〈Episode 573〉 To Hanam.
I came out of the cave and walked through the forest.
I don’t know what time it was, but judging by the position of the moon, it seemed to be the middle of dawn.
“Should we rest here?”
It was something I blurted out after walking for a while.
He didn’t answer. He just stopped and waved his hands on the floor.
Hwaruk-!
Sparks burst from his fingertips, igniting the fallen pieces of wood.
Then, he dragged the pieces around and gathered them into the empty space.
That completes the bonfire.
The darkness brightened slightly. I sat around it and spent some time there.
There was a rabbit running around, so I caught it and roasted it while waiting.
Knock knock! Knock knock!
I thought as I watched the rabbit slowly ripening.
‘I’ll get there within seven days.’
At this rate, it should take about that much time to get to Hanam.
If it were normal, I would have moved while reducing my sleep.
It would have arrived within three days at the latest, but that wasn’t possible right now.
‘I’m telling you, my physical condition is terrible.’
I had to move while taking care of my body as much as possible.
‘If only I had some brains… tsk.’
If he had been there, he would have arrived in one day, let alone three days.
Unfortunately, I couldn’t use that one either.
That guy was sent to Ji-seon right now. Since things have come to this, it’s time to run on foot.
In some ways, it could actually be a good thing, since I had to take it slow while also taking care of my internal injuries.
When I think of that, a smile comes to my face without me knowing.
‘I can’t believe my body is like this after doing that once.’
Even though I intentionally overused it without any adjustments, seeing my body end up like this after using it once made me think a lot.
There was a long way to go.
It shouldn’t have been this messy.
‘But that doesn’t mean I can control it,’
If you use it stronger than now, you will use it.
This is not something that can be adjusted lightly here.
So then… what’s left?
‘I need to grow up.’
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It gets stronger here so that it’s okay to use it like that.
‘I think it’ll be okay once I finish that.’
I thought that if I could properly use what I wanted to create, it would be somewhat resolved.
Of course, better than those two… .
‘Climbing the realm.’
It was about breaking through the barriers and reaching a higher level.
The problem is.
‘Is that as easy as it sounds?’
It was a realm that he could not reach even with his overwhelming power in his previous life.
Transcendence.
It’s a place you can’t get to by betting alone.
It cannot be overcome with trivial enlightenment.
You can’t even try to contain it in a shabby vessel.
I must master martial arts and perfect my mind to make it completely mine.
The Buddha said that if one wishes to see the transcendent realm, that is the condition.
What this means is.
‘That means it’s far away.’
It sounded like a long way off to me.
After all, most of the unmanned ones die before reaching the final stage.
If you lack talent, you won’t even be able to reach the peak.
‘They say that even if you count all the menstrual cycles, you won’t reach thirty.’
Among the countless unmanned people, he was the only one who reached there.
It was absurd to aim for that place now that I was twenty years old.
Even though I know this fact clearly.
‘I have to do it anyway.’
But I had to do it eventually.
Kwak.
I clenched my fist.
It comes to mind at the same time.
‘Where have we come to now?’
I spent three years trying to regain my strength from my past life.
In doing so, he did not fill it only with his inner strength, but added other things as he went along with the defeat.
So how far have we come?
If we look at this objectively.
‘Eight. A little less than that.’
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Even if you receive all the luck, you still can’t sell it.
It’s funny.
And I was afraid.
‘That must mean that the effectiveness of the Magic Heavenly Absorption is that great.’
A power that lifted me, who had been wrapped in gloomy emotions rather than enlightenment, to the brink of transcendence.
It was like saying that you can easily build up strength by utilizing the Magic Heavenly Absorption.
but.
‘I don’t need that kind of empty power.’
I know that I will never get what I want.
Slow and steady. That’s what I need right now.
‘… on the contrary.’
I’ve been in this fucking situation where I have to change my slow pace and build it up quickly.
‘I have to do something.’
What on earth should I do?
I was still in a situation where I had to keep worrying.
Around the time when I succeeded in completing the shell of the Hwarinseong.
When Paejon saw this, he said:
[At least you’ve set foot. Now fill it in.]
Now that you’ve successfully built your image, it’s time to fill in the incomplete parts.
This also meant completing the unknown realm of imagination.
‘If you do that, you said you’d tell me about the typo.’
That was such a ridiculous statement.
It was said that the Tuapacheonmu was made up of a total of seven types of food.
Now I have finished the four meals and I have to move on to the five meals.
The condition is that the realm of imagination must be completed.
What kind of horrible condition is this?
‘So then, does that mean that the final step must be to reach the transcendent realm?’
I was scared because I somehow felt like it would really happen.
If it was a defeat, it really would have been like that.
That’s what Tuapacheonmu told me.
Achieving artificial metamorphosis.
Forcing one’s feet into the realm of nothingness.
Build a deep mind and see a new world.
Now, I was going further and building up my image.
As the name suggests, it is a two-way battle.
‘The power to transcend humanity and shatter the heavens.’
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I began to understand the meaning of the Tuapacheonmu that Pajeon had explained.
That old man… .
‘Are you really thinking of becoming a god?’
I don’t think this is a joke.
They say he’s crazy about martial arts. That’s exactly right.
How crazy do you have to be to come up with something like this?
‘You made something like this and still lost to Cheonma?’
Even though he created the strange martial art called the Toua Pacheonmu, he was defeated by the Heavenly Demon?
When you see this.
If Paejon hadn’t had a body that was ruined by the Banrohwandong, I think the state of the world would have been a little different.
Now it was just a useless worry.
‘At a time when you would be raising such foolish hopes.’
I had to think about what I should do next.
“ha….”
He let out a deep sigh and reached out his hand.
It was the moment when I was about to eat some fully cooked meat to fill my stomach.
at that time.
“Where do you plan on going now?”
Seongyul, who had not said a word the whole time he was moving, spoke to me.
I pulled out the meat and looked at the guy.
“I told you.”
I’m going to Hanam.
I clearly said so.
“Is that what you are saying?”
“I have to go right away.”
There’s no benefit in delaying.
If you want to take care of things in between, you can do it, but for now, going right now is the best option.
‘Because there’s work to do in Hanam.’
I had to arrive early and do the work.
“Why are you asking? What’s the main point?”
That’s what I asked Seongyul.
If you were asking because you were curious about the destination, then that might be the case.
I knew that Seongyul’s question wasn’t just like that.
It must have been prepared with rice as a base.
Clearly, it seemed like there was more to ask me.
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As expected.
When I started talking with a question, Seongyul brought up the main topic as if he had been waiting for it.
“… The Master said he would tell me how to use me.”
“That’s right.”
That’s what the shaman said to Seongyul.
“I still don’t understand that.”
“hmm.”
“I also don’t understand what you are trying to do.”
I thought I explained it enough, but Seongyul still didn’t seem to understand.
or not.
You may not want to understand.
“Three months later. You said you would attack Hanam.”
“that’s right.”
That’s why we’re going from now on.
“You’re going to attack Hanam… . Does that mean… you’re going to attack the Murim Alliance?”
I didn’t really answer this.
Because it was something that didn’t need to be answered.
Attacking Hanam was no different from attacking the Murim Alliance.
When I expressed my agreement with silence, Seongyul’s eyes wavered slightly.
“…Why is that?”
That’s why.
I was slightly troubled by Seongyul’s question.
If I were to list out the reasons, there would be countless.
The simpler the answer to this question, the better.
“Because it’s worth breaking.”
“…!”
“There are plenty of reasons to destroy it, but it seems there is no one to destroy it. That’s what I’m going to do.”
Do you need any other reason besides that?
I just wanted to break it. I wanted to break it, so I broke it.
“…”
Seongyul doesn’t show any reaction after hearing the answer.
He just looked at me with shaking eyes.
I chuckled as I looked at it.
“Why don’t you want to do it now?”
He said he would do whatever was necessary, even if it meant killing people.
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Are you hesitating now?
“That’s not it….”
“If you don’t like it, tell me. If you want, I’ll send it to you.”
I can send it to you if you want.
Of course, that didn’t mean I would send you wherever you wanted.
The current rate seems fine though.
He was a swordsman in his previous life. Of course, he can’t be sent away like that.
I keep it next to me because I think it might be able to suppress the Thousand-Sal-Seong with its words.
If you think he’s hesitating now.
‘Either I turn you into a mine or I kill you right now.’
I will clean it up without hesitation.
but.
‘Because being shaken isn’t a bad thing.’
I don’t know why the guy is shaking.
If you are reluctant to kill or are hesitant to attack the center of the sect, Maeng.
That in itself wouldn’t be bad.
Rather, the more problematic are the crazy people who listen to what is said and live happily and speculate.
hani.
‘Should I give you some excuse?’
Rather than dealing with the rate, I thought I’d give it some legitimacy.
“You mean.”
“…yes.”
“They say you can see through someone’s lies. Does that apply to me too?”
This is what Seongyul told me at the shaman’s office.
It means that you can sense when the other person is lying.
The question was whether that would work for me as well. When Seongyul heard this, he paused for a moment and looked at me.
The pupils are shaking.
Why are you doing that? I was watching quietly with a question in my mind, and then Seongyul spoke to me.
“… Well… I don’t know.”
“hmm?”
I had to tilt my head after hearing that.
You don’t know?
After hearing Seongyul’s words, I thought about it for a moment.
‘Is it because I haven’t lied to him yet?’
Come to think of it, I don’t think I’ve ever lied to Seongyul before.
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So that’s why. Or maybe.
‘Is there something?’
I don’t know, but it didn’t matter.
Because it was something that could be checked out.
‘Well, I guess that’s the excuse I was going to give you.’
This was the perfect time to confirm what I was going to say anyway.
I looked at Seongyul right away and said.
“Then, can you please check whether what I am saying is a lie or not?”
“what….”
“You know what? Cheonghae Ilgeom is dead.”
Saaaa.
When the topic of the Cheonghae Ilgeom is brought up, Seongyul’s mood changes abruptly.
Color seeps into the eyes and the air becomes tingly.
My words seemed to have aroused his animosity.
But it didn’t stop.
He continued talking to the guy with a slight smile.
“That’s because of the Murim Alliance.”
Saaaaaaaah-!
As soon as he blurted it out, a dark energy began to come out of Seongyul’s body. Looking at this, I asked.
“What do you think? Does this sound like a lie?”
“… Now… What are you saying… .”
Seongyul’s yellow eyes are gradually darkening. Should we leave it like this for a little longer?
I think I’ve been holding it in well since our first meeting, but I wonder what would happen if I let it go.
also.
‘To see how far I can put them to sleep with verbs.’
It also happened to be a place with few people.
Even though I had suffered internal injuries, I thought that much would be okay.
With that intention, at that moment, I was watching Sungyul’s murderous intent rising at a rapid pace.
Sarak.
“…?”
Suddenly I felt something behind my back.
“What do you mean? Explain it to me right now….”
“Shut up.”
“…!”
Seongyul’s fighting spirit, which had been growing in size, collapses in an instant.
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“Ugh…!”
The form broke and the recoil engulfed the rate.
At this, Seongyul’s body shook.
When Seongyul is shaken by an unexpected reaction.
I too had to frown at the pain I felt in my heart.
Just like Seongyul, this was also a reaction that brought out the verb.
The damage was greater because they used hastily what should have been prepared and spit out.
But there was nothing I could do.
‘what?’
I caught something in my gut. It’s subtle, but there’s definitely something there.
Here’s the problem.
The feeling was that it was very close.
It’s not even ten steps away.
Even though it was that close, what does it mean that I only felt its presence now?
It must mean that the opponent’s level is quite high.
‘This is difficult.’
He said that he was injured and his vitality wasn’t working properly. Even taking that into account, his opponent’s level was high.
‘Who are you?’
Who on earth could it be?
Who could it be that came so quietly?
‘Are you a shaman?’
It’s probably not a shaman. It seems so given the circumstances.
‘Then, is it open?’
That’s most likely.
They say that Ubongchuigae put a ban on it. It is possible that he may have attached a person to it.
but….
‘If it was really open, I don’t think you would have checked me out this closely.’
If you watch from afar, you’ll see that it didn’t come close to do something like this.
It means we’ve come this close.
‘They say that I came through the Nahi that was spinning far away.’
Somewhere in this forest, Nahi must be watching right now.
I didn’t feel like I was being treated badly.
What this means is that the opponent has come this far by penetrating her aura.
Woohoo-!
It lifted the energy in my body.
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I felt a faint pain in my heart, but I ignored it.
What kind of guy is he?
I had to find out.
Whoaah.
The moment when the feeling begins to spread widely and move quickly.
yes-!
“what…?’
As the feeling spread, a presence was felt at the same time.
This is it.
‘Behind your back?’
It’s right behind your back.
As soon as I felt that, I gathered energy in my hands and turned around.
Immediately after, without hesitation, I tried to set off the fireworks.
“king-!”
“…!”
As soon as I turned my back, someone raised their hand and made a cute sound.
When I saw this, my eyes widened.
The first thing you see is his small body, his shiny hands, and his light green hair.
The woman was looking at me with wide eyes.
The shining pupils within those large eyes were unique.
I had to just stare at it blankly.
Because he was a completely unexpected person.
As I was looking at her with an expression I couldn’t read, this time the woman tilted her head in return.
“Aren’t you surprised?”
“…her.”
I couldn’t help but let out a sigh of relief at the words that seemed to express regret.
“I prepared hard, but… . Ugh… .”
The woman who appeared through my eyes was someone I knew well.
After a brief silence, I spoke to her first.
“… It’s been a while.”
The woman laughed at those words.
It was still a bright and kind smile.
“Yes, I missed you very much, Your Majesty.”
A late night with the moon rising.
A wild sugar fever appeared before me.
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And that too, very suddenly.
