I Prayed for a Murim Reincarnation, But I Was Born as the Youngest Imperial Prince - Chapter 119

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Chapter 119
While learning the Vitality Restoring Poison Medical Art from Yaxian, Seonwu received a report on the current situation.
“Mmh, the rumors in the Wulin are flowing exactly in the direction I wanted.”
He was quite pleased with the report that the public only evaluated his and Dan Suyeong’s exploits to a moderate degree.
‘That’s exactly why I worked so hard to coordinate our stories.’
With this, the world wouldn’t be on guard against them to that extent just yet.
It would be troublesome if the world trembled and busied itself watching him everywhere he went.
‘A moderate amount of fame and respect naturally comes with being a chivalrous xia, but if it goes too far, it becomes difficult to move around.’
Once someone reached the level of the Top Ten Masters, the entire world reacted whenever they moved.
It was highly inconvenient for him to be treated as an equal just because he had defeated Mandok Mazon, who was on par with those Top Ten Masters.
‘In the meantime, I should quickly master the Vitality Restoring Poison Medical Art that I need to learn.’
Yaxian bowed his waist once more, saying it was an honor to reverently teach Seonwu.
“Oh, please, elder. I’m the one honored to learn. Don’t do that and straighten your back.”
Even though there were only the two of them, Seonwu drew a line, never easily reverting to his status as a prince.
If he kept bringing it up when there was no particular need to, he might make a mistake somewhere.
“Ahem, I will tell you a few of the core tenets of the Vitality Restoring Poison Medical Art. Actually, it is just difficult to execute properly; it doesn’t have many mantra cores of inner energy to teach.”
“I am listening closely.”
As Yaxian’s teaching began, Seonwu quickly understood all of it.
‘Oh, is it because this is already my fifth one? I’ve developed a knack for it, so it’s sinking in rapidly.’
He could feel a fifth type of energy forming inside his Cintamani.
Thanks to the spiritual medicine bestowed by his imperial father, the process was exceptionally smooth.
‘Of course, even if I establish the framework with the spiritual medicine at first, I still need time to fully make it my own…’
For others, even forming that framework took a considerable amount of time due to the limitations of spiritual medicines, but he could skip that period entirely.
That alone was a massive advantage.
However, that didn’t mean he was getting a completely free ride, to the point where he could just glance at a secret manual, swallow a pill, meditate a bit, and then wake up a few days later shouting that he had mastered everything.
‘In a game, the protagonist reads a secret manual once, achieves total enlightenment, and stands up having mastered some divine art…’
In reality, even in most of those games, after reading it, a separate training process was usually required to raise the achievement rate.
It was just that the process happened so incredibly fast.
But that was only because games were compressed; this was the normal way of things.
‘The Vitality Restoring Poison Medical Art is different from the previous four, so this is actually quite fun.’
The Peerless Prajna Divine Art, true to its name, was peerless and pursued the power of profound wisdom, while the Vajra Indestructible Divine Art aimed to achieve an absolute, unbreakable sturdiness.
Wudang’s Taegeuk Yangui Shingong was the power of using softness to overcome hardness by harmonizing Yin and Yang.
The Solar Divine Art was the Extreme Yang Qi that burned all creation.
‘Every single one of them was a divine art capable of dominating the world by carrying a single absolute principle.’
The Vitality Restoring Poison Medical Art was, quite literally, an inner energy capable of saving people and healing bodies.
It was a power specialized in healing and delicately managing others.
‘Looking at it this way, it shares many similarities with the Peerless Prajna Divine Art.’
The Peerless Prajna Divine Art, with its profound wisdom, was also the most suitable power for delicate control at will.
However, the Vitality Restoring Poison Medical Art went a step further, as the energy itself was perfectly suited to nurturing life.
Instead, if it came down to pure combat capability, it was definitely somewhat inferior compared to the other four, which explained why his imperial father had placed it in the Earth Pavilion and classified it as a Fifth Rank art.
‘But it is a definitive counter to poison.’
The energy itself clashed with poison, expelling, neutralizing, and managing poison qi far more delicately than other cultivation methods, making it the ultimate counter against the characteristics of poison arts.
Now he understood why Emperor Shennong had told him in his dream that mastering the Vitality Restoring Poison Medical Art would make completing the seal on Zhen Niao flawless.
‘My imperial father told me the exact same thing when he advised me to master it.’
Since the intent of the immortal in his dream aligned with the intent of his imperial father—who was currently presumed to be not just the number one under heaven, but one of the greatest in history—he had thought he must master it no matter what, and actually learning it now brought him great satisfaction.
‘With this, even if Jun or Suyeong gets hurt, falls ill, or is poisoned, I can heal them myself.’
Even now, since he had spiritual medicines and the Golden Needles of Life and Death, he could cure most injuries, diseases, and poisons, but surely one could never have too much of an enhanced ability to heal others.
A healing ability was incredibly useful.
‘I’ve grown through actual combat as well. Learning a fifth art poses no issue at all.’
He had that much space left in his Cintamani.
Furthermore, it was actually required for the complete sealing of Zhen Niao.
Above all, he could confirm that his learning speed was faster than when he had mastered the previous four.
‘By the time I fully master this, the Zhuge Clan’s formation construction for the Medical Pavilion should be finished too.’
By then, he would be twenty-one years old.
It would mark a full year since he stepped into the Jianghu.
It felt like a lot of stationary time had been mixed into his travels, but the events he had experienced during that period were monumental.
‘Even if we count those two minor unorthodox sects as mere snacks, I exposed the corruption of the Namgung Clan, saved the Zhuge Clan from the brink of extermination, and uncovered the conspiracy of the Huangbo Clan and the demons.’
And as the decisive blow, he had killed Mandok Mazon, one of the Eight Dark Devil Sovereigns.
In truth, that was just the great achievement visible on the surface; reality held even more.
‘The important thing is that because I am sealing Zhen Niao, Mandok Mazon won’t be able to appear again.’
Over the years, masters of the orthodox factions had occasionally subjugated one of the Eight Dark Devils.
By “occasionally,” it didn’t mean it happened every year, but rather that it occurred a fair number of times when looking at a thousand years of history.
‘Yes, since I’ve worked this hard, it’s only right to take some time to reorganize.’
Let’s achieve a grand accomplishment in the Vitality Restoring Poison Medical Art and welcome his twenty-one-year-old birthday.
After that, once he confirmed that the formation at the Medical Pavilion was complete so there would be no major issue with its defense even if they left, they could move on to the next destination.
‘Now is the time for reorganization and growth.’
On top of that, he wasn’t the only one reorganizing; Jun and Suyeong were utilizing the same period, making it the perfect time to elevate the strength of the entire group.
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Just as Seonwu had judged, Zhuge Jun and Suyeong did not waste this time of full-scale residence at the Medical Pavilion either.
To execute the Medical Pavilion’s formation commission, the Patriarch of the Zhuge Clan, Zhuge Ganyun, had come in person.
Jun greeted his father.
“This isn’t a matter that requires you to come personally, Father.”
“No. Isn’t this effectively what that person desires?”
“That person” referred to Seonwu.
“Rather, I find you more puzzling. How can you judge that I did not need to come personally in a situation like this?”
“Pardon? Well, even if I directed it instead, a formation construction of this scale… No. It is indeed a matter for you to come personally, Father.”
Mid-sentence, Jun caught himself.
‘Thinking about it again, Father is right.’
Let’s put aside the fact that Seonwu was his friend.
Though the world was ignorant, his father knew that the true mastermind behind this subjugation by the Medical Pavilion was His Highness the Fifth Prince, King Wuryong.
The Imperial Family also knew that the Patriarch of the Zhuge Clan was aware of that secret.
Yet, when that mastermind had commissioned a proper formation installation, even providing funds to help grow the Medical Pavilion, how could the Patriarch delegate it to subordinates to do a half-hearted job?
‘That’s completely out of the question, yet I was looking at it too comfortably.’
It wasn’t a matter of whether he possessed the technical skill to build the formation or not.
It was a matter of showing sincerity before the might of the Imperial Family.
Of course, Seonwu wouldn’t care at all.
Given the relationship between him and the fellow.
Because he knew that, he had thought of it casually, but his father’s judgment was correct.
“You become strangely absentminded whenever it concerns that person.”
Jun flinched at Patriarch Zhuge Ganyun’s remark.
‘It’s because Seonwu is just so comfortable to be around…’
That was why he had thought of it complacently.
To be precise, he hadn’t bothered to think deeply.
“Even if you receive his favor, you must not grow careless. The more favored you are, the more cautious you must be.”
“I understand, Father.”
“At any rate, you played a proper part in subjugating Mandok Mazon, so this cannot go unrecognized.”
This time, Jun understood immediately.
“Then…”
“It is the Tianji Pill. It is one of the rewards bestowed by that person.”
Jun swallowed hard.
It was the rarest and most outstanding spiritual medicine produced by the Zhuge Clan.
Since he had already been steadily refining his family’s secret cultivation method, if he consumed this spiritual pill, ascending to the Peak Realm wouldn’t pose any problem at all.
At the very least, his inner energy would reach the Peak Realm, and how well he mastered other martial arts afterward would depend on his own efforts.
Naturally, mastering other martial arts based on Peak Realm inner energy would accelerate his progress by that much.
“It is your share.”
“Father…”
“Was it not Mandok Mazon?”
The Eight Dark Devils.
Without relying on formations, he was an absolute master of the Realm of Creation who could destroy the entire Zhuge Clan even if their full strength clashed.
His son had played a significantly large role in subjugating that mighty great demon.
As a result, the elders also agreed that the Zhuge Clan’s standing in the Jianghu had risen a step higher.
“This is by no means my favoritism, so eat it with dignity.”
“Thank you.”
“Furthermore, this single pill is not all that person gave us. There is no need to worry much.”
“Ah, right.”
Though it was currently a secret known only to the Patriarch and Jun within the Zhuge Clan, there was more than one or two spiritual medicines that surpassed the Tianji Pill.
It was thanks to Seonwu dumping a whole bunch of them on them before leaving.
The Zhuge Patriarch interpreted it as an advance payment for utilizing the clan in the future, while Jun knew the difference—that his friend had simply given them as gifts to commemorate their reunion—but regardless, they had plenty.
Therefore, taking this single pill wouldn’t carry much of a burden.
Jun accepted the Tianji Pill.
“Since all of this is also that person’s grace, eat it gratefully, ascend to the Peak Realm, and continue to assist him well so that you do not lose his favor.”
“Yes, Father.”
While answering obediently, Jun was thinking of something else inside.
The relationship between him and Seonwu wasn’t one where favor could be lost or gained, but how could he explain that?
It was best to just accept it submissively, consume it well, raise his cultivation realm, and put his father’s mind at ease.
‘But come to think of it, didn’t the Main House present this to the Imperial Family as a gift, specifically for that guy’s birthday?’
In a way, it had just come right back around after a full circle.
Even so, should this be called Seonwu’s grace?
‘Mmmh, that guy would find it embarrassing too.’
Let’s just understand it as a dividend for helping to subjugate Mandok Mazon.
Considering the overwhelming assets of the Imperial Family, someone of King Wuryong’s stature could easily allocate a single Tianji Pill as a dividend.
“I will handle the formation construction myself, and I intend to leave your uncle behind afterward, so focus solely on your martial arts training.”
“Understood.”
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Jun shared his conversation with his father with Seonwu as well.
“Oh? Then you’re finally ascending to the Peak Realm now?”
“Yeah, since I officially received it from the family, I can be proud about it now.”
“That’s great!”
Seonwu beamed.
While he was additionally mastering the Vitality Restoring Poison Medical Art, it would be a shame if only Jun played around, so wasn’t this perfect?
‘Actually, even being a high-class master at our age is said to be wonderful…’
But the Peak Realm was naturally better.
He preferred his traveling companion to be strong.
That was why he had offered to give him a spiritual pill first.
He hadn’t forced it when Jun declined, saying he would ascend after receiving official recognition from his family, but now that he had received it through the Patriarch, Jun would become a Peak Realm master too.
“Great. Since I’m going to achieve a grand accomplishment in the Vitality Restoring Poison Medical Art, you should achieve a grand accomplishment in your family’s divine art too. After that, let’s roam the Land together again.”
“Sure.”
Jun was extremely curious about who the next victim to suffer at Seonwu’s hands would be, but for now, he left that worry to his future self.

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