Invitation to the Chatroom of the Gods - Chapter 28



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Episode 28 – Obi-Irak (1)

It seemed like we fought for almost ‘half a day’.

The crazy, exploding Jakja was a formidable foe.

A formidable enemy that would not have been possible to fight if it weren’t for the joint attack with Eungseon.

Of course, my body wasn’t in perfect condition.

However, even if his body was intact, it was clear that he was a formidable opponent that could not be easily defeated. With just a little exaggeration, he was a ‘leg-holder’ who could rival ‘Gwangmaeumgui’.

However, by dealing with the clown and getting in sync with Eungseon, I was able to achieve the unexpected effect of killing two birds with one stone… no, I was able to achieve the effect of killing two birds with one stone.

However, he was unable to bring down Jokja. Fortunately, the other Gaepa Investigators were distracted by Yeo Dong-bin’s Heavenly Sword Technique, and only after Taesang Laojun and Zhong Liquan were called out to deal with the accident caused by Yeo Dong-bin was Jokja finally able to calm down.

It was a natural result of overturning the Greater Heaven, the highest of the 36 heavens of Taoism and where the famous Primordial Heavenly Being resides.

So now, only me and Gucheonhyeonnyeo were left in the chatroom.

Now, if I were to join forces with Eungseon, I wouldn’t have to fear any unmanned force, but not as much as Gucheonhyeonnyeo.

└[Nine Heavenly Wise Women]

: Really···. Really······. Really·········.

The words of the Nine Heavenly Women floating above the folding screen.

Her eyes, which appeared in the portrait, were filled with tears like dew.

└[Nine Heavenly Wise Women]

: I know how worried you were!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kwaaaaah-!!

The energy released from the scroll along with the roaring words of the Nine Heavenly Women swept across my face.

└[Nine Heavenly Wise Women]

: I said I’d be back for a bit… I said I’d be back for a bit…!! I couldn’t contact you for a month, and I was so scared because my youngest disappeared right in front of my eyes. I couldn’t receive calls, I couldn’t contact you, and I was so scared at the thought of not being able to see my youngest anymore…

It was the Nine Heavenly Women who finally burst into tears.

Tears falling drop by drop.

As a result, her appearance reflected in the portrait contained the image of a pure yet pitiful woman of the world.

└[Cheongun]

: I’m sorry, sis······.

All I could say was, ‘I’m sorry.’

Of course, I didn’t know that I would be unconscious for over a month. However, I was the one who said I would be back ‘for a while’, and I was the one who worried you, so I was sorry.

Gucheonhyeonnyeo had no answer.

However, the Gucheonhyeonnyeo is shown in a portrait.

He had a very pouty face.

└[Cheongun]

: Sister, are you very angry?

└[Nine Heavenly Wise Women]

: I’m not angry.

└[Cheongun]

: Really···?

└[Nine Heavenly Wise Women]

: Seriously, I’m not mad.

Contrary to the words, the face of the Gucheonhyeonnyeo in the portrait was very pouty and crooked.

└[Nine Heavenly Wise Women]

: ······maybe.

Anyone who looked at him could tell that he was angry.

└[Nine Heavenly Wise Women]

: Youngest, I’m asking just in case.

└[Cheongun]

: Yes, Sister. Go ahead.

└[Nine Heavenly Wise Women]

: Are you sure you were unconscious for over a month?

└[Cheongun]

: That’s true.

└[Nine Heavenly Wise Women]

: But why do I smell like a woman?

└[Cheongun]

: ······yes?

I suddenly wondered what he was talking about.

Suddenly it smells like a ‘woman’?

There’s no way I, a man, could smell like a woman.

“Oh, really?”

A thought suddenly occurred to me and I looked down. There I saw a damp, soaking wet right leg.

The drool that was shed by none other than Namgung Yerin.

Was she really tired from nursing me all night for over a month? My right leg, where Namgung Yerin had slept, was soaked with her saliva.

When you say a woman’s smell, is this really what you mean?

“No way···?”

But that didn’t make sense.

How could a woman named Gucheon know this?

···But this was something I didn’t know about.

Even though it is said to be something beyond the realm of the imagination, is Gucheonhyeonnyeo an ordinary immortal?

To be exact, it could have been possible because it was something beyond the ‘footprint’.

In addition to the previous events, having just watched Yeo Dong-bin’s Cheon-dun sword technique, it seemed that the ‘heavenly world’ and the ‘worldly world’ could influence each other to some extent through the ‘jokja’.

└[Nine Heavenly Wise Women]

: Youngest, you have a girl·········?

For a moment, my heart sank.

I don’t know why.

Suddenly, a chill ran down my spine and cold sweat ran down my back and waist.

└[Nine Heavenly Wise Women]

: Why is there no answer·········?

Gucheonhyeonnyeo’s face turned cold.

Even though she still looked beautiful, this time I couldn’t think of it that way at all. The appearance of Gucheonhyeonnyeo didn’t seem ‘beautiful’ at all.

It was the Nine Heavenly Women who defeated the great monsters and great evil spirits.

The crow flies and Lee falls.

They say that when a crow flies, a pear falls.

└[Nine Heavenly Wise Women]

: Youngest, is it true that you were ‘passing out’ for a month?

In order to clear up the misunderstanding of the Nine Heavenly Women, I had to move my fingers wildly over the scroll.

* * *

Administrative districts in the order of province, city, county, and village.

So, when talking about a place name, the name of the province always comes first.

But just one.

‘Beijing City’ is the only exception, and its administrative name is distinguished solely as ‘city’.

Beijing is the capital of the world, the seat of the imperial family, and the city directly ruled by the Emperor.

Geographically, it belongs to ‘Hebei Province (河北省)’, but it was a separate ‘special city’, which was an administrative district higher than ‘province (省)’.

Thus, the Taihe Hall (太和殿) of the imperial palace located in Beijing.

“The ones behind the salty incident were the remnants of the Demonic Cult?”

The young emperor could not help but devour the reports of Zhu Guanqian, the inspector general of Jiangxi Province.

A salt-selling incident that occurred in Gangseo Province some time ago.

While taking care of state affairs at Taehwajeon, I was able to come into contact with incidents and accidents that occurred all over the world.

And it was full of ‘out of the ordinary’ things.

For example, there is a story about a man who spat on an elephant and got trampled to death, or a bureaucrat who was well-educated enough to hold the position of Grand Prince who locked his second wife in a room and watched her through a hole in the window.

The local magistrate killed people because he had a bad dream last night.

All sorts of truly bizarre, absurd, and inhuman incidents have been occurring all over the world.

But among those incidents, ‘Yeonmae’ was the one that stood out the most.

It was a heinous crime that could never be overlooked, and that was why he had ordered an investigation into the circumstances behind the incident.

And now.

“The remnants of the Demonic Cult···.”

It is said that the person behind it was a red-blooded leader of the Demonic Cult named ‘Gwangmaeumgwi’.

The devil’s cult.

A martial arts group that existed for about 100 years and was destroyed 50 years ago.

So, although the young emperor did not know much about the Demonic Cult, he knew that the reason the former emperor passed away early was none other than because of the Demonic Cult.

They say that even the power of the imperial family could not easily suppress them, so they are a group whose wickedness is beyond words.

If you combine all the ‘outrageous’, ‘absurd’, and ‘inhuman’ incidents that are happening all over the world, you can see that a group called the ‘Demonic Cult’ is born.

But I knew that it was completely wiped out 50 years ago…

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

Ju Gwan-cheon, who was bowing his head, was saying that the Demonic Cult had not been destroyed.

To be exact, he was saying that there were ‘remnants of the Demonic Cult’ left, but I still couldn’t easily believe it.

It is such a shocking and serious matter.

“The name of the person behind this bribery was······ Cheongun, I think.”

“Yes, Your Majesty. I am also the one who first solved the salt bribery case.”

In response to Ju Gwan-cheon’s reply, the emperor was able to recall the memorial that Ju Gwan-cheon had submitted in the past, and even the name Cheong-un written in the memorial.

In other words, not only did Cheongun solve the salt bribery case, he also caught the mastermind behind the bribery.

Joo Gwan-cheon took a step forward and said.

“The merits of this man, Cheongun, are by no means small. I dare to say to Your Majesty that I believe he deserves a proper reward.”

The emperor nodded.

Those who have made achievements should be rewarded and praised accordingly.

This was also a matter of ‘face’ as the emperor who was called the Son of Heaven and the ruler of the world.

Moreover, by capturing the mastermind behind the scenes, he had revealed that the remnants of the Demonic Cult were still alive, so the reward should not be insufficient.

however.

“Isn’t this too······ excessive?”

No matter how I thought about it, this was too much.

The emperor looked at the list of rewards that Ju Gwan-cheon had written in his memorial.

[1,500 gold coins. 5,000 silk bundles. 10,000 seok of rice. 8,000 fur bundles.]

······Well, I could understand up to here.

This may have been a bit excessive, but it was something the Emperor could grant with his ‘generosity.’

however.

[Oral Medicine, Sunflower Liquid, Haeryeong Ship, Hwanwoo Ship Pearl, Gobonjeong Yahwan, Byeokgok-ro, Bomin-hwan, Daebi Sindan, Cheolyeongdan, Hoesang Jaejodan······]

······The ‘elixirs’ in the imperial secret register.

There was not just one elixir written down, but dozens of elixirs that would increase one’s internal energy by at least ‘one year’.

If you ate all of them, you could easily obtain ‘thousands of years of internal energy’, so they were elixirs that were considered quite ‘precious’ by the imperial family.

Again, this was too much.

It’s not that there isn’t an excessive aspect to it.

It was literally ‘excessive’.

But Ju Gwan-cheon must have lost his mind because there was a list of rewards written below it.

[Eumryong Han Geum Geum, Punghyang Geum, Yongchang Yeon Geum, Manya Geum, Mugwang Geum, Cheon In Hon, Mujeok Cheonryeo, Seol In Gok, Pal Geuk Cheong Geum, Sa Ja Cheong Geum······.]

······The weapons in the imperial archives.

It also had everything related to the ‘sword’ among the weapons called ‘divine weapons’ written on it.

Now it’s beyond the level of reward.

It could no longer be called a ‘reward’.

Doesn’t it seem like they’re about to completely uproot the entire pillar of the imperial family?

Even though it was the imperial vault where all the treasures of the world were gathered, it was not a ‘flower pot’ that could grow infinitely.

If you give all this away as a reward, the royal family will be in trouble.

“It is not excessive at all, Your Majesty.”

…Is he crazy?

Are you really saying that in your right mind?

The many other ministers gathered at Taehwajeon also had dumbfounded expressions.

If Ju Gwan-cheon had not been a ‘third-rank inspector’, had not been appointed as the next ‘provincial governor of Jiangxi Province’, and had not ultimately had ‘imperial blood’ mixed in.

It was the ministers of Taehwajeon who had already spoken harsh words.

“Unless you give Cheongun a beating like this, he will never receive a reward. So please, grant him permission.”

Ju Gwan-cheon bowed his head as if asking for a favor, and the emperor wondered what Ju Gwan-cheon was talking about.

It really seemed like he was asking for permission to give all of these things as a reward.

No, but rather ‘confusion’?

How can giving a reward be considered a slap in the face?

“······.”

The emperor could not bring himself to say that he would award the reward.

Of course, the achievements of Cheongun are by no means ordinary. The Emperor acknowledges this a hundred, a thousand times over.

but.

“Please allow it, Your Majesty!!!”

That kid… No, isn’t Joo Gwan-cheon crazy?

I just had that thought.

* * *

The story of appeasing(?) Gucheonhyeonnyeo continued for almost an hour.

And at the end of that fierce fight.

└[Nine Heavenly Wise Women]

: Was that it?

I was able to persuade Gucheonhyeonnyeo(?).

└[Nine Heavenly Wise Women]

: I thought you weren’t in touch because you were out playing with girls!

As expected, Gucheonhyeonnyeo was ‘misunderstanding’.

It seems that he thought that the reason I hadn’t contacted him for over a month was not because I had ‘fainted’, but because I was ‘playing around’ with Namgung Yerin.

└[Cheongun]

: Sister, there’s no way I would do that. Is that all you think of me?

└[Nine Heavenly Wise Women]

: No, I just······.

└[Cheongun]

: I’m really sorry, Sister.

└[Nine Heavenly Wise Women]

: Aaah! I’m sorry, youngest! I… I was wrong! So just calm down, okay?

Still, when I didn’t say anything, Goo Cheon-hyeon acted cute beyond the portrait.

└[Nine Heavenly Wise Women]

: I’m so angry······.

It was a beauty trick of a transcendent level that even relieved anger that had never existed before.

└[Cheongun]

: I understand, I was the one who made you worry. But, can we end our conversation here for today? As I said, I’m not in good health yet······.

└[Nine Heavenly Wise Women]

: Yeah, yeah! It’s okay! Get some rest, youngest!

Now, Gucheonhyeonnyeo is smiling brightly.

I could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

After folding the folding screen, I finally had time to look around.

It really felt like a hurricane had just passed. No, a hurricane had really passed.

“My missionary······”

It was a total mess.

It would have cost a lot to repair it, but the problem was that I didn’t have that kind of money.

and.

“It was a sword I cherished.”

I lost my sword while fighting the mad demon. It was the sword my father used when he was alive, so I really cherished it.

furthermore.

“It’s brave to be alive.”

The hand of the mad demon that pierced my abdomen.

The abdomen is where the lower abdomen is located, and can be considered the second heart for martial artists.

If the abdomen was pierced like that, it would have been a fatal wound that would have destroyed the dantian if it had been an ordinary martial artist.

“Thanks to the Youngbo Pil method, there are no major problems.”

The training method of Yeongbopil involved danjeonizing the practitioner’s entire body, so there was no major problem as long as he recovered.

but.

“I lost a lot of my internal energy.”

It wasn’t completely without impact.

Originally, I had accumulated 36 years of internal energy, a little over half a generation. However, now it was less than half a generation.

Only about 25 years’ worth of internal energy remained.

The lower abdomen of the lower abdomen was pierced by the evil spirit of the mind, and about 11 years’ worth of internal energy evaporated.

“······.”

It could be said to be the most painful loss.

That would be the case. How did he build up his internal energy?

I can’t build up my internal energy through normal methods. Taking elixirs is pretty much the only way for now.

It is an extremely rare and expensive elixir, so it is not easy to obtain.

Even if I were to seek it out, the heavens would block my talents and I would have to suffer to the point of death before I could really build it up.

The internal energy that was built up like that evaporated not in one year, but over a full 11 years.

“ha······.”

I couldn’t help but sigh. I had lost so much in the fight with the mad ghost.

On the contrary, the gains I have gained are······

“How much merit must have been accumulated?”

The red-blooded leader of the Demonic Cult, Gwangmaeumgui.

“The last time I checked, the conversion period was 76 days.”

And because I fainted, more than a month was lost, so originally there should have been about 41 days left.

I unfolded the folding screen again.

and.

[Conversion Merit] – 653 days (+612 days)

“and!!”

My eyes opened wide and I let out a gasp of excitement.

A life line that has been extended by a whopping 612 days.

With that, my lifespan had extended beyond a year, almost to two years. To be honest, I thought it would be at most half a year, but the accumulated merit was much greater than I expected.

“If this happens···”

It can be said that there are far more gains than losses.

That too, by a significant margin.

Of course, I regretted losing my internal energy and sword. However, it was not more important than my 612-day life.

Internal energy, swordsmanship, aren’t they all just means to extend my lifespan?

The ‘sigh’ that was leaking out suddenly changed into ‘laughter’.

That was when.

-Cheongun, you idiot!!

Suddenly, a shout, like a roar, was heard from beyond the missionary’s fence. I suddenly wondered what it was, but the voice sounded quite familiar.

-Come out quickly and receive His Majesty the Emperor’s reward!!!

It was none other than our rewarder, ‘Ju Gwan-cheon’, who appeared. And it seemed as if he had prepared a reward for the Gwangma-eum-gwi incident, in case anyone thought he was a ‘rewarder’.

But this time, the atmosphere was unusual.

It wasn’t normal last time, but it was even more abnormal this time.

therefore······.

-This time I’m going to give you a real beating, so you better brace yourself! Hahahahaha!

That rewarder was ready to eat up all of my 612 days of merit.