There is a legend about an imugi.
It’s a story about an imugi that has trained for a thousand years, and if it is called a dragon by a person it ets before ascending, it becos a dragon, and if it is called a snake, it fails to ascend.
But did a re human’s words have such an effect? And on an imugi that was said to be divine at that.
I am now recalling that old saying.
Because in this world, Baek Hasin was the true hidden dragon, the imugi.
‘To think a kid like this was rotting away in his family.’
A flashing gaze and a montum that had entered a state of imrsion. He was holding his ground without a single breath being disturbed.
‘It’s beyond imagination.’
The advice I had given earlier about not being obsessed with form was originally an enlightennt that a different Baek Hasin was supposed to have experienced in the student representative match.
‘I tried it now just in case, but I never thought it would work.’
I felt like I knew what it ant to be taught one thing and know ten.
I gripped my sword, looking at Baek Hasin, whose eyes were shining.
His aura was unusual.
As if he were slowly breaking away from sothing. The statically refined qi wave was scattering in all directions, one strand at a ti.
That sight resembled an imugi right before its ascension.
‘Perhaps the difference that separates a dragon and an imugi is a trivial one.’
The legend of the imugi creates various interpretations.
First, the fear of words, of definitions.
Next is the problem of the dragon itself, the importance of ability or appearance, that if it had been a dragon in anyone’s eyes, it could have beco a dragon.
But my thoughts were different. What was it that the imugi, which had trained for a thousand years, lacked?
In the end, it was itself.
If the imugi had had confidence, it would have been different.
If it had stood on its own with its own power, without being swayed by the definitions of others.
‘He’s coming.’
Soon, a swift sword was shot along with a white sword light. The mont of impact, a heavy sensation was transmitted to my palm.
‘What is this?’
A much softer sword strike than before.
I checked Baek Hasin’s charge, which was trying to co over the sword, with fla magic.
I had shot a fla right at the back of his head.
Slice!
However, Baek Hasin, as if he had expected this, corrected his sword path and cut through the fla with a minimal movent.
My brow furrowed for a mont at that sight.
‘Was the core of the mana composition cut?’
Until now, since he had only cut the form of the mana, I had made a long-range additional attack by burning the remaining embers of the mana, but now he had cut the core of the magic itself.
‘He’s no joke.’
A chilling talent. But because of that talent, it was even more regrettable.
If he had learned a martial art that suited him better, the position of the top student would have been different.
Originally, the White Dragon Star Heaven Sword is a half-baked martial art.
Although it is an advanced martial art in itself, it is difficult to achieve great success as you go to the later stages, and it is an unstable martial art whose final oral secret has even been lost.
This is connected to Baek Hasin’s situation.
The appearance of wanting to stick to the family because he has been cast out by the family.
He has been devoted to the family’s sword to replace the lost bond.
Like a child who becos more obsessed with what they don’t have, mother and family, bond and recognition.
That’s why Baek Hasin had to break away from the family’s sword.
That was the path for him to beco truly strong, and the way to beco strong while standing alone as a martial artist.
‘I will set you free.’
The blade, with its sword qi condensed to the limit, pushed back Baek Hasin’s swift sword.
Along with the cry of the sword, a shockwave scattered, and we each took two steps back.
Although I was barely managing to counter Baek Hasin’s swift sword with the advantage of a heavy sword by imitating its subtleties with sword qi, this was also just a temporary asure.
It was not enough to face Baek Hasin, who was getting stronger in real ti.
I opened my mouth to buy ti to gather mana.
“That martial art doesn’t suit you.”
“It’s none of your business. What do you know.”
“Since my family is my family, I’m good at analysis. A hegemonic martial art suits you. You’re weak because you ignore your own nature and fit your body to the martial art.”
I stated my business as if throwing it out and raised my sword.
‘I’ll end it in one blow.’
It was useless to use fla magic and surround myself with sword qi to launch a surprise attack on Baek Hasin.
Even if I created a crisis situation, he would fend it off with a flashing sense each ti.
As expected, he was a monster who was considered one of the best in the work in terms of martial talent.
So I was planning to put my remaining mana and all my energy into this one blow.
Woooong-
The tip of the sword rings clearly. A vortex of fire ford by mana was overlaid on the sword qi, which had been filled with mana and true qi to the limit.
A fierce fla that burned as if to suck in and burn everything.
“What?!”
“Is that the ultimate of the Fla Art!”
The surrounding cries of astonishnt scattered in the wind pressure, and the sword slowly rose.
As if he had noticed that it was the final blow, Baek Hasin’s sword also undulated with a faint white energy.
Without anyone saying anything, we each took a step forward.
The first form of the Three Talents Swordsmanship, the vertical cut.
A single sword that dared to an heaven was brought down with flas. Like a teor shower.
Form and style eventually unite.
In this mont, both magic and martial arts converged into a single line before the principle of martial arts.
My blow blazed on the sword of the genius who had just begun to awaken.
* * *
“This is… amazing.”
Instructor Jeongmuk’s voice echoed.
In the middle of the training ground where everyone’s gazes were gathered, the flas that had burned the mana scattered in all directions.
What was revealed in the center of the dying heat was the two martial artists who had passed each other and were standing.
At the sa ti, blood flowed from the inside of my shoulder and Baek Hasin’s side.
“Did you hold back?”
In the silence, as if the sounds of the world had disappeared, Baek Hasin’s voice was heard in a low voice.
Perhaps from his perspective, it would look like I had been lenient. Because my sword strength had weakened at the last mont.
But he doesn’t know that it was because of my physical part.
“You’re the sa.”
Shoulder and side. At a glance, the shoulder injury looks weaker, but if I had cut just an inch further to the side, it would have been the neck.
It ant that if Baek Hasin’s swift sword had been a little more flexible in the last move, the one who would have fallen would have been this side.
‘Still, I’ve made it to this situation anyway.’
I slowly turned my body.
I had used up all my mana and internal energy. Moreover, I had seen blood, and we had shown each other as much as we could.
Unless it was a life-or-death battle, there was no reason to do more than this.
Pretending to be calm, I opened my pale lips, feigning composure.
“Let’s call the duel a draw.”
And with those words.
“Waaaaah!”
In an instant, a cheer poured out in the venue.
However, my current state was not one to handle the fervent cheers.
Due to the excessive operation, my acupoints were twisted, and my circle was also empty.
A situation where I felt like I would collapse at any mont.
But still, I had to finish it.
“Keep in mind the advice I gave you. If you want to beco stronger, that is.”
Even if it seed obnoxious, I had to emphasize it. Even if I would be branded as a scoundrel with a bad reputation who suddenly picked a fight and then lectured.
‘Looking at it like this, I’m a complete madman.’
Co to think of it, it was inevitable that my favorability would be low.
As if to prove that prediction, Baek Hasin just bowed his head without a word and turned around. However, he added a word softly.
“I’ve learned a lesson.”
A faint word of thanks. It was a tone that sohow felt relieved.
‘Well, it’s not bad.’
As a result, I had induced Baek Hasin’s awakening and had also shown my martial prowess in front of everyone.
Today’s events must have left a deep impression on the instructors.
In a situation where one spot for the junior student representative was vacant, they had no choice but to keep an eye on Baek Hasin, who had fought on equal terms with the forr top student who had defeated Oh Chosam.
‘And there were other achievents as well.’
I gently closed my eyes and was examining the twisted acupoints in my body, when I could feel it instinctively.
‘I’ve achieved great success in the Three Talents Cultivation thod.’
The enlightennt in this duel did not co only to Baek Hasin.
The experience of directly facing the subli martial art of the White Dragon Star Heaven Sword was a valuable ti for as well.
Witnessing the growth of a genius who had reached a state of self-forgetfulness and responding in real ti had given the inspiration to overco the final wall.
The talent of the Limitless Martial Body had blossod in conjunction with the genius’s enlightennt.
‘Amazing.’
I opened my eyes, feeling the qi and blood that had beco stronger than before.
Of course, there were still innate limitations and debuffs, but I could feel that it had improved much more than before.
As I was feeling the afterglow of my growth, I sensed two pairs of fervent gazes.
“…What is it?”
“It was an incredible martial prowess!”
“Amazing! Great Hero!”
Lee Huimun and Gu Dong, who had co down at so point, were making a fuss next to .
You know how it is. When you don’t dislike it enough to be serious, but you’re tired and everything becos a hassle.
That was exactly my situation right now.
“I’m going to get treatnt.”
Just as I was about to pass by the students after saying that. There was a low voice calling him.
“Was that sorcery just now?”
This ti, it was Instructor Jeongmuk.
“It’s a family matter, so it’s difficult for to say.”
When I brought out the excuse I had prepared in advance, the people around began to murmur.
“No wonder, was it a secret art of the Zhuge family?”
“He burned a talisman, didn’t he? It might be a heretical art.”
“Does fighting with an artifact like that also count?”
I was wondering why those words weren’t coming out. When I enhanced my hearing with mana, I could hear various murmurs.
Looking at the public opinion, half of them didn’t know, and among the remaining people, it was half and half between it being unacceptable and it being okay.
It’s a matter of fairness. It was a controversy that couldn’t be easily overlooked.
As the debate showed signs of intensifying, Jeongmuk dismissed it.
“Whether it’s a talisman or sorcery, it doesn’t matter if it was manifested with one’s own power. As long as it doesn’t ruin the body or harm others, it can’t be called a heretical art.”
The Martial Academy was a place that handled and researched all the martial arts of the Central Plains. As long as it wasn’t a heretical art that went beyond the righteous path, it was a place of learning and trial where one could challenge.
Perhaps it was a natural conclusion, but it was an undeniable fact that it had helped this side.
I gave Jeongmuk a silent bow and quickly escaped the crowd.
As I headed to the dical center for recovery, Go Wontae clicked his tongue.
“You’ve co back injured again.”
“How long do you think it will take?”
I asked, entrusting the treatnt of my shoulder.
There is a friendly exchange match next week. The opponents are the top of the interdiate students. It would be insufficient even if I faced them in my best condition, but I couldn’t fight with an injury.
“It’s not as deep as I thought. I’ve applied a wound dicine, so it will probably take about ten days.”
Slow. I can’t wait for recovery until then.
“Is there no other way?”
“It’s possible if you train a technique that increases your healing power, or if you eat an elixir.”
It was the answer I had expected.
Now it’s ti to receive the reward. Around the ti the treatnt was over, I opened my mouth in a low voice.
“I’ve co to receive what was promised.”
“…Wait a mont.”
Go Wontae took out a wooden box from his bosom and handed it to . I could feel how cherished it had been kept from the wrinkled hand that handed it over.
When I opened the wooden box, a clear fragrance spread gently in the area. Inside, a red pill the size of a strawberry was showing off its appearance.
“It would be better to take it here. No one will co near for a while.”
A divine energy was felt from the fragrance it exuded. In an academy teeming with masters, just having an item like this was a risk factor.
“Is it okay? I’ve eaten too many elixirs recently.”
“It’s not for increasing internal energy, but for improving the constitution, so its action is different. And it was manufactured quite purely, so it should be fine.”
Even if he looks like that, if you just consider his skills, he’s a capable person who wouldn’t be inferior anywhere in the Central Plains. To the point where it’s strange that he’s working in a place like this.
‘I can trust him, right. There was no ntion of any problems with this in the guide.’
After a mont’s hesitation, I swallowed the pill. The mont I put the sphere in my mouth, the divine energy lted away as if dissipating.
It was different from an elixir where a refined vital energy rushed in like a wave.
Slowly, delicately, and gently, it moistened the blood vessels like a spring breeze.
At that ticklish sensation, I imdiately entered a state of qi circulation.
I could feel the energy veins, which had minor injuries from excessive growth, recovering, and the innately shallow qi and blood mbrane becoming more elastic.
The Three Talents Cultivation thod, which had achieved great success, responded to my will and assisted the changes in my body.
The Three Talents Cultivation thod was a cultivation thod that strengthened the body according to the subtleties of heaven, earth, and man in the first place.
eting the elixir that improves a weak constitution, it brought out its effect to the maximum.
‘I’ll go further from here.’
In a mont of imrsion, I sensed that I could move on to the next realm.
I instinctively operated the Reverse Heaven Cultivation thod and began to swallow the Three Talents Cultivation thod, which had achieved great success.
It feels like my true qi will explode from the unique reverse flow of my internal energy.
To any master, my current state would look like I was on the verge of qi deviation. And yet, a miraculous qi control allowed to cross the boundary between life and death.
It was a monstrous qi operation thod. It was an extre technique that was impossible without control over all the points of the lower, middle, and upper dantians.
Not only the talent of the [Limitless Martial Body] was insufficient, but the circle also rotated fiercely. The transcendent sense of [Absolute Magic] controls the reverse-flowing qi and blood from the middle and upper dantians.
The absolute talent reverses all the qi paths of the Three Talents Cultivation thod. It dismantles and absorbs all the order of the qi and blood, the fine vessels, and the ridians.
The acupoints, which were pulsating as if they would explode, are pulled taut at so point as if being sucked into a bottomless pit.
Upper, middle, and lower, all the dantians follow the Reverse Heaven Cultivation thod and each swallows the insight that the Three Talents Cultivation thod has accumulated. It is engraved on the spirit white that exists deep in the dantian with will.
A mont of a clear mirror and still water. The world of the small heavenly circulation stopped, and I carefully opened my two eyes like a newborn child.
‘I did it.’
I had finally completely absorbed another cultivation thod through the Reverse Heaven Cultivation thod for the first ti.
My acupoints are clean, as if I had undergone a marrow washing.
This is the foundation.
It was a ans of training the qi and blood, and also a polishing that honed the raw stone of talent to the limit.
“…I thought he was a dead man walking, but he was an absurdly strange person.”
Go Wontae’s trembling voice was heard from the side. It had looked like he had reached qi deviation, but suddenly his qi wave changed, and an ultimate achievent that he had never seen before followed.
It was like seeing the Five Qi Courting the Origin. Of course, the level was absolutely not that, but that’s how Go Wontae felt.
“Thanks to you, I’ve gained an opportunity. Would you mind standing guard for a little longer?”
I asked him in a low voice. Go Wontae nodded his head without a word at the hegemonic aura that was subtly exuded.
Again, my two eyes closed, and I observed my whole body.
The perfectly polished qi and blood, and the acupoints that had been emptied to the limit by the Reverse Heaven Cultivation thod.
The innately weak energy veins were still the sa, but it was a much better achievent than before.
Now that the foundation has been laid, it’s ti to learn another cultivation thod.
‘Six Harmonies Art.’
I fell into a new martial art, recalling the oral secrets of the Huashan Sect cultivation thod, which was at the next stage.
(End of Chapter)
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