Chapter 5 (Abandoned Disciple Of Heavenly Demon)

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Episode 5: The First Encounter (2)

Jin Myeong unconsciously sat down, perhaps because of the feeling of relief. He felt like crying remembering all the hardships he had endured.

‘It’s insane.’

Suddenly waking up in unfamiliar body, in completely different world or rather civilization. Not to mention, countless near-death experiences.

Fighting assassins. Surviving against a Tiger King (which didn’t appear in the novel) almost broke him. If the poison on the dagger had been just a little weaker, he would not have been able to enter here and would have died.

‘And why was the door open?’

A pattern that resembles an unknown magic circle. It certainly seemed to react to his blood.

‘Is this character from some great lineage?’

If not, then just anyone’s blood could open the gate?

‘My head hurts.’

In the past, when the situation was urgent, Jin Myeong just moved his body without questioning anything. But as he felt relaxed, various thoughts started to haunt him.

The first question that came to his mind was why he had come to this world. Not to mention in a character who didn’t even appear in the original work.

‘Whew. Anyway, I’m sure this isn’t a dream.’

The mere existence of this place convinced Jin Myeong that he was in a novel. And that it wasn’t a dream.

The pain from the wounds was proof that this was definitely not a dream.

‘Now let’s find out.’

The martial arts that the protagonist discovered here.

‘Heavenly Demon Divine Finger. And Heavenly Demon Sword Control Art.’

Both are martial arts skills that the protagonist acquired.

Among them, the protagonist used Heavenly Demon Divine Finger more than Sword control Art.

‘It was described similar to gun.’

There are many scenes in the novel where the main character pierces the enemy’s forehead with a blast of energy from his fingertips.

The speed was so fast that not many people could react properly.

‘Of course, the using it as surprise attack makes it more lethal….’

There were many martial artists that could dodge, if you stretched your finger forward from the front. But if you used it by surprise during a fight, most of them would get their foreheads pierced.

‘The art of swordsmanship isn’t described much, but….’

However, the protagonist was already practicing a swordsmanship before he entered here. And it seems that he preferred to move his body directly rather than using this Sword Control Art, so he learned it but never used it properly.

However, in the novel, it was mentioned that, it was extremely powerful martial arts skills.

‘A martial art that allows one to wield multiple swords with swordsmanship.’

It may not be necessary for the protagonist who learned the strongest martial arts in the novel, but it’s vital for Jin Myeong.

‘Is this it?’

There were about ten volumes of these secret martial arts books in the cave.

Jin Myeong was able to find the Heavenly Swords Control Art and the Heavenly Demon Divine Finger Art right in those ten volumes.

‘Hmm. Is this really that great?’

Jin Myeong, who had skimmed through Heavenly Demon Divine Finger Art once, closed the book and recalled the contents he had read. The content related to this martial art appeared, exactly as he just read.

‘I memorized the entire text of the Heavenly Demon Art after reading it just once’, Jin Myeong couldn’t help but be surprised by this ability of predecessor.

Still, it doesn’t answer why this guy was looked upon with such contempt by others.

‘The Heavenly Demon Divine Finger Art created by the first Heavenly Demon.’

However, this martial art power was not strong enough. Hence, First Heavenly Demon thought Heavenly Demon Divine Finger Art was okay, but it wasn’t enough to satisfy him.

‘But he felt bad about throwing it away, so he made a copy.’

Perhaps one of his wishes would be that, his descendants could make this Heavenly Demon Divine Finger Art more perfect.

‘Then is this the dwelling place also made by the first Heavenly Demon? And these secrets are all martial arts created by the first Heavenly Demon.’

‘Is that so?’

Certainly, the words “I am a Heavenly Demon” were written at the very front of each hidden kit. However, most of the secrets stated that this martial art was a failure.

‘First Heavenly Demon must have strong martial arts.’

Since, First Heavenly Demon would have wanted to create the world’s best martial arts.

That is why, except for the Heavenly Demon Divine Finger Art and Heavenly Demon Sword Control Art, they were all failures.

‘I think that although Heavenly Demon Divine Finger Art and Heavenly Demon Sword Control Art are useful in their own way, they don’t have the power that First Heavenly Demon expected.’

Jin Myeong lifted the martial art book of the Heavenly Demon Sword Control Art.

‘The swords that decorate the sky.’

This sword Art is not less powerful than other martial arts.

‘Rather than going through the hassle of wielding multiple swords with swordsmanship, it would have been easier to just sweep them away with a powerful martial art.’

So, although the first Heavenly Demon can also use this Heavenly Demon Sword Control Art, it was abandoned here.

‘A martial art that allows you to use multiple swords, even if you cannot reach the oral nerve.’

Usually, in order to use Sword Energy, and control sword with telekinesis, one had to reach the level certain level of enlightenment in Swordsmanship. One had to capable of using sword energy.

‘In the novel, the realms are divided mainly based on how one deals with internal energy.’

If you can create internal energy, you will be treated as a top expert, and if you can create sword (or martial) energy, you will be treated as a super top expert.

‘In the end, it’s possible that a top-tier martial master’s swordsmanship may fall behind that of a top-tier Sword master.’

Of course, the ultimately master will win since he is better at handling internal energy. Simply, because of that, you can’t compare the Martial Art Master and Sword Master.

And if you’ve been training in martial arts for that long, your swordsmanship shouldn’t be lacking. However, his attainment in swordsmanship, may be worse that a Sword Cultivator, even within same rank.

‘Anyway, this martial art seems to help me use multiple swords with force.’

Unlike other martial arts, it is not focused on killing enemies, but rather on delicately manipulating one’s inner strength to control sword.

‘It’ll still take long time to master this.’

‘Of course, if your achievement is low, you won’t be able to practice swordsmanship. At first, it was just a way to move the sword through empty space.’

There’s difference in having multiple swords flying around and stabbing the enemy.

‘That also requires a tremendous amount of internal energy. And as your achievements increase, you will be able to perform swordsmanship.’

Demonstrates different Swordsmanship Arts using multiple swords. It is clearly an incredible feat.

‘I definitely don’t understand it right away.’

Unlike Heavenly Demon Divine Finger Art, Jin Myeong couldn’t fully understand it after reading it once.

Jin Myeong completely memorized the Heavenly Demon Sword Control Art when he read it again, and by the third time he was able to understand it to some extent.

‘Come to think of it, I need internal energy, right?’

When the secret of the Heavenly Demon Sword Control Art was revealed, Jin Myeong was able to realize his biggest problem.

The point is that he didn’t have knowledge to control his internal energy, neither does he have any manual to control internal energy.

‘No matter how hard I tried to think about it, nothing about the mind manual came to mind.’

Of course, he thought there would be some internal energy manual here. However, among the secret Arts, there was no internal energy Art.

‘Whew. What should I do with this?’

There is very little mention of this place in the novel.

It was just a place where protagonist obtained the Heavenly Demon Divine Finger Art and Heavenly Demon Sword Control Art.

‘And those mosses.’

Jin Myeong looked at the moss on one side of the cave.

‘I don’t know the name, but I heard it helped build up internal energy.’

The greatest fortune, the protagonist got here was that moss.

According to novel, simply eating would not increase one’s internal energy, but if one continued to eat and cultivate internal energy, the amount accumulated in the dantian would increase.

‘There’s water too.’

Just like in the novel, there was water pooling next to the moss.

Rainwater must have fallen through a hole in the ceiling.

‘Water and food, that will help in survival with that.’

The main character also survived by drinking water, and consuming mosses.

‘Still, I returned to square one, problem is ultimately the internal energy manual.’

‘This residence was first heavenly demon. And the Heavenly Demon Divine Finger Art was created by the first Heavenly Demon.’

‘What if Heavenly Demon had created Heavenly Demon Divine Finger Art here?’

Then Jin Myeong thought, maybe there are some failed martial art manual here too.

‘But I don’t see it here.’

‘What if it….’

‘Of course you hid it.’

In any case, it will contain some of the secrets of the Heavenly Demon Divine Finger Art.

‘And that engraved character.’

As written at the entrance to this place, the character “明” was written on the wall.

Jin Myeong thought that that might be where First Heavenly Demon hid his inner energy secret manual.

‘But the protagonist couldn’t find another place here.’

The protagonist also suspected that there was hidden chamber when he first saw the letters. However, no special mechanism similar to entrance were found.

‘It seems clear that even the protagonist couldn’t break this wall.’

It means that the it is protected by something that cannot be broken. Jin Myeong immediately got up from his seat and walked towards the wall.

‘Then, wouldn’t there be a mechanism like the one I saw earlier?’

He recalled the location of the pattern he had found at the entrance and began to search for similar pattern. He tried to find the other side of mechanism he saw at entrance.

‘This area seems right.’

Of course, the entrance was dark and the location might not have been exact, as it was based on the door opening mechanism.

Even if size wasn’t that small.

‘Found it!’

However, Jin Myeong was able to find the pattern with great persistence.

‘I never thought it would be on the other side.’

Because the entrance and structure were different, it took a long time to find the pattern. If he had given up thinking it wasn’t there, he would never have found it.

‘Was it blood?’

Jin Myeong pulled out his sword and lightly cut his own thumb. He frowned slightly and wiped the flowing blood on the pattern.

Kookookookook!

And soon the wall began to turn.

“Oh?”

As soon as he entered, the first thing he saw was a book lying on the floor.

‘That’s more than I thought?’

Even as he picked up the book, Jin Myeong’s eyes were looking around.

‘There are quite a few weapons.’

Jin Myeong guessed he’ll just have to get the sword from there.

‘Should I read first?’

Jin Myeong started reading the book.

‘This was also written by First Heavenly Demon.’

This was also written not long after the First Heavenly Demon established the Heavenly Demon Sect.

‘This martial art….’

As he read the writing written by Heavenly Demon, Jin Myeong could tell that the martial arts he was currently holding were extraordinary.

‘A martial art that, even the First Heavenly Demon who created the Heavenly Demon Divine Finger Art could not master perfectly.’

To be exact, it is a martial art that took so long to master that even First Heavenly Demon gave up on it.

‘The Heavenly Demon Divine Finger Art is a degraded version of this martial art.’

The Heavenly Demon Divine Finger Art was created to compensate for the long time it took to master this manual, but it’s said that the power was greatly reduced.

‘Even though its power has been reduced, the Heavenly Demon Divine Finger Art is still one of the best martial arts in the world.’

Then he wondered how great this martial art was.

‘It’s a completely different martial art. Unlike the Heavenly Demon Divine Finger Art…….’

The secret he was reading was related to the origin of the first Heavenly Demon.

‘The Parthian Empire and the Pyro-Cult.’

That is, it is related to Zoroastrianism in Persia.

‘This martial art is a martial art that was created by adapting the martial arts of Zoroastrianism to his own ideals.’

But in the end, Heavenly Demon gave up on this martial art. If it takes a long time to master it, then it is a failure.

‘However, Heavenly Demon is confident that if he masters this martial art, he will have no rivals in the world.’

It is a martial art that even the first Heavenly Demon gave up on. It was difficult to guarantee that Jin Myeong himself would be able to achieve great success.

‘Still, I have no choice but to get used to it’ Jin Myeong could only sigh in defeat.

‘Beggars can’t be chooser.’

There were no other internal energy Arts he could learn at the moment. Hence, he started to practice this.

‘The fire that purifies everything. Is it possible that burning people to death is considered purification?’

When he thought about it that way, the word purification feels somehow eerie.

‘The content is difficult.’

Jin Myeong read the secrets of the internal energy manual several times. It was inevitable because it was difficult to understand in just one time.

It was different from the hidden situation he had experienced, just before in terms of difficulty.

‘It’s bound to take a long time to become successful.’

Jin Myeong sighed softly and covered the hidden room. He couldn’t figure out what purpose First Heavenly Demon had created this martial art book.

‘Could it be that he wanted to become a god?’

This martial art was so different from other martial arts that he couldn’t help but think that way.

Jin Myeong, who had been quietly staring at the manual, soon sat down on the floor, crossed his legs, and began to recite the contents of the sutra.

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