Invitation to the Chatroom of the Gods - Chapter 67



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Episode 67 – The Inspector General (1)

The military officer of the Murim Alliance, Zhuge Liangbao, was sitting in his seat, racking his brain.

A terrible incident that almost happened at none other than Yongbongjihoe.

The instigator of the incident and the leader of the Demonic Cult, Akjihak.

This meant that the Demonic Cult was still alive and well.

“The devil’s cult, the devil’s cult······.”

It was clear that the Murim Alliance would inevitably come into conflict with the Demonic Cult.

As a soldier of the Murim Alliance, Jegal Yangbaek spent days racking his brain trying to come up with countermeasures for a clash with the Demonic Cult.

If only it were that fortunate······. No, if only it were that incredibly fortunate.

The later indices of the Jeongpa were safe. Those who could be called the future of the martial arts world were all safe.

If Akjihak’s plan had succeeded······.

“That’s terrible.”

Countermeasures and all, the Murim Alliance would have been swallowed up by the Demonic Cult.

And even 50 years ago, it was a Demonic Cult that could only be dealt with by the alliance of the ‘Imperial Family and the Martial Arts Alliance’. If the Martial Arts Alliance had collapsed, the Imperial Family would have been helpless.

Cheongun did not simply save the lives of ‘tens of thousands’ of people in the Yongbong branch.

however.

“Hmm···.”

Is that really true?

In fact, Zhuge Liangbao could not shake off his doubts and suspicions.

Of course, I knew it was true. There were tens of thousands of witnesses, and their testimonies were all the same, so I knew better than anyone that it could never be false.

“Ughh …

But I still couldn’t believe it.

Zhuge Liangbao was a member of the Zhuge family, who rose to the ranks of the Five Great Families, specializing in the ‘Gimun Formation Style’.

That is why he had a thorough knowledge of formations and formation styles, and he knew better than anyone else what kind of blood formation the Blood Demon Heavenly Ra Formation used by Akjihak was.

The greatest bloodline in the Demonic Cult, which turns an entire region into a demonic realm by sacrificing the blood of thousands of people.

Even the best of the ten best martial artists cannot be free from the Blood Demon Heavenly Blade.

I can confirm this.

However, it is said that Cheongun was not only free from the Blood Demon Heavenly Rajin, but also received all of its terrible demonic energy.

“Euuuumh···.”

How can one easily believe that fact?

It was impossible even if he had learned some lofty mental method. It is said that he even performed ridiculous martial arts after that.

Of course, in return, Cheong-un was currently on the verge of death, but Zhuge Liangbao still, still couldn’t believe it.

It was at that time that Zhuge Liangbao was racking his brain over various issues.

Kugugugugugugugugugugugu······!!!

Suddenly, the building shook and Zhuge Liangbao’s body tilted.

The books on the bookshelf fell over in a violent shaking that felt like an earthquake.

The pictures hanging on the wall seemed to fall down, and the ink on the table spilled out, turning the floor black.

“Sir! It’s dangerous!”

“Get out of here quickly!”

The martial artists of the Murim Alliance rushed in and escorted Zhuge Liangbao. Zhuge Liangbao quickly went out of the building under the escort of the martial artists.

Let’s come out······.

There has never been a riot like this.

The earthquake was not limited to the building where Jegal Yangbaek was located, but it was safe to say that almost the entire Murim Alliance was shaking.

Fortunately, there were no unfortunate incidents such as the building collapsing. However, everyone was trying to calm their minds from the shock caused by the sudden situation.

And in the distance, a creepy aura stretches out.

The energy that spread out in all directions seemed to shake the entire space, but when I looked, it seemed like it wasn’t an earthquake, but rather that the entire martial arts world was shaken by that energy.

however.

“what···?”

Does that make sense?

Is it true that the entire martial arts alliance is shaken by a little energy?

Zhuge Liangbao’s gaze turned to the center where the energy was emanating.

“That place······.”

It was none other than the place where Uiwangdang (the Hall of the King of Medicine) was located.

The Uiwangdang (醫王堂) was a place to check on the health of those belonging to the Murim Alliance and to treat those injured during missions.

In other words, it could be called the ‘treatment center’ of the Murim Alliance, but its level could never be considered a treatment center.

Zhuge Liangbao could be proud that his medical skills were comparable to those of the Yakwangdang (藥王堂) of the Sichuan Tangmun, which was renowned throughout the world for its medical skills.

That would be the case, as the Murim Alliance was a ‘union’ organization of various factions. The Murim Alliance was a place where the powers and schools of various factions gathered together.

Just as Jegal Yang-baek, a member of the Jegal family, was a military officer of the Murim Alliance, there were also some doctors from the Sacheondangmun stationed in the Uiwangdang.

In any case, it was the best in the Murim Alliance and a famous doctor’s office in the world, and ‘Cheongwoon’ was currently receiving treatment there.

“What, what the heck is this···!”

Zhuge Liangbao was startled and jumped up.

Cheongun was currently unconscious.

I didn’t know when I would wake up, and I couldn’t guarantee that I would be able to wake up.

In fact, it wasn’t like this when Cheongun was first brought in.

At first, Cheong-un’s condition was truly dire, but the doctors of the Royal Medical Association simply said, ‘There is nothing we can do about it.’

However, the leader of the group gave strict orders to save him by any means necessary, and even though they poured out all the medicinal herbs they could, it was still difficult to save Cheongwoon.

At that time, everyone just shook their heads and didn’t know what to do.

Suddenly, a hawk flew into Uiwangdang.

Suddenly, I wondered what the falcon was, and there was a letter firmly hanging on its leg.

Looking at it, it seemed to be a Jeon Seo-eung (a type of calligraphy hawk).

Usually, carrier pigeons were used, but in any case, when I checked the letter, I found that it described in detail a treatment method that could cure Cheongun.

And how mysterious and wonderful it was.

The lawmakers from the Uiwang Party looked shocked and dumbfounded, and especially the lawmakers from the Sacheon Party were truly astonished.

I don’t know where or who sent it, but I was able to somehow save Cheongwoon with the treatment that Mae brought.

It was a very fortunate situation for the Murim Alliance.

But not in another place.

The devil’s cult.

From the perspective of the Demonic Cult, Cheongun was someone who absolutely had to be killed. Since even the leader of the Demonic Cult had been defeated by Cheongun, he was no different from a mortal enemy, so they could send an assassin.

Naturally, the area around Cheongun was guarded like an iron wall by martial artists belonging to the Murim Alliance.

Furthermore, the falcons guarding Cheongun were stronger than most warriors, so there was no need to worry about Cheongun’s safety, thought Zhuge Liangbao.

But this terrible atmosphere is coming out of Uiwangdang right now.

Zhuge Liangbai’s face turned pale.

“Assemble the warriors of the Guardians and the Heavenly Army immediately!!!”

The warriors of the Guardians and the Heavenly Army Corps, the elite forces of the Murim Alliance.

It was at that time that Zhuge Liangbao shouted urgently.

“There’s no need for that.”

Suddenly, an old voice came into Zhuge Liangbao’s ears.

When I turned my head to look, the first thing I noticed was the white hair and wrinkled skin.

But it is a powerful presence that never gives the impression of being old.

“Your Majesty!”

The leader of the martial arts world, Deung Gwang-hyeok.

He, one of the ten best masters in the world and the number one leader of the Martial Arts Alliance, slowly walked towards the warriors of the Martial Arts Alliance, including Zhuge Liangbao.

“Retreat all the warriors of the Murim Alliance. Including the warriors guarding the Uiwangdang.”

“Yes? Ha, but···!”

“It’s not like it’s a raid. It’s just a ‘lucky streak’.”

Deung Gwang-hyeok’s words continued.

Zhuge Liangbao could not easily understand those words.

That is because the Un-gi-haeng-gong refers to the process of circulating the ‘qi’ accumulated in the body through each ‘qi and blood vessel’ according to the ‘sim-beop’ learned.

Of course, this wouldn’t be possible just by using the Un-gi Haeng-gong. So, it wouldn’t be possible to shake the entire Murim Alliance like an earthquake.

As long as the scale and degree of one’s internal energy does not far exceed the human level.

But where in the world can such a being be found?

“Don’t let anyone approach the Uiwangdang. They might get swept up in that energy and suffer internal injuries.”

Zhuge Liangbao couldn’t believe it easily, but the expression and face of Deng Guanghyeok that he saw were definitely not that of someone joking.

Instead, cold sweat was forming on Deung Gwang-hyeok’s forehead.

His face was distorted for reasons other than wrinkles.

‘Even the leader······ can’t hold out easily?’

Even Deng Gwang-hyeok, one of the ten best martial artists in the world and the pinnacle of the martial arts world?

Zhuge Liangbao swallowed hard. Then, his gaze naturally turned to the Uiwang Hall.

Kugugugugugugugugugugugu······!!!

‘What on earth is going on in there······?’

Zhuge Liangbao couldn’t even imagine it.

* * *

The Shinryongdan (神靈丹), a fleet that restores the consumed innate energy.

A sage elixir that will help to repair the cracks in the vessel of the innate energy, a sage elixir that will continue to exist and preserve the source of energy.

I was able to take the two elixirs that Taesang Laojun made for me, and I was able to instantly recover my consumed innate energy while also enjoying the effect of ‘increasing my internal energy.’

Fifteenth Gapja (gapja).

To be exact, 1,000 years’ worth of internal energy was currently stored entirely in my danjeon.

Moreover, since it was a fleet that only had the effect of restoring my innate energy and had no growth effect, I could once again feel the difference in the ‘level’ and ‘dimension’ of the Taesang Laojun.

Perhaps······ Now, it seemed that no one could keep up with me in terms of internal energy.

Even among the absolute masters known as the Ten Best in the World, there is virtually no one who possesses internal energy that reaches fifteen years of Gapja.

Should there be one person?

It would have been only the ‘Martial Arts Grand Prince’ armed with the royal wealth and treasures.

Of course, having a lot of internal energy doesn’t necessarily make you a master, but it was clear that having a lot of internal energy was a shortcut to becoming a master.

So, I wanted to buy the elixir of growth, but if I did, the entire building would have been blown away.

You can’t just blow up a building that you don’t even know where it is.

Since the urgent matter was the innate ability, the growth effect was postponed until later.

In any case, the price of the Shinryongdan and Soksaengbowondan was by no means cheap, requiring 150 and 100 years of merit respectively.

It was the price paid for consuming the innate energy twice.

So the total merit I have consumed is 250 years.

A truly enormous amount of merit was consumed.

By doing so, I can properly confirm the merit of conversion that caused the error, but the merit that I currently have is······.

[Conversion Merit] – 7,023 months and 3 days

A merit of over 7,000 months.

Converted into years, there was a remaining merit of 585 years. As I expected, the maximum conversion value set by the Supreme Lord was 9,999 months.

Maybe that’s why.

“······crazy.”

If I had to describe my feelings right now in one word, it would be this.

I had expected that the merit of defeating the leader of the Demonic Cult and saving tens of thousands of people would be considerable.

I was skeptical because it included the followers of numerous sects, including the Gupailbang, which is not just tens of thousands of people.

But really······ I was half-doubtful that it would be this much.

In fact, it is said that even the highest god of Taoism, the famous Wonsicheonjon (元始天尊), was informed of this incident.

It goes without saying that it was such a big event that it was not for nothing that merits of over 9,999 months could be accumulated.

└[Emperor Divine Right]

: But Senior Noh, what do you mean when you say that the Primordial Heavenly Lord called you?

As expected, the chatroom was also abuzz with the story.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: They say that a fate that goes against the grain was born in this world.

Yeokcheon (逆天), meaning going against the will of heaven.

At first glance, it seemed to refer to Akjihak, the leader of the Demonic Cult, but······.

└[Emperor Divine Right]

: Are you talking about the youngest?

It was not difficult to see that it meant none other than me, the Heavenly Body.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: At first, I also wondered what was going on, but now that I’ve heard the youngest’s story, it seems to be true. In any case, regarding this, our Samcheong (三淸) and the Seven Past Buddhas (過去七佛) and other supreme gods have decided to gather together for a meeting······.

The Three Pure Ones (三淸) refer to the highest immortals of Taoism: Primordial Heavenly Lord, Heavenly Lord Youngbo, and Supreme Laojun.

The Seven Buddhas of the Past (過去七佛) refer to the seven Buddhas including Sakyamuni, and to put it simply, they can be considered the highest Buddhas of Buddhism.

In other words, the gathering of the Three Pure Ones and the Seven Buddhas of the Past could be said to mean the gathering of all the supreme gods of the immortal world, including Taoism and Buddhism.

└[Emperor Divine Right]

: Senior No. What does that mean······?

└[Nine Heavenly Wise Women]

: The youngest’s existence······is known to the celestial world?

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: It was an awl in the pocket anyway. I couldn’t hide the youngest, who was a body with legs like those of heaven, forever.

The dagger in the bag.

It was bound to happen someday that my existence would become known to the celestial world. And I was originally a being that should not be alive······.

└[Sword Immortal Yeo Dong-bin]

: What the heck?! No one can touch me! Just try to touch our Cheon-dun Sword Technique! I’ll burn and cut down all the past seven fires, future seven fires, and the future!

└[Nine Heavenly Wise Women]

: My precious little youngest!! Absolutely! I can never give it to you!! I will go to the paradise garden with my youngest! I will go for a walk on a moonlit night holding my youngest’s hand! I will go to the Western Paradise garden with my youngest and have a cozy lantern festival together!!!

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: There’s no need to make such a fuss. It was going to happen anyway, it just happened sooner than expected.

└[Emperor Divine Right]

: So, do you have a plan?

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: I knew this day would come, so I prepared for it. So, youngest, you don’t have to worry at all. However, for the time being, please stay warm and refrain from doing anything. And don’t even think about using your innate energy. Do you understand?

└[Cheongun]

: I will keep that in mind.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: You guys, come see me for a moment.

After hearing the words of the Supreme Master, the Taoist conversation quickly became quiet.

“······.”

I folded my bookshelf for a moment and fell into thought.

A fate against the odds.

It didn’t mean very well.

Suddenly, the conversation with Akjihak flashed through my mind.

I began to doubt whether the path of chivalry that I wanted to walk, which denied the evil of evil studies and the chivalry of my father, was truly the ‘right’ path.

A body with limbs from heaven.

My very existence was an act against the will of heaven. My very existence is against heaven, and my destiny is against heaven.

The thoughts continued to follow one after another.

“······Hey, I don’t know.”

But he quickly shook his head.

As you said, it wasn’t something you could know by thinking deeply.

One thing was certain: even if I had a fate that went against the grain, or even if the path of chivalry I was walking was wrong, I could not accept the devil’s methods and the devil’s cult’s methods.

If the devil of evil studies is truly the will of heaven, then I will gladly go against the will of heaven.

I shook my head violently to shake the thoughts off.

Still, I slowly got up because the thoughts kept coming to me.

It has been said since ancient times that the body conquers the head.

As you train your mind, some kind of debris is bound to accumulate in your mind.

If you have a lot of gloomy thoughts and feelings in your mind, trying to overcome them with more gloomy thoughts and feelings will only make you more depressed.

If you’re feeling depressed, don’t just meditate, move your body, you piece of shit.

······ Didn’t Jong-Ri-Kwon emphasize this repeatedly?

Since my innate qi had recovered, I thought it would be a good idea to go out and swing my sword lightly.

‘Oh, right. I have to teach the kids.’

Come to think of it, in order to gain the virtues of the gods of Damsobang, I had to teach the later indices of Gupaebang.

Although he had 585 years of merit, it was not enough to purchase the divine weapon that could withstand the Cheon-Tun Sword Technique.

And what a fate against the heavens.

Seeing these words coming out of the celestial world, it was really time to learn the Cheon-dun Sword Technique.

‘But now the old man has told me not to do anything···.’

It seemed that teaching the later indexes would have to start only after the meeting of the celestial world was over. It seemed that the results would come out ‘tomorrow’ at the earliest, or ‘four days’ at the latest.

‘Until then, I guess I’ll just practice on my own.’

I slowly got up.

And right then.

-Can I come inside?

Suddenly, an unfamiliar voice was heard from outside the door.

* * *

An aged face with deep wrinkles.

It showed that he was not young, along with his gray hair that had turned white.

The youthful vigor he once possessed had long since burned out, but his dark, deep-set eyes held insight gained through the depth of his years.

His expression did not show any particular emotion, but it was restrained, and because of that, one could catch a glimpse of the spiritual depth that he seemed to have gained through many years of training.

He didn’t give much of an introduction.

Still, I knew right away who he was.

One of the ten best martial artists in the world and the number one leader of the martial arts alliance.

“I think this is my first time seeing it in person, but it feels quite familiar.”

The leader of the martial arts world, Deung Gwang-hyeok.

He walked slowly towards me.