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gymnasium.

Yeonjin stared blankly at her face reflected on the surface of the unsharpened iron sword. Judging from her memories of her past life, which were now fading away, her face had changed considerably.

They say that a river or mountain changes in ten years, but it’s already been half a year since the river or mountain changed once. Compared to the face that remained in my hazy memory, I could see the dense facial features and slightly sharp eyes.

If this world weren’t a strange place where the roles of men and women were reversed, this is the kind of face that would have been called a parasite brother.

If you apply it to your current life, is it the perfect face to sell a smile at a pub? Yeonjin thought for a moment and frowned. His common sense still felt a sense of dissonance whenever he imagined such a scene.

Yeonjin, who had been frowning, took a deep breath, put away the sword that seemed like it wouldn’t be used today, and assumed a horse-trotting stance. The foundation of martial arts is said to be the lower body, which is the axis, so she has been training steadily for over an hour a day since before she became mature.

‘If he says he’s learning it, it’ll obviously be magic, but I don’t know what kind of martial arts it will be.’

Yeonjin thought carefully while taking the Mabo posture.

Yu Ye-hyang, who had come to the training ground with Yeon-jin, left for a moment to go to the Cheonmu Library to get some secret martial arts that Yeon-jin would be good at learning.

Judging from the novels Yeonjin had read in her previous life, most of the martial arts of the Demonic Cult were based on the principle of going against the heavens.

‘I’ve already said that there are cases where reverse blood circulation is the basic technique.’

Reverse blood circulation refers to a type of qigong that circulates energy in the reverse order rather than in the set blood vessels.

It was possible to infer the nature of the Demonic Cult from the fact that it was possible to become strong quickly in a short period of time, but the side effect of suffering from the possession of coins increased. In fact, most of the Demonic Cult martial arts were similar.

If a person who has enemies in the Demonic Cult reaches the realm of Hwagyeong, then he is an ultimate demon.

Since I had been a member of the Demonic Cult and lived as a follower of the Demonic Cult before I could even think of anything, I had no particular aversion to that fact. The nature of the martial arts world is also quite ruthless.

While imagining himself reaching the ultimate state and drawing a rosy future, Yu Ye-hyang, who had gone to Cheonmu Bookstore to get the secrets of martial arts, returned.

“Ah, you’re here.”

“I was wondering what would suit you best, so I’m a little late.”

Yeonjin, who had been maintaining her stable posture without wavering while her head was filled with all sorts of thoughts, took a different stance.

What Yu Ye-hyang was holding in her hand, who had brought the emergency supplies, was an old book that seemed to be quite old.

“Is this the original and not a copy?”

A book of emergency supplies covered in white dust that had not yet been cleaned off for so long. Yu Ye-hyang shook her head at Yeon-jin’s question.

“It’s a copy. I just found it because I thought it would be good for you to get used to it. It’s in a place where you can’t read it, but since the original woman brought it, it doesn’t matter. Don’t worry about it.”

Yeonjin accepted the secret gift that Yu Yehyang had casually handed her. Her gaze naturally turned to the title written on the outside of the gift.

Yeonjin must have brought a copy of the book of martial arts from Cheonmuseo High School, so she read the title nonchalantly.

“Reverse tax… … 경… … ?”

The Sutra of Changing Muscles and Washing Itself.

Yeonjin stopped as soon as she realized the identity of the weapon in her hand, and then quickly became angry.

“Why on earth is this here? No, can I learn this?”

Yeonjin’s expression changed subtly as she blurted out her words in embarrassment. She knew very well what a reverse chronological order was.

The book of the Transformation of the Three Sages, written by the founder of Shaolin, Bodhidharma, is called the Transformation of the Three Sages. It is a discipline that trains the body and is also a qigong. Isn’t it truly the unrivaled new art and discipline that lies at the foundation of Shaolin martial arts?

But Yu Ye-hyang still looked indifferent.

“What could be wrong with learning it? On the contrary, even in our school, the Yeokgeunse Su-gyeong is so difficult that few people use it as the basis of their martial arts. Only the elder-level distribution masters read it for reference purposes.”

“Why is the martial arts manual that should be in the Janggyeonggak of Shaolin Temple here?”

“I heard that the first and last time we passed the three gates of Shaolin Temple, Heavenly King, and Liberation, we brought it. Don’t make a fuss. It’s probably a copy anyway.”

“Ah… … .”

As the Demonic Cult’s characteristic is to rush to the Central Plains to subdue the martial arts world as soon as they have accumulated even a little bit of strength, it seems that they have invaded the Shaolin Temple in Sungsan, Hanam, which can be said to be the heart of the martial arts world in the Central Plains, at least once.

It is not an unreasonable story to say that in the process, they looted a copy of the Yeokgeunseosugyeong. Since it was not the original written by Bodhidharma himself during the Six Dynasties, there is no reason to make a fuss like Yu Ye-hyang said.

When Yeonjin looked down at Bi-geup again with an awkward expression, Yu Ye-hyang covered her mouth with her sleeve and smiled faintly.

“I also studied the Yeokgeunse Soo-gyeong for reference purposes. To be exact, I only extracted the essential parts, but it should be enough to teach you.”

“That’s unexpected. I thought I could learn magic. I thought I’d start with something like reverse blood qigong.”

“Most of the students in our school are like that, but there’s no rule that says you have to follow the path that others take. Rather, since you’ve only learned the basics, it might be better to fill it with unspoken Jeongjongmugi.”

As if it could be so in the end, Yu Ye-hyang, who had been mumbling her words, grabbed Yeon-jin’s wrist. As soon as Yeon-jin’s arm was grabbed, she flinched as if it was sudden, but Yu Ye-hyang, who didn’t care, poured her energy into the blood vessel.

Basically, it is a strong muscle and bone structure. Even for a man, it is suitable for learning martial arts. Even if we leave aside the fact that the enlightenment (悟性) of learning martial arts is an area that cannot be known by looking at the outside, the physical condition is not bad.

Moreover, thanks to his constant and courageous efforts since a young age, he had internal strength that was not befitting his age. If we compare it to a building, it could be seen as a site where even the frame has not been built, but the groundwork for laying the foundation has been done very faithfully.

Although it was regrettable to let go of his arm, Yu Ye-hyang held back her regret and continued talking calmly.

“I can’t call you “you” or “by name” forever. I told you to treat me like a sister, so I will do the same.”

Yu Ye-hyang, her cheeks slightly red, took the secret of the Yeokgeunse Soo-gyeong from Yeon-jin’s hand and spoke in a soft voice.

“Jin-ah, I will now recite the mantra, so move your Jin-ki according to the mantra I recite.”

* * *

One day, I spent an entire day just learning the reverse chronology.

After enjoying the luxury of washing my body in hot water, something I had not enjoyed for a long time in this life, I lay in bed in light clothes and thought.

“That’s fun.”

It was my true feelings that I blurted out.

Today, I spent the whole day studying the Yeokgeun Se Soo Gyeong with my junior leader, Ye Hyang.

It was a completely new and unfamiliar stimulus, completely different from the low-level martial arts I had learned so far, which were only designed to lay the foundation.

As it is sometimes described as a martial art from a legend, the Yeokgeunse Su-gyeong is indeed difficult and cannot be learned easily. Even if it is explained by breaking down the knots as if learning by looking at an illustrated book, it is obviously impossible to master it in one day.

Well, that’s only natural, since I wasn’t born with the natural talent to be a great leader.

I just lay in bed and slowly lost myself in thought.

If you’re lucky, you’ve got a lot of luck. It’s about the same level of luck as if you were walking down the street and stumbled over a rock, only to discover that it wasn’t really a rock, but a lump of gold.

“You were kinder and more friendly than I expected.”

Above all, Yehyang was very kind to him, despite the fact that she was the leader of the Cheonmasingyo sect, which made her incomparable. He could tell that she was basically gentle with him, even in her speech.

“That’s unexpected.”

I have never heard rumors about someone as high up as the leader of my sect, but from what I have heard from time to time, I have heard that he is a great genius, but also has a cold and ruthless personality.

When you see that the evil instructor was subdued by Yehyang’s words, you wonder if the rumors are true, but when you see the way he treats you, you can’t help but think that rumors aren’t to be trusted.

Oh, so now that I think about it, am I getting some kind of special treatment?

Thinking about it that way, I felt good for no reason. Above all, Yehyang was a beautiful woman who had a sharp and mysterious aura. As someone who still had memories of her past life, there was no reason for me to feel bad about such a beautiful woman being kind to me.

I would say that she is very elegant and refined, close to the classic beauty image. Well, in this world, it is probably a good story.

There must be a reason why the regressor was kind to me, but I didn’t regress. As someone who doesn’t know the future, it was still a good story.

There’s no need to overthink it, if you work hard again tomorrow, the results will follow someday.

“You should go to sleep.”

I thought about what happened that day for a moment, then closed my eyes and went to sleep.

Starting tomorrow, I have to diligently study martial arts with Yehyang again, and there is still a lot of martial arts left to learn.