Episode 1441. I want to go to the fourth sky
I saw the face of the wise woman of Gucheon who fell in love with her.
It seemed as if Namgung-yeon who had ascended the mountain a few years ago had descended into her world again.
However only her face was the same but the eyes of Gucheon Wise Woman looking at her were not Namgungyeon.
She was sad that it wasn’t her but at the same time she was glad to see her again.
Yeon Jeok-ha decided not to resent or regret Nam Gung-yeon’s choice anymore.
Considering the near-infinite lifespan of immortals the relationship between him and her was truly fleeting.
Still I had some questions.
“Gucheonhyeonnyeo. “Before I tell you what you want may I ask you a few questions?”
“I allow it.”
Yeonjeoha felt a little offended by Gucheonhyeonnyeo’s tone but soon shook off that thought.
“Is Namgung-yeon really the reincarnation of Gucheonhyeonnyeo?”
“That’s right.”
“Then the current Gucheon Hyeonnyeo and Namgung Yeon…”
Even before Yeon Jeok-ha’s question was finished Gucheonhyeonnyeo answered.
“Namgoong Yeon is a part of me but he is also everything.”
“ah….”
Yeonjeokha somehow seemed to know.
Looking back the relationship between the incarnated Shastra Parakti and Namgung Yeon experienced in the fourth heaven was also like that.
She seemed to think that the Nine Heavenly Wise Woman needed further explanation so she added.
“My relationship with you is only fleeting. “If you hadn’t obtained the Nine Heavenly Sword Spirit you and I would never have had this conversation.”
I understood the words of the Gucheon wise woman who was pursuing her husband.
If that had been the case she would have died of old age and would not have even had a chance to talk.
“It’s become this complicated because I’ve reached the level of a demigod.”
“That’s right.”
“If Namgung-yeon is the past life of Gucheonhyeonnyeo what about me? “Am I also someone’s past life?”
A brief smile passed across the expressionless face of Gucheon Hyeonnyeo.
“I can definitely say something about that. “You are an ordinary human being.”
“Aren’t you being too assertive?”
“If you had been the reincarnation of a immortal you too would have attained enlightenment. However although you may have become a demi-god with the Nine Heavenly Sword Spirit you are far from attaining enlightenment.”
“….”
I didn’t ask any more questions about that part.
Because she knew full well that she could not benefit.
“Besides… the Nine Heavenly Sword Spirit is a power that immortals cannot accept. So you have no choice but to be human.”
“How can humans accept something they cannot even accept?”
“That is the mystery that only finite beings have. Man lives for a moment but he touches eternity. However although immortals live forever they are far from eternity. There is a difference between eternal life and eternal life as big as heaven and earth. “Even after becoming a hermit the reason you cannot quit your training is for the sake of eternal life.”
“It sounds like you want to become a god. Is that true?”
“Maybe at the end.”
Yeonjeokha nodded.
It was a story that could be known just by looking at ‘This World’ ‘Heaven of Kings’ and ‘The Fourth Heaven’.
Yeon Jeok-ha who was silent for a moment suddenly asked.
“What am I to you?”
The title used to be ‘Gucheon Hyeonnyeo’ was changed to ‘you’.
That means that this question was asked to both ‘Gucheonhyeonnyeo’ and ‘Nangungyeon’.
“You were a poor child abandoned by your family a hero who would save the world in the future and a good companion to a woman.”
“They don’t make good companions. “Because I wanted her to die in my arms.”
Yeon Jeok-ha who was speaking self-mockingly glanced at Gucheonhyeonnyeo with a regretful expression.
Gucheon Wise Woman who had nothing to say about that part naturally changed the topic.
“Now that you’ve finished asking questions tell me what you want.”
I wanted to talk more with the wise woman of Gucheon whom I love but she suppressed that feeling.
This is because she knows that to the wise woman of nine heavens her relationship with herself is nothing more than a flash of light.
“I want to go to the fourth heaven.”
“Why?”
“Before the Geumsa died she said something strange. If the Fourth Heaven falls it will be because I killed the Golden Temple. “You can’t pretend not to know that even if you know it.”
The wise woman of Gucheon looked at her lover with her strange eyes.
If the situation was such that the fourth heaven would be destroyed it would also be dangerous.
But would you volunteer to go there?
“If you say so the destruction of the fourth heaven was not prevented by the Creator God and Shastra Parakti. “Do you think you can do that?”
“Because I have the Nine Heavenly Sword Spirit.”
“The Nine Heavenly Sword Spirit cannot protect you completely. “You should know better.”
“But you can perfectly kill the evil spirit. “That is enough.”
“Do you intend to die in the fourth heaven?”
“That’s not it. “I just don’t dwell on life and death because I have lived enough to live.”
“You only live for a hundred years and you say things like that.”
“My wish is to die while living the life of a human being neither a saint nor a god.”
“It sounds like you’re criticizing Namgung Yeon’s choice.”
“How can an insignificant person like me criticize the previous life of a immortal?”
“You foolish human being. “You will never know Nangong Yan’s agony for the rest of your life.”
The wise woman of Gucheon looked at her lover with her mixed eyes.
Even though it was only a moment everything was vivid because it was so recent.
Namgung-yeon who took care of the famous religious leader until the end knew that she too would die like that.
If she is human she cannot escape the shackles of birth old age illness and death.
But she didn’t want to be remembered that way by her demigod companion.
So her choice was to sail through the capital.
Even though she would miss him for a long time she chose a beautiful ending.
“So can you go to the fourth heaven?”
“You have a heavenly gate and the Creator wants you so there is nothing you cannot go to. But I don’t want you to go.”
“Didn’t you ask me to go before?”
“Now the creator god of the upper world has lost his power and cannot be of strength to you. And to Shastra Parakti you are a person forgotten by eons.”
“I do not ask for help from the gods. “I’ve never had such a good relationship with the gods until now.”
Yeon Jeok-ha laughed bitterly.
He said that he did not receive help from God but rather was called a God-slayer.
He had no particular expectations from the gods of the fourth sky.
The same was true for Shastra Parakti the distant successor of the Nine Heavenly Sage.
“What do you plan to do after preventing the destruction of the Upper World?”
“If you’re still alive by then you should come back. “After all this is the world I belong to.”
“i get it. I will see if your wish will come true. Wait. “It won’t take long.”
After finishing her words the wise woman of Gucheon disappeared without a trace along with the clouds.
When Yeon Jeok-ha came out it was already night.
He stood still looked up at the night sky and looked back on his conversation with the Nine Heavenly Wise Woman.
Although she pretended to be calm the mood of the wise woman of Nine Heavens was different from before.
If she was just a beautiful immortal before the wise woman of Gucheon she met today looked like Namgung Yeon at first glance.
That’s why she said ‘you’ during her conversation.
Does it feel like she was having a conversation with Namgoong Yeon?
“Wow! “I don’t know.”
Like the incarnated Shastra Parakti the nine heavenly wise woman’s past life was Namgung Yeon.
Suddenly Jang-Tzu Dream came to mind.
She feels strange thinking that the wise woman of Gucheon dreamed of her Nangungyeon.
Yeon Jeok-ha who was about to enter the Tojishinmyo again stopped.
People’s footsteps were heard in the dark.
Since it’s a roadless field it’s probably not a peddler passing by and I don’t know who it is.
After a while a group of beggars appeared from the darkness.
Looking at the pole in my hand I see that it is open.
One of the beggars who spotted the unfamiliar young man in front of Tojishinmyo asked.
“Who are you?”
He is a typical man of strength and weakness.
The beggar I met for the first time spoke informally and harsh words came out of his mouth.
“Who are you to ask that?”
The beggar who was looking up and down at the young man with an absurd expression frowned and said.
“As you can see we are advocates of openness. It looks like you’re alone but you’ve lost your head. Even though we belong to the Hocheon Alliance….”
“I know. They are beggars who live without morality. Sometimes I steal other people’s things and I get into trouble when I go to the business. “If I hadn’t made begging my main job I wouldn’t have been able to hear the sound of Sapa.”
Before convulsing the beggar black-faced dog examined the young man as a whole again.
He is a student from Nakcheok who does not seem to have anything special about him.
But how could he say something like that in front of five people?
If he’s not crazy he must be something.
At that time the beggars accompanying the black-faced dog could not stand it anymore and stood up like a swarm of bees.
“Is there anyone who would kill someone like that?”
“Opening is a thief! “Do you want to lose?”
“Now I see he was crazy! “A stick is better for a crazy person!”
The beggars fell silent as the black-faced dog who would soon ascend to Banghyeon Buntaju raised his pole.
“This was rude in the first meeting. Let me introduce you formally. I am Banghyeon Bunta’s black-faced dog. Who is the minor and what are they doing here?”
When the black-faced dog took a step back Yeonjeokha responded calmly as if he had never done anything like that before.
“I say Yeonnamcheon. I took a break here while wandering around aimlessly. “But why did you people come to this remote place?”
“I am looking for Lord Bunta. Have you ever seen an open-air expert walking alone around here?”
“I met an old man named Guan Sanyue here during the day. He left saying he was going back to Banghyeonbunta. “It was half a day ago so he should have arrived by now.”
Then the black-faced dog stamped his paw on the ground as if he was disappointed.
“this! shit! “Our paths diverged!”
Heukmyeongae and the beggars debated whether to go back now or stay overnight.
However the answer was already decided before the discussion.
No matter how much you are a martial artist it is impossible to go on a road in the middle of winter.
In the end the five open disciples decided to stay one night at the Tojishinmyo.
After a while Yeon Jeok-ha and the beggars sat in a circle in front of the bonfire.
The eyes of the beggars looking at Yeon Jeok-ha were fierce.
I didn’t care about that or not and just stared at the flames.
Has it been about an hour (2 hours)?
Heukmyeongae’s right-hand man Nojin spoke bluntly.
“Hey little one. Instead of burning the fire why don’t we get some wood? “Unless you’re trying to encourage openness.”
Yeonjeokha silently got up and went outside.
Then Nojin looked around at the beggars with a triumphant expression.
When the young man did not return after a while someone said
“Isn’t this guy scared and ran away?”
At those words the black-faced dog sent a chin gesture to Nojin.
Noh Jin who had been lying down quickly got up from his seat and went outside.
Nojin who was wandering around the Tojishinmyo shudderingly noticed a person standing in the field.
‘No did that bastard plan to freeze to death? I don’t do what I’m told to do and I just stand there blankly….’
His thoughts did not continue.
This is because white clouds were flying unrealistically across the night sky as if it were a dream.
Eventually the cloud gently settled in front of the young man.
Surprisingly there was a beautiful female ship riding on the cloud and the female ship and the young man seemed to be talking.
Noh Jin could not take his eyes off Yeo Seon and the young man at the sight which was so mysterious.
A while later when Yeo-seon and the cloud floated up No-jin unconsciously let out an exclamation of regret.
One after another nine giant sword shapes fell into the field like pillars.
Suddenly when his eyes met the young man who was looking back Nojin fell flat on the ground.
Somehow it felt like it had to be that way.
When Nojin raised his head again there was nothing left in the field.
After belatedly realizing that Yeo Seon and the young man had completely left No Jin trudged back to Tojishinmyo.
The black-faced dog seeing him returning alone frowned and asked.
“Who is he?”
“He… left.”
Soon after Nojin described in detail what he had seen in the frozen field moments before.
The doubtful black-faced dogs and open-faced beggars ran out of the Tojishinmyo.
However there is no way to see Yeo Seon and the young man who have already disappeared.
After some time the beggars returned to Tojishinmyo to thaw their frozen bodies.
Noh Jin’s eyewitness account remained a legend in Banghyeon Bunta for a long time.