Episode 1353. It just happened that way and I ate it. (3)
Paaaaat!
The surrounding landscape becomes distorted and elongated. Cheongmyeong hit the ground and accelerated even further, shooting forward.
‘Is it this way?’
Cheongmyeong frowned slightly, turned and accelerated further.
The vivid scent he felt at the tip of his nose was guiding him.
As he followed the scent, the conversation they had in the past flashed back to his mind as clearly as if it had happened yesterday.
– I don’t need this?
– Just learn what I tell you. They say that once you learn it, there are many uses for it!
– I’m not a dog, so I learned how to smell, so what can I use it for?
– There’s no such thing as an asshole when it comes to smelling alcohol.
-What are you doing?
A low smile naturally forms on Cheongmyeong’s lips.
The scent that could be clearly felt even through the thick smell of grass was none other than the Tang family’s secret Manlichujonghyang (萬里追從香).
Incense used to track people in haomun or open spaces. Those who have learned the appropriate qigong technique do not miss this scent. As the name suggests, even if you can’t smell it from 10,000 miles away, you can follow it for at least a few dozen miles without any problems.
‘It was a good thing I received it from the head of the family in advance.’
Of course, I had to get rid of the strange look in Tang Jun-ak’s eyes as he gave away his followers, but this was well worth the risk and effort.
The incense was buried by the dull Dongryong, so there is no need to worry about paths crossing. Just follow the scent and you will naturally be able to join the lead.
Without slowing down his running speed, Cheongmyeong glanced down at his hands. After squeezing and opening his hands a couple of times, he nodded in satisfaction.
Even though I fought for quite a long time with a weak body, rather than getting tired, I felt like my strength was growing. If his physical condition when he left the crypt was as strong as before, he should be evaluated as at least 80% better now.
‘It’s more than I thought.’
Of course, in the past, Cheongmyeong also benefited greatly from the Taoist power flowing within his body.
If you think about it, the fact that he was able to fight until the end despite receiving countless wounds, sometimes life-threatening injuries, may have been thanks to his Taoist background, which has excellent efficacy in healing and recovery.
However, the speed of recovery his body was showing was easily exceeding even Cheongmyeong’s expectations.
Every time you swing your sword and increase your internal power, the clean internal power flowing within your body pushes out toxins and waste and automatically repairs your damaged body. It’s like repairing your own home.
‘It’s nature…’
The clearest energy in the world could also mean that it is the energy closest to nature in the world. If so, I understand. Because nature is like that. Isn’t it nature that even if it collapses and falls apart, it returns to its original form over time?
Yes, just like today’s volcano.
Taaat!
Cheongmyeong’s feet lightly touched the ground. It wasn’t that much force, but the force flowing through his legs lightly lifted his body up.
It was a strange feeling.
His body moves forward leisurely, as if he is taking a walk, but the visible world passes by him at an even faster pace. The moment two things that did not fit together coexisted, all the senses I had taken for granted became tangled and ambiguous.
Paaaaat!
With each step, your body accelerates faster.
Cheongmyeong’s eyes soon reached an invisible speed and gradually lost focus.
‘Humans are also a part of nature… However, if the act contains will, it is artificial. Nature is rejecting artificiality and returning to the original. So nature means excluding people.’
His unfocused eyes began to contain something indescribably deep.
‘But… if man is a part of nature, then man’s will is also the will of nature, so why do we reject that will as artificial? What contains will and what does not contain will. However, animals also have will in their actions…’
Accidents flow like a stream. The stream of thoughts, whose beginning and end he could not tell, soon flowed like a proud river and seeped into him. The senses expand and become blurred at the same time, and the world becomes clearer and blurred at the same time.
The boundary dividing me and the world is becoming blurred.
It flows and flows. But eventually, the flow continues back to the beginning.
The form of Taegeuk where yin and yang touch each other. However, the shape soon became disorganized again, turning into a distorted circle.
‘A circle is something equal. It has no beginning, no end, and continues infinitely. Life is both the end and the beginning, and at the same time it ends and continues again…’
“uh?”
Cheongmyeong suddenly opened his eyes wide. He blinked a couple of times and then his face contorted.
“Wow! “You’re missing this!”
He had clearly entered the realm of enlightenment just now. I can’t even remember the last time I set foot in that area.
Obtaining enlightenment is like overcoming a wall. This is an indescribable feat for a warrior.
Basically, there are two walls you face when learning martial arts. Walls of the body and walls of the mind. Although his body has not yet reached the past, it is clear evidence that his mental realm is moving beyond the past and into a deeper place. But…
“huh?”
But why did you wake up?
Usually, once enlightenment is gained, it is not so easily broken. Usually, at the end of a period of thinking, you feel inadequate and have to withdraw yourself, right? But now, as if something was blocking me, I was forced…
Tick. Tick.
Cheongmyeong’s toes touched the air.
Only then did Cheongmyeong realize that nothing had touched his feet before. I belatedly saw the vast expanse stretching out in front of me.
“Sky…?”
The land spreads far below. And behind him, there was a steep cliff that he didn’t even know when he had driven off.
Wow, you jumped from there to here. You can run really far…
“Aaaaaaaaaah! Hey miciiiiiin!”
Cheongmyeong’s body began to fall rapidly and plummet.
But no matter how hard I struggle with my arms and legs, there is nowhere to grab or reach. How can I catch a cliff that is already more than thirty pages away? He is not Son Haengja (Son Goku).
“Heeeeeeeek!”
As the ground approached at breakneck speed, Cheongmyeong hurriedly unleashed his tension. The recoil reduced the speed slightly.
At that time, a tall pine tree branch appeared in front of Cheongmyeong’s eyes. The moment he saw that thick, protruding thing, his eyes sparkled.
‘I have to catch it!’
Cheongmyeong kicked the air strongly and pushed his body to the side, stretching out his hands as hard as he could. The moment it touched the tip of my finger, I immediately snatched up the thick tree branch.
‘It’s okay…’
Ujikkeun!
“uh?”
Coooooo!
In the end, Cheongmyeong’s body, which fell face first to the ground, trembled pitifully and then fell down.
dump.
A broken pine branch fell carelessly next to him.
Fortunately, he didn’t die, and soon a puff of snort came out of his nose. A cloud of dried dust rose up.
“Off…”
With difficulty, he placed both hands on the ground and lifted his face from the ground. The nosebleed flowed freely.
The tree broke, but thanks to slowing down, it didn’t fall. I’ll have to think about whether I can say that’s a good thing.
“⋯⋯ugh.”
I corrected my twisted nose and relieved the bleeding. Red nosebleeds dripped onto the floor. Cheongmyeong sat down on the spot with a sad face.
“This…”
They say that an unlucky person will break his nose even if he falls backwards, but since he is unlucky, even if he comes to enlightenment, he falls off a cliff…
“If I attain enlightenment twice, I will really go to the nether world! Does this make sense? this?”
You said you wanted to go to the top, but who said you wanted to go straight to the nether?
“Why do you come to an epiphany while running?”
Cheongmyeong couldn’t help but scratch his head in frustration.
If it weren’t for the cliff, I would have been able to grab something, but the cliff appeared in front of me and I was forced out of my realization. The more I thought about it, the more my stomach turned.
Of course, Cheongmyeong also knows. There is no need to obsess over that fact. Once you have learned enlightenment, it will come again at any time, so you just have to wait patiently. The realization is that if you keep feeling regretful and obsessed with something, you end up moving further away from it.
know. I know it very well. The problem is…
“Oh my gosh! “It’s such a waste!”
Cheongmyeong rolled around on the floor and bit into foam.
If you could say you know everything, would that be Cheongmyeong? Even if I know it, my stomach twists, so it’s clear.
Even if you move a little further mentally now, you won’t be able to get to the point where you can instantly regain the past inaction and cut off everything, but it will still make things a lot easier!
“Why is there a cliff over there? Damn it! This is why the road people take has to be made flat by cutting down the mountains and filling in the rivers!”
– Dear heavenly being. That’s crazy.
“Kaaak! “Shut up!”
Cheongmyeong spewed fire into the air.
“As a human being, you should know when to wear something and when not to wear it! “It’s not like fanning a burning house, but if something happens, you don’t know where to sit and just sneak in with your butt first!”
Cheongmyeong, who was violently pointing his point at the sky, flinched for a moment and stopped his hand. It occurred to me that it had been a long time since I heard Cheongmun’s voice so vividly in my ears.
“⋯⋯tsk.”
He felt embarrassed and scratched the back of his head. He was also human, so he seemed to have relaxed a bit after crossing the 100,000 mountain mark.
“Because you live so long, you get to experience all sorts of things.”
Cheongmyeong blew away the awkwardness with a snort and rushed out in pursuit of the scent that had already faded. His body moved like the wind again. There was nothing particularly different from before, but as expected, the clue to enlightenment did not come easily again.
Although I lost my appetite out of regret, I had no choice but to shake off my regrets and run.
‘But…’
A strange light bloomed in Cheongmyeong’s eyes as he ran away without a word.
‘What was that?’
A flow that flowed like a river. The beginning and the end touch each other and swirl around. It’s like Taegeuk where yin and yang come together. However, the yin and yang soon broke down the boundaries and became one.
That is the original circle. Or something that should be called non-polar.
Cheongmyeong also knew the concept of non-geuk, but this was the first time he had confirmed the form of non-geuk in the world of imagery. This fact will definitely take Cheongmyeong to the next level.
But what Cheongmyeong was thinking about right now was not the martial arts.
Before he was knocked out of enlightenment, he saw clearly.
A sign that the circular flow that had been spinning for eternity is turning into something.
‘There’s definitely something behind it.’
That may be a place where clearing has not yet reached. No, it may be something that no one has been able to reach until now and has not even been conveyed as a concept.
The moment you understand the meaning of the circle, it may open up. An absolute power that cannot be reached. A way to confront that god-like person.
My fingertips trembled slightly.
‘But…’
For a moment, an unknown complex light appeared on Cheongmyeong’s face. If his prediction is correct, the circle will be extremely auspicious. It will be a deep, profound truth that contains the principles that encompass everything he has learned and the origin of the world. No doubt it will.
‘But why… do I feel ominous?’
Why does my heart feel so heavy even though I have reached what I was looking for? What on earth is behind it? What he needs to see…
“Tsk.”
Cheongmyeong, who was lost in thought, clicked his tongue lightly and shook his head.
“Because I’m full.”
Cheongmyeong, who immediately shook off the sense of discomfort that had been encroaching on his mind, put strength on his legs with a much refreshed face.
‘Think about it later. For now, let’s just do what we have to do.’
My feet kicked the ground cheerfully, chasing the scent.
The cloudless blue sky was looking down on him as he cut through the forest leading to the high mountains. Warmly, but just indifferently.
