Kang Sogun Chapter 89

Kang Sogun also thought for a mont.

Although he had never trained in the art of grasping from the air, it would be possible at a distance of ten feet.

But what about thirty feet?

It might have been possible when he had the Blood Dragon Qi.

Blood Dragon Qi.

In fact, the Blood Dragon Qi was the poisonous qi caused by the bloody poisonous mist.

Kang Sogun had imagined the energy in his body that exploded when he was poisoned by the bloody poisonous mist as a single blood dragon.

When he was conscious of it as a single blood dragon with a form, it was easier to control it with the Golden Elixir True Art.

In fact, it was difficult to conclude that the bloody poisonous mist was a poison.

Poison destroys or restricts a part of the human body and drives a person to death.

But the bloody poisonous mist awakened all the muscles of the whole body, as well as the internal organs, bones, and even the blood, and made it pour out its latent power.

At first, his vision was maximized, and even in the dark, he could see the body hair of an opponent ten feet away.

His hearing was also amplified, and he could hear not only the opponent's heartbeat but also the sound of blood flowing through his blood vessels.

He could feel all kinds of slls and could even distinguish the strength of the passing wind.

When he threw a punch, the energy of his whole body poured out at once, and a rock was pierced.

Depending on how you heard it, you could think of it as a panacea that amplifies potential, but the actual result was tragic.

The brain was also awakened to the extre and reacted to the information coming into the whole body, struggling.

Ti flowed slowly, and space was felt to expand, and eventually, the boundary between oneself and things disappeared.

All the mories of his life awakened, and when he saw things, their essence was understood as it was.

Not only what he saw with his eyes and heard with his ears, but also the passing wind and all kinds of slls were imprinted in his mind as they were.

Then, when those many pieces of information began to get tangled, he went mad and was engulfed in hallucinations.

After that, the distinction between hallucination and reality disappeared.

The pain also beca extrely sensitive. The extre pain, as if his brain would swell and burst, was not sothing that a human could endure.

Therefore, among those who were poisoned in the Martial Tomb, there were also those who tore off their own heads and pulled out their brains.

Since it was the result of the awakening of the whole body's senses, there could be no antidote. Because to put the senses to sleep ant the death of the body.

After coming out of the Martial Tomb, Kang Sogun had been suppressing the energy of the bloody poisonous mist with the Golden Elixir True Art.

But in the fierce battles with the Yocheon Pavilion Master, the Three Scholars, and the Heavenly Martial Faction, he had suffered nurous internal injuries and had had to explode the latent power he had obtained from the bloody poisonous mist, half willingly and half unwillingly.

Fortunately, in the process of the fierce battles that crossed life and death, the poisonous qi of the bloody poisonous mist that had accumulated in his body had quickly disappeared.

When he learned the truth about his parents' death and went on a rampage, the poisonous qi that had remained until then had disappeared.

But it could not be said that it had completely disappeared.

Surprisingly, the Golden Elixir True Art, which had been suppressing the poisonous qi until now, was now trying to awaken the latent power in his body in reverse.

The body rembered the experience of pouring out its latent power to the extre for a long ti.

This was clearly different from being explosively awakened by the poisonous qi of the bloody poisonous mist.

According to Kang Sogun's will, the latent power slowly awakened, and this was combined with the energy of the Golden Elixir True Art to form a new energy.

That was what Kang Sogun had nad the Golden Dragon Qi.

But unlike in the past when it had exploded to the extre in an instant, the Golden Dragon Qi was awakening very slowly. It was now just moving from the third star to the fourth star.

Kang Sogun had only recently understood the phenonon that had been happening in his body.

As Kang Sogun's brain beca free from the bloody poisonous qi and he regained his calm reason, he was able to clearly understand what had happened to him since the Martial Tomb.

Although he had beco free from the bloody poisonous qi, the Blood Dragon Qi, in return, Kang Sogun had to suffer a considerable loss of the martial arts that had been so strong that others could not understand.

In fact, it was not that the Heavenly Martial Faction's Divine Strategist, Jo Gaeryang, had been careless.

The standard by which Jo Gaeryang had operated the military brigades such as the Heavenly Star Brigade and the Ten Guests of Heavenly Martial was the ten great masters.

In fact, if the ones called the ten great masters had been in the sa situation, most of them would not have been able to break through Jo Gaeryang's encirclent.

The saying that the ten great masters could handle ten thousand people was a story about the ordinary soldiers of the battlefield.

If it were the elite military power of the Heavenly Martial Faction or the eccentric masters like the Ten Guests of Heavenly Martial, the story would be different.

But Kang Sogun's martial prowess at that ti was at a level that could not be asured by human imagination because his latent power was being exerted to the extre by the Blood Dragon Qi.

So even experienced masters like Jang Mugang and No Ichil had felt fear at Kang Sogun's martial arts.

Rather, inexperienced people like Jungrang and Jo Unryong had just thought that if they beca absolute masters, they could display that level of martial arts.

In reality, it was difficult to say that all of the ten great masters could display Kang Sogun's martial prowess at that ti.

Nevertheless, unexpectedly, the public's interest in the ten great masters had increased even more.

-A person who is not even one of the ten great masters has faced half of the military power of the Four Great Powers of the world!

-If it were a real ten great master, he could handle one of the Four Great Powers of the world by himself!

Although it was sowhat absurd, the storytellers talked as if it were a fact, and people now revered the ten great masters almost as gods.

Anyway, if he had pulled a sword from a distance of thirty feet with the art of grasping from the air, it ant that he was a being similar to Kang Sogun who had the Blood Dragon Qi. This ant that he had surpassed the limits of a human.

'Such a master is acting as a ssenger of the Thousand Emperor Castle?'

That was certainly sothing worth thinking about.

"Of course, he could be a person who has trained in a qigong that aims for the art of grasping from the air. But at least he would be at the level of the current ten great masters."

Baek Jeongmu's reasoning had a point.

"If it was a warning from a group that uses such a person as a ssenger, I could not take it lightly. That is why the previous emperor created the Great Righteous Martial Hall."

"..."

It would have been so. Since the previous emperor was very suspicious. No, he might have created a secret guard force under the pretext of suspicion.

"The power surrounding the imperial family and the court has many branches. There are the Nanjing faction and the Beijing faction, and there are many branches divided according to their interests, such as the powerful families with local magnates as their background, the ritorious subject families, and the military cliques. If you add the branches that follow the emperor and the princes to this, there are truly various factions."

"..."

"The revealed forces are not the problem. But as I gradually investigated, I could see that there was a force that was not revealed. That force was clearly colluding with the outside of the court. We saw that as the Thousand Emperor Castle."

The certain undercurrent that his father had ntioned, which was flowing in the court, ca to Kang Sogun's mind.

"If it's outside the court, is it the martial world?"

"It cannot be concluded that it is only the martial world."

"It is connected to the local magnates."

"It seed to be involved with the rchant groups, the local officials, and the military. But even in the ten halls, they have not been able to grasp the extent of its scope."

"Then it is a cell organization."

As Kang Sogun imdiately grasped the point, Baek Jeongmu was inwardly surprised. He did not feel the need to drag it on with rambling.

"Now I will tell you what I want. I have co to ask you to enter the court, restore the Great Righteous Secret Hall, and to find out the true identity of the Thousand Emperor Castle."

In the end, it ant to join the Great Righteous Martial Hall.

"I have already conveyed my intentions through the Fifth Hall Master."

Kang Sogun said flatly.

In a word, it was a refusal. Baek Jeongmu's complexion hardened.

Although he had expected it, he had not known that he would refuse with one word.

"But I think our desired goals may be the sa. If you are willing to cooperate in the way I want, will you accept?"

Kang Sogun imdiately proposed an alternative.

"The way you want..."

Baek Jeongmu once again realized that Kang Sogun was not simple.

The more he did, the greater his desire to draw him in grew.

"What is the way you want?"

"First, there is a condition."

"A condition?"

"Please reveal the truth of the treason case of General Jang Hong's family."

"..."

"Although you have lost the Great Righteous Secret Hall, you would not have been idle in the affairs of the court in the anti. With that power, you will be able to reveal it sufficiently."

Baek Jeongmu flinched in surprise.

In fact, after losing the Great Righteous Secret Hall, he had been planting the power of the Great Righteous Martial Hall in the court anew.

"Instead, I will reveal the true identity of the Thousand Emperor Castle."

Baek Jeongmu frowned.

To reveal the treason case of General Jang's family, it was impossible without having a connection to the court or entering it directly.

For Kang Sogun to request the Great Righteous Martial Hall ant that he would not enter the court.

But for him to say that he would reveal the true identity of the Thousand Emperor Castle, he could not understand. Revealing the true identity of the Thousand Emperor Castle was also sothing that was possible only by being in the court.

"I admit that there are a few people in the court who are helping our work. Nevertheless, we have not been able to reveal its true identity. But are you saying that you will reveal the true identity of the Thousand Emperor Castle while being a man of the martial world?"

Kang Sogun silently nodded.

"..."

Baek Jeongmu quietly stared at Kang Sogun. He could not know the inside of Kang Sogun, who was calmly receiving his gaze.

"Hoo... your inside is harder to know than your father's."

Baek Jeongmu finally sighed and nodded.

"Alright. Let's do that. But will it be possible alone?"

"If I need the power of the Great Righteous Martial Hall, I will request it."

"I will support you to the best of my ability at any ti."

As the conversation between the two ended, it was already dawn.

It had been a long night.

"I must be going now."

Baek Jeongmu stood up from his seat first. Kang Sogun stood up and perford the proper etiquette.

Before leaving the room, Baek Jeongmu looked back at Kang Sogun and said a word.

"The capital is now on the verge of a war. You should take care of your body first."

It seed Baek Jeongmu had noticed that Kang Sogun's internal injuries had not been completely healed.

"I think you, Uncle Baek, should also keep that in mind."

"What...? Haha!"

At Kang Sogun's words, Baek Jeongmu, who had been caught off guard, burst out laughing.

Baek Jeongmu's internal injuries, which he had obtained in the decisive battle with the Heavenly Demon Saber, Wu Mungeuk, were also not in a state of complete recovery.

"Haha. I can't beat you. I lost. I lost. Let's see each other later."

A strange light flashed in Baek Jeongmu's eyes as he left the door.

'I will definitely pass the Great Righteous Martial Hall on to you, you brat.'

***

"Can I co in? What's wrong with you all of a sudden?"

On the day they were supposed to leave the capital, Namgung Ryeong said she was sick and did not co out of her room.

"No, you can't! Why are you trying to co into a woman's room?"

"I'm your older brother. I have to see what's wrong with you to know."

"Cough, cough. I think the wind was a little cold yesterday."

Namgung Wu was at a loss for words.

They say that even a dog doesn't catch a cold in May and June, but for her to have a cold in early sumr. Moreover, how many years had Namgung Ryeong been training in martial arts?

He could not believe it at all.

But Namgung Ryeong was adamant.

"I think I need to rest a little today. Let's stay for a day or two more and then go."

Namgung Wu also finally threw up his hands.

'What is that brat up to?'

Namgung Wu had co to the capital to attend the state funeral and the emperor's coronation, but he had another purpose.

Since the state of affairs was suspicious, he also had the mission of observing the situation in the capital and reporting it to his family.

He had sent the information he had gathered in the anti through carrier pigeons and by person. In the anti, the situation in the capital was rapidly changing, and there were signs that a war would soon break out.

Along with the rumor that the Prince of Han's army was moving north, the tension was rising.

Now was the ti to leave the capital. If he hesitated and was swept up in the war, he did not know what kind of misfortune he would suffer.

But he did not know what sche that troublemaker was up to, dragging her feet.

'It will probably be just a day or two.'

Namgung Wu sighed and released his martial artists to observe the movents inside and outside the capital.

If Namgung Wu had known his younger sister's hidden intentions, he would probably have dragged her away from the capital even by force.

'Has he co back now?'

Kang Sogun had not returned until late at night.

She had asked the waiter, and he had said that he had not left the inn.

Then he would co back.

'I guided him myself, so he shouldn't just take a woman's goodwill for granted. That's not the loyalty of the martial world.'

Namgung Ryeong, who had shaken off her fear of Kang Sogun, was going to make sure of their connection.

'First, I'll ask him to buy a drink at a nice place, and after we've opened up to each other, we'll beco sworn siblings. Hahaha. Then I'll be a female master who has two absolute masters.'

Namgung Ryeong was dreaming a wild dream.

(End of Chapter)