Invitation to the Chatroom of the Gods - Chapter 66



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Episode 66 – Error Merit

Errors and invisible conversion merits.

The reason these errors occur is because there is a ‘maximum’ amount of merit that can be converted.

And that maximum was not a set number, but rather an ‘expected number’ by the Supreme Emperor.

The reason I was able to confirm the ‘Hwansan Merit’ through the scroll was because Taesang Laojun created this function.

However, there was a price to pay for this, namely that the merits of the Supreme Emperor were consumed in creating this function.

Therefore, the Supreme Lord set the maximum conversion value to ‘this much should be okay’, and last time, the maximum value was ‘999 days’.

Now that conversion is possible up to the month, I was thinking that 999 months might be the maximum conversion amount.

But I couldn’t be sure of this.

That would be the case, because this maximum is not a specific value, but rather an estimate made by the Supreme Lord, thinking, “This should be fine.”

And the Supreme Lord said that this time, the maximum conversion would ‘never’ be reached.

This means that.

“Is it really 9,999 months······?”

To be exact, there was a possibility that it could be 9,999 months.

And it wasn’t a low possibility, as the number of lives I saved at Yongbongjihoe was ‘tens of thousands’.

It wasn’t just tens of thousands of people, but the majority of them were from the five great sects including Gupaebang and those called ‘late indexes’ from numerous sects spread across the world.

That alone is no small merit, and he even defeated the leader of the Demonic Cult, Akjihak.

“Is that true······?”

There was a very good chance that it would be 9,999 months.

There was a high possibility that my merit was 9,999 months.

Furthermore, since the maximum conversion value was ‘exceeded’ and an ‘error’ was occurring, there was a high possibility that it would exceed 9,999 months.

“Oh, crazy···!!!!”

How could anyone not call me crazy!

Suddenly, my heart started pounding so hard that I felt like it was going to explode.

“······Calm down, okay?”

I barely managed to calm my excited heart.

Nothing was certain yet. It was just speculation and expectations.

After asking and confirming with the Supreme Lord directly, I felt like my heart was full of gratitude and it was not too late.

“It seems like the old man isn’t in his seat right now···.”

I don’t know where he went, but it seemed like Taesangnogun left the chatroom for a while.

“When will you arrive?”

I went back to the Taoist temple.

* * *

Seven Dragons and Three Peaks Association.

It is a gathering where seven dragons and three phoenixes play, and it is a place of harmony where none other than the ‘Hugijisu’ of Gupaebang gather to share friendship with each other.

Now that the Yongbong branch meeting is over, the atmosphere would normally be friendly and harmonious, but today was different.

There was only silence.

Right then.

“It’s already been over a month since the Yongbong branch meeting was suspended.”

The shaman’s later index, Yang Jong-cheon, raised a topic.

As a shaman who is called one of the two great mountain ranges of Gupaebang, Yang Jong-cheon also took on the role of the head of Chilryongsambonghoe.

As Yang Jong-cheon said, the Yongbong branch meeting was suspended.

In that situation, it was ridiculous to continue the Yongbong branch, and the convention hall was in chaos, so it was impossible to continue the convention.

It was natural that the Yongbong branch meeting was suspended, but it had already been over a month.

“Isn’t this how the Yongbong branch ends?”

Yang Jong-cheon asked the Chilryongsambonghoe for their opinion on him.

The Yongbongjihoe was a competition hosted by the Murim Alliance, but the Murim Alliance was an organization formed as a ‘union’ of political factions. If the best of the political factions, Gupa Ibang, strongly insisted on something, it could never be ignored.

Of course, the Yongbong branch, which has a history of hundreds of years, has had many incidents and accidents.

However, there has never been a case where there was no winner in the Yongbong branch.

There have been cases where an unheard of expert has emerged and won the Yongbongjihoe, but there has never been a case where there was no winner at all.

This is truly an unprecedented situation.

It is possible that the Yongbong branch will be discontinued like this, and it should not happen······.

“······.”

“······.”

“······.”

But no one answered.

No one agreed with Yang Jong-cheon’s opinion.

“What, what does that mean?”

The latter index of the common wave, Seong Woon-yeop’s words.

“That’s right. Even if we hold the Yongbong Branch meeting again, there’s no particular meaning to it…”

“The leap month has already passed anyway···.”

Next were the words of Song Gwi-kwang, the head of the Jeomchang branch and Jong-nam.

The other reviewers didn’t say much, but their opinions didn’t differ much from theirs.

What would be the point of holding the Yongbong branch meeting again now?

Didn’t you see it clearly with your own two eyes?

The one ‘peak’ that stands above countless geniuses.

Moreover, I didn’t only see the Chilryongsambonghoe gathered here.

Tens of thousands of people. Tens of thousands of people witnessed the scene. Although the winner had not been officially decided, the winner was effectively already decided.

“First of all, Prince Cheongun… no, even Great Swordsman Hwalong has not yet awakened.”

The latter index of the volcano wave, Maemulyeong’s words.

The shaman Yang Jong-cheon refuted him.

“Anyway, I was disqualified for breaking the rules.”

That wasn’t a wrong statement.

Since Cheongun had been disqualified for violating the Yongbong branch’s rules, there was no major problem with the Yongbong branch proceeding without Cheongun.

“So what does that mean······?”

But what does that mean?

Even if you win a competition where you have no luck, will people acknowledge it?

Even if we let Cheongun participate, would he be able to defeat him?

It was meaningless even if Cheongun participated, and it was meaningless even if Cheongun did not participate.

But what the hell is this Yongbong branch?

“How about asking the Great Swordsman of Hwalong to awaken and conduct a friendly fight?”

If you really want to fight, it would have been right a hundred, a thousand times over to ask for a ‘friendly fight’.

That would be the case. Maemulyeong could see it clearly, having faced Cheongun in the preliminary round.

The illusion of Cheongun surpassed the illusion of Hwasan.

At the time, I tried hard to deny it with the ridiculous excuse of ‘coincidence’, but now my thoughts have changed a lot.

If you do Cheongun and Bimu, you will be able to experience that illusion again.

This means that.

“Are you saying you want to get a ‘map bee’ from him now?”

Yang Jong-cheon asked, but Mae Mu-ryeong did not answer.

“Are you talking to a fellow later index, not even an elder or a chief? As a later index of the old file room, don’t you have any pride?”

There wasn’t any.

It’s the pride of the old family, it’s a mess, it’s a plague, didn’t you see it with your own eyes!

What kind of pride is pride in the face of the eons of fire that will engulf all things?

“I, too, agree with what Confucius Maemulyeong said.”

These were the words of Jonalin, the later exponent of the Kunlun School.

“It’s nothing special, I was sitting in the waiting room when all of a sudden that person came up to me and asked me a bunch of questions.”

“What did the Great Swordsman Hwa-ryong say? What······?”

“Things like, ‘How do you train?’, ‘If you had a hard time learning martial arts?’, etc. At the time, I thought they were a bit weird, so I just ignored them······.”

Jonalin paused for a moment, as if recalling the events of that time, and then quickly opened his mouth.

“Now that I look at it, it seems like you’re trying to teach me something.”

“Huh? After listening to what you said···.”

“I think I was like that too?”

“I think so too.”

Following Kunlun, there are Jeomchang, Hwasan, Jongnam, and Gongdong.

Among the old sects, all of the Taoist sects were saying that they had the same experience.

and.

‘I think it might be okay to be a little······ awkward······.’

Jonarin thought to himself and secretly lowered his gaze.

Her slightly flushed face gave off a somewhat venomous impression, and her appearance was like that of a hedgehog that only lowers its thorns on those it trusts.

It matched well with the blue walls and boasted considerable beauty.

If you think about it, Cheong-un was about a year or two older than him, which was just right, and Cheong-un was also quite a handsome man.

Even Cheongun was second to none in terms of bravery. Whether it was his face, his personality, or his martial arts skills, no one could match him.

Even if he flirts, how can I hate him for flirting?

‘Looking at it······ It seems that Namgung Sojo of the Namgung Se family was also in love with you.’

Namgung Yerin, who was not moved by the courtship of men known as the world’s best.

Even she was so captivated by Cheongwoon that Jonarin wasn’t much different.

However, Cheongwoon didn’t seem to care about Namgung Yerin. However, he was asking Jo Narin about this and that and trying to get her to talk to him somehow······.

‘Surely you’re interested in me······?’

Jonalin’s heart pounded nervously.

That was when.

Crunch!

Yang Jong-cheon’s face suddenly became distorted and distorted.

Everyone kept their mouths shut, looking at his expression. However, the atmosphere of asking Cheongun for guidance did not change, so Yang Jong-cheon eventually couldn’t control his anger and went outside.

Yang Jong-cheon was a later shaman and was also one of the two major mountain ranges and the leader of Chilryongsambonghoe.

In the past, I would have followed him while keeping an eye on his mood······.

“If I ask the Hwalongdaehyeop for a friendly match, will he accept it···.”

“Well, well… we’re so cocky….”

It’s not like that at all now.

I wonder who the hell he was talking about.

Who on earth did you talk back to?

All he could do was regret his past mistakes of looking down on and ignoring Cheongun as a remote dragon.

“I was quite arrogant during the preliminary round, so I wonder if you’ll forgive me···.”

“How about getting down on your knees and begging for mercy first?”

I was just filled with regret over why it happened.

All that kept coming out of my mouth were sighs.

“Or, instead of doing this, how about preparing a gift?”

“A gift······you mean?”

“Wouldn’t it be more sincere than just an apology in words?”

“Well, that may be true. And in fact, if it weren’t for Un-gong-ja… I mean, if it weren’t for Hwa-ryong-dae-hyeop, we would all have died.”

As the saying goes, if there had been no Cheongun, the later indexes here would not have been able to survive.

Furthermore, tens of thousands of people who were watching the Yongbongjihoe could not guarantee their lives, so they all received the grace of Cheongun’s ‘lifesaving grace’.

“Isn’t it natural to ‘repay’ your benefactor?”

“surely······.”

“Actually, there is an elixir that the elders secretly gave me… but it’s not enough. I think I’ll have to contact the sect.”

“I too must contact the sect right now and bring back all the elixirs.”

The reviewers of the old file room gathered together and began to discuss the elixir for Cheongun and what else they would like.

And there were those who looked at that sight with extremely envious eyes······.

Shaolin’s Tak Bo-hwi and Ami’s Ak Liu-hyang.

Im Ho-bang of Gaebong and Gwachoa of Haenam.

“Uh, let’s also…”

“Oh, how could it not work···?”

“Mr. Ha, this guy is so open-minded, he has no money or connections.”

“Our Haenam is always neglected···.”

Today, they were just upset about their sect.

* * *

A Taoist temple that I entered with an excited heart.

“······He’s not here.”

But it seemed like Taesang No-gun hadn’t returned yet. I let out a small sigh as my heart began to cool down.

That was when.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: Hmm? Why is the chatroom so quiet?

At that moment, I was able to see the words of Taesang Laojun floating in my mind.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: I thought you’d be making a big fuss about the youngest disappearing······.

As the Grand Prince in the portrait clicked his tongue, his aged voice sounded like an auditory hallucination.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: But······Why is Nangrang crying so sadly? Is it because of the youngest?

└[Emperor Divine Right]

: Senior Noh. You came at a good time.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: What happened?

└[Emperor Divine Right]

: It’s not something else, but I think you need to create a fleet that can restore the youngest’s innate energy.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: A fleet that will restore the youngest’s innate energy? What are you talking about all of a sudden?

└[Emperor Divine Right]

: Well, the youngest one used his innate ability again.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: ······What? You’re using the innate ability again? You’re going to, just-! Hmm? But how did you know that?

└[Emperor Divine Right]

: What are you talking about?

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: The youngest one used his innate ability again.

└[Emperor Divine Right]

: How would you know? I knew because the youngest told me.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: The youngest told you? Does that mean the youngest is back?

└[Emperor Divine Right]

: Yes. I think he was out of the office for a moment······.

└[Cheongun]

: I’m here, senior.

As soon as I said this, the expression on Taesang Nogun’s face in the portrait changed.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: Was what Kwon just said true? That he really used the Innate True Energy again?

He was truly an angry tiger, and he was furious that I had used the Innate Energy again without even asking why I had not contacted him for so long.

└[Cheongun]

: That······ is right.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: Huh···!!

A sigh-filled phrase from Taesang Laojun.

However, in it, there was not only sighs, but also a lot of ‘rebuke’ directed at me.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: Hey you! Do you think that your innate energy is like an insurance policy that you use whenever you’re in danger? Do you really want to die?!

As expected, Taesang No-gun’s shouting continued.

└[Cheongun]

: sorry······.

All I could say was that I was sorry.

Of course, it was true that it was an unavoidable situation.

So, it’s not like I had nothing to say, but I couldn’t make any excuses in front of Taesang Nogun.

That would be the case, since the Supreme Lord has provided and is providing me with some help to save my life.

But I used my innate talent as if it were insurance and ended up lying down, so I couldn’t say anything but sorry.

I don’t know about other people.

The gods of this temple were fully qualified to reprimand and scold me.

└[Nine Heavenly Wise Women]

: Please save the youngest··· Please save the youngest······.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: First of all······ It is important to quickly recover the consumed innate energy. Since the vessel was already broken last time, you cannot leave the innate energy empty for too long. It is too late even now.

Taesang No-jun thought for a moment and then recalled the words.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: Last time, I said that I had 61 years of merit, but it won’t be enough, so I’ll build a fleet for you as soon as possible.

└[Cheongun]

: I was going to tell you this already, but my current merit is not equivalent to 61 years.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: Hmm? Didn’t you say 61 years a couple months ago? That wasn’t enough to obtain the sword to learn the Cheon-dun Sword Technique, so you said you would teach it to children in the secular world.

└[Cheongun]

: Yes.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: By any chance, did you receive any merit from these kids?

└[Cheongun]

: That’s not it, actually······.

Only then did I explain the situation to Taesang Laojun.

The story that was short if it was short and long if it was long has come to an end.

└[Cheongun]

: So, my conversion merit is not visible at the moment.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: ·········What the heck?

The words of the frozen Taesang Laojun floated up above the scroll.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: What that means is······.

└[Cheongun]

: I think it might be that an ‘error’ occurred because the maximum conversion value was exceeded, just like last time.

Then, the conversation suddenly became quiet.

Gucheonhyeonnyeo, who had been crying sadly, suddenly stopped crying.

Yeo Dong-bin, who was on the verge of fainting, was blinking his eyes.

Jong-Ri-Kwon looked like, ‘What the…?’ and the other Gae-Pak-In-Josa-Sasang-Issue-s were not much different from him.

It seemed like they only heard about my previous situation and didn’t know that the conversion was wrong.

The party who created the merit of conversion.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: ·········Somehow.

I thought the words of Taesang Laojun came to mind right away.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: ············Why did the Primordial Heavenly Lord suddenly call me?

Taesang Nogun’s Eoi and Eocheoguni joined hands and ascended to the heavens.