Hong Yungae began his full-fledged cultivation method lessons.
"What you will learn is the Hundred Knots Lotus Divine Art."
"Ooh! It's a name that sounds like it has a lot of depth!"
"The name is not important."
Baek Yoonjun didn't particularly agonize over the name.
It was because most of the names of Baek Yoonjun's martial arts were just things he had roughly attached from what he remembered of his friend's words from his past life.
"This internal energy cultivation method not only accumulates internal energy but also raises the body's recovery power and immunity, and it has an excellent effect on skin beauty, and it corrects the skeleton, and the bad odor among body odors becomes faint, and the good scent becomes stronger."
"Somehow, the story about beauty seems longer than the story about martial arts."
"It's just your imagination."
In fact, it wasn't just his imagination.
It was an era where hygiene was weak anyway.
Since Hong Yungae, a beggar, was even worse in that regard, it was an additional effect that had been added as Baek Yoonjun had pondered measures for hygiene in his own way.
As a bonus, although things like beauty effects were tacked on as Hong Yungae had said, since it didn't seem to be a bad effect, he had just left it.
The effect appeared a little while after Hong Yungae had entered training.
Although it seemed his external appearance was developing faster than his internal energy, in any case, the training proceeded smoothly.
'Since it's an internal energy cultivation method tailored to his own constitution, it's natural if it's natural.'
Baek Yoonjun did his best for the children he had taken as disciples, and among them, he placed more importance on the internal energy cultivation method.
Since there was a difference as much as a custom-made suit and a ready-made suit, the effect was quite excellent.
And so, while Hong Yungae was training, Zhuge Hwaryeong sorted out her waiter life and came to move with Baek Yoonjun's party.
Baek Yoonjun taught Hong Yungae, and Hong Yungae received lessons.
Zhuge Hwaryeong had nothing to do.
Since she had nothing to do, she had thought of doing at least the miscellaneous errands that Hong Yungae did and had told Baek Yoonjun, but.
"I don't know if another guy who's after you will appear, so stay still."
"Yes..."
At Baek Yoonjun's concern, she ended up doing nothing.
'I have nothing to do.'
There was nothing to do at all.
There was nothing to do to the extent that the only thing she did was occasionally go down to the village to eat with Hong Yungae.
Although it seemed like just yesterday that she had lived fiercely, even dressing as a man, now most of the day was free time.
A boring time.
But since she was not shameless enough to ask Baek Yoonjun to teach her something, she silently looked for something to do and wandered around nearby, and in the end.
"What are you doing?"
"Watching ants."
She came to observe ants.
"Why?"
"I have nothing to do, and I can't play in the dirt like a child."
Although it was an action that came from thinking that she couldn't do things like playing in the dirt because she wasn't a child, Baek Yoonjun's thoughts were different.
'Isn't playing in the dirt and watching ants about the same?'
Looking at Zhuge Hwaryeong, who was watching the ants with her mouth agape, Baek Yoonjun's heart became complicated.
'Have I left her too neglected in a place with nothing to do?'
Baek Yoonjun was engulfed in a strange sense of guilt.
'But I can't teach martial arts to a kid who hasn't even asked to be taught.'
Since the only thing Baek Yoonjun knew how to do was martial arts, if he were to do something for her, it would definitely be to teach her martial arts.
'I still feel a little guilty about teaching martial arts to a kid who said she didn't want to.'
Although he didn't particularly show it, Baek Yoonjun had a small sense of guilt about teaching Tang Yuhwa martial arts.
The fact that the kid's condition had become strange before she left the mountain.
'Yuhwa wasn't originally like that. Could it be a side effect of making a kid who said she didn't want to learn martial arts?'
Of course, there was no such side effect, but Baek Yoonjun, who had no particular comparison target, had no way of knowing the truth.
For that reason, Baek Yoonjun thought that he couldn't do anything for Zhuge Hwaryeong.
He didn't know any particular games either.
'No, wait.'
At that moment, something flashed in Baek Yoonjun's mind.
'The formation that uses stones, couldn't that be seen as a kind of stone game?'
Baek Yoonjun, who had casually come up with an idea that would have made the Marquis of Wu, who was in the ground, foam at the mouth and march north, gathered some well-shaped stones from nearby and approached Zhuge Hwaryeong, who was still observing the ants.
"Hwaryeong."
"Did you call me? Great Hero Baek."
"Is watching ants fun?"
Zhuge Hwaryeong, who had briefly turned her gaze to that side at Baek Yoonjun's call, looked at the ants again.
"I don't know if it's fun, but I had a thought that the life of an ant might be better than the life of the common people."
"Huh?"
"At least it seems ants work while taking turns resting and don't starve."
At Zhuge Hwaryeong's words, Baek Yoonjun was confused.
'What do you do to get such a philosophical answer while watching ants?'
Baek Yoonjun, who had thought for a moment that it might be right to just let her watch the ants, soon let out a cough and held out the stones.
Seeing the stones, Zhuge Hwaryeong tilted her head.
"What is this?"
"If you get tired of watching ants, may I teach you a game?"
"A game?"
"Yes. A game called a formation."
At Baek Yoonjun's words, Zhuge Hwaryeong's eyes widened.
Although everything about formations had been lost as the Zhuge clan had been almost annihilated, since she had learned what it was.
"Is it okay to teach me such a thing?"
"It's not so grand as to be called teaching. At most, it's about deceiving the five senses a little, making them see illusions, and making it seem like there's no path."
Although Baek Yoonjun said it as if it were no big deal, Zhuge Hwaryeong.
'Isn't that something amazing?'
Her mind became very confused.
Wondering if he was teasing her, she carefully scanned Baek Yoonjun, but no matter how she looked, it was not a joke.
Although Zhuge Hwaryeong couldn't understand Baek Yoonjun's intention at all.
'A formation. I want to learn!'
She felt a great interest in the formation she had only heard about in words.
Although she had the thought that she couldn't cause any more trouble, since her academic desire was greater, Zhuge Hwaryeong answered immediately.
"I want to learn!"
"Right. Then I'll teach you from time to time while watching over Yungae's training."
And so, Baek Yoonjun came to watch over Zhuge Hwaryeong's formation game while watching over Hong Yungae's training.
Since it was a cultivation method tailored to Hong Yungae's constitution, it was natural that his progress increased day by day, and Zhuge Hwaryeong also learned the formation faster than Baek Yoonjun had expected.
'Huh? She's better than I thought.'
Baek Yoonjun was surprised at the speed at which Zhuge Hwaryeong acquired the formation.
'She was extraordinary even when she was watching the ants, so Hwaryeong must have a pretty good comprehension.'
Recalling from somewhere in his mind that for the formation series, it was easier to learn if one's comprehension was superior to one's body, Baek Yoonjun nodded his head.
Although it had been difficult to teach Hong Yungae because he had no martial talent, seeing Zhuge Hwaryeong, who was rapidly learning the formation, was quite rewarding.
Therefore, Baek Yoonjun began to pour out what he knew to Zhuge Hwaryeong.
Starting with formations, he released all the knowledge he knew, including mechanism arts and even sorcery.
"Today, let's learn about the talisman, which can be called the flower of sorcery."
"Wow!"
Zhuge Hwaryeong clapped exaggeratedly.
Although Baek Yoonjun inwardly wondered if this was right, since he had never taught in any other way, he decided to just proceed.
"A talisman is a tool that is activated by casting a spell on a piece of paper. A common misconception is that talisman arts are also martial arts, but in fact, it is a technique that is quite far from martial arts."
"In what way?"
"A talisman does not require internal energy."
Baek Yoonjun released his own experiences and what he had learned.
"Then how do you cause a phenomenon with a talisman?"
"There are many people who don't know that part. A talisman is written by receiving the innate, unique energy."
Baek Yoonjun continued his explanation, writing a talisman on the spot.
"Innate energy, this is known as the life energy that exists in a person."
"I heard that if you use a person's innate energy, you could die."
"That's right. It's a different story, but that's also why a talisman is a one-time use."
"From what I hear, it seems a talisman contains innate energy, but no matter how I think about it, it looks dangerous."
"That is a misconception. A person's innate energy is not used to write a talisman."
Baek Yoonjun continued his explanation with great passion.
Hong Yungae, who had just finished his internal energy cultivation method training, passed by with a face like a dog receiving a lesson on the Analects, but he continued without minding.
"A talisman is written by containing the energy of nature itself. For example, the wind talisman I just wrote."
Baek Yoonjun activated the talisman he had just made.
At that, a strong gust of wind flowed out from the center of the talisman.
"Because it contained the innate energy of the wind, the wind blew.
By activating it, the innate energy that was imbued in the talisman has escaped, and this talisman has served its purpose. It's just a piece of paper."
Baek Yoonjun, without any lingering attachment, created a Samadhi True Fire and burned the talisman.
To Zhuge Hwaryeong, it was more amazing that he created a white flame with his hand than the wind he had created with the talisman, but she didn't particularly open her mouth.
"Anyway, to continue the explanation, as I said before, a talisman contains innate energy.
So it is right to write it while putting in the energy in an environment that suits it."
Baek Yoonjun took out several talismans from his bosom.
Although they were for self-defense, which he had kept in case there was a threat to his life, since he had no particular use for them, there were quite a few.
"For example, this flame talisman was written in front of a strong fire, and this water escape talisman was written in a precarious place where it was about to touch the water."
Baek Yoonjun immediately activated the flame talisman, and flames flared up in the surroundings in an instant.
After that, as he immediately activated the water escape talisman, a stream of water poured out like a waterfall and swallowed the burning flames.
"The more you write it in a place with strong innate energy, the greater the effect the talisman will have.
But you can't always have the environment.
Still, at least try to create a small environment and write it.
For example, when writing a flame talisman, you light a small bonfire and write it."
"I'll keep that in mind."
Looking at the well-understanding Zhuge Hwaryeong with a proud eye, Baek Yoonjun handed her a few talismans.
It was a bonus that he looked at Hong Yungae, who had a face like a dog listening to the Thousand Character Classic, with a pathetic look.
"How do you activate a talisman?"
Zhuge Hwaryeong, who had been fiddling with the talisman as if it were amazing, raised her hand and asked.
"Just in time, a good question. The most common way to activate a talisman is to raise your internal energy and touch the center of the energy inside the talisman."
"I don't have internal energy."
As if he had heard a good question, Baek Yoonjun nodded his head.
It was by no means that he had forgotten and not explained it.
"Internal energy is not necessarily needed for activation.
The most certain way to activate it is to light the left corner on fire and activate it.
This is because the part that acts as a fuse, as in a thunderbolt bomb, is usually written on the left side of the talisman."
"It's cumbersome. It would be hard to use in a hurry."
"That's right. So there is a more convenient way.
It is the method of tearing the talisman in half based on the center of the talisman.
However, since it may not be activated if the tearing part is off, it is recommended to activate it by burning it if possible."
Baek Yoonjun recited other activation methods, storage methods, and precautions.
Nearby, Hong Yungae watched the lesson with a face like a slug listening to the Art of War.
'No matter how I look at it, isn't it sorcery?'
In Hong Yungae's view, no matter how he looked at it, the talisman art only looked like sorcery.
Although he could somehow understand up to the formation, he couldn't understand at all how a person without internal energy could do something with a piece of paper.
"Wow, it's amazing. I don't think this is a concept that can only be used for talismans."
"You saw well. For example, a case like the work of a master called a divine object is such a case.
But it is not an item that can be made with the intention of making it. It is not for nothing that the main part of this concept is the talisman."
"It certainly seems difficult to imbue innate energy as much as paper."
The two were exchanging concepts that Hong Yungae couldn't understand at all, as if they were having a chat while drinking tea.
"Come to think of it, if this innate energy doesn't have a clear name, can I name it?"
"Yes, go ahead."
"How about 'natural energy'?"
"Oh, that has a nice ring to it."
"The word 'innate energy' also seems to fit."
"That's also good."
At that, Hong Yungae was secretly discouraged.
'Wasn't this originally for my lesson?'
Hong Yungae moved the internal energy in his body.
Considering when he didn't know internal energy at all, it felt as if a miraculous power was flowing from his body.
However, Baek Yoonjun, who saw such a Hong Yungae.
-Third-rate or lower.
He evaluated him as third-rate or lower.
Hong Yungae was secretly discouraged.
And so, the days passed where Hong Yungae learned the internal energy cultivation method, learned the movement technique, learned the basics of the Dog Beating Staff Technique, and was occasionally discouraged.
And.
"I've learned everything I need to learn, so I will enter the secret cave today."
The day had finally come.
(End of Chapter)
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