episode_0051

[I have read and understand all the contents of Taeyangsimbeop.]

[Clear the hidden quest.]

[Acquire solar heart method lv.1.]

[Acquires resistance lv.1.]

“…huh.”

I was wondering if this was registered as a hidden quest.

It was not difficult to read and understand everything in the book.

It would have been difficult if it had been original, but to me, thanks to my translation skills, it just read as a story.

Even though I had acquired the solar mind method and internal energy, I could feel that my body had changed.

Light slowly leaked into the study.

It seemed like someone had opened the door to the entrance.

“Now, let both of you come out with the money you have chosen.”

Cheolwoong looked down at the two of us who came out of the study.

We both had a book in our hands.

“That book…”

“Huh?”

“…No.”

Seolyoung looked at the book in my hand, opened her mouth, then closed her mouth again.

His expression was still expressionless.

Cheolwoong looked down at the two of us and opened his mouth when he saw me.

“Huh. This is so…”

Cheolwoong smiled at me, not knowing whether it was admiration or bewilderment, and then scratched the back of his head.

“In order to build your skills, you will need to quickly read and understand every passage in the book. …Follow me. You should learn a little bit about martial arts.”

Cheolwoong returned to the vacant lot, saying he would teach him martial arts in earnest.

In the vacant lot, Jeongseon and Pungun.

The two people were holding their knees or waists with their hands, as if they were exhausted, and were out of breath.

Cheolwoong motioned for the two exhausted people to come closer.

I spoke to the two people who came trudging and helpless.

“Teach number 5 to number 7, and teach number 421 to number 1.”

“…I want to teach Seo and Seolyeong nangja!”

“No.”

“Please, please!”

“Ugh…”

Poong-woon hung on, and Jeong-seon frowned as if he was truly disgusted, but Cheol-woong was adamant.

In addition to saying that it has already been decided, I added a word.

“You who teach will also learn something.”

Jeong-seon and Pung-woon just blinked their eyes at Cheol-woong’s meaningful words, but eventually gave up and approached us.

Even as Poongwoon approached me, he looked in the direction of Seolyeong several times.

“…Oh, I’m sorry, don’t you understand?”

“Well, it’s worth it.”

The two of us started talking without even knowing who would go first.

And at the same time, I looked at Seolyoung.

“Hair as white as a snowflake and eyes as blue as a lake.”

“A beautiful appearance that is difficult to see in a lifetime.”

Then, Poongwoon turned around and spoke to me in a low voice.

“…Can we make sense? Isn’t that why I’m not from a clan after all?”

“Maybe.”

“Ah! I’m just saying that just in case. I really don’t mean to be sarcastic.”

Poongun waved both hands in denial.

So, in some way, it may have sounded sarcastic.

The person speaking is from the Volcanic Sect, and I am a candidate for the 400th division who has never even learned martial arts.

“Hmm… Do you want to swing the sword first?”

Pungwoon said he wanted to test my skills and told me to swing the sword.

As requested, I swung it around for now.

I used my abilities appropriately, swinging them horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, relying on my sense of level 4 weapon skills.

Maybe it was because of my mood, but each time I swung the sword, it seemed to get faster and faster.

“…I understand why instructor Cheolwoong said that.”

Pungwoon looked at me closely, as if admiring and lost in thought at the same time.

“Your name is…?”

“Seonghan.”

“Seonghan… I’ve never heard of it…”

After saying that, he remembered my name and nodded.

It’s an honor that the main character remembers my name.

I felt strange because he seemed like a guy who had a lot to hide.

Then, Poongun slowly grabbed the sword at his waist and soon took up his stance.

“Okay. We will learn instructor Cheolwoong’s martial arts sword technique.”

“Invincible swordsmanship?”

“It is a sword method that instructor Cheolwoong improved on the Samjae sword method, one of the basic martial arts. ”

Samjaegeombeop.

Even I, who didn’t read much martial arts magazines, knew that word.

Horizontal cuts, vertical cuts, stabbing.

It was a basic swordsmanship using only three basic movements.

It seems that Cheolwoong improved the Samjae sword method and created a sword method called Inmu sword method.

The word Inmu was probably named after Inmuhakgwan.

“I think I understand why Instructor Cheolwoong asked me to teach you.”

Saying that, Fungun slowly pulled out his sword from his waist.

It was a different atmosphere from Cheolwoong.

If Cheolwoong drew his sword and everyone around him felt nervous due to the heavy pressure, Poongun, on the other hand, exuded an infinitely gentle atmosphere even though he was holding a ferocious sword.

So I was even more reluctant.

Just like the center of a typhoon is calm.

I felt like something was going to happen soon.

“This is the original Samjae Sword Technique.”

Horizontal, vertical, thrust.

It was an ordinary, but stable posture with no shaking at the tip of the sword.

However, it was somewhat boring to call it martial arts.

“And, this is the human martial arts method.”

It seemed like the same motion.

But the results were different.

What I thought was a vertical cut suddenly changed to a horizontal cut, and the stab that followed was so fast that it was almost invisible to the eye.

Lastly, the slow vertical slash left a deep sword mark on the ground, making it hard to believe the power came from that long, thin sword.

There were traces left as if the ground had been struck with a huge axe.

“It is a combination of the techniques of the circular sword, quick sword, and heavy sword with the Samjae sword method. Just remember it well for now, because you will be able to do it after you start dealing with internal skills.”

“…”

Strength.

I have it, but haven’t been able to handle it yet.

If I could handle it, would I be able to do something like this?

I nodded and engraved in my mind the movements of the martial arts technique shown by Poongwoon.

My first goal was to make my inner strength entirely my own.

First of all, even if it’s not as good as Poongwoon, you have to stay close to it to survive in this martial forest.

After a short training session, we slowly watched Jeongseon and Seolyeong practice from the side.

Watching the two of us training, I realized that our training went very smoothly.

“Now, pay attention!”

“Yes.”

Like Poongun, Jeongseon was also showing Seolyeong his martial arts sword technique.

The difference from Poongwoon was that it was more flexible and showed the martial arts sword technique with a more upright feel.

Jeong-seon, who finished the movement while sweating, said to Seol-young.

“Then try it.”

“…I can’t.”

“Ugh…”

At Seolyoung’s words, Jeongseon gritted his teeth and held back his anger.

Even after seeing Jeong-seon like that, Seol-young just stared into the distance with an expressionless expression.

Jeong Seon’s anger grew stronger at that attitude.

“Just swing with all your might! You can do it!”

“I can’t.”

“Why!”

At that question, Seolyoung closed her mouth for a moment and finally answered.

“There are circumstances.”

“Uggg…”

Jeongseon’s eyes were half rolled back. It was almost like he was about to run away.

“No! no?! I can’t!”

Jeongseon turned his back and headed somewhere angrily.

This was possible because instructor Cheolwoong was away.

My gaze and Poongwoon’s gaze met in the air.

Then, Poongwoon grinned.

“Is it time for me to step out now?”

With confident steps, Poongwoon headed towards Seolyeong.

***

Of course, the results did not change.

“I can’t.”

“…Understood, lady…”

Pungwoon also walked somewhere with a dejected expression.

And naturally, our eyes met Seolyoung’s.

According to the flow, it was my turn to step forward.

But I couldn’t go out.

“I am also a learner.”

What do you need to know to teach?

But Seolyoung’s gaze didn’t seem to mean that.

“…Did you learn that mental method?”

“Huh? Ah…”

You’re probably talking about the Taeyangsimbeop.

Since I had nothing to hide, I nodded.

“Yes.”

“…Once you learn that mental technique, no elixir will have much effect, right?”

Seolyoung spoke in rare excitement.

“I know.”

This was something I already knew.

Of course, after hearing it again, it was disappointing.

The cliché is that you get a huge elixir by chance and your strength increases dramatically at once.

It was a story that often appeared in martial arts.

It was a pity that that story was no longer possible for me.

“…Is it because of me?”

“Huh?”

Seolyoung was looking down at me sitting there with an expressionless expression.

The expression didn’t change, but you could tell by the trembling of the voice and the clenched fists.

Seolyoung was feeling guilty.

“…Because I was looking at that book closely…”

“No, I learned this martial art because it suits me well?”

So I decided to shamelessly go out.

To alleviate Seolyoung’s guilt.

“…Believe that…”

“Phew…”

I was able to make you believe it.

Naegongsimbeop was originally not something that could be learned overnight.

So, instructor Cheolwoong must have told you to choose a book from the study and bring it out.

However, I understood and acquired the skill on the spot.

Although it was still difficult to handle internal energy, I was able to use the breathing technique using the sun-centered technique.

It was the so-called lucky breakfast.

“Suuu…”

The fortune-telling method of Taeyangsimbeop was different from other Naegongsimbeop.

It felt as if my body had become a huge furnace.

When the breath you breathe in turns into heat and makes your whole body hot, the negative energy in every corner of your body cannot withstand the heat and escapes to your lungs.

And I spit that sound out with my mouth.

Through this process, only pure yang gradually remains inside my body.

“…How…”

Seolyoung came closer to me.

I couldn’t react because I was eating breakfast.

I saw this in a non-level game, but once you started, you had to take at least ten long breaths.

If this was not observed, there was a risk of being burned by coins.

“…It’s warm…”

Seolyoung’s hand touched my cheek.

The hand was so cold that it almost felt like it was tingling, but the moment it touched me, even the coldness seemed to gradually melt away.

It was a gentle touch.

As if he was missing the warmth, he placed his other hand on my cheek.

Yeah, everything was good.

But-

‘Can’t we just finish the lucky breakfast?’

Forgetting about myself struggling with the danger of being hit by a horse, Seolyoung was enjoying the warmth with her hand on my cheek.