A Regressor’s Tale of Cultivation Chapter 441

Get down. (2)

Teeing-

The first sword strike, which had no internal energy, magical power, or manpower, was repelled by the first magical attack that Bukhyanghwa fired.

‘what?’

I felt a strange sense of unease from her and changed my position again.

-Are you sure it’s okay?

After achieving the void shatter, even if the opponent was not a heavenly being, you could hear the answer through the mind as long as the opponent allowed you.

Her answer came to me.

-It’s really okay.

Phew!

I ran towards her like I was flying.

I was confident that I could win against her, who was at the level of Won Yeong-gi, just by swinging the Colorless Glass Sword.

That’s why I sealed all my magical power and internal energy and confronted her.

Peet!

I rushed to her in an instant and tried to aim my sword at Buk Hyang-hwa’s neck.

But at that moment, I felt a chill and used the technique of the Archer’s Shot using only my muscles.

Fight!

My ankles were tingling.

I felt like a strand of my hair had been ripped off.

‘What was it just now?’

Just a moment ago, one of the basic techniques spun around the north flower at a creepy speed and cut off my hair.

I felt sorry for her, but I felt a sense of alienation because she was only a magician and had no magic skills.

‘Is that her magic weapon? Is she fighting with the magic weapon? No… This is… .’

I looked around, searching for the hidden magic tool, and finally noticed it.

‘That was it.’

Zuung-

The norigae in her hand was shining brightly.

A soft, radiant glow was unfolding magic around her.

‘Is this the true nature of the alienation? A magical weapon that uses magic in her place… .’

But I felt strange.

‘… No. This is not the end.’

There was something more hidden that I didn’t know about.

‘…is it.’

It was only then that I realized why Bukhyanghwa had challenged me to a duel.

This feeling of awkwardness.

She wanted me to realize ‘something’ through this feeling of discomfort.

‘Then, I guess we should get along.’

With my current skill level, I can detonate Bukhyanghwa without using it for even a second.

However, I sealed my strength even more to find out what Bukhyanghwa was trying to say through this confrontation.

With my internal energy, magical power, and human power sealed, I sealed my consciousness.

At the same time, it sealed my vision and temporarily pierced my eardrums to seal my hearing.

He breathed through his mouth instead of his nose, sealed his sense of smell, and also sealed his vision of the future, sense of the demonic, and vision of his will.

Now all that’s left for me is simply touch.

I felt the grip on the sword, I felt the vibration of the ground.

I felt the flow of the wind.

And then, I grabbed the colorless glass sword in that state and shot at Bukhyanghwa again.

Shururuk-

I feel it.

A vibration came from the norigae of the northern flower.

I could feel the tens of thousands of circuits engraved on the key ring working in unison to exchange power and create magic.

‘It wasn’t just one.’

I was surprised at the effectiveness of the Norigae, which was greater than I had expected.

Norigae received spiritual power from the Bukhyanghwa, and spit out tens of thousands of magical spells per second, surrounding her.

Clang!

It was felt through the vibration of the air.

Currently, tens of thousands of magical spells were being generated around her, wrapping the northern flower in the form of magical text.

At the same time, the sorcerers began to reincarnate around her.

It’s as if rocks were orbiting Jupiter or Saturn, forming a giant ‘ring’.

A ‘ring’ of magical text appeared around her.

Peeeeeing-

The rotation of the ‘ring’ pushed out the air, creating a fierce aura.

It was an absurd level of legal magic.

‘What have you done to the norigae?’

I took a deep breath and laughed heartily.

Hueup-

All the muscles in my body were suddenly supplied with a large amount of oxygen.

My muscles seemed to expand for a moment, then exploded with power.

Phew!

The next moment, I broke the sound barrier with just my body’s pure strength.

The power of strengthening the body through the soft body method or the magic method was sealed long ago, and only the power of ‘human Seo Eun-Hyeon’ was used to transcend the extreme speed.

‘It’s not the Buk-hyang-hwa I have to deal with.’

It was her work in her hands.

Bang, bang, bang, bang!

I quickly ran between the trees in the pine forest, swinging my sword as if ready to attack where the norigae was.

Every time, Norigae sensed me and moved the magic letters in the play to defend against the north wind.

‘Where is proper defense possible?’

Pfft!

The next moment, I was about to unleash a flurry of swords in front of her, but then moved behind her and extended my sword towards her norigae.

The magic of the Norigae was a bit tangled, but it started responding to me in no time.

Sixteen incantations flew towards my feet, ankles, groin, navel, neck, and philtrum.

‘Faster.’

Phew!

I strained my muscles even more by inhaling during each breath.

Pubberbubung!

After launching a stab at the incantations flying towards her in a single line, she cut off the flow of ‘rings’ surrounding her.

Kwaaang!

A loud explosion occurred as my sword and the ‘ring’ collided at a speed exceeding the speed of sound.

In the meantime, Norigae used defensive techniques to protect Buk Hyang-hwa, and simultaneously produced offensive techniques from the defensive techniques to attack me, showing off a unified attack and defense.

‘What is this…?’

The ability to transform and use magic in real time is a feat that only a master of magic can master!

I laughed out loud, as if it was ridiculous that a mere thief could perform such a feat.

At the same time, the sense of foreboding grew stronger.

I exchanged norigae and workshop.

Although I was clearly fighting an emotionless being, I strangely felt like I was fighting a person.

Teeing, ting ting, pooping!

My sword struck down three magic spells and detonated the defensive magic spell of the Northern Flower.

Norigae again covered Bukhyanghwa with seven layers of defensive magic and cast a wide range of gold-fencing magic centered around Bukhyanghwa.

The entire training ground was covered in gold, and my body felt heavy.

‘Why is that?’

Even though it was clearly a moment of battle, I felt like I was dancing.

‘…is it….’

I was dancing.

Through the gaps in the sword, it seemed as if the scenery from that time when it was raining was reflected.

‘It wasn’t a hallucination.’

The rainy scenery I saw when I first opened the book.

It wasn’t just something I saw while lost in memories.

Cookies and cookies!

Her magical power, which was at the level of Wonyeonggi, was supplied to the Norigae, and the Norigae received it and amplified it into magical power at the level of Juncheon Ingi.

The surrounding terrain changes.

The land melts and becomes a sea of lava through the magic of the salt realm.

chuck!

I stood with one foot in the lava sea, found a place to stand, and then spun my body around to quickly cool the lava with the sword wind.

Sararak-

‘I closed my eyes… but I can see.’

What was reflected before my eyes was not the North Wind that was pouring down lava, heavy rain, and cold waves.

It was she who danced with me as she died.

The dreamlike memories of that time were flashing before my eyes.

Swaaaaaaaaaahh …

The rain finally stopped, and her and I finally stopped dancing.

I had a conversation with her.

Cursing loudly, writhing in pain… .

She said something to me.

And then we kissed in it.

Paaaaat!

The curse began to reverse itself.

Ok, Ok… .

As raindrops burst upon hitting the ground, the black curse burst forth and became a curtain of pure white light.

I looked up at the sky and watched the process.

Rain is born in the sky, falls to the ground and dies.

The sky that has been pouring rain becomes empty and the darkness disperses.

‘… Come to think of it, she always gave me water.’

Even when we first met in the desert.

Even when we met for the second time.

Even when it rained at the end as we said goodbye… .

And even now.

Swaaaaaaah!

I thought as I flicked away each and every raindrop of magic from the norigae with my colorless glass sword.

What is rain?

Rain is scattered.

At the same time, there is a sense of emptiness after getting off.

… .

Is that the end?

Clang! Clang!

I felt the power of rain activated in my arms.

Competing with Bukhyanghwa, he realized all six powers of the combined technique while recalling that moment thanks to the Norigae.

But somehow I had a gut feeling that this wasn’t the end.

-The mind is about to die

[Her] words lingered in my ears.

Swish….

The rain was starting to stop.

I flicked the water droplets with my sword and held my sword out toward the last raindrop.

Toong-

A raindrop fell on the tip of my sword.

But I rotated the tip of the sword where the raindrops fell.

He danced the sword dance, spinning around and around.

Gradually the tip of the sword descended into the ground.

I adjusted my strength so that the raindrop that had initially formed on the tip of the sword would not burst, and finally quickly sent the raindrop from the tip of the sword to the ground.

Raindrops fell from the sky, passed through my sword, and flowed to the ground.

And it merged with the countless surrounding water streams to form a lake at the bottom of the training ground.

I felt the lake for a moment.

Now, I couldn’t use my sight, my hearing, my sense of smell, or any other sense of perception.

Now that all senses are meaningless, the sense of touch is limited.

I perceived the entire lake through the vibrations touching my skin.

Paaaaat!

Norigae shot another spell at me.

-The mind is soon to die.

Raindrops are born in the sky and die on the ground.

The same goes for the human mind.

Born into this world, experiencing all the hardships, and eventually becoming colorless and dispersing…

Like raindrops.

Just like my curse and pain during the 10th time… .

-Was what I just gave you a curse?

Flash!

I opened my eyes.

Chomp!

My one sword cut through the magical text and split the lake created by magic in half.

And then finally cut her ‘ring’.

Phew!

In the sword wind, Bukhyanghwa’s hair swayed wildly.

I grabbed the sword, smiled, and sent it to Bukhyanghwa.

-That was it. What you wanted to tell me… .

She smiled silently and nodded.

I looked up at the sky and saw the water of the lake splitting and coming back together.

Raindrops are born from the sky.

And it comes down to the ground.

But it’s not about dying.

Because rain born from the sky falls to the ground and becomes streams, lakes, and seas.

As curses become blessings and rain becomes the sea,

I didn’t know that the end of my heart or death might not be just the end.

Woohoo!

I understood why the magics gathered together to form a ‘ring’ around the Bukhyanghwa.

Wheeing!

In my mind, thousands of bright stars begin to shine.

Spring gives birth to all things.

Summer nourishes all things.

Autumn is when all things mature.

Winter hides everything.

This cannot be anything other than the merit of the four seasons.

The four hours continue endlessly.

And since spring, summer, fall, and winter are engraved in the flow of the Wonyeong, the four seasons in the Cheoningi correspond to human life.

The phrase ‘Mubisasijigongya’, which means that the ball is given at all times, means that the ball is given to a person’s life.

It means that life is not something that ends with death, but that it continues on without end!

Kwah!

I realized that the six spheres of rain, sun, cold, wind, and time were alive and resonated with the spheres of the vast heavenly universe.

‘The poem that begins with time ends with rain. And when it rains, the clouds disperse and time begins to flow again… .’

The opposite is also true.

A cloud that starts out as cloudy ends in time, but eventually becomes cloudy again.

Endless cycle!

The knots began to reincarnate.

Kkwarrurrung!

Lightning flashed in the sky, then the weather became cloudy again and it started to rain.

It was the wind and rain that I had gathered.

I asked Bukhyanghwa while getting rained on.

-Did you get in touch with him?

She smiled and nodded.

I laughed.

And at the same time, I shed tears.

Bukhyanghwa finally succeeded in reaching [the place connected to the Norigae].

Seoran and Siho, and Kim Younghoon too.

And Kim Yeon-do.

Everyone was shedding tears in the rain.

She burned the last of her remaining life, opening the way to the world where Cheongmunryeong exists.

Phaaaat!

The norigae she was holding suddenly turned pure white.

It was a pure white light, like salt.

She limped towards me and handed me a norigae.

And then she opened her mouth.

Her eyes were cloudy and her whole body was shaking violently, but she slowly let out her voice.

“Cheongmunryeong… Teacher… is alive.”

“…I know.”

I took the norigae, making both the sound and the gesture so that Buk Hyang-hwa and the other colleagues could all understand.

“From the moment I sealed the stone that came out of his… body… in the norigae, I searched for a way to get it out again. However, the stone disappeared without a trace, leaving only a passageway to a suspicious space… When I met Do-woo, I thought that it was Do-woo’s supernatural power that connected me to the stone.”

Crunch!

She lost her strength and fell to the ground.

I supported her.

“However, with Yeon’s help… I was able to understand the power by interpreting it with Gwanghan Cheonwon. From the beginning, what came out of Master Cheongmunryeong’s body was just a passage connecting to another world. That passage was just assimilated into the norigae…”

Woohoo!

She continued speaking, placing a key in my hand.

“That norigae is connected to the supernatural power of Do-woo… Do-woo’s supernatural power is connected to the world where Master Cheongmunryeong resides.”

Tsaaaaaa-

I unfolded the Mansanginyeondo.

A hazy mist spread around.

As I listened to Bukhyanghwa’s words, I held my norigae tighter.

‘I see….’

After some time, the painter of the north wind put a strange stone from Cheongmunryeong in the norigae.

My whole life story was in itself a passage leading to ‘somewhere.’

I looked at a distant place in the universe.

There was an all too familiar vibe there.

Bongrae Island.

The world on top of the salt mountain that Yukyo and Baekrin headed to.

According to Yukyo’s words, the place where Cheongmunryeong is is probably ‘in another dream’… .

The essence is probably the same.

Only then did I understand how Kim Yeon had brought the Yu Ho-deok Jesa-seo.

Woof, woof!

Just as the Norigae surrounded the body of the Bukhyanghwa with ring-shaped magic spells, the dream world of the salt mountain was deeply related to the power of reincarnation.

That day, no one was able to take the treasure from Bongrae Island, but the reason only Kim Yeon-man got what she wanted was because she had Gwanghan Cheonwon.

“Ever since I was little, I’ve had a dream about being crushed by a big bird.”

Gradually, our colleagues approached us.

Seoran, Siho, Kim Younghoon, Kim Yeon, etc.

All those who were close to Bukhyanghwa gathered around him.

“When I think about it… it wasn’t a dream that was crushing. The bird… was looking at me. I just thought I was crushed by its overwhelming presence… That great bird always whispered inspiration to me… and I only realized it when I was dying.”

Tsk tsk tsk!

Two patterns appeared on Buk Hyang-hwa’s face.

One had a gold pattern, the other a silver pattern.

“That was… my destiny. I learned it through the Norigae, through consulting with Master Cheongmunryeong… by asking him. A great being gave birth to a living destiny, and this destiny dwelled in various places in the world, giving birth to beings who ‘became the best craftsmen in the land they grew up in, but who died for various reasons when they left the land.’ This living destiny is the true nature of Gimunbeopjae… .”

The breath of the northern flower became short.

Gradually, she felt her entire nerves becoming numb.

“My curse… The reason Cheonhyung has been having seizures recently is not because of the disaster he encountered back then.”

She looked at me and said.

“It’s not your fault. It’s just that… I began to study the Norigae and began to escape my destiny. Simply leaving my physical hometown isn’t the only way to escape the scope of destiny. Truly escaping the destiny that was placed upon us was the condition for the curse to be activated…”

Tsk tsk tsk-

Gradually her body began to glow.

At the same time, I felt her light flowing into the norigae.

No, more precisely, inside the norigae.

Inside the universe of all things.

Beyond that, the soul moved to the ‘world of salt mountains.’

“I will… go to where Master Cheongmunryeong is. To be free from my command and truly liberated…”

Kim Yeon burst into tears.

She held Bukhyanghwa’s hand tightly, and I tried to capture her soul by mobilizing all the human power, magic power, internal energy, and all the senses and strength that I had been hiding until now.

But it was no use.

She departed for the world beyond all connections, to the world of Cheongmunryeong, like salt that dissolves and disperses in seawater.

“so….”

Parsasasasasas-

The north-facing flower began to crumble.

Her body turned to salt.

“Don’t be too sad.”

With that, she closed her eyes completely.

“I truly loved you all.”

“don’t go…!”

With Kim Yeon’s scream, she completely turned to salt and disappeared.

I looked at the salt-turned-natured northern fragrant flower in vain.

Kim Yeon cried and I shivered.

The salt she had turned into did not have mystical powers like Cheongmunryeong’s.

It was just ordinary salt.

I got up from my seat, caressing the ordinary salt.

The rain that was falling from the sky stopped immediately.

Kim Yeon hugged the salt to her chest and cried, but the salt just flowed down and down.

Hong Beom opened his mouth bitterly next to me.

“Hyanghwa Seonja… should have already died. However, until the very end, with the sole purpose of saving the Great Man of Cheongmunryeong… with the sole purpose of solving the secret of the Norigae, she extended her life by borrowing the power of the Norigae.”

“… .”

“Perhaps he returned as salt in exchange for borrowing power from another world….”

He mourned the fall of Buk-hyang-hwa with me, his voice dripping, while I clutched the norigae that had turned pure white.

The norigae had been transformed into a familiar material.

Salt crystal!

As if it were a palace on top of a salt mountain… .

It became a passage to another world.

Siho said, carefully placing his hand on Kim Yeon’s shoulder.

“Mr. Kim Yeon… Now… please let me go. I have to hold a funeral.”

“Shut up! There is still, there is still some… hope…”

“Mr. Kim Yeon… .”

And then I turned around and said,

“I’m not dead yet.”

Everyone’s eyes widened at my words.

I thought of rainwater falling to the ground and forming lakes.

It just changes form, it never destroys anything.

The mind does not end with death.

It may change form, but it is eternal.

And just like that… the soul of the North Flower also went to another world.

“We’ll meet again. Just don’t have a funeral.”

Kim Yeon staggered up from her seat.

Salt dripped from her hands.

“… How… What should I do…? Is there a way to get to the world that Hyang-hwa spoke of? It’s a place… that you can only get to by dying. Hyang-hwa’s research proved it!”

“That’s right. We can’t go.”

“Then how….”

“So, I guess I should bring in ‘that world’.”

“…yes?”

Others, including her, looked at me with eyes that said they didn’t understand.

The world through Mansang Inyeondo and Norigae felt different from the world of Bongraedo.

A huge salt mountain and a huge salt pond.

And it was only with the help of Bongrae Island’s formation method that I was able to enter the world of Bongrae Island.

In contrast, this norigae is too small.

At best, it can only accept the human soul.

That is why living people cannot go to the world connected to this norigae.

However, it is not that there is no way.

If we can’t go, we can just call your world into this world.

and….

If there is a magic method that can summon a completely different space-time into our current space-time, I already know about it.

“Follow me.”

The kite of kites.

If that’s the case….

I hope I can bring back the northern flowers.

I could feel and know that the six divine powers were fully established within my body.

Now, I was in the semi-permanent stage even with the training of the Cheonji Tribe.

“Let’s go finish off that monster.”

A poor monster’s play that has continued for thousands of years.

It’s time to bring the curtain down.