Call Of The Spear [EN]: Chapter 205

“You’ve identified the locations of all the treasures within this Bicheon Cave… Is that true?”

“Of course. Given my current situation, I needed to know them as a precaution.”

That changes things.

According to Samgui, many Taoists have visited this place.

There must be countless hidden treasures and rare items concealed by time.

If I could easily acquire them all, it would definitely be a worthwhile endeavor.

‘Including Cheon Yang Ji Bo [Heavenly Essence Treasures], of course.’

I might even find the Sip Saeng Geumeo Cho [Ten Life Golden Fish Herb], which could restore Blackie’s memories.

No, I might even find something even more incredible.

Who knows?

Perhaps I could encounter a fortuitous opportunity here and ascend to the realm of eternity in one fell swoop.

‘It’s unlikely, though.’

The thought alone made my heart swell and my pulse race.

I couldn’t contain the anticipation that was slowly blooming in my chest.

It’s Geumhwan Seonhyang [Golden Ring Celestial Fragrance], after all.

The Bicheon Cave here isn’t everything.

Who knows what treasures might be hidden somewhere in Geumhwan Seonhyang?

Nothing is impossible in this world.

Especially for San-gun, who entered the Taoist realm and experienced it firsthand.

“Alright. I’ll take a leap of faith and help you, considering this is fate.”

“That’s very kind of you.”

He had the face of a boy, but his aura was mysterious and detached, like someone who had seen the world. His hair was moderately long, and his delicate nose and mouth made him look both boyish and girlish, creating a strange and wonderful appearance.

‘A divine beast is a divine beast, I guess.’

Even as a split soul, his aura and appearance were extraordinary.

“First, let’s get out of here. My companions are outside…”

As San-gun said that, he exclaimed as if he had just remembered something.

“Would you mind making a Simma’s Oath [a sacred, unbreakable vow]?”

“Simma’s Oath? Why?”

“Well, of course, you have to be careful in this world. Even a divine beast like a phoenix would fear Simma as they walk the path of Tao [the path to enlightenment]. I would be grateful if you could swear not to harm me or those around me.”

The boy’s eyebrows twitched.

It was clear that he was reluctant.

“Why, do you dislike it?”

San-gun’s eyes sharpened as he looked at the boy. Even if his true form was a phoenix, he was just a split soul now.

Even that was impressive, but the fact that he was asking for help meant that he was currently quite diminished.

There was no need to make an enemy, but there was also no reason to dismiss suspicion.

“You’re very suspicious.”

“I’ve just learned how to survive.”

The boy swallowed his groan and pondered for a moment before nodding.

“I have a condition, though.”

“A condition?”

“For the sake of my body’s recovery, may I borrow one of your treasures?”

Lending it wouldn’t be difficult.

If he made a Simma’s Oath, he wouldn’t be able to harm me even after recovering his body.

That was the case with the Hwagirin [Fire Qilin] I met before.

Even Cheonoe Yanggun [Heavenly Outer General] couldn’t do anything to me after making a Simma’s Oath.

Lending a treasure or two….

“Which one do you want? Although my treasures are humble, I wouldn’t mind giving them to you if you need them.”

“There’s no need for that. I’ll just take it.”

“Excuse me?”

Whoosh!

With a flick of the boy’s hand, something instantly flew out of San-gun’s body. It wasn’t hidden in his arms, nor was it something he had taken out.

It was something he had sufficiently refined and stored within his body, yet the boy took it as he pleased.

Moreover, out of all the things he could have taken.

“Sawol Jehang [Four-Month Purification Jar]… I knew I recognized a familiar energy besides Bongak Cheonghwa [Phoenix Azure Flower]. So it was this. What a strange twist of fate.”

San-gun’s face instantly hardened.

The suddenness of the event left him unsure of how to react.

His mind went blank, and the muscles in his face twitched uncontrollably.

“Don’t be so nervous. You are the current owner of this item. I have no intention of taking it away or stealing it, so you can rest assured. I’m just borrowing the Cheonji Wonki [Heaven and Earth Vital Energy] of this treasure to help my body recover for a while.”

His voice was gentle, as if he were soothing a child, but San-gun couldn’t bring himself to relax.

What kind of treasure was that?

It was a treasure that could guide him to become a divine beast and an immortal being, both in the past and in the future.

Sawol Jehang, a treasure of the Gucheon Wolbo [Nine Heavens Moon Treasure] level, which was among the top treasures even in the Immortal Realm.

Although it was currently only being used to replicate objects, it was an indispensable treasure when cultivating the laws in the future, so why wouldn’t he be upset?

It felt as if his spiritual blood vessels were twisting and his spiritual meridians were turning inside out.

“Anyone can say words.”

San-gun’s aura changed.

His eyes were deeply sunken, but the energy emanating from his roots was extremely violent.

“Your arrogance runs deep. If I had my original power, I would have uprooted that nasty disposition… However, I understand your position well enough to tolerate it. But you should remember my position and your place.”

Whoosh.

A small breeze blew.

It was an insignificant breeze that briefly touched San-gun’s body and then disappeared.

However, that small breeze instantly scattered San-gun’s violent energy.

Startled, he tried to frown, but the boy’s words weighed heavily on his heart like shackles.

Position and place.

He knew what those words meant.

He was originally a divine beast, but his current situation was difficult, so he was tolerating the rudeness, and therefore, San-gun should once again realize his place.

‘I would have been killed instantly if it were the original….’

Even if it wasn’t the case now, he was originally someone who could turn him into dirt and dust with a single finger.

How ridiculous and absurd would it be for a mere Yeonggeop Yuksa [Eternal Calamity Sixth Stage Practitioner] to bare his teeth at such a being?

‘I was hasty. It’s been strangely difficult to control my temper lately. Is this also a side effect of Gyuncheon Bohwa [Equilibrium Celestial Treasure]?’

It was hard to say.

Perhaps it was because he had been greatly influenced by his senior brothers.

‘My temper was originally bad, but….’

It felt like it had gotten worse lately.

“I’ll make the Simma’s Oath right away. The more we save time, the better.”

The boy soon finished the oath and moved his lips towards Sawol Jehang.

An incomprehensible incantation echoed like a Buddhist scripture. It was a bizarre incantation, as if multiple voices were combined into one.

After a while.

The appearance of Sawol Jehang, surrounded by various Dharma gates [Buddhist teachings], gradually changed.

Sawol Jehang, which had been in the form of a jar, transformed into a small crescent moon and disappeared into the boy’s eyes.

“What did you do?”

“I put it in my eyes to use the power of the laws contained in Sawol Jehang. Originally, it would be best to refine it, but I can’t do that since it’s not mine.”

Tsk.

San-gun clicked his tongue and looked at him with displeasure, but deep down, he saw this as another opportunity.

‘During the Cheonoe Yanggun incident, time was too short to even grasp the clues of the laws.’

But if it’s this guy….

His seemingly foolish face, which doesn’t seem to know what he’s thinking, is perfect. If I can persuade him well, he’ll give me his liver and gallbladder!

If I play my cards right, I might even be able to seize clues about the laws of all things, as well as ascension and ascension to the Immortal Realm!

It’s unsettling to give up Sawol Jehang, but this is also a fortuitous opportunity.

‘He made an oath on Simma….’

I’ve taken at least minimal precautions.

“Let’s go. We won’t have enough time to find the other split souls and treasures.”

San-gun, who had turned his back, paused for a moment.

He did something.

“By the way, what should I call you?”

The boy stared blankly at him as if he had lost his soul, then gave a bitter smile.

“Well, what should you call me?”

In contrast, San-gun grinned.

“Bong (鳳) [Phoenix]. I’ll call you Bong.”

* * *

The underground of Bicheon Cave was a strange place.

Strangely enough, the ground was a desert area covered with sand, and the ceiling, whatever it was, had a clear sky with the sun shining brightly everywhere.

However, Samgui and Sagui, who had been transported underground through the transfer formation, were running away as if such things were of no concern to them.

The dull lights of Samgui and Sagui flew across the desert, leaving long tails behind.

And behind them, a verdant light was fiercely chasing them, it was the woman in green who they had met in front of the transfer formation.

“What kind of crazy bitch is that!”

Samgui shouted as if venting his frustration.

Their appearance was not good on the outside. Their hair was all disheveled, and they were covered in dirt and dust, making them look like pathetic demon kings.

“She attacked me as soon as she saw me, calling me a demon king, so why is she chasing me like this!!”

“…Judging from what she said, it seems like she suffered quite a bit from the demon kings. Samgui, she was relentlessly attacking you, have you ever met her before?”

Even among those in the Yeonggeop [Eternal Calamity] and Taeseon [Great Perfection] realms, there are differences in their levels, and the differences in experience and skill cannot be ignored.

The woman in green was a person who had reached the final stage of Taeseon, and her treasures and divine powers had reached the end of Taeseon, instantly destroying their treasures.

Thanks to that, they had to escape from their transformed forms and return to their true forms, and the result was as miserable as it looked now.

“Damn it, if I had known this would happen….”

If only Yukgui [Sixth Ghost] and Sipgui [Tenth Ghost] were here, demon kings would not have run away like ten thousand tails.

But this was also their choice, and a tribulation from the heavens, so what could they do?

There was no choice but to overcome it.

“There’s no choice, we’ll have to split up.”

“Are you serious?”

Sagui’s expression frowned as if he had heard something he shouldn’t have.

That’s because the woman in green was clearly targeting only Samgui.

If they split up in this state, only heaven and earth would know what would happen.

“We can’t both die. Besides, I also have a hidden card.”

Perhaps it was because he had been beaten up, but he didn’t seem very trustworthy, but as he said, there was no point in running away like this.

Sagui nodded, and the beam of light that had been together split into two and went east and west.

“Hmm?”

The woman’s voice flowed out of the green light.

The desert area spread out underground was so vast that even if you went high into the sky, you couldn’t see the end.

“But I can’t let you go.”

However, that didn’t mean she couldn’t catch a monkey that was running away.

The woman made a hand seal and opened her mouth, and something verdant flowed out.

A wooden mummy with strange moss tangled all over it. As it spun around, it turned into three small girls.

The girls had faces that looked exactly like the woman in green and were holding weapons.

One girl was holding a spear, and another was holding a mirror, but the last girl was holding nothing.

“If I had my Bonseon Beopbae [Original Celestial Dharma Treasure], I could have implemented the Samchwi Okhwa (三取玉化) [Three Acquisitions Jade Transformation] created by my teacher more perfectly… Tsk.”

Originally, Samchwi Okhwa could only be called a perfect technique if there were three incarnations holding a scythe, a spear, and a mirror.

If one were to achieve great success in the future, there was a 40% chance of ascending to Jiseon [Earth Immortal], but the constitution that could learn it was limited, and the training method was very difficult.

“Even after all that hardship, it’s not perfect because I don’t have Bonseon Beopbae….”

She had made it after much hardship, but it could not be said to be complete because she did not have the Bonseon Beopbae that had been cultivated for hundreds of years.

The woman put her regretful heart behind her.

No, Chukman ordered the incarnation to chase Sagui, and she turned her direction to where Samgui had run away.

* * *

East in the desert.

After flying ten thousand miles, it was a tomb where a pile of bones of huge beasts were piled up.

From large ones over a hundred feet in size to small ones about eight feet in size, there were literally bones of various beasts.

“They are the ghosts who died in the battle thousands of years ago.”

That much time should have already weathered away and disappeared.

Those who slept here still announced their existence as bones, as if they could not disappear, resentfully.

Samgui began to dig through the sand like a madman, fearing that the woman in green would catch up.

After half an hour of doing so.

“I, I found it…!!”

Samgui took out something buried in the sand with trembling hands.

It was a dirty Pipoongui [Tattered Windbreaker].

Samgui trembled all over as if he was moved by holding it.

He neatly folded the Pipoongui, placed it on the ground, bowed his head with his fists clasped.

“Samgui of the orthodox Siphae Mancheok [Ten Seas Myriad Tribulations] takes the Cheon Yang Ji Bo Gwimok Mangui (鬼目茫衣) [Ghost Eye Hazy Robe], so please rest in peace.”

It was a courtesy to the former Sagui, who was the owner of this. Samgui was overwhelmed with emotion and barely raised his head after bowing.

Gwimok Mangui, one of the Cheon Yang Ji Bo [Heavenly Essence Treasures], was an ordinary Pipoongui on the outside, but its divine power was very special.

It is said that the wearer can see without seeing, as if they have eyes all around.

In addition, it was so tough that it did not budge even with most attacks.

Even in this turmoil that has lasted for thousands of years, Gwimok Mangui was intact without a single tear.

‘Sagui used this to detect enemies from ten thousand miles away and set traps or attack in advance.’

Being able to detect and watch the opponent in advance, it would be difficult to find a better treasure than this on the battlefield.

If you know the enemy and know yourself, you will win a hundred battles. If you wear Gwimok Mangui, you have already learned about the enemy.

It was as good as winning half of it already.

Besides, he was already being chased.

He would set a trap with Gwimok Mangui and repay this humiliation in one fell swoop.

Thinking so, Samgui nodded and reached out to Gwimok Mangui.

Swish.

However, Gwimok Mangui suddenly disappeared like snow melting in front of Samgui’s eyes.