Invitation to the Chatroom of the Gods - Chapter 9



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Episode 9 – Build up virtue (3)

···The village was in chaos.

Although it was late in the evening, the townspeople were just starting to get active at the night market.

It really was a snap for the news about what had just happened at the night market to spread like wildfire.

As a result, our entire village was turned upside down.

“Hey guys. Did you hear what happened at the night market just now?”

“Huh? What happened at the night market?”

Rumors, once they spread, have the property of gaining life.

Also, rumors that come to life grow and inflate at will.

For example, a rumor that a man named Gap farted on the street often changes in the next town to a rumor that he defecated on the street.

The rumor that a man named Eul has a horn often spreads in the back village, saying that he is on the verge of death.

Small needle, big stick.

The rumor is that an amazing miracle occurs where something the size of a needle turns into a club.

The rumor that came to life in this way spread uncontrollably and traveled a thousand miles.

“Well, you know the monster script? That’s the black sword that conquered the evil eye.”

“Okay then!”

“That group of black magicians from the Gosungmun came and caused chaos!”

“Oh my! How come no one got hurt?”

“This gentleman is really impatient. Keep listening. I wonder if Master Cheongun is….”

“Cheongun Sabeom? Are you talking about the young man from Seonmu-gwan?”

“Yeah! The Cheongun Master flies through the air like a gait and subdues him in one go!”

So, rumors are not something to be trusted in the first place.

But when that happens, there’s smoke coming out of the chimney.

If you follow the smoke, you will definitely find traces of fire.

“Oh my god, is that true?!”

“Is that really what the lucky bachelor said?”

“Oh my! These gentlemen have been fooled! I saw with my own eyes Master Cheongun subdue the Black Swordsman!”

It was true that the rumor had some basis in truth.

“I heard that the black swordsman that Master Cheongun subdued was a first-class master!”

“First-class expert!”

“Then is that bachelor also a first-class expert?!”

“What is a first-class expert? He is a top expert!”

···Literally, only ‘to some extent’.

* * *

“Tsk tsk, my shoulder blade is completely misaligned.”

An elderly man looked at me and clicked his tongue.

Grandfather Jin-Hyeon Park, our town’s doctor.

This person, who will be turning 70 next year, was the oldest person in our village.

“What’s more, the bone started to heal after being dislocated? This can’t happen, right?”

My grandfather tilted his head with a strange expression.

I was speechless.

‘I knew that the spirit energy of the Youngbo Pilbeop would improve my recovery power.’

The wisdom of the Youngbo Pil method was not limited to internal energy.

It was not for nothing that it was the best and ultimate secret method of training in the Immortal Way.

Of course, the achievement was still low, so the body was not cured right away.

But it had extraordinary resilience.

Thus, the shoulder blade was dislocated when hit by Yuk Yun-yeon’s axe handle.

The bones fused together without being properly aligned.

“This won’t do. I’ll break your bones again and put them back together, so bite down hard and endure it.”

Grandfather Park Jin-hyeon grabbed my shoulder tightly.

And before I could even prepare myself, he twisted my shoulder.

Wood crack!

“Kkaaa!”

A scream escaped me in excruciating pain as my bones twisted.

The pain of my bones literally breaking was beyond measure.

No, but how could someone who will be seventy next year be able to break my shoulder in one breath?

“Since you’ve broken it again, it’ll take more time to stick together. It’ll take about two weeks, so stay still until then. If you move around and it gets worse, you know it won’t end like this.”

Grandfather Park Jin-hyeon gave a firm warning.

But on the other hand, he also showed an expression of admiration.

“More than that, subduing the Black Swordsman of the Goeseongmun is not an easy task···.”

As expected, my grandfather also knew that I had subdued Yuk Yun-yeon.

It was strange that they didn’t know about it since the whole town was in chaos.

“They say blood is thicker than water, and it looks like you were born with a natural bone structure, having copied your ancestors.”

My grandfather said with a look of assurance on his face.

I had nothing to say, so I just smiled awkwardly.

“But still, take care of your body. Even if you were born with no bones, if you treat it carelessly like this, you’ll most likely end up with bones.”

Grandfather Park Jin-hyeon spoke with a look of mixed reproach and concern.

I bowed my head deeply with a solemn heart.

“Thank you for treating me.”

Then he took out the money he had prepared in advance from his bosom and put it down.

I had saved the money to buy food at the night market to check out the commotion, but I had no idea it would end up being used for medical expenses.

“Then I will go now.”

“Okay. Don’t forget not to overdo it for a while!”

After hearing the last words of Grandfather Park Jin-Hyeon, I set off.

Of course, I couldn’t put his words into practice.

I had to start practicing the teachings of the immortals starting tomorrow.

“I hurt my shoulder blade, but···.”

But since I got it right, I thought things would be okay when I woke up.

If it was the wisdom of the Youngbo Pil method, it would have been completely restored.

“Will it be okay?”

···Maybe so.

I moved my body very carefully, fearing that my shoulder blade might fall off again.

It was a dark night, but the lights from the night market made the road ahead bright.

“Come to think of it, you said that you made it so that the Supreme Lord could confirm my virtues.”

Suddenly, Taesang Laojun’s last words flashed through my mind.

“···Shall we take a look?”

If I hadn’t thought of it, I wouldn’t have known.

I stopped for a moment, took out the folding screen from my bosom, and unfolded it.

“Let’s see… Ah, is this it?”

It was not difficult to find what Taesang No-gun had said.

The far right corner of the folding screen.

Because there was something written clearly that I had never seen before.

[Conversion of Merit] – 32 days (+2 days)

“Conversion merit?”

···It seemed like he was talking about my merit level.

I guess that’s what it means.

“Are you showing me the accumulated merits by converting them into remaining lifespan?”

Simply put, it tells you how much you can live with your current merits.

If you think about the meaning of ‘conversion’ and nothing else, it certainly seemed like that.

“But didn’t you say you only had one month left to live?”

Taesang Laojun said that it was definitely so.

It cannot be a lie, since it was said by none other than the Great Prince.

But now, two days had passed.

“It may not have been exactly a month, but…”

But +2 days written next to the conversion merit date.

It seemed like my life had been extended.

“Is it because of what just happened?”

The incident where Yuk Yun-yeon and the man who was threatening Ji-ae were subdued.

It seemed as if that work had been converted into merit and extended my life.

“They say that if you do good deeds, merit will accumulate.”

I guess that’s what it meant.

Looking at it this way, I was able to understand it intuitively.

“Two days···.”

It was something I risked my life for.

No, actually, that’s not true either.

I really risked my life and almost died.

It means that in order to extend my life, I have to do things that are worth risking my life.

then······.

“What on earth has my father been doing?”

I just extended my life by two days with my previous good deed.

But my father extended my life by 20 years.

I even went against the will of heaven and destiny that was trying to destroy me.

What kind of good deeds and virtues must one have done to make that possible?

And why did you use such merit for me and not for yourself?

Without realizing it, my heart became heavy.

That’s why I made up my mind stronger than before.

My fate was obtained by trading my father’s life and death.

And now I have to extend my life myself.

“I have to get stronger.”

There is nothing wrong with what Taesang Nogun said.

It takes strength to accumulate virtue.

Didn’t my father always say that a weak knight is just a guest and incompetent?

Of course, the current me is a third-rate person who is not even a human being.

But now it’s different.

No, it will be different.

Fighting Yuk Yun-yeon gave me more confidence.

Any remaining doubts were completely erased.

The gods of Damsobang are real, and if I follow their teachings, I will no longer be a third-rate warrior.

“Let’s prepare for training tomorrow.”

I put the folding chair back into my arms.

And, being careful not to let my shoulders, which I had worked so hard to keep, fall off, I headed towards the missionary office.

The missionary arrived like that.

But, a familiar woman was loitering in front of the missionary’s gate.

“···Isn’t it Ji-ae?”

Ji-ae almost got into trouble at the night market today.

“What is happening here?”

When I approached and asked, Ji-ae flinched and trembled in surprise.

Then, Ji-ae noticed me carefully shaking my shoulder and asked with a very worried expression on her face.

“Are you feeling okay?”

“It’s okay. I’m on my way back from visiting Grandpa Park Jin-hyun right now. He said there’s nothing seriously wrong and that I’ll be fine by tomorrow.”

It was a lie, but there was no need to tell Ji-ae the truth.

“Really? Haa, I’m so glad.”

Then Ji-ae cleared her throat.

Ji-ae’s face, which had been full of worry, looked much more relaxed.

“But what’s going on at the missionary office?”

“Ah, that’s… I, I was going to give you this.”

Ji-ae took out something she had hidden behind her back with an extremely embarrassed expression on her face.

A delicious looking sirutteok.

It felt warm, as if it had just been made.

I was at a loss as to what to do because I ended up using the money I had spent on food to pay for medical expenses.

“Thank you, Ji-ae. I’ll eat well.”

“No! I really appreciate your help today.”

Ji-ae smiled shyly and thanked me.

I also smiled and put the sirutteok in my bosom.

“If you want to try something else, come to the mill anytime.”

For a moment, Ji-ae’s eyes opened wide in surprise.

As I stared at her wondering why, Ji-ae didn’t know what to do and started waving her hands wildly.

“Ah, no! That’s something else… T, rice cakes! Since the night market is opening today, we’re making a variety of rice cakes…!”

Then Ji-ae’s face turns red.

Even in the dark night, Ji-ae’s flushed face was clearly visible.

“No, I don’t know!!”

Ji-ae covered her face and ran away.

Ji-ae turned the corner and disappeared from sight in an instant.

“······Why is it like that?”

I suddenly wondered why he was doing that.

* * *

Early in the morning before daybreak.

It was still very early, and the day was still far from beginning.

Flap flap flap! Flap flap!

My eyes shot open at the sudden noise.

…Someone is messing around in the room.

For a moment, my heart felt cold. Cold sweat ran down my back and waist.

What happened at the night market yesterday flashes through my mind.

The two thugs I subdued were members of a black gang called Goeseongmun.

A criminal organization that does not hesitate to use violence for their own interests and profits in the back alley world.

I crippled a member of that criminal organization.

It means that it is not at all strange for them to take revenge on me.

Of course, they were the ones who were at fault first.

But right and wrong don’t matter to those black guys.

What can you possibly expect from a group of vicious men who stab you in the stomach with a knife?

I jumped up from my seat, tension building up.

I quickly opened the window and let the moonlight into the room.

In this way, the identity of the person who was searching the room could be confirmed.

Flap flap! Flap flap!

“A folding chair···?”

···was a folding chair.

In the room bathed in moonlight, a bizarre sight unfolded, with the folding screens running wild.

Flap flap flap! Flap flap!

I think it might be fresh live fish that came out on land.

To that extent, the folding screen was flying all over the room.

“······.”

It was really absurd.

But on the other hand, I breathed a sigh of relief.

It wasn’t a retaliation from the Black Crow group.

I chased after the flying squirrel and caught it.

But what about strength?

“Why are you so strong···!”

There was really no joke.

No matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t subdue the stool.

Instead, I was caught by the rampaging stool and dragged around.

Even if you caught an angry bull, it wouldn’t be like this.

Running here and there.

He was dragging me around and making a mess of the room.

And right then.

Foodie!

A hawk flew out the open window and subdued the stray bird.

The eagle’s claws caught the eagle’s footman and he was captured without being able to move.

Only then did I have time to take a breath.

“Oh, thank you… Eungseon.”

···As expected, Eungseon was Eungseon.

Eungseon was this falcon’s name.

In fact, I gave a lot of thought to Eungseon’s request to live in the missionary office.

I don’t know for sure, but it seemed like Eungseon was a falcon living in the celestial world.

It means that there is a master in the heavenly world, so you can’t just take someone else’s horse and ride it, right?

But there was no sign of anything there.

I swear I’m not being sarcastic.

Seeing that Eungseon also wanted to live here, it seemed like it didn’t have an owner.

But it seems like I can’t go back to the celestial world.

To put it simply, there is nowhere for Eungseon to go.

···I couldn’t bring myself to throw it out.

Isn’t it the benefactor who brought me the folding chair? No, it’s the eagle who gave me grace.

How can I throw it away?

So I applied to the missionary office.

The name Eungseon (鷹仙) is a name I gave myself.

Hawk. Immortal.

To put it simply, it means every freshness.

It had a grand name, but it wasn’t like that.

Just look at the way he subdued that tough guy yesterday.

Even if we bring in a first-class expert, wouldn’t it be no use to Eungseon?

In that sense, I think I would lose if I fought Eungseon.

By the way, that is a hawk immortal. What is a hawk immortal?

That’s probably why Eungseon also liked the name Eungseon.

Click.

Eungseon looked at me and nodded.

Then, it started pecking at the folding chair it was holding with its beak.

It seemed like he was telling me to take this quickly.

Eungseon, who instantly subdued the bull-like creature.

···I think I’ll lose if I fight Eungseon.

I put my hand on the footstool that was caught in Eungseon’s claws.

The boy was completely subdued by Eungseon and remained silent.

But why is there a gloomy look on the person sitting on the steps?

Eungseon was holding the folding screen as if he was almost tearing it apart.

Yet the folding screen did not tear or break.

It was in perfect condition as it was when I first got it.

“I guess it’s not made of ordinary paper.”

Eungseon’s claws were not claws but more like daggers.

However, seeing that it is still intact means that this folding chair is not affected by most types of attacks.

That is, there seemed to be no need to worry about the folding table being torn or damaged even if handled roughly.

As I held the folding chair, I felt Eungseon slightly relax his strength.

Thanks to this, I was able to easily remove the scroll and examine its contents.

└[Nine Heavenly Wise Women]

: Youngest!! Youngest!!!

@청운 @청운 @청운 @청운

As soon as I opened the scroll, what I saw was the writing of Gucheonhyeonnyeo.

To be exact, we can say that they are ‘phrases’.

└[Nine Heavenly Wise Women]

: The hour of the rabbit will soon begin!!! What are you going to do if you just spread out and sleep!!!

@청운 @청운 @청운 @청운 @청운

└[Nine Heavenly Wise Women]

: Get up, get up! You have to train!!!

@청운 @청운 @청운 @청운 @청운 @청운

I can’t even count how many messages I’ve sent.

Every part of the scroll was filled with the words of the Nine Heavenly Women calling out to me.

“So that’s why.”

···I could immediately understand why the swindler was acting so crazy.