Chapter 9

Quang!
With a loud boom, sand and dust rose up.
“Ugh…….”
I winced as the dust got into my eyes.
“Lee…….”
Tears flowed, and the stinging eased as I washed the dust away.
The sandy dust settled, and now I could see what had happened to the rock.
“Wow…….”
It was pretty much what I expected.
The rock wasn’t broken, but there were still fist marks on it.
A mark like a stigma.
“That’s amazing…….”
I couldn’t have done it before.
I’m a swordsman, and a swordsman who hasn’t been practicing for long.
As such, my fists are not as strong as they should be, so I didn’t dare to hit the rock.
However, once he became stronger, he changed.
Even though he was a swordsman and had only been practicing for a short time, he made fist marks on the rock.
“With a little more practice, I might be able to break it…….”
Yes, this is how strong he was after only a short time of practicing.
How much stronger will it be in a week’s time…….
“I might be able to defeat the death penalty.”
It was worth the effort.
“And I can’t sleep.”
I’ve always felt tired when I practiced qigong.
However, when I practiced it to such a tremendous effect, I didn’t even notice sleep or fatigue.
“Shall I continue? No, no, no. The technique is good, but it’s more important to know me.”
Although chi is important, it’s more important to know yourself.
If you know yourself, you will win.
You don’t need to know about the kung fu, you need to know about me.
Every time I practice, I grow stronger.
If I don’t know about myself, I can’t win the fight, and the fight becomes unwinnable.
“Then you should also eat herbivorously…….”
It’s called Zen Shenfu, but water is also important.
Now that you’ve trained your heart, you need to train your hands.
He drew his sword and deployed the plum blade.
“This is different.”
It seemed to be a good idea to deploy the initial formation.
A different power, as evidenced by the fist.
The same could be said for the plum blade.
“My body must adjust.”
As the power increased, it became a problem.
He didn’t know when to use which herb to use.
“Well, I’ll figure it out as I go along.”
The only way to learn is to keep moving.
It’s the body, not the head, that remembers the first move.
“Fuha!”
I exhaled violently and sat back in my seat.
“Fuu…… Fuu…….”
I continued to deploy the Plum Blossom Sword until dawn.
I’ve gotten used to its power, and now it’s the fatigue that’s the problem.
“It’s a trick…….”
There is nothing like crying to relieve fatigue.
For the fatigue that accumulates during training, flying is the best.
“Hap!”
I shouted loudly and turned on my heels.
You can’t do it with your mind.
I continued to train day after day.
A week went by quickly.
I thought, “Has it been that long already?
It seemed like only two or three days had passed, but a week had already passed.
“Woohoo!”
It’s not long now.
I completely forgot why I was suddenly training like I was facing the enemy of a lifetime, but I had to do it.
I steeled myself and raised my sword.
The cold sensation of the blade.
A wake-up call.
“Hap!”
I slammed my palms together, and the latent energy flew away.
It wasn’t long until noon.
But that doesn’t mean I can stop training.
I continued to chant and slowly shifted my energy back to the bottom and opened my eyes.
Chapter 4: The Death Penalty (1)
The figures I felt were, of course, the executioners.
When I turned my head, I saw two boys.
The two boys in red and white robes were as masculine as ever.
‘This is offensive again…….’
These two executions are popular among Bo Ping’s disciples.
The reason for this was their manliness.
If they are already this manly when they haven’t even signed the contract yet, how handsome will they be when they grow up?
‘Well, it’s over after today.
As he pulled himself together, the executioners said.
“It’s been a long time, Qingwu.”
“Hmph, that’s right.”
“Yoo Hyuk, Jang Il…….”
“Death penalty, ignorant bastard.”
Yoo Hyuk looked at me with a sneering expression.
“Whoa, why are you here again today?”
Yoo Hyuk, Jang Il, Sasung.
They know, but they pretend not to know.
It’s polite (although I don’t know what kind of polite).
“Ah, I heard that Master Mujin has descended?”
“But?”
“Please tell me the answer you want.
I said poutily, and Master Zhang Il raised one corner of his mouth and said.
“Bring out your swords, let’s see your skills.”
The executioners swayed at the waist and produced their swords.
“Beimu? It’s Beimu, thank goodness.
If it wasn’t Bimu, I was no good.
If it was a horse fight, I would have been beaten.
That’s why I spoke in such a pouty tone.
“Yeah. Sure.”
I smirked to myself, drew my sheathed sword, and followed the executioners.
After a short walk, I came to the clearing where I first met them.
As I stood there looking around, two of them began to argue.
“I’ll do it today.”
“What makes you think ‘today’ makes sense when you did it last time?”
“Shut up, I’ll do it.”
“Chet, okay. But next time, I’m definitely going to do it.”
“Okay, thanks.”
Yoo Hyuk smiled and stepped forward.
It seems that Yoo Hyuk was his opponent again today.
“Wow…… they’re really bad.
What happened next was predictable.
They’re trying to bring me to my knees with overwhelming force.
‘Yeah, if it was a week ago, you guys would have gotten your way…….’
But this was different.
I broke through the top game, and unexpectedly, my stoppages increased.
Moreover, after a week of training, I was stronger than ever before.
I felt the death knell with a much different feeling than last time and measured my performance.
“I can draw, but I can’t lose.
Just as I thought.
This is enough to overflow with confidence.
Chuck!
Yoo Hyuk stood apart from him, pointed his sword at him, and said politely.
“I hope you’ll do well, executioner.”
“Sure, sure. I’ll take care of you too.”
Yoo Hyuk replied with a rotten smile.
‘I want to slap…….’
I’m not going to lose anyway, so why not?
With the intention of striking with all his might, he gripped the sword bottle tightly with his right hand, while his left hand took up a water sword.
“You’re using a plum sword to begin with? Fine, I don’t care. Come on.”
Arrogant.
His sword dangled arbitrarily, and he couldn’t stop laughing.
“I’ll make sure you never appear before me like that again…….
Tadadak!
Using the plum blossom sword and the plum blossom stride he had learned, he rushed at Yoo Hyuk.
KANG!
He blocked the diagonal slash with his raised sword and stabbed out with his front foot.
Boom!
The hand that was holding his head moved, grabbed his ankle, and twisted it.
“Ugh!”
“Huh!”
I smiled a smile of conversion at the bewildered look in his eyes.
He gave him the gift of hitting him on the shoulder with a sword bottle as he lost his center.
Puck!
“Thud!”
The sneering face distorted, and he threw down his sword.
He didn’t stop laughing, but dodged lightly and stepped back.
After taking a moment to catch his breath, he gritted his teeth and said.
“Using a remnant jutsu…….”
“How about a death sentence with a remnant?”
“Ouch!
Once I became proficient, I could say things like this.
I don’t care if it’s a lower prize.
I can’t pass up such a golden opportunity,” I sneered, twisting my lips.
The executioner’s face became even more distorted.
“……I won’t look the other way. Be prepared.”
The prayer changed.
Sharp flesh spewing out, eyes sinking in.
This was the real Yoo Hyuk, a man with a shitty personality but real skills.
“Did I touch the wrong one?
I was a little…… No, I was very scared.
I was scared of the death penalty even when I had the upper hand (can you say upper hand?) because I had been bullied all the time.
‘Yi, I can’t take it anymore.’
There’s a limit to what you can take.
You can’t miss an opportunity.
I shook my head vigorously to clear my fears and resumed my stance.
“Haat!”
Shi Hsieh lunged forward, unleashing the first move of the Falling Leaf Sword Technique.
The sword slash moved as freely as a falling leaf, and even if he moved backward, the sword chop followed him to the end.
It was the first second of the Falling Leaf Sword Technique.
“Aaah!”
Chop, chop, chop!
The plum blade was blocked by the plum pumice stone in this second.
I quickly blocked the sword that was trying to pierce every inch of my body.
I was clearly faster, but somehow I was being pushed back.
I guess I hadn’t adjusted to this body yet.
“Profit!”
I yelled, not liking being pushed back even though I was stronger, and brought my sword down.
It blocked my blade, and its deathly eyes flashed through the block.
A sword stabbing toward my chest.
Feeling grim, I quickly lifted the sword I had struck down.
“Tsk, caught.”
Shi Yan laughed sinisterly.
The sword path changed in an instant.
The blade changed at a speed that was incomparably faster than before.
It was like a snake burrowing in, causing strange changes.
I felt like I was about to be defeated.
But then Jingyi moved.
Jingyi ascended to the battlefield and stabilized my heart.
As my mind calmed down, I could clearly see the sword path of death.
“Hot!”
In an instant, he realized what was going on and blocked the sword that was causing the strange change.
Ka-ang!
“Ugh!”
Shi Hao was stunned and panicked.
His foot swayed slightly as he stepped forward, and his left side was hollowed out.
“Gap!
An opportunity from a crisis.
I wasn’t the one to miss such an opportunity.
I dodged his sword strike and thrust my sword toward the gap.
“Ugh!”