Invitation to the Chatroom of the Gods - Chapter 98



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Episode 98 – The End of the Jangpyeong River (2)

A body and mind that are rigid and frozen.

I felt a great killing intent inside it.

My saliva dried up from the tension that seemed to prick my skin. Cold sweat beaded up my forehead from the nervousness that pierced my senses.

······It’s a familiar killing intent.

This is my lifeline, the killing spirit that instantly reduces all my merits and virtues to nothing, and the killing spirit that is now all too familiar.

‘Golden Guard······.’

The Emperor’s personal guard, the Golden Guard.

It wasn’t an illusion. Right now, the warriors of the Golden Guard were spreading out a net of heaven and earth and rushing toward me.

As expected, it seemed that Pongjamyeong had confessed everything, but it was not possible to blame Pongjamyeong, as this was natural from Pongjamyeong’s perspective.

I was just grateful that he had kept the secret until now.

If something had happened while I was passed out, I wouldn’t have been able to do anything.

It was expected that the satirical name would confess everything.

But the fact that the Geumuiwi’s unmanned personnel carriers were rushing in just now was not within the expected range.

······It’s too fast.

Clearly, there was a time when Pungjamyeong went to Guizhou Province, a time when he was questioned there, a time when he made preparations here and there, and a time when he came back here to Guizhou Province.

Two months was too short a time for all that to happen.

This······can only be explained as something that had already been prepared.

There was no other way to explain it than that I had already established that I was the real culprit(?) and that I had finished all preparations, and that I had come running at the same time as Pungjamyeong’s confession.

No, but even so, this action made no sense.

An extraordinary action that far exceeded my expectations, thus blocking all possible ways for me to escape.

There was only one person in the world who could do this many things.

Subjective stream.

······It seemed like our rewarder, Ju Gwan-cheon, had stepped forward.

This quick action and foresight can only be explained by Ju Gwan-cheon.

‘But why on earth?’

No, how on earth······?

Although it was an incident that happened in Shanxi Province during the Yongbongjihoe, it was ultimately a matter of ‘Wulin’, so it could be an excuse for Ju Gwan-cheon to step forward.

But not now.

I thought about it over and over again, but I couldn’t figure out why. So I don’t know why Jukwancheon came forward.

That’s why I thought it might be a wrong guess······but no matter how I looked at it, it was subjective.

Not only was his extraordinary ability to act an ability to act, but the way he suddenly started to spread the net of heaven and earth was clearly Jukwancheon.

So, it was a subjective heaven that exceeded my expectations and categories, and somehow it had grown even more than at the Yongbong branch.

But just one thing.

Joo Gwan-cheon made a mistake.

It was my quick action that gave me this ‘opportunity’.

It was a crazy action that didn’t even give me time to escape, but because of that quick action, I couldn’t bring along the ‘Emperor’, the only restraining force that could prevent me from escaping.

To be exact, it was a guess that ‘there will be no emperor’, but in reality, it was a guess close to ‘certainty’.

That would be the case, since the emperor could not come to Guizhou Province within two months.

Last time, the Yongbong branch was held in Shanxi Province, which was only a stone’s throw away from Beijing, so it was possible.

But the streets of Guizhou Province in Beijing were not like that.

For an average person who has not learned martial arts, it would take ‘two months’ if you walk diligently.

Then, it will be almost four months of coming and going, so who will take care of state affairs while the palace is empty?

It was highly unlikely that the emperor would personally travel this far. Above all, the emperor’s procession required a great deal of preparation, so two months was certainly a short period of time.

The Emperor could never come here. So there is no need to worry about the Emperor’s procession. And if the Emperor does not come in person, there is still a chance.

‘I just need to get out of this situation.’

In other words, if I could just break through the heavenly net of the Golden Guards that was closing in on me now, I could survive. If I could make excuses later that I didn’t know anything, that would be all.

Of course, it was nearly impossible to escape the net of heaven and earth, but with the help of Lee Cheol-Gwae’s body technique, it was definitely possible.

The new body technique of Lee Cheol-goe that no one can match even in the celestial world.

I have already experienced breaking through the Heavenly Net of the Golden Guard once.

‘My internal energy hasn’t fully recovered, but······.’

Still, it was enough.

My physical condition was also the best thanks to Dang So-hyang treating and caring for me day and night.

Even if it were a heavenly net spread out by the Golden Guard, I was confident that I could break through it.

Maybe that’s why.

‘You’re not approaching me rashly.’

The guardsmen of the Golden Guard were also cautious about their actions.

It was already well within reach, but it was forming a wide, earthly net surrounding me from where I was, and was slowly closing in.

At this point, it was a foregone conclusion that Ju Gwan-cheon had intervened.

Just as masters can tell the identity of their opponents just by looking at their martial arts skills, I could tell right away that Ju Gwan Cheon was involved just by looking at this hand-to-hand fight.

Ju Gwan-cheon was the person who personally experienced me breaking through the encirclement of Cheonrajimang (天羅地網) in the Murim Alliance.

Although he was caught by the emperor’s procession, Ju Gwan-cheon learned from that experience and ‘grew’ once again.

So this time, I felt a terrible determination to never let go of me.

It was expected to be a tough fight, but it was a fight we had to survive somehow.

Fortunately, time isn’t as tight as it is in the Murim Alliance.

“My lady, please listen carefully to what I say from now on.”

After I explained the general situation to Dang So-hyang, I immediately got moving.

* * *

Ju Gwan-cheon stood at the foot of the mountain and quietly looked at the distant peak of the mountain.

Certainly, as expected from Guizhou Province, which is a mountainous region with an area of ​​about nine square kilometers, it was no different from a mountainous region.

And that place was especially harsh and inaccessible to human footsteps.

No matter how I looked at it, I didn’t think there would be anyone there, but according to Pungjamyeong’s words, Cheongwoon was hiding right there.

If it were up to me, I would have wanted to rush in right away. However, my experience at the Murim Alliance last time taught Ju Gwan-cheon a lesson.

The lesson is that barging in all of a sudden only gives Cheongwoon an ‘opportunity’ to run away.

“This time there is no escape.”

The name of the serpent spread out a net layer by layer as if surrounding the entire mountain, and slowly headed towards the top of the mountain as if tightening the back of the neck.

And when we reached about halfway up the mountain.

“···The sound I had been feeling inside has disappeared.”

One of the guardsmen forming the encirclement spoke.

“It seems that the Hwa-ryong-dae-hyeop has moved.”

Looking at their bewildered faces, it seemed that even the guardsmen were not completely convinced.

And judging by the word ‘moved’, it seemed like he ‘belatedly’ realized that Cheongun had disappeared.

In other words, it meant that even the warriors of the Golden Guard could not perceive the moment when the light cloud escaped. It was a miraculously amazing technique, and so anyone who saw it could conclude that it was a light cloud.

“Perhaps you have already escaped the net of heaven and earth······?”

“That’s not it.”

This time, the warriors of the Golden Guard spoke with confidence. After all, it was none other than the warriors of the Golden Guard who had spread the net of heaven and earth.

Even if I had the luck, I couldn’t get through it so easily······.

“Cheongun, you rascal. Don’t you know that no matter how much you fly and crawl, it’s useless?”

This was exactly what Ju Gwan-cheon was aiming for.

That would be the case, because what Jukwancheon had spread this time was not a simple net of heaven and earth.

The net of heaven and earth to kill.

It was not much different from the general Heaven and Earth Net. However, since the word ‘killing’ was added, it was a Heaven and Earth Net that even considered ‘murder.’

To put it simply, it can be said to be a heavenly net that does not care about the ‘means and methods’.

All possible means and methods were mobilized to deal with the target that absolutely had to be captured.

It was basic to spread out a layer of encirclement along the expected escape route.

The vicious magic of chasing a target for a thousand miles, the art of chasing after a thousand miles.

A kind of magic and technique that allows one to hear even the smallest sounds from a thousand miles away, the art of listening to the ground a thousand miles away.

Even various magic spells and formations related to tracking were quietly mobilized.

In addition, we have prepared guard dogs to track the target’s scent, as well as hawks that soar high in the sky.

He is fully prepared to capture Cheongwoon using all five senses: smell, hearing, sight, touch, etc.

He didn’t just issue a ‘kill order’ to kill the target. Ju Gwan-cheon had prepared all the means and methods for killing the entire world.

“Let’s start.”

At Ju Gwan-cheon’s words, the warriors of the Golden Guard moved. As the encirclement that had been spread across the entire mountain became more solid, the magicians belonging to the imperial family took action.

They each deployed their spells and formations from their respective positions. Then, a strange power seeped into the ground and the air.

Then, as if they had smelled something, the guard dogs sniffed around. When the royal trainers released their leashes, the guard dogs barked fiercely and ran furiously.

From that point on, the trainers of the falconry sent out their tamed falcons. The falcons, well trained for a long time, flew hundreds of meters into the sky and searched for Cheongun with their falcon eyes.

And every possible escape route was surrounded by layers of unmanned personnel carriers.

I guarantee that even the ten best masters in the world will not be able to escape this encirclement even a single step.

In Buddhism, there is a saying that goes, “If you don’t have enlightenment, you are ultimately in the palm of the Buddha’s hand.”

“Cheongun, no matter how much you run, you are in the palm of my hand.”

Ju Gwan-cheon let out a laugh. Although he may not know, this must have been the state of mind of the Buddha when he subdued the rampaging Je Cheon Dae-seong.

It was at that very moment that Ju Gwan-cheon was confident of victory.

“Soo, why is the alcohol suddenly···?”

“The art of sorcery!”

“Wow, that’s ridiculous…!”

The royal sorcerers were greatly embarrassed and shouted. Seeing Haeju’s wine and all, it seemed as if the spell they had been using had been unleashed.

As expected, the strange power that had permeated the ground and air had been significantly weakened. But that was okay. The tracking spell had already been activated, and the guard dogs had picked up the scent.

Of course, that would be the case······.

Boom? Boom?

The guard dogs that had been chasing suddenly stopped running. They sniffed around in all directions, but they were running around in confusion as if they couldn’t find their way.

“Someone has been confounded.”

“Someone threw a spell?”

“It seems that······ there is a fairly high-level sorcerer over there.”

Joo Gwan-cheon wondered if this made sense.

Let’s say there is a magician.

But not only did he instantly destroy the formations and spells developed by the royal sorcerers, he also used a confusion spell to render the tracking spell of the Heavenly Net Killing useless?

“Can’t we destroy the confusion technique in reverse?”

“That······ The enemy’s sorcerer is at a level that we can’t possibly do anything about······”

Joo Gwan-cheon was momentarily speechless.

That would be the case, as he is a sorcerer who surpasses the sorcerers belonging to the royal family.

To that extent, he had to be at least as good as the head of the Jegal family, which was renowned for its tactics and magic.

But there is absolutely no way that the head of the Jegal family would be here.

Ju Gwan-cheon couldn’t understand if this made sense at first, but what was even more surprising was that it didn’t end there.

Squeak-!

Suddenly, the sharp cry of an eagle was heard across the sky.

It was a falcon that was unusually large compared to the royal family’s servants, and when it flapped its wings once, the servants began to panic.

And when the giant eagle glared at them, didn’t the birds start to scatter in all directions in fear?

“Uh, uh uh···?”

“Huh?”

The royal trainers who were watching the situation together looked very embarrassed.

That would be the case, because the warriors who had been trained over and over again would not back down even if the target was a tiger.

But it was so shocking and absurd that he was so frightened by a falcon that wasn’t even a tiger.

This means that.

“They all failed······?”

Even though they mobilized all of the best sorcerers, trainers, and trainers in the imperial court, they were unable to catch even one Cheongun.

Even though it is a net of destruction that not even the ten best masters in the world can escape.

The magic didn’t work, the guards and servants were useless, and it was to the point where I wondered if there was someone in the royal family who was in collusion with Cheongun, but of course that couldn’t be the case.

“You’ve grown up.”

Ju Gwan-cheon had no choice but to acknowledge Cheong-un.

Just as Ju Gwan-cheon foresaw all the possible scenarios that Cheong-un could take, Cheong-un was also foreseeing all the possible scenarios that Ju Gwan-cheon could take.

There is no such thing as a rival like this one.

“Cheongun, you punk!!!”

For the first time in a long time, Ju Gwan-cheon could feel his blood boiling.

* * *

······Am I crazy?

No matter how much I think about it, he wasn’t in his right mind. That can never be in his right mind.

That’s understandable. Not only is the encirclement of the Heaven and Earth Network insufficient, but so are the sorcery, guard dogs, and the banquet… What on earth is this?

No kidding, there really was no such thing as a ‘crazy guy’.

Fortunately, Dang So-hyang understood what I was saying and destroyed the spell and cast a confusion spell, so I was able to avoid getting caught.

Furthermore, thanks to Eungseon suppressing the trained hawks at once, they were able to avoid being caught.

If it weren’t for their help, I would have been caught without being able to move······.

-Cheongun, you bastard!!!

That shout, which was heard so loudly, seemed to have no intention of giving up.

As expected, it was Ju Gwan-cheon who burst out the lion’s mouth. It was definitely Ju Gwan-cheon’s voice.

As expected, there was only one person in the world who could make such a crazy move: Ju Gwan-cheon.

And then, the lion’s roar from the main character’s mouth echoed and reverberated through the sky.

-Do you really think you can cover the sky with the palm of your hand?

Using your palm to hide the sky.

It was an expression used when trying to cover up one’s sins with a shallow ditch, meaning that one can cover one’s eyes with one’s hand, but cannot cover the sky. Naturally, I felt very wronged.

No, what on earth did I do wrong to deserve this?

Is it such a great sin to disobey heaven to not receive a reward?

I had a feeling that the unidentified person that Taesang No-jun had mentioned might be Ju Gwan-cheon.

I had a strong belief that the person who was intentionally moving the sky and pressuring me was none other than Ju Gwan Cheon.

In any case, thanks to the help of Dang So-hyang and Eung-seon, they were able to shake off the pursuit. Of course, there was still a net of layers of Geumuiwi soldiers surrounding them.

The chase was only just beginning, but it was a fight worth putting up.

So, it was at that very moment that he was about to unleash the Iron Man’s new technique and increase his speed.

Wince!

Suddenly my body began to tremble violently.

It was a trembling stimulated by some ‘presence’.

An indescribable, gigantic being was digging into my deeply entrenched aura.

The unmanned personnel carrier······was not.

Of course, the level of the unmanned staff of the Golden Guard was such that each and every one of them could crush the leaders of even the most prestigious sects.

But the being I felt now was far beyond that level.

To put it simply, the ‘class’ itself was different.

I could say this without exaggeration. All the men of the Golden Guard combined would be no match for that one being.

If the warriors of the Golden Guard were the ‘rivers’, then this being that stimulated my aura was like the ‘great sea’ where all of those rivers came together.

That’s why I was able to immediately recognize the identity of that huge being.

As far as I know, there is only one person in the world with that kind of presence.

About 30 years ago.

A person who won the Yongbongjihoe with overwhelming skill and became the son-in-law of the royal family.

Since then, armed with the wealth and treasures of the imperial family, 30 years later, he is an absolute warrior who rules the world as one of the ten best masters in the world.

Grand Prince of Martial Arts.

Right now, the Grand Prince of Murim and the warriors of the Golden Guard were closing in on the Cheonrajimang net······.

‘crazy······.’

This crazy rewarder, Ju Gwan-cheon, had now reached the point where he was even bringing along the ten best masters in the world.