Call Of The Spear [EN]: Chapter 401

Romance of Nangseon – Part 2, Episode 110

There was no time to collect my thoughts.

As soon as I dismissed the adjutants, someone arrived outside, causing a commotion.

I knew who it was without asking.

Having revealed so much of myself that day, which was uncharacteristic, it was only natural they would come looking.

Though my body was constructed with Hwajeong [a type of mystical energy], it had Heavenly Law Blood Vessels spread throughout.

The Celestial Woman couldn’t have been unaware of that.

Her arrival was inevitable.

So, I called for her.

With the sound of the gate opening, Cheonbeom gently closed his eyes.

He took a deep breath, exhaled roughly, and then opened his eyes.

*Swish.*

The Celestial Woman’s sword hovered over his neck.

At the same time, Tamhwa, in the form of a Five Dragon, growled fiercely, but when Cheonbeom shook his head, it only glared silently.

“There are many things I need to ask.”

The hand holding the sword was her left hand.

Her dominant hand should be her right.

So, he was being unnecessarily concerned.

“Gye Wol-seon will move into the realm of the Immortals. But I won’t go near the Celestial Palace. What I want to see is the Immortal World, not the Celestial Palace itself.”

He spoke cryptically, but the Celestial Woman only stared with cold, indifferent eyes, as if urging him to continue.

“With the body of a Hwasing [an avatar or transformed body], there is little I can do, so I felt the need to be vigilant due to this incident. The identity of the assassin was considered a point of confusion… I will thoroughly investigate the truth of this matter within the Seon Palace [a palace of immortals] and extract both the scandal and the appropriate price. After all, attacking the envoy of the Water Realm is no different from attacking the Water Realm itself.”

But the Celestial Woman narrowed her eyes, as if what she wanted to hear wasn’t that.

“Of course, I will share the recompense with the Celestial Palace.”

As soon as Cheonbeom’s words ended, as if she couldn’t wait any longer, the Celestial Woman finally spoke.

“Why did you try to kill me?”

He stared intently at the Celestial Woman before rising from his seat.

She continued the conversation with the sword still hanging over his neck.

“Depending on your answer, the disposition of my sword and my words will change.”

But Cheonbeom remained silent.

He just kept looking at her.

Then, the Celestial Woman’s question changed.

“Who on earth are you?”

“I am Cheonbeom, a member of the Water Realm, holding the position of Head of Civil and Military Affairs, and also serving as the representative of the Water Realm envoy.”

“You speak well of things I don’t even want to know. You know very well that’s not what I asked.”

*Of course, I know. How could I not know?*

Knowing, I hesitate, even hesitating to breathe.

Noticing his hesitation, blue flames surged on the sword’s blade.

“This flame is the remnant of the Phoenix that my master personally bestowed upon me. It cannot be extinguished by anything, and it burns everything. Yet, you extinguished it so familiarly.”

Cheonbeom sighed repeatedly, sweeping the blue flames hanging over his neck with his hand and pulling them in.

Then, the Bongak Blue Flame [a unique and powerful flame] gathered in Beom’s grasp, burning fiercely.

The Celestial Woman was astonished at the sight.

“You cannot handle it like that unless you have a Hwajeong body that has undergone Bone Cleansing and Marrow Washing with Bongak Blue Flame. No one can do that….”

“It’s a rough but good flame. The fact that you’ve grown this small thing so big must mean your efforts have been considerable.”

Cheonbeom clenched the Bongak Blue Flame burning in his grasp and then spread it out again.

Then, the impurities of the Blue Flame fell away, and it burned bigger and clearer.

Beom returned it to the blade of the Celestial Woman’s Geunhwa Sinyeon [a divine sword name].

The Celestial Woman was amazed that the impurities of the Bongak Blue Flame had disappeared somewhat and that its purity had increased, and she froze in place.

At the same time, the confusion in her head intensified.

The way he spoke, which had changed in an instant.

And his expression, which seemed somehow bitter.

His appearance is different from before, but the atmosphere reminds me of someone’s back.

“I didn’t expect you to still be holding this sword. It’s a clumsy sword made with immature skill… Foolishly, you still have this Geunhwa Sinyeon. As a Celestial Woman, you could have a better sword.”

*Thud.*

The Celestial Woman dropped the Geunhwa Sinyeon.

“Could it be…”

“How many years has it been… It’s been well over a thousand years, so I don’t know exactly.”

Seeing him with a forced smile, tears welled up in her eyes.

“Is it really… you?”

“Yes.”

“Then tell me.”

“Tell you what?”

“Do you remember my name?”

“Do you think I wouldn’t remember my disciple’s name?”

Cheonbeom wiped away her tears as he answered.

“Is the sword still heavy, Yeon-ah?”

* * *

The unity of king, teacher, and father.

The grace of the king, teacher, and father are the same.

Those were the perfect words for Yeon-ah.

To her, Cheonbeom was the king of Baekseon, a teacher, and sometimes a father.

Although she is now called the Celestial Woman of the Immortal World and has risen to the ranks of a strong cultivator, she was not born that way.

Born as a woman, she studied writing, but due to the trickery of a few words from the eldest son of the Baek family, she became a slave.

It was a miserable life, and it was he who changed her fate.

It was Cheonbeom.

So, the meaning Cheonbeom had for Yeon-ah was very great.

“Please, receive my bow first.”

Yeon-ah first bowed to Beom, showing respect for her master.

After that, she shed tears with her eyes and looked up at her master with a smile on her lips.

“I’m relieved. I’m so relieved. I heard that ascending from the Lower World to the Upper World is very dangerous and difficult. Of course, I thought it would be no problem for you, Master, but I was always worried.”

She must have been suffering alone, worrying that something might go wrong.

“But it was an unnecessary worry. As expected, Master is Master. I didn’t need to worry.”

“There were no major difficulties. As you know, I later became affiliated with a family and held a high position, so I came to hold this position. You already know my body well, so I won’t say more.”

Yeon-ah nodded as if she understood.

“I want to hear more about you than me. What happened after that day…”

Yeon-ah was the one who ascended before Cheonbeom through the Heavenly Road Lamp [a mystical artifact for ascension].

She was a Hwanseon [a lower-level immortal] when she ascended, but now she is a Sangseon [a higher-level immortal].

It would be a lie to say I wasn’t curious.

“Many things have happened.”

Yeon-ah, having calmed down a bit, told him about what had happened since then in a calm voice.

The day she ascended through the Heavenly Road Lamp.

There was one Heavenly Road Lamp in both the Lower World and the Immortal World, and Yeon-ah went from the Heavenly Road Lamp in the Lower World to the Heavenly Road Lamp in the Immortal World.

The Heavenly Road Lamp in the Immortal World was a huge incense burner located in the Celestial Palace, and she couldn’t even come out of there for a while.

“I heard that if I rashly went outside the Heavenly Road Lamp in the state of a Hwanseon, I would die from the pressure. So, I stayed there for a while.”

She thought she would have to live trapped inside the Heavenly Road Lamp for the rest of her life, but that wasn’t the case.

The Heavenly Road Lamp in the Immortal World was full of Heavenly Energy, unlike the Lower World, and for that reason, Yeon-ah was able to ascend to Sangseon in just a few decades.

“I heard that the Heavenly Road Lamp was originally designed that way. After all, even if you move an ordinary person from the Lower World to the Upper World, they will die soon.”

It creates Sangseon with the high-quality Immortal Energy of the Upper World, which is different from the Lower World.

It was originally designed as a treasure, so Yeon-ah was able to become a Sangseon without difficulty.

In the world of cultivation, it is common to search for opportunities, but few have obtained such an opportunity as Yeon-ah.

“But even in the Celestial Palace, the Heavenly Road Lamp is said to be a sacred object. No one should touch it carelessly, and it cannot be used privately, so I heard that there are only a handful of people who have ascended through the Heavenly Road Lamp.”

Therefore, Yeon-ah’s existence is still talked about in the Celestial Palace.

In any case, for that reason, the Celestial Palace gave Yeon-ah the position of Celestial Woman and allowed her to learn the strongest martial arts of the Celestial Palace.

“Perhaps, is that person a Geomno [a legendary swordsman]?”

“Pardon? No. The person who bestowed swordsmanship upon me is called Yeongcheon Daegun.”

Yeon-ah didn’t seem to know who Geomno was.

*I see.*

Yeongcheon Daegun must be one of Geomno’s swords. She received swordsmanship, but she doesn’t seem to have mastered the true meaning of Gyuncheon Bohwa [a sword technique].

*I thought it was weak for some reason.*

It seems that she has achieved this level by training alone without receiving Divine Sword Unification.

The Geunhwa Sinyeon that Cheonbeom gifted was an ordinary magic tool that hadn’t even sprouted a divine nature.

“I said that I couldn’t have another teacher because I had Master. Still, I couldn’t help but be a little greedy because the root of this swordsmanship is the same as what Master uses.”

Yeon-ah lowered her head as if she had committed some sin.

She seems to feel sorry for having received teachings from someone else while having her own master.

Cheonbeom understood Yeon-ah’s heart and patted her on the shoulder, saying it was okay.

But Yeon-ah’s eyes narrowed slightly as if he had touched a wound.

It seems like it’s time to slowly bring up the story I’ve been avoiding.

“You have become an excellent cultivator.”

It was a word that contained many meanings.

In response, Yeon-ah knelt down with her knees neatly together, as if she would listen carefully.

“Even though my body is not well and it was difficult to exert my original strength, I still stabbed you with a desperate blow. But you avoided it and even counterattacked.”

“Th, that’s…!”

“I’m not blaming you.”

How could I blame her for that when I haven’t done anything for her as a master?

“I’m praising you.”

Besides, the fault lies with me.

I was too swayed by the name Geomno and was not careful.

I had been trying not to think about it, but the name Geomno seems to be deeply engraved in my heart and has transformed into fear.

I needed to reorganize my thoughts about Geomno once again.

“Even though the situation is like this, I stabbed Master….”

“It’s my fault. It’s my fault for almost killing my disciple with my wrong judgment.”

It’s a punishment I deserve.

What would have happened if it wasn’t for the Hwasing body?

Yeon-ah would have died instantly.

Cheonbeom’s true body would have been enough.

Even if Yeon-ah’s skills were high, if she faced Cheonbeom’s true body, the outcome would have been decided in a split second.

“But….”

“Don’t you have any other questions? Didn’t you say there were many things to ask?”

*Why did you try to kill me?*

That’s what you’re not asking about.

“When I didn’t know it was Master, I thought you were plotting something.”

*But I thought you were trying to create a ploy to further worsen the relationship between the Inseon [human immortals] and the Honseon [chaotic immortals].*

“Can you tell me?”

Cheonbeom couldn’t answer that question.

I couldn’t bring myself to reveal my flaws in front of my disciple who calls me Master.

It’s a piece of greed.

“The root of Gyuncheon is the enemy.”

“The root of Gyuncheon is the enemy… What on earth does that mean? Is Yeongcheon Daegun Master’s, my enemy?”

But Beom kept his mouth shut and didn’t answer.

Instead, he looked at Yeon-ah’s wound.

A thin silver cloth was added to heal the wound.

“It will take a long time with this.”

Beom can’t use the Sixty-Four Trigrams of the Five Elements, but he understands most of it.

It’s a wound that has disrupted the blood by applying the body to the sixty-four trigrams.

It will be faster to restore it to its original position.

As Cheonbeom poured golden energy into the pierced area, the flesh instantly stuck together and regenerated as if misaligned gears were meshing together.

“Thank you. Master.”

“There’s nothing to thank. I’m just sorry.”

“P, please don’t say that. I also didn’t recognize Master….”

Yeon-ah glanced at Cheonbeom’s chest.

“Your disciple’s knife was quite sharp. If it had been cut deeper, I would have been sucked into the cycle of reincarnation.”

Seeing Yeon-ah’s flustered appearance, Beom smiled and stroked her head for a long time, saying she had grown up well.

“That little kid has grown up so much. I’m proud of you. I’m so proud of you.”

With pride and apology.

Beom praised her like that for a long time.