Invitation to the Chatroom of the Gods - Chapter 6



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Episode 6 – The Heavenly Limbs

That he was born with a talent for martial arts.

It meant that he was born with a very special body.

A body born with the yin energy of the moon, a body of extreme yin limbs.

A body born with the sun’s yang energy, a body with extremely yang limbs.

The body that contains the energy of heaven, earth, and man, the three limbs.

A body in which the yin and yang energies are balanced, a yin-yang body.

A body in which the energy of the five elements is in harmony, the Taegeuk body.

Besides these, there were really many different bodies.

These are talents blessed by heaven.

Therefore, we call those who are born with this talent ‘genius’.

These geniuses go far beyond normal expectations.

Inevitably, he stands out in martial arts.

Criminals pioneer unknown areas that people would never think of and lead the times.

Among these geniuses, the outstanding ones are the ones who open the way to a new era, and they are the ones who are respected as pioneers of new sects.

As a warrior myself, I knew about this talent.

I didn’t know everything, but I knew something.

however.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: The youngest was born with a talent for long legs. Fate is truly something you never know.

Nowhere was there anything called ‘Heavenly Limbs’.

We’ve heard of the one and only genius in all of history, ‘Cheonmujiche’, over and over again.

└[Cheongun]

: I may be presumptuous, but what is the meaning of a thousand-mile journey?

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: A talent that distorts the heavens. Therefore, it is a talent that the heavens fear.

···It’s not that I didn’t understand the meaning of the words themselves.

But, could it be that I am that thousand-mile body or something?

└[Cheongun]

: Are you saying that I was born with a thousand-mile body?

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: That’s right.

Taesangnogun’s reply came to mind without hesitation.

That means I am a thousand-mile-long-distance person.

These were the words of none other than the Great Elder.

That’s why I couldn’t help but ask again.

└[Cheongun]

: When you say that he is a talent that the heavens fear, does that mean that he has outstanding talent?

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: It’s not just an outstanding talent. It’s an overwhelming talent that even the heavens fear.

“······?”

I tilted my head without realizing it.

Even though it was Taesang Laojun’s words, I couldn’t easily believe it.

“I have such overwhelming talent that even the heavens fear me?”

Doesn’t that just make no sense?

If that was the case, there is no way I wouldn’t have accumulated some internal energy during the 15 years of training.

It is impossible for him to have not learned martial arts properly because his body was weak.

I shouldn’t be teaching children in this rural village.

By now, he should have become the best in the world and be commanding the world.

└[Cheongun]

: However, I do not have overwhelming talent as the old man said.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: It’s only natural. Heaven has blocked the manifestation of your talents.

└[Cheongun]

: Are you saying that the heavens have blocked the expression of my talents?

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: Heaven is afraid of your talent and dares not do anything, so it desperately tries to prevent the manifestation of your talent. Therefore, the Heavenly Delay is not a blessing from Heaven. It is no different from a curse from Heaven.

The following explanation by Taesangnogun.

In short, the heavens are afraid of me and are trying to get rid of me in some way.

Therefore, those born with a long life are bound to have a short life.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: When I just took a quick look at you, I also took a quick look at your register.

A register of human life and death.

It seems that even such things could be confirmed by the time he reached the age of Taesangnogun.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: Youngest, your lifeline was cut off 20 years ago.

“20 years ago···.”

I am twenty-one years old now.

In other words, it was no different from saying that my lifeline was cut off as soon as I was born.

So I couldn’t help but ask again.

└[Cheongun]

: But how am I still alive?

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: It is thanks to your merits. Youngest, your merits have gone against the will of heaven.

└[Emperor Divine Right]

: What? Are you saying that the youngest had such merit that he could go against the will of heaven?

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: I also wonder about this. How could a human being in this world accumulate this much merit?

Not only Jongli Kwon, but even Taesang Laojun was unable to shake off his doubts.

A virtue that is so great that it can even defy the fate of heaven and the lifeline bestowed upon me.

Of course, I have never accumulated that much merit.

however.

“···father.”

If it was my father, it would have been possible.

When my father was young, he was an outstanding warrior known as the Flying Dragon Great Swordsman.

Since it happened before I was born, I don’t know the details of what happened then.

However, those who had received grace from Father came to the missionary office every day.

All the elixirs I have taken so far are also repayments I received from them.

My father fed it to me, not to himself.

If my father had taken those countless elixirs instead of me, I couldn’t even imagine what kind of person he would be by now.

The virtue my father built up throughout his life.

I guess that’s why I’ve been able to survive until now.

And maybe.

Wasn’t it thanks to my father’s virtue that this scroll was passed down to me?

That would be the case, as it is written in the letter that came with the scroll.

-This letter is a very special letter that is sent only to one person among those who have accumulated much virtue.

What was originally supposed to go to my father came to me.

So, the father also said maybe···.

Could it be that you died young in my stead?

“······.”

An indescribable emotion welled up in my chest.

My eyes turned red and my breathing became labored.

I could feel my father’s warmth in my heavy heart.

For me, my father···.

And because of me, my father···.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: However, that merit has now begun to run out.

Suddenly, the words of Taesang Laojun came to mind on the scroll.

I quickly suppressed my emotions and focused on what Taesang No-gun had to say.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: In the past, you could avoid trouble with the merits you had accumulated, but that won’t be the case anymore.

└[Cheongun]

: Does that mean I don’t have much time left?

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: It’s a month. After another month, you will not be able to avoid great trouble.

I wondered what kind of curse it was.

But I knew full well that wasn’t the case.

The curse is not from the Supreme Being, but from heaven.

“One month from now···.”

In short, it was a life with a limited time limit.

It was a short time, but it was so short.

So what I can do is…

···There was really nothing.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: What a strange fate…

The inscription of the Great Emperor Laojun rising above the folding screen.

It felt like a death sentence to me.

But I couldn’t give up like this.

It is the life that my father saved by sacrificing his entire life.

I can’t die like this, in vain, doing nothing.

For the sake of my father, I must grab hold of even a shred of hope and make a fuss.

If there’s one silver lining, it’s that I’ve been recognized as a newbie in this sect.

Not only can you eavesdrop on the conversations of the gods, you can also ask them for help directly.

And the gods of this temple are not ordinary gods.

In particular, Taesang Laojun is a god of the Three Heavenly Kingdoms who even the Jade Emperor dares not treat with contempt.

└[Cheongun]

: So then what should I do now? Is there no way for me to survive?

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: There is a way.

As expected, it was Taesang No-gun.

I clenched my fist and waited for Taesang Laojun to continue his words.

Then, the words of Taesang Laojun came to mind on the scroll.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: First, you must learn the Cheon-dun Sword Technique from Dong-bin.

I pondered the words of Taesang Laojun for a moment.

It’s not ‘learn’ the Cheon-dun sword technique.

It was ‘a must learn’ the Cheon-dun sword technique.

└[Cheongun]

: Is it because of the secret contained in the Cheon-dun Sword Technique?

Heavenly Sword Technique.

Here, ‘Cheon-dun’ (天遁) meant hiding oneself from the sky.

Therefore, the Cheon-dun Sword Technique could be said to be a method of hiding oneself from heaven.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: ···That’s right.

└[Emperor Divine Right]

: Wow, the youngest is definitely on the rise.

Taesang No-jun and Jong-ri-kwon showed quite surprised reactions.

Looks like my guess was correct.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: Now that your merits have begun to run out, Heaven will once again try to destroy you. If you want to survive, you must hide yourself from Heaven.

└[Cheongun]

: But, didn’t the old man say that I shouldn’t learn the Cheon-Tun Sword Technique?

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: That’s what I said because I didn’t know that you, the youngest, were a genius.

└[Cheongun]

: That means···.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: Didn’t I tell you? The talent of a thousand-mile journey is so overwhelming that even the heavens fear it.

└[Emperor Divine Right]

: That means you have more than enough talent to learn the Cheon-dun Sword Technique. Hahahahaha!

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: However, it is not so good. The extremes meet, so a talent that even the heavens fear is the same as a talent that even the heavens have abandoned.

To put it simply, it meant that I still had no talent.

Because heaven prevented the manifestation of my talents.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: That’s why it’s impossible to learn the Cheon-dun Sword Technique right now.

The Cheon-dun Sword Technique is a peerless divine skill that even the immortals of Dae-ra-cheon could not handle.

Fortunately, Cheonryeojiche was qualified to learn Cheondun Sword Technique, but it was literally nothing more than a qualification.

It was impossible in a situation where that talent was blocked by heaven.

Even though I wanted to learn the Cheon-dun Sword Technique now, I couldn’t learn it.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: So, first, you must develop your talents. However, youngest, the one month of life given to you is too short. The most urgent thing right now is to increase your lifespan.

We must buy time by going against the mandate given by heaven.

I need to buy time to develop my talents that the heavens have blocked.

There is only one way.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: You must accumulate merit.

Just like my father changed my destiny.

Now I must accumulate virtue and turn back my fate.

It’s never easy.

No, I would say it’s impossible.

Going against the fate of heaven? There’s no way you can do that.

But it’s not entirely impossible.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: A human being of a thousand-mile body has flown all the way to Damsobang. It is truly a fate that one cannot know even if one knows it···.

└[Emperor Divine Right]

: Hey, are there any destinies that even seniors can’t grasp? Hahaha! Things are really going so well!

The gods of Damsobang.

If you can get their help, it is definitely possible.

Because they were beings who went against the will of heaven and even ascended above heaven.

└[Cheongun]

: If I can accumulate virtue and extend my life and develop my talents, will I be able to survive?

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: It’s not about surviving.

The words of Taesang Laojun immediately come to mind.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: The whole world and the immortal world will know why Heaven could not help but fear you.

I was speechless for a moment before I knew it.

But I quickly came to my senses.

Because that’s definitely not the case right now.

It took quite a while for that to happen.

So I can’t guarantee that it will work.

The current me is a dullard among dullards with absolutely no talent.

Also, I have only one month left to live.

The most urgent problem right now is survival.

“They said that if you accumulate virtue, you can do it···.”

I did not know the meaning of merit.

But if you asked me to explain in detail, I had nothing to say.

That’s why I didn’t really know how to accumulate merit.

It was extremely difficult, but it was okay.

If you don’t know, you can just ask the chat room.

“I’m really glad I was recognized as a newbie.”

He let out a small sigh of relief and wrote a message on the folding screen.

└[Cheongun]

: I may be presumptuous, but what should I do to accumulate virtue?