Absolute Sword Sense

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After learning footwork, would I be able to walk upright on the peaks like the crazy old man?

-That is impossible.

‘Uh?’

I was puzzled by his answer.

-No matter how fast you learn the technique, walking on such a steep mountain like flat ground is unreasonable.
My previous master couldn’t do it either.

‘Then how did the crazy old man do it?’

-That has to be his own technique.
The former master always admired people who created their own techniques, especially footwork.

Something that even the South Heavenly Swordsman accepted.
This was surprising.
I thought the man wouldn’t care since he was strong, but that seemed to be a mistake.

-He has the upper hand.

Iron sword’s answers were making it certain.
In any case, Hae Ack-chun had his own weird technique, which made even the South Heavenly Swordsman acknowledge him.
After climbing for a while, I could see the top.

‘Uh?’

But when I reached the top, I saw something shocking.
Song Woo-hyun, the younger of the twins, was standing upside down with his head on the ground and both arms behind his back.
It’s not normal balancing.

And the balance came from the neck and not the head.
It could be noticed from the veins standing out on the neck.

-This is why he was turning bald.
Oh my.

As the short sword said, the hair loss was in the center of his head, and it was because of this training.
He was going to lose all his hair.

In addition, I also spotted Song Jwa-baek.

Tatatat!

Song jwa-baek was running.
Instead of just running, he clenched his fists and ran with his hands on the floor.
It looked painful to watch.

-He caught them.
Those poor kids.

It truly was horrible to see.
The teaching method the old man had was beyond normal.
Constantly pushing one to the limit.

Someone who hung people from a cliff for hours.

-Where did the old man go?

I could only see the twins on the peak, as the short sword said.
It was normal to stay and watch when one trains, but he wasn’t the kind to stick around.

Maybe I could try running?

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“Did you feel the innate internal qi?”

Ah! That surprises me!

I thought I would fall off.
Hae Ack-chun arrived next to me.
Just how great was this man that he could recognize even the minute amount of qi?

He was quite tricky.

“Why are you silent?”

I shook my head at his question.

-Eh? You couldn’t feel it, so you learned to do it.

-Shut it, Short Sword.

Because I was nervous, I listened to the two swords talking.
The old man told me that he would abandon me if I couldn’t feel the innate internal qi.

So I was afraid about what words to say to him.

“You aren’t cheating, right?”

Hae Ack-chun puts his hand on my chest and then infuses qi.

Warm energy entered my chest and spread around.

Tak!

After moving the qi for a long time within the body, he released his hand and grinned.

“You didn’t feel it.”

There was no sign of disappointment or anger.
Instead, it was as if he expected this to happen.

I lick my lips.

‘He really cannot feel it.’

Actually, I did learn the proper way to realize the innate qi within my body because I couldn’t normally feel it.
The reason why my body can deceive him is…

Firstly…

-Innate internal qi is different from internal qi.
It cannot be noticed until you intentionally create it.

That was what Iron Sword told me, and Hae Ack-chun obviously could not feel it.
I was a bit afraid, but I was happy that he couldn’t find it.

“Well, it cannot be felt in one day.
Kulkul.”

Looking at Hae Ack-chun, who was smiling, I felt excited.
Exposing all your tricks in Murim puts you at a disadvantage.
So I had to hide more than 60% of it.

-Oh! That is good Wonhwi.

Short Sword praised me.
Hae Ack-chun, who was fine with me not growing, frowned.

And then he smiled.

“Must have thought I was deceived.
Kulkul.”

Thud!

In an instant, my heart dropped.
Did he actually notice it?

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“I think you are trying to slow it down as much as possible by using your head, but I need to remind you that you need to be able to do it.”

‘Haa.’

Fortunately, he didn’t know the truth.
Man, this old man was clever, but he was making a mistake.
After all, he absolutely had no idea that I managed to do it and wasn’t just trying to avoid it.

“Good.
If you fail to do it, I will put the parasite back in you.”

“Uh.”

“And you will never rise from a low-ranking warrior in this life.”

“Isn’t that different from our promise?”

“That was before you used your head to not train properly.”

Somehow, he thought that I was delaying the learning process.
Well, in the end, I had to achieve it.

“Kulkul, aren’t you motivated to learn now?”

And I had a thought.

“… You said if I failed, you would dispose of me, but what if I managed to get it down?”

“What?”

“You said I need to learn the innate internal qi in the body.
Otherwise, I will live as a low-ranking warrior, but shouldn’t there be a reward?”

“Ha!”

Hae Ack-chun smiled at my bold words.
I knew how to get this man interested after staying with him for two months.

“You are still gutsy.”

At this, I bowed down on the ground and spoke desperately.

“I don’t want much.
But as I climbed up and down the cliff, I grew admiration of the elder’s talent.”

When I looked up, he was frowning.

“Talent? Are you talking about footwork?”

“I will not ask if the elder says no, but please give me a chance to learn what the elder did.”

At my words, the old man glared down at me before nodding.

“Good.
I will listen if I need to do that to revive your will to train.
But you need to get it done.”

“Thank you so much! Long live the Blood Cult!”

Hae Ack-chun’s expression softened.
Maybe it was because he still thinks I can’t finish it.

“Huh.
You, go back to your place now.
Those brats there aren’t done with their training yet.”

“Alright.”

Pak!

I bowed and turned away, and my lips curled into a smile as soon as I turned away.

‘That light footwork technique is mine.’