novelraw Chapter 211 : Chapter 211
Chapter 211 : Chapter 211
Chapter 211. Just what kind of life have you lived
Jin Cheon’s statement that the Iron-Blooded Demonic God could not step forward gave a huge shock to the assembly.
It was inevitable that their vision would darken further at the news that an entity who was practically omniscient and omnipotent could not step forward.
“The Cult Leader has already ascended to the rank of a god…… This is a fight between humans, so how could we hope for help.”
“…….”
The atmosphere in the hall became heavy.
It was because the presence of the Iron-Blooded Demonic God was that large…….
“Even so, we cannot just sit and die, can we? It is a fight worth trying. I will take on Dokgo Seong, so do not worry.”
The atmosphere brightened a little at Jin Cheon’s words.
It was understandable, as Jin Cheon was also a person who possessed martial power that was lacking in nothing for everyone to trust and follow.
Wasn’t that a fact proven by his execution of the Great Divine Physician of Immortals?
Since he had reached the realm of the Heavenly Demon Divine Qi Demonic Emperor, it was not an exaggeration to say Jin Cheon was on the same level as the Heavenly Demon.
It was just that the Iron-Blooded Demonic God had ascended to the realm of the number one person of all time and obtained invincible power, but Jin Cheon was by no means weak.
There would be no room for doubt that Jin Cheon was the one and only figure who could deal with the first generation Heavenly Demon Dokgo Seong.
“So, I ask the seniors here to persuade the comrades of the Jianghu and work hard so that they can gather in Sichuan.”
“I will do so.”
Great Monk Gongheo nodded and readily agreed to Jin Cheon’s request.
Because as of now, there was no other method than gathering the heroes as much as possible.
“From now on, I will think only of the battle with Dokgo Seong. So please discuss the detailed matters with my Eldest Senior Brother here.”
Jin Cheon introduced Cheon U-jin to the seniors.
“I am Cheon U-jin. Though I am ashamed, I am that person’s first disciple.”
Cheon U-jin introduced himself and exchanged names with the core figures of the Righteous Faction.
“Then, please take your seats.”
Jin Cheon stepped aside so they could discuss preparations for the coming war.
Since the mission Jin Cheon undertook was solely to execute Dokgo Seong, discussing detailed matters was meaningless.
“Cheon-wi.”
“Yes, Big brother.”
“Is there a place in the Tang Clan where I can train with a peace of mind?”
“If it is a place where you can train with a peace of mind…….”
“I mean a space that can withstand it even if I train with all my might.”
“There is no way such a place exists. Haha…… Hahaha…….”
Dang Cheon-wi scratched the back of his head vigorously as if it was out of the question.
It was understandable, as it was not an exaggeration to say there was no place where Jin Cheon could train to his heart's content.
If a master of Jin Cheon’s level used his full power, there was virtually no training ground that could withstand it.
Unless it was a very deep and secluded mountain valley.
“I suppose so. It can’t be helped. I will use that mountain as a training place, so please make sure people do not come near. I don’t want to kill someone for no reason.”
Jin Cheon pointed to a low hill located behind the Tang Clan Fort.
That mountain was half-collapsed as if a landslide had occurred, and the culprit was none other than Jin Cheon himself.
It was the very mountain he had collapsed when proving his martial prowess to Dang Seong-yeong and Abbess Hyeonchok previously.
“Do you intend to concentrate on training for the time being?”
“Even if just for a few days.”
Jin Cheon answered.
“Since the opponent is who he is, I will have to display more than ten tenths of the ability I possess. So I cannot waste even a single day in vain.”
“Yes, Big brother. Do not worry. I will take measures so you can train with a peace of mind.”
“Right.”
Jin Cheon nodded and smiled.
* * *
Jin Cheon clung solely to training while the leaders exchanged various opinions in preparation for the coming war and gathered the heroes.
Thanks to that, the low hill located behind the Tang Clan Fort did not have a peaceful day even for a day.
Kwa-aaaaang!
U-rurururururururu!
U-jik-keun!
Peong, peo-eo-eo-eong!
Jin Cheon poured out martial arts in the mountain and concentrated on polishing his own martial prowess.
However, no matter how much he trained, reaching the realm of the Demonic God seemed close to impossible.
‘I can’t even get a feel for it.’
Jin Cheon’s heart was only frustrated.
It wasn’t like he was close enough to grasp it or not.
The realm of the Heavenly Demon Divine Qi Demonic God seemed like a concept that didn’t exist in the first place.
He couldn’t even think of a method on how to become stronger from here.
It was to the point where even when he looked back on Dokgo Seong’s enlightenment recorded in the Heavenly Demon Scripture, he couldn’t even catch a clue.
‘I really have to see Master.’
Jin Cheon thought of the Iron-Blooded Demonic God and seriously considered visiting the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult for a moment.
Because the only person who could give advice in a bleak situation like now was the Iron-Blooded Demonic God…….
‘I’ll try training for a day or two more, and if I really don’t get a feel for it, I’ll have to go find Master and ask for advice.’
Jin Cheon thought so and finished his training for that day.
Three days after that.
Jin Cheon, who had been striving in training from early morning until late at night, leaned his back against a tree while taking a short rest.
Late at night.
Trying to train alone in the mountains, it would be natural for distracting thoughts to arise, but inside Jin Cheon’s head, there were only thoughts about the next realm, the Heavenly Demon Divine Qi Demonic God.
The problem was that no matter how much he checked his martial arts and meditated, he couldn’t even get a feel for the next realm.
‘As expected, I have to go see Master…….’
Just then.
“……!”
Jin Cheon was startled and surprised to see a person who appeared suddenly.
A person wearing a black dragon robe…… It was the descent of the Iron-Blooded Demonic God, the Cult Leader of the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult.
“The Heavenly Demon reigns! Ten thousand demons bow in submission! Long live, long live, long, long live! The Seventh Young Master Jin Cheon seeks an audience with the Cult Leader.”
Jin Cheon knelt on one knee towards the Iron-Blooded Demonic God and paid his respects.
“How did you make your way here?”
“A disciple needs his master, so how could I pretend not to know. I merely responded to the disciple’s call.”
“……!”
Jin Cheon was startled and surprised upon hearing the Iron-Blooded Demonic God’s answer.
Who would have known that the earnest wish in his heart would reach even the Iron-Blooded Demonic God located far away in the Divine Land?
Also, just how omniscient and omnipotent was the Iron-Blooded Demonic God to have heard that wish and made her way here to Sichuan?
“It seems you are very frustrated.”
“……Yes.”
Jin Cheon bowed his head.
“I thought I had realized a lot, but looking back, I know nothing at all. Please forgive this lacking disciple.”
“There is no need to think like that.”
The Iron-Blooded Demonic God shook her head.
“The Realm of the Demonic God is an unknown territory that even that Dokgo Seong agonized over for hundreds of years. It is the realm of Ascending to Immortality that he desired so much, so how can one say you are lacking just because you haven’t caught a clue.”
“However…….”
“Just having already reached the realm of the Demonic Emperor is enough to receive the evaluation of a once-in-a-millennium genius, so do not blame yourself.”
“Yes, Master.”
“I want to give you teachings, but regrettably, there is no other way even for this King.”
“Yes……?”
Jin Cheon blinked his eyes as if asking what that meant.
She couldn’t give teachings?
It was a completely incomprehensible statement.
The Iron-Blooded Demonic God must have already achieved the realm of the Demonic God…….
“What This King knows is something that cannot be taught. Even if I convey it, it will not be conveyed, and even if it is conveyed, you will not be able to understand it.”
“Haha…….”
“This realization is not something that can be reached through training. Nor is it something you can hold in your hand no matter how earnestly you wish and wish.”
“Then, are you saying there is no way for me?”
“Do not try to achieve it. Keep in mind that realization is something that comes to visit, not something you can seek yourself.”
Jin Cheon could not guess the Iron-Blooded Demonic God’s meaning in the slightest.
However, the only certain thing was that it wasn’t something that would work out just because he was frustrated.
“Trust only in yourself, and move forward with all your might. That is the only thing This King can say.”
“I will keep it in mind.”
Jin Cheon decided to trust the Iron-Blooded Demonic God’s words.
“I am sorry, and sorry again, that it seems I am passing on too heavy a burden to you.”
“No! How can you say such a thing! It is unreasonable!”
“How good it would have been if This King could step forward directly.”
The Iron-Blooded Demonic God revealed deep regret.
“However, since it is difficult even to hold onto this physical body, it is now a situation where it is impossible for This King to stop him.”
“Ah.”
Indeed, as Jin Cheon expected, the Iron-Blooded Demonic God was not in a state where she could intervene in the human world anymore.
Perhaps that might be due to Jin Cheon’s existence.
Though he didn’t know for sure, it was clear that taking Jin Cheon as a disciple and passing on teachings itself had been a tremendous burden to the Iron-Blooded Demonic God.
Actually, hadn’t the Iron-Blooded Demonic God’s physical body repeatedly become transparent as if it would disappear and then distinct again?
“So it would be said that the only one who can overcome the crisis of the great tribulation that has arrived in the world is you.”
“Master…….”
“I say it again, trust yourself. You are the disciple of Azure Heaven Divine Warrior Master Jang Guk-pyeong, and also the disciple of This King. Since teaching you will be This King’s greatest achievement, believe in yourself and do not doubt. This is This King’s final teaching.”
“Disciple Jin Cheon, gives thanks for Master’s teaching.”
Jin Cheon engraved the Iron-Blooded Demonic God’s final teaching deep in his heart.
With that, the obsession and longing for the realm of the Demonic God disappeared from Jin Cheon’s heart as if washed away.
Since he knew it was not a realm he could obtain even if he tried anyway, he was able to put down all obsessions.
* * *
The Iron-Blooded Demonic God did not return to the Divine Land straight away.
Using the occasion of coming after hearing Jin Cheon’s wish, she stayed at the Sichuan Tang Clan.
“Heok!”
Dang Seong-yeong inhaled vain air in sheer surprise as soon as he saw the Iron-Blooded Demonic God.
That was an extremely natural reaction.
Who in the world wouldn’t be surprised to see the number one person of all time who was said to have ascended to the Realm of Transformation sitting in their house?
“I have come to impose on you unintentionally. May I stay for the time being.”
“Is, is there any question!”
Dang Seong-yeong dared not chase away the Iron-Blooded Demonic God.
Indeed, who in the world could chase away the Iron-Blooded Demonic God?
“Then, I will impose on you for a bit.”
“Please stay comfortably as if it were your own home.”
The Iron-Blooded Demonic God’s visit received the attention of everyone staying at the Sichuan Tang Clan.
To think the Demonic God who executed the first generation Heavenly Demon Dokgo Seong forty years ago and subsequently rose to the realm of the number one person of all time would descend…….
Whether they did or not, the Iron-Blooded Demonic God simply spent time strolling through the Sichuan Tang Clan’s garden or drinking tea.
As if she had come on an outing.
“Master.”
Jin Cheon approached the Iron-Blooded Demonic God who was drinking tea and spoke.
“I am thinking of holding a banquet this evening.”
“A banquet?”
“Suddenly such a thought occurred to me. That I want to serve Master with good alcohol and food together with my Senior Brothers…….”
Jin Cheon scratched the back of his head as if embarrassed to say it.
“Since they say Senior Brother So who was at the Yangtze River will also arrive at the Tang Clan Fort soon, I want to serve Master.”
“……That is.”
The Iron-Blooded Demonic God showed a slightly flustered reaction.
That was an extremely human reaction, and an aspect one dared not even imagine from the one called the Iron-Blooded Demonic God.
Even the Iron-Blooded Demonic God, whom one might have thought had lost humanity after achieving the realm of the Demonic God, had such a human side.
“W, why do you react so. Are you perhaps uncomfortable?”
Jin Cheon asked, worried that he might have offended the Iron-Blooded Demonic God’s feelings.
“Could that be possible.”
The Iron-Blooded Demonic God smiled a most benevolent smile.
“It is just that such a happy event is unfamiliar.”
“Yes……?”
“Who would have thought of it. It was unimaginable for a person with an ill fate like This King to lead disciples and have a good gathering.”
“Master…….”
“Thanks to you I am enjoying luxury. Haha.”
The Iron-Blooded Demonic God laughed.
But Jin Cheon could not laugh.
Jin Cheon thought that indescribable deep loneliness and sadness were contained in the Iron-Blooded Demonic God’s smile.
Was that why?
‘Master…… Just what kind of life have you lived.’
Jin Cheon suddenly became curious about the Iron-Blooded Demonic God’s past.