Episode 28
Recently, the auction to be held at the North Sea Ice Palace has emerged as a hot potato in the central region.
The auction attracted so much attention that even non-Mulim people were interested in the auction.
“Did you hear that the North Sea Ice Palace is resuming the supply of Sullucho?”
“Well, I heard there’s an auction going on… … “It must be a rumor.”
“How long has it been since the North Sea Ice Palace came close to extinction? On what basis do you believe such rumors?”
Of course, most people were skeptical.
However, the atmosphere completely changed the moment a man spoke.
“But from what I heard, Sacheondangmun is also participating in the auction.”
At that moment, people’s eyes opened wide.
“Is that really true?”
“sure. “Have you seen me talking nonsense?”
The man who spoke first shrugged his shoulders and continued.
“The first family to leave for the North Sea Ice Palace is the Sacheon Dangmun!”
“Huh, the Four Heavenly Halls!”
Exclamations flowed from people’s mouths.
“If one of the five major families came forward in person, how much credibility is there in that story?”
“sure! Do you think that’s all?”
The man lowered his voice.
To hear that mosquito-like voice, people willingly leaned their upper bodies towards the man.
“Well, the person sent by Sichuan Tang Gate for this auction is… … .”
* * *
At that time, the North Sea Ice Palace.
The room where Yerin’s three great disciples gathered.
“No, does this even make sense?”
One of the students took a deep breath and raised his voice.
“The matriarch! “It’s not like smoke falling from the sky, but I found Seolucho while practicing light attack on a snowy mountain!”
In fact, it wasn’t just a day or two that the disciples regarded Yerin as a thorn in their eyes.
The daughter of the Four Heavenly Gates, who is like an enemy to the North Sea Ice Palace.
It is eye-watering that such a young woman took the position of matriarch, and she is said to be so talented that she even received an offer from Lord Mugongwon to be his best disciple.
But how could Yerin suddenly make such a huge contribution?
Everyone couldn’t say no, so my intestines were twisted.
“Are you all going to stay like this?”
The student who spoke first hit the table until it made a loud bang.
“If you keep going like this, the matriarch’s arrogance will be raised to the sky!”
“you’re right! “Even so, the palace lord, I can’t stand to see the elders with their mouths wide open like hamburger gourds!”
“Damn it, why did the matriarch make such a contribution…?” … !”
Currently, Yerin’s status has risen endlessly.
Even the elders who didn’t like Yerin very much at first were upset with her, so they said everything.
But right then.
Grumble.
The door opened without even warning.
And the person who appeared inside… … .
“Jae, Lord Financial Won?”
It was Ji Sook-myeong, the head of Jaejeongwon.
Ji Sook-myeong looked at each of the disciples and smiled.
“Excuse me. “I heard an interesting story, so I had no choice but to join in.”
“Oh, yeah… … .”
Each of the disciples could not hide their shocked expressions.
Anyway, it was true that the elder had been gossiping about the matriarch without even knowing that he was listening.
“I agree with your opinions.”
“I’m sorry, Lord Finance. The reason we told the story of the matriarch was… … yes?”
The student who was hastily making excuses opened his eyes wide.
Sookmyung opened her mouth again.
“I said I agree with your opinion.”
“B-but. Lord Finance… … .”
“That’s because the matriarch is receiving preferential treatment that you are completely unaware of.”
Sookmyung sighed in pride and opened her mouth in a secret voice.
“Do you know about the Millennium Tales?”
Millennium Snowflake?
At that moment, the disciples’ eyes wavered slightly.
Isn’t that the legendary spiritual temple that the matriarch visited this time?
“yes. From what I heard, the altar was presented to the palace lord… … .”
“It had to be that way.”
Sookmyung briefly clicked his tongue and continued speaking.
“However, the palace lord returned the altar to the mother-in-law, saying he was praising her for her achievements.”
what?!
The disciples widened their eyes.
A spirit dan is an item that overwhelmingly increases your endurance.
Upon hearing the news that a Yeongdan had been discovered, a bloody storm broke out in Gangho.
Moreover, isn’t the Millennium Tale Altar an enormous spiritual altar that only exists in legends?
In this way, Fate began to gently fan the disciples’ greed.
“Of course, it is true that the matriarch came to visit the Millennium Tales. “It is truly an overwhelming achievement.”
The students poked at Yerin’s sense of inferiority,
“But isn’t that spirit altar an item from the North Sea Ice Palace that was created and left behind by King Sajo from the beginning?”
He also gave his disciples at least one legitimate reason to be angry.
“Is it okay for the matriarch, who is neither the palace lord nor a member of the North Sea Ice Palace in the first place, to eat that precious spiritual altar?”
A matriarch who is not from the Beihai Ice Palace should not have the legacy of the Beihai Ice Palace either.
It was a clever logic that divided Yerin and her students.
Finally, there
“Isn’t it against fairness… … “I have that question.”
I have the same thoughts as you, so I even left you with the assurance that you were not wrong.
Actually, it was nonsense.
What Yerin brought to the North Sea Ice Palace was an overwhelming hope that could not be replaced by just a grain of Millennium Snowflake.
However, the disciples, drunk with a sense of inferiority and jealousy, gorged themselves on the appetizing ‘reason’ created by fate.
“I think someone needs to stop the matriarch from creating any more discomfort in the ice palace.”
Sookmyung glanced at his disciples.
“What do you think?”
“You are right.”
“I agree too.”
The disciples began to nod their heads one by one.
Sookmyung’s eyes became satisfied, like a fully-fed animal.
“okay. “I know very well the love you have for the North Sea Ice Palace.”
“… … Lord Finance.”
“It is my sincere opinion that such people should no longer be discriminated against.”
With those words, Sookmyung lightly stood up.
“Well then, have a good night.”
Grumble.
Sookmyung closed the door and left.
The disciples who remained behind looked at each other without any thought of who came first.
“… … .”
“… … .”
The disciples’ eyes had suddenly become cool.
* * *
Sookmyung glanced back at the closed door and lifted the corners of her lips at an angle.
It was a clear laugh.
‘Hmph, this is why I like young and stupid things.’
The three major disciples she came to were boys of about ten to fifteen years old at most.
‘How much of a business is this, that you can wield it however you want with just a few words?’
Even so, all their attention is focused on martial arts, so they are relatively untidy servants.
“Hehe.”
Sookmyung burst out laughing and walked out of Mu Park at a leisurely pace.
* * *
next day.
As Yerin stepped into the training ground, she noticed a strange atmosphere.
‘what?’
Of course, Yerin had never been welcomed by other disciples.
However, I have never shown such clear hostility that it touched my skin… … .
But right then.
Among the students who were chattering, the eldest one pretended to be polite and called Yerin.
“Madam.”
“What’s going on?”
Yerin looked back at her student.
The disciple was the eldest of Yerin’s three major disciples, and was a boy three years older than Yerin.
The disciple pushed up the corners of his lips to make a smiling face.
“I understand that the matriarch’s praise has been plentiful within the Bing Palace recently.”
But those eyes weren’t smiling.
“Furthermore, in recognition of your merits, the palace lord even gave you a thousand-year altar, right?”
… … Millennium Snowflake?
At that moment, deep wrinkles appeared between Yerin’s eyebrows.
‘How do they know that Doyul gave me the Millennium Tale Altar?’
That’s because it was known to the outside world that the Millennium Tale Foundation was owned by Doyul.
Yerin herself had not yet consumed the Millennium Tales that Doyul had given her.
I just accepted it out of sincerity.
And then.
The disciple gave a bow to Yerin.
“I want to learn more about my mother’s accomplishments and great insight.”
… … Oh my. Look at these?
At that moment, Yerin’s eyes soared up to the sky.
On the outside, it seems like it’s being spun around, but if you look at the inner meaning… … .
‘Are you making a big campaign out of merit? ‘I’ll change your habits, let’s have a fight!’
… … Is this it?
Yerin glanced around.
All the eyes looking in this direction were filled with jealousy and a sense of inferiority.
‘It seems like someone played a trick.’
And that ‘someone’ might be… … .
Yerin, who had been thinking that far, let out a short sigh.
‘Well, I can’t help it.’
The students’ sense of inferiority to Yerin was a problem that had to be resolved someday.
It’s just that ‘someday’ arrived a little early.
Yerin, with her back straight, glanced at her students with a calm gaze.
“Good, let me teach you a lesson.”
The disciples’ eyes widened at the blatant provocation.
“Madam, what are you saying… … !”
“For your information, my teachings are somewhat strict.”
Yerin smiled sweetly.
