It had been a week since I went to the Gourmet Association. During this week, I was very busy. There were only four days left until the Demon King Selection. Until then, I had to complete all of my preparations.
我去美食家协会已经一个星期了。在这个星期里，我很忙。离魔王选择只剩下四天了。在那之前，我必须完成所有的准备工作。
Apart from the Black Demon Sword in Yoo Jonghyuk’s hands, there were some usable hidden pieces in Murim. I opened the first revision of Ways of Survival in order to find the sub scenarios that would let me get the hidden pieces. During this time, I read the revised text and reviewed the important parts but there were still many missing pieces.
除了YooJonghyuk手中的黑魔剑，在Murim还有一些可用的藏品。我打开了《生存之道》的第一个修订版，以便找到能让我得到隐藏部分的子场景。在这段时间里，我阅读了修改过的文本并复习了重要的部分，但仍然有许多缺失的部分。
“You’re busy as soon as you come here. I’ve barely seen your face.” Jang Hayoung, who was wearing large sleeveless clothes that didn’t fit him, followed after me for 30 minutes.
“你一到这儿就忙得不可开交。我几乎没看见你的脸。”张海英穿着不合身的大号无袖衣服，跟在我后面30分钟。
I stared at him with a frown and asked, “Shouldn’t you be training?”
我皱着眉头盯着他问:“你不是应该在训练吗?”
Jang Hayoung stretched out his lips and replied, “…Haven’t I been working hard?”
张海英张开嘴回答道:“......我不是一直在努力吗?”
“What is hard? You were eating dumplings.”
“什么难?你在吃饺子。”
“Can’t I do closed door training while eating dumplings?”
“我吃饺子的时候不能闭门训练吗?”
I wondered why he was bothering me when something came to mind. “Oh, I heard you finished third in the competition? It is a big deal.”
我不明白他为什么一想到什么就来烦我。“哦，我听说你在比赛中得了第三名？这是一件大事。”
Jang Hayoung shrugged and pretended to look elsewhere. “It wasn’t a big deal.”
张海英耸了耸肩，假装在看别处。“没什么大不了的。”
However, the curve of his mouth showed that he felt pretty great. I knew why he was chasing after me like this… dishonest guy.
然而，他的嘴的弧度表明他感觉非常好。我知道他为什么像这个...不诚实的家伙一样追着我。
“Did you get it? The Demon Spirit Bead?”
“你拿到了吗?魔鬼之珠?”
“Yes.
“是的。
“Give it to me.”
“把它给我。”
“Why?” Jang Hayoung stepped back with a suspicious look.
“为什么?”张海英怀疑地退后一步。
I sighed and told him, “I’m not going to take it away. You can’t eat it like this anyway.”
我叹了口气，对他说:“我不会把它拿走的，反正你也不能这样吃。”
Based on his dark expression, he had already heard about it from Yoo Jonghyuk. I’m sure he told the story while picking out the Black Demon Sword.
根据他阴郁的表情，他已经从YooJonghyuk那里听说了这件事。我肯定他在挑选黑魔剑的时候讲过这个故事。
「 If you eat it, you will experience a qi deviation and all the blood vessels in your body will explode, killing you. There is only one person here who can safely absorb the Demon Spirit Bead. 」 …I thought this and understood why Jang Hayoung was acting like this. “You don’t have to give it to me if you don’t want to. You are the one who earned it yourself.”
「如果你吃了它，你会经历一次气偏，你身体里的所有血管都会爆炸，杀死你。」。这里只有一个人能够安全地吸收恶魔之珠我想到了，也明白了为什么张海英会这样。“如果你不想给我，你可以不给。这是你自己挣来的。”
It couldn’t be helped if Jang Hayoung didn’t believe me since not enough trust had been built up yet. At this moment, Jang Hayoung extended a small hand. “…It isn’t like that. In the first place, I wouldn’t have gained this if it wasn’t for you.”
如果张海英不相信我，那也没什么用，因为当时还没有建立起足够的信任。这时，张海英伸出了小手。“不是那样的。首先，如果不是因为你，我不会有今天。”
A small pill fell into my hand with a thud. This was one of the three major drugs of First Murim, the Demon Spirit Bead. I spoke with a smile, “Wait and see.”
砰的一声，一颗小药丸掉到我手里。这是第一穆林的三种主要毒品之一，魔鬼精神之珠。我笑着说:“等着瞧吧。”
It was a drug that a terrible person from the Blood Demon School made in the past by refining the blood of 1,000 people. It was a cursed pill that could gain the best power out of the Conception Vessel but turned the person who took it crazy due to the curse of the souls. (TL: Meridians are a network of vessels/channels in the body where Qi flowed. There are Eight Extraordinary Meridians and one of them is the Conception Vessel. Wiki link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meridian_%28Chinese_medicine%29#Eight_extraordinary_meridians)
这是血魔学校的一个可怕的人过去通过提炼1000人的血液制造的毒品。这是一个被诅咒的药丸，它可以从受孕容器中获得最大的力量，但是由于灵魂的诅咒而使服用它的人变得疯狂。(经络:经络是人体内气流经络的网络。非常经有八条，其中之一就是任脉。维基链接:https://en.wikipedia.org/Wiki/meridian_%28chinese_medicine%29#eight_extraordinary_meridi
In the original novel, Yoo Jonghyuk always found it delicious but Jang Hayoung would surely die if he took it.
在原著中，柳永玉总是觉得很好吃，但是张海英如果吃了肯定会死的。
“Let’s see…”
“让我们看看......”
However, as with any scenario, it wasn’t impossible to use a cursed item. In fact, I clearly remembered a scene from Ways of Survival where the Flying Fox absorbed this tribulation.
然而，在任何情况下，使用一个被诅咒的物品并不是不可能的。事实上，我清楚地记得《生存之道》中的一个场景，飞狐经历了这种苦难。
「 All I need is three Great Return Pills. After all, everything is about balance and harmony. If demonic energy is a problem, we can supply it regularly. 」
「我只需要三粒退货药丸」。毕竟，一切都是关于平衡与和谐。如果恶魔能源是个问题，我们可以定期供应
The curse could be avoided if three Great Return Pills were ground together with the Demon Spirit Bead.
如果三颗巨大的返回丸和恶魔之珠一起磨碎，诅咒就可以避免。
It was easier said than done. The problem was how to get the Demon Spirit Bead, one of the top three drugs, along with three Great Return Pills. However, this wasn’t a big problem for me.
说起来容易，做起来难。问题是如何得到恶魔精神之珠，前三名的药物之一，连同三大返回丸。然而，这对我来说不是什么大问题。
“Biyoo.”
“碧柳。”
I called Biyoo and opened the Dokkaebi Bag. The Great Return Pill was already on the ‘Recommended Goods List.’ The dokkaebis’ big data was scary.
我打电话到Biyoo，打开Dokkaebi包。大返回丸已经上了“推荐商品目录”Dokkaebis的大数据是可怕的。
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[Recommended Products List]
[推荐产品目录]
* Great Return Pill―200,000 C
*大返回丸-200,000°c
Stock: 5
股票:5
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200,000 coins. I normally would’ve been distressed by the price but not anymore. I deliberately switched the screen to public and purchased the goods.
20万枚硬币。通常情况下，我会为这个价格感到苦恼，但现在不会了。我故意把屏幕调成公共的，然后买下了商品。
[600,000 coins have been consumed.]
[已经消耗了60万枚硬币]
[You have purchased three Great Return Pills.]
[您已经购买了三颗伟大的归还药丸。]
Then channel messages kept appearing.
然后通道消息不断出现。
[Some constellations envy your overspending.]
(有些星座嫉妒你的超支。)
[A few constellations are curious about the performance of the Great Return Pill.] [Some constellations say they will sponsor 500 coins if you tell them the performance of the Great Return Pill.] “6-600,000 coins?!” The passing Han Myungoh shook while holding a bowl of dog food. He was probably preparing a meal for the Breaking the Sky Master. “That… I heard you were rich.”
(一些星座对大返回丸的效果感到好奇。)[一些星座说，如果你告诉他们伟大回归药丸的效果，他们将赞助500枚硬币]“6-60万个硬币?!”路过的韩明悟拿着一碗狗粮，浑身发抖。他可能正在为《打破天空之师》准备一顿饭。“那个......我听说你很有钱。”
“Things turned out well. Please take this and grind it together.”
“事情进展得很顺利，请拿着这个，把它磨碎。”
“W-What is this? Is it a panacea?”
“这是什么?是万能药吗?”
“Don’t be curious. If you eat it wrong, you will be cursed by a demon king.”
“不要好奇，如果你吃错了，就会被魔王诅咒。”
Han Myungoh paled after hearing about the demon king’s curse and acted quickly after taking the pills from me. The four pills were turned into a fine powder. I held out the bowl towards Jang Hayoung who told me, “I can’t eat powder.”
韩明悟在听到恶魔王的诅咒后脸色苍白，并且在从我这里拿走药片后迅速采取行动。这四粒药丸被制成了细粉。我把碗递给张海英，他对我说:“我不能吃粉。”
“Endure it this time. Block your nose and swallow it with water.”
“这次要忍耐，堵住鼻子，用水吞下去。”
“By the way… can I really eat this?”
“顺便问一下......我真的能吃这个吗?”
“it won’t be much help to Yoo Jonghyuk or I if we eat it. You’re different.”
“如果我们吃了它，对柳永玉或我没有多大帮助。你不一样。”
Yoo Jonghyuk already had enough of a magic power system in place even if he didn’t eat the Demon Spirit Bead. Meanwhile, I had the Broken Heart of a Young Gold Dragon. However, Jang Hayoung was suffering from a lack of magic power.
柳永玉已经拥有了足够的魔法力量系统，即使他没有吃掉恶魔之珠。与此同时，我有一颗破碎的金龙心。然而，张海英却缺乏魔力。
Jang Hayoung kept hesitating so I told him, “If you don’t want to eat it, give it to me. Anyhow, you have no courage.”
张海英犹豫不决，所以我告诉他:“如果你不想吃，就给我吧。不管怎样，你没有勇气。”
“I’ll eat it!” Jang Hayoung poured the powdered medicine into his mouth and swallowed the bitter taste with water. The moment Jang Hayoung put down the bowl, the Breaking the Sky Master who had been waiting for the opportunity rushed over and eagerly licked the bowl.
“我要吃了它!”张海英把药粉倒进嘴里，用水吞下苦味。张海英一放下碗，一直在等待机会的破天师就冲过来，急切地舔着碗。
Jang Hayoung looked at his condition and cocked his head with a slight smile. “…I don’t feel anything special?”
张海英看着自己的状况，微微一笑，昂起了头，“......我没有感觉到什么特别的吗?”
“The efficacy should appear by tomorrow. It will take time for the pills to mix with the body’s energy.”
“药效明天就会显现出来。药物与身体的能量混合需要时间。”
Jang Hayoung nodded like he understood. Then Han Myungoh stepped in again from where he was listening. “Look, Dokja-ssi.”
张海英点了点头，似乎明白了他的意思。然后韩明戈从他听着的地方再次走了进来。“看，Dokja-ssi。”
I glanced back and something I expected had showed up.
我回头一看，我预料到的东西已经出现了。
“This car… it is from the Gourmet Association?”
“这辆车......是美食家协会的?”
The car he mentioned was the X-grade Ferrarigini left in one corner of the yard. I stared at the sleek black body that could even cross the fault lines of the Dark Dimension and the words of the Mass Production Maker suddenly came to mind.
他提到的汽车是x级的费拉里吉尼留在一个角落的院子。我盯着这个光滑的黑色身体，它甚至可以穿过黑暗次元的断层线，我突然想到了大规模生产制造者的话。
-Don’t make too many enemies.
不要树敌太多。
He was definitely a different type from the constellations I knew. I would’ve had a better memory of him if he had given me this car for free.
他绝对是一个不同类型的星座，我知道。如果他免费给我这辆车，我对他的记忆会更好。
“Is the Gourmet Association a charitable organization? I bought it with a lease.”
“美食家协会是慈善机构吗?我是租来的。”
“Lease? H-How much…”
“租?多少钱......”
“It is 50,000 coins a month.”
“一个月五万枚硬币。”
“5-50,000 coins? How many coins did you earn?”
“5-50,000个硬币?你赚了多少硬币?”
“Roughly 4.8 million coins.”
“大约480万枚硬币。”
Jang Hayoung and Han Myungoh’s mouths dropped open as they heard ‘4.8 million coins.’
张海英和韩明国听到“480万枚硬币”的声音时，嘴巴都张开了
Jang Hayoung asked, “Excuse me… do you have an incarnation?”
张海英问道:“对不起......你有一个化身吗?”
“Why? Do you want to be my incarnation?”
“为什么?你想成为我的化身吗?”
I smiled at him and Jang Hayoung shouted, “I was just wondering! In addition, I’ve already decided on a constellation.”
我冲他笑了笑，张海英喊道:“我只是在想，另外，我已经决定了一个星座。”
“Constellation? Who?”
“星座?谁?”
I asked with slight nervousness. I didn’t want Jang Hayoung as an incarnation but things would become complicated if Jang Hayoung picked the wrong constellation. Then Jang Hayoung unexpectedly replied, “The Demon King of Salvation.”
我略带紧张地问道。我不想让张海英成为他的化身，但如果张海英选错了星座，事情就会变得复杂起来。张海英出乎意料地回答说:“救世魔王。”
“What?”
“什么?”
“I want to be his incarnation.”
“我想成为他的化身。”
I wanted to make a joke when I saw Jang Hayoung’s intense eyes. Then I thought about it and realized that he still hadn’t heard my modifier. In the original, he was a person with great senses…
当我看到张海英那双炯炯有神的眼睛时，我想开个玩笑。然后我想了想，意识到他还没有听到我的修饰语。在原版中，他是一个有很强感官的人。
No, there was no reason for him to think I was the Demon King of Salvation in the first place. I suddenly wanted to tease this person. “Will he accept you? Have you contacted him?”
不，他一开始就没有理由认为我是救世主魔王。我突然想逗逗这个人。”“他会接受你吗？你联系过他吗?”
“Not yet…”
“还没有......”
I saw Jang Hayoung’s blushing face and realized he really didn’t know who I was. It was a complicated feeling.
我看到张海英脸红的表情，意识到他真的不知道我是谁，这是一种复杂的感觉。
Then the watching Han Myungoh interrupted. “You still don’t know his modifier?”
看着他的韩明戈打断了他，“你还不知道他的修饰语吗?”
“I don’t know it. Should I know?”
“我不知道，我应该知道吗?”
Before I could stop him, Han Myungoh pointed at me. “That friend is the Demon King of Salvation.”
我还没来得及阻止他，韩孟国就指着我说:“那个朋友是救恩魔王。”
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For the next two days, Jang Hayoung avoided me. The usually lazy person suddenly never emerged from his training. Thus, I was stressed because I was left alone with Yoo Jonghyuk in the training field.
接下来的两天，张海英一直躲着我。通常懒惰的人突然从他的训练中消失了。因此，我感到压力很大，因为我被留在训练场上和柳荣玉单独在一起。
“You must’ve done something useless again, Kim Dokja.”
“你肯定又做了什么没用的事，金独子。”
“…It’s nothing.”
“没什么。”
Yoo Jonghyuk scratched the ground with the Black Demon Sword and left. It was an action that appeared when he was in a good mood… this jerk, he seemed excited about his new sword. In the training field, the sound of Jang Hayoung punching a pile was heard repeatedly. It sounded similar to when I kicked my futon every night.
柳永玉用黑魔剑划过地面，离开了。这个动作是在他心情好的时候出现的......这个笨蛋，他似乎对他的新剑很兴奋。在训练场上，张海英打桩的声音反复出现。这听起来就像我每晚踢我的蒲团一样。
“You didn’t seem like a constellation but you have their habit of peeking.”
“你看起来不像一个星座，但你有他们偷看的习惯。”
I turned around and saw a super tall woman. I was about to open my mouth when the Breaking the Sky Sword Saint spoke, “If you don’t add ‘nim’, I will hit your arse.”
我转过身来，看到一个超高的女人。我正要张开嘴，突然断天剑圣说道:“如果你不加‘尼姆’，我就打你的屁股。”
“…Breaking the Sky Sword Saint-nim.”
“...打破天空之剑圣尼姆。”
I couldn’t be like Yoo Jonghyuk just because of a single syllable. “Have you gone to Tartarus?”
我不能仅仅因为一个音节就像柳永玉一样，“你去过地狱深渊吗?”
“Not yet. However, I got an appointment with the ‘Queen of the Underworld’ thanks to you.”
“还没有。不过，多亏了你，我和‘黑社会女王’有个约会。”
“I’m glad.”
“我很高兴。”
Perhaps it was due to the anticipation that she would meet her kin but a mild shadow passed over the Breaking the Sky Sword Saint’s face. The harvest of this journey was that I obtained her.
也许是因为她预料到会见到自己的亲人，但是一个温和的阴影掠过了破天剑圣的脸。这次旅行的收获就是我得到了她。
The Breaking the Sky Sword Saint was one of the strongest transcendents in Ways of Survival. Her presence alone might we might be able to somehow get through the Demon King Selection.
《破天剑圣》是《生存之道》中最强烈的超验主义之一。只要有她在，我们也许就能通过魔王的选择。
I opened my mouth, “I have a question. Can I ask it?”
我张开嘴，“我有个问题，我能问吗?”
“I’ll allow it.”
“我同意。”
“Why did you teach Jang Hayoung your martial arts?”
“你为什么要教张海英武术?”
“That person has talent. It is possible to achieve a new type of transcendence if I polish him well.”
“那个人有天赋。如果我把他打磨得很好，就有可能实现一种新的超越。”
I knew what she meant. Perhaps the Breaking the Sky Sword Saint felt the ‘wall’ that was inside Jang Hayoung. However, that shouldn’t be the reason.
我知道她的意思。也许打破天空的剑圣感觉到了张海英体内的墙壁。然而，这不应该是原因。
“You know that he is a man.”
“你知道他是个男人。”
Originally, the Breaking the Sky Swordsmanship was only for women. Yoo Jonghyuk might be the exception but this school had never accepted many disciples.
最初，《破天惊剑》只为女性观众而设。柳永玉可能是个例外，但是这个学校从来没有接受过很多弟子。
“You’re still young. There isn’t only one interpretation of a story.”
“你还年轻，对一个故事不只有一种解读。”
The words were cryptic. Maybe the Breaking the Sky Sword Saint noticed that Jang Hayoung was a woman in his previous life. Then the story of the Breaking the Sky Sword Saint began. “I remember a man I knew before.”
这些话很神秘。也许破天剑圣注意到张海英在前世是个女人。于是，“破天剑圣”的故事开始了。“我记得以前认识的一个人。”
“A man?”
“一个男人?”
“Yes, a man.”
“是的，一个男人。”
At this moment, I fully understood the meaning of ‘there isn’t only one interpretation of a story’ spoken by the Breaking the Sky Sword Saint. The word she chose was confusing because it could be a man or her man, i.e. a lover… no, the Breaking the Sky Sword Saint shouldn’t have a lover.
