The Chaotic Immortal Wood Sect: Immortal Cultivation War - Chapter 37

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37. How Could I Be Treated Like a Captured Beast

“What do you mean?”

“Why are you saying such things?”

The two monks from Blue Wood Academy looked puzzled at Man Song’s words.

A high-ranking monk from Cheon Gwang Moon was saying he would punish his own disciple, so why?

“Since we’ve given what needed to be given, there’s no longer any reason for us to fight, is there?”

Man Song answered while looking at Ha So Woon from Cheon Gwang Moon with wariness.

Then Ha So Woon, who was facing him, spoke to Man Song as if there was nothing to hide.

“That’s right. You’re quite calculating indeed. Now that I’ve corrected the wrongs of our sect’s disciples, shouldn’t I also examine Blue Wood Academy’s conduct?”

“That would… be right. If there are mistakes we haven’t realized, it’s only natural to receive guidance. Moreover, this is Cheon Gwang Moon’s territory, isn’t it?”

Man Song answered with an expression of resignation.

Then Ha So Woon glared at Man Song for a moment before speaking.

“However, there’s no need to dig up minor faults and create disgrace for the Five Great Sects. But those children are not disciples of the Five Great Sects, and they deceived our sect by forging identity tokens of Cheongmyeongbangsi, which our Cheon Gwang Moon manages, so they must be properly punished, right?”

Ha So Woon’s gaze stopped on Kang Hyeon and In Deok standing in the manor courtyard.

Then Man Song looked startled as if caught off guard and asked Ha So Woon.

“So that was your goal all along?”

Then Ha So Woon waved his hand.

“When I first stepped forward, I wasn’t thinking of settling things so lightly. But seeing those children, I thought it wouldn’t be bad to conclude things this way.”

“What if I don’t accept?”

“What?”

“As you already know, before the Peak Master intervened, those children were in the middle of taking the entrance oath to our Blue Wood Academy. Though it was temporarily halted by your appearance, Peak Master, even now just a few words would make those children pillars of our sect.”

“So you’re saying you’ll have that child continue with the entrance oath?”

“Though I may not be able to handle the Peak Master, I should be able to buy enough time for the oath to be completed, shouldn’t I?”

“And then? You’ll all be annihilated here afterward?”

“That would be so. But then, Peak Master, you would have to become the vanguard in the fight between our Blue Wood Academy and Cheon Gwang Moon.”

“Vanguard?”

“Isn’t that how logic works? Since it was the Peak Master who escalated things to that point, how could you not take responsibility for the fight?”

“So I would end up being sacrificed?”

“Just as the deaths of us here are predetermined, wouldn’t the Peak Master’s end be similarly predetermined? The sect won’t ignore our deaths.”

“You would go that far?”

As if Man Song’s response was very different from what he expected, surprise and confusion flashed across Ha So Woon’s face.

“To gain Peak Master Ha’s concession, this much is necessary.”

“Concession?”

“If you’re not going to kill me and everyone here and ruin Peak Master Ha’s future as well, wouldn’t some concession be necessary?”

“So what are you proposing?”

Ha So Woon also acknowledged that if he killed Man Song, the Blue Wood Academy disciples, and even the talents with Heavenly Spirit Roots, the result would likely darken his own future.

And since that path wasn’t what he desired either, he asked Man Song for a solution.

“Let’s divide them.”

Man Song answered briefly.

“Divide? You mean we each take one of those two?”

“Wouldn’t that be good for us and good for Cheon Gwang Moon as well? Peak Master Ha’s dignity wouldn’t be diminished either.”

“You’re saying those children are worth that much?”

“Both are talents with single Heavenly Spirit Roots. Moreover, as you can see, they have the skill to disguise their spiritual roots in ways I find difficult to discern. Wouldn’t they be worthy as future pillars?”

“If what you say is true, they would certainly be worth that much. But even among the same Heavenly Spirit Roots, there must be superior and inferior ones?”

“That may be so, but if one side has a Wood Heavenly Spirit Root and the other has a Lightning-Metal Heavenly Spirit Root, wouldn’t there be no room for dispute in dividing them?”

“Hahahaha. That’s right. A Wood Heavenly Spirit Root would naturally suit your Blue Wood Academy disciples, and a Lightning-Metal Heavenly Spirit Root would suit our Cheon Gwang Moon. Right. There would be no room for dispute at all.”

He laughed heartily at the mention of Wood and Lightning-Metal spiritual roots and readily agreed with Man Song’s words.

This made sense because Cheon Gwang Moon practiced cultivation methods dealing with the special attribute of light, and among these, the lightning attribute was close to light.

Moreover, when the lightning attribute met with the metal attribute, it was also greatly beneficial for handling light attributes, so having Lightning-Metal as a single attribute would make one a perfectly suited talent for Cheon Gwang Moon.

But for Kang Hyeon and In Deok listening to their conversation, it was like being struck by lightning from a clear sky.

Kang Hyeon clenched his teeth with a hardened expression, while In Deok gripped Kang Hyeon’s sleeve with tremendous strength, hunching his large frame.

“Wh-what do we do?”

In Deok looked at Kang Hyeon with a frightened expression as if he had returned to childhood.

“Hah. Is this the misery that the powerless must endure in the Cultivation World?”

Kang Hyeon looked back at In Deok and muttered quietly in a disheartened tone.

“Kang Hyeon…”

In Deok called out to Kang Hyeon in a pitiful voice.

“Don’t worry. I won’t let you go.”

A resolute voice.

Kang Hyeon’s face as he looked at In Deok contained strong determination.

“Oh?”

That action drew the attention of all the monks from both Cheon Gwang Moon and Blue Wood Academy.

“Child. What did you just say? Did you say you won’t let go of that child behind you?”

Ha So Woon asked Kang Hyeon.

“Though our cultivation level is certainly low, we’re not mindless puppets. We will decide our own fate.”

Kang Hyeon forced himself to raise his head and look at Ha So Woon as he spoke.

In Kang Hyeon’s eyes, Ha So Woon appeared as a mass of brilliant light.

Ha So Woon was emitting light himself to obscure Kang Hyeon’s vision and pressure him.

Ha So Woon’s aura was so powerful that it was difficult for Kang Hyeon, who was at the Qi Accumulation stage, to endure, but Kang Hyeon never turned his gaze away from Ha So Woon.

“Insolent fool!”

Then one of the Cheon Gwang Moon disciples beside Ha So Woon scolded Kang Hyeon and pressed down on him with mental intent.

“Kugh!”

“Kang Hyeon!”

“Cough! Cough! D-don’t expect… that you can control us… as you please!”

Under the force of that mental intent, Kang Hyeon received a great shock and let out a scream while clutching his chest and dropping to one knee.

When In Deok, startled by this, supported Kang Hyeon to help him up, Kang Hyeon stubbornly raised his head to look at the Cheon Gwang Moon disciples as if he would never bend his will.

“Huh. Man Song, you’re going to have some trouble.”

Ha So Woon spoke as if he didn’t particularly care since Kang Hyeon would become a disciple of Blue Wood Academy anyway.

Then he looked at Hwang In Deok, but In Deok was still supporting Kang Hyeon and tending to his injuries as if he didn’t care what happened to him.

“Tsk, boy! You come over here!”

Displeased by this sight, Ha So Woon projected his mental intent toward Hwang In Deok and gave him a command.

In Deok also felt Ha So Woon’s summons.

However, In Deok didn’t even glance toward Ha So Woon and the Cheon Gwang Moon monks, being busy wiping the blood from Kang Hyeon’s face with his sleeve.

“What! That brat!”

Then the Cheon Gwang Moon monk who had shouted at Kang Hyeon glared at In Deok with fierce eyes.

However, since In Deok was a child that Ha So Woon had marked as a future pillar of Cheon Gwang Moon, he couldn’t use harsh methods like he had with Kang Hyeon.

He only sent powerful mental intent to try to suppress In Deok’s energy.

“Please give us some time. We’ve been together for a long time, so we can’t part so suddenly like this.”

Meanwhile, Kang Hyeon, who had somewhat recovered from the shock, asked for time without specifying anyone in particular.

Then Man Song and Ha So Woon exchanged glances.

During this, Elder Eung Ryeong asked Kang Hyeon.

“Are you trying to buy time to pull some trick?”

“Yes, I’m thinking of trying that.”

Kang Hyeon answered Eung Ryeong’s question that way.

Then Eung Ryeong asked back with a surprised expression.

“What? You really said that?”

“Right now my friend and I are being treated like captured beasts, so in such a situation, trying to find a way out wouldn’t be wrong.”

“Do you think your abilities make that possible?”

“Even if it’s impossible, I should think of methods and at least try, so I won’t have regrets.”

“No regrets? Don’t tell me you’re thinking of taking your own life?”

Eung Ryeong looked back and forth between Kang Hyeon and In Deok with a surprised expression, while In Deok was looking at Kang Hyeon in bewilderment, shocked by the mention of taking one’s life.

“Haha. How could that happen? No matter how much our freedom is taken away, it would be better to stay alive than to die. Even in the worst situation.”

“Tsk, you can say that because you don’t properly know the harshness of the Cultivation World.”

Eung Ryeong said those cryptic words, then slightly turned his body to face away from Kang Hyeon and In Deok and closed his eyes.

While Eung Ryeong and Kang Hyeon were having this conversation, Ha So Woon and Man Song also made their decision, and Ha So Woon spoke to Kang Hyeon.

“Go ahead and do as you wish. I’ll give you half a day, so share your parting feelings or try to run away from us. But if you’re caught while trying to escape, that’s the end. I won’t give you any more time.”

“Understood.”

Kang Hyeon answered that way and dragged In Deok into his dwelling.

“Do they think they can avoid our attention by going inside the building?”

“It’s not that impressive, but there are some barriers and restrictions underground, so they might be trusting in those to hide.”

“Right. They’re going there as expected.”

In the underground of Kang Hyeon’s dwelling was an herb garden where the True Fertile Earth Secret Method was applied.

And that place had more barrier and restriction formations installed than the training rooms each of them used separately.

However, to Avatar Stage monks like Man Song or Ha So Woon, these were meaningless.

The two monks were easily observing with their mental intent that Kang Hyeon and In Deok had entered there and sat facing each other.

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“What are you going to do?”

After coming down to the spirit herb field and sitting face to face, In Deok asked Kang Hyeon.

“We have to run away.”

Kang Hyeon looked at In Deok and spoke with a resolute expression.

“How? How are you going to avoid those monks up there?”

When In Deok asked about the method, Kang Hyeon raised his index finger to his lips to signal not to say more.

At this, In Deok closed his mouth and quietly looked at Kang Hyeon.

Then Kang Hyeon looked around the spirit herb field and muttered.

“It’s a shame, but in the current situation, I don’t have the luxury of taking those with me.”

“Hey, is this the time to feel sorry about some weeds?!”

In Deok scolded Kang Hyeon loudly.

However, this wasn’t truly reproaching Kang Hyeon, but rather trying to show his usual self in response to Kang Hyeon’s appearance of seemingly having some plan.

“Haha, that’s true. Now, take my hand.”

Kang Hyeon smiled brightly at In Deok’s behavior and extended his hand.

“Huh? Don’t tell me?”

At Kang Hyeon’s words to hold hands, In Deok immediately showed a surprised expression as if he had guessed Kang Hyeon’s plan.

But Kang Hyeon once again put his index finger to his lips, shook his head, and extended his hand.

In Deok also made no sound and quietly took Kang Hyeon’s hand.

And at that very moment, Kang Hyeon and In Deok were engulfed in spatial distortion and their forms began to scatter like mist.

[How dare you!]

[What trick are you pulling!]

But before Kang Hyeon and In Deok’s forms completely disappeared, intense mental intent and spiritual consciousness swept over the underground spirit herb field.

And along with that, the consciousness of Ha So Woon and Man Song that was transmitted tried to catch the scattering Kang Hyeon and In Deok and return them to their original state.

“Oh no, Kang Hyeon!”

“It’s okay! Don’t worry!”

“Kang Hyeon!”

“I told you to calm down. If we enter the Mystic Realm like this, it’ll be over!”

“I think we’re going to be dragged out!”

“I said it’s okay! In Deok! Don’t panic!”

“Hy, Hyeon! Hyeon!”

“In Deok!”

“Aaaahhhhh!”

As the power of the two Avatar Stage monks pulled at Kang Hyeon and In Deok, In Deok’s vision became dizzy.

At this rate, both of them would inevitably be caught by those people again.

Becoming desperate, In Deok shook off the hand he was tightly holding and pushed Kang Hyeon into the entrance so that at least Kang Hyeon could enter the Mystic Realm.

“What are you doing!”

“You, at least you go! If it’s just you!”

“What are you saying! It doesn’t matter at all… Hey, you bastard!”

“Go, hurry…”

Hwang In Deok had decided to sacrifice himself for Kang Hyeon.

But Kang Hyeon was bursting with indignation at Hwang In Deok’s actions.

“Crazy bastard! You just had to stay put, so why did you let go and cause trouble! Haa. How frustrating!”

If he had just waited a little longer, they could have entered the Mystic Realm together.

And he could have opened the entrance to the Mystic Realm at a place far from Cheong Myeong Bang Si.

While coming to Nok Province to meet Elder Eung Ryeong and traveling to Cheong Myeong Bang Si, Kang Hyeon had left Trent’s branches and roots in various places.

Among them, there would be some that had enough energy to open the entrance to the Mystic Realm at least once.

Then they could have avoided Cheon Gwang Moon or Blue Wood Academy separating Kang Hyeon and In Deok.

“Stupid bastard.”

Kang Hyeon reached out his hand again toward In Deok, who had let go and was moving away alone, pulling him with spiritual energy, and struck In Deok’s head hard with spiritual consciousness as he resisted.

“Just! Stay still! You bastard!”

Crack!

“Kueok!”

In Deok took Kang Hyeon’s sudden attack directly and lost consciousness completely.

Only then did Kang Hyeon pull the now unresisting In Deok into his arms and seep into the entrance of the Mystic Realm.

The Avatar Stage monks tried to stop them, but the power of the laws contained within the Mystic Realm ultimately shook off their interference.

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