Chapter 317: Cheol Ryu-heun's Ability
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Gwi Je-shin and Beop-yeol stared at Cheol Ryu-heun with surprised eyes.
‘What? A method to perfectly achieve mastery of the latent divine powers…?’
The bewilderment showing on their expressions.
In the meantime, Gun Mu-ak inwardly smiled.
‘Hoot, he constantly makes one surprised.’
He was newly curious.
What on earth was the fortune he had obtained?
What was it that he knew even such things?
Moreover, even the places where other previous generation martial artists’ fortunes were hidden…
Could it be heaven’s mischievous arrangement?
To give Cheol Ryu-heun all the fortunes that existed in the world.
At that moment.
Gwi Je-shin, having fixed his expression, softly asked.
“Sect Master Cheol, are you serious?”
Simultaneously, Cheol Ryu-heun asked back expressionlessly.
“What, you can’t believe it?”
“…”
“I’ve already proven it through several people.”
At that, Gwi Je-shin soon exchanged glances with Beop-yeol.
‘Well… as he says, it’s true.’
Cheol Ryu-heun’s mysterious ability to awaken the divine powers of the Ten Great Heavenly Weapons had been fully verified.
Representative examples existed.
Namely, White Peak Sword Sect’s guest Heaven-Summoning Sword Phoenix Hae Su-yeon and Dark Hall’s Hall Master Dark Sword Fragrance Mun Bin.
Those two respectively owned Enchanting Flower Sword and Ink God Robe, Ten Great Heavenly Weapons, and having perfectly mastered their unfathomable divine powers, they had distinguished themselves in the Sun Moon Demon Cult battle and raised their reputations.
Cheol Ryu-heun’s teachings had accompanied that.
It was a fact currently known by anyone who should know.
Above all, the parties involved, Hae Su-yeon and Mun Bin themselves, had directly told the crowd.
That achievement would have been difficult without Cheol Ryu-heun’s help.
Recalling that, Gwi Je-shin seemed to understand to some extent.
On the other hand, Beop-yeol still had a half-believing, half-doubting expression.
‘Hmm, even so…’
But at that moment, Cheol Ryu-heun raised his right hand.
“It’s an easy matter for me.”
No sooner had the words ended than heat haze rose vigorously from his five fingertips.
CHEUSEUT, CHEUSEUCHUT, CHEUT…
Moreover, each was a different color.
Simultaneously, the expressions of Gwi Je-shin, Beop-yeol, Eun Yi-bi, Ya Baek-ji and others in the crowd changed rapidly.
Everyone realized upon seeing it.
That the colorful energy generated on those five fingers was the power symbolizing Heavenly Demon, Sword Emperor, Evil Emperor, Sword Immortal, and Blood God.
Sure enough, Cheol Ryu-heun added.
“This is energy symbolizing the five strongest people in Jianghu history. You would have already noticed.”
Everyone was rendered speechless.
It was truly a shocking sight.
Just looking at it made their minds go blank.
Countless questions invaded everyone’s minds.
How could this be?
To display five types of power all at once…
Cheol Ryu-heun’s ability was at a level that even transcended destroying the bounds of martial common sense.
He was a wondrous martial artist they had never experienced.
No.
He was an inexplicable beyond-human existence.
Like a sort of divinity.
Even Gun Mu-ak inwardly admired upon witnessing the five-colored energy.
‘Amazing. So that was just a taste back then.’
Previously, Cheol Ryu-heun had simultaneously operated Heavenly Demon’s Heavenly Demon Divine Art and Blood God’s Blood Stream Divine Demon Art.
It was still vivid in his mind.
The wondrous sight where the vivid contrast of crimson and black, the energies of darkness and fresh blood, had coexisted…
Along with that, a conversation they had exchanged at the time suddenly came to mind.
-That power… did you obtain it by going to Mount Heng Sect’s forbidden area?
-You know well. It’s no longer a forbidden area.
-How wondrous. Does that body truly not suffer the constraints of mental techniques?
-Whether Orthodox or Demonic arts.
-Does Blood Cult also know this fact?
-I’ve already met the head. And I was recognized as the one who inherited Blood Stream Divine Demon Art. Like you.
‘If we go to the Shiwan Mountains, his true colors will be revealed.’
Yes, when the time comes, he’ll probably be able to see.
Where this Cheol Ryu-heun’s martial limits lie.
On another hand, he was certain of something.
That such power was not simply due to mastering various fortunes.
It was surely attributable to his physical body.
In other words, some kind of secret and essence was hidden in his body.
Like the Demon Extreme Sacred Body he himself had achieved.
Most likely.
Though he couldn’t know whether it was innate or created.
At that moment.
SEUSEUSEUSEUSU…
The five-colored heat haze disappeared and another light was generated.
HWA-REUK, HWA-RUREUK-
A vivid current of fiery flame.
It was a red, hot fire.
As that heat instantly warmed the interior air.
“Huk!”
“No way!”
“This can’t be…!”
Another shock shook the hearts of everyone present.
It was a thermal power different from True Samadhi Fire.
It was the power that fiercely kindled actual flames.
Everyone knew what that meant.
Solar Divine Art.
The unique Light Flame Energy that symbolized the Solar Sword Castle’s castle lord position.
Yet Cheol Ryu-heun had demonstrated that Solar Divine Art.
Everyone’s minds went blank yet again.
The surprises didn’t end.
Because the color of half the fiery current wrapping his right hand suddenly changed.
This time.
KKIRIT, KKIIRIT, KKIRIT-
The sound of metal friction rang out.
To be precise, it was metallic ringing produced by dark gray current.
Once again, waves of astonishment swept through the hall.
“Heavens!”
“E-even that…!”
Exclamations full of amazement.
Without exception, everyone’s eyes went wide.
It was a natural reaction.
Because that dark gray current of metallic sound was what symbolized the Iron Blood Martial Alliance’s alliance leader position.
Iron Sound Steel Soul Art.
Just from hearing the metallic sound, there could be no doubt.
Because in the current Jianghu, Iron Sound Steel Soul Art was the only dark gray internal energy cultivation that was accompanied by the sound of metal friction.
There wasn’t a single person seated here who wasn’t shocked.
Only Gun Mu-ak maintained an expressionless look throughout.
Soon.
SEUSEUSEUSEUSU…
Cheol Ryu-heun put away the Solar Divine Art and Iron Sound Steel Soul Art and let out an indifferent voice.
“I didn’t learn them by stealing.”
At those words, Gwi Je-shin and Beop-yeol’s senses jolted awake.
“Sect Master Cheol, answer honestly. How did you learn those powers?”
“Luck.”
“L-luck… blessed you?”
“That’s right. I merely obtained the original martial studies that are the origins of Iron Sound Steel Soul Art and Solar Divine Art as fortune.”
“Wait, so that means…!”
“Correct. I obtained the authentic transmissions of the Unorthodox warriors of old times, Heaven Steel Iron Martial Ancestor and Fire Power Sword Hegemon Master, by heavenly fortune.”
Heaven Steel Iron Martial Ancestor and Fire Power Sword Hegemon Master were the representative warriors of the Unorthodox Jianghu who had been active in the era eight hundred years ago when Sword Emperor Buk Ga-shin reigned as hegemon.
Also, at that time, as the owners of Iron Spirit Bizarre Sword and Blazing Fire Sword, they had each operated the latent divine powers to the extreme and spread fearsome martial fame.
And Cheol Ryu-heun possessed the precious authentic transmissions of those two people in one body?
What did that mean?
Gwi Je-shin and Beop-yeol immediately grasped the significance.
‘Ah! So that’s why he knows!’
They shouted the same thing inwardly.
That’s right.
They realized that what Cheol Ryu-heun had obtained wasn’t just the martial essence.
In other words, he also knew the method to awaken and operate the divine powers of Iron Spirit Bizarre Sword and Blazing Fire Sword to the utmost.
At that moment, Wei Ji-am and Seol Hu-yong, who had been silent, spoke up together.
“Sect Master Cheol never makes promises he cannot keep.”
“Indeed, as Sect Master Wei says. I too, through Sect Master Cheol’s arranged fortune, consumed various elixirs and also achieved Five Energies Returning to Origin. And that a full five times, no less.”
At those words, Gwi Je-shin and Beop-yeol’s eyes wavered.
Was that even possible?
What! Five instances of Five Energies Returning to Origin, that’s…
But they couldn’t disbelieve.
If it was an arrangement by Cheol Ryu-heun who possessed such inexplicable and unfathomable ability, continuous achievement exceeding Five Energies Returning to Origin seemed possible.
At that moment, an unexpected person spoke up.
“You can trust him.”
The owner of the bland voice was surprisingly Heavenly Demon Cult Grand Prelate Gun Mu-ak.
As everyone’s gazes focused, he opened his mouth again.
“You should know well. No, you should have instinctively intuited. That he is at least not someone who would lie.”
The hall began to stir greatly.
Today was truly a succession of surprising events.
To think a statement trusting the White Peak Sword Sect Master would come from the Heavenly Demon Cult Grand Prelate’s mouth…
Then again, if he didn’t have the heart to trust him, he wouldn’t have accepted the offer of a temporary alliance in the first place.
Immediately after.
CHEOK-
Cheol Ryu-heun, hands clasped behind his back, let out his voice.
“Our common enemy is at the Shiwan Mountains. Make your choice. Without wasting precious time.”
His apathetic gaze rested on Gwi Je-shin and Beop-yeol’s faces.
A brief silence passed.
Soon, Gwi Je-shin’s eyes flashed as he showed formal courtesy.
“Understood. I will accompany Sect Master Cheol. And thus… I will devote my efforts not to securing the Divine Martial Sword but to rooting out the enemy.”
His manner of speech naturally changed.
It was an attitude of finally formally acknowledging and accepting Cheol Ryu-heun’s status that transcended Orthodox and Unorthodox.
Like Black Silk Sword Sovereign Wei Ta-gong, the palace master of Heaven-Shaking Sword Palace and the strongest Unorthodox figure of the Hubei region, before.
Following that, Beop-yeol also shouted spiritedly with a resolute expression.
“I too will cooperate! However, there is a prerequisite condition! Please prepare a token of the promise you mentioned earlier…”
At that moment, Cheol Ryu-heun abruptly handed over a pouch.
Beop-yeol inadvertently took it and looked puzzled.
‘Hm?’
At that moment, surprising words knocked at his ears.
“It’s Hundred-Year Snow Ginseng.”
At Cheol Ryu-heun’s words, Beop-yeol opened the pouch and.
“Ah…!”
Let out a soft exclamation.
It really was Hundred-Year Snow Ginseng.
Moreover, the count was well over ten roots.
Cheol Ryu-heun, having given a chin gesture, spoke with indifferent eyes.
“That should suffice as a token of promise to satisfy your prerequisite condition. You can divide it between yourselves.”
He responded with a courteous tone toward the one who had shown him respect.
At that, Gwi Je-shin and Beop-yeol seemed all the more moved.
Suddenly.
Gun Mu-ak turned his head and softly asked.
“Let me ask – could it be that the Heretic Cult is connected to the Divine Martial Sword rumor?”
Cheol Ryu-heun, also turning his head, replied while sitting near a table.
“We’ll have to go find out.”
“It seems you have some evidence in mind.”
“I do.”
“Tell me what it is. Since we’re in the same boat now.”
“You’ve heard too, right? The peerless Jianghu hegemon who sealed the Heretic Cult in the past.”
“The First Dragon Martial Gate Master, Ascending Heaven Sword Dragon.”
“Right. But Ascending Heaven Sword Dragon ended his life and disappeared.”
“You mean the reins that bound the Heretic Cult were loosened?”
Cheol Ryu-heun nodded slightly and soon continued.
“At that time, do you know why Ascending Heaven Sword Dragon forcibly sealed the Heretic Cult?”
“That shouldn’t be known information.”
“Right. But I know what it is. Because I obtained Ascending Heaven Sword Dragon’s diary.”
“What is it?”
“The great natural formations that exist within the Shiwan Mountains… artificially combining their powers to open a gate.”
“Hmm, opening a gate? That’s meaningful.”
“For example, a gate to enter and exit the hell realm that no one knows whether it truly exists or not.”
“…”
“At that time, the Heretic Cult Leader was secretly researching that. While using people’s lives as a kind of sacrifice for his wicked incantation arts.”
At the surprising story, Gwi Je-shin, Beop-yeol, Wei Ji-am and others’ expressions changed.
“At that time, Ascending Heaven Sword Dragon displayed outstanding martial force and sealed the Heretic Cult, but in the aftermath of that decisive battle, he devoted over three years to healing his internal injuries. As you know, completely shutting down the Heretic Cult is nearly impossible. Because it’s a place protected by all kinds of formations and sorcery. Just sealing it was an impressive martial achievement.”
That Cheol Ryu-heun then caught the Heavenly Demon Cult party off guard.
“The group that betrayed Heavenly Demon Cult – it’s the ancient Darkness-Craving Blood Clan, isn’t it?”