Call Of The Spear [EN]: Chapter 415

Nangseon’s Romantic Story – Part 2, Episode 124

Mount Musu, home to the Immaculate Sect, is a renowned sacred mountain, one of the three great sacred mountains of Hyeonmu Fortress.

Mount Musu possesses a uniquely relaxed and gentle atmosphere, with strong water energy flowing through it, making it ideal for mastering water cultivation techniques.

“Keuk….”

“Young Master, are you alright?”

However, an anomaly occurred even on Mount Musu. Those residing in the underground of Mount Musu suddenly began to move busily.

“I’m fine, hurry and pack! The one who attacked this place is coming!”

As the man called Young Master shouted, those around him busily moved, diverting the Gongjeong River into massive tubs and began preparations for departure.

The huge tubs, made of wood and resembling bathtubs at first glance, contained numerous children.

There were hundreds of them, making it impossible to even count the exact number.

“It was a golden incarnation of fire. There is no one in Hyeonmu Fortress who emits such fire! Except for the envoy representative who came from outside…! Hurry! He’s coming!”

Just then.

“Aaaaargh!!”

Kwaaaang!!

A golden flame erupted in one corner of the cave. Dirt and debris fell as intense vibrations shook the area.

Bright light shone dazzlingly into the dark underground cave of Mount Musu.

The one who appeared, wreathed in golden flames, was none other than Cheonbeom, the envoy from the Water Realm.

“Where do you think you’re going in such a hurry?”

“Hmm? If it isn’t the Young Master of the Immaculate Sect.”

It was Muma, the only son of the Immaculate Sect’s leader.

Cheonbeom had met him before and remembered him as a remarkable man.

“Are you not Celestial Cheon, sir? It has been about forty years since we last met, hasn’t it?”

“Indeed. It seems Young Master Mu’s complexion has become quite radiant in the meantime.”

Cheonbeom nodded, looking at the massive wooden tubs around him.

At first glance, it looked like they were simply filled with water, but it was no ordinary water.

All the children inside were alive.

“I didn’t expect there to be such a space under Mount Musu. I thought you might have built something above the clouds like the Ak Gok Sect, but it was underground… Young Master seems to like being underground.”

Looking around, there were a few Lesser Immortals and mostly Upper Immortals [cultivation levels in this world].

Swish.

Before he knew it, the Immaculate Sect’s cultivators surrounded Cheonbeom.

They had drawn their respective Dharma artifacts [magical or spiritual tools] and looked ready to attack at any moment.

“Are you alone?”

He asked even though he knew the answer.

But Cheonbeom readily replied.

“Yes, surely the Young Master wouldn’t refuse to offer me a cup of tea just because I came alone.”

“Haha, of course not. My father praises Celestial Cheon so highly that I couldn’t possibly refuse you a cup of tea.”

Young Master Mu gestured, and a few Lesser Immortals brought out a table and chairs from somewhere and placed them in the center.

“It’s not fitting for men to leisurely drink tea when they meet. How about a drink instead?”

“As expected, you are magnanimous. Let’s do that.”

Muma took out a bottle and cups, poured the liquor, and raised his glass.

At the sight of Young Master Mu, Cheonbeom also fluttered his robe and sat on the chair, receiving the drink.

Cheonbeom and Muma’s glasses clinked, and a clear sound echoed softly in the cave.

Muma downed his glass in one gulp and slammed it down, while Cheonbeom also smiled and drank his down.

For a while, the two looked at each other meaningfully, refilling and drinking their glasses.

Soon, the liquor ran out, and as the last glass was filled, Muma opened his mouth.

“The Immaculate Sect is quite skilled in creating its own divine abilities and Dharma artifacts, but it is even more skilled in medicine. I dare say there is no place in the entire Chaos Realm with better medical skills than our Immaculate Sect.”

Cheonbeom listened silently.

He also knew this fact.

He had heard that the Immaculate Sect, unlike the Hyeonmu and Ak Gok Sects, was a sect with well-developed medicine.

The story that they were included in the current three major sects due to their medical skills was generally known to those living in Hyeonmu Fortress.

If the Hyeonmu Sect was skilled in the divine ability of the Hyeongak Indestructible, which was both offensive and defensive, and the Ak Gok Sect was skilled in various fields, then the Immaculate Sect was known for its medicine, according to the current world’s assessment.

Mu Myeol, the leader of the Immaculate Sect, possessed great medical skills, and it was no exaggeration to say that there was no patient from either the Ak Gok or Hyeonmu Sect who had not been treated by him.

“But human greed is endless. As most cultivators do, we also harbored a small desire.”

“A small desire….”

The children here numbered in the thousands at first glance.

For a Chaos Immortal who has difficulty having children, any child would be a precious treasure.

Kidnapping such children and soaking them in medicinal soups, calling it a small desire?

It was absurd.

“As Celestial Cheon has seen, we are not doing anything too cruel. We are only extracting a little of the children’s vital energy to use as material for the Dharma Blood we will create.”

Dharma Blood!

“So all of this is….”

“Yes, it was for the sake of Dharma Blood. Celestial Cheon has been in the Immortal Realm for a hundred years. You know well what Dharma Blood means to us. You have great insight, so you know it well!”

Dharma Blood that only a Chaos Immortal can create.

But it has a fatal flaw.

Cheonbeom had seen it all along.

“You’re talking about the side effects of Dharma Blood.”

“Yes! As expected of Celestial Cheon!”

Muma jumped up from his seat and opened a jar near the wooden tubs containing the children, scooping it out with a dipper.

“Do you know what this is?”

It looked like transparent water to the eye.

It smelled like simple water to the nose.

Colorless and odorless.

But the energy it exuded did not seem like simple water.

“It’s Dharma Blood. Colorless and odorless….”

“That’s right! The side effects of Dharma Blood touch the Chaos Spirit’s blood within our bodies. That’s why many die prematurely due to rash judgment and hasty actions. Of course, the strength of Dharma Blood more than covers it…!”

Side effects are side effects.

As time passes, it will become increasingly severe, leading to madness.

If one becomes a madman, it is useless no matter how much heavenly power one obtains.

“Renowned cultivators can naturally eliminate such side effects of Dharma Blood, but ordinary cultivators cannot. Therefore, we yearned to create perfect Dharma Blood and created it through many trials and errors!”

Cheonbeom knew what they had created through such trials and errors.

‘It’s similar to Celestial Dharma Blood.’

Because his body was made of Celestial Dharma Blood, he could feel it more clearly.

The Dharma Blood created by Muma had similar characteristics to Celestial Dharma Blood.

If you look closely, the branches were different, but the foundation was the same.

“I have decided to name this Dharma Blood ‘No Dharma Blood.’ No Dharma Blood not only eliminates the side effects of Dharma Blood itself. Our No Dharma Blood can also draw out the appearance of a Divine Beast with reason, if a few conditions are met!”

Then, a different light flickered in Cheonbeom’s eyes.

In other words, it means that the power of the Divine Beast dormant within the cultivators of Chaos Spirit Blood can be fully unleashed.

Originally, Chaos Spirits are half-human, half-beast.

Since they are half human and half beast, they can only use half of anything.

Even if they use it, it is difficult for them to maintain their sanity. That is the Chaos Immortal.

But Muma’s words meant that it was possible to fully awaken the power of the beast.

It was an amazing invention.

Cheonbeom was sincerely impressed.

“Amazing. Did Young Master Mu accomplish all of this alone?”

“Haha, how could someone like me have accomplished all of this alone? I couldn’t have done it without the help of my fellow disciples and others.”

The help of others.

“When you say others….”

As he asked, Young Master Mu, who couldn’t hide his excitement, sat down again.

“I’ve been talking too much.”

“It was an interesting story.”

Young Master Mu picked up the last glass of liquor.

“Celestial Cheon will also understand. If you can create something like this, any cultivator would not be able to overcome their curiosity. The essence of cultivators is for eternal life, but they are also those who seek the truth.”

So.

“I believe you will understand.”

With that, Young Master Mu held out his glass.

It was to toast.

If he toasted with the Young Master, it would mean that he agreed with his intentions, and if not, he would have to break the glass.

Cheonbeom hesitated for a moment.

Then, he picked up his glass and clinked it with his.

Clink.

Then, a broad smile bloomed on Young Master Mu’s face.

“Hahahaha, I knew you would understand. Celestial Cheon, whose reputation for having such great insight is well known. Yes, of course! I believed it, hahahaha!!”

Young Master Mu happily clapped his knees in a more relaxed posture.

“I’ve heard the story well. But I have a few questions.”

“What is it? Ask me anything. I can’t tell you the secret recipe for No Dharma Blood, but I’ll tell you anything else!”

Cheonbeom held his glass and gestured towards the children in the wooden tubs.

“What will happen to these children?”

“Haha, Celestial Cheon. I don’t do things that take innocent lives.”

“Then….”

“There is no harm to the lives of the Lesser Immortals. They are asleep, but they are all alive. However, it has been agreed that children who have been weakened by taking away their vital energy little by little will be sent elsewhere.”

“Agreed.”

Children whose vital energy has been depleted are sent elsewhere to recuperate?

“Then, will the children who are sent elsewhere recover their vital energy and be sent back here?”

“Ahem, that’s….”

That didn’t seem to be the case.

Young Master Mu’s face was clearly uncomfortable.

“I think I asked something too trivial.”

“Haha, no. It’s understandable that you would be concerned about it.”

Cheonbeom nodded at Young Master Mu’s reply, as if he understood.

“Ah, now that I think about it, there is my subordinate in the crystal sent with the plate Dharma artifact. Would you return her?”

“Hmm? Ah, that’s right. Someone there.”

A disciple of the Immaculate Sect unwrapped a bundle, revealing many crystal-shaped sealing tools.

If you looked closely, there was a place where crystals were piled up like a mountain.

All the young children would be there as well.

“Hmm, ah, here it is.”

The moment Cheonbeom reached out to find the crystal where Yangmi was trapped.

Thump.

Young Master Mu grabbed his wrist.

Cheonbeom’s eyes instantly turned sharp and then softened again.

“What’s wrong? Young Master Mu.”

“It’s not that I don’t trust Celestial Cheon, but as things usually go, there’s always a chance, isn’t there?”

“So… ?”

“We don’t need to put a restriction between us, but wouldn’t you lightly swear an oath on the Heart Devil [a powerful entity that enforces oaths in this world]?”

An oath on the Heart Devil.

“Good.”

Cheonbeom spread three fingers, pointed them to the sky, and opened his mouth.

“I, Cheonbeom, a cultivator of the Water Realm, swear before the disciples of the Immaculate Sect and Young Master Muma before me.”

Cheonbeom’s reverent expression instantly changed to a blank one, turning sharp.

“Until I have judged everyone before me and corrected the wrong principles, I will not be able to sleep comfortably.”

Then, at that moment.

Swaeeeek! Hooong!

White threads stretched out from Cheonbeom’s sleeves, pushing away all the cultivators.

“Heok!”

“Kueok!”

“Ugh! Ah, it won’t come off!!”

The cultivators, now pinned to the cave wall by the thin threads, could not move an inch.

It was a spectacle created by a strand of golden silk obtained from Chungmo’s body.

“…It’s a pity.”

“I’m also very sorry. Young Master Mu.”

“What’s the problem? Is it because I kidnapped children and used them to create Dharma Blood? Was I a hypocrite who put trivial benevolence before great righteousness? With the No Dharma Blood I created, Chaos Immortals will be able to win the war in the future! Don’t you know what that means?! It means that there will be no more victims of war. I can end this tiresome war between Chaos Immortals and Human Immortals!!”

Certainly, that might be the case.

If the blood of the Divine Beast that is dormant in the No Dharma Blood is awakened, the power of the Chaos Immortals will double from what it is now.

Then, the war might really end.

“If that happens, not only the children of Hyeonmu Fortress but also the children who are suffering from the war throughout the Immortal Realm will be gone! There will be no more innocent deaths! And there will be no more unhappy children because of it! Was Celestial Cheon such a fool that he couldn’t even understand that?!”

But Cheonbeom shook his head.

“No. I know Young Master Mu’s righteousness even without explaining it.”

“Then what is it!! If you are a cultivator, you will understand me!”

“I do. A hundred times, a thousand times.”

“Then why…!!”

“It’s a simple story.”

Cheonbeom picked up Yangmi’s crystal placed in the bundle on the floor and said.

“Because there is a prior promise.”

“A prior promise…?”

“I promised to find the daughter of Clan Leader Mook first.”

That’s all there is to it.

If there are so many children, the daughter of Clan Leader Mook must be here as well.

All he has to do is find her and return her.

The rest will be known to others, and they will take care of it.

But Young Master Mu’s face could not help but be distorted when he heard that.

That’s because.

“Why are you looking for Clan Leader Mook’s daughter here!!”

“Isn’t it obvious? I promised to find Clan Leader Mook’s daughter, no matter how she was hidden, so that’s all I have to do here.”

But Young Master Mu’s answer was unexpected.

“She’s not here! If you’re talking about Clan Leader Mook’s daughter, she’s a friend who has had a long friendship with me since childhood! Would I be crazy enough to not recognize my friend and kidnap her! Besides, Mook Gye-hwa is not a child but a grown adult! There’s no way an adult would be here!!”