Call Of The Spear [EN]: Chapter 376

Nangseon’s Romantic Fantasia – Part 2, Episode 85

I almost smiled at the welcoming sight, but I couldn’t quite manage it.

The deceitful words that followed immediately put me on high alert.

“What did you just say?”

“I need to borrow the Nine Heavens Moon Steps [a powerful artifact] you possess for a while. You can’t even use it properly anyway, so hand it over to me, who is practically your teacher. With just that, it will be more than enough for me to regain my lost cultivation.”

Beom frowned instantly at Cheonoe Yang-gun’s words, spoken as if they were the most natural thing in the world.

His words were no different from demanding the April Sun Pendant.

“It’s too much for you. I’ll keep it. If someone finds out you have it, your life will be in danger. You should leave it with me instead.”

My heart grew cold.

Beom replied calmly.

“I cannot do that.”

Cheonoe Yang-gun’s eyes narrowed.

“You cannot do that?”

Cheonoe Yang-gun’s eyebrows shot up.

He clearly seemed displeased.

However, Beom answered without hesitation.

“Yes, I cannot do that.”

In an instant, the air between them froze.

Rather, Cheongmin, who was quietly watching, found his mouth drying up.

“Cannot do that? How dare you say you cannot do that to me.”

“That is correct.”

Cheonoe Yang-gun was dumbfounded by Beom’s clear answer.

“You seem to be mistaken about something, but this is not the Lower Realm! And unlike then, I am not under the influence of the Blood Curse. Surely you don’t still believe in the oath you made with the Heart Demon back then! If so, you are tightening the noose around your own neck!”

He sternly rebuked, but Beom calmly replied that it was not so.

“I was going to take you as my disciple out of our past connection, but I knew you were arrogant. I didn’t realize you were so ignorant and presumptuous.”

Koo-oong!

Cheonoe Yang-gun’s energy exploded violently, pressing down on the entire cave.

A presence like a great mountain.

It seemed as distant and endless as the sun in the sky.

An energy that could not be resisted.

It was felt even more keenly because my injuries had not fully healed.

“Even if you die by my hand right now, your attitude would give you no excuse. Do you at least know that?”

I know.

But that doesn’t mean I can hand over the April Sun Pendant willingly.

Beom did not yield.

“I never said I wanted to become your disciple. Especially if the price for that is the April Sun Pendant!”

Cheonoe Yang-gun couldn’t help but wonder what Beom was relying on to act so recklessly.

But as if answering him, Beom took out the Embroidery Peak Jade Mountain [a powerful artifact containing a soul] from his chest.

“Are you going to attack me with that trivial mountain?”

Beom shook his head at the scoff.

“You know who this is too.”

“What?”

As the Embroidery Peak Jade Mountain spun around, emitting a faint blue energy, Cheonoe Yang-gun was startled and widened his eyes.

“Could it be…”

“Inside here, the divided soul of Bongak Cheonsujo resides. The April Sun Pendant, the Nine Heavens Moon Steps that I possess, is also held by this being, so I cannot give it to you.”

Cheonoe Yang-gun stared blankly at the Embroidery Peak Jade Mountain.

And soon, he asked about the whole story.

“How did you come to possess that being’s divided soul?!”

Cheonbeom began to simply tell the story of what had happened, and Cheonoe Yang-gun listened intently, carefully taking in his words.

The Golden Ring Incense.

The divided soul.

And ascending to the Upper Realm and becoming the Embroidery Peak Jade Mountain with his help.

He told everything without leaving anything out.

Only then did Cheonoe Yang-gun wear an unreadable expression and look at the Embroidery Peak Jade Mountain with pity.

“How could that brilliant being…”

He seemed to be in a complicated state of mind.

“Cheongbong is one of the few divine beasts among the divine beasts in the Upper Realm. A phoenix born in the sea of chaos, darker than darkness and deeper than night, who illuminated that place with its light. But how could it have changed into such a form…”

Cheonoe Yang-gun closed his eyes as if swallowing bitter poison and let out a short sigh.

“Your fate is not easy either.”

“Life is always like that.”

“Hmph, a guy who hasn’t even lived for ten thousand years is acting like he’s attained enlightenment all by himself.”

“It’s because I haven’t had an easy life. So, are you still going to try to take the April Sun Pendant from me?”

“You’re such an unlucky bastard. You knew very well that I owe Cheongbong a debt of gratitude.”

“My memory isn’t that bad.”

Cheonoe Yang-gun, who had released his energy, seemed to have given up his desire for the April Sun Pendant and took a more relaxed posture than before.

“What would have happened if I hadn’t cared even though Cheongbong was residing there?”

“I still would have protected my own life.”

“Hoo, how could you have protected it?”

“Killing me would mean killing the last remaining friend of the Sa Clan. You wouldn’t want to kill the friend of the last remaining descendant with your own hands, would you?”

It was a cowardly act, but the effect was not bad.

“…”

His eyes narrowed, and a look of bitterness seemed to fill his face.

“Did you say… the last?”

“Yes. The one who is carrying on the Sa Clan now is Saha. Only one person.”

Cheonoe Yang-gun clenched his fist tightly.

It was truly a nasty thing to poke at his most painful spot like that. But even so, he had to ask.

“Tell me more.”

Beom nodded in agreement and began to explain the situation in the Water Realm and the fact that the Sa Clan was about to collapse.

He told him about what happened when he first ascended and the Hwang Clan, which was exploiting the Sa Clan, and so on.

Cheonoe Yang-gun was greatly angered by the fact that unheard-of people were oppressing the Sa Clan and roared as if he would rush out immediately.

But after hearing that they had all been annihilated, he sat back down and listened intently, carefully considering each of Beom’s words.

As he listened to the series of stories, his expression was mostly dry, but the various emotions reflected in his eyes could not be hidden.

“The Civil and Military Overseer… a nostalgic position.”

He said wistfully after Beom’s story ended.

“I also served as the Civil and Military Overseer. When I look at you, you have a lot in common with me.”

“That’s not a very nice thing to say.”

It was a playful joke, knowing his past life.

“You’re even more presumptuous than I am.”

After that, Beom and Cheonoe Yang-gun exchanged various stories.

How they had lived after parting in the Lower Realm, what they had achieved, and so on. He also hinted at his future plans.

When he told him about the connection between Saha and himself in their past lives, he was also amazed and pondered something deeply before nodding as if he had made a decision and said.

“Get married.”

“Are you talking about Saha?”

“That child must have grown up lonely. After experiencing all those hardships, he would have lived like that for the rest of his life if I hadn’t been there. But since you have a connection from a past life, it would be wonderful if you could become his spouse.”

Is this happening again?

Beom was perplexed.

Rather than rejecting him outright, he told him the story of what he had felt.

“I almost died trying to protect you, just like in my past life…”

“If you are with me, you may be in danger of dying again.”

“So, will you stay away?”

“The heart that thinks of a friend, even if we are apart, will not change.”

Besides, he had already been married twice.

One time was unavoidable, but he didn’t want to create a third.

“Yes, marriage is not a matter to be decided with just a few words. In the end, one’s spouse is decided by oneself, so it’s not a problem for me to interfere…”

“Thank you for understanding.”

“What is there to thank? The relationship between a man and a woman is all like that.”

Cheonoe Yang-gun twisted the corners of his lips as if he knew everything.

Beom felt that his smile was somehow unpleasant.

“The relationship between men and women is all mixed up in due time, so I won’t bother you.”

He put the marriage issue aside and began to talk about the future.

“Listening to you, you’ve done a lot of work. I’ll repay this debt later.”

“I was just repaying a life debt. I’m just trying to repay it now.”

Beom, who was modest, then asked him.

“When will you return?”

He knows why he is in the Chung Realm [a specific realm in their world]. Most of the Wonseon Taesa [powerful cultivators] in the Water Realm are his enemies, and he has not regained his full cultivation.

That is why he noticed the resurrection of Geumbak Jiju [a powerful entity] in the Chung Realm and tried to take her original spirit to regain his original state.

After a little time, he will regain the realm of Wonseon, and the rest is decided.

‘Revenge.’

And to regain his original position and promote the revival of his family.

Before, it was not something he needed to worry about, but now it is different.

He is also a cultivator belonging to the Sa Clan and a close friend of Saha.

It is no longer someone else’s business.

“I have finished preparing to regain my original state. All that’s left is for time to take care of it.”

Cheonoe Yang-gun stroked his beard.

“The energy of killing immortals is getting stronger and stronger. Perhaps the ominous wind of the Immortal Slaughter War is blowing again.”

In other words.

“You’re planning to reveal yourself after the Immortal Slaughter War.”

It means he will aim for the time when he is weakened and full of wounds from the war.

“I will no longer be played around with.”

The wounds of betrayal must have been deep.

Beom understood his heart.

Now, rather than sacrificing himself for others and for the Water Realm, he has made up his mind to be ruthless for himself.

‘Sacrificing so much and returning was the betrayal of the Water Realm and the fall to the Lower Realm.’

I fully understand.

“I understand. Saha will be happy to hear about Cheonoe Yang-gun.”

At his longing eyes, Beom exclaimed, “Ah!”

“Come to think of it, do you know Saak?”

“Aak? Of course, I know him. No, how do you know that name?”

Cheonbeom explained in detail what had happened in Geukyang Sangsan.

Then, Cheonoe Yang-gun was overjoyed and laughed loudly.

“Hahahaha! That guy was reborn as a Hwasin [a being of fire]? Haha… Hahahahaha!!”

Cheonoe Yang-gun covered his forehead with his palm and blushed.

His mouth was smiling, but his eyes were trembling as if his heart was full.

When asked why, he said that Saak was his half-brother.

“Even when I was falsely accused and arrested, he was the one who took the lead in defending me, saying that it could never be. What a… foolish guy.”

Even as he said that, he looked at the ceiling for a long time with his eyes closed, as if his heart was bursting with emotion, and then said.

“Thank you.”

Beom bowed his head silently.

It is a simple expression.

But words have temperature.

The word, which was only three letters long, contained a pitiful and warm temperature.

“Let’s have a drink when you get better. I have something to give you too.”

“I will.”

“You answer so well when I say I’ll give you something.”

“I haven’t learned how to refuse.”

He speaks glibly.

Cheonoe Yang-gun grumbled that he couldn’t hate him and disappeared.

“Haa….”

Cheonbeom, who was lying back in his seat, smiled as he replayed his conversation with him.

“That’s the first time I’ve seen that person talk so much.”

It was Cheongmin.

Beom looked at her for a moment and asked what had happened to the others.

But the answer that came back was cold.

“The Venerable One…”

“He was unlucky.”

That’s definitely true.

Everyone was wandering in Geumbak Jiju’s illusion.

Cheonbeom also couldn’t get out of the illusion at that time.

Even thinking about it now, it’s a terrible sight.

The sight of those he left behind in the Lower Realm being violated and dying, he doesn’t even want to imagine it.

Moreover, it was his daughters and sons, and even his wives, who were like that, so how would Cheonbeom’s heart have been at that time?

Since he was attacked by such an illusion, everyone was out of their minds, and at that time, the Venerable One happened to catch Geumbak Jiju’s eye and died.

‘It’s a pity.’

He was a pretty good Chungseon [a type of cultivator].

He was also a person who had the calmness and consideration to make the other person feel comfortable.

Beom mourned him for a while and asked about other things.

“Tamlang is here. He said he has something left to give you?”

It must be because of what he had promised.

That he would let him fight the strong people of the Water Realm. The Venerable One had also died, so there was nothing else to do, so he must have stayed.

‘First of all, is it recovery?’

Only after his body recovers will he have to find a way to return to the Water Realm.

‘Cheonoe Yang-gun would have a way to get to the Water Realm.’

He will soon regain his original state….

All that’s left is to wait for the time.

Only the sky knows whether what is blowing is a new wind or a bloody storm.