Chapter 63
A trace of regret flickered across Daoist Hyehae’s eyes.
“Do you know the origins of the Immortal’s Room, Daoist Hyeonmu?”
“I understand it was where Patriarch Jang Sam-bong trained.”
Daoist Hyehae nodded.
“Patriarch Jang Sam-bong’s secular name was Gunbo. He once spent a period in Shaolin Temple and encountered martial arts there. After that, he traveled across the famous mountains of the world in cultivation, and upon seeing the three peaks of Three Spirits Peak overflowing with spiritual energy, he named the path of Dao here ‘Three Peaks Dao.’ He settled in this palace, devoted himself to Daoist studies, and then, in the Immortal’s Room, came to a breakthrough in martial theory—and founded the Wudang Sect.”
As Daoist Hyehae began recounting the history of the Immortal’s Room, Kwak Yeon listened with rapt attention. He had long harbored questions about the Immortal’s Room.
“But the Immortal’s Room was a sacred place even before that.”
“I heard that the Great Emperor Zhenwu subdued the twin spirits of the turtle and snake here and ascended to the heavens.”
“That’s merely legend. But no legend arises without cause. One cannot simply call them baseless.”
Kwak Yeon, deeply absorbed, even forgot his usual breathing techniques.
“Long ago, a sage of Three Spirits Palace was training in the Immortal’s Room when a priest from the Western regions came to visit. That priest harbored impure intentions—he wanted to claim the Immortal’s Room for himself. But he was so overwhelmed by the sage’s spiritual power that he withdrew.”
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