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The entrance to Kunlun Mountain.

This is still the realm of humans.

However, unlike the cities we have seen so far, this one is not surrounded by stone walls, but rather by wooden walls.

But you can guess that it will have similar durability to a stone wall.

Here and there, in the middle of the pillars, there are letters engraved that the immortals use. According to the immortals or Taoists, there is a Taoist spell cast on those places.

These security facilities increase as you go further inside.

So, it would be better to go in as quietly as possible.

First, I went to the entrance and stood in line quietly at a place similar to a checkpoint.

People passing by the entrance are focused on me. It would be more accurate to say that they are focused on the single flower I am holding in my hand.

At first glance, it looked strange.

The nine petals of the flower bud are made of arms, the calyx has wriggling flesh and attached eyeballs, and the long stem shows a modified spine.

This looks like a pretty dangerous thing.

In other words, wouldn’t it look to anyone like this isn’t something related to humans?

And just as I expected, as soon as I got to the entrance, a bunch of nervous people came forward holding spears.

“What brings you here?”

Look. I asked politely. And I was half-doubting it, but in a place this far from the Heavenly Demon Sect, they don’t just arrest you just because you have purple hair.

My hair is purple.

Originally, the border was the most strict at the outermost part, but it became dull the further inward you went. Furthermore, this is not a world where information is shared quickly due to the development of SNS, and to someone who is this far away, the extermination of the Cheonmasingyo is someone else’s business.

“I came here to reach the original Heavenly Lord.”

It’s not a lie.

It’s absolutely true.

But that’s enough. If a strange-looking being came to meet the Primordial Heavenly Lord, how would humans react?

I’m not sure, but there are a lot of people who look like they don’t want to get involved.

When something is not their business, people tend to put it aside and think about it. Sometimes, a conscientious person will try to strictly stick to their standards… … .

Most people try to move on to a position where they can deal with it to some extent.

“Can I tell you who came to see you?”

Hmm.

What should I do? Normally, I would have no connection here, but if I came, I would have reassured the wary person.

But that method is only used when it is slowly seeping in.

If you want to meet a high-ranking person as quickly as you do now, it’s much easier to sell the high-ranking person.

I know a tall person.

“Please tell them that the person who fought against Tongcheon’s leader Daegon has come to see me.”

They are enemies, but since they are enemies, there are many people who fought against them at one time, so they will definitely remember them. Although it was a war that ended with Kunlun’s victory, it was a war in which many immortals died on both sides.

Given the nature of many people living long lives, there are few people who would easily ignore the name of the leader of the Tongcheon sect.

In addition, he mentioned the name of the leader of the Tongcheon sect, which no ordinary person would know.

Few people know the name.

This will let you know that I’m not just someone who picked up myths somewhere.

I slowly lower the string and wait for the bait to bite.

We’re almost there.

If you’ve already pressed down on the glass bottle several times and fallen to the bottom without even seeing the Primordial Heavenly Lord while fighting people, you’ll lose out.

It is a well-known fact that the more urgent something is, the more careful one must be.

I don’t know how many people can keep that, but that’s the fate of proverbs. It’s because you can’t do it that you say it, right?

“Can I wait here?”

“Oh, no. If you wait inside, I’ll call you.”

When I ask politely, they answer politely. Now, my perspective on high-ranking people from a completely different place has changed.

It is the eye that sees the immortals or Taoists.

So I followed their guidance and went into a small space near the entrance. It seemed to be used as a shelter or something, and I was left alone in the room, with one person guarding the front.

Oh. What a pity.

If someone had come in, they would have said this and that.

I sat down and organized what I had seen from other people’s perspectives while walking so far.

First, Taesanpa Cheonbaek.

This is where things worked out the best.

Yes. It’s past tense. The Taesan faction accepted Cheon Baek, who survived. And they listened to his words, sympathized with his situation, and felt indignant. But that was the end of their luck.

Taesanpa demanded that the Murim Alliance conduct a strict investigation into Jeong Chil-jin.

However, Jeong Chil-jin, who had returned to the Sungsan sect first, was one step ahead. He even tied Sima Baek of the Sungsan sect together and declared that the Taesan sect was an evil sect that had fallen to the devil’s cult.

Just now, I was in the midst of a moment of elation at having destroyed the Cheonmasingyo.

But the story spread that there was a traitor and not a remnant.

Since ancient times, people have been more cruel to traitors than to enemies.

Although the Taoist priests and immortals were gone, the remaining members of the Murim Alliance attacked the Taesan Sect.

Even that wasn’t properly planned and commanded. There are many people who just went to Taesanpa.

From the perspective of Cheon Baek who remained in Taesanpa, there were people who came simply to ask about the truth, although it was very fragmentary.

But there are always people who act rashly. Someone cut someone, and once they saw the blood, it flowed out of control.

If only it had ended here.

If someone of the highest rank had just come forward and mediated, there might have been a chance to somehow resolve the situation. But at that moment, Cheon Baek, who was hiding and watching what was happening in the Taesan faction, was caught.

In a place where the scent of blood was strong, evidence that seemed undeniable was discovered.

Nowadays, the society of martial arts is too straightforward to distinguish between right and wrong.

A Taesanpa man is cut down, and a Taesanpa man draws his sword to defend himself.

How would a martial artist facing that situation make a judgment?

Taesanpa was in collusion with the Demonic Cult, and they thought they had caught him and taken his sword. And if Jincheoljin had a hand in it, then the lie would turn into truth.

There was a massacre in Taesanpa.

A massacre in which anyone with even the slightest connection to the Taesan faction was killed.

Cheonbaek fought hard. The Cheonma Shingong that Cheonma had compressed into one stroke helped, and he fought for a long time while scattering dark purple energy.

Long enough for a lot of warmth to come in.

The funny thing is, the more he fights to protect the Taishan faction, the more the Taishan faction falls into the abyss.

He fought for several days.

But people are people.

Even if I had an infinite supply of strength, I guess I couldn’t stop myself from getting tired. And when I heard that a master who had come from far away was having a hard time at Taesanpa, time passed and I flew over.

For these various reasons, Cheon Baek died fighting at the foot of the burning mountain of Shisan Blood Sea.

When Cheon Baek died, seeing Jeong Chil Jin appear made me realize that my trust in people was worth it.

Cheon Baek shouted at Jeong Chil Jin with an expression full of resentment and hatred, and then died with his throat cut.

Perhaps Jeong Chil-jin appeared here to make sure that anyone who could threaten him was dealt with properly.

I look at Jeong Chil-jin with my blurry, pale eyes.

He looks relieved, but also anxious. I guess he thinks it’s almost over.

But now the one being chased will be Jeong Chil-jin. I’m not talking about Sima Baek who somehow escaped from the Sung San faction and went into an uninhabited cave to become wild.

The rumor must have spread far and wide.

Jeong Chil-jin has the Makya Bogeom.

Human greed is endless. There’s an example called Jeong Chil-jin, right?

No matter how hard you try to block it, no matter how hard you try to suppress the truth, no matter how successful you are in doing so…

The truth doesn’t disappear.

Moreover, since it is a rumor that has been soaked in blood, it will be even harder for it to disappear. Judging from Jeong Chil-jin’s behavior, the enemy will point that out to him someday.

And that will explode at the moment when Jeong Chil-jin feels relieved.

While I was organizing what had happened in my head, the door opened and two people came in, indicating that the conversation upstairs was over.

One of them is the same person who was here before, and the other one is wearing a different outfit. A outfit of a similar color to the clouds.

The man wearing it came up to me and said hello.

He introduced himself as a Taoist from the Kunlun sect and politely asked me to follow him as he wanted to meet the immortal in person.

Seeing that you don’t talk about the Demonic Cult even after seeing this purple hair, it seems that eliminating the Heavenly Demonic Cult is something only those who go far to do.

Or maybe you see a flower and think it’s not human.

Among the locals that Daegon gathered when he first came to this world, there were many who he called yokai. Some were the kind that I made from my back, and others were beasts or objects that gained strength and intelligence and became yokai.

Yokai Shinsen.

As long as there are people like that, it’s easy to mistake them for monsters rather than people from the Demonic Cult.

I named it after the leader of the Tongcheon sect so that it would be easy to confuse people with it. It works well.

Of course, you could just take me here and lock me up for stupidly crawling in without even knowing it was enemy territory.

But I don’t have the luxury of choosing a different path, just in case the worst happens.

Sometimes you have to take risks.

I followed the Taoist priest through the human village and entered the area where the Taoist priest lived. Of course, I couldn’t meet him right away after entering.

I walked up the mountain for a long time.

The higher you go, the thicker the fog becomes on the mountain. But I know that this was done on purpose.

In the fresh memories I have, it says that this is a defensive device.

However, it doesn’t tell you how to destroy it, but only remembers the correct way. Well, for something like this, you just need to remember how to use it.

Now that I think about it, Daegon also seems to be able to use similar techniques. Is it completely the same? Or is it a completely different technique but with similar results?

As I was climbing the mountain along the road with that thought in mind, the fog suddenly cleared and a large village appeared. People who looked like Taoist priests were wandering around, and in the distance, high up in the sky, there were several islands.

Kunlun.

That island is not Kunlun where the immortals live. Kunlun where the immortals live. Heavenly Bridge is a completely different space that can be accessed through that island.

It’s the most difficult place to get into.

I saw a Taoist priest.

He takes me to the island, which means I think I’ll be able to get there safely.

I think the Taoist has almost passed it.

Finally, it is time to enter the nest of the immortals.