Absolute Sword Sense Chapter 263

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Three years and eight months ago.

The first teacher who taught me was none other than a female Taoist monk holding a lotus flower.

Among my teachers, there were two who were particularly rude and difficult to me, and one of them was Teacher Lee Ha.

Even though she was such a great teacher, she couldn't help but be surprised when she taught me.

[How do you know the sailor's fortune technique?]

When asked how I accumulated the innate energy before the break, I said that I learned the innate heart method left by the Namcheon swordsman.

However, after hearing a brief explanation of the innate mind method, she called it the Seonwon method.

I was actually surprised when I heard the operational instructions she gave.

[It looks like the man who left you a note has found the first half of the Jeongyo Hwan's plan that I left behind in the secular world.]

[First half?]

According to her, Jeong Yo-hwan's plan is the pinnacle of suggestion.

She said that she left this behind to shake off her attachment to the secular world, but she considered this power to be so dangerous that she divided the secret of Jeongyo Hwan's eye into the first half and the second half.

[Ahem. I guess it's not like we have no connection.]

She was the one who spoke bluntly, but looked at me with interest.

Anyway, she already knew the Seonwonun technique and that the Seoncheonjin technique was sufficient before the interruption, so she tried to teach Jeongyo-Hwan's An in earnest.

But I also knew the latter half of Jeong Yo-hwan's proposal.

That was because it was the exact same spell as the Hwanui-an that was passed down from the blood witch Han Baek-ha.

[You….what the heck?]

I still vividly remember Master Ha looking at me in bewilderment at that time.

With a brief flashback, I was brought back to reality.

'Ho Jong-won?'

How could this happen?

What a coincidence.

Although not polished, this boy from Yunnan Province has the basic knowledge of the name verification method, and his name is Ho Jong-won.

-Shoot!

At that moment, the Southern Heavenly Sword flew from the sky and returned to my scabbard.

At that sight, the boy named Ho Jong-won, who was holding the blade in his hand, widened his eyes.

“Hey, the sword is on its own?”

Even for those in the martial arts world, it is very rare to see the Igi Geogeom.

No, it's something I'll probably only see for a lifetime.

Of course, this is called a jade sword, but to the guy's eyes, it will only look like a sword.

-Who is this boy, Unhwi?

'……He said he was from Yunnan Province and his name was Ho Jong-won.'

-What?

Namcheon Cheolgeom couldn't help but be surprised at those words.

It seems like that guy also knows that name.

'He's a guy who knows even the basics of name verification, even though he's clumsy. Do you know this name?'

-Ahhh!

Namcheon Iron Sword, who was exclaiming in admiration at my question, answered.

– Among the ancestral tablets in the ancestral shrine of the previous owner, there is a ancestral tablet called Hojongwon. It is known as the ancestor who is called the founder of Seongmyeongsingong.

The founder of Seongmyeong Shingong?

Is this boy named Ho Jong-won the originator of Seongmyeong Shingong?

Although I didn't show it on the outside, I couldn't help but be surprised inside.

Who would have thought that I would meet the great master who created the method of utilizing the innate energy of the intermediate stage?

-Then it's no different from a talisman to you.

As Sodamgeom said, he could be called a teacher and ancestor.

It's scary how fate is.

Who would have thought that we would be able to connect with the past in this way?

-At least pretend you know.

'……That's impossible.'

Unlike the master of the swordsmanship who had a direct connection with him and was like a sage who had transcended the secular world, the old master was just an ordinary boy at the time.

It was impossible to treat him like an elder and call him a disciple from the distant future.

It was just then.

Ho Jong-won suddenly put down his sword and fell face down like lightning.

“What are you doing?”

“Great Hero! Please show me the way!”

“You want directions?”

“Didn’t the Great Swordsman say that there is a path even without a dantian?”

'!?'

Are you asking me to tell you how to build up a breakpoint right now?

For a moment I was dumbfounded.

Could it be that I am the one who taught the ancestors of the Namcheon Swordsman the Seonwonungi method, which can be said to be the origin of the Innate Mind Method?

Ha, Master said that too.

I am saying that the Seonwonun method is absolutely not a method that can be created by people in the secular world.

At that time, the ancestor of the Namcheon Swordsman was only considered to be the Great Master.

'……Could it be that I was the one telling you that?'

Everything just so happened to fall into place.

From accidentally saving him from being taken prisoner to meeting him in despair after losing his dantian, it was as if this was fate.

“Please open the way! Great Hero!”

-thud!

The escort spoke to me, hitting his forehead hard on the floor.

There was a sense of desperation in his voice.

I too was so devastated by the reality that I couldn't learn martial arts because I lost my danjeon.

That's why I couldn't help but be moved by Ho Jong-won's appearance.

'……Is it really fate?'

It felt strange.

One day, I will teach the ancestors of the Namcheon Swordsman, who could become the origin of my martial arts.

But if you think about it, this might be right.

If I hadn't saved him, he might have been taken prisoner and lost his life.

Maybe this too is the way it is.

I took a deep breath and said to my escort.

“Okay. I’ll open the way for you.”

“Are you sure?”

At my words, Ho Jong-won raised his head with a bright face.

Blood was flowing from his torn forehead.

How desperate must one have been to do that?

I looked northwest and said to the guy.

“But I don’t have much time, so I’ll teach you a way to build up your energy by practicing Danjeon instead.”

I couldn't tell you too much because the Imperial Army kept advancing and I had to wake up the unconscious ones and figure out a way to infiltrate them.

If this boy is a great master who can create a Seongmyeongsingong that can utilize the Sujeongjeon, I believe he will be able to overcome it on his own if he just knows the nine rules of Seonwonungibeop.

“Thank you! I will serve you as the Great Swordsman!”

I frowned at what the guy said, delighted.

weird.

I couldn't quite hear some of what the guy was saying just now.

I know roughly what you were trying to say.

“I will tell you the instructions, so stand up and memorize them.”

“Okay, sir. …….”

'!?'

what?

Again, the last words were not heard.

Even the shape of the lips that the guy uses to speak is strangely unrecognizable.

Even though I'm seeing it with my own eyes.

-what's the matter?

no.

First of all, since we don't have much time, I should talk about the ending.

“I will call you three times in a row, so memorize it well. Self-defense internal attack (self-defense internal attack) Gyeongwonmaekhyeon…….”

You can only learn the innate mind method by eliminating your own internal energy.

This is because the purpose is to build up vitality, not internal energy.

But the guy's expression is strange.

“Why is that?”

“I’m sorry, sir, but I can’t hear what you’re saying. Could you say that again?”

"what?"

I raised an eyebrow and asked the guy.

“You didn’t hear?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

After staring at the escort, I quickly said the words of the innate mind method again.

“The autistic internal energy of Gyeongwonmaekhyeon, the weightless region…..”

But Ho Jong-won frowned and looked at me with an expression that said he couldn't understand.

As I was continuing to talk, the guy interrupted as if he couldn't stand it anymore.

“……You just keep smiling, but I can’t understand what you’re saying.”

“You’re just going to open your mouth and smile?”

For a moment I was speechless at the guy's words.

I also couldn't hear the title whenever the escort called me.

It seems like a similar phenomenon.

'no way…..'

Just in case, I sucked up the Emperor's sword that had fallen on the floor with the empty water.

And he took up his sword and tried to carve letters into the ground with the tip of the sword.

If you can't hear the voice, shouldn't you use a method that lets you see it with your eyes?

-Wow!

It was the moment when I was about to write on the floor and write on the next lung.

-phut!

At that moment, my hand shot up on its own.

'!?'

I couldn't figure out what was going on.

My hand went up due to some strong repulsive force, but it felt completely different from aerodynamics or any such force.

“……Sir? Why are you doing that?”

"wait."

I tried to carve the waste into the floor again.

But again, before I could even write, my hand shot up as if it was flying away.

"under!"

For a moment, I was dumbfounded.

It was as if something unknown was forcibly preventing me from telling my escort the secrets of the Innate Heart Method.

Starting with not being able to hear a sound, I couldn't even write.

Even though I was exerting my power with 10 stars, my hands were shaking and I couldn't touch the floor.

-Ugh!

I gritted my teeth and tried to write, but my hand shot up.

It was completely different from manpower.

It was as if it was something that could not be established in the first place, so there was no way to inform anyone about it.

'What the heck is this…..'

I couldn't figure out why that was.

Why can't we just convey something?

At that moment, Namcheon Iron Sword's voice rang in my head.

-It seems like it was nonsense from the start. Unhwi.

What does that mean?

-Actually, I was going to say this earlier, but don't you think it's strange that you, who learned the martial arts left behind by the previous owner, are teaching martial arts to the previous owner's ancestor?

that…..

– It's like asking which came first, the chicken or the egg. No, it's even stranger. Then where on earth did the innate mind method or the learned innate mind method that you're trying to teach come from?

'iced coffee…..'

At that moment, I understood what Namcheon Cheolgeom was saying.

As the guy said, this was something that couldn't have happened in the first place.

There is no origin of martial arts, and it is said that I, a person from the future, am teaching it in the past.

This is ultimately a contradiction in itself….!?

At that moment, something crossed my mind.

I don't know when, but I asked Master Geomseon about it.

[I asked the Master in my imagination why he sent me back to my childhood, but he didn't give me any answer. Do you know the reason, Master?]

[You sent me back to my childhood?]

[yes.]

The teacher let out a gasp at that question and said,

[Oh, what a contradiction of existence.]

[What do you mean?]

[Even for a high-level Jeongyang Jinin, it is impossible to send someone back to their childhood.]

[Yes? Then how can I regress….]

[It is not a regression, but a contradiction of existence.]

I didn't understand it at the time.

The master simply said to me:

[How can one existence like you exist at the same time? It is a broken thing created by contradiction.]

I think I understand now.

I'm not exactly sure, but Master Inspector Kenshin's advice sent me back to the past.

-What does that mean?

It's not like I'm going back to my childhood.

In the first place, the very fact that my past self and my future self exist at the same time is a contradiction.

Only my mind came back to the past to establish a fact that could not exist.

-It's not a regression?

that's right.

It is true that only my spirit came to the past to prevent the contradiction of time.

Because at that time my body had to be young.

"under……"

The more you know, the more mysterious it becomes.

Even if we could go back and forth between the past, present, and future, this world somehow adjusts itself so that it can exist and no contradictions arise.

It seems that this world has currents and truths that humans cannot know with their narrow knowledge and perspective.

It seems like I know, but I don't.

“……Sir? Why are you doing that?”

I stared blankly at the attendant.

Just as it is a question of whether the chicken came first or the egg, I cannot teach him the innate mind method that has no origin or origin that was created in the first place.

That which cannot be established cannot exist, and so it becomes an existential contradiction.

'You have to touch what exists directly.'

I took a deep breath and spoke to my escort.

“Don’t call me that.”

"yes?"

I can't be a teacher to that guy.

That's why I can't even hear him calling me master.

“……If you do that, I…..”

The escort looked disappointed.

I guess he thought I had given up on teaching.

Then I looked towards the southwest and said:

“Somewhere in the southwest of Yunnan Province, in a temple deep in the mountains, a famous nobleman left behind a revelation. If you can obtain it, you may be able to return to your life as a warrior.”

"ah!"

At those words, the darkened face of the escort brightened again.

“Is that true?”

"okay."

This is the best I can do.

No, maybe it's my destiny.

In the first place, it would be impossible for Ho Jong-won to create the innate mind method, or rather the Seonwon Ungi method, from nothing.

“Go. If your path as a warrior is not interrupted, you will be able to find what the nobleman left behind.”

"……sir."

“I told you not to call me that.”

“If you do, I will call you a benefactor. Unless you are a beast, you must repay the favor.”

“Okay.”

It's enough that you're alive.

That way, in the future, I will learn Seongmyeong Shingong, Seongmyeong Geombeop, and Seoncheonsimbeop.

“It’s okay. If you want to live, run away. The Imperial Army will arrive soon.”

In response to my words, Ho Jong-won said to me.

“You told me to run away and stayed here. Could it be that Your Majesty is planning to fight the imperial army?”

“That’s none of your concern…”

“Your Majesty, you may be strong in martial arts, but how could you possibly stand up to the four of the twelve great warriors of the world?”

“The 12th day of the thousand years?”

That's quite a grand title.

Is this perhaps an expression used to refer to the best masters of this era, such as the Eight Great Masters or the Five Great Evils?

When I asked him what was wrong, Ho Jong-won said as if he was angry.

“I guess you haven’t heard the rumors.”

It's contradictory and I know almost nothing about this era.

The only thing you really know is that it's called Yeonna-ra?

Ho Jong-won continued speaking.

“Not long ago, the news spread that Pa-gung-gwi Cho-sa, Buk-hae-Bing-gung’s Seol-baek, Myowol Yang-myeong-sin, and Bok-san-seo-saeng Noe-jang had entered the palace.”

You can't tell just by the nickname or name.

At least, I think the experts from where I was within fifty years would know.

Looking at this completely unknown thing, it may have been the early days of the Yan Dynasty.

At that moment, Ho Jong-won burst into anger and said:

“Damn it! Who would have thought that they would go under that damned emperor? Those who are called the Twelve Heavenly Kings would take the lead in persecuting the martial arts world…”

“What? Did you just say persecution of the martial arts world?”

For a moment I couldn't help but be surprised.

The relationship between the martial arts world and the government has always been one of conflict for a long time.

But there was a time when I clashed the most.

The worst time to try to destroy the seeds of martial arts was the persecution of martial arts.

“Eun-gong. Why are you surprised?”

“…….Do you happen to know what the Emperor is called these days?”

“How can you ask that…”

“Just answer the questions.”

The guy looked puzzled, but eventually answered.

“Isn’t this the gold medal?”

'Gold medal!'

ⓒ Hanjungwolya