novelraw Chapter 75 : Chapter 75
Chapter 75 : Chapter 75
Chapter 75 - What I'm Going to Do With That Is
‘This is bad……!’
No matter how experienced Biyoung was, at this moment, his heart sank.
This was because internal energy running wild in any way has a fatal effect on the person involved.
“Junior Brother……!”
Jeong-i, too, seemed to have sensed that something was wrong and called Biyoung in a suppressed voice.
“Don't speak and stay still!”
Biyoung shouted urgently and concentrated his mind.
The spirit pill energy accumulated in Jeong-i's body was still being drawn towards Biyoung's palms like a magnet.
‘What is happening?’
Biyoung focused all his senses and examined the inside of Jeong-i.
The Profound Heaven's True Energy Unification Art was a difficult internal energy cultivation method to operate, but it had various advantages.
Even if one circulated energy for the same amount of time, it was more efficient than other cultivation methods, and the recovery was also faster.
And above all, it left no side effects on the practitioner's body.
If one only knew how to guide it correctly along the right path, the Profound Heaven's True Energy Unification Art was an unparalleled internal energy cultivation method.
But now, an incident had occurred that could potentially harm Jeong-i's internal energy.
‘This is……?’
But Biyoung was Biyoung.
He was soon able to see through what was happening inside Jeong-i's body.
It was like a fish that wanted clear water finding pristine water and swimming towards it.
As Biyoung's pure internal energy was injected into Jeong-i's body, the unabsorbed energy began to gather towards the pure energy.
‘How much is it?’
Fortunately, the amount was not large.
It was less than one-tenth of the spirit pill's energy left in Jeong-i's body.
Of course, quantity is always relative.
It was less than one-tenth, but it was valuable enough to make even a first-rate master's eyes pop open.
‘What should I do about this?’
It wouldn't matter if this disobedient(?) internal energy was gone.
There was already absorbed energy, and a mountain of unabsorbed spirit pills was still piled up.
The problem was the internal damage that would accumulate in Jeong-i's body.
He could forcibly break and crush this internal energy, but it would inevitably leave side effects in her body.
If that happened, the meaning of having performed the Profound Heaven's True Energy Unification Art would be lost.
Geudeuk.
Biyoung, who was grinding his teeth in a dilemma, suddenly flashed his eyes.
Since the internal energy in her body had rejected its owner, it could not become hers.
But he couldn't carelessly destroy what was inside her body.
There was only one option left.
To make it his own.
“Senior Sister. Get your payment back later.”
“?”
Biyoung said so and put strength into both his palms.
Buuuuung!
The reason the spirit pill's internal energy was running wild like this was to find a pure place.
If so, he just had to guide them on the path they wanted.
When Biyoung gave the signal, the energies that were rampaging around began to gather like fish to water.
Towards Biyoung's two palms.
Seuseuseuseuseu!
“Eut……”
It was not a very pleasant feeling to have one's own energy absorbed by another.
Two thin lines formed on Jeong-i's fine brow.
But that was all.
The internal energy that had shaken Jeong-i's body disappeared without a trace, and her body was settled purely as usual.
“Huu……”
Biyoung stroked his chest as if he had aged ten years.
It was a variable that even Biyoung, who had mastered the Profound Heaven's True Energy Unification Art, had not anticipated.
‘Is it because various energies have merged?’
Jeong-i's internal energy.
And Biyoung's internal energy.
Finally, the spirit pill's energy accumulated in her body.
When those three energies combined, an unexpected event occurred.
The fortunate thing was that no one's body was harmed by that unexpected variable.
“Senior Sister. How are you?”
“Mm…….”
The eyelids that had been closed for a while lifted gently.
She looked at Biyoung and smiled softly.
“It's not much different from usual. My body is full of vitality, and my internal energy seems to have become richer too.”
“Really?”
In the end, Biyoung's judgment was correct.
The unexpected variable that had just occurred happened after Jeong-i had finished the Profound Heaven's True Energy Unification Art.
So Jeong-i had absorbed the spirit pill's energy as usual and it had been settled.
Since Biyoung had taken the rampaging internal energy as it was, there was no element to harm her body.
If there was one problem, it was that the spirit pill's energy that Jeong-i had was transferred to someone else.
“What should I do about this?”
Biyoung scratched his head with a troubled expression.
It wasn't intentional, but objectively speaking, it was as if he had stolen the spirit pill Jeong-i had.
Biyoung was overflowing with yang energy all over his body, as if he were a master of the unorthodox faction who had performed the Star-Sucking Great Skill.
His already bright eyes shone brilliantly as if he didn't need a candle at night, and a new internal energy raced through his body like a blue dragon, asserting its presence.
“………….”
Since it was something that had happened in her own body, Jeong-i could also guess the situation.
After checking Biyoung's condition once, she smiled enigmatically.
“You look good?”
“Ahem. Ahem.”
After clearing his throat once, Biyoung shrugged his shoulders.
“There was no other way. It was best to get rid of it in some way before the internal energy lost its way and went berserk.”
“You don't have to be so sorry. It was internal energy that couldn't have been mine anyway. And……”
“?”
“Considering what you have done for our sect, Junior Brother, it's fine even if you take everything inside me.”
Everything.
Even though he knew she was talking about the spirit pill, Biyoung had to feel a strange sensation.
Looking at the enigmatic expression she was making, it seemed as if there was another meaning hidden.
For a moment, Biyoung felt as if he were intoxicated by the scent of flowers, but he soon blew his nose hard and dispelled the strange feeling.
“Ahem! Now that we're on the topic, let's be clear. While I'm helping with the Profound Heaven's True Energy Unification Art, something like this might happen again in the future. Whenever that happens, I might absorb your spirit pill instead, Senior Sister, is that okay?”
“I told you just a moment ago. It doesn't matter if you take it all.”
Jeong-i said so and stood up from her seat.
“You said you have a lot to do from tomorrow, right? You must be tired, so get plenty of rest.”
“You too, Senior Sister.”
After she left the room, Biyoung used his arms as a pillow and lay down flat on his back.
Then he smirked.
‘How could I be tired.’
In a normal case, he would have been exhausted as she said.
It wasn't his own body, and it was the task of guiding another's Profound Heaven's True Energy Unification Art onto the right path.
But today, the situation was different.
Having absorbed the spirit pill's energy accumulated in her body, Biyoung was so full of energy that he could start the morning right away.
“The more I help Senior Sister Jeong with the Profound Heaven's True Energy Unification Art, the more internal energy accumulates in my body too……”
It was a bit uncomfortable to take what was originally Jeong-i's, but from Biyoung's perspective, there was nothing to regret.
No.
Far from regretting, it was something he should welcome with open arms.
He had cleared his Governor and Conception Vessels by eating the Diancang Sect's best spirit pill, but his internal energy was still insufficient to use high-level martial arts.
The reason his whole body's qi and blood boiled and he coughed up blood after using the Vacuum Sword was all because of that.
The most effective medicine to solve this situation was, by all means, a spirit pill.
If he could absorb the spirit pill's energy accumulated in her body a few more times like this,
‘Perhaps…… I might be able to use the Vacuum Sword without any problems?’
Jeong-i for her own reasons, and Biyoung for his, it was a night where they couldn't sleep due to happy imaginations.
***
Jeong-i had worked at the best Blue Pavilion in the Simao region.
So she was not one to be surprised by moderately flashy things or bustling crowds.
But despite that, she couldn't help but ask.
“Junior Brother Biyoung. Is the Yi Family Clan always this crowded?”
“No. It's because today is a special day.”
“What day is it today?”
“It's called the Awl Selection Period. It's the day the event to decide the young family head of the Yi Family Clan begins.”
“Young family head…… then Young Master Yi's?”
“That's right.”
Merchants dressed in silk clothes and martial artists who looked sturdy at a glance continuously passed by them.
Looking at them, Biyoung twisted his lips.
“The war between Yi Gwon-su's two sons, Yi Hae-dong and Yi Sedong, has begun.”
“I see.”
Jeong-i looked at the people coming and going with renewed eyes.
When she saw him at the Diancang Sect, he was just a pure and cute young man.
But seeing the majestic scale of the Yi Family Clan and the people coming and going, she got a different feeling.
“But…… not many people are going towards Young Master Yi's quarters, are they?”
“Most of them will be people coming to meet the First Young Master, Yi Hae-dong. It has the plausible name of the Awl Selection Period, but in fact, from Sedong's perspective, it's like hitting a rock with an egg. There's a considerable age gap, and Hae-dong has far more connections.”
“You're saying it's an unfavorable fight for Young Master Yi?”
“That's right. If things go on like this, Sedong will lose in the Awl Selection Period without achieving any results for a year. After that, he won't receive any support from the Yi Family Clan.”
“Such……”
Jeong-i's words trailed off as if she didn't understand.
“I know what you're thinking, Senior Sister. With such a large family scale, it would seem better for the two brothers to work together to lead the family. But human greed grows larger the more there is to devour. The family head, Yi Gwon-su, probably knows that too, which is why he's trying to give all authority to one side.”
There cannot be two suns under the sky.
That applies not only to the family head of a merchant family but also to the position of Sect Leader of an orthodox sect.
Furthermore, even to the Imperial family.
“It's a disadvantageous fight for anyone to see, yet he carries so much.”
Her face was filled with worry.
For Sedong, the Awl Selection Period was an unreasonable and unfair process.
They say a beast raises its young by dropping them off a cliff, but unlike his older brother, Sedong was in a state where he hadn't even grown the claws to climb the cliff.
“Well, from the Diancang Sect's perspective, it doesn't seem like a loss.”
“Pardon?”
“Haha. It's nothing.”
It was certainly a pity that Sedong would lose in the Awl Selection Period.
But as a result, the Diancang Sect might be able to gain one more promising disciple of the younger generation.
His close friend becoming the head of the Yi Family Clan, or him entering the Diancang Sect and becoming a swordsman.
Which would be better for Biyoung and the Diancang Sect?
“Anyway, I don't like unfair fights either. So I'm going to help Sedong.”
“Help, you say……”
“I was originally going to handle it when the sect elders came, but looking at the timing, now seems appropriate. That's why I came down quickly.”
Biyoung said so and stood right next to her.
At his sudden approach, Jeong-i's earlobes turned red.
But Biyoung paid no mind and told her his plan.
“The Senior Brothers asked before, right? What was inside the vault. And where those items are now.”
“Yes. I was curious too.”
“There was a reason the vault was made of Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Iron. There were a few useful items. They are all here.”
Jeong-i asked with wide eyes.
“Here, at the Yi Family Clan?”
“Yes. I asked Sedong to look after them well. Today, I'm going to take out one of them and use it.”
Take it out and use it.
They were words that Jeong-i couldn't possibly guess the meaning of.
“What I'm going to do with that is……”
After a brief explanation, Jeong-i's pupils sparkled brightly.
Her flushed earlobes had also returned to their original color.
“If it's that, it seems like it will be a great help to both our sect and Young Master Yi.”
“Right?”