Chapter 47

Gumisan, Cheoljangbong.
The most pointed peak on the eastern edge of Nangyagak, the mountain is unspeakably harsh.
Yikes.
A shadow walked across the sheer mountain path as if it were flat.
Through his long, flowing hair, I see eyes as frozen as ice. The lips pressed tightly together between the bridge of his nose showed unwavering stubbornness and immobility.
It was swollen tongue.
He was taking more than thirty steps in a single exhalation.
It was a sign of great depth.
Percussion.
After walking quickly, Bu Eun-sul finally reached the top.
“Woohoo.”
After catching her breath, Bu Eunseol looked up at the frosty blue sky.
The Iron Fist Peak.
This was the place where she officially learned martial arts after entering the Nangya Academy. He had been taught by a master named Blood Gold River, who had taught him the Anti-Polar Core Technique, which was considered to be the best inner core technique in the realm.
“But I’ve only mastered it.
Bu Eun-sul realized.
He realized that he had learned the martial art so quickly that he had absolutely no time to digest it.
The first thing she needed to do was to organize her inner qigong.
“There’s definitely a change in the inner gong.
After the activation of the latent blood, Bu Eunsul’s body had stored several streams of powerful True Qi.
However, she still didn’t know how much her inner qi level was, or what level her cultivation had reached.
“It’s been a while.”
With a low voice, a muscular middle-aged man with a robe draped over his back slowly approached.
It was Blood Gold Kang.
“Old man.”
Bu Eunseol clasped her hands together and bowed respectfully.
The Inner Gong Simulation Method is the foundation of martial arts. Although they weren’t priests, in her heart of hearts, she considered him her teacher.
“I’ve heard about your exploits.”
Feng Feiqiang nodded, seeing the youthful glint in Feng Feiqiang’s eyes.
“In the meantime, I’ve grown even more.”
“It’s all thanks to your teachings.”
“Your speech has also improved.”
Blood Gold Gang nodded with a look of satisfaction.
“Are you here because you have questions about the Inner Gongshim Law?”
“That’s right.”
Bu Eunseol said respectfully.
“After everything that’s happened, I realized that I don’t know about the hierarchy of the Inner Gong Water Level and the Antipolar Core Law.”
“Hmph.”
Blood Gold River nodded as if he had expected that.
“I guess it’s time for me to teach you one last time.”
His eyes were filled with pride and surprise as he looked at Bu Eunseol.
“I thought that even if you were a Heavenly Talent, you would still need more than three years of cultivation to reach the third layer of the Half-Polar Heart Technique.”
A smirking Blood Gold River said in a low voice.
“However, it seems that Emperor Bin was wrong.”
He lifted his hand and grabbed Bu Eunsun’s vein.
“Currently, your Inner Gong level is slightly above one thousand.”
“You mean my qi is over a thousand?”
“Your latent blood has been activated, which is why the pure Qi you generated with the Ungitonac has been converted into antipolar Qi.”
“Fifty years…….”
Bu Eunseol’s eyes widened.
He could sense that his latent blood had been activated.
However, he hadn’t realized that once the pure Qi generated by the Yun Qiton Lead was converted into the Heart Technique, the energy would snowball.
“If I tap into the veins, can I know anything like you?”
“No, it doesn’t. You and Binsheng have cultivated the exact same techniques as Binsheng, which is why you can easily comprehend the flow of Qin Qi.”
Bu Eun-sul thought for a moment, then asked again.
“Then how do you measure the level of the inner void?”
“It can be estimated by the reaction force. If you can push out a dime (0.3 centimeters) when you press on a vein, you have about three years of porosity.”
“Is there any other way to know this?”
“One more way is in a ping-pong match. If I calculate the reaction force of my opponent’s qigong to push me away, I can roughly estimate his qigong level.”
He continued to explain.
He also went into detail about the cultivation of the Anti-Polar Core Technique.
“By the way, your Antipolar Core Technique has already entered the third layer. Your pupils are filled with antipolarized light. In martial arts terms, this is equivalent to reaching the beginning of the peak.”
“Peak…… you mean?”
Bu Eunsul narrowed her eyes, and Blood Feudalist wore a dazed expression.
“I see. You haven’t even learned the cultivation of the Martial Arts.”
After curling his lip, he explained.
“The peak stage is beyond the first-class stage, and your body and inner qi have reached their limits. Afterward, when one breaks through the peak state, it is called the supreme realm.”
“Superculmination…….”
“That’s right. The state of reaching the pinnacle of one’s cultivated martial arts is called the supreme realm. After that, there is a state called the Extreme Heavenly Realm.”
Blood Gold River wore a solemn expression.
“When one reaches the Extreme Heavenly Realm, one can freely control the body, mind, and spirit, freeing oneself from the constraints of the inner realm and the limitations of the physical body.”
He paused for a moment before speaking again.
“The losers and masters who dominate a region have all reached this state, though even within the same state, there are different levels, like the beginning and end.”
“And there are levels above that?”
“Of course there is. When one reaches the extreme of nothingness, one attains a state of perfection no matter what one does, which is called the state of no-polarity. However, this integrity can be broken by differences in enlightenment, so there are subtle differences even within the Pure Land.”
Pondering, Bu Eun-sul replied.
“In that case, I suppose the masters of the Heavenly Wrinkle Realm have attained the Infinite Realm.”
Blood Gold River nodded.
“Yes. Among them, the Demon Lord and the Martial Spirit Master are considered to have reached the end of the Martial Sutra, side by side, so they are collectively referred to as the True Demon Twin Heavenly Emperors.”
“Zhengma Twin Heavenly Emperors…….”
The two masters of the Two Great Forests had reached the highest realm of the Martial Forest side by side.
“Below them are the Three Devils and the Three Sons. And then there are the Seven Divine Kings.”
“There are so many masters in the Martial Forest.
The more he listened, the more he realized that not only was he far from martial arts, but he was also far from the gates.
Suddenly, something occurred to him and he asked again.
“If there is someone who has reached the Martial Sutra……, there must be a cultivation above it.”
“Yes, there is. It’s called the Heavenly Will Sutra. It’s said to be beyond human limitations and to know the will of the heavens. It’s a boundless realization that unites with the primordial existence. However, there are still no humans in the Murim Temple who have reached this level……..”
Bu Eunseol sucked in a breath.
Now that he was hearing about a level of martial arts he had never known before, he began to see the path he needed to take.
“Are you done with your questions?”
The question from Blood Gold Kang brought Bu Eunseol back to her senses.
He remembered that he was supposed to be asking about the Inner Gong, not the Martial Arts Realm.
“Then what happens when I reach the third layer of the Half-Polar Core Realm?”
“The first thing is to reach the state of Water Immortality.”
“Water Immortality…….”
Only then did Bu Eunseol realize why she was unaffected by the chill of the ice crystals in the lake.
“Not only that, but I can use my internal energy freely, so I can use it to my advantage. In short, if you’re at the third level, you’ve reached the level of a powerhouse.”
Bu Eunseol didn’t stop asking questions.
He had made a decision before coming here, and because of that decision, today might be the last day he would ever see the Blood Gold River.
“Then what happens in the Four Realms?”
“Once you reach the Four Realms, you will be able to generate a protective True Qi that can protect your entire body, such as the Golden Gate Qi. In Martial Arts terms, you have broken through the pinnacle and reached the supreme realm.”
“Transcendental…….”
“Yes. And when one reaches the Five Layer Realm, one can begin to form an internal resonator. At this point, one has crossed the Transcendent Realm.”
Blood Gold Gang continued to explain.
“The texts say that at the sixth layer, one’s inner space is boundless, and at the seventh layer, one is freed from the restrictions of the body. Finally, it says that when you reach the eighth layer, you can gain the power of Mother Nature and participate in the creation and destruction of all things.”
“I don’t understand. How can a human being use the power of nature and participate in the annihilation of creation?”
“A Dharma text is a Dharma text. The unattained realms are sometimes filled in by human imagination.”
Blood Gold River laughed bitterly.
“Just by reaching the edge of the Five Realms, Emperor Bin had never lost a single internal battle against the Heavenly Beasts. But afterward, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t break through to the Sixth Stage.”
He let out a deep sigh and muttered to himself.
“Maybe it’s just my imagination.”
All the questions in his mind were answered.
Looking into Bu Eunsun’s eyes, Blood Gold River smiled.
“So. You’ve made up your mind to go to the Jianghu?”
“How did you know?”
“After all, as long as you’ve reached the third layer, your cultivation will grow thicker and thicker day by day, even if you don’t cultivate every day.”
Bloodgold River spoke casually, as if he had already grasped Bu Eunseol’s meaning.
“If you’re not going to the Great Lake, there’s no need for you to come and ask me all these questions.”
After being silent for a moment, Blood Gold River revealed an odd expression.
“Now that I’ve repaid all my debts to Nangya Pavilion,…… you can leave this place in peace.”
“Are you planning to leave right now?”
“Well.”
From the tone of his voice and the look in his eyes, he didn’t seem to be planning to leave Nanyagak right away.
“It’s none of your business where he is. No matter where they are, they are all under the same sky.”
A smirking Blood Gold River patted Bu Eunsul’s shoulder.
“The winds of the Great Lake are fierce. Please take care of yourself.”
Her voice was blunt but filled with deep emotion.
Fiercely suppressing the emotions in her heart, Bu Eun-sul clasped her hands together and bowed deeply.
“Until we meet again, take care. Elder.”
Back at her residence, Bu Eun-sul was deeply troubled.
He realized that although he had gained the inner strength to play in the Jianghu, he knew nothing about martial arts.
“Looking back, I realized that I had learned more martial arts than I thought.
At the Jigoku School, he learned the basics of the Beast Sword and the Fire Sword, and even mastered the Flesh Sword’s most advanced form, the Lightning Sword Pair.
At the Nangyagak, he learned the full-fledged Inner Gong Sim method, the Divine Method, and the Bo Method, and at the Dancheng, the basics of practical martial arts.
He also learned the Heavenly Sword Technique, the Art of Divine Exploitation, and the Secret of the Heavy Sword through actual combat with the Changshin School.
“But…… nothing of mine.
He had learned martial arts so suddenly that he had absolutely no time to digest it.
Even Tian Yunguang’s Lightning Invincible Technique was still at a level where he couldn’t unleash it at will, wasn’t it?
”The problem is that there’s no time.
Bai Masa and Hua Wu Sword Gate, as well as the former Elder Sect’s Red Fang and Martial Meng’er, have been labeled as the most prominent figures.
The goal is not to master the Nangyagak martial arts in three years, but to become strong enough to escape their clutches as quickly as possible.
“There is only one way.
There’s no time for leisurely learning.
“You have to learn it in practice.
Bu Eun-sul clenched his fist tightly.
The martial arts of Nangyagak are all practical martial arts.
General martial arts. That is to say, there are limits to how much you can learn from chanting, reading, and practicing.
“That was the case when I was learning from Master Sau.
In order to teach Bu Eun-sul the Beast Sword, Sau actually attacked him.
Gao Yue taught him the fastest martial arts, and Dan Cheng taught him the basics of practical martial arts, and showed him how to practice rather than demonstrate.
Bu Eun-sul was well aware of this, which is why he joined Changshin University to learn the secrets of martial arts.
“If I experience actual combat instead of practice, I will be able to digest the martial arts I’ve learned as my own.
Having made up her mind, Bu Eun-sul stood up.
“To do that, I need to…….”
His eyes flashed as he looked out the window at the distant sky.
He realized what he needed most to become a powerhouse.
* * *
“Kangho’s situation?”
Baekyeon, who was sitting in the gazebo drinking a cup of tea, narrowed her eyes.
Bu Eun-sul had come to her unexpectedly and asked about Kang-ho’s current situation.
“If you’re interested in Kang Ho’s situation, does that mean you want to become an official member of ……?”
The Fengyundai is the intelligence organization of the Nangyagak.
All of its members travel to and from the Jianghu, handling highly classified information and secrets.
But why would Bu Eun-sul, whose martial talent was recognized by Dan Cheng, express interest in the Fengyun?
“It’s not that, I just want to get information about the current situation in the River Lake and the different sects.”
“Information about the current situation of the powerhouses and their sects…….”
Bai Yan furrowed her brow as she realized what Bu Eunseol was really saying.
“You’re always willing to take the hard road.”
He sighed deeply and shook his head.
“The information that my lord knows is something that could affect the entire Martial Realm. There is nothing to be told to someone who is not even a member of the Fengyun Army.”
“I understand.”
Without another word, Bu Eunseol clasped her hands together and stepped back.
Seeing his resolve, Bai Yan spoke in a low voice.
“Go to the Iron Master.”
“……?”
“The things you want to know, Master Iron will know best.”
“Thank you.”
Bu Eun-sul followed the path to the Iron Master’s forge.
As she left the pavilion, she came upon a wide street. As she walked down the street, which was lined with shops, she heard a distant thumping sound.
It was the sound of a forge with a royal hanging.
Thump, thump.
Seeing Wang Geol casually hammering away, Bu Eun-sul suddenly had a strange question.
“That’s strange.
In the Nangyagak, those called ‘masters’ are the equivalent of ‘elders’ or ‘elders-in-chief’ in other schools.
But Wang’er is a weaponmaker at the beginning of the Nangya Academy, and she’s very good at answering questions.
But as she thinks about it, she has a feeling that this is not the life she chose.
Hmm.
When Bu Eun-sul came to the front of the forge, she didn’t look up from her hammering.
“What is it?”
“I have a question for you.”
“Go ahead.”
“I want to know about Kang Ho’s current situation.”
“Kang Ho’s situation…….”
Then Wang Geol, who had stopped hammering, stretched.
Looking into Bu Eunseol’s eyes, he tilted his head.
“Follow me.”