I slept deeply.
When I woke up in the morning, Choseol’s body moves very smoothly. I did push it a bit.
After preparing to leave the room, I immediately picked up the lamp and left the inn.
Even though I didn’t give a separate tip, I liked how the innkeeper treated me respectfully until I left. If there was a rating, it would be five stars.
Additionally, he prepared roasted grain powder like misutgaru as preserved food. With this, I should be able to walk for a long time.
I head north holding the Western-style gas lamp-shaped light that has become strangely brighter than when I first caught it.
If I keep going north like this and then go northwest, Mount Kunlun will appear. However, even though it’s called Mount Kunlun, like Seoul National University Station in the faded man’s memories, you have to go quite far in from there to reach the actual Kunlun.
Where humans live, where Taoists live, where immortals live.
These three places are divided.
The deeper you go, the more enormous the gap in civilization and technology becomes. Especially where immortals live, the technology level is not only beyond the world in the faded memories, but at the level of some worlds that have passed the cosmic era, or even beyond.
So entering through the correct method is the simplest way.
If I could meet them by just barging in, I would do that.
Looking at the memories of Taoists and immortals, there don’t seem to be any dog holes to sneak in, so I have no choice but to opt for a frontal breakthrough.
I walk through the midday streets while planning what to do next like that. But strangely, a lot of people’s gazes are touching me.
At first, I thought it was because of my tall height, but when I followed the gazes carefully, I saw they were looking at the lamp in my hand, not my face or body.
It is strange to walk around with a light on during the day. Originally, if you carry such a lamp with fire in it, it’s not only a waste of fuel, but it also gets hot.
However, this light doesn’t emit heat, so it stays cool even when bright for a long time.
And such gazes disappeared as the sun set.
Rather than saying the strange gazes decreased, there are almost no people walking around the night streets.
Occasionally drunkards pass by, or people returning from work until late at night pass by with faces that look like they’re dying.
The main road is a bit of a detour, so to quickly leave the city, I took a smaller road, but not long after entering, people blocked my front and back.
“Tough bitch. How did you walk all day without resting?”
“We heard you’re carrying a lot of gold. So, unfortunately, now…”
“Brother? What are you doing? Hey! What are you doing now…”
Seven men. Among them, three who look like teenagers.
There are too few, so if I turn them to gold this time, they might attack me. Last time, there were many strangers, so they moved freely according to their desires, but here everyone knows each other and, above all, there’s a somewhat established hierarchy.
It’s not suitable for causing the same kind of chaos as last time.
So while I was thinking about how to repel this, suddenly their words decreased and their expressions became dazed.
When the lamp shone with a pale blue light, they approached me as if bewitched and touched the lamp.
They shrank as if being compressed and entered the liquid inside.
Thud
Suddenly someone fell from the roof.
“Uh, uhh…”
No. There weren’t just seven people in total.
Thirteen in all.
Some fell from the roofs, and some are slowly walking towards here from quite far away.
One by one they approach, touch the lamp, get sucked in, and become fuel.
A moment later, even the child who seemed to be keeping watch was all sucked into the lamp.
Hmm. The cleaning is fast.
The light has become brighter. I guess this is why people use good things. Automatic organization without needing to do anything particularly.
Simple and good.
Hm?
Let me correct that.
Fourteen in total.
I see a faint light in a corner. When I approached where the light was, a child is trembling with their face covered by clothes.
It’s like an ostrich from the faded man’s memories. Does the danger disappear if you don’t see it?
I don’t particularly have any intention to clean up enthusiastically, so I just passed by.
More importantly, it’s more important that the new toy is very good to use.
I can gain warmth and memories even by sucking them in like this. Of course, the memories aren’t as complete as those obtained from killing, but it’s better than nothing.
It’s definitely good. This.
Making it into an object.
I didn’t think of this.
It’s a guess, but it’s probably impossible for humans.
This monster had the ghost story first, and the monster was born to match it.
It was created with the function of luring people by lighting a lamp on the night road and then eating them.
When such a monster is crushed and made into an object, an object that lures people with light and eats them came out.
In other words, monsters born from ghost stories have the potential to become good objects like this.
It’s also good for people to misunderstand that they can use it because it’s an object.
If I get the chance later, I should go looking for such monsters.
But not this time.
The destination is Mount Kunlun.
And the goal is the Primordial Heavenly Lord.
If Supreme Leader Tongcheon, the Great Kraken, is an alien species from outside the glass bottle, the Primordial Heavenly Lord and immortals are likely to be native life forms of this glass bottle.
There’s also a possibility that they came from another glass bottle.
In any case, if they have the technology to defeat the Great Kraken who crossed from another world, there’s a high chance they can move their bodies to another world.
So I’m walking this long distance to meet them now.
The moment of meeting is gradually getting closer.
I headed towards the gate to leave this city, crossing the alleyways holding the palely glowing lamp.
I’m glad to pass through this city quickly.
* * *
Breaking through nature and crossing cities several times.
Meanwhile, I watched those who put me into themselves.
Won Hugong of Mount Hua Sect arrived at Mount Hua first. But the Mount Hua Sect not only didn’t listen to him but immediately captured him.
Listening to their story, it seems the situation of the Mount Hua Sect is very bad. Because from their perspective, Oh Myeongseong, who embraced the reverse heavenly demon energy and fell, was originally from the Mount Hua Sect.
The Mount Hua Sect is very unstable.
First, Yoo Joyeong, the sect leader who led the Mount Hua Sect, died. And that was not long after the martial arts competition to decide the leader of the Five Mountains Sect ended.
He won the competition and was about to become the leader of the Five Mountains Sect, but he was suddenly assassinated just a few days later.
And the culprit who killed him is Oh Myeongseong, who gave his body to the reverse heavenly demon energy and fell.
In reality, Yoo Joyeong attacked Oh Myeongseong after hearing the news that his daughter was killed by Oh Myeongseong.
On the day of the attack, he shouted asking why he killed his daughter.
But Oh Myeongseong didn’t kill Yoo Joyeong’s daughter.
Someone fabricated a false rumor, and Yoo Joyeong fell for it.
It seems certain that Yoo Joyeong’s daughter did die then, so if you say a father who lost his daughter lost his reason and became angry, you can understand why he was deceived.
Anyway, Yoo Joyeong was deceived by others and started a meaningless fight like that.
When Yoo Joyeong was losing in martial arts to Oh Myeongseong, he took Gu Milmil hostage and almost finished Oh Myeongseong.
But at the critical moment, Oh Myeongseong became a harvester.
And he regenerated all his wounds and defeated Yoo Joyeong.
Afterwards, when Oh Myeongseong went alive to where the monk was and told the truth, no one believed him.
Only the story that Oh Myeongseong was corrupted by the demonic cult and the sect leader was murdered remained.
So when another person who fell appeared, the Mount Hua Sect people erased Won Hugong’s existence completely.
Yes.
They killed Won Hugong. But until he died, Won Hugong shouted that his disciple was killed by Jung Chiljin, and asked for his resentment to be resolved.
Since the gaze no longer continues, I can’t know clearly how the Mount Hua Sect will act. But.
Interpreting the faces of the people I saw through Won Hugong’s gaze, the ending won’t be good.
They were making expressions of not wanting to get involved in troublesome things.
There’s a high chance Won Hugong’s wish will be trampled and disappear.
On the other hand, Cheon Baek of Mount Tai Sect was completely opposite.
He returned to the Mount Tai Sect and met with an elder, saying there were facts he needed to tell even if he looked like this. And he told what he had experienced.
The elder of the Mount Tai Sect embraced him and helped him hide his appearance.
Because it’s hard to hide the skin that has turned bright blue no matter what.
This side fully trusts Cheon Baek’s words and is trying to seek vengeance from the Mount Song Sect in the name of the Mount Tai Sect.
For reference, it’s said that the sect leader of the Mount Tai Sect left with his disciples to subjugate the demonic cult and hasn’t returned yet. There’s a possibility this flow could be broken when that person comes, but looking at the reactions around, they say that person is so upright that he would rage even more if he rages.
I hope even a small crack forms in the Five Mountains Sect. And further, in the Murim Alliance.
Because attention will move away from Kunlun along that crack.
And lastly, the Mount Song Sect.
The leader of the Five Mountains Sect is from the Mount Song Sect. And the vice leader Jung Chiljin is also from the Mount Song Sect.
He was defeated during the fight in the Five Mountains Sect leader competition and even lost his eyes, but he became the leader when Yoo Joyeong, who should have originally become the leader, suddenly died.
And he entered under the Murim Alliance and rose to a high position in the Murim Alliance. But a blind man is still blind.
Most of the work was performed by the vice leader Jung Chiljin.
It’s easy to know which side is the real power.
Moreover, that Jung Chiljin returned to the Mount Song Sect holding the Demon-Suppressing Sword.
And he said that I killed the people there with the Demon-Suppressing Sword, and when we fought and it didn’t end, I ran away.
Sa Mabaek was enraged.
But instead of believing Sa Mabaek, the Mount Song Sect people believed Jung Chiljin.
And now Sa Mabaek has blue skin.
He had an appearance really suitable for framing.
The demonic cult has used evil arts to revive a corpse as a jiangshi, trying to split the Mount Song Sect. (tl/n: jiangshi is a Chinese vampire that’s name translates to ‘stiff corpse’; resembles more a zombie than a commonly known vampire)
The Mount Song Sect’s real power holder saying these words and the blue-skinned man saying those words are lies.
You don’t need to say which side is more persuasive to know.
The Mount Song Sect people rushed to kill Sa Mabaek. But instead of being caught and killed like Won Hugong, Sa Mabaek safely escaped from the Mount Song Sect.
And that day.
A man who wants to take revenge on Jung Chiljin was born.
By the way, I’m sending the Heavenly Demon Divine Technique now. I’m not sure if he’ll properly receive the memories because Sa Mabaek’s self is strong, but if he received it, he could gain the power to take revenge.
The Mount Hua Sect is silent, the Mount Tai Sect has risen to stand against injustice, and the Mount Song Sect’s lies have become truth.
Even just the Five Mountains Sect, which is part of the Murim Alliance, is like this.
And I remember the report Heavenly Demon received before.
It said that people presumed to be from the government were monitoring the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult.
Now the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult has disappeared, and only the huge armed group called the Murim Alliance remains. Now in the martial world, there are no huge armed groups left except the Murim Alliance.
According to the faded man’s memories, in ancient China, warlords easily became new countries.
It’s a risk factor, isn’t it?
If they have common sense, some memories sparkle saying they would try to divide and split it.
I don’t care what happens to Murim. It’s fine if the government remains silent without common sense, or intervenes with common sense.
Anyway, there’s no need to cut the board like before.
I just need to be able to arrive at Kunlun.
So please.
I hope there’s no one blocking the way.