Chapter 6

Chapter 6

“Ilho?”
Sau asked with sharp eyes.
“Do you know why the main palace, which has been at the pinnacle of the ten directions for hundreds of years, has lost its glory and slipped to the bottom of the ten directions?”
Bu Eunseol had already heard the whole story from Bu Zhanliang.
But she shook her head, her mouth tightly shut.
“It’s not an exaggeration to say that the pinnacle of the Main Palace Martial Art lies in the Five Realizations. Unlike other ascension martial arts, its power and level of martial arts varies greatly depending on the enlightenment of its practitioner.”
Sau sighed and said.
“To be honest, the martial arts of the main palace are too difficult to master, even to establish a foundation.”
“…….”
“Any ascended martial art will become more difficult as you progress, but the main hall’s martial arts are more difficult to begin with than reaching the level of the Great Saint.”
He gazed off into the distance and shook his head.
“Even if a martial artist of the Nine Realms were to master the martial arts of the main palace, it’s doubtful that they would reach the level of a Great Saint. Furthermore, there is no law that says they must learn the martial arts of the main palace…… and that was the beginning of our downfall.”
Looking at Bu Eunseol’s lithe body, Sau shook his head.
“To be honest, with your muscles and body, you’ll be dead in less than three days, or you’ll run away. It’s practically a waste of time.”
Bu Eun-sul smiled.
“I hear that a lot.”
Suddenly, she remembered a memory from the past with Miss Bu Zhan.
-Yon-suk, do you think you can just wipe a dead body? You’ll be gone in less than three days!
When Bu Zhanyang offered to help her with the cleaning, Bu Eun-sul jumped up and said.
-Touching the bodies of the dead requires not only guts, but also familiarity with the human body. If you make a mistake, something irreparable will happen.
-The bodies of the dead must be whole at the end, not just stitched up and dressed up to look good.
Mr. Bu Zhan always made sure that the corpses he saluted were as intact as when he was alive.
That’s because his mastery of the human body allowed him to naturally adjust the muscles to a level that was no different than when he was alive.
-This guy. You’re a heavenly goat!
A month later, however, Bu Zhanliang was forced to hold his tongue.
Bu Zhanliang was now able to perform the same level of salivation as Bu Eunsun.
But it wasn’t because she was a heavenly goat, or because she was naturally gifted at salting.
It was because of her own hard work.
She read and reread the booklets kept in the house all night long, and never left her side when she was salting.
Dogged persistence and observation.
These were her weapons.
“Well, I guess I’ll have to start wasting my time now.”
“I’m sorry.”
“Once again, there is nothing to apologize for and nothing to thank you for. The main hall has made a pact with the warlord.”
Sau actually liked Bu Eun-sul quite a bit.
Especially those eyes, which were as intense as the sun, with a single-minded focus that didn’t care about anything.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t have brought up the subject of Nanyagak.
“I will ask you one last time. Nine out of ten people die while learning the martial arts of the main hall. Will you still learn?”
“I will learn.”
“Hmm.”
Looking at the small path that led to the Mojok, Sau nodded.
“It seems that there will be no more trainees to learn the martial arts of the main hall, so I will begin to teach you the basic martial arts of the main hall.”
Pfft.
Sau suddenly sent out a lightning-like gust of wind and pierced the Seung-eup Acupuncture point beneath the pupils of Buen Snow’s eyes.
“Ouch.”
Feng Feixue immediately felt a burning pain in her pupils.
“Ouch.”
She quickly rubbed her eyes and the world went black.
In an instant, she was blind.
“Don’t worry. I’ve just temporarily sealed your vision with a secret formula from the main palace.”
“Why did you seal my eyesight…….”
“In order to familiarize myself with the basic martial art of the main hall, the Wild Beast Dao.”
“The Beast Dao.”
“That’s right. Not only does it maximize the senses of your entire body, but it also gives you the reflexes of a beast. You literally have the senses of a single beast.”
Sau savored his food.
“Usually, one dies trying to master this basic martial art.”
Sighing, Sau spoke again.
“After half a day, you’ll get used to being invisible. I’ll come back then.”
Bu Eun-sul stood dumbfounded.
She could see nothing, feel nothing.
Sau’s winds hadn’t just robbed her of her sight, it seemed to have robbed her of something else as well.
“Sight was so important.
It’s not just vision, it’s all the other senses.
You’d think that without sight, your hearing or other senses would be more sensitive, but in fact, your other senses were dulled.
“You have to adapt.”
Sau said he could get used to it in “normal” half a day.
But with swollen tongue, it shouldn’t be ‘normal’.
You have to adapt faster than that.
“You can’t sit still for half a day.
It’s better to move around a bit than to sit still.
‘Everyone else is also learning martial arts, so they won’t be memorizing.
So far, the landscape of the Hellscape is peaceful.
No one will attack you because you’re blind. Even if they did, it would be useless.
The swollen snow wandered around like a madman, touching the ground and eating dirt.
-What if I’m attacked in this state?
As the thought drove her mad, she studied how to detect enemy attacks and how to move while in this state.
He had only practiced fighting with Liu Yunkang.
But because she had studied his methods in detail in the training center, she could memorize every single one of his moves.
Giudun.
But my body and mind were different.
He thought he had dodged the blow with a light twist, but his center collapsed.
‘It was balance.
Balance is the first thing to go when you lose your sight.
After realizing this, Bu Eun-sul moved like a frantic puppy.
She was trying to regain her balance as quickly as possible.
“You’re crazy.”
Sau, who was using Jidun to stealthily embed himself back into the ground, looked at Bu Eunseol in disbelief.
Normally, when someone loses their sight, they would sit or lie down calmly and wait for their other senses to return.
But Bu Eun-sul was frantically moving around and fighting imaginary enemies to regain her balance.
“First things first.
If he had remained dazed and waiting for his senses to return, Sau would have been able to teach him the beastly arts in moderation.
“It remains to be seen if he’ll be just a madman, or a madman worthy of Nanyagak.”
Sau closed his eyes again and began to chant.
* * *
“Dodge.”
After half a second, Sau began attacking Bu Eunseol with his sword.
Of course, to prevent his limbs from being severed, he struck with the hilt of his sword, but his bones were on the verge of breaking, and his internal organs shook constantly.
“Yuck.”
The beast’s lower abdomen was dented by the hilt, and it coughed up blood.
The blow was so subtle and lightning-like that even with both eyes squinted, it was impossible to dodge.
How could he dodge a strike from a Magus of the Fifty-Fourth Level while he was blind?
‘What a unique fellow.
Meanwhile, Suo Jia had a curious thought.
At this point, students of the martial arts would ask for instructions on how to dodge an attack or how to avoid it.
But Bu Eun-sul didn’t ask any questions, just parried his attacks.
Unable to resist his curiosity, Sau asked her first.
“Why aren’t you asking me anything?”
“What…… do you mean?”
“You’re just getting beaten up all the time, don’t you want to know how to avoid it, or how to do it?”
Spitting out a mouthful of blood, Bu Eunseol used her iron sword as a cane to pull herself up.
“Didn’t you say that the ‘Five’ to be realized at the beginning contains all the purification of the Nangyagak?”
“Huh?”
“I thought there must be a reason why you hit me without saying a word. ”
“That, that’s right.”
The guest feels converted.
The teacher is more curious, and the student doesn’t have any questions.
“The old man’s dignity is not what it seems.
His mouth watering, Sau raised his scabbard once more.
“I’ll tell you one thing.”
He interrupted, sheathing his sword.
“Human senses are naturally as sharp as those of wild animals. But two things have caused us to lose them, and guess what?”
“Sight, I suppose.”
“Yes.”
Bu Eun-sul didn’t understand.
“There are many animals that have better eyesight than humans. Humans are not the only ones who have eyesight, so why do you say it’s the reason they lost their senses?”
“Because humans are so intelligent.”
“Intelligence.”
“We’ve grown accustomed to gaining and analyzing information from what we can see, rather than the uncertain senses.”
Buunsul nodded, and Sau spoke again.
“Then do you recognize the second reason?”
No matter how much she thought about it, she couldn’t guess.
When she shook her head, Sau said.
“Wild animals never know when or where they will be attacked. They are always alert to their surroundings and their senses are heightened.”
Understanding what Sau was saying, Bu Eun-sul nodded.
Unlike animals, humans are not always alert to their surroundings. We have excellent hearing and senses due to our training in martial arts, but our senses are not as acute as those of animals.
“You’ve understood it with your head, now you need to embrace it with your body.”
Sau sheathed his sword again.
“Here we go again!”
It was now the third day.
Bu Eun-sul hadn’t eaten or drank a sip of water, and she was still blinded by Sau’s attacks.
Tuk-tuk-tuk.
She doesn’t feel the passage of time.
All she could feel was the swiftness of the blade as it cut through the darkness.
“Realize.
Bu Eunseol fell to the ground and clenched her fists.
“I’m only good enough for this.
Falling to the ground, she clutched at the sand.
How can I avenge my grandfather at this level?
Shoot.
Just then, the wind swept across the sky, and cold raindrops began to fall.
“Ilho. Are you lying down?”
Sau’s voice sounded cold.
“If you want to lie down, I can make you lie down for the rest of your life.”
Tut tut.
Bu Eun-sul sat up without a word.
He gripped the iron sword with his left hand. His right grip was completely torn open and his fingers were swollen from being struck by the scabbard of Sau’s sword.
Crunch, crunch, crunch!
Just then, with a thunderous sound, Bu Eunseol felt something sharp shoot into his forehead and sting.
“Ouch.”
As he instinctively ducked and twisted, he felt something cutting through the air graze his face.
It was Sau’s one-sword.
“Hoh.”
Hearing Sau’s exclamation, Bu Eun-sul felt something.
“I heard the thunder and saw the sword path.
The sword techniques that Sau unleashed were not only almost soundless, but also very subtle.
But when he heard the thunder, he could feel the sword herbs pouring out. It was as if the thunder was enveloped by the sword herbs.
‘This is how my body really feels.
It was the first time I had ever heard the sound of thunder shaking the heavens and earth while blind.
For the first time, I felt the intense sound waves and vibrations not through sight and hearing, but through ‘sensation’.
Herself.
At that moment, Bu Eun-sul felt a strange sensation on her back.
She could feel the sword herbs moving freely through the air, bending like a whip.
“I can’t avoid it.
The sword herbs were coming in at an unavoidable angle.
If I get hit by that, I won’t even have the strength to stand up anymore. Without even thinking, Bu Eunseol covered her back with the iron sword she was holding.
Chaang!
A clear sound echoed out as the iron sword clashed with the iron sheath.
She had finally blocked Sau’s one-sword.