Call Of The Spear [EN]: Chapter 523

Nangseon Gi Hwan Dam – Part 2, Episode 232

He shot up.

Cheonchuk, rising from his seat, examined his body while looking at the unfamiliar ceiling.

“Clearly, my arm was cut off….”

Yet, it was perfectly intact without a single scar.

If it had been reattached, there should have been at least a small mark.

But it was as good as new, without a scratch, as if it had never happened.

‘Certainly….’

Before losing consciousness.

The golden waves spread out, and a mysterious man appeared.

And when asked who he was….

“He uses the Cheon surname…!!”

Finally, it all came back to him.

A man with the Cheon surname.

Upon hearing that story, Cheonchuk’s jaw trembled slightly as he was left dumbfounded.

“Chuk! You’re awake!”

The door to Chuk’s resting place opened, and Mi Seodan appeared.

Seeing him awake, Seodan rushed to his side, checking on his well-being.

“Seodan…!”

Chuk grabbed Seodan’s arm and asked.

“Is what I remember true?”

Seodan blinked her large eyes and nodded with a smile.

“If it’s about your grandfather… yes, it’s true.”

Only then did he feel relieved.

And his heart raced.

‘He’s alive. He existed…!’

He had been anxious, wondering if it was all a dream.

He worried about what he would do if it was just a fleeting dream.

But it wasn’t.

It was real!

Thousands of years had passed since Cheonchuk ascended [to the Spirit Realm].

Why wouldn’t he have tried to inquire about someone with the Cheon surname while cultivating in the Spirit Realm all this time?

Of course, every time he formed a connection and friendship with other cultivators, he would ask about it.

But each time, he was left disappointed.

There were a few who used the Cheon surname in this vast land, but none of them were him.

The true founder of the Baek San Sect was nowhere to be found.

Of course, there was one person he suspected, but it was too long ago, and his life or death was uncertain, so he didn’t think it was him.

He even doubted whether he had withered away without ever making a name for himself in the brutal wars, or whether he had never existed in the first place.

But it wasn’t so.

“Is your body alright?”

“I’m fine. My, my grandfather….”

“Looks like my story is of no interest to you.”

“I apologize. But right now….”

“I’m just kidding. He’s waiting for you too… go on, go see him.”

He didn’t need to be told where he was; he would know.

Cheonchuk left the room.

He was in a small mountain cottage not far from Gongmyogul [a sacred burial ground].

He flinched.

‘That’s right.’

Just as he was told, he knew without being told.

He could feel it.

The warm, golden energy.

The golden waves were thick all around, as if spread across the sky.

Cheonchuk headed towards the mist-like area as if possessed.

His hesitant steps gradually turned into a quick run, and he passed through the thickets, reaching a cliff.

And in front of the cliff stood a man with his hands behind his back.

A man with the Cheon surname.

“You’ve come.”

Cheonchuk was overwhelmed with emotion at the man’s friendly tone, as if he had been waiting. He had ascended with great aspirations for the Dao [the natural order of the universe and a path to enlightenment] and had been cultivating for a long time.

Everywhere he went, he had no ties, and the relationships he formed were with strangers.

These were the first words he had heard from someone he truly knew in this place.

Words that made it seem like he had been waiting for him.

Cheonchuk couldn’t help but be moved.

“…Yes.”

Cheonchuk lowered his head deeply.

He clenched his fists tightly, trying hard not to cry.

But he couldn’t stop the tears from flowing.

This was the person he had longed to see so much.

The only blood relative he had in this world.

So Chuk asked again.

“Are you the one who uses the character for sky, Cheon… and the character for Brahma, Beom…!”

“That’s right. I am Cheonbeom. Do you know me?”

Turning around with a gentle smile, Cheonchuk burst into laughter like a child.

“How…! How could I not know!”

He said, suppressing the tears and laughter that were overflowing.

“Since I was born and raised, even before I took my first steps, all I heard were stories of my great-grandfather! From the story of the mountain lord who settled in Baek San, to the story my mother told me that led me to where I am now. My grandfather has always been with me throughout my cultivation life!!”

Was it because the sorrows of the past were pouring out, or was he overwhelmed with emotion?

Or was it because his pent-up feelings had exploded?

Controlling his complex emotions, Cheonchuk shouted.

Cheonbeom smiled faintly at that.

“So, you are Socheong’s son.”

“Yes, that’s right! I am Cheonchuk, the 4th Sect Leader of the Baek San Sect and the son of my mother, Cheon Socheong! Do you know my mother….”

He asked as if wanting to be confirmed again.

How could he not know?

She was his only granddaughter.

“Of course. How could I not know Socheong, my granddaughter and your mother? She was a lovely child. I remember meeting her in Geumhwan Seonhyang and giving her the Golden Celestial Earthly Fire and Jangchung Jitae that I possessed.”

“Yes! Yes! That’s why my mother was able to cure the Guryong Disconnection and I was able to be born!!”

Now that he thought about it, that was the case.

Cheon Socheong was suffering from a disconnection called Guryong Disconnection, so Cheonbeom gave her the spirit worm that he had been cultivating in his body since the Lower World.

Jangchung Jitae.

“You have it now.”

Cheonbeom wore a somewhat bitter smile.

The fact that he possessed it meant that she, too, had passed on.

It was a pity, but what could he do?

That was the way of the world.

“Yes, my mother said that I had to show this as proof so that my great-grandfather could be sure!”

“I see….”

When he grabbed Cheonchuk’s wrist and observed it, Jangchung Jitae also emitted a small energy as if responding.

“Is it recognizing my great-grandfather?”

“From its point of view, it used to be its home, so maybe. Anyway, it’s nice to meet you.”

And with this, Cheonchuk was revealed to be Cheonbeom’s great-grandson.

“I have so many stories to tell… and so many things to ask….”

There were so many.

“Yes, so do I. Let’s bring that child over and talk.”

“Child?”

Following Cheonbeom’s gaze, he turned his head and saw Mi Seodan standing far away, looking at this place.

“Why are you….”

“I received help too… so.”

“Why are you suddenly using honorifics?”

Ignoring Cheonchuk’s questioning gaze, she paid her respects to Cheonbeom and clasped her hands.

“I apologize for interrupting, but may I, a humble one, ask you something?”

“!”

Cheonchuk was startled.

Even though she was the precious daughter of the Mi Clan, Mi Seodan was calling herself humble! It was an expression that Cheonchuk couldn’t understand.

‘Great-grandfather’s realm is profound, but for her to lower herself this much….’

No.

Because her backing was the Mi Clan, one of the Five Great Clans of the Spirit Realm, it was strange for her to lower herself so much when her life wasn’t exactly in danger.

“You don’t have to be so polite. Ask what you want to ask.”

“Are you perhaps… Grand Master Geumcheon?”

Geumcheon? Cheonchuk blinked, hearing the word for the first time.

“Grand Master Geumcheon….”

“Chuk, you must have seen the sky turning golden a few years ago. The sun and moon were all dyed gold, and there was a time when it was called Geumcheon Pamwol (Golden Sky Wave Moon) and people were talking about it as a mysterious sky.”

He knew.

That had happened.

“That’s right. But what does that have to do with now?”

“It’s not known to the world, but I’ve overheard the elders of our family talking about it. The story of the appearance of a new Wonseon Great Master [a powerful cultivator] and his alias being Geumcheon.”

“!!”

In other words.

Cheonchuk’s great-grandfather.

Was Cheonbeom’s realm not at the level of an Ascended Immortal, but a Wonseon Great Master?

“I, is that true…?”

In response, Cheonbeom only wore a subtle smile and did not answer directly.

He was just stroking his chin and looking interested.

“As far as I know, the Mi Clan doesn’t have a Wonseon, so it’s hard to hear such stories… you’ve overheard well.”

Seodan immediately knelt on one knee.

“Our Mi Clan has long prepared for the fact that no one from the family has ascended to Wonseon. One of them is a treasure called Seondeung Eumseok (Ascension Sound Stone), and the engravings about the beings of the Upper Realm are automatically written on the Seondeung Eumseok created by the ancestors of the Mi Clan.”

A huge stone tablet-like monument.

It shows the beings with great power.

The Seondeung Eumseok, which disappears when they die and is newly written when they appear.

“Does that mean….”

“Yes, somehow everyone calls you Geumcheon. Maybe what’s written on the Mi Clan’s Seondeung Eumseok is you.”

“I see…!!”

Cheonchuk was dumbfounded.

He thought that just meeting him was the greatest miracle and blessing.

His great-grandfather was one of the beings at the pinnacle of the Upper Realm!!

He was so surprised that he couldn’t even speak.

“I don’t like being noticed, so there shouldn’t be anyone who knows, but you managed to notice. Yes, you said you were from the Mi Clan. The only person I know from the Mi Clan is that friend, Mi Seopa. Is he doing well?”

Then Seodan smiled brightly.

When asked why.

“He is my biological father.”

“What… are you really Mi Seopa’s daughter?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“Amazing… haha, it seems that fate really exists.”

Mi Seopa’s daughter and Cheonbeom’s great-grandson.

A fantastic twist of fate.

“Such a connection in the vast Spirit Realm, every time this happens, the world seems so small.”

Seodan was happier than usual, blushing and rejoicing.

Beom knew it was because of her relationship with Chuk, but he didn’t bother to say it out loud.

After that.

Cheonchuk told his great-grandfather this and that.

Perhaps because he thought of him as his only family in the world, even though it had only been a day since they met, he told him in detail about the difficulties and loneliness he had experienced after ascending to the Upper Realm.

His appearance was like a young grandson wanting to be loved by his grandfather, so Seodan chuckled to herself, but Cheonchuk didn’t care.

Unlike his usual dignified appearance, it seemed that he wanted to be like that today.

“You were trying to create a family….”

“Yes. Finding my great-grandfather was too difficult for me at that time, and I wasn’t sure if I could find him. So, I thought that if I first created the Cheon Clan and made a name for myself, my great-grandfather would hear the story and come to find me. And as time passed, descendants with the Cheon surname who ascended from the Lower Realm would also be able to meet easily.”

Beom nodded.

That’s what he was trying to do too.

“I was going to do that too, but I was too busy with my work, so there was no progress in that direction.”

But it would be different in the future.

“You’re here, and there’s a woman who will help you, so that should be easy.”

Cheonchuk and Seodan blushed.

“Haven’t you already confirmed each other’s feelings? I’ll talk to Mi Seopa about the marriage proposal sometime.”

“Ah, Great-Grandfather. We’re not like that….”

“Yes, do you think the same?”

He couldn’t answer easily when asked.

Looking at his hesitant appearance, he knew.

“There’s no need to decide right now. But in the future, don’t use the family’s background to intimidate my grandson.”

“….”

Mi Seodan soon lowered her head with a pale face.

“Grandfather. That’s….”

“It’s okay. It can happen. You can take good care of him from now on. Originally, whether it’s a woman or a man, the partner next to them should guide them on the right path.”

Looking at Cheonchuk’s bitter face, it seemed like he had said something unnecessary.

But as a great-grandfather, it wasn’t a good sight, and Cheonbeom, who knew well what the end of a misdirected affection would be, had no choice but to say a word.

“Yes, where is Mi Seopa?”

“He, he has temporarily withdrawn from the front lines and is at the main family….”

“That’s good timing.”

The Mi Clan’s main family is located not far from Sancheong.

“It wouldn’t be bad to see his face after a long time. Now I’m not alone, and there are many who are waiting for me… it’s not bad to show my face little by little.”

It was good timing.

He also wanted to take a look at the Seondeung Eumseok that Seodan had mentioned.