Episode 60: There Are Many Hidden Tails.
The place the magician headed to was not a medical clinic.
He took me to his residence, where in the basement he had a secret room reserved for important procedures.
The shelves that filled the walls were filled with all sorts of bottles and herbs whose contents were unknown. Even I, an expert on herbs, saw many of them for the first time.
“Because it is a dangerous procedure, there is a lot to prepare for.”
“Take your time.”
“What if I fail? I might go blind.”
I could tell that he was asking to test my will. There was no such thing as going blind if you failed the Shinan technique. If it was a procedure with such risks, I wouldn’t have dared offer it to Cheonma.
“If the magician fails to treat a patient, it must be because my fate is unfortunate.”
In my belief, the magician smirked and took out the materials needed for the procedure from the secret safe.
Soon after, they burned incense to calm the mind, disinfected the needles, mixed various medicines, and boiled and cooled some of them.
Meanwhile, I was lying on the bed with my top off, holding a warm, fragrant cloth over my eyes.
“Okay, then let’s begin.”
“i look forward to.”
He put various drugs into my eyes at different times. Some were clear like water, some were red like blood. Some were green like poison, and some were blue like my gums. I trusted the magician completely, so I entrusted my eyes to him with peace of mind.
After injecting several drugs into the eyes, the magician placed needles. Needles were placed all over the area around the eyes, as well as the face and chest.
“Okay, now take a nap.”
My eyes closed on their own. I spoke to Cheonmahosingong in my mind. You too, just for today, relax and get some good sleep.
I slept well for the first time in a long time.
I slept so soundly that I wondered when it had been so long since I had slept this soundly.
When I woke up, all the needles that had been placed on my face and body had already been withdrawn.
Ma-ui was sitting at her desk reading a book, and when I woke up, she walked toward me.
“How are you feeling?”
“great.”
“Eyes?”
“Better.”
My eyesight really became clearer. My eyesight, which was already good, got even better, and my vision became so clear. It was like coming out of a fog, but I’m exaggerating a bit, but it was so clear that I felt like I had been living with my eyes closed all this time.
“Follow me.”
I left the secret room with him and went up to the first floor. We stood side by side at the window. The sun was high in the sky.
“Look at the sun.”
I looked straight at the sun and it was dazzling, but it wasn’t dazzling at all.
“What do you think?”
“It’s not dazzling.”
“Look far over there.”
Things that were previously invisible became clearly visible. It was truly amazing how well I could see them. And when I strained my eyes, I could see things that should not have been visible.
“It looks good. I can even see ants crawling on the branches over there.”
The magician laughed at my words.
“I’m not joking.”
“I know, I’m not joking. I laughed because I was happy.”
“Oh, that’s really great.”
“Okay, follow me again.”
This time, the magician took me to a dark room in a secret underground chamber.
The vision that had been blurry because I had to raise my stamina became clear even without raising my stamina.
“I can see it well. I can see the bottle of medicine over there, the picture on the wall, everything.”
“That’s right, the procedure was a complete success. Your eyes were reborn.”
“Thank you. Thank you so much.”
When he wanted the Shinan technique, his main purpose was to avoid the eyes of the leader of the Pungcheon sect. So, he didn’t seem to have high expectations for the effects of this Shinan technique.
But the Shinan technique was much more amazing than I had imagined. This is the only word that can describe this state.
My eyes were wide open.
I came out of the dark room and bowed to the magician.
“thank you.”
The bewildered magician lifted me up.
“Why is this happening?”
“You have given me a secret technique that I can use only once in my life. I will definitely repay this favor by keeping my promise.”
“Thank you. When you become the leader, I will tell you who to kill.”
The magician held my hand tightly, and I gave him strength.
As I left the devil’s residence, everything I saw was different. It was as if a whole new world had opened up.
Suddenly this thought occurred to me.
‘It’s the same with the Blood Anjeongsu and the Shinanjutsu. The eyes of the Pungcheon Church and mine were intertwined like fate. Anyway, thank you, Pungcheon Church Leader.’
In this way, the leader of the Pungcheon Church received a mysterious thank you.
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I realized anew how important it is to have good eyesight in martial arts.
Herbivores have become more sophisticated, and as they become more sophisticated, they have become stronger.
In fact, it will be even more helpful in real life. You will avoid attacks that you could not avoid before and see opportunities that you could not see before.
It will also be a great help when running at a brisk pace. I was worried that my eyesight would not be able to support the extreme speeds when I later achieved greatness, but now that worry is gone. I have the most powerful eyes a human can have.
After leaving the Hwangcheon Pavilion affairs to Seo Dae-ryong, I stayed in the training ground for a while to let my martial arts and body adjust to the new eyes.
After being immersed in martial arts training for a while, I went to see Ian after a long time.
“Ian, let’s play!”
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Ian was obsessed with martial arts training.
“No! You have to practice this twenty times.”
“What kind of herbivorous training do you do twenty times a day?”
“Sixty times a day. Twenty times for evening practice.”
“Oh my god. I’m sick, I’m sick.”
“I’m already sick. I have a disease that makes it hard to sleep if I don’t practice.”
“Let’s just rest today. If you go and drink with me, you’ll sleep well.”
“I’m done.”
“How many are left?”
“Eight times. If you keep interrupting me, it’ll take longer.”
I watched her practice martial arts with my mouth sticking out.
“My back is less bent.”
“The left side is empty.”
“Faster this time.”
As I corrected her posture, I felt once again that Ian was very talented in martial arts. She quickly understood and learned well.
I watched her practice a couple more times, then felt like I had nothing to say today and immersed myself in practicing the Cheonmahoshinkong.
The martial art I practiced the most while dealing with the Demon Lord was the Heavenly Demon Guardian. The more I practiced the Heavenly Demon Guardian, the more new it felt.
As always, he communicated with me the most deeply. It was as if I was learning a living martial art. Well, I guess it was because he communicated with me this deeply that he woke me up from my sleep.
How many times did he repeat the training of Cheonmahosingong like that?
When I opened my eyes, Ian was looking at me from a distance.
“done?”
“Yes. I filled it all twenty times.”
“Let’s go have a drink! I’m so hungry I could die.”
“Of course. After starving for three whole days.”
“What? Three days?”
“Yes. You ate lucky breakfast for three whole days.”
“I?”
“It was three days ago that you came to see me. I thought you were in a state of trance, so I deliberately didn’t speak to you.”
I was shocked. It felt like I hadn’t practiced for even a single hour, let alone several hours.
“I think I slept?”
“I checked to see if that was the case, but he wasn’t asleep. He was mumbling something to himself.”
I must have really fallen into a state of selflessness. I couldn’t remember the training content at all.
“wait for a sec.”
I sat down and performed the Cheonmahoshinkong once. The energy was activated much more smoothly and accurately than before.
I was smiling brightly as I got up from my seat. There was a lot of progress in the Cheonmahosingong. It seems that the continuous training accumulated over time and led to an elevation in the state through this state of no-self.
“Did you have any results?”
You could tell just by looking at my expression. I smiled brightly and nodded.
“Enough to buy you a nice meal.”
“Congratulations, Young Master.”
“Thank you. It’s thanks to you.”
“Why is it thanks to me?”
“If you hadn’t insisted on finishing your training, I wouldn’t have sat next to you and fallen into a state of selflessness.”
“Oh, that’s right! Buy me some food!”
“Sayaji, I’ll buy you everything you want to eat!”
I hurried out of the training ground with Ian.
“You’re hungry too, right?”
“No. I ate.”
But Ian’s stomach was growling.
I was eating breakfast on an empty stomach, but she wasn’t the type to eat alone. She might have even stopped practicing for three days out of fear of disturbing my state of selflessness.
“Stupid bear.”
“No. If I were really that stupid, I wouldn’t have caught myself starving. I’m just showing off how loyal I am by getting caught like this. I actually used it as a golden opportunity to score points.”
“It’s a fox, a fox.”
“Yes, there are still many tails hidden.”
I laughed heartily.
“It’s been a long time since I walked with you like this, Master.”
“I see.”
“Good, as expected.”
The addition of the word “as expected” really made people feel better. I like it too, Ian.
I went into the Magachon Pungryu Tavern with Ian.
“Welcome! It’s been a while, Your Majesty.”
Seeing Jo Chun-bae welcoming me warmly made me think of his cooking and made me even hungrier.
“Give it to me quickly!”
“Yes, I’ll run to the light air!”
Jo Chun-bae served the alcohol first and then ran to the kitchen.
We had a drink on an empty stomach first.
“Wow! This is killing me.”
“Ugh! It’s poisonous. I’m really going to die.”
After a while, the food came out and we ate it all greedily without paying attention to what other people thought.
We talked about martial arts while patting each other on the stomach and drinking alcohol. She asked me all the things she was curious about, and I answered them with all my heart, to the best of my knowledge.
My Bicheon Sword Technique had been stagnant since the destruction of the Ten Stars and Great Stars, so I thought it would be good if the Shinan Technique I received this time had a positive effect.
As we talked about martial arts, the topic naturally turned to Seo Dae-ryong.
“By the way, how is Detective Seo?”
“I hope you’re doing well. I haven’t seen you recently because I’ve been practicing.”
“Everyone is busy.”
“Even if I don’t know, I’ll do well. In both work and training.”
“It’s amazing to see Detective Seo getting along so well with Elder Doma.”
“I don’t know how you’re doing. You might get scolded every night and wet your pillow.”
Ian laughed out loud, saying it was funny.
“I don’t think so. I think Elder Doma is a secretly nice person.”
“But don’t let your guard down. Just because someone is good to Inspector Seo doesn’t mean he’ll be good to you. Your opponent is the Amazon. Be careful.”
“Yes, I will keep that in mind.”
“Someday, you will have to win with your skills.”
For a moment, Ian flinched.
“Me?”
Unlike before, there was no mention of ‘How can I defeat the Demon Lord with my skills?’. After learning the art of the Heavenly Sword, such a thing would be disrespectful to me and my father.
“I will try.”
“You know? The weak ones die first. Once you’ve set foot on something, you have to go all the way.”
“yes!”
I picked up my glass and she drank with me.
“And once your swordsmanship has reached a certain level, let’s start gathering the subordinates of the Guiyeongdae in earnest. If we can gather the leader level properly, the rest will be easy.”
“Do you have anyone in mind?”
I nodded honestly.
“One or two. I’ll have to go out and hire them later.”
“Who are you?”
“If you know now, you’ll just be surprised. I’ll tell you when the time comes.”
“When you say that, my heart starts pounding already.”
“In times like that, isn’t there a good solution called alcohol?”
The sound of glasses clinking was as cheerful as our mood.
“Order more alcohol and more snacks.”
“I’m sorry, but I think I’ll have to stop drinking today.”
Ian followed my gaze and looked down the first floor.
Seo Dae-ryong, who had quickly entered the tavern, came up to our seats on this floor and reported on the new target I would have to cook in the future.
“The leader of the Pungcheon Church has just arrived at our church.”
