Chapter: 1481

Chun Ma reached out to the left.

Shh!

With smoke, five creatures were created.

Although smaller in size, they could be identified as the five spirit beasts.

Imoogi, Flame Qilin, Dragon Turtle, White Tiger, and Great Bird.

Pointing to them, he said.

[The prophet spoke of immortality. However, no matter how high the martial state was, human life had always been finite. Immortality cannot be reached by ordinary methods. Accordingly, we came to know about the existence of the five spirit beasts through ancient books. The spirits were collectively called the Five Spirit Beasts.]

Upon learning of the existence of the spirit beasts, Chun Ma set out to find them. And they found out that the cores of the creatures and their blood had a great influence on human lifespan.

[If I absorbed all five cores, I was convinced that immortality wasn’t a false dream.]

“... that’s right.”

Even Chun Yeowun didn’t deny it.

Even a small amount of spiritual energy from the spirit beasts was enough to surpass human limitations.

[From then on, I came up with three options.]

‘Three options?’

[Yes. The first was to prevent the existence of the five spirit beasts.]

But there was a big problem with the first option.

When one of the five spirit beasts disappeared from the world, a new one would appear.

It continued to exist as their will was passed down, just like how a human passes down their will to their children or disciples.

In the end, the first option didn’t work.

[The second was to change the method, to make the head of the future generation immortal. It was similar to nurturing a being equal to the immortal enemy who might appear in the future.]

‘Ah!’

In fact, this was something that Chun Yeowun had always been suspicious about.

If Chun Ma himself became immortal, he could have further helped in strengthening the clan, but he chose not to.

‘Why didn’t our ancestor do that?’

[Huhuh, that is such a stupid question. Simple. How long would I be able to embrace the cult and keep protecting the new ones in my arms? Besides, it felt wrong to wait for an immortal enemy whose existence and when he would arrive was unknown.]

Chun Yeowun was speechless for a moment, but he understood.

In a way, Chun Ma thought it was ridiculous to turn into an immortal being just because he was worried about the future generations.

‘Hold on. Then the content about ancestor rising to prominence?’

[Listening to you, it seems like I succeeded in it.]

Chun Ma, who heard that, smiled.