The Regressed Young Master’s Guide to Living on Easy Mode

Chapter 120 : Learning the Correct Way to Use the Profound Other (7)

Alright! Let's prioritize the tasks.

One is to create a Martial Alliance.

This was a necessary bait to draw out the Chaotic Heavenly Society.

But now that I'm trying to create it, the situation itself is clearly strange.

What's certain is that the Martial Alliance has touched something of theirs.

Another is to analyze and solve the cause of my body's condition.

This is something I have to do to live, regardless of the Chaotic Heavenly Society or whatever.

As expected, no matter how much I think about it, the task at hand was set.

I got up from the bed I was lying on.

Creak.

When I opened the door, for some reason, the Divine Monk was right in front of me. I was just about to look for the Divine Monk, so I saved myself the trouble. I said to the Divine Monk.

"Gather everyone. I have something to say from now on."

"The time has finally come! I understand."

The Divine Monk seemed to know what I was going to say. As expected of his enlightenment. It was useless when I really needed it, but it's surprisingly accurate at times like this.

A moment later, I realized I had made a huge misunderstanding about the Divine Monk. Enlightenment, my ass.

"Who are all these people?"

"You told me to gather everyone."

I did say that.

What I meant was just the Sword Empress, the Sword Demoness, the Rakshasa Divine Maiden, Namgung Mu-gwang, and the kid.

"Were you all waiting somewhere?"

"Of course!"

To think they were actually waiting.

The heads of the Hebei Peng Family and the Sichuan Tang Family, led by Namgung Byeok-geom, who had become the Three Great Families instead of the Five Great Families, bowed their heads to me.

"We've been waiting. Sword Emperor!"

"You are the hero who saved Namgung this time!"

"I finally meet the one who saved Namgung in place of the utterly defeated Divine Monk!"

"Ah, yes."

As I received their greetings, I glanced at the Divine Monk. For some reason, the Divine Monk's position in the Orthodox Faction that I had been thinking of and the actual position revealed now seemed a little different.

I experienced cognitive dissonance and turned my head to the other side. As expected, there were unexpected people there too.

Old men who were clearly advanced in age at a glance.

If the right side was the Three Great Families, the left side was the sect leaders of the seven factions that had become from the nine factions.

"Oh! Yes! A new era must be led by a new person!"

"We old folks should just go to the back room now! Tsk, tsk. There's an old man over there who can't do that!"

"Divine Monk, my ass! He's a decrepit monk!"

Hey, hey! He's still the highest-ranking person in the Orthodox Faction!

"Our Jongnam Sect has created a Sword Emperor Hall!"

"Hmph! Our Mount Hua Sect has adopted the Sword Emperor as an honorary sect leader!"

"Hehe. Don't make a fuss with just that. Our Emei Sect has specially decided to allow marriage only for the Sword Emperor."

Are they crazy? What did they decide without my permission? I knew the Orthodox Faction riffraff were thoughtless, but facing them directly was beyond imagination.

Just listening to the conversation now, you'd think it was just a bunch of neighborhood grandfathers joking around.

No wonder there was a reason they lost to the Divine Cult.

"Ahem!"

Putting aside the incompetence of the Orthodox Faction for now! I cleared my throat and looked at the culprit who had created a situation completely opposite to my intention.

The Divine Monk's eyes met mine, and he nodded with great satisfaction and opened his mouth.

"How is it? I've gathered all the people I can!"

People don't change. I should have realized this immutable truth during the Divine-Demonic War. I should have guessed that there was no solution when I stuffed the martial arts of the nine factions into the body of the young Divine Monk.

"Now! Grant us your wisdom!"

"Sword Emperor, please grant us your light!"

"I will just hand over the position of sect leader to the Sword Emperor!"

"Me too!"

"Hey! You guys, get in line!"

"In our Namgung, we already call the Sword Emperor Grand Master, a position higher than the family head."

I thought he was the only normal one, but he was the craziest. I should have just let him die that day.

It's a mess. Ugh! I feel a headache coming on.

Could it be that? Have all the normal Orthodox Faction members already died, and only the abnormal ones survived?

I think I know why the Orthodox Faction, or rather, the old martial world, was eaten by the New Five Great Families before my regression.

"Now, now! Everyone, please calm down!"

At my single word, it became quiet in an instant.

The leaders of the Orthodox Faction were staring at me with bright eyes.

Looking at them like this, it feels like I've become a kindergarten instructor. At least a kindergarten would be cute.

"Us too?"

At that moment, the Rakshasa Divine Maiden, led by the Sword Empress who was in a corner, asked. The Divine Monk had really gathered all the people he could.

Originally, I only needed to call them.

"Yes. You too. And you too, Sword Empress."

The Sword Empress nodded her head. That's a relief. At least the Sword Empress wasn't in that group.

Whatever the reason, the leaders of the Orthodox Faction had all gathered. Originally, I was going to convey my words through the Divine Monk, but that was no longer necessary.

I said.

"Now that the Demonic Cult has sealed itself, a Martial Alliance must be established in some form. I don't think I need to explain the reason. But a problem has arisen here. It's the New Five Great Families."

Nod.

The nine sect leaders nodded their heads in unison. They listen really well.

"The New Five Great Families will try to take the initiative this time. The letter that will come in a month will probably have a location written on it. They will call you all there."

Nod.

I feel like a mother bird. It's quite burdensome that everyone is looking only at me.

"They will try to settle things there. The same goes for us. Because time is gold for both of us right now."

Nod!

What would happen if people who are opposites meet? I don't know how other places do it, but the martial world is very simple.

They'll just kill each other.

"Everyone has a trump card hidden, right? You will have to show every single one of your hidden cards that day. That's the only way you'll be able to survive."

And this judgment of mine was by no means made lightly.

I can say for sure that this was the first time I was facing the people in this place.

At the time the Martial Alliance was established before my regression, not a single person in this place was present.

Even a fool would know what had happened to them.

Well, they must have died. Probably because, just like now, they chose to fight against the New Five Great Families' opinion during the establishment of the Martial Alliance instead of following it.

In other words, the conclusion was that the people here were alive because I had saved the Divine Monk.

This meant that I was also responsible to some extent.

"What you all have to do is to build up your strength for a month. With all your might!"

At my words, the nine people nodded their heads.

"Then, dismiss! See you in a month!"

"Clear!"

"Refreshing!"

"Pleasant!"

"Exhilarating!"

"I'm spent!"

They all rush out. I didn't know they would listen so well. Their simplicity is on the level of the Divine Cult's elders.

Only the Divine Monk doesn't leave and approaches me.

As expected! He's still the leader of the Orthodox Faction, so he must have some thoughts. If he doesn't, they should just be destroyed. Now! Let's see the power of the thousand-year-old Shaolin!

For example, how do you know that the New Five Great Families will kill us in a month!

Couldn't it be that they are trying to find a compromise!

Try to refute like that!

"Amitabha. Everyone was anxious, but thanks to you, they seem to have calmed down."

"Ah, yes. Well, I just did what I had to do."

"As expected, no matter how much I think about it, don't you want to be the leader?"

"No. I don't."

"What a pity."

This can't be the end.

The Divine Monk's mouth opens.

The real thing will come now.

I was tense.

The Divine Monk was silent. He just stood there blankly. I see. I immediately understood the Divine Monk. He seemed to be organizing his thoughts. If so, it wouldn't be bad for me to buy him some time to do so. Since I also have something to do.

"I have something to say to the people here."

"To us?"

At the Sword Empress's question, I answered.

"Yes. I would like the Sword Empress to accompany us to the meeting with the New Five Great Families and the Righteous Martial Alliance in a month. You too, Eun Ga-young."

"Me too?"

"Yes. You too."

"Is it a request?"

"Yes. It's a request."

"If it's a request, I understand."

The Rakshasa Divine Maiden fortunately went along with it. I thought it would be difficult because she was simple, but it was easier because she was simple. Now, all that was left was the Sword Empress.

The Sword Empress was indeed different from the Orthodox Faction riffraff just now. The one who had experienced all sorts of things, including the Imperial Palace, was the Sword Empress. She was looking at me with a complicated gaze. Yes! This is the leader of the Orthodox Faction! A tension that wasn't there before is naturally arising. I'm finally starting to feel at ease.

"Child of the Sword Emperor. Your words now sound as if you will not be going there that day."

That's right! This is the correct reasoning! This is a conversation that makes sense!

"Yes. I will not be going. To be more precise, it would be correct to say that I cannot go."

I asked the Divine Monk to call one more person here. A moment later, he came.

"Medicine Saint?"

The Sword Empress recognized the Medicine Saint. I said to the Medicine Saint.

"Please tell the people here only the truth about my body's condition."

"Ugh. I understand."

Before speaking, the Medicine Saint took my pulse once more and then opened his mouth.

"Currently, this child will die from the explosion of energy in his body within a month at the earliest, and two months at the latest."

"Is there no solution?"

"There is. Either someone forcibly stops the phenomenon happening in this child's body, or he himself grows his vessel enough to accept this phenomenon."

"That means it's impossible for now."

"Well, that's how it is."

If it were someone else, they would have easily solved the rampage of energy caused by the resonance phenomenon.

Because, as the Medicine Saint said, they could just forcibly suppress it with a stronger energy.

But it was internal energy and a body that had reached the Profound Realm.

To be more precise, the internal energy that had reached the Profound Will and the body that had reached the Profound Manifestation were both growing in size. If they were touched carelessly, there was a high possibility that even the barely maintained balance would be broken.

The criteria the Medicine Saint had judged were as follows.

"Two people who have reached at least the fifth stage of the Profound Realm, both the Profound Will and the Profound Manifestation, simultaneously helping with the circulation of energy. That is the best method as of now. Or, a master who has reached the same Profound Other directly guides the energy."

Everyone looked at the Divine Monk, but the Divine Monk shook his head.

"Medically, the best we can do is to maintain the current state as much as possible."

"N-No!"

The Sword Demoness's eyes widened. I'm just sorry that I couldn't explain it in detail to Seryeong.

"I don't want to grant your request!"

The Rakshasa Divine Maiden shouted with force in her eyes.

Why are you suddenly like this again!

"Mister! You cured my illness too! So I'll cure you!"

I'm grateful for the kid's words, but I couldn't accept them. Because this was something only I could fix.

"It's not that there's no way. There is."

At my words, everyone in the room focused.

"The Medicine Saint said it earlier. That a master of the same Profound Other can guide me. The phenomenon happening in my body right now is not like an illness. It's definitely not Qi Deviation. Rather, it's something that happened because my martial arts have improved. The problem is that I don't know how to control it."

If I were of the Profound Will or the Profound Manifestation, I could find a way to control my energy if I tried.

After all, the Sword Empress is a master of the Profound Will. Moreover, there is also the successor of the Heavenly Emperor, the Rakshasa Divine Maiden, who has reached a higher stage of the Profound Will than the Sword Empress.

"I'm going to meet a master of the Profound Other who knows how to control my energy."

"Is there such a being? No! Even if there is, is it possible to find them right now?"

The Sword Empress's question was only natural.

Because there were almost no one who had reached the realm of the Profound Other.

Even if you searched the entire Orthodox Faction, there was only the Divine Monk, so that says it all.

"It's not certain, but there is."

I looked at the Divine Monk, and the Divine Monk answered for me.

"Amitabha."

The Buddha's name heavily filled the room.

"My master was one who had reached the Profound Other. That was so from the first time I met my master. What is certain is that my master has reached a realm that I cannot even imagine. And it was my master who taught me about enlightenment."

"Then, if we just meet the Divine Monk's master, can we fix the changes happening in the body of the child of the Sword Emperor?"

"As far as I know, there is nothing in this world that my master does not know. And he would grant my request. After all, I am his disciple."

Since the conversation seemed to be sufficiently over, I took the floor again.

"I will leave for Tianzhu, where the Divine Monk's master is, right now. Of course, since I cannot use my martial arts fully right now, I will be accompanied by Murong Seryeong. And."

"Wait."

The Sword Empress raised her hand and cut me off.

"Yes. What is it?"

"For an escort, my disciple is sufficient, but wouldn't it be safer to be accompanied by me?"

"Of course, it would be. But there is a reason why I had you attend the meeting with the New Five Great Families, Sword Empress."

"What reason is more important than this right now?"

Anyone would think that the Sword Empress was genuinely worried about me right now. But I know now. That the Sword Empress is just anxious that her sparring partner will disappear.

"You all know that I am from the Divine Cult."

"T-That's right."

"Baek-ah."

At my call, the ground bulged up, and a white snake revealed itself.

"A snake?"

"A white snake?"

"Is that a white-bellied cobra?"

"Shasha!"

For reference, Baek-ah is a name I gave it for convenience.

"This is a snake that I use like a carrier pigeon to exchange information with the Divine Cult."

The Divine Monk's eyes deepened as he saw Baek-ah.

"Amitabha. So that's why. During the war with the Demonic Cult, no matter how much we blocked the carrier pigeons, we couldn't stop the information from leaking out."

"Shasha!"

Baek-ah raised its head high and was showing off its dignity to its heart's content.

"I'll have to crush the snake bastard from now on!"

At the Divine Monk's glaring eyes, Baek-ah hid behind my leg.

"Sha?"

I continued.

"There is information I received from the Demonic Cult through Baek-ah."

I took out the letter from my bosom and showed it to them.

"Isn't this about the New Five Great Families?"

"That's right. There will be information about someone written there."

"The Divine Star?"

"Yes. Divine Star Yong Ma-pae. The him I know is not a master of the Transformation Realm. He is a master of the Profound Realm. And he is stronger than anyone here. He is hiding his martial prowess right now. I don't know the reason, but."

Just then. The Divine Monk looked at me with sharp eyes. From the moment Baek-ah appeared, the Divine Monk's energy had been on edge.

Is it finally coming out!

The true power of the Orthodox Faction that I didn't know about!

Yes. If it had flowed like this, I would have been genuinely disappointed in the Orthodox Faction.

That our Divine Cult had been defeated by such guys for so long!

"You. How do you know information that neither the Demonic Cult nor the Orthodox Faction knows?"

"My master, the Sword Emperor, told me."

Now! Try to properly refute this flimsy answer that anyone can see through!

"I see."

The Divine Monk's gaze immediately became gentle.

Huh? Is that it?

"If it's the Sword Emperor, I acknowledge it."

And so, I was to leave for Tianzhu with the Sword Demoness. And an unexpected person was waiting for us.

"Captain!

(End of Chapter)