Episode 728
‘After finding the headquarters of the Blood Pungsa Temple, should I report it to the government immediately?’
It may be different from the ‘gwan’ in the central plains, but it is still a kingdom and security will be managed at least.
What is more urgent than that is learning this spell.
If you can learn it, you can drastically shorten the time it takes to make a vaccine.
‘By the way, human sacrifice has become such a common perception…’
It was definitely different from Wan Nong, a fellow new foreigner.
‘What are human good and evil?’
Jin Cheon-hee thought so and climbed on Hwang-gu’s back.
Beep!
The concussion settled on Jin Cheon-hee’s head as if waiting for it.
So the three headed to the village.
* * *
A festival was held in the village. There was no damage from the magic bandits’ attack, and even the magic bandits’ horses were created, so the festival was worthy of being held.
In the midst of the fight, a fresh horse that had just died was slaughtered and the villagers celebrated and ate it.
The owner of the living horses and magicians was Jin Cheon-hee, but they knew that the blind musician would not lead all of these horses.
If the villagers pooled their money to pay for it, how happy would they be because they would be able to acquire a horse at a low price.
Jin Cheon-hee said that he would hand over the magic bandits to the coffin, but it was clear that after the trial, some of them would be returned to the village to dispose of at their own discretion according to local customary law.
In that case, it was clear that the thieves would also have the stamp of slaves and be used for this village.
It was worth having a festival.
As Jin Cheon-hee also guessed, this area is a place where slavery still remains.
There were gaps in security, so the common people had to ignore the law in order to survive.
From a modern person’s perspective, the Hwa Empire could be criticized as being run strangely, but there were even worse places in the world.
And now I was learning it again.
There is martial arts and there is magic.
A world where the supernatural lives and breathes as if it were natural.
It would be a long way to protect both law and humanity there.
Because of this, Jin Cheon-hee had to watch the village chief talking to the shaman with his eyes sunken under the bandages.
“I guess I told you that my drink does not allow human sacrifice?”
“If nothing else. “Can I bring another shaman?”
“This is my territory. If you bring in a shaman from another realm here… I will not be involved in the affairs of this land from now on and will consider it not my territory. Would you do that?”
“Umm… I guess I’ll have to think about it.”
“And the blind musician who caught them seemed to want to use them only as slaves and not as sacrifices, didn’t he?”
“Hmm, but he’s not a foreigner.”
The shaman clicked his tongue at those words.
‘Even if he is a lifesaver, does that mean he is the one who will leave anyway?’
After all, outsiders are outsiders. The villagers left behind must decide their own future.
“Rituals performed through human sacrifice are effective, but they inevitably leave behind a curse. That’s true no matter how evil the opponent is. “You know that, right?”
“I know this well because I have been the village chief for a long time. I also knew your teacher…don’t know. But isn’t this a bad time? Disaster has already come to this village…”
This is the conversation that Jin Cheon-hee saw and heard when he came to the shaman’s residence during the day.
Just like the village chief who talks about human sacrifice without much hesitation, the conversation between the shaman who just dismisses it as something outside of his specialty.
The story of the two people tingles my solar plexus in many ways.
Something sprouted in my heart. It was painful, cold, and sharp.
It smelled like rotten roses.
The scent grew stronger as the two continued their conversation, and as I listened, my heart started pounding and it became difficult to stay still.
So Jin Cheon-hee could not bear it and deliberately made a show of it.
“The village chief came first.”
“Oh… has the hero come! “There’s a lot going on here.”
Pull your cheeks and smile brightly on purpose.
“I came because I had some business to do with the shaman here. “It looks like you two are having a conversation. Should we wait?”
“ha ha ha. no. no. I’ve already told you everything. now. Then I will step down.”
The village chief bowed politely and retired.
With an eyepatch on, I look at the village chief’s back as he moves away.
“If you look at me with the eyepatch on, can you see anything?”
“Iknow, right. Even though my eyes are covered, I can see something. But it seems like a curse remains after human sacrifice?”
“…You don’t even know that.”
“yes. Because you didn’t learn it?”
The shaman pressed his forehead as if he were dumbfounded.
“okay. I think I know you’re new to witchcraft. “Come in.”
He said that and went into the hut.
Jin Cheon-hee had Hwang-gu and Noe-jin guard the front and followed them inside.
As I entered, a cozy and calming scent flowed like a wave.
A scent that clears the mind and relaxes the body.
Plus, I liked the scent itself because it was light.
‘Would you like me to report this to Master? The scent itself is very good.’
For Jin Cheon-hee, who knows well that even if the efficacy is good, if the scent is unpleasant, the teacher will not like it, this scent is a pass!
“What is this scent?”
“It’s one of my secret tricks. This will not be taught. “If you want to be taught, give something in return.”
“I don’t know what to give in return, but I want to learn. “We’ll figure it out later.”
“That’s for later. “Sit down first.”
The shaman sits down.
Then, when Jin Cheon-hee sat down, he took out something that looked like powder and threw it into the bonfire.
Woe! And the flames grew bigger and the scent became stronger.
“My name is Jashi. He is the coordinator of the five lands and a white wolf who walks the path of magic. “You, the person with divine blood lineage from the Hua Empire, what is your name and how do you define yourself?”
It was a serious sound and seemed like part of some ritual.
“My name is Jin Cheon-hee. “I am a doctor who learned martial arts in order to save people and is pursuing the path of medicine.”
“A congressman! I have heard that there are people other than birds who heal people in various ways. I heard it’s different from the healers in this area. Are you that kind of congressman?”
increasingly.
The surrounding scenery seemed to become dreamlike.
It feels like you are immersed in a world made of incense smoke and endless space.
Is this an illusion?
The Xuanyuan Zhendan Divine Gong is activated to the extreme level, and the true energy rushes through the whole body and forms the Great Heavenly Heaven.
Nevertheless, Jin Cheon-hee felt that she was in a strange space.
When I opened my eyes between the bandages, something in the scenery had changed.
At some point.
Even the appearance of Jashi, the white-skinned shaman sitting in front of me, is blurry.
However, Jin Cheon-hee did not feel danger even in this strange situation.
So I answered.
“Indeed, so it is.”
When I answer, Jashi’s voice comes as if from far away.
“I see. “Then how many people have you saved?”
“I don’t know because I haven’t counted.”
“Didn’t you write it down and count it? “Is it because there are so many that you didn’t count them?”
“We’re just saving people’s lives every day.”
“It is truly true. God’s blood accumulates such great merit that it scatters heaven’s energy! You are a child of new blood. “You are qualified to learn our techniques.”
Wow.
The smoke has cleared. And the surrounding scenery all returned to normal.
I could tell that I had escaped from the strange and dreamy world I had just experienced.
“The ancestral spirits and spirits have recognized you. Now you can learn my drink.”
“It was a test.”
“It is true. “Because my art is not something I can teach just because I want to.”
‘The world of witchcraft is full of surprises.’
Jin Cheon-hee thought so to herself. And at the same time.
‘If the ancestors had not given permission, would you have thought of eating the fur and cone feathers?’
Jashi continued speaking shamelessly.
“Anyway, human sacrifice inevitably leaves behind a curse. “Did you ask what it was?”
“yes.”
“What do you think human sacrifice is?”
“Isn’t this a ritual where you sacrifice a person and make a profit from it?”
“K…Khahaha! “I can’t believe such a novice has such great power!”
Jashi laughs loudly.
Jin Cheon-hee wondered if she had answered something wrong.
Jashi stopped laughing and said.
“For witchcraft, there is a price to pay. That is the most important source and principle of witchcraft. Do you know that if you learn witchcraft properly, there is no way you wouldn’t know this?”
“Do you pay for it?”
“It is true. In the case of trivial magic, it can be performed using only the magician’s magical power, but the majority of magic cannot be effective unless a price is paid. The same goes for human sacrifice. Humans are sacrificed, and in return, the magician performs the magic he desires. At the center is thought.”
“Thoughts….”
“The spell is activated by weaving thoughts and paying a price. Therefore, magic must properly follow procedures and formalities. Otherwise, the magic will not be used properly and will actually harm the magician himself.”
It was mysterious. And it was strange.
“That’s why human sacrifice is a problem. The benefits of sacrificing humans are sure to be great, but most of the humans being sacrificed leave behind hatred, anger, and malice in the witchcraft ritual. “This will most likely become a curse and cause great disaster in the future for those who performed the ritual.”
“ah! “And what about the animals?”
“The will of animals is not as persistent as that of humans. “It is better to sacrifice a dozen animals than to sacrifice one person.”
I never thought it would make that much of a difference!
for a moment?
then.
How on earth are these blood missionaries solving this problem?
“ruler. I’ll stop talking about that now. I decided to give you five days, so you should use that time effectively. Are you ready to learn witchcraft?”
“yes. Please teach me.”
“good. “Let me teach you the basics first…”
Jashi began explaining the magic he had learned.
* * *
Jashi’s magic.
In Jin Cheon-hee’s opinion, his magic was closer to a summoning magic in a game.
It is a series in which Jashi pays a price to the spirits he communicates with and then those spirits step forward and use their power.
Of course, there were direct spells that Jashi could use on his own, so he was mainly able to learn only spells that directly affected him, not spells that related to spirits.
This is because in the case of Jashi’s spirit summoning technique, you had to make a contract with the spirits and perform an offering ritual to them consistently!
First of all, most beings called spirits had districts.
‘As if the mayor of Eunpyeong-gu should be in Eunpyeong-gu!’
Modern people accurately realize its essence.
Even if you contract with them, you cannot borrow the power of those spirits if you go to an area where they are not present.
That’s why Jashi said, ‘This area is my territory.’
If he leaves the area, his magic power will drop by half.
