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    Take a breath.

    “Phew…”

    There seemed to be a mountain of work to do as a military officer. It is necessary to understand the body’s abilities, which have skyrocketed as the level rises, and once the body’s capabilities have been identified due to the level increase, martial arts must be adjusted to suit the body.

    Also, we need to figure out what level of practice handling sutra is appropriate. In the end, shooting by hand is meaningless unless you use the recommended angle. Will you lay the foundation of martial arts for the sake of the spirit, or will you only learn how to properly handle the spirit and pursue sword skills?

    “Senior, would you like to show off your pride with the thought of occupying territory?”

    There was a mountain of work to organize and think about, but priorities were clear.

    First of all, I have to make the sutra my own to some extent.

    This was something that all the transcendental masters around me had unanimously agreed to, so this morning I went to special training with the black cat.

    “Hmm….”

    In order to carry out the Black Cat’s instructions, the double helix’s internal energy was released into the air, but for some reason, there was no spirit pulse.

    “Senior, if you open up your inner energy to many places like that, it’s not a miracle, it’s just an emission. You have to release it according to the flow of your inner energy. It feels like the door opens only at the moment when the inner energy passes by?”

    “Is that so.”

    “First of all, it is not easy to emit sutra from the desired acupoint. In general, the blood that freely communicates with the outside world is concentrated in the limbs. First, let’s practice so that we can release sutra through energy and acupuncture points.”

    “Queunnng…”

    As I grunted like that for a while, time passed quickly and it was already morning. Tang Do-gyeong chuckled as I held my head, which had been pounding since I worked so hard in the morning.

    “Haha, it’s nice to see you putting effort into your training.”

    “…Is that so?”

    “Hey brother, no, brother Ho, can you tell me to what extent you have mastered the sutra? There is a special training method passed down from the Tang family on how to infuse energy into a weapon, which can be said to be the second gateway to the peak.”

    “Oh, is there such a thing?”

    “That’s right. As you can see from memorizing the Tang song, the shapes are very different. Since you have to understand all the memorization of the many shapes and infuse energy into them, the Tang family has a special training method for infusing energy into weapons. Most Dangga people go through this process to infuse energy into their memorization.”

    There is such a special training method. I’m really looking forward to this.

    As I was chatting lightly with Tang Do-gyeong after finishing the early morning dance, a small shadow came running out of the house.

    It was a dream.

    “Oh, it’s Ryo…”

    “Sisters! Here’s a towel! Thank you for your hard work in the morning!”

    …Ryo-ah throws a towel at Tang Do-gyeong and me and runs to Heuk-myo and Yeo Il-ye.

    Little Ryeo, who showed me a little magic and followed me with pure joy every time she succeeded, grew up a lot in a year and reached puberty.

    A time when you are most interested in appearance and fame.

    Rather than dexterity, she seems to be more interested in the black cats, who are out of this world’s beauty, and the Hongjuk Gunhyup Yeo Il-ye sisters, a charlatan who can be said to be a successful career woman.

    “Thank you.”

    “Thank you. Ryeo Sojeo.”

    The two also seem to treat Ryeo-ah, the little lady who follows them, cutely.

    As Tang Do-gyeong looked at the three people’s cheerful appearance with gloomy eyes, he smiled bitterly.

    “Don’t be too upset. After Brother Ho left, Ryeo worked so hard on her homework that her mother and father were worried.”

    “…I see.”

    What can I say? When I met my nephew, who I had fun with last year, for the first time in a year, I felt sad, as if he was showing off his face.

    “Phew. Brother, could you take a moment to look at your gambling skills before breakfast?”

    “Good.”

    It’s been quite a while since I haven’t picked up a goal board or dice. Before I met Yeo Il-ye, I lived at the gambling table every day, and since then, I have continued to show off my gambling skills on rare occasions…

    Ever since I won against Daogwi at the Luoyang gambling hall, I have never had to deal with the cards or dice.

    In other words, I haven’t shown off my gambling skills for over half a year.

    Sasasak.

    As I was lightly rotating the glass, Black Cat and Yeo Il-e approached me.

    “Senior, I heard you don’t practice gambling.”

    “So, I’m doing this in a hurry now.”

    “Mmm. Aren’t your skills maintained even if you don’t practice?”

    “Hehe, where in the world could there be a person like that?”

    A lot of question marks appeared on the faces of Heukmyo and Yeo Il-ye. It is true that I have reached the pinnacle of gambling, but I am still human, so it was natural for my skills to rust if I did not practice.

    “What should I say? To be honest, I feel like I can beat anyone who can beat me even if I don’t really maintain my skills.”

    “…Hmm. Is it the confidence of the absolute?”

    “Definitely…even if my senior’s skills are a little rusty, I don’t think I’ll lose to anyone.”

    After unfolding the Yabawi, I can clearly see.

    Although his level as a martial artist has risen, the sharpness of his fingertips for gambling skills has died.

    If the person I am now and the person I was before fall were to gamble, the person I am now would probably lose.

    But even if I were to fight against a demon, I would win.

    This body, stagnant water, Hocheonan.

    Basically, my actions are based on efficiency. Have you ever met a professional gambler or two? Among them, there was only one demon who could create a sense of crisis in me.

    In such a situation, would it be efficient to invest time to maintain my gambling skills? The difference in capabilities is so significant that you can easily win even against professional gamblers anyway, so why do you need to sharpen it every day like maintaining the edge of a sword?

    No matter how poor your practical sense is, there is a class. Even if a supreme expert has not experienced a real battle for a long time, will he be defeated by a supreme expert? Since I have yet to meet a gambling expert who can be said to be of the same level, I did not feel the need to maintain my sense of gambling.

    I can’t find the need to make an effort.

    The state of the absolute is so vain.

    I got my feel for it step by step by demonstrating each technique, from simple to difficult ones. Perhaps because my ability level has increased, my gambling skills seem to work more smoothly.

    The completeness of the technology itself has not changed, but as physical ability has increased overall, the burden of performing the technology has significantly decreased.

    Alas, did I make progress again?

    Having acquired the overwhelming physical ability that can be said to be the privilege of a martial arts expert, I ended up becoming stronger again.

    “It seems like my handwriting has become sloppy compared to before, but I still don’t know…”

    “It’s also a great technique.”

    “Heung.”

    Perhaps stimulated by the two people praising me, Ryeo puffed out her cheeks and picked up the dice. And the dice disappear neatly with a light hand movement.

    Black Cat and Yeo Il-ye were amazed when they saw Tang Li-er, who easily made the dice disappear.

    After that, Ryo-Ah showed off her dice magic with a grumpy expression. The dice that appeared in the left hand appear in the right hand, and the dice in the right hand disappear when the hand is turned over…

    Dang’s unique dexterity as well as natural movements that cannot be made without a lot of practice.

    It looks like you really practiced hard. Ugh, Ryeo practiced so hard, but I thought she showed a cold attitude for a moment…

    As I applauded with emotion, Ryeo glared at me.

    “….liar.”

    “Ryo, Ryeo?”

    “You said you would teach it only to me.”

    Tang Ryeo, forcibly dragging Heukmyo and Yeo Il-ye away, leaving behind only one cold word.

    what? What did I do wrong?

    As I stood there in a daze, Tang Do-gyeong smiled bitterly.

    “Well, that’s… Since the head of the house and I used Brother Ho’s gambling skills, naturally, Brother Ho’s gambling skills spread throughout the family.”

    “Of course.”

    “But when Ryeo-ah received the secret letter that Brother Ho gave her, she must have thought that the technique was taught specifically to her. I practiced so hard… but when I came to my senses, I saw that the Tang family members were using Brother Ho’s techniques, and I was also using the techniques…”

    “Ah…”

    “Well, there won’t be many opportunities to resolve misunderstandings, right? Sojeo the black cat and Sojeo Yeo Il-ye will ease Ryeo’s mood to some extent, so let’s make up then.”

    This is definitely my mistake. I practiced diligently, shedding blood and sweat, on the secret level that was given to me as if it were just for me, but in fact, it was a technique known to all Dang people who knew the Dang Tao Sutra and the head of the family, and learned it knowingly from these two people.

    It’s likely that Ryo-ah feels betrayed by me.

    There may be a qualitative difference between the techniques that Ryo-ah knows and the techniques used by the Tang family, but that is not important from Ryo-ah’s point of view.

    “Sisters, I will guide you to Dangata!”

    “Ah, senior, I’ll be back then.”

    Perhaps because of her ugly fur, Ryo-Ah, who did not make eye contact even once during breakfast, grabbed Black Cat and Yeo Il-Ye and left.

    It’s a difficult and turbulent time.

    I, too, headed out the door, hoping that time would lubricate Ryeo’s problem.

    It was time to improve the old man’s gambling skills.

    *** ***

    “Khahaha! Hey, it’s on the left!”

    Taaah!

    “Aaagh!”

    The first thing I saw when I visited Dok-ui’s mansion was Dok-ui holding a stick and hitting a bamboo stick.

    The eyes of Makgi, who was rolling around on the floor in an attempt to kill the pain coming from his forehead, and Dokui, who was laughing while watching Makgi, made eye contact.

    “…. Hmm. Are you here?”

    “Did you have a good night? No, you don’t have to ask.”

    “Keuhum, khum! Hey! Since a guest has arrived, please bring some tea!”

    After all the commotion, I came face to face with Dok-ui at the gambling table.

    First, there was a simple check of gambling skills.

    “Huh…”

    The condition of the patient, or rather, Master Dok-ui, was familiar. Because it was exactly similar to the initial state of Dang Gwang-ryeol, the head of the Tang family.

    “I definitely saw it going to the left…”

    They overestimate their eyes and senses so much that they are easily fooled by simple blind tricks.

    “Hmm. What level would you like to aim for?”

    “Of course, even if he is overthrown, he will still be the head of the party!”

    “Hmm…”

    Honestly, it was a difficult story.

    It wasn’t that Dokinim wasn’t good at gambling either. If you don’t have a talent for gambling, it wouldn’t have been easy to collect poison or memorization through betting in the first place, so it should be said that all successful people in the Tang family have a talent for gambling…

    “This is a realistically difficult story. First of all, haven’t you neglected gambling for a long time?”

    “…kk.”

    When the old man of poison studied poisons while traveling around the world, did he actually try his hand at gambling? Of course not.

    On the other hand, the head of the family has consistently gained practical experience. In particular, wasn’t the Dangaju that was completely refined by me last year? Since he must have enjoyed gambling to some extent, it is no exaggeration to say that the current master of the family is at his peak.

    Even if I were to teach the old man from now on, it would not be easy to catch up with Dangaju, who was updating his high score every day.

    The old man said, closing his eyes tightly as if he had decided on something.

    “You…do you know what happened yesterday?”

    “….I’m just guessing.”

    “Yeah…I see.”

    The old man looked up at the sky and muttered.

    “I’ve never experienced such humiliation in my life…hehe. To the pale young guy…forehead…”

    “….”

    I’m sorry for throwing a tantrum on this song. Elderly. But if I had to make an excuse, I would say that it was an unavoidable measure to establish a sound gambling ethics for the head of the family, or that it was God’s will, or that it was a situation that had no choice but to be like that…

    As I was repeating excuses in my mind, the old man clenched his fist and said,

    “I admit it! Now that guy is better at gambling than me! But…but…! It is the duty of a warrior to at least pay for the humiliation suffered!”

    “….Elderly.”

    “You! Please! Help me avenge this shame!”

    After careful consideration, I nodded.

    “I understand. Elderly.”

    “Oh, oh! Thank you!”

    There was no way I could refuse the old man’s request. The only people who know the truth about Takbam are the head of the family and the Great Lord Pungyeong, but what if, just in case, the old man finds out who spread Takbam…?

    It’s just a possibility, but karma needs to be cleared in advance.

    It is realistically difficult for a senior citizen to have skills that surpass that of the head of the family.

    However, it was a possibility that the old man of the dog would win against the Dang family.

    What came to mind was a demon I met by chance at a gambling den in Luoyang.

    A sniper who pushed me even though he was clearly less skilled than me.

    What if you train a poisonous old man to be a sniper for the Lord of the House?

    Wouldn’t it be possible to somehow repay the debt?

    “Senior, it won’t be an easy journey. Dangaju is currently showing off his peak skills as a gambler. So, I will equip you with a weapon that can overturn the difference in capabilities just once.”

    “…I understand! I wouldn’t be able to do anything if I could just get back the night!”

    “It looks like you are determined.”

    I looked into the poison’s burning eyes and nodded and said.

    “Then, let’s call Do-kyung and find out the current gambling trend in the party.”

    It was natural for those returning to understand the meta first.

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