Constituent contract - Chapter 782
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Episode 782: I have to choose the highest level
After experiencing Chungdo, Yongjin decided to go to a place where he could monopolize the energy to increase his strength.
Although it was already the Ten Heavens of the Innate Realm, there was still the Three Heavens of the Damage Realm. Blood and Hwang Gun-mo, who had already reached the summit of the Innate Realm, would have touched the barrier. Otherwise, their energy would not have been that strong.
They could enter the half-step damage at any time. Not only that, Yongjin felt that the Heavenly Way department in the body of the third-rank Heavenly Master, Hwang Gunmo and Hyeolyu, began to suppress him.
It wasn’t a huge amount, but it definitely felt like pressure and affected his ability to exert his full power. In a match between masters, even a single error can determine success or failure, so Yongjin felt a sense of crisis.
The old chief said that the tests here would greatly help in improving one’s skills. He said that the rewards here would vary depending on the difficulty of the test. It didn’t matter anyway, since most of the rewards were not goods but directly improved skills.
“Right here.”
Yongjin went to the marked spot. There was nothing unusual about it. There was only a stone on the ground.
The stone looked like an ordinary stone lying on the roadside, but it was a Jeongsongjeom.
Yongjin took out the jade bottle that the old chief had given him and dropped the liquid on the stone. The stone instantly absorbed the mysterious liquid like a sponge.
As the ground shook slightly, Yongjin felt his vision distort. When he looked again, he was already in a wide underground hall.
The stone is the axis of the transmission line that transports people from the surface to the underground, and was designed by the Sojok to guard the test site.
The underground was pitch-black, but fortunately, the innate power of the strong man had good eyesight. When combined with his spiritual intelligence, he didn’t have much trouble seeing ahead.
Yongjin, who was looking around, was able to find that the main hall was completely preserved. The pedestal, pillars, stone steps, and even the flower patterns on the main hall were perfectly preserved.
Long ago, many strong men were depicted here waiting in line to enter the examination room. The strong men of the So tribe would have been busy guarding the line.
But now this place had become a land of death, and there was no one there.
As I walked forward about ten li along the main road of Daecheong, my vision suddenly brightened and a vast space thousands of li in length appeared.
Yongjin, who had no idea that there was such a large space underground, found himself in a daze. On the opposite wall was a huge relief sculpture. Yongjin was surprised to see the huge relief sculpture.
The relief was none other than a painting of the stars and the moon. A bright moon was hanging in the middle of the sky, and around the moon were nine twinkling stars.
Although it was only a relief, it felt vivid, as if I was looking at the real night sky.
Nine stars surrounded the moon in a circle. The nine stars seemed far away, but their light still spread through the night sky.
The moonlight was so bright that it was covered by the stars. Looking at the relief, Yongjin was reminded of the stone carvings (characters or pictures carved on stone) in the underground tombs of Goryeo Milgyeong. That scene was also the night sky. However, there was no moon, and an old man had cast a casting under the starry sky. Nine stars twinkled in that stone carving, blocking out the light of the many stars, but the nine stars in that stone carving were not the moon, but surrounded one giant star.
“Both paintings have nine stars. Could this be what the night sky looked like in the past?”
Yongjin muttered to himself.
Is the night sky of the past different from the night sky of today?
So what on earth happened that made the stars in the night sky different?
Yongjin was confused as he looked at the huge relief. He could not help but think of something very important. However, no matter how hard he tried, he could not figure out what it was, and his head started to hurt.
Yongjin decided not to think about it any longer and took a deep breath. He looked at the relief again. A magnificent architectural complex was carved into the lower part of the relief.
The castle walls stretched endlessly along the shape of a giant cross. Rivers and lakes were widely spread around the high towers and palaces. Islands were also distributed here and there.
“Is this… Mangoro’s original appearance?”
Yongjin was surprised to discover that the relief painting was none other than Mangoro. However, compared to its splendid appearance at the time, the current Mangoro was in a terrible state of ruin.
One of the reasons I was able to be certain that this was the real Mangoro was because I found a design at the bottom of the cross. That design was the very same design that Yongjin had written down after much difficulty.
However, the design was extremely vague, so I was able to copy only the outline and could not see the other designs clearly.
Yongjin couldn’t help but be surprised. The once splendid Mangoro was now a ruin. The palaces that should have been in Mangoro were all gone. They must have been shattered or sunk into the abyss.
In the old days, looking at the splendid Mangoro, Yongjin felt uneasy for a while. Compared to that time, the current world of practice seemed like the end of the world.
The current Mango was almost destroyed. The reliefs suggest that the real test sites were all inside the high tower and the castle walls. That must have been the main test site.
The test sites marked on the map that the old chief gave to Yongjin were not all on the main roads. This meant that the real test sites had already disappeared. In short, it meant that only a thin broth remained without bones or meat.
The current powerful are desperately fighting to get a piece of that soup. As I thought about that, sadness came over me. Has this world truly fallen?
Yongjin couldn’t calm his mind for a long time. He wondered what on earth had happened to this world, what kind of blow had it received that caused it to lose its former brilliance.
Could all these legends really be true? Could people in the Manuscript Era really be able to cultivate into immortals? Could there really be an opportunity to become an immortal in Mangoro?
Yongjin took a deep breath and suppressed the complicated thoughts and doubts that were unfolding in his head. Thinking like this didn’t help at all. Instead, it only made his heart flutter.
Yongjin, who was examining the relief in detail, walked towards the entrance to the test site only after confirming that there were no other unusual features.
The entrance was a pedestal, and the pedestal was densely covered with sentence writings. Yongjin was able to read many of the letters thanks to having learned a lot of sentence writing knowledge from Sojok.
These sentence letters were circular transmission lines. By stepping on them and activating the transmission line, you could enter the test site you wanted to go to.
These sentence letters represented different test grades and test difficulties. Yongjin was speechless for a while after seeing them.
Yongjin chose the highest level test both times in the test cave. I didn’t know whether to call it luck or unluck.
“Since you said there is no risk to life, I guess I should choose the highest level.”
Yongjin smiled faintly and walked towards the sentencing section, which symbolized the strongest judging.
The examination here is divided into eight levels, and Yongjin chose the highest level. When he brought the jade tablet that the old chief gave him to the sentence text, surprisingly, the jade tablet began to melt and the sentence text began to glow. In an instant, his body was pulled by something and he arrived in a cave.
The cave was closed. The square floor was paved with stone bricks like a stage. On the opposite wall was a huge, lifelike ape painted.
As Yongjin entered the cave, light suddenly spread from the stone wall, illuminating the entire cave as if it were broad daylight.
“Aow!”
Suddenly, a roar that seemed to shake the sky was heard, and Yongjin quickly looked ahead and was startled.
When it appeared, a huge ape covered in pitch-black fur all over its body was howling and beating its chest with its fists. The sound of its cries was so loud that it shook the entire cave.
“Ancient demon ape?”
Yongjin was startled. It was a seventh-grade demonic beast that gave off a terrifying aura that made people shiver.
“Aooo……”
The manuscript demon roared and glared at Yongjin with cold eyes. A violent slaughter surged in like a tide.
“Aooo……”
The manuscript demon roared and began to charge towards Yongjin. With each step, the ground shook, and a huge fist with a ferocious aura flew towards Yongjin.
The sight of Won-Gwon Ma-Won rushing forward with a vicious murderous intent did not seem to indicate that he wanted to be friends. Won-Gwon Ma-Won was after Yong-Jin’s life.
Yongjin’s brain power surged. As Yongjin’s body disappeared, Won-won Ma-won’s fist struck the wall.
The seventh-grade demon’s blow was strong enough to destroy a mountain, but the cave only shook for a moment and its walls were not damaged.
“There is a method.”
This was a real performance stage. You have to defeat this manuscript demon to get the treasure.
The original manuscript demon roared again as his fist swung in vain, and suddenly his entire body emitted light. The original manuscript demon covered in the section poured out an even more violent energy.
“The real name’s supernatural power is this strong. As expected from the original manuscript. But I’m not inferior in strength.”
As the manuscript of the original text charged again, Yongjin snorted coldly and summoned Shinhwan and Jeonshin. As Shinhwan rose behind him, four stars appeared in his eyes.
An explosion sounded as Yongjin’s fist and the giant fist of the original manuscript clashed. Yongjin flew backwards and hit the wall hard. His blood spurted out.
Even the manuscript of the original text was unable to withstand the blow from Yongjin, and his body shook and he flew far backwards. No one benefited from this blow.
Yongjin was excited. Since the strength of the manuscript was strength, it was a proud thing just to be able to fight with strength.
The original manuscript, which had been retreating due to Yongjin, roared louder as if it was angry and rushed at Yongjin while swinging its fist.
Yongjin flew into the air without dodging and swung his fist. It had been a long time since he had attacked with such force, so he felt excited.
Boom, bang, bang… … .
Yongjin blasted the cave with all his might, his fists surging upward. The cave shook incessantly as loud explosions rang out.
Yongjin and Wonwon Mawon fought like madmen. Each blow was filled with the power of the sky collapsing and the earth splitting apart.
His chest ached as his blood surged from the hundreds of punches he had landed in succession, but Yongjin’s eyes were filled with excitement.
It was his first time attacking with his bare hands. As he felt the pleasure of releasing all his strength with his fists, Yongjin began to wonder if his fists were originally such a good weapon.
Yongjin and Wongo Mawon had different sizes, but their violent power was similar, like the ocean. Every time their fists clashed, the cave shook violently. This was a battle of strength against strength, without any flashy tricks or techniques.
In fact, Yongjin was a bit weaker than Wonwon Mawon in terms of strength because he was a natural born. However, Yongjin did not give up a single move and attacked with all his might.
Yongjin wasn’t afraid of getting hurt. As long as he had the Chaos Juju, he could recover from any injury in an instant.