Call Of The Spear [EN]: Chapter 86

Nangseon’s Romantic Tale – 85

An Unnamed Mountain Mid-Slope.

An eerie wind blew.

The mountain range shook violently, yet strangely, no presence was felt.

“Are you really going to be alright?”

“I’m fine. Besides, didn’t you say it’s been quite a while since that guy left? He’s probably abandoning someone like me and trying to get ahead on his own again.”

The woman with long, ebony-black hair stood within a massive formation.

As if steeling her resolve, she took a breath and calmly closed her eyes.

“If you unfold the Thought Realm Haesi Formation [a powerful technique that allows one to experience an accelerated passage of time in the mental realm], you will sleep for 100 years in the real world. However, in the mental world, you will spend a thousand years. Are you really going to be alright?”

“Why do you ask so many times? It doesn’t matter. It’s only 100 years in our lives. That guy will live for thousands, tens of thousands of years and become a Divine Beast, so why would I begrudge a mere 100 years?”

Nevertheless, the woman outside the formation didn’t look relieved.

They were none other than Ggamanghori and Hongyeon.

Not long ago, Ggamanghori, who had ascended to Yeonggyeol [a high level of cultivation] and emerged from the stone chamber, cursed the Mountain Lord who had disappeared alone once again and came to this place.

“Knowing him, he’s obsessed with cultivation, so he might be preparing to ascend to Yeongmyeong [an even higher level of cultivation] by now. Even if I go to find him, it will only be for a short while. That guy isn’t one to wait for me.”

Hongyeon looked at her with affectionate eyes. Could this be how a mother looks at her grown child? She seemed deeply moved.

“I’m glad you know about this training method. Otherwise, it wouldn’t have been easy for me to catch up with him with my talents. Even if it takes 100, 200, or 1000 years, I will catch up with him and definitely crush his pride! Kkyahyahya!!”

Hongyeon’s eyes turned cold.

She thought Ggamanghori had matured a bit, but she was wrong.

“I understand. Then please return to your original form.”

“Okay!”

A faint light appeared, and a massive black tiger revealed itself.

“Since I’ve already set up a phantom formation here, please return to your original form.”

“Wh, what are you talking about? I am a tiger!”

“Why are you hiding it? I’ve seen it all before. Return to your fox form.”

“…Don’t ever tell that guy. Got it?”

“Why would I?”

Soon, the black tiger’s form thinned and changed, its snout becoming more canine. The tail lengthened and split into four lush tails.

It was the form of a four-tailed fox.

“Then, let’s begin.”

“Alright!”

Soon, the formation drawn on the ground began to activate, and red mist, like shimmering heat, enveloped the area.

* * *

Meanwhile.

A Hwanseon [a celestial being or immortal], carrying a chill, appeared in Goseon [a region or area], which was recovering from the recent damage.

“Have you come, Martial Uncle?”

“Yes, Bicheong. You must know what my arrival means. Where is Baekryeon?”

Bicheong narrowed his brows and hesitated, but only opened his mouth after his Martial Uncle scolded him.

“What? Sawolrang?”

“…Yes.”

“Did you try to contact her?”

“Yes, but only received a reply to return….”

“Ha!”

The Martial Uncle was taken aback and cursed her for being ungrateful before taking the lead.

“Follow me! I will personally request Sawolrang to extract that girl!”

“…Understood.”

Bicheong followed him with a worried face.

After that.

A human Taoist visited Sawolrang, but only turned tail and left after the gatekeepers threatened to kill him.

While the Ice Palace’s power was strong, this was Goseon, and it didn’t extend to Sawolrang at the southern end.

One year later.

The Mountain Lord combined the spiritual herbs he had received from the Hwiikjan and created a divine elixir, reaching the peak of the late stage of Yeonggyeol without difficulty.

Of course, the Gukyul regarding the Union of Devouring Demons was also of great help.

However, he couldn’t be satisfied with just this.

The Mountain Lord immediately requested the Cheonsu Ilgigeop [a powerful and rare cultivation technique].

Geummyeongokseo gladly accepted and prepared a formation using Giryung Brush, Blood Collapse Water, and various spiritual herbs and treasures.

The day before the formation was to be implemented.

The Mountain Lord invited the Solar Flare couple and their children, as well as Mansam and Choah, whom he had neglected, for a meal.

They met after a long time and laughed and chatted with each other. Mansam and Myeonghwa growled at each other, but not enough to ruin the atmosphere.

They also didn’t cross the line, considering the occasion.

After finishing the meal and having tea.

Myeonghwa, the Solar Flare who had transformed into a human, brought up a topic.

“Seeing your face is like picking stars in the sky.”

It was a remark about how he was coming out after a year only to go back into secluded training.

Having spent years together, she was making a joke.

The Mountain Lord smiled bitterly and sipped his tea.

“You’re even called an ‘Eunsa’ [mentor or benefactor], but your cultivation has already caught up, so shouldn’t I be running quickly?”

The Myeonghwa couple had already ascended to Yeonggyeol.

The same was true for Mansam.

That’s why they could use transformation.

Of course, it was thanks to the Mountain Lord’s teachings and the never-lacking Ascension Elixir.

“It’s all thanks to the Mountain Lord’s arrangements. But even so, I’m worried if it’s not too hasty.”

“No. I have everything I need.”

If he couldn’t achieve Jinsumyeonghwa [a state of profound enlightenment and spiritual transformation] with that, then that was just his fate.

Besides, he also had confidence.

The Mountain Lord had previously seen the edge of Yeongmyeong through the Yungjeon Family.

Although he didn’t play a significant role due to the enemy’s strength, seeing beyond that wall was incredibly important to him.

“I will continue to advance, experiencing countless crises in the future.

The end of that path is becoming a Divine Beast. However, the end of the road is another beginning, so there’s no time to stop.”

With that, he ended the gathering.

He had a lot to say, but rambling on wouldn’t alleviate his anxiety, and he didn’t want to pass on his anxiety to them, so it was right to do so.

After breathing in the night air, he returned to his residence, where a mysterious woman was waiting for him.

It was Yoyo, the Great Elder of the Gungbi Tribe.

“What brings you here?”

“Why else would I come to see you, Yuksa [a respectful title]? There’s only one reason.”

It was another story about seeds.

Honestly, he understood.

She was now the only one left in this world, so she would want to see offspring.

That way, she could achieve the revival of her clan and fulfill the long-awaited arrangement of the horned Gungbi.

“I’ve thought about it a lot.”

“Is that so.”

“I wondered why Yuksa doesn’t embrace me. At first, I thought it was just because you hadn’t been paired for long… but that wasn’t really the case either.”

Yoyo gave a captivating smile and strode closer.

Her flowing hair absorbed the moonlight and shone faintly, her glimpsed chest was incredibly full, and her gait was like flower petals swaying in the spring breeze.

“What’s so urgent that you distance yourself from women and devote yourself to cultivation?”

Yoyo put her hand on the Mountain Lord’s shoulder and asked.

“Divine Beast. That’s all I desire. What else is there?”

“Could it be because of that ghost?”

The Mountain Lord’s eyebrows twitched.

“When you came to Hwiiksan. I could vaguely feel it. I even saw it directly.”

Yoyo walked around the Mountain Lord.

Her subtle caresses were incredibly lewd.

“It didn’t seem like a simple wandering spirit.”

The Mountain Lord’s eyes sank deeply.

“Everyone has a story, but it seemed like you were particularly close. But how can you share affection with a ghost without substance? It doesn’t make sense.”

Her brightly shining eyes were like a predator in front of its prey, but what was contained within was not the Mountain Lord before her.

“Well, it doesn’t matter. It doesn’t matter what Yuksa does. But I wonder what will happen if this fact gets to your wife?”

It was a threat, if not a threat.

It was understandable why she was going this far.

Even if the success rate of Jinsumyeonghwa was dramatically increased through the Cheonsu Ilgigeop, no one could know what would happen in the future.

So, she was struggling to get the seed before that.

For her, who was left alone, nothing was more important than having a relationship with the Mountain Lord.

She was truly a cunning and determined woman. She could have despaired, but she showed no such signs and only yearned for revenge.

As if her life was revenge.

“So, you want to kill Hwanmang that much?”

When he asked that, she gave an eerie smile.

“Isn’t it natural since he took away my tribe, my blood, my life?”

Yoyo flaunted her charm and wrapped her arms around the Mountain Lord’s neck.

Her face, close enough for their noses to touch, was incredibly seductive.

“I will kill him. I will slice off all his skin, pull out his tongue, cut off his limbs, and stick them on spears to parade around. In that state, I will tear apart all the Taljaengi [a derogatory term for a group or people] one by one and create a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood! How else can my tribe close their eyes in peace?”

The desire contained within was spewed out through her mouth, and the heat was intense even in the chilly wind.

“You said the end is another beginning. It’s the same for me. The end has been marked in my life, but now that there is a cornerstone called you, why wouldn’t it be?”

So….

Her lips approached.

It wasn’t a difficult task.

With one night together, they would go their separate ways, so there was nothing bad about it.

He had received everything he needed.

He didn’t want anything from her.

However.

“I don’t feel like it.”

He grabbed Yoyo’s chin.

Her brow furrowed instantly.

“It’s not because I’m weak that I’m staying still. Are you going to compete with me before Jinsumyeonghwa?”

He could feel her determination not to let him go even if she had to use force.

Regardless, the Mountain Lord passed her and moved his steps.

“I don’t hate ambitious women, but I have a prior engagement today.”

“Great Ho Yuksa!!”

The energy of eternity was released.

Instantly, a powerful spiritual pressure descended.

“The probability of ascending to Yeongmyeong is said to be 50%. If you receive the assistance of Cheonsu Ilgigeop, it is said to increase by 30%, but you can change your fate with the remaining 20%!”

It was a concern.

It wasn’t a pleasant concern.

“It seems like you’re the one who’s in a hurry, not me. I hope that when we face each other next time, you will add strength to the definite 80%, not the remaining 20%.”

Yoyo gnashed her teeth and glared at him before turning her body and disappearing.

After parting with her and entering his residence, a woman with her hair down, combing it, greeted him.

“Have you come?”

“Yes.”

He expected her to make a fuss, but Choah didn’t say anything special.

“Wasn’t it noisy?”

She smiled brightly and pretended not to know.

Her appearance was incredibly lovely.

‘She must be troubled too.’

She didn’t show it.

That must be to be considerate of him.

“Your hair is so beautiful.”

He stroked her white hair with kind eyes, and she gently closed her eyes.

“I used to hate this hair.”

He didn’t ask why.

He knew her situation.

“But I don’t hate it anymore.”

“Why?”

“Because it will be easier for my husband to find me.”

Saying that, she slyly raised her head.

The Mountain Lord silently pressed his lips against hers.

A silver thread connected and fell.

Choah blushed and hugged him.

They didn’t open their mouths.

They just spent the night feeling each other’s warmth for a long time.

The next day.

The Mountain Lord, who woke up early in the morning, stroked Choah’s cheek as she slept and left the stone chamber.

She lay in the chamber he had left, soaking the pillowcase for a long time.