Episode 20
‘Make Ji-eun the matriarch of the North Sea Ice Palace, and make the child who carries on the blood of the head of Ji-ga the next Ice Palace lord.’
To achieve that goal, he invested in the North Sea Ice Palace for a long time, and eventually gave Sookmyung the position of financial principal.
It was all to support Ga-eun internally.
However, Ga-eun, who grew up at home, wasn’t even interested in the ‘ㅁ’ character in martial arts.
‘You want me to learn martial arts? I don’t like it, it’s dirty and makes me sweat!’
In fact, it wasn’t a very appropriate attitude for someone hoping to become the hostess of a samurai family.
But so far, that didn’t really matter.
The young princess did not have much interest in marriage yet, and she was too busy working to have another person of the opposite sex by her side.
‘If only the girl from that party hadn’t come, everything would have been fine… … .’
Sookmyung felt a sharp pain in her head.
That’s because that grand plan went astray after Yerin appeared.
‘… … ‘Something has to be done.’
At the very least, we have to do something to prevent Yerin from being able to settle down in the Ice Palace.
“Ha, really… … !”
In frustration, Sookmyung chewed her lip until it bled.
* * *
About a month had passed since I first entered Mu Park.
In the meantime, Yerin focused only on learning martial arts.
No, not exactly… … .
‘I acted like my martial arts skills were improving.’
To be honest, Yerin’s martial arts skills were already close to perfection.
Rather, because he lacks the internal skills he possesses, he cannot show his original skills to the outside world.
‘Making the other disciples jealous… … ‘I can’t help it.’
Yerin clicked her tongue briefly.
If it had been normal, I would have taken my students’ feelings into account and adjusted the speed at which their skills increased.
‘I have to go find Seolucho as quickly as possible.’
The place where Seolucho is located is a rough terrain that cannot be entered unless you have a certain level of martial arts skills.
‘It shouldn’t be an ambiguous skill.’
If you make a mistake, you may be questioned and wonder, ‘How did you find Seolucho with such skills?’
In order to escape such suspicion, I had to show myself as superior to others.
The only thing Yerin could do was to refuse the position of best disciple offered by Lord Mugongwon.
The problem is that as soon as he heard the rejection, Mu Gong-ju suddenly came to Ye-rin.
‘Why are you refusing?’
‘That’s right, I didn’t come into Mu Park to create a sense of discomfort within the Ice Palace.’
Yerin shook her head and continued speaking calmly.
‘All I want is to have martial arts skills worthy of the matriarch of the Ice Palace.’
Mu Gong-ju could not bear to refute those logical words.
‘All right. However, if you change your mind, please come visit us at any time.’
Instead, he couldn’t hide his regret and just said it again and again.
Yerin rolled around the training ground with the other students.
I received basic physical training, learned swordsmanship, and built up my strength through luck training.
In the meantime, I also looked at the skills of other students.
‘… … ‘It was all bad.’
Yerin narrowed her eyes.
A long time ago, when the North Sea Ice Palace had just been built.
The students of Binggung whom she taught directly were not like this.
They were much stronger and sharper Ice Palace swords.
‘At least it seems like the martial arts itself is being handed down unwaveringly… … .’
Then the problem is.
‘Support for disciples.’
At that time, Seolryun generously poured out all kinds of elixirs and medicines he had obtained while traveling around Gangho to his disciples.
First of all, Seolryun herself had already reached the level of a transcendental person.
‘Because the people who will lead the North Sea Ice Palace in the future are not me, but my students.’
And that thought has not changed yet.
Yerin clenched her fists.
‘good.’
A way to stabilize the North Sea Ice Palace and gain an advantage over the Sichuan Tangmun.
As a bonus, by providing elixirs to her students, she even gained the favor of those who were jealous of her.
To kill three birds with one stone, Seolucho was essential.
So that evening.
Yerin secretly left the ice palace.
The destination was a snowy field where the cultivation of Seolucho was hidden.
* * *
A lot of time passes.
Yerin stared at the endless snow field in front of her with a shocked expression on her face.
“Wow, this. and… … .”
Everything the eye can see is just pure white.
Every now and then, a bitter cold wind blew, and the accumulated snow fell heavily.
It was truly a perfect environment for freezing.
What Yerin has to do here and now.
“So, you’re saying we need to find a plantation site for Sullucho here?”
Ha ha ha ha ha… … .
A hollow laugh leaked from between Yerin’s lips.
Ha, really.
It’s so hard to play the role of an ancestor!
In the past, the time when Yerin was Seolryun.
As the male protagonist’s ancestor, Seol-ryeon felt a deep sense of duty.
This means a sense of duty to find a cultivation area for Seollucho that can be passed on to the male protagonist in the future.
However, the only thing known about Seolucho at that time was that it was ‘rarely found in Beihai Province.’
‘Well, this isn’t like finding a single needle in a haystack… … .’
As she was struggling like that, one of her students opened her mouth without thinking.
‘Palace lord.’
‘why.’
‘I heard through hearsay that Seolucho is very sensitive to cold.’
‘… … okay?’
‘yes. They say that unless it is in the most shaded area, it won’t even sprout… … .’
After hearing that, Seolryun used a very ignorant method to find suitable land for cultivating Seollucho.
‘Well, all I have to do is find the coldest place in Beihai Province, right?’
She shouted with courage, and after displaying her spirit, she wandered through the entire Behai City.
So, the place I finally found was this snowy field.
but.
‘If it were possible to grow Sullucho in this entire snow field, there is no way Sullucho would be treated as precious.’
Even among this vast land, only a small portion had an environment in which Seollucho could grow.
And to find that land… … .
“They say we need to keep our spirits up and search through this vast land… … .”
Ugh.
Yerin made a groaning sound inside her mouth.
Of course, I remember the approximate location, but I’m always looking for this place!
Yerin’s stomach was already numb, and she lamented with tears in her eyes.
“… … “Will I be able to return alive today?”
The saddest thing was that when it was Baek Seol-ryeon, it was easily possible to search this much land.
But now… … .
Ye-rin painfully realized the gap between ‘Baek Seol-ryun’ and ‘Dang Ye-rin’.
one.
‘No matter how much it is, it makes no sense to give up without even looking.’
A glint formed over the pitch-black eyes.
‘Even if I die, I have to eat and die. is not it?’
Yerin, with her spirits up, began to search the wide snowy field.
* * *
And so, at the end of a time of suffering that cannot be seen without tears.
“Ugh… … Well, this isn’t ancestor abuse… … .”
Yerin finally found the entrance to the Seolucho cultivation area.
“No, Seolucho, why is this bastard so picky? uh? “It will grow roughly anywhere!!”
Searching through the entire snowy field, finding the place with the most coldness.
Is that all?
You must use your internal strength to open the door to the underground cave.
Of course, since the cultivation area of Seollucho was a top secret, such safety measures were essential… … .
Yerin, who went through all that, felt like she was dying.
“Aren’t you really crazy?!”
With a deathly scream, Yerin collapsed onto the floor.
Is it because I stretched my spirit to the limit?
The ceiling of the cave as far as I could see was spinning.
Probably because of the dizziness.
‘… … Well, it’s been a while since I came here, so it’s nice to see you.’
Looking at the familiar scenery, Yerin lay down and smiled.
‘But it’s good to be happy.’
We can’t just continue to spread out in sentimentality.
Since she’s come this far, shouldn’t she do what she needs to do first?
“Tsk cha.”
Yerin rolled over and stood up.
“I crawled all the way here, going through all this hardship, so I have to retrieve the elixir again.”
After that, he looks around with crazy eyes.
“Where is my elixir?!”
Yerin, or Seolryeon in her previous life, was really faithful to the original.
This martial arts novel that she possessed was a munchkin-type novel in which the male protagonist monopolized all the opportunities and relationships.
Among them, there was one that stood out among the many talents that the male protagonist gained.
‘Millennium Folktale Altar.’
Roughly the story is like this.
One day, our main character, Hyeon Do-yul, suffers a serious blow from the ultimate villain of this world, Hyeol-gyo.
But if he just loses, he can’t be the male protagonist.
Doyul paid attention to the legendary elixir left behind by Baek Seol-ryeon, the founder of the North Sea Ice Palace.
