Chapter 2368 – 2368. Ascension to Light

I returned to Mt. Nakwol with the shell of the Great Mountain Star.

Yang Hong-ye’s blacksmith shop was located next to the mansion on Nakwol Mountain, and smoke continued to rise from the chimney. Thanks to the barrier installed by Miryeong, no noise was heard.

I went into the blacksmith shop. Yang Hongye was pounding the hammer on Storm Breaker with an indifferent expression. She is not training. She was just pounding.

“What are you doing?”

“We are looking into the durability and resilience of metal. I did understand the durability to some extent, but… “Restorative power is inconsistent.”

“Isn’t Storm Breaker’s restorative power the same?”

“If you look at it roughly, it’s like that. It varies slightly depending on the degree of damage and cause. “For cuts or breaks, the recovery is quick, but for crushed ones, the recovery is a bit slower.”

Did Storm Breaker have such a feature? This was the first information I learned.

“I brought the shell of the Taishan Heart Star.”

“Leave it roughly there.”

“If I leave it here, the forge will explode, right?”

Her hammer stopped.

“… How much did you bring? “You sure didn’t kill him?”

“I killed it.”

“… Oh, yeah. There would have been no need to kill her. Well, that’s enough. Leave it outside or place it on a table with enough space.”

She asked, placing the space box roughly on the table.

“How long will it take to strengthen Storm Breaker?”

“Well. 3 years?”

“It takes too long.”

“Storm Breaker is not a magical weapon, but a sword-level item. It’s not even an ordinary law report. If it was production rather than reinforcement, it would have taken at least 10 more years. Just wait patiently. “It’s only been three years anyway.”

Only 3 years.

For a moment, I forgot about this world’s concept of time. For her and me, who lived for hundreds of years and achieved her level, her three years were not a long time.

‘Should we proceed automatically?’

As I started to progress automatically, I started training. Coincidentally, there was also an elixir that helped with training. This is the inner altar obtained by killing Taesan Simbyeol.

I went under the Bodhi tree and sat cross-legged. It is quite helpful when doing luck here. In terms of efficiency, I would say it is more than twice that. Meditation is also good. This is probably not due to my mood.

‘Special types of martial arts such as magic attacks are actually less efficient… It’s okay when practicing Noecheonryu.’

I took out the inner altar of Taesan Simbyeol. Originally, it was larger than my body, but with the help of Wei Yu, I compressed its energy and made it the size of a thumb.

Fire, Water, Wood, Metal, Earth,

Five representative energies. It is commonly called the theory of the five elements. Of course, these five energies are not the only ones in this world. It’s just universal.

‘Taesan Simbyeol is imbued with the energy of gold and earth. Among them, soil accounts for more than 80%.’

Clay pottery did not go well with earthenware. Moreover, the inner circle of youkai, which is not a spirit creature, did not have a good compatibility with humans.

‘If you can absorb this inner circle, you are at best 20% good.’

It was more profitable to find the right youkai and trade with them. The problem is that most youkai are poor, and those that trade with humans are few.

‘Well, this is also an experience.’

I swallowed Naedan.

A fishy taste lingered in my mouth. A sticky energy explodes inside the body.

Purify your energy by reciting Noecheongyeol (雷天結). There were limits. I did not obsess and just exhaled energy through my breathing. The brachial pulse is activated. I gradually felt my consciousness moving upward.

There was a wall. It’s blocking me. It is impossible to turn sideways or jump over it. I knew that only by breaking down this wall could I move forward.

Bang!

I hit the wall with my fist full of power. The wall didn’t even budge. This time, I swung my brain energy in my fist.

Kwaang!

This time too, the wall was fine.

I wasn’t frustrated. Even if I failed, it didn’t matter. There will be plenty of opportunities in the future.

Some say earnestness is important, but… Earnestness alone may not be the answer.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Hit, hit, hit again.

I just honestly hit the wall. How many thousand times did he hit me? Finally, there was a crack in the wall. There isn’t much left.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Kwasik.

There was a hole in the wall. I looked through the hole. There was a pure white space with nothing.

Rumble.

The broken wall collapses and consciousness returns to its original location.

I opened my eyes and stood up with a short breath. By breaking down one wall, I became stronger than before.

I jumped from Samjeong 1st Dan to 2nd Dan in one go and reached Samjeong 3rd Dan.

‘The other women are busy too, and they have established a training routine… Should I run it automatically?’

• • •

Automatic progression for 3 years.

Storm Breaker was not strengthened. This is because while Yang Hong-ye and Mi-ryeong were researching Storm Breaker, Mi-ryeong had an epiphany and fell into it. But unfortunately, the state of harmony was not reached.

Should I say instead? Her tail she had grown by one, making it six.

“West! I have developed a new technique that will be helpful to you! You’ll love it.”

“A trick that will help me?”

“Yes! Gwangmyeong Ascension is also a technique that appears in the original work! The name is Siryu Youngin (時流靈引)!”

She couldn’t help but be surprised.

Shiryu Youngin had the ability to accelerate time as a senjutsu that appeared in the mid to late part of her original work. To be precise, it creates a small barrier and accelerates time inside it. The original protagonist learned this senjutsu and used it often.

“If you really succeeded in becoming a Shiryu Youngin… It’s huge. “I can strengthen a lot of different things.”

The biggest drawback of the Light Ascension Path, which strengthens anything, is that it takes time. Now that we’ve solved this… You can strengthen many things.

‘If cola or cider is fortified, it will taste better. ‘How delicious will the fried rice I make become if I enhance it?’

My mouth is already starting to water.

“We’re strengthening the rules for controlling clouds right now, right? Let me help you. “Can you please lend me the Light Ascension Blade instead?”

“Gwangmyeong Ascension Path? Is there anything you want to strengthen?”

“I want to research enhanced magic techniques by putting amulets and magic tools into the Light Ascension Path.”

“Okay. “I’ll lend it to you.”

I was able to lend it to Mi-ryeong because I could trust her.

Even if you put the same items into the Gwangmyeong Ascension Dot, the time it takes and the results are different. The magic contained in the amulet would not be any different. It will probably be helpful to Miryeong in many ways.

“Great. “Let’s get started.”

Miryeong took out a box from the space box. A wooden box that looks rough on the outside. But if you look closely, there is something mysterious about it.

“It’s a box to limit the barrier. Could it be said to be a kind of auxiliary tool? Now, just put the Ascension of Light here.”

I reverse-summoned the painting of Gwangmyeong Ascension, a painting of mountains, sky, clouds, and light, and summoned it in front of me. For reference, I keep the Light Ascension Blade in my room in Wei Yu’s mansion. This is because it will not be activated if placed in the inventory or space box.

I put the Ascension of Light in a wooden box.

Mi-ryeong placed an additional piece of heavenly jade in the box, closed the lid, and began to memorize the magic trick. The mysterious energy felt in the wooden box became stronger.

“Okay, the end. Unlike the original Shiryu Youngin, it is not as efficient. In the original work, he was defeated by one heavenly jade. So, you can accelerate 1 hour to 10 years… “This can only be accelerated by three years.”

“What does it mean to be able to accelerate?”

1 hour later. I opened the box lid. Gwangmyeongseungcheondo was still strengthening its power. The heavenly jade that was put in disappeared without a trace.

Miryeong put in 1 Heavenly Jade and used Siryu Youngin again.

After 12 hours, the strengthening was completed. The path to the ascension of Gwangmyeong accelerated by 39 years.

The strengthened Jeunryeong was taken out from the Gwangmyeong Ascension Island.

A dodecagon-shaped indigo metal plaque. Nothing changed in appearance. However, the sense of mystery has become much greater.

I held the metal card in my hand and activated it, curling the corners of my mouth. I was able to naturally know what I could do with Jeunryeong.

‘You can control clouds to not only make rain and lightning, but also snow and hail. I can now control water and wind. The essence of clouds is water, so this is not surprising. It’s not efficient, but it can freeze water. What’s surprising is that I can now control the wind.’

There is no need to hold it in your hand. You can use the power of the spirit of heaven just by having it in your body.

He put the Qiunryeong in his pocket and opened his palm. The wind gathers and forms a sphere.

“Raseonhwan!!”

He threw the compressed wind in his hand at a nearby tree. Pop! The tree exploded.

“Oh, I’ll borrow the Gwangmyeong Ascension Blade.”

Mi-ryeong disappeared with the Gwangmyeong Ascension Blade. Either way, I focused on my new strength.

“Let’s get lucky!”

Hundreds of sword winds flew around, cutting down everything around them. I was no exception. However, I was not injured because I had covered myself with self-defense equipment. You can’t pierce strong energy with a sword wind that isn’t even loaded with sword energy.

‘It’s different from lightning, it’s not easy to control the wind. Hmm. What should I do this time? ‘Why don’t you try making a tornado?’

Thanks to my experience dealing with lightning, I was able to handle the wind convincingly, but I was lacking in detail. I think it will take quite some time to get used to it.

“…”

Creepy.

I felt eyes on me. I stopped and looked back.

There was comfort. He was looking at me with cold, sunken eyes. There was a sword in his hand.

“S-Master… !”

“I would have told you to train at the training center… It seems like he wanted to train so much that he didn’t even have time to go to the training center. I appreciate your enthusiasm and will help you with your training for the first time in a long time.”

Wei Yu swung his sword.

A sword wind blew. After confirming that it was a slash without force, I did not dodge and stood still. Because the sword wind won’t be able to pierce the self-defense strength.

Suddenly.

My right arm was cut. The right arm falls off with a large amount of blood.

“Attach your arm with a potion.”

“No, wait. How did you break through your self-defense skills with a sword wind?!”

“Because it was sharp enough to pierce self-defense weapons.”

What kind of bullshit is that? I couldn’t say that. Because the sword wind blew again. I picked up my right arm that had fallen on the floor and dodged the sword wind. Quickly drink the potion and attach your arms. Because the cut was so clean, recovery was quick.

‘Thunderbolt!’

A thunderbolt fell from the sky on Wei Yu. Wei Yu cut through her lightning with his sword and sent a sword wind flying. The sword wind became more than twice as fast as before. He hurriedly summoned the Hualien Blade and cut down the sword wind with lightning.

Wei Yu swung her sword carelessly. She only swung once, but three sword winds flew towards me. Even in different directions.

[Use moment. Stacks remaining: 11]

He dodged the attack for a split second and smiled bitterly.

‘This is the beginning of hellish training.’

I couldn’t skip it to automatic progression. Because Weiyu notices her automatic progress like a ghost when sparring. Of course, she doesn’t know the details about her entertainment app.

‘Did you say that when it was running automatically, the thoughts were similar but strangely different? Ugh. A sword wind blows. This time there are 5!’

I shook off distracting thoughts and went into battle.

• • •

The training ended only after being subjected to one-sided assault for 12 hours. It’s no secret that I died once along the way.

‘I’m so tired. Let’s stop here. The play is over.’

[Ending the game.]