I Will Become a Phoenix More Noble Than the Emperor - Chapter 87

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87.

 

 

 

 

Her little trick had worked.

 

“Hah….”

 

Cheong-eum and Wi Gong-un, who didn’t know the true nature of the Immortal Wine, looked at the opening door with disbelief on their faces.

 

Five-colored smoke was flowing out through the crack of the door. Due to that hazy smoke, nothing inside could be seen, but even so, Seon-o stepped forward.

 

Wi Gong-un flinched as if wanting to stop Seon-o or follow her, but remained unable to move while watching Seon-o. At that moment, Cheong-eum, who had been standing dazed, suddenly ran toward Seon-o with steps swift as lightning.

 

At that sound, Seon-o, who had been stepping one foot inside the door, turned around. Cheong-eum, who had reached Seon-o with his long strides, grabbed her hand and pressed something into her palm.

 

“…!”

 

Seon-o immediately recognized the small treasure pendant he had given her.

 

It was the Igong Treasure that Cheong-eum had tried to give to Seon-o at Myo-myo Lake. That precious treasure, which even the Emperor didn’t possess, was a relic of Cheong-eum’s Mother.

 

“Somehow….”

 

Cheong-eum’s voice wavered low. Swallowing his trembling breath, he spoke with a slightly clearer voice.

 

“Somehow, please return alive.”

 

Seon-o looked at Cheong-eum in surprise. There was some kind of desperation dwelling in his eyes. When that desperation was conveyed, a surge of emotion swept through a corner of her heart. She had finally earned a fragment of Cheong-eum’s trust.

 

As Seon-o nodded and firmly grasped what Cheong-eum had given her, Wi Gong-un’s heart, who had forgotten how to move while watching him, constricted strangely.

 

Without looking back again, Seon-o entered through the door, and the dreamlike smoke completely swallowed her.

 

Thud.

 

As soon as Seon-o entered, the heavy door closed and was enveloped in white smoke. Cheong-eum endured without even blinking, trying not to lose sight of the door’s form, but as the smoke thickened, he couldn’t see the door or anything around it.

 

After a moment, the smoke cleared. The massive door had vanished without a trace.

 

Seon-o had entered Flower Cloud Island.

 

“….”

 

A terrible silence flowed over the ground where only two men remained.

 

* * *

 

Having crossed through the door, Seon-o slowly opened her eyes while feeling the cozy fragrance enveloping her entire body.

 

Flower Cloud Island.

 

A paradise where mysterious flowers bloomed and was filled with five-colored clouds.

 

The land of the First Generation Transcendents who had mastered the way to live eternally, a safe and peaceful place where nothing impure could penetrate.

 

Therefore, Flower Cloud Island was once the dream and object of longing for all humans, and those who could enter there were called Immortals, receiving reverence from everyone.

 

Immortals.

 

Those who had approached divinity in human bodies and would finally become gods.

 

However, they suddenly vanished along with the island, and Flower Cloud Island remained an eternal mystery.

 

‘…That was the setting for Flower Cloud Island.’

 

Standing on that mysterious land, Seon-o looked around at the scene spread before her. It felt like sound effects of tremendous pressure were echoing.

 

“….”

 

The five-colored clouds enveloping various parts of the island clearly indicated that this was an ideal world.

 

Dozens of small islands where large, brilliant flowers bloomed everywhere, beautiful pavilions built on those islands, and brilliant waterfalls flowing between the islands.

 

This place, where one could almost hear the illusion of dreamlike flute sounds, was an utopia where even the flowing air was hazy.

 

If Mureungdowon existed in reality, it would surely be this place.

 

‘I’ve finally come to Flower Cloud Island.’

 

Only after safely entering Flower Cloud Island did the events experienced in the labyrinth begin to feel real belatedly.

 

The trap lurking in the labyrinth and Wi Gong-un who fell into the trap while suspecting her.

 

Recalling the moment of falling into the trap made her feel dizzy again.

 

“Ha, crazy. That crazy bastard! I should have just really!”

 

She had almost ruined everything because of Wi Gong-un. But paradoxically, thanks to Wi Gong-un, she confirmed part of the prophecy.

 

Wi Gong-un, who lost his Reverse Scale, was revived by his own blood and achieved another awakening.

 

The person who appeared in the prophecy was Seon-o herself, and the blood mentioned in that Divine Oracle was truly pure blood itself.

 

If it hadn’t been such an urgent situation, she wouldn’t have been able to attempt it or succeed. She was amazed at herself for thinking of such an incredible method at that moment.

 

Seon-o looked down at the treasure pendant Cheong-eum had given her.

 

‘…I hope this method will work for Cheong-eum too.’

 

To confirm that, he first had to survive this place.

 

And also….

 

“…Should I just throw it away.”

 

Seon-o’s insides boiled with rage as he looked at Wi Gong-un’s Reverse Scale clutched in his other hand.

 

After hesitating briefly, Seon-o eventually tucked both the Treasure Pendant and Reverse Scale deep into his robes, then looked around again.

 

Though Flower Cloud Island’s scenery was beautiful and the surrounding air was utterly peaceful, Seon-o remained on high alert. Entering Flower Cloud Island was not the final gateway. He had to perform the real task here.

 

“If you enter that place and succeed in Blooming, brilliant flowers will surely bloom on the Hawthorn Tree of this land as well.”

 

That cryptic Divine Oracle telling him to make something bloom here.

 

Seon-o narrowed his eyes and searched for the Central Largest Island. Within it stood a tree so massive it was clearly visible even from a distance.

 

“….”

 

The ground Seon-o stood on was a Small Island within Flower Cloud Island. To move to another island, he would have to cross a long Suspension Bridge.

 

After catching his breath briefly, Seon-o stepped forward. As he walked to the Suspension Bridge and stepped onto it, the long bridge creaked and swayed.

 

Below was a dizzying cliff with a river flowing at the bottom.

 

Seon-o bit his lips tightly and committed his body to crossing it. Just as he had walked briskly to the middle of the creaking bridge that seemed ready to break, the bridge actually snapped and Seon-o plummeted.

 

“Ugh.”

 

Letting out a single scream, Seon-o squeezed his eyes shut.

 

* * *

 

The clear river water reflected the five-colored clouds like a mirror.

 

Seon-o, who had been floating gently on that enchanting scene, was fished out by someone onto a Ferry Boat. The Ferry Boat carrying the unconscious, motionless Seon-o moved through the water.

 

“Heave-ho, let’s catch time. Let’s catch fate. How joyful it is as the Ferry Boat drifts along.”

 

The boat owner’s slow and cheerful song drifted over the river water.

 

“Shall I follow you and walk on the water? Walk on the clouds?”

 

When clear and tranquil flute sounds followed, it became perfect Immortals’ revelry.

 

Seon-o remained unconscious, unaware that he was participating in that Immortals’ revelry. When the Ferry Boat, which moved on its own without anyone rowing, stopped at some small land, Seon-o’s body was lifted into mid-air.

 

His limp body floated up and followed behind the Old Man who had disembarked. The Old Man entered a pavilion, placed Seon-o on a soft bed, then went back outside to start fishing again.

 

The Old Man’s singing voice flowed in through the wide-open window.

 

“Heave-ho, let’s walk on clouds and frolic on the water. Shall I catch time with these hands, catch fate?”

 

The resonant singing voice along with clear flute sounds flowed into the ears of Seon-o, who lay unconscious, soaked through.

 

Seon-o’s eyes slowly opened as his brow twitched as if hearing an annoying alarm.

 

“….”

 

A dreamlike haziness as if floating on clouds enveloped his entire body. Unable to quickly regain his senses and blinking his eyes, Seon-o soon recalled that he had fallen from the broken bridge.

 

“!”

 

Just as Seon-o, finally coming to his senses, tried to bolt upright, pure white light rushed in and pressed down heavily on his body.

 

‘What is this!’

 

As the panicked Seon-o struggled at the unexpected situation, a languid voice was heard.

 

“Shh. If you move around like that, your body will become heavier, Master Kang?”

 

Seon-o’s eyes widened as he immediately recognized that playful voice. Straining to turn his head while pinned down, he saw Yang Chae-gyo sitting on the bed across from him, grinning wickedly.

 

A blood-soaked bandage was wrapped around one of her eyes.

 

Seon-o’s breath caught at the sight.

 

‘Ha…. That crazy lunatic Yang Chae-gyo….’

 

In the end, Chae-gyo had made the same choice as in the original story.

 

As was known, there were two ways to enter Flower Cloud Island. Either undergo 100 days of cultivation to create a pure body that Flower Cloud Island would recognize as worthy of an Immortal, or offer a sacrifice that would satisfy Flower Cloud Island.

 

That sacrifice, of course, had to be something imbued with high Yin Power.

 

However, there was a fact people didn’t know. This solemn island also valued the price of sacrifice highly.

 

Therefore, Chae-gyo gained entry by offering something imbued with high Yin Power along with an equally valuable sacrifice to Flower Cloud Island.

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