The Owner Of The Thousand Gold Coins Is A Military Official - Chapter 35

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Chapter 35

As I began to carefully carve away the energy that had blocked the Formless Poison, the horrifically vicious poison energy started surging as expected.

‘If this spreads throughout my body, it won’t end with just my dantian being shattered.’

One might say it’s too dangerous for someone who had already lost their life once to take such a risk, but precisely because of that, this was a process that had to be done.

Living a full lifespan in Gangho itself already meant growing old and giving up on certain things.

However, Cheongun had no intention of giving up anything.

It was the same now, and it would be the same in the future.

Well, what could he do.

Since he had nothing in his previous life, this time he would have everything.

This was an absolutely necessary process for that goal.

‘I must suppress it naturally.’

There wasn’t a single blocked meridian left in Cheongun’s body.

That meant there was no way to utilize this Formless Poison’s energy other than converting it into internal energy.

The poison energy moved as if it had will and consciousness, seeking only the most fatal spots.

It seemed like an existence that would fulfill its assigned duty more faithfully than anything else.

Cheongun slowly suppressed that poison energy.

Not to prevent it from rampaging further, but to time it perfectly.

As he gradually began reducing the size of the space confining the poison energy, the poison’s resistance grew fiercer in response.

‘As expected, Formless Poison is indeed Formless Poison.’

In the current martial world, no, throughout all of history, how many could withstand such poison energy?

No matter how outstanding a master might be, unless they had a body immune to all poisons, they certainly couldn’t endure it completely.

To suppress this poison energy.

And to be able to control when the poison energy rampages at will.

This meant becoming the complete master of this poison energy called Formless Poison.

This was also a goal that even Patriarch Dang Muryang, called Dokje, couldn’t achieve perfectly.

Anyone who had set foot in Gangho knew how difficult it was to accomplish this, without needing explanation.

“Huu…”

Cheongun, who had been keeping his eyes closed, slowly opened them.

Unlike internal energy, this poison energy was not consumed.

In the case of Cheongsongsindan, he could gradually make it his own, but this case was different.

If controlling the energy of Yeongyak was like war, then controlling this poison energy was like making everything obtained after winning the war completely one’s own.

Getting recognition from those who wouldn’t acknowledge the change of master.

The goal wasn’t becoming the victor of war, but truly becoming an emperor.

“This seems like it would be helpful.”

Cheongun took out something he had been carrying in his chest.

The impressively hollow, empty transparent sphere was the ring made of internal energy that had formed during his recent sparring match with Gomujin.

It seemed to absorb everything, yet only Gomujin and Cheongun were unaffected by it.

Gulp.

Without needing to look further, Cheongun swallowed it down.

He had already determined it wouldn’t cause harm.

Then he closed his eyes again and concentrated his mind.

The ring that went down his throat began slowly descending, naturally heading toward where the poison energy was located.

It was much faster than Cheongun had expected.

Even though Cheongun hadn’t directly created a path for it, the ring moved as if it had read Cheongun’s will.

‘Hmm?’

He was watching to see what it would do, when the ring began slowly absorbing the poison energy.

In Cheongun’s body, what wasn’t Cheongun’s.

There was nothing but pure poison energy.

It began absorbing fiercely, as if hunting down those who defied their master’s commands.

The absorption speed was gradually slowing, but there seemed to be no problem containing all of the Formless Poison’s energy.

Then the ring took the place where the poison energy had been located.

The ring that had been transparent but turned black after absorbing the Formless Poison’s energy.

Its appearance was similar to a dantian, making it feel as if he had two dantians.

‘I can feel it.’

He could feel the enormity of that power from the poison energy.

Perhaps because the ring had absorbed the poison energy and settled in place, it felt as if it had been Cheongun’s from the beginning.

Then, could he draw out poison energy from within this like operating internal energy?

He tried moving it separately, but unfortunately it didn’t move on its own.

More precisely, it should be said that it belonged to the category of being unable to move rather than not moving.

What if he stopped by here first before drawing internal energy from his dantian?

When he delicately operated his internal energy to direct it toward the ring positioned above his dantian, the pure and pristine white internal energy instantly became demonic energy filled with poison energy that could be clearly felt.

‘Huh.’

This was a phenomenon even Cheongun was seeing for the first time.

How many people could make this poison energy settle like this in the first place?

Even Cheongun, if it hadn’t been for the ring that was coincidentally created in addition to his original power, would have been impossible to create something like this.

True Giyeon.

Not simply obtaining precious herbs, Yeongyak, martial arts manuals, etc., but something coincidentally created meeting coincidence to become Giyeon.

It was thrilling.

Even more so than when he first created a new martial art.

Cheongun’s pristine white dantian, which possessed purity above all others, and the poison energy ring positioned above it as if to devour the pure dantian, formed an exquisite balance.

It couldn’t have been created without that coincidentally formed ring, and it couldn’t have been created if it had been a different poison instead of Formless Poison.

If it had been a different poison, it would have been purified by his internal energy the moment it entered Cheongun’s body.

‘Can’t they be combined?’

Greed naturally began to arise.

Generally, something unified is better than something divided in two.

Moreover, weren’t these things inside Cheongun’s body?

Their importance was even higher, so he couldn’t help but feel greedy.

However, this ring made of poison energy couldn’t even move a part of itself, so moving the whole thing was absurd.

And moving the dantian was also something that couldn’t exist according to Cheongun’s common sense.

Even though he was experiencing the heaven-defying experience of living an additional life.

‘If neither this ring made of poison energy nor the dantian can be moved…’

What would happen if he poured all the internal energy from his dantian upward?

Cheongun was confident that the amount of his internal energy was not lacking.

It was natural since he had been eating only things good for the body and internal energy for well over ten years.

However, the level of risk involved in this was absurd.

It wasn’t just about losing his life.

If he lost his mind to that poison energy, he could become a demon.

The demons that had appeared several times throughout martial history had emerged regardless of orthodox or unorthodox paths.

Every time they appeared, strong winds of blood inevitably blew through Gangho.

Even the mighty Five Great Sects had places that suffered damage close to complete destruction.

‘If I became a demon…’

It was a story he didn’t even want to imagine.

The Formless Poison’s energy was at a more terrible level than he had thought, so even after making it into a ring like this, it was in balance with his dantian.

Balance and harmony.

Difficult to achieve, but once they start breaking down, they become uncontrollable.

Cheongun wasn’t foolish, and he was in a position to distinguish between dangerous and foolish actions.

Therefore, it would be wiser to set a different goal instead.

‘Middle dantian.’

One of the three dantians said to exist in humans.

Related content was extremely rare, but who was Cheongun?

Wasn’t this someone whose dantian, specifically the lower dantian, had been awakened?

Perhaps in the current martial world, Cheongun would be the one who knew about this extremely rare middle dantian.

Since it was still premature, it would be better to just set it as a goal for now.

‘I should stop here.’

Creating something like another dantian with the poison qi of the Formless Poison was already an enormous harvest in itself.

Moreover, if he just slightly changed the exit before operating his internal energy, the pure righteousness that was the symbol of the Righteous Sect could be deeply tainted with demonic energy, the symbol of the Demonic Sect.

Since the Demonic Sect was also among the places Cheongun had to go, a means that could create quite a smooth path had been established.

“Whew…”

When he finally opened his eyes, the sun had already set.

“Quite some time seems to have passed.”

It hadn’t felt that long.

Rather, it was just a moment if anything.

Lightly circulating his qi to check inside his body, he could see the poison ring firmly established.

“What should I call this?”

Cheongun, who had been thinking about its name for a moment, soon gave up.

There was no need to give it a name.

“I’m getting quite hungry.”

The fact that he was getting hungry was surprising in itself.

At Cheongun’s original level, meals were merely entertainment.

Stopping by inns to eat food and drink was also part of that entertainment, and having meals on the way to destinations was like a habit ingrained in his body thanks to old memories.

He could get hungry, but now the degree was excessive.

The night didn’t seem deep, so when he quietly came outside, the guard was startled to see Cheongun.

“Are, are you conscious?”

“Quite some time seems to have passed.”

“Five days have already passed.”

“Five days, five days…”

He had thought it was just evening after the sun that had been floating set, but it wasn’t at that level.

“I’ll immediately send up a report.”

“That’s fine. Rest comfortably today and do it tomorrow.”

“Ah…”

“Rather, I seem to be getting hungry, so I’d like to have a meal. Would that be possible?”

“I’ll order it to be prepared immediately.”

“Thank you.”

Sichuan is also a place with many delicious foods.

Come to think of it, he hadn’t eaten anything except what he had at the inn when he first arrived.

Still, it was one of his entertainments, so how could he neglect it like this?

“Ah, by any chance, is the Head of the Family…”

“He should be with Soyoung right now.”

“I understand.”

I wonder if they’re still making the antidote.

That wouldn’t be very easy.

Though it might be different for the Danggga.

Perhaps because of hunger, strong liquor seemed appealing too.

Very strong liquor at that.

One filled with poison qi.

“Hmm… could this poison ring also consume poison qi?”

It seemed necessary to check once.

If other poison qi could also be contained in this poison ring, it would be fair to say that practically another dantian had been created.

Originally, all poison qi should disappear as soon as it entered Cheongun’s body, but if it was transferred to the poison ring, it would become Cheongun’s power intact.

“Haha.”

Laughter burst out for no reason.

Wasn’t this practically becoming poison itself?

The kind of body that the Danggga so desperately wanted.

It would be one thing if he had obtained precious Yeongyak or Naedan through Giyeon, but this was proof that Giyeon met Giyeon and connected to heaven.

Having to create two Giyeon directly rather than obtaining them was certainly not easy.

“The meal is ready.”

Just in time, food had arrived to pleasantly satisfy this hunger as well.

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