Chapter 198
##198fury. yes. father.
Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa!
Due to the swirling storm of energy, there was nothing left in the room. The scratch marks on the wall were increasing, and the ceiling was shaking dangerously and looked like it was about to collapse..
“…….”
However, the expression on the face of the white water dragon at the center of the runaway energy was extremely calm..
Although the complexion was somewhat pale due to excessive use of energy, it was not a cause for concern..
“you stand back.”
After forcing the students to retreat, Mae Geuk-ryeom and Baek Mu-heun carefully entered the room..
Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!
The two carefully unfolded the curtain to protect the ceiling and walls from collapsing..
If left like this, the ceiling would most likely collapse, and Baek Su-ryong, who was in a trance, could have been interrupted at an important moment of enlightenment..
“Just in case, let's stand outside to protect the law..”
“yes!”
Under the direction of Geo Sang-woong, the disciples who came out also stood wide apart in the yard and guarded the surroundings..
Moments of enlightenment are rare for warriors..
Especially as the level increases, it becomes very difficult to catch even a small clue..
In order to find that small clue, there were people who practiced face-to-face training in caves for years and even deliberately threw themselves off cliffs..
‘How much stronger will the teacher become??’
The students glanced around the room where the White Water Dragon was with envy and admiration..
But among them, there were voices dreaming of timid rebellion..
“If I can't hit you now, I won't be able to hit you forever.?”
“Arthur. You can hit me once and be beaten for the rest of my life..”
“That too…….”
“But seniors get beaten up every day anyway.?”
“…….”
It was all just a joke.
The students kept their hands on their weapons and kept their eyes wide open, guarding their surroundings so as not to disturb Baeksu-ryong's moment of enlightenment..
About an hour passed with the six warriors standing guard..
Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa…….
The strong energy storm decreased in size and soon began to be absorbed into the White Water Dragon's body..
And the moment the energy was completely absorbed, a blood flower bloomed on White Water Dragon's head..
One bunch. Two bunches. three flowers.
Three bloodflowers were half-blooming and soon dispersed like a mirage..
Mae Geukryeom said with small admiration..
“You have reached the state of Three Flowers and Consciousness..”
A state where spirit, energy, and spirit are united as one, and the energy emitted from the upper chamber blooms in the shape of a flower..
It was a level where one could freely manipulate strong energy beyond the introduction to strong energy..
‘however… … The flowers aren't perfect.’
I heard that when you reach the state of perfect Samhwachwijeong, three flowers bloom in full bloom, but Baeksuryong's flower disappeared after half blooming..
it was strange.
If I lacked enlightenment, I would not have reached Samhwachwijeong in the first place... … It felt like I was blocked by something along the way..
At that time, Baek Mu-heun, who was watching his son while swallowing dry saliva, said.
“I guess I'm waking up now.”
Baeksuryong's body, which was floating in the air with his legs crossed, slowly lowered to the floor, and then he took a long breath and opened his eyes..
“Phew…….”
Baek Su-ryong blinked a few times..
Until just now, I was in a dream that was hard to distinguish from reality..
To wake up my still dazed mind, I focused on the sensations of my whole body and remembered who I was..
“……Is it okay??”
Baek Mu-heun approached and said. His expression was full of worry when he saw his son's blank eyes..
“…….”
Baek Su-ryong stared at him and slowly opened his mouth. Fortunately, the light slowly returned to his eyes..
“……father?”
“okay! grow!”
“……How much time has passed since my father left my room??”
“A couple of hours? Not much time has passed.”
“Two visual inspection…….”
I thought it might have been at least a few days, maybe 10 days or more..
‘So many things happened in two hours at most.?’
Baek Soo-ryong smiled in vain and shook his head..
In his dreams, he faced hundreds and thousands of life and death situations..
I broadened my horizons by re-experiencing various spiritual and magical techniques of the blood religion that I knew in the past..
I met the blood demon and talked to him, and I met the blood dragon lord whom I respected in the past and ultimately defeated him with my sword..
I gained a valuable opportunity that cannot be converted into any treasure..
‘Can I go back into that dream??’
Even if I could go, not right now..
Baek Soo-ryong relaxed his lotus position and stood up..
For a moment, I felt dizzy and my body swayed..
I had a headache that felt like my head was going to explode..
“Water dragon!”
Baek Mu-heun stretched out his hand and supported his son. Mae Geukryeom supported his grandson's back and breathed warm energy into his body..
“I've lost a lot of energy. You need to rest and relax.”
“……I want to get some cold air for a moment..”
“However…….”
“Please let my father-in-law get some air. I will tidy up my room..”
“……Let's do that.”
Anyway, the room was a mess so I couldn't rest. Baek Soo-ryong came out of the room with Mae Geuk-ryeom's help..
“I'm a teacher!”
“Are you okay??!”
As soon as he left the room, students came rushing in. Everyone had faces full of worry..
“It's okay.”
Baek Su-ryong stretched out his hand and patted the heads of the noisy guys. The scared puppy-like faces were very funny..
After reassuring the students and sending them back to their rooms, Baek Soo-ryong sat down in the pavilion where his father and maternal grandfather sat and drank together..
“Seup… … Phew…….”
After taking a few breaths of fresh air, Baek Soo-ryong spoke in passing to Mae Geuk-ryeom, who was looking at him blankly from the side..
“I had a dream.”
“…….”
Mae Geuk-ryeom nodded silently at Baek Soo-ryong’s words..
Martial arts enlightenment comes in different forms for each person..
Some people say that a thunderbolt struck their head, and some people are in a trance and swing their sword, but then suddenly, something that they couldn't do occurs..
There was nothing strange about the form being a dream..
……Of course, Baek Su-ryong's dream was of a very different kind from what Mae Geuk-ryeom thought..
“It was a damn vivid dream. There I fought all kinds of experts. I won in the end, but I got hurt quite a bit and almost died a few times..”
“It's a coincidence.”
As I breathed in the cold night air, my headache went away a little. Each and every experience in my dream came to mind clearly..
Baek Su-ryong looked up at the countless stars in the night sky and said.
“yes. Thanks to you, I was able to look back on my martial arts skills. I thought I was making good use of what I had, but that wasn't the case..”
The White Water Dragon especially reflected on the fight with the last Blood Dragon Lord. I gained a lot. The sensation that pierced his heart was still vivid in his fingertips..
‘How much can be implemented??’
Reality and dreams are different.
No matter how much your martial arts skills have improved in your dreams, you cannot perform the martial skills you showed in your dreams in real life right now..
If I were to meet an expert at the level of a teenage expert right now, I wasn't confident that I would win yet..
‘But it won't take long.’
All I needed was time.
What you gain in your dreams will eventually be able to unfold in reality..
When that time comes... … I wanted to go into that dream again.
-Come again next time.
The blood demon told him to come again next time..
He said he hadn't seen everything he wanted and promised the next one..
In reality, Baek Soo-ryong's dream did not even last one-third of his previous life..
I haven't lost my dantian yet, haven't become an instructor, and haven't met any masters yet..
‘If I collect all of my current experiences and pursue my past life's dream to the end, will I be able to fight and win against the blood demon??’
We'll find out when we meet again.
The blood demon you encounter after reaching a higher level will look different..
Wow…….
Baek Soo-ryong clenched his fists until they turned completely white..
Even though it was a dream, I definitely wanted to change the ending of that damn dream..
Gritting his teeth, he muttered to himself..
‘Next time I will definitely kill you.’
Mae Geukryeom looked at his grandson's murderous side face, then stretched out his hand and clenched his fist..
“The wind is cold.”
At that moment, Baek Soo-ryong came to his senses..
I was so angry that I almost got covered in blood..
Martial artists often become emotionally intense right after enlightenment, but the experienced Maegeukryeom watched and responded appropriately..
“Let's just go in now..”
“……yes.”
Meanwhile, Baek Mu-heun cleaned up the messy room and spread out the blankets..
But Baek Soo-ryong did not want to rest right away..
He looked at the two people with a serious expression..
“father. Grandfather. I have a moment to tell you…….”
But the two refused to talk..
“Just grow up.”
“Lie down.”
“yes? Oh, no, wait a minute. My story first…….”
whirring!
Baek Mu-heun tripped his leg and knocked his son down..
Baek Soo-ryong, who was exhausted, lay down on the blanket without even being able to resist..
He protested with an aggrieved expression..
“Why are you treating me like a patient? Even though I was tired, there was at least time to talk for a moment.…….”
“listen to me later.”
This time it was a breeze.
He reached out and lightly touched his grandson's blood transfusion. It was a way to help me sleep well..
“Nope…….”
White Water Dragon's eyelids began to close..
Normally, I wouldn't have even flinched from this level of blood, but I was exhausted and mentally exhausted..
“Kuul…….”
In the end, Baek Soo-ryong fell asleep as soon as he lay down on the blanket..
I slept well for the first time in a long time without having any dreams or waking up in the middle of the night until the next day..
And at Baek Soo-ryong's bedside, where he was sleeping, the two men sat and talked for a long time..
“Now that he's grown up, he's throwing a tantrum because he doesn't want to sleep. At times like this, I feel like I’m still a kid..”
“Look. Don’t we have work to do?.”
“By the way, isn’t he really handsome? Whose son is this?……”
“It's an outhouse.”
“…….”
* * *
“Send letters every month. If you don't send it away, next time it will come up and crush you..”
“Yeah yeah.”
Baek Mu-heun stayed at Baekryongjang for three more days..
He spent the anniversary of his wife's death touring the Blue Dragon Museum with his father-in-law and son, and spent the remaining two days freely wandering around the city filled with memories..
And I packed my bags without any hesitation. They said the kids would be waiting at Baekmugwan..
“When I came, I did as I wanted, and when I left, I did as I wanted too..”
Mae Geuk-ryeom, who came out to see her off, spoke bluntly about what she was so displeased with. Baek Moo-heun smiled slyly and replied,.
“Are you sad that I’m leaving??”
“joy. It's refreshing to see a guy who doesn't do anything but waste his time go away..”
Now the awkward atmosphere between the two seemed to have eased a lot..
Mae Geuk-ryeom said that he had not liked Baek Mu-heun's laziness and idleness for a long time and cursed him bitterly, but eventually gave him a dried root of hawthorn in his luggage..
“Eat it or not.”
“……thank you for this food.”
Baek Mu-heun turned around with an expression of emotion and looked at his son again..
“…….”
“…….”
If it was a farewell, I did it to my heart’s content the day before..
But in the end, Baek Soo-ryong couldn't tell the story about the diary..
I tried to carefully bring up the topic several times, but Baek Mu-heun changed the topic first or walked away each time..
“Going.”
“yes.”
Baek Mu-heun lightly tapped his son on the shoulder and turned around with a smile..
Baek Soo-ryong and Mae Geuk-ryeom watched him until his back disappeared..
It was a leisurely and free pace..
Baek Mu-heun's mind has become more free through reconciliation with his father-in-law, and this will soon have an impact on his martial arts skills as well..
‘Next time I see you, you will be much stronger..’
At that time, Baek Mu-heun, who was already quite far away, turned around and waved his hand..
His sound penetrated Baeksuryong’s ears..
[Water dragon. Whether you have any memories before the accident or not, you are the son of me and Ruo Bing..]
“…….”
[Did you think I wouldn’t even be able to tell if my son was real or fake??]
Baek Mu-heun, smiling mischievously, turned around again, then opened his eyes and quickly walked away..
[Be sure to send a letter.]
Without even giving Baek Soo-ryong time to respond..
“I really…….”
Baek Soo-ryong laughed as if it was absurd..
After avoiding conversation for three whole days, I never thought I'd get punched like this..
Baek Su-ryong sighed softly and spoke to his father, who had already turned into a small dot..
“yes.”
The reason why I did not send a letter to Baek Mu-heun until now.
Being busy was an excuse.
The real reason was because I didn't want to lie to Baek Muheun anymore..
He was a martial arts instructor in a blood religion fifty years ago, and he had no memory of living as the son of Baek Mu-heun and Mei Ruobing..
But now it was different.
“I will send you a letter.”
As I woke up from my dream, some of my childhood memories also awoke in my mind..
It's not complete yet, and I still have a lot more memories from my past life, but this was enough..
“father.”
He was the son of Baek Mu-heun..
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