The Cursed Blacksmith Who Regressed - Chapter 85

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Episode 85

Bubble-

Bubbles come out of my mouth.

But I could breathe as if I had gills.

This is the power of the so-called ‘diving potion’ that enables underwater breathing.

Moreover, the inside of the lake was cold as ice.

But it was only cold at first, and soon became fine.

It was thanks to the cold resistance potion.

The bottom of the lake wasn’t that dark.

It was thanks to breaking through all the ice and the sun still being up.

I go down below.

There are no monsters.

The first enemy of this dungeon was Baeknyeon Seollyi, and the second enemy was the ice-cold water.

But since I had solved both, there was nothing left to obstruct me.

Going straight down, I could find a faintly glowing pile of dirt.

When I cleared away the dirt, it was a dungeon core.

It seemed they had deliberately covered it with dirt to hide the core.

‘Quite clever for a spirit creature.’

But that was all.

I immediately took out my hammer and swung it to break the core.

[ Dungeon Core has been destroyed. ]

[ Dungeon ‘Baeknyeon Seollyi’s Pond’ has been conquered. ]

[ The dungeon conqueror is Player ‘Choi Hyun’. ]

[ ‘Choi Hyun’ has been selected as the top conqueror. ]

[ Additional experience points are provided to the top conqueror. ]

[ 1 bonus stat is provided for being selected as the top conqueror. ]

[ You are the first discoverer of a Hidden Dungeon. ]

[ You have achieved a great Achievement, so the System gifts you 3 bonus stats. ]

[ You have succeeded in conquering a Hidden Dungeon for the first time. ]

[ You have achieved a great Achievement, so the System gifts you 3 bonus stats. ]

[ Since the dungeon has been conquered, all traces of the dungeon will completely disappear after 24 hours. ]

[ Your level has increased. ]

[ You have acquired 1 bonus stat. ]

[ Heavenly Martial Physique activates. ]

[ Strength, Stamina, Magic Power, and Sense stats each increase by 1. ]

There are many notifications appearing.

The rewards are generous too.

Being the first discoverer of a Hidden Dungeon and conquering it for the first time while in first discovery status doubled the rewards.

I smiled broadly and picked up the fallen core fragments.

Rewards are rewards, and cores are cores.

After collecting all the cores, I turned my head again and headed to the spot where Baeknyeon Seollyi had perished earlier.

‘It should be somewhere around here.’

The carp classified as spirit creatures are typically Mannyeon Hwari, Taeyang Geumri, and Seollyi.

What these creatures have in common is that they drop a powerful elixir called an inner core, and since this one died in the lake, it probably dropped its inner core somewhere in the lake.

Sticking close to the bottom and searching for a while, I was able to find one inner core glowing faintly by itself.

‘Found it!’

I immediately checked its information.

[ Baeknyeon Seollyi’s Inner Core ]

– Type: Item

# An inner core condensed with the energy of a Seollyi that lived for one hundred years.

# When consumed, you can gain the power of condensed yin energy.

The corners of my mouth rise.

With this, I’ve achieved my second objective.

Now all that’s left is harvesting the final spoils.

‘There’s one more thing as important as Seollyi’s inner core.’

Due to the natural environment and Seollyi, this place had gathered yin energy above the standard level.

In such places, there’s one more thing that forms naturally.

It was ice crystal.

If Gongcheong Seokyou is the earth’s energy condensed to its extreme point taking the form of water, then ice crystal is yin energy gathered to its limit and solidified like ice.

I rummaged through the bottom again for a while.

Where could it be?

I had only heard records that it was discovered here, but didn’t know the exact location.

So I had to search like hitting the ground with my head.

A long time passed.

Finally, I was able to find ice crystals growing like coral in a corner of the lake.

I carefully plucked off what looked like upside-down icicles and checked its information.

[ Hundred-Year Ice Crystal ]

– Type: Item

# Yin energy accumulated over one hundred years that took form and hardened.

# Powerful yin energy is condensed within.

The ice crystal was a Hundred-Year Ice Crystal as expected.

It’s disappointing, but it’s fine.

I can get Thousand-Year Ice Crystal and Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Crystal from other places later.

The potion’s duration ended at just the right timing.

“Phew.”

I came outside and dried my body.

There’s no reason to hurry back.

Seollyi’s inner core is the power of yin energy.

Yin energy basically belongs to the highest tier among cold attributes that possess both cold energy and chill energy.

‘Cold energy simply manipulates ice, but chill energy refers to cold aura itself. So in terms of rank, chill energy is higher than cold energy, and yin energy is higher than chill energy.’

So if you can handle yin energy, it means you can use everything related to cold attributes.

I immediately ate the inner core.

The small inner core like a bead.

When I bit and ate it, it was like ice.

So it had no taste either.

Without even going down my throat, it instantly melted and disappeared in my mouth.

[ You have consumed Baeknyeon Seollyi’s Inner Core. ]

I immediately sat down, straightened my back, and crossed my legs.

There’s no particular reason to cross my legs, but from experience, nothing was better for concentrating my mind.

I closed my eyes and concentrated my mind with my hands on my knees.

Then chill energy began rising from my lower abdomen.

[ Dense yin energy is generated from what you consumed. ]

It was the beginning.

From now on, it was a battle of patience.

At this time, I must not eat something warm or warm my body to overcome the cold.

Seollyi’s inner core is an elixir that grants the power of yin energy to an ordinary constitution.

When that’s maximized, you can have a body that doesn’t feel cold and has powerful compatibility with all yin energy.

‘Then I’ll be free from cold energy and cold.’

Of course, the process isn’t smooth.

Ordinary people feel pain as if they have frostbite and are about to freeze to death.

But Choi Hyun was confident.

Why?

Because he possessed the Heavenly Martial Body, called the greatest constitution in the martial world.

He recalled the information about the Heavenly Martial Body after a long time.

[ Heavenly Martial Body ]

– Type : Trait

# A constitution bestowed by heaven for martial arts .

# Greatly increases comprehension of all martial arts, allows learning martial arts without restrictions regardless of their nature, and receives accelerated experience gain for martial arts acquisition.

# Each time you level up, Strength, Stamina, Mana, and Sense stats increase by 1 each.

Among all constitutions existing in the martial world, the Heavenly Martial Body was considered the absolute best.

To obtain this, he had combined Divine Treasure Rain and Strange Elixir Pills to achieve complete transformation.

So as long as he had this, it didn’t matter whether it was a hundred-year or thousand-year Baeknyeon Seollyi’s inner core.

In the end, he would overcome all pain and make it his own.

Sure enough.

[ Heavenly Martial Body responds to Baeknyeon Seollyi’s inner core. ]

[ Heavenly Martial Body begins absorbing the yin energy generated from Baeknyeon Seollyi’s inner core. ]

Swoosh!

Finally, the Heavenly Martial Body began to react.

Then, as if by magic, the cold seemed to fade away and his body gradually became more comfortable.

And after some time.

[ Heavenly Martial Body has completely absorbed Baeknyeon Seollyi’s inner core. ]

[ Your body now possesses strong resistance and sensitivity to cold and chill. ]

[ Conditions have been met. ]

[ You acquire the trait ‘White Yin Body’. ]

[ All stats increase by 2 each. ]

[ You have achieved a great Achievement, so the System gifts you 3 bonus stat points. ]

[ The trait ‘White Yin Body’ and skill ‘Understanding of Martial Arts’ resonate and influence each other. ]

[ The trait ‘White Yin Body’ and trait ‘Heavenly Martial Body’ resonate and influence each other. ]

System notifications.

Finally, he was able to obtain the White Yin Body he had aimed for.

He immediately checked the information for White Yin Body.

[ White Yin Body ]

– Type : Trait

# A constitution that has mastered yin energy.

# Yin energy is granted to the body and all energy used.

# Born with yin energy, resistant to cold and chill, makes it easier to learn martial arts related to yin energy, and learned martial arts receive accelerated experience effects.

‘Good.’

With this, his business here was finished.

He then checked his status window.

[ Choi Hyun ]

– Lv : 49

– Class : Blacksmith

– Traits : ＜Demon’s Eye＞＜Repair＞＜Curse of Memory＞＜Nameless Art＞＜Heavenly Martial Body＞＜Material＞＜Noble Spirit＞＜Qualification of Beyond＞＜Invader＞＜White Yin Body＞

– Strength : 56

– Stamina : 56

– Mana : 56

– Sense : 56

– Dexterity : 232

– Unallocated Stat Points : 11

The stat gains were greater than he had imagined.

All of this was thanks to obtaining the constitution trait.

‘White Yin Body increases all stats by 2 each. Heavenly Martial Body increased them by 5 each.’

It was disappointing but couldn’t be helped.

Compared to White Yin Body, Heavenly Martial Body was truly like winning the lottery jackpot.

He invested all the acquired bonus stats into Dexterity.

Now only one level remained until level 50.

Choi Hyun then took out two skill pages.

[ You have learned the skill ‘Mana Sword’. ]

[ You have learned the skill ‘Mana Bullet’. ]

Mana Sword was a skill that enhanced a sword by surrounding it with mana, and Mana Bullet was literally a technique that shot possessed mana like an energy wave.

These were skills easily obtainable at auctions, and were also skills that Players without special attack skills kept as emergency reserves.

‘The reason they’re for emergencies is because mana consumption is very high.’

When used by ordinary Players, Mana Sword lasts only a few minutes, and Mana Bullet can only be fired a few times.

But Choi Hyun was fine.

Because he had a lot of mana.

However, the reason he hadn’t learned these until now was that while he was strong even without such things, strictly speaking, their efficiency compared to mana consumption was poor.

‘But now the story is different.’

He lifted his sword-hammer and activated Mana Sword.

Then cold energy formed around the mana surrounding the blade.

It was the effect of White Yin Body.

Learning one of the higher-tier skills like Ice Sword, Cold Flash, or Chill Flash would require much effort and time.

But the combination of White Yin Body and Mana Sword could produce effects beyond that.

‘With this, preparations for going overseas are complete.’

That’s when it happened.

“Growl.”

Wolves cautiously approaching from the surroundings, baring their teeth.

They were Winter Wolves.

It seemed they had gathered out of curiosity during the process of opening the dungeon and hunting Baeknyeon Seollyi.

Perfect timing.

“You guys can be my test subjects.”

Choi Hyun shaped his fingers like a gun.

Simultaneously, a Mana Bullet fired from his fingertip and struck one Winter Wolf.

At that moment.

Crack!

The head of the Winter Wolf hit by the Mana Bullet froze solid.

It was the effect of the White Yin Body and Mana Bullet combination.

The corners of Choi Hyun’s mouth lifted.

“Grroooowwwl!!”

The enraged Winter Wolves charged toward Choi Hyun.

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