episode_0064

Got stronger.

It wasn’t just empty words, I felt like I had become quite strong after taking some elixir.

This isn’t some kind of a feat, and internal energy alone doesn’t determine everything, but at least you won’t suffer any losses if you have a lot of internal energy.

Anyway, I felt good because I felt like I had gotten stronger.

They say that most people throw away half of the elixir’s energy without absorbing it, but I absorbed more than half, close to sixty percent.

And by taking the elixir, the absolute value of my internal energy increased, but that wasn’t the end of it. I tried it in a mixed way and it worked, so I went all the way to the Gate of Life and Death and connected the two veins of Imdok.

This was pretty crucial.

“Hmm.”

I sat in the basement practice room and worked hard.

Even though the secret techniques I have learned are limited to the Heavenly Demonic Power and the Great Power of the Midnight Sun, and they are based on the true energy of a different species that is almost at odds with each other, it is like this.

From the outstretched hand, a color that seemed to be a mixture of the dull gray color unique to the Heavenly Demonic Power and the golden color unique to the Banya Great Power was emanating.

The moment the barrier that had been blocking the Im-maek and Dok-maek from meeting was broken through the gate of life and death, the speed of the air force felt was more than double that of before.

This alone could be considered a fairly encouraging achievement.

According to what I have heard here and there, the highest level is a state that can be reached by completely entering the world of thought.

And one of the prerequisites for that realm was to be able to freely control one’s air power as if breathing through the Imdokyang vein.

“They say it will be difficult to find a rival among people of similar age.”

My sister, smiling brightly, stroked my head.

Even if I include my past life, my mental age isn’t that young, but it feels strange to be treated like a child.

“I didn’t know it was uncomfortable because it was like that from the beginning, but now that I’ve connected the two veins, I can really feel it. It’s like the speed of receiving and generating air power has doubled.”

“How many people in our Jinah’s generation have passed through the gates of life and death? Only an elder of the Daemun sect would have accumulated that much self-study.”

“There won’t be any problems with the Yongbong branch, right?”

“Obviously.”

My sister nodded.

Yongbong branch.

It took quite some time to travel around Hubei Province to defeat the green forest and go all the way to Mt. Taishan.

The Yongbong branch meeting is now only a few months away.

Since I had already promised to stop by Elder Yeo Il-gyu and the Yongbong branch before, I had to start thinking about going to Jongnampa.

Since we don’t even know where the Yongbong branch meeting will be held yet, we need to gather information in a sort of preliminary survey.

“If you think about it, the Sogaju of Sacheondangmun is also like that, and the age difference isn’t that big, but since he already participated once, he said he wouldn’t participate this time.”

I thought while leaning my head against my sister sitting next to me.

It’s the same with Dangryungdo and Lee Seoran too.

Even though there is an age difference of only six or seven years, they both have already participated in the competition before, so they said they would not participate in this competition.

That means the average age of the followers who participate in the Yongbong branch is around the age of the terms and conditions.

Of course, there are mutations that are not yet mature like my sister, but are at their peak and even on the verge of becoming the ultimate demon.

There can’t be two such mutations in the world.

If there had been someone like that on the Jeongpa side, the Jongnam faction wouldn’t have talked about me being the best in the latter half.

“I don’t know for sure, but if there was a stronger review index than our Jin-ah among the scum of the party, wouldn’t the rumor have spread a long time ago?”

“That’s true. I even got a strange nickname, Black Giraffe, because I beat up some bandits.”

He shrugged.

Black giraffe.

Black giraffe, meaning giraffe wearing black uniform.

Whoever came up with it, it was a really insincere nickname.

What else? I’m going to defeat the Green Forest King? That has to make sense.

The ultimate level isn’t something that can be achieved through some trickery, and I guarantee that if I were to fight the King of Green Forest at my current level, I would be three-point-point-point.

It feels like I won easily because my opponent is my sister, but is it even possible to defeat the Green Forest King at my current level?

They say that rumors often get distorted into false rumors as they become more fleshed out, but in my case, the problem is that it’s so absurd that I don’t even know where to start correcting it.

“But I like this girl.”

Sararak, with the sound of hair rustling, leaned his head against mine and giggled.

“Is that your nickname Black Giraffe? Really?”

“At least, isn’t it better than the ugly nickname of the swordsman that the vice-principal couldn’t give up? In that sense, it doesn’t seem so bad.”

“If you really want to be specific, the nickname ‘검귀’ isn’t bad because it’s simple, but I didn’t know it was used in a negative way.”

To put it simply, I said that it was similar to a derogatory term for a person who is good at using a knife, but is crazy and goes around causing resentment as they please.

I like it because it feels good and is simple, but if it means that, it’s a bit off.

Oh, right.

Now that I think about it, I have something to ask.

Of course, it is important for Yongbongjihoe and I to become stronger, but there is one thing left to mention.

“So where to next?”

“Huh? What do you mean?”

“A lot of wild vegetables were blown away, and although there weren’t that many top-tier players in the Green Forest to begin with, more than ten of them died, and most importantly, the Green Forest King also died.”

When I list them one by one, I can see that the damage that Nokrim suffered this time was enormous.

If it had been an ordinary martial arts sect, it would have been destroyed long ago, but since it was a green sect that spread like a guerrilla organization, it was able to avoid the situation of its seeds completely drying up.

However, since the leader of the Green Forest Seventy-Two Clans, the Green Forest King, had been killed and the headquarters, Mangtangchae, had been destroyed down to its very foundation, it was clear that the bandits would not be able to gather under the name of the Green Forest Alliance for at least another twenty years.

And the purpose of that act is one.

“The green forest was a blood sect’s sapling, right? There’s still a lot left, right? Blood sect’s sapling.”

This is because the Green Forest has colluded with the Blood Cult.

I don’t know what the Blood Cult was like in the future that the regressor saw. But since it was a threat, wouldn’t it have been the first to take action and cut off one of those weeds?

As it was a reasonable enough inference, I stared at my sister and waited for her next answer.

“… … That’s right.”

My sister nodded coolly.

Of course, I am still a bit lacking in doing the work of one person.

It’s not like the best masters are treated like rolling stones, but when the blood sect gets involved, the story is a little different.

He even said something cool like, “Don’t try to carry it all by yourself, and sometimes rely on me too,” so I need to become stronger than I am now.

He lowered his gaze to the ground for a moment, then looked up at his sister again and asked.

“So where to next?”

“I think it might end up being a Jang Gang Su Ro Chae.”

“If this continues, all the Safas in the Central Plains might be wiped out. After bandits, there are the numbers.”

Jang River Waterway.

The next target is the Jang River Surochae.

He said with a pretended cheerful expression.

“Okay, then I’ll get ready too.”

One more reason to become stronger.

Because I want to be of help to the person I like.

Even if it is a truly unavoidable situation, at least don’t hold yourself back.

With that thought, I smiled brightly.

* * *

“Where are the martial arts skills left behind by the bull?”

“There isn’t any.”

The woman in question, with a languid expression, shook her head slightly at the question that bordered on interrogation.

“No?”

“I had a hard time finding the Jangbodo, but I wonder if there was a copy? Judging from the traces left behind, I really missed it by a hair.”

“You’re saying that you failed the mission and now you’re saying that? You brought it to the enemy and there was another Jang Bo-do? Do you think that makes sense?”

“But what can I do if that’s the truth? Didn’t they just take it all away? There was a human face pillar in the location Jang Bo-do was pointing to, and they carefully took the inner part of the human face pillar.”

“Blood Princess, take it seriously. Do you think such a playful excuse will work at a time when you are preparing for the grand plan?”

“That’s unfair. I’m just telling the truth. The martial arts left by the bull were destroyed by someone who struck first. Is it really all my fault? If you say so, I’ll be angry.”

The princess, who pretended to cry by making a sound with her mouth, pouted her lips.

The woman who had been talking to the Blood Princess, half-buried in the shadows and unrecognizable, clicked her tongue.

“That’s a good move. With great difficulty, I analyzed the method that the bull used to drag Lee Hyung-hwan into the realm of the criminals. However, I missed the martial arts that I was trying to retrieve, and the king of the green forest, who I had recruited with the promise of a great law, was killed by an unidentified evil spirit. ”

“Even if the former is somewhat my fault for moving leisurely, the latter is not something you can hold me responsible for, right? If you say this is my fault, I’ll be really angry.”

Shh, the princess said firmly, bringing her index finger to her lips.

Aside from the relaxed and easygoing tone, there was a cool chill in his eyes that were as red as his hair.

As the blood princess’s fingers twitched, a wave of energy formed at the same time.

If you say it’s my fault, I’ll come out right away, because I’ve been holding onto my life in an unidentifiable state of being a skilled craftsman.

A woman in the shadows drew her sword forward, making an eerie sound like scraping iron.

“The latter is not something that you can hold responsible for. However, the former is a plan that the school invested a lot of time and resources into, and it was your fault that it went awry. How will you take responsibility for it?”

“Hmm, actually, even I feel a little guilty. So, if you turn a blind eye this once, I’ll volunteer to do something annoying.”

“Resources?”

“Yes, I will volunteer to do this annoying task to show my sense of responsibility.”

The princess with a smile on her languid face nodded vigorously.

Then, the princess smiled as she raised her slender fingers.

“This is the Yongbong branch meeting.”

“Hmm.”

The woman in the shadows fell silent.

“Everyone is arguing about whether it’s a hassle, dangerous, or useful. Then I’ll volunteer. Even in the worst case scenario, I can still lose weight.”

“With your skills, you could probably escape even if you were to cause trouble in the middle of Shaolin. I don’t doubt your skills. However, if you’re going to put all your effort into causing that much trouble, I don’t think it’s worth it.”

“But doing something is better than doing nothing, right?”

“That must be so, but.”

“Then it’s decided. It’s annoying and troublesome, but I’ll decide to volunteer.”

The princess shook her head, as if she would not accept any objections.

Then the woman in the shadows asked incredulously.

“Is it really right to volunteer as a sign of reflection? If that’s the case, I think it would be better to just do what you wanted to do.”

“No way. Where would someone like to do something that is so cumbersome and bothersome?”

“In front of me.”

“I got caught.”

The princess smiled, sticking out her tongue slightly.

The woman in the shadows grimaced in disgust at the sight, but the princess shrugged.

“No matter how much you do, if you frown as if you saw something that shouldn’t be seen, even I, who am a kind-hearted person, will be a little hurt.”

“I see.”

With a laugh, the shadow disappeared after saying those words.

It was a harmony that was hard to believe even when seen with one’s own eyes, but when the shadow disappeared and the princess was left alone, she smiled faintly.

“After wasting time, I feel empty and not in a good mood. In times like this, I think I need to change my mood, right?”

The blood princess’s red eyes sparkled with life.