< Episode 104: The title of the best in the world (4) >
A deep cave located deep in the Black Mountains of Liaoning Province.
Nowadays, this place, which is famous for its rough terrain and is not even visited by herbalists due to bad rumors, is called Yeobingul.
The inside of the ice cave is so tangled like a maze that it is easy to get lost if you go in wrong.
I landed lightly in front of the ice drift cave.
-widely!
When I stretched out my hand, the Namcheon Iron Sword was sucked in.
-Woonhwi I see a lot of breath coming out of your mouth, so it seems like it’s a pretty cold area.
It’s as you said.
The area itself is so cold that people here in Liaoning wear fur clothes for nearly half of the year.
“Are we here?”
Anyway, if it was as I heard, it was definitely this place.
In fact, I tried to get here by Chukjibeop, but I ran into unexpected difficulties.
First of all, the Chukji method requires you to accurately remember the location or place you want to go.
Otherwise, even movement is impossible.
-There are quite a few restrictions.
I know.
In addition to this, there are several other limitations.
Because I had not trained Tao or Magic properly, the maximum movement distance was much shorter than I expected.
It is possible to cover 200 ri (里) in one go, but moving that distance three or four times in a row consumes a lot of mental strength and innate energy.
So, only after recovering this could the Chukjibeop be performed again.
-After all, nothing is perfect.
well.
If you practice properly, won’t your limits become wider?
Anyway, now that I’ve arrived at the right place, I should go inside.
-Jump, jump, jump!
Going into the cave, it gets even colder.
It was okay to wear this type of clothing since it protects the body with internal energy, but it would be difficult for normal people to enter without wearing several layers of clothing.
Before long, numerous crossroads appeared.
‘There’s a spell on you.’
All six crossroads were enchanted.
As expected, she had put in place various restrictions to protect her true self.
-Why don’t you call heavy oil instead?
The Mujungyu that Sodamgeom is talking about is Cheoeumyu, the eldest brother of Joeumsama.
Originally, I assisted her as the adopted son of Cheolsu-ryeon of the Evil Heart Sect, a member of the Five Great Evils, but after realizing that she was the one who destroyed his family, he followed me.
‘I don’t think that’s necessary.’
Since there was a spell on the cave anyway, it would have been immediately apparent that someone had broken into the cave.
It will come out here on its own soon.
– Perfect!
With a snap of his fingers, the spell on the entrance to the cave was canceled.
A variety of spells were cast, ranging from spells that deceive people to ones that tie their feet.
It is no exaggeration to say that once you enter, you can hardly leave.
‘It’s meaningless to me.’
Because I have absorbed Cheolsu-ryeon’s white powers, I am capable of most of the magic she developed and learned.
Of course, it wasn’t a difficult task to do.
As I entered the second entrance from the right, the path gradually led underground.
There was a fork in the road every dozen or so streets, and various spells were cast at each point.
Of course, I canceled everything.
Then,
-Pupupupupupup!
Dozens of spears poured down from the ceiling of the cave.
It stopped midway before it could reach me.
When I lightly waved my hand, the entire spear pole broke and flew to both sides.
-There is also tracheal sedation.
That would be natural.
This is the most important place for Aksimpapa Cheolsu training.
There is a polar ice pavilion containing her true body.
Would he have lightened his defense line when his original body was at stake?
-But I think it’s a little late.
‘hmm.’
That too.
I’ve already gotten quite far inside, but there’s no reaction.
Are you overconfident in magic and organ healing?
It’s a bit annoying, but I have no choice but to cancel it one by one.
In this way, I went down, breaking through more than twenty institutions and spells.
As we went underground, the walls were so cold that they were frozen.
‘Presence.’
I could feel numerous signs inside.
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Judging by the fact that they do not have the vitality that ordinary people have, they seem to be half-shis who turned the living into jiangshi.
This is Cheolsu-ryun, which had hundreds of banshi under its wing.
Of course, they now listen to my orders.
‘From now on, I guess I’ll just put on a mask and go in.’
I took the demon mask out of my pocket and put it on my face.
Mujungyu knows me as a blood demon.
‘Namcheon, you too, come in for a moment.’
-i get it.
I put the Namcheon Iron Sword in my pocket and walked away.
As we entered the cave, where even the chilly wind flowed, dozens of artificially created cavities appeared.
Inside, as expected, there were hundreds of banshees with their eyes and mouths sewn shut.
I feel this every time I see it, but that sight really makes me frown.
-Is that him over there?
‘iced coffee.’
As Sodamgeom said, after passing hundreds of banshi, Mujungyu was standing in front of the entrance to a cave behind them.
But the guy had an iron cage with a bell in his hand.
Although he was older, he had learned martial arts and had corrected himself, so he did not use a cane.
-Why is your expression like that?
Just as Sodamgeom said, Mujungyu was almost glaring at me.
Just by looking at their facial expressions, it almost seems like they are looking at their enemies.
So I called him.
“No heavy oil.”
Mu Jung-yu, who was behind me, opened his mouth at my call.
“I came here on my own. “Blood Demon!”
‘!?’
I frowned and looked at Mujungyu.
He wasn’t the kind of guy who would call me a blood demon with such hostility.
I could clearly sense the murderous intent from this guy.
I said to him while staring at Mujungyu.
“…….How did you steal Mu Zhongyu’s body?”
-Eh? What are you talking about?
It was clear that it was Mujungyu on the outside, but his way of speaking resembled Cheolsu-ryun, the evil-minded person.
Seeing this unique energy makes me even more confident.
In response to my question, Mu Jung-yu raised the corner of his mouth and said,
“Do you think I won’t be able to break the ban I created?”
“ah……”
Was that what happened?
I placed a ban on the body of the child she had made flesh.
Just like the banshees, they can only follow my commands.
However, it seems that it was released arbitrarily.
‘Should I say so?’
Even if he lost a hundred to me, he could still be called the best in the midfield with his magic.
I snorted and told her.
“That won’t change anything.”
Are you sure you are doing this because you trust the Banshee in front of you?
Anyway, now they listen to my orders, not hers.
At that time, Cheolsu-ryun, who had taken over Mujungyu’s body, struck an iron rod toward the floor.
-thud! Jing! Jing!
As the sound of the bell rang, the banshees drew their weapons as if they had been waiting.
This is unexpected.
I’m sure you won’t hear her orders.
While I was puzzled, Cheolsu-ryeon, who had taken over the body of Mujungyu, spoke in a triumphant voice.
“Do you think I wouldn’t have taken action? “Giggle.”
It’s even more embarrassing to laugh like that with that body.
I guess I underestimated her.
It seems that the first thing he did after breaking free from the ban and taking over Mu Zhongyu’s body was to take control of the banshi.
Seven months sure must have been a long time.
It’s hard to just leave this monster alone.
She took over Mu Zhongyu’s body and gave orders to the banshees.
“Kill him.”
-Papa papa papa phat!
As soon as the command was given, the banshees rushed towards me all at once.
Hundreds of banshees rush towards you, making your skin crawl.
Seeing things with their eyes and mouths sewn up in groups is not spectacular and is frowned upon.
At this, I snapped my fingers.
– Perfect!
Then they suddenly stopped while running.
‘!?’
Cheolsu-ryun, who took over Mujungyu’s body, could not hide his surprise.
“How about you?”
“I did it by chance and it worked?”
“what?”
“Even though the prohibition was changed, the existing magic was applied.”
Cheolsu-ryeon’s brow furrowed at my words.
I guess my prediction was right.
Even if she was a master of magic, seven months would have been too short a time to tear down all the existing prohibitions and create new ones.
“Kill that guy over there.”
At my command, the banshees who had stopped in place turned around.
And he tried to carry out that command.
Then she put her hand on the iron bar again and shouted, making a bell sound.
-Tingle-tangle!
“Stupid things! “Kill him!”
When she gave the command, the banshees trembled and then turned around again.
Perhaps because it is the same magic, there is no superiority and it seems that orders are followed.
In response, I also snapped my fingers and shouted.
– Perfect!
“Kill him!”
The banshees came rushing back.
-Tingle!
“I told you to kill that guy!”
The banshees turned again and came rushing towards me.
– Perfect!
“Kill him, not me.”
When he snapped his fingers again and gave a command, the banshees turned around.
Cheolsu-ryeon, who had taken over Wu Zhongyu’s body, was filled with anger and gave an order while shaking the bell vigorously.
I also shouted, snapping my fingers in response.
“Kill him!”
“Kill him!”
At the same time, as the command was given along with the spell, the banshees began to panic and their bodies trembled.
Then, he stopped dead on the spot.
“What are these doing?”
Cheolsu-ryun waved a bell and tried to persuade the Banshee, but it was no use.
They didn’t even think about moving anymore, as if something had overloaded their machinery.
I said with a chuckle.
“Are you not listening?”
Cheolsu-ryun bit her lip and couldn’t bear the anger.
“What kind of guy are you…..”
At that moment, I performed the Chukji technique.
-Ugh!
The space shook and in an instant, I appeared behind her.
When I suddenly appeared from behind, Cheolsu-ryeon turned around and couldn’t hide her embarrassment.
“How about you?”
The reaction is not what I expected.
Since it is related to Noejang, I thought I would recognize Chukjibeop the moment I saw it.
But he was acting like he was seeing this for the first time.
It’s probably one of two things.
It may be that Noejang never showed her the Chukji technique, or that she lost a lot of her memories when she lost Baek, and she may not remember this either.
‘I guess I’ll have to suppress it first.’
I stretched out my hand towards her and performed the Geumnasu technique.
At that moment, Cheolsu-ryeon made a strange expression.
Then, suddenly, she fell to the floor like a doll whose strings had been cut.
What kind of trick are you playing?
“What are you doing?”
I grabbed Cheolsu-ryun, who had fallen, and shook her.
But I couldn’t come to my senses.
When I checked the pulse, it was beating normally, but it was difficult to understand what was going on.
It was that moment.
-Whoa!
Some gloomy energy radiated from her.
‘This?’
It was a similar phenomenon to when she escaped from the body of an old woman and entered the body of a child.
The gloomy energy released was about to disappear into the cave.
So, I tried to catch what was invisible.
-Sureuk!
However, this was not captured perhaps because the physical aspect was completely different from the concept of energy.
What kind of trick are you pulling?
I followed that gloomy energy and flew the new model.
As we moved along the cave passage, a fairly wide cavity, although not as large as the previous cavity, eventually appeared.
‘ah!’
When I entered this place, I was amazed.
The entire cavity was filled with luminescent lights, just like when I saw it in Bongnimgok before, so the inside was bright with blue light.
-Shoooooo!
The gloomy energy quickly went somewhere.
It was at the end of the cavity, illuminated by glow-in-the-dark lights.
It was a place where the cold was the thickest, and there were dozens of torches instead of glow-in-the-dark lights.
There was something like a nail carved out of rock, reminiscent of a bathtub.
Looking at the reflection of the torch light, it looks like there is water there.
‘Is that really it?’
There was one thing I could guess.
If I were her, there would be only one final choice.
-what is that?
It is returning to one’s original body in the polar ice cape.
No matter how many bodies you change into, it is natural that they are not as good as your real body.
I approached where the gloomy energy was heading.
It was right then.
-Chaaaaaa!
The water, which had gently shimmered under the light of the torch, gushed like a flowing waterfall.
A slim figure could be seen among the backflowing, overflowing water.
-Papa papapapang!
As I was looking at the portrait, droplets of water that had been flowing back suddenly flew towards me like a memorization.
It was a type of coal mine.
I stretched out my hand towards the flying water droplets.
Then the air rippled like waves and soon the water droplets bounced back.
-Papa pap pap pang!
It was Lee Ki-jin’s method.
The water droplets that bounced off were blocked by the back-flowing water and were absorbed as is.
As the gushing water subsided, a naked woman with long blue-black hair was seen.
‘ah!’
The moment I saw this, an exclamation came out without me knowing.
Since it was the body of an old monster, it was assumed that it resembled him or that he was naturally older.
However, I could not have imagined that she was a beautiful woman who appeared to be in her mid-twenties and had a perfect body.
-This is pretty by human standards, right?
That’s right.
The face is somewhat reminiscent of a cat, with clear eyebrows, round eyes, and slightly raised eye corners.
After seeing her, I understand why Geum Sang-je had a moment of affection with her.
Cheolsu-ryun, who returned to his original body, said with a cold face.
“Now that I am back in my original form, be prepared.”
-Gooooooo!
When she revealed her energy, the surrounding water droplets bounced in all directions along with the wind pressure.
At this level, he is stronger than when he first met him in his old monster form.
Is this the original body?
I said, turning my eyes slightly to the side.
“Before that, let’s cover ourselves first.”
Since she was naked earlier, it was difficult to look straight at her.
My breasts are also quite large, so whenever they bounce, my eyes turn to them without me even realizing it.
-Hey. If it were that big, it would be worth a try with Hwang Hye-joo, the head of the Hwang Young Pyo country at that time.
What do you think is worth doing?
When you say things like that, my eyes keep rolling.
It was that moment.
-Pot!
Before I knew it, the naked body’s training had reached me.
Perhaps because it was his original body, he bowed to me with a confident face.
It was a treatment method, and each method was a herbal medicine aimed at urinating blood.
In response, I stood still with my head turned and moved only my left hand to easily block Cheolsu-ryun’s herbivores.
-Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-tak!
Her eyes widened as she was blocked from eating so vainly.
“Your martial arts skills have become stronger than before?”
The last time I competed with her, I had only just gotten over the wall.
In addition, she had the help of her father-in-law, Sama Chak, the Wolak Sword, and was able to subdue her because her strength was rapidly lost due to the absorption of Baek.
Therefore, she obviously thought that she could easily overpower me.
“joy! Even so, nothing changes.”
Cheolsu-ryeon tried to unleash a stronger attack on me than before.
-Papa pa pa pa paak!
Anything that shakes is more annoying than herbivorous eating.
I feel conscious even when I turn my head, so I don’t think I can do anything about it.
“I can’t help it.”
“what?”
-Park!
I snatched her wrist as she opened her mouth.
She tried to shake it off at once by increasing her strength, but
“Anit?”
There was no way I could shake it off.
Even if she came back to her original body, the person I am now is a world away from then.
I slammed my palm down on her head.
She quickly blocked it with her other arm, but fell to the floor.
-Paang! Kwaaaaang!
“Ahh!”
Although we were able to control the aerodynamic force to some extent, we tried to suppress it all at once, so the entire floor of the cavity caved in.
-Gurrrrr!
The cavity was violently shaken.
Debris from the ceiling fell down.
-Control your strength. I’m going to collapse.
For a moment, I forgot that this was an underground cave.
Still, I used some strength, and Cheolsu-ryun fell to the floor, stumbling and losing consciousness.
The impact on my head must have been severe enough for blood to flow from my eyes, nose, and mouth.
If I had been a little weaker, I would have died like this.
Cheolsu-ryeon looked at me with eyes that found it hard to believe and said.
“Dae, what the hell are you? “How did you do it in just a few months?”
It seems astounding at the inaction that cannot even be compared to that time.
It is a natural reaction since he is one of the five great evildoers who has lived for over 200 years in name and appearance, but he was brought to this point with just one move.
“I don’t know anything about that, but from now on, you have to answer my questions.”
She bit her lip at my words.
Although they lost in vain, they didn’t seem to have any intention of opening their mouths easily.
Either way, I asked her.
“I guess you planted Vigilante’s bag on the Coopslaughter Sword at the request of the leader, right?”
“what?”
She frowned at this question.
It’s not like he’s intentionally pretending not to know, but it’s an expression that asks what he’s talking about.
After losing Baek, it seemed like there was a lot of loss of memory, just like back then.
“Are you trying to act like a fool?”
She raised her voice at my words.
“He said he helped me in many ways, but why would I use such a magic sword?”
Instead of getting angry, she closed her mouth again.
I guess he doesn’t like the idea of going over to me and saying something.
I even bit my lip tightly and turned my head.
‘It’s quite remarkable.’
-Are you going to torture me?
There may be a way, but no matter how I look at it, my memory is too unstable.
I think I can at least get the information I want by retrieving my memories.
-What are you going to do?
‘hmm……’
I looked at the dots of the Big Dipper on the back of my hand.
-You really?
I guess I’ll have to return her bag.
Sodamgeom looked puzzled at my words and asked.
-Is that possible?
possible.
After learning the Chilseonghyeonmun properly from Master Geomseon, I was able to use it more skillfully than before.
By using me as a medium, the heavenly realm can confine the mind or spirit like a prison.
Cheolsu-ryun was the first person to absorb the white power of a living person, and it seems that his memory will be restored only if he returns it.
-Are you okay?
It doesn’t matter.
The power in the bag has long since been absorbed.
Even if I reversed it, it wouldn’t harm me at all.
However, he may have been influenced by the fact that he was with many people filled with resentment in the Cheonquan during that time.
-It must be a bad influence.
Maybe he became a bag full of resentment.
If Chulcheolryun accepts that, it may go crazy or be affected by resentment.
Still, if you need to get her memories back,
-widely!
I grabbed her head.
“W-what are you trying to do?”
Cheolsu-ryeon, who was embarrassed when her head was grabbed, tried to shake off my hand.
However, the internal injuries were severe, and it was far from possible for her to shake them off with her strength.
“I’ll give it back. “Four hundred.”
“what?”
The dot of the heavenly sphere shimmered with blue light.
‘Go back.’
I pulled up her bag from the cloth roll.
A haze-like energy came out of Cheonquan’s dot and seeped into Cheolsuryun’s head.
“Huh!”
Then she convulsed violently, like someone who had been hit on the head with a hammer.
“Keuuuuuu!”
Even his eyes were rolled over and his condition was not good.
This was a reaction that even I didn’t expect.
-Aren’t you going to die like this?
It was her own bag and she had no idea it would have such drastic side effects.
I guess I’ll have to take her bag back.
It was the moment when heaven was about to rise.
-Park!
Cheolsu-ryun grabbed my hand, which was holding her head with both hands.
Rather than trying to shake off something, it was a very earnest gesture, like a drowning person holding on to a rope for salvation.
“Please don’t leave me back there!”
what?
What does this mean now?
I was speechless for a moment as I tried to ask her what she was saying.
Cheolsu-ryeon was crying with a face filled with fear.
Could it be that Baek’s memories, which were absorbed into the Heavenly Fist, have been completely restored?
While I was wondering, she begged me and said,
“No… you will become a slave or something, so please don’t send me back to the place where those devils live.”
‘!?’
I looked at the thousand dots fluttering with blue light.
……What on earth happened in here?
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