Disciple of The Three Kings [EN]: Chapter 366

It wasn’t the old Taoist he had seen before.

However, another Taoist, exuding an undeniable aura, spoke.

“Welcome, Divine Demon.”

“…….”

Yi Rown’s eyes narrowed slightly.

So far, only a handful of beings knew the name of the Divine Demon.

And now, the name of the Divine Demon had come from the mouth of this old Taoist of Kunlun.

Also.

Saaa.

A clear breeze spread out.

Yi Rown felt a long-absent tension in this breeze.

They could tell just by looking at each other.

‘Strong.’

‘They are strong.’

They were stronger than any of the powerful opponents they had faced so far.

‘Perhaps….’

Yi Rown thought as he looked at the old Taoist.

These people, Kunlun….

‘They might be the kings of this era.’

The kings of the world.

The thought that a Kunlun martial artist might be sitting in the vacant seat crossed his mind.

Yi Rown’s eyes calmed.

Swoosh.

Noticing this, Ha Se-min and the others slowly moved, standing as if to protect Yi Rown.

The Kunlun martial artists did the same.

“Stop it.”

The old Taoist spoke to Cheongseongja and the Kunlun martial artists.

“They are not someone you can handle.”

The old Taoist spoke with a small smile.

“Taesan Jin-in.”

He seemed to be called Taesan Jin-in in Kunlun.

“If he had wanted to, your heads would already be on the ground.”

“…….”

“But since he is not hostile to us yet, is there a need for us to be so?”

His tone was as if he had mastered everything.

“Tell me, Divine Demon, do you intend to be hostile to us?”

Taesan Jin-in asked, turning to Yi Rown.

“Step aside.”

Yi Rown also spoke to Ha Se-min and the others.

It was clear that they had no intention of being hostile to him either.

At least.

‘Not yet.’

He decided to observe the situation further.

“We came to Kunlun in search of something.”

Yi Rown said to Taesan Jin-in.

“The players that Kunlun kidnapped. You have them, right?”

“…….”

The atmosphere grew heavy again at the word ‘kidnapped.’

“I need to know why you kidnapped them and where they are.”

Their identities had already been exposed by their formation.

If he spoke indirectly, there was a chance they would hide or move the Unknowns again, so Yi Rown spoke without hesitation.

“I see.”

Taesan Jin-in’s eyes turned to Choi Ye-seul, who was standing behind Oh Jin-kyung.

Thump.

As Taesan Jin-in stomped his foot, the fog that had filled the surroundings began to dissipate.

“Kunlun….”

The scenery slowly revealed itself.

“Welcome our guests.”

Kunlun welcomed Yi Rown as a guest.

* * *

“…….”

Ha Se-min and the others were walking with their mouths agape.

As the Black City King, Ha Se-min had been to many places in the Silver Territory.

He had experience entering other worlds, and he had also set foot in many secret places that were not open to the public.

But he could say with certainty.

“It’s beautiful.”

Nothing could compare to Kunlun.

The towering Kunlun Mountains.

Everything was beautiful and mysterious.

Everything he saw as he climbed the mountain filled his eyes.

Wispy clouds stood here and there, and below them, a village was nestled.

This place.

“It doesn’t feel like Earth.”

There was not a single trace of Earth’s scent.

There was no sign of advanced equipment or special facilities.

It was literally….

“Silver….”

A lost homeland that the current generation could not know.

It felt like Silver itself.

“…….”

Such feelings were not limited to Ha Se-min.

Oh Jin-kyung, another native of Silver, and Choi Ye-seul, who had stood in opposition to Silver and resisted them, were also taking everything in with their mouths open.

-Overwhelming.

Yes, that was the perfect word for it.

A utopia that one would never want to leave once they were drawn in.

That was.

-Kunlun.

This place, Kunlun.

“Haaap!”

Shouts of training could be heard from afar.

The group, having enhanced their eyesight with internal energy, could see the Taoists of Kunlun training in martial arts.

Their methods were truly traditional.

Even in the current era, martial artists continued their martial arts training as if it were their daily lives, but much had changed from the past.

Just as the method of cooking changes as technology develops, so does the training of martial arts.

-Better efficiency, better methods.

With excellent training partners like the gates, special formations, and magic stones, etc.

The current martial arts training methods boasted extreme efficiency by utilizing numerous tools and techniques.

However, here, the disciples of Kunlun seemed to be adhering to the traditional methods passed down from the past.

“…….”

A thought briefly crossed his mind about what was right.

“There’s nothing wrong.”

Yi Rown said.

“In the end, the paths are different, but the destination is the same.”

It seemed as if Yi Rown could see everything.

“Even among the martial artists who have only increased their internal energy by eating the Soul Devouring Pill, there are those who break through the wall.”

The unprecedented elixir created by the Association.

The Association was producing and supplying martial artists with an elixir that had the same, if not greater, efficacy as the Great Elixir of the Shaolin Temple in the past.

As a result, martial artists who consumed the Soul Devouring Pill gained tremendous internal energy and reached higher realms, but in return, it was almost impossible for them to reach higher realms than that.

However, there were those among them who had broken through the wall.

“These are….”

Yi Rown said.

“They are walking the path of righteousness that martial artists speak of.”

The path of righteousness.

A path that is said to be the path that the orthodox sect must walk, different from the heretical path, the demonic path, or the unorthodox path.

“At first, it’s slow.”

It was like creating a perfect sphere.

Creating the most perfect and beautiful sphere within the dantian [energy center].

It took a very long time for the true path of righteousness to be completed.

But the moment it was completed.

“But it starts to accelerate little by little.”

The sphere created in that way begins to roll and grow like a snowball.

That was the reality.

The demonic path was fast, but it reached its limit in the mid-to-late stages.

However, the path of righteousness was slow but could grow steadily.

But the most important thing was the final story.

“The sphere created in that way is stronger than anything else and is not easily broken.”

Yi Rown’s eyes turned to Oh Jin-kyung.

“You know what I mean, right?”

Oh Jin-kyung nodded heavily.

What Yi Rown was talking about now was about Qi Deviation [a dangerous imbalance of internal energy].

A near-perfect sphere was difficult to break because it was hard to find a gap to enter.

However, Cho San’s sphere was not perfect, and demonic energy invaded the sparse parts.

The price was Qi Deviation.

“If it was the result of realizing the path of righteousness, he wouldn’t have been so easily consumed by demonic energy.”

In a way, it was a statement that seemed to disregard Cho San, who was the head of the Hainan Sect.

It might be felt as if he was disregarding Hainan.

“I will keep that in mind.”

Oh Jin-kyung could not refute his words.

In fact, Hainan was also training martial artists in a new way, not the traditional way.

“Then is the path of righteousness better?”

Choi Ye-seul said.

“It’s not like that.”

It was Ha Se-min who answered.

“Even if it’s the demonic path, in the end….”

“They all end up the same.”

In the end, they are the same.

Many paths lead to one, meaning that ten thousand paths eventually converge into one.

“And the way the demonic path is known to the world is wrong.”

In fact, the traditional methods taught in the Demonic Cult or the Blood Demon Cult were the same as the path of righteousness.

They had simply become dull and distorted over time.

“But it’s true that the demonic path is faster. Because you are more exposed to danger.”

They were talking as they climbed the mountain, following the Taoists of Kunlun.

The Taoists finally stopped.

Accordingly, the footsteps of Yi Rown’s group also gradually slowed down.

“What makes a martial artist grow.”

Yi Rown, who had stopped, said.

“In the end, it’s experience and danger.”

It wasn’t just martial artists.

The forces of the Einheart side, the demons and demonkin of Gehenna.

Even for players, that experience was more important than anything else.

“Then….”

Ha Se-min, who had heard Yi Rown’s story, spoke with a serious, hardened face.

“What kind of dangers did Kunlun have to face to grow?”

The sight visible from the vicinity of the summit of Mount Kunlun.

It was a city built in a hollowed-out part of the mountain.

“This is Kunlun.”

The gazes fell at Cheongseongja’s words.

The immense energy felt from the city made them breathless.

* * *

The group, except for Yi Rown, still seemed unable to escape from the shock.

The true appearance of Kunlun.

And.

Whoosh.

The aura emanating from the martial artists within was still tingling.

They glanced at the martial artists of Kunlun as they passed by.

The evaluation they made was.

“They are the strongest.”

The strongest.

“None of the Nine Great Sects can stand against Kunlun.”

Ha Se-min was speaking in a stunned voice.

“No, even Kunlun alone….”

He even thought that they might be able to stand against the entire Nine Great Sects.

That was how shocking the appearance of Kunlun was.

“…….”

They closed their mouths.

‘We are.’

They were all thinking the same thing.

Ha Se-min, who was called the Black City King, Oh Jin-kyung, who had become the head of the Hainan Sect, and Choi Ye-seul, who had broken through the limits of a player.

‘Were we just frogs in a well?’

They wondered if they were just frogs in a well, not knowing true fear.

However, Yi Rown’s expression remained unreadable.

The group was still moving.

-You can look around Kunlun later.

Knowing that the purpose of Yi Rown and the others’ visit was not sightseeing, they did not give them time to rest.

Yi Rown was the same.

First, it was important to confirm the safety of the Unknowns, so he followed the Taoists.

They were passing the peak where Kunlun was visible and heading towards a higher peak.

Saaa.

Foggy clouds filled the surroundings.

“Hoo.”

Their breathing became rough, and they were running out of oxygen.

However, they were not the type to be affected by this, so they could endure and move forward.

“It’s a formation.”

This was also a formation.

However, it was a more sublime and higher-level formation than the one that surrounded the entire Wonnan Castle.

“…….”

They seemed surprised that there was an even higher level of formation than that.

“This is not a formation made by humans.”

Yi Rown gave them an answer.

“It’s a formation made by nature and time, a formation made by the environment.”

Within the surrounding clouds, the sound of the Taoists’ bells echoed.

Ding.

It was a sound as if guiding Yi Rown’s group, lest they get lost.

“We will wait here.”

The Taoists of Kunlun, including Cheongseongja, stopped and clasped their hands.

They could not enter above this point.

“You too.”

They were recommending that Ha Se-min’s group also stay here, but.

Whoosh.

A breeze blew from Yi Rown and enveloped Ha Se-min, and he felt his blocked breath clear.

“It seems there’s no need for that.”

Cheongseongja nodded at Taesan Jin-in’s voice.

After the group had been moving for a long time.

Finally.

Tap.

A change occurred.

Like ripples spreading out from a pebble thrown into a calm lake, a change in energy.

And the revealed deep darkness.

In the sky, countless stars were hanging.

However.

“……!”

The energy felt here was not welcoming at all.