He is perhaps my first and only master.
Though he himself doesn't even know of my existence.
The Sword Emperor I rember is only the one from the Valley of Abandoned Bugs.
The first sight of him sitting in a cross-legged position with dignity, despite his dantian being destroyed and both his arms cut off.
The sight of him scolding , saying that's not how you swing a sword, even though he couldn't even hold a sword because he had no arms.
The sight of him shivering, covered in a straw mat, after catching a cold in the middle of winter.
The sight of him, like a child, whining that he wanted to eat candy after getting dentia.
We were not simply in a master-disciple relationship.
We were beings who supported each other's lives, having lost everything.
Because of him, I was also able to endure that hellish place.
I wanted to et him from the mont I returned to the past, but I didn't go looking for him.
Because I have sothing I must do, so not yet.
But unlike my thoughts, my feet were heading outside.
When I went outside, it was noisy with the martial artists of the Martial Alliance who were trying to get a glimpse of the Sword Emperor's face in the distance.
I was looking for him to see his face from a distance, but at that mont, I felt a strong energy from behind.
Who would dare to emit such a killing intent in the middle of the Martial Alliance?
I turned around, thinking of a single face.
The dear face I wanted to see was standing there.
Sword Emperor! Have you been well?
For five years, in the morning, I would carry him, whose both arms were cut off, on my back and head to the training ground.
I cried while taking care of his excrent when he beca like a child after getting dentia.
Because I rembered his appearance, who had once commanded the world with a dignified appearance.
And I buried him with my own two hands.
Since I had returned to the past, I thought that I would et him alive again soday.
I tried not to cry even if I t him again.
But emotions don't always go as planned.
Unbearable hot tears flowed from my two eyes.
"Ahem. Why is a grown man suddenly crying?"
"Ah. Th-that's because I suddenly thought of my deceased father..."
I hurriedly made an excuse, but it was half true.
Because for the five years in the Valley of Abandoned Bugs, the Sword Emperor was like a father to .
"Although you may have unspeakable circumstances, the heart of a man who holds a sword is too soft. By the way, you are that guy, aren't you?"
"You have to tell what kind of guy that guy is for to be able to answer whether it's true or not."
"Seeing that you have a strange saber on your waist and an unusual energy, aren't you the guy that the Saber Emperor was talking about? That damn old man was boasting so much about the 'future of the saber' that my ears were about to fall off. To boast so much about a guy who's not even his disciple. He should just raise the disciples of the Solid Saber Pavilion well. Tsk tsk."
Since I learned the sword from the Sword Emperor in the Valley of Abandoned Bugs, I am his disciple.
Although I didn't formally perform the nine bows, what's so important about such a formality?
If you have received teachings, you are a disciple.
I felt sorry to the Sword Emperor that a disciple who had learned his swordsmanship was being called the 'future of the saber'.
"Seeing that you call the Saber Emperor 'that guy', you must be the Sword Emperor. It's a pleasure to et you for the first ti. My na is Jin Danyeong."
"That's right. I am the Sword Emperor."
"By the way, did the Saber Emperor not co with you?"
"Why are you asking about that damn guy? We were supposed to et here, but this guy never keeps his appointnts. Damn guy!"
What kind of expression would he make if he found out that the two of them would later join forces and attack the Heavenly Demon together?
"By the way, why is a guy who is the 'future of the saber' also carrying a sword?"
I was now wearing both the Ink Blood Saber and the sword my father had left .
Although I have been mainly using the Ink Blood Saber in real combat since I released the power of the Black-Scaled Blood Serpent, I have not neglected my sword training.
Moreover, I have recently been training to make the small enlightennt I had gained from the Heavenly Lord's Painting my own.
Since I was on my way back from morning training, I was wearing both on my waist.
The Sword Emperor looked up and down without answering and then suddenly drew his sword.
And he said.
"Draw your sword!"
This man's impatient nature is still the sa.
Even in the Valley of Abandoned Bugs, he would scold every day, saying my progress was slow.
As if it would be easy for a guy who had held a saber with his right hand his whole life to swing a sword with his left hand overnight.
While I was hesitating, the Sword Emperor swung towards my left.
- Clang!
I reflexively drew my sword and blocked.
Following that, the Sword Emperor's sharp attacks ca in succession.
- Clang! Clang!
If a person like the Sword Emperor attacks with determination, you can't stop just because you want to.
Regardless of my will, about thirty exchanges passed.
The Sword Emperor sheathed his sword.
His face was full of a puzzled expression.
"Are you perhaps my disciple that I don't know of?"
Ah! That's right, but not now.
"Or perhaps..."
The Sword Emperor stopped speaking and began to look at my face slowly.
Tilting his head.
"W-were you perhaps raised by your mother alone, without a father, when you were young?"
"Ah, well, that's right, but."
Why is this man suddenly asking about soone else's family affairs?
"Wh-where is your hotown?"
"I grew up in Guizhou."
The Sword Emperor suddenly closed his two eyes.
As if recalling a distant past.
After being like that for a long ti, he opened his eyes.
He looked at with a faint gaze, grabbed my shoulder, and said in a warm voice.
"So that's what it was! That's what it was! Now I know why you suddenly shed tears when you saw ."
Tears were already welling up in the Sword Emperor's two eyes as he looked at .
"You have grown up so well even without ! Looking closely, I can see her face in your face. This father is sorry."
Huh? What are you talking about all of a sudden?
Why are you making soone else's family register a ss as you please?
Did this man originally have signs of dentia, and it got worse in the Valley of Abandoned Bugs?
"No. What are you talking about?"
"Isn't your mother's na Baek Ryeonhwa? The second daughter of the Ten Thousand Gold Estate..."
"No, it's not."
"It's not? Th-then perhaps Cheon Yerang of the Cheon family of Gorang Village in Guizhou?"
"It's a na I've never heard of."
The Sword Emperor hurriedly took his two hands off my shoulder and said.
"No, but why is the sa energy as mine flowing from you?"
A thick bead of sweat was flowing down the side of the Sword Emperor's temple.
And so, I unintentionally ca to share the Sword Emperor's huge secret.
They say heroes are fond of won, but how on earth did this man spend his youth?
Since he has already sown two seeds in Guizhou, how many children in the Central Plains have the Sword Emperor as their father?
He could probably gather his blood relatives later and create a sect.
Since all the disciples have inherited the blood of the Sword Emperor, they will produce great masters.
"P-pretend you didn't hear what you just heard. I just confused you with soone else."
Of course. You have to keep secrets between n.
"By the way, you are a guy who should hold a sword, not a saber. With such a great talent, would it be okay to just hold a saber?"
It seems I am both the 'future of the saber' and the 'future of the sword'.
Having many talents is tiring.
"I will consider it. Haha!"
In fact, I plan to hold both.
The number one left-sword-right-saber master of all ages and tis will soon be born, so please look forward to it.
"Co and visit the Continuous Sword Sect later. And watch your mouth!"
The Sword Emperor put his index finger to his mouth and then made a gesture of slitting his throat with his hand.
If I go around talking about it, he will probably kill to silence .
I took sothing out of my pocket and handed it to the Sword Emperor.
"Don't worry, and have one of these when your mouth is bored."
The Sword Emperor, who had dentia in the Valley of Abandoned Bugs, had whined that he wanted to eat candy the day before he passed away.
I always felt bad that I couldn't get it for him.
I bowed to the Sword Emperor, who was bewildered, holding the candy in his hand, and turned around.
I kept my promise to get you candy!
When I returned, Na Yeryeong was waiting alone in my quarters.
"No, what are you doing here? Is it okay for a woman to just co in here alone? What if I'm a bad guy?"
"What are you talking about?"
"I'm saying the world is a dangerous place."
Na Yeryeong said with an unreadable smile.
"Are you really planning to go alone to the place Naeng Muyeom wants?"
"Well, for now, I'll have to go alone, won't I? Though I'll have so counterasures in place."
"You can't go alone, Sect Leader. I don't know what the plan is, but please change your mind now."
I didn't know she was this worried about .
"You don't have to worry. I have a good plan."
"If that's the case, then take this."
She held out a small pouch.
I peeked into the pouch and saw a small hairpin.
Is this the heart of a woman sending her husband to the battlefield?
Was I this kind of existence to her?
I never noticed because she always treated coldly.
That she had such a tender feeling of affection for .
Na Yeryeong is good in every way, but she needs to learn how to express her feelings more actively.
"No. If you suddenly do this, I'll be flustered. It's not that I don't like it, so don't misunderstand. But I still have things I need to do and I'm not ntally prepared..."
I didn't think I would be confessed to first in this way.
But the saying that a man should confess first is not in line with the tis.
Either way, the one who is in a hurry should do it first.
"What are you talking about? What ntal preparation? What's so flustering?"
The hairpin she took out of the pouch was small and sharp.
A ssy pattern that looked like a curse seal was drawn on the surface.
"Keep it with you, and if you judge that you can't control yourself, stab yourself in the heart with it."
She said with a dark expression.
But there was conviction in her words.
The case where Na Yeryeong speaks so firmly is one thing.
Her sorceress's sense has been activated.
She has seen sothing of the future.
"What did you see?"
Na Yeryeong looked straight into my two eyes and said.
"The sight of you, covered in blood, losing your reason and running wild!"
The fact that I was covered in blood ans I was in a crisis.
The fact that I was running wild probably ans that I was eaten by the power of the Black-Scaled Blood Serpent.
"I don't know how effective my sorcery will be. So it's more important to prevent such a situation from happening."
The Soul-Taking Divine Woman said that Na Yeryeong must accompany on my journey.
Did she perhaps foresee a situation like this?
I put the hairpin she had given in my bosom and said.
"I will keep it in mind. And don't worry. I won't die because I still have a lot to do."
I gave her a slight smile.
Na Yeryeong was constantly restless.
She even suggested that Parip hyungnim and Deoksam go with .
I would also be more than reassured if I were with them, but now is the ti to deliberately show a weakness.
Only then will the Demonic Cult reveal itself.
Of course, they have their own roles.
As I was about to go out for so training, the person I was waiting for ca to visit.
He was wearing the uniform of a Martial Alliance sword unit mber, and there was a small mole above his left eye.
He has a unique taste. Why does this person always have a mole on his face?
"I was waiting. So, how are the movents?"
I had expected that Naeng Muyeom would have requested support from the main cult.
So I had requested through the Heavenly Conduit Sect to confirm any suspicious movents.
"First of all, I must say that even the Heavenly Conduit Sect cannot catch all the secret movents of masters."
"I'll listen with that in mind."
"First, there is a group of people moving in the direction of Shaanxi. The number is about thirty, and they are moving on horseback."
It's not these guys.
It has to be more secret.
"What else?"
After that, there were several other pieces of information, but there was no information that was suspected to be the Demonic Cult.
"Lastly, this is a bit ambiguous."
"Tell ."
"The first place they were seen was in Gansu, but we lost them in the middle. And after that, a small movent was captured in Chongqing, but it is not certain if they are the sa people. We lost them again."
"How many were there?"
"There is information that there were three or four, but it is not certain. It seems to be at most four or five."
It's these guys!
The skills of the Heavenly Conduit Sect's information agents are the best in the Central Plains.
For such people to lose track of them and not even be sure of the number.
It is not a common thing.
"Alright! Thank you for your hard work."
If even the Heavenly Conduit Sect can't catch them, they must all be masters, and the number is at most five!
I had expected to face one or two masters, but there are too many.
This won't be easy.
"And our sect leader told to tell you. That this is the last ti for information without a price."
"Isn't he saying that if I want information, I should et him once? That we should talk in person."
It was the sa before.
The Heavenly Conduit Sect leader cannot stand curiosity.
She is curious as to what kind of person I am, and what I am trying to do.
"Tell her I'll stop by soon."
After Mak Bulchu of the Heavenly Conduit Sect left, I revised my plan.
Na Yeryeong's warning and the Heavenly Conduit Sect's information were all saying the sa thing.
It's dangerous
(End of Chapter)
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