Chapter 47 : Fire Spirit Qi
"Warrior Tae, just what did you tell them?!"
"I said exactly what you told me to say!"
"Try saying it without getting a single letter wrong!"
"I came to pick up the Young Palace Head, guide me to the Young Palace Head! Ah, I also said that since I was hungry before that, it would be good if you gave me some food too."
"Did you not say you came from the Ice Palace?"
"Ah, I left that out!"
Sending Tae Un-seo was the problem.
Currently, we were in a standoff with the monks pouring out of the Potala Palace.
"Where do you come from when you seek the Young Palace Head?"
"It seems my subordinate made a mistake. I am Hyeokryeon Yeom from the North Sea Ice Palace. Did you not receive contact?"
Flinch-
At the mention of the North Sea Ice Palace, the expression of the one who appeared to be the leader of the monks hardened.
"I am called Jin Gang-pae. I did not know you were people from the Ice Palace. I will escort you inside. Everyone, back down!"
Rumble-
At Jin Gang-pae's single word, the monks holding staff retreated.
'It seems there is no wariness regarding external personnel here.'
Even when I arrived at the North Sea Ice Palace, there were those who showed extreme wariness.
I consider exclusion regarding outsiders a natural behavior that occurs more in factions with strong belonging and little exchange.
In fact, the Demonic Cult was the same.
If guys who threw themselves into the Demonic Cult from the Central Plains appeared occasionally, the guys who were originally from the Demonic Cult would start poking at them with wariness or hostility.
It is being treated like a stone that rolled in.
A society of the weak is meat and the strong do eat where if you endure, you can mingle together, and if you cannot endure, you die or get beaten up.
Because the place called Murim is a world of those with power.
Glance-
I looked at Jin Gang-pae who was commanding the monks of the Potala Palace.
'His might is roughly... about equal to Baek Mu-yong?'
It was impressive that he was carrying a saber, not a sword, at his waist.
Because the other monks were holding staff.
"Was there no discomfort in coming here?"
At Jin Gang-pae's single word, I definitely got the feeling that we were being served with extreme sincerity.
As expected, nice words for nice words.
We began to enter inside the Potala Palace together with the monks who surrounded us as if besieging us.
"There were no big problems except for the distance."
"I suppose the Western Regions and the North Sea are indeed far apart. How is it now that you have visited the Potala Palace in person?"
This time he asked Wi Ji-yeong.
"It would be fine if not for the heat!"
"Indeed, since you came from the cold North Sea, you might not be adapted to the heat. I will prepare some cool water."
"Thank you."
Baek Mu-yong tilted his head and sent a telepathic message.
-It is strange, Captain.
-What is strange?
-The martial artists of the Potala Palace are not people who lower themselves like this usually. They are guys who think they should be wary first if they are outsiders like us. They are too docile.
I think there was a clear order from above.
Rather, the Ice Palace is a strange one.
No matter that I am an outsider, they treated someone who came to treat the Young Palace Head coldly.
But the Potala Palace seemed a bit different.
"We have arrived."
At Jin Gang-pae's words, we looked up ahead.
A giant gate larger and more splendid than the gate of the North Sea Ice Palace revealed its appearance.
Rumble.
As the huge gate opened and we went inside.
"Who is the live-in son-in-law of the Ice Palace Lord?"
A man with copper skin possessing an atmosphere similar to the North Sea Ice Palace Lord, Ice King Seol Baek-ho, revealed his appearance.
***
The Palace Lord of the Potala Palace, Lion King Cheon Jeok-pa, examined the aspects of the group that entered the Potala Palace.
A total of four people.
One woman and three men.
The one who stood out exactly was the handsome man wearing black clothes in the center.
A man who seemed to possess a noble dignity to the extent that the woman who was clearly a martial artist looked like a maid.
Up to the large built man who appeared to be an escort and the strange guy wearing a kitchen knife instead of a sword at his waist.
'To think of visiting the Potala Palace with only four people.'
It was very daring.
"I am Hyeokryeon Yeom, the Captain of the Small Snow Squad, the unit that protects the Young Palace Head of the Ice Palace. I greet the Palace Lord of the Potala Palace."
When Hyeokryeon Yeom took the clasped hands greeting, Cheon Jeok-pa made an intrigued expression.
"Small Snow Squad Captain, you say."
"Palace Lord, you must introduce yourself."
Then, the Guardian Monk, Arhat, who was standing next to him spoke to Cheon Jeok-pa.
"I am the Potala Palace Lord, Cheon Jeok-pa. You have come a long way."
"No, I heard that like our Young Palace Head, the Young Palace Head of the Potala Palace is also very sick. Would it not be good to check the condition right away?"
"I heard it is the Extreme Yang Body."
Flare-
Hyeokryeon Yeom showed it with actions rather than words.
Cheon Jeok-pa's eyebrows twitched, confirming the flames blooming around Hyeokryeon Yeom.
"I do not know what constitution the Young Palace Head possesses, but I think mine was worse if it was severe."
"Is there... no pain?"
"Too much time has passed to feel pain."
It is not just this life.
In all my life, I, Hyeokryeon Yeom, possessed the Extreme Yang Body and he had memories of struggling to escape from the Extreme Yang Body.
Of course, in the case of this life, it was a case that was resolved by meeting Seol Ye-rin.
'However.'
What is this feeling?
It is a feeling I am feeling for the first time.
Since entering the Potala Palace, the Extreme Yang Energy has fluctuated.
As if it was a feeling that something was calling me from somewhere.
-It is hot, hot.
-It is a place that is poisonous to us.
Then, the voices of the Sword Venerable and Demon Queen were heard.
-Is something the matter?
-Did you not feel it?
-What are you speaking of?
-The energy of the Fire Spirit Jade.
Fire Spirit Jade?
-If the Ice Crystal exists in the North Sea, a divine object called the Fire Spirit Jade exists in the Potala Palace. Just as the Young Palace Head of the Ice Palace received the influence of the Ice Crystal, perhaps the Young Palace Head of the Potala Palace received the influence of the Fire Spirit Jade.
-Then you mean the pounding that has been hitting my heart since earlier is because of the Fire Spirit Jade.
-Since you must possess the Extreme Yang Qi, it would be plausible for it to resonate with you.
For some reason, I wanted to see it.
"Good, if the Small Snow Squad Captain cannot treat the Young Palace Head, I would like you to take him to the Ice Palace quickly."
"I will do my best."
Just like it was in the North Sea, the meeting with the Young Palace Head happened rapidly in the Potala Palace too.
However, this time too, the only one who could access the Young Palace Head's Hall was me alone.
I, who entered the Young Palace Head's Hall together with the Palace Lord, Cheon Jeok-pa, and the Guardian Monk Arhat, asked.
"By any chance, is the Young Palace Head also of a special constitution like the Extreme Yang Body?"
"That is not it."
It's not, but he suffers from Extreme Yang Qi?
"If I were to define it... it could be about the level of the Fire Spirit Body."
"Fire Spirit Body..."
If I did not know about the Fire Spirit Jade, I might not know, but I could deduce that it meant a body that received the influence of the Fire Spirit Jade no matter who heard it.
"Now, this is the room where the Young Palace Head is staying. We are trying to make it as cool as possible, but it was not easy."
"Young Palace Head. The Palace Lord and the guest from the North Sea have arrived."
The voice of the Guardian Monk was conveyed to the other side of the door.
"It's hot..."
Laborious breathing sounds were heard from inside.
"Jin-a, someone possessing the Extreme Yang Body similar to you has arrived from the North Sea. May I send him in?"
At Cheon Jeok-pa's words, a voice was heard from inside.
"Can he endure this heat?"
Cheon Jeok-pa and Arhat's gazes headed toward me.
***
Heat?
I have no experience feeling such a thing in my life.
"It is fine."
"He says he is fine."
"If so, please come in."
As the Palace Lord of the Potala Palace nodded, I grabbed the door and opened it.
It was slightly warm.
'Warm?'
If it is warm for me, it means this heat is at a level ordinary people cannot handle.
"Are you okay?"
"There is no problem. Then I will be back."
Rattle.
As I closed the door and entered inside the Young Palace Head's room.
-Ahem.
-It is to the extent that the energy of the Fire Spirit has encroached upon the room.
The two Martial Gods made uncomfortable expressions.
It must be because it is an incompatible energy.
However, to me, it was giving a coziness like a sanctuary.
There were no items whatsoever inside the room.
Probably because everything melts down in the heat.
I saw a figure lying down as if collapsed in the place located in the center.
"Hello, I am called Cheon Deung-jin. I apologize for greeting you in this appearance."
An appearance without even the strength to get up.
Sweat was flowing down like rain from Cheon Deung-jin's whole body.
"Are you in much pain?"
"Rather than pain, it is agonizing."
As I tried to approach Cheon Deung-jin,
Vwoom-
The Extreme Yang Qi reacted.
'What is this?'
It wasn't even Tamya, but the Extreme Yang Qi started to spew out as if coveting something delicious.
'They said too much is as bad as too little.'
I controlled the Extreme Yang Qi for now.
Don't I have to judge whether I can eat it or not?
"I will examine you for a moment first."
As I tried to grab his hand,
Whoosh!
Rebounding Energy occurred.
"The heat energy refuses me?"
This is the first time for something like this.
-Just like the Extreme Yin Qi of the Ice Crystal and the Yin Qi when learning martial arts are different.
-It means general fire energy and Extreme Yang Qi are different. But even among them, the Fire Spirit Qi possessed by the Fire Spirit Jade is certainly energy of a level that rivals the Extreme Yang Qi.
I wanted to see the Fire Spirit Jade more and more.
"...Are you okay?"
"Ah, yes. There is no problem."
I flowed qi to my eyeballs and visualized the mana circuit in front of my eyes.
Then,
Flash-
The Fire Spirit Qi swirling around Cheon Deung-jin's body revealed its appearance.
The eyes that can see the circuits were becoming a tremendous help at times like this.
'It is plausible that it is agonizing.'
The acupoints where qi passes through were filled with Fire Spirit Qi.
It is to the extent where I do not know how he can be alive.
Thinking that removing the Fire Spirit Qi from Cheon Deung-jin's body was the priority, I attempted to approach again.
Flash-
Rebounding Energy occurred, but it was useless this time.
I pierced through the Fire Spirit Qi with Extreme Yang Qi.
Contact is the priority for now.
Just like I received the Extreme Yin Qi by contacting Seol Ye-rin.
Whether to push my Extreme Yang Qi into Cheon Deung-jin, or suck up Cheon Deung-jin's Fire Spirit Qi.
I felt I would know that if I touched him.
Fortunately, it seemed the Extreme Yang Qi pushed away the Fire Spirit Qi now.
I quickly reached out my hand toward Cheon Deung-jin's wrist.
Tap-
The moment I just grabbed Cheon Deung-jin's wrist,
Swish!
The Fire Spirit Qi shot into my body as if trying to swallow me.
'Foolish.'
It was funny that it was thinking the Fire Spirit Qi would win as a matter of course.
The Extreme Yang Qi welcomed the entry of the Fire Spirit Qi.
If I simply compare the Extreme Yang Qi and the Fire Spirit Qi, it is like this.
The Fire Spirit Qi is the energy of fire that flows hugely like the Yangtze River.
However, the Yangtze River is also eventually regarded as a single flow when it meets the sea.
In other words, the Extreme Yang Qi is no different from a giant sea of fire making up the human body.
Just as the flowing waves of the Yangtze River became just a part of the sea, the Extreme Yang Qi was accepting the Fire Spirit Qi affectionately.
As if telling it to come quickly, it started to accept the Fire Spirit Qi toward the qi center.
Gurgle gurgle-
The more it did so, the better Cheon Deung-jin's complexion started to become.
"I don't think we need to take you to the Ice Palace?"
If the Extreme Yang Qi could just absorb all the Fire Spirit Qi like this, I felt I might not need to take the Young Palace Head to the Ice Palace.
"Mmm..."
As the Fire Spirit Qi escaped more and more, Cheon Deung-jin started to leak a groan.
Only then did my gaze head toward Cheon Deung-jin.
His body looked extremely slender, and his face also appeared more beautiful than any man I had seen.
A different feeling from Hyeokryeon Mu.
"You will charm quite a few women if you go outside."
It is a pity.
The fact that Seol Ye-rin and Cheon Deung-jin as well are suffering from constitutional problems like this.
Of course, it seems both are because of the implements called the Ice Crystal and the Fire Spirit Jade.
I thought Cheon Deung-jin would become okay if I just extracted all the Fire Spirit Qi like this.
At that moment,
Flare-
"Huh?"
Something unexpected happened.
As the Fire Spirit Qi escaped, Cheon Deung-jin's body started to weaken.
And the Fire Spirit Qi that had encroached upon the room started to aim for Cheon Deung-jin's body again.
Then,
Cheon Deung-jin's body started to burn up.