Surviving as a Genius on Borrowed Time

Chapter 453

Jeong Yeon-shin blankly stared at the empty space.

'When will he come?'

He did nothing. Something that didn't even deserve to be called a corpse had been chattering for quite some time, but in the first place, that body had merely been a signal flare meant to summon the Lord of Taemosan Fortress.

It was no different from the Boreum Jade that Ma Gwang-ik used.

The Dark Heaven Emperor, Cho Ryeol.

He was said to be a tyrant, the Ming family's Jade Emperor.

A transcendent being for whom nothing was impossible in the world, a supreme master whose martial arts and sorcery had reached the heavens.

He was an old monster who had spent his youth in the era when "Sambong Zhenren" was the name that represented the martial world—a being who had lived even before the founding of Ming.

'Who did I hear it from?'

Jeong Yeon-shin stood in a daze, blinking once. Then, he let out a short sigh. Ah, the Grand Elder.

—Take note. At the time, Cho Ryeol had no ties to the unorthodox path. He simply walked the path of righteousness and had ties with the founding patriarch of the Wudang Sect. He even conversed with Sambong Zhenren in person. Naturally, he is much older than the Lord of Taemosan Fortress. That is why, whenever scholars discuss the distribution of the martial world, they always treat him as an exception.

—Then, does that mean my grandfather and the Grand Elder were just hatchlings…

—When one grows old, one's hearing tends to fail. What did you just say?

—I said the Grand Elder is still in his prime.

A raspy, aged laugh echoed in his ears.

The Grand Elder, Shin Byeok, was usually a calm and respected figure, though he had been particularly severe only with Yong Hui-myeong when he issued the Divine Sword Sect’s assembly order.

—At any rate, according to what I heard from the former Grand Elder before me, that man once came into contact with the Three Pure Powers—the most auspicious force under the heavens—and gained some sort of enlightenment. That is why, even during the golden age of Wudang and Shaolin, his divine presence remained untouchable. However, after experiencing something, his methods gradually became more extreme, and in the process of turning towards the unorthodox path, he began to slaughter even those who were natural enemies to sorcery and martial arts alike.

That was what Shin Byeok had told him, back when he was about to depart after receiving the crimson banner's ceremonial send-off.

Cho Ryeol, who had once conversed with Zhang Sanfeng, could invoke natural disasters without interference from any form of power.

It was said that his battle with some monstrous entity had altered the entire landscape of Xin Yae-hyeon in Hanam Province, a place that had originally been a hub of trade and transportation, isolating it completely.

For a being of that level—

It was inevitable that he would have sensed the death of his successor, no matter how far away he was.

'Whether sooner or later.'

Jeong Yeon-shin slowly turned his head.

Yulha Nangnang was staring at him, surrounded by three swordsmen from Heavenly Extreme Gate.

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