Reincarnated Swordmaster - Chapter 866



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After Musashi obtained the Book of Five Elements, he looked through its contents. And then he was inwardly startled.

‘Biryu-ran-ja… isn’t he a human?! How did he end up like this?’

Biryu, the founder of the ancient kingdom of Baekje, called Gudara. He did not look human at all. In the Book of Five Rhymes, there is an illustration of the first contact and conversation between the ancient king of Baekje, Biryu, and the ancient gods of Dongyeong, called Kotoama Tsukami, and both of them looked like monsters themselves.

Since Kotoamatsukami is a noble god, he is usually depicted as a wise human, so it was strange that he looked so horrible that they couldn’t even look at him.

But the rain… .

The Biryu had an indescribable form, as if chaos had gathered and clumped together. It was difficult to describe in words, and it was questionable whether such a being could exist biologically. It would be impossible to call it a ‘human’.

Musashi, who was curious, decided to read the Five Elements of Heavenly Book for a long time. Then, he found a place to hide away and began reading the book quietly for a long time.

The content of the book was relatively simple. The five volumes all dealt with the contact between Biryu and Kotoamatsukami, their conversations, and the exchanges between ancient Baekje and Dongying. In addition, after reading the book in depth for five days, Musashi realized one thing.

There are too many unfamiliar words and it’s difficult!

Musashi, who grew up as a son of a warrior and knew basic writing and Chinese characters, was unable to understand the advanced Jin vocabulary and ancient languages ​​in the Oryuncheonseo.

Musashi had no choice but to go to Honganji’s chief priest, Jonosin, and Jonosin simply interpreted the contents of the Five Elements of the Heavenly Book for Musashi without asking for anything in particular. This was because he thought it would be more advantageous to join hands with him, as Musashi’s military power was already far superior to his.

After reading like that for about three months, Musashi succeeded in reading the entire Orincheonsho.

And on the last day he finished reading the book – one summer day when the rain was falling heavily – he stared outside in silence, the smell of water lingering in his nostrils.

‘The method of killing a thousand thousand people…’

The first to mention the Wonwolcheonsalbeop was Baekje’s Biryu. According to the book, Biryu was “one who came down from the sky,” and Jonosin explained that this expression meant a high-class being who descended from another world. Naturally, he was a being made of chaos, and possessed powers that were incomparably stronger than those of humans.

Biryu tried to subdue the Kotoamatsukami of Dongyeong and become the master of Dongyeong land, but the Kotoamatsukami’s power was not to be underestimated, and the battle was evenly matched. In the end, Biryu signed an armistice agreement, and the beings of chaos decided to rule over their own lands, and the content of the armistice talks was the Oryuncheonseo.

The reason why such a villain mentioned the Wonwolcheonsalbeop at the armistice talks was simple. It was the cause of the war.

‘The reason why Baekje’s Biryu wanted to rule Dongyeong. It was because he suspected that Dongyeong had the Wonwolcheonsal method, and he wanted to find it and destroy it.’

Why is that?

Why did the God of Chaos, Biryu, go to such lengths to find just one martial arts book that he would even go to war with the powerful Kotoamatsukami?

However, the Kotoamatsukami also responded at the ceasefire talks that they had never seen or heard of anything like the Gengetsu Tensatsutsu. Biryu also believed their words, and instead requested that the Kotoamatsukami inform them if they found the Gengetsu Tensatsutsutsu. The Kotoamatsukami complied with this request, and the Goryuncheonsho came to an end.

As a result, the Book of Five Elements did not contain any information on the Wonwolcheonsal method. Musashi had tried in vain, but he was not discouraged at all. On the contrary, his eyes were filled with vitality.

‘The Wonwolcheonsal method exists! I have just confirmed it!’

According to the words of Biryu written in the Book of Five Elements, the Wonwolcheonsal method had three characteristics.

First, there is a legitimate successor.

Second, swordsmanship.

Third, you can kill God.

The second condition seemed like nothing special, but it was a very significant feature. There were more than a hundred and eighty-five thousand different weapons in this world, and if you divide them into details, there were thousands of types. Among them, the fact that it was a sword-type martial art was a significant clue. In addition, the third condition, being able to kill a god, made the hearts of those who saw it flutter. However, what strangely grated on Musashi’s nerves was the first feature.

‘Orthodox successor?’

Could it be that it has been passed down to one successor for generations? Musashi felt something was off.

‘If a sword technique powerful enough to kill a god has been passed down for thousands of years, why is there not even a trace of the Wonwolcheonsal method in history? Is it possible that the owner of such a powerful sword technique has never been seen for thousands of years?’

That can’t be.

It was a contradiction, just like when my father talked about the Wonwolcheonsalbeop. People want to be famous all over the world just by being able to use a sword, but how could a true successor who could use swordsmanship that transcended humans not show up in the world?

Of course, if they were all beings who had abandoned greed and desire, it might have been possible, but Musashi knew the human desire for martial arts, so he thought it was almost impossible. Even if it was one or two people, if there were thousands of years of history, there would have been at least hundreds of successors, and they all abandoned greed?

Musashi, who had been hesitating, finally made up his mind.

‘Okay. Let’s go find the monks’ sect or the swordsmen of the prestigious families. Then, we might find a clue to the Wonwolcheonsal method.’

The place he headed to was Kofukuji.

This was the place where monks who practiced spearmanship and staffmanship resided.

Musashi hid and watched them practice, then sighed.

‘no….’

Musashi immediately lost his energy. It was definitely a strong martial art, but it wasn’t the strength he was looking for. Musashi was about to leave, but suddenly another thought occurred to him.

‘Since it’s come to this, why don’t I try some martial arts?’

Once you confront it, you can learn anything as if you were absorbing it.

There was an expectation that his previously formless form might become stronger.

Musashi made up his mind to do so and easily tricked one of the monks of Kofukuji into fighting a few simple moves. And with just that, Musashi was able to roughly grasp the essence of Kofukuji Hozoinryu’s spear technique.

In this way, he traveled around all the schools in Dongying and secretly learned martial arts. Of course, he was in the position of exploring the Wonwolcheonsal method and did not want to make his reputation known, so the whole process was done secretly. However, even in such a situation, his reputation spread secretly, and soon he was treated as one of the strongest warriors in Dongying.

Musashi was annoyed. He didn’t get the desired Won-Gyeol-Cheon-Sal-Beop, but he felt like the flies were bothering him. In addition, he thought his sub-style would become stronger by accepting the martial arts of the prestigious family, but it still had no form. It was as if there was no need to accept such martial arts. That was it. Musashi still had no particular swordsmanship system, and was just swinging it by feeling. And yet, he had never lost in his entire life.

While he was building up his undefeated record, he suddenly had a thought.

‘It’s too small here. I have to go to another world.’

One day, about five years later, he made that decision. He had learned all the swordsmanship secrets in Dongyeong, but even that learning ability did not make him very strong. In fact, he had already surpassed the level called the pinnacle, but he felt an invisible boundary. That boundary was something he could not express.

It feels like the ultimate in imagination, the feeling of having to create something of my own!

He had heard before that there were many powerful masters in Goryeo and Jungwon, not just in Dongyeong, and now he was starting to feel like challenging them. He thought that if he fought them, he would become stronger and be able to cross the border.

He chose the swordsman Kamiizumi Nobutsuna and Tsukahara Bokuden as his final opponents to fight in the East. Up until now, he had not challenged them directly because he did not want to stand out, but since he was already in the East, he wanted to fight them once. However, as he was preparing for the duel, a random random person suddenly challenged him to a duel.

“Musashi! I am Sasaki Kojiro. Accept the challenge!”

A certain samurai named Sasaki Kojiro challenged him.

Musashi was dumbfounded when he realized that his skills were not even close to his own, but once word got out in the neighborhood, he couldn’t refuse. Then, Musashi suddenly had an idea and asked Honganji Jonosin and Fuma Kotaro for help.

The day of the match.

Musashi said that he defeated Sasaki Kojiro in one second.

“From now on, you are safe.”

“… … ?”

“Don’t you understand? You can live as Musashi, and when I return to Dongyeong later, you can hand over the position to me. Until then, live however you want, whether you want to be unknown or do whatever you want.”

Then, Musashi used the reverse magic he learned from Kotaro Fuma and the secret technique of Jono Shin to change Kojiro Sasaki into his own form. And to the outside world, [Musashi] won, and for a while he taught Kojiro Sasaki martial arts. At the same time, he collected the two-way style he had learned as a side style into a book, named it “Book of Five Rings,” and gave it to Kojiro Sasaki.

The reason Musashi took such a complicated course of action was simple. He wanted to confuse anyone who might be following his movements. If there were any sinister groups that he could not handle, it would not be a bad idea to prepare for this and leave Dongyeong.

Musashi was about to leave Dongyeong with his junior, who had taught Kojiro. He intended to compete with the masters of Goryeo and the Central Plains.

However, he discovered strange ruins on the shore where he was about to board the ship, so he stopped and went inside the ruins.

‘That’s?’

Woohoo

The ruins were designed to go down endlessly via a spiral staircase. The stairs were piled with the corpses of countless foreign objects, and at the end of the stairs, in the abyss, a skeleton warrior was waiting with a sword in hand.

The skeleton warrior stood up as if he were alive, looked at Musashi, and spoke in a spiritual voice.

[The law of causality has reached. Come quickly, human.]

“… … ?”

[You must have been looking for the Wonwolcheonsal method.]

“Who are you? How do you know that?”

The skeleton was silent for a while, then slowly opened its mouth.

[… Hmm, unfortunately, you are not qualified to be the legitimate successor. You are unqualified.]

“… … .”

That’s bullshit.

Musashi ran forward without saying a word and cut off the skull.

[Huh, that’s the level of skill.]

Chook

However, the skeleton easily avoided Musashi’s attacks, which had previously defeated anyone, and instead cut off Musashi’s arms and legs. The skeleton’s sword skills were clearly far superior to Musashi’s, so when Musashi flinched, the skeleton took a stance and said.

[Then die. I am also a false successor, but I am waiting for the true successor. It seems that the causality was calculated incorrectly.]

“The legitimate successor…? What qualifications does that have!”

[At least not you. You can never meet that qualification.]

A strange light shone from the skeleton’s eyes.

[I am Minamoto no Yoshitsune! Human, reveal your name!]

“My name is Miyamoto Musashi! I will kill you!”

[haha!]

Kwakwang

Kiiing!!

Eight strange rays of light erupted from Minamoto Yoshitsune’s sword. After a while, his body formed a shadow between dimensions and attacked Musashi. Musashi thought the shadow was a common sword technique, but soon realized that it was all a lie and a reality, and he opened his eyes wide.

Literally on the brink of death!

Eventually, Musashi confronted Minamoto Yoshitsune’s attack with all his might, and at that moment, he reached an absolute state.

Patchit

At the boundary between life and death, Musashi felt his powers condense into the tip of his arm, and all the swordsmanship techniques he had absorbed so far merge into one. It was literally the ultimate cut.

At the moment when Musashi’s sword reached its absolute limit, it pierced through all of Yoshitsune’s attacks and stabbed Yoshitsune in the neck.

Kookook!

[My double-edged sword…?! It’s a technique that allowed me to single-handedly pierce through an army of ten thousand…]

Yoshitsune looked at Musashi’s sword that pierced his neck in disbelief and said.

[Human warrior. What is the name of this blow?]

“… gasp… gasp… .”

Musashi had no time to answer. He had barely made it to the next level from a state of ecstasy, and he had poured all his strength and energy into it. He would have died if Yoshitsune had swung just one sword, but Yoshitsune did not act even though he could have killed him. Instead, his skeletal form was briefly covered with his lifelike appearance and he laughed.

[I’ll give it a name. Call it Shinsalcham (神殺斬)…]

Saaaah

It was the moment when Yoshitsune’s figure disappeared.

Boom!

All the martial arts, military strategies, and knowledge that Yoshitsune had while alive poured into the fallen Musashi’s head.

And when Musashi woke up, he found himself lying on the beach. The remains of his skeleton were nowhere to be found.

“… … .”

Musashi gripped the sand tightly.

He understood Yoshitsune’s situation, but at the same time felt his own helplessness.

‘It’s not time to go to the continent yet.’

He felt that he had to further perfect this state that he had realized. The moment he reached the absolute state, he realized that there might be a master in the world who had reached this level.

And Musashi abandoned his trip to Goryeo and headed straight for the Aokigahara flood, said to be the most dangerous in the world.

Musashi, who went to the Aokigahara Flood, used his military power to immediately break through the Living Sea and defeated a considerable number of monsters in the Dead Sea. Then, when he was about to cross from the Dead Sea to the Immersive Sea, a silver-haired boy onmyoji appeared in front of him.

“That little kid from back then has grown a lot.”

“Abe no Seimei.”

“I remembered.”

“Why are you stopping me?”

“Haha.”

Abe no Seimei smiled strangely, took out a sword, and gave it to Musashi. When Musashi received the sword, Abe no Seimei said:

“That black Ame no Habakiri. It is one of the three divine swords in the history of Toei.”

“Why are you giving this to me?”

“You will eventually challenge the ‘King’ of the Sea of ​​Floods. I have no intention of stopping you. In fact, it is no exaggeration to say that there has never been a challenger of the Sea of ​​Floods with your level of skill. So… ”

Abe no Seimei laughed.

“Just stab the King with Ame no Habakiri. Then I will have nothing more to wish for.”

“…joy.”

Musashi ignored Abe no Seimei and passed by.

It was because I felt that although I could not defeat the King of Water, I wanted to at least injure him.