Reincarnated Swordmaster - Chapter 954



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True empty hometown

what?!

I couldn’t hide my surprise at the words of the Great God. There were so many meanings contained in those words that I didn’t know where to start my question. I glanced at the book with anxious eyes.

‘Fortunately, it seems that the area around here hasn’t been destroyed yet…’

The destruction of the universe was taking place gradually. According to what I heard from Dharma, it was going to be the elimination of all beings with high spiritual density and power, followed by the destruction of material. Even so, I spoke urgently because I didn’t know when everything would end.

” … Tell me more!”

“Huh… Don’t be impatient. I have time to tell you this much.”

Shintojijon sighed and continued speaking.

” … It’s all over. Damn it.”

I could sense the deep despair in his sigh. I felt that it was not an act, but sincerity. That was why I pricked up my ears because what he was going to say from now on was likely to be true.

“It’s as I said. I tried to steal his mask with the mask of [Creeping Chaos].”

“A mask? Are you saying that you are the incarnation of God?”

To my question, Shintojijon shook his head.

“If it was an incarnation, I would have just called it an incarnation. A mask is different from an incarnation. If an incarnation is nothing more than the hands and feet of a god, then a mask is the terminal of the terminals. It is nothing more than a ‘tool’ of a much lower rank than an incarnation.”

” equipment…”

“Well, you don’t usually worry about your body being damaged just because a few strands of hair break off while you’re sleeping, right? It’s not like you can control your hair by giving it willpower.”

He spoke rather cheerfully, but the gloomy tone of his speech did not change. In reality, his situation was extremely serious. I looked at him and said.

“The talent to hear sounds since birth… The talent to copy the opponent’s martial arts was something you had because you were a mask.”

” Yeah, that’s true.”

“So you were born into this world to scout and play with [the creeping chaos]?”

He chuckled when I shouted at him with a hint of hostility.

“That’s another strange story. Heh heh heh… That’s true, but the reason I awakened to my masked self was because of the Abyss Mask.”

” what?”

” So~ [Human] Shinto Jijon never had that kind of awareness from the time he was born until he grew up to be a master of martial arts. From the beginning, I thought I was a genius and just roamed around the martial arts world. However, there was one incident where I failed to control the Abyss Mask while learning the ancient secret art of mask jutsu.”

Shintojijon slowly put his hand on his face and with a click, he took off his mask. The moment he took off the mask, which he had no idea where it had been, there was a face he had never seen before. Shintojijon, whose appearance had changed in an instant, spoke.

“At that moment, I realized that I was [a mask] and I knew my true nature.”

“Because of the accident? What’s the principle?”

“If you leave the Abyss Mask on for too long, it will go berserk. And when it goes berserk, it will become another version of itself… a being with the exact same powers and abilities as itself.”

“……!!”

“But I didn’t have to deal with [myself] separately. Why? Because the moment that guy appeared, I realized that I was the same person as that guy. From the beginning, I wasn’t human, but a mask, so there was no way I could have been confused about my identity or have enemies.”

“What, what did you say?”

“And then, as I put the masks together, I realized that I was inhuman…”

Shintujijon, who had been muttering like a fool, continued speaking in a slightly dry voice.

“In this situation, it was not strange that I would come face to face with my own essence and try to steal [the Mask of God]. I did not want to admit that I was a remnant of God.”

” ……”

Is that why you are so obsessed with the essence?

If he cannot find his own essence, then no matter how famous he may be as a human being, it becomes meaningless. He will also lose his reason to live. I felt strange and said to the Great Master.

“… But when you encountered Yeo Dong-bin, weren’t you strongly motivated to find the Hyeonwon Sword? If you had such a desire, then why on earth did you look for the Hyeonwon Sword?”

” ……”

“And you even came all the way to U-ju to find the Hyeonwon Sword. That contradicts what you said!!”

“Idiot. Do you really think I would have told the strongest of the Eight Immortals and the henchman of Heaven, Sword Master Yeo Dongbin, exactly what I was going to do and my secrets? If Heaven knew about my purpose and existence, I don’t know what kind of interference they would do.”

” uh…”

That’s right. Considering that the ones who were controlling the heavens from behind were Yeo-wa and the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, and that they were interfering in every way, I couldn’t say that Shin-tu-ji-jon’s words were wrong. When I was at a loss for words, Shin-tu-ji-jon said:

“Hey, junior. As for the Heonwon sword… it’s a lie.”

“……Huh?”

Shintojijon nodded and confirmed.

“I’m lying. Listen carefully. It was a total lie.”

I felt dumbfounded by the words that were emphasized over and over again.

‘You’re lying…?!’

I’m losing my mind!

How much I have dug around in search of the Sword of the Heavenly Sword! How many lives have I devoted to finding the Sword of the Heavenly Sword, and how many arrogant acts have I committed to obtain its information. Thinking about all that I have done, I suddenly became angry and shouted at the Lord of the Heavenly Sword.

” 이 개새끼…!! 후대 사람들 고생하라고 그런 뻥을 쳤단 말이냐!!”

I was about to rush in and hit Shintojijon, but Shintojijon responded calmly.

“Whoa, whoa, calm down, junior. It’s a lie, but it’s not something I lied about.”

” what?”

“Isn’t that strange? If I was lying, there’s no way Gongsun Shiga would have kept the fake Xianyuan Sword for thousands of years. And considering that his servant Yeo Chuk knows that information, there’s at least a history that goes back to the mythical era. So there’s no way I, a person from the Tang Dynasty, would have lied about the Xianyuan Sword. It’s impossible for me to do that given the time period.”

” … Well, that’s true.”

Shintojijon’s words made sense. Shintojijon felt somewhat relieved to have said what he wanted to say, and continued speaking with a brighter face than before.

“I soon realized that the Hyeonwon Sword did not exist and was just a rumor spread intentionally during the Age of Gods after researching it. However, the pretext of searching for the Hyeonwon Sword was enough to hide my true intentions, so I only pretended to search for the Hyeonwon Sword in public.”

“So you’re saying that you didn’t covet the privilege of being able to perform the Bongseon ritual for almost free using the Hyeonwon Sword, or the right to meet the Emperor?”

“I’d be lying if I said I didn’t want it. But it’s just a joke, so what’s the use? I gave up on it a long time ago.”

” … Then why did you lie to Yeo Dong-bin?”

Shintojijon shrugged his shoulders in response to my question.

“At that time, Yeo Dong-bin was the best fighter in the world and the vanguard of the heavenly realm. He was the most notable person in the world. Even if it meant lying a little, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to stick with Yeo Dong-bin and monitor his movements.”

“Why was the underworld of Luoyang unified?”

“There were many myths and legends related to my body from the Luoyang side, so I gathered some thugs to investigate them on my behalf.”

“Why did you join Empress Wu Zetian as one of the six heroes?”

“Same reason. I didn’t go in to find the Xianyuan Sword, but to check on the movements of Empress Wu Zetian and the Eight Guardians who had joined hands with Changjie. And I made quite a profit.”

“Income?”

Shintojijon laughed heartily.

“Chang-hil realized that he would never be able to defeat the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors again…”

“……!! How did you come to that conclusion?”

“It’s simple. The scheme that Chang-hee was pursuing was, at best, to use Empress Wu Zetian to summon the Dragon of the End and devour the law of cause and effect. Although that method could temporarily deal damage to the territory of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, it would ultimately not be able to increase Chang-hee’s own power. It also showed that Chang-hee’s vessel had its limits.”

The God of War who said that took the form of waving his hand and sending it flying.

“He wasn’t the kind of person who could destroy the world. That’s why he decided to leave Chang-Hil after giving up hope. This world.”

“……?”

“No matter how much I searched the world, my true identity was nowhere to be found. However, it was impossible for me to overthrow the Central Plains, which the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors were firmly protecting until the end, with my own power. From my perspective, in order to see my true identity descend, there had to be at least a great deal of chaos that would lead to the destruction of the world, so it was only right for me to leave for another world.”

“That, that means…”

I muttered in disbelief.

“Just to see your true body… Are you saying that you would rush to destruction in any world just for that reason?!”

” okay.”

“You’re crazy!! You can’t even destroy our world, so how could you possibly destroy other worlds? What confidence did you have to break through the waters of life and death to cross over to other worlds!!”

I couldn’t help but be dumbfounded by the madness and recklessness of Shintojijon. I knew he was an odd being, but this was on too grand a scale. It was truly impossible for the martial arts world to understand Shintojijon’s thoughts and intentions.

The God of War said.

“Vacuum fragrance.”

“……!!”

“When I was active in the martial arts world, I acquired more knowledge than most great scholars. I’m not bragging, but I have the ability to memorize anything I see once and I can’t forget it. I have a hundred thousand books in my head. And while reading various books, I became interested in the White Lotus Sect, so I dug into their doctrines and hidden secrets, and as a result, I learned about the existence of a ritual called Jin Gahyang that would destroy the world.”

“Then why didn’t we do vacuum incense in our world?”

“The conditions were not right at all. To cast the vacuum incense, you would need an enormous sacrifice, the four great gods, a priest, and an ultra-powerful magician who could complete the Book of Destruction like now, but at the time, there was no such being in the White Lotus Sect. I thought it would be difficult for one to be born again in the future.”

“Have you ever thought of becoming a powerful magician yourself?”

“Are you kidding me? You’re asking me that after seeing Dharma disappear into the last piece of the book? This ritual is based on self-sacrifice, so what’s the point if I die?”

” ……”

“Well, that’s about how I ended up in another world. I thought that if I tried to destroy the world in another world, my original body would appear. Since my original body transcends time and space, it wouldn’t be affected by interference from the outside world.”

I felt bewildered while talking to him.

” … There would be no guarantee that the conditions for performing the vacuum-forming operation you mentioned would exist when crossing the outer space. It could have been a primitive universe where the Earth itself did not exist.”

” Heh heh heh. Do you think I didn’t think of that? Of course there was a way to meet this requirement, so I overlooked it.”

” what?”

“After entering the outer space, I asked the outer observer at the entrance. Please send me to a world that meets those requirements.”

“You asked a foreign press for a favor?! Are you saying they granted it?!”

“Yeah, I’ll listen. Because I thought the entity was absolutely neutral and just wanted to see something fun, so I thought it would listen. My masked self told me that was possible.”

” ……”

He’s crazy.

This guy pretended to be sane, but he was really crazy.

‘Knowing the power of foreign media, how could you come up with such an idea…’

He could have become cosmic dust in an instant, but it felt like his liver had popped out of his stomach. No, he wasn’t a human, but a god’s mask, so from the beginning, he was an existence that could not be understood by human values. That’s why he could be the greatest thief in history.

“But, well, the Heonwon Sword isn’t completely a lie.”

” huh?”

“To be exact, it was an item that was a mixture of several legends. And while most of those legends were false, there was one legend that seemed to be true. However, it had nothing to do with my purpose, and I would have lost ten lives if I had delved into that legend, so I didn’t look for it. That’s why I concluded that the Heonwon Sword was a hoax.”

“What is that legend?”

He said, crossing his arms.

“[The Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors cannot use the Hyeonwon Sword.] That was the truth I heard from Yeo-Chu.”

“……? What does that mean?”

“I won’t tell you because I don’t want to give away everything I’ve researched.”

” hey!”

“I think it might be a clue to something incredibly evil, but I don’t have the courage to investigate.”

The God of War, who had said so, continued speaking.

“And from the moment I came to this world… I kept reincarnating and waiting until Dharma was born. I already figured out how to reincarnate when I was roaming the world as a thief. After waiting like this for over two thousand years, Dharma finally cast the vacuum incense.”

” ……”

“Any further questions?”

“What are you talking about all of a sudden? There must have been a way for you to live two thousand years, almost like semi-immortality, so why did you choose reincarnation?”

Shintojijon chuckled at my question.

“It was because of the new year.”

“New Year’s Eve?”

“The new era requires conditions. One life wasn’t enough to meet those conditions. That’s why I decided to stock up on strength in advance, even if it meant resorting to tricks.”

“Tell me the conditions.”

“You probably already know this. I can’t say anything more to someone who hasn’t reached the divine realm.”

“Ugh…”

“Whew… Well anyway, it’s over now.”

He muttered as he drank water from his pitcher, seeming to be thirsty from talking too much.

“Coming here actually makes me feel better. I tried to take away the mask of [Creeping Chaos] and regain myself… but who would have thought that this division wouldn’t even show me a single thing? It’s so futile.”

I stared blankly at the God of War and said.

“Have you never had any intention of saving the world? With your abilities, you could have at least tried.”

” … I think it’s strange that there is such a thing. There is nothing more precious than myself in the world.”

“That’s not necessarily true.”

” ok?”

” … That’s not necessarily the case.”

If I had thought of myself as the most precious thing… I would never have come this far. I would have lived my life boasting about my power, abusing my power, and enjoying everything. However, I came to think that that was not the way to live.

Thanks to my colleagues.

“Huh… You really are the worst junior. An idiot with conviction and talent… What’s so messed up about that?”

When Shintojijon grumbled, I snickered.

“But isn’t it an honor that a junior like this came to see me?”

“Just leave it. We’re all going to die anyway… What…”

Shintojijon gulped down the water jug ​​with a goosebumps-inducing expression. Then he said.

“Now tell me your story.”

” okay.”

Kugugugugugugu

Kugugugu

I could see a bright white light spreading out from the other side of the universe. It was the first time I had seen anything like it, but I thought it meant that the destruction of the universe was just around the corner. I thought that since I had come all this way, there was nothing I couldn’t tell the God of War, so I was about to open my mouth.

” I am…”

It was the moment when I was about to say the word reincarnation.

” ……”

Something is strange.

Suddenly, Shintojijon stopped moving. Then, I could see his face slowly changing. It was a very subtle change, and a change that an ordinary person would never notice, but I could tell right away.

As I stopped talking, Shintojijon spoke.

“Why are you doing that? Tell me quickly.”

Pavat!!

I quickly stepped back and summoned my sword. Then I straightened up the Heavenly Spirit.

” …Who are you?”

“He is the best.”

“Who are you!!”

That guy is not a true believer.

As a masked magician and someone who has learned everything about him, I could feel this fact clearly. Because the phenomenon just now was [the mask] being completely removed and changed into something else! And since the masked magician can never be okay since the inside of the mask has been removed, the opponent still maintains that appearance intact.

Then the being who was the ‘God of War’ spoke.

“You’re perceptive, mortal.”

“……!!”

no way…!!

The other person slowly straightened his back and stood up. And I felt strange. The other person was clearly showing me his face, but for some reason I couldn’t recognize what that face looked like. I couldn’t remember it, and it was as if a thousand masks were layered on that face.

The being smiled brightly.

“I finally found my mask.”