Return of the Mount Hua Sect [EN]: Chapter 249

Hyun Jong looked around at all the disciples. “Did everyone get a pill?” he asked loudly.

“Yes.”

“Good. Then don’t wait! Eat it now and start your Qi circulation!”

“Yes!”

The Mount Hua disciples quickly moved apart from each other. They sat down in neat rows, crossing their legs on the training ground.

Mount Hua was not as big as it used to be in its best days. There were fewer disciples now. But as Hyun Jong looked at the training ground filled with so many people, a strong feeling rose in his chest. It was a mix of hope and sadness.

And look! Every single one of them held a Violet Origin Pill in their hand. *Mount Hua will be strong again,* Hyun Jong thought. He squeezed his fist tightly, feeling a rush of determination.

“To give all these people spirit pills?”

Meanwhile, Tang Soso looked at the spirit pill in her hand with a slightly pale face.

“What kind of sect is this?”

Tang Soso knew a little about medicine. She had even helped make pills before. Just by looking at this pill, she knew it was very precious, even without tasting it. A clear, strong smell came from it, almost like it was going right through her. *This must be at least a Thousand Poison Pill,* she thought. Even in her family, the Tang family, the Thousand Poison Pill was seen as the best kind of spirit pill.

But a sect giving out pills like this, as if they were sweets? She had never heard of anything like it. *No sect could be this rich or this generous,* she thought. Even if they could make these pills, they would never give them away so easily.

“What kind of sect gives pills like this even to young disciples?” Tang Soso wondered. In her own family, the Tang family, who were very powerful in Sichuan, only the most important family members, the leaders, would even get to smell a spirit pill. Other family members could not even dream of getting one, even if there were many pills available.

Why? The reason was simple. For most sects, a spirit pill was the best gift they could give to their followers. Sect leaders used spirit pills and secret fighting skills like treats to make their disciples loyal.

But to suddenly distribute them to everyone, just because they could manufacture spirit pills? Even to Tang Soso, who had been in Mount Hua for less than a month?

“Are they stupid? Or are they amazing?”

The longer Tang Soso stayed at Mount Hua, the more confused she became. She had been told that Mount Hua was poor and weak, but the sect seemed to have endless money. People said their fighting skills were lost and they were weak, but then someone like Chung Myung, so incredibly strong, appeared.

Tang Soso had no idea how far this Mount Hua would go.

“Did I make the right choice coming here?”

She didn’t know yet.

But one thing Tang Soso knew for sure: Mount Hua was not like her family, the Tang family. The Tang family always talked about being united as a family, but it felt more like they were just saying words. Here at Mount Hua, the disciples seemed more like a real family to Tang Soso. They were open and honest with each other. Even in their everyday talk, she could feel real trust between them.

The image of a family that Tang Soso had vaguely imagined was right here.

“Could I become one too?”

A member of their family?

Tang Soso pursed her lips and looked ahead.

“Consume it!”

“Yes!”

At Hyun Jong’s command, the disciples answered with loud voices and simultaneously pushed the Violet Origin Pills into their mouths.

Baek Cheon stared at the Violet Origin Pill. His face showed a mix of feelings – pride, relief, and maybe a little nervousness. *This is it…* he thought. The Violet Wood Grass, which he had worked so hard to get, traveling all the way from Sichuan to Yunnan, had finally become this pill.

He looked at the pill, which was a light purple color. He nodded to himself and quickly put it in his mouth. *Sizzle.* It felt like it was melting right away, turning into liquid. A wonderful smell exploded in his mouth. It was like his whole mouth was filled with perfume. Before he could even think, the liquid pill went down his throat.

Baek Cheon immediately closed his eyes and began to circulate his Qi.

Having already experienced absorbing the Harmony Origin Pill once, there was nothing to worry about….

“Huh?”

For a moment, his body twitched.

“It’s different!”

He couldn’t put his finger on it, but the spirit pill that had just entered his stomach was clearly different from the spirit pill he had eaten in the past.

Of course, the Harmony Origin Pill also felt incredibly pure, but this Violet Origin Pill was so flawlessly clear that it made even the Harmony Origin Pill seem murky.

It was like having a mouthful of pure water from deep in the mountains.

This clear energy started to move slowly through Baek Cheon’s body. *Not too fast… slowly,* he thought. Spirit pills were made to give people energy. Even if you did nothing, the energy would naturally flow through the body’s energy paths and spread out.

Hadn’t he already experienced it once with the Harmony Origin Pill?

Up to this point, it was no different from before. The energy flowed on its own. It was as if Baek Cheon’s body had become the earth, and the energy had become a river flowing through that earth.

And the difference started from here.

“Huh?”

Baek Cheon was surprised and focused his mind on the energy flowing through his body.

“It’s not moving?” Baek Cheon thought, surprised. He tried to gently guide the energy to his core, through the main energy paths in his body. But the energy from the Violet Origin Pill did not listen to him. He tried again and again to gently push and pull the energy, but no matter what he did, it stayed still.

“Damn it! Did that Chung Myung bastard make this?!”

Indeed, like its owner, like its spirit pill.

It just wouldn’t listen.

“Is, is this Qi deviation?”

It was at that very moment that Baek Cheon was horrified.

Ooooooooong!

The energy of the Violet Origin Pill suddenly began to spread throughout Baek Cheon’s body.

“Ah?”

How should he describe it? This feeling?

It was like a torrent of pure water from a deep mountain valley pouring into his body. The energy of the Violet Origin Pill, which had spread in all directions, was mercilessly striking and kicking away all the impurities in Baek Cheon’s body.

Baek Cheon shook. *This is really powerful…* he thought. Impurities were like dirt that everyone gets in their body just by living in the world. Over time, this dirt built up and stopped the energy from flowing smoothly.

Removing those impurities was a good thing, but the way it was being done was extremely violent, which reminded him of someone.

“There’s no way a spirit pill has a will….”

Why did it have to act like that Chung Myung bastard?

Even as he thought this, the energy from the Violet Origin Pill was finding and pulling out all the impurities from Baek Cheon’s energy paths. It was so pure. Too pure. This clear energy could not stand to be near any dirtiness. If it found even a tiny bit of dirty energy, it would attack it and push it away again and again.

“Ah!”

Then the energy gathered together again and started moving upwards, higher and higher, like a dragon flying up to the sky. Baek Cheon shivered, knowing what was coming. *Could it be?* he thought, his heart racing. The energy rushed through important energy channels in his body. These channels were called Governing and Conception Vessels. And beyond them… the Heavenly Gate!

The Heavenly Gate was a place that needed to be opened to become truly powerful. But this gate, which had been closed in everyone since they were born, was very hard to open. People could only try to open it slowly, with a lot of training and care. If someone tried to force it open too quickly, they could get badly hurt inside their body, and even become unable to move.

But the energy of the Violet Origin Pill rushed towards the Governing and Conception Vessels with a violent momentum, as if it didn’t care about such things.

“Please, do it moderately!”

He was terrified.

This crazy energy, like its owner, didn’t know how to look back. As if promising the future was something only cowards did, it rolled its eyes and slammed into the Governing and Conception Vessels with a fierce momentum.

Kwargh!

A loud explosion erupted in his head. At the same time, his mind momentarily went blank.

Baek Cheon forcibly grabbed his fading consciousness.

“Ah, no.”

He had already lost control, but he didn’t know what would happen if he lost consciousness here.

Look.

Wasn’t the energy, which had gone half-crazy like its owner, slamming into his Governing and Conception Vessels?

Baek Cheon trembled and groaned, as if a huge bell was constantly ringing in his head.

“What kind of thing did he make?”

The Harmony Origin Pill was the very essence of harmonious energy. It gently enveloped and warmly embraced. No one would ever dislike the energy of the Harmony Origin Pill.

But this one was a bit strange.

The feeling was incredibly clear and familiar, but it just wouldn’t listen and moved on its own. It was as if the energy itself had a will.

And now that will was repeatedly slamming into Baek Cheon.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

“This crazy thing!”

The energy trapped inside Baek Cheon pushed and slammed against the blocked energy channels.

Thud! Thud!

But Baek Cheon’s main energy pathways stayed strong.

‘Okay, okay, Chung Myung… I mean, energy. There’s a right time for everything. It’s not time yet. So, give up and go back to my stomach area quietly.’

It felt like he was trying to calm Chung Myung, but Baek Cheon was really worried. If this kept up, something bad might happen to his body.

Because the energy was so pure, it was less likely, but he still couldn’t relax.

Just then, the energy, which couldn’t open the path even after hitting it many times, suddenly changed direction and went down.

‘Yes!’

There! Yes, you little rascal! Go there! Go to the stomach area!

The energy moved down from his head, along his spine, and through his stomach. Finally, it reached near his lower dantian.

‘Go in!’

But the energy stopped right in front of the stomach area. It trembled a little.

‘Huh?’

Surely not?

No, please don’t?

The energy trembled a few more times and started to build up power.

Woooooo…

It sounded like a huge storm was blowing through his body.

‘Ah, no…….’

Before he could think, the energy shot up with great speed and slammed right into the main energy pathways.

‘Hey, you crazy thing!’

Kwaaaaaaah!

A loud explosion rang out, like the world was bursting, and a pain he couldn’t describe shot through him.

His vision went blurry, and his mind wandered far away. It felt like a bomb had gone off inside him.

Baek Cheon clenched his teeth and shook in pain, like the top of his head was being torn off.

But then, the pain disappeared suddenly, and something he had never felt before began to happen.

‘This, what is this?’

The world is felt.

So vividly.

‘What on earth?’

He was sitting with his legs crossed and his eyes closed. He was also moving his energy, so he couldn’t hear well, and even his sense of touch was weak.

But he felt everything perfectly.

He could feel the sky above him, the earth below him, and the air moving around him. He could also feel the flow of energy so clearly that he felt he could grab it.

Spiritual Connection.

His body had opened the gate and was receiving the world directly, without needing his five senses.

‘This is the world a Supreme Master sees……!’

He felt an amazing joy.

While Baek Cheon enjoyed this feeling, the energy from the Violet Elixir finished its job. It cleared away all the bad stuff in his body and then went proudly into his stomach area.

Finally, it disappeared, becoming one with Baek Cheon’s inner power.

Woooooo…

The much stronger inner power moved through Baek Cheon’s body with a happy force and then settled back into his stomach area.

Baek Cheon opened his eyes quickly.

“Hoo!”

He saw a world that was different from anything he had known before.

It felt like the world was much clearer. It was like he had been looking at the world with something covering his eyes, and now he had taken it off.

Was it just his sight?

He could even hear someone breathing far away.

His sense of touch was so strong that he could feel the air moving past his body.

He was feeling so much at once that his head was spinning.

But Baek Cheon was happy even about that.

‘I’ve gone past the wall.’

He had finally jumped over the wall that separates a master from a supreme master. Now, Baek Cheon had entered the world where even the Tang Clan Leader and the Beast Palace Lord lived, even if he was just starting.

‘This spiritual pill is truly amazing!’

He felt a strong emotion.

It was a spiritual pill that was very different from the Chaos Origin Pill, but it had created something even greater.

“Have you finished?”

“Yes?”

Baek Cheon looked up quickly.

Hyun Jong and the elders were looking down at him.

“Ah.”

Baek Cheon realized he was the last one to finish moving his energy and looked around.

He saw the Mount Hua disciples standing in a line.

‘Ah…….’

They had changed.

They had definitely changed. He could tell how much they had been affected just by the look in their eyes and the feeling coming from them.

Baek Cheon looked ahead and stood up quickly.

“Sect Leader……!”

But as soon as he stood up, the three people in front of him moved back quickly.

“……”

Huh?

Hyun Jong looked awkward seeing Baek Cheon’s confused face.

“Y-Yes, well… it seems… your results were… quite thorough,” he mumbled, looking away from Baek Cheon.

What?

Baek Cheon looked down slowly.

“W-What is this?”

His clothes, which had been perfectly clean, were now almost black. And a terrible smell was coming from him.

Baek Cheon smelled the strong odor and started to gag.

“Ugh. What is th⋯⋯. Ugh!”

With tears in his eyes, he looked around and saw that a few others were in the same state as him.

Yoo Iseol, Jo Gul, and even Yoon Jong were among them.

They were shaking and looked like they had fallen into a pool of black dirt. It was quite a sight.

“Ugh…….”

“I, I feel like I’m going to die because of the smell.”

“A bath! Bloody hell! I need a bath now!”

Huh?

Did… did Junior Sister Yoo just swear?

Also, her voice was twice as loud as usual.

Hyun Young saw Baek Cheon looking lost, covered his nose, and shouted.

“Go and wash up now! The smell is so bad I can’t stand it!”

“Ah, I understand!”

Those whose clothes had turned black ran out of the training hall as fast as they could.

The Sect Leader and the elders watched the scene and looked at each other.

Soon, they all looked in one direction.

“What do you think?”

“About what?”

Chung Myung chewed on dried meat and tilted his head.

Hyun Young asked.

“Has he completely changed?”

“Nah. What complete change? It’s just… well… um, it’s just emptying out the insides.”

“……Hmm. Is that so?”

“But the effects will be similar.”

“Oh oh! If that’s the case!”

The three men looked excited.

But Chung Myung’s next words were a little different from what they were thinking.

“Now, the preparation is barely finished.”

“……Huh?”

Hyun Jong looked confused, but Chung Myung silently chewed on the dried meat.

Only now.

The preparation to really learn the sword was finished.

Chung Myung smirked.

‘Now, let’s really start dying.’

Would they still be smiling if they knew that everything until now had been easy?

I wonder.

I wonder.