Chapter 121. Demon Eyes (1/2)

Chapter 121. Demon Eyes

Gongson Chun Gi had secretly visited Cho Ryu Hyang just before he met Maksu.

He had been thinking about something.

After sitting with Cho Ryu Hyang for a few minutes, Gongson Chun Gi grinned and opened his mouth.

“You’ve managed to make a pretty shabby Demon Eye, huh. You managed to copy me quite well.”

Cho Ryu Hyang scratched his cheeks and opened his mouth.

“You saw?”

“Of course. I was thinking of not saying anything about it, but I really couldn’t. After all, it’d be better for you if I just taught you how to create the real thing.”

Cho Ryu Hyang nodded.

He had only managed to barely imitate the Demon Eye that his teacher had used.

Gongson Chun Gi hadn’t taught him how to use it, and the man himself didn’t seem like he wanted to teach it.

“The Demon Eye would simply act as your third eye if you used it like you did before, but once you get better at it, you can do much more with it. That was why I really didn’t want to teach you about how to use it.”

Other uses?

When Cho Ryu Hyang made a curious face, Gongson Chun Gi opened his mouth.

“Curious?”

“Yes.”

“Because you used your Demon Eye in such a shabby way, you’ve attracted all sorts of weird stuff around yourself. The problem is, you don’t have any ability to even see those things around you.”

“What are those things?”

Gongson Chun Gi grinned creepily.

“I’m getting a little off topic, but I think I can see why my master said talented students are always a pain to deal with.”

“……”

“I didn’t really want to teach you about this, but since you opened this door yourself, not teaching you would just end up becoming a poison. Those things are more tenacious than one might expect.”

Gongson Chun Gi rubbed Cho Ryu Hyang’s hair.

“Disciple.”

“Yes, master.”

“I was hoping that you wouldn’t have had to learn this.”

“…..May I ask you why?”

Gongson Chun Gi smiled faintly.

“You’ll see soon enough. Are you ready?”

Cho Ryu Hyang let out a small laugh.

That laugh resembled Gongson Chun Gi’s very much, for some reason.

“Was there ever a moment I had the chance to be ready for something? I’ll just take it as it comes.”

Gongson Chun Gi let out a uproarious laughter.

“Kuhahah! Very good. I was worried for nothing.”

Shf-

Cho Ryu Hyang could feel Gongson Chun Gi’s hand on his head cool rapidly.

He was beginning to feel quite wary at this point.

But Cho Ryu Hyang decided to wait and see.

His teacher wasn’t one to harm him.

Gongson Chun Gi saw this and grinned.

“This will… hurt a bit.”

When Cho Ryu Hyang scrunched up his eyebrows.

Crack-

His vision turned white.

‘Kuh!’

It almost felt like an icicle had pierced his head.

At the same time, his eyes felt like they were going to pop off.

Cho Ryu Hyang was unable to do anything but to tremble in pain.

Gongson Chun Gi returned to his seat and put a cigarette in his mouth.

“Watch. It isn’t something that I really wanted to show you, but… you should have some fun experiencing it for the first time.”

Cho Ryu Hyang endured the pain in his eyes and turned slowly.

His eyes widened instantly.

“Ah…”

The sight he saw was almost enough to make him forget about his pain.

There were numerous ‘stains’ surrounding him.

‘What’s this?’

It almost felt like he saw something he shouldn’t have seen.

At the same time, curiosity bubbled up inside him.

The stains resembled humans.

When he observed them even more, his eyes met with one of the stains.

He could feel them watching him.

When he felt this, Cho Ryu Hyang felt a chill run down his spine.

He stepped backward in fear and stuttered.

“A-aren’t these… ghosts?”

Gongson Chun Gi smiled.

“Correct. Welcome to the swamp of darkness, disciple.”

This was the moment Cho Ryu Hyang got connected with the world of the dead.

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Cho Ryu Hyang lay down on his bed with his eyes closed.

But it was useless.

Despite having his eyes closed, he could still feel the ghosts watching him.

And the ghosts were even whispering amongst themselves.

‘So this is why master didn’t want to teach me about this.’

Hearing the voices of dead people was something truly horrifying.

It was almost like torture for martial artists.

Having your victims appear in front of you was really different than from simply seeing a ghost.

“Am I supposed to get used to this sooner or later? Something like this?”

Cho Ryu Hyang frowned after pondering a bit on his master’s words.

It didn’t feel like he’d get used to this at all.

Cho Ryu Hyang, after rolling on the bed for quite some time, almost bounced into a standing position.

Kii-!

A giant amount of energy passed through his body.

Cho Ryu Hyang ran to the door immediately.

He frowned and muttered to himself.

“This is…”

He had felt this kind of power before.

“Maksu?”

The power of that arrogant rabbit.

This made him nervous.

Did that rabbit had the gall to break the promise with him?

When Cho Ryu Hyang ran out the door, No Jin Nyung followed.

He, too, had felt the immense wave of power that just passed.

“Allow me to carry you, my lord.”

No Jin Nyung kneeled down to Cho Ryu Hyang.

But Cho Ryu Hyang shook his head.

He had a better idea.

An idea he just didn’t make use of much.

“I’ll be seeing you there.”

Shhhh-!

Cho Ryu Hyang’s body began to fade and shot forward.