Invitation to the Chatroom of the Gods - Chapter 114



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Episode 114 – Hyeonshin Tutoring (1)

The incarnation of the immortals of the celestial world.

Originally, the immortals of the celestial world were not allowed to appear in the world, let alone interfere in the secular world.

But if you ask whether, in principle, it is impossible to interfere with the secular world, then that is not the case.

The reason why the immortals of the celestial world could not interfere in the secular world was because even the smallest intervention consumed enormous merit, so it was considered virtually impossible.

As long as one could bear the consummation of merit, one could freely engage and intervene in the secular world.

Just looking at the fact that Gucheonhyeonnyeo appeared a few days ago to find me, who had not been in contact with me, I could tell that the appearance itself was not impossible.

“Even if it is not your own merit, it seems like it is possible to become a being by borrowing the merit of others.”

I heard from the chatroom that Goocheonhyeonnyeo had ‘borrowed’ the merits of Taesang Laojun, not her own.

If that were the case, it would seem that if I borrowed my merits, I could make the immortals appear.

In other words, if I could change the object of my debt from ‘Taesang Laojun’ to ‘me’, it would be possible to manifest the immortals.

“The problem is that the merit consumed in incarnation seems to be more than we think.”

I don’t remember exactly, but I think it was around 11:00 when Gucheonhyeonnyeo appeared.

And in that brief appearance, all the virtues of the Supreme Lord were completely exposed.

I have never heard of the extent of the merits and virtues that Taesang Laojun possessed, so I do not know in detail.

But when I first entered the Taoist temple, I heard that there was a bet between Sakyamuni and the Great Heavenly Being to catch them, and that they would earn merits worth ‘kalpa’ (劫).

In addition, the highest level of the Taesang Laojun’s treasure required an unheard of unit of merit called ‘Geng Gala (矜羯羅)’.

On the other hand, the conversion merit I currently possess is······.

[Hwan─ ─Deok(─)] – ──9──9──

The conversion merit that was still causing errors. It was a huge amount, at least 9,999 years, but it was not enough.

As expected, it was right to think that the immortals of the celestial world could not interfere with the secular world······but.

“Wouldn’t it be a bit different if I were to manifest it on my side?”

I thought it might have been because of the ‘merit of the Supreme Lord.’ I thought that since the Supreme Lord, who was an ‘immortal of the celestial world,’ wanted to interfere in the secular world, he might have needed such merit.

But I thought that if I, a ‘worldly person’, were to intervene directly, it might not require that much merit.

“Isn’t it?”

······I don’t really know.

Anyway, it’s not a problem that I can find the answer to even if I think about it alone for a hundred days.

There may also be the conversion merit of the footnotes that still causes errors.

By reaching the basic level of the Cheon-dun Sword Technique, the effectiveness of merit will also improve.

“I have to ask you right now.”

I straight away unfolded my folding screen and entered the Taoist temple.

* * *

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: Hmm······.

The writings of Taesang Laojun, who seems to be in deep agony.

The Supreme Lord did not give a definite answer to my question regarding the present.

It seemed like a problem that even the Grand Prince could not seem to find an answer to, but I took it as a positive sign.

It’s not like I said ‘no’ outright.

First of all, the very act of thinking about it meant that there was a certain degree of ‘possibility’.

I waited for Taesang Laojun’s answer without rushing, and as time passed, Taesang Laojun in the portrait frowned more and more.

Because of that, Taesang Nogun’s already wrinkled face looked completely wrinkled. Wouldn’t he just turn into a pupa?

It was at that time that such a thought occurred to me without me realizing it.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: I’ll have to look into it a little more to find out more······.

As if he had finished his thoughts, the words of the Great Master came to mind on the scroll. At the same time, the wrinkled face of the Great Master also straightened out, and he was able to avoid turning into a pupa.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: Youngest, I think it’s possible, just like you said.

└[Cheongun]

: Are you saying that I can make my seniors appear through my merits?

At my question, the head of the Taesang Laojun in the portrait nodded up and down once.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: Youngest, as you said, a lot of merit is needed for a god from the heavenly world to get involved in the secular world. This is called the ‘merit of cause’ in the heavenly world······.

Then please explain.

What is the cause and what is the effect? ​​The relationship between the two is one-way, not two-way.

They are not separate from each other in their intrinsic nature or in their external relationship, so they are sufficiently related to each other.

“······I have no idea what you are saying.”

It was an extremely difficult explanation, as if someone were to say, “This is not Taesangnogun.”

However, from what I understood with difficulty, it seemed like what he was saying was that the secular dimension is the ’cause (因)’ and the celestial dimension is the ‘result (果)’.

In other words, the ‘result’ of the celestial world was created because there was a ‘cause’ called the secular world. The secular world came first, and the celestial world came next.

Well, I think that’s what it meant.

“After all, all of the seniors of the Damsobang were worldly people at first.”

It wasn’t just a Taoist temple thing.

The Buddhist lineage, including Sakyamuni and Dharma.

Confucianism, like Confucius.

Blacksmiths like Guyazawa. Doctors like Pyeonjak.

Looking at it this way, all of the people in the celestial world started out in the secular world.

So, just as a cause exists first and then an effect occurs, it is quite possible and easy to influence the celestial world from the secular world.

It seems possible to ascend from the secular world to the celestial world and become an immortal.

This was the reason why the heavenly world was in chaos because of my fate.

Because the causes of the secular world can affect the results of the celestial world, it cannot be simply dismissed as a worldly matter.

That was why all the gods, Buddhas, and saints gathered together and held the supreme meeting.

Furthermore, this was also the reason why the immortals of the celestial world, including Pyeonjak, were interested in the secular world, but anyway.

Conversely, it is nearly impossible for the celestial world to influence the secular world.

It was like saying that the result comes first and then the cause occurs.

Therefore, the only way to intervene in the secular world from the celestial world was to forcibly create a cause, and in the process, an enormous amount of merit was consumed.

This was practically an impossible task, and only someone as powerful as Taesang No-gun could do it.

In fact, it is said that even Taesang Laojun originally thought it was impossible.

However, he said that it was possible because there was a certain amount of cause and a worldly medium called ‘Jokja’.

But what if the cause is directly caused by ‘my merit’ as a human being in this world, rather than through the medium of a sect?

There was no need for a lot of merit like that of Taesang Laojun.

This is because the cause is not created by force.

“······Is that right?”

It may not be entirely correct, but it seemed to be something like that.

In any case, the story was that if I used up my merits, it would be possible to manifest the senior immortals.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: However, there are some limitations.

It was at that very moment that the words of Taesang Laojun came to mind.

└[Sword Immortal Yeo Dong-bin]

: I can see the youngest in person too?!?1?!

└[Nine Heavenly Wise Women]

: Can the girl go flower viewing in the paradise garden with the youngest?!

The words of Yeo Dong-bin and Gu Cheon-hyeon-nyeo, who had been quietly watching, suddenly came to mind.

It didn’t stop there, and the words of Yeo Dong-bin and Gu Cheon-hyeon-nyeo kept rising, and Taesang Lao-jun’s words were instantly buried.

└[Sword Immortal Yeo Dong-bin]

: I can teach the youngest one myself? I can personally teach the youngest one the Cheon-dun Sword Technique?

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: Even though you are the youngest, you are the one who caused the problem yourself.

└[Nine Heavenly Wise Women]

: What if I could go for a walk holding hands with my youngest on a moonlit night?! What if I could go to a cozy lantern festival with my youngest alone?!

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: A lot of merit is consumed.

└[Sword Immortal Yeo Dong-bin]

:I can mix swords with the youngest too? I can show off my sword skills in front of the youngest too? I can show off my mental imagery in front of the youngest too?!?!?

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: Above all, youngest, you are the cause of causality-.

└[Nine Heavenly Wise Women]

: Is it possible to mix the youngest and the sword?! Is it possible to keep the youngest in the girl’s arms for the rest of her life!?!?!?

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: Can’t both of you shut up!!!

Kwaaaaaaaah-!

A mysterious energy is released beyond the scroll along with the angry words of the unbearable Taesang Nogun.

As expected, the appearance of Taesang Laojun in the portrait was unusual.

This time, he seemed really angry.

But for some reason, Yeo Dong-bin and Gu Cheon-hyeon-nyeo didn’t seem to notice the appearance of Taesang No-jun.

└[Sword Immortal Yeo Dong-bin]

: Nangrang-ah, you manifested a while ago, so wouldn’t it be unconscionable to try to manifest it again this time?

└[Nine Heavenly Wise Women]

: That was only for a short time! On the other hand, Yeo Dong-bin taught the youngest one Cheon-dun Sword Technique every single day! He was with the youngest one all day long!

└[Sword Immortal Yeo Dong-bin]

: But if I want to teach the youngest the Cheon-dun Sword Technique, shouldn’t I be the one to appear?

└[Nine Heavenly Wise Women]

: I can teach you the principles of hegemony! It’s unfair that only Yeo Dong-bin monopolizes the youngest position!

└[Sword Immortal Yeo Dong-bin]

: So you won’t make any concessions?

└[Nine Heavenly Wise Women]

: It’s up to Yeo Dong-bin to make the concession!

Then, Yeo Dong-bin and Gu Cheon-hyeon-nyeo glared at each other.

A very ominous atmosphere flowed between the two.

Right then.

Hurrruk!

Suddenly, the image of Yeo Dong-bin in the portrait became fiery and a burning aura.

Damn it!

In response, the image of the Nine Heavenly Women in the portrait froze and a chilling cold air rose up.

Is it that questioning is useless and answering questions is useless?

└[Sword Immortal Yeo Dong-bin]

: Is it a fight or a life or death decision?

└[Nine Heavenly Wise Women]

: It’s a life or death decision. The loser will never see the youngest.

······He really looked like he was going to fight.

The fierce fire and the freezing cold were growing stronger as if they would rush toward each other if only there was some trigger.

Perhaps because of that, the other gods of Damsobang were in an uproar as if a cold wind had hit their feet.

└[Emperor Divine Right]

: Hey, you crazy things! Do you have anything to do with destroying the heavenly realm? If you’re going to fight, go fight in paradise, you crazy things!

└[Auxiliary Emperor Wang Zhongyang]

: Emergency!!! Super emergency!!!

└[Hyeonhyeonja (玄玄子) Jang Sam-bong]

: Mom, I can’t take it. There’s no way to handle the fight between the two of you with Nobu’s style!

└[Gwangyeongja (廣零子) abuse]

: That’s an illusion. That’s an illusion. That’s an auditory hallucination. That’s an illusion… That can’t be true!

└[Purple House Immortal Gwangseongja]

: Everyone run towards paradise with all your might!!!

└[Gwaea (拐兒) Lee Cheol-Gwae]

: What, what is this? What is this all of a sudden······?

Only Lee Cheol-goe, who had just entered the den, showed a bewildered expression.

However, as if they had no regard for their surroundings, Yeo Dong-bin’s fiery aura and Gu Cheon-hyeon-nyeo’s cold aura continued to grow stronger.

Hwaruk! Crackle!

The momentum of two immortals who do not retreat an inch.

To be honest, I couldn’t say for sure who would win, but it was hard to tell whether it was Gucheonhyeonnyeo who was great against Yeo Dongbin or whether it was Yeo Dongbin who was great against Gucheonhyeonnyeo.

I really couldn’t hide my surprise.

“Was my sister like this···?”

Of course, I already knew that Gucheonhyeonnyeo was an extraordinary female immortal.

Her transcendent beauty was beyond words, and I also knew that there were not many people in the celestial world who could match her power.

But honestly, I didn’t know if it would be enough to not be pushed aside by Yeo Dong-bin.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Yeo Dong-bin’s fiery aura burned as if it would burn everything in the world, and Gu Cheon-hyeon-nyeo’s cold aura rose as if it would freeze everything in the world.

This is truly a tense situation.

It was just then.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: These are just······!!

The words of Taesang Laojun suddenly came to mind.

The face of Taesang Laojun, seen in the portrait, was truly that of an angry tiger. No, it wasn’t just an angry tiger.

The portrait depicts a ‘ferocious tiger’ whose hair grew all the way to the top of his head.

‘danger!’

Suddenly, an instinctive warning rang in my head.

There was no time to even think about this or that.

I hurriedly folded the folding screen that I had opened and threw it with all my might.

And almost at the same time.

Kwaaaaang!!

The folding screen that was flying through the air suddenly exploded loudly. A huge shock wave spread out from the center of the folding screen and swept through my body, creating a detonation.

“Ugh!”

I held my breath involuntarily due to the tremendous shock that shook my whole body.

It was a huge shock that would have left me injured and bedridden for several days, if not for the fact that I instinctively had my self-defense talisman wrapped around me.

The piece of paper that had caused the explosion was blown far away and scattered on the ground.

Fortunately, it seemed like it wasn’t dead(?) because it was still wiggling around.

He walked slowly and picked up the wriggling chair.

And then again, upon checking the Taoist discourse······.

[The causal connection is not good. Please try again later.]

“······That’s why it was like this.”

I could personally feel why all the immortals kept their mouths shut whenever Taesang Laojun got truly angry.

* * *

An unidentified explosion that shook the entire city of Beijing.

The Grand Prince of Murim was able to find the cause and follow the commander in charge of the Golden Guard to the highest mountain in Beijing.

And when he came face to face with the source of the explosion, the martial arts master couldn’t help but open his eyes in surprise.

“What the heck is this···?”

A landscape with sunken pits that extend 50 meters in radius.

It was as if a huge spoon the size of Mt. Tai had dug through this place, and it looked like a giant meteorite had fallen.

So this place, which had been scorched earth on all sides, could no longer be considered a mountain. Now, only traces of what had once been a sacred mountain remained.

The Martial Arts Commander could easily see that this was the very place where the explosion that shook the entire city of Beijing originated.

And that is why the Grand Prince of Murim could not believe the sight before his eyes even more.

A man wielding a sword in the center of none other than a giant, sunken pit.

‘Cheongun···?’

That man was none other than Cheongun.

And what that means is one thing.

‘Could it be Cheongun······?’

It meant that the source of the explosion was the blue cloud. It meant that the huge explosion that shook the entire city of Beijing was caused by the blue cloud.

But does that make sense for the time being?

First of all, it was impossible for the Grand Prince of Murim to do so.

A martial arts master who recently achieved enlightenment and joined the ranks of the five best martial artists in the world.

Even though his internal energy had surpassed 50 years, it was still difficult to generate even a small amount of power from such an explosion.

That is why the Grand Prince of Murim could say with certainty.

It’s impossible.

This wasn’t just something that happened to the Grand Prince of Murim.

It is extremely difficult for even a natural disaster or other natural phenomenon to cause an explosion so powerful that it could shake the entire city of Beijing.

The only possibility is a ‘giant meteorite’ falling from the sky.

But, it was not a meteorite or Mother Nature, but a mere ‘human’ that caused such an absurd explosion?

‘Uh, how······?’

The surprised Grand Prince of Murim’s eyes were filled with a sense of shock. A feeling of doubt also rose in response to the unbelievable event.

But as he watched Cheongun wielding a sword covered in flames at the center of the pit, the suspicion that had begun to bloom began to gradually change into other emotions.

At first glance, Cheongun appeared to be training.

And I wasn’t training in any special martial arts.

Illusion, weight, pleasure, flow, hegemony, strength.

Only the six basic characteristics of the shape of the sword were glimpsed.

But when I looked closely, I wondered if that was cultivation.

Hurrruk!

It was Cheongun who looked like he was fighting with someone.

It was invisible to the eyes of the Murim Grand Prince. However, it seemed as if Cheongwoon was fighting fiercely against an imaginary enemy.

So, the Grand Prince of Murim quietly watched Cheongun’s sword······.

‘You don’t feel anything?’

The Murim Grand Prince could not sense anything from Cheongwoon. What Cheongwoon was displaying were clearly the six basic magical properties of the sword.

But for some reason I couldn’t see or feel anything.

So I couldn’t see anything from Cheongun.

This is a state where, when you reach an extremely high level, you end up looking like an ordinary person.

It is a kind of illusion that arises from a difference in perspective, not a realm of exactness.

Returning to the truth through reckless abandon.

It was an illusion caused by the difference in rank, and it was a phenomenon in which the distant rank of the object was not recognized, so it was felt as just ‘ordinary’.

This means that.

‘You surpassed me······?’

It was similar to the meaning that Cheongun’s realm had surpassed that of the Great General of Murim.

To be exact, it was no different from saying that the sword that Cheongwoon was wielding right now was at a level that the martial arts master could not grasp at all.

But that didn’t make sense.

The Grand Prince of Murim recently attained enlightenment and joined the ranks of the Five Absolutes of the World.

Therefore, it means that the sky and clouds reach a place that is so far away that even the five great kings of the world cannot dare to cross.

‘Oh, how······?’

The eyes of the Murim Grand Prince were finally filled with shock.

No, the emotion that the Grand Prince of Murim was feeling right now could not be expressed simply with the word ‘shock.’

As a martial artist pursuing martial arts, the Grand Prince of Murim felt a sense of ‘victory’ first and foremost when dealing with a martial artist of a higher level.

The fight with the master was an opportunity and chance to learn many things.

However, this was not the case when dealing with masters who were far beyond the realm of knowledge.

When you encounter a completely different dimension of unmanned vehicles, you don’t even feel a sense of pride.

No matter how hard you try throughout your life, you will never be able to reach the level he has achieved, so you can only ‘revere’ his existence.

So just one person.

There was only one person in his entire life who gave the Grand Prince of Murim such ‘awe’.

10 years ago, the only warrior who inflicted a crushing defeat on the martial arts master.

A warrior who has attained enlightenment and entered the Five Absolutes of the World, but even now cannot dare to guarantee victory.

A star outside the sky, a star outside the sky.

-The ultimate destination for those who walk the path of martial arts is the same for all.

······I thought I would never feel this way again.

-There are just different paths to get there.

But I never imagined that I would feel such awe from a young martial arts junior, not even from the fifth or tenth level of the same world.

-Just as the paths pursued and walked by the teachings of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism are all different, the place they ultimately reach through enlightenment is the Way.

Maybe that’s why.

-The place where you reach the end of the martial path that stretches out into tens of thousands of branches is also ‘one’.

The Murim Grand Prince thought that the ‘Sword of Cheongun’ and the ‘Sword of Cheonwiseong’ were very similar.

* * *

The Six Dragons and Three Peaks Association.

This is a gathering where six dragons and three phoenixes play, and it is a place of harmony where none other than the ‘Hugijisu’ of Gupaebang gather to share friendship with each other.

But the words were only a sign of reconciliation, and the reality was not so.

The later index was a talent of the next generation, and although they were all grouped together as the Gupaeilbang, they were all from different sects, so they were no different from each other’s competitors.

That is why the Six Dragons and Three Phoenixes, who outwardly showed their friendship, unknowingly kept each other in check.

But that was now a thing of the past.

After all the later members of the Six Dragons and Three Peaks Society received teachings from Cheongun, the old-fashioned power struggles were no longer seen.

“That blow just now… It seems like you grow every time you do a duel, Seongunyeop Gongja.”

“That is what I should say, Master Tak Bo-hwi. I can see that your spearmanship is improving day by day.”

A place of harmony where we hone each other’s martial arts skills.

These people could not have come together with one purpose, but it was possible because of one central figure.

“Well, what more have I done than diligently follow the teachings of the Great Swordsman Hwa-ryong?”

“If you say so, wouldn’t it be the same for me?”

Hahahahahahaha!

Now, the Six Dragons and Three Bongs were no longer rivals, but rather a close-knit group like four brothers centered around their teacher, Cheongun.

“Prince Yunyeop, how about having a duel with me this time?”

“Are you speaking with Lady Narin? I am always welcome.”

The Yukryongsambonghoe has become a place of training beyond a place of harmony.

It was a time when everyone was diligently practicing martial arts while repeating Cheongun’s teachings.

“You guys are having a great time.”

A familiar voice was suddenly heard.

All of the Six Dragons and Three Peaks stopped their fighting and looked towards where the sound came from.

And then a man appeared.

“Why is Prince Yang here······?”

Yang Jong-cheon, the shaman who had left Chilryongsambonghoe, was slowly approaching.