episode_0052

“…Sorry.”

“…Phew, no, it’s okay.”

Seolyoung lowered her head.

He waved his hand at me and accepted my apology.

Fortunately, the coin demon did not come.

Rather, thanks to Seolyoung putting her hand on my face, my extreme yang inner energy and Seolyoung’s yin energy fight against each other.

It has become a kind of training.

Thanks to this, my endurance seemed to have increased considerably.

Yes, I can now feel my inner strength.

Maybe it was so small that I couldn’t feel it before, but now I felt something warm slowly warming my body.

“…Now, can you believe it?”

Seolyoung nodded, squeezing and unclenching her hand, which was still warm.

“…You’re really talented.”

“Right?”

“Yes, to the point where I don’t understand why I came to the Humanities and Military Studies Center.”

I smiled bitterly.

This Muhakkwan really had a bad reputation.

Even the instructors attending this academy were at the level of disgrace.

Indeed, overturning such evaluations was one of the fun aspects of watching martial arts magazines.

Of course, that was Poongwoon’s job, not mine.

Cheer up, Poongwoon.

I was busy just attacking Seolyeong.

When I came to my senses, Seolyoung was making eye contact with me.

When I looked at the lake-blue eyes, I felt like I was being sucked into them.

“…Do a deal with me.”

“What?”

The details of the transaction were simple.

As it is, practice the Taeyangsimbeop method to cure your illness.

In return, the deal was that he would do whatever he wanted.

“The entire North Sea Ice Palace will help you.”

Seolyoung, befitting her exotic appearance, was from a place a little outside the central plains called the North Sea Ice Palace.

Even as the minor palace lord of the North Sea Ice Palace, he was practically the next palace lord of the North Sea Ice Palace.

In other words, it was about 2nd place in the ranking.

Somehow, when I think about it now.

There was an elegance that felt a little dignified in each movement.

“North Sea Ice Palace…”

I was wondering where I had heard of it, and I also remembered reading about the name North Sea Ice Palace in a martial arts magazine before.

Although it was a bit outside the central plain and its influence on the central plain was a little weak, its scale itself was not far behind that of other large sects or families in the central plain.

It was said that the North Sea Ice Palace did not spare any support, including elixirs, weapons, and even the secret weapons it had.

Considering the size of the North Sea Ice Palace, it was clear that it would be of great help to me.

However, on the one hand, I had doubts.

“…Can I say something like that here without discussing it?”

It was the help of the entire North Sea Ice Palace.

No matter how high Seolyeong’s position was, he was still just a young Jisoo later.

I couldn’t make a promise like this carelessly.

“…Yes. Because they will do even more work…”

The expression obviously didn’t change, but Seolyoung’s mood seemed to have darkened a little.

It seemed like there was something going on, but I didn’t dig into it.

“So? How do you treat your illness?”

Coming this far, the conditions seemed very favorable to me.

But in trading, if you gain something, you also lose something.

“…I think I should first tell you about the disease I have.”

“What disease is it?”

“It’s a disease called oral syllable veins.”

“Oral syllable vein.”

In fact, the disease called nine syllable veins was one of the common diseases in martial arts circles.

Although different people have had the disease under different circumstances, there are two characteristics that are always described the same.

It is very difficult to treat, and people with stomatitis have a short life.

These two facts were the same in any martial arts magazine.

“I’m dying.”

Seolyoung spoke calmly about his death.

I expected it to some extent.

From the contents of the castle wall, which seems to be looking for Seol-yeong’s savior, to the situation where she, who was assigned the high number 5, has to learn martial arts all over again.

When you remember that he was suffering from a disease called oral syllable veins, Ah-gwi fit the bill.

“There is only one way to cure the disease.”

Seolyoung said that and explained the treatment method.

The treatment for nine-syllable veins, in which the blood vessels are blocked by negative energy, slowing down the circulation of internal energy and energy, and soon leading to death, is the treatment.

The only way was to burn away the negative energy blocking the blood vessels with the inner energy of extreme yang.

The problem was that there were very few people with that extreme amount of internal energy, and the treatment itself also had many risks.

“Danger?”

“If I’m not careful, I might die during treatment.”

It is about burning the negative energy stuck in the blood vessels.

It was natural that it was accompanied by risk.

This time he looked at me as if the story wasn’t over yet.

“And maybe you will lose your skills too.”

The sound produced by the oral syllable vein was different from the general sound.

If you try to burn it, you might get swallowed up by the negative energy and your Danjeon might freeze.

indeed.

Was it that kind of deal?

If there was something to gain, there was also something to lose.

There was nothing to worry about.

“I will.”

“…”

Of course, losing one’s inner strength was a big risk for a martial artist, but for me, it wasn’t that big of a risk.

There it is.

To save Seol-yeong and at the same time become Seol-yeong’s savior.

This was the only way to open Seolyoung’s heart.

When Seolyoung heard my answer, her eyes widened a little.

But that only lasted a moment.

Seolyoung, who returned to her usual expressionless expression, looked at me intently and then turned her back.

“…Thank you.”

Then he said thank you in a hushed voice and slowly walked towards his dorm.

I guess it means the deal is done.

I also went back to my dorm.

In the dorm, Jeongseon was still lying with a dissatisfied expression on her face.

When he saw me walking in, he spoke to me first, which was rare.

“Hey, how about…Seolyoung?”

“Seolyeong?”

“Is it the same as usual?”

“Yes. It seems like that?”

“Whew…I’m glad. Because I didn’t want to become an enemy of the North Sea Ice Palace.”

Jeongseon finally sighed in relief and wiped his face.

Now I see that I was the only one who didn’t know that Seolyoung was the lord of the North Sea Ice Palace.

In fact, it was a world where test takers who looked like neighborhood guys were able to guess martial arts skills just by looking at herbivorous food.

“I’m sorry, Instructor Cheolwoong, but it’s impossible to teach Seolyeong.”

Saying that, Jeongseon raised his voice and poured out his complaints.

“He doesn’t show any facial expressions and doesn’t answer well, and that’s because everyone around him is asking questions.”

At the same time, he hit his bedding with his hand.

“No basic manners!”

“…”

Do you think you don’t remember?

How did you treat me yesterday?

He doesn’t answer well and has no basic manners…

I looked at Jeongseon intently.

Then, he nodded his head roughly and agreed to what Jeongseon said.

“Well, that’s right.”

“Ha, they say I have to teach them like this for the next 5 days…”

After saying those words, Jeong-seon just sighed, blaming Cheol-woong, and then repeatedly refuted his own words and defended Cheol-woong.

What can I say?

Jeongseon and Jeongseon were fighting.

Ignoring those choices, I sat down on the bedding and got into position.

Before going to bed, I once again had a fortune-telling breakfast and focused on the energy and internal energy within my body.

Although it was small, I felt energy moving around my body quickly.

As soon as it ate the luck energy, it ran wild as if it had been waiting, and increased its size by consuming the negative energy hidden in various parts of the body.

I lightly focused my mind on whether I could move this inner energy as I wanted, and although it was only a part, energy began to gather around my arm as I intended.

I felt my arms becoming slightly warm.

As I moved my inner energy like that, at some point, I was able to move my inner energy even without fortune telling.

“Phew…”

When I came to my senses, quite a bit of time had passed.

The outside, which had been dark like a slightly cloudy day, was now completely dark.

“Instructor Cheolwoong…”

Jeongseon had already fallen asleep and was talking in his sleep.

If Jeongseon had been the lord of the North Sea Ice Palace, Cheolwoong might have been forcibly kidnapped.

I carefully got up and got into position, recalling the movements Poongwoon had shown me.

Among the series of movements shown by Poongun, I decided to imitate the movement in which he quickly thrust his sword out and stabbed me.

I moved my energy slowly and gathered energy in my arms.

Strength, speed, weapon skills. And inner strength.

I focused solely on speed, using everything I had available.

“Phew…”

I exhaled slowly and concentrated all my strength on my arms.

At that moment, energy rushed in sequentially from my danjeon through my waist, chest, shoulders, and arms, like boiling water, and at the right time, I stretched out my hand.

Hissing

phut.

In the air, a sword cuts through the air, and the clothes on the outstretched arm meet the wind and flutter, like shaking out laundry. He made a cheerful sound.

And then silence came.

“…is it okay?”

I couldn’t tell from the point of view of someone who stabbed me.

It had to be fast, but I couldn’t really feel the difference between using internal energy and not using it.

Wow.

At that time, a small piece of debris fell on the wall in the direction where the sword was thrown.

“Was there originally a trace like this?”

It was a shallow trace, but somehow it caught my eye.

Whatever the result, I had no regrets.

Because I still had time left.

[3 months remaining.]

***

“Is your name really Seonghan?”

“Phew…I guess it’s true, so what do you think?”

“Yes…it was very good.”

Five days have passed since that day.

I poured out my strength and performed the martial arts sword technique in the vacant lot in front of the accommodation.

It was different from what Windwoon had shown, but I swung the sword as my senses and weapon skills guided me.

As a result, I was able to get a passing grade from Poongwoon.

[Clear the hidden quest.]

[Get recognition of Inmu Sword Technique from Poongwoon or Cheolwoong.]

[Acquire Martial Arts Sword Technique LV.2.]

That’s how I was able to acquire Inmu Sword Technique.