Invitation to the Chatroom of the Gods - Chapter 87



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Episode 87 – Intention (1)

Someone who is oppressing me by manipulating the will of heaven as they please.

Unfortunately, even the Supreme Lord Taesang Laojun said that he did not know who that person was. He did not even know if he was a person from the secular world or a person from the heavenly world.

But, one thing.

Someone once said that I was born with a destiny that went against the heavens, and that I was the polar opposite of the heavenly limbs that I had······.

“You said that in the future, the amount of merit gained will decrease further, and the amount consumed will continue to soar.”

The intervention of heaven to kill me will become much more severe than it is now, said the Supreme Lord.

He said that with the current level of merit, one would not be able to maintain one’s life and would die, so the current Taoist discussion was in chaos.

└[Nine Heavenly Wise Women]

: I don’t want to lose my youngest. The girl loves her youngest so much. She loves him so much that she wants to always have him in her arms. So she wants him to think about her every single day.

└[Nine Heavenly Wise Women]

: I wish the youngest’s head was filled with only me. I wish the youngest was only filled with me. I wish the youngest only wanted me. I really, really, really, really, really, really wish that was the case······. I wish that was the case.

└[Nine Heavenly Wise Women]

: But who on earth is this······? Who on earth is this guy trying to separate the girl and the youngest······? Who on earth is this guy trying to tear the cute and lovely youngest away from the girl······?

Gucheonhyeonnyeo really had the attitude of just trying to get caught, and when she pulled out Eungryong’s molars, you could guess what she looked like.

And so, the chilling coldness emanating from the Nine Heavenly Women in the portrait.

Even the eternal ice crystals of the North Sea······ probably weren’t that bad.

Of course, I had never seen the Eternal Ice Spirit before, but it seemed certain that even the Gaepa Investigators and Lee Cheol-gae were keeping an eye on the Nine Heavenly Women.

Anyway, the current Taoist discussion was not even a mess because of ‘an unknown person who is oppressing me by manipulating the will of heaven as he pleases.’

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: Don’t worry too much. The youngest has started learning the Cheon-dun Sword Technique in earnest, so he won’t be helpless.

The Cheon-dun Sword Technique was both a ‘sword technique’ and a ‘method’ to hide my existence from the heavens. In other words, the more I learned the Cheon-dun Sword Technique, the less I was affected by the interference of the heavens.

So, I had to learn the Cheon-dun sword technique even more······.

└[Taishang Laojun (Great Elder Lord) Laozi]

: The problem is that the youngest’s level of Cheon-dun Sword Technique is just beginning to take steps, and his internal energy is woefully lacking······.

└[Nine Heavenly Wise Women]

: Is there no way to give more of the merit I have? I don’t even want to imagine a world without the youngest.

It was really crazy and exhilarating for me.

In order to learn the Cheon-dun Sword Technique, you had to gain merit, and in order to gain merit, you had to learn the Cheon-dun Sword Technique.

In any case, the fact that you have to keep accumulating merits remains unchanged. Fortunately, the automatic merits accumulated thanks to Dang So-hyang are quite large.

There was nothing wrong with my fate right now.

But if the pressure from heaven becomes too much, even that will be of no use······.

“We really need to expand Hyemin Party.”

In fact, it wasn’t as easy as it sounds.

First of all, in order to expand Hyemin Party, we had to train many members, increase the number of treatment centers here and there, select managers to manage and operate the treatment centers, and pay them salaries, etc.

My head was already pounding, and the streets were full of troubling problems.

“······Hey, I don’t know.”

As expected, complicated worries were not something that suited my personality.

This is something that only smart Dang So-hyang would do, and it wasn’t something I could do at all.

It seems that Grandfather Park Jin-hyeon has also chosen Dang So-hyang as the next head of the family. It may be strange to say this, but it seems that the worries regarding Hye-min Party can be left to the smart ‘Dang So-hyang’.

I shook off my thoughts and worries and slowly got up. And then, I was about to return to the missionary office.

A sudden presence is felt from one side.

“Your Majesty···?”

It was only then that I was able to recognize the Dangbaek Army, who had arrived without me knowing when.

Dang Baek-gun was staring blankly at me with a face that was completely frozen in place.

I too was dumbfounded by Dangbaek-gun’s sudden appearance. Maybe it was because I had been thinking and worrying about Hye-min-dang just a moment ago.

‘If Sacheondangmun is absorbed into Hyemindang······?’

······The thought crossed my mind for a split second.

* * *

Dang Baek-gun, who returned to the mission office, had a blank expression the whole time, as if he had seen a ghost.

Thanks to that, I was able to continue thinking all the way back to the missionary office. If I could absorb Sacheondangmun into Hyemindang, I would have no worries about expanding Hyemindang.

But no matter how much I thought about it, it was absurd.

Hye-min-dang, a military sect.

The five great dynasties that rule the world, Sacheondangmun.

Of course, it would have been right for Hye-Min-Dang to be ‘absorbed’ into Sa-Cheon-Dang-Moon.

······But is it really not possible?

‘Maybe we should increase the power of the missionary officer.’

Wouldn’t it be a different story if the missionary had enough power to embrace the Five Great Powers?

Also, no matter how strong the Sachon Dangmun’s sectarian tendencies were, it was ultimately a ‘family’, and the head of the family was a member of the Dang clan for generations.

That is, what if Dang So-hyang becomes the leader of Hye-min Party?

Hyemin Party had the ‘legitimacy’ and ‘legitimacy’ to absorb Sacheon Party.

What if the Dang Baek-gun, who is standing next to me, reforms the Sacheon Dangmun and then gives strength to Dang So-hyang?

‘······Hey, what nonsense are you talking about?’

No matter how much I thought about it, it was just too absurd. In the first place, it didn’t make sense for the missionary’s power to be included in the ranks of the Five Great Powers.

I could tell just by looking at the appearance of the missionary who had arrived.

He was a missionary who was only at the level of a ‘top official’.

“Ah, Prince Un!”

When I arrived at the missionary office, Dang So-hyang was the first to greet me. Dang So-hyang came out to greet me barefoot, as if she was in such a hurry······.

“A guest has been here for a while now.”

“Are you a customer?”

When I tilted my head and asked, Dang So-hyang immediately continued speaking.

“I heard you are the lord of Guizhou Castle······.”

“······yes?”

I really thought, what the heck is this nonsense?

* * *

“Are you saying that the entire Guizhou Province is infected with the plague?”

Cheongwoon suddenly screams in surprise.

The lord of Guizhou Province, Feng Ziming, nodded calmly.

“That’s right. There are no cities or towns in Guizhou Province that are functioning properly at present.”

“Then the reason you came to me······.”

“I came here after hearing rumors about Hyemindang. Could you possibly help us, Gwijuseong?”

Pungjamyeong bowed his head and asked, but Cheongun’s answer was not easily heard.

If it was natural, then it was natural.

Even at Sacheondangmun, which was renowned for its medical skills, he was able to get a scholarship. The situation was no different at Hyemindang, which was much smaller in scale.

That is why it was all the more heartbreaking that the satirical name had to say such things.

“I am ashamed······ I have nothing to repay you, Grand Master.”

“Is that true?”

Then Cheongwoon asked in surprise, and Pungjamyeong couldn’t raise his head.

“Is there really nothing you can do to repay me?”

“·········That’s right.”

After hearing Cheongwoon’s clear words, Pungjamyeong was able to realize that rumors were just rumors.

As expected, there is no such thing as unmerited kindness in this world.

That doesn’t mean I resented Cheongun or anything.

However, it was impossible to back down like this. Hye-min-dang was the last hope and straw for Gui-ju-seong.

So, it was at that very moment that Pungjamyeong was about to kneel before Cheongun.

“Then I will prepare right now.”

······huh?

The satirical title made me wonder if I had heard it correctly.

* * *

I was able to breathe a sigh of relief at the sight of Pungjamyeong bowing his head deeply.

That would be the case, since I couldn’t help but notice my mouth constantly twitching. There are many people suffering from the plague, so I can’t laugh at that.

That wasn’t a madman, that was a demon. Even if he was a member of the Demonic Cult, he would never do something so outrageous.

I knew that too, but I still couldn’t help but laugh.

I could feel the extraordinary energy of virtue.

The final blow was the words that there was nothing to give in return.

The satirical name was different from that of Ju Gwan-cheon.

Unlike our rewarder, Ju Gwan-cheon, Pung Ja-myeong had nothing to reward me with. So there was no ‘reward’ for me at all.

To be exact, it was not a satirical name, but rather a characteristic of Guizhou Province. In any case, it is said that it can grant merits that do not exist in rewards at all.

You don’t have to do things like return the reward, or lower the reward, or anything like that.

This is also the merit of ‘human life’, which can accumulate the most merit.

In the case of Hyemindang, the merit accumulated by treating patients with mild symptoms lasted about a month.

However, the symptoms of the plague could not have been mild, and the population of the entire Guizhou Province alone was at least several million······.

When you add it all up, oh my, I couldn’t even imagine it-.

“Is that, is that true?!”

Wow, that’s a surprise.

Suddenly, Pungjamyeong raised his head and I swept away my startled chest. As I quickly wiped away my smile, Pungjamyeong was looking at me with trembling eyes.

“Excuse me?! Excuse me, are you really saying that you will help Gui Zhou without any price······?”

“Of course.”

What reason could there be to refuse this?

It was a time when I needed a lot of merit. This was a situation where I had to earnestly ask for help from Guizhou City.

But perhaps it had a different meaning to the punjamyeong.

“Ah······ Ah, how······.”

A satirical name that suddenly makes people shed tears.

I wondered how serious the plague had to be for it to be like that, but then I thought about the merits that would be accumulated, and it was truly maddening and dazzling.

* * *

“Thank you so much······.”

Pungjamyeong repeatedly bowed his head and said thank you. Then he said he would sort out the situation first and returned to Guizhou Province.

“I will also help you return to your family now.”

Dang Baek-gun, who heard the situation, did not stay still either. Above all, upon hearing that Sacheon Dangmun had turned away from help, he decided to do something and left with them.

And after some debate at Hyemindang about who should go to Guizhou Province to treat the epidemic, it was decided that ‘Dang So-hyang’ would go.

Actually, it was best for Grandpa Park Jin-Hyeon to go.

Although Dang So-hyang was called the Goddess of Heaven, she was still lacking in many ways compared to Grandfather Park Jin-hyeon, and Grandfather Park Jin-hyeon was the best when it came to finding out the cause of illness.

But when it comes to ‘treatment’, he couldn’t keep up with Dang So-hyang.

However, if Hye-min-dang was left empty, there would be no one to take care of the other patients. As of now, there were only two members of Hye-min-dang, so it was ultimately decided that ‘Dang So-hyang’ would go.

“Then I will go, Your Majesty!”

“The security of Guizhou Province will collapse and bandits will run rampant. So always be careful.”

“Hey, with none other than the Great Swordsman Hwa-ryong by my side, what could I possibly worry about?”

“Well, that may be true.”

After leaving the missionary office with Grandfather Park Jin-hyeon seeing me off, I took Dang So-hyang and headed straight north.

“Huh? Prince Yun. Shouldn’t Guizhou Province be headed west, not north?”

Then, Dang So-hyang tilted her head and asked, and of course, I was not unaware of that fact.

If I had been alone, I would have headed straight west.

Even in the celestial world, no one could match Lee Cheol-Gwae’s new body technique, so he would have quickly reached Guizhou Castle.

There was a time when he had traveled from Henan Province to Jiangxi Province in just three days. He now possessed internal energy equivalent to thirty years of experience, and was confident that he could travel from Jiangxi Province to Guizhou Province in less than a day if he wanted to.

But that couldn’t be done since I was going with Dang So-hyang.

Above all, the key person in this case was not me but ‘Dang So-hyang’, so I had to take into account her physical problems.

Although Dang So-hyang’s health has improved a lot, her physical strength has not improved.

Dang So-hyang was twenty-one years old this year, just past her prime, and had only recently recovered her health.

In other words, her physical strength, which had deteriorated due to illness over the past twenty years, could not be restored in just a few days.

Dang So-hyang had a particularly slender figure, even for a woman, and since her constitution had already hardened, it seemed like she wouldn’t be able to make any significant changes to her physical appearance.

In other words, moving to land was a daunting situation for Dang So-hyang.

“I plan to travel along the Yangtze River so that you can travel comfortably.”

* * *

Poyang Lake (?陽湖) located at the northern tip of Jiangxi Province.

“It’s been a really long time since I’ve been here.”

Dang So-hyang’s face was filled with joy as she looked out at the scenery of Pa-yang-ho. It seemed like she had new feelings since she hadn’t been there since the wedding ceremony.

“It’s changed a lot since then.”

Above all, the scenery had changed a lot since Dang So-hyang’s wedding ceremony. Now, the command center of the Jang Gang Hyeop-gaek-dan was located there.

It was a commanding officer’s office that oversaw the thirty-six knights stretching along the Yangtze River, so it had a rather grand appearance.

“Let’s go, my lady.”

I walked across the scenery of Pa Yang Lake with Dang So-hyang. And as the command center got closer, I took out the mask from my bosom and covered my face.

“Huh? You don’t need to use that anymore, do you?”

Well, it was an open secret, but I brought it with me because it wouldn’t be awkward to use it when I was the King of the Yangtze River.

Let’s get closer to headquarters like that.

“You have come, Your Majesty!!”

The leader of the Jang Gang Hyeopgaekdan, Gu Cheol-san, was the first to jump out and pay his respects.