Call Of The Spear [EN]: Chapter 518

Tales of the Divine Swordsman – Part 2, Chapter 227

Geonwon Haemok.

A massive hole, as if the sea itself had formed eyes, gouged wide open.

Into an alien, profound abyss.

There, beings resided.

“I don’t know how long it’s been. Seeing you all alive and kicking is truly unsettling and delightful. Hahaha!”

Geonwon Haemok.

The man standing with his hands behind his back on the sea was the King of the Four Seasons.

He was Mangakbyeonwang.

The other beings present were each far apart from him.

They were invisibly distant across the Geonwon Haemok, but for their level of existence, that distance was no issue.

[Mangakbyeonwang: One of the Four Seasons’ Grand Masters has disappeared, yet you wear such a pleasant face.]

“My son-in-law must have kept his promise to me. It’s nothing much. He was an exceptional man from the start. Besides, he has to be at least that good to be called Mangakbyeonwang’s son-in-law, right? Jiralwi.”

[It’s Jiranwi.]

“Ah, right. That was the name. I guess I’m getting old; I just remember things as I please… I even sometimes get confused about who killed my wife. Maybe it’s because I’ve lived for so long, memories are both firm and fleeting.”

*Kheuheung.*

Jiranwi snorted, his form that of a massive dragon.

Half-submerged in the Geonwon Sea, his form was that of a dragon from mythology.

But everyone present here paid him no mind.

Jiranwi of the Water Realm.

Mangakbyeonwang of the Four Seasons.

Geomno Iltaek of the Immortal Realm.

And, the somewhat gloomy, handsome young man.

Jeolma Daegun of the Nether Realm.

All those gathered here were individuals who had reached the pinnacle in their respective realms.

“The prosperity of the Water Realm. I was there at its beginning. So, I intend to be there at its end as well. Hasn’t everyone lived enough?”

To Geomno Iltaek’s calm words, the gathered beings neither affirmed nor denied. They simply existed, as they always had.

* * *

Meanwhile.

Cheonbeom, who had emerged from the underground of the Great Heaven Palace, walked through the Water Realm with Hori.

The Great Heaven General, who had been waiting for him, headed back to the front lines, and the Great Heaven Scholar, repenting for his sins, devoted himself to the responsibilities befitting his current position.

Otherwise, he didn’t know when Cheonbeom might kill him.

But that wasn’t what was important now. Not the gloomy atmosphere of war, nor the subtle mood of Sangcheon Haewol.

“How long are you going to cry?”

It was Hori’s state.

Cheonbeom told her, step by step.

About what happened after his ascension.

Why she was here, and where Hongyeon had gone.

To explain that, he inevitably had to tell her many things.

As a result, the story became long, and he spoke for several days and nights.

And then, her reaction was, of course, to shed tears.

“You’ve been crying for a whole month.”

Indeed.

They had spent half their lives together.

No, almost their entire lives.

She must be feeling a sense of loss as if half of herself had disappeared.

For the first week, she cried her eyes out, and after a month, it gradually subsided.

But then she would suddenly cry again, often shedding tears like she was now.

It wasn’t wrong to show tears, but he didn’t want to see it anymore.

She had barely come back to life.

It was natural to grieve what should be grieved, but Cheonbeom wanted her to overcome the loss of Hongyeon now.

Thus.

Cheonbeom decided to wander around the Water Realm.

He himself had never freely wandered around this place.

It was difficult for him to explain what the Water Realm was like, so Beom decided to travel through the Water Realm to comfort her.

“A culinary journey?”

“Since the final destination is already set, I intend to walk there as my feet lead me, as my heart desires.”

The Water Realm is vast.

It is so vast that an ordinary human could walk for a lifetime and still not reach the end. And as such, there are great differences between regions, and their characteristics are unique.

“The specialties are also unique. Let’s do that for a while. I also want to see the various things of the Water Realm.”

Cheonbeom held Hori’s hand tightly and led her.

She hiccuped and cried, but followed him with hurried steps as he led.

* * *

One hundred years later.

Sancheong (山淸) [Mountain Purity].

A place called Sancheong, a little far from Tongcheonsugung, which is called the center of the Water Realm, is a place that is very suitable for the word “deep in the mountains.”

Mountains everywhere you look.

It was also a strange place where the energy and characteristics of the mountains were all different according to the east, west, south, and north.

“Because of that, it is isolated from the outside world, and often the cultivators of precious scions come here to cut off the world and practice. Aren’t you here for that reason too?”

“Well, for several reasons.”

The owner of the carriage, who handled a beast with eight legs, made a playful remark, saying that he had come at the perfect time.

“I know some very excellent cultivators among the cultivators who have settled in Sancheong… How about it?”

“How about what?”

“Geez! You can’t understand people; if you give me a little offering, I can make a slight connection with them!”

Intrigued, the man asked the coachman how he would make the connection.

Then the coachman said.

“All the cultivators who come to Sancheong for training have a condition that they must do one good deed every certain period.”

“A good deed?”

“In order for the land of Sancheong to be maintained, this is necessary.”

The coachman made a circle by putting his thumb and middle finger together.

The currency of the Upper Realm.

In other words, he seemed to be talking about money.

“That’s right. As far as I know, there is a family that governs Sancheong, so they manage the cultivators who come for training and assign each training room. Even if it is a sacred mountain with concentrated divine energy, there are differences.”

However, instead of asking them for money.

In the name of good deeds, they seemed to use them once every few years.

From their point of view, it was good to be able to use a good place for training for free, and it was good for the family of Sancheong to be able to use many cultivators from time to time.

“So? How can you make a connection with them?”

“Even though I look like this, I can be said to be the eyes and ears of Sancheong. I know when the cultivators leave for their good deeds and what kind of good deeds they are going to do!”

Just a coachman?

When he was looked at with such eyes, he coughed and thumped his chest.

“Well, of course, I don’t know the details, but the cultivators always! Look for this place before they leave for their good deeds!!”

*Purrrrrr!*

Just in time, the carriage stopped.

What came into view was Sancheong and a little away from it, Cheonjamhwa (天蠶化) [Silkworm Transformation].

It was an inn called Cheonjamhwa.

“Cheonjamhwa is also one of the must-see attractions in Sancheong. I also work here! So, if you give me a word, I will make you acquainted with any of the cultivators in Sancheong! Anyone! When leaving Sancheong, they always stop by Cheonjamhwa!”

Cheonjamhwa (天蠶化).

Cheonjam means the larva of a moth. The character Hwa is attached to the end of Cheonjam.

It means to become a moth larva.

I don’t know what kind of naming this is, but it is said to be an inn that everyone in Sancheong knows.

“Haaahm~ Are we there yet?”

The woman, who looked like she had just become an adult, yawned incessantly as if she had woken up from sleep.

The coachman was unknowingly mesmerized and stared blankly at the sight, as if seeing the epitome of purity.

“What are you looking at?”

“Ah, no. Ahem! Well, whatever, if you have any thoughts, find me, Gu Moon! Then!”

The woman urged the man, watching the coachman and carriage disappear quickly into Cheonjamhwa.

“Beoma, where is this place again?”

“Didn’t you hear?”

“I didn’t hear because I was sleeping.”

“It’s an inn called Cheonjamhwa.”

“But there’s only a gate here?”

As she said, there was nothing here except lush trees and a dilapidated gate.

However, only the nameplate of the collapsing gate was written as Cheonjamhwa, and the coachman and carriage that had just entered there had disappeared, so it was possible to guess what kind of place it was.

“You’ll know if you go inside.”

Beom took Hori’s hand and led her.

And soon, the moment he took a step into the gate where only the forest could be seen.

*Weeing.*

The space twisted.

*Tat.*

“Ooh… Beoma, it’s an inn!”

The scenery changed after passing through the empty gate.

It was clearly daytime, but it was as dark as night here, and colorful lanterns were placed everywhere.

Laughter never stopped along with cheerful melodies, and thick walls and tall, high-rise pavilions could be seen.

A very splendid guest house at a glance.

“Cheonjamhwa. So, is that why it’s Cheonjamhwa.”

Moths roam around at night.

That’s what it means.

“Seeing how splendid it is, it seems that it is customary to enjoy here before leaving on a mission.”

Besides enjoying entertainment, there seemed to be quite a lot of things to enjoy.

Even before entering the inn, there were people playing tag in the yard, and various terrains and buildings that he didn’t know how to use could be seen.

“What is that? Steam is rising.”

“It seems there’s also a hot spring.”

There was everything.

“It wouldn’t be bad for you either. There must be many cultivators who have come here for training, so how about interacting with them?”

“First of all, I’m hungry, so let’s eat!”

“…If you want.”

She doesn’t seem very interested.

‘One hundred years since then.’

He traveled here and there in the Water Realm and built up many memories.

As a result, Hori stopped crying.

The vacancy of Hongyeon could not be filled, but it seems that she is gradually overcoming it with him.

She still sobs sometimes when she goes to bed, but she is doing well.

‘She has no interest in training.’

That will gradually improve.

“Beoma, Beoma! Look at that!”

“Why are you doing that.”

Hori’s appearance, gesturing for him to come quickly, is quite cute like a child.

Cheonbeom smiled and approached with his hands behind his back, and she exclaimed.

“That, that! What are those guys doing right now!?”

“Hmm… Can you see that.”

“Yes! I can see it very well! I can see it so well that it’s embarrassing!”

Cheonbeom smiled bitterly at her answer.

The place she pointed to was a place covered with a restriction so that no one could see it.

It was made so that it could not be easily looked into unless it was Cheonbeom’s level of Wonseon Grand Master [A master of the Upper Realm].

‘The body is that of Wonseon.’

She seems to be able to see it too.

Inside, some men were wearing light clothes and having a good time with women.

‘It’s a more promiscuous place than I thought.’

I heard that Sancheong is a place where precious scions from various places come to train, but seeing how promiscuous they are….

“The purpose seems to have been corrupted.”

They came to train, but they don’t train and only commit adultery, so it wasn’t a good sight to see.

“Let’s go. It’s not a place to be seen, so there’s no good in seeing it.”

“Oh, are they fighting?”

Cheonbeom’s steps, which had been pushing Hori’s back, stopped abruptly.

“Can I watch the fight?”

“Well… that wouldn’t be bad.”

“But why are they fighting?”

“Well, it seems that there are some who were forced to come here.”

Beom said, looking at Hori, who was watching very excitedly.

“Do you want to hear it?”

“Can you hear it?”

She can see through the restriction, but she doesn’t seem to be able to hear the sound.

Beom touched the spell of the restriction a little for her.

-Do you know who I am and dare to resist!? Do you really think you can practice comfortably in this Cheongsan [Another name for Sancheong] even after doing that!!

-I didn’t come all the way here to ascend just to be humiliated like this! How can I endure such adultery!!

-You impudent thing. What are you doing! Grab that guy and bring him to me right now!!

Looking at the situation roughly.

“They seem to be coercing.”

“Them? Why?”

The women who were seated at the head table in almost naked figures had good complexions, while those who were not had bad complexions.

It was the women who were coercing them, and the men who were serving with sullen faces were either cultivators from insignificant families or those without backing, so it was a little difficult to understand, but that was the situation.

“Those are probably scions from high-ranking families in Sancheong, and the men who are serving there with shit-eating faces are either cultivators from insignificant families or those without backing.”

“Why are they doing that? If they don’t like it, they can just leave.”

“Everyone has their own circumstances. How would I know each and every one of them.”

It’s not a good sight, but it’s not something I’m interested in.

Cheonbeom poked Hori’s cheek, who was watching something unnecessary.

“Let’s go, it’s not something you need to see.”

“Why, it’s fun?”

“What’s fun?”

“That man is about to fight now. He’s very brave, just like you. He looks a bit like you too.”

*Sseueuk.*

Looking again, the face of the man who is rebelling and fighting alone in an unreasonable situation is somewhat familiar.

“He has a face that women would like. He’s like a gigolo, he doesn’t look like me.”

“What are you talking about. He looks similar to you and his face is very seductive!”

“…Have you always seen me that way?”

“I, I’m just telling the truth.”

That’s what she thought.

Beom quietly stared at the resisting man and narrowed his eyes.

And soon, his eyes widened.

Because he felt a very familiar energy from the body of the man who had been subdued by the women.

“He has Geumcheon Jihwa [Golden Sky Earth Fire].”

“Geumcheon Jihwa? Isn’t that your fire?”

“That’s right.”

It is a flame that only Cheonbeom possesses in the Upper Realm.

But the fact that that Upper Realm cultivator possesses it means.

‘Come to think of it….’

I once gave it away.

To his granddaughter Cheon Socheong in Geumhwan Seonhyang.

The fact that there is a man with it means that it must be one of two things.

‘Socheong’s child or.’

Someone who killed Socheong and took it. But.

“It can’t be the latter.”

Perhaps he is.

A descendant of Cheonbeom’s blood.