Chapter 58. The Power of a Dragon’s Pearl (1/2)

Chapter 58. The Power of a Dragon’s Pearl

Cho Ryu Hyang sat at the edge of the pagoda and stared into the artificial pond. It had been ten days since he came here.

The moment he arrived, he asked Um Seung Do to send a message to his house, but he still didn’t get an answer.

Because of that, Cho Ryu Hyang was feeling quite stressed at the moment. It was partly due to the fact that he knew how his father would react to his current condition.

‘It hurts.’

Cho Ryu Hyang took off his glasses and cleaned it with a bitter expression.

His father made both the Black Moon Guild and the Heavenly Demon Church look amazing, but Cho Ryu Hyang knew that in truth, his father didn’t accept them at all.

To be honest, his father didn’t even want to be near them.

Even Cho Ryu Hyang could see how much his father distanced himself from them whenever he had to take their request.

‘And to think I’d become the Heir to the Heavenly Demon Church…….’

There would be nothing as surprising as this to his father. Cho Ryu Hyang bitterly smiled. Cho Ryu Hyang, unlike his father, didn’t have a bad opinion of either the Black Moon Guild or the Heavenly Demon Church.

Perhaps he was like this thanks to his father’s education that aimed to get rid of prejudice, or perhaps it was a tragedy caused by false education.

No matter what had happened, however, his current predicament couldn’t be changed.

‘I should talk to him soon.’

As this was a very big decision in his life, he had to get his parent’s permission.

He believed that his parents would respect his decision, but at the same time felt that his parents would have a hard time accepting all this. When he thought about this, he bitterly smiled.

Cho Ryu Hyang shook his head in order to clear it of any useless thoughts, then sat down and began to fondle the Moon Edge Blade Technique manual in his arms.

‘Ryun…….’

The Moon Edge Blade Technique was comprised of thirty different parts, and each part was provided with a method to train it.

Ryun, the beginning of the Moon Edge Blade Technique. Cho Ryu Hyang was stuck there. He didn’t know what to do.

’Turn the whole body into a weapon.’

The words had a nice ring to it. A body that wouldn’t break from anything in the world. The Moon Edge Blade Technique started by creating a body like that.

But just this much description of ‘Ryun’ wasn’t able to give Cho Ryu Hyang even the slightest hint at how to start training.

‘Make the body stronger by pulling up the power of the world inside the body. Once one does that, he/she will be able to attain a power that can shake the heavens.’

This was the explanation of the first part of the Moon Edge Blade Technique. The most important part in the sentence was ’the world’. Cho Ryu Hyang couldn’t even figure out what the author meant by that word.

—Sometimes, there’s a need to see everything in a simple light. You see, the truth is usually simpler than you might think.

The advice his teacher had given him floated randomly in his mind. Look at it in a simply light? Just what was he supposed to look at, and how was he supposed to look at it? To Cho Ryu Hyang, his teacher’s advice just made everything more confusing.

‘Just solving this should make everything else easier…….’

Everything was hard in the beginning. Cho Ryu Hyang felt that everything else would get simpler after mastering ‘Ryun’, but he simply didn’t have any idea as to how he should master it.

Cho Ryu Hyang kept thinking hard with a hand over his forehead. Right then, he could hear someone laughing in his mind.

[Child, you’re still obsessing over useless things.]

Cho Ryu Hyang’s eyes sparkled. He knew this arrogant voice in his head.

‘Elder!’

Zhuge Liang. That man suddenly talked. Just where was he all this time? Why didn’t he respond no matter how much Cho Ryu Hyang called for him?

What was he doing when Cho Ryu Hyang really needed help? When Cho Ryu Hyang suddenly thought of various things that made him feel disappointed, Zhuge Liang smiled bitterly.

[I was busy thanks to your stupid actions.]

Stupid actions? Busy? What was he talking about? Wasn’t Zhuge Liang a being without flesh?

[Tian Nu, that dragon played a amusing trick on you before he ascended. Because of that, I became unexpectedly busy.]

Zhuge Liang’s voice contained a hint of anger. What was he angry about?

And wasn’t Tian Nu the imugi that ascended to heaven a while back? When Cho Ryu Hyang thought of this, Zhuge Liang flapped his fan while speaking in a low voice.

[To give an unprepared child a Black Dragon (墨龍) Pearl…… Taking care of it took quite a bit of time.]

The two gifts Cho Ryu Hyang received from the dragon. One was the Moon Blade Edge Technique, and the other was a purple sphere. That purple sphere. It was actually a Black Dragon’s pearl.

[It’s a little shattered, but a Dragon’s pearl isn’t something a human can take care of. You, greenhorn, foolishly touched it without even knowing that.]

Cho Ryu Hyang nodded. He almost died that time. After being penetrated by an immense amount of electricity, he had fainted. Thankfully, he survived, but the experience still scared him.

[It wouldn’t have been weird if you had died then.]

No. Normally, he should’ve died. The power of a dragon’s pearl was too much for a mere human to take in. Even Tian Nu knew that much.

The reason Tian Nu entrusted the pearl to Cho Ryu Hyang was because he trusted Zhuge Liang inside Cho Ryu Hyang’s body. Tian Nu believed that with Zhuge Liang, Cho Ryu Hyang would be able to contain the power of the pearl without much problems.

’This child probably didn’t even know that he could’ve died.’

Zhuge Liang’s lips twitched as he fanned himself. When he thought of just how much he suffered to save this child, the anger repressed inside him rose up like a tidal wave.

Even if he was the Zhuge Liang, the man who prided himself in absolute perfection, he could only show his true power when he had a body. Right now, he was powerless.

Because of that, the event where Zhuge Liang helped Cho Ryu Hyang take in the pearl was really hard to digest. His consciousness almost got swept away by the immense power of the pearl.

‘I almost died.’

Zhuge Liang looked up at the sky, and swore at Tian Nu, who was watching over them with a smile.

But even if Zhuge Liang’s existence was almost erased because of Tian Nu’s antics, he did gain several things from this.

[Greenhorn.]

‘Yes, elder.’

[Are you curious about the ‘world’ inside your body?]

When Zhuge Liang said this with a suggestive voice, Cho Ryu Hyang’s eyes sparkled. As expected, this person must know much about the inner ‘world’ of the body.

‘Please teach me, elder.’

[Fine. I will help you a little.]

Zhuge Liang said this, and smiled mischievously whilst covering his mouth with his fan. The memories of trying to contain the power of the pearl with much difficulty passed in his mind briefly.

Cho Ryu Hyang was standing with eyes filled with expectation. Right then, everything around him turned dark.