Reincarnated Swordmaster - Chapter 937



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You want me to teach you martial arts?

I thought Dharma’s words were quite strange, so I asked him a question.

“It’s not difficult to teach, but why…”

Usually, when learning martial arts, it is usually to learn them in order to become stronger. However, Dharma has already been transformed into a cosmic being with a human form, so he has the power of a god who can control the world. There is no problem even if he does not learn martial arts.

Then Dharma answered.

[ That mysterious power that exists in your world but not in ours… I want to explore its nature.]

“Um… Okay.”

Since there was no reason not to teach it anyway, I decided to teach it without thinking much about it.

I first taught Dharma the Un-gi-to-nap method. It was a method that allowed one to use and sometimes accumulate qi according to one’s breathing. Dharma listened to the theory and then said:

[ If what you say is true, then there is a wide spread of energy in this world. But why is it that in your world, the method of using energy to a high degree has developed, while this side does not?]

” … I don’t know about that either.”

[ Keep trying…]

I then taught him in detail how to build up qi and also explained qigong therapy. However, Dharma tried to feel qi for a while, but he could not feel it at all, and of course he could not pull up qi and build it up in his dantian. He seemed unable to feel it at all.

‘Does Dharma have no talent?’

I tilted my head and tried to comfort Dharma.

“Well, there are some people who have trouble feeling the energy… But anyone can awaken the energy and become initiated in about a month at the most.”

If a master like me were to teach it, there was absolutely no way I wouldn’t be able to feel it. If that didn’t work out, I could have intentionally activated it by channeling my inner energy. Since I was well versed in martial arts theories from thousands of years of history, it wouldn’t have been difficult.

[ … Hmm… Baek Woong, wait.]

After a while, Bodhidharma called his disciples. They had already been taken out of prison and were doing their own work. They had also heard the circumstances surrounding my and Shintojijon’s body swap, so they looked at me without much caution. After Bodhidharma called all his disciples together, he gave me an order.

[I have carved the cursed mark into my soul and transformed into a bipedal body. Because of this, I may not be able to learn the energy, so please teach the method to my disciples.]

“Hmm… maybe that’s why.”

Perhaps it was as Dharma said. Among the Yi tribes, there were almost no beings who could be called masters of martial arts. The only exception was Asura, one of the Eight Guardians, but he was an extremely special case, so it could be said that the Yi tribes were unable to learn qi.

I taught martial arts to four disciples over the course of half a day while Bodhidharma watched from the side. And the first one to sense and activate the energy was Princess Ayuta. She was able to sense the meridians within one meal of teaching her how to sense the energy.

‘What a genius talent…’

With Princess Ayuta’s talent, I could reach the level of a master in less than three years. The next person with talent was Hyega, who also had a genius-like sense. Seongjin, the prince of the fallen kingdom, was not a genius, but he seemed to have a talent that was on the level of a genius. Finally, Hwangwoo, who did not have much talent, suffered hard and finally felt his energy, but it was just like the talent of an ordinary person.

After finishing the transmission of energy in half a day, Dharma, who was practicing next to me, suddenly said.

[ I see… I get it now. ]

“What did you realize?”

[ It’s useless to cultivate my qi any longer. I can’t learn qi now that I’ve fallen into the path of magic.]

” … Aren’t you jumping to conclusions? It hasn’t even been a day yet.”

Dharma continued speaking slowly.

[No. Just now, I was in the abyss refining my divinity and observing the flow of energy. And I felt that the fundamental element that makes up energy was rejecting my essence. That power had the property of repelling demons, just like the division of yin and yang.]

“……!!”

[ The power is like a string…]

I could see that he had measured the essence of qi by using the power of [the ruler], and had observed the string of the Great Void, which was the essential unit of qi.

[ What a… wonderful power. Amazing. ]

Dharma muttered with a trembling voice. Judging from the way his body shook violently, it seemed as if he had been moved. I said, not understanding his agitated reaction.

“But no matter how much you learn this martial art, it is not easy for an absolute master to defeat even one Demon King. To the extent that you, who have already reached the limit of demonic power, would be so moved…”

[ Huh… Huh… Is that so…? It could simply be a difference in absolute strength… Also… It could be that it’s not limited to Earth…]

Dharma, who had been thinking like that, continued speaking.

[Baek Woong… Continue to teach martial arts. For the remaining time, I will help my disciples to become properly initiated.]

“Okay, I get it. I get it… but how long do I have to continue my martial arts training at the White Lotus Sect?”

I said, resting my training spear on my shoulder.

“Can you tell me when and how the vacuum incense will start?”

I knew almost nothing about the important Dharma vacuum incense plan and its schedule. I only knew that Dharma would do it someday. Even his disciples seemed unaware of it, so my question was natural. Then Dharma said:

[You must have seen the altar of Cheonam a while ago… When the essence of darkness gathers and solidifies on that altar, that is when the plan will begin. When that time comes, I will begin to create the dharma, and you must observe the ritual.]

“Essence of darkness?”

[ Yes… The seeds I have sown all over the world will gradually bring about an earlier harvest… If we wait, the plan will come true soon. ]

” ……”

I came to know that the Cheonam Altar is a very important device in the ritual of producing the Dharma of the Unborn Mother.

‘Was that the role…?’

In the era of the White Lotus Sect’s leader, Dokgo Uncheon, the dharma had already been created and cut into pieces, so there was no need to create a new one. However, in this era, since there was no dharma, it had to be created from scratch, and the process of creating it was done right at Cheonam’s altar.

‘Hmm… Then, from the next life onwards, securing the altar of Cheonam will also be important.’

Now that I had remembered, I asked Dharma another question.

“That apocalypse story we told before. What does it mean that the King of Terror will descend in the seventh month of the year 1999?”

[ It’s literally… It’s a prophecy of the end of the world… In the seventh month of the 1999th year from the birth of the Savior of the West, the Great King of Terror will descend from the sky… So the destruction of the world is the original fate of this world. ]

“What is the King of Terror?”

[ It’s a meteor shower…]

” ……”

Meteor shower?

As I opened my eyes wide at the unexpected story, Dharma continued speaking.

[ I saw the future with the power of foresight… A huge meteorite rock group that passes through this vast space passes near this planet… And due to the collision of the huge rock, this planet suffers a great natural disaster… The Western civilization that was developed at that time tries to overcome the natural disaster… But it is eventually destroyed by a devil’s disease called Angolmois… ]

” ……”

[ The disease was hidden inside the meteorite… Ultimately, our end will be the destruction of all civilizations due to a momentary change in this universe… After that, the evil spirit will rise up and cover the world in chaos again, but since the world has already been destroyed, it will be meaningless…]

“Oh, that’s ridiculous.”

I muttered in absurdity. Then I said.

“So, does that mean the world will end in 1999 AD? That’s not true at all. [The End] and [Revelation] happened at least a few decades after that.”

Yes, that’s right.

When I traveled to the future in the era of [Revelation], I received some knowledge of the future from Dr. Faust. And the time of their destruction was at least 40 years after 1999, and even then, the 1999 apocalypse turned out to be just the nonsense of a prophet. But in this world, the world had already been destroyed at that time?

Then Dharma caught his eye.

[You speak as if you have seen the end of the world…]

” ……”

[ However, even the most vicious situation of the apocalypse that I had seen was nothing more than a trivial matter to the [old rulers]… Even if the rapture of 1999 had been avoided, once the evil spirit had revealed itself to the world, there was no way to prevent destruction… That was why they had decided to destroy everything.]

“Hmm.”

[Whether the inevitable end comes a thousand years from now or now… it doesn’t matter when, as long as it saves our souls.]

I thought I understood Dharma’s thoughts. In such a situation where avoidance is impossible, it is more normal to seek the end. Unlike us, there is no option called [deferment]. However, I gritted my teeth and spoke to Dharma.

” … But. Does that mean we have to sacrifice 100 million souls?”

[ It must be offered. Without that level of compensation, the Dharma cannot be produced. ]

“Stop it! You don’t deserve to give them your soul.”

This is the problem.

Even though I want to cooperate with Dharma obediently, his methodology keeps bothering me!

Bodhidharma will use the dark power he has breathed into Emperor Yangwu of the West to unify the world and further establish an empire with over 100 million people. After the empire is established, he clearly plans to carry out human sacrifices of 100 million people. It was literally a brutal massacre and a path that was not human.

When I grabbed Dharma by the collar, Dharma did not shake off my hand. Instead, he glared at me with his two-legged eyes flashing.

[ Then what should I sacrifice to create the Dharma? If it were up to me to do it with just my life, I would have set myself on fire and offered myself as a human sacrifice. However, even 100 million people are just a small unit for that enormous magical ritual, so in the end, I would have to sacrifice everything.]

“So, human sacrifice itself…”

[Don’t just talk about plausible things. Do you, who say such things, have a plan to save our world other than this method?]

” ……”

[ No, I don’t think so. So it must have gone beyond the [door] and come over to outer space…]

As I slowly let go of Dharma’s collar, he continued speaking.

[If you can offer me something that can replace the lives of 100 million people, I will listen to you… but if you continue to oppose, I will have no choice but to kill you.]

WHEEK!

As soon as Dharma finished speaking, he disappeared. Only I and Dharma’s disciples remained in the room.

As an inexplicable silence flowed, Hye-ga, who had been watching everything from behind, clasped her hands together and spoke.

“Amitabha.”

” ……”

“Life is repaid with life. We, the White Lotus Sect, know that pursuing the end is an unforgivable evil act. Not only our teacher Dharma, but all of us know this…”

Hyega continued speaking with half-open eyes.

“But… despite that, we all want the world to end. Ever since the day Dharma taught us, and ever since.”

” … sincerely?”

” yes.”

I glared at them and shouted.

“Damn it!! Do you know what it means to die?! Do you know what it means?! Death is something that is never easy to accept, no matter how much you prepare yourself for it! No matter how hard you steel yourself, dying is just resentment! And you’re forcing that on not one or two people, but a hundred million people!”

“Amitabha.”

“Can you really call that your true feelings? Aren’t you just being intoxicated with yourself?!”

At my shout, Hye-ga once again shouted out her disapproval and then answered.

“Yes. We are intoxicated with our own egos. We have neither the courage nor the vision to face the true world. We want to abandon everything and take refuge in the end, but we also know that it is difficult for the human mind to reach that state.”

” ……”

“But, even so, I sincerely hope that the world will end… because I think there will be [the next world].”

” what?”

What does this mean?

In response to my question, Hye-ga smiled kindly and said,

“Life is suffering… The Master taught us that life is suffering, but that is not all there is. Our sins cannot be repaid even in the Avici, but can it be compared to the suffering of innocent and pure souls for millions of years, being toyed with by [the old rulers]? It is the hope that the world will be purified and reborn as a better world.”

” … that’s nonsense.”

“You may call us crazy, but we are probably the only ones in this world who are crazy.”

Hyega looked at me with sunken eyes.

“You, who live with the suffering of eons, aren’t you already crazy?”

” ……”

I didn’t know what to say in response.

It may have been true that he was crazy, but Hye-ga’s other words made me feel absurd.

A better world.

‘Do they really think there is a [next] time after the vacuum fragrance?’

That can’t be true.

I saw with my own eyes the terrible end of the universe, when everything except the throne was swept away after the [Revelation], and even the [Old Ruler] was destroyed. Anyone who saw that would never have thought that there would be a [next] time.

Wait…?

Suddenly, something occurred to me.

Then he nodded, clearing his mind.

” … Maybe so. Let’s start with martial arts training first.”

” All right.”

I started teaching martial arts to Dharma’s disciples again. It wasn’t because I was willing to sit by and watch a hundred million people sacrifice themselves. It was because I had a really good idea.

About a month passed like that.

I succeeded in teaching considerable martial arts to my four disciples. Ayuta and Hyega had only studied for a month, but they were demonstrating martial arts skills comparable to second-rate warriors. By that time, I thought I had mastered martial arts and went to see Dharma.

“Dharma.”

[ What’s going on…?]

I told him.

“There is a way to make your ritual successful without sacrificing a hundred million people.”