The World’s Greatest is Dead - Chapter 37

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The Heavenly Supreme Has Died – Episode 037
Spirit Pills or Spirit Elixirs.
Merely consuming them grants substantial gains in cultivation.
Ranging from several months to several decades of progress.
What would normally require years of arduous cultivation could be accelerated by simply ingesting something—it seemed absurd, yet it was reality.
This was why martial artists obsessed over Spirit Pills and fortunate encounters.
The problem, however, was that such Spirit Pills could not be purchased with money.
Not only were those capable of crafting them few and far between, but producing even a single pill demanded astronomical sums and time.
‘Though there are some available for purchase, I suppose.’
Yet their efficacy was poor, and in reality, only wealthy nobles could afford them for bathing purposes, or they were purchased for health benefits.
‘The efficiency is far too low for martial artists to use.’
Thus, people sought out genuine Spirit Pills.
Such as the Great Return Pill of Shaolin or the Purple Essence Pill of the Hua Mountain Sect.
Those things commonly referred to as Divine Pills.
Of course.
‘If they were easy to obtain, they wouldn’t be called Divine Pills.’
These were Spirit Pills that ordinary martial artists could never even lay eyes upon in their lifetime.
Even the bloodline members of the Five Great Families were said to rarely consume them.
And yet.
“You’re saying I can consume that?”
Desire seeped unbidden into my voice.
My excitement rendered me unable to control it.
As expected…
“How remarkably compassionate you are.”
Speaking with sincerity, Yoo Cheon-gil behind me contorted his expression.
[…From your reaction, you clearly don’t want to give it.]
“Ha. You certainly jest.”
[I’m not jesting though…?]
To think he could be so pleasant—my admiration grew abundantly.
[…I’ve never seen someone so brazenly materialistic.]
“Materialistic? Call it honesty, if you please.”
[That… no.]
Yoo Cheon-gil, seeming to give up on what he was about to say, shook his head.
After leaving the restaurant, I returned to my residence with Yoo Cheon-gil.
I questioned why we were going to the residence if he meant to give me the Spirit Pill, and Yoo Cheon-gil replied.
‘It doesn’t matter where. I’ve already prepared all the pathways.’
That’s what he said.
When I requested a detailed explanation, unable to comprehend, he said I’d understand once we arrived, so I followed his lead and returned.
By this point, I couldn’t help but ask cautiously.
“…You’re really giving it to me, aren’t you?”
[You were just praising me, and now you’re doubting me?]
“It’s not so much doubt as… a slight curiosity, perhaps?”
[Your words are still slick as ever. If you want it that badly, keep your mouth shut and go into the inner chamber.]
“…Yes.”
I entered without complaint. The inner chamber had little to offer.
“What on earth am I supposed to do here…?”
[Do you see that in the corner?]
Yoo Cheon-gil pointed at something. When I looked, it was a chest of drawers that had been there since my first arrival.
[Move that to the left.]
I was about to ask why I should do such a thing, but seeing Yoo Cheon-gil’s expression, I closed my mouth.
He was serious. Intensely so.
So I lifted the drawer and moved it as instructed.
[A bit more to the side. No, not that way… ah, that’s it.]
After several attempts, I positioned it correctly.
[Now open the third drawer. Yes, that’s right. Just like that.]
I grasped the drawer and pulled it halfway open.
At this point, I genuinely wondered what we were doing.
“Um…”
[And now grasp the first drawer.]
“…”
I grasped the first drawer. But then—
[Before you open it, circulate your inner energy.]
“My inner energy?”
[Yes, activate the Cyan Moon Heart Method and open it. There must not be the slightest tremor.]
Not a single tremor.
Whoooosh—! Following his words, I channeled my energy.
Though an uneasy feeling still lingered, my hands remained perfectly steady.
Seeing this, Yoo Cheon-gil laughed.
[Perfect. All that training has paid off.]
Hearing those words, I narrowed my eyes. That remark…
‘…Wait?’
Before coming to Hannam, the task he’d given me—I’d thought it was merely a means to prepare for my conversation with the Sect Leader.
But seeing Yoo Cheon-gil’s reaction now, a different thought struck me.
‘Could he have given me that task for this reason?’
The instruction to maintain perfect steadiness. It weighed heavily on my mind.
Especially since I’d only just mastered it yesterday.
It was as if he’d been waiting for this moment.
‘This old man…’
He’d seemed thoughtless, yet had he been biding his time all along? With my energy circulating, I couldn’t see Yoo Cheon-gil’s expression.
I could only hear the occasional sound of laughter mixed into his breathing.
And then.
‘…What is it with this drawer? Why won’t it open?’
The drawer refused to budge, which was strange. With my energy channeled into it, it should have opened more easily.
I wondered if someone had nailed it shut.
[Pull harder.]
Following Yoo Cheon-gil’s instruction, I poured more strength into it and yanked forcefully.
In the process, I had to steady my mind to keep my energy from scattering.
After pulling for quite some time.
Creeeeak—!
The first drawer groaned open, and in that instant.
Clank.
An unfamiliar sound echoed from somewhere.
Whoooosh——!!
“Whoa…. This is insane!”
Suddenly, the floor began to open. No exaggeration—the actual floor was opening.
“…What is this?”
It was a sight I’d only seen in my past life. The floor opened without warning, and inside was a ladder.
“…This, this… what is—”
I was so startled I couldn’t even respond properly.
[Tee-hee-hee. Good thing it hasn’t broken.]
The Old Man burst into delighted laughter.
“…What, what exactly is this?”
[Fascinating, isn’t it? I paid good money to have this installed, so feel free to admire it all you like.]
“But….”
I didn’t know where to begin, so I could only stand there dumbfounded. Admiration was the last thing on my mind.
“How is this even possible?”
Why would something like this be hidden in the floor of a residence? That was my biggest question.
And moreover….
“Did you anticipate that I would specifically enter this residence?”
A guest residence’s floor. That would mean the Old Man knew I’d come to this place.
How could he have foreseen even that? I asked with confusion in my voice.
[Hmm? How would I know that?]
“What? Then how is this possible?”
[Well, obviously.]
Yoo Cheon-gil spoke with a wicked grin.
[I installed them throughout the entire building.]
“…What?”
He installed this… in every single building?
[It cost me a fortune to set these up, but since they work no matter which residence you enter, isn’t it convenient?]
Watching Yoo Cheon-gil speak so proudly, I could only stare blankly.
No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t understand.
“Why…?”
[Hmm?]
“Why did you set all of this up everywhere?”
It would have been sufficient to install it in just one or two places, yet Yoo Cheon-gil had set it up throughout the entire building. When I questioned him about it, he looked at me as though I was the one who failed to understand.
[It’s fun.]
“….”
[Do I need any other reason?]
Hearing those words, I definitively gave up trying to understand.
There was no doubt.
He was absolutely insane.

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I descended the ladder. It was dark and inconvenient, but not frightening.
Rather, what was frightening was what Yoo Cheon-gil had said.
“The Dang Clan made this…?”
[Yes, it took quite a while to convince the Eccentric Old Man.]
The creator of this absurd contraption was the Dang Clan, one of the Five Great Families.
I knew the Dang Clan was skilled at working with metal, but I hadn’t known they could create something like this.
Much less.
“That… Eccentric Old Man… was the previous Dang Clan Lord.”
[Strictly speaking, he was the one before the previous one. But yes.]
“….”
Not just any member of the Dang Clan, but a former Clan Lord.
No wonder he seemed extraordinary.
‘I don’t know who he is, though….’
As the Clan Lord from two generations back, he was someone I had no knowledge of.
I didn’t even know who the previous Clan Lord was, so how could I know about the one before him?
‘Regardless, he certainly didn’t seem like a normal person.’
Someone who would install these contraptions throughout an entire building just because they were paid to do so was definitely not an ordinary man.
As I descended the ladder, a staircase awaited me at the bottom.
After descending it for some time, I had probably gone down at least ten zhang or more.
[I see it.]
I had reached the end. At the end, a rusted iron door awaited me.
The heavily corroded door handle felt unpleasant, but I grasped it nonetheless.
Simultaneously, I drew upon my energy.
[Oh. I didn’t tell you to do that, yet how did you know?]
“It just seemed like the right thing to do.”
It looked like something that should be done this way, so I did it, and my intuition appeared to have been correct.
Creak—!
I pulled with all my strength, and somehow the door creaked open.
Just wide enough for a single person to squeeze through, I wedged myself inside.
But then.
“What is this…”
The interior was far darker than the outside.
Should I have brought a lantern or something?
[Concentrate your energy in your eyes.]
“In my eyes, sir?”
[Yes.]
“…How do I do that?”
[…]
Damn it all, even in the darkness I could see the ghost clearly, so I could see all too well how Yoo Cheon-gil was looking at me with contempt.
Curse it.
“Well, I might not know. Why are you looking at me like that?”
[Oh, did it show?]
“…Perhaps hide your expression before speaking?”
[…Tsk. Step aside.]
My body floated up. It was the sensation of Yoo Cheon-gil possessing my body.
Whoosh—! Energy surged through me, flowing and rotating, and one stream split off toward my eyes.
A faint warmth gathered in my eyes. In an instant, my vision blazed bright.
It was remarkable.
Just moments ago it had been pitch black, yet now everything was so brilliantly clear.
[Do you understand?]
As I marveled at it, Yoo Cheon-gil had already ended the possession.
“Yes.”
[This is so tedious, having to spoon-feed everything to you.]
…Damn. Should I apologize for lacking talent? But my pride was too wounded for that.
In any case, beyond my now-clarified vision, the interior came into sharp focus.
“…Huh.”
A breath escaped me involuntarily. The interior was far more spacious than I had imagined.
I couldn’t fathom how such a space could exist underground.
“…What exactly is this place?”
[To put it kindly, you could call it a vault of sorts… but to put it bluntly…]
“To put it bluntly?”
[A snack storage.]
“…Pardon?”
A snack storage? The name felt absurdly out of place.
Not that it mattered. The name wasn’t what was important.
“…Youngsoon is here in this place, correct?”
[Yes.]
“But why is Youngsoon in a place like this?”
[Didn’t I tell you? It’s a snack storage. A place I made to secretly come eat from whenever I’m tired.]
“….”
So in other words, he created this space to consume Youngsoon whenever he felt exhausted…?
The intention was utterly absurd.
‘…No, think positively.’
As long as it benefits me, that’s all that matters.
Thanks to that man’s lack of judgment, I get to taste Youngsoon myself, so that’s good enough.
“So, where is it? My Youngsoon?”
[…Why is it your Youngsoon? It’s my Youngsoon.]
“Where is it?”
[It seems you’re not listening anymore….]
Yoo Cheon-gil pointed to the left with a resigned gesture.
At the end of that direction sat a single box.
I hurried over to it.
“So this is….”
The place where my precious Youngsoon lies sleeping.
“It certainly looks like an expensive and valuable box.”
[It’s just a box I bought for a few coins from the neighborhood.]
“Quite refined indeed.”
[Just listen for a moment-]
“Should I just open it?”
[…Damn it. Do as you please.]
I heard Yoo Cheon-gil muttering something about whether this was really okay, but I paid no mind and opened the box.
This time, there was no need to use inner strength—the box opened easily.
As it slowly opened, a vivid herbal fragrance brushed against my nostrils.
Anticipation surged within me.
‘Will I finally get to enjoy life with this?’
Right, I’ve been rolling around all day because of that wretched Demon, so I deserve at least this much compensation.
Brimming with excitement, I opened the box completely.
And so I saw what lay inside.
“Wow….”
[Ooh.]
Yoo Cheon-gil and I both gasped in admiration as we examined it.
There was no helping it.
What I found inside the box after coming all this way.
Upon confirming this, I looked at Yoo Cheon-gil.
“…Respected Elder.”
[Yes.]
“How did this happen?”
With trembling hands, I lifted the box and showed it to Yoo Cheon-gil.
Inside the box I presented was.
“…Why is this empty?”
Completely hollow.

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