amazing.’
It must have been a place he had dedicated his life to in its own way, yet he folds his heart so coldly. It seemed Sun-Piercing Valley was not a very good group.
Yeon Ho-jeong folded his thoughts about Sun-Piercing Valley. Anyway, what was important now was Muk Bi, no, Baek Hyang.
Thus, a day passed.
The two climbed a ridge of Bagong Mountain.
“It is there.”
The place Baek Jung-cheon pointed to was a relatively low peak.
“I don’t know if he is still there.”
“If he isn’t, there’s nothing that can be done. Thanks for the guidance.”
“It’s nothing.”
“And…….”
“Speak.”
Yeon Ho-jeong sighed.
“I understand the circumstances, but you killed a member of the Beggar’s Gang. And the Beggar’s Gang will call the person who will cure your daughter.”
“…….”
“If you are still alive after your revenge is over, go and at least apologize.”
Baek Jung-cheon nodded.
“If my life is still attached until then, I will certainly do so. If I die…….”
“I will deliver it. Still, if possible, try to do it yourself.”
“Thank you.”
It was then.
Boom! Rumble.
The eyes of the two turned to the place where a loud noise echoed.
A few trees were seen being blown to pieces. It was an incredibly far distance, but it was to the extent that it could be seen even by the eyes of a commoner. That’s how huge the trees were.
That wasn’t all.
Rumble! Crack!
After dozens of killing intents were seen intersecting, a whirlwind rose to the left and right, and trees and rocks were all seen being smashed.
It was an incredible destructive power. It was an archery shot full of destructive power using internal energy.
An air of surprise rose on Baek Jung-cheon’s face.
“Nine Dragons Archery!”
Swish!
Yeon Ho-jeong went down the mountain at a terrifying speed.
Baek Jung-cheon, who hesitated for a moment, also threw his body following Yeon Ho-jeong. Because Baek So-gyeong might be there if luck would have it.
Swish swish swish!
Even though he started late, he was someone who caught up with Yeon Ho-jeong in an instant. No matter how much Yeon Ho-jeong hadn’t paid attention to his movement technique, it was a speed that made one’s mouth hang open.
At that moment, a red fire qi like the sun erupted from Yeon Ho-jeong’s body.
Bang! Bang bang! Bang!
Every time he kicked off the earth, a tremendous explosive sound echoed. the distance with Baek Jung-cheon widened significantly once again.
Baek Jung-cheon’s eyes widened.
‘That movement technique is?’
No, it’s not a movement technique but a footwork technique.
It was the footwork he had shown when killing the Beggar’s Gang member who was a witness. Within the combat area at least, it seemed faster than even the Dragon-Flying Instant-Travel.
To strike out while using such footwork repeatedly.
‘It’s a tremendous internal power. Since he has such a footwork technique, that’s why he said he wouldn’t accept a movement technique.’
Swish!
Baek Jung-cheon also increased his speed. He followed behind Yeon Ho-jeong in an instant.
Then at some point, Baek Jung-cheon overtook Yeon Ho-jeong. Since using the Blood Wing Sweeping Heavens repeatedly would lead to extreme internal power consumption, he was controlling his physical strength and internal power.
But it was fine. The two were already almost close to the battlefield.
Bang! Crackle!
A small rock seemed to float in the air, then it fell down while smashing several trees.
Phat!
Baek Jung-cheon kicked off the rolling rock and soared up. It was a movement as light as a feather.
Crash!
Yeon Ho-jeong, who smashed a rock with a brutal fist aura, struck up forward.
At that moment, the Lion’s Roar of Baek Jung-cheon, who had gone to an invisible place before he knew it, was heard.
“Baek So-gyeong!!”
Yeon Ho-jeong’s eyes gleamed.
The Vermillion Bird Qi that was warming his heart tightened in an instant.
Flash!
Yeon Ho-jeong traversed a distance of about twenty zhang in one go and went up to the mountain ridge.
He looked at the battlefield that had become desolate with dozens of giant trees fallen.
Baek Jung-cheon, who was firing his great bow at a terrifying speed.
A middle-aged woman who was avoiding all those arrows with incredible evasion ability.
And in a corner, hidden behind an unbroken giant tree, a woman was seen drawing the string of a composite bow.
“Baek Hyang!”