Invitation to the Chatroom of the Gods - Chapter 55



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Episode 55 – Wrong Encounter (2)

I was also aware of the Yongbong branch.

As a martial artist myself, I couldn’t help but know about Yongbongjihoe.

‘Why?’

But still, I couldn’t help but wonder, “Why is it necessary?”

First of all, I had no idea that I would be able to participate.

I’m not sure exactly what the eligibility requirements are.

However, the Yongbongjihoe is a place where the world’s greatest ‘geniuses’ gather to compete in martial arts.

In other words, it was a competition that had nothing to do with me, who had never built up any internal energy, so I really didn’t pay any attention to it, and it was a competition that I had forgotten about and even forgot about.

Of course, things are different now than they were before, they were so different.

‘Why?’

Still, I couldn’t shake off the doubt.

Is there any reason to participate?

The Yongbongjihoe is a competition that selects the best post-graduate scholars of the time.

To put it simply, it was no different from announcing to the world, ‘I’m this good!’, but to put it simply, it was nothing more than ‘bragging.’

In other words, even if I won the Yongbong branch, it would be an ‘honor’ that would fall to me.

I would have thought about participating at least once if they offered money as a prize.

Money is a good thing, so the more you have, the more you can share it with others and exchange it for good deeds.

But what about honor?

That wasn’t the case.

No matter how much you have, you can’t give it honor, so it’s just bragging.

Does that mean that participating in the Yongbong branch meeting is helping people?

That wasn’t it either.

Is the victory of the Yongbong branch the realization of justice and righteousness?

That wasn’t it either.

Then is it an act of chivalry?

That wasn’t it either.

It’s really just bragging to let the whole world know that I’m great.

So, why bother spending time and effort to participate?

It was a lot of effort, but the time it took wasn’t easy.

‘Was the Yongbongjihoe held in the Murim Alliance?’

Then I had to go to Taiyuan in Shanxi Province.

Shanxi Province is located north of the Yangtze River and at the northernmost point of the world. Beyond it is the New World of Murim. It is quite a distance, taking at least a month just to travel back and forth from here in Jiangxi Province.

It takes a lot of time to commute, but as far as I know, the Yongbong branch is held every leap month.

Therefore, if you wanted to participate in the Yongbong branch, you had to be prepared for at least three months of travel time.

But there is no time for that.

We must continue to teach martial arts to the Jang Gang Hyeopgaekdan.

I too must learn the Cheon-dun Sword Technique now.

Learning and teaching martial arts is not something that can be done overnight, so you have to continuously learn and teach.

Every day is busy.

Since I couldn’t afford to be away for three months, I had no reason to attend the Yongbong branch meeting.

“I’m sorry that Lady Namgung looked into it for me separately. I have no intention of joining the Yongbong branch.”

At this, Namgung Yerin looked extremely embarrassed.

“Why, why, why, why?!?!?”

It seemed like he didn’t understand why I was avoiding the Yongbong branch, so I tried to explain it in detail, but he just blurted out that he was ‘not interested.’

“You’re not interested…? To me… at all….”

Namgung Yerin lowered her head with a look of despair on her face. Dang So-hyang came up next to her and patted her shoulder.

“Miss Yerin, you’ve come a long way, so don’t just leave. Stay for a few days and then leave.”

And then Dang So-hyang sent me a pitiful look…

“Is that okay······?”

It seemed as if he was asking for permission just this once.

Well, there were more than enough rooms to accommodate the missionary, so adding Namgung Yerin wouldn’t make a difference.

Namgung Yerin and Dang Sohyang.

Even though they weren’t close friends, it seemed like they hadn’t seen each other in a long time, so it seemed like they wanted to share a reunion.

“As long as Lady Namgung is okay with it, I don’t mind.”

Dang So-hyang smiled brightly at my answer and said to Namgung Ye-rin.

“I’ll go in a few days. If not, just for one day. Today is the night market day, so let’s go eat something delicious together.”

Dang So-hyang grabbed Namgung Ye-rin’s arm and led her out of the missionary office.

The place where the two left.

Eungseon suddenly flew in and sat down quietly in the empty seats of the two women.

And then all of a sudden, the gaze that was glaring at me······.

Click.

It seemed as if he wanted to live in the missionary office for a long time, not just for a few days.

* * *

After Dang So-hyang and Namgung Ye-rin left, only silence fell over the missionary office.

Since Eungseon had also gone out hunting, I was the only one left at the missionary office.

Being alone in this large missionary office made me feel a bit eerie.

But the anticipation was greater than the desolation, and it was because of the merits of Hwansan that he had accumulated while teaching martial arts to the Jang Gang Hyeopgaekdan.

I took out the folding screen and checked the accumulated merit of the converted mountain.

and.

[Conversion of Merit] – 733 months 9 days (+732 months 27 days)

“······crazy.”

I blurted out this sound on my own.

A whopping 21,969 days.

Converted into years, he had accumulated enormous merits equivalent to a whopping ’61 years’.

“crazy······.”

How could anyone not call me crazy!

Certainly, for a martial artist, the value of martial arts was greater than money, and more merit had been accumulated than when the gold and silver treasures were given as a reward.

“T, if it goes like this···”

It was a merit that was enough to buy one more Taewondan.

The crazy internal energy of the 50-year cycle.

And now all the previously blocked blood vessels have been opened.

With this, the talent of the Thousand-Li-Zhi-Chi was fully blossomed.

Even though the fifty gapja was crazy, this time, I will be able to obtain internal energy of at least ten gapja.

but.

“C, let’s calm down···.”

I tried to calm my pounding heart.

It was true that the more internal energy you had, the better. However, just having a lot of internal energy wasn’t necessarily a good thing.

Just as you don’t become a peerless master just by learning peerless ‘martial arts’, you don’t become a peerless master just by accumulating peak ‘internal energy’.

No matter how strong your inherent power is, if you can’t handle it properly, it’s useless.

On the contrary, internal energy that cannot be handled will only cause one to fall into a state of obsession with magic, leading to madness or ruining one’s body.

Too much is as bad as too little.

Too much is worse than not enough.

In other words, my vessel called the Thousand-Liar Body can contain the internal energy of the great ocean, but the water bowl that carries the internal energy is small.

“Have I been too indifferent to the practice of the Youngbo Pilbeop······.”

During that time, I felt like I was more enthusiastic about practicing martial arts, namely, Taeeul Seon Moo Geom.

Firstly, it was because I was greedy for the Cheon-dun Sword Technique, and secondly, honestly, I never expected that I would build up my internal energy this ‘quickly’ and this ‘much’.

Who would have guessed that before the end of this year, I would have accumulated 500 years of internal energy?

I’m talking about someone who hasn’t built up any internal energy in the past 20 years.

And the Yeongbo Pil method is composed of Inseon Gong (human immortal work), Jiseon Gong (earth immortal work), and Cheonseon Gong (heavenly immortal work).

Among these, my level was one step above the lowest level of ‘Inseon Gong Junggyeong’.

“I think I need to enter the realm of human immortals or earth immortals.”

Even if I increased my internal energy right now, I wouldn’t be able to utilize it.

But that was only the case right now, and it would be the case soon.

Since the talent of the Thousand-Li Legion had blossomed, raising the level of the Yeongbo Pilbeop was all that was needed, and the 61 years of merit would not have gone anywhere.

But, one thing.

“···I heard the weather was bad.”

Cloud Dragon Sword.

A new soldier who was given as a reward by Ju Gwan-cheon and as a gift from the emperor.

When he took the sword out of its scabbard on his waist, he saw that there were teeth missing here and there.

At first I thought it was because of the fight with Jo Gye-ak, but I soon found out the real reason.

The fire of eons that burned all things, the Cheon-dun Sword Technique.

“It seems like I can’t withstand the Cheon-dun Sword Technique···.”

The Cheon-dun Sword Technique was something crazy that couldn’t be considered a martial art.

However, since it was a ‘sword technique’, it was something that was cast with a sword, and even the Cloud Dragon Sword, known as a new weapon, could not handle it.

Because it was the Cloud Dragon Sword, the ‘blade’ could only be damaged to a limited extent.

But the fact remains that I couldn’t hold out in the end······.

“It looks like it’s going to break any minute.”

Although it could be used immediately after repairing, it was now time to start learning the Cheon-dun Sword Technique in earnest.

It is a self-evident fact that learning the Cheon-dun sword technique will eventually lead to failure.

I felt like I needed to get a new sword.

And Taesang Laojun was the highest authority not only in the fleet but also in the production of treasures.

“This time, I need to get a piece of jewelry.”

It is a divine sword that can withstand the power of the Cheon-dun Sword Technique.

“How much merit can there be?”

I unfolded the scroll again and wrote the words straight into the Taoist writing room.

and.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: ············Shit.

This time, it was Taesang No-gun who went from being ridiculous to outrageous.

* * *

Following the Taesangnogun, the immortals of Damsobang also appeared one after another and went out.

But this is already the third time, so I guess I’m starting to get used to it.

Fortunately, the gods of Damsobang quickly returned to normal.

└[Emperor Divine Right]

: Damn it… Now I’m the one who thinks ‘If you’re the youngest, you can do that’ and I’m the one who’s damned.

└[Auxiliary Emperor Wang Zhongyang]

: Next time I get a call from the youngest, I wonder if it’ll be because he’s on the ship…

└[Nine Heavenly Wise Women]

: Ahh! Then, you can see the youngest in person in the heavenly world? You can hold hands with the youngest and go for a walk, go flower viewing! You can even mix swords?! Girl, this is so, so great!!!

└[Hyeonhyeonja (玄玄子) Jang Sambong]

: Of course I know that’s not possible…

└[Purple House Immortal Gwangseongja]

: I really hate myself for thinking that…

└[Gwangyeongja (廣零子) abuse]

: I’m dizzy…! The youngest is dizzy…! Is this the true meaning of the illusion…?!!! Is the youngest’s illusion making even me dizzy!!!

······I haven’t come to my senses yet.

And Yeo Dong-bin wakes up from fainting.

└[Sword Immortal Yeo Dong-bin]

: Let’s learn the Cheon-dun sword technique! Let’s learn the Cheon-dun sword technique! Let’s learn the Cheon-dun sword technique! The Cheon-dun sword technique!!

Yeo Dong-bin was just not in his right mind.

Yeo Dong-bin’s face, which appeared in the portrait, was flushed with excitement, and he looked like a crazy person because he couldn’t teach the Cheon-dun sword technique.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: Hmm, the sword can’t hold up… I overlooked that part.

Then, the words of Taesang Laojun came to mind.

It seems that he only thought of the ‘qualifications’ for the Cheon-dun Sword Technique and focused only on developing the talents of the Cheon-ryeo-ji-che.

└[Sword Immortal Yeo Dong-bin]

: Let’s learn the Cheon-dun sword technique right now!

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: No worldly sword can withstand the power of the Cheon-dun Sword Technique. But it is not even close to 60 years of merit to create a jewel for me.

The treasure and the fleet seemed to have slightly different values.

And is it because the Taesang Laojun’s treasure boasts unrivaled performance even in the celestial world?

From what I’ve heard, it seems like it would take at least 1,000 years.

The highest level of jewel required a level of merit called ‘Geng-Gala (矜?羅)’ that I had never heard of before, but I had no idea how much it would be.

Of course, there were some decent-sized 50-year-old treasures like the Taewondan.

And it was clear that it was only an ‘appropriate level’ by the standards of the Taesangnogun, but it was a worldly and insane treasure by my standards.

But this time, it was not my standards, but the ‘Cheon-dun Sword Technique’ that had to be used as the standard.

In other words, since both of them were out of their minds, they couldn’t withstand the Cheon-dun Sword Technique with a moderate amount of jewels, and this time they couldn’t buy ‘moderately’.

It seemed that even the Taesang Laojun’s treasure could not easily handle the Cheon-dun Sword Technique, which showed how crazy the Cheon-dun Sword Technique was.

In any case, it would be impossible to beat him to death to reap 1,000 years of merit.

└[Sword Immortal Yeo Dong-bin]

: Let’s quickly learn the Cheon-dun sword technique!

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: If it’s that guy Gu Ya-ja’s divine sword, then maybe it’s possible…

Guyaja (district sapphire).

If the Gu Yaja I know is correct, he was the ‘progenitor’ of blacksmiths and was revered as a ‘god’ among blacksmiths.

And, as the progenitor of blacksmiths, it can be said that all the skills and knowledge that are called metallurgy today originated from Guyaja.

He created a series of ‘new weapons’ as if he was stamping them out, and the representative five new weapons were Damro, Geogwol, Seungsa, Eojang, and Sungu.

He was also famous for creating three divine instruments called Longyuan, Gongbu, and Taia. It is said that Xiang Yu was able to obtain these three divine instruments and become the overlord of Chu.

If it’s a sword made by Guyaja himself, it should be able to handle the power of the Cheon-dun Sword Technique.

And since he was an expert in making long weapons and a god of smelting, it seemed like he could make it cheaper than the Taesang Laojun’s treasure.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: Even that is not enough with 60 years of merit···.

However, compared to the Taesang Laojun’s treasure, it was cheap, but it was just as expensive.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: Youngest, I guess I need to accumulate more virtues.

└[Sword Immortal Yeo Dong-bin]

: Let’s learn the Cheon-dun sword technique in a hurry!

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: Hey you crazy bastard, can you shut up!

└[Sword Immortal Yeo Dong-bin]

: Let’s learn the Cheon-dun sword technique!

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: Didn’t you hear the story just now? Aren’t you in a situation where you want to learn but can’t?

└[Sword Immortal Yeo Dong-bin]

: Cheon-dun sword technique? Let’s learn it? Cheon-dun sword technique?? Let’s learn it?

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: Hey, someone knock that kid out again.

└[Emperor Divine Right]

: Who knocked out that sword-crazy guy?

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: Aren’t you still a teacher?

└[Emperor Divine Right]

: You see, Master, last time you turned the Daracheon upside down, that kid’s eyes widened, and didn’t you know that it was turned upside down and there was no Master or anything? And now, look at it.

└[Sword Immortal Yeo Dong-bin]

: Master, let’s learn the Cheon-dun sword technique too!

└[Emperor Divine Right]

: That kid, his eyes widened at the thought of teaching the youngest the Cheon-dun sword technique.

└[Sword Immortal Yeo Dong-bin]

: Let’s learn the Cheon-dun sword technique!

└[Emperor Divine Right]

: I don’t know, so Senior Noh, take care of it.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: ······These are tiger-like bastards.

After those words, the conversation became quiet for a moment.

It seemed as if the Grand Prince was personally putting Yeo Dong-bin to sleep.

It is obvious that even Yeo Dong-bin is no match for Taesang No-jun······.

“It looks like it’s taking quite some time.”

Still, Yeo Dong-bin was Yeo Dong-bin.

* * *

A landscape with the sunset slowly fading away.

The red light was scattering in all directions, signaling the end of the day, but in our town where the night market was taking place, the day was just beginning.

The bustling atmosphere of a town.

Eungseon, who had just returned from hunting, was sitting next to me, nodding off, as if he was suffering from drowsiness.

Dang So-hyang and Namgung Ye-rin hadn’t returned yet, but they seemed to be busy looking around the night market and chatting with each other.

“I think it’s been roughly sorted out.”

I took out my folding chair again and went into the study room.

But the chatroom is still quiet.

└[Cheongun]

: Has the old man not arrived yet?

└[Emperor Divine Right]

: Dongbin is beating up a kid right now. This guy, he must have gone crazy thinking about teaching you the Cheon-dun sword technique. He’s a monster.

It seems that it is not as easy to put Yeo Dong-bin to sleep as expected.

Anyway, there was another reason why even the proper treasures of the Supreme Elder could not handle the Heavenly Sword Technique.

└[Emperor Divine Right]

: Huh? Wait a minute. That thing in Senior Noh’s hand isn’t a Taegeukgi.

The suddenly cut off text of Jongri Kwon.

It seemed as if he had finished writing the text and had run out in a hurry to stop Taesang No-gun.

It seems that Taesang No-Jun, who couldn’t stand to watch anymore, took out the Taegeukdo. The Taegeukdo is the strongest treasure that ignores compatibility and can annihilate the target.

However, the only one who took care of Yeo Dong-bin as his disciple was Jong Li-kwon.

└[Nine Heavenly Wise Women]

: But, youngest, youngest. How did you accumulate such merit?

After that, the words of Gucheonhyeonnyeo came to mind.

The beautiful Nine Heavenly Women in the portrait, with both eyes wide open, somehow became more beautiful as time went by.

But I knew what was hidden behind that beauty.

“···It’s fortunate that Lady Dang and Lady Namgung aren’t here.”

I forgot about it for a moment, and I almost got into big trouble.

And anyway, it seems like it will take more time for Taesangnogun to arrive.

└[Cheongun]

: That’s it, Sister.

I explained in detail to Gucheonhyeonnyeo the process of teaching martial arts to the Jang Ganghyeopdan.

That moment.

└[Auxiliary Emperor Wang Zhongyang]

: Huh, huh?

Suddenly, Wang Zhongyang started to panic.

Not only Wang Jung-yang, but also other Gaepa investigators, suddenly began to think of words and began to whisper and converse with each other.

And soon after, Wang Zhongyang carefully recalled the words while watching me.

└[Auxiliary Emperor Wang Zhongyang]

: Ugh, ugh. Youngest, can I ask you a favor?

└[Cheongun]

: Of course. Feel free to talk to me anytime.

└[Auxiliary Emperor Wang Zhongyang]

: If nothing else, if possible. Youngest, could you teach our children some······teachings?

└[Cheongun]

: ······yes?

Suddenly I wondered what this was.

Wang Jungyang, the founder of Jeonjinism and the immortal who can be said to be the originator of all Taoist sects today.

For Wang Zhongyang, ‘our children’ meant all Taoist sects.

That is, it refers to all the schools of the Old School sect except Shaolin, Amipa, and Gaepo······.

└[Hyeonhyeonja (玄玄子) Jang Sambong]

: I would like to pass on the enlightenment I gained just before my ascension to the shaman’s children…

└[Gwangyeongja (廣零子) abuse]

: I’m worried that our Hwasan kids will get beaten up by Jongnam’s kids…

└[Purple House Immortal Gwangseongja]

: The communists don’t seem like the old ones······.

Following Wang Jung-yang, the writings of the Kaipa Investigators are rising one by one.

“······ah.”

I could finally understand the situation.

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

Each of them was a sage who had ascended the sect a long time ago and left the secular world as a Jeonjinkyo, Mudang, Hwasan, and Gongdong sect.

But that doesn’t mean he was completely cut off from the secular world.

I wonder if my young disciples are doing well, if they are being beaten up somewhere, and what the future holds for the sect.

Since there is no way to know in the celestial world, I am worried about this and that.

And I could be said to be a direct disciple of the Gaepa Investigators.

Although I was the youngest in this group, I was far and away the senior to the ‘elders’ of the old group.

└[Auxiliary Emperor Wang Zhongyang]

: Youngest, I heard you taught martial arts to others… If possible, I hope you could teach our children some too.

I could understand Wang Zhongyang’s request.

But unfortunately, the old file room was not something that could be taught.

Who would teach whom when the old guard already rules the world?

They would ignore the teachings of a country bumpkin like me and would not even meet with me, so teaching them was difficult, if not impossible.

But then something flashed into my head.

Yongbong Branch.

This is where all the review indices of Gupaebang gather.

Here, I could teach the later indices of each sect under the pretext of ‘Bimoo’.

And if you look at the amount of merit accumulated by teaching martial arts to the Jang Gang Hyeopgaekdan······.

That alone will accumulate enormous merit.

however.

└[Auxiliary Emperor Wang Zhongyang]

: Oh, of course I’m not just asking for something. Youngest, I know you’re very busy right now, so it’s not right to take up your time.

Honestly, it would have been okay to just ask.

Who on earth would ask you to do something like that in exchange for payment?

The reason I am alive and able to grow like this now is because the gods of Damsobang have helped me both materially and spiritually.

Even if it was an ‘order’ rather than a ‘request’, I was willing to comply.

However, the Gaepa investigators, including Wang Jungyang, did not seem to think so.

└[Auxiliary Emperor Wang Zhongyang]

: We have merits that we have worked hard to accumulate in the celestial world. Originally, I could not give it to you, nor should I give it to you······.

Merit of the celestial world.

It is a different unit from the merits accumulated in the secular world.

└[Auxiliary Emperor Wang Zhongyang]

: If I use this favor as an excuse, how can I get away with it and give it to you without being caught? If I give it to you, how can I··· not······?

Worries and thoughts.

Is there any reason to fall down and do something like that?

└[Cheongun]

: I will teach you very thoroughly.