The Owner Of The Thousand Gold Coins Is A Military Official - Chapter 13

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Chapter 13

It’s a sensation similar to that time.

To be precise, it would be that moment from ten years ago.

Though I’ve made it a habit not to remember, the memories of my past life remain completely intact in my memory as if they were engraved.

I didn’t force myself to recall them.

If I did, I felt like I would face the same end as back then.

Does thinking like this now mean I’ve already lost consciousness?

What’s happening to my body right now?

‘If I’m curious… I should see for myself.’

Didn’t I do the same before?

Not easily believing anything unless I see and experience it myself.

Though the Patriarch was helping, the battlefield where the energy of the elixir and the Patriarch’s internal energy clashed was none other than Cheongun’s body.

Thinking that the Jeongma Great War was taking place inside his body, his mind seemed to clear for a moment.

And Cheongun didn’t miss this opportunity.

It was a single chance.

If he failed now, he would fall into qi deviation.

Slash!

It’s a sensation I haven’t felt in a very long time.

The sensation of a cold blade cutting through hot skin.

As that sensation traveled through his fingertips, pain was felt in his thigh.

Then, his dark vision suddenly brightened.

“Wh-what…”

Even the Patriarch, who was helping with the qi circulation, was startled.

Cases of losing consciousness from being unable to handle such enormous energy are more common than one might think.

Usually, it’s something done by common fools and ignorant men who were either too greedy or failed to properly assess their own capabilities.

Cheongun wasn’t like that, but the energy of the elixir itself was too enormous.

Someone of the Patriarch’s level could help organize the energy so that even an unconscious Cheongun wouldn’t fall into qi deviation, but the effect would be greatly diminished.

‘Does he have two minds or something?’

He could feel him trying to operate his internal energy himself, but at the moment he lost consciousness, didn’t he draw the sword that was placed beside him from its sheath and cut his own thigh?

“Concentrate.”

“Yes.”

Though the pain must have been considerable, Cheongun focused his mind again without a single groan.

His breathing could have become unbalanced due to the thigh wound, but his breathing was stable to an almost excessive degree.

It was the influence of Cheoneuisimgong.

Since it was a mental technique that intentionally lengthened breathing, it allowed for stable breathing in any situation.

“Don’t forget. This current process.”

There were various methods for absorbing the energy of elixirs, but the Patriarch’s method could truly be called domineering and aggressive.

Usually, even when taking elixirs or spiritual medicines, it’s almost impossible to make all the power they contain one’s own.

However, with the Patriarch’s method, almost all of it could be absorbed.

To put it nicely, it was an aggressive method; to put it badly, it was a crude method.

Completely surround the area around the dantian with internal energy, then wait for the stimulated energy to descend into the dantian.

After that, surround it all at once and simply win in that tense tug-of-war of power.

Only someone of the Patriarch’s level could use such a method.

If Cheongun had tried to execute that method directly, his dantian probably would have been shattered to pieces again.

“Phew… Though it’s an elixir I made myself, it’s an enormous amount.”

The Patriarch, who had been sweating profusely, immediately checked Cheongun’s condition.

He had been silent since a while ago, and even seemed to have lost consciousness.

“Mental imagery organization is also necessary.”

Now the work was finished.

The debt that Cheongun owed to the Kunlun Sect had disappeared.

As the eldest son of the greatest merchant family, he would know better than anyone.

“I look forward to the day we meet again, young dragon of Cheongeumjang.”

Thud, something fell beside Cheongun.

This wasn’t repaying a debt, but a gift given to the young dragon before he fully grows and this becomes nothing to him.

It was a nameplate that would always treat him as an honored guest of Kunlun.

After that, the Patriarch immediately returned to Kunlun.

Though he had come down after roughly organizing things, there was still work left to do.

“Those Demonic Sect bastards…”

His sharp eyes, incomparably more fierce than the elixir’s energy from before, were glowing with a blue light.

Even after the Patriarch left, Cheongun remained in the same position for a while.

Day broke, then grew dark again.

And when the next day dawned again.

Only then was he finally able to open his eyes.

“Cheongsongsindan…”

It was beyond imagination.

Though Cheongun had eaten all sorts of good things at Cheongeumjang, even all of them combined couldn’t match a single Cheongsongsindan.

“I understand why Grandfather personally stepped forward.”

If he stepped forward personally to obtain more elixirs like this, it’s completely understandable.

“It’s a strange sensation.”

Peak master?

Of course, not yet.

Rising from peak level to peak master level is also no easy task.

It’s just that this land is vast, and as vast as it is, there are many people living here, so it might seem like there are many at first glance.

They too were people who grew up being called geniuses in their childhood.

And among those geniuses, the ones who stand out the most are people like the Patriarch.

“From barely being at the early stage of peak level, I’ve now become a proper peak-level warrior.”

It’s a satisfying result.

For others, it could take several years, or even decades.

I can feel that my internal energy operation has become much more natural.

A proper peak-level realm at the age of ten?

Even Cheongun himself thought it was an absurd speed.

“Young Master, how are you…”

Just then, Heukjeon’s voice was heard from outside.

It was a voice full of anxiety, worried because he hadn’t come out for so long, but unable to rashly enter.

“Come in.”

“Young Master!”

At those words, Heukjeon immediately opened the door and entered, then paused for a moment at Cheongun’s somehow different atmosphere.

“What on earth happened? Even after a full day passed, I couldn’t sense anything and didn’t know what to do.”

“The Patriarch of Kunlun gave me Cheongsongsindan.”

“Ch-Cheongsong… sindan, you say?”

To think he gave such a precious elixir.

Isn’t Cheongsongsindan something that even within the Kunlun Sect, only those called the greatest talents can see?

“Yes. Do I feel like a peak-level warrior now?”

When he fully revealed his energy without hiding anything, Heukjeon couldn’t even speak.

“Hah…”

“How much time has passed?”

“A day and a half has passed.”

“We won’t be late on the way back.”

“How about having a meal first?”

“Order whatever you want. Those things you said were delicious last time.”

“Yes. I understand.”

There were about two days left until they would return.

That would be enough time.

It wasn’t as if something unrealistic like suddenly advancing from peak to transcendent level had occurred.

Even if such a thing had happened, it would be power too difficult to handle with a child’s body like now.

After sending Heukjeon away for a moment, Cheongun

slowly circulated his qi.

Every single meridian felt as if it were alive and breathing.

In truth, this was a path Cheongun had already walked before.

The talent to create new martial arts was definitely not a common talent.

Founder of a school, grandmaster.

Such titles would follow, and one would be revered for almost eternity.

Cheongun had possessed such talent.

If not for what happened back then, perhaps he might still be alive now, standing at the center of the Jeongma Great War.

“This… the sensation is completely different from back then.”

It wasn’t just different on another level.

It made him wonder if this really was the peak level.

However, judging by the amount of internal energy alone, it was definitely peak-level martial prowess.

The internal energy he possessed now wouldn’t have been possible without Cheongeumjang’s endless wealth in the first place.

On top of that, he had absorbed the Cheongsongsindan as well.

“Huuu…”

The breath he exhaled, he did not inhale again.

Maintaining it for a full quarter-hour with a single breath—that was precisely Cheoneuisimgong.

However, Cheongun was not satisfied with just this.

What was breathing?

It wasn’t simply the complete process of inhaling and exhaling something.

Through that breathing, one accumulated internal energy in the dantian and also brought stability to mind and body.

Extending this process required extreme concentration.

Yet, it didn’t feel uncomfortable.

He was gradually surpassing a quarter-hour, but it felt as if he were breathing normally.

Then, internal energy began accumulating in his dantian at a rapid pace and started stabilizing.

“So this was it.”

He felt like he had finally grasped the true nature of Cheoneuisimgong.

He had been speculating, but mere speculation and certainty were completely different.

Probably no one else knew.

No, only the one who founded this Cheoneuisimgong must have known.

That by not breathing, one could achieve true mastery of Cheoneuisimgong.

“It’s a matter of time.”

Until just a moment ago, Cheongun hadn’t been particularly sensitive to the flow of time.

Time had been on his side.

But now, he found himself wishing for time to pass quickly.

“Young Master. The meal is ready.”

“Leave.”

Cheongun was able to spend the remaining two days until their return very satisfactorily.

How his body had changed.

How much more efficient his internal energy operation had become.

For Cheongun, who had always considered the sensitive operation of internal energy important, it was like adding wings to a tiger’s back.

The journey home was quiet and peaceful.

Everyone had achieved their initial purpose for departing, and someone had returned with much more than they had thought.

Among them, Cheongun had naturally returned having gained things beyond what he had imagined.

Cheongeumjang was already in a more excited state than usual due to the initial news.

They had heard all the reports about how he had dealt with the Heukdan members.

So they had been waiting for Cheongun’s return, but when he actually came back, no one could easily speak up.

The reason was simple.

Between when he departed and when he returned.

He had changed so much that one might think he was a completely different person.

From the atmosphere he exuded to the energy that could be felt.

“I have returned.”

Still, his blunt way of speaking remained the same.

Somehow it felt like everything had changed except his personality.

“Huh… I have no idea what our grandson has been up to.”

Cheongin could see it.

Just how much the current Cheongun had changed.

“You’ve worked hard. You must be tired, so rest today, and let’s talk tomorrow.”

“Our son has become more mature in just that short time?”

The eyes looking at his son were filled with pride.

About two weeks had passed since Cheongun’s return.

He had already perfectly adapted to his changed body and energy, but naturally, this wasn’t the end.

Since he had already taken the Cheongsongsindan, more time would need to pass before he could take other elixirs.

Now was a time of crouching low.

Within the fence of Cheongeumjang, which was more massive and reliable than anything else, waiting only to bloom.

After Cheongun returned to his room like that, the three people received a separate report from Heukjeon.

They knew what had happened on the way there, but that wasn’t important now.

They had already heard it, and it was past events.

And above all, they weren’t people who wouldn’t notice Cheongun’s distinctly changed qi.

“Right. What happened?”

At the Former Patriarch’s question, Heukjeon reported from beginning to end.

Organizing exactly what he had seen and reporting it in order.

And everyone listened without interrupting Heukjeon’s words even once.

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