Reincarnated Swordmaster - Chapter 887



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True empty hometown

Peach Blossom Land!

It was a legendary utopia and paradise, where a farmer living in Mureung suddenly entered a village in the mountains, where all the people were living comfortably, comfortably, and happily. Then, when he left Mureungdowon, he marked the way he came back, but he was never able to find it again.

I said to Zhuge Liulong.

“Peach Blossom Land… Wasn’t that a story made up by some poet?”

“Tao Yuanming also just included folk tales in his books, and they were not his creations. The story of the Peach Blossom Land actually happened.”

“Then doesn’t that mean that you can go to that paradise by chance even in this world? Is there a separate reason why you have to break the heavenly realm, go all the way to Samcheong Palace, and stand in front of the Primordial Heavenly Plate?”

In response to my question, Zhuge Liulong remained silent for a moment before opening his mouth.

“Don’t you know from the name, Peach Blossom Land? It is a place where peaches are in full bloom (桃源). Isn’t there only one such place in heaven?”

“…The garden of the Queen Mother of the West!”

“The Three Heavenly Realms were destroyed by someone, and the Queen Mother of the West has since wielded the real power and all authority in the heavenly realm. Naturally, she would have directly managed the Three Heavenly Realms Palace and the Primordial Heavenly Plate, where the Primordial Heavenly Lord resided. And the world inside the Primordial Heavenly Plate is connected to the garden of the Queen Mother of the West.”

“hmm!”

It’s connected?

Why should it be like that?

Why should the other world of the ancient humans, where Samcheong captured them in order to seal their powers, be connected to the garden of the Queen Mother of the West?

“What on earth is the Queen Mother of the West’s intention?”

“I’ll stop explaining the background here. I don’t have time to tell you everything.”

Zhuge Liulong cut me off and looked at me sharply.

“Choose. Will you join us in the primordial realm, prepared to die? Or will you turn back now?”

“What are you talking about? How can you turn back after coming all this way?”

“Okay, don’t take those words back. They are worth a thousand words.”

“… … .”

Of course, I was prepared to go in and die, but when he told me to remind myself of my resolve like that, I felt powerless. When I felt calculation seeping into every word he said, and I made an annoyed expression, Jegal Yu-ryong said:

“The thing you must aim for when entering the paradise of Mu-reung is the blood pillar.”

“Bloodline?”

“I heard that there are three pillars supporting the paradise. Those pillars are called blood pillars, and if you can destroy those blood pillars, you can release the ancient curse of Samcheong that is doubled. It is essentially the core that seals the ancient power of humans. The blood pillars always have the pattern of the reversed Bagua engraved on them.”

“Hmm.”

“Find the bloodline and destroy it!”

“It’s good because it’s easy. So, can I just get sucked into the Primordial Heaven?”

I looked at the original Heavenly Plate with worried eyes. Just a moment ago, dozens of horsemen rushed in, but they were sucked away like smoke. Then, Zhuge Liulong said.

“I was waiting for that anyway. I had to check the information.”

“Wait? What?”

That was the time.

Phew!!

Suddenly, a crack appeared in the primordial sky, and a huge mass of something poured out from the crack. I quickly dodged the mass, and blood gushed out with a loud crashing sound. I quickly dodged the blood. Soon, what was horribly scattered on the ground were the corpses of the cavalrymen, torn apart and clumped together like meat balls.

“Ugh… .”

“also.”

“Why were all the cavalry annihilated in an instant?”

The cavalry were not weak. As expected from the cavalry prepared by Zhuge Liulong for the conquest of heaven, they had strength comparable to that of dragons or demons.

“If you enter using the original Heavenly Plate, you will appear in the middle of the village of the Peach Blossom Land. The soldiers will have moved right there.”

“In the middle of the village? Why did you die when you moved there?”

“… … .”

Zhuge Liulong remained silent as if it was not worth answering. Then, I was finally able to figure out the answer.

“Are you saying that the villagers annihilated dozens of horsemen in an instant?”

“Yes. To be exact, they are the ancient people who have been living in this primitive world for thousands of years while being confined.”

Zhuge Liulong said.

“It seems they don’t hesitate to kill intruders.”

“Tch! This is not the time to worry about that. I’m going to go in anyway, even though I’m an ancient person.”

It had already become my daily routine to venture into dangerous places. I had been to Amcheonhyang and the end of the universe, so now I had no reason to hesitate in this urgent situation because I was afraid of the natives of Mureungdowon. The thought that I would die if I died also gave me courage in my heart.

“Good posture.”

As I took my stance, Zhuge Liulong looked at me with strange eyes and said.

“Baek Woong. When eliminating a bloodline, find its source and eliminate it.”

“Origin? What do you mean?”

“This is the strategy that was written in the literature. I don’t know the exact method until I go there, but I’m sure you can do it somehow.”

“Okay, so shut up and go!”

“then.”

Pfft!!

After a while, as we stepped out, I soon found myself in a strange place I had never seen before.

‘It’s completely covered in clouds.’

I looked around and saw ancient-style buildings floating in the sky, and the place I was standing was one of them. To be exact, there were numerous buildings floating around this floating land. I don’t know how this is possible, but there was a wooden bridge between the floating lands.

I looked at Zhuge Liulong.

“I can’t see any villagers?”

“They might attack soon. I’ll move to strike the blood vine first.”

Pfft!

Zhuge Liulong immediately took Zhuge Fu and Baekho and moved to the Shukji method. However, his expression was so hurried that it seemed closer to running away than moving. And the reason Zhuge Liulong moved so hurriedly was soon understood.

Swish

A small boy slowly walked toward me from beyond the land of thick clouds. The boy appeared to be a boy, and he was wearing ancient clothing. The boy opened his mouth with a big smile on his face.

“You came from outside. Did the Queen Mother of the West send you?”

I can understand. I thought that since they were ancient people, I wouldn’t be able to understand them if they spoke ancient language, but unexpectedly, Sodong could speak the language of the Ming Empire. I somehow felt that the answer to this question would be important. I thought about it carefully and shook my head.

“No. I came through the entrance to the Primordial Celestial Plateau.”

Let’s just be honest about everything. I have a feeling that I shouldn’t say that the Queen Mother of the West sent me.

Then Sodong’s expression changed dramatically and he spoke with a look of bewilderment.

“Then, was it sent by the Primordial Heavenly Lord or the Supreme Laojun?”

“They were killed by the hands of the Queen Mother of the West.”

To be exact, the evil spirit joined hands with the Queen Mother of the West, but it would be the same if the Queen Mother of the West, who was an accomplice, also assisted. At my answer, Sodong suddenly burst into tears.

“Hehehe… This… This can’t be… Is there really no way out of this place?”

“My name is Baek Woong. Are there any other villagers?”

“… … .”

“Tell me your name.”

“…I am in dire straits.”

Kuddeuk

Suddenly, Sodong’s body began to distort and squirm, transforming into a different shape. After a while, it transformed into a large tiger with black wings, and its body size seemed to be more than three zhang. Of course, I had seen so many giant monsters that I was not impressed, but when it finally roared, I flinched.

Krrrr!

[I, the palace, want it. What do you, Baek Woong, want here? And do you know a way to get out of here?!]

“… … .”

[Speak! If not, I will tear you to pieces like the monsters that came in a while ago.]

The power contained in the roar is quite strong.

It was immediately felt that this was a being of a different dimension from simple giant monsters. Even in the Aokigahara sea, it was clearly much stronger than the level of the four seas.

‘A mythical being… Then is that guy one of the four evil spirits?’

Judging from his name, he was clearly one of the Four Great Demon Beasts of legend, Gungi.

The Four Evils are the four evil spirits of Do-cheol, Do-ol, Gung-gi, and Hon-do, and they have been famous for committing all sorts of evil and brutal acts since the mythical era. The evil spirits of the Four Evils, which I only knew as legends, are right before my eyes.

When I examined the palace with Hwaan Geumjeong, I felt an incredible spiritual power spreading out from my entire body. It felt like a pure primordial energy that could not simply be described as magical energy, but was so powerful that it was ferocious.

It was clear that the archer was also a formidable being, so I couldn’t help but be wary of him.

‘Damn it… Do I have to fight? Why is there such a legendary demon in the Peach Blossom Land?’

I might be able to win if I fought. If I mobilized all my powers of intellect, sorcery, and martial arts, I wouldn’t be able to fight him. However, I would expend a lot of energy, and at this moment when every moment was precious, I couldn’t waste time holding on to a single weapon. I didn’t have time to risk my life fighting such a powerful demonic beast that could possibly defeat even the Eight Immortals, Lu Dongbin.

‘We have to destroy all the bloodlines here within half an hour at the most. There’s no time! What should we do… . How should we… .’

I quickly rolled my head.

‘okay…!!’

I strongly summoned my yin qi and demanded that the black bear release its power as strongly as possible. Then, the black bear immediately began to emit yin qi as if showing off just as I had wanted.

Kuoooooo

[Ugh…!! Are you an apostle of God!]

Gung-gi flinched and stepped back at the momentum of my divine power. If he saw the power of the Yin-Shen that had reached the realm of the Great Sage, even if Gung-gi was a demon from the age of mythology, he would be afraid. I looked at Gung-gi with arrogant eyes and shouted.

“Kung-ki! I don’t know how you got here, but I came to free those who are trapped in this world. Help me.”

[What do you mean…?]

“I am the disciple of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, Jeonwook! Can you tell just by looking at this power? It means that I have come to liberate the ancients by Jeonwook’s will.”

[Oh… oh… , Jeon-wook… !]

The palace quivered in surprise. He looked around, then lowered his posture by bending his huge body forward, and soon he was staring at me in a sitting position like a cat.

[If that is true, Baek Woong, I will do my best to help you.]

“There is no time. I must destroy the bloodline. Only by destroying the bloodline can I destroy this world.”

[What is bloodline…?]

Huh?! You don’t know?!

I felt anxious and explained hastily.

“That is, I heard that they are the three pillars that support this world, and that they have the reverse Eight Trigrams engraved on them.”

[Hmm…!! I see. That’s what you’re talking about.]

“Do you know anything?”

The palace man nodded and said.

[Get on my back. I’ll take you to the blood lord right away.]

Tadot

As I climbed onto the back of the palace, the palace flapped its wings and began to fly. It was a strange sight to see a winged tiger flying through the air. After flying for a while, the palace arrived at a peak, and above that peak, there seemed to be a huge iron lid covering the sky. The palace pointed to the hole in the iron lid and said.

[That thing floating over there… isn’t it surrounded by the Bagua…]

“That’s….”

[I’m not sure, but I think that’s called a bloodline…]

The moment I saw the sight of the ‘blood lord’, I felt my breath catch in my throat.

human being!

The one floating in the middle of the hole was a human being, and he was just floating with his eyes closed. However, he was wearing an ancient robe, so I could clearly tell that he was a Taoist. When I discovered that the Bagua were floating in reverse around the Taoist’s body, I could clearly tell that he was a blood phoenix.

‘Is that what you meant when you said not to hesitate?’

Zhuge Liulong was worried that I would refuse to kill the innocent human beings called ‘blood lords’.

But I steeled my resolve, drew my sword, and charged straight ahead.

‘I’m sorry, but I can’t ask about everything since we’ve come this far!’

My colleagues’ lives are at stake. Unless it’s something completely out of character, I have no choice but to try it. If I have to atone for it later, I have no choice but to do it!

Shuaak

My sword lightning immediately cut off the blood vine’s neck. However, strangely, there was not even a trace of the blood vine being cut, and it remained as it was.

“uh?”

I tried cutting dozens of times, but it didn’t feel like I was cutting an illusion.

As I landed on the ground, the palace said:

[I forgot to tell you in advance… Our Sakhyung has also tried to escape this space by attacking that bloodline countless times. However, even after attacking tens of thousands of times over thousands of years, we have not been able to inflict any damage. That is an illusion.]

“Welcome…? Are there any other bloodlines like that?”

[There are two more in two places.]

Zhuge Liulong’s strategy information seemed to be correct. There are a total of three bloodlines.

The facts were correct. However, the problem was that there was no way to cut the bloodline that had been unresponsive despite countless attacks by mythical monsters called the Four Evils for thousands of years.

‘Hmm… If that’s the case, then it seems like normal attacks, magic, and martial arts will absolutely not work on the Blood Lord… .’

I thought about it carefully and then said to Gung-gi.

“Palace. What on earth is that huge iron plate-like thing on top of the bloodline?”

[We don’t know either… We’ve tried to go up to the sky, but it only stretches out infinitely and we can’t see the end.]

“Ugh.”

I felt a headache. Then, suddenly, Zhuge Liulong’s advice came to mind.

‘They say if you want to strike a bloodline, you have to strike at its source.’

Then I guess I have to hit that iron lid!

As my gaze turned to the iron plate lid, Gung-gi spoke.

[No… Do you think we haven’t thought of that before? That sheet metal lid can take a beating, but no amount of damage can scratch it.]

“I’ll take care of it, so just be quiet.”

There is no way that Zhuge Liulong would have sent me away without giving me any advice. If he told me to strike at the source, there must have been some meaning to his advice.

I used my martial arts skills to jump into the sky and then went in front of the blood lord.

… Ugh, I really don’t know what to do.

What do you mean, hit the source? What are you talking about! In the end, it seems like you’re talking about hitting the iron plate lid, and it’s obvious that it won’t break with a normal attack.

As I was racking my brain over this mysterious ordeal, the face of the blood lord suddenly caught my eye. It was the old man from Seonpungdogol.

Yeah. Where’s the time to solve a puzzle these days?

It may be possible for Zhuge Liulong to pass this ordeal by using his head, but it is impossible for me.

Then, we have no choice but to try something with what we have.

‘Will it work…?’

I slowly reached out to the Blood Lord’s illusion. And then, with a light shining from his eyes, he cast his ultimate magic.

The 108-character mantra began to flow from the corner of my mouth. I muttered, concentrating my mind.

“Open your eyes… Mask.”

Perfect skill

Prince with a Thousand Faces

Sssssss!

I saw the Mask of the Abyss rising from behind the Blood Lord. I muttered.

“If you are the wedge of the seal, I will pull it out.”

The next moment, I snatched the mask away.

That was the moment I snatched the Blood Lord’s mask away.

I could feel a vast amount of knowledge and magic rushing into my head out of nowhere. The amount was far greater than what Jiseon Wangryang had, and it was almost overwhelming.

“Waaa …

At the same time, I began to feel a confusion of identity. My consciousness gradually sank, and my head began to hurt so much that it felt like a rat was going to bite me. It was much more bearable than when I had stolen the Iron Blood Clan’s mask in the past, but in the end, I lost my mind.

It’s becoming a fairy tale.

I felt like his personality was being superimposed on mine, as if I were his blood relative.

… … .

… … .

I see.

“I am….”

Is this the first time in thousands of years that you’ve awakened from a bloodline?

What’s happening to Kunlun Mountain now?

Is Kang Ja-ah still in control of the inside?

I was doing my best to carry out the secret order I received from the Primordial Heavenly Lord, but did the barrier break?

No, it doesn’t matter. Looking at the evil spirits down there, it seems like it’s still okay.

“He is the South Pole Immortal.”

The collateral disciple of the Three Emperors, Fuxi, and the disciple of the Primordial Heavenly Lord, that is me, Namgeuk Seonong.

For the sake of the true plan to vassalize the god, I have been making myself into a sealing wedge.