#Note: Return to the Volcano or Return of the Blossoming Blade is martial arts story from webtoon platform. This arc only has 3 chapters. After this arc Mc will return to one piece world
First, I gathered the core androids of Altaria (Star Killer Base). Of course, 2B and A2 from my inventory were also included.
"From now on, all of you will learn the 'Extre Blade Divine Martial Art.' This martial art will beco Altaria's ultimate martial arts, so you must all watch and learn well."
"Understood, Master."
"Understood, Master."
"Understood, Master."
Since all the androids used blades, I thought the Extre Blade Divine Martial Art from Nano Machine would be suitable.
The Extre Blade Divine Martial Art is a peerless blade technique where each individual blade form exceeds the range of motion of the joints and even surpasses the limits of the muscles. To master the Extre Blade Divine Martial Art, one must train, through special thods, the parts of the body that humans cannot train, pushing them to their limits. If an ordinary martial artist with average bones and muscles recklessly attempted the blade forms, their muscles could rupture.
But those I was teaching were not humans; they were androids. Since their bodies transcended human limits, there was no problem teaching them. Moreover, they had even been infused with the [S2 Organ], the energy source of the Evangelion Angels, so they had sufficient energy. I couldn't think of a more suitable combination. That's not to say that ordinary androids without the [S2 Organ] couldn't learn the Extre Blade Divine Martial Art, but its power would be sowhat diminished.
To teach them, I created a dinsional portal connected to the training ground on Earth and trained them. And since I couldn't teach the Extre Blade Divine Martial Art completely all at once, I also created the 'Soul Blade Divine Martial Art' as an interdiate step and taught it to them. The Soul Blade Divine Martial Art, though slightly lower in level than the Extre Blade Divine Martial Art, was still a powerful martial art.
After half a year had passed, the core androids had mastered both the Extre Blade Divine Martial Art and the Soul Blade Divine Martial Art. Subsequently, as they taught the Soul Blade Divine Martial Art to the ordinary androids, eventually all androids ca to possess the Soul Blade Divine Martial Art as a baseline. As expected of androids, their learning speed was overwhelmingly incomparable to humans.
"With this, the strengthening of the androids is complete."
After finishing that, I rested for a few days, then began Ga Life again.
"First, I should go to 'Return of the Blossoming Blade' and get what I need to get."
[Avatar is being generated.]
Cheongmyeong
Age: 82
Gender: Male
Characteristics: Mad Dog of Mount Hua, but loves Mount Hua more than anyone.
Starting Point: Jeongma War
Yoo I-seol
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Characteristics: A strange person who is quite beautiful but has a faint presence, a diligent, sole female mber.
Starting Point: Original starting point
Go directly.
Setting: Age 20, first-generation disciple of the Mount Hua Sect.
Starting Point: Original starting point.
I was a bit puzzled seeing the avatars. Because Cheongmyeong's starting point was the Jeongma War. If I entered as Cheongmyeong, the Heavenly Demon would be a one-shot that sa day. I had no intention of dying on purpose.
"Is it telling to go straight to the ending? That's ridiculous."
The avatar settings were a bit strange, but I chose 'Go directly' and started modifying the settings.
Setting: Age 20, Divine Thief.
Starting Point: One year before the Jeongma War.
(Points: -5082)
"Hah... It's a hundred years ago, so it costs a lot of points."
Actually, I understood. A hundred years was enough ti to twist the original work however I wanted. Plus, the concept of the legendary thief 'Divine Thief' probably played a part. I thought about modifying it a bit, but I had things to gain, and for the fun of it, I decided to just go with it.
[Proceed as is?]
"Yeah."
I started in a secluded village on a sunny, clear noon. Asking the locals, I was told it was a village between Shaanxi and Gansu. I imdiately took out [Jack Sparrow's Compass] and began searching for the 'Sword Tomb' first.
The Sword Tomb was created a hundred years from now (two hundred years before the original's start) by the dicine Immortal for the alchemist Yeon Ja. In the original, the protagonist of Return of the Blossoming Blade, Cheongmyeong, goes through many trials and tribulations and obtains the dicine Immortal's elixir, the 'Primordial Harmony Pill,' and its manufacturing thod.
The Primordial Harmony Pill becos a symbol of Mount Hua like the Shaolin Temple's Great Return Pill, even renad the 'Purple Star Pill.' So I decided to get the Primordial Harmony Pill first.
Of course, I had the Taecheng Pill from the Nano Machine universe, but having a few more elixirs wouldn't hurt. Even if I couldn't use them myself. Moreover, the Primordial Harmony Pill is setting-wise a top-tier elixir in the Return of the Blossoming Blade universe, surpassing the Shaolin Temple's Great Return Pill.
"I've arrived."
After traveling for a while, I arrived at the Sword Tomb.
The Sword Tomb hadn't been discovered yet; there was only a small hill. Knowing from the original that the dicine Immortal hadn't hidden the Primordial Harmony Pill in the Sword Tomb itself, I passed the Sword Tomb and followed the path behind it into the forest.
After walking a bit, I found a small stream surrounded by large rocks that seed to be the mountain's water source. Without hesitation, I reached my hand under the large rock at the start of the stream and pulled out a small box.
"This is it."
The small box contained several Primordial Harmony Pills and the alchemy thod. I had Nano store the alchemy thod in case I might need it later. I took out the best-made Primordial Harmony Pill with the highest efficacy, copied it, put it back in the box, and placed the box back under the large rock. So that Cheongmyeong could find it later.
I then made a box of the appropriate size for the Primordial Harmony Pill I had taken out, copied it several tis, and stored them in my inventory. Using [Appraisal] to check the Primordial Harmony Pill, it was indeed more effective than the Taecheng Pill I had obtained from Nano Machine.
"The matter of the Primordial Harmony Pill is done."
Now, I planned to build a reputation by acting as the Divine Thief. I decided to wear a slightly modified version of the outfit from 'Assassin's Creed: Rogue,' complete with a mask and goggles. For this kind of work, style is everything.
"Lord, please allow to be a righteous thief again today. Ufufu!"
Of course, befitting a Divine Thief, my first target was the imperial palace. That way, I could gain fa quickly.
I took the Talaria camping car out of my inventory, set it to stealth mode, and flew very high. Arriving at the imperial palace in Hebei, I hovered high above and asked the AI to produce approximate information and maps of the palace.
In the anti, I made a card with the characters for 'Divine Thief' (神偷) printed large on it and copied it into many cards. From now on, whenever I stole sothing, I planned to leave one card behind, writing the date on it. Of course, I used paper of a quality impossible to produce in this era and added embossing to prevent forgery.
Now, as it began to get dark, I teleported down and entered the royal treasury, stealing its treasures. As expected of the Ming Dynasty, there were all sorts of items. From luxurious ceramics to luminous pearls, coral, silk, paintings, ornants, gold and silver treasures – the variety was vast, and the quantity was enormous. Since stealing all of it might bring the country to ruin, I stole only about a quarter, then left a card and departed.
The next day, there was an uproar in the palace. The Embroidered Uniform Guard was everywhere, searching every corner of the palace. I watched this amusingly from the Talaria camping car.
After spending about two weeks inside the camping car, playing gas and passing the ti, the palace seed to have cald down a bit. Then, this ti, I began stealing books. There were also an enormous number of books. Excluding useless ones, I selected and stole martial arts manuals, various alchemy thods for elixirs, and chanical designs. Again, I left a card and departed.
"Heu heu heu, this is fun, isn't it?"
The next day, there was another uproar at the palace. Again, the Embroidered Uniform Guard searched everywhere. The difference from the first ti was that, with the emperor extrely angry, they even searched outside the palace thoroughly. And from then on, the palace was lit as bright as day even at night, and countless Embroidered Uniform Guard patrolled day and night.
But they couldn't stop . To create the final highlight, I snuck into the Geoncheong Palace where the emperor conducted affairs of state and stole the imperial seal, the 'Emperor's Jade Seal'. Just then, the emperor entering the Geoncheong Palace saw and shouted in surprise.
"Who goes there!!"
"? The Divine Thief. I'll be taking the imperial seal. Puhahahaha~!!"
I imdiately threw a card onto the emperor's desk and began fleeing through the window. Looking back, the Embroidered Uniform Guard, having trained in martial arts to so degree, were running on the rooftops, using light-foot techniques to chase quickly.
"Halt right there, Divine Thief!!"
At that, I stopped right there.
"Fine, I've stopped. What are you going to do about it?"
They drew their swords and slowly approached.
"Surrender quietly, Divine Thief!"
"While fleeing, this thing has beco heavy. I feel like just throwing it away."
I took out the imperial seal, holding it as if to throw it down, and threatened them. The man who seed to be the leader of the Embroidered Uniform Guard stopped, flustered, and shouted.
"W-Wait!!! Calm down. Let's talk. What do you want?"
"Don't follow . This imperial seal is getting in the way, and I feel like throwing it away. If anyone follows, the imperial seal will have to be newly made that day. Got it?!"
"Th-That's..."
"Well then, I'm off."
I gave them no ti to think and started fleeing again.
"W-Wait!!!"
The leader of the Embroidered Uniform Guard shouted urgently, but this ti I ignored him.
The Embroidered Uniform Guard, unable to do anything, eventually, after I disappeared from sight, began chasing after . But it was far too late. Having already confird that no one was around, I had teleported to the Talaria in the sky and was eating pizza and cola from my inventory while watching below.
"Ah~ That was fun. Now I should go sowhere else."
Pleasantly watching the palace turned into chaos by my actions, I turned the Talaria camping car and headed down to Henan.
Between Henan, Shaanxi, and Hubei, there were many martial arts sects. Representative ones included the Beggar's Sect, Shaolin Temple, Mount Hua Sect, Jongnam Sect, Wudang Sect, and Zhuge Clan. Therefore, most of the Martial Arts Alliances in martial arts novels are located around here. And since it's where the Yellow River and Yangtze River co close, there were also many rchant associations.
I decided to first rob the main headquarters of the Beggar's Sect. Many people think that beggars have no property, but that's not true. Of course, individuals might have no money, but the main headquarters, operating so many people, couldn't be without assets.
"Halt there!! Divine Thief!! Stealing from beggars, are you even human!!!"
Beggars chased like mad with clubs.
"That's nonsense! With all this wealth!"
Again, without much trouble, I was able to steal a considerable amount. They too needed to live, so I stole only about a third. However, since it was money managed by beggars, the sll was terrible. I had no choice but to wash it with [Life Magic] and use it preferentially.
After robbing the Beggar's Sect like that, I went down to Sichuan and purchased a moderately sized manor to use as a base. I planned to live in Sichuan for the ti being and do my thieving near Henan. Because Sichuan and Henan are very far apart, this way, even if I spent large sums, I could avoid raising suspicion.
As planned, I went to a rchant house in Sichuan and looked around for a manor. I ca across a manor located on a high mountain, slightly away from the city, that looked decent, so I bought it. However, it was a run-down manor with many areas needing repair, so I hired workers to fix it up. This was for show. If the manor suddenly beca pristine, people would get suspicious.
"Divine Thief!!! You bastard!!! Halt right there!!!"
This ti, muscular n wielding blades chased like mad.
"Hmph! I don't want to~!!!"
While the manor was being repaired, I robbed the Hwangbo Clan in Shandong. The Hwangbo Clan, perhaps because they tightly controlled the comrcial rights in Shandong, possessed great wealth. Again, I stole only about a third.
From then on, rumors of the Divine Thief began to reach Sichuan.
"Have you heard the rumors about the Divine Thief?"
"Of course. I heard he brazenly robbed the imperial palace. Three tis, no less."
"I heard the Beggar's Sect was also robbed."
"You an the beggars?"
"Yes. And I heard the Hwangbo Clan was robbed too."
"Wh-What? And he still hasn't been caught?"
"They say he's elusive and his light-foot technique is so excellent that he can't be caught."
Watching the manor being repaired, when it was alti, the workers stopped and ate, chatting. Their topics were all about the Divine Thief.
"I hear His Majesty the Emperor is so enraged that he's placed a bounty on the Divine Thief. A whopping ten thousand gold nyang."
"Huh... Indeed... If soone catches the Divine Thief, their life would be made."
Ten thousand gold nyang is an enormous amount, over 30 billion Korean won. What's interesting is that there was no ntion of the imperial seal. It seed the fact that the imperial seal was stolen was being hushed up to protect the royal family's dignity.
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