Call Of The Spear [EN]: Chapter 377

Nangseon Gi Hwan Dam – Part 2, Chapter 86

Another 10 years.

It was the day Cheonbeom ascended to the Upper Realm, marking exactly 100 years.

Beom was in the middle of the forest, raising something into the air.

A subtle energy emanated from it, and in front of him, a circular ring was spinning.

It was an object imbued with the Law of Time, born from the *Yeonjabo* [a treasure bead] of the Golden Foil Lord’s heart.

Beom was refining it, trying to make it his own, something he had been diligently working on for the past 10 years.

Hoo-oong.

A strange wave arose.

As he stroked it with his finger, unknown characters appeared on the surface of the ring, and then it split into several pieces, creating multiple rings within the larger frame, each rotating in different directions.

‘Fascinating.’

Soon, the strange energy waves flowing from the *Yeonjabo* mixed together, spreading out in all directions like a spiderweb.

The spiderweb of energy, visible only to Beom’s eyes, slowly.

Very slowly, it was stopping everything around it.

The movement of the bushes swaying in the wind.

The falling leaves in the air.

Even the small insects living there and the birds trying to eat them seemed to have stopped moving as if time had frozen.

‘No, that’s not it.’

Time hasn’t stopped.

“It’s just that my time is flowing faster.”

Only his time is flowing unimaginably fast.

Because he is an Upper Immortal, there is no change, but if Lesser Immortals or beings from the Lower Realm were to use this, they would age and die in an instant.

Soon, as he released his power, the movements in the forest, which had seemed to stop, returned to normal.

The bushes move, and the bird catches an insect and flies away.

“A few seconds, perhaps.”

He couldn’t manage more than that.

It was even more so because he was only borrowing the power of the treasure for a short time.

It was also because his understanding of time was not fully developed.

To use this properly, he would need much more enlightenment.

As of now, he couldn’t use it fully. It was clearly a lack of ability.

‘Maybe when I ascend to Fragrant Immortal….’

It could be used as a hidden card, but there was an ambiguous feeling.

First of all, it drains not only Immortal Power but also the primordial energy, the True Origin True Qi [a powerful life force].

Even now, after using it for a short time, it felt like all the strength in his body had been drained.

If he were to use this in battle, he would die from exhaustion before he could even fight properly.

‘I won’t be able to use it until I ascend.’

Cheonbeom named this *Yeonjabo* Simsimyo (Mysterious Heart of Time) and hid it away.

It was a great item, and thanks to it, he had grasped a clue about the Law of Time, but it was still too early.

‘It’s too difficult. It would be better to delve into other laws that might be related to this.’

Pearls before swine.

Unfortunately, that was exactly the case right now.

The mystery of the law was beyond words, so keeping something he couldn’t use properly by his side would only be a hindrance.

There were many regrets about Simsimyo, but even so, he couldn’t deny that the gains this time were quite significant.

Although he couldn’t use Simsimyo properly, the spiderweb of the Golden Foil Lord that Tamhwa had swallowed was very useful.

Beom summoned Tamhwa and transformed it into the *Wiju Hoyeon Armor* [a powerful magical armor].

As he put on the armor and stretched out his hand, black chains poured out in all directions.

The chains were not only stronger than before, but they also had a subtle viscosity due to the fusion with the Golden Foil Lord’s spiderweb.

“Let’s see….”

Beom, looking at the chains, took out the Twin Annihilation Blades and swung them down with one hand.

Kwang!!

‘Hoo-oh.’

There was a faint scratch that was barely visible, but it didn’t show on the surface.

At this level, it would be impervious to the attacks of most magical artifacts.

Even ordinary Fragrant Immortals wouldn’t be able to break it easily.

He named the chains *Geumsoe* (Golden Chain).

“With this, I might not die even if I fight against multiple Fragrant Immortals.”

Beom, with a satisfied smile, released the *Wiju Hoyeon Armor* and took out a blue Extreme Mountain from his chest.

He formed a hand seal and flicked his finger, shooting out a magic seal, and the size of the Extreme Mountain, which had been the size of his palm, instantly began to grow to hundreds of yards.

It began to regain its original size, and Beom immediately entered the crater at the summit of Subongyeosan.

Inside, blue, boiling lava bubbled. Without hesitation, he plunged into the river of lava, and inside, a huge blue feather was seated loftily.

This was the Inner Mountain Core of Subongyeosan that had been created this time.

Why hesitate?

Beom immediately reached out and merged into the feather.

Light flashed, and when he opened his eyes, he was faced with an infinite chaos.

A small phoenix nested within it.

*Cheongbong* (Azure Phoenix).

A surge of emotion welled up, but Beom soon realized that *Cheongbong’s* condition was not normal.

It couldn’t be said to be bad, but it couldn’t be said to be good either.

Because the phoenix had not awakened from its slumber.

‘Wasn’t all that primordial energy enough?’

The phoenix, curled up in the form of a phoenix and closing its eyes, felt truly sacred.

Beom, gazing at it, felt that the phoenix, left alone in the pitch-black space, looked too lonely.

But then he couldn’t help but smile bitterly at something under his feet. In the Inner Mountain of Subongyeosan, just now.

“Saplings are sprouting.”

Extraordinary saplings were growing. Sparse but steadily sprouting.

Beom was satisfied with that.

“Time is relative.”

The time of the phoenix and himself, and so on.

Originally, time flows relatively. A short time for me can be long for others, and a long time for me can be short for others.

The phoenix’s time will be the same.

It could be slow or fast for Beom.

Just as Beom now thought nothing of decades of time.

Cheonbeom quietly gazed at the phoenix before quietly leaving the Inner Mountain.

He then collected Subongyeosan and removed the surrounding illusionary formations and restrictions.

“It’s time to leave.”

He had spent seventy years in Chunggye.

Now it was time to return to Sugye, perform the duties of the Head of the Civil and Military Office, determine the outcome of the internal strife, and use the Western Repository.

Even if he didn’t, he could stay here and seek guidance from him.

But he doesn’t cultivate all laws, and he doesn’t know everything.

Besides, Cheonwoe Yanggun was busy consolidating his realm, so it was not right to disturb his time.

In the first place, he couldn’t even do that because he was in seclusion and didn’t come out.

“Are you leaving?”

Before he knew it, Cheongmin landed lightly like a butterfly.

“I am in your debt.”

“What debt are you talking about? I was just following his orders.”

Cheongmin had been associating with Beom from time to time, building a friendship.

She was a Fragrant Immortal, and she was a Soo Immortal who had a lot of experience in Chunggye and Sugye.

Once, when he asked how she ended up with Cheonwoe Yanggun, she said that he had saved her life and left her alone, so she followed him to repay the favor.

Besides her, he also saw Nanchae, a Chung Immortal, from time to time, but he didn’t have a chance to talk to her.

“Men are so heartless. He told me to see off Cheon Soo Immortal.”

“That’s good. I didn’t want to disturb Cheonwoe Yanggun’s seclusion either.”

At those words, Cheongmin pouted as if she didn’t like it.

“You don’t have a warm side… when are you leaving?”

“I’m leaving now. If you’ve made up your mind, it’s natural to follow through.”

“Are you finally leaving?”

Tamlann suddenly appeared from the bushes and said as if he had been waiting.

“Have you found the way?”

When Cheongmin asked, Beom shook his head.

“If we were to cross *Geonwonhae* [a dangerous sea] as it is, it would take at least hundreds of years. But Cheonwoe Yanggun must have prepared a separate way. Because I’m not the only one who has to go to Sugye.”

At those words, she nodded.

“I received a message to tell you the way. I can’t pinpoint the exact location, but I have prepared a way to get to Sugye.”

And what she showed was a huge pink earthworm.

It was a *Wanseon Bloodworm* [a type of magical worm].

* * *

One month later.

“Damn it!”

Tamlann, covered in pink mucus, spat out a curse.

The smell was so terrible that he felt like vomiting.

“I’ll never go into the belly of a *Wanseon Bloodworm* again!”

He was so angry that he tore the *Wanseon Bloodworm*, which was trying to burrow into the ground, to death with his scythe-like arms.

“Ah… why did you kill it!”

“Shut up! The weak die!”

“Sigh….”

Beom shook his head and turned off his nerves. He had gotten used to it a little, so he skillfully took water from *Gongjeonggang* [a magical river] and poured it out, and dried it with *Geumcheonjihwa* [a magical fire].

“Small food. Is this Sugye?”

“I think… so.”

“You don’t sound sure.”

“I don’t know everything about Sugye either. Just as Chunggye is vast, Sugye also boasts a vast land. I’ve only been there for a few decades, so I don’t know everything.”

Besides, it’s not accurate because he crossed the space with *Wanseon Bloodworm*.

Of course, it must be Sugye because it was arranged by Cheonwoe Yanggun.

“Let’s walk for now. We need to ask the nearby residents or Soo Immortals for directions to know exactly where this is.”

“I don’t care what happens, but don’t forget the promise you made with me.”

Is he already itching for action?

Beom scratched his nose as if he was in trouble and nodded.

“Let’s go for now.”

Beom found a thatched house and approached it to ask for directions.

The man who came out of the thatched house had the realm of Upper Immortal, and he soon said that this place was an island called Pallyeoldo and that it was located at the eastern end.

The Upper Immortal had strange paper bands hanging from both wrists and ankles.

And even on his neck, it didn’t look like an ordinary object.

He stared at Cheonbeom strangely with his long beard and disheveled hair, and he also grinned, revealing his yellow teeth.

He felt strangely bad, but he tried to pass it by, and the Upper Immortal asked.

“But where did you come from?”

Beom glanced at Tamlann for a moment.

Tamlann was not in the form of a Talhyung as before, but in the form of a Soo Immortal from Sugye.

Because he was a burly man, there was no fear of his origins being revealed.

“We were escorting a Flying Ascension Soo Immortal from Sangseo to *Geonwonhae*, but we were swept away by a sudden storm and barely survived, and this was it. We’re trying to go back south, can you help us?”

When he asked politely, the disheveled man chuckled and then burst into laughter.

He wondered if he was crazy and stared at him, and he barely held back his laughter and answered.

“You, don’t you know who I am?”

It was a question to Beom.

He was dumbfounded by the man’s sudden tone.

“I just met you today, how would I know you?”

As his words became shorter, Beom had no choice but to answer bluntly.

“I thought my life as a prisoner was over, but the sky hasn’t abandoned me yet. Yes, that’s right. How could the sky abandon me? Never, never!”

He muttered to himself and grabbed Cheonbeom by the collar with his eyes bloodshot.

“You said you don’t know who I am? But what should I do? I don’t remember ever forgetting you for a single moment!!”

“Who are you to be doing this?”

“I am Hwang On, the eldest son of the Hwang family, who was stripped of his position as *Cheonmuseon* [a celestial guard] because of you and sentenced to a thousand years of exile!!”

He was Hwang On, who had been caught trying to commit a cowardly act with *Janjanhyeoljeong* [a rare medicinal herb] about a hundred years ago.

And was sentenced to a thousand years of exile by Yang Hwi.

‘Then this place is….’

It was the place of exile for the Soo Immortals who had committed crimes.

“Today, I will kill you and correct the sorrows and mistakes of the past!!”