Call Of The Spear [EN]: Chapter 436

Narrative of a Wandering Swordsman – Part 2, Chapter 145

“Ran.”

“Yes, Lord.”

“What is a true immortal?”

On the deck of the massive Flying Immortal Ship cutting through the Golden Ring Immortal Realm, Cheonbeom spoke to Ran with a hint of melancholy.

“What’s so special about immortals? They say nothing in this world is perfect, so maybe there’s nothing to it. Didn’t you realize that when you ascended to the Upper Realm and saw the cultivators?”

He had ascended with such high expectations, but this place, like the Lower Realm, wasn’t much different.

Wasn’t it said that whether you’re human or not, life is the same?

Wherever something lives, things are pretty similar.

“Are you troubled?”

“A little, perhaps.”

Nothing has been resolved.

Choa’s whereabouts are still unknown, which makes it even worse.

Still, he believed Choa would survive on her own.

Though hidden in his shadow, Choa is also an excellent cultivator.

She was even called the Hyuncheon Fairy [Fairy of the Dark Heavens], so what more need be said?

However, even so, Beom still sees her as a clumsy child, which makes him anxious.

That’s why, unlike his usual self, he was leaning on the deck, lamenting.

“If you’re so anxious, why don’t you send an incarnation to the Lower Realm?”

“It’s not as easy as it sounds. To send one to the Lower Realm, I have to create an independent incarnation, and if it gets out of my control and rebels, it will only become poison to the Lower Realm and endanger my children.”

It would be different if Cheonbeom left his main body and became the subject in the incarnation, but otherwise, there is a risk of rebellion.

If the incarnation sent to the Lower Realm rebels and acts on its own, it would be nothing short of a disaster, and it would be toxic to them.

Unless there is a special secret technique or profound inner strength that prevents rebellion, it is still difficult for Cheonbeom.

“I could tell when I set foot in the Golden Ring Immortal Realm, but Choa is definitely alive. I should be grateful for that alone.”

It was a method he couldn’t use when he was in the Upper Realm, but when he reached the Golden Ring Immortal Realm, he could at least confirm whether Choa was alive or not.

Before ascending, Choa had cut off a bit of her hair, which he could use to check her location or whether she was alive or not.

It was useless in the Upper Realm, but fortunately, in the Golden Ring Immortal Realm, he could confirm her life or death, though not her location, which relieved him a little.

“I already miss Cheong.”

“You were just missing your wife. Why are you so fickle? You’ll be missing Lady Sa soon.”

“I wonder what Saha is doing….”

“Good grief.”

Ran showed a disgusted expression as if she really hated it.

Beom pouted as if asking why.

“Was the Lord’s great path women?”

At the sarcasm, Beom, who had been depressed, smiled slyly as if nothing had happened.

“If you’re born a man, you have to know all sorts of pleasures.”

“Ha! No wonder you were so listless, it’s because you didn’t have a woman by your side? Then what am I!”

At her sharp cry, Beom shrugged.

“A sword?”

“A sw-ord~? A sw~ord?”

Ran’s whole body trembled as if she was betrayed and resentful.

It was a joke, but she seemed really upset.

Ran already had a sword in her hand.

“Lord, do you know what this is?”

“A sword… I guess.”

“Yes, it’s a sword. The sword is me, and I am the sword, so I, Hwaran, want to be embraced in the arms of a man today.”

She says coldly, pointing the sword.

In other words, she wants to slash Beom with a sword.

If you embrace a sword, you’ll either get cut or stabbed, right?

Beom stared at Ran silently.

And asked.

“Are you kidding?”

“No. I’m serious.”

Whoosh!

Ran suddenly stabbed with her sword.

He was startled and twisted his body to avoid it, and she clicked her tongue with a ‘tch’.

“Is this woman crazy, why are you doing this!”

“I was wondering if your body had become dull, so I tried stabbing you once. Fortunately, your body and mind are quick.”

It’s a lie without even wetting her lips.

If that’s the case, why did you click your tongue? Anyway, you can’t let your guard down.

“…What’s with the quick mind?”

He straightened his clothes and asked, and she spat out strange words.

“You’re always busy thinking about this woman and that woman, so wouldn’t your mind be quick to flit from here to there?”

She seems to be talking about a playboy.

“Can’t you leave out my granddaughter…?”

“To me, even granddaughters are women.”

“If she’s my granddaughter, isn’t she also Ran’s granddaughter?”

“Unlike Choa, I don’t have that much capacity. Cheon Socheong is the Lord’s granddaughter, not my granddaughter. She’s just a rival woman who steals the attention that should be focused on me.”

She says it without expression, so I don’t know if it’s a joke or not.

“Then what is Tamhwa?”

“Tamhwa is my daughter.”

Beom’s brow furrowed. He had a look that said, ‘What kind of nonsense is that?’

Why isn’t Cheon Socheong his granddaughter, and why is Tamhwa his daughter?

I don’t know what the criteria are.

He was about to say something more, but stopped.

If he listened to Ran’s words one by one and questioned them, it wouldn’t end even after days.

He had been with Ran for a long time and was somewhat used to it.

In times like this, if you just let it go, another story will come out before you know it.

“Did you think I would comfort you if I complained like other women? You’ve misunderstood me, Hwaran. I’m not that easy.”

See?

The topic changed on its own.

He looked at Ran and nodded.

“Yeah, yeah.”

When he smiled with a smirk, Ran’s expression crumpled even more.

There was a sense of depression.

However, after talking with Ran without reserve and joking about trivial things, the depression disappeared far away.

It’s not that he didn’t still miss his wives and children, but Hwaran is by his side, Tamhwa is there, and there are many people he has ties with.

For now, that was enough.

Seeing him looking a little better, Ran glared as if she was feeling uncomfortable.

But Beom smiled as if he didn’t care, and she smiled and said.

“They say a true immortal sees and calls himself a True Immortal. The Lord has the two words ‘True Immortal’ engraved in his heart along with other secondary goals.”

“…That’s about right.”

He is running without rest.

It doesn’t matter to discuss where the end is until we reach the end.

“But even if you don’t become a True Immortal, you are still the Lord. Even if you are not perfect, even if you are foolish and imperfect, you are still the most precious Lord to me, so don’t be too impatient.”

“You said you wouldn’t comfort me.”

“Whether I hate you or like you, you’re still the only man to me, so what can I do? I have to soothe you like this to make you do your job as a man.”

Geez.

I don’t know who’s 맞춰ing who’s tune, going back and forth like this.

“It’s quiet.”

The Moon Martial Immortals have not yet awakened.

Their condition is slowly improving, so there’s nothing to worry about, but it’s boring because Gyewolseon is quiet. The Golden Ring Immortal Realm has been crossed to some extent, so there were no Taoists or Immortals to be seen anywhere, and it was extremely quiet.

Only occasionally are there creatures that live and breathe only in this place.

“They say we can go in ten years like this?”

“So they say.”

It is a way to shorten the period that would take a hundred years to ten years.

Ten years is a long enough time, but it is far shorter than a hundred years.

“If you think about it, the ten years we’ll spend here will be leisurely, but….”

If we pass this place, all that lies ahead is a terrible war.

“It’s exhausting.”

“That’s how people live.”

Taking and being taken is the same everywhere.

The Immortal Slaughter War is just a little bigger.

“What will you do after this?”

“What.”

“After the war is over.”

There are no specific plans.

I can’t even guess how long the war will last, so I haven’t thought of anything that could be called a plan.

“But I won’t settle down.”

Beom didn’t put his name in the Water Realm for any particular reason.

It’s all because of Saha.

To be more precise, it was to repay the grace of Geummyeongjisu [Golden Bright Divine Water].

And just to help avenge the Heavenly Outer Army.

Once that’s settled, Beom will leave the Water Realm and wander around to broaden his horizons.

“I am originally a Wandering Swordsman.”

I will also look around the Upper Realm.

* * *

Ten years later.

On the shore of a small island’s lake was a woman. A lake so deep that its blueness could not be fathomed.

The woman, who was staring blankly at it, took out a brush and began to write.

But the words the woman wrote disappeared before they could even be read.

The woman wrote on the surface of the lake with a brush, and before she could finish writing, ripples rose and erased it.

But the woman didn’t care and repeated writing and rewriting.

Then a man approached.

The man, covered in armor, had a face full of scars, as if he had been in battle for a long time.

“Why do you write on the lake so much? It disappears without leaving a trace.”

When he asked with a pitiful heart, the woman, wearing a pure white palace dress, put down her brush and replied.

“I have nowhere to tell, but my heart is as full as the lake, so I have to write it somewhere. That way, it won’t overflow and it will be as calm as this.”

Who would see this woman as someone who made great achievements even in the brutal Immortal Slaughter War?

This frail woman.

The man held such thoughts in his heart and replied with a sad look.

“Then wouldn’t it be okay to write it somewhere other than the lake?”

“Since it’s a heart that I can’t convey anyway, what if I write it down somewhere and someone sees it? It’s not a heart that has to be shown to anyone, so I like this.”

The man tried to retort, but closed his mouth.

She’s been doing that for over ten years, so it was pointless for him to add anything more.

“The fact that you’ve come means that I have to go to war again, right?”

“Yes. Orders have come from above.”

When the man handed over a letter, the woman took it and read it.

“I’ve been given a difficult task again.”

“What is it?”

“You know that the Slaughtering Immortals from the Four Realms haven’t crossed over yet, right?”

“Yes, right now, the Slaughtering Immortals from the Collapsing Realm are filling the front lines.”

They are being blocked by the people of the Immortal Realm and the Water Realm, who have gathered together like an iron wall.

“But this time, there was movement in the Four Realms.”

“Then….”