Moon-Shadow Sword Emperor

Chapter 415

Episode 415

“Reincarnation?”

“To borrow a Buddhist expression, you could say it is reincarnation. “You can think of it as being able to live a new life with your memories intact.”

“her.”

It was an amazing story.

I expected it to be no ordinary object, but it was reincarnation.

[...Do you know what you have done?]

I thought I knew why the Demon Cult Master was glaring at me as if he was going to eat me.

How angry must he have been to have an object containing such great power shattered before his eyes?

“And just as the director guessed, there were two sacred objects sleeping in the secret wing of Muyeong Shintu.”

“.......”

“A ritual vessel containing the power of reincarnation, a dragon incense burner containing the power of return, and an oracle bone containing the power of foresight. It is said that the demonic cult lords of the past referred to those three items as the Three Gods.”

Incense burner.

Like jegi or oracle bones, it was an object that could only be used in ancestral rites.

Perhaps the reason Muyeong Shintu made the key to enter Bi-dong in the shape of an incense burner and the reason he called it a sacred object was probably related to this.

‘Anyway, Samsingi-ra. ‘It’s good news to hear.’

Doesn’t this mean that the total number of sacred objects that have been passed down in the Demonic Cult is three?

At least there was no need to worry about a fourth new object suddenly popping out and creating a troublesome situation.

“There’s one thing I’ve always been curious about. What is the reason why previous demonic cult lords did not utilize the power of such great divine beings? “Is there anything about him in the records left by Reporter Cheon?”

“I was going to tell you that now.”

Sima Yun took out a wad of paper from his pocket and handed it to me.

When I looked at the first page, I saw that the writing was written in a haphazard manner and was scattered in a haphazard manner.

“These are things I wrote down while interpreting the contents of the book. It will help you understand. “I will make a clear interpretation later and give it to you, so please look at it even if it is inconvenient right now.”

Samaun scratches the back of his head with a sheepish expression and makes excuses.

I nodded calmly and answered.

“All right.”

“After stealing the Samsingi from the secret vault in Cheonmagung, Muyeongsintu and Cheongija each shared the items they needed. Muyeong Shintu, who had regrets about the past, took a sacred object containing the power of return and foresight, and Gija Cheon, who wanted to see the future of cultural development, took a sacred object containing the power of reincarnation.”

This was the part where the difference in inclinations between Muyoung Shintu and Reporter Cheon was clearly revealed.

The contents of the handwriting that I had obtained after raiding Muyeongsintu’s secret temple in the past flashed through my mind.

『What can I do in this life... I can’t protect...』

『Respect...my mother, my dear sister...even my lover.』

『To the past. Stone... This time, we must save everyone....』

Just as Sima Yun said, Muyoungshintu was very obsessed with the past.

Wouldn’t he have thought of breaking into the palace where the Demon Cult lord resides and stealing sacred objects?

It was a risky task, even if you had five lives.

Even if it was the greatest sword in the world, it could not have guaranteed success.

As a disciple of the religious leader in my past life, I knew well how tight the security at Cheonmagung Palace was.

It is also true that the average inaction of the believers there is very high.

I didn’t think that the security level at Cheonmagung Palace would have been low in the past.

‘On the other hand, should Reporter Cheon be considered a college student?’

The reason he gave up a sacred object with the power of return to Muyeong Shintu was because he wanted to gain insight into the advanced civilization of the future.

Clearly, the way of thinking of great people who rose to the top of a field was different from that of ordinary people.

“Gija Cheon figured out how to use sacred water faster than Muyeong Shintu, and immediately created a space for the accumulation of water energy in the underground ruins that he used as a base when he was young. In addition, the entire ruins were covered with formations and traps in preparation for the attack by the cult leaders and other demonic cultists.”

When I was staying at the Zhuge family under the pretext of recovering from an injury, I heard a story about the ruins from Zhuge Hye, who came to visit me.

She said this:

Fortunately, since there was no owner of the ruins, it was possible to conquer it smoothly.

If even the traps that had to be launched manually had worked properly, no matter how much my brother and I worked together, we wouldn’t have been able to make it on time.

‘I had similar feelings when I visited Bi-dong hidden in Seoldusan Mountain. I was wondering why they had made such excessive preparations for intruders.’

At the time, I thought it was because of the discord with Samasegawa.

The only people who can learn Heavenly Demon Heart Gong are the Demon Cult’s leader and his disciples who have followed the leader’s progress.

What is the likelihood that among that small number of people, there were blood relatives who inherited the blood of the first Heavenly Demon?

Even if it exists, what is the possibility that the subject will win the successor competition, ascend to the position of Sogyoju, and be told the secret of the Three Gods?

It was truly a terrible probability.

The history of the Demonic Cult is not short, but even taking that into account, it was not at all strange that sacred items remained unused.

“However, it is said that the conditions for use were not particularly strict for sacred items containing the power of wisdom. “It’s not even a one-time thing, it’s something that can be used repeatedly.”

“You mean it’s a reusable item?”

“That’s right.”

“However, the oracle bone discovered in Muyeongsintu’s nasal cavity had lost all of its strength, leaving only a shell.”

“Just because it can be used repeatedly doesn’t mean it can be used permanently. “I think the reason why Hao Wen-ju only sees fragments of the future regardless of his will is because he has little power left in his body.”

“.......”

“For your information, it is said that those who were granted the power of wisdom through divine objects were the former priestesses of the Demonic Cult.”

As its name suggests, the Demonic Church was an organization with a strong religious flavor in its early days.

Basically, the Majin people were arbitrary and self-centered.

This was the same even for believers who consumed demonic dan (魔丹) and achieved reverse blood circulation.

Although there was a difference in degree, those who were originally intoxicated had a hard time adapting to the group and conforming to the organizational system.

That’s why the first religious leader thought.

There is a limit to controlling and oppressing demons with force alone.

Another element is needed to maintain the unity of the group until the foundation of power is solidly established.

Religion was adopted as that element.

That is how the existence of a priestess was born.

A member of the demon god revered by all demons.

Although a symbolic being, he was sometimes supported by believers for his insight into the future.

‘Was it actually a demonstration of the precognitive ability obtained through divine objects?’

As time passed and the foundation of its power was firmly established, the Demonic Church gradually shed its religious character.

The existence of a priestess naturally disappeared into the back of history.

‘perhaps.’

The removal of the symbolic being of the priestess may not have been simply to strengthen the authority of the religious leader.

In fact, wasn’t it inevitable that the religious coloring had to be removed as the power of wisdom contained in sacred objects was exhausted?

“According to what Reporter Cheon has figured out, there are two main conditions for using the divine object of wisdom. The first is energy based on the Heavenly Demon Heart Gong.”

“Are you saying that previous priestesses learned the Heavenly Demon Heart Gong?”

“no. My guess is that when the priestess gained the power of wisdom, the religious leader would have been present to pour energy into her body.”

“understand. “The conditions are definitely simpler than the other two gods.”

[The person who killed Future Day is a man you know well.]

[Are you the leader of the Demon Cult?]

[You’re quick-witted. At the time, I was gathering information about Muyeongsintu’s secret identity and was killed by his hands without even knowing what was going on.]

It has now become clear.

How did Hao Wenju come to have the power of foresight?

His body, which was killed by the Demon Cult Master, must have been filled with a lot of energy based on the Heavenly Demon Heart Gong.

“And the second condition. In fact, this was the most surprising to me than the things I mentioned earlier.”

“......?”

“The second condition is gender. “Only women can gain the power of wisdom through sacred objects.”

“What do you mean? Then, how could Hao Wen-ju...”

I froze in mid-sentence.

Sima Yun nodded as if he understood that feeling.

Only women can draw the power of foresight from sacred objects.

And Hao Wen-ju awakened the power of foresight.

It didn’t take long to understand what that meant.

‘uh?’