The Chaotic Immortal Wood Sect: Immortal Cultivation War - Chapter 60

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60. Now You Try It

 

“Uuuugh, Master, please save me. Please…”

 

Gil Cheong Ho’s pleading voice could be heard directed at the Female Monk.

 

Kang Hyeon rose from his seat and headed toward the cave where Gil Cheong Ho was.

 

In the cave that had been dug into one side of the cavern where the Teleportation Array was located, a simple cave dwelling had been set up, and Gil Cheong Ho and the Female Monk were there.

 

“How did you come to be here?”

 

When Kang Hyeon entered, the Female Monk asked with fierce eyes.

 

“I have completed all the formations. Now if we send up Master’s spirit beast, we should be able to freely absorb the vital energy of the Black Secret Wetlands.”

 

“Hmm? Is that so?”

 

“Yes, it is.”

 

“But is it safe?”

 

The Female Monk looked at Kang Hyeon with suspicious eyes as she asked.

 

“I do not understand what you are asking. Please enlighten me.”

 

Kang Hyeon politely bowed his waist as he answered.

 

“The foundation of the formations you set up are trees, are they not?”

 

“That is correct.”

 

“Have those trees not been infected by this parasite?”

 

“They have been safe so far.”

 

“What about in the future?”

 

“I do not know that either, but if there are problems with the foundation of the formations, I should be able to notice immediately.”

 

“Well, that would be true.”

 

At Kang Hyeon’s answer, the Female Monk nodded her head.

 

“I apologize, but could I know what condition Monk Gil is in?”

 

Then, Kang Hyeon carefully asked the Female Monk about Gil Cheong Ho’s condition.

 

“Hoho, you seem curious about the parasite too?”

 

However, the Female Monk seemed to understand Kang Hyeon’s question as curiosity about the parasite.

 

Kang Hyeon quietly bowed his head without answering.

 

“Come, see for yourself.”

 

Then the Female Monk moved her body to the side, revealing Gil Cheong Ho’s appearance that she had been hiding until now.

 

“Ah, how terrible!”

 

And at the sight of Gil Cheong Ho’s revealed appearance, Kang Hyeon could not help but let out a pitiful sigh.

 

Gil Cheong Ho was in a state where his head and part of his upper body were covered with the parasite.

 

“It is truly a strange parasite. No matter what method is used on the subject that has become a host, the parasite grows again. Even though I clearly left no trace, whether I tear it off, cut it away, or pull it out, it always grows back in the same place, so there is no way to eliminate it.”

 

“Could that thing possibly transfer to me or Master?”

 

“I have been safe so far, perhaps because I haven’t made direct contact, but I don’t know about you.”

 

“Monk Gil still seems to be alive, but how is his consciousness?”

 

“It is miraculous, but his consciousness is also clear. I even completely cut away the parasite from his head area, leaving nothing above his neck, but it grew back like that. Yet Gil’s consciousness was clear even when he had no head.”

 

“Master, Master, please do something somehow.”

 

Then, Gil Cheong Ho’s voice flowed out from his head area as he lay there like he was dead.

 

From the outside, it resembled Gil Cheong Ho’s appearance, but it was already just a mass of light green moss, with his real head and part of his upper body gone and missing.

 

Yet it spoke as if it were Gil Cheong Ho’s body.

 

“How could such a thing… Master, is there no method?”

 

“What method could there be? No matter what I try, I cannot remove it.”

 

“Then…”

 

“Now I’m thinking of burning it all away completely.”

 

“What? You mean burn it away completely?”

 

“Leaving that dangerous parasite as it is would also be wrong. It could become a disaster for Hyeop Province later.”

 

“But didn’t you say that parasite had been growing naturally in the Black Secret Wetlands for a long time? Yet there are no stories of it causing problems elsewhere…”

 

“You’re saying it would be fine to just leave it alone?”

 

“That is my narrow thinking.”

 

“Yes. You may be right. But if we encounter that thing somewhere else again, shouldn’t we know how to eliminate it?”

 

“That is true, but…”

 

Kang Hyeon could not bring himself to finish his words.

 

As the Female Monk said, it was important to know how to completely eliminate the parasite.

 

But since that experiment meant burning Gil Cheong Ho to death, how could he easily agree?

 

“Master! Master!”

 

Having heard the conversation between the Female Monk and Kang Hyeon, Gil Cheong Ho raised his voice to call the Female Monk.

 

But the Female Monk did not answer and took out a brown clay bottle from her sleeve, tore off the paper lid, and tilted the bottle to pour something on Gil Cheong Ho.

 

“Master!!”

 

Gil Cheong Ho urgently called the Female Monk, perhaps feeling the liquid wetting his body.

 

“It is something good for the body. It is blessing oil that prays for reincarnation to a good place when holding a funeral.”

 

The Female Monk muttered like she was talking to herself, then flicked her finger to create a spark on Gil Cheong Ho’s body.

 

Whoooooosh!

 

“Masterrrrrr!”

 

As his body was engulfed in flames in an instant, Gil Cheong Ho called out to the Female Master in a heart-rending voice.

 

But after a moment.

 

“It’s not… hot. It doesn’t hurt at all…”

 

Hissssss Sizzzzle!

 

Gil Cheong Ho, after saying he felt no pain even while burning, instantly turned to ash and collapsed onto the stone bed where he had been lying.

 

“Hmm. I wonder if that nasty moss will try to grow again even from the ashes? I hope that doesn’t happen.”

 

The female monk muttered this while quietly standing and watching the ash powder that Gil Cheong Ho had left behind.

 

Kang Hyeon had no choice but to wait behind the female monk.

 

“Fortunately. It seems that when the host dies completely, the parasitic moss cannot come back to life either.”

 

After a while, the female monk turned around with a relieved expression and said this.

 

“Has enough time passed for it to revive?”

 

Kang Hyeon asked the female monk.

 

“Yes. I waited about three times longer out of caution, but since there’s no change at all, that strange moss parasite clearly shares its life with its host.”

 

“I see. That’s fortunate at least.”

 

“Tsk tsk. I don’t know how he ended up giving his body to a parasite.”

 

The female monk glanced back with pitying eyes, then left the cave and headed toward the cave dwelling.

 

Kang Hyeon gave way to the female monk as she passed by, then quickly followed behind her.

 

Rumble rumble! Crash rumble!

 

As Kang Hyeon left the cave, the female monk’s spiritual energy moved to collapse the cave.

 

Thus Gil Cheong Ho’s tomb was naturally created.

 

“Don’t think too seriously about life and death. Not knowing when or how one might die is the life of a cultivator. That’s true for me and for you as well.”

 

The female monk said this to Kang Hyeon, then summoned her spirit beast, the Chaotic Heaven Serpent, in the cavern and sent the snake up to the surface.

 

Kang Hyeon felt the snake go up to the surface and voraciously devour the life force that the formation was drawing in.

 

He cautiously spoke to the female monk.

 

“If you rush too hastily, the formation might not be able to handle it.”

 

“Don’t worry. It will be greedy at first, but when it feels the formation cannot handle it, it will regulate itself. It has that much sense.”

 

“Ah! I understand.”

 

At the female monk’s answer, Kang Hyeon immediately bowed his head.

 

“But child.”

 

“Yes?”

 

At the sudden call, Kang Hyeon looked up at the female monk with a slightly startled expression.

 

“What do you think?”

 

When another question difficult to follow came, Kang Hyeon flinched and showed a puzzled look.

 

“About that moss. The parasite.”

 

The female monk clarified Kang Hyeon’s confusion with her follow-up words.

 

“Since even you, Master, couldn’t unravel its principles, what could I possibly know?”

 

Kang Hyeon answered calmly as if it were obvious.

 

“Isn’t it truly mysterious? A parasite that cannot be separated from its host by any means until the host dies.”

 

“That’s true.”

 

“Then tell me. What exactly are those mosses in this Black Secret Wetlands parasitizing to survive? And by what method do they reproduce and transfer to other things?”

 

“….”

 

How could Kang Hyeon know such things?

 

However, upon hearing such questions, Kang Hyeon found it difficult to hide his inner anxiety.

 

No, beyond anxiety, he was feeling a sense of crisis washing over him.

 

“Isn’t it intriguing?”

 

“It’s frightening.”

 

Kang Hyeon answered the female monk’s question this way.

 

“Oh? Frightening?”

 

“Yes. To me it feels unknown and also insurmountable.”

 

“I see. Ho ho ho.”

 

At Kang Hyeon’s answer, the female monk burst into clear laughter.

 

But soon she became serious and spoke to Kang Hyeon.

 

“But I want to know. What secrets that moss parasite holds.”

 

“….”

 

Kang Hyeon did not answer.

 

Then the female monk spoke.

 

“Kang Hyeon.”

 

“Yes, Master.”

 

“Go out and bring back one moss parasite.”

 

“What?”

 

“Since parasites cannot exist alone, they must surely be with a host. So go and bring one back.”

 

“Master, are you trying to kill me?”

 

Kang Hyeon asked the female monk with a stern expression.

 

“Child. For what reason would I kill you?”

 

“There are many unknown aspects about the moss parasite. Especially since we don’t know how it transfers to other hosts, telling me to bring back a parasite means telling me to risk being invaded by the parasite, doesn’t it?”

 

“So you’re saying you won’t do it?”

 

Whooooom Whooooom!

 

At Kang Hyeon’s protest, the female monk unleashed her aura to pressure him.

 

How could Kang Hyeon, at mid-stage Qi Accumulation, withstand the energy of a mid-stage Decisive Stage cultivator?

 

Kang Hyeon slowly found his body crushed as his knees buckled, his waist bent, and he was soon pressed down to the ground.

 

This was the same thing the female monk had done to Gil Cheong Ho before.

 

“Uuuugh!”

 

Crack! Crack!

 

The sound of bones breaking echoed from his body as Kang Hyeon let out a suppressed groan.

 

The physical pain wasn’t everything – spiritual energy was rampaging wildly inside his body, gradually worsening his internal injuries.

 

“Wouldn’t it be better to go out and bring back the moss rather than dying here?”

 

As Kang Hyeon endured the pain with groans, the female monk spoke in a subtle, persuasive voice.

 

“Even if you bring back that moss, there’s no guarantee it will necessarily transfer to you, is there not?”

 

“Senior, you go too far. No matter how lacking a junior’s cultivation may be, you cannot force them like this.”

 

At the female monk’s words, Kang Hyeon showed no sign of backing down and maintained his resolute stance.

 

The female monk’s brow furrowed deeply.

 

“In the cultivation world, it’s an eternal truth that defying an elder’s command means you can die without complaint. You, a mere Qi Accumulation cultivator, are now defying my orders.”

 

“Naturally, one should follow commands to avoid death. But if I’m going to die anyway, why would I benefit you before dying?”

 

“You don’t want to do me a favor before dying? But what I’m asking isn’t necessarily a death sentence for you. There’s a decent chance of survival, isn’t there?”

 

The female monk tried to persuade Kang Hyeon again.

 

But Kang Hyeon remained stubborn.

 

“Looking back at what happened to the dead Gil Cheong Ho, it seems there’s nothing I can expect from you, Senior. So now do as you will with this junior who refuses your command.”

 

“Hah, yes. I did think you were quite a tough one. No, it felt like you were a different breed altogether. But you truly are extraordinary. Hmm. So what shall I do? Ah, let’s do this. I’ll throw you into a place full of parasitic moss and observe what happens after. How about that?”

 

“Are you not a senior but a viper? Do as you please!”

 

Finally, respectful language disappeared from Kang Hyeon’s mouth, and he hurled the insult of calling her a viper.

 

“Ho ho ho ho. It’s been a while since I heard that. That word ‘viper’! It’s something I used to hear often once upon a time. Ho ho ho ho.”

 

The female monk burst into icy laughter at Kang Hyeon’s words.

 

It was cold, sharp, and bitter laughter.

 

Whirrrrr!

 

“Let’s go and see.”

 

At that moment, the female monk took out the golden rope she had used to bind Gil Cheong Ho before and tied up Kang Hyeon.

 

Then, leaving behind a trail of red light, she disappeared from the cavern together with Kang Hyeon.

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