episode_0454
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It was an amazing experience to witness a Hwagyeong master being born right in front of my eyes. This is especially true if the other person gained enlightenment while sparring with me.
At first, I thought, ‘Did I hit it too hard and it tasted bad?’
This was because when Dan Ki-gwang told him to engage in proper sparring, he stopped intentionally controlling his strength and took an almost one-sided attack. Since I had to keep receiving attacks of similar power to the one that cut Blood Eye Yahyo in half, it didn’t make sense without the shock. In addition, he had to use his special ability due to the mention of his special name, Yeomra Fighting Dragon.
Although Dong Gui Jin was not able to use the same number of moves as when he killed Hye An Ya Hyo, Dan Ki Gwang probably continued to receive shocks equivalent to those of heavy machinery. Unless you were an expert, these attacks were not something you could easily parry with a one-handed sword or dagger.
However, Dan Gi-gwang, who had been receiving my attacks, suddenly fell into a trance and began to receive attacks better and better. I wanted to climb to the top of the peak, so I asked him to spar, and suddenly he climbed to the top of the flower.
And from then on, I had to be nervous too.
Although he may be a supreme expert who is confident of winning because he has already faced many opponents, Hwa-kyung was at the same level as my teacher, Nam Gung-hyeon.
It was still routine for me to get hit all over my body with a wooden sword when I sparred with my teacher. According to my experience, Hwagyeong was the point where I could no longer push forward with just ignorant strength. The realization of martial arts reached a level close to superpowers.
I would rather fight with the determination to kill my enemy, but it was difficult in sparring where martial arts was the main focus.
It was clear that if I let my guard down, I would get cut or a dagger would get stuck somewhere in my body.
Dan Ki-gwang, who was in a trance, did not hesitate to attack me and make my stomach tremble. Fortunately, he was not injured because his state was not fully at peace, but was just transitioning from transcendental state to state of peace.
Judging by the thoughts he felt while exchanging swords, it was assumed that Dan Gi-gwang’s enlightenment was about his attitude toward life and martial arts.
It wasn’t just Dangi Gwang who experienced change.
As I was indirectly encountering his enlightenment, I also naturally became lost in thought. Because the body was already at a level where it could naturally perform martial arts, the sparring did not stop.
Thoughts about the identity of energy and internal energy, the difference between the martial arts that use it, the reason why properties change through blood flow, and the correlation between constitution and martial arts quickly passed through my mind.
It’s been a very long time since I had an experience like this.
When I think about it now, I think it was an experience I was able to have thanks to preventing a high-speed accident.
In the meantime, during battles, I always used high-speed thinking to leisurely analyze the opponent’s moves. It was not easy to feel a sense of crisis because I was confident that my move could beat the opponent’s move.
‘When I think about it, I think the biggest growth I had, aside from getting a souvenir, was the moment I fought Tuma.’
As I thought about the things about martial arts that I had learned one by one, I realized that I was conceited that I understood what I thought I knew by only observing phenomena.
Now, unlike in the past, I have learned more martial arts and the amount of power I have has increased, but like when I first learned martial arts, I still understand martial arts as close to a machine with a set operation method and internal energy as just the fuel that makes it operate. I hadn’t thought about it deeply enough.
However, looking at Dan Ki-gwang’s rise to the level of martial arts, martial arts and internal energy were not that simple. As a result of watching Dan Gi-gwang gain enlightenment and move towards the world of peace, I realized that those two things were not simply fuel and machinery, but a means of closely related and interacting with the body, mind, and nature.
The power I possessed had already surpassed the level of transcendence. What was lacking was that understanding.
Damn it~
The moment I realized this, I felt the wall blocking my path shattering. We had finally reached the pinnacle of excellence.
At the same time, the horizons of martial arts, which I thought I already understood in their entirety, became much wider. I felt like I understood a little more what it means to reach a higher level, the boundaries between martial arts will become blurred, and you will reach the highest level of martial arts.
At first glance, I thought, ‘If I reach Hyeongyeong, will martial arts become nothing more than a difference in appearance?’, but it was something I couldn’t understand now.
As the level rose, the sword energy in the sword naturally transformed into strong energy. The internal energy that had been wasted by spewing out one after another was restored and the power became stronger.
‘ah! ‘This is a strong instrument!’
At the same time, I realized why self-defense techniques can be used from the very beginning. Without this awareness of martial arts, it was impossible to understand Kang Qigong in the first place. I now understand Dan Gi-gwang’s words that one cannot rise to the peak of excellence through advice alone.
Of course, what I created was not a complete strength like Dan Gi-gwang’s. Such strength, as if it were overlaid with a sword made purely of internal energy, was impossible with my current understanding. In order to do that, I had to perfect my current state as much as possible and then challenge myself to the state of Hwagyeong.
I looked at my imperfect sword, which was barely blocking Dan Gi-gwang’s sword. Geomgang’s unique durability and power to cut anything are lacking compared to that of Hwagyeong, but the amount of energy that can be poured at once and its efficiency have increased, so the power itself appears to be similar.
However, the characteristic feature was that the mental power consumed was significantly greater than that of sword energy.
‘Did increasing your intelligence help you rise to the top?’
Naturally, such a thought occurred to me.
Until now, it was thought that the influence of intelligence was limited to superpowers. I thought it was related to mental strength, as the mind gradually becomes stronger as one’s intelligence increases, but I did not expect that it would also have an effect on martial arts.
‘As expected, you did a good job raising your abilities evenly.’
If it were a game character, abilities should be distributed differentially according to job, but this was not just a character, these were my abilities. In the beginning, I didn’t have much, so I focused on strength and stamina to increase stability, but after securing a certain amount of strength, I distributed my abilities evenly so that I didn’t have any shortcomings, and I felt good because I felt like I benefited from that this time.
As I was taking note of my transformation that had reached its peak, Dan Gi-gwang’s strength gradually decreased and disappeared. I also followed him and raised my sword.
Slurp~
Slurp!
Without another word, Dan Ki-gwang sat down and started eating fortune-telling breakfast. He also needed time to sort out his realization.
“Matriarch!”
Before we knew it, the Gasols of the Danlisega family who had gathered around us had surrounded us. The family’s warriors were seen pushing them away.
“Sleep! The head of the family has entered the fortune-telling ceremony! We will protect the law, so you guys stay far away! If there are too many people around, it will interfere with the flight!”
The gasols wanted to approach the family head, but they had no choice but to retreat at a distance when they were told that they would be a hindrance to the family family’s luck, which had just reached the peak of peace. However, since it was such a big incident, it seemed like he couldn’t bear to keep glancing in this direction.
I tried to go there with the intention of avoiding the place, but Dan Qi-ryung blocked my path.
“Congratulations. I’ll just head back then.”
“You too, hurry up and start eating breakfast!”
“I’m okay… ”
“Now that all of the family’s warriors are gathered here, we can’t properly guard other places! Since you too have reached the pinnacle of excellence, don’t you think you need to protect the law? If you have a lucky breakfast here, we will protect the law together with the head of the family!”
Namgung Hwaran and Namgung Mu also approached me before I knew it.
“Sang-gong, hurry up and have a lucky breakfast.”
“I heard that if you do not immediately capture your enlightenment, you may suffer internal injuries.”
“It is natural for your energy and blood to fluctuate when your level rises! Hurry up and take a seat!”
“Oh, I understand.”
In the end, I had no choice but to sit down and have a fortune-telling breakfast in front of their torch. Even though I said this, it was strange that I was the only one who disappeared.
‘The floor has become uneven due to the sparring, so it’s not a good feel for eating breakfast… ‘
I was just grumbling inside.
Still, it was true that energy and blood fluctuated with enlightenment. Considering the change I felt when I first manifested my strength, there was a good chance that I would suffer internal injuries if it went wrong.
But that didn’t apply to me.
Energy and blood are ultimately a part of the body. I have a body that is incomparably stronger than that of an ordinary person, so even if my energy and blood were shaken by enlightenment, I was not in danger at all. In the first place, fighting by pouring almost all of the internal energy in the Danjeon was a dangerous method that could result in loss of martial arts if done by an ordinary warrior.
So even if you don’t do the fortune-telling breakfast right now, there’s no problem at all.
However, Dan Qi-ryung had a very cautious attitude, perhaps because the head of the family was sparring with me and ended up on the throne. Would you say it’s like dealing with fragile ceramics?
Namgung Hwaran and Namgung Mu were people who originally cared about me, so there was no need to say anything.
‘It’s the same with other Gasols… ‘
I slowly opened my eyes and looked at the other gasols of the Danli family, and it was only after seeing the head of the family having a good luck meal that I realized that he had reached the top of the flower world, and his reaction was not funny.
In the case of Sogaju’s sweet ginseng, it was to the point of shedding tears.
‘I’m almost sobbing. Well, I guess that’s how impressive it is.’
It wasn’t an incomprehensible reaction, as Dan Qi-ryung’s eyes were also watery as he offered me Ungi breakfast. The birth of a new warrior from Hwagyeong in the world of martial arts was such a great event.
So, while almost all the warriors of the Danrisegae stood guard, I spent the whole day enjoying fortune-telling with Dankigwang, who broke through the wall with me.
Surprisingly, it wasn’t boring. This is because it was fun to fill up one’s inner strength as there was a change in the Danjeon as one reached the pinnacle of perfection.
With every breath I inhaled and exhaled, I felt the air full of energy flowing through me.
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