Invitation to the Chatroom of the Gods - Chapter 3



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Episode 3 – Strange Letter (2)

Wang Joong-yang, Jang Sam-bong, Hyo-ga-tong, and Gwang-seong-ja.

They were the founders of the current martial arts group called Gupa Ibang, who were the founders of the Jeonjinkyo, Mudangpa, Hwasanpa, and Gongdongpa, respectively.

These are the people who achieved martial arts that surpassed humans long ago and ascended to the level of a sage.

Each sect hangs portraits of them and reveres them with great respect.

So their names and faces were widely known throughout the world.

If you are a martial artist, you will know their faces.

I have also seen that portrait.

Their faces depicted in the portraits on the scroll were exactly the same as the faces in my memories.

So what this means is one thing.

“Really… are they dog ​​investigators?”

I was speechless.

If I wanted to believe it, it just didn’t make sense, but if I didn’t, the evidence was right in front of me.

“······.”

It would be accurate to say that I am at a loss as to how to accept this.

The assembled Gaepa investigators were waiting for the words of Taesang Laojun.

And among them, there was one portrait that particularly stood out.

None other than the fairy and immortal of Kunlun.

└[Nine Heavenly Wise Women]

: Girl, I’m afraid it might be too late…

She was a mysterious woman from the Nine Heavens.

According to legend, she was the attendant of the Queen Mother of the West, who resided in the palace on Mount Kunlun.

And the Queen Mother of the West is a deity who is the most revered immortal in the heavens, right below the three pure immortals.

Also, considering that the Queen Mother of the West is the Jade Emperor’s wife, even if the Nine Heavenly Women were the Queen Mother’s assistant, her status would not be low.

The female immortal representing Taoism, the mysterious woman of the Nine Heavens.

As expected, the portrait depicted a young woman.

But what about that beauty?

It is truly extraordinary.

Lips like a single flower petal. Skin as smooth as white jade.

Hair that looks like fine ebony spread out on the ground.

At best, it’s a portrait.

But, just looking at the portrait alone, you will lose your soul to her unbelievable beauty.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: I’m just getting started, so don’t worry too much about it.

└[Nine Heavenly Wise Women]

: Oh, is that true? I’m so glad.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: More importantly, is Queen Mother of the West well?

└[Nine Heavenly Wise Women]

: Yes, my godmother is well. My godmother also asked me to convey my regards to the Grand Prince.

How can a person be so pretty and beautiful?

Beyond beauty, I felt a kind of awe.

It is a beauty that humans can neither possess nor should possess.

“Oh right, it’s not a human, it’s a god.”

Come to think of it, that’s what happened.

Somehow, I wondered how a person could be that pretty.

Of course, that is, if she really is the Nine Heavenly Women.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: Yeah, yeah, I guess I should come see you sometime and have a drink.

It was just a few words, but it seemed like the sound of Taesang No-gun’s laughter could be heard.

Then, a new phrase from Taesang Laojun floated up onto the scroll.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: So, what do you think the Tao is?

As Taesang Laojun spoke, numerous phrases came to mind one after another.

└[Auxiliary Emperor Wang Zhongyang]

: The Way (道) refers to the ultimate reality. It exists before all things in the universe and is also the source of creation of all things in the universe.

└[Hyeonhyeonja (玄玄子) Jang Sam-bong]

: It is the law of contrast. It is the truth itself, and it is the existence and non-existence that gives birth to all things.

└[Gwangyeongja (廣零子) abuse]

: Therefore, it is also the highest fundamental principle that determines the creation, change, and extinction of all things.

└[Purple House Immortal Gwangseongja]

: Therefore, it can be said that the Tao is the source of creation, the beginning of this universe, and the creator of all things in heaven and earth.

···I couldn’t understand a single word of what was being said.

That is why it could be said that it was indeed the reason and enlightenment worthy of the immortals.

A way that I, too, cannot even fathom.

How many of the countless people in the world can understand that?

“The Open Investigation Team is the Open Investigation Team···.”

There is no other reason why the old guard has come to rule the world today.

Of course, that is, if they are really the Gaepajeojas.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: Hey, these are just for show.

The unpleasant words of the Taesang Laojun came to mind.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: Dongbin, what is the Tao when you are here?

└[Sword Immortal Yeo Dong-bin]

: For me, the Way is to cut off the other person’s balls.

…I thought, what the hell is that?

Of course, Yeo Dong-bin was a sword immortal who ascended to the rank of immortal with a sword.

But even if he is a sword immortal, he is still an immortal.

But what the heck is that nonsense?

It was definitely not the kind of story a god would tell.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: Then, Kwon, what is the Way to you?

└[Emperor Divine Right]

: Getting drunk all day and lying down. Isn’t that the Way?

···I also thought, what kind of nonsense is this?

I really wondered if they were the leaders and vice leaders of the Eight Immortals.

But if you think about the rough talk from before…

“They were both out of their minds.”

So, it was expected that Taesangnogun’s scolding would continue.

However, Taesangnogun’s reaction was the exact opposite of what I expected.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: Yes. The Way is the continuation of all processes that seek to reach the extreme.

└[Nine Heavenly Wise Women]

: ···Girl, I don’t quite understand.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: Don’t think too hard about it. The Way is contained everywhere. A sword. A cup of wine. And even a single grain of rice contains all the Way.

At that moment.

The background of the folding screen changed in an instant, and a landscape of golden rice fields was painted.

It was clearly a landscape painting. That is, a painting.

But the scenery of the folding screen was alive and moving and I could feel it.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: This is the hometown of Gohyeon in the state of Chu where I lived in the secular world. When I was young, I started farming here early on. That’s how I learned about the world and life.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: But these days, the world is not like that. Instead of learning farming, people go to places called seodang (traditional private schools).

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: If you don’t send your child to a private school and make them do farm work, they will treat you like the worst person in the world, asking how you can be a parent.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: There is no difference between the world I lived in and the world I live in now. It is just that time has passed. However, the principles of right and wrong have changed.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: In this way, the Way is not an unchanging truth. It is merely the principle of all things in the universe that is constantly changing and moving.

For a moment, something flashed through my mind.

So many indefinable thoughts swirled around in my head.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: Since nothing is unchanging, the truth that you are desperately pursuing is also not true.

Many people live to make money.

Many people fight to the death to obtain land.

why?

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: But what about this one grain of well-ripened rice?

In order to eat a proper meal.

We live each day struggling to eat well and live well.

The point is this.

rice.

We live our lives struggling to eat one meal a day and live well.

Money and land are nothing more than tools to eat this meal well.

Money such as silver and gold coins are ultimately nothing more than lumps of metal.

Saying things like “this is your land” or “this is my land” is nothing more than drawing a line on the ground.

A tool that has value because we give it meaning.

Without any meaning attached to it, it is just a lump of metal, just a piece of land.

It’s an imaginary value that we’ve created.

Yet, we actually betray our friends and family for a lump of metal.

Kills countless people because of the ground.

They throw away the essence and suffer by clinging to the illusion and tool.

The seven emotions that make us cry, laugh, and suffer are all illusions.

But what about that single grain of rice drawn on the scroll?

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: Even after countless years, whether in this secular world or in the heavenly world, don’t you feel immediate satisfaction from this one spoonful of rice without any false reason?

···Isn’t this the true life?

Haven’t we been living a lie all this time?

A false value is assigned.

Isn’t that what we were suffering from?

So then, what is true in this world?

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: Nature gives birth to and embraces all things, but does not own or rule over anything. It simply embraces things without expecting anything in return, so nature is infinite.

Nature.

Only nature has value as it is.

└[Nine Heavenly Wise Women]

: So, girl, what should you do to live a true life like nature?

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: Didn’t I tell you? The Way is everywhere.

└[Nine Heavenly Wise Women]

: That means···.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: The answer has always been right next to us.

When you turn your head, you can see the lush green grass.

In the clear water that brushes my ears.

In the warm sunlight that surrounds me.

In the cool breeze that caresses my cheek.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: Just as the plants, water, sun, and wind are, aren’t we also ultimately children of nature?

Live a free life without any obstacles, following nature and emptying your mind.

A simple, unadorned life without extravagance.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: That is the true life and the whole of the Tao.

What are you so afraid of?

What could have been so sad?

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: After all, there is no one who survives in this world···.

The last words of Taesang Laojun.

There was a long silence after that.

No one spoke, as if everyone was chewing over the teachings of the Great Master.

And so did I.

The innumerable realizations swirling in my head

Something of a kind I have never experienced in my entire life.

These are called the attainments of the mind.

I calmly contemplated the sudden enlightenment.

How much time has passed like that?

“Phew···.”

I was finally able to come to my senses after taking a deep breath.

And for some reason, my body felt relieved.

Furthermore, the energy I felt in my body was unusual.

Especially this one that wiggles around the danjeon area.

“Internal energy···?”

···It was internal energy.

I had never felt it in my entire life, but I could still know.

This is clearly internal energy.

The amount was not that much. It was just a tiny amount, the size of a grain of rice.

But it was piling up.

The internal energy that had not accumulated for the past 15 years no matter what I did was now clearly felt in my danjeon.

“Oh, how could this be!”

···That doesn’t make sense.

This is just plain nonsense.

This is something that was impossible even though I took various elixirs since I was young.

That’s why I was finally able to be sure.

“It really was…?”

This is real.

The Taesang Laojun in the scroll is the real Taesang Laojun.

Jongli Kwon, Yeo Dongbin, and Gucheon Hyeonnyeo, they’re all there!

···They are all truly fresh.

My internal energy has been accumulated by acquiring the enlightenment of the immortals.

There is no other way to explain this.

Otherwise, the current phenomenon cannot be explained by any other means.

That’s why I could think.

└[Sword Immortal Yeo Dong-bin]

: No matter what, an old man is still an old man.

└[Emperor Divine Right]

: ···Well, it’s been a while since you’ve been as senior as I thought.

What if we asked them to teach us directly?

Actually, I just didn’t understand all of Taishang Laojun’s teachings.

Even if it’s just a little bit, even if it’s vague.

I just accepted it as something like a truckload of stuff.

But it was still like this.

That enlightenment, which was not even worth a truck, far surpassed my 15 years of practice and various elixirs.

If so, then what. Really what.

What if I could receive teachings directly from them at my level?

“···Let’s try it.”

I didn’t think about it for long.

“But how can I participate in the conversation?”

As soon as I asked the question, the chair moved for a moment.

Soon, a white space like a piece of paper appeared under the table.

“Are you writing something here and sending it?”

It seemed like that after all.

As expected, when I wrote with my finger, the letters I had written were engraved on the scroll.

Before we knew it, the gods were talking to each other.

Whether it was the enlightenment or the story that was blooming in a flurry.

After a moment of hesitation, I joined the conversation.

└[Hyeonhyeonja (玄玄子) Jang Sam-bong]

: How wonderful it would be if we could teach this to our shamans’ children.

└[Gwangyeongja (廣零子) abuse]

: The same goes for our volcano’s children.

└[Cheongun]: Over there···.

The words with my name floated above the scroll.

Next to the phrase I had recalled, there was a portrait of myself drawn at some unknown time.

···And then there was silence for a moment.

The chat room that had been bustling just a moment ago became quiet in an instant.

Surely, I shouldn’t have done that?

Come to think of it, I didn’t know anything about this chair.

Who sent this scroll?

How can such a thing exist?

So what is the purpose of all this?

Is it for my good or is it to harm me?

I really didn’t know anything.

Moreover, they were immortals worthy of being called great immortals.

People like me can be pressed down with one finger.

What does the finger mean?

Without exaggeration, he can kill with just a glance.

Didn’t you just release an enormous amount of energy beyond the folding screen a little while ago?

There is no guarantee that those in the folded arms will not harm me.

No. They can easily hurt me.

So they could have killed me right then and there, thinking that their world had been exposed.

As soon as my thoughts reached this point, my heart sank.

An unknown fear slowly rose up in my mind.

So, at that very moment, as I was about to hurriedly close the folded folding screen.

Suddenly.

The words of the Great Master Taesang Laojun came to mind, filling the scroll.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: Hey guys, welcome the newbies!!!

And that was the beginning.

└[Emperor Divine Right]

: Hahahaha! How many newbies have you been to this chatroom, senior!

└[Sword Immortal Yeo Dong-bin]

: Don’t you want to learn the Cheon-dun sword technique? Don’t you want to learn the Cheon-dun sword technique? Don’t you want to learn the Cheon-dun sword technique? Don’t you want to learn the Cheon-dun sword technique? Don’t you want to learn the Cheon-dun sword technique?

└[Nine Heavenly Wise Women]

: Ahh, what a cute junior···! The girl has a cute junior!

└[Auxiliary Emperor Wang Zhongyang]

: A newbie to this stagnant and rotting dungeon! A newbie! A newbie! A newbie···!

└[Hyeonhyeonja (玄玄子) Jang Sam-bong]

: Do you have any questions? If you have any questions, feel free to ask me anything!

└[Gwangyeongja (廣零子) abuse]

: Please accept my friend request. Please accept my friend request. Please accept my friend request.

···The fire department started going wild and running wild.