Call Of The Spear [EN]: Chapter 577

286. Special Side Story 3

He who conquered the Upper Realm, and the sword containing all his power and essence, unified with him.

Hwaran.

The golden petals fluttered like ash, turning the opponent she cut down into dust from the inside out with a gentle heat.

A Grand Luo Immortal [a high-level immortal being in Chinese mythology] is a complete being in whom the soul, flesh, and will are unified.

Severing their head is not a light matter that simply results in death.

But Hwaran makes it simple and clear. It can be said that her power is certainly valid even here.

“Well, they went through all that trouble to break through the sky that those guys blocked and become stronger, so it would have been disappointing if they couldn’t do this much.”

-It’s only because it’s me that you can do this much.

I chuckled at Hwaran’s words, as if she didn’t want me to forget how great she was.

“Yes, I know.”

-Knowing that, you were flirting with that peach-like thing? For over eight thousand years?

“Here we go again.”

To shut Hwaran up, who was about to get noisy, I immediately put her back in her scabbard.

-What do you mean, ‘here we go again!’ I thought you were coming to Da Luo Heaven [a high-level realm in some Chinese cosmologies] with reverence, but you couldn’t stand it and started womanizing again…!

Clang.

I put her in the scabbard and pressed down, cutting off her voice.

Swish!

-Why are you putting me in whenever you want! Am I just someone you can put in and take out as you please? Honestly, men are…

Clang.

He locked her in the scabbard again and moved his lips to seal it.

A small cluster of light leaked out, and the sword, which had been chattering on its own, soon became silent.

“Seriously, what a jealous woman.”

I shook my head and looked up at the Milky Way pouring down from the sky.

Celestial Peach Consort Sanghee, riding on cumulus clouds and scattering the Milky Way contained in a gracefully decorated vessel.

Her appearance had the dignity and loveliness of a goddess bringing rain.

“The reason for climbing a mountain is because there is a mountain there, and the reason for cultivating the Dao [the Way, or path to enlightenment] is because there is a sky in the gaze that looks up.”

Isn’t the reason for looking at the moon in the night sky the same, and the reason for looking at the sea where the dawn rises?

So, the reason for looking at a beautiful woman is also the same.

I muttered a line of poetry as I looked at Sanghee, and then gave her a silent smile as she fluttered down in her winged clothes.

“Immortal…”

“Yes, Hee.”

“Is what I saw with my own eyes really true?”

Sanghee looked at him with disbelieving eyes. And the golden fluttering ashes nearby.

“Yes, it is true.”

“Why did you do that?”

“He insulted me. He showed hostility first and tried to harm me.”

“So you killed him?”

“Yes. Hee was kind to me. So I also showed consideration and kindness to you. But he was not the nameless Grand Luo Immortal of the now-vanished Seohwang Territory.”

He looked down on me, uttered insulting words, and even harbored murderous intent to harm me.

No matter where this was, no matter who he was.

He deserved to die.

“You were… rash.”

“He was the rash one. Without knowing what origin I had, what power I possessed. He acted believing only in his own power and authority.”

So wasn’t the responsibility for him entirely his own?

“He was the Captain of the Guard who guarded and managed the South Gate of Seohwang Territory. He protected Seohwang Territory on a large scale, and me and Golden Peach Land on a small scale.”

But he is no more.

“Now that the Captain of the Guard is gone, other Captains of the Guard will come soon.”

“Does Hee think I did something wrong?”

“I… I don’t know. The Immortal I’ve seen so far wasn’t like that. Kind, considerate, and with a gentle way of speaking that was pleasing to the ear….”

“Hee.”

“Yes?”

“Believe what you saw. And believe what you believe. Then there is no need to waver.”

Then Hee bit her lower lip firmly and grabbed his wrist.

“Run away!”

Nangseon burst out laughing at her boldness.

“Why, why are you laughing! I’m serious!”

“Having been born and raised in the Golden Peach Land of Seohwang Territory, where are you saying we should run away to?”

“I, I don’t know! But I can’t let Immortal die now. I… yes, I don’t want to see that more than anything.”

“What about Golden Peach Land?”

“Golden Peach Land…….”

Where could she go, leaving behind the Golden Peach Land where she had been born and raised her whole life?

Sanghee was in a state of confusion.

So I took her hand in return.

“Hee. It’s time to part ways now.”

“…Why?”

“Parting is meeting, and meeting is parting, that is the way of the world. Isn’t reunion pleasant because there is farewell?”

“But farewell is painful.”

“The reunion will be that much more passionate.”

“I don’t like it. I don’t want to experience a passionate reunion or a heartbreaking farewell. I just want to be together with a cozy feeling like now… Can’t I?”

At her pure question, he who had been trying to soothe her was momentarily unable to open his mouth.

Even the words of one who had transcended after a long time lost their light in the face of her purity.

‘I thought I had transcended.’

How can I grasp the truth and principles of Da Luo Heaven if I am speechless at the question of such a tender woman?

“Do you want to do that?”

“Yes. I like that.”

“Then let’s do that.”

I will make it so.

“I, I’ll do it. They might listen if I say it.”

“That would be convenient.”

That can’t be.

Nangseon grabbed Sanghee’s shoulders.

The slender shoulders held a slight tremor.

“I’ll do it.”

“But… Immortal is just an Immortal who has just ascended to Da Luo Heaven! It’s dangerous! I know it too. Those who ascend to immortality who were not born and raised in Da Luo Heaven originally can’t even properly breathe the heaven’s energy, so they need a long time to adapt.”

“That’s right.”

“Th… then how did you kill the Captain of the Guard?”

Sanghee, who had become suspicious as she spoke, tilted her head.

But he only smiled bitterly.

He didn’t say much.

It was then.

Swish.

Suddenly, the air rippled, and the figure of a person appeared, then suddenly appeared and surrounded Nangseon and Sanghee.

“Celestial…”

“Huh.”

“Gasp!!”

But they couldn’t even finish their words as soon as they appeared.

Because suddenly, due to the strange energies that Nangseon scattered, their pupils became cloudy in an instant, their mouths opened, and their movements stopped.

“Th… the Captains of the Guard have changed as if they were fascinated by the scent of Golden Peach Land. What’s going on? The True Immortals of Seohwang Territory possess a purifying fire (情火) [Qinghuo, a type of spiritual fire] that is not fascinated by the scent of Golden Peach Land….”

But for some reason, they all showed symptoms of being completely immersed in the scent of Golden Peach Land, drooling with their mouths open or twitching and falling into ecstasy.

“I did my own analysis of the scent of Golden Peach Land. It was a scent with quite mysterious formulas, and I created it anew using some of the laws and tools I possessed. Strangely, it suits me well.”

The Golden Peach Land.

“Are you saying that Immortal did this?”

“That’s right. Would you like to experience it for a moment?”

“Yes?”

Whoong.

Suddenly, a golden mist thickened around him, and Sanghee, who had inhaled it for a moment, suddenly forgot all worldly affairs and even forgot the current situation.

He and she lived in Golden Peach Land, biting into Golden Peaches one by one, leaning on each other.

For some reason, Seo Hwangmo’s illness was also cured, and they lived happily as if there were only three of them in the vast Da Luo Heaven.

“Ah….”

But it was a fleeting dream.

It filled her with a satisfaction that was too sweet and not easily erased, but it only doubled her sense of loss.

Tears streamed down her cheeks, and as he wiped them away, Sanghee hugged him tightly.

“I was so happy.”

“The Golden Peach Scent doesn’t work well on you. I thought it would be because you are originally the incarnation of the Golden Peach.”

I twisted more laws than the original Golden Peach Scent, and I strengthened the spell.

No matter how accustomed the True Immortals of Seohwang Territory were to the Golden Peach Scent, it would be difficult to break through this or resist the temptation.

I had been making it for fun for the past eight thousand years, but it was used quite usefully.

The harmony between the enchanting scent and the law of creation was indescribably good.

In the first place, the Golden Peach itself suited him well for some reason.

I felt like I knew the reason for that, but it was still hard to be sure.

“What do we do now?”

“Just stay still.”

Like always.

The Captains of the Guard, intoxicated by the scent, were already sinking their legs into the ground.

Soon, their skin hardened and began to dry up like dead trees.

It is said that those who are intoxicated by the Golden Peach Scent become nutrients for the Golden Peach Land, and it seems that they are turning them into trees.

The three Captains of the Guard intertwined, stretched out, and grew like antique pine trees, but in the end, small fruits were formed and began to spread a strong scent.

Strangely, they had become Golden Peach Trees.

“The Captains of the Guard have become Golden Peach Trees.”

“They look much better now than they did in their original form.”

“R, really?”

“Yes.”

Nangseon picked one of the Golden Peaches that had formed and took a big bite.

He savored the Golden Peach, which burst with juice and gave him a deep taste and rich aroma.

As he felt the change it brought to his body and raised the corners of his lips, Sanghee was startled.

“No one should eat Golden Peaches! If you make a mistake, you will be intoxicated by the taste and aroma for the rest of your life and become a tree or a stone….”

“It doesn’t seem to be the case.”

“Oh…… that’s right.”

Sanghee looked at Nangseon again.

It is said that if a True Immortal takes a Golden Peach and overcomes the bewitchment of its taste and aroma, they will achieve great success. Even though it was a newly created Golden Peach, its effect would be strong, if not less.

But he ate a Golden Peach in no time without any problems.

“Come out. Tamhwa.”

As he muttered, something black and long, like a centipede or a snake, came out of his sleeve and slowly inflated in size.

The gradually growing thing soon grew so large that it seemed to cover the sky.

“Oryong… [likely a reference to a powerful dragon or serpent] ?”

“Hee. You said you wanted to be with me.”

“Yes, yes? Ah… yes!”

“Then don’t be too surprised by what will happen in the future. You will have to endure whatever it is.”

“Yes?”

After uttering words that seemed to be understood but not, he covered the sky black with Oryong.

To that, the man said this.

“Eat.”

Then Oryong opened its mouth wide and sucked in the essence as if it would devour the sky, then suddenly turned its head towards the ground.

“Oh, oh… oh oh oh!! Aaaaaaak!!”

Soon, it opened its mouth and swallowed the Golden Peach Land where they were.

The forbidden land of Seohwang Territory.

It was the moment when the Golden Peach Land, with its long history and mystery, disappeared from Da Luo Heaven.