Invitation to the Chatroom of the Gods - Chapter 30



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Episode 30 – The Reverse Geunseo Su-gyeong

[Conversion Merit] – 479 days (+478 days)

The merit of Hwansan floating on the upper right corner of the scroll.

Isn’t this a return of a whopping +478 days of merit?

“······Huh?”

My head tilted involuntarily. That was understandable, as I had expected it to take about a month or two.

But I was very confused because I came back after a whole year, 479 days.

Of course, my original merit was 653 days. So strictly speaking, it was ‘174 days of merit’ that was criticized.

“I have the Cloud Dragon Sword and the Heavenly Dragon Bow and Arrow in my hands?”

Still, it was strange.

That would be the case, since these two were almost the core of Ju Gwan-cheon’s rewards.

The gifts he bestowed upon Namgung Yerin and Kwaecheongcheon were enormous, but they were still nothing compared to these two treasures.

However, even though the merit for these two treasures was not returned, the merit accumulated for 479 days······.

“Why?”

My head tilted involuntarily.

I could only understand this as the wealth bestowed upon Namgung Yerin and Kwaecheongcheon accumulating unexpected merit.

“Is that all there is to it?”

Still, the strange thing was the same.

How much did it cost to accumulate so much merit? Of course, it was a lot of money, but was it only enough to accumulate 478 days of merit, surpassing the merits of the Yunryong Sword and the Cheonryong Bowan Corps? That wasn’t it.

No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t figure out the reason······.

Good things are good things.

“Anyway, I guess that’s a good thing.”

I didn’t think deeply about it.

His Majesty the Great also said:

– The establishment of all dharmas by one’s own nature is merit, and the mind itself being free from thoughts is virtue. To accumulate merit means to always practice respect without contempt.

That is, originally, the thing called ‘merit’ was something that I knew but didn’t know, so even if I thought about it deeply and pondered it, there was nothing I could know.

All I can say is, do a lot of ‘good deeds’.

Anyway, I could finally feel relieved after confirming the conversion merits for over a year.

“The Cloud Dragon Sword and the Heavenly Dragon Bowan Corps······.”

Cloud Dragon Sword and Heavenly Dragon Auxiliary Elixir.

This treasure, which is one of a kind in the world, could be called the ‘armor of divine weapons’ and the ‘elixir of the highest quality.’

Of the two, I looked at the Cheonryongbowondan first.

The name Cheonryongbowondan means ‘replenishing the energy of the Cheonryong.’

This elixir, which contained an energy of a whopping 2 years, contained an incredible energy that could restore 11 years of internal energy lost from the abdominal penetration wound and gain an additional 109 years.

Thus, my internal energy was as long as ‘145 years’, which could be considered a leap forward that would allow me to go beyond ‘first-class master’ and become a ‘peak master’ in one breath.

step.

“When I can fully absorb the Heavenly Dragon Guard.”

My blood vessels were tightly blocked by the curse of heaven.

I was unable to fully absorb the enormous energy contained in the Heavenly Dragon Bowan.

In the case of the Yoji cluster, the limit was about 60%.

However, the enormous energy of the Heavenly Dragon Guards would obviously be more painful than that of the Yoji Seongdan, so in my opinion, ‘Four Divisions’ would be the limit.

Then, out of the 120 years of internal energy contained in the Cheonryongbowondan, only ’48 years’ could be absorbed.

Of course, even this was not a small amount.

If I add the 25 years of internal energy I currently have, it would be ’73 years’ worth’, meaning I would have internal energy worth over a whole generation.

But the amount of loss was also that much.

It’s like 72 years’ worth of the 120 years of Cheonryongbowondan’s internal energy has evaporated, so much so that it’s not only a waste, but it’s also disgusting.

I could have held out until I died somehow······.

“It’s obvious that I’ll faint again.”

Even if you endure evil with brute force, there is a limit. Even Jong-Ri-Kwon was at a loss about the pain.

It was never something that could be endured by saying things like ‘effort’.

That is why it was no different from the ‘Gyereukbowondan’, not the ‘Cheonryongbowondan’.

If I eat it, I feel like I’m going to die from the pain, but if I don’t eat it, it’s just like a burden.

but.

“If I could learn the Reverse Circumcision Sutra, I think I could absorb the entire Cheonryongbowondan.”

Bodhidharma’s Sutra of the Change of Muscles and Washing Process.

If only I could learn it, the story would be very different.

Was it my blood vessel that was blocked by the heavens? It was a training method created by Dharma to reach the Buddha’s realm, ‘Nirvana’, so it could be said to be a training method that could even go against the heavens.

It was a secret recipe that Dharma created for later monks, but unfortunately, none of it has been passed down to the present.

Even in Shaolin Temple, the original form of the Sutra of the Three Great Apostles could not be found, and it was in fact a ‘lost’ secret.

However, in the chatroom of the immortals, there were not only ‘Taoist immortals’ but also ‘Buddhist Buddhas’.

About a month ago now.

Jongli Kwon said that he learned the Sutra of the Threefold Path from Dharma himself and taught it to me.

“I should contact you now.”

I wrote a message to the chat room right away.

I thought they were still dealing with the Daeracheon incident, but fortunately, things had been sorted out, as Jong-Ri-Kwon’s reply quickly came to mind.

but.

└[Emperor Divine Right]

: Well······there’s a bit of a problem, youngest.

It was quite different from the reply I expected.

* * *

The ‘little problem’ that Jong-Ri-Kwon mentioned.

└[Emperor Divine Right]

: Youngest, while you were passed out, I went to that jerk and asked him to teach me the ‘Yeokgeunse Su-gyeong’.

It seems that Jong-Ri-Kwon went to see Dharma to learn the Sutra of the Threefold Path as promised.

however.

└[Emperor Divine Right]

: Isn’t this punk saying he doesn’t want to teach?

It is said that Dharma refused this.

It was a completely different reaction than I expected, but when I thought about it carefully, it was only natural.

The Yeokgeunse Su-gyeong was a secret method of Dharma created for later ‘monks’, not for later ‘talented people’.

So, even as a Dharma, it was inevitable that he would be reluctant to teach to a ‘Taoist immortal’ who was not even a ‘Buddhist Buddha’.

Could it be that Jongli Kwon had not anticipated this reaction from Dharma?

└[Emperor Divine Right]

: So, I decided to have a ‘Seonmun-dap bet’ and if I won, I would teach him the Yeokgeun Se Su Gyeong, and if I lost, I would donate some merit.

Zen questions and answers.

This is one of the Buddhist teaching methods, where the ‘one who asks the teachings’ asks a ‘question’ and the ‘one who gives the teachings’ answers it.

But in the celestial world, its meaning seemed to have changed considerably.

That would be the case, since the celestial world is where the ‘immortals’ reside.

In other words, it was a world where those who had realized what they had realized could ascend to the top.

Since each person had their own enlightenment, it was not easy for anyone to teach anyone else unless they reached the level of ‘Taishang Laojun’.

Even though Jongli Kwon now looks like a loudmouth and drunkard, he was a noble immortal who taught and raised countless immortals of Taoism, including Yeo Dongbin, as the ‘chief of the Eight Immortals’.

So, it seemed that in the celestial world, the Seonmun-dap was a ‘battle of words’ and a ‘bet’ to determine which enlightenment is deeper, ‘your enlightenment’ or ‘my enlightenment’.

Was that why?

└[Emperor Divine Right]

: But damn it, that punk isn’t answering the question with a straight line!

In fact, that was what was meant by ‘a good question and answer’.

If you watch from the side, it is no different from a ‘question and answer’.

Truth is indescribable and unwritten.

In simple terms, it meant that ‘the truth cannot be expressed in words or writing.’

Although ‘truth’ and ‘enlightenment’ are things that must be understood through intuition or emotion, that does not mean that we can give up teaching through words.

The ‘Buddhist Zen question and answer’ emerged to resolve this contradictory situation.

Because of that, there were a lot of abstract wordplays that had no substance.

For example, to the question, “What is Buddha?” there is an answer that is absurd, such as “a stick of shit in the back yard.”

When someone asked, “What is an illegal horse?”, there was also an answer, “An illegal horse is a horse with horns on its head.”

After cutting an earthworm in half and looking at the two squirming halves, asking, “Which one is Buddha?”, there is also a crazy answer where the person cuts the earthworm in half again, thrusts a hoe into it, and replies, “This is Buddha.”

It was a format where they brought up the answer in a haphazard manner, so it was a ‘play with the gods’ and a ‘Buddhist Zen question and answer’ that even the ‘Taoist gods’ who were unrivaled in ‘catching clouds’ shook their heads in agreement.

And Dharma is the Buddha of Buddhism and a master of Zen questions and answers.

└[Emperor Divine Right]

: When I think about the merits I received from that bastard, I really······!!

No matter how much power I had, I couldn’t exert it in someone else’s home.

So it seemed like I was defeated by Dharma.

That too, mercilessly.

└[Emperor Divine Right]

: Sorry, youngest, I tried to do something about it, but······.

The portrait of Jongli Kwon had an extremely apologetic look on its face. And of course, I had no intention of blaming Jongli Kwon.

└[Cheongun]

: No, what do you have to be sorry about, senior?

What does Jongli Kwon have to feel sorry about?

Jongli Kwon just stepped forward to help me, and ended up blowing all the ‘merit’ I had earned, so there was no need to blame Jongli Kwon at all.

However, I only felt regret.

“If this is the case, then I won’t be able to learn the reverse chronology?”

Of course, it would be possible if I asked to learn from Dharma directly.

That would be the case. The basic doctrine of Buddhism is ‘saving sentient beings’, so if I, a secular person, were to ask for teachings, it would be obvious that they would say, ‘Oh, that’s right.’

Here, like the immortals of the Taoist temple.

It was because ‘Jongli Kwon’ had asked to be taught that Dharma refused.

“But I can’t learn it myself.”

It would be awkward for my existence, a being of a thousand li, to be known to other chatrooms.

But if I were to just take the ‘Cheonryongbowondan’ as is… that would be such a waste.

It was a problem that was so regrettable that it was heartbreaking to think that 72 years of internal energy, more than a century’s worth, could have evaporated.

So at that time, I was wondering what to do about this.

Suddenly.

“ah!”

A thought flashed through my head.

I immediately wrote the words on the scroll.

└[Cheongun]

: Senior, I have a good idea. Would you like to hear it?

* * *

Jong-Ri Kwon and I created a separate ‘open chatroom’.

This is not a ‘Taoist chatroom’ where many immortals gather, but an open chatroom that I and Jong-Ri-Kwon created separately.

Here I explained in detail the plan that had occurred to Jong-Ri-Kwon.

However, this plan could not proceed without sacrificing Jongri Kwon. So I felt quite sorry······.

└[Emperor Divine Right]

: Very good! If only I could hit that damn bastard with it!

Fortunately, Jong-Ri-Kwon readily accepted. It seemed that he had suffered a lot from Dharma in the past, as he did not even hesitate a moment.

After that, I explained the detailed process of the plan to Jong-Ri-Kwon.

Some time passed like that.

└[Emperor Divine Right]

: Then let’s invite that punk now.

└[Cheongun]

: Yes, sir. And once Dharma comes in, I will no longer be able to participate in the conversation, so you must memorize what I have said.

Because my existence must not be known to Dharma.

In that sense, I could say that I shouldn’t have been in this chat room in the first place. However, it was okay as long as I didn’t write anything in the chat room.

Regarding this, Taesang Laojun said:

– It’s okay to enter another chatroom. Your life will be cut off, so it won’t be known whether you participated in the chatroom or not.

So when I first entered the Taoist chatroom, the Taoist immortals did not notice my presence.

This is also the reason why the gods wouldn’t even know whether I was alive or dead if I didn’t contact them.

Even the Supreme Being did not notice my presence, so it would have been the same even if ‘Dharma’ or ‘Sakyamuni’ had come.

As long as I didn’t suddenly start writing things down, there was no problem watching their conversation.

└[Emperor Divine Right]

: Don’t worry. I have it firmly in my mind.

I took my fingers off the table in response to Jongli Kwon’s reply.

And after a little while, a new phrase suddenly appeared on the scroll.

[Bodhidharma has entered the chatroom.]

Shaolin is the leader of the nine great clans that rule the world.

It was the appearance of the Shaolin sect’s founder, ‘Master Bodhidharma’.