Subdued Soul Chronicle

Chapter 135: Harp Case (20)

Scrolls hanging on the walls. One of them was a figure of woman.

A crown on the head, a large hairpin across the back of the head. And hairpins with beads.

And the fancy dress and the unique headdress.

It was the same the God of Cataclysm.

?

Following the gaze of Seol Young, Zaha looked and he too was surprised.

That is..?

Same.

Seol Young didnt know how this painting was here. For a moment he thought the woman was the evil spirit. But the things were subtly different here

The woman in the painting wore a jacket till the waist and her skirt was pleated, it is a costume before the Three Kingdoms were unified.

Seol Young asked.

What could the two women have in common?

He approached the painting and looked at it, it had something written on it.

Heavenly Member?

And it means?

Priest of ancient times.

Now, depending on the occasion, there is governor or pavilion head who preside over the ancestral rituals.

But in the past, only women could do such things.

Was that coffin was symbol for the priest? Or does this mean that the God of Cataclysm was a priest? Or did she wear the crown for some other reasons?

Seol Young thought and at that time Zaha said

We need to leave.

It seemed like this was the time to come out safe. And the two hurriedly left the place through the secret door they came out.

After a while, the heavenly officials came from the other side.

Seol Young-rang, is it this?

A small bell like thing, which was unique to hwarangs.

Seol Young glanced at the officials and said

This is it.

I see, it was in the vase in hallway, so we didnt know of it.

Zaha must have done it. h is someone who worked too diligently in this place.

Seol Young took it and without delay they both left the shrine. And they began to walk into darkness.

A place dark and with no one around.

As expected, the shrine was also related to it! after accusing me of being the evil thing!

Seol Young was shocked

I thought she was so serious about maintaining the power and stability of the nation. How can she be acting like this?

I have no intention of taking sides but

Zaha said,

To think that a painting like that was in the storage room where many of the officials can move. There seems a high chance of her not even knowing.

How can one not think of the God of Cataclysm when seeing that?

Right. even the officials must have gotten a look at it, but arent they somewhere more sensitive than normal people? The appearance of the evil spirit is clear only to us and not others.

Seol Young didnt think of that

The appearance of the evil spirit in the eyes of the pavilion head or others could be different. It might be a blurry image or just blank space.

If It were at this moment when he lost spiritual power then even Seol Young wouldnt have been able to see it clearly.

Then, even if this is pointed out, pavilion head would deny it without another thought. How does it even resemble it so much?

Besides, we cannot even say that we were in that room and looked at the painting

Right.

It seemed impossible to right now to even speak of it outside. They needed to find more evidence.

Seol Young thought

Well, it seems like the evil spirit had power over the revelations to some extent.

In other words, nowhere is safe. Back to the start then.

Zaha said,

What you said might be truth. You dont need to be bound by those memories. If you have done it once, we can do it again. And besdies, there is something different this time.

?

Me.

Did you forget that? he asked with those eyes.

I think I know what is that spell that Devil Lair Lord uses.

Seol Young was surprised.

is that true?

Let us go and check it now.

Zaha took the lead and Seol Young followed it.

There were the Golden Ring troops on duty tonight

What is high governor doing here?

I need to head to the basement.

Basement?

Seol Young wondered

He had been to the hwarangs building too many times but he never heard of this basement.

Ah yes. I get it.

They hwarangs were a bit shocked, but they went and bought this bunch of keys right away.

Here it is.

Zaha took the key and went in. there was a door where they thought was a wall after using the key, the door opened showing a staircase

They went down

Seol Young-rang come.

The basement was firmly locked. Zaha looked at the door in front of him.

I didnt think I would come back here.

What is this place?

The door opened.

There was the musty stagnant air smell inside. Books all around and a lot more things too and the eyes of Seol Young stopped in the middle.

He noticed it right away.

Isnt that what the Seniors before us used?

Right

Zaha said. fter all they died, it was like no one had come down here

The door opened up for the first time in 8 years and Seol Young looked around.

Various materials were piled up in the spacious space. Unknown weapons like the curved sword and the tools he had never seen before were scattered around.

When the Moon Troops were alive, this place served as a major stopping point for knowledge in hwarangs.

Golden Ring hwarangs which is just half now, has a lot of influence, but the days of Sun Moon Troops was amazing.

Whay?

Zaha searched the place like he was familiar.

Here.

He found something and hid it under the hand before getting close.

Seol Young-rang take a look. Could it be that this isnt the same thing the Devil lair Lord used?

He waved the thing ahead of Seol Youngs face

It gave off this strange scent, and made his head dizzy. in an instant his body lost strength and collapsed

Zaha asked

Right?

Yes.

Seol Young nodded.

In the past this strange scent was ued to stun young Seol Young. And right now he felt the same thing.

What is this?

Zaha stretched out the hand and showed, a rainbow colored caterpillar was moving inside a small bottle.

Poisons animal?

Not just poisonous. This is the Gu, where the poisonous are made to fight. The Red Bone Diseases planted into your body was done with that kind of intention.

He closed the lid and continued

The character of Gu was written with the paint of the insect placed on top.

When one traps several poisonous things in a jar and have them kill each other, one survives.

This gets called as Gu. The best poison.

This technique is quite famous and of course Seol Youbg knew of this. the Tomb Ghosts thought him that.

A way to paralyze people, a worm which sucks the blood, and the thing which devours the body

But it is strange.

Seol Young mumbled.

I am sure I knew of this back then, so why didnt I notice it?

it must be cause they were worms brought from the Kingdom of Heaven.

Kingdom of Heaven (India)?

This was unexpected.

Kingdom of Heaven is known to b the birthplace of Buddhism and one has to reach it by crossing a long dessert.

And the Devil Lair Lord used the insects from Kingdom of Heaven?

I am not sure but.

Zaha drew the image of a snake biting the tail

I saw this when I was a kid. A sailor from india had the same tattoo on the body and it was my first tiem seeing, so I followed and asked, they said it is a symbol of divine power in their nation. A symbol of eternal time with the movement continuing.

Time

The Devil Lair Lord had the ability to distort and use time.

If he really used a technique of Kingdom of Heaven, then the trouble with Baek San was

First we need a way to find a new counter to the Gu poison. That is why I brought you here.

Seol Young looked at the bottle with bug in.

it seemed like the dead seniors studied this.

Yes

Zaha nodded his head.

It isnt like I can bring them back, and it can be said that the lifeline of the name of the troops is taken down. But wouldnt it be a waste to let this go?

Surely.

so how about this? when you go to the White Tiger troops, you apply the knowledge you get from here and inherit it proudly. Then wouldnt your troops be able to show off the prestige?

Seol Youngs ears perked up.

You want to pass down this huge knowledge to one troops alone?

Then, he would take care of all this without missing a thing.

In a different way from before, he looked around with shining eyes. And then thought

Wait. Seeing that you are trying to bait me with this, it seems like the thing I have to do is quite difficult.

I hate how quick you are.

Zaha grumbled

Listen from now. there was a hwarang called Onso in the Moon troops. Researching was something of his hobby and he was smart enough to make the strangest weapons and tools.

How did Onso die then?

Seol Young was curious about it but he couldnt ask it. it seemed like Zaha would say he had to kill him.

Before he died, he did several studies and one of them was this. after struggling two years, he finally boasted that he created a perfect thing to counter the Gu poison. After tha, the evil spirit appeared so I didnt watch till the end

Zaha picked the box with Gu written on it from what seemed to be the desk of Onso.

This is that.

Seol Young took it and opened it up. A small ring with a green jewel in the middle and if one turned the jewel it would only turn.

I dont know what it will be. how it reacts to the other person? I dont know, but you probably might make it alive.

How about it? still, it will be able to help you get out.

Zaha looked at Seol Young.

Now is the best moment. Since you lost the spiritual power and only posses spiritual qi, it would be easy to recognize you as the hwarang. But just in case, I would recommend leaving out Blue Rainbow sword. Remove all of the things which White Tiger troops gave you.

Taking the sword down is a huge risk so can he do it?

Thinking so he realized there was nothing to do.

A strong counter measure had to be there to overcome the unique technique of Gu poison.

-So, shouldnt you pay me back? if I am in danger, you need to save me. Now it is upto you.

What Zaha said came to his mind.

Lets try it.

Seol Young took the sword down and put it on the table. And the gem on the belt was also taken out. Standing next to him was Zaha, who pulled his sword.

I will cut it own if needed, but I might be a bit late

Was this illusion or is this man having fun? It is unlikely that the nature of the demon within him raised the head

I dont know.

Seol Young put his finger on the jewel In the middle of the ring.

I need to gamble with anything I get.

With a click, the stone was touched

The next moment

Something huge appeared in front of his eyes.