novelraw Chapter 9 : Chapter 9
Chapter 9 : Chapter 9
Chapter 09 - This is a Major Incident
I fell on my butt, but I didn't even feel the pain.
Heaven-Shaking Divine Pill.
Did I really eat that Heaven-Shaking Divine Pill?
‘This is a major incident……!!’
Biyoung clutched his head.
Heaven-Shaking Divine Pill is the greatest elixir of the Diancang Sect, said to be permitted only to the one designated as the next Sect Leader.
On the day of the Sect Leader's inauguration ceremony, as the final event, the Sect Leader would absorb the Heaven-Shaking Divine Pill into their body.
In fact, looking back at history, the Heaven-Shaking Divine Pill was not an elixir permitted only to the prospective Sect Leader from the beginning.
It was just that because it required such good materials and techniques, it was only given to the most important person in the sect.
The most important person in the sect?
Isn't that obviously the Sect Leader?
As far as Biyoung remembered, there were no more than two Heaven-Shaking Divine Pill left in the Diancang Sect.
And he had swallowed that Heaven-Shaking Divine Pill, thinking it was poison and that he would die(……).
‘For a fifteen-year-old, who hasn't even gone through a proper initiation ceremony, to eat the Heaven-Shaking Divine Pill…….’
In the past, it was an incident that would have warranted an extermination order from all the swordsmen of the Diancang Sect.
“Keueung. What kind of sect manages the sect's number one treasure in this way?”
If the Sect Leader in his previous life had heard that, he would have collapsed, clutching the back of his neck, saying ‘Th, that……!!’.
He ate it himself, and now he's blaming others?
However, Biyoung also had something to say.
By the time he came to his senses in this body, the deed had already been done.
“Well…… now that the sect has been ruined, I wonder what the use of it is anyway.”
Biyoung said so and smiled bitterly.
In a situation where not just the Sect Leader but the sect itself has been blown away, to whom would he give the Heaven-Shaking Divine Pill?
Biyoung recalled the faces of the past Sect Leader and his colleagues one by one.
“Sect Leader…… senior brothers……”
Unlike usual, all of them were glaring at him as if he were a thief.
Biyoung hurriedly erased their faces from his mind.
“Hmph. Since it's come to this, should I try to become the youngest Sect Leader?”
“You can’t…… sir……”
“……You startled me.”
At the well-timed sleep-talking of his grandfather, Biyoung flinched.
“This old man…… he should just sleep peacefully.”
Biyoung muttered softly, then slowly caressed his lower abdomen and felt the energy of the elixir.
‘No wonder the energy was still there even after circulating Profound Heaven's True Energy Unification Art like that.’
The hot energy that remained even after creating the dantian.
And a strange hunger.
Now that I see it, all of those things were because of the Heaven-Shaking Divine Pill.
The questions that had remained in Biyoung's mind were neatly resolved.
Of course, a new problem to solve had also appeared.
Sssss.
Biyoung began to circulate his energy while waiting for his grandfather's consciousness to recover.
Was it because he now knew that this energy originated from the Heaven-Shaking Divine Pill?
He gained confidence in circulating the Profound Heaven's True Energy Unification Art.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that the elixirs circulating in the market were mere nutritional supplements compared to the Heaven-Shaking Divine Pill.
More.
More purely.
And more powerfully.
As he had confirmed when extorting money from the ruffians before(……), Biyoung's body had completely healed.
A naturally gifted innate true qi and a strong frame.
On top of that, as he circulated the Profound Heaven's True Energy Unification Art, the greatest cultivation method of the Diancang Sect, Biyoung's body had changed unrecognizably in just a few days.
His body was itching to try not just Flying Eagle Steps, but the ‘Vast Sky Eagle Body Method’ right away.
Unless it was a case where the sect's top disciple was administered elixirs every day, Biyoung's internal energy would soon reach a level where it would be difficult to find an equal among his peers.
“Huu.”
Biyoung, who had used Profound Heaven's True Energy Unification Art for about a sijin, let out a sigh and opened his closed eyes.
The energy of the Heaven-Shaking Divine Pill was almost at the bottom, but as if nothing had happened, it was ‘peeking’ its head out again.
Right.
An elixir called a treasure even within the strict Diancang Sect, of course it should be like that.
Around the time Biyoung was stroking his dantian area with a satisfied face, his grandfather regained consciousness.
***
-I am sorry to have given you such a heavy burden.
-Please take back your words, Sect Leader……!! How could I…….
-You are no longer a person of Jianghu, are you? There is no need for you to be caught up in this bloody calamity.
-But……!!
-There is no time. Those men will soon come rushing in here as well. I am asking you, Jinbae.
“That…… cannot be…… done……”
Jinbae, who had been sleep-talking like a possessed person, finally opened his eyes wide.
“Sect Leader!”
Jinbae, who had shot up his upper body, took rough breaths and looked from side to side.
There was the old room he had been living in for fifteen years, and his grandson staring at him blankly.
Jinbae calmed his mind and asked carefully.
“What…… did I say while I was waking up?”
Had he said something unnecessary in his sleep?
Jinbae felt anxious.
However, Biyoung answered with a playful face.
“Did you get robbed in your dream?”
“Ro… robbed?”
“You kept repeating ‘stolen goods’.”
“……Stolen goods……. I see.”
Perhaps because his pronunciation had slurred, it seemed he had mistaken Sect Leader for stolen goods.
Jinbae let out a sigh of relief in his heart.
But then.
The situation before he lost consciousness came to mind.
Jinbae, startled once more, asked Biyoung urgently.
“Wh, what happened to those men?!”
“Those men?”
“Those ruffians. They definitely said they came looking for you.”
“Ah……”
Biyoung gave a meaningful smile for a moment, then answered in a tone as if it were nothing.
“I sent them away.”
“Sent…… huh?”
“Yes. I reasoned with them appropriately, and they said sorry and left.”
Jinbae's face turned peculiar.
Is he really saying that as if it were true?
They were men who had lost their tempers and dragged him by the collar even when they saw him, not Biyoung.
But he reasoned with them, and they left?
“It's true. They even gave me this compensation money and left.”
Biyoung took out five silver nyang from his bosom and placed them in front of Jinbae.
“Wh, what is all this?”
Jinbae looked down at the silver coins with a bewildered look.
The silver coins, which he didn't have even if he wanted to eat and die, were shining brightly.
This amount of money was enough for the two of them to eat for at least half a year.
Jinbae swallowed his saliva without realizing it.
‘This doesn't make sense…….’
Back-alley ruffians suddenly realizing their mistakes and leaving with money, saying they're sorry?
A passing dog would snort at that.
But, otherwise, how could this money be explained?
If Biyoung had earned the money somewhere, or if by any chance he had stolen it…….
‘That's impossible.’
Jinbae immediately cut off that assumption.
That was a story even harder to believe than the one about the ruffians leaving peacefully.
He was a child with no talent for earning money, and the idea of him stealing, with his kind and gentle nature, was even more unrealistic.
‘Did they really turn over a new leaf?’
But Jinbae's worries did not last long.
What did it matter where this money came from?
He was a grandson he couldn't even feed a decent meal or clothe in clean clothes.
If he could fulfill his duty as a grandfather, he could set aside his worries about the origin of the silver coins for a while.
‘It’s only five nyang at most.’
Biyoung found Jinbae's agitation both funny and pitiful.
He looked like a child who had been starving for days, looking at the meat soup on someone else's table.
‘Is his frame, which looks like it could be blown away by the wind, also due to financial hardship?’
For some reason, feeling a sense of responsibility, Biyoung picked up the silver coins and placed them in Jinbae's hand to change the atmosphere.
“What are you thinking so much about? Your grandson wants to eat something delicious. Please keep the silver coins until we go to the market, Grandfather.”
“……Is that so.”
At the words that he wanted to eat something delicious, Jinbae obediently put the silver coins in his bosom.
Then he brought up an unexpected topic.
“Alright. I suppose I can show off my skills for a change.”
Biyoung asked with wide eyes.
“Skills? Are you saying you'll cook yourself?”
“Why are you acting so surprised? The cooking has always been this grandfather's job until now.”
No, this good-for-nothing son of a…… no.
There might be some other story, so I should just stay quiet for now.
But still, even so.
To make his grandfather cook rice, what the hell?
Worried that his thoughts might show on his face, Biyoung bowed his head.
“Then your grandson will go and train for a while.”
“In the middle of the night?”
“Yes. It's nothing much, but I've gotten the hang of something.”
“Hoho. That's welcome news. Go on ahead.”
At the words that his martial arts had improved, Jinbae's face brightened and he nodded his head.
He seemed even happier than when he had put the silver coins in his bosom……
………………Was it not to that extent?
Anyway. It seems to be about the same.
Hwiiing!
Even though the ice had melted, the night wind was still chilly.
As with most mountains in Yunnan, the mountains located here in Yihwa County have winds that blow as if cut by a knife in the evening.
Biyoung, who had finished circulating his energy for a while, slowly caressed his lower abdomen.
“Heaven-Shaking Divine Pill…… so I swallowed that enormous monster.”
Fate.
Could something like this be called fate?
He entered the body of someone related to the Diancang Sect and obtained a rare elixir said to be passed down only to the Sect Leader.
The fact that his grandfather's face was familiar was surely no coincidence either.
Ah, that doesn't mean his grandfather is a person of the sect.
Even if time has passed, if he were a person of the sect, there's no way I wouldn't recognize him.
He was likely a person related to the Diancang Sect.
“Should I say it's for the better? I had nowhere to go right away after quitting the martial arts hall.”
A strange smile formed on Biyoung's lips.
The sight of Biyoung, clearly revealed in the moonlight, was something that even the expression 'handsome' was insufficient for.
A firm and sharp-eyed face and a high-bridged nose.
Eyes with clear light and shadow, and a jawline that looked like it could cut.
Biyoung looked at the bright moon and decided on his destination.
‘I will go to Jade Dragon Snow Mountain.’
Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, where the snow does not disappear even in midsummer, is called a scenic wonder throughout the four seasons.
Biyoung decided that he would climb Jade Dragon Snow Mountain as soon as his grandfather left.
The reason he chose Jade Dragon Snow Mountain first instead of the Diancang Sect, which could be called his roots, was because of the hot energy peeking out.
‘There was a reason I was constantly hungry.’
The hunger Biyoung felt was fundamentally different from the intake of food.
Heaven-Shaking Divine Pill.
It was an extremely natural phenomenon since he had absorbed that divine medicine.
To appease the hunger, something other than food is needed.
An item that could finally make the Heaven-Shaking Divine Pill formed in his dantian complete.
That was in Jade Dragon Snow Mountain.
***
“Ack???”
Biyoung's eyes became as round as an owl's.
He had tilted his head when he said he would show off his skills, but before his eyes was literally a feast.
“Did you really…… make all this, Grandfather?”
“Hoh hoh hoh.”
Jinbae grinned, his wrinkles deepening.
“Do you like it?”
“It’s beyond liking it. This is……”
Biyoung couldn't finish his sentence and looked at the food on the table.
Not only dumplings and noodles, Dongpo pork, but also Kung Pao Chicken, which could only be eaten at high-end inns, and Xianggu Youcai made with shiitake mushrooms.
It was a full and wonderful meal, so much so that the dishes were sticking out, unable to fit on the narrow table.
“Wow!”
It wasn't just the appearance that was impressive.
As Biyoung put a piece of Xianggu Youcai in his mouth, his eyes were filled with morning stars.
Even though there probably weren't proper spices, the flavor and softness of the seasoned mushrooms filled his mouth.
“It's really delicious. You could open an inn right now!”
“Hoho. Is that so.”
Jinbae looked blankly at Biyoung, who was emptying the plates in the blink of an eye, with a benevolent gaze.
“Biyoung-ah.”
“Chwap chwap. Yes, Grandfather.”
The true feelings he had been holding back flowed out of Jinbae's mouth.
“From now on, even if curiosity arises, you must not do anything reckless.”
“Yes. I won't.”
“Aren't you and I the only blood relatives left in this world?”
“……!”
After saying so, Jinbae smiled brightly.
Behind the kind-looking smile, a sense of helplessness and sadness seemed to seep out.
“……….”
Biyoung looked at Jinbae with the sauce of Dongpo pork smeared on his lips.
“……Yes, Grandfather. I won't cause any more worry.”
Jinbae nodded his head as if proud of Biyoung who answered so well.
“Yes. That's good. Let's finish eating.”
Blood relatives.
It was a story Biyoung had heard for the first time in a long time.
He still knew nothing about his grandfather.
Only Jinbae would know what had happened in the past and what memories had been built.
However, the warm emotion that seeped from Jinbae's eyes was as clear as the energy of the Heaven-Shaking Divine Pill.
For Biyoung, who was an orphan, it was a heart-touching emotion he had never felt even in his previous life.
‘Blood relatives…… he says.’
Was it because of the energy of the Heaven-Shaking Divine Pill?
A very faint trembling began to appear in the pupils of Biyoung, who had been picking up food with an excited expression.