#Note: Nano Machine is a popular martial arts story from webtoon platform and has Chinese nas, so it may be a little difficult to read and rember the characters' nas if you do not usually read the martial arts genre. This arc only has 12 chapters.
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This ti too, I chose 'Go directly'. The setting, perhaps because the protagonist is from the Demonic Cult, had as the second son of a Demonic Cult family. I modified the setting slightly and changed it to just a reclusive master. But whether the original setting was better or not, changing the setting didn't cost any points or cause any issues.
'Nano Machine is just training, testing, training, testing from the beginning. I have no reason to go through that.'
[Proceed as is?]
"Yeah."
When I agreed, the space changed and I arrived at a place with a cabin in a dense forest. This seed to be my ho. Looking inside, there was nothing particularly special.
The reason I ca to the Nano Machine universe was that various martial arts manuals were gathered in one place, including the Heavenly Demon Sword Art and the Extre Ultimate Divine Art, so I didn't need to go elsewhere. Of course, the important martial arts passed down only by the Demonic Cult sects weren't there, but I planned to use clones to obtain those.
"For anything lacking, I can just go to the Orthodox faction to handle it."
I imdiately used Stealth, took out [Jack Sparrow's Compass], and began flying quickly toward the direction of the Demonic Cult's Martial Arts Pavilion's secret manual library. Judging by the ti it took, my starting point seed to be in Orthodox faction territory.
After flying for a while, I saw various buildings. This was probably the Demonic Cult. The Demonic Cult was quite large, so I looked around here and there, and when the compass needle started spinning, I looked down and saw a five-story hexagonal building. Given the heavy security, this was likely the Martial Arts Pavilion's secret manual library.
I created clones and sent them to each sect. Then, adjusting my body density, I entered the Martial Arts Pavilion's secret manual library and began scanning all the martial arts manuals from the first floor upward using Nano. Of course, I also checked the blue jade stone inscribed with the Heavenly Demon Sword Art and the Destruction Sword Technique. There were truly a variety of secret manuals—not only Demonic Cult manuals but also so from the Outside World and Orthodox factions.
'They must have collected these through many wars over ti. For , it's a huge thanks.'
Ti passed, and within half a day, I had scanned all the secret manuals and also obtained the Extre Divine Art, which was in the basent of the library.
'I have no more business here.'
I entered the hidden space of the Nine Restriction Cave that the protagonist Cheon Un-woon would later discover by chance, rechecked the Heavenly Demon Sword Art, and also analyzed the luminous pearl.
'I expected luminous pearls to be lumps of radioactivity in modern tis, and that turned out to be true...'
The luminous pearl was a bead mixed with radium, phosphorescent materials, and various minerals. Since this was an era before science had advanced and they didn't know the dangers of radiation, it made sense. Fortunately, the purity was very low, and the various minerals sowhat blocked the radiation, so the amount emitted was small. Even so, it was still a dangerous item for ordinary people who hadn't trained in martial arts.
'To think they trade these at high prices as jewels...'
Luminous pearls were quite valuable items in martial arts universes. I thought about copying them, but when I learned they contained radium, I gave up.
'I can't release sothing like this into the market.'
After finishing the analysis, I ca outside. Now all I had to do was wait for the clones to bring back the core martial arts from the Demonic Cult sects. Since that would take so ti, I decided to go to the Abandoned Sword Ravine to obtain the 'Demon God Sword Art' that Cheon Un-woon would later acquire by chance.
'There's still the Heavenly Demon Sword, but I'll just leave that for the protagonist.'
The Abandoned Sword Ravine was where the Heavenly Demon Patriarch had left traces of his attempts to combine the Heavenly Demon Sword Art and the Extre Divine Art. Cheon Un-woon would eventually complete it as the Demon God Sword Art, making it the strongest unorthodox martial art.
Since I had Nano, which was superior to Cheon Un-woon, and my body and mana were far stronger than his, I thought it wouldn't be difficult to complete the Demon God Sword Art based on those traces.
'Ah, before I leave, should I go see what the protagonist is up to?'
Since I had co this far, I decided to find Cheon Un-woon, the protagonist, and see him. In a building on the outskirts of the Demonic Cult, I found a boy eating with a large, sturdy middle-aged man. This boy was likely Cheon Un-woon. Observing with [Clairvoyance], he didn't have nanomachines in his body yet, so it seed this was before he was ambushed by the Black Demonic Group.
'I suppose, since I've been here less than a day, he'll be ambushed tonight and receive the nanomachines.'
I thought about giving him so kind of gift, but then gave up. There would be no aning in giving it now. So I was satisfied with just seeing his face and flew to the Abandoned Sword Ravine.
Arriving at the Abandoned Sword Ravine, I found a place where the character for 'sword' was carved large on a cliff, just like in the original. This was the Abandoned Sword Ravine. I imdiately went down below the cliff and found the traces left by the Heavenly Demon Patriarch.
"Nano, scan the traces."
[Understood.]
I had now obtained almost everything I needed, but I had no intention of training here. Because this place was close to the secret base of the Divine Physicians. So I quickly flew to a deserted island in the Pacific, unrelated to the martial arts world, and began training.
First, I trained in the Heavenly Demon Sword Art and the Extre Divine Art. To complete the Demon God Sword Art, I needed to understand the foundational martial arts. Since my body was already built, I was able to master both without much difficulty.
Then, based on the traces from the Abandoned Sword Ravine, I began trimming unnecessary parts of the two martial arts and combining what was needed to complete the Demon God Sword Art. Indeed, having visited the Sword Tomb in the 'The Modern Man Who Fell into Martial Arts' universe was a great help.
After that, I slowly rested and began training in the martial arts from the Martial Arts Pavilion's secret manual library. Now I had the Heavenly teor Sword, the Heavenly Demon Sword Art, the Extre Divine Art, and the Demon God Sword Art, but in case I might need them later, I asked Nano to input them directly into my mind, and I slowly trained by using them one by one.
It took a month to get to this point. Now, the clones I had sent to the Demonic Cult began to return one by one. Fortunately, the Demonic Cult sects were in the middle of intensely training their children for admission to the Martial Arts Pavilion, so I was able to easily acquire the martial arts of each sect.
'I have no more business with the Demonic Cult.'
I imdiately used [Telekinesis] to lift a large amount of seawater and threw it onto the island. This was to erase the traces of my training. This was an uninhabited island close to Japan, but in this universe, there were beings who could transcend ti, so I had to carefully erase such things.
After that, I moved to the Martial Arts Alliance. I planned to extract everything I could from this universe.
'Here it is, the Martial Arts Alliance.'
I thought the Martial Arts Alliance would surely have a place storing secret manuals like the Demonic Cult, so I started searching. Fortunately, I found it quickly, and just like I did at the Demonic Cult, I scanned every secret manual there was. Interestingly, so were duplicates of what was in the Demonic Cult, and there were also so that were clearly Demonic Cult martial arts but weren't present in the Demonic Cult. Probably, since both have long histories, so martial arts had been lost or discontinued.
'There was definitely a similar one in the Demonic Cult.'
Just as I was about to leave, I overheard sothing interesting. People were talking about holding a Martial Arts Tournant. It was said to be a gathering to solidify unity as the Six Extre Martial Arts Sects grew in power.
'A Martial Arts Tournant in a week... Probably only the best from each sect will participate, right? Then I can use Nano there to obtain martial arts too. Good.'
I first went to the market, copied currency, and dressed properly in luxurious clothes. Then I went to what looked like the most upscale inn near the Martial Arts Alliance to book a room. But with the tournant approaching, there were so many people that I wondered if I could get a room at all.
So I decided that if I couldn't get a room, I would just take out the carriage I had brought from my inventory and live in that. In fact, a carriage might be more comfortable. I had modified it completely like a camper.
"Hmm... This seems like the most upscale one."
I entered the inn and looked around. Many sects had already gathered, sitting together and drinking.
When I entered the inn, they looked at and whispered.
"He has rare silver hair."
"Indeed, could he be from the North Sea?"
"That can't be."
"He looks like a Westerner?"
"He's handso..."
"I don't feel any inner energy. Is he just a rich young master?"
Ignoring their chatter, I stood there, and the innkeeper's assistant ran over and asked .
"Guest, are you here to dine? Or are you looking for lodging?"
"With the tournant happening, it seems crowded. Do you still have rooms?"
"Yes, we have rooms. But the lower rooms are all taken; only the top floor rooms remain."
"Really? How much for one night's stay?"
"Twenty silver nyang. That includes breakfast and we'll bring you water for washing."
Twenty silver nyang was about 2 million Korean won. That was the price level here. It was a bit expensive, but since the tournant was happening and I didn't want to bother looking around, I paid with gold for a two-week stay and went up to the room with the assistant.
"Here it is, guest. This is the best room."
"I see."
The room was very spacious, and when I opened the window, I had a clear view of the Martial Arts Alliance. It was understandable why it was expensive.
"I like it."
I tossed the assistant a silver nyang as a tip. The assistant's face brightened imnsely as he thanked .
"Oh, thank you so much, guest!"
"Can I order als here directly?"
"Of course. What would you like to bring you?"
"What are you good at?"
"Today, we have so high-quality at, so the braised black hog ribs are good. For liquor, the Unryong sorghum liquor is good."
"Do you have any vegetable dishes?"
"Hmm... The seasoned golden vegetable salad sells well."
"Then I'll take those. How much?"
"Three silver nyang."
I handed over three silver nyang and a few copper coins. The assistant was happy to receive the money again.
"I'll leave it to you."
"Understood~"
After a short wait, the food arrived. The braised black hog ribs were just braised black hog ribs, and the seasoned golden vegetable salad was just seasoned vegetables with soybean paste. Perhaps because it was in front of the Martial Arts Alliance, the nas were fancy, but that was it. The Unryong sorghum liquor was just sorghum liquor with a peculiar aroma; the sorghum liquor served at Chinese restaurants was better.
"Huh... Did I expect too much from martial arts cuisine? I even gave a tip to make it good, and this is what I get..."
The food was bland, so I sprinkled so magical white powder (MSG) from my inventory onto it, mixed it well, and ate. From now on, when I co to eras like this, I should not expect much from the food.
For several days, I didn't leave my room, using Nano to run simulations of the martial arts I had obtained from the Martial Arts Alliance. Then, late in the evening, the area downstairs beca noisy and I couldn't concentrate, so I went down to check. So groups had gotten into an argunt and were on the verge of drawing their swords.
"I cannot tolerate such an insult!"
"What are you talking about? I was the one insulted!"
This seed to be what was commonly called an inn brawl in martial arts novels. Thinking it might be fun, I sat nearby to watch, but instead of fighting, they just kept posturing and arguing.
So I said one thing.
"Hey! Aren't you going to fight? How boring."
Then both groups looked at simultaneously. One of them, who seed to be the leader, said to .
"Civilians should stay out! You don't seem to have any inner energy; it's dangerous."
This seed to be Orthodox faction territory, given that they even said things like that.
"If you're not going to fight, be quiet. I can't sleep!"
"How rude! Do you know who we are!"
A low-level thug behind the leader, apparently angered by my words, tried to draw his sword, but the leader gestured to stop him.
"I don't know which family you belong to, but this is no place for soone who hasn't even learned martial arts. Return to your room. This is your final warning."
"I know martial arts too. This is how you give a warning."
I stood up and stamped my foot once.
Thud!
Then, countless chopsticks on the tables simultaneously flew into the air and aid precisely at the philtrums of the people from both arguing groups, hovering there. With so many chopsticks suspended in the air, it was as if ti had stopped.
"Gasp!!! 'Empty Air Grasping Object'!!!"
At that montum, the people were so shocked that they trembled and couldn't speak. So even wet their pants.
"Well~ Now, are you going to be quiet? Or are you going to fight each other and give so entertainnt?"
At my words, the one who seed to be the leader suddenly knelt down, cupped his fist, and said to .
"I have committed a grave sin by not recognizing a Gonin. We will be quiet from now on, so please calm your anger."
Then, not only the people behind the leader, but the other group as well, all knelt down.
"Tch, how boring. In the martial arts world, one should speak with the sword."
Leaving those words, I withdrew my [Telekinesis] and returned to my room. After that, the inn was as quiet as a mouse.
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