It had been a week since I went to the Gourmet Association. During this week, I was very busy. There were only four days left until the Demon King Selection. Until then, I had to complete all of my preparations.
Apart from the Black Demon Sword in Yoo Jonghyuk's hands, there were some usable hidden pieces in Murim. I opened the first revision of Ways of Survival in order to find the sub scenarios that would let me get the hidden pieces. During this time, I read the revised text and reviewed the important parts but there were still many missing pieces.
“You're busy as soon as you come here. I've barely seen your face.” Jang Hayoung, who was wearing large sleeveless clothes that didn't fit him, followed after me for 30 minutes.
I stared at him with a frown and asked, “Shouldn't you be training?”
Jang Hayoung stretched out his lips and replied, “…Haven't I been working hard?”
“What is hard? You were eating dumplings.”
“Can't I do closed door training while eating dumplings?”
I wondered why he was bothering me when something came to mind. “Oh, I heard you finished third in the competition? It is a big deal.”
Jang Hayoung shrugged and pretended to look elsewhere. “It wasn't a big deal.”
However, the curve of his mouth showed that he felt pretty great. I knew why he was chasing after me like this… dishonest guy.
“Did you get it? The Demon Spirit Bead?”
“Yes.
“Give it to me.”
“Why?” Jang Hayoung stepped back with a suspicious look.
I sighed and told him, “I'm not going to take it away. You can't eat it like this anyway.”
Based on his dark expression, he had already heard about it from Yoo Jonghyuk. I'm sure he told the story while picking out the Black Demon Sword.
「 If you eat it, you will experience a qi deviation and all the blood vessels in your body will explode, killing you. There is only one person here who can safely absorb the Demon Spirit Bead. 」
…I thought this and understood why Jang Hayoung was acting like this. “You don't have to give it to me if you don't want to. You are the one who earned it yourself.”
It couldn't be helped if Jang Hayoung didn't believe me since not enough trust had been built up yet. At this moment, Jang Hayoung extended a small hand. “…It isn't like that. In the first place, I wouldn't have gained this if it wasn't for you.”
A small pill fell into my hand with a thud. This was one of the three major drugs of First Murim, the Demon Spirit Bead. I spoke with a smile, “Wait and see.”
It was a drug that a terrible person from the Blood Demon School made in the past by refining the blood of 1,000 people. It was a cursed pill that could gain the best power out of the Conception Vessel but turned the person who took it crazy due to the curse of the souls. (TL: Meridians are a network of vessels/channels in the body where Qi flowed. There are Eight Extraordinary Meridians and one of them is the Conception Vessel. Wiki link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meridian_%28Chinese_medicine%29#Eight_extraordinary_meridians)
In the original novel, Yoo Jonghyuk always found it delicious but Jang Hayoung would surely die if he took it.
“Let's see…”
However, as with any scenario, it wasn't impossible to use a cursed item. In fact, I clearly remembered a scene from Ways of Survival where the Flying Fox absorbed this tribulation.
「 All I need is three Great Return Pills. After all, everything is about balance and harmony. If demonic energy is a problem, we can supply it regularly. 」
The curse could be avoided if three Great Return Pills were ground together with the Demon Spirit Bead.
It was easier said than done. The problem was how to get the Demon Spirit Bead, one of the top three drugs, along with three Great Return Pills. However, this wasn't a big problem for me.
“Biyoo.”
I called Biyoo and opened the Dokkaebi Bag. The Great Return Pill was already on the 'Recommended Goods List.' The dokkaebis' big data was scary.
The 'Great Disaster' scenario of the First Murim was going to begin.
TL: Rainbow Turtle
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