Chapter 123. Gongson Chun Gi’s True Strength (1/2)

Chapter 123. Gongson Chun Gi’s True Strength

Cho Ryu Hyang managed to get there at around the middle of the fight.

Gongson Chun Gi.

Cho Ryu Hyang managed to see how the man destroyed the rabbit.

He also managed to see his master swallowing the rabbit with the giant red eye, then spit it back out.

Cho Ryu Hyang’s lips twitched.

‘…Even something like this was possible?’

He knew his master was strong.

After all, the man had the highest number Cho Ryu Hyang had ever seen.

A person like that defeated Maksu that easily?

It was quite shocking.

But he was still able to accept it.

After all, Maksu was far weaker compared to the time he was in his humanoid form.

He could understand that much.

But there was something else that greatly confused Cho Ryu Hyang.

The existence of Gongson Chun Gi.

That itself was the problem.

‘The number changed.’

Cho Ryu Hyang made a confused face as he readjusted his glasses.

Normally, the number above Gongson Chun Gi’s head is 96.

The number had never changed before.

But…

‘97?’

The number Gongson Chun Gi’s had changed.

Cho Ryu Hyang was honestly surprised.

‘Are these numbers not fixed?’

The strange numbers above the head.

These were numbers that described the limits of a person’s power since birth.

Could something like that be changed?

Cho Ryu Hyang’s head was instantly filled with chaos.

But right then.

[Don’t think of such useless things, child.]

A voice sounded in his head.

Cho Ryu Hyang opened his eyes widely.

It was Zhuge Liang.

For the first time since forever, the man had finally come to speak. Cho Ryu Hyang focused on his words carefully.

He was curious about what Zhuge Liang had been doing up till now, but for now, he was just happy that the man was talking to him again.

[I wasn’t trying to interfere with your life if possible, but…since this is really a peculiar case, I’ll have to explain things to you a bit.]

Cho Ryu Hyang could feel Zhuge Liang looking at Gongson Chun Gi from inside his space.

Zhuge Liang smirked.

[Some oddballs like that occasionally appear. I’ve only seen something like this happen twice in my life… It is only a temporary effect.]

‘It’s temporary?’

[That’s right. It’ll go back to its former number later. Don’t worry too much about that change.]

Cho Ryu Hyang nodded.

Not all questions were answered, though.

He wanted to know why this happened.

Zhuge Liang answered this immediately.

[Talented people who work much harder than others occasionally show something like this. They overcome the limits that the heavens had set for them and bust right through it. He probably got rid of a problem that he had all his life.]

A problem he had all his life?

Cho Ryu Hyang’s eyes shone.

‘So he finally completed his technique.’

[Technique?]

‘Yes, that was his biggest problem.’

His teacher had suffered all this time due to the Shura Environment.

The moment Cho Ryu Hyang listened to Zhuge Liang, he realized that his teacher had overcome the side effect that had existed for a long time purely through strength.

[It is definite that he achieved something; however, I do not know if this is a result of a martial technique.]

‘It’s probably that. It was master’s biggest problem for a long time.’

[Is that so?]

Zhuge Liang looked at Gongson Chun Gi a little strangely.

There was one thing that the dared not tell Cho Ryu Hyang.

Zhuge Liang hid his thoughts in the darkest parts of his mind.

‘In both of the situations I’ve seen in the past, things didn’t end well for the two individuals.’

There were rules that the heavens had set in this world.

It was unknown who came up with these rules, but they were complex and had absolutely no loopholes.

Zhuge Liang had known about what happened to the two people who broke these rules later in life.

‘This is where I stop, kid.’

Zhuge Liang closed his eyes as he watched the child attempt to ask him more questions.

He would not interfere.

He would watch.

And that would be what he would do.

* * *

“I didn’t have this much fun in a long time.”

Gongson Chun Gi said this as he tapped the rabbit below him a few times with his foot.

“Your body’s too hard. It would be quite difficult to kill you.”

It wasn’t like he couldn’t do it, but he didn’t really want to.

Gongson Chun Gi put on his bracelet as he whistled lightly.

He had managed to blast away all the excess energy in his body with this one fight.

How long had it been since he used his power like this?

It was the first time he did this after getting rid of the Shura Environment’s side effect.

He felt great.

It felt like he got rid of the poison that his body had.

Gongson Chun Gi lifted Maksu up by the ears and spoke.

“I knew your body wasn’t in the best of conditions when I saw you in the first place. That just makes me more excited. How strong would you be when you recover? I want to fight you again.”

[……]

Maksu was just catching his breath up till now.

But he couldn’t help but narrow his eyes when he heard this.

He wasn’t speaking, but his eyes clearly seemed to say this.

[Don’t be so arrogant, kid. You’re nothing if I recover.]