Invitation to the Chatroom of the Gods - Chapter 73



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Episode 73 – Reward (1)

I thought maybe I was seeing things wrong.

But no matter how many times I washed my eyes and looked at them, no matter how many times I rubbed my eyes, the numbers floating on the scroll did not change.

[Conversion Merit] – 0

···wasn’t there.

There was not even a day, not even an hour, not even an angle, not even a brief moment to have a cup of tea······there was not even a moment.

This is how you die without being able to move.

······Just when I was thinking about it.

[Conversion of Merit] – 1 Shijin (+ 1 Shijin).

Suddenly, I could see the merit of the conversion amounting to an hour rising.

Automatic merit.

The automatic virtue of the Jang Gang Hyeopgaekdan revived my life that had been dead.

It was at this critical moment that the Jangganghyeopdan’s automatic virtue was truly demonstrated, but the problem was that this was only for a moment.

[Conversion Merit] – 0

The merit of the mountain that had risen disappeared as quickly as if it had never existed.

After that, the automatic merit continued to rise, but it rose and disappeared as quickly as it rose, repeating several times.

Automatic merit alone cannot revive my life.

But if there was one silver lining, it seemed that this was the very reason why my life was not cut off in an instant.

To put it simply, it seemed like even the heavens were confused.

It seemed like he was confused about whether or not his life was over and whether or not he could kill me.

There was still······time to survive.

I thought I could survive if I quickly filled up my merits before the heavens came to their senses. I could somehow force myself to do it…

however.

‘···how?’

No method came to mind at all. No matter how much I racked my brain, no method came to mind that could fill up the merit right away.

Especially, seeing that the automatic merit was disappearing moment by moment, it seemed that it would be impossible to restore one’s life with ordinary merit.

I don’t know for sure, but it seemed like I would have to accumulate at least hundreds of years’ worth of merit, but there was no way I could accumulate that much merit in a time when every second counted.

That was when.

“···Huh? Ahh?”

Suddenly, a foolish voice came into my ear.

Without realizing it, I turned my head toward the place where the sound came from. And they say that even if you go into a tiger’s den, you will survive if you just keep your wits about you, and that even if the sky falls, there is a hole to escape through.

“······to?”

“Eh···?”

“iced coffee?”

Before my eyes stood the review index of the broken old file room.

* * *

A landscape that looks like a storm has passed through.

Where the emperor passed, only silence remained.

The whole body of the Six Dragons and Three Bongs was frozen and unable to move. The events that had just happened flashed through his mind like a revolving lantern.

‘Oh, Your Majesty the Emperor······.’

‘You were favored······.’

Cheongun is receiving the ‘Emperor’s Favor’.

It was not an ordinary favor, but one that the emperor himself came all the way to Shanxi Province to visit. He even arranged a meeting with the emperor’s younger sister.

To this extent, it would be safe to say that the Emperor was treating them like ‘family’, beyond just favoring them. And the Emperor’s family was no different from members of the imperial family······.

Who on earth was I flirting with?

Cheongun already had the Emperor by his side, so why did he ignore him, calling him a snake from the Gangseo Province or a mere insect?

Of course, he was currently repenting his mistake.

So, as an apology, a favor, and a way to repay Cheongun, I prepared things that could be considered the treasures of the sect.

So, each of them looked at the gifts in their hands.

‘This, this······.’

‘What should I do···?’

I was able to confirm that the gifts had become nothing more than trash.

Of course, it could never be considered trash.

How can we call the treasures of each sect, especially the treasures of the Gupailbang, trash?

But I saw the Emperor’s distribution right before my eyes.

In front of the emperor’s reward, not only the treasures of the old palace, but everything in the world was like trash. What’s more, Cheongwoon refused to accept such an emperor’s reward.

Cheongwoon refused to accept it even though he was urged to do so.

If the Emperor’s reward is like that, would a gift prepared by the Six Dragons and Three Phoenixes really be any different?

To be honest, I had nothing to say even if they just threw it away, calling it ‘trash’.

“······to?”

“Eh···?”

“iced coffee?”

The spirit of the Six Dragons and Three Peaks Association suddenly broke down.

I couldn’t even figure out what to do.

Right then.

Cheongun strode quickly toward Yukryongsambonghoe. The face he looked at was a very serious one. It was really only in an instant that Yukryongsambonghoe’s face turned pale.

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry······!”

Suddenly someone shouted.

The late index of the volcano, Maemulyeong.

He was kneeling before Cheongun with his eyes tightly shut. And all of the Six Dragons and Three Peaks who were watching him knelt before Cheongun, who had come closer as if they had made a promise.

“I too… I too am sorry!”

“I don’t even know the topic······!”

“Please forgive me just this once, just this once!”

The later index of the old file room was no different from the next long-term person. In other words, it was the future and face of the old file room, so it was not easy to kneel to anyone.

It was not just the Yukryongsambonghoe that represented the entire Gupa Ibang.

The Six Dragons and Three Phoenixes were not without such awareness either, and so originally they had no intention of kneeling down and apologizing to Cheongwoon.

······But I saw it.

“I, I only learned martial arts since I was young… I am ignorant.”

“It is true that we forgot the case, but please have mercy······.”

I saw with my own eyes the overwhelming martial arts that burned all things, and I saw with my own eyes the emperor’s favor, to the point of treating him like family.

But what the hell is this old file room?

It is true that the Six Dragons and Three Phoenixes were rude to Cheongun.

The Yukryongsambonghoe could be said to be the face of the Gupailbang with its future long-term members.

In other words, the mistakes of the Yukryongsambonghoe are directly connected to the mistakes of the Gupa Ibang, so if they make a mistake… they will not be able to avoid the disaster of the destruction of the clan.

With just one word from Cheongun, the emperor will take action, and with that, the Gupa Ilbang will disappear into history that day.

So, I could kneel down as many times as I wanted. If I could ask for forgiveness from Cheongwoon just by kneeling, I could kneel down a hundred, a thousand times.

Also, that’s why I didn’t think Cheongwoon would forgive me just by kneeling.

What if the Six Dragons and Three Phoenixes and Cheongun had opposing positions right now?

Rather than forgiving Cheongun, the Yukryongsambonghoe would have exterminated even the rural military officers, whether they were ‘missionary officers’ or something else.

So, the Six Dragons and Three Peaks Society could only rely on Cheongun’s mercy.

and.

“Why is everyone like that?”

Cheongun’s voice was suddenly heard.

When I slowly opened my eyes, I saw Cheongwoon with a bewildered expression on his face. It was definitely not the face of someone who was angry or resentful of the Six Dragons and Three Phoenixes.

“I, us······.”

“Do you forgive me?”

“What can I do to forgive you all?”

Cheongun tilted his head again and asked. Of course he knew. Cheongun must have known that the Six Dragons and Three Phoenixes were being arrogant.

“The floor is very slippery. Get up quickly.”

However, Cheongwoon pretended that nothing had happened and forgave the Six Dragons and Three Bongs. Cheongwoon helped each of the Six Dragons and Three Bongs up.

Cheongun even treated the Six Dragons and Three Phoenixes with respect, as if he were a benefactor.

Even if he treated them coldly as if he were his enemy, he had nothing to say, but Cheongwoon held onto the Six Dragons and Three Peaks as if he loved even his enemy.

Seriously······ Even though he was a big person, he was too big.

How could a person be so big? I couldn’t even guess how big they were.

His generosity and generosity were wider than the sea. It was difficult to describe him even with the word ‘Great Swordsman’.

Was that why?

“Ugh···!”

Suddenly, my emotions surged. Tears welled up in my eyes for no reason. I tried to hold them back, but my tearful face eventually couldn’t hold them back and they burst out.

“Thank you··· Thank you···!”

“Sob···!”

The scene suddenly became a sea of ​​tears. Cheongwoon also looked greatly flustered, but quickly regained his composure and spoke.

“I don’t know why, but everyone seems confused.”

Cheongun looked at the faces of the Six Dragons and Three Peaks one by one.

“When your mind is confused, you should not try to overcome it with other thoughts and minds. If your mind and thoughts are already filled with gloomy residue, trying to overcome them with other thoughts and minds will only make you more depressed.”

Cheongun’s words have a sense of depth.

“So when you’re feeling depressed, the best thing to do is to move your body… How about we do something light like dancing together?”

Then, the crying of the Six Dragons and Three Peaks suddenly stopped.

Her eyes, filled with tears, blinked and looked at Cheongun.

The complaint cannot be heard.

It was something I had been longing for in my heart, but never dared to ask for.

Cheongwoon said, scratching the back of his head awkwardly.

“I’m a bit hesitant to say this to my subject, but if you don’t mind, I’ll try to help you with your shortcomings while we work together.”

ah······!

Suddenly, fireworks exploded in the minds of the Six Dragons and Three Peaks. Soon, Kunlun’s Jonalin, who had gathered his courage, pushed forward the wooden armor he had hidden behind his back.

“This, this···.”

“What is this?”

“It’s nothing much, but it’s my way of thanking you, Grandmaster.”

Then, Cheongwoon suddenly stopped and hesitated. To be exact, Cheongwoon was greatly embarrassed by the word ‘repayment.’

A moment of silence.

“······I will gratefully accept it.”

It was only for a moment that Jonarin’s face brightened at Cheongun’s words.

“But I would like to give this back to you, my lady.”

“ah······.”

Disappointment crept into Jonalin’s blue-walled eyes.

It was just a roundabout way of saying it, but it was no different from saying that he would not accept it. As expected, to Cheongwoon, it was a gift that was no different from trash.

It was at that moment that Jonathan’s head began to tilt downward.

“If you accept my gift and grow further, that would be the greatest reward for me.”

Suddenly hearing something, he slowly raised his head and looked in front of his eyes. The smiling face of Cheongwoon filled Jonarin’s field of vision.

Jonarin’s blue eyes shook violently.

How on earth can a person be so······ great? How on earth can a person be so······ cool?

A chivalrous man whose depth is impossible to fathom.

Jonathan’s head was a complete mess as he got caught up in it.

“Oh, by any chance···.”

“I wonder if we can get some guidance too…”

Shaolin’s Tak Bo-hwi and Gae-bo’s Im Ho-bang spoke with earnest faces.

“Of course.”

Then Cheongwoon nodded as if to say something obvious. The two women didn’t stop there and continued to watch each other cautiously.

Cheongun only spoke to Haenam’s Gwachoa and Ami’s Akryuhyang.

“Of course, I spoke to both of you as well.”

“Me, really?!”

“Really?! Is, is that really okay?!”

Now, the minds of all members of the Six Dragons and Three Peaks were in shambles.

* * *

······It was extremely dangerous.

If the review indices of the old file room hadn’t been right in front of me, if the review indices of the old file room had rejected my suggestion to lead the map.

Lastly, if you hadn’t returned the gifts you gave me as a reward······.

Seriously, it was extremely dangerous.

Actually, I was really worried. It was a matter of taking a slap in the face and humiliating him, but whether he would receive guidance from me was a separate issue.

You could tell just by looking at the shaman’s review index and the absence of Yang Jong-cheon.

But fortunately, the reviewers of Gupaebang readily accepted the map-free proposal, making my worries seem meaningless.

······It was really dangerous.

Of course, I hadn’t taught them yet, but I instinctively knew that my lifeline had returned.

It was the same as my merit being tarnished the moment it became certain that I would be rewarded.

The moment it became clear that I was teaching the old path, I was able to receive the merit that the senior immortals had promised.

With that, I was able to put out the urgent fire that had fallen on my feet.

[Conversion Merit] – 3,172 months and 12 days

A conversion merit of just over 3,000 months.

Converted into years, he was able to accumulate merit equivalent to just 264 years.

“ha······.”

A sigh escaped me without me realizing it.

It was a ‘sigh of relief’ for having survived, but it was also a ‘sigh of despair’ for having only 3,000 months to live.

That would be the case, since it was a merit that included not only the immortals of the Taoist temple but also what Bodhidharma had promised.

Since Yang Jong-cheon was not there, he could not receive the merits of Jang Sam-bong, but it was still clearly a tremendous amount.

At the very least, it could have easily lasted several hundred years, and it could have even lasted several thousand years, but after offsetting the damage done by the Emperor’s rewards, only 264 years remained.

Of course, the word ‘just’ could not be added before 264 years······.

‘Is it because of fate going against the grain?’

To be exact, it seemed that my existence had become known to the celestial world, and that the heavens had also become aware of me.

My life was cut off long ago.

That’s why the heavens didn’t know of my existence. They thought I was dead.

Up until now, he had been accumulating virtue with the help of the Supreme Elder and the immortals, and had kept the fact hidden to prolong his life.

However, the leader of the Demonic Cult, Akjihak, fell and a fate that went against heaven was born.

With this, my existence became known even to the celestial world, and even ‘heaven’, which had previously been unaware of my existence, came to know that I was alive and not dead.

So the heavens were trying to kill me by any means necessary.

Of course, I could still avoid that disaster by accumulating merit, but under its influence, the amount of merit I consumed in rewards increased, and it seemed like the amount of merit I gained for the things I did decreased.

No, but that’s still true.

‘How much did you give in reward, anyway?’

Still, this was a bit harsh.

Even though the amount consumed and the amount gained had changed, it was too much to have only 264 years left when I had received all the merits of the senior immortals.

I opened the scroll containing the list of rewards that Ju Gwan-cheon had left behind. And I checked the endless list of rewards.

“······.”

I could immediately understand why it could only last for 264 years. This could be seen as a result of the great merits of the senior immortals who were able to save it for 264 years.

With that, I was barely able to survive······.

‘This is no use.’

264 years was not enough to learn the Cheon-dun sword technique.

Not only was it difficult to obtain a divine sword that could withstand the Cheon-dun sword technique, but it was also difficult to obtain the internal energy to learn the Cheon-dun sword technique.

Of course, the emperor’s rewards included a huge amount of elixirs.

If you add up all the small elixirs, there could easily be thousands of them.

I thought this was at the level of ‘Duduk-i’, but with this level of elixir, I could easily obtain internal energy of thousands of years.

But it wasn’t something to be thought of so simply······.

‘The more you take the elixir, the less effective it becomes.’

In a situation where I didn’t know how much internal energy would be needed to master the Cheon-dun Sword Technique, I couldn’t just take the elixir.

Since it only reduced efficiency, it was right to only take Taesang Laojun’s Xian Dan from now on.

In other words, for me at present, the elixir of this world is no different from ‘poison.’

Does that mean that other emperors’ rewards are of any use?

That wasn’t it either.

Of course, many of the weapons I was given were comparable to those of new recruits.

If you include all the small and detailed weapons, there must have been thousands of them, but the problem was that none of them could withstand the power of the Cheon-dun-geom method.

In the first place, the weapons of this world could not withstand the Cheon-dun Sword Technique. Even if it was a new weapon made by the best dark swordsman in the world, it would be impossible.

Moreover, the list of rewards included not only swords, but also various other long weapons such as axes, staffs, and spears.

It was extremely difficult because there were many weapons that I didn’t handle.

I feel bad for saying this, but… you could call it ‘pretty trash.’

‘Do we have no choice but to store it in the missionary’s warehouse?’

It was a time when I could only sigh.

‘······No?’

Suddenly, an idea flashed through my head.

Currently I am unable to ‘reward roll back’.

To be exact, I couldn’t do it because all possibilities were blocked even if I wanted to, but when I thought about it, it wasn’t necessarily the case that I could handle this reward by just returning the reward…

Isn’t there an old saying like this?

There is love coming down, but no love coming down.

Likewise, there may be no reward for going up, but there may be reward for going down.

therefore······.

‘You can just give it to the Jang Gang Hyeopgaekdan.’

By giving rewards, you can receive a ‘refund’ for your merits.

It could be said that you put in merit and get merit, and in a broad sense, it could be said that it is an investment in merit.

‘Can I get more money back?’

It meant that one could receive back several times the merit.

* * *

The Emperor personally visited the Martial Arts Alliance to meet the Great Fire Dragon!

The news and rumor spread throughout the world in the blink of an eye.

First of all, it was extremely rare for the emperor to move in person, and furthermore, it was rare for him to move to meet someone specific.

In most cases, they would only be called to the palace if there was an emergency.

And yet, it is said that the emperor personally went to meet Cheongun, the great warrior of the Fire Dragon and the military officer······.

“Oh my goodness, even the Emperor himself came forward···.”

“The ascended dragon has truly grown wings!”

“Didn’t dragons originally have wings? Or not?”

The whole world was in chaos.

No matter where you went in the world, this story was never ending and could be heard again.

Only one place.

The case was different on the Yangtze River, the great waterway that crosses the world.

So, the leader of the Jang Gang Hyeopgaekdan, Gu Cheol-san.

“······maharaja?”

Gu Cheol-san could not understand the contents of the letter he was holding in his hand.

This letter was delivered by an eagle raised by the great king of the Yangtze River and the great king of Mt. Gucheol.

And then, in a hurry, I read the contents.

There was something truly outrageous written inside.

[You did a great job!]

First of all, there was the praise of the great king written right away.

I don’t know what he did well, but the king was very pleased.

For a moment, my nose started to twitch with a sudden sense of satisfaction.

[So, as a reward for this work, I have acquired many weapons that are comparable to those of new recruits. There are quite a variety of types, so please have the former commander-in-chief provide each member of the swordsman with a suitable weapon.]

······What are you talking about?

You brought weapons that are comparable to those of a new recruit? And you’re telling me to give them to the Swordsman Corps? The Jang River Swordsman Corps has a total of 4,000 members, so what······?

[I also brought some elixirs with me. They are a reward, but I know that all the members of the swordsman group will be having a hard time training in martial arts, so tell them to take them one at a time.]

······For the time being, I couldn’t understand what he was talking about.

Of course, it’s not that I didn’t understand the content.

I brought you some elixirs, so take them one by one and practice.

There was no way I wouldn’t understand this simple thing.

But, to ask you to eat each of those precious elixirs one by one like a ‘snack’… does that make any sense?

And once again, the number of members of the Jang Gang Hyeopgaekdan is a whopping 4,000.

“······maharaja?”

No matter how much he thought about it, Gucheolsan couldn’t understand it.

Although Gucheolsan was willing to give up his life if the King told him to, he could not help but doubt the King’s words written in the letter.

But the scenery that I see right now in front of me at Gucheolsan Mountain.

The vast expanse of Poyang Lake was filled with enormous elixirs and weapons. Each and every one of them could be called a ‘treasure.’

“···············maharaja?”

Gu Cheol-san really couldn’t understand what was going on for a while.