The Chaotic Immortal Wood Sect: Immortal Cultivation War - Chapter 29

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29. Calamitous Beasts Who Caused Internal Strife Due to Dream Mist Addiction

“Even so, how can we trust that young brat’s words and eat something so suspicious?”

“Suspicious? We confirmed it ourselves with our own eyes. If you still find it suspicious after that, doesn’t that mean you don’t trust ourselves?”

“There’s a saying: ‘Many people but no defense.’ Even with many people, they cannot stop a single thief – how can we blame only our abilities? It means that finding hidden things can actually be more difficult.”

“Rather than admitting our abilities are lacking, why are you being so pathetic? The tricks of mere Early Qi Accumulation children…”

“Hey! Why do you think only those children tampered with this Spirit Fruit? It’s possible that some other expert set up a scheme and those children just happen to have it.”

“If you put it that way, I can’t say it’s absolutely impossible. But…”

“But? What are you trying to say by leaving room for doubt?”

“We can’t say there’s no possibility that what the child said about us already being addicted to Dream Mist is true…”

“You’re going to eat it?”

“I think I will. However.”

“However?”

“If you don’t feel like it, stay as you are, and if something goes wrong with me, then save me.”

“Hmm. Prepare for the worst?”

“That’s right.”

“Hmph! Fine. I’ll do that.”

While Kang Hyeon and In Deok watched, the two monks argued with differing opinions before finally reaching that agreement.

The monk who decided to eat the Spirit Fruit sat in lotus position in mid-air and consumed the Spirit Fruit Kang Hyeon had given him without hesitation.

Afterward, a clear blue light spread from his body, pushing the surrounding Dream Mist three zhang away.

“Whoa!”

The fellow monk beside him twisted his body as if the light was burdensome.

This clearly indicated addiction to Dream Mist.

“Mmm. Huh, really Dream Mist?!”

Then, the monk who had eaten the Spirit Fruit opened his eyes wide and muttered in a low voice.

The monk who had briefly moved away approached him and asked.

“Were we really addicted to Dream Mist?”

“Indeed we were. Now that my mind is this clear, I can see that everything we’ve done was carried out in a confused state.”

“Are you saying what we did was wrong?”

“The beginning was slightly off course, but now we’ve already fallen into a deep, deep pit, rolling our entire bodies in mud. What shall we do about this now?”

The monk who awakened from Dream Mist sighed with a bewildered expression.

“What do you mean! What did we do wrong!”

The monk with him also seemed to sense something had gone wrong and asked urgently.

“Huh, Dream Mist, Dream Mist. Truly frightening. To think I was like that just moments ago. Seom Geom, this is truly troublesome.”

Looking at his companion, the monk who awakened from Dream Mist sighed once more and shook his head.

“What do you mean? What’s troublesome?”

“Now that I’ve awakened from delusion, it’s so devastating that I wonder if it would have been better not to wake up at all.”

“Hmm. That’s strange talk. What did we do wrong? What did we do incorrectly?!”

“First, store that Spirit Fruit carefully and keep it safe. And.”

“And?”

“We need to get rid of those things.”

Whiririririririring!

“Damn it! Kang Hyeon!”

Along with the word “get rid,” the monk suddenly summoned dozens of arrows and poured them toward Kang Hyeon and In Deok.

In Deok was startled and created golden shields in both hands, stepping in front of Kang Hyeon.

Tadadadadada tadadadadang!

“What is this…”

As In Deok moved, Kang Hyeon was also surprised by the sudden ambush and waved his sleeve, pouring out dozens of flags.

Those flags flew through the air, stopped, and created a powerful formation.

Kang Hyeon hadn’t expected the opposing monk to suddenly attempt murder.

Ttadadang! Ttadang!

“Not bad!”

The monk who had shot the arrows watched his arrows blocked by the golden shield and then bounce off the deployed formation helplessly. He expressed admiration and hid his arrows back into the void, putting his hands behind his back.

“Woo Heon, let’s get rid of those things first, shall we?”

Then, the monk called Seom Geom approached the other monk and asked.

“Right. Since this situation is already irreversible, we need to cover up what we can and then flee. That’s the only option we have.”

“I still don’t understand, but you think something has gone seriously wrong?”

“That’s right.”

“Huh. And the reason I don’t know this now is because I’m addicted to Dream Mist?”

“Exactly.”

“Hmm.”

At the answer from the monk called Woo Heon, Seom Geom groaned lowly and showed a troubled expression.

“What are you doing?”

Then monk Woo Heon urged Seom Geom impatiently.

Seom Geom answered.

“I’m considering whether there’s any reason I should follow your will when I don’t know anything right now.”

But this answer was unexpected even for Woo Heon.

“What?”

“What about you? Do you think you would blindly follow whatever I suggested without knowing anything?”

“That’s…”

When Seom Geom asked back, Woo Heon couldn’t answer “yes.”

“Isn’t it ridiculous? Forcing me to do something you wouldn’t do yourself?”

“Forcing? When did I ever…?”

Thud!

“Gahhh!”

As Woo Heon tried to make excuses as if it were absurd, a flying sword that suddenly appeared stabbed him in the back.

“If it’s not forcing, then what? You told me not to eat the spirit fruit, but didn’t you eat the spirit fruit yourself? And now you’ve learned something and want to use me?!”

Seom Geom, who had secretly moved his flying sword to stab Woo Heon, sneered with his face full of mockery.

“Ah…, Se, Seom Geom. When did I ever…?”

“Hmph! Woo Heon, Woo Heon, foolish Bi Woo Heon. You just wait there for a moment. I too will eat the spirit fruit and clear away the Dream Mist, then judge what this matter is all about.”

“You bastard, if that’s what you’re going to do anyway, stabbing a sword in the back is…”

“Isn’t it preparation for contingencies? I’m afraid of the facts I’ll learn after eating this, so you might launch a surprise attack first.”

Seom Geom took out a spirit fruit and waved it in front of Bi Woo Heon as he spoke.

“Cough! How can you have such ridiculous delusions…? Ah, Dream Mist! It’s because of the Dream Mist!”

Bi Woo Heon was dumbfounded by the absurd situation, then suddenly realized that the cause of all this was the confusion from Dream Mist poisoning and made a despairing expression.

“What are they doing? Why did he suddenly stab his ally in the back?”

“I don’t know either. But when poisoned by Dream Mist, it wouldn’t be strange no matter what they do.”

Kang Hyeon answered In Deok’s words in a small voice.

Since the situation was turning in their favor, he thought there was no need to draw attention and ruin things.

“Really?”

In Deok, seemingly thinking the same, spoke in a voice small enough for only Kang Hyeon to hear.

“Since they believe all their jumbled and chaotic thoughts are completely sound, even if it’s a strange situation from our perspective, those poisoned by Dream Mist would consider it natural.”

“Can’t we just think of them as crazy?”

“Since there’s no need to be considerate or understanding toward the enemy, it would be easier to think of them as madmen as you say. It’s not like we’re going to give them absolution.”

Kang Hyeon said this while carefully throwing and planting several flags here and there again.

This was to restore parts of the formation that had been damaged by Bi Woo Heon’s arrow attack earlier and to supplement areas that felt insufficient.

“But before eating this, I should deal with you first.”

However, even while trying not to draw attention, Seom Geom didn’t forget to be wary of Kang Hyeon and In Deok.

He waved his sleeve to summon thirty-six blue flying swords and drove them down around Kang Hyeon and In Deok.

Pa-pa-pa-pa-pat! Pa-pa-pa-pat!

Wooooong! Bzzzzzzing!

“Huh? A formation?”

“It’s a sealing formation!”

The flying swords that surrounded and stabbed down around Kang Hyeon and In Deok activated a formation, instantly creating a hemispherical wall of ice that trapped Kang Hyeon and In Deok.

When Kang Hyeon probed with his spiritual consciousness, it was a seal that wouldn’t be easy to break.

“Hmph! Wait for a moment.”

Having finished his work, Seom Geom said this to Kang Hyeon and In Deok, then proceeded to stab two more flying swords into the chest of Bi Woo Heon, who was groaning with a flying sword stuck in his back.

“Gahhh! Se, Seom Geom, you bastard…!”

“How could I let my guard down when I know you so well, Bi Woo Heon? And as you know, the method I used on you now isn’t that vicious. If treated well, it’s a method that could recover without aftereffects, isn’t it?”

“Hah, Seom Geom…”

Bi Woo Heon knew that Seom Geom’s words weren’t wrong.

But that was more of a problem.

If Seom Geom hadn’t been poisoned by Dream Mist, he wouldn’t have acted in a way that left room like this.

Actions that didn’t make sense – this proved he was poisoned by Dream Mist, so how could he not be dismayed?

“What do we do now?”

In Deok asked Kang Hyeon while examining the pale blue seal from various angles.

However, Kang Hyeon was focusing more on the monk called Seom Geom, who swallowed the spirit fruit he had given in one bite and was circulating spiritual energy, rather than on the formation completed with thirty-six swords.

Swoosh! Swoosh!

“Hmm.”

Just like Bi Woo Heon had done, blue light spread from Seom Geom’s body, pushing away the surrounding Dream Mist.

But right at that moment, something unexpected happened.

The blue light that spread from Seom Geom’s body seeped into Bi Woo Heon’s body, greatly improving his condition.

This could be seen just from the three flying swords that had been embedded in Bi Woo Heon’s body sliding out smoothly.

“Hmph! Die!”

Pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pat!

Bi Woo Heon was definitely not someone to be taken lightly.

He didn’t miss this sudden stroke of luck and fiercely struck while Seom Geom was still dazed from just shaking off the Dream Mist poisoning with the spirit fruit’s energy.

Thud-thud-thud-thud! Thud-thud-thud-thud-thud!

“Gahhhhh! Cough!”

Seom Geom instantly became like a porcupine with dozens of arrows stuck in him.

And Bi Woo Heon’s subsequent actions were completely different from Seom Geom’s earlier behavior.

“Farewell!”

Whirrrrr! Slice!

Bi Woo Heon rushed at Seom Geom, who was staggering with arrows stuck all over his body, and immediately cut off his head.

The weapon Bi Woo Heon used at this time was none other than his bow.

He had used the bowstring to sever Seom Geom’s neck.

“Huh?”

In Deok gaped with a confused expression as the outside situation once again flowed in an unexpected direction.

“In Deok! Now it’s our turn!”

It was Kang Hyeon who awakened In Deok’s spirit.

Now that only one enemy remained, he would surely focus on them.

“Uh, oh! Got it!”

Crackle crackle crackle!

In Deok also realized the situation and layered the Lightning Glory Technique over his body strengthened by the Diamond Body Technique.

“Vine Forest Creation!!”

Then Kang Hyeon used a spell art he had never shown before.

Instantly, Kang Hyeon and In Deok were surrounded by a vine forest, and the vines forming the forest writhed as if alive, gradually growing in strength.

This Vine Forest Creation was a spell art that Kang Hyeon had awakened while learning the Blue Wood True Scripture he had received from Eung Ryeong in the past.

“Hmm?”

As In Deok and Kang Hyeon tried to face him with a different appearance than before, Bi Woo Heon seemed to feel an ominous premonition and stood glaring at the two for a moment.

And after some time, he spoke to Kang Hyeon and In Deok with a gentle expression.

“My current situation has become difficult. But I cannot simply let you go like this, so it’s truly hard to decide how to proceed. So I’ll make you a proposal.”

“Please speak.”

Kang Hyeon politely responded to Bi Woo Heon’s words.

Since he seemed to want to resolve things through dialogue, he thought to go along with it for now.

“Seom Geom and I have been poisoned by Dream Mist and have done many things we shouldn’t have.”

“….”

“No matter how much I make excuses that it wasn’t something we did of our own will, isn’t it already spilled water?”

“What are you trying to say?”

“What we’ve done will be revealed someday, and that karma will also pursue us. But even knowing I’m guilty, I have no intention of willingly accepting punishment.”

“We already heard that you intend to flee.”

“Right. But you two are the problem.”

“Since we know something about you seniors, you’re worried that it will leave you insufficient time to flee?”

“Yes. Exactly so. So how about this? If you promise to keep silent about Seom Geom and me, couldn’t we part ways as if we never saw each other?”

“A simple promise wouldn’t suffice, so in the end it would have to be a binding oath or else….”

“Soul Engraving!”

Bi Woo Heon interrupted Kang Hyeon’s words and shouted about Soul Engraving.

At this, Kang Hyeon frowned and glared at Bi Woo Heon.

“You seem to have discovered that we haven’t received our sect’s Soul Engraving?”

“That’s why I’m mentioning Soul Engraving, isn’t it?”

“You’re saying Senior Bi knows about Soul Engraving.”

“That’s right. But I won’t say more about that.”

If he could lead a Soul Engraving, it meant Bi Woo Heon definitely belonged to some sect or cultivation organization.

Kang Hyeon guessed that Bi Woo Heon’s refusal to speak about it was to avoid bringing trouble to the place he belonged to.

That too was surely the effect of Soul Engraving carved into Bi Woo Heon’s soul.

“I’m sorry, but it would be difficult to follow senior’s words. We have already been chosen by a sect, and with only the initiation ceremony remaining, how could we break that promise by performing Soul Engraving here?”

Kang Hyeon pretended to consider Bi Woo Heon’s proposal for a moment before answering thus.

At this, Bi Woo Heon glared at Kang Hyeon with fierce eyes.

Dozens of arrows began to rise around Bi Woo Heon’s body.

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