761 – 9. There is not a single day when this does not happen (10)
The gateway, also known as the ‘Three Passes’, leads to the top of Cheongeomsan Mountain.
Among them, the ‘Gwan of Kwae (快)’ was the first, located closest to the mountainside. After going through two more gates, it was possible to reach the peak of the mountain where the great monk was staying.
However, the order of the three crowns did not seem to be a measure of the practitioner’s skill level.
“You will receive basic training methods at Kwaeui Pavilion, and after that, you can freely choose the Pavilion where you want to train.”
That was the explanation of Seria, who called herself ‘Instructor Gong (空)’.
Because of its position as the first pavilion, the ‘Gwan of Joy’ also plays the role of accepting initiates of the ‘sword circle’, but the three pavilions teach trainees on equal footing.
In other words, it meant that one could remain in Kwaeui Gwan even after completing basic training.
Furthermore, it was said that a longer period of time was needed to learn the essence of the Quick Sword.
In fact, contrary to its name ‘gwanmun’, Kwae’s pavilion had a shape close to a pavilion. It is a place where numerous trainees gather and receive training, lodging, and food.
As a result, the people I saw on my way there were all different.
From people who carry buckets on their backs to fetch water from a well, to people who work hard at practicing swordsmanship, to people who tend to the vegetable garden located in the corner or who are busy preparing meals.
It was a pulsating place where each person had their own role to play. Although everyone lives an intense daily life, it should be said that it is a place where you can feel a strange sense of leisure.
The training center is the center of this pavilion.
At the training hall and podium there, a girl with gray hair continued to speak in a calm voice.
“There are two core concepts in the myo-ri passed down from generation to generation in the Heavenly Sword Mountain. One is ‘Jin (盡)’ and the other is… …..”
Ceria’s indifferent gaze trailed off at the end of her sentence and glanced at me. As if that single glance was better than a few words, the group, except me, immediately let out an exclamation of ‘Ah’.
It’s worth it.
Everyone must have been affected by that technique, or at least witnessed it countless times next to me.
I felt so embarrassed for no reason that I had no choice but to clear my throat. Even so, the attention drawn to me did not disappear.
“As it has gained fame in recent years, it is ‘Jeongjungdong (停中movement)’. Basically, practitioners of ‘Sword Circle’ adopt a practice method of advancing to ‘Jeongjungdong’ through ‘Jin’.”
“I have a question.”
And silence.
While I was cooling my flushed face, the change occurred as soon as senior Delphine slightly raised her hand. This sensation as if the warmth and cold of the entire area were mixing and forming a single layer at once.
Crimson eyes and deep blue eyes met in the air. A beautiful woman with a bright smile and a cool appearance, and a girl with a cold look that resembles the moon and stars.
They had one last name, but their impressions were so contrasting. That may be why it creates even more tension for no reason.
However, the standoff did not last long.
“…… “Tell me.”
Ceria was the first to close her eyes and gently turn her head.
“hehehe, isn’t she being too cold towards her older sister whom she hasn’t seen in a long time? “Seria.”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about, my name is ‘Gong (空)’. If you have any questions…….”
“What is that ‘jin’?”
When I tried to stop talking, he added an answer as if he was waiting.
Hearing this, Ceria let out an irritated sigh. Senior Delphine’s intentions seemed clear, so she deserved it.
Anyway, if it was a training method that could be called a ‘core technique’, it would have been explained to you without asking.
Nevertheless, intentionally asking a question meant nothing more than an attempt to get the word out. Especially when it comes to Delphine, a smart and cunning senior.
It was Seria’s best response.
If she had responded more emotionally than this, she might have been caught by senior Delphine.
He looked much more mature than before. If it were the Seria I knew, her patience would have been tested around this time.
Even now, I cleared my throat a couple of times to control my emotions.
“Let’s continue the explanation… ‘Jin(盡)’ simply means ’emptiness’.”
“Emptying, what?”
“Everything.”
It was an answer given without hesitation, but there was no answer more ambiguous than this.
‘Everything’.
In essence, the easier it is to say, the more difficult it is to achieve, so questions about the specific methodology inevitably followed. In fact, who could get a sense of something right away upon hearing it for the first time?
Seria probably doesn’t know this either.
As the mood among the group became more subtle, the girl continued to give additional explanations.
“You literally have to empty ‘everything’… ‘Jin (盡)’ refers to a training method that exhausts and exhausts oneself and empties oneself. “I should say I’m in a kind of trance.”
“Then you can get in another way, right?”
That was Shien’s point. It was indeed a wizard-like rebuttal, because seekers of truth know hundreds of meditation methods, and among them, there is a way to reach a ‘trance’.
Most wizards would have learned one or two of the countless meditation methods that suited them.
In other words, the question is whether there is a need to go through a training method called ‘Jin’.
Because it was a valid point, Seria gave an answer right away.
“There is a critical difference. ‘Jin’ is ultimately a training method that allows you to reach ‘pure self’ at any desired point without any preparation.”
“Why do we have to reach ‘Mole’?”
A barrage of questions, this time it was senior Delphine.
Seria’s gaze moved again. Even after receiving that cold gaze, the blonde woman just smiled leisurely.
How much is that?
“Destiny, regret, ego… “After throwing everything away, it finally becomes empty.”
Sabak, do it.
The girl wearing a uniform began to walk slowly. We were standing right in front of the podium, and the girl was also in front of the podium, so the distance between us was only a few steps at most.
“Only then can we become the road. A path where everything flows freely… “Do you know what that means?”
The body of the woman who was lying down was extremely light. A clean landing with no noise or dust.
Seria was already standing in front of senior Delphine.
Her height itself was slightly larger than that of her older sister. However, the difference was not large, so the two people’s eyes had to fill each other without even a gap to avoid.
Senior Delphine’s lips, who had been crossing her arms until then, twitched.
“…… “Hoo.”
An exclamation of laughter erupts from Yurdina’s golden lion.
“What if you don’t know? “Can you at least show it to me?”
“If you really want.”
Silently closing her eyelids, Ceria answered in a calm tone.
“There’s nothing I can’t show you.”
The atmosphere began to cool down in an instant.
I might have stopped him normally, but I chose to remain silent instead of dissuading him. Because I was equally interested.
Vision of ‘Sword Circle’.
Among them, being able to receive the name of ‘instructor’ guaranteed that Seria’s skill level was not average. If so, I couldn’t help but take this opportunity to see it.
How much has Seria grown?
And, what kind of answer can I find here?
Senior Delphine seemed to be equally interested. I saw that she was laughing and laughing.
“It’s difficult… Anyway, it’s been a while since we met…… “
The very next moment.
With a sigh, golden flames spewed out.
It was a swordsmanship that reached the level of a master. Before the opponent even noticed, the sword that was pulled out with all its might with just one hand was like a beam of light.
No, should I say it is more like the sun.
In an instant, the sound of golden flames heating up the sword body and burning oxygen rang out. Like fireworks, a brilliant scarlet light burns your vision red.
Silence fell upon the place where the swaying heat had subsided.
The reason was simple. Before I knew it, Ceria had lowered her posture and was holding her blade to Senior Delphine’s neck.
The red-hot blade split the air.
“… ….This is ‘true.'”
Ceria said that without even fixing her flowing hair.
“Because it is empty, it actually contains infinite possibilities.”
The blade was withdrawn with a swoosh, leaving a very shallow scratch on the nape of her pure white neck.
“When it reaches its extreme, no one can react… Even if you are a ‘master.'”
Up until then, senior Delphine was just frozen with her eyebrows slightly narrowed. Well, it was so hard to understand even after looking at it.
It caught my eye too.
It was like a series of photos that had been forcibly cut and pasted together. Ceria’s body, which had not taken any stance until then, immediately went on the offensive, and the gap between her sword and her sword was drawn.
It was safe to assume that it did not exist. Literally, extreme pleasure.
When I saw this, a technology suddenly came to mind. Although I had been using it unconsciously, I also had a conversation with her in a position where all the muscles in her body were exhausted.
That would have been another use of ‘Jeongjungdong’.
Another interesting thing is that I did not feel any magical power during the process.
Magic power causes miracles. That was common sense. For such a bizarre technology, it would definitely need magical power.
While my doubts deepened, Ceria had finished her lead sword. Before long, she turned around and went back to her training ground.
She couldn’t be quiet just because she was senior Delphine.
“Hey, where…” … !”
And then, before I could even take a single step, I had to face the tip of the knife touching my uvula.
Seria, who had already turned around, muttered in a low voice.
“It’s over now.”
“Who wants it? I think the fire has finally been lit…… !”
“Because that’s the rule.”
Senior Delphine, who suffered an unexpected defeat, was in tears and seemed to want to rush in.
The temperature of the blade that touched my uvula was extremely cold. It’s hard to believe that she doesn’t have Aurors.
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Without shedding her sword, Ceria continued her even tone.
“It’s not difficult to get along better, but…” A seeker of ‘Cheongeomjiro’ must be qualified to challenge the instructor.”
“What was it just now?”
“There is no rule prohibiting a teacher from challenging a seeker.”
Senior Delphine burst out laughing as if she was dumbfounded, but she did not go against Ceria’s logic as she accepted it.
It was just a little unpleasant.
“Even if you don’t fuss so much, I will explain it to you little by little.”
With that, Seria took away her sword.
She glanced back at senior Delphine, who still couldn’t let go of her anger.
“…… hehehe.”
With some kind of fishy laugh.
In the end, it was up to me to stop Delphine, who was trying to attack again. Even after that, the woman’s anger did not subside for a long time.
Regardless, Seria, who was somehow in a good mood, simply continued her explanation in a reminiscent tone.
“In order to learn these ‘jins’, you must undergo training under special restrictions.”
It was right after that that the girl started fiddling with my wrist and threw something.
A blunt bracelet without any patterns.
However, it may not have been an unusual object, but the noise it made as it fell to the ground was very loud.
Thump.
Because there was a cloud of sand and dust.
“This is a bracelet processed from a special rock that only comes from Cheongeomsan Mountain. It has the effect of suppressing magical power… “If you wear one on each arm and one on each leg, you will not be able to use magical power.”
“Wow, such a heavy object…… ?”
The question Shien asked while trembling was scattered along with the sand dust. As if it was a question that didn’t need an answer, Seria continued her story, completely ignoring the princess’s words.
It may be a response filled with personal feelings.
It was still just a guess based on reasonable doubt.
“Most training at Heavenly Sword Mountain is carried out by suppressing magical power. Let go of the magic you have been relying on and explore martial arts in its true sense…….”
“I’m sorry.”
At this point, there is one thing I won’t ask about.
When I slowly raised my hand, the crowd’s attention naturally focused on me. So I had no choice but to smile awkwardly.
“I won’t be able to control myself…” “At least that bracelet.”
To be precise, no matter what I did, there was no way to suppress my magical power.
Because I was a ‘master’. Or, is there a possibility if a ‘master’ of the same level prepares diligently?
It was a story that was close to impossible here.
Seria also seemed to be well aware of that. She was nodding her head obediently.
“Yes, that’s right… In fact, there is no way to suppress the ‘Master’s’ magical power.”
“Is it still okay?”
“What should we do? It’s because Cheongeomsan Mountain’s preparations are lacking… “I have no choice but to leave it to the individual’s conscience.”
Is it okay to just skip it like this?
Well, there wouldn’t have been many precedents for someone with skills equivalent to a ‘Master’ to challenge ‘Cheongeomjiro’. At most, ‘sword-fighting’ would be the end.
The disaster that was difficult to prepare for even if we knew about it was the existence of the ‘Master.’
I was not shameless enough to attack this suddenly and complain about my lack of preparation. All I can do is keep my mouth shut.
Until Ceria kissed her lips.
“…… But.”
Despite my puzzled gaze, Seria slightly turned her head to avoid my gaze. As if he was trying to get rid of her pretense.
“Without magic power, I passed the basic training in two weeks… “It was unusually fast.”
Do you want to brag?
As I was confused, unable to guess its meaning, blue eyes caught my eye. In addition, even the corners of the girl’s mouth with a slight sneer.
For a moment, I was dazed.
“How about you? Of course, I will say it again, there is no way to stop it even if magical power is used…….”
“I will do it.”
I couldn’t help but burst into laughter.
Feeling an ember starting to burn in my chest for no reason.
“I don’t have to use it, right?”
“Even if I use it… ….”
“I don’t use it. And it took two weeks?”
I asserted.
“I have one week.”
It was the oath of an ugly senior who fell for the provocation of a junior.