Chapter 176 – King Yan’s Disciple 2 (3)
“Master. By the way, can these gloves withstand the heat of the Flame Divine Strike?”
“It was only possible to properly injure that bastard’s scales by using the Yeon Flame Divine Technique up to Ten Stars, so when you reach that level, you can pass it on to your disciple.”
“Are you talking about the Ten Stars of the Flame God Technique?”
I am finally a 5 star.
Even if my growth has been fast so far, I think it is very possible for a genius to meet a good teacher.
However, going beyond the Ten Stars and reaching the Twelve Stars still felt very far away.
Since it was a long time left to do, I decided not to think about unnecessary things from now on and talk more with Master about the white scale gloves on my hands.
“Master, if you’re talking about a new item from a sect, shouldn’t it have a good name? Have you decided on a name for the gloves? And our sect doesn’t even have one in the first place, right?”
Since it was a one-man martial arts practice, the teacher did not even teach me the fundamentals.
If you look at the naming sense of the master and the founders of thought, it would have been called Yeonyeommun.
“I don’t know how many generations of the master he is, as I have never had an in-depth conversation with him while receiving training from him. But since we are learning the Yeonyeom Divine Art, what does the clan matter?”
“That is correct.”
There are people who learned Yeonyeom Shingong, so the tradition is maintained, so what’s more important than that?
One of them is called King Yeom in the martial arts world.
“The gloves are white, so we can call them white flame gloves.”
“It seems to be very short to be considered a gauntlet that properly covers Master’s arms.”
Although it doesn’t cover the fingertips when worn as a glove, it can still be called a glove when worn on the hand.
“You can take care of yourself. Shouldn’t you be able to do this?”
As Master clenched his fists and released the heat, a red coil covered his arms.
If you can use your inner strength to that extent, you won’t need a gauntlet, but if it’s something you give to a disciple, wouldn’t you need it?
I thought I should reinforce it later.
“White Flame Gwon Gap. Not bad.”
The teacher seemed to like the name and nodded his head a couple of times.
“Good. Shall we try to properly practice inner power for the first time in a long time? If you have mastered the third ring of Flame Ring Fist, you will be getting closer to developing Yeom Ring Shingung.”
“Yes. Please take care of me, Master.”
“But that won’t work today. I used up a lot of energy coming a little early, so it would be better to go down Huangshan Mountain and rest today.”
“Is it still difficult to fly in the sky?”
“I did something like scattering my energy into the air, but of course it was difficult. And when I grow up, I can teach you in earnest how to use the Yeongyeom Shingung and manipulate your body.”
“Didn’t you also practice Divine Law last time? Is it different from that?”
“You don’t even know the basics of flame love yet, but you are just learning the basics.”
‘The sacred method of the Flame Godkong is a haze of flame.’
For some reason, I felt like I could use it well if I used it now.
Yeongtu (影套), just like covering your body with a shadow, you can replace it with heat and blur the presence to make it look like a haze.
Quests appeared when one felt that the two technologies were connected and gained clues to development.
『Quest』
〈Proceed with training to receive heat for (0/24) hours.〉
-Upon completion: Reinforcement of Yeonyeom Magic (5 stars)
“Master, can’t I practice inner energy starting today?”
“Hmm. My throat is a little sore from walking around outside.”
It looks like the teacher is intoxicated.
Because while the teacher was away, I couldn’t go to Giru where I could drink plenty of free alcohol.
If you think about it, even though he was a king, Master had almost nothing.
“Okay. I know a stoma. Let’s go there.”
“Okay. It seems like a place I know well, right?”
I climbed Mt. Hwangsan and finished preparing for training, but I ended up resting for about a day.
This would be okay too.
On the way back to Jeokgye, Master walked using only the Chukji method.
How long would it have taken if the master, who walks at a speed that would be difficult for me to keep up with just by using the Chukji method, flew in the sky?
“Master, by any chance did you come from the Namgung family?”
“I flew there and stopped by Han’s manor for a while.”
“Master, moving that fast doesn’t drain a lot of your internal energy?”
“Yeonyeomshingung’s step technique can only achieve that speed. Imagine using the Yeomryunken you are using with your body.”
“With the body of Yeomnyunquan…”
The heat gained as it passes through the ring changes into two forms: power to protect the hand from impact and power to destroy the enemy.
What if the power to destroy is devoted entirely to acceleration? Along with the thought that flying was possible, I also thought that it was necessary to control the extreme level of flame.
There was a reason why Master walked using the Chukji method instead of the ridiculously fast walking method.
‘If I learn the flame magic to its extreme level, I will become a real monster, right?’
And he followed the master, who had already turned into a monster, and headed towards Giru.
‘Even if I become a monster, if the place I go to is Giru, maybe I’ll be a good monster?’
I stopped by Giru and had a drink with my master today, and the courtesans were disappointed when I returned.
No matter how I looked at it, I felt like I was one of the customers I wanted to receive.
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『Quest』
〈Conduct training to receive heat for (24/24) hours.〉
-Completed: Reinforcement of Flame Magic (5 stars) -〉 Flame Magic (6 stars)
The moment I completed the quest, I felt that all the remaining heat that I could not absorb disappeared.
Do you feel like everything accumulated in your body is melting away as you take in the heat that is not yours, which the teacher and I call yang energy?
Last time, I didn’t seem to notice much of a difference between 4 stars and 5 stars, but this time I definitely felt a difference in my body.
“That’s it. Damn you.”
When Master took away the heat he was giving off, the cave became a little cold.
“You went through a hard time thanks to the student who preyed on the teacher and asked for more training time because he thought something would happen.”
“Didn’t something happen like I said?”
“That’s why it’s even more surprising. He’s already grown up. This master says he’s helping his only disciple with the utmost sincerity, but it makes you wonder if it’s true that he’s growing so quickly.”
“Master, how long did it take you to reach the Seven Stars?”
“Are you looking at the next level rather than your level? It took 5 years from initiation to reaching the eighth level.”
Master told me the following.
Still, I thought it would be very fast to reach the Eight Stars in 5 years, but the teacher added one thing.
“That’s when I came down.”
“I see. But Master didn’t say much about Sajo. I didn’t hear anything else except that he was thrown into a bandit’s den to relieve Master’s energy.”
“Well, he was that kind of man. He didn’t particularly seek fame, nor did he seek power. He quietly lived in seclusion, practicing the Yeonyeom Shinkung, and before he died, he made me his disciple.”
“Maybe I didn’t intend to continue at first.”
“I think so too.”
Master said with a slightly bitter smile.
“This is a place where we should be congratulating this student on his great achievements, but I feel like we are talking too much about it.”
“Daesung is just a voice. Now that we’re talking, should I let you taste the heat that you have to accept from Yook Sung?”
“How strong do you say you’ll become?”
“I can exert this level of heat without difficulty for five times a day, but if I go beyond that, it will decrease significantly. The heat required to train the Seven Flames of Flame will be reduced by about half.”
At least in the current heat, it seems like the firepower increases twice as much. Can my body withstand it?
I felt a little afraid, but seeing that Master was alive, I thought he wouldn’t die.
“Can I handle the speed at which yang energy is accumulating?”
That’s the problem.
Because of me, the courtesans in Jeokgye are now filled with yang energy and the yin and yang are in harmony, so it is difficult to give them yang energy.
I could secretly use shadow craft to achieve balance, but I didn’t want to solve it that way.
“Actually, that was the reason I went out this time. It is a reasonably large city, close to a place where you can train, and there are several Girudo Islands within easy reach if you use Light Attack. I went out to look for such a place and met a youkai, wasting time. It was a further delay.”
“Is there such a place?”
“I’m going to Wuhan, the center of Hubei. The Zhuge family said they would provide convenience in exchange for helping me catch a monster.”
“Are you Zhuge?”
“Okay. Is there any problem?”
“Uh. It’s a bit annoying that the woman called Hubuk’s best beauty had a body like a small girl. What if all the beauties in Hubei have that body shape?”
When she saw Nam Gung-hyeon’s fiancée, Jegal Sun-ah, she thought that no one can have it all.
He was the grandson of the Sword King and was handsome and an excellent swordsman, but he had a bit of a problem with his taste in women.
As someone who prefers tall and slender women, it was a bit disappointing that her fiancé was so small.
“So you’re saying that the women of Giru might not be enough for you? Oh, my…”
“Well. Isn’t this both a business and a business?”
“If you hadn’t reached the level of the human race so quickly, I might have beaten you right now. I checked all the courtesans there, so don’t worry. I saw a few women who were fairer than the courtesans in the Red Realm.”
“Oh! So, is that where training in the human nature is done?”
“Yes. Now it’s time to leave my beloved hometown.”
Until now, except for a brief absence for Namgung Hyeon’s birthday party at the Namgung family, he has rarely left the Jeokgye.
My older brothers work hard to go up and down the mountain, but compared to them, I think I definitely had an easy time as the youngest son.
But now I am a martial arts person who has learned martial arts to some extent.
You probably spend a lot of time wandering around alone.
“Okay, let’s go back. You won’t be able to meet the courtesans who are looking for you so much for a while.”
“If I leave, won’t another good person come?”
Because I don’t use the stoma alone.
Rather, you might meet a good person and register as a registered priest.
If you think about it that way, I was a bit of a stumbling block.
