Survival Guide for the Reincarnated - Chapter 134

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Chapter 134

There sat an old man with graying hair in front of a small table.

“Is it you? The one making a commotion in the Murim these days?”

“Though unintended, that’s how it turned out.”

After saying that, I respectfully performed the Embracing Fist.

“It’s an honor to meet you for the first time. I am Seol Woon-hwi. It’s a privilege to meet the Heaven-Defying Pillar, senior No Cheon-myeong.”

“Hehe… Well, well. Your manners are truly proper. Yes, I am that Heaven-Defying Pillar. A has-been among has-beens.”

To him who wore a self-deprecating smile, I immediately posed a question.

“This humble junior would like to ask senior No a question, if that’s alright.”

“Go ahead.”

“Senior No, are you someone who knows gratitude?”

At this question, No Cheon-myeong furrowed his brow deeply. He opened his mouth with an expression of complete bewilderment.

“Hey, Pae Woon.”

“Yes, Master.”

“What do you think this kid is trying to do?”

“…I don’t know.”

Without taking his gaze off me, No Cheon-myeong spoke.

“That bastard is the one you mentioned earlier, right?”

“Yes.”

“What did you say about that bastard earlier?”

“…I said he was a genius who might appear once in a thousand years.”

“Right, that genius is now asking me if I know gratitude, and since he’s a genius that even I couldn’t predict, I can’t understand it, right? So what could it possibly mean?”

“…”

“Not going to answer?”

“…How can I answer something I don’t know, Master.”

After quietly watching the two converse, I spoke up.

“There’s no need to think too hard about it. It’s literally what I asked. Senior No, are you someone who knows gratitude?”

“Well now, yes, I’m someone who knows it. I know gratitude and how to bestow it too.”

“Bestowing…”

“Why? Doesn’t seem like it? I’m scattering Divine Ginseng Flowers that are abundant here everywhere.”

“That’s not it, but I heard the answer I wanted. However, I’m not entirely convinced.”

“So then, you so-called genius of a thousand years. Tell me now what your intention is in asking such a question. I don’t have time to be playing around like this.”

It certainly seemed that way.

“It’s simple. The Cheon-in Hwa-sin Gyeol that you’ve been struggling to solve, I’ll help you decode it.”

It was an instant.

No Cheon-myeong was smiling silently, and a blade had come to my neck.

It was Pae Woon, No Cheon-myeong’s disciple.

He had been beside No Cheon-myeong just moments ago, but came to my side before I could even blink.

But that was as far as it went.

Pae Woon’s gaze turned downward.

A sword was also pointed at his neck.

It was Manager Seong’s sword.

“If even a little strength enters your arm muscles, you die immediately.”

Manager Seong’s eyes were truly murderous as he spoke.

“Manager Seong.”

“Yes, Young Master. Don’t worry. If this bastard puts even a little strength in his hand, I’ll immediately cut his throat, so not even a scratch will remain on your neck…”

“Lower your sword.”

“…What?”

“Lower it.”

After saying that, I turned my head to look at No Cheon-myeong.

No Cheon-myeong had no interest whatsoever in situations like this.

Why his disciple Pae Woon had drawn his sword and pointed it at my neck.

Why his pupils were shaking like that.

And why No Cheon-myeong’s eyes were so sunken.

I was the only one who could explain all of this.

No Cheon-myeong asked.

“What are you?”

“I am Seol Woon-hwi. Among the Polar Descendants of the Ten Thousand Year Snow Palace, I hold the position called Hyeon Seol-rin…”

“Not that nonsense, how did you know this was the Cheon-in Hwa-sin Gyeol? No one knows about it except me and my disciple. Have you seen me before?”

“No.”

“I haven’t either. So how do you know this?”

I smiled and answered immediately.

“Senior No’s disciple who has a blade to my neck told me.”

No Cheon-myeong chuckled, and Pae Woon’s face turned pale.

“Don’t… don’t lie. When did I ever do that…!”

“It’s a joke.”

“…What?”

“You seemed too tense, so I played a little prank.”

Looking at Pae Woon who was blinking, I said casually.

“Enough of that, put it away. You won’t be able to cut anyway.”

Pae Woon, with a trembling expression, slowly lowered his sword and looked at No Cheon-myeong.

“Master. It wasn’t me.”

“I know. I know it wasn’t you.”

I watched Pae Woon exhale as if relieved, then shifted my gaze.

“Senior No.”

“Kid. That’s enough. Don’t call me that. From now on, I’ll be asking the questions.”

I nodded and said.

“I’ll listen attentively.”

No Cheon-myeong, who had been studying my eyes carefully, stroked his beard and asked.

“How do you know?”

“I cannot tell you that.”

“…If you don’t speak, I’ll kill you right now…”

“Isn’t the most important thing senior No’s 50-year aspiration?”

Though his words were cut off, No Cheon-myeong didn’t say anything about it.

Right now he was wearing a truly complex expression.

“How I know the name of the Cheon-in Hwa-sin Gyeol, such things are not important at all. What’s most important is decoding the Cheon-in Hwa-sin Gyeol that senior No hasn’t been able to solve for 50 years and has been obsessing over.”

“…”

“Can I definitively judge that you’re someone who knows gratitude?”

“…You keep saying gratitude, gratitude, but is there something you want from me?”

“It’s not that there isn’t.”

No Cheon-myeong smiled coldly.

“Right, there would be. Whatever it is, if you provide great help in resolving my 50-year aspiration, I’ll make a firm promise here and now. Staking my name No Cheon-myeong, I will regard you as my benefactor for the rest of my life. If there’s something you want from me, I will help you with my life on the line, whatever it may be. Is that enough now?”

“Yes. That’s enough.”

I silently moved forward. Just as Pae Woon was about to move again, I quietly extended my hand.

Too naturally, Pae Woon’s neck came into my grasp, and No Cheon-myeong who watched this gleamed in his eyes while Pae Woon was greatly flustered.

“I let it slide once seeing your respect for your master.”

After pausing briefly, I met Pae Woon’s eyes and continued quietly.

“There won’t be a second time.”

I released my hand and moved forward again.

Pae Woon and No Cheon-myeong.

I had only heard these two names as ‘stories.’

In my previous life, No Cheon-myeong dies exactly 8 years from this point in time.

There was one disciple who stayed by his side until then.

That disciple chose to follow No Cheon-myeong in death the moment No Cheon-myeong died.

The name of that disciple who judged there was no longer any reason to live was Pae Woon.

This master-disciple story became a tragic tale that spread widely throughout the world, and was a famous story among famous stories that was naturally mentioned whenever discussing the end of stagnant martial artists.

And rightfully so.

A full 50 years.

Even 20 or 30 years would make one famous, but 50 years means you’d have to search through the history of the primordial era that disappeared into ancient times to find similar cases.

Because it wasn’t just stagnation, but 50 years of training day after day without missing a single day.

Without stopping for even a moment, dedicating himself to deciphering the Cheon-in Hwa-sin Gyeol and never ceasing his training.

There truly had never been such a case in this world.

I spoke quietly.

“First, I’d like to take a look at the Cheon-in Hwa-sin Gyeol.”

“…What would you see even if you looked?”

“Just give it to me for now, Senior No.”

After thinking for a moment, No Cheon-myeong soon took out a paper from his chest and handed it to me.

As soon as I received it, I immediately read it.

Honwon-gwi-il-che , Cheonji-wi-heogong .

The primordial returns to one body, and heaven and earth become void.

Muhyeong-saeng-yusang , Yusang-bok-gwi-mu .

From formlessness comes form, and form returns again to nothingness.

Sim-in-gi-gi-ju , Gi-hwa-sim-sim-tong .

When the mind recognizes energy, the energy dwells, and when energy transforms into mind, the mind becomes connected.

궁극—(窮極—).

The initial incantation formula was written completely, but the latter formula was cut off.

So were those mere three characters all there was?

No.

Absolutely not.

Judging by the size of the tear, there were at least fifteen more characters.

I looked over the incantation formula once more.

Should I say it brought back memories?

In my previous life, I had heard No Cheon-myeong’s story much later, and back then I had become curious.

What exactly had No Cheon-myeong been obsessing over?

After making inquiries, I had obtained this paper now in my hands, but the Cheon-in Hwa-sin Gyeol I obtained only went up to the part about “form returns to nothingness.”

I was curious.

I wanted to try solving the rest of the content, but the fundamental reason was that the contents of this incantation formula were extraordinary.

And it was also familiar.

I sat down for a moment and rested my chin on my hand.

In my previous life, after leaving Snow Palace, I had entered a secret realm and obtained a heart method there.

Tae-cho-seon-cheon-sim-beop .

Who had left it wasn’t written anywhere, but I immediately noticed that the heart method was extraordinary.

I trained in it like mad, and mixed it with the Blood Demon Thousand Hands Heart Method I obtained from the Origin Blood Sect to create a new heart method.

That became the Tae Heo Immortal Blood Heart Method I continue to use even now.

With this Tae Heo Immortal Blood Heart Method, I refine and use Heo Hyeon Energy.

The reason I’m explaining all this in such detail is because the incantation formula of the ‘Tae-cho-seon-cheon-sim-beop’ I obtained initially is strangely similar to this Cheon-in Hwa-sin Gyeol’s incantation formula.

Tae-cho-hon-don-jeon , Seon-cheon-mu-hyeong-si .

Before the primordial chaos, in the time of innate formlessness.

Il-jeom-yeong-gi-dong , Man-sang-si-saeng-gi .

When one point of spiritual energy moves, all phenomena begin to arise.

Yu-mu-gyo-hwan-cheo , Jin-ga-ha-jae-jeuk .

Where existence and non-existence exchange, where do truth and illusion reside?

This is part of the incantation formula from the Tae-cho-seon-cheon-sim-beop.

Clearly, the incantation formulas of Cheon-in Hwa-sin Gyeol and Tae-cho-seon-cheon-sim-beop are similar.

“Do you see anything?”

I turned my head.

No Cheon-myeong’s expression didn’t look good. He seemed angry, which I fully understand.

And though I didn’t say it, I had deciphered this Cheon-in Hwa-sin Gyeol in my previous life.

I wasn’t certain if that was the correct answer, but it was at least completed with the enlightenment of a martial artist who had reached Primordial Sole Existence, and seeing the relatively intact Cheon-in Hwa-sin Gyeol now makes me certain.

That I wasn’t wrong.

“Kid.”

“Yes, Senior No.”

“I understand what you’re thinking by doing this, but even if people around you praise you for being smart, wrong is still wrong.”

“Is that so?”

“I won’t ask how you know about the Cheon-in Hwa-sin Gyeol. But you need to apologize. You do.”

“Why should I apologize?”

“A 50-year obsession is really a big wound for me. I’m trying to let it slide because of your boldness and spirit, but if you keep acting like this, I’ll break all your arms and legs…”

“Rather, you should be grateful to me.”

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