Invitation to the Chatroom of the Gods - Chapter 112



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Episode 112 – Shocking Comrades (2)

Peach from heaven.

If the Cheon-do (天桃) that I know is correct, it was a fruit that meant a peach of heaven.

And as far as I know, it was a mysterious peach that grew in a place called Pantuoyuan (蟠桃圓) located at the top of Kunlun Mountain.

It was a peach that was especially famous for its legend related to Dongbangsak, which was the legend that Dongbangsak stole and ate three heavenly peaches and lived for three thousand years.

In other words, each peach from heaven contains the power of ‘one thousand years of gapja.’

And one thousand years… that’s a whopping 60,000 years.

That one peach from heaven contained a whopping 60,000 years of history.

Of course, a legend is just a legend, so it may not be an exact fact······.

└[Emperor Divine Right]

: What?! Heaven?!

└[Auxiliary Emperor Wang Zhongyang]

: Is this really the heavens? Really?!

└[Gwangyeongja (廣零子) abuse]

: Isn’t this a hallucination? Isn’t this an illusion? Isn’t this an illusion?!

Seeing the seniors of the Damsobang being so surprised, it seemed certain that it was a treasure that could not be easily obtained even in the immortal world.

In particular, Lee Cheol-goe’s reaction was absolutely unique.

└[Gwaea (拐兒) Lee Cheol-Gwae]

: Oh, how did you get it?! I’ve tried to steal it so many times, but I’ve never succeeded?!

Lee Cheol-goe, whose body and methods are unrivaled even in the celestial world.

└[Gwaea (拐兒) Lee Cheol-Gwae]

: Even though I tried to steal it using the strategy of Jecheon Daeseong and Seongdong Geokseo, I failed every time······.

It may seem strange that the origin of openness was ‘stealing’ rather than ‘begging’, but in any case, it is said that Lee Cheol-goe and Jecheon Daeseong’s cooperation also failed.

And the reason was simple.

└[Gwaea (拐兒) Lee Cheol-Gwae]

: How can the Queen Mother of the West be watching with her eyes wide open······?

This is because the Heavenly Peach was directly managed and cultivated by the ‘Queen Mother of the West.’

The Queen Mother of the West, the goddess of the sky who governs the majesty of the heavens and the five evil spirits.

She was a divine being, second only to the three pure immortals.

He could be said to be a god just below the Supreme Lord, but he was only a lower level in name.

Last time, when we saw how the Supreme Emperor Laojun was having a hard time with the Queen Mother of the West, we could see the extent of her status and authority.

That is why not only Lee Cheol-goe but also Je Cheon Dae-seong could do nothing.

But the case of Gucheonhyeonnyeo was different.

The Nine Heavenly Women are the closest assistants to the Queen Mother of the West.

└[Nine Heavenly Wise Women]

: The girl brought something to give to the youngest!

All Gucheonhyeonnyeo had to do was just go and get it.

Of course, she would have needed the permission of the Queen Mother of the West, but there was no way she would have refused the request of the Nine Heavenly Women, who were practically like her left arm.

└[Cheongun]

: Sister, is it okay for you to give me that precious thing?

Of course, a lot of my merit would have been consumed.

However, the heavenly peach was not something that could be obtained simply through merit.

As far as I know, is the celestial peach a thousand years old?

At that time, I knew that it only bears fruit once. And I heard that only 30 are grown at a time.

It is something that is extremely precious.

A treasure that is not inferior at all to the molars of the Eungryong.

In some ways, it was a treasure that surpassed him.

└[Nine Heavenly Wise Women]

: Yeah, yeah! I brought it to give to the youngest, so of course it’s okay!

However, it seemed that Gucheonhyeonnyeo did not value Cheondo that much.

└[Nine Heavenly Wise Women]

: But there is a condition!

After a while, the woman in the portrait blushed and wiggled her fingers.

└[Nine Heavenly Wise Women]

: Now, really! Really! You can’t pass out or not hear from me! And you have to think of me at least once a day! And again, and again···!

└[Gwaea (拐兒) Lee Cheol-Gwae]

: If there are any crumbs left, I’d like some too······.

└[Nine Heavenly Wise Women]

: If you touch me, I will kill you!!!!

Pajajajak-!

It was a scroll that froze rapidly along with the words of the Nine Heavenly Women.

* * *

The emperor’s body tilted due to the sudden vibration.

Fortunately, the Grand Prince of Murim hurriedly supported the Emperor’s body, otherwise the shaking was so great that he would have fallen to the floor.

The huge vibrations, as if an earthquake had occurred, continued.

The martial arts master held the emperor’s body tightly and hurriedly raised his spirit level.

And I searched around to find the source of the tremors. And I could quickly see that these tremors were not caused by an ‘earthquake’.

First of all, earthquakes rarely occur in Beijing, and above all, the ground was intact.

If it was an earthquake, the ground should have cracked and split, and some buildings should have collapsed.

At least they should have shown some signs of it, but the royal palace as well as the royal family were all intact.

Boom, boom!

This was not a tremor caused by an ‘earthquake’.

A storm or detonation caused by an explosion of power.

It would be correct to call it a ‘shock wave’, which occurs when some huge force is condensed and rapidly expands.

“what······?”

That’s why the Grand Prince of Murim couldn’t trust him.

A detonation is a shock wave generated by an explosion, and the pressure emitted varies greatly depending on the size of the explosion.

While a mild blow might only result in a deafening ringing in your ears, it could also cause internal injuries if swept away, and in severe cases, it could tear your entire body apart.

But for most, it just leaves their ears ringing.

Even if the Grand Prince of Murim were to unleash all of his internal energy, it would only be enough to cause ‘internal injury’ at best.

Even if you are far enough away from the epicenter, you will not receive any damage.

By no means can we cause an explosion that would engulf the entire palace like we are doing now.

······No, it wasn’t just the Imperial Palace.

Beyond the area outside the Imperial Palace, the entire Imperial City area······ no, the entire city of Beijing······ was shaking.

So even the recently recovered Grand Prince of Murim suffered minor injuries······.

“······!!!”

The emotion of ‘shock’ finally rose over the wrinkled face of the Murim Grand Prince.

* * *

Lingshan, a mountain located in the northwest of Beijing.

In my nose, I could smell a pleasant, floral scent.

The sweet taste of the liquid stimulated the corners of my mouth.

As I slowly opened my eyes, the vast scenery of Yeongsan Mountain filled my field of vision.

To be exact, it was a landscape of a place that had been a spiritual mountain, and the sight of the entire place being scorched earth filled my field of vision.

When I looked around, I saw a huge hole with a radius of 50 jang, centered around me. It was as if a huge spoon the size of Mt. Tai had dug through this place······.

Splash!

Suddenly, Eungseon, who had been guarding the law, flew towards me with the sound of flapping wings. Then, after looking around the surrounding scenery with me, Eungseon lowered his head with a look of emptiness.

In fact, this spiritual mountain was the place that Eungseon had told me about.

When I said that I needed a place to take Cheonryongok Hwangsaengdan and Cheondo, Eungseon said she knew a good place and brought me there.

He said that it was a hunting spot that only he knew about, as he lived in the government office of the palace and hunted there, and no one ever went there.

So, it was a place that only Eungseon knew about, but it was a place that she brought me to because she was special to me.

But when the radius of 50 chapters was completely scorched, Eungseon looked at me with a vain nod.

And the sudden glare directed at me······.

Tick ​​tock······.

It seemed like he should have known it would be destroyed like this, so he wouldn’t have told me.

I didn’t do it on purpose. But I was sorry.

“Eungseon, I’m sorry.”

Click!

As if it was a sign that it was time to respond, it suddenly turned its back on me. Then, before I could do anything, it flew away and quickly disappeared from my sight.

“······You seem very angry.”

It seemed to have been a hunting spot that was greatly treasured.

That’s why I felt even more sorry, but in fact, it wasn’t like this even when I was taking Cheonryongok Hwangsaengdan.

It was a level that I could somehow manage, but it wasn’t a peach from heaven.

That was······not something I could do anything about.

Moreover, I didn’t even eat one whole piece.

As I was in the middle realm of the Earth Immortal Skill, I could not absorb it all, so I only ate half of it.

However, the amount of internal energy currently accumulated in the danjeon.

Baek Gapja (100 years).

A truly enormous amount of internal energy, amounting to a whopping 6,000 years, was stored in my danjeon.

At this level, it was possible to use the Cheon-dun Sword Technique without fainting.

It was a level of power that could be withstood even if both the Annihilation Fire Dragon Slash and the Heavenly Annihilation Flame Dragon Bug were used without the Innate True Energy.

And this was the power of the half-moon peach.

But even this was not fully absorbed and was just thrown away, so there was no other reason why not only Cheolgoe but also Jecheon Daeseong were greedy for it.

“The price of merit was a bit expensive, but······.”

In fact, it wasn’t just a little expensive, it was very expensive.

Five hundred years of gapja (gapja).

It required a whopping 30,000 years of merit.

At first, I wondered if I could buy this.

Still, I tried to buy it just in case, and surprisingly, the purchase was successful, and all of the gods including me, Taesang No-gun, and Damsobang were surprised.

Except for one person, Yeo Dong-bin, who fainted.

“I wonder how much of the merit of conversion is left.”

I could have confirmed it right away as soon as I bought it, but I thought I would take the time to confirm the fact that the path of heaven was right before my eyes.

Would it be accurate to say that he was so focused on the way of heaven that he didn’t even think about the remaining merits of Hwansan?

But there probably won’t be much left.

“I hope it’s not too shabby.”

I would be satisfied if it lasted just a month or so.

So, I took out the scroll from my bosom and checked the remaining merit of the Buddha.

[Hwan─ ─Deok(─)] – ──9──9──

“uh······?”

Was it a conversion merit that still had errors?

Did I see something wrong······?

I rubbed my eyes hard. But no matter how much I rubbed my eyes, the value of the conversion merit did not change.

So you weren’t thinking of any numbers?

“Did something really go wrong?”

······At this point, I thought there might be an error in the folding screen itself.

No, the merit consumed by purchasing the Heavenly Way was a whopping 30,000 years.

Considering the value of the Cheonryongok Hwangsaengdan (天靈玉凰生丹) which is 5,000 years, the consumed merit alone amounts to a whopping 35,000 years.

Still getting an error?

There are still over 9,999 years of accumulated merit?

“······This doesn’t make sense.”

Something seemed wrong. I thought I should ask the Grand Master about it.

I think the calculator was broken because it was trying to improve the conversion to a year unit······.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: ·········What, what, what, what, what?!

For some reason, His Majesty the Great did not seem to think so.

* * *

An explosion that shook the entire city of Beijing.

“Your Majesty, Your Majesty!”

“Are you okay?”

As soon as the entire palace was put on emergency alert, the Golden Guard and the Dongchang soldiers rushed to the royal palace.

And everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they discovered the Emperor with the Grand Prince of Murim.

Kugugugugugugugun···!

The explosions continued, but not as long as expected.

After about an hour, the trembling subsided, and after another hour, the explosion completely died down.

The situation could be seen as over, but the Murim Grand Prince did not think so.

A detonation is, as the name suggests, a shock wave generated by an ‘explosion’ of enormous power.

In other words, it meant that an unidentified explosion had occurred somewhere in Beijing.

I couldn’t figure out what it was······.

“The luggage is fine.”

The emperor’s voice was suddenly heard.

“I will stay with Gosuk, so you take the royal guards and find the cause of the shaking just now.”

The emperor was giving orders to the Royal Guard and the Dongchang soldiers as if nothing had happened.

It was such an explosion that even the Grand Prince of Murim couldn’t help but panic. It’s not like the Emperor didn’t panic, but he was calm and trying to find the cause of the phenomenon.

“I will obey your command.”

“I will obey your command.”

At the emperor’s command, the Golden Guard and the Dongchang warriors quickly dispersed.

After a while, the emperor spoke to the martial arts master with a gentle smile.

“This means I have to spend more time with Gosuk.”

Indeed, the Emperor was a martial arts great general who naturally made people think of him as an emperor.

If you just look at the emperor, the confusion you felt just a moment ago will instantly fade away.

“That is what you meant by ‘Cheon-oe-seong (天外星)’.”

Extraordinary···?

At the emperor’s question, the head of the Grand Prince of Murim suddenly tilted left and right.

“This is the last word of the unmanned force that Gosuk cannot guarantee victory.”

And finally, the Grand Prince of Murim was able to nod his head at the emperor’s subsequent words.

Just now, the last of the five absolute martial artists that the martial arts masters could not guarantee victory.

“It’s my first time hearing that name.”

This time, the emperor tilted his head and repeated the name Cheonwiseong. However, the emperor tilted his head again as if nothing came to mind.

The Grand Prince of Murim slowly opened his mouth as if it was natural.

“In fact, the person called Cheon-oe-seong (天外星) is a fantasy-like entity that floats around among the ten best martial artists in the world.”

“What do you mean, a being like a fantasy?…”

“Very little is known about his identity. Nothing is known about his face, age, name, clan, or family.”

“Does that mean that it is a non-existent entity?”

The Grand Prince of Murim nodded his head from side to side and said.

“That’s not true. He is definitely a real person.”

“The reason you are so sure of that is···.”

“Because I met you.”

“Are you talking about the person called Cheon-oe-seong?”

The Murim Grand Prince nodded his head up and down once this time and spoke.

“It must have been about ten years ago. It was a time when Nokrimchae was flourishing. Do you remember?”

“Ah···! I remember.”

Green Forest (綠林) was a general term for a group of bandits.

Now they have become the Jang River Bandits, but they can be seen as a group of ‘thieves’ like the Jang River Surochae of the past.

The bandits who operate around the Yangtze River are called the Yangtze River robbers.

The bandits who were active mainly in the mountains were simply called Nokrim (Green Forest).

And they were nothing more than thieves who robbed passersby or collected tolls and protection fees.

But at that time, the Nokrim were not just simple thieves.

The power of the Green Forest was expanded to 18, 36, 72, and 108 houses, and eventually reached 180 houses.

To that extent, it was no different from a ‘warlord’s rebellion’ rather than a bandit’s rebellion, and the suffering the people suffered because of it was immeasurable.

So, the imperial family could no longer sit idly by and watch.

“At that time, Gosuk led the royal guard and the royal army to sweep them away.”

Although it was a forest of 180 houses, it was nothing compared to the Geumuiwi and Geumgun.

That day, the forest was reduced to rubble, and the chief lender of the forest was summarily executed.

“When I went to catch the general, I encountered a star outside of heaven.”

“Are you saying that the head of the Nokrimchae was Cheon-oe-seong?”

“At first, I thought so too······, but later I found out that wasn’t the case. On the contrary, Cheonwiseong was also looking for the general debtor.”

But at the time, the Grand Prince of Murim thought he was the creditor.

The Grand Prince of Murim, who mistook Cheon-oeseong for the general, fought a life-or-death battle with him.

“And I was defeated miserably.”

The emperor opened his eyes in surprise once again.

Even though it was 10 years ago, at that time, the Grand Prince of Murim was ranked among the ten best in the world.

He was a martial arts master who could never be ‘mercilessly’ defeated······.

“It’s already been 10 years… I don’t think I, now that I’ve reached that level, can beat that extraordinary star back then.”

Just a moment ago, the martial arts master was brimming with confidence even when talking about the Shaolin abbot.

However, the current martial arts grand prince who mentioned the extraordinary did not show any confidence.

“That man······was a star beyond the sky.”

Hence the name, Cheon-oe-seong (天外星).

The emperor could not easily believe it.

“You’ve met him, have you seen his face?”

“I couldn’t see his face because he was wearing a mask, but I could guess that he was a man based on his physique.”

“So you are saying that it is certain that he exists?”

The emperor nodded lightly.

And as I listened to the story······, it was also quite interesting.

The emperor could understand why, when the people gathered together, they would line up and say, “This one is stronger,” “This one is stronger,” “So-and-so is stronger,” etc.

Was that why?

“The one called Cheon-oe-seong (天外星).”

The emperor pondered deeply about his identity.

Someone so strong, yet so unclear in identity.

“Maybe it’s not a heavenly demon.”