Chapter 47 — I'm an Infinite Regressor, But I've Got Stories to Tell

Chapter 47

The chapter opens with the Undertaker and Sword Marquess departing from a rest area, with the latter displaying an inexplicable mastery of navigation despite his prior physical frailty. Sword Marquess begins planting seeds in the rocky crevices of Mount Hua, referring to the act as 'reconstruction' or 'restoration.' While the Undertaker doubts the old man's motives and questions his sudden vitality, he follows him as Sword Marquess spends years planting and caring for saplings. During this time, the Undertaker hunts monsters to protect them and earns the moniker 'Taoist of Mount Hua' locally, while Sword Marquess uses his [Plant Growth] ability to accelerate the development of the trees. As seasons change over six years, the saplings transform into plum blossom trees that thrive even in winter, defying natural laws. Sword Marquess spends years grafting and spreading the trees across the mountain's rugged terrain, eventually turning Mount Hua into a vast landscape of red and white plum blossoms. Upon completing this task, Sword Marquess declares, "It is done," and vanishes into the mountain fog while performing a sword dance with a wooden practice sword. The Undertaker searches for him but finds no trace, body, or remains, leading him to entertain the absurd theory that the old man ascended to immortality. The narrative then flashes back to their journey through the 108th cycle in Incheon's Chinatown, where a local Chinese youth mistakes Sword Marquess for a fellow Chinese person and asks for food. Sword Marquess responds fluently in Chinese, offering dumplings, shocking the Undertaker, who is the only one of them who speaks the language. When confronted, Sword Marquess denies understanding Chinese, speaking only Korean, and the Undertaker fails to find the youth or verify the event. The chapter concludes with the Undertaker accepting that he will never know if Sword Marquess truly spoke Chinese or vanished into immortality, accepting only that the martial world is filled with extraordinary eccentrics.

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