Chapter 72 – 70. Naegong
Muyeon says he will make you stronger and teach you.
However, in Arthur’s opinion, no matter how much he thought about it, there was almost no way to become stronger, so he was skeptical.
“I won’t teach you martial arts.”
The same was true when I heard the word martial arts.
It was my first time hearing this word, and to be honest, it didn’t seem like it would be that helpful.
But since he couldn’t show it, Arthur listened with a calm expression.
“Don’t ask before starting. There doesn’t seem to be any blessings, and the man looks almost untrained. Is that correct?”
The presence or absence of blessings and training of mana.
It was a disgusting question to Arthur, but he wasn’t particularly embarrassed now that he had put so much aside.
Because he decided not to dwell on the past anymore.
“Yes. That’s right.”
“I’m lucky.”
I flinch.
Arthur’s Eyebrows Twitched.
The saying that you are lucky.
It was hard to hear that she had a desire to accept everything.
To be lucky means you should have benefited from it, but there was no such thing. Rather, it was hard if it was difficult.
“반응을 보아하니, 말의 의미를 곡해한 듯하구나. “I was trying to say that your body is suitable for learning martial arts.”
“Ah… “
I thought he didn’t show it, but seeing that Mu-yeon knew everything. Arthur Found Herself Thinking About How Rude She Must HAVE SEEMED. At the same time, she was shy, and her face was red and bowed.
“Don’t worry about it. I know it’s not like that. “
“예.”
She was forgiven, and she thought that she could not be taught in this state.
And Muyeon, who saw this, continued talking without saying anything.
“First, let me tell you what martial arts is.”
If it was originally Moorim, it would not have entered the teaching as it is now.
However, unlike other martial artists, Muyeon did not have a teacher and did not prefer to perform useless rituals such as Gubaejirye.
Such old-fashioned things are something that only the old people of the clan like, but what Muyeon valued was talent, so he started right away without any unnecessary fights over opinions.
“At first, there was no such thing as martial arts. There was just a mistress. And no one was dissatisfied with this. “
A diet of the fittest and the fittest, or the strong and confident.
In other words, a time when the weak obeyed and the strong ruled.
“The only people who were dissatisfied were the weak. But even if it is a time of barbarism, there is a person who does not accept destiny. “
Muyeon was talking about the beginning of martial arts.
“And they found another way to break the absurdity that the strong and the weak are divided by differences in energy that are born with them. That is the ‘Tonapbeop’, the beginning of all breathing.”
Tonapbeop (吐納法).
Filtering out impure energy and gathering pure energy through breathing.
This was the same as making external energy one’s own.
“Well, there’s no way something like that would be possible.”
Arthur Gave an Expression of Disbelief at the further explanation of the tonap method.
In context, if his understanding that the ki that Muyeon was talking about was mana was correct, there was no way he could believe it.
This is because mana that exists in the natural state cannot be binding, so wizards and knights only grow and use the mana inherent in their hearts.
In reality, it was known that the only way to use external mana was through elemental magic used by elves.
“I understand that you don’t believe it. Unlike the martial arts world where I lived, the people of the empire have no reason to be obsessed with external energy.”
Tonapbeop is like a godly technique just by listening to it. And a name I’ve never heard of called Murim.
Arthur felt as if the person named Muyeon had come from another world.
“Master, weren’t you born in the empire.?”
That’s why I asked.
Because, as Arthur knows, everyone is born into the Empire. Except for the elves of the southern Great Forest and a few small kingdoms.
“I was born in Xinjiang. Of course, it may not be a location you know. To be precise, I come from a different continent.”
“Another continent.?”
I’ve heard it a long time ago.
Besides the continent where the empire is located, there may be other continents beyond the sea.
Of course, because the west is the territory of the demons, they said they set sail for the east…? They say the results were all failures…
“Those things are not important now. What is important is that, unlike ordinary imperial people, you have a physical condition similar to that of a martial artist.”
“Similar physical conditions?”
“Okay. Unlike us, you have blessings, so even the weak can become strong to some extent with enough time and effort. But since such things did not exist, we could only become stronger by building up energy. In that sense, you, who are blessed and do not have much natural energy, are very suitable for learning martial arts. “When external energy accumulates in the body, there will be almost no repulsive force.”
This is the exact meaning of being lucky.
People who have already accumulated a large amount of mana in their bodies, such as wizards or knights, cannot build up energy due to repulsion, so Arthur, who does not fall into this category even though he is an imperial, can only be said to be lucky.
“Ah. Then me too.!”
Arthur, who was one step closer to realizing that he could become stronger, looked at Muyeon with an expectant expression.
“But power is not something that can be obtained so easily. Because it takes a long time to build up energy. This is why it is called martial arts.”
Because gong (功) means sincerity and effort. However, Arthur did not think deeply about the meaning of the ball.
I don’t know exactly how long a long time represents. I thought it was roughly a few years, so I asked with an innocent face.
“Usually, it depends on the martial artist, but it takes about several decades.”
“… I see.”
Arthur had a sullen expression as the training period took longer than expected.
Muyeon approached Arthur with an expressionless face.
“Then, let me tell you about Naegongsimbeop.”
Arthur swallowed his saliva and nervously shifted his posture according to Muyeon’s words his.
“Neigongshimbeop is a breathing method based on the Tonapbeop that has been improved over a long period of time, and the number is too numerous to count. And among them, the name of the meditation method I will teach is Armillary Forces.”
Honcheon Shingong (混天神功).
I couldn’t get a good feel for it just from the name.
Arthur, who was curious about the meaning of Simbeop’s name, tried to ask about it, but
“.!”
“Don’t talk. And breathe as I have taught you, and send your energy along the path that leads you.”
Arthur kept his mouth shut at the sudden start of training, as if he had never been like that. Forgetting his curiosity, he fell into a trance.
* * *
How many hours have passed?
Arthur continued to collect the scattered energy and succeeded in gathering it in a place called Danjeon.
Even though it was significantly small, she felt a flying sense of joy at having achieved something for the first time.
“As expected, the blood doesn’t go anywhere.”
Arthur, who heard a voice in his ear and realized that his inner gong training was over, opened his closed eyelids.
“Huh.?”
Then what you see is a blue window.
Forgetting to wipe the cold sweat from his head, Arthur’s eyes were completely focused on the window that appeared in front of him.
[Special abilities 〈 and resistance 〉 have been opened.]
[Skill 〈 Honcheon Shinkong (混天神功) 〉 has been acquired.]
The blue window I saw for the first time after waking up did not give me time to be surprised, and immediately showed me the following content.
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Name: Arthur
[Abilities]
Stamina-19
Strength-16
Dexterity-17
Magic attribute-5
Naegong-1
[Unique characteristics]
-Sacral branch (SSS)
-Master of Mana (SSS)
-Hero (SSS)
-Bound of broken souls (S-)
-Status Window (S)
[Skill]
-Thunder dragon style
-Heavenly Spiritual Art
[Goddess’ Blessing]
-None
[?]
-Cannot be viewed
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“Oh.?”
Arthur could not hide his surprise after reading what came to mind.
In particular, the part that showed ability values seemed to quantify physical abilities, and this part was the most interesting.
“You see. It doesn’t seem like you’re looking into space, but are you looking at something called a status window?”
“Status window.? “Do you know what this is?”
When Moo-yeon said that she knew what she was looking at, Arthur asked, wondering if it was possible.
“Okay. I have seen your father use it.”
“!!”
After this, there was a series of questions.
Arthur can feel things or know his state through the status window. He learned that he could receive something like a mission under certain circumstances.
“So, when I came here, I saw those things.”
With all his questions resolved, Arthur briefly asked for Muyeon’s understanding and slowly manipulated the status windows to obtain information.
The first thing we looked at was [Unique characteristics]. As I pressed each item with his finger, a friendly explanation was provided, and the unique characteristics that could be expected just by looking at the name were explained without any twists.
The only unique thing about it is that it has the characteristic of being the master of mana… Contrary to the explanation, Arthur thought, he had no experience in handling mana perfectly. Although I have been able to feel Mana recently… There were many suspicious aspects.
The next thing I looked at was the hero. Considering that his father was a warrior, there was nothing strange about him having it himself. And the content was full of information about combat correction effects, such as additional damage to demons…
‘I’m not going to fight demons, so there’s really no need.’
Arthur’s impressions were not good.
Contrary to its grandiose name, it did not help in revenge at all.
‘The status window. Is the same as what the teacher taught me.’
The status window also had no inversion. It just contains the same explanation as the one I heard from Mu-yeon.
‘Soul bond? What is this again.’
The last thing I looked at was ‘Bonding of Broken Souls’… Arthur’s expression when he looked at the contents was not good.
[Bound of broken souls (S-)]
User: Aris (100%)
Subject: Arthur (0%)
-The user affinity is too low, so the effect of the trait has become weak.
*No longer provides additional stats to the user.
*Unique characteristics copied by the user will not be lost.
*Users can no longer know the subject’s status and location.
This is terrible content.
It was a soul bond in name only, and in reality, it was a characteristic no different from shackles.
There was nothing beneficial to the target, and giving huge profits to the user seemed like a slave contract, which gave Arthur goosebumps.
In particular, the content that users could no longer know the target’s location was very scary.
Since I was young, I always thought it was strange that even though I was hiding, it would come back to me like a ghost, and I never thought that it would have that kind of ability.
‘I’m not a stalker… Ugh…’
Looking at the other contents, it seemed like the ability points and characteristics were stolen… To be honest, I was boiling inside.
Always acting proud and pretending to be talented. He said that he looked like a parasite, but in fact, the parasite was Aris, not him.
I ended up throwing it away because I no longer needed it. It’s like Aris…
He acted like it was fun to play with my body and emotions.
In fact, they waited until the sweet water completely drained.
Arthur, with a frown on her face, changed Aris’s assessment from unrecyclable trash to trashy bitch who should never be born again. And as she closed the status window, she told Mu-yeon that she was done looking at the status window.
Of course, contrary to what I said, I was worried about the ‘can’t be viewed’ message at the end of the status window and the percentage next to Aris’ name,
‘I guess it’s no big deal. At least it won’t be positive for me, so don’t worry about it.’
I quickly forgot. Because there was a lot to do.
Of course, even if he had tried, Arthur would never have found out.
Because he would never have imagined that Aris’ favorability towards him would be 100%.
