Chapter 19 (Abandoned Disciple of Heavenly Demon)

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Episode 19: Mastering the Sword (2)

‘It’s huge.’

Jin Myeong, who saw the training ground of the Mad Demon, was purely amazed by its size, which was incomparable to the training ground in his own garden.

“So, what are you curious about?”

“Firstly, I fought against the Fourth Martial Brother.”

“Yeah. I heard you won.”

Jin Myeong immediately thought of Yang Jeon’s face. It seems that he reported here as soon as the fight was over.

“Yes. I’m just upset that I can’t beat them more overwhelmingly.”

“Hmm. So?”

Jin Myeong nodded and pulled out the sword he had brought.

The Vice-Sect Leader’s eyes lit up as he saw Jin Myeong, who seemed to be trying to use his own hand to unleash his sword rather than using swordsmanship.

“Can you look at it for a moment?”

“Yeah.”

Jin Myeong immediately stood up and moved his hands.

“Sakpungdobeop (朔風刀法)?” [Gale Wind Blade Technique]

Although it was being used with a sword, Jin Myeong was using the Gale Wind Blade technique that the members of the Mad Wind Squad had mastered.

“Where did you learn that?”

“It was in my head.”

Mad Demon, who was about to get angry at Jin Myeong for using the Gale Wind Blade method, soon nodded in agreement.

When Jin Myeong was young, he saw his father training in Mad Wind Squad. He must have had the Gale Wind Blade method engraved in his head at that time.

“You’re just imitating it.”

“Yes.”

Jin Myeong put away his sword and began to use his internal energy again.

“Hmm.”

It was different from the general method of the Gale Wind Blade method. Rather, it was a very simple method.

“That method is not compatible with the Gale Wind Blade method.”

“I know. But there aren’t many techniques I can use right now.”

Mad Demon nodded at Jin Myeong’s words.

“Then let’s begin.”

And Jin Myeong immediately moved his feet and performed the Gale Wind Blade technique. And after walking for a short while, Jin Myeong fell down.

“What are you doing all of a sudden?”

Mad Demon’s face hardened at Jin Myeong’s sudden appearance. Because it seemed like Jin Myeong was playing a joke on him with his martial arts skills.

“It’s always like this. If I try to use swordsmanship while using internal energy, I’ll fall over.”

“Hmm.”

“So, I was frustrated and didn’t know what to do, so I came to see the Vice-Sect Leader.”

Jin Myeong got up from his seat and brushed off the dirt on his clothes.

“Try it again.”

“Yes.”

Jin Myeong moved again in the same way as Mad Demon’s words, and fell down again in an ugly manner.

“That’s strange.”

“Yes?”

“It looks like something is interfering.”

Mad Demon recalled the sight of Jin Myeong falling.

“When you clearly demonstrated the martial art, your steps seemed to be very perfect.”

It was strange that he would fall like this with the addition of the Gale Wind Blade method to that perfect walk.

“It was as if something was tripping on all fours.”

Mad Demon could see Jin Myeong’s left foot moving unnaturally. The left foot kicked Jin Myeong’s right foot and knocked him down.

“It wasn’t something that came naturally.”

“Can something like that happen?”

“Hmm. This isn’t typical.”

It seemed that Mad Demon thought that Jin Myeong was not a genius.

“When you were young, someone…….”

The talking Mad Demon soon shook his head.

Because even if he asked Jin Myeong, who had lost his memory, there would be no answer.

‘There’s no way that guy didn’t know this.’

The madman thought of his leader. There is no way that Heavenly Demon didn’t know what he had discovered.

‘Could it be that that human really only gave martial arts skills to his disciples and didn’t care about them at all?’

If Mad Demon knew Heavenly Demon, he would be a human being who would do that and still have others.

So, Jin Myeong gradually gave up on martial arts, and people who didn’t know him well would say things like he was a person abandoned by Heavenly Demon.

“Can you swing a sword while using Internal Energy?”

“That will work.”

Basic stabbing and slashing were possible. Although he would fall over if he tried to perform even slightly complex swordsmanship, he was able to perform basic swordsmanship.

“Hmm. Wait a minute.”

The Mad Demon left Jin Myeong for a moment and headed somewhere.

“Look at this.”

Then, not long after, the Mad Demon returned and handed something to Jin Myeong.

“Ashura sword Art (修羅劍形)?”

Jin Myeong, who realized that what the Mad Demon had handed him was a Martial Art Manual, had a bewildered expression on his face.

Jin Myeong looked at the manual that the Vice-Sect leader had handed him, which contained the content of the Ashura Sword.

“Learn it.”

All of a sudden, he hands Jin Myeong a Martial Art book, and told him to learn it. Jin Myeong looked at the martial art manual quietly.

‘Contrary to its name, it doesn’t seem like a great swordsmanship.’

Rather, most of them were basic sword movements. Jin Myeong had no idea why such a basic thing had been given to him.

He had such basic swordsmanship in his head as well.

“Do you know what a Swordsmanship is?”

“Aren’t you talking about swordsmanship that is developed through combat?”

“It is a swordsmanship that is developed through practice and refinement.”

It is said to be a sword technique honed through actual combat and a sword technique without a pattern, but in reality, it is a sword technique that is swung around haphazardly.

“Since you can swing a sword with help of internal energy, it must be a full sword.”

Even if it was just simple random swordsmanship, there were very few who mastered this swordsmanship.

And those who have mastered this swordsmanship have always been among the top ten masters in the martial arts world.

Since it was a swordsmanship that had been experienced in countless battles, it was a sword art that could respond to any attack from the opponent.

The downside is that not many people have mastered it.

“It’s up to you whether you learn it or not. Now go back.”

Jin Myeong came to ask for help, but all Vice-Sect Leader did was throw him some fancy martial art manual and that was it.

“Then I will go now.”

Jin Myeong couldn’t ask any more questions because the Mad Demon turned his body as if he had nothing to say.

“Incantation.”

“Yes?”

As Jin Myeong was about to turn back, the Mad Demon’s voice was heard again.

“If you don’t know, look it up.”

And the Mad Demon left the Training Ground.

Jin Myeong, who was left alone, was blankly staring in the direction where the Mad Demon had disappeared.

“Incantation…….”

It is often called a magic trick because it is used a lot in Unorthodox Sects, but it is actually called a sage magic trick because it is used by sages.

Anyway, unlike general martial arts, it is talking about strange powers.

‘So, this is a martial arts version of magic after all?’

Of course, it’s not like you can magically summon a meteor, but it’s a concept that’s somewhat similar to magic.

‘Is it something I have to find at least once?’

Jin Myeong is not sure if there are people within the Heavenly Demon Sect who can use sorcery. In any case, it seemed that Mad Demon also did not think of Jin Myeong’s condition as a simple constitution.

‘Then why did I suddenly become able to use internal energy?’

Jin Myeong couldn’t figure out why he was suddenly able to use internal energy, whether it was because of a sorcery or an innate constitution.

‘Is it because the Heavenly Demon Divine Art’s power is so outstanding? Or is it because of the Yin-Yang meridian?’

Jin Myeong thinks it’s probably one of these two, but he can’t figure out exactly why.

‘Is this really some kind of witchcraft?’

‘Then, can another sorcerer solve it?’

‘And who the hell put this spell on him?’

‘It’s complicated.’

This character didn’t even appear in the novel, so Jin Myeong couldn’t figure out why his circumstances were so complicated.

‘Let’s go back first.’

There was nothing more to be gained by staying here.

As soon as Jin Myeong returned to his residence, he immediately began reading the AAshura Sword Martial Art Manual.

‘It’s a font I’ve seen a lot.’

Jin Myeong, who was reading the manual, tilted his head.

‘First Heavenly Demon?’

Jin Myeong thought that the author of this manual was the first Heavenly Demon. That must be why, the handwriting he was looking at was so familiar.

And aren’t most of the martial art manual he saw, are written by the first Heavenly Demon?

‘But there’s nothing to brag about from the beginning, so it’s hard to say that there weren’t many invited Heavenly Demons.’

If it were the first Heavenly Demon, he would have bragged about who he was and what kind of martial arts this secret martial art was at the very beginning.

In fact, such boasts were written in Heavenly Demon Sword Control Art, Heavenly Demon Divine Art, and Heavenly Demon Divine Finger Art.

Even the swordsmanship that Heavenly Demon failed at was written with pride, like, ‘although it’s a failure, it’s still a decent martial art. However, it doesn’t have the power I want, so I’m discarding it.’

There was a text written along these lines, but there was no such text written on the AAshura Sword.

‘Was it not created by Heavenly Demon, but by someone else who copied it?’

If Heavenly Demon made this martial art, then it could be so.

‘Or maybe it wasn’t created by First Heavenly Demon at all.’

‘Isn’t it possible that there are people with similar handwriting?’

It’s not like the Heavenly Demon Sect only had the first Heavenly Demons.

‘That doesn’t matter.’

Jin Myeong continued reading the manual.

‘What should I say? This is unusual.’

The famous Ashura Sword type that even Yang Jeon knows about.

‘A name given to it because it helped in killing enemies like an Ashura on the battlefield.’

‘Who on earth fought like an Ashura with this martial art?’

‘Still, it doesn’t seem to be as bad as people often say.’

The biggest problem with this sword technique is that its background is different from that of ordinary martial arts.

‘Usually, swordsmanship can only move with similar internal strength.’

Quick sword can be cited as an example. The most basic attack for a quick sword is usually stabbing.

But there were countless swordsmanship techniques that were quick-witted, and the thrusts of those swordsmanship techniques weren’t all the same.

‘There are differences depending on the method, but ultimately, the power changes depending on the movement of the internal energy.’

It’s the tiny differences that make for a superior swordsmanship.

And in the Ashura Sword Form, it is explained in detail how the internal energy should be moved for each movement of the sword.

‘Is there something to this peculiar history of movement?’

Jin Myeong thought there must be a reason for this.

‘I don’t think he would have gone to the trouble of making a martial art just to prank other people.’

There must be something. Something that Jin Myeong knows and others don’t know.

‘Hmm. But this is something…’

As Jin Myeong continued to read the manual, something caught his attention.

‘First of all, I must not burn this martial art manual.’

Jin Myeong thought that it would be a bad idea to burn the manual of the Ashura Sword Art. It felt different from all the other manuals he’d burnt so far.

‘It’s not that great of a swordsmanship.’

In conclusion, it is just a collection of basic swordsmanship techniques. Jin Myeong couldn’t shake that thought.

However, Jin Myeong thought that the swordsmanship was not so poor that Yang Jeon shook his head at the mention of the Ashura Sword.

‘It’s really strange.’

He couldn’t figure out why he was thinking this way.

‘Anyway, it’s important to continue practicing this basic swordsmanship and get used to it.’

So, the most important thing in this manual was that the body had to move on its own even in critical situations on the battlefield.

All it said is to block your opponent’s attacks well, dodge well, and attack well. It says, you just have to attack according to the situation.

‘No, if you dodge well, block well, and attack well, you will win.’

‘Isn’t that why anyone want learn swordsmanship?’

It was so absurd that it only said things that were so obvious.

‘I need to read a little more.’

Weird.

Jin Myeong usually had the talent to understand the essence of martial arts just by reading it once. But strangely, he felt like he understood all of this martial art, but at the same time he didn’t fully understand it at all.

And the look in Jin Myeong’s eyes changed when he read the manual about five times.

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