A Regressor’s Tale of Cultivation Chapter 380

Return to the Immortal’s Tale (回歸修仙傳) Episode 381

With everyone (3)

Song Jin’s death was sudden, but not entirely sudden.

He had previously told me about his own lifespan, and had refused my treatments or a puppet body, so it was right for him to die now.

He lived his entire lifespan, no, he lived beyond his lifespan.

Seoran blew Song Jin’s ashes into the bowl.

The Seopmyeongham, which was renovated by Bukhyanghwa, became Song Jin’s tomb and gravestone.

Song Jin’s funeral was held with great splendid ceremony.

Seoran sat on top of the memorial tablet left by Song Jin and looked up at the sky.

I sat next to Seoran and asked.

“… Are you sad?”

“… There are some words the Master said to me before he passed away.”

“what?”

He said, stroking the spleen.

“My mother, when she was young and living in the water world, was always afraid of death. She really did act as if she had some kind of mental illness, and sometimes she would scream out of fear of death.”

“… .”

“But my mother, when she had me, risked her life to give birth to me even though her life could be at risk.”

I listened to Seoran’s words in silence.

“The Master said, ‘A person who has something precious has no fear of death.’ He treasured me and said that he had no regrets because he had seen his disciple grow.”

He looked up at the sky and wiped away his tears.

“He never showed any fear or sadness when he left, so I won’t be sad either.”

There were clearly tears flowing from his eyes.

But I could read his emotions.

No, I could read it, but I couldn’t tell what the feeling was.

It is said that Ogijo-won must read all emotions to reach it, but in fact, it is impossible to read all emotions.

It is a state that can only be reached by simply acknowledging that fact.

That’s why I couldn’t read Seoran’s emotions.

Kim Young-hoon said that giving meaning to weapons is unmanned.

Then, is a teacher who gives everything to his disciple truly a fool?

After comforting Seoran, I was floating into the air to spend some time alone when I saw Seoran sitting on the ship.

Seoran already resembled Songjin more than Seohyul.

He even left his own appearance to his disciples.

‘If the one who puts his will into a weapon is a warrior, then all the teachers in this world are the highest warriors.’

The connection and continuity that arises when humans entrust something to each other.

Could it be that human relationships are also a martial art?

I returned to the battle, leaving Seoran behind while pondering such topics.

And then I realized that I was crying because of Song Jin’s death.

“…ah.”

I wasn’t that sad.

Song Jin was a good person, and I had been indebted to him many times, but I had also been cheated on many occasions and had almost died on several occasions.

Although I learned some techniques from him, I didn’t think of him as a teacher like Cheongmunryeong.

I’m not sad.

But, just like Seoran.

I was shedding tears.

And in the tears I shed, I finally found the reason why my fate was going out of control.

Martial arts is putting meaning into weapons.

And the exchange of meaning between people is fate.

And sometimes, when something happens in that relationship, I can’t control my emotions.

Because you can’t give something back to the dead.

I received a lot from the dead, and it came out as emotion.

My whole life was the same.

I have received so much from these people in my past life.

But now there are things that can never be returned.

The attempt to put the intention into a weapon was successful.

However, it is a phenomenon that has too many meanings.

The grace I received was so great that my sword went wild and exploded.

That month, I didn’t pick up my sword, but quietly mourned the loss of Song Jin.

Even though I may not have received much from him, and our relationship may not be deep, he was definitely my destiny.

And then a few decades passed again.

* * *

Kookookookookook!

A thousand eons of chaos swept through Gwangum Station.

Kwajijijik!

Seoran had crossed the line.

After several thousand eons, Seoran finally proudly showed off his celestial mid-level training.

“Congratulations, Seoran.”

I laughed as I looked at Seran, who was now completely transformed into a humanoid, with no trace of the traits of a demon.

Following my praise, others also showered Seoran with congratulations.

In the high-powered realm rich in spiritual energy, Song Jin died, and Seoran acquired the seed of madness.

In the end, Seoran was able to climb to the middle of the Cheonin period very quickly with that seed.

However, Seoran did not seem very happy about reaching the mid-level of Cheonin.

“I’m not that great. What’s truly great is… Shiho.”

And, as soon as Seoran finished speaking, a tremendous amount of energy was seen coming down from far away.

And beneath that thousand-year-old shadow, Siho was seen wailing.

Siho had recently eaten an enormous spirit fruit pulled up from the deep sea of Goryeo, and his practice had skyrocketed, so he was now on the verge of reaching the Sa-chuk-gi stage.

For a while, thunder and lightning thundered through the sky.

After a while, when we flew there, Siho was barely able to get up, vomiting blood.

Hong Beom said with a smile from the side.

“I almost died while enduring the shock… but even so, Siho Gong also reached the death anniversary with flying colors.”

When Siho saw us coming, she started crying and ran towards Seoran.

“Ugh! Seran! I almost died!”

Seoran had an expression on her face that seemed like she was going crazy, but now she was either giving up or accepting it, and she wasn’t showing the same disgusted thoughts as before.

I laughed heartily and congratulated the two of them on their safe passage through the aeon.

“Both of you have safely completed the thousand-year journey, which is a blessing for our Mugeuk Order.”

“thank you.”

“Thank you, Reverend. And… I hope you too can safely complete the brainwashing!”

“OK.”

I turned my head and looked behind me.

The center of the Mugeuk religion.

The roof of the Mugeukgyojeon.

There, my body was preparing to face a thousand eons.

“Well then… shall we face the thousand-year eon now?”

Now, about a hundred and ten years later.

I finally built all the Kangnyeongchuk.

Unlike before, it was accumulated very quickly. This was because, unlike before, instead of receiving lifespans from the lower realms in 10-year units, they received lifespans in 100- and 200-year units.

“Okay, then. I’ll go finish the axle now.”

Phew!

I absorbed the left-handed clone back into my main body.

Woohoo!

The high-power system and the black vein were drawn through the light and dark regions.

A tremendous force is flowing around me.

I closed my eyes after piling up twelve flames made of high-power energy around me.

I offer my proposal to the high-power system.

[Oh, great world of high power.]

My 10,000 years of life are ripped away!

Kuguguk!

And all of those 10,000 years of life are converted into Kangnyeongchuk!

Phaaaat!

And the lifespan of the Gangnyeongchuk that has been accumulated over the past hundred or so decades is returned through the high-power meter.

Woohoo!

As the Gangnyeongchuk was properly built up and the shadows beneath my feet were dancing, I felt the emptiness of the six extremes.

With this, longevity, wealth, and peace.

I built three axes and felt the six poles more clearly than before.

The six poles that had previously been nothing more than shadows beneath my feet had now risen up around me and were hovering around me like ominous ghosts.

Previously, they were the Six Extreme Lightning Gods that emitted black lightning, but recently, these shadows no longer emitted lightning.

It just hovered around me ominously, as if it was hungry and starving.

But I didn’t care and held the axes of water, wealth, and peace in my arms.

So, I became a reviewer of the stock market.

Krumbling, krumbling!

Blue and gold thunderbolts flutter in the sky.

There was no heaven, but that tiresome kalpa still happened in the high-power realm.

A thousand eons of terrifying power fall upon me!

But when I moved my hand, the dark clouds that had been shaking for a thousand eons burst into a huge hole, and the thousand eons were scattered.

And countless demons from the Infinite Cult cried out in joy at seeing this sight.

-Kkiyaaaaah!

-Kiyaaaaah!

‘The aeons of destruction at the level of a cattle reaper aren’t so scary anymore.’

To be honest, it’s been quite a while since the Cheon-Gae-Long-Age became a level of celebratory fireworks celebrating a realm advancement.

However, this thousand-year-old kalpa also became gradually more difficult to deal with starting from the combined stage, and from the collapse stage, the level of the thousand-year-old kalpa itself changed to the point where you had to die rather than endure it, so you couldn’t let go of your fear of the thousand-year-old kalpa.

Wheeeeeeing-

I closed my eyes and imagined three axes surrounding me.

The six poles only had a physical form and did not possess any human or spiritual power, so they were practically non-existent.

‘It seems that the six extreme axes can only be complete once the five blessings axes are completed.’

It was as if the darker the light, the darker the shadow.

Three axes draw a surface.

In any case, it is now possible to deploy the base curtain.

I reached out over the cotton.

Woohoo-

Since the method of making a saddle that I have learned is Daemaksahaesung, my saddle curtain is more or less set.

Choaaaah!

A vision of an endless, barren, ashen desert rose above the surface.

The desert, where the sky and the ground were nothing but ashen, looked like the outskirts of the underworld.

This is what the inside of my tent looks like.

But I was able to squeeze in one or two things I wanted here.

Woohoo!

I floated the Manshang Inyeondo over the barren desert.

Countless connections of all kinds of causes and conditions float up into the sky and color the world.

The connections of all things shine. The rays of light they emit, like aurora, illuminate the interior of the desert.

Of course, to others, it just looked like a dull desert covered in white clouds, and it was even dimmer, but that didn’t matter.

Anyway, inside this tent, it was now my world.

Woohoo!

I spread out the tent.

An endless desert land covered the surrounding area.

A typical saddlebag wouldn’t be able to properly cover even a tenth of the width of the light-emitting area with a curtain, but perhaps it was because of the wide-ranged saddlebags and the six-axis.

Or is it because of the presence of the Samtaegeuk?

I covered the entire Gwangum area with a curtain of bases, just like a combination machine investigator.

[Listen up, everyone! Today I will make an important announcement.]

All the demons in the church listened to my words.

Why on earth did all those who were eligible to advance to a higher level after a thousand kalpas perform the promotion ceremony today?

[I have someone I want to save. And I have a secret I want to find out. Also, the method I have learned is related to that secret. And, a hundred years ago, I obtained some information and soon after, I found out that a certain secret was about to open!

Only the power of a certain object in that room can help the person I am trying to save. Also, the secret I am trying to find out and my method can also be helped by using the power of that object!

So I want to go to that secret place. However, in that secret place, my practice falls to the level of an animal or a ghost that has not even attained spirituality. That is why I want to receive help from you in that secret place. Help me and save those who will follow me to the secret place.

This is a personal matter related to me rather than something related to the school, so it is not something to be forced upon me. Those who want to come, come, and those who don’t want to come, don’t have to.

[I, no, I am not the leader of this sect, but a follower of the same Mugeuk sect, and I ask you to help me. Will you help me?]

Three days later.

According to Yuk Rin’s words, Bongraedo will open.

Salt Mountain in Bongrae Island.

And there are countless treasures inside, and the Book of Gichuksas that can be used for Gichuksasang, and among them, the Book of Yuhodeoksasang.

There was so much to gain.

And according to the information that Yukrin provided, it was a very dangerous place.

Even if the performance is restricted, it doesn’t matter to Nana Kim Young-hoon, but it seems that there are restrictions that cannot be removed even with Nana Kim Young-hoon’s force.

So, to that extent, I declared this to the entire Mugeuk Order in order to resolve this with the ‘quantity’ of the Mugeuk Order.

And, right after my proclamation.

The demons and the people who had joined the Mugeuk sect from the high-powered world cheered in unison.

[I believe it!!!]

[My lord!! Of course I will follow!]

[I believe that you will show me another miracle!]

[You have never forced us, so you can force us without asking!]

They cheered in unison and said they would join me, and I smiled at them.

[…thanks.]

As long as they are present, this life must be like no other.

I will definitely save Cheongmunryeong, solve the secret of Taesan Yeoljeong, and prepare to advance to the next level.

certainly!

After my declaration.

Countless new believers from other branches of the Mugeuk Church also poured in and declared that they would join this Bongrae pilgrimage.

And three days later.

“Is this it?”

“right.”

We arrived at a small sea area with the land fleet ahead of us.

The name of this sea area, where there are no worthy princesses and the four-legged lords rule the sea area, is called the Angryong Sea Area.

“It will be revealed at night. Today is a special day.”

Kugugugugugu!

Before we knew it, it was night time and the sky was filled with yin energy.

The ‘ring of light’ that signaled daytime in each sea area began to fade, and darkness covered the surrounding area.

Normally, that ring of light should have been emitting moonlight, but for some reason, it wasn’t emitting light today.

Yuk Rin said.

“Today is the day when the Holy Spirit of Haerin stops providing light to the entire sea area once every hundreds of years. It is a day when only darkness remains. The Holy Spirit has drawn the dimensional curtain of the high-power system and has forbidden ‘light’ itself, so no light shines in any sea area.”

Kookookookookook!

Of course, since everyone here was fine without light, they each extended their sphere of consciousness to perceive their surroundings.

And then, I saw the deep sea in front of me suddenly start to ‘split’.

“An island that appears only on days when there is no sunlight. That is Bongrae Island.”

I led the light toward where the deep sea split.

‘The sunset of the Dragon King’s Palace is like that, and the hidden caves all reveal their entrances on days when there is no light.’

After thinking about some random things, I finally moved the land of Gwangumyeok to the deep sea crevice that was completely torn apart.

“Do you see it down there?”

Kookookookook!

Down there in the deep sea.

Something like a huge barrier was caught in the conscious area.

“That boundary is Bongraedo. Since the rules of the Holy Spirit do not apply inside, there is a separate light of its own, so it is understandable if it suddenly becomes bright.”

“Thank you for the detailed information.”

I sent the light wave down towards the barrier according to Yuk Rin’s explanation.

Since it was a Bongrae Island trip involving the entire Mugeuk Sect, it brought the entire Gwangeum area.

In other words, this journey to Bongrae meant that the entire Mugeuk Sect was at stake.

‘My shoulders are heavy.’

Is it because I feel like the Mugeuk Church is being carried on my shoulders?

Somehow my shoulders felt sore.

Kugugugugugu!

It was when the light was finally close to the boundary.

Choaaaah!

On the side of the split deep sea wall, a familiar ship suddenly appeared!

“That’s…!”

The Touma Pirates’ Salt Bone Ship!

Yuk Rin’s face distorted when he saw it!

“Damn it! What are you doing! Stop them! Bongrae Island is structured so that those who enter first always benefit!”

I took those words seriously and tried to shoot a sword at him.

But then, a huge darkness seemed to rise from behind the Yeomgolho, and several deep-sea monsters jumped out.

The Touma Pirates had brought a group of deep sea monsters.

And while we were dealing with the deep sea monsters, the Tooma Pirates entered Bongrae Island’s boundary a little faster than Gwangeum Station.

Choaaaah!

And then our Gwangum Station also entered the barrier, but Yukrin was left hanging.

“What should I do? Those thieves are going to get more profit!”

“Be quite.”

Kookookookookook!

The light source finally entered the barrier completely, and I opened my eyes wide to see what was before my eyes.

It was a huge mountain of salt.

At the top of the salt mountain, there was a pure white palace made entirely of salt, and the salt mountain suddenly began to emit a pure white light.

And all of us, including me, just lost our minds.

* * *

Flash!

I opened my eyes.

“… Here?”