The Return of the Namgoong Clan’s Granddaughter - Chapter 132



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Episode 132

“This is….”

Huh, Namgung Mucheon frowned at the strong wind blowing.

What appeared before them as they walked along the road was a huge space that seemed endless both upward and downward.

Below the steep cliff, the wind gusted ceaselessly. The sound of the wind roaring echoed through the space.

Strangely enough, the wind did not blow out at all outside the passageway through which the group had come out.

It even felt like a dragon was flying through the space.

“Is this the truth?”

“I don’t know.”

You can vaguely tell whether it is true or not through the energy.

However, it was not easy to grasp because it was impossible to use internal energy due to the mountain poisoning.

Namgung Mucheon took a couple of steps ahead and looked down into the distant pit.

It was truly a darkness with no end in sight.

‘I’ve lived here for over sixty years, but this is my first time in a place like this.’

Wasn’t it a cave that you had to bend down to enter? How on earth could there be such a space in such a narrow cave?

I couldn’t help but sigh.

“Where should we go now?”

Namgung Mucheon looked back at Noun.

But Noun shook his head.

“I couldn’t go beyond this either.”

Only then did Namgung Mucheon discover the writing on the wall above the passage he had passed by.

[Open your eyes and see the secret path]

‘If you open your mind’s eye, you can see hidden paths.’

Noh Woon-do looked up at the writing.

“I couldn’t figure out what those words meant. In the end, I had no choice but to leave the cave and wait for the next time.”

Of course, there was no next time.

Not long after I left the cave, boils started to appear all over my body.

He looked back at the story.

“Well, I wonder. How did you know this? Do you know what it means?”

Seolhwa raised her head and took the six letters in.

In his previous life, Oh Hyeol-ju did not clearly explain the solution to this problem. He only said those six letters and added one more word.

‘Manrishintu is a man crazy about formations.’

That was all the clue the story had.

“When I was in Hwaoru….”

Seolhwa walked closer to the cliff.

Namgung Mucheon came closer, telling me to be careful as it was dangerous.

“I once met Manrishintu.”

I couldn’t say that I knew, having heard from someone who had solved this problem of disagreement in a previous life.

So I thought about it. What on earth was Manrishintu trying to say through this movement?

“He said that people live their lives so focused on what’s in front of them that they don’t see what they really need to see.”

I have never met Manrishintu, but I think this is what he wanted to say through this movement.

A strong wind blew.

The wind was so strong that it was difficult to even stand.

The oysters roared and shook as if giving warning.

“Seolhwa. It’s dangerous. Back off further.”

“grandfather.”

Seolhwa turned around and looked at Namgung Mucheon and Noun.

“Did you feel anything strange on your way here?”

“What’s strange?”

‘At first, I thought that Manrishintu was someone connected to the Blood Cult.’

When I heard the old man say that he used the Sankongdok, I thought that Manrishintu might be one of the blood lords of the Blood Cult.

But as I passed through the traps of disagreement, I became convinced.

‘Manrishintu is not a person of the Blood Cult.’

If he was a blood sect member, he wouldn’t have created such a smooth relationship.

“The traps here are meant to cause trouble for those who enter the cave, but none of them are designed to kill.”

A wooden man with a stick and a club, without a blade.

Pit full of sewage and sandbags flying around.

“This cave was not built to protect treasures.”

Traps that are not intended to eliminate intruders, but rather to make them realize something.

And the very first words written in this disagreement.

‘The courageous ones will inherit the world.’

“Rather, it’s closer to waiting for the treasure’s owner.”

I raised my head and looked up at the endless ceiling.

And I thought about that.

Is it that there is no end in sight, or is it that we cannot see the end?

What did Manrishintu want to see through this movement?

‘A guy who’s crazy about numbers.’

Why did Oh Hyeol-ju say that?

There is only one answer.

‘This is all a formula.’

This huge space, and the wind.

Even the roaring sounds, even the echo of caves.

But that’s the scary thing about the formation.

‘The heart that believes it is true.’

The moment they become blinded by fear and believe all of this to be true, those who enter the formation will inevitably be swayed by the space created by the formation.

It’s not a real cliff, but you can still die from falling, it’s not a real fire, but you can still burn, and it’s not real water, but you can still drown.

The truth is the mind that believes.

It is completed as a belief.

That is, depending on how you open your mind’s eye, you may or may not see the path.

‘If I say it the other way around.’

If you believe it is safe, you may be able to use it rather than being swayed by the law.

fault-!

“tale…!”

Seolhwa jumped towards the cliff.

Namgung Mucheon reached out his hand in surprise, but Seolhwa moved a little faster.

No-un also came running in shock.

However, Seol-hwa fell down the cliff in an instant and disappeared from the two people’s sight.

And in the next moment, the two of them could not help but freeze.

The snow that had clearly fallen off the cliff floated up before their eyes.

“What, what is this…?”

Seol-hwa smiled at the two people, floating in the air as if she was walking on empty space.

“Please wait a moment, Grandpa. Jang Moon-in. If you don’t believe me, don’t force yourself to follow me. It’s dangerous.”

If you don’t truly believe, you will die in an instant by falling. It would be better not to follow than to jump in and take risks.

“I’ll be back soon.”

Leaving those words behind, Seol-hwa soared upward on the wind. It was truly an ascension.

Namgung Mucheon couldn’t close his mouth as he watched his granddaughter walking away.

An old man approached him from behind.

His hand, pointing to the ceiling, was trembling.

“Hey, Senior Sword Emperor. By any chance, is it possible for your granddaughter to walk in the air…?”

“…How could that be?”

Even for someone like me who is a master of the art of walking in the air, it is not easy.

No matter how excellent my granddaughter is, she has not reached the level of Hwagyeong.

“It’s not like I’m just walking in thin air.”

“If it is not a matter of walking in the air, how can a person fly in the sky?”

“… I don’t know either.”

Namgung Mucheon lowered his gaze and looked at the darkness below the steep cliff.

The sound of the wind blowing wildly was sharp.

Or, is it possible to jump in there? Was the wind the answer?

I vaguely knew why, but I never thought of trying.

Namgung Mucheon, who had been staring at the darkness for a moment, sat down cross-legged on the spot.

“What are you trying to do?”

“Didn’t I tell you to wait until your granddaughter comes back? I should recover my internal energy during that time. Wouldn’t that be of some help?”

“ah….”

No-un also sat cross-legged next to him.

Noun hadn’t been able to operate the air force for a long time, but he wanted to do something.

No, my heart was so full of emotion from what the child had shown me just now that I couldn’t stand it without doing something.

‘When was the last time I felt this overwhelmed?’

It’s been a long time since I’ve seen someone realize something, jump into it without hesitation, and finally achieve it.

When I was young, I used to jump in without thinking about the consequences.

Perhaps, the reason why his growth has slowed down is because he has lost that kind of passion.

“… .”

Hooooooooo-

A bitter wind blew through the cave.

It sounded like the roar of a dragon.

Sitting cross-legged beside the swirling wind, the two recalled very old memories.

* * *

Hooooooo-

As she ascended to a high place, letting the wind take her, at some point, everything before Seol-hwa’s eyes became pitch black.

It was pitch black, just like when I first set foot in this cave.

At that moment, she felt as if someone was pushing her on the back. It was the same feeling that had pushed her in when she first entered the room.

It was not a human hand.

It was as if the darkness itself was leading him somewhere.

Seolhwa closed her eyes and concentrated on all her senses.

Hooooooo… .

The sound of the wind blowing fiercely gradually died down, and the feeling of floating gradually subsided.

When the whole place was filled with silence, Seolhwa slowly opened her eyes.

There was something ten steps ahead.

“… .”

I took a step towards it.

There was a box sitting on a table half as tall as me. Seolhwa carefully picked up the box with both hands.

Hooooooooo-

“!”

A strong wind blew from somewhere and swept over her. Seolhwa frowned while holding the box in her arms.

When she opened her eyes again, she was standing in a wide field.

The bright sunlight pouring down dazzled my eyes. I woke up dizzy and looked around, and saw Namgung Mucheon and Noun sitting cross-legged a little way away.

Seolhwa ran to the two people.

“grandfather.”

Namgung Mucheon opened both arms towards her.

As Seol-hwa fell into his arms, Namgung Mucheon sat her down on his lap.

“I’m glad you’re safe.”

“Grandpa too. Uh… .”

Seolhwa stared at Namgung Mucheon.

“Have you recovered your internal energy already?”

There must still be time before the poison from the mountain air poison disappears? Has that much time passed already?

“You’re doing something, so I can’t just sit still as a grandfather.”

Namgung Mucheon laughed and brushed back Seolhwa’s flowing hair. His kind gaze turned to the box in Seolhwa’s arms.

“So, what did you get?”