Reincarnated Swordmaster - Chapter 861



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True empty hometown

I was out of my mind right after defeating Musashi, but I soon calmed down and looked at the situation calmly. I decided to check my body condition first.

‘Three fingers were cut off, there was a large stab wound to the abdomen, and most of my strength and energy was depleted.’

If I had fought a little longer like this, I would have definitely died. However, even when my stamina was at rock bottom, I was still okay because I could quickly recover my minimum internal energy by just controlling my breathing.

I regained my inner strength by regulating my breathing through qigong, and at the same time, I checked on Musashi’s condition.

‘Your chest was pierced by my sword, but not where your heart is. You’re very tired, but it’s not a fatal wound. Then you’re unconscious for now.’

It seems that the sword technique I used at the end directly affected Musashi’s mental power rather than his external wounds. I don’t know how that was possible, but in any case, Musashi was currently seriously injured, but not fatally, so it seemed like he could be saved.

I quickly took out a gold needle from my armor, put it on Musashi’s vital point, and stopped the bleeding with the Hwa family’s medical techniques.

So sore

My stomach hurts. It’s only natural since my stomach was split open earlier and my internal organs almost spilled out. Even though I temporarily healed the wound with internal medicine treatment, a serious injury is still a serious injury.

“Ugh!”

It was absurd that I had to heal Musashi first to save him even though I was much more seriously injured, but I had no choice.

After I finished Musashi’s emergency treatment and put him in the wooden armor, I activated my sword to go to Zhuge Liang again.

Woof

‘No way?!’

It doesn’t boil…!!

‘The barrier has been opened!’

Clearly, there was no barrier preventing the boiling before the fight! Does that mean someone is targeting me right now?

I slowly raised my sword and looked around nervously, and after a while, I heard a gloomy voice.

“I had a good time. Newcomer.”

“you….”

“Is that your real form right now? I’m curious after seeing you use your shapeshifting magic in so many different ways earlier.”

“… … .”

I almost blurted out the bastard’s name, but I barely held myself back.

‘Zhuge Liulong!’

The man of letters with a clear face, accompanied by a dozen or so astronomers, appeared. He was none other than the head of the Zhuge family and the current mastermind of the palace, Zhuge Youlong! Not only was he one of the three major powers in the world, but he was also the middle manager of the Bokmajeon, and he was the one who moved the Great Ming Empire in the dark. His martial arts and sorcery were both of high level, so it was impossible for him to easily defeat Zhuge Youlong in his current state.

And there were two people standing on either side of Zhuge Liulong. I checked their faces and my impression hardened.

‘… Zhuge Fu. Yongzhongyi…!!’

It’s the worst.

It is clear that Zhuge Liulong detected the one-on-one duel between me and Musashi by some means, secretly pursued me, and brought all his forces to surround me. Zhuge Bu would naturally be present as he was Zhuge Liulong’s closest aide, and Yong Zhongyi was secretly connected to the Cheonmun-gwan forces through the Fengshenryu, so it was not strange for him to move together with them.

Moreover, didn’t Yongjungil even watch over me with his magical eyes? In fact, the Suramun that was active in Yongungung was a subordinate force of the Pungsinryu.

Maybe that’s why Yong Joong-il smiled and spoke to me.

“Haha, newcomer. Considering the skill of the person who pickpocketed me the other day, you are quite impressive. If your body is in perfect condition, I don’t think even I can beat you one-on-one. Of all the martial arts masters in the world, you are one of the closest to the top.”

He stroked his chin.

“I know, but I don’t know. With that level of skill, why did you go around pickpocketing?”

“… I don’t know what you’re talking about. What do you mean by new customer?”

“There’s no need to turn the clock off. The fact that we came here means we’re already certain that you’re a newcomer, right?”

Swish

Yong Joong-il slowly raised his sword and took a stance. I felt that the stance was typical of the Fengshen style of swordsmanship, but at the same time, I could feel that his sword spirit contained the spirit of the Sasin sword form. As expected, Yong Joong-il had already perfected the Sasin sword form to some extent and was a skilled person, so if he fought properly, he would not be easy at all.

I glanced at Zhuge Fu and Zhuge Liulong. Then I said to Zhuge Liulong.

“Why didn’t you attack while Musashi and I were fighting? It would have been easier for you.”

“Attack in the middle… If you were absolute masters like you, you could stop the duel and join forces to attack us. And as you go into a life-or-death struggle, you’ll exhaust all your methods, so I can’t waste the opportunity to observe that.”

“Thanks to that, I became confident. I had to capture you no matter what.”

I was troubled as I listened to Zhuge Liulong’s words.

‘What should I do? Should I die or run away?’

Suicide would be the easiest. After all, in this life, I had obtained the chance of the Shinto Master, obtained the basic techniques of the Mansangjitou and the Cheonmyeon Gongja, and had also obtained the polarity of the Myeolhonbo. I had even defeated Musashi. Rather than being caught by those guys and ruining things, it might be better to quickly commit suicide. If I tried to escape, the difficulty would not be a joke. However, I felt uneasy. I even wondered if this situation was really a crisis. If there was another way, I wanted to choose it.

‘Okay… Since it has come to this anyway, let’s just give it a try.’

I was silent for a while, then I made up my mind and said.

“Do you know that the end of the world will come in 500 years?”

“… … .”

“I am moving to stop it. Don’t get in my way.”

The astronomers behind me were looking at me with eyes that said, “What kind of crazy talk are you talking about?” It would be understandable, since they would think it was extremely out of the blue for a mysterious newcomer to suddenly fight Musashi in a foreign land like this to talk about the end of the world.

However, I could feel that at that moment, the expressions on Zhuge Liulong and Yong Zhongyi’s faces slightly changed. The story I told had shaken their hearts. As expected, Zhuge Liulong and Yong Zhongyi were both reincarnated and aware of the destruction of the world, so they could not help but react.

I vomited out some more information to drive a wedge in.

“Do not attack me. If you attack me, I will commit suicide. Then you will not know why Changjie suddenly disappeared and why the Eight Guardians are wandering the world.”

“… … ?”

“You’d better join hands with me before the Saturday Bagua Chart falls into the wrong hands… Changjie’s Eight Guardians can no longer control her.”

Zhuge Fu, looking bewildered, gave orders to the astronomers in the rear ranks.

“What the hell are you talking about? He must be crazy. Everyone, spread out your Five Elements Barrier to catch him…”

grasp

“Stop it.”

At that moment, Zhuge Liulong stretched out his arm to the side as if to cover Zhuge Fu’s mouth. Then, as if the magic had been sealed in an instant, Zhuge Fu hesitated and could not say anything. It seemed as if he had sealed Zhuge Fu in an instant using the magic of forbidden words.

Zhuge Liulong looked at me with profound eyes and said.

“That spirit doesn’t seem to be a lie. Let’s have a more serious conversation.”

“That… Gulp! Gulp!!”

I tried to speak, but grimaced as blood and pieces of intestines came out of my mouth.

“Damn it… First, release the siege and barrier.”

“That can’t be. You have a magical tool that can move through time and space, so it’s hard to track you down. Instead, I’ll give you some luck medicine.”

Whoosh

When Zhuge Youlong threw me a pill, I grabbed it from the air. Upon closer inspection, I saw that it was a Bae Hwan Dan (培丸丹), a very high-level elixir. However, I didn’t know what Zhuge Youlong had planned, so I didn’t eat it and just smiled.

“Kuuu… You’re desperate in your own way. Since your secret connection with Chang-Hil has been cut off, do you think you’ll end up being a jokester at Bokmajeon and are looking for another way?”

“Who are you? How much do you know?”

“As I said, he is worried about the destruction of the world. Just like you, he wants to avoid destruction… .”

“… … .”

“I have an offer for you. What I want is to subdue the King of Water and enter the realm. If you cooperate with this, I will give you all the information I have. Of course, the whereabouts of Chang-hil and the whole story of his disappearance.”

It is against my nature to choose between death and flight.

After being reincarnated 27 times, can I still make such mean choices? If I can, I will even use Zhuge Liulong to achieve my goals. With Zhuge Liulong’s help, I might be able to defeat the King of the Sea more easily.

“Hmm… When you say flood, do you mean the Aokigahara flood?”

“Yes.”

Zhuge Liulong seemed to think for a while. Then he said.

“good night.”

Firefight

At that moment, the barrier was broken. I lightly put my hand on the boiling water, and this time, judging by the reaction, it seemed that the barrier that could not move had been lifted. I could have run away like that, but I held on while standing and doing the Unkongyosang.

“See you in ten days and ten nights. The place will be the summit of Gwangneungbong (廣稜峰) of Hwangsan Mountain’s twenty-four peaks.”

“I get it.”

“I will tell you that I absolutely hate human sacrifice and sorcery. Do not go against my wishes.”

“Keep that in mind.”

Pfft!!

As soon as I finished speaking, I used my boiling point and headed to a deserted place for a while, then used my Hwaan Geumjeong to check if there was any tracking or strange clairvoyance following me. After confirming that there was nothing, I went to find the Hwaseomyeong of the Gwangmyeongsin in Goryeo.

‘Damn it… I was going to go straight to Jegalsa, but I can’t do it like this. I can’t stand it anymore.’

The injury is too serious.

If I continue like this, no matter how much of a qigong master I am, I will die.

There may be a way to do it if you go to Jegalsa, but since it is a bizarre method that involves transplanting a body using magic or changing bodies using the divorce method, it would be better to just go to Hwaseo-myeong.

I offered Hwaseomyeong a great treasure and asked him to treat me and Musashi. Hwaseomyeong accepted the offer and said:

“Good.”

“And please investigate the ingredients of this transfer group. See if there’s anything suspicious…”

“Okay.”

“Here is my finger, so please attach it if possible.”

“It seems possible because it’s cut cleanly.”

After a while, I ate some ma-pae-tang and fell into a state of unconsciousness. I don’t know about other people, but Hwa-seom-myeong was a true doctor who put people to sleep and didn’t do anything frivolous, so I trusted him.

And when I woke up after being in a daze for a while, it was a chilly, foggy morning and I was lying in bed.

My body was densely covered with gold needles, and all the wounds on my abdomen had healed. Perhaps, they used a technique from the Hwaseong method that draws out human energy and enhances natural recovery. After calmly pulling out all the needles in the order I remembered from the Hwaseong method, I stood up.

As I walked outside, I saw Miyamoto Musashi standing by the pond with his back turned.

“It happened after three days.”

“Musashi.”

“Congressman Hwa has gone out to do other work. He will be back in two hours.”

“I see.”

Musashi seemed to have recovered much faster than me because he had suffered fewer injuries. Musashi glanced at me and said.

“A promise is a promise. I will tell you about the Wonwolcheonsal method and the King of Water Sea.”

“…Aren’t you asking what kind of person I am?”

“I don’t know. I am just keeping a promise as a civilian.”

“… … .”

It was a simple statement, but I somehow felt that I had confidence in it. I thought that kind of personality was typical of a warrior. Finally, Musashi opened his mouth.

“If I were to talk about the Wonwolcheonsalbeop, it wouldn’t be enough to say just a few words.”

“huh?”

“That was my life. I can tell you a little about the King of Water, but I can’t tell you about the Wonwolcheonsalbeop.”

“… … .”

Miyamoto Musashi turned his gaze to the sky.

“First, I should tell you my old story… .”