< Episode 115: Overcoming Evil Hearts (1) >
-Let go. If you’re leaving here soon there’s no need to hold on to your seat right?
Cheongnyeong who was gradually becoming weaker due to the silver wood and the amulets that made up the Jinsik spoke in a strained voice to a woman with blue-black hair who identified herself as Aksimpapa a legendary great evil from the Nine Murim era.
Of course her request had no effect.
Rather answers from alumni came out.
“It was so long. “No matter how much I deserve her karma and keep His arrangements it is not easy to spend these long years alone.”
-….
“Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk. Well of course I was able to survive thanks to idiots like you who came here hoping to get something.”
Her young spirit was inwardly fed up with her attitude of only saying what she had to say.
As anxious as she was she didn’t have time to herself.
This guy too is aiming for the golden art of combining souls into one so if he continues to be caught in a place like this he will end up disappearing in vain rather than being able to unite.
In that case the man who went on a rampage might have unleashed all his anger and madness on the world and on himself.
‘…rebirth.’
Before he was an enemy she was the one who tried to reap all that she had sown for his sake.
She thought it was right to do so and her sentient being would be able to live her own life.
But everything doesn’t go as planned.
Why is the sky so indifferent?
How can he who has lost everything stop himself from even achieving this one wish he was trying to achieve by giving up on new beginnings?
Is this really a predetermined fate that cannot be changed?
-closely!
Cheongnyeong endured the pain of her spiritual body burning and lifted her body up.
‘no. no. Here… I can’t give in.’
I have endured it for almost a hundred years.
He lost his Wolmaek blood relatives and everyone he cherished and even lost his beloved lover.
But does this mean that his will for revenge is limited to this?
If he disappears like this who will pay for the sorrow of those wandering around the nine heavens?
Rather than doing nothing here and just waiting for it to disappear it was right to try everything I could.
At this Cheongryeong shouted at Aksimpapa.
-From what I heard you were told not to kill anyone who thinks he is the one who told you to guard this place. Even if he is a vengeful spirit is it okay to imprison him and torment him like this?
At her cry Papa Aksim snorted at her.
“He’s a dead vengeful spirit anyway so what’s the point of torturing him?”
-Isn’t it bullying to keep you locked up like this? Then I guess the one who believes it is him will accept a bitch like you because he likes it.
-Gooooooo!
The words were barely finished.
Papa’s expression was horribly contorted and a tremendous amount of murderous energy flowed from her.
It seemed like something was bothering her.
Of course this was what they were hoping for.
-Why do you think you hit the nail on the head?
“Jeonggok? “How dare you talk like that about someone who died and became a vengeful spirit full of resentment so what do you know about him?”
‘Was that it?’
Apparently the person who touched the heart of this old monster called Papa Papa was that person.
He seemed particularly offended by the mention of Him rather than by the insult to himself.
Cheongryeong spoke to confirm this.
-Isn’t that right? He couldn’t trust an old bastard like you so he locked him up in a place like this and left him alone for a long time…
-Sigh!
It was before I finished speaking.
When Papa Aksim lifts his index finger
-Park!
Her spirit body which had been caught inside the silver neck rose of its own accord and was soon forced against her silver neck.
-Chiiiiii!
She was the one who suffered burning pain even without direct contact with the silver wood of the bars.
But when this touched her spiritual body her pain was beyond words.
Even her spiritual body burned and disintegrated.
-Off.
She could have screamed in pain but even though Cheongnyeong was in pain she just glared at Papa Aksim with her evil eyes.
This sight caught Papa Akshim’s eyes.
I was trying to show a proper example to this foolish spirit that was playing with her mouth but even though the spirit body was burning into her silver neck she was showing her extreme patience.
She is a master of all kinds of occult and shaman techniques. She has lived for a long time and has seen countless spirits and ghosts but this is the first time she has seen anything like this.
‘Look at this.’
At first glance the technique for trapping the vengeful spirit seemed simple but since it was something she had created with her long experience it was not something that a person possessed by her vengeance could withstand regardless of whether it was of a high rank or not.
At this Papa Aksim twitched her finger downwards.
Then the spirit body attached to the bars of her silver neck fell off.
-Ha…ha…
Cheongnyeong stumbled and straightened her body.
Her spiritual body was burned and the loss of her spiritual power was so great that she could have collapsed but she endured this with evil.
When she saw her like this her evil spirit Papa stuck out her tongue and said
“There’s quite a bit of venom in the topic of vengeful spirits.”
-Ha… ha… ha…
“I wonder if they are trying to create an opening by provoking me but there is no use in doing so. “No matter what you do there is no way out of this place so give up.”
-Ha… ha… ha…
Because her spiritual power was greatly depleted Cheongnyeong could not answer yet.
As she looked at her like that her evil spirit broke out and she smiled and then said.
“Well the method of provoking this body through him is not wrong. “He is the benefactor who reborn me who was blind and cursed to be unable to have children and he is a hero who will never exist again in the world.”
‘hero?’
Who on earth is she a notorious villain in the Nine Forests to speak so highly of?
There were only a few people she had heard of who were related to the old martial arts world.
A question suddenly arose in her mind.
This old monster was truly a monster in terms of his inaction and even his skill in magic.
She is said to be dead so who is she if she is worthy of such respect?
-…You talked as if you were going to meet that person…soon…but…what on earth is that person? Is he still alive like you?
“Are you alive? Hmm. “What a vague question.”
Aksimpapa muttered while stroking his chin.
Cheongnyeong was puzzled by her reaction.
If you’re dead you’re dead. If you’re alive you’re alive. Why are you giving such an ambiguous reaction?
Then Papa Aksim rested his chin on the back of his clasped hands on her table and spoke with his face lost in her memories.
“For a hero he had a lot of affection.”
what?
Are we answering alumni questions again?
He said “Because he learned Seonjuk (仙術) and realized Seondo (仙道) he could have remained in the world according to nature even by suppressing it but he could not.”
-Natural…. No way….
“what? Wongui. Do you even know about nature? “This is really unexpected.”
It’s natural.
It could be said to be the flow that makes up the world.
By being with Mok Gyeong-un she learned more truth than when she was alone.
Therefore she learned that deungseon (登仙) is not simply about going to the world of good people through enlightenment.
I heard that those whose enlightenment transcends the natural order of this world will cross over to the other side of the border.
Is this the person that Aksimpappa is talking about?
she said.
“Good. It would be better than reading sutras to small ears. In fact I am the one who knows better than anyone else the suffering he experienced.”
-What do you mean?
“What do you think it is? “Do you think it’s easy to watch everyone grow old and die except me?”
-….
Death due to aging of loved ones.
It could be said to be the worst misfortune suffered by those who have lived for a long time.
“Even if there are some who attain enlightenment and live long lives that is not the case for all. The person with deep affection had a hard time enduring it. So in the end he left taking only those who had been by his side for a long time.”
-You mean beyond the border?
Is that possible if you go beyond the natural rules?
Can you lead others other than yourself to the other side of the border?
Papa Aksim shook his head and answered her puzzled look.
“no. That can’t be possible. I wondered if I knew it right but it turns out I didn’t. Tsk tsk. Only those who go beyond nature can enter there. Do you think someone like that will come out easily? Even this body which has been honed for hundreds of years has not yet been able to do so.”
-Then what the hell…
“I don’t know. According to his words there is a hidden place like Mureungdowon between nature and the other side of the border. When the time comes I too will go there….”
-…Aren’t you the same as me if you don’t know what’s going on?
-bang!
At Cheongryeong’s sarcastic remark Papa Aksim slammed the table with an expression of anger that did not dissipate.
“soon!”
-….
“I will be there soon. It won’t be long now. Even though this body has accumulated some karma it is more than just protecting this place for His concerns. Hmm… I don’t know how I ended up having this conversation with you such a vengeful bitch…
-Quaaaang!
‘!?’
-Kurrrrr!
At that moment there was a loud roar and the pillar at the center of the thatched house shook violently.
Aksimpapa’s head turned at the sudden phenomenon.
“under?”
-bang! bang! bang!
Then another series of loud noises erupted and a crack began to form in the center of the pillar.
As Papa Aksim looked at this his expression became horribly distorted.
From her reaction Cheongnyeong could clearly guess that something had happened.
She shouted at this just in case.
-I definitely should have warned you. From the moment I was captured here annoying things will continue to happen.
“…Are you saying this happened because of you?”
-Then what do you think it is?
“okay? It happened because of you. If you do it you will understand. “What kind of person would do such annoying things?”
-Park!
She took the ringed cane that Papa Aksim had left there and stomped out.
Cheongnyeong’s gaze which was looking at this soon turned to the pillar in the middle of the thatched house.
It became clear just now.
That pillar was undoubtedly the center of the structure that maintained this space.
* * *
Aksimpapa came out and immediately slammed his cane with a ring on the floor.
Then the space in the middle of the meadow became distorted and a human figure appeared there.
Seeing the countless energies floating around the seal it seemed like that guy was the main character of this month.
hereto
“You’re a very annoying guy.”
He said that to Papa Aksim’s distorted space and then
-Okay!
She put her hand in and grabbed her Inyoung’s head.
Although the energy she felt while rebelling was quite strong it was nothing compared to herself.
She grabbed the guy’s head and pulled it straight.
-Sooo!
“Huh!”
She appeared with him a man wearing white scale armor holding her head.
‘huh?’
A strange look appeared in Papa Aksim’s eyes.
She naturally assumed that he was a human but she couldn’t help but frown at the mixed energy she felt from the man.
This was no ordinary human.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that he was a half-immortal being with a mixture of magical power and true energy.
She was puzzled by this and tried to close the open door.
But at that moment
-Poof!
Something flew through the distorted space I was trying to close.
“Anit?”
That’s right
‘Intangible sword (無形劍)?’
This was clearly an intangible sword with its transparent form gathering true energy and sharp anticipation.
At that time the incorporeal sword began to rotate in the direction of the spiral.
– Whirring!
The distorted space she tried to close with him cracked and instead the space ended up opening wider.
-thud!
In response Papa Aksim tried to force the Jinsik to close by slamming the hooked cane down on the floor once again.
But at that moment
– Wormwood!
Something got inside through the crack.
When Aksimpapa saw that existence an exclamation flowed out of his mouth without realizing it.
‘ah!’
Although I have lived for hundreds of years I have never seen such a beautiful and handsome man.
But that wasn’t the only surprising thing.
If you look at his face he appears to be a young man who has not yet reached the age of maturity but the energy he exudes is almost comparable to his own.
Then she felt intuitively confident.
He is this guy.
This guy is definitely
‘The peak of the current martial arts world.’
The corners of Papa Aksim’s mouth who had been feeling uncomfortable due to the intruder who had been making a fuss a moment ago twitched and went up in a triumphant mood.
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