Reincarnated Swordmaster - Chapter 922



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True empty hometown

All other treasures were offered to the Bongseon ritual, but only this Primordial Heavenly Plate was left. This is because, in the outer space as it is now, the Four Great Gods must be found, and it is not possible to find them all at once, and at least a minimum of exploration tools were needed. Originally, the National Seal had been used for this role during the adventure, but it had already been offered as an offering, and fortunately, the Primordial Heavenly Plate could be used instead.

Wheein

The Primordial Heavenly Plate was quite large and was not something that could be carried around. When I used my qi to float the Primordial Heavenly Plate into the air, the Giant King Suin spoke.

[ Is it the original heavenly plate? Are you going to find it with that?]

“Yes. This is the only way for now.”

[I hope it goes well.]

That’s how it should be.

Since I had learned the operation of the Primordial Heavenly Board from Zhuge Liulong, I placed my hand on the giant Bagua Board and began to manipulate the movement of the Bagua. Unlike the National Seal, which would tell you the location of an object if you simply made a contract with the spirit and asked it, the Primordial Heavenly Board had a rather inconvenient structure, and only those who were well-versed in the movement of the Bagua could manipulate the hexagram numbers to find out the location of the desired object.

‘Ugh… It’s complicated as expected.’

I frowned. Being well-versed in the movements of the Eight Trigrams was not easy to say, but it also meant an extremely difficult academic and magical achievement. There were almost no people in the entire Central Plains who had reached such a level of excellence as Zhuge Liulong or Wang Liang, and they were experts in the Eight Trigrams and formations who only appeared once every hundred years. In reality, it would take an average person a lifetime to achieve even half of their accomplishments. This was because the Eight Trigrams supported and encompassed all the specialized knowledge of mathematics, geography, and astronomy of the present age.

Why is the original surface so uncomfortable?

I couldn’t help but feel nervous when I moved only eight hexagrams and over six thousand changes occurred. The National Seal was conveniently designed to give immediate answers when asked, so why was it so difficult? However, considering that the Primordial Heavenly Plate was originally a divine treasure and was not designed for use by humans, it was understandable.

Wheeing…

‘Okay.’

The Primordial Heavenly Plate began to glow faintly. By manipulating the number of hexagrams appropriately by meeting the three conditions, a basic reaction occurred. I realized that now was the time to infuse my power of the yin qi, and I infused power into the Primordial Heavenly Plate and spoke.

“Find the Four Great Guardian Spirits!!”

Wheein

At the same time, the 64 hexagrams carved on the original heavenly plate began to spin in a circular motion, floating in the air. The hexagrams seemed to move on their own, and after a while, a pitch-black light rose and began to extend in one direction.

The path of darkness seemed to extend to the end of the universe, with a unique feeling even in the pitch-black starry sky. I thought that the Primordial Heavenly Plate had worked properly, and spoke to the Giant King Suin.

“Okay. Now, if you follow that light, you will find the Four Great Guardian Spirits.”

[ ……]

“Why are you doing that?”

The giant king, Suin, who had been lost in thought with his arms folded, spoke.

[ Strange. Why aren’t there four paths for the Four Great Gods? ]

” ah…”

[If there are four divine beings, the original Heavenly Plate should show the four paths.]

Now that I think about it, it’s strange. When I paused, he continued.

[ Since only one path is shown, it seems like there is a clue at the end of this path that can help us track down the remaining four. It seems like we won’t be able to find it right away.]

“Hmm… why is that?”

[ I don’t know. But it won’t be an easy path, so you should maximize your strength and wisdom…]

” All right.”

Boohoo!!

After a while, the Giant King Suin started flying through the outer space carrying me. Unlike before, there was no shaking or bumping into anything while flying through space, and it was smooth and comfortable. I spoke from the top of the helmet.

“They say it’s outer space, but it doesn’t look much different from outer space. You can clearly see the planets and stars.”

[ What are you talking about? There is a huge difference…]

” yes?”

[ First of all, there is no distorted hole in the universe here. And there is a serious sense of incongruity. ]

Distorted hole?

I thought long and hard about what it meant, and then I figured it out.

‘Ah… you’re talking about that black dot where the gravity of the universe is distorted.’

A place where gravity is so strong that everything is sucked in. I vaguely knew about its existence through the scientific knowledge I gained when I went to the future world. I said it because I was curious.

“Why not?”

[It may be because the laws of this outer space are completely different from those outside. Or it may be because this place is a copy of the original universe.]

“You copied it?”

[ ……]

Suin didn’t really explain what she meant by copying. Instead, she said,

[ I don’t know what kind of conversation you had with the Lord, but it’s best to just find what you need and get out of here quickly. This place is dangerous. ]

” All right.”

Paat

Eventually, Suin carried me to the end of the dark road and arrived at the destination, where a bright blue star caught my eye. It was a star that emitted blue light even in space, where the sea and land were combined, and I groaned as soon as I saw the star.

” … Earth…”

In the future, the planet we live on was called Earth. And when you look at the shape of the continents and the shape of the oceans, it looks like it is Earth. And when you look at the small moon that orbits the Earth, you can never mistake it!

I said in embarrassment.

“What happened? Why is there an Earth in outer space…”

[ Anyway, the original Heavenly King claims that there are four great gods on that Earth. I have no choice but to go down. ]

“It doesn’t make sense. This is outside the world… The chances of another Earth existing in such a place… are astronomically low.”

[Don’t you know that it’s meaningless to consider such probabilities in outer space? If you consider it that way, what are the odds that you would break the seal of Shennong and pass through the gate of the Watcher and come here?]

” ……”

King Suin of the Giants answered my question coldly and said.

[Don’t tell me anything anymore. I’ll kill you.]

” … yes.”

I decided to keep my mouth shut because it seemed like Su-in kept asking questions she couldn’t answer.

[ Enter.]

Kuwaaaaat

After a while, Suin’s body broke through the atmosphere and settled on the Earth’s surface. Suin began to fly again along the path of dark light, and the path was heading towards the Central Continent. After arriving at the Central Continent, Suin soon headed further and further inland, and eventually arrived at a familiar place.

Tadot

Suin sat down on a large mountain range nearby and looked at the scenery below.

[ It’s a human city. ]

” ……”

Of course, I knew what the city before my eyes was. I focused my eyes and looked at the city emitting dazzling night lights, and I could see the identity of the city. I muttered with a trembling voice.

” … Luoyang… seems to be.”

Luoyang!!

The location of the Four Great Gods suggested by the original Heavenly Pan was Luoyang. When I focused my eyes, I saw that the people wandering around Luoyang were typical people, and they didn’t seem that different from the times I lived in. I was speechless when I saw the loud music and the cymbals.

‘How could this happen?’

How can we get to another Earth when we’re in outer space?

And why did the original Heavenly Plate say that the Four Great Gods were present here?

When I was confused, Suin said.

[ Since we don’t have time, it would be faster to destroy everything and find it. ]

Woof

As Suin lifted the giant axe and concentrated his strength on it, a reddish divine power formed like a clot. Since I was handling the power of the yin jiao, I was terrified when I realized the magnitude of the power contained in the axe.

‘My, my power is at least 50 times greater than that of my psychic power! If I attack a city with something like that…’

It would be natural for the city to be destroyed in one blow!

I quickly stopped Sooin and said.

“Suin! Please wait a moment! The dark light extends into that city, so I will find it myself.”

[Do you know that there is a threat within the city and why you are doing such a bothersome and troublesome thing? Keep quiet.]

“How could you slaughter so many people for no reason?”

[ Do you know something…?]

Suin’s eyes looked like he didn’t really know what the problem was. His eyes clearly showed that he treated humans like insects, so I could tell that he was a true giant. Even though he looked like a human, he was the king of giants and a being on a different level from humans. Massacring humans didn’t bother his conscience even a little bit.

I tried to persuade Suin.

“Didn’t you think it was strange earlier? There should be four paths, but only one remains… Then, doesn’t that one path mean [the guide]?”

[ Hmm. ]

“If that’s the case, if we rashly attack and annihilate Luoyang now, even the guides may be swept away and killed.”

[Good. If you say so, then quickly find that guide. I will be watching from behind.]

” All right.”

Tadot

I jumped down from the helmet of the water man and ran towards Luoyang. The dark path created by the original Heavenly Plate stretched to the depths of Luoyang, and all I had to do was follow that path. There were almost no beings that could kill me without being able to do anything, so I secretly believed in my own strength and ran quickly.

Pabat

When I got to the center of Luoyang, I could feel something strange.

‘……?’

It seems a little different here from the times I lived in…?

At first glance, the people’s clothing looked similar, but when I looked closely, it was different from my era. I thought I had seen that outfit somewhere, but after a while, I realized that it was similar to Yeo Dong-bin’s era.

‘Hmm. Yeo Dong-bin’s era…? Then it was during the Tang Dynasty…’

Strangely enough, it feels different from that era…?

I couldn’t figure out why I had this strange sense of discomfort. And I still couldn’t figure out why I had come from outer space to Earth in this era. I pushed the discomfort aside and continued to go inside, but soon I realized something really strange.

” ah!”

I screamed from the roof.

Because I could now understand why I felt so uncomfortable.

“There is no one who has learned martial arts!”

Up until now, I have been secretly climbing on rooftops and detecting humans with my Hwaan Geumjeong and Gigam, but I have not been able to find even a handful of martial artists. Usually, martial artists are those who have practiced internal elixirs and mastered qigong techniques, and they tend to have a different energy than ordinary people. And since martial artists from all over the world usually flock to Luoyang like clouds, I have often felt the presence of martial artists.

However, among these many people, there was not a single one who had cultivated their qi! It seemed that there were people who were naturally strong in qi, but even then, they were not professional qigong practitioners.

It was really strange. If you told the world’s martial artists that there were no martial artists in Luoyang, they would laugh at you and say, “What kind of joke are you talking about?” Because at least hundreds of thousands of martial artists were stuck there.

‘How can this happen…? Are you saying that in this world, you don’t learn martial arts?’

How can that be?

I could feel a sense of discomfort as I approached the end of the dark path.

I could tell that the place where the path of darkness had penetrated was a palace, and inside the palace, I looked at the palace and muttered.

“I don’t know who the hell is that…”

I had no idea that on my grand journey to outer space, I would suddenly come back to Earth, and to the Central Continent at that. And it was incomprehensible that the final destination would be the palace in the heart of the Imperial Palace. I walked briskly into the palace with my doubts.

Jeokbuk

As we went inside, we heard someone talking.

“Haha! Are you… that famous monster in the world?”

The person sitting on the dragon bed stopped reading the book, smiled, and stood up from his seat.

He was wearing a dragon robe and spoke while looking at the figure standing opposite him.

“Welcome, Master Dharma… I, Xiao Yan, have lost all sense of honor as the emperor and have been waiting for you.”