Invitation to the Chatroom of the Gods - Chapter 111



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Episode 111 – Shocking Comrades (1)

The rear garden, Eohwawon (御花圓), located in the central courtyard of the Imperial Palace.

Prince Murim sat cross-legged on the platform of the deer platform, calming his mind and body.

As he slowly took a deep breath, the energy of nature entered deep into his lungs and filled the danjeon of the martial arts master.

And by controlling his energy through a series of movements and breathing, the internal energy of his entire body naturally circulated according to the will of the Grand Prince of Murim.

Since there were no significant obstacles in the process, the Grand Prince of Murim was finally able to confirm that his ‘internal injury’ had been completely healed.

The internal wounds he suffered from his life-or-death duel with Cheongun were deeper than the Great Prince of Murim had imagined. Not only were all of his eight meridians and twelve radiant vessels distorted, but some of them were completely burned out.

Because of that, it took almost two months just to recover, and if he had not received the royal elixir, it would have taken at least a year for his terrible internal injuries.

That is why he was a martial arts master who did not want to fight Cheongwoon again, but on the other hand, he was a martial arts master who wanted to fight him once again.

That would be the case, since the natural energy circulates internally according to the will of the Grand Prince of Murim.

As the energy circulated through the blood vessels, the wrists, arms, and shoulders became soft and the turbid energy that had been latent in the body came together and was released.

Thus, the Grand Prince of Murim continued to move forward, feeling a connection with nature.

As time passed, I slowly opened my closed eyes and saw that my aged eyes were filled with even sharper and deeper wisdom.

“Hmm···.”

The Murim Grand Prince could feel that he had overcome a ‘wall’.

As a martial artist, it is a great blessing to be able to overcome a wall. Especially when you reach the level of a martial arts master, it is closer to a mountain than a wall.

It was a level that I had barely managed to overcome throughout my entire life, but I had finally overcome a wall in the past few months.

So, Prince Murim was not only delighted but also extremely ‘shocked’.

This enlightenment was not one that the Grand Prince of Murim had attained on his own.

A life or death decision with Cheongun.

It was an enlightenment gained by facing Cheongun with a sword and thereby gaining insight into Cheongun’s martial arts.

It was the same principle that even if you don’t master the art of ascending martial arts, you can still understand its true meaning just by learning it.

The Grand Prince of Murim was able to overcome the current wall by learning the martial arts of Cheongun.

It means that Cheongun’s martial arts skills surpass those of the great martial arts commander.

“······.”

The Prince of Murim felt closer to shock than joy.

It was at that time that the thoughts of the Grand Prince of Murim became a jumbled mess.

“Old age.”

A familiar voice suddenly came from one side of the fish market.

The martial arts master was so confused that he didn’t even know who was approaching, but he didn’t take precautions.

The place where the Grand Prince of Murim was was also the imperial palace, and there was only one person in the world who called the Grand Prince of Murim “Go-suk”.

I turned my head, shaking off my confused thoughts, and, sure enough, the emperor was walking slowly towards me.

“What is the Emperor doing···?”

“I’m worried. It’s been over two months since you started receiving treatment. As your nephew, I’m worried and can’t just sit still.”

The emperor stopped himself from uttering nonsense.

“Oh, did I interrupt your meditation?”

The emperor asked, slightly embarrassed.

The Grand Prince of Murim said with a light smile.

“It was a situation that had just ended. And thanks to the Emperor’s concern, I am fine now.”

“Is that true? Are you saying that to ease your nephew’s worries?”

When the Murim Grand Prince shook his head as if to say no, the Emperor smiled brightly as if he was truly relieved.

The Grand Prince of Murim slowly rose from his cross-legged position.

“I am also me, but is Your Majesty well? I heard that he collapsed while inspecting state affairs.”

“Have you heard the news already?”

“Since it was something related to the Emperor, it was reported to me right away.”

Then the emperor nodded as if he understood and said:

“I’m fine. And it wasn’t because I was looking after the state affairs, it was because of that guy Cheongun.”

“Is it because of Cheongun······?”

“Don’t be ridiculous. Just thinking about it makes me so angry…! Ugh, that’s enough.”

The emperor waved his hand as if to tell him not to speak.

And then the emperor continued speaking as if he was really ashamed.

“Even though His Majesty suffered internal injuries, she worked hard······..”

At first glance, it seemed like Cheongun wasn’t properly rewarded.

“Your Majesty, don’t worry about me.”

The Grand Prince of Murim slowly opened his mouth as if to appease the emperor.

“It is true that I had a hard time capturing Cheongun, but thanks to that, I was able to gain enlightenment and take a step forward.”

Then the emperor’s eyes opened wide.

“Is that really true? That Gosuk has advanced one step further in his realm?”

“Yes. I’m cautious because it seems like I’m judging too hastily······.”

The Grand Prince of Murim continued speaking with a confident expression, contrary to his words.

“I think I can say that I am currently in the ranks of the five best in the world.”

“Ugh···!”

The emperor let out a sigh without realizing it.

The term ‘Five Absolutes in the World’ refers to the ‘five’ strongest warriors in the world.

Even the ten strongest masters in the world, the Ten Absolutes of the World, are of a great realm.

The Emperor could not tell what level the Grand Prince of Murim had reached, but he could tell right away that it was by no means an ordinary level.

“Congratulations, Gosuk.”

“It’s all thanks to the Emperor.”

“What have I done that makes you say that? It’s all at the level of the master.”

“If the Emperor had not supported me both materially and spiritually, I would never have been able to reach here. This time, too, would you please open the imperial secrets for me?”

“That’s a natural thing for a family. Above all, if you spare the imperial family’s secrets, you’ll get in trouble with your aunt.”

“Is the lady speaking to the Emperor?”

“Don’t be ridiculous. When it comes to matters related to Gosuk, you don’t care about anything······.”

The emperor shuddered as if he was terrified just thinking about it.

A smile naturally appeared on the lips of the Grand Prince of Murim at the sight of the emperor.

Even though he held the high position of Emperor, I could feel the warm affection of the Emperor who thought of his family.

“Then how about saying that it was all thanks to Cheongun? If it weren’t for my life-and-death relationship with Cheongun, I would never have been able to reach that level.”

“That’s what Cheongun said···.”

“So don’t worry too much, Your Majesty.”

“If Your Majesty says so… I understand. Oh! How about using that as an excuse to reward Cheongun?”

“I strongly agree with Biona, but please exclude me this time.”

“Hey, that won’t work.”

The emperor and the martial arts master looked at each other and smiled.

And for a while, the two of them admired the scenery of the royal flower garden in silence.

Pine trees and cypress trees were in harmony with colorful flowers, and the stone walls piled up next to them gave off the dignity of an imperial palace.

Originally, Eohwawon (御花圓) was a space where the emperor’s concubines resided.

However, the situation continued for a long time in which the Emperor did not have an empress or even a concubine, and it seemed like it would be a shame to leave such a beautiful space empty, so it was changed into a space for conversation as it is now.

At that very moment, while I was silently appreciating the scenery of the fish farm.

“But it’s old.”

Suddenly, the emperor asked the Grand Prince of Murim a question as if he had a question.

“Even though he has reached the highest level, you say he is not the best in the world, but one of the five best in the world. Are you saying that there are four martial artists in the world whom even Your Majesty cannot guarantee victory?”

“Yes.”

“Do you happen to know who these people are?”

At the emperor’s question, the Grand Prince of Murim thought for a moment and then slowly opened his mouth.

“First, there is the leader of the martial arts world.”

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

He was a being who could be considered number one in the world of martial arts.

And the world of martial arts was a world where people were half-mad and would stab someone in the stomach with a knife if they got hurt.

In such a crazy world, there was a reason why he was the number one.

Above all, the Emperor had met him once before when he personally visited the Murim Alliance.

I could somewhat understand what the Murim Grand Prince meant when he said he couldn’t guarantee a victory against the Murim Alliance Leader.

“Secondly, there is the Thunder Sword Heavenly King of the Namgung Sega family.”

Thunder Sword Heavenly King, Namgung Sangcheon.

This was also a name the emperor had heard of.

The emperor didn’t pay much attention to the martial arts world, but he knew of the forces that included the Gupa Ilbang and the Five Great Worlds.

Among them, the ‘Sega’, especially the Five Great Sega, had to have strong ‘forces’ as a group, not just military power.

In that sense, most of them formed several businesses and attracted financial resources, while others, like Sacheon Dangmun, gathered manpower from here and there to increase their power and reign as the ‘leader’ of a region.

But Namgung Se-ga was different.

Of course, it’s not like Namgung Se-ga didn’t make money through various businesses.

However, what put Namgung Se-ga in the ranks of the Five Great Families was the ‘sword’.

The Namgung Se family proudly rose to the ranks of the five great families with just one family secret weapon, the sword, and the Thunder Sword Heavenly King is the head of the Namgung Se family.

The emperor could somewhat understand why the Grand Prince of Murim had said that he could not guarantee victory.

“There have been rumors recently that Brain Sword Heavenly King has returned to his family after completing his training in a closed facility, so I don’t think… I can guarantee a close match with Brain Sword Heavenly King.”

“Are you saying that the Brain Sword Heavenly King is to that extent?”

The Grand Prince of Murim nodded slightly.

Although the martial arts master seemed humble at first glance, the emperor could tell that this was not the case.

“Who’s next?”

“Thirdly, there is the true shaman.”

“When you say ‘the true master of shamans’, you are probably referring to the person who leads the shaman sect, Jang Moon-in.”

“Yes.”

The two groups that can be said to be the leaders of the current martial arts world are Shaolin and Mudang.

Although he was an emperor who did not know much about martial arts, he thought that she was indeed a shaman worthy of being called the leader of the Gupa Ilbang.

“Oh, then what about the head of Shaolin?”

“I will have to cross swords with him to know for sure, but I think I would have the upper hand in a fight against the Shaolin abbot.”

“Does that mean that the abbot of Shaolin is a master of the ten great swordsmen in the world, but is one level lower than Gosuk?”

“It’s not like it’s a difference of one step, but I think it’s about a half step difference.”

The Murim Grand Prince had an almost confident look on his face.

It’s amazing that he’s a master of the ten best swordsmen in the world, but to be able to gain the upper hand in a match against such a master is amazing.

The emperor felt proud and secure at the same time, thinking that such a master was his uncle.

“Then who will be the last one? The one whom Gosuk cannot guarantee victory.”

“Lastly······”

The face of the Murim Grand Prince hardened for a moment.

Unlike when he introduced the previous people, his face and expression were quite tense.

The Grand Prince of Murim swallowed his saliva and said.

“It is called Cheon-oe-seong (天外星).”

Extraterrestrial…?

It was at that moment that the emperor tilted his head without realizing it.

Kuguguguguguguguguguung···!!

Suddenly, the earth shook violently and the emperor’s body tilted as well.

* * *

My body felt much lighter than before.

My body felt as if it was free from the concept of heaviness. This allowed me to feel a sense of peace that I had never felt before.

As my body became stable, my mind was able to find inner peace like the calm surface of a lake.

Thus, I could feel that my mind had become an image and the heavenly palace had opened, and I could finally realize that I had reached the middle realm of the spiritual treasure-finding method and the earthly immortal technique.

After the fight with Akjihak, he ascended to the level of Jiseon-gong (地仙功), but from then on he remained in the lower realm (下境), at the realm of Yeongbopilbeop (靈寶畢法).

Recently, I have neglected my training in Yeongbo Pilbeop because I am practicing Cheon Dun Geombeop, but originally, training in the mind method was not something that could be done by just focusing on it and practicing it.

The most important thing was to practice it regularly and from time to time, so I was proud to say that I practiced the Yeongbo Pil method every single day without fail.

However, although it was the Yeongbo Pilbeop that showed no sign of going over the wall, it now jumped over the lower realm in one breath and reached the middle realm.

Did you reach any realization or state of enlightenment during that process? No, not that either.

The fleet of the Supreme Lord.

A 5,000-year-old Cheonnyeongok Hwangsaengdan with merit.

The Spirit Treasure Finishing Method was known as the highest and ultimate method of training in the Tao of the Immortals, but it was nothing in front of the Supreme Lord Laojun.

There was no need for enlightenment or anything else in front of the incredible internal energy contained in the Cheonryongok Hwangsaengdan.

An absurd amount of internal energy poured into my entire body, and the walls of the realm itself could not hold up and came crashing down.

Furthermore, it is an elixir of immortality manufactured directly by the Supreme Lord.

The Tao of the Supreme Master Laojun, contained in the elixir of immortality, has naturally seeped into my body.

“······As expected, it is as expected.”

It was not for nothing that Taesang Laojun was called the greatest Taoist immortal and one of the Three Pure Ones.

With that, my body, which had been in shambles, was instantly restored, and with the help of Pyeonjak, Geon-an Samshin Eui-go, Shin-i-sul, and so on.

I was able to realize once again that in front of the Supreme Lord, I was nothing more than an ordinary person, no, an ordinary immortal.

Anyway, my body felt clean, like it was newly reborn.

The tangled and twisted blood vessels were growing like green sprouts, and the open Samdantian was functioning as if it were a single dantian.

So the amount of internal energy accumulated within me······.

“Is it around the 40th anniversary of the Gaya dynasty?”

About 2,400 years worth of internal energy was stored in my danjeon.

“It’s a little disappointing.”

To be honest, I wasn’t just a little disappointed, I was ‘very’ disappointed.

That would be the case, since the internal energy I already had was ’30 years of gapja’.

A situation where the number of years has only increased by ten at most.

Of course, the word ‘ten gapja’ cannot be added to it, but considering the incredible internal energy that the Cheonryongok Hwangsaengdan possessed, ‘ten gapja’ was a lot.

“With this, I won’t be able to use the Cheon-dun Sword Technique properly.”

Compared to the Cheon-dun sword technique, it was nothing more than ‘that kind of thing’.

That’s why it was very, very regrettable, but it couldn’t be helped.

Because his body was in a state of shattered state with all of his energy and blood vessels twisted and tangled, he was unable to fully absorb the internal energy of the Cheonryongok Hwangsaengdan.

Also, since I stayed in the lower realm of the Earth Immortal Realm, I had to let go of most of my internal energy.

In other words, most of the incredible internal energy contained in the Cheonryongok Hwangsaengdan was used to heal my shattered body and to transcend realms.

This was literally inevitable.

“······But it’s still a shame.”

But what was regrettable was what was regrettable.

This was a separate issue from the inevitable.

So, a thought suddenly occurred to me.

“Can I have one more?”

Now my physical condition has completely recovered.

Furthermore, he reached the middle realm of the Spiritual Treasure Mastery Method and the Earthly Immortal Skill.

If I were to take the Xian Dan in my current state, I would be able to obtain effects far greater than before.

“Come to think of it, have I ever taken Xian Dan while in good health?”

······After thinking about it carefully, it seemed like there wasn’t one.

Either the innate energy was used up, or the body was in a state of ruin.

It was one of two things, to the point where I had to say no.

And if you use all the merits you have and buy the elixir of immortality, you will not be able to buy more elixirs because you will not have enough merits.

If I tried to earn merit like that again, my body would become ruined again, so I never took Xian Dan while I was in good health.

Fortunately, I had Taewon-dan in Pa-yang-ho, but at that time, all of my energy and blood vessels were blocked by a curse from heaven, so it was hard to say that I was ‘okay’.

Seongsin-dan (聖神丹) was also taken when there was a crack in the vessel of the innate energy.

“It really wasn’t there.”

There really wasn’t any.

The situation just happened to be that way, but now it’s not like that.

[Hwan─ ─Deok(─)] – ──9──9──

There was a merit of Hwansan that was still causing errors even after consuming 5,000 years of merit.

That means there was at least 9,999 more years of remaining merit left.

This is the first time I have the opportunity to take Xian Dan while in good health.

“I should tell you.”

I took out my folding chair and went straight into the study room.

And I have explained the above circumstances in detail.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: Right now······ it’ll be a little difficult.

I was able to receive a reply from Taesangnogun, who expressed his discomfort.

When I heard the circumstances······.

This was the reason why the merits of Taesang Laojun were consumed in no small amount in the production of Xian Dan.

There had been no problems so far. However, this time, when the Nine Heavenly Women appeared, it seemed that the blow was quite big.

He improved the scroll so that it could be converted to a year unit, and it seems that he became a group by making the Cheonryongok Hwangsaengdan (天靈玉凰生丹).

Fortunately, there were no major problems, but it seemed like it would take some time.

In other words, it was difficult to purchase additional elixirs right away.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: I’m sorry.

└[Cheongun]

: No. Why does your Majesty have anything to apologize to me for? Rather, I feel sorry that I have burdened you.

As you said, this is something I should be sorry about, and it is not something that the Supreme Lord should apologize to me for.

And then······I really couldn’t help it.

This is truly regrettable, but it can’t be helped.

It was at that very moment that I was trying to swallow my regret.

└[Nine Heavenly Wise Women]

: Ahh! Then the girl has something to give to the youngest!!

Suddenly, the words of Gucheonhyeonnyeo came to mind, filling the scroll.

After a while, the woman in the portrait, Gucheonhyeonnyeo, took something out of her arms and suddenly a picture began to be drawn over the damsofang.

A round, plump fruit.

That thing that looks like a peach.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: Isn’t this······ a peach from heaven?

Suddenly, the words of the greatly surprised Taesang Laojun came to mind.