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“I heard that you need an elixir of the Seven Elements. At Jeomchang, we do not manufacture elixirs that are extremely biased, but if you want to prepare elixirs with both attributes, you can do so. It will likely take about a month to prepare the spiritual altar, so why not enjoy the vitality of Sunamsan Mountain until then?”

“Thank you for your kindness.”

That was also the reason why I did not learn skills other than gambling. In gambling, you can quickly hone your gambling skills as long as you save money, but in other things, you really need to put in a lot of sweat, time, and money.

You might say that it takes a month to make one elixir… but one month to make one elixir is literally the speed of roasting beans in the heat of lightning.

I was probably lucky enough to have all the ingredients I needed, and it was highly likely that the pharmacists at the pharmacy had invested in it out of consideration for my convenience.

It was correct to think that mastering a skill meant devoting all of one’s life, other than martial arts, to mastering the skill.

I guess you could implicitly say that the period of time I was able to stay in the Jeomchang faction was a month. Well, if you want to stay longer, you can stay, but Hyeok Kirin is a talent that this group of singers also needs. Just coming out and watching the black cat’s training for a month is a big investment for the fortune-teller sect. It is probably unreasonable to say that you will take the elixir and stay there longer.

In this way, the period of stay for Jeomchangpa was decided and three days passed.

“Hugh. Ugh..!”

I was receiving training among teenagers and disciples of the fortune-telling school. Currently, he was walking around the Jeomchangpa training ground on all fours.

It wasn’t just walking on all fours, it was walking on all fours in a dragoon stance. In Jeomchang, it was a training movement called jara walking, and the youth friends in Jeomchang must have already gotten used to it and were running around the training ground at a speed that most people can run, and I was desperately chasing after them.

Hyeok Kirin told me that I lacked the ability and flexibility to perform.

I wondered what that meant, but after experiencing it myself, I understood.

In fact, my physical abilities are similar to those of these fortune-telling teenagers. It is possible to fully guess what level of ability the fortune-telling disciples of this age group possess. The disciples who train with me are between the ages of 15 and 20, and their level is all top-notch.

But now, the speed gap between me and the students of the Jeomchang school is significant.

This may be because this slow walk intensively uses muscles that I don’t normally use. In the end, the strength of the ability level had no choice but to be the overall average of the muscles of the entire body. Although he showed similar abilities to other students in ordinary disciplines such as running, push-ups, jumping, and squats, he was often pushed back without mercy in specific disciplines.

As we came in last place and received everyone’s attention, the next command was immediately issued.

The leader of these youth disciples. It was a guy named Changmin. It is said that if he becomes a Taoist master, he will be chosen as the next descendant.

“Now, direct report!”

“Direct report!”

What kind of movement is direct viewing? This is a posture in which the legs are split completely straight. In that state, lift your body again using only your leg strength and repeat tearing your leg to the other side.

“Ugh!”

It’s also the move I hate the most. Shiba, no matter how martial arts you are, does it make sense to tear off your legs and then lift your body with the strength of your legs?

But I think I’ve seen quite a few scenes like that in movies.

“Uh-huh, ronin-nim, don’t touch the ground.”

“Aaagh!”

When I tore my leg at most ten times, the other students walked around the training hall and looked at me and Changmin blankly.

“Now, let’s go to the swordsmanship building to practice swordsmanship.”

Changmin sighed as he saw the students moving around.

“Ronin. I know it’s hard, but you have to do each movement correctly for it to be effective.”

It was only when I lost feeling in my crotch that I finished one lap of the gym. In fact, this straight movement was a middle exercise in training until yesterday, but because of me, it was pushed to the last step.

“Ugh~ Let’s take a break for half an hour.”

“Of course.”

It is difficult physically, but the pain of twisting the crotch and pelvis is truly indescribable. This is something that cannot be solved through willpower, and the only solution is rest.

In the morning, I inspected my overall martial arts skills, and in the morning, I refined my sword skills and at the same time improved my skill level in Myori. After lunch, I do avoidance training for about an hour in the afternoon. Then, he goes up to the main mountain and undergoes physical training and physical torture with other disciples of the Jeomchang sect, then eats dinner, eats breakfast, rests, and ends the day before going to bed.

“Let’s go.”

“Yes.”

Changmin twitched the corner of his mouth and followed after me. You’re not smiling at me…

“Ah, senior. Did you successfully complete your training today?”

“Are you coming?”

“You had a hard time today because of your lack of seniors. Small cooperative.”

“No. Sister Yeo Il-ye’s benefactor is also the benefactor of our fortune telling.”

Changmin lowered his voice and showed his power.

Well, it wasn’t something I couldn’t understand. No, it was something that 200% could understand. Changmin is 18 years old this year. I was stuck in the mountains at a boiling age, practicing martial arts to the death, when a beautiful woman like a black cat appeared?

It’s natural that I can’t come to my senses.

If I had met a woman like a black cat when I was 18, I would have been confident that she would weigh twice as much as Changmin does now.

“Hehe, please take care of me. senior. Senior, please come in quickly.”

First, I slapped Changmin on the back of the head to make him come to his senses, as he was staring at the back of the black cat entering the dorm, and then suddenly threw himself on the long chair in the dorm.

“Oh my god, I’m dying… How is the training going?”

“Hyeok Kirin I don’t think Daehyeop is the ambassador type for nothing. It feels good quickly.”

“Then I’m glad.”

Unlike me, who didn’t notice any changes even after suffering for three days, the black cat was really improving day by day. Should I say that the form of Heukyeong Qigong is changing day by day?

Well, the talent of a black cat must be extraordinary. First of all, in martial arts circles, if the word “ㅇㅇ retard” is added, the national rule is that the talent is extraordinary. And I reached the peak through self-study…

Hey, if you compare, you only use your taste buds.

Anyway, this body is Hocheonan. A body that will someday become the greatest leader in this world of martial arts. Let’s have a big heart.

“Senior. It’s almost time.”

“Huh…let’s go. What is Hyeokkirin Daehyeop?”

“I went up a little early today because I had something to do.”

As I was preparing dinner, children came rushing towards me.

“Ronin! Ronin! Are you praying today too?!”

“I woke up early today and even folded the blanket!”

“Um.”

I pondered while surrounded by the sparkling eyes of children. I don’t even have Hyeok Kirin, so I wonder if it’s okay for me to perform magic on my own.

Well, showing magic to kids wasn’t really a problem. The problem is the snacks to give to children. Strictly speaking, the sweets stored in the carriage belong to Hyeokgi-rin.

Even if I were to hand it out to the children, Hyeok Kirin would say he did a good job…

“…I guess I won’t pray today…”

“Leeing…I trained hard in swordsmanship…”

I felt a huge sense of guilt as the children became sullen and just stared at the floor.

“Do it! After meal time. Gather in front of the guest hall!”

“Wow!”

“Guys who leave dinner for the sake of eating sweets will not be given sweets by Huye!”

“Hurry up and eat!”

“Get rid of it!”

I sighed when I saw the children starting to eat in a combative manner, and had no choice but to stop by the carriage and take out some sweets.

“Hmm…it’s not long now.”

Even if you give each child one a day, is it enough to cover two days worth of performances?

I’ll have to consult with Hyuk Kirin about this.

Anyway, I couldn’t just give the kids a piece of candy and end it, so I organized the contents of the magic performance in my head. In fact, there was no need to prepare for the goal card magic. But for children, it’s counterintuitive.

However, there was no answer. My magic is ultimately an application of gambling techniques. If it is not related to goal cards or dice, it can be said to be no different from a regular acrobatic troupe.

For the past two days, I made amends by making sweets out of my bare hands, but today, I have no choice but to do it with a stick. It’s fortunate that the confectionery is round in shape.

“Black cat! Please take out a desk and place it there!”

“Okay.”

After I finished thinking about the magic trick in my head, I went to the front of the guesthouse.

“ and Rongin are here!”

“Hehehe.”

Among the children, there was one person, Wen Jin-in, with Hyeok Gi-rin.

“Uh…what about you?”

“Hehehe. My name is Sagonghyeon and I am a Taoist monk. Although it is not enough, I am managing the Hwaldodang where these children are staying.”

“Ah…”

Emergency signals started going off in my head. The contents of the magic performances of the past two days ran through my mind. They say there is a magical power that connects you to your descendants, or that your descendants give you sweet treats…

If you want to grab the book, you can grab it as much as you like.

“Um, Master…Haha. You know, right? The mention of Descendants…”

Sangonghyeon lifted his eyebrows as if he had heard that this was something he had never expected.

“Master, Master! It is said that Rongin has magical powers that connect him to his descendants!”

“Damak! The confectionery that Huye gave me! It appears in my hand!”

Guys, pay attention. If you make a mistake, your magic performance will be ruined from today.

The children reveal all of my impersonations to Sagonghyeon, completely contrary to my true feelings. Hyuk Kirin was smiling bitterly behind me, and my back was getting wet with cold sweat.

“Muryangsubul…I see that you have a misunderstanding, so I will correct it first.”

“I will listen! Master!”

“Hehe, fortune-telling is based on Taoism, but there is no doctrine that forces Taoists and disciples. The ideology of Confucianism is basically multiple gods, and the case of worshiping people who are not specifically gods is also included in Taoism.”

As I was blinking, Hyeok Kirin organized it.

“In other words, even if a ronin claims to have magical powers, the fortune-telling sect will not stop him. It would be different if a person who was a ronin was trying to harm the world by claiming to have magical powers.”

“Muryangsubul…”

“I understand. Thank you for the explanation.”

“Hehehe… I didn’t come here to blame Do-nim. Why are children suddenly acting so strangely? Go to bed early and wake up early. I came here because I wanted to know the cause of the sudden change in children who devoted themselves to training and did not listen no matter how much I advised and persuaded them.”

Umm. There doesn’t seem to be any problem. Actually, I may have been overly worried. If I had done something truly problematic, Hyuk Kirin would have at least tipped me off.

“Umm…I just stimulated the children’s curiosity. The secret that the master can expect is…”

“Hehe. You do not have to feel burdened. I too am just a guest who came to see Do-nim’s magical powers.”

When the word supernatural power came out of the mouth of a true Taoist monk, my face naturally turned red.

Is this…shame? Suddenly I wanted to go into the mouse hole.

So…Today, in front of a truly venerable Zen master, I said to the children, ‘Hehehe, look at the power of this body to communicate with descendants! This is Hocheonan’s magical power. Ta-da! Do you mean I have to say ‘Kukuru bengppong!’?

Oh my god.