Invitation to the Chatroom of the Gods - Chapter 76



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Episode 76 – Untold Truth (1)

Namgung Yerin was happier than anyone else when she heard the news that Cheongwoon had woken up.

Still, I didn’t go to see Cheongun, because I didn’t have the courage to go see him.

It would be more accurate to say that I am not qualified to do so.

Namgung Yerin wanted to stand next to Cheongwoon. She didn’t want Cheongwoon to look back, and to prove her worth, she didn’t hesitate to fight Akjihak.

But the actual result was a disaster.

And the Blue Cloud’s Yongbongjihoe was disqualified.

What would have happened if I had given up on my studies with Akjihak as Cheongun had suggested?

The situation where Cheongwoon steps up for Namgung Yerin would not have come.

Cheongun would have advanced to the finals normally. He would have met Akjihak in the finals and won with dignity.

Cheongun would have enjoyed complete glory as the dragon of Yongbongjihoe.

Of course, since Akjihak was the leader of the Demonic Cult, he knew that the Yongbongjihoe would not be able to end properly anyway.

However, it seemed that things had come to this point because of Namgung Yerin’s ridiculous ‘stubbornness’ in wanting to prove that she was worthy of standing next to Cheongwoon.

After that, Cheongun became famous throughout the world as the Great Fire Dragon Knight.

Last time, when they said the emperor himself was coming, I was so surprised.

So, I couldn’t approach Cheongun anymore.

Even as a single warrior.

Even as a woman.

Namgung Yerin was not a good match for Cheongwoon.

So Namgung Yerin finally made up her mind and visited the training center of the Murim Alliance to find Cheongun.

“Why is Lady Namgung here···?”

However, the person that Namgung Yerin was able to meet was the later index of Kunlun, Jo Narin.

She was Namgung Yerin’s opponent in the main competition of Yongbongjihoe, and she was a truly beautiful woman with blue eyes, then and now.

And since Namgung Yerin won against Jo Narin, Namgung Yerin felt that Jo Narin was somewhat awkward.

But Jonarin didn’t really seem to care.

“Have you come to see the Hwa-ryong Daehyeop?”

“······yes.”

At Namgung Yerin’s answer, Jo Narin’s graceful eyebrows twitched slightly. Then, as if she was thinking about something, she quickly spoke.

“What should I do? The Great Swordsman isn’t here right now······.”

“Oh, then do you know where it is?”

“Well, the Great Swordsman is busy teaching many people, so I don’t know where he is…”

“ah······.”

Namgung Yerin nodded slightly. She also knew that Cheongun was currently giving various teachings to the Murim Alliance.

“It probably won’t be easy to meet you.”

Namgung Yerin bit her lower lip as she listened to Jonarin’s words.

As expected······ It seems that it was a fate and a connection that could not be made with Cheongun.

If there was any remaining connection, it was that the Jonarin in front of him was one of the later Jisoo who was being taught by Cheongwoon.

“If it’s not too much trouble, could I just convey a word to Prince Yun?”

“Yes. Go ahead.”

“Please tell Prince Yun that I will go back first.”

“Can I just tell you that?”

“yes.”

“Okay. I don’t know when I’ll be able to tell you since you’re so busy, but I’ll definitely tell you.”

Namgung Yerin nodded at Jonarin’s answer. Then she turned around and left the Murim Alliance.

And Jonarin stared blankly at Namgung Yerin as she left······.

“What about the lucky one? The great swordsman has no interest in you.”

I didn’t feel the need to relay Namgung Yerin’s message to Cheongwoon.

Jonarin carefully watched the back of Namgung Yerin as she walked away.

With every step she took, her silver hair swayed, revealing her delicate neckline.

Her small shoulders and slender waistline showed off a pure and innocent beauty, and her long silver hair flowing down her body matched the simple lines of her clothes, creating an elegant look.

I wonder if that is the true beauty of a person······.

“······It’s really pretty.”

It was Jo Na-rin who immediately understood why Namgung Ye-rin was called the beauty of a country.

* * *

My expectations that Jonarin’s class would be over in one day were pleasantly wrong.

Jonarin’s classes continued for about two days after that, and if you include the previous three days, it came to almost ‘ten’ days that Jonarin taught alone.

But there is still no sign of it ending······.

“It shouldn’t be to this extent, right?”

To be honest, it wasn’t to this extent.

Although Jonarin was behind the other reviewers, he wasn’t that dull.

“Are you doing this on purpose?”

So, it seemed like I was pretending not to know what I knew and pretending not to be able to do what I could.

But why would Jonarin do that on purpose? I was just confused.

Anyway, because of that, my return to the missionary position was delayed.

I would like to tell you to do it yourselves now.

But since the merits of none other than ‘Gucheonhyeonnyeo’ were at stake, he couldn’t bring himself to do so.

But it wasn’t something that could continue to drag on like this······.

“Hmm···.”

It was at that time that I was wondering what to do about this.

Boom!

Suddenly my heart started pounding and jumping.

It felt as if my heart had burst out of my chest and fresh, live fish were jumping around in my arms.

“······what?”

As soon as I said those words, a sudden movement occurred and this time my body was thrown forward.

Now it was almost like a bull was running wild, and sure enough, the folding screen in his arms was fluttering and jumping around.

The scroll that I took out in one breath and checked had clearly regained its color.

However, since there is no such thing as a complexion in the feet, it seems more appropriate to express that ‘vitality’ has returned.

Anyway, it was a resurrected(?) person······.

“I don’t see any merit in the conversion.”

However, the conversion merit was not visible. It was not an ‘error’ meaning that the number could not be confirmed, but rather that even the error number could not be confirmed.

To put it simply, ‘[Hwan─ ─Deok(─)] – ──9──9──’ wasn’t even visible.

“Isn’t the function back?”

I guess that’s what it seemed like.

It seemed as if someone had forcibly revived the dead child.

It was as if someone had forcibly awakened the heart of the scroll that had been frozen in place, and I could easily identify the ‘someone’ who had revived the scroll.

└[Nine Heavenly Wise Women]

: Why haven’t I heard from you? Why haven’t I heard from you again? Why have I lost contact? Why have we lost contact again? Why have I lost contact? Why have I lost contact again? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why?

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The words of Gucheonhyeonnyeo, which fill the room.

It felt like the function of the scroll and my heart, which had been suspended by her words calling me, had returned.

└[Nine Heavenly Wise Women]

: Did you go to another chatroom···? Did you become known to the celestial world···? Now··· You don’t need us anymore? You won’t come to see me anymore···? You won’t be able to see me anymore···? I don’t like it······ If it was going to be like this, I wouldn’t have told you about the youngest······.

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└[Nine Heavenly Wise Women]

: Or······ Did you really use the innate energy again·········?

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Then, all of a sudden, Gucheonhyeonnyeo’s face turned pale.

Her breathing was quite ragged, as if she was having trouble breathing properly.

I felt like I would lose my mind if I left it alone. I hurriedly wrote a message on a piece of paper and sent it.

└[Cheongun]

: Sister, I’m here. Are you okay?

Then, the image of the Nine Heavenly Women in the portrait suddenly stopped. Only her two eyes, which seemed to be set in obsidian, shook greatly.

Relief, happiness, resentment, regret, and all sorts of emotions seemed to pass through my eyes······.

└[Nine Heavenly Wise Women]

: Why······.!! Whyeeeeeeee······.!!!

The eyes of the nine-thousand-year-old woman began to well up.

└[Nine Heavenly Wise Women]

: Why did you come only now aaaa …

└[Cheongun]

: Sister, that’s it.

└[Nine Heavenly Wise Women]

: I··· Do you know how worried I was···! I thought you used your innate energy again··· and that··· and that’s why you died······!

It was Gucheonhyeonnyeo who finally burst into tears, overcome with emotion.

I guess he was really worried because I suddenly stopped contacting him. It was understandable, since the date when the toilet stopped functioning was almost a month ago.

About the same period of time as when I used the Innate True Energy and passed out.

And the third use of the innate energy was no different from death, so it seemed that Goocheonhyeonnyeo was deeply troubled by the thought that she might have died.

Maybe that’s why her cherry-like lips were dry.

Her pale skin had lost its color and became even paler, and her shoulders had become thinner and her waist had become sunken, as if she had not even been able to eat proper food.

Yet, surprisingly, her beauty, far from fading, was becoming more prominent.

Every time I see it, I feel that it is definitely not a beauty of this world.

└[Cheongun]

: Sister, I didn’t use the innate energy. Here’s how it happened······.

I told him in detail what had happened.

Even so, there was no need to go into detail since it was just informing us that the tripod had stopped functioning.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: ·········What?

Then, the words of Taesang Laojun immediately came to mind.

It was as if the words that struck the gap were a flash of light.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: Are you saying that it’s not that the conversion merit value is not visible, but that the function itself has stopped?

└[Cheongun]

: Yes. It’s not like the error numbers are popping up like last time, and the function of converting merit has disappeared. Maybe it’s because they tried to convert merit that they couldn’t handle······.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: How could that be······?

The Grand Prince in the portrait had a look that said that would never happen. It was only natural, because this time, Grand Prince knew.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: Even if I received the children’s merit, it wouldn’t be to that extent, right?

The amount of merit that my senior immortals promised me.

This time, I could see that the merit I had accumulated was not something I had accumulated in the ‘secular world’, but something I had accumulated in the ‘heavenly world’.

Therefore, Taesang Laojun was able to know the amount of merit, and he also knew that even if all the merits were added up, it would never be enough to ‘stop’ the function of the scroll.

But, one thing.

└[Cheongun]

: Actually, I was called that because I used the merits I received from my seniors here and there.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: You were called by virtue? Does that mean that the iron ingot became rich?

└[Cheongun]

: That’s it······.

I told him about the circumstances in which I received a refund for the so-called ‘seed merit’ I had received from my seniors.

The story, which was neither too long nor too short, ends.

Suddenly, a quiet silence fell over the room.

After quite some time, no words came to mind.

It seemed as if the folding chair had stopped functioning again, but fortunately, I quickly discovered that was not the case.

The words of Taesang Laojun came to mind immediately.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: ···············Plague.

It was the writing of Taesang Laojun, who now had no more reason to even speak of fables.

* * *

10,000 years.

That was the reason why the function of the folding chair stopped.

As a result, the chatroom became a complete mess.

To be exact, it would be more accurate to say that one person has lost his mind.

└[Sword Immortal Yeo Dong-bin]

: Now I can learn the Sky Sword Technique! Aaaa …

In the portrait, Yeo Dong-bin looked as if he had been struck by lightning.

He was unable to speak properly and his body was trembling, his gestures and actions were exactly like those of someone who had been struck by lightning.

Fortunately, I didn’t faint like last time······.

└[Sword Immortal Yeo Dong-bin]

: You can learn the Cheon-dun sword technique! Lalalaalaaaaa …

For a moment, I wondered if it wouldn’t have been better to just faint.

Anyway, once again, Seolma had caught someone.

Truly an enormous merit.

But I couldn’t just write it carelessly.

How can you waste all the merit you’ve accumulated?

It was a merit gained by steadfastly overcoming all the difficulties, such as not being able to break through the net of the Golden Guard, being defeated by the question and answer of the Zhu Guancheon about rewards, and almost being crushed to death by the emperor’s rewards.

And of course, 10,000 years of merit was not merit that could be easily accumulated.

It’s not just easy; we can say for sure that it’s ‘impossible.’

That was the merit of the senior immortals, and even that merit was multiplied several times through my rewards.

It was a virtue that could never be accumulated through good deeds performed in this world.

Since the amount of merit gained was already small due to the fate of going against the grain, it seemed like this would be the first and last time I would gain 10,000 years’ worth of merit.

Therefore, we had to be very careful about its consumption.

So I consulted with the Grand Master, and the conclusion was as follows:

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: I think it would be best to ask Guyaja for the divine sword for the Cheon-dun sword technique.

Guyaja, the progenitor of blacksmiths and the god of smelting.

In fact, I was thinking of the Taesang Laojun’s treasure, but it seemed that Goyaja was better in terms of long weapons.

There was no need to doubt it, since it was said by none other than the Supreme Lord himself.

So, I decided to purchase a divine sword custom-made according to the Cheon-dun sword technique from Guyaja, who is known as the ancestor of blacksmiths.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: Then I’ll go to Guyaja with Dongbin for a bit.

└[Sword Immortal Yeo Dong-bin]

: Thudoo …

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: Can you please shut that mouth!!! If you’re going to act like that in front of that bastard Guya-.

└[Sword Immortal Yeo Dong-bin]

: BLACKPINK!!!

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: If you take this little bastard in this condition, he’ll definitely get into trouble with that guy, Guyaja…

Then, Taesang No-jun started beating up Yeo Dong-bin······.

└[Emperor Divine Right]

: Senior Noh, calm down! If you keep doing that, the child will die! You guys shouldn’t just stay still and try to stop him!

└[Gwaea (拐兒) Lee Cheol-Gwae]

: What, what can the youngest Ttari······ do?

└[Auxiliary Emperor Wang Zhongyang]

: What can we do about ourselves······.

└[Hyeonhyeonja (玄玄子) Jang Sambong]

: What should I do with this old man, the senior Noh, who governs the Taegeuk itself······.

└[Gwangyeongja (廣零子) abuse]

: The following are alumni······.

The chatroom had become a complete mess.

And as usual, it was a lively Taoist chatroom.

“I should get ready to go back now.”

If I bought the Divine Sword, I had to learn my training and the Heavenly Sword Technique. However, since Jonarin’s lessons weren’t over yet, I had to stay a little longer.

But now it really was time to leave.

Was that why?

“···Oh, right. Lady Namgung.”

Only now did I think about Namgung Yerin.

I hadn’t thought about it for over a month, and it was understandable because as soon as I woke up, the leader of the martial arts world, Deung Gwang-hyeok, came looking for me.

Wouldn’t Ju Gwan-cheon, accompanied by the warriors of the Golden Guard, spread out the Heavenly Net and come down upon us?

There were a series of events, such as the emperor’s procession, where the merit of the recipient was reduced to zero due to the enormous rewards, etc.

It was as if my soul had been sucked out of me.

But since then, I’ve been so busy teaching the later indexes that I haven’t had time to pay attention to them.

“What’s going on?”

But since there hasn’t been any contact from Namgung Yerin until now, I wondered if something had happened.

When I think about it carefully, she too was badly injured in the fight against the Akjihak.

“Has your body not recovered yet?”

Of course, in terms of the severity of my injury, mine was much worse.

However, I was able to recover quickly thanks to the wisdom of the Youngbo Pil method and the immortal elixir of the Supreme Elder.

“Now that I think about it, I should go and see it.”

I turned around and headed towards the guest house where Namgung Yerin was staying.

* * *

“You left?”

This was the answer the innkeeper gave to my question.

“······When?”

“It’s been quite some time, probably about eight days.”

It was eight days ago, as of yesterday.

By now, it would be quite some time before we left Shanxi Province.

When I showed a look of confusion, Jeomsoi tilted her head and asked.

“Did you not hear anything?”

I nodded, and Jeomsoi tilted her head again and muttered.

“This is ideal······.”

“What happened?”

“Oh, no. Nothing happened. You said you were going to see the Great Swordsman before you left.”

“Are you talking about me?”

“Yes. Are you sure you didn’t receive any word?”

Jeomsoi asked again, but I really didn’t hear anything.

“Have you heard anything about where he went?”

“I’m fine with that too···.”

Jeomsoi scratched the back of his head as if he was embarrassed.

Well, there was no way I could say something like that.

‘······I can’t help it.’

It was embarrassing, but I couldn’t help it since he had already left.

Since Jeomsoi said that nothing had happened, there was no reason to rush after him.

Above all, Jonathan’s class hasn’t even finished yet.

There was no need to chase after Namgung Yerin because there was a chance that the merit of Gucheonhyeonnyeo could be refunded.

Even chasing after it didn’t work.

“Thank you for letting me know. It’s not much, but I hope you’ll accept it.”

“Oh my, why all this?”

I gave Jeomsoi a silver coin and returned to the Murim Alliance.

* * *

Luoyang City, Henan Province

Luoyang, which is called one of the three great ancient capitals in the world along with Xi’an and Kaifeng, could also be said to be the center of the Yellow River civilization that developed around the Yellow River.

Ancient capital.

Luoyang, which means an old capital, is also called the ‘Capital of the Nine Dynasties’ as nine dynasties throughout history made it their capital.

That is, it contained the entire history of the nine dynasties······.

“Wow···!”

Namgung Yerin could definitely feel that those words were not a lie.

It was even more splendid and magnificent than Taewon, where the Yongbong Branch was held and where the Murim Alliance was located.

That’s why the thought suddenly crossed Namgung Yerin’s mind that it would be nice if she came with Cheongun, but she quickly shook that thought away.

Cheongun······ didn’t even have the usual greetings or farewells.

So Namgung Yerin didn’t have to worry about which of the two carriages leaving Shanxi Province to take.

A carriage ride that goes through Henan and Hubei provinces to Jiangxi province, where the missionary office is located.

A carriage ride from Hanam-seong to Anhui-seong, where the Nanggong family is located.

Namgung Yerin was able to board a carriage heading straight to Anhui Province, where the Namgung family was located.

And to change her gloomy mood, Namgung Yerin stopped by Akyang for a while and looked around the various famous places.

Is it really not an empty boast that it is the center of the Yellow River civilization and one of the three ancient capitals in the world?

They were all full of spectacular scenery, famous sights, and rich cultural heritage.

In particular, since Mt. Sungsan, one of the five famous mountains in the world known as the Five Great Mountains, passes through Akyang, the mountain scenery is also breathtaking.

As I climbed the mountain and looked out at the view of Akyang, my heart definitely felt lighter.

“Ahhhhh!”

When I screamed loudly, my chest felt like it had been opened up and I felt relieved.

Yes, it was something that didn’t go well with Cheongun in the first place.

When I actually thought about it this way, I thought it was a good thing. It was better than just suffering and groaning in vain.

Rather. Rather······.

“·········.”

It wasn’t any better. It was all a lie. Nothing was refreshing. Nothing was fun, nothing was enjoyable.

Baekmasa Temple, Yongmun Grottoes, Yeongnyeongsa Temple, Gwanrim, Sungsan, all of them······!

“······.”

It didn’t catch my eye.

A teardrop rolled down between her thick eyelashes.

Then, the tears that had been forming one by one finally burst out and flowed down her pure white cheeks.

He was a person I should forget now.

He was someone I could no longer be with, and someone I shouldn’t be with.

Namgung Yerin wiped away the flowing tears with her sleeve.

which.

“Young lady, are you that upset about losing to Akjihak?”

It was an all too familiar voice that came into Namgung Yerin’s ears.

A clear vision, as if one’s eyes had been opened by tears.

There is Cheongun······.

Cheongun, who should be in Shanxi Province right now······.

Cheongun who can never be here······.

Cheongun, who should not be seen in front of Namgung Yerin······.

“Eeeeeeeeeeek?!?!?!?!?”

Namgung Yerin jumped up as if she had seen a dead ghost.