The World of Sound - Chapter 132
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“Is that okay? If you’re going to die, I’ll grant you your will. But please tell me where all your accumulated wealth is. Hmm, I’ll need some writing and ink. You should also write a will that leaves all your assets to me… … .”
“… … I won’t die at this level.”
Cheonhwa glanced at the huge door for a moment, then turned his gaze and scratched Marjin’s insides.
Although he had received some emergency treatment from Bukgungyeon, Marjin was already so tattered that he would not be able to use one of his arms for a while, and it was true that he was in a dangerous situation as he had a lot of internal injuries, but he was able to prevent his injuries from getting any worse with the power of the Iron Man’s Invincible Power that he had learned.
Cheonhwa also knew that, so it was half a joke and half serious.
“But wouldn’t it be better to prepare in advance just in case?”
“Even if I die, I’ll hand it over to those beggars, but not to you!”
It seems that the person who responds to that nonsense is not very angry.
Well then, it’s time to see the end.
It’s time to find out what this place is and what it hides, even though someone put a lot of effort into making it.
“You’re kidding until the very end.”
The simplest, and also the most bizarre, way is to destroy the door.
But even Cheonhwa couldn’t bring herself to do that.
It’s not that it can’t be broken, it’s that it shouldn’t be broken.
Ting ting
Cheonhwa approached the door and lightly knocked on it with a snap of her fingers.
It was only a small sound, but that alone caused information about the iron gate and the machinery connected to it to be drawn in Cheonhwa’s mind.
The massive, seemingly ordinary iron gate was designed to trip a device if an attempt was made to forcibly destroy it.
From what I’ve seen, it looks like it’s probably the kind that would cause the entire place to collapse.
“How did you make this? It’s really interesting.”
Cheek!
Not only that, the hot air was trying to touch my fingertips.
The huge iron gate was covered in extremely high temperatures that could cause severe burns even with a light touch.
However, Cheonhwa clicked her tongue and smiled, thinking that the iron door did not melt because it was not ordinary iron.
Metal like this would definitely fetch a high price.
“How about it, want to give it a try?”
But of course, that wasn’t a problem for Cheonhwa.
If it’s hot, just let it cool down.
You can use the Cheon-Gyeop-Su Cheong-Su or borrow the power of the Bing-Ryung-Ok-Yak.
There was nothing that could be a separate key, and there was no way to open it, so all that was needed was to lower the temperature of the iron door and push it open.
It wasn’t a difficult task for him, but Cheonhwa passed the opportunity to Bukgungyeon.
Suddenly, I became curious about her achievements.
Cheonhwa had been watching her growth since she recovered from her ice age, but it was difficult for him to confirm the extent of her power due to the nature of her constitution.
I also wondered to what extent she would be able to utilize the power of the Ice Spirit.
She was still a subject of study to Cheonhwa, as it was a power that could surpass the peak and even the realm of the beautiful if only she could fully draw it out.
I was also curious as to how one could draw out the spirit energy of the Ice Spirit without using the Cheonum Shingong.
“Yes, I will try.”
Bukgungyeon stepped forward with a determined expression at Cheonhwa’s suggestion.
The heat exerted on it was so great that even her current strength could barely shut the iron door, and she could feel it herself, but she did not hesitate.
He took out the ice spirit and held it in one hand, and placed the other hand gently against the iron door.
Pushing the Ice Spirit to its limit.
Cheeeeeeeeek-
Along with that, a huge amount of steam began to pour out around her.
I don’t know how it was made, but the iron gate, which was not pushed back by the heat wave of Marjin, and in some sense, held even higher temperature, ran wild against Bukgungyeon’s ice spirit.
In return, he drove a powerful force of both hands into the contact area to devour her.
“Ugh!”
Chijijik-
Phew!
It was like a showdown between the masters.
The two opposing forces collided, creating a shock that shook the body, but the contacting core did not come off the iron door.
It was obvious, even without testing, that the moment you forcibly remove it, the moment you regain your strength, a massive two-legged creature will dig inside and burn everything.
That’s why Bukgungyeon used all his strength to gather the Ice Spirits and push them away.
He continued his desperate resistance to suppress and subdue the two guards of the iron gate.
“… … Huh.”
However, the iron gate’s energy was also not bad.
As she pulled out more force, the iron gate also pushed back with more force, so it was Bukgungyeon who was gradually being pushed back.
The power flowed back, and a weak but strong energy began to flow into the body.
The terrible nightmare of the past, known as the Ice Blood Poison, was once again trying to take hold within her body.
‘Is it too much yet?’
Cheonhwa just watched the scene quietly with her arms folded.
I didn’t want to see her die, to see her become a wreck again, but this was also an ordeal she had to overcome.
If you simply receive the Bingsang’s blessing and utilize it, you will remain in the super-climax forever, and if you can communicate with the Bingsang and utilize its power properly, you may be able to ascend to the realm of Hwagyeong in an instant.
At least we can get that starting point.
Plus, you won’t have to worry about the likes of Yang Gang-jigi raping your body and causing you terrible pain.
“Bing… … Ling… … !”
“Huh?”
Yeah- Yeah-
That’s when the yang energy gradually built up in my body and I started to collide with the ice spirit.
The moment Cheonhwa forcibly removed her from the iron gate because it was too dangerous, Bingryung started to cry.
He answered her call, lending his voice and strength.
Cheeeeeeek-!!!
At the same time, the ice spirit inside her body exploded.
The energy that was losing its strength due to the mixing of the two forces suddenly increased and pushed out the yang energy.
Communication, communion, and unity with the spirits.
A phenomenon that could be called anything happened to her.
“… … This is a scam.”
It was truly fraudulent.
Because he had so barely managed to communicate with the Ice Spirit, he was able to achieve it so easily due to his Ice Spirit delay.
Of course, it was thanks to the help of the Ice Spirit that Cheonhwa had given me and the recovery of my Ice Spirit delay, but even so, I couldn’t help but pout.
Jeokjeok-
Tsk tsk tsk!
Meanwhile, Bukgungyeon, who had raised an even more powerful ice spirit, began to freeze the iron gate.
Kugugugugugugu-
As he continued to apply more force, the huge iron gate began to gradually slide away.
It is being opened in accordance with due process.
Kookung!
Then, at a certain point, the iron gate began to open on its own, revealing the interior.
“ah……!”
At the same time, the union of the Ice Spirits was broken and the great power was dispersed.
The realm that he had briefly tasted was shattered like a mirage in Bukgungyeon’s eyes.
‘But is it still too much to go to Hwagyeong?’
Cheonhwa, who was watching it, gave a short comment.
Although he achieved unity with the Ice Spirit for a moment, the realm that Bukgungyeon achieved was not as great as Hwagyeong.
The union with the Ice Spirit itself was a coincidence, but it was a loss that could have been a bigger opportunity.
The reason for this is probably due to a lack of practice.
If she had reached the peak of her peak or something close to it, rather than the peak of a fully mature peak that she could reach without exerting any effort, she might have crossed the threshold of Hwagyeong through this incident.
The emptiness that Bukgungyeon felt seemed to be greater because he felt it himself.
Things that have been over the wall and things that haven’t.
Because it makes a huge difference.
There is a difference of several orders of magnitude, or perhaps even more, between breaking down a wall and creating a path the size of a needle’s eye.
In that sense, Bukgungyeon could be said to have gained a great opportunity and lost it at the same time.
‘It was a coincidence that it got to that point.’
In a way, this was a limitation and a disadvantage of the Ice Spirit Delay.
Although you can easily reach a certain level by receiving the love of the Ice Spirit, it is equally difficult to overcome the limits.
Since he was young, he had eaten elixirs like snacks and had the opportunity to learn the martial art of ascension called Seolsan Sword Technique, so he was able to reach the pinnacle and achieved unity with the Ice Spirit, becoming close to the pinnacle. However, as he had reached the top easily, it was clear that it would be more difficult for him to overcome the wall than for others.
It seems like you might be able to get help from the Ice Spirit from time to time when you reach your limit, which is a characteristic of the Ice Spirit delay, but it doesn’t seem like the Ice Spirit will definitely come out just because it’s your limit.
‘If you want to go higher, you won’t be able to do it by chance alone.’
However, if I worked hard from now on, I might be able to reach the pinnacle of my own zenith someday, and with the help of the Ice Spirit, I might even be able to enter the beginning of the realm of the flower world, but honestly, reaching a higher level than that seemed nearly impossible.
Of course, that alone would be enough to reach the level of the Three Kings and Three Ghosts, so there would be no regrets, but Cheonhwa, who knew of a higher level, was not at all envious.
Even if you reach the state of Hwagyeong, since your energy is only focused on Bingryong, that state may be half-way or worse.
“Thank you for your hard work. Then let’s check what it is that’s been kept so tightly hidden.”
After the Ice Spirit Unity ended, Cheonhwa lightly patted Bukgungyeon’s shoulder as he sat down due to the effects of emptiness and the emptiness of his danjeon, and entered first.
It was time to uncover the secrets of this place, where so much wealth had been poured into protecting it.
“and…….”
As you go inside, what catches your eye is the tower-like pile of gold and silver treasures.
Beyond the large iron gate was a larger, wider space than where they had been, filled to the brim with gold, silver, and jewels.
Even Cheonhwa couldn’t help but be amazed at the wondrous sight.
“Were you planning to buy the afterlife with your hard earned money?”
If this was someone’s grave as rumored, and if all this vast wealth was buried with the bastard’s pocket money, then I thought I could literally buy the afterlife.
At first, I even suspected that Cheonhwa might be an illusion created by the law.
The amount of wealth accumulated is staggering, but what is even more surprising is that it is only a small part of it.
“Those are all worthy of being called luxury items.”
Moving past the Tower of Wealth, or rather the Mountain, this time we see numerous stone statues lined up.
I’ve seen similar ones before, but this is different.
The weapons these guys were holding were not just carved out of stone, they were real weapons.
They were all worthy of being called famous swords or treasured swords.
Even without having to look closely, I could feel the aura and spirit emanating from it.
Moreover, the types were so diverse that even after filling up all 18 weapons, you could still see various types of deformed weapons.
“I think I’ve got a solid share?”
Shhh
It was only natural that the corners of Cheonhwa’s mouth went up.
But the real thing still remains.
As I moved my gaze along the road leading straight ahead, I saw things even more amazing than what I had seen before.
“Wow! It smells good.”
It was a field of safflower.
The elixir field that Mannyeongeumgu had shown him in the past was so large that it seemed like just a vegetable garden, and there was a large field full of elixirs that gave off a strong natural scent.
“Let’s see what kind of guy did such a cute thing.”
But even that was only a part of it.
In reality, the real treasure of this place was placed on an altar rising in the center of the field of yingcho.
“……coffin?”
Bukgungyeon, who had barely regained his energy, looked at it and expressed his doubts.
Because it was really a coffin.
Not only was the shape good, but inside was a beautiful woman with white, smooth skin lying with her hands folded over her chest.
But there was not even the slightest sign of decay on the body.
Although it was pale as white, it lay neatly in the coffin without the slightest damage.
“From ice to ice. How much is it all?”
The reason why this was possible was probably because of the material of the coffin.
They made a whole coffin out of jade, which is extremely rare in the Central Plains as it can only be found in the North Sea, and filled it with ice crystals.
“A zombie… could it be?”
That’s why Bukgungyeon first thought of the possibility of Jiang Shiil.
The corpse buried here must have been so old that it was difficult to estimate the time, but it was difficult for anyone other than a zombie to understand that the corpse had maintained its original form.
“No. That thing, is it alive?”
But Cheonhwa immediately denied it.
It’s faint, but that’s why I feel the life force from the corpse in that coffin.
Of course, there is also the gliding poetry that turns you into a zombie while you are still alive, but it felt different from that.
It was amazing in its own right.
Still alive.
I’ve heard that if your martial arts skills reach the level of Hwagyeong, you can easily live to be two hundred years old, but this place may have been built over two hundred years ago.
You’ve been alive for that long?
How? For what purpose?
For a moment, I was even afraid.
Because I couldn’t imagine what kind of obsession had kept that being in this world, and how much he had sacrificed for it.
“There are layers of formations spread out, but they all seem to be for the purpose of maintaining that state. What on earth is he doing? Is he the emperor?”
The surprise was the same for Cheonhwa, who looked around the coffin and its surroundings as if it was strange, and made a decision.
I checked to see if there were any traps or anything, but all the formations laid out here were connected to that coffin.
It was probably for the purpose of sustaining life, which is why Cheonhwa thought that the person in the coffin might be the emperor.
Otherwise, we wouldn’t be able to pour in this much people and resources, and we wouldn’t be obsessed with life.
However, what bothered me was that the person lying in the coffin was a woman.
At least in all of history that he knew of, there had never been an empress with this much power.
I can’t be sure, though, since my learning curve was short.
“Well, you’ll know when you check.”
So I’ll have to check it out.
If I checked the book that was tightly held under the guy’s two covered hands, even in his lyric state, I felt like I would get the answer to whatever it was.
Whether it’s the secret of the Heavenly Demonic Art, or something else.
“……what?”
Whirik-!
But at that moment, a gust of wind blew past Cheonhwa.
Where someone had stepped, a whirlwind of wind remained, blurring my vision.
“New wind!”
“Fighting!!”
Bukgungyeon and Majin noticed that unique trace almost simultaneously.
Because it was the poisonous method of the King of Fighters, called Shinpung.
King of Fighters.
He barged in without a sound or a trace and crossed the field of yingcho in the blink of an eye.
He reached out towards the coffin, towards the emergency room.