A Regressor’s Tale of Cultivation Chapter 459

Key (3)

‘What is this…?’

I felt dumbfounded and held my head.

At the same time, I observed my body from the top of the tree and looked up at the sky.

The weather is not readable and the small world inside the body is not felt.

‘I see. Is it similar to the ‘dream world’ in Bongrae Island last time…?’

The only difference was that this world seemed to be based on our memories rather than merely referencing the fairy tales in our subconscious.

‘Of course, they are not all the same.’

I caressed the leaves of the tree I had climbed.

‘The number of leaves is different.’

I’ve had breakfast at Deungseonhyang quite a few times in the past, but not now.

So much so that I swept away the entire area around here into my conscious realm.

That is why the number of branches and leaves of the tallest tree and the state at that time are clearly remembered in my memory.

‘The smell is also subtly different.’

I didn’t know before my senses became sharp.

But now that I had complete control over my body’s senses, I could tell.

The smell I smelled in the early days of the trail was the scent of the forest mixed with the faint smell of Siho’s excrement.

however….

‘There is no smell of Siho’s excrement. It is mixed with the scent of another animal… In other words, the current owner of Deungseonhyang is not Siho.’

Although they looked exactly the same, there were so many differences in the details.

‘Even just the medicinal herbs… .’

I smelled the scent of herbs.

‘All the grasses that we found in the previous Dengsenhyang, such as Hwangjusam and Mabigcho, have disappeared.’

Rather, what exists is… .

‘…raspberry?’

I looked down at the strawberry bushes below in confusion.

raspberry.

It’s a very ordinary-looking fruit, and on Earth, if you go to the countryside and pick a mountain, you can often see it.

But the reason I was confused when I saw the wild strawberry.

That is… the strawberry is a grass that can be seen ‘on Earth’.

‘There’s something like wild strawberries in a world other than Earth?’

It was nonsense.

There may be similar papers, but no two are exactly the same.

Even Kim Young-hoon and I, who came from Earth, are a little different from the people here.

People here have slightly smaller wisdom teeth and their tongues touch their noses.

It was such a small difference, but it meant that there were subtle differences in our genes and those of other people in this world.

Tadah!

I jumped down the tree and ran to where the raspberries were and looked at them.

I picked a strawberry, put it in my mouth, and examined it closely.

And I could tell one thing.

‘It’s exactly the same… .’

The taste, scent, appearance, color, shape… everything was the same as the wild strawberries I ate as a child on Earth.

‘That’s strange… .’

I frowned and put another strawberry in my mouth.

‘Come to think of it, I can also see grasses of the Earth, like rabbit grass and zelkova.’

Then, could this be Earth?

It was when I was worried.

Sabak, sabak… .

Someone was walking this way.

“I… Seo… Agent… ? No, no… Senior… ?”

It was Seoran.

I frowned and asked.

“What kind of senior do you mean?”

Seoran held her head and frowned.

The beautiful face that resembled Seo-hyul was cracked.

“Ugh… My head… Well… Actually… I don’t remember very well. However… I remember that my senior was… respected.”

“… Okay, I understand.”

It seemed that Seoran had regained her memories, although not completely.

Judging from his appearance, it seems he is slowly regaining his memories.

‘This time too, Seoran and I will be the first to regain our memories.’

I was convinced when I saw that sight.

‘For a moment, I thought I had really returned to Earth… but I guess not. If the being called Seoran is searching for her memories… then this place really must be like a ‘dream world’.’

It’s a kind of illusionary technique.

That too, based on our memories.

“… By the way, Seoran… .”

I looked over Seoran’s attire from head to toe and asked.

“Why are you wearing those clothes?”

“Ah… this is… ugh…”

Seoran said, holding her head again.

“My memory is a bit mixed up, so it’s a little confusing… I wore the clothes I usually wear at home.”

“Umm… Okay, I guess you’re ‘Kang Min-hee’ in this world… ”

I asked, bewildered by the scent I felt from Seoran.

“Did you start learning Taegeuk Jinroesin before coming here?”

“Hmm….”

Seoran’s face suddenly turned red and she avoided my eyes.

“I’m sorry, senior. Ugh… I don’t remember very well.”

“… .”

I didn’t ask her any more questions out of respect for her self-esteem.

“Okay. For now, you should focus more on finding your memories, and help me out a bit.”

“Yes, I understand.”

I returned to my colleagues who were still unconscious with Seoran.

I carried Kim Young-hoon, Jeon Myeong-hoon, and Oh Hyeon-seok on my back, and Seo-ran followed me while carrying Kim Yeon.

We arrived at the familiar Denshenhyang Cave.

‘This cave is there too… .’

But it’s still strange.

The cave was there, but… .

‘Something… seems to have changed drastically.’

The entrance to the cave was much larger than I had expected, and inside there was a forest of stalagmites and stalactites.

I laid my colleagues down in suitable places with Seoran, and had Seoran gather suitable firewood and branches.

Boohoo!

Hurrruk!

I swung a branch to create a fire by friction, and after building a suitable bonfire, I picked some berries that I knew nearby.

The funny thing is, most of the trees and fruits around here are from Earth, and since I knew nothing about Earth plants compared to the fragrant plants, I could only find wild strawberries now, compared to the abundant ones back in the early days.

“Don’t you know anything?”

“Oh… I don’t know much about land animals because when I’m hungry, I catch and swallow whole things like sharks, dolphins, and marlins.”

“Hmm… like plants too?”

“Plants… sometimes, when they need a delicacy, they swallow whole coral reefs…”

“done.”

The current Seoran probably wouldn’t be of much help in this situation.

I quickly trimmed a moderately thick branch into the shape of a wooden sword, placed it next to me, sat cross-legged, and refined my breathing.

“Hmm… .”

I tried concentrating on my breathing for a while… .

Gureuk

A bloody nose burst out.

And then I finally realized that I was feeling a faint warmth in my lower abdomen.

‘I see. The energy itself exists.’

However, the breath I just took was not an ordinary breath.

He concentrated on his breathing and desperately overloaded his brain, drawing in as much energy as possible from nearby areas.

If this had been done in the Gwanghan Realm, it would have been such a horrifying act that all the energy of the heavens and earth in the vicinity would have been sucked out, turning the nearby sixty thousand li into a land of death.

But even with such a horrific act, my brain was so overloaded that my nose was bleeding, and I only gained a tiny bit of the energy that an ordinary person could obtain from my danjeon.

I stroked my throbbing hair.

‘If I continue at this rate… I’ll have to train for a hundred years, overloading my brain just to get on the axis! Damn it… This can’t be happening.’

I sighed and got up from my seat.

‘It’s a world where Qi exists, but it’s hopelessly lacking. It’s strange. It’s impossible for a forest this full of life to have such weak Qi in the first place… Are the rules of the world themselves somehow different?’

I explained the situation to Seran and asked his opinion.

“What do you think, Seoran?”

“hmm….”

Seoran frowned and thought for a while.

And he gave a classic answer.

“First of all… if we assume that this world exists based on our memories, then it would be right to first meet the people of this world. Just like the last time with Yukyo, the people of this world are likely to know things we don’t, and meeting them will help us get hints on how to escape this world.”

“…hint?”

“Ah… It’s one of those words that are mixed up in my memories. Is it something I learned in this world?”

“Probably so… .”

I thought for a moment about what the word ‘hint’ was, then nodded and said after barely remembering it.

‘I have lost my connection with the universe. However, since the universe has entered my mind, I will not become completely dementia-stricken like before, but it will be difficult to recall memories as smoothly as before.’

“Okay, I understand. You’re right. First, I’ll have to meet and talk to other intelligent beings in this world and then figure out a direction. But the problem is… If this place was built based on the lighthouse, it would be very large, so it might be difficult to meet intelligent beings…”

That was when I thought about it.

Wheeeeee!

Taat!

A strong wind blew, and someone landed behind me.

I looked back with goosebumps.

‘This energy…!’

‘It’ had two heads like Siamese twins.

Its red robe had two heads, one male and one female, and its skin was covered in red scales.

But that wasn’t the problem.

‘A congratulatory message!?’

The level of danger felt from this being was close to that of the early investigations of the epoch.

It opened its mouth with a grin on the man’s face.

“Look at this… You came into my forest without permission, started a fire without permission… And you ate the fruits of my forest, and you cut down the trees in my forest without permission to make toys like that…”

I feel it.

The smell of the being before my eyes was identical to the smell of the beasts throughout this forest.

Snake smell.

I took an example of this two-headed being, wary of it.

‘It’s probably a being that embodies the two-headed snake… .’

Somehow, it seems that this world can be burned to the ground if it reaches the level of a splendid device.

‘Looking at the current situation, it seems like this snake was the same being as Siho at that time.’

I bowed my head in front of the snake and said.

“I did not know that I was so rude to the Master of the Forest. We are but lowly and weak human beings, so please do not be too angry… We only wanted to borrow your warmth to warm ourselves.”

“Haha, I see. You are a man of manners.”

The snake smiled, stroking the beard on the man’s face.

And then suddenly the snake spoke.

“If you knew the example, you would know what you did just now… First, as punishment, cut off one of your arms and offer it to me. And if you want to stay in my forest… Let’s see, the two of you have half-and-half faces, so you try to satisfy me.”

The snake came out with a face full of lust and pointed at Seoran.

I clicked my tongue and shook my head.

“I’m sorry, but that won’t do.”

In the past, there was an absolute difference in power in front of Siho, and since I was sure that my arm would recover even if it was torn off anyway, I could just give it to him.

But not now.

‘It’s not even certain whether the window cleaner will come or not.’

Even though they look similar, everything is a different world.

I absolutely could not act rashly.

The snake’s face twitched.

At that point I had a rough idea of the snake’s exact location.

‘It wasn’t the early stages of the revival. Oh my god… Was it the later stages of the revival? But it’s emitting pressure at the level of the early stages of the revival? I see… The spiritual energy isn’t just flowing through the snake’s body, it’s flowing in dozens of spells. Each and every one of those spells is linked together to create an incredible power amplification rate, making it feel like an revival-level being.’

It seemed like a world where the amount of Heaven and Earth Spirits was hopelessly low, but the methods of handling magic were extremely evolved.

The snake wriggled and then turned its head.

The guy’s female face looked at me and said.

“Oh, oh, oh, oh… That’s right. It seems you made a mistake because your mouth was stiff. This time, I’ll take your rudeness as having one of your arms or one of your legs ripped off… and I’ll tell you again. If you two are willing to serve me, you can stay in this forest… .”

“I’m sorry.”

I looked back.

Including Seoran, Kim Younghoon, Jeon Myeonghoon, Oh Hyeonseok, Kim Yeon, etc…

They are all owners.

“I don’t think it’ll work because all these people have owners. Try suggesting something other than volunteering. I’ll help if there’s anything I can do.”

“…this….”

The snake’s two faces turned red.

It gritted its teeth and let out a sigh of annoyance.

“One of the three rulers of this continent! How dare you reject my mercy, the concubine of the ruler of the Dapcheon Desert, Dashiho! Even if I tear you to pieces and kill you, it would not be a crime!”

Chorrrrrr!

A red aura emanated from the guy’s body, and I snorted as I picked up the wooden sword.

Observe.

The energy inside my body is truly third-rate by water standards.

No, it was the level of energy that an ordinary person, not even a third-rate person, would get if they just diligently did health exercises for a few months.

This is just a review of the acting with this level of energy.

Can you win against a de facto ace player?

I moved my sword as I watched the snake begin to transform into a body right before my eyes.

Phew!

In an instant, one of the snake’s heads burst open.

I could feel the snake startling me.

“Ah, how could… a common person…!”

I licked the blood on the wooden sword with my tongue and my eyes sparkled.

‘A body that’s like having a full-body self-defense weapon wrapped around it. But it’s not a real self-defense weapon. No, even if it were a real self-defense weapon, if you hit the gap between the ends, you could still cut it… .’

licking-

I took my tongue out of the sword and smiled, showing my teeth.

“Even if I were a powerless commoner, I think I could catch you. So don’t waste your strength and just go for it.”

I came back to Dengsenhyang.

A lot has changed, and there are still many things that are puzzling.

But one thing is clear.

Once you catch the guy in front of you, a lot of things will be solved.

I ran towards the twins and swung my sword.