Reincarnation Sword God

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00436 Dark Heaven Village ————————————————————————=

[Hmm… the Seven Luminaries… quite interesting…]

The Prophet, who seemed to be observing me, flinched in surprise.

[Reborn person?! I see… now it all makes sense…]

“You’re going to tell me, right?”

[Fine… the compensation is sufficient… I will exchange the location for obsidian.]

The Prophet first took the Nameless Ritual Book from me and informed me of the locations of Shushin Ktaart and the Golden Branch. After receiving the information, the Prophet then handed me the obsidian that contained the timeframe and location of the Fire Element Solar Eclipse. As I examined the time and memory, I frowned.

“Are you really going to do this? You say there’s a confidentiality agreement with the Celestial Realm regarding the Seven Luminaries, but being vague about it doesn’t seem fair in the transaction!”

[It seems you’ve probed quite deeply into my tendencies during your rebirth… it is indeed unfair this way…]

I pointed my finger at him and glared fiercely.

“If you’re the King of Shuyong, then keep your promise!”

As I pressed hard, the Prophet showed a flicker of interest in his eyes.

[What a strange fellow… you must know that with your combat power, you don’t measure up to me, yet you are still so brazen… and yet, strangely, I don’t find you unpleasant…]

I scoffed.

“Kill me if you want! But I don’t want to deal with someone who can’t even keep their own principles.”

[Alright, if that’s the case, I will tell you the exact time of the Solar Eclipse.]

“Aren’t you being a bit stingy?”

[If you include compensating for breaking the confidentiality agreement, it’s quite justified…]

I nodded helplessly.

“Fine.”

I received the obsidian from the Prophet once more.

In that moment, knowledge of the technologies and sciences of the great race flickered through my mind, their numerical systems, measurements, and knowledge of the cosmos were vividly engraved. Even units related to the galaxy were included.

However, this knowledge was volatile, not settling in my memory for long periods. Once the basic process finished, the exact time of the Solar Eclipse in the time units of the Otherworldly Race was stored in my head.

Ding!

Translating it into human knowledge was difficult, but at that moment, I knew the exact time of the Solar Eclipse better than anyone else in the world. The deviation would surely be less than a few breaths.

‘Incredible!’

The technological and scientific capabilities of the great race were clearly beyond what could be compared with contemporary humans. Now that I knew when the Solar Eclipse was about to happen, I just needed to find the location. Finding the location might take a while, but I had my own methods, so I wasn’t worried.

‘Kaltukajara’s Yulala. The rock’s name is Uluru.’

I had already heard about the location before.

I stepped back from the Prophet and scanned the area where Zhuge Bu’s remains had fallen. Then I found the treasure, the White Feather Fan.

“I found it. Here it is.”

Maybe because it was a treasure, it seemed completely unharmed despite being hit by the Prophet’s rays.

[Isn’t that mine…? I hunted it.]

When the observing Prophet raised an objection, I waved my hand.

“No, it’s mine. I brought it here. Don’t you know that the gathering is the most important part of a hunt?”

[……]

“And as you know, I could also catch it one-on-one.”

[Hmm… I suppose it’s understandable… I’ll let it slide this time…]

The Prophet said bluntly.

[Come again… next time, bring a Demon Book or something…]

“Think again!”

After obtaining what I needed, I went to find water element supplies. I harvested as much Black and White Lotus as I could, gathered Thousand-Year Snow Ginseng, and stuffed the Gold Bars into my wooden armor. After defeating the Guardian Giant Spider, I utilized my Ten Thousand Poisons Immunity to extract the spider’s inner dan on the spot. Normally, I would use a suspicious fishhook to detoxify, but it seemed that because I had the Ten Thousand Poisons Immunity, the spider’s poisonous blood meant nothing more than a smelly liquid to me.

‘The spider’s inner dan might come in handy.’

I muttered to myself, collected Jeon Wook’s statue and the water element supplies, then exited the ruins of the supplies. I thought about what was left and decided to head to the White Lotus Sect this time.

Paat!

Upon arriving at the White Lotus Sect, I found myself in a sacred place where they cultivated the Sacred Lotus. One of the elders from the Elder Council, overseeing the sacred place, was startled upon seeing me.

“Who the hell are you?!”

I smiled and said.

“Are we going to fight here? Fighting here would ruin all the Sacred Lotuses, you know?”

“Ugh!”

The elder faltered. If he tried to use the internal power of a Peak Master to catch me, an explosion would likely occur, risking all the Sacred Lotuses dying. I looked at him in despair and said.

“I’ll only take three. Just pretend you didn’t see me.”

“Y-You little punk… do you think I can allow you, the guardian of the Sacred Lotus?”

Uuun

I raised the sword strength and gathered it onto my sword. I began to threaten him.

“I don’t mind fighting! But if I do, it won’t end with just three!”

“Uugh…!!”

He trembled. Being a Peak Master from the Elder Council, he might not think of losing to me in combat, but he was clearly cornered. I recalled Zhuge Sha’s eloquence and subtly tempted him.

“With so many Sacred Lotuses here, what’s the harm in three? You can easily excuse it to the Sect Master that you just overindulged in your martial arts cravings!”

“What’s your name?”

“Are you crazy? Why would I tell you?”

Swish!

I placed the blade on top of the Sacred Lotus as if making a threat. The elder gasped.

“… Take them! Just disappear!”

“Thank you.”

I quickly plucked three Sacred Lotuses and placed them into my wooden armor.

‘Hmm, and one more thing…’

I headed to the ruins of the Jabu Seon-in that I had visited before. Upon arriving at the Joint Mountain and entering the inner cave, I noticed the Three Sovereigns’ Inner Gate emanating a divine power. Being a sorcerer with considerable magical power, I took a deep breath and easily collected the Three Sovereigns’ Inner Gate into my wooden armor.

After that, thinking I was somewhat prepared, I headed to Jinrang Valley and handed the obsidian to Mangnyang.

Uuun

Having transmitted my memories through the obsidian, Mangnyang seemed taken aback. After sorting his thoughts for about half a moment, he sighed.

“… Baek Woong. If we had progressed further in the last life, we could have gained much more…”

“I have no regrets. It has simply become clearer what I must do!”

“I suppose thinking that way is fine.”

Mangnyang nodded, sighed, and said.

“Hah… I understand what you’re thinking. I can see why you’ve gathered so many items without care for the dangers or consequences.”

Truly a genius, Mangnyang. Just by observing my movements, he figured out the plan I was concocting.

I faced Mangnyang and smiled faintly.

“It’ll all work out.”

Mangnyang responded with a somewhat gloomy expression.

“I hope so. Then let’s proceed with the Ritual Offering of the Water Element.”

As before, I went with Mangnyang to Master Mangnyang’s village. Burying the Heavenly Secret Book and conducting the Ritual Offering didn’t take long at all. In fact, I memorized the ceremony’s steps and synchronized my magical energy to help Cheon Woo-jin, surprising him in the process.

“You’re quite skilled at handling souls. Are you perhaps from a heretical sect?”

I casually replied.

“I had a slight connection.”

“Hmm.”

Cheon Woo-jin, initially looking at me with unfamiliar eyes, soon focused on the ceremony. While members from heretical sects weren’t common in the sorcerer world, they weren’t exactly rare either. After the heretical sect failed, the techniques they had for controlling souls spread here and there among their followers. Thus, it seemed Cheon Woo-jin assumed that the soul-controlling technique was associated with the heretical sect. However, according to Zhuge Sha, those techniques were merely distorted levels of miscellaneous crafts, and the only person who truly mastered the Soul Exchange Technique was the leader of the heretical sect.

Wuuuu

Soon, as the Ritual Offering of the Water Element was conducted, the spirit began to descend upon Cheon Woo-jin. The Heavenly Ruler of Tai Xu opened his mouth.

[The Water Element has been well received. Humans. However, it’s strange. I wish to bestow blessings upon you and the one presiding over the ritual, yet there are already traces of my power left on you…]

Having heard exactly what he was going to say many times, I preemptively predicted and bluntly stated.

“We’re not of the bloodline of the Three Sovereigns.”

The Heavenly Ruler of Tai Xu was taken aback.

[Uh… is that so?]

“What does it matter if traces of power remain! What matters is the present.”

After shouting strongly, I glanced at Mangnyang. If Mangnyang truly understood my intentions, he would no doubt realize what I wanted. Mangnyang, with an unwilling expression, sighed and said.

“Hah… Heavenly Ruler of Tai Xu, we are offering this Water Element and additionally wish to contribute more offerings. We desire to receive stronger blessings in return.”

[What?]

Indeed, Mangnyang grasped my intention. I interjected.

“It’s fine if the blessings from Great Luck overlap. I will offer more to strengthen those blessings!”

[Hmm…]

“First, just let me know if it can be strengthened.”

As I pressed, the Heavenly Ruler of Tai Xu nodded.

[It is possible. What offerings do you intend to provide?]

I raised my wooden armor and began to list the items one by one aloud to the Heavenly Ruler.

“Explosives! Gunpowder! Jeon Wook’s statue!”

[Hmm…]

I raised the Twin Broadswords high.

“The Twin Broadswords of the Trickster Liu Bei!”

[Ohhh…]

I kept presenting treasures one after the other.

“The Demon Book Muramasa! Precious metals! Book of Five Relationships!”

[……]

“The Three Sovereigns’ Inner Gate!”

The expression of the Heavenly Ruler of Tai Xu became bizarre as he recognized it as the treasure of the Jabu Seon-in and the techniques he previously witnessed.

“Black and White Lotus! Sacred Lotus! The Landlord’s Spiritual Pill!”

[W-Wait a moment…]

“The Nine Stars Main Capital! Crystal Stele!”

[What?!]

“The treasure, the White Feather Fan!!”

Paak

In my frustration, I tossed it towards Cheon Woo-jin’s face. The White Feather Fan hit him squarely, an action motivated by my annoyance at offering so many precious treasures.

[Hah.]

The Heavenly Ruler of Tai Xu appeared astonished as he picked up the White Feather Fan, looking around. Everything around him was extraordinary treasure, spiritual pills, artifacts, and secret techniques. The Heavenly Ruler of Tai Xu seemed genuinely flabbergasted, unable to think of getting mad at my actions.

[Do you really intend to give all this up?]

I chuckled softly.

“I believe in you, Heavenly Ruler of Tai Xu!”

[Oh… well, if that’s the case…]

I clenched my fist and insisted.

“Great Luck blessed!”

The Heavenly Ruler of Tai Xu seemed to be in a good mood, grinning before speaking sternly.

[Ahem, very well. In the name of the Heavenly Ruler of Tai Xu, I shall bestow blessings commensurate with all these offerings. I shall also block a portion of the backlash from the overlapped blessings!]

“Thank you.”

I thought to myself.

‘With this, I have kept the promise from last time, Heavenly Ruler of Tai Xu.’

Paal

And then the spirit of the Heavenly Ruler of Tai Xu departed from Cheon Woo-jin. Cheon Woo-jin seemed to be wrapped up in the quick conclusion of the ritual offering and showed no signs of fatigue or weariness. Upon regaining his wits, he spoke to me in astonishment.

“Are you out of your mind? Even half of the treasures you just offered could have made you a supreme being of the world!”

“It’s my own decision.”

“Damn it… give me back the Three Sovereigns’ Inner Gate and the White Feather Fan…”

Cheon Woo-jin, revealing his true thoughts, muttered quietly.

“… Is there no leftover treasure?”

“Get lost.”

“You little shrimp. Tsk.”

Cheon Woo-jin muttered with dissatisfaction while licking his lips, heading off to do some farming. I knew the reason behind Cheon Woo-jin’s calm demeanor. Meanwhile, Mangnyang approached, sighing.

“Hah… Baek Woong. Due to offering all the treasures, the time for the overlapping Great Luck has probably increased significantly compared to before. Moreover, the luck has likely strengthened as well.”

“Perhaps.”

Having all those would indeed allow me to build a tremendous force, but I willingly abandoned that ambiguous future. Instead, I decided to concentrate on short-term results.

“Right now, you could walk down the road and be greeted by beautiful women, gold bars, spiritual pills, and elixirs pouring down upon you like a luckiest guy (幸運兒) in the world! Even if it’s only for a short time!”

“That was my aim.”

“……”

After a moment’s hesitation, Mangnyang sighed.

“No matter how efficient that may be… are you truly not afraid of dying?”

I wasn’t sure how to respond to that.

So after a brief thought, I replied.

“I’ve been too cautious with my life until now. I’ve decided to be more proactive from here on.”

“Hmm…”

“Don’t worry. I’ll manage.”

Mangnyang looked at me with worried eyes before saying.

“With the total amount of luck increased and further strengthened, the duration of it has lengthened as well. If you don’t excessively squander your luck, you might survive. If you seal the power of the blessings that is.”

“I’ll keep that in mind.”

I waved my hand at Mangnyang.

“Then, until we meet again!”

“……”

Paal

I swiftly departed for the south, into the Savage Continent, where boiling could take me.

‘Let’s not think too much and leave it to luck!’

Next, I found any nearby village and grabbed hold of a savage who seemed to be the village chief and asked him.

“Hey. Where is Yulala, on the east of Kaltukajara?”

Naturally, I didn’t know their language. It would be logical to think that asking such a question in the language of the Central Plains would yield no response. The chances of that were genuinely astronomically low.

However, the village chief’s son, standing behind him, raised his hand excitedly and replied in the Central Plains language.

“I know! Please let my father go, divine being!”

“How do you know the language of the Central Plains?”

He spoke fluently.

“I learned it from a drifter who washed ashore when I was young. I know about the Central Plains and the Ming Empire, and I speak Central Plains language well. I love Central Plains food. I even can make Dongpao Pork.”

“……”

What are the chances of this happening!

I felt a peculiar accent from him that resembled Guangdong’s dialect. It seemed a shipwrecked person from the southern continent had somehow ended up here after a series of events. And the village chief’s son had happened to learn to speak from this person. I decided to ask another question out of curiosity.

“What’s your name?”

“Ra Kang.”

It probably was pronounced differently in the local dialect, but he spoke in Central Plains accent reasonably well.

“What happened to your master?”

“He passed away six years ago.”

“Hmm… Ra Kang. How do you know where Yulala, east of Kaltukajara, is?”

“Because I became a sage by coincidentally traveling through treacherous lands and inheriting ancient knowledge.”

“What?”

“Only a sage knows that the Seven Luminaries are hidden on this continent. I’m the only one on this continent who knows the secret location and the inheritance.”

“……”

I thought to ask Ra Kang what kind of place Yulala was. He immediately answered without hesitation.

“It’s the place where divine treasures are hidden, and it opens during the Solar Eclipse. Inside, there are the Dragon Flower Tree and Fire Element, and you must defeat the Guardian to obtain them.”

“Woah…”

The probability was truly absurd. Just randomly asking at a village in the southern continent, without thinking, to have the village chief’s son who spoke Central Plains well and knew about the Fire Element was beyond comprehension! It was akin to a meteor falling out of nowhere onto the Imperial Palace, annihilating the Imperial Palace forces.

‘This is the power of overlapping luck!’

I said to Ra Kang.

“Ra Kang. Guide me there. I’ll give your tribe a great gift.”

“Yes, I will.”

Thinking that Ra Kang’s stride might be slow, I attempted to carry him alongside me, but he declined.

“I also know the martial arts of the Central Plains. I love Central Plains martial arts.”

His pronunciation sounded slightly off.

Pababat

Eventually, Ra Kang unleashed his divine technique with a speed comparable to the elders of the Nine Great Sects! In summary, his martial arts were at a peak level. Ra Kang looked no more than in his early to mid-thirties, but it seemed he had been practicing martial arts for a long time.

“……”

What was even more astonishing was that it was the renowned Fastest Divine Technique amongst the Nine Great Sects, the Cloud Dragon Eight Techniques! Evidently, the person who taught Ra Kang the Central Plains language must have been a martial artist from the Martial Arts World! A master from the Kunlun Sect of another continent!

‘What the hell… what kind of ridiculous odds is this?’

In any case, it was more comfortable than carrying him, so I began to walk the path alongside Ra Kang.