Call Of The Spear [EN]: Chapter 595

Part 304 – Special Side Story 21

Jeongpo Alliance, Manwoldang.

An urgent message reached Choa, who was reviewing the alliance’s affairs in her office.

“What is it?”

“You’ll understand quickly if you look up at the sky.”

Looking up, she saw a large sun in the sky for some reason.

A quite familiar and warm energy.

A natural smile formed on Choa’s lips.

“This is no laughing matter.”

Beside her was the woman who had guided Geumcheon Jin-gun to Myeongdocheon.

Chwihan was also with her.

“What are you up to again?”

“It’s a big deal….”

The outside was already in chaos.

The sun, which should only be one, had suddenly doubled.

And the distance was so close.

The freezing of the seas of the Four Seas was certainly a big deal, but it couldn’t compare to the appearance of a giant sun right in front of them.

But how could she be so calm!

“Originally, my husband is such a great man that he often does great things that are difficult for us to handle.”

But all of that.

“My husband will take care of it, so there’s no need to make such a fuss. You saw my husband too, didn’t you?”

“That’s true, but….”

Still, the location was ominous.

But Choa didn’t care, wearing a faint smile.

“You’ve spent time with my husband, so you know quite well. He’s not one to do pointless things. Besides, men start things, and women help with them.”

Isn’t that what they call internal affairs?

“Well, to be of some help, I need to know what’s going on.”

Only then did the story flow, and Chwihan said urgently.

“There’s been a commotion at the Jade Palace. A dragon with several heads appeared and caused a ruckus, and after a brief lull, something so big….”

The dragon with several heads was obviously Gu-yeong, who would be with him.

Even if not, everyone in the world would guess that it was his doing since such a large sun had risen in the Great Firmament.

“He’s planning to see the end with the Celestial Emperor.”

The natural conclusion was the only thing left.

Therefore, the True Immortals were clearly divided, praying for who would be the winner.

Most were on the side of the Celestial Emperor.

Those in the Great Firmament did not want change.

Besides, if the Celestial Emperor fell, who would stop Geumcheon’s dominance?

That was what everyone feared.

“Familiarity makes change scary.”

Familiar things are comfortable.

New things are uncomfortable.

A perfectly natural logic.

Some things should not change, but there are definitely things that are beneficial to change.

Originally, everything has its pros and cons, so it’s impossible to define what is right or wrong.

“But what good is it all?”

Only heaven knows who will be the winner.

“Rather, it seems like welcoming guests is a priority.”

“Yes? Guests?”

“It’s okay, come out.”

Soon, Choa looked at one side of the office and spoke gently.

The air rippled, and a woman’s figure began to appear.

Chwihan swallowed a dry breath and blushed at her beauty.

Even for the same woman, she was a lovely immortal with a pitiful, faint, and luscious peach-like appearance.

“Did you come to find me?”

Or.

“Did my husband send you?”

A woman resembling a peach.

Sanghee had come to find Choa.

“Please, help me! Ah, no! You have to help Seon!”

Help Seon.

Choa felt her husband’s energy from her hurried words.

The Seon she was talking about was probably Cheonbeom.

“First, calm down, would you like to sit here? Chwihan, bring some tea.”

Choa held Sanghee’s trembling hands tightly and sat her down.

She seemed to have seen something quite scary, her pupils repeatedly dilating and contracting, and she was very anxious.

Soon, Chwihan brought a warm cup of tea, and Sanghee cupped it in both hands and took a sip.

“Haa….”

“It’s a good tea for calming the mind and body. How is it?”

“Ah, yes… thank you.”

Sanghee put down the coat she had been wearing and sipped the tea again.

“Chwihan, you can go out now.”

“Ah, yes. Then….”

After sending out Chwihan, who couldn’t take her eyes off Sanghee’s beauty.

Choa quietly stared at her.

‘What a beautiful woman.’

Her husband’s energy was emanating from such a woman.

Choa was not comfortable.

However, such a woman’s heart had no choice but to be put aside for a while.

“So, what brings you here in such a hurry?”

Asked, she hurriedly put down her teacup.

“You have to help Seon!”

“Who is this Seon you speak of? Perhaps, is it someone I know?”

“Yes! That, Geumcheon Jin-gun… didn’t you know?”

His real name?

Momentarily, Choa’s eyebrows narrowed and then returned to normal.

His real name is Nangseon.

It was the first time she had heard of it.

“I see.”

Inwardly, she maintained her composure as if nothing was wrong, but the uncomfortable feeling did not go away, and the softness was lost.

Only sharpness lingered in her mouth.

“Did I make some mistake….”

“No. I didn’t know.”

“Ah….”

An awkward silence flowed between the two women, but that was only temporary.

They got to the point.

“So, what are you asking me to help with? Do you know who I am, what kind of person I am?”

“Yes, yes! When Seon went to Myeongdo to meet the guide, I also went to see him off.”

At that time, Cheonbeom told Sanghee in case of an emergency.

If something happened to him, find the woman the guide serves.

“I see.”

“I don’t know what kind of relationship you have with Seon, but he said you were a trustworthy person, and I think you’re a stronger person than me.”

So I hope you can help.

“…I would like you to tell me more about the situation.”

“Do you know a dragon named Tamhwa?”

“Yes. I know.”

Isn’t she the daughter he cherishes more than his own children?

“Tamhwa has lost her will. No, it was taken away! She is no longer the child Seon knew, she is the Western Queen Mother!”

The Western Queen Mother took Tamhwa’s body.

She had originally been injured in a battle a long time ago and was recuperating, but now she had gained a strong body.

And.

“I know.”

For some reason, she seemed to know what the Western Queen Mother would do in the future.

She doesn’t know exactly.

Just guessing.

But there is a strange conviction.

“The Western Queen Mother… no, the Western Queen Mother is targeting the Great Celestial Emperor and Seon.”

* * *

“A long time ago, an old man told me this story.”

It is easy to create hell.

If you hate someone close to you, that place will become hell.

“It was quite an impressive story. I have lived longer than that, but the diversity of enlightenment is truly deep and wide.”

Cheonbeom was sitting in a golden pavilion on the endless waters.

The surroundings were full of fog.

It was so thick that he could not see the face of the person sitting right in front of him, and only the sound of breathing and talking could be heard.

“Geumcheon, would you like to make a bet with me?”

“A bet?”

“Yes. I often look down at the sky in the lower realm. Unlike this place, there are many ordinary people there, so I can see the thoughts and actions of various people. Sometimes I get unexpected enlightenment.”

When the Celestial Emperor turned his palm over, a large bowl appeared.

The green bowl with a tinge of blue had unknown patterns engraved on it, and when he placed it on the table and brought his hand over it.

Water sprang from the empty bowl and began to reflect something.

“The life of an ordinary person is truly short. If you take your eyes off them for a moment, their lifespan is over.”

The Celestial Emperor’s bowl reflected an ordinary person.

It was a small child.

A boy whose clothes and appearance were not neat.

He seemed to be more interested in martial arts than academics, running around the mountains and fields.

“This child has a truly unfortunate story. At first, I thought he had a truly harsh fate, so I watched him, but as I watched, I unknowingly became fond of him and cheered him on.”

When the Celestial Emperor waved his hand over the bowl again, the scene changed.

A rather miserable appearance and scene appeared to the child who was running around the mountains and fields and practicing hunting.

“He was attacked by monsters. He lost all the villagers and his parents who were close to him.”

The child happened to go hunting alone and avoided the disaster.

But all that remained was a village stained with blood and the sight of a child wailing miserably.

The child vowed revenge.

But such a mind was overshadowed.

“Even he was caught by the remaining monsters. The child’s misfortune started there.”

He was forced to witness the scene of the villagers being eaten, and he was almost eaten himself, but he was lucky.

The child had a talent for Tao [the Way, or the underlying principle of reality].

The monster who recognized it decided to raise the child and eat him.

It was a whim.

But that whim saved the child.

In the end, it gave birth to revenge.

“It’s quite a familiar story.”

“Isn’t it?”

Cheonbeom’s face hardened.

It was a very familiar story.

And it was a familiar face.

“Geumcheon will know it well because he was tied to a very precious relationship.”

The Celestial Emperor was pleased with such a child.

So he watched for a while.

Because it was a fleeting existence that might die if he took his eyes off him for a moment.

He saw so much.

The child had grown into a young man.

He became a respectable Taoist.

The painful memories of his childhood created a personality that distinguished between cold judgment and practicality, and based on that, he grew faster than anyone else.

One regret was his excessive obsession with monsters and slaughter.

The face of the child who became a young man.

And the name he was called. It stung Cheonbeom’s heart.

“His name is Yujeong. He was an ordinary person who had a deep relationship with Geumcheon Jin-gun.”

“…….”

“I was with him until the very end. After he disappeared, I naturally became interested in the existence that won the battle against Yujeong.”

“You must hate me.”

“Not really. The soul of an ordinary person goes around and around, so if this life was painful, the next life will be less painful, and maybe even happy.”

Beom calmly waited for the Celestial Emperor’s story to continue.

He wondered why he had brought up this story in the current situation.

“Geumcheon Jin-gun, you said you were suspicious.”

Everything around him.

Was he being raised by the sky? Was he being cultivated?

“Yujeong was an intended existence.”

“……Was he.”

“He was a man with a rather strange fate. The sky chose him, and beings close to the sky arranged his surroundings.”

That is why he was born.

“We were going to raise him. We were going to calmly grow and unknowingly help him to make him a key.”

To guide him on a pleasant path, raise him, and make him a key to open a new sky.

“We were going to ascend him to the Upper Heaven and naturally guide him to the path of creation.”

But it failed.

Absurdly, even though the sky had chosen him and beings representing the sky had arranged it, as if to laugh at it.

“You appeared. You gnawed at his fate and grew up.”

The star chosen by the sky fell, and a new wind of fate blew.

The wind blew greatly and quickly, constantly raging like a typhoon.

So before he knew it.

He had arrived in front of his eyes.

“It may be natural for the Dragon and the Phoenix to see you as a thorn in their side because you are the one who turned their efforts into nothing.”

“Is that so.”

Instead of Yujeong’s face, Cheonbeom’s appearance appeared and flowed in the bowl.

“Geumcheon.”

“Yes.”

“There are many stars in the world.”

Each star creates its own light.

Big and small light.

“The more dazzling the light, do you know what happens to the one who holds it?”

“What happens?”

“It means they are close to death.”

Geumcheon.

“Your star is shining more dazzlingly than anyone else’s.”

“Is that a threat?”

“No, it’s a concern. You said you saw my death.”

“Yes.”

Soon, the Celestial Emperor smiled.

And then he said.

“Maybe both of us.”

Might die.

Drop.

With the sound of a drop of water falling, a deep ripple arose in the bowl between the Celestial Emperor and Cheonbeom.

The ripple did not stop there, and soon it turned into waves and formed a sea, covering the Celestial Emperor and Beom.

“Huh….”

The Celestial Emperor raised the corners of his mouth as if it was funny. He grabbed a handful of water and raised it, then let out a hollow laugh as if he was feeling helpless.

The space they were in was filled with water, but the Celestial Emperor and Beom were sitting in meditation as if they were at peace.

“It seems your enemy is not me.”

At the Celestial Emperor’s low murmur, Beom nodded calmly.