Chapter 935 – 935. Immortal Training (4)
As soon as she woke up from her dream, Eunhyeon looked around.
She got up from the bed in the master bedroom and came out into the living room.
“Are you awake?”
“… “Master?”
Siete, who was sitting at the table drinking tea, was the first to talk to Eunhyeon.
“Ah.”
Eunhyeon realized it too late.
In fact, less than a day has passed in reality.
Briefly sparring with Xie Te, and through the advice she gave him, Eunhyeon borrowed the power of her Lily and entered his dream to meet Joo Hyeonseong.
Perhaps because she spent a long time in her dreams, her concept of time was a little distorted.
It was a similar feeling to her as when she returned to reality after spending a long time in the divine world.
“Did you achieve what you wanted?”
Eunhyeon paused for a moment in response to Siete’s question, but immediately nodded her head.
“… Yes. “It’s not perfect, but we found a way.”
Eunhyeon did not think that he had reached the realm of ‘Shin Seon (神仙)’.
We have only just stepped foot into the starting point of the path.
“Hmm.”
Siete burst out laughing when she saw Eunhyeon’s eyes full of life, as if she had seen a hopeful light.
I saw that his eyes, which had been filled with complicated feelings as he experienced stagnation in swordsmanship, began to gain strength again.
“That’s a nice look.”
Shite felt proud when she saw her student’s new mindset.
“Hey, Master.”
“Okay.”
“Yes?”
Eunhyeon carefully started talking and tried to bring up another topic about Eunhyeon, but Siete shook her head and blocked it.
“As for ‘that guy,’ I’ve already heard it from you and your other wives.”
“…”
“That guy too… “It’s quite foolish.”
Siete heard of the existence of another Eunhyeon from Erin, and immediately recognized her intentions and thoughts.
And also a message to yourself.
When she understood that, she couldn’t help but smile bitterly.
She was so confused that she didn’t know how to react, as she admired him and had deep feelings for him.
But this also allowed her to make one thing clear.
The feelings that Eunhyeon sent her were intense admiration and deep affection, but Siete could not reciprocate those feelings.
“‘That guy’ is ‘that guy,’ not ‘you.'”
“Yes? Yes. Yes.”
Eunhyeon suddenly wondered what he was talking about and answered while tilting his head.
“…”
Siete looked at Eunhyeon blankly without saying anything.
“Uh?”
Her gaze and Eunhyun were immediately taken aback.
The question that made her tilt her head soon gave rise to doubt, and within that doubt, ‘insight (洞察)’ planted confidence.
It was a trivial thing that she wouldn’t have noticed before, but Eunhyun couldn’t help but notice it now, even if she hated it.
At this moment, what does it mean to look at oneself without saying a word?
“S-Master.”
“Okay.”
“Well, that, maybe… City…”
Eunhyeon could not bear to speak.
Hundreds of different thoughts passed through his mind, confusing his mind.
‘No. No way… Master… Me?’
In the past, I might have laughed at my brain structure for coming up with such a ridiculous idea.
However, now that I was able to see the flow through ‘insight,’ even if I wanted to deny it or pretend not to know, I couldn’t.
There is no physical evidence, but there is something called a feeling.
Although it is said that the probability of success is close to 99%, just in case.
‘What if I’m mistaken?’
If so, nothing would be as embarrassing as this.
Seeing Eunhyeon unable to say anything because the thoughts in her head were overheating as if they were going to explode, Siete burst into laughter.
For a moment she thought it was a little funny, but she took the initiative and brought the topic back to her.
“By the way, you and your wives are late.”
“Yes? Ah, now that I think about it…”
Eunhyeon belatedly came to her senses and looked around her.
Her house was very quiet.
Normally, she wouldn’t have been surprised if Erin ran up to her and hugged her, but she shows no signs of being popular to the point of being cold.
She was often absent from her home due to work at Eleanor’s estate or her temple, but it was a little strange that she wasn’t even there to take care of Lily or Illiana, who were always in charge of her household chores.
Eunhyeon went straight to the baby’s room where Ilayna was sleeping.
After checking the condition of her daughter, who was fast asleep, Eunhyeon cautiously left the room with a happy smile.
“Where has everyone gone?”
“I do not know either. “I was just asked to hold your seat in case you wake up.”
“… To Erin?”
“Okay.”
Eunhyun tilted her head at the unexpected answer.
“… “You treat Erin better than I thought.”
“Joy. “How difficult is this?”
In fact, because she has so little interest in others, she doesn’t tend to listen to requests.
Although not as good as Illyana, she was not interested in anything other than the sword, so she showed a troublesome attitude in everything, and even if it was a beneficial request, she was the type to mercilessly refuse it if she did not feel like it.
The reason that Te is listening to Erin’s words so well may be because she feels the grace of Erin for resurrecting her in her own way.
“How long have my wives been away?”
“It’s been about an hour or two.”
“I’m back!”
They said that even a tiger will come if you tell it what it says, so Erin and other wives returned to the house all at once.
Erin was the first to take off her shoes at the front door and enter the living room. She found Eunhyun and welcomed him with a big smile.
“Ah, Hyuna! “You’re awake!”
“… “Where have you been?”
“Hehe, it’s a secret!”
Erin, who spoke with a grin, seemed to have no intention of answering Eunhyun’s question.
Soon, the other wives who came in one after another did the same.
Finally, she spots the goddess coming in, and Eunhyeon has a puzzled expression on her face.
“… “Berdandi?”
It was surprising that Verdandi was accompanied on her outings by her own wives.
Of course, it was great to be friendly with his wives, but for some reason, it bothered me that Verdandi, who would normally always be by his side, acted with his wives without even saying a word.
I kept having the feeling that she was plotting something and keeping it a secret from me.
“Ah, child… “You’re awake.”
As soon as he saw Eunhyeon, he looked visibly embarrassed.
It is clear that he is hiding something.
Verdandi, who is not a human but a goddess, is a being whose flow cannot be glimpsed even with the ‘insight’ that Eunhyeon has learned.
However, seeing Eunhyun’s embarrassed appearance and unwillingness to make eye contact, who could think that she wasn’t suspicious?
“Berdandi.”
“… Hmm?”
“Where have you been?”
“Well, that is…” .”
Verdandi’s eyes wavered.
Rather than making eye contact with Eunhyeon, she could tell that the goddess was very agitated just by looking at her confused and shaking eyes.
The goddess’s bright red face seemed to be filled with shame.
‘What on earth are you hiding?’
If she pushed just a little further, she could see what he was hiding, but again, there was a distraction.
“Ah, Master Verdandi! “You decided not to tell me!”
After much contemplation, Erin, who was startled, ran over to stop Verdandi, who was about to move her mouth.
“… Erin.”
“Huh?”
“What on earth are you hiding?”
“Hehe, I won’t tell you!”
Erin grinned and stuck out her tongue to show her grumpiness.
“…”
She didn’t know what the hell she was planning, but judging by Erin’s reaction, she didn’t seem to be that bad.
Not only was Erin not the type to plan something like that, but if she was planning something bad, her other wives and even Verdandi wouldn’t have joined in on her plan.
‘… Should I just leave it alone?’
I was concerned about what the goddess and her wives were jointly preparing, but if it wasn’t harmful, I didn’t see any need to stop it when it was so ambitious.
And above all else, Eunhyun had the biggest priority right now.
“Master.”
“Hmm?”
“Could you help me with my training for a while?”
“Well, it’s not difficult.”
Siete nodded her head in agreement as if it didn’t really matter to her.
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About a month has passed since Eunhyeon began her practice in her reality.
During that period, Eunhyeon devoted all her mind to refining her heart.
After Verdandi lifted the goddess’s protection from her in her dream, her soul was never under the goddess’s protection again.
In the process of perfecting her mind to reach the realm of immortality, the protection of her goddess was a major obstacle to cultivating her spirit.
Right next to the house inside the Archis Great Labyrinth, inside the shrine where the Nine-Tailed Fox lives, she was placed cross-legged for eight hours to capture the magical power in her body and circulate it.
Someone spoke to Siete, who was watching Eunhyeon’s condition from afar.
“… “Does that guy really want to become a god?”
Siete turned her head to see the person who had uttered her shaky voice.
The owner of this shrine was a nine-tailed fox.
“Is your brother doing something so amazing right now?”
And Gerard, who was guarding the nine-tailed fox’s side as if assisting him, tilted his head and asked.
From Gerard’s point of view, Eunhyeon only appeared to be circulating the magic power in his body.
“It’s just a means. “What’s really surprising is that that state has lasted for hours.”
Following the nine-tailed fox’s words, Siete supplemented the explanation.
“Inherently, human concentration is as fragile as a glass falling from above.”
“Concentration…”
“Have you ever heard the expression ‘one mind is uneasy’?”
“No. “This is my first time hearing it.”
“…”
When Siete was at a loss for words for a moment, the nine-tailed fox supplemented the explanation.
“It means putting all your heart into one thing and not letting your mind wander.”
“Is that really that difficult?”
“For example, let’s say you are scrubbing the floor of a shrine right now.”
“It’s so unfashionable to have to clean the house.”
“Shut up and listen.”
The nine-tailed fox frowned as he saw Gerard talking back to him.
For some reason, this middle-aged man, who had just turned 40, sometimes acted like an immature young boy in front of me.
“As you clean the floor of the shrine, your eyes will be directed towards the floor. But what would you do if a large lightning suddenly struck your yard?”
“Yeah… “You will turn your gaze in the direction where the lightning struck, right?”
“But that guy now probably won’t be able to do that.”
“Yes?”
[Barbarian witchcraft]
[Foxfire]
The nine-tailed fox threw the blue flame it had created on its hand towards Eunhyeon.
“No. Miho!? What now… !?”
Gerard shouted in astonishment as he recognized the blue flame moving in a straight line.
At the same time, Siete burst in and swung her sword at Foxfire.
[Siete Swordsmanship]
[Blue flower]
Damn it!
When Siete’s slash aimed at the fox fire reached, the fox fire froze and was cut in two.
“Hmm?”
The nine-tailed fox focused its attention on Siete’s sword.
It was interesting that he ‘frozen’ and ‘cut down’ the formless flame of his fox fire created with the magic power of a divine beast.
“Do not disturb your disciple’s training.”
“I didn’t mean to do that.”
The nine-tailed fox snorted and glanced at Gerard, who was guarding his side.
“Did you see it? “Even if you make this mess, that guy doesn’t even flinch.”
“… Yes.”
With a curious expression, Gerard looked at Eunhyeon, who was sitting cross-legged and continuing to circulate the magic power in his body.
It did not respond at all to any external stimuli.
It was as if all external senses were blocked, including the cold that hurts my eyes, the heat that made my skin burn, and the voices that were being exchanged.
“Tsk. It’s amazing. It’s just that humans are starting to enter that state. No… Is it because he is that guy and not a human?”
The nine-tailed fox clicked his tongue and turned his body again to take his steps.
“Uh, Miho!? Where are you going!?”
“I have to go and do some cleaning too. “That guy is an exception, but he can barely be overtaken by humans.”
When Gumiho and Gerard left, Siete sat on the floor again and silently observed Eunhyeon’s condition.
About 3 more hours passed, and it was around the 11th hour that Eunhyeon’s mental training lasted.
“Ugh… !”
Eunhyeon moaned and trembled.
Her once unwavering concentration broke.
This was because the consumption of mental power and magical power that had continued to maintain the condition had reached its limit.
Although the consumption of magical power was exhausting, mental fatigue was the greatest.
“Good work.”
Siete handed me a towel to wipe my sweat-soaked upper body.
“Thank you.”
Eunhyeon took a towel and asked Xie while wiping her body.
“How long has it been?”
“11 hours and 38 minutes.”
“Ha… After all, it’s difficult to exceed 12 hours.”
“If I keep trying, it looks like I will overcome it someday.”
“… Still, I still have a long way to go to catch up with Master.”
After hearing this training method from Eunhyeon, Siete tried it and the record she achieved was 27 hours and 41 minutes.
“Take your time. “Because we have a lot of time.”
“… Thank you.”
Eunhyeon smiled bitterly at Siete’s encouragement, which she was not used to.
I only noticed it recently, but Siete’s attitude has become much softer than before.
Her attitude didn’t change.
His expression was always calm and his tone and attitude were indifferent.
What changed was Eunhyeon’s side.
The various facts he learned through ‘insight’ confused him.
“Then let’s go in now.”
“Okay. “I’ll see you tomorrow.”
Eunhyeon separated from Siete, who was staying at her shrine, and returned to her home.
She finished her shower and threw her exhausted body onto her bed.
The bed she used alone without her wives was too wide even though it was wide.
Perhaps because she was too mentally tired, Eunhyeon immediately fell asleep.
“Hyuna. Hyuna. Wake up.”
While enjoying a sweet sleep, Eunhyeon woke up when she heard Erin’s voice.
When she opened her eyes with heavy eyelids, she saw Erin in front of her.
“Erin? What… Uh?”
Eunhyeon soon felt a sense of discomfort in her body.
He checked the condition of his body, sitting on a chair rather than a bed.
Naked and wearing nothing, her hands were handcuffed and pinned behind her, restricting her movements.
“Oh! Woke up?”
Soon, Erin smiled brightly and greeted the embarrassed Eunhyeon.
“… Erin, what on earth is this?”
“You’ll find out soon! “Just wait a moment.”
She had no idea what Erin was trying to do.
Eventually, she grabbed something from the dresser shelf and showed it to Eunhyeon.
Like a salesperson trying to sell a new product.
“Braided! “What is this!?”
What Erin was holding in her hand was a cylindrical pillar that was as mushy as slime.
The object with a hole at the bottom was a shocking object to Eunhyeon.
Because on Earth, many men used it to comfort themselves.
“Oh, no… “Why is it here?”
“Hehe, I’ll help Hyeon with that ‘mental training’ thing!”
