The Road of the Immortal

Byeokra Kingdom, located southeast of the Yeon Kingdom, stood as a sovereign state beyond the Dabcheon Desert and along the Silk Road that crossed the desert to reach distant lands./pGT>

Because it occupied a vital chokepoint on the Silk Road where merchants from far-off nations beyond the desert traded, Byeokra Kingdom’s wealth was beyond imagination./pGT>

Silk and glass vessels circulated everywhere./pGT>

Merchants riding camels and horses peddled tobacco brought from lands across the desert, mouths full of it as they bartered./pGT>

Herbs and fruits never seen before drifted through the market./pGT>

‘It’s still bustling like an ordinary town.’/pGT>

I thought this as I gazed at the familiar scenery that had not changed from my previous visit./pGT>

It was the same place from the timeline when I orchestrated the Heavenly Demon War, the one where Brother Young-hoon had fallen into decline before the Heavenly Demon War was founded./pGT>

At that time I had briefly learned Byeokra language, but after such a long absence the words felt unfamiliar./pGT>

‘I’ll have to relearn several months of Byeokra language first.’/pGT>

Whether I went to the Cheongmun Clan Estate or not, I would have to communicate somehow./pGT>

Fortunately, merchants who spoke the Yeon language were abundant near the Byeokra border,/pGT>

and I worked at an apothecary that primarily handled medicinal herbs for seven months while learning the language./pGT>

Seven months later./pGT>

Leaving the owner of the apothecary who was pleading with me to keep working behind,/pGT>

I plunged deep into the interior of Byeokra Kingdom./pGT>

Although I had not visited often, I had come several times since the Heavenly Demon War timeline, so I knew familiar places./pGT>

But Byeokra Kingdom, where the cultivators also hid in the shadows without showing themselves, made the Cheongmun Clan Estate nearly impossible to find./pGT>

Still, I wandered every corner of Byeokra Kingdom searching for regions with strange terrain or odd rumors./pGT>

After searching so long, I finally found an estate that looked like the territory of a cultivation sect./pGT>

—/pGT>

“That’s it.”/pGT>

My Five Qi Consorting with the Origin eyes saw the Heavenly Earth Spirit Array that encircled an entire gorge./pGT> pGT>‘I found it—the territory of the Makri Clan!’/pGT> pGT>But I still did not know if this estate belonged to the Cheongmun Clan./pGT> pGT>After all, the Jin and Makri clans had taken root in various places in the Yeon Kingdom as well./pGT> pGT>Byeokra Kingdom must also have at least two major cultivation clans./pGT> pGT>I stayed for several days in front of the array, resting and waiting for someone to emerge from inside./pGT> pGT>It was after about ten days./pGT> pGT>‘Finally, someone’s coming out.’/pGT> pGT>A man in azure robes walked out of the array./pGT> pGT>‘Azure robes….’/pGT> pGT>The Makri Clan cultivators mostly wore azure robes./pGT> pGT>Because of that memory I felt a little wary of the man, but I did not show it and approached him./pGT> pGT>“Brother, hello?”/pGT> pGT>“Mm, hello.”/pGT> pGT>He accepted my greeting without even looking at me directly./pGT> pGT>“You appear quite silently for a cultivator. Hahaha, if you were an ordinary mortal the sect’s territory would have been discovered and you would have been eliminated immediately. But since you’re a cultivator, it’s fortunate.”/pGT> pGT>“Haha….”/pGT> pGT>Probably because I had reached Five Qi Consorting with the Origin, or because of the spiritual root I had obtained,/pGT> pGT>the azure-robed man approached me without hesitation and laughed heartily./pGT> pGT>“By the way, are you heading toward the border as well? I myself plan to attend the Yeongdo Market that opens this month. Are you going that way too?”/pGT> pGT>“Yeongdo Market… um, brother, I’m sorry but my knowledge is limited, so could you tell me what that is…?”/pGT> pGT>“Hm? You don’t know the Yeongdo Market?”/pGT> pGT>The azure-robed man looked at me as if I were a country bumpkin./pGT> pGT>“A wandering cultivator who has been cultivating in the mountains. The greatest exchange meeting that happens twice a year on the border between Yeon and Byeokra, held at the border, and you don’t know what it is? A grand gathering where countless spiritual items, medicinal pills, magic tools, martial techniques, and talismans that low-level cultivators can trade are all spread out….”/pGT> pGT>“Oh my, I was only focused on cultivation in the mountains and know nothing of the outside world, so I would be grateful if the worldly brother could teach me a little.”/pGT> pGT>“Hm, hm. A cultivator who doesn’t even know basic knowledge. Ask me anything you want to know.”/pGT> pGT>I flattered him a little and quietly extracted information from him./pGT> pGT>The man’s name was Byeonmun./pGT> pGT>He was a descendant of the Byeok Clan among the Three Immortal Clans of Byeokra Kingdom—the Cheongmun Clan, the Byeok Clan, and the Gongmyo Clan./pGT> pGT>“Well, I am a descendant of the Byeok Clan, but I’m the most distant branch. Because of that I receive almost no support from the cultivation clan and have no proper teachers, so up until now I have remained at the beginning of Qi Condensation stage four. I have awakened the Zhen of Bing, but to go beyond that…”/pGT> pGT>“Hahaha, but isn’t that better than the wandering cultivators who have no proper clan like me?”/pGT> pGT>“Better than those scattered cultivators who have no clan to rely on, yes. But I also have my own hardships. Sometimes they call me a bug for eating only cultivation resources, or adults who look at me like an insect….”/pGT> pGT>I nodded along with Byeonmun’s words and quickly changed the subject whenever he tried to explain details of cultivation./pGT> pGT>For example, cultivators who like me, who have no clan and cultivate alone, are called scattered cultivators./pGT> pGT>They support the nobility or the powerful from behind the scenes and supply them with spiritual herbs and pills needed for cultivation, or they take on jobs from the cultivation clans and receive payment./pGT> pGT>‘The Qi Condensation stage one cultivators who were mainly active in the Yeon Kingdom must be that kind.’/pGT> pGT>Also, I learned the basic structure of a cultivation clan./pGT> pGT>The direct main house./pGT> pGT>And the branches that spread from the main house./pGT> pGT>And the external members of the cultivation clan who work with the branches./pGT> pGT>These are all treated as a “cultivation clan.”/pGT> pGT>Below that are the subcontracted scattered cultivators who guide mortals and work for the branches or external members./pGT> pGT>And the ancestors of a nation who operate the mortal kingdom together with the subcontracted scattered cultivators./pGT> pGT>From here on they are treated somewhat like mortals./pGT> pGT>The royal family receives plenty of cultivation resources and is powerful overall, but because they are entangled with mortals they are treated that way./pGT> pGT>And there are also the scattered cultivators who have no connection to any cultivation clan./pGT> pGT>They receive little recognition from the cultivation clans and are actually treated similarly to mortals./pGT> pGT>They receive no systematic instruction and few break through to Qi Condensation stage one, so most cultivation clans treat them that way./pGT> pGT>“Of course, a cultivator like me seems to be at Qi Condensation stage three or four because of the size of my consciousness. You scattered cultivators are an exception. Anyone at your level could easily enter a cultivation clan as a subcontracted cultivator.”/pGT> pGT>“Haha, thank you for the compliment.”/pGT> pGT>“Hmm, and I should also talk about the cultivation sects. Until several dozen years ago the concept of a ‘cultivation sect’ existed. Several cultivation clans would gather to form a cultivation sect and attract outstanding disciples from across the continent to enjoy its prestige./pGT> pGT>But for some reason one day they stopped accepting disciples and suddenly disappeared like the wind. The clan elders know the reason, but they didn’t tell even me, a distant branch. Heh heh….”/pGT> pGT>…./pGT> pGT>Probably because the larger concept of cultivation sects, unlike the cultivation clans, had mostly ascended through Deungsunhyang to the Ascension Gate,/pGT> pGT>the cultivation sects had suddenly vanished./pGT> pGT>Byeonmun talked without stopping, and my ears were in pain./pGT> pGT>But every piece of information he spilled was necessary to me,/pGT> pGT>so I listened in silence./pGT> pGT>Because he could never speak freely inside the clan, Byeonmun, who looked like a fish out of water, rambled on endlessly about me listening so well./pGT> pGT>‘When I go to the Yeongdo Market, I’ll have to leave him there.’/pGT> pGT>Although I was grateful for the chattering Byeonmun, I also felt a little headache./pGT> pGT>“Speaking of which, about the realm of cultivators. Is the cultivator’s realm the end at Core Formation? I’ve heard that the clan lords of cultivation clans are mostly at Core Formation….”/pGT> pGT>Of course I knew there was more./pGT> pGT>When I feigned ignorance as a clueless scattered cultivator, Byeonmun lit up with the idea that I knew something and began to ramble./pGT> pGT>“Oh my, oh my. A cultivator like you knows so little. Cultivators are fundamentally beings who cultivate to ascend to the heavens and become immortals. Those who cultivate to achieve immortality and eternal life are divided into three great categories./pGT> pGT>The three realms of cultivation:/pGT> pGT>The great realm where the cultivator has reached the realm of immortals./pGT> pGT>The middle realm of those close to immortals./pGT> pGT>And the small realm where they begin to leave the human way./pGT> pGT>Small realm’s six stages./pGT> pGT>Dan cultivation./pGT> pGT>Qi condensation./pGT> pGT>Foundation establishment./pGT> pGT>Core formation./pGT> pGT>Origin spirit./pGT> pGT>The realm of Heavenly Person./pGT> pGT>Middle realm’s five stages./pGT> pGT>Four axes./pGT> pGT>Union./pGT> pGT>Star shattering./pGT> pGT>Star disc./pGT> pGT>Enlightenment./pGT> pGT>And the great realm is the realm of True Immortal, but I don’t know much about that either./pGT> pGT>In any case, there are more realms than that.”/pGT> pGT>‘Dan cultivation?’/pGT> pGT>Wasn’t that lower than Qi Condensation?/pGT> pGT>But I nodded and agreed to avoid revealing my true nature./pGT> pGT>“Also, when a small realm cultivator reaches the middle realm, they ascend to a world different from the one we live in. I don’t know if it’s true or not, but it’s just a legend./pGT> pGT>Actually, I think the middle realm is just legend or myth, and the Heavenly Person realm of the small realm is the end of cultivation. It’s just that the myth got twisted and the empty realms like middle realm are passed down.”/pGT> pGT>“Hahaha….”/pGT> pGT>Empty realms./pGT> /pGT> pGT>But I had no choice but to believe that realms above Heavenly Human were real./pGT> pGT>‘My colleagues who were taken there must all have been cultivators at the Heavenly Human realm.’/pGT> pGT>The reason they were trying to do evil and ascend to the upper realm must be because there was a realm above Heavenly Human./pGT> pGT>“Hm, hm, we’re almost at the Yeongseo Mountain where the Yeongdo Market is opening. What do you plan to buy at this Yeongdo Market?”/pGT> pGT>“Ah, buying….”/pGT> pGT>“I brought over one hundred twenty spiritual stones to buy good medicinal pills at the Yeongdo Market. Heh, for a low-level cultivator like me it’s an enormous expenditure.”/pGT> pGT>“Spiritual stones….”/pGT> pGT>I wanted to ask about spiritual stones as well./pGT> pGT>But if I didn’t know they were treated as currency among cultivators, I would be suspicious,/pGT> pGT>so I kept my mouth shut./pGT> pGT>And the next day./pGT> pGT>We arrived at the foot of Yeongseo Mountain located on the border between the Yeon and Byeokra Kingdoms./pGT> pGT>‘This is….’/pGT> pGT>I blinked./pGT> pGT>Some strange energy enveloped the entire mountain./pGT> pGT>But unlike the array that surrounded the territory of a cultivation clan I had seen before,/pGT> pGT>the energy that wrapped this mountain could not be seen even by Five Qi Consorting with the Origin eyes./pGT> pGT>When I asked about it, Byeonmun laughed./pGT> pGT>“You really are a country bumpkin cultivator. Usually such large exchange meetings or formations covering an entire cultivation clan’s main house are on a different level from the trivial arrays in the territories where branches or external members stay./pGT> pGT>They use the Dragon Vein itself as the power source, so even if a cultivator with good consciousness becomes one with the surrounding energy, finding them is not easy.”/pGT> pGT>“Oh….”/pGT> pGT>‘That’s why I never saw the main houses of the Jin and Makri clans even though I searched so hard.’/pGT> pGT>The law techniques of cultivators were indeed marvelous./pGT> pGT>“Come, let’s enter the Yeongdo Market together. Ah, one moment. Since you didn’t know the Yeongdo Market, there’s no invitation letter, right?”/pGT> pGT>“An invitation letter?”/pGT> pGT>“Yes. At the Yeongdo Market they issue invitation letters only to cultivators so that ordinary mortals do not sneak in. Still, it’s not a closed gathering, so you can get an entry ticket by paying ten spiritual stones. You must have brought some spiritual stones, right?”/pGT> pGT>“Spiritual stones….”/pGT> pGT>I quickly calculated and smiled faintly./pGT> pGT>“Byeok-hyung, actually I’m supposed to meet a friend outside the Yeongdo Market. A friend who lives near Yeongseo Mountain. Let’s meet him and then enter together later.”/pGT> pGT>“Heh heh, indeed. Then I’ll see you later.”/pGT> pGT>Excited that Byeonmun expected to enter the Yeongdo Market, he walked in one direction from the mountain foot./pGT> pGT>A little while later a voice rang out from the air./pGT> pGT>[Show your invitation letter or purchase an entry ticket.]/pGT> pGT>“Here it is!”/pGT> pGT>Byeonmun took out a small talisman with a patterned seal from his pocket./pGT> pGT>The talisman rose into the air by itself, burned like paper, and only the pattern remained, settling on Byeonmun’s hand back./pGT> pGT>[Welcome to the participation in the Yeongdo Market.]/pGT> pGT>—/pGT> pGT>A little while later the surrounding scenery distorted and Byeonmun’s figure vanished./pGT> pGT>‘Tsk, I thought I could follow him in.’/pGT> pGT>I clicked my tongue and abandoned the plan to follow him./pGT> pGT>The consciousness size the voice owner had unconsciously revealed was at the late stage of Foundation Establishment, similar to Makri Hwang-shin./pGT> pGT>Fortunately, having walked with Byeonmun for the past month and accumulated some basic knowledge of the cultivation world, I would not lose./pGT> pGT>‘Anyway, the exchange meeting will end someday. After that I’ll show the recommendation when I find a Cheongmun Clan cultivator coming out from inside that array.’/pGT> pGT>If it was a famous exchange, the Cheongmun Clan cultivators would also come a lot, so I decided to wait here./pGT> pGT>At that moment./pGT> pGT>—/pGT> pGT>The air distorted and a group of azure-robed cultivators emerged from one place on the mountain foot along with a light group./pGT> pGT>About seven./pGT> pGT>“Hahaha, brother, this time we made a lot of spiritual stones at the Yeongdo Market.”/pGT> pGT>“Yeah. Yeah. The bastards from other clans used subcontracted cultivators to buy our Dan-yao while pretending not to.”/pGT> pGT>“They must be acknowledging it deep down. That our Makri Clan’s Dan-yao technique is the ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠best.”/pGT> pGT>The smell of blood was in the air./pGT> pGT>Seals of their familiar clan were embroidered on their clothes./pGT> pGT>Makri Clan./pGT> pGT>The imperial family of the Yeon Kingdom and the worst demonic cult clan./pGT> pGT>“Even this time they brought the Seok-heo Dan. It has no lack of popularity. Hahaha, that ultimate spiritual pill that extends life by eight years for Qi Condensation stage cultivators….”/pGT> pGT>“Huhu, when we return to the territory we’ll have to make even more Dan-yao. We’ll have to scold them to bring more Dan-yao materials from the Dangpojo bastards.”/pGT> pGT>“The Dangpojo bastards have become quite strict these days. Because of the Makri-jeong branch bastard being murdered by some monster and the Jin Clan bastards vigorously trying to steal the Yeon Kingdom’s imperial ancestors from the inside and outside, it’s difficult to get Dangpo.”/pGT> pGT>“Tsk tsk, I don’t know which bastard….”/pGT> pGT>I erased my presence with the Wansuigungmurok and concealed my consciousness with the Eonsiksul, secretly tailing them./pGT> pGT>And when the Makri Clan cultivators had gone far enough from Yeongseo Mountain,/pGT> pGT>I removed the concealment and approached one of the Makri Clan cultivators./pGT> pGT>“Haha, by the way, last time the materials they assigned to me struggled so much. It was hard to obtain fresh blood. So first, the limbs….”/pGT> pGT>—/pGT> pGT>“Cut….”/pGT> pGT>With one slash of my Danak Sword Art,/pGT> pGT>the head of the Makri Clan cultivator who had been spouting disgusting words since earlier flew off./pGT> pGT>“…Eh?”/pGT> pGT>The Makri Clan cultivators looked at me in confusion as if they could not understand the situation./pGT> pGT>“I didn’t know what was near Yeongseo Mountain, so I was waiting, but….”/pGT> pGT>I gritted my teeth and glared at these filthy demons./pGT> pGT>“I can’t stand hearing those disgusting stories anymore. Things worse than beasts.”/pGT> pGT>Thinking about it, using a sword on these disgusting things seemed like a waste./pGT> pGT>I sheathed my sword and said./pGT> pGT>“All die.”/pGT> pGT>—/pGT> pGT>A strong qi gathered in the air and crushed the flesh of another Makri Clan cultivator who was hurriedly using a law technique./pGT> pGT>Guts and blood scattered ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠everywhere./pGT> pGT>“W-what?! How dare you do this to a person of the Makri Clan….”/pGT> pGT>Danak Sword Art, Mountain Gale!/pGT> pGT>—/pGT> pGT>A qi from my cultivation shot out faster than the wind and flew toward the head of the cultivator who was opening his mouth./pGT> pGT>—/pGT> pGT>The cultivator had deployed a defense law technique, but my qi shattered his defense law technique entirely and crushed his head like a watermelon./pGT> pGT>In an instant three of the seven died./pGT> pGT>“Eek, only Qi Condensation stage four or so, and you’re attacking us alone! I’ll show you the power of the Makri Clan!”/pGT> pGT>A cultivator with a consciousness area of Qi Condensation stage five completed a law oath./pGT> pGT>From that leader-like cultivator came a strong negative qi, and a ring of negative qi flew toward me./pGT> pGT>“Hahaha, anyone hit by the Makri Clan’s Yin Ring Law Technique will have their flesh rot away and eventually turn into a handful of blood essence….”/pGT> pGT>Danak Sword Art, Cutting the Meridian!/pGT> pGT>I swung my hand and the Yin Ring split in two and flew away to the sides./pGT> pGT>—/pGT> pGT>The law techniques of the Yin Rings that flew behind me each hit a tree, and two trees rotted away./pGT> pGT>“Eh, eeh….”/pGT> pGT>Danak Sword Art, Wood Transformation!/pGT> pGT>I spread both hands and infused my qi into the fingertips./pGT> pGT>And they danced wildly in all directions./pGT> pGT>—/pGT> pGT>Blade scars appeared everywhere, and three cultivators including the one who had launched the Yin Ring law technique at me were torn apart./pGT> pGT>I slowly walked toward the last remaining Makri Clan cultivator./pGT> pGT>“P-please spare me! I’ll give you everything I have!”/pGT> pGT>“…Is there any Dan-yao left on the corpses of your colleagues?”/pGT> pGT>“Yes! Yes! There is! You must know how famous our Makri Clan’s Dan-yao is as a clan. Here, I’ll give you all of it!”/pGT> pGT>The man, face pale, shook his hands and took out several Dan-yao from the corpses and then more from his own pocket./pGT> pGT>“Hm, what are the materials for these Dan-yao?”/pGT> pGT>“This, this is called Cheongahwan, a beauty pill that contains one arm of a woman’s flesh… mountain spirit herb and golden chicken blood. Also… and this is….”/pGT> pGT>I listened to the materials of those Dan-yao one by one and then asked the last remaining man./pGT> pGT>“Explain the realm of Dan Cultivation.”/pGT> pGT>“D-Dan Cultivation? A cultivator who doesn’t know that… Ah, no, sorry. I’ll explain.”/pGT> pGT>From the Makri Clan cultivator’s mouth poured out an explanation of the Dan Cultivation stage./pGT> pGT>“Anyone with spiritual roots must form a law-transformed dantian to receive Heavenly Earth Spirit Force before officially entering Qi Condensation. That period is called the Dan Cultivation stage./pGT> pGT>It is actually a realm too faint to even be called a stage, and several dozen years ago the Qi Condensation realm had fifteen stages including the Dan Cultivation stage. Recently they separated it into a single stage called Dan Cultivation for some reason.”/pGT> pGT>“Hm, does it feel like the Heavenly Earth Heart Law that martial artists use?”/pGT> pGT>Martial artists also had a stage before mastering inner energy methods where they activated the dantian with things like Heavenly Earth Heart Law./pGT> pGT>Cultivators probably also had a stage where they formed a cultivation pill before learning official cultivation methods./pGT> pGT>“That’s enough reason to call it a realm….”/pGT> pGT>“Yes, yes. That’s right. Anyone with a Heavenly Spirit Root can complete the law-transformed dantian in a day or two, and those with True Spirit Roots or above do it in over a month, and scattered Spirit Roots who understand cultivation methods well can do it in a year./pGT> pGT>But those with extremely poor aptitude take three to five years. And since those dullards make up more than eighty percent of the entire population of cultivators, this realm was also divided for them.”/pGT> pGT>“Is that so. Then….”/pGT> pGT>I supplemented my basic knowledge of the cultivation world by asking the Makri Clan cultivator about several pieces of knowledge I had not asked Byeonmun./pGT> pGT>After the questions ended, I pointed at the Dan-yao pouches laid on the ground and said./pGT> pGT>“Among these, are there any Dan-yao you personally refined?”/pGT> pGT>“Yes! There are! I’m an alchemist with enough skill to show this way, and I know over eighty percent of the recipes and refining methods. If you spare me….”/pGT> pGT>“…Among these, which ones have you personally consumed?”/pGT> pGT>“I-I’ve tried all of them. As long as you spare me, I’ll tell you which Dan-yao is suitable for the adults….”/pGT> pGT>I glared at the Makri Clan cultivator and threw the last question./pGT> pGT>“Have you never thought about anything while refining the Dan-yao?”/pGT> pGT>“Yes, of course, every time I refine I feel ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠proud that my skill grows….”/pGT> pGT>“I see.”/pGT> pGT>I looked at the cultivator with disgust and raised my hand./pGT> pGT>“W-why… answering all the questions….”/pGT> pGT>—/pGT> pGT>I could not even bear to touch this shameless and filthy thing./pGT> pGT>I shot qi and burst the cultivator’s head./pGT> pGT>“He doesn’t even realize what he did. Is his thinking itself wrong….”/pGT> pGT>No matter how much he was raised as a member of a cultivation clan and lived in a world different from mortals,/pGT> pGT>no matter how much, could he do something like this to another human being?/pGT> pGT>I left the bodies of the Makri Clan cultivators on the road and gathered the Dan-yao they had collected./pGT> pGT>Then I found a sunny place, dug a hole, and buried the Dan-yao one by one./pGT> pGT>A little while later several small mounds appeared in the sunny place./pGT> pGT>“…I buried them without finding the bodies, but may they rest in peace there.”/pGT> pGT>I recited a short prayer to the gods of the upper realm and then went back to the place where the Makri Clan cultivators’ bodies were./pGT> pGT>“Your spiritual stones, I’ll take them. If you have any complaints, say so.”/pGT> pGT>While rummaging through the bags of the cultivators, I found a large pile of spiritual stones./pGT> pGT>After roughly assessing their value, I carefully stored the spiritual stones in my pocket./pGT> pGT>About sixteen hundred spiritual stones entered my pocket at once./pGT> pGT>‘Did they make some money by swapping people?’/pGT> pGT>It was a rare resource that helped with cultivation method practice and recovered law power./pGT> pGT>“Then, shall I go to that Yeongdo Market.”/pGT> pGT>I headed back to Yeongseo Mountain./pGT> pGT>Originally I had planned to wait for the Cheongmun Clan cultivators near Yeongseo Mountain, but now it would be fine to just enter and search./pGT> pGT>I walked to the foot of ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠Yeongseo Mountain./pGT> pGT>Toward the direction Byeonmun had walked, and I felt the surrounding space distort./pGT> pGT>In the middle of a direction I could not identify./pGT> pGT>A voice rang out from all directions./pGT> pGT>[Show your invitation letter or purchase an entry ticket.]/pGT> pGT>I handed over ten spiritual stones, and a light group flew into the gap of the distorted scenery and settled on my hand back./pGT> pGT>[Ten-day entry ticket. You must leave after ten days pass.]/pGT> pGT>“How many days does the Yeongdo Market last in total?”/pGT> pGT>[It lasts for forty days in total, and twenty days have already passed since the start of the current Yeongdo Market.]/pGT> pGT>“Give me one more ten-day entry ticket.”/pGT> pGT>[Ten spiritual stones.]/pGT> pGT>I paid ten more spiritual stones and received an entry ticket that allowed me to stay for twenty days./pGT> pGT>[Welcome to the Yeongdo Market.]/pGT> pGT>—/pGT> pGT>A little while later the scenery distorted further, and I had already entered the inside of the array./pGT> pGT>“This place… the Yeongdo Market?”/pGT> pGT>I stepped onto that place.