I Became God of War’s Youngest Disciple - Chapter 326



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Episode 326

Although he created the Dark Sky and Moon Direction Extreme, things did not go smoothly after that.

The Chun Sa-jeo was not just a guide leading me, but the invisible stairs did not continue in a friendly manner.

Sometimes the next step was placed dozens of meters away… … .

At times like that, he had no choice but to make a big leap or unleash the power of Crowtaker, which naturally led to the consumption of stamina and mental strength.

Besides that, I had difficulty breathing even when I was still, perhaps because the air was so thin, and the cold I felt as I plummeted was also bothersome.

What helped me at that moment was my experience in the North… … .

Is it because it’s cold that my bones hurt?

I was able to operate the first chloride ion in the form most suitable for preserving body temperature.

The problem was that the history and instrument operation could not be performed simultaneously.

In order to raise the body temperature, I had to stop using the instrument, and at that time, I became blind and had no choice but to stop climbing the mountain.

‘Should we just merge them?’

I’ve had that thought sometimes.

Musical instruments and firearms. If you combine the two forces, these problems can be solved naturally.

But the conclusion we quickly came to was, ‘Let’s not do that.’

Somehow, it seemed that operating these two forces separately would lead to much greater benefits in the long run.

Time passed while I was thinking about this and that, and paradoxically, I forgot the passage of time.

However, even though it was close to being in a state of nothingness, I could tell that the speed of the ascent was gradually increasing.

As I climbed higher into the sky, the gray sky began to change, and at some point, even without using the Dark Moon and the Infinite Sky, the surroundings began to feel dark.

Accordingly, oxygen also became thinner and the temperature also dropped.

Since maintaining body temperature was a priority, I would immediately do exercises on the spot whenever I ran out of energy.

“Phew… … .”

After the exercise was over, I sat on the steps and looked down with one leg dangling.

It’s a distant landscape.

It was high enough to see the pure white clouds, and looking at it this way, I got the impression that the clouds looked just like foam on top of beer.

Anyway, now that I’ve climbed this high, my fear has diminished.

Conversely, it feels like I’ve lost all sense of reality.

Still, it wasn’t a sight I wanted to see for a long time, so my gaze naturally turned to the sky.

This side is a spectacular sight in another sense.

A different world beyond heaven… … It literally feels like you’ve entered a world of ‘stars.’

The world of stars was dark.

If day and night did not exist in Yeongsan, it seemed that only night existed in this otherworldly world.

It didn’t feel like it was completely dark, though, because the stars became more distinct as the surroundings got darker.

I learned anew why the word Milky Way exists.

The pitch-black space was filled with stars without a single gap, and there was even a sight of a group of stars flowing like a river.

At the center of that enchanting Milky Way, there was also a destination I had to go to.

A pure white, pale disc.

The full moon, which was more eerie than mysterious, had already revealed its presence.

“… … .”

Actually, the moon has been around for a while now.

I forgot the passage of time, but if I roughly calculate it by feeling, it was about three or four days ago?

That means I’ve been climbing steadily for at least three days, but I still don’t feel like I’m getting any closer.

Even if you squint your eyes, you can’t tell the distance, and the moon’s size is still the same, which is really strange.

‘You said it wasn’t hell, but the gates of hell?’

In other words, it’s not like hell begins when you arrive at the moon, but that moon might just be some kind of device.

I was a little curious, but I decided not to think too deeply about it because it was a question that would be answered once we got to the moon.

I took my gaze away from the moon and this time observed the inside of my body.

Over the past few days, my Jin-gi operation has made remarkable progress.

Not only was the control of the musical instrument the same, but the sense of operating the existing firearms was also the same, and somehow it felt like a breakthrough in the realm.

That fact is more bland than surprising.

Because I felt it to some extent while going through various incidents in the North.

I have enough experience and insight, so I think I can make progress if I am given time to refine it…

I used to think that cold places were not suitable for practicing the first salute, but that wasn’t the case.

Although it was disadvantageous in terms of increasing internal energy, it was actually a great help in other areas.

Of course it was.

Isn’t it true that the harsher the environment in which training is conducted, the better the results?

If you want to feel the warmth that has settled inside your body, it would be much more helpful to be in the middle of a snowy field than in a desert.

There were other harvests as well, and the use of the Crowtaker also became more natural.

What should I say about this?

I feel like I finally understand the meaning of the ambiguous phrase, “moving with the wind.”

This is probably largely due to environmental factors.

Since we are staying in the sky at least tens of thousands of meters above the ground, rather than somewhere else, we cannot help but feel something about floating or flying even without being conscious of it.

Thanks to this, we are now able to fly quite freely. I wonder if our windmill would be quite surprised if it witnessed this sight?

Of course, the biggest harvest was my newly created method – Amcheonwolhyanggeuk.

Thanks to this technique, I can now completely master the feel of the instrument.

What does this mean… … .

Firstly, the instruments inside the Iron Blood can be removed without much risk.

Secondly, it means that even if you reunite with Verita, you can move without being noticed by her.

Of course, I don’t know for sure what kind of insight Verita possesses in her golden eyes, but that’s what I feel.

“… and rested as much as I could.”

I got up from my seat, dusting myself off.

I’m not sure if I’m getting any closer to my destination, but I guess it’s time to turn back anyway.

Literally, you have to go up whether you die or become rice.

***

As I was looking at the moon with half-consciousness, this thought suddenly occurred to me.

At least 30 days, or as many as half a day, must have passed, but surprisingly, my mind is still sound… … .

It was an environment where it wouldn’t have been strange for me to go crazy, but my mind was surprisingly stable, even to my own eyes.

It wasn’t that I lost my fear, nor did I transcend death.

It was only after I took a good look inside myself that I realized why.

It was just a boost of confidence.

If you have the confidence to survive in any situation or environment, you can be calm even if you fall into the middle of hell.

Even if it is heaven, tens of thousands of meters away from the ground, it is no exception.

I felt like I could somehow survive in this place with no answers.

It wasn’t a sharp number, so if you look closely, it was a baseless confidence, but at least my mind believed it, so I was able to be fearless and not be shaken.

There was one question separately, which was the instrument that was placed before the break.

The only way I used the instrument was to assist my eyesight and help me see the ‘invisible staircase’…

Since the instrument itself did not have energy that could be replenished, its consumption was conserved as much as possible.

Of course, since my skill in the mind method was still crude, it was inevitable that there would be waste in the use of my true energy… … .

To be honest, I wasn’t sure we could go to the moon, but I guess it was an unexpected miscalculation.

The instrument’s decline was much slower than I expected.

To be more precise, it seems to be barely consumed.

Although it wasn’t intentional, I’ve used the instrument a few times.

Although it is used with internal energy, it means that you can intuitively know how much of the instrument is used when operating it in a certain way.

The amount of internal energy used in eye power is not small.

This is because the instrument must not simply be focused on the space between the eyebrows, but must constantly circulate through all nine acupoints.

I paid attention to the total amount of internal energy stored in the lower abdomen, thinking that perhaps my internal energy had been transformed into an instrument, but that wasn’t the case.

That is, something is happening inside my body that I cannot understand… … .

It was inevitable that I would feel uneasy about being unmanned, but surprisingly, I didn’t feel that upset.

Strange as it may sound, I felt a peace I had never felt before.

I think that being able to focus on martial arts in a place where there is no one, without being involved with anyone else, is a blessing in itself.

“Phew… … .”

Breathe slowly.

Difficulty breathing means the air is thin, and in places where the air is thin, natural resources are also generally scarce.

Well, it’s tens of thousands of meters above the clouds. There’s no way that nature would be abundant in this empty space.

In this case, we will also have to assume the worst case scenario.

I’m talking about a situation where all of your energy has been depleted and you have to get through it with just your instrument.

And when two more days passed… … .

Things have changed again.

“… … .”

I blinked my eyes and looked around.

I thought the world above the clouds, heaven, was a warm and nice place to live, but it wasn’t like that at all.

It was dark, gloomy, mysterious, freezing cold, and somehow had a soul-sucking quality.

When I stood still, useless thoughts came to me, and I was so overwhelmed by the beauty of the moon and stars that I felt like an insignificant person.

“… I think they all came.”

It’s been a long time since I muttered something that could be called speech.

As I just said, the moon, which had not changed in size, was now approaching us as if we could touch it at any moment.

amazing.

The moon seen from afar was beautiful and felt like a secret, mysterious treasure trove… … .

When I looked at it up close, it didn’t really feel that way.

The moon’s surface became somewhat unsightly and unsightly, and at one point it stopped emitting its mysterious light.

I felt like I had witnessed the bare face of the moon.

And I also wondered how many people in this world have actually seen the bare face of the moon.

“… … .”

Not far.

To put it simply, it’s close enough that I could reach it if I jumped off this staircase right now.

But I didn’t take that last step, I just folded my arms and thought.

…is that really the destination?

Even if you try your best, you can’t see anything on the moon’s surface.

Of course, there was no moon rabbit, and nothing else that could be considered living beings was visible.

If that place is hell as the private investigator said, and if all hells are connected, shouldn’t there be more devilish guys running around?

I looked at the moon with unanswered questions.

Should I go or not?

Given two choices, I chose the latter.

I sat cross-legged in a place where I could see the moon, and closed my eyes.

If it’s a problem that requires a lot of thought, just think about it until you find an answer.

Fortunately, I am not short on time right now.

Before I knew it, I had forgotten the feeling of impatience.

If you ask whether that place is filled with leisure or relaxation, that is a different matter.

I decided to just accept everything as a process.

A place of silence beyond silence.

Because it was a place where there was no daylight or sunset, and not even a breeze, once one started practicing, it was rare for concentration to be broken.

I thought earlier.

In this dark sky where even clouds do not exist, the natural world is faint.

It’s not that it’s not there, but it’s a little bit funny that it’s faint.

Even in this completely black, infinitely close to nothing space, the Five Elements exist.

Why?

I don’t know how I can feel the five elements in a place where there is no fire, no river, no plants, no earth, and no metal.

I took a deep breath, thinking about the reason.

It was a long time since I had been able to sit still like this and focus solely on my energy, so I found it a little fun.

When I closed my eyes, I concentrated on the movement, and when I opened them, I looked at the moon.

At first I spent most of my time practicing, but gradually I found that I didn’t need to do that.

This was because there was less to move around and less energy was consumed.

From then on, I started to look at the moon in earnest. The moon’s bare face was uglier than I had imagined, but I got used to it as I kept looking at it.

Actually, I haven’t been very interested in the moon until today. If I had to say, I’m more interested in the sun, which has the greatest influence on my zodiac.

But I thought that if it were the sun in this place, it would have burned to death long ago, let alone been seen.

So isn’t the moon a relatively benevolent king? The sun is a tyrant who doesn’t even allow himself to behold its own face.

Of course, as the master said, the moon is a very two-faced person.

It means that even if they pretend to be gentle and kind on the outside, they might actually be hiding something else on the inside.

Once, I stared at this thing for several days to get a glimpse of the inside of the moon. When my pupils started to feel sore, I closed my eyes and concentrated on the flow of energy inside… … .

Perhaps because it was such a quiet place, I was able to focus on the movement of the instrument as well as the physical reactions and changes that came with it.

One day, as I was watching that movement, I felt as if a strange realization was coming to me.

Even though the body was not tired and the surrounding environment was the same, the exercise was not performed consistently.

Some days there was a lot, some days there was little.

If you ask why, it’s actually obvious.

It must be because of my thoughts or my state of mind.

There is a moon that feels mysterious at times, and somewhat scary at other times.

There were days when I felt nothing, and days when I would get lost in other thoughts, no matter what the moon looked like.

This was the case even though the moon’s appearance was always the same, unlike when it was on the ground.

Then, was the idea that the hotter the place the more efficient the salt water treatment was, not just a delusion?

Rather than gaining more quality strength from the yang energy, wasn’t it simply that the efficiency of the accumulation energy increased when one enjoyed its heat?

I couldn’t be 100% sure, but I don’t think it’s completely wrong either…

If so, the Five Elements would be nothing more than a flow, not the source of power.

The phrase “mirror flower and water moon” suddenly came to mind. Am I treating the moon I see now as an illusion?

That’s not it.

The moon is definitely real.

But on the contrary, the longer I looked down, the more the thought of having to go to the moon faded away.

So is it right to just sit here and die?

That’s not it either.

I thought I had only two choices: I would go to the moon, or I wouldn’t go… but I realized that wasn’t the case.

“… … .”

After getting up from my seat, I started to go down the invisible stairs with my back to the white moon.

The long month of spring had ended and the summer month had begun.

As expected, the descent was much faster than the ascent.

If someone were to see me from below right now, they might mistake me for falling.

The night sky, which had been pitch black, and the Milky Way stretching out beyond it became blurred, and the world became gray again.

As my body fell through the misty clouds, the welcome cry of the strange bird was heard again.

When I looked down again, I saw the [Rocky Mountains] for the first time in a long time.

Actually, among those numerous mountain ranges, I’m not sure which one is the peak of Yeongsan.

To begin with, it was a rocky mountain with almost no features, and when viewed from the sky, it looked like that mountain even more.

That’s why I had to go down the stairs.

At least these stairs will be connected to Yeongsan.

When going towards the moon, he would take frequent breaks, sit cross-legged and meditate, or sit still and look up at the sky or down at the ground, but when coming down, he never rested even once.

From the beginning, I had a hard time figuring out how to get down.

Because I had gotten used to the sense of pupils through my training with Arang and Sa-hyeong at Yeongsan last time, I was able to concentrate while moving.

widely.

And then, for the first time in a long time, I felt the solid ground, not the invisible stairs.

We arrived at the peak of Yeongsan… no, we returned.

“… … .”

It’s a new feeling, but I realized that the land is truly a precious thing.

It is the best stepping stone that supports everything while remaining still and fixed without shaking.

In the end, I came to realize that all aspects of human life are possible because of the existence of this land.

‘… This is truly a new thought.’

I was giggling to myself and then looked back… … .

As expected, the second daughter-in-law was there.

I asked in a casual manner.

“How long has it been?”

“Today marks ninety-one and one day.”

This time the private asked.

“What made you want to come back again?”

“I thought it was strange. The figure of the private who suddenly disappeared could not be found even on the moon.”

“Just that?”

“That was the trigger, and as I kept thinking about it, there were more than one or two strange things. When I think about it, Sajeo had been giving me clues all along. When he first talked about the scenery at the top of Yeongsan… … .”

– It’s going to look like hell.

“…he said, and he also said that the moon is a gateway, but for most people it is just an entrance.”

“… … .”

“I thought that if it only stopped at the entrance, it could conversely only stop at the exit.”

It may sound ridiculous, but this is my conclusion.

I looked straight at the private sector and asked as if I was making a final decision.

“… This place was hell?”

“yes.”

The private nodded.

“It’s exactly as Luan said. Another name for this place is Yuanwu Hell… … .”

“… … .”

“Yeongsan is also a part of hell.”

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