Survival Guide for the Reincarnated - Chapter 36

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Chapter 36

Manager Seong went straight inside and brought out a clean White Tiger Heavenly Garment, and Woon-hwi received it with his bloodless hands before draping it over Won Yang’s shoulders.

“Ah… there’s no need to go this far…”

“How long have you been here?”

Manager Seong answered that question.

“She’s been here ever since you left, Young Master.”

The current time was around the middle of the Tiger Hour (3 AM – 5 AM).

The time it took Woon-hwi to finish his business in Yang-ryeong County was about one hour.

Including the time it took to get there and the delays from the heavy snow on the way back.

“So you’ve been here for nearly four hours.”

Woon-hwi gazed at Won Yang quietly and spoke softly.

“Manager Seong.”

“Yes, Young Master.”

“Prepare four boxes and put those severed heads in them.”

“…Yes. I understand.”

“And Won Yang, you follow me.”

It was before she could even ask where they were going.

“We’re going to the training ground.”

Manager Seong looked like he wanted to dissuade him, saying there was no need to go that far when he was obviously exhausted, but he gave up when he saw Woon-hwi shake his head.

Manager Seong knows.

That since his regression, Woon-hwi’s stubbornness has become truly beyond imagination.

* * *

On the way to the training ground, Won Yang kept trying to dissuade me, saying it was fine and that training could be done later.

Even from the outside, it was clear I was very tired and needed rest, so she was certainly speaking out of concern, but I couldn’t just leave it alone.

From what I could see.

At least from what I could sense with my heightened awareness, Won Yang was right on the verge of ascending to the Flame Qi Four Stages.

This needs to be broken through.

In the training ground where moonlight seeped in, Won Yang wearing the White Tiger Heavenly Garment felt very burdened by the clothes she was wearing, but it was fine.

“It’s just clothing, isn’t it?”

“But this… is clothing that only Polar Descendants like you should wear.”

“It’s merely formality.”

“…”

“Even without the White Tiger Heavenly Garment, the fact that I’m a Polar Descendant doesn’t change. Above all, I borrowed your clothes first, and those clothes became rags. Returning those rags wouldn’t be proper human conduct. So wear it until tomorrow.”

“Master…”

And.

“Are you confused?”

“…What are you referring to?”

“I’m talking about your current situation, positioned at the edge of Jucheon Gyeong.”

“Ah… you mean that… Yes. I’m confused right now.”

Whether it was due to the weather, Won Yang’s breathing was strangely rough.

“Steady your breathing.”

At my words, she took deep breaths to calm herself.

Having reached the final stage of Jucheon Gyeong, she was now ready.

“Your Middle Dantian is trying to open.”

Quietly, only my voice echoed through the training ground.

Looking at Won Yang who had widened her eyes, I continued speaking calmly.

“Your internal energy is already sufficient.”

I slowly walked around her.

“The path from the final stage of Jucheon Gyeong to Yang Gwang I Hyeon is not about accumulating more internal energy.”

I approached Won Yang.

Then I extended my right hand and placed it directly on Won Yang’s solar plexus.

Looking at her reddened expression, I spoke briefly.

“Focus.”

“…Yes!”

My energy penetrated through her body.

“…Mmm…”

“Can you feel it?”

“…Yes.”

“Your internal energy is circling around your Middle Dantian. Like a guest knocking on a door. But that door doesn’t open from the outside.”

As soon as I finished speaking, Won Yang’s breathing began to quicken, as if she had concentrated all her nerves internally.

Inside her body, internal energy slowly began to swirl.

It was an incredibly pure energy.

“Until now, you have been accumulating internal energy. But the realm called Flame Qi Four Stages is different. It’s not about accumulating, but about realizing. Like the sun rising, it must happen naturally.”

The cold energy emanating from my hand entered Won Yang’s body and stimulated her internal energy.

“The Middle Dantian already exists within you. You just can’t see it. Close your eyes. And feel it. The path your internal energy flows.”

Won Yang closed her eyes. Her consciousness began to move following the flow of internal energy.

“Your internal energy has only been ascending until now. But true enlightenment begins with descending. Like water flowing from high places to low places.”

While I continued speaking, Won Yang’s internal energy began to change little by little. The energy that had only surged upward now began to flow downward as well.

“Your comprehension is certainly fast. That’s right. Feel that circulation of ascent and descent. Yang Gwang I Hyeon begins where those two lights meet.”

Whooom-!

A special resonance began to spread from Won Yang’s body. Her Middle Dantian was beginning to open.

“Can you see it now?”

At my quiet voice, Won Yang nodded silently.

I continued speaking calmly.

“How those who have reached the Flame Qi Four Stages can exert great power even with small internal energy – the Middle Dantian is not simply a source of power. It is the starting point of transformation.”

Tears formed in Won Yang’s eyes. They were not tears of pain, but tears of enlightenment.

“Yes, feel it. This is the beginning of the Flame Qi Four Stages.”

Won Yang sat cross-legged on the spot without anyone telling her to.

A clear light began to seep from her body as she closed her eyes and began circulating her energy.

This was also a sign that she had entered Yang Gwang I Hyeon, the initial stage of the Flame Qi Four Stages.

As I was watching quietly, someone approached beside me and held an umbrella over me.

It was Manager Seong.

“This time you went a bit too far, Young Master.”

“Well. I don’t think it was too far at all.”

“…Are you really going to go all the way?”

I chuckled softly.

“What exactly are you worried about, Manager Seong?”

“…Everything.”

“I appreciate the sentiment, but you’re worrying unnecessarily.”

“…”

“The severed heads?”

“I’ve placed them in the four boxes as you instructed.”

I nodded.

“…Soon Han Jang-kwang will break his seclusion and emerge.”

“They’ll come.”

“By today, they’ll gather all the warriors from the Four Major Sects and attack Seol-ap.”

“That’s what will happen.”

“He’s a master of Five Energy Harmonizing Origin. If he comes out of seclusion, he’ll have created a fully matured Jin Danjeon.”

I couldn’t help but laugh.

“Are you worried?”

“Wouldn’t it be strange if I wasn’t?”

“Then don’t worry about it.”

“…”

“What I do may seem like madness, but this is the path I’ve chosen.”

“…I understand. Then please go rest. You look very tired.”

Before answering, I spoke first.

“Won Yang looks cold.”

“…”

“Since you don’t seem to have anything else to do anyway, I’d like you to keep the snow from piling up on her.”

“…Will you rest right away then?”

“I will.”

“Understood.”

Manager Seong held up an umbrella and stood next to Won Yang. I turned around and headed toward the armory located in the corner of the training ground.

I sat down at the entrance and leaned my back against a pillar.

Whew…

My whole body feels weary.

“Manager Seong.”

“Yes, Young Master.”

“I want to write a letter. Do you have a brush and paper?”

“…Shall I bring them?”

When I nodded, Manager Seong stuck the umbrella into the ground and kicked off from his position.

With a thud, his body completely disappeared from view, and before I could even count to five, he appeared in front of me.

“Here they are.”

After taking them, I immediately scribbled something inside, then handed it to Manager Seong and said.

“When dawn breaks, deliver this to the Four Major Sects.”

“Should we use the Beggar Sect?”

I nodded.

“Understood.”

Manager Seong kicked off again toward where Won Yang was and picked up the umbrella that had fallen to the ground.

It was almost exactly the same situation as before.

I felt a bit sorry.

To think someone with that level of martial prowess had to be satisfied with being a guard.

When I smiled gently, Manager Seong smiled awkwardly.

I took out a small box from inside my robes.

Before killing Jang Mu-hwi, I had asked him what he had bought with all the money he’d been embezzling.

At that time, Jang Mu-hwi had shown a reaction.

He had unconsciously looked down at his own chest.

So when I took his head, I searched his chest.

And this is what I found there.

When I opened the box, there was a very small glass bottle inside. It contained what looked like an opaque liquid, but the amount was very small.

Roughly, about two drops.

Manager Seong, who had been staring at me from afar, opened his mouth wide.

He had good reason to.

This was the famous Gongcheong Seokyoo.

“Y… Young Master, that is…?”

“Shh.”

Manager Seong was already close to Won Yang, and if he spoke too much like that, it could cause trouble for Won Yang too.

I quietly lifted up the glass bottle.

What is Gongcheong Seokyoo?

First of all, it’s a spirit medicine. It’s a spirit medicine, and it has two effects.

The first is immediate fatigue recovery and circulation of internal energy, and the second is expansion and strengthening of meridians.

My blood vessels are thicker than ordinary martial artists. Therefore, I can emit more than double the energy that a typical Yang Gwang I Hyeon martial artist can use, with almost no side effects.

If there are any, it would be the fatigue I feel now after squeezing out every last bit of energy I had.

Jang Mu-hwi probably obtained this spirit medicine in preparation for reaching Five Energy Harmonizing Origin.

His judgment was correct.

Five Energy Harmonizing Origin is the realm where one completes the Jin Danjeon, and if you add the energy of Gongcheong Seokyoo to that, the Jin Danjeon will become even more solid and the energy you can emit will also increase.

But unfortunately, it’s now in my hands.

Taking this won’t immediately elevate me to Five Dragon Peak Realm, but that’s fine. I plan to reach Five Dragon Peak Realm within a fortnight anyway, and right now I need to recover from fatigue, expand my meridians, and fill my completely empty dantian.

That would be enough.

I silently opened the glass bottle and consumed all the contents inside.

The reaction came immediately.

I sat in lotus position and operated the Tae Heo Immortal Blood Heart Method.

(The mysterious blood of Tae Heo connects with all principles).

The mysterious blood of Tae Heo connects with myriad principles.

(Innate blood energy transforms into true void).

Innate blood energy transforms into true void.

(Ten thousand methods return to one, revealing the great way).

Ten thousand methods return to one, revealing the great way.

It had been a truly long day, but this day was only the beginning.

From dawn, things will become very busy, and I will settle Yang-ryeong County by today.

I need to recover my strength.

There’s much to do.

Such miscellaneous thoughts instantly sank below the surface.

Now is the time to concentrate on the energy of this Gongcheong Seokyoo.

I closed my eyes.

I fell into a state of selflessness like that.

* * *

Manager Seong, to be honest, wasn’t someone who got surprised often.

After joining Baekseol Wiryeong Dan, he had experienced many things.

He had been to the Central Plains, worked as an assassin, and also worked as an ordinary escort.

He had experienced all kinds of things.

Such Manager Seong had been strangely getting surprised frequently lately.

In the end, all of it was related to one person.

Seol Woon-hwi, called Young Master.

When he said he had regressed, it was true that Manager Seong didn’t believe it at first, but thinking about it carefully, he couldn’t help but believe it.

A person’s way of speaking and behavior absolutely cannot change in a short period of time.

The past Seol Woon-hwi was truly weak, but the current Seol Woon-hwi is not.

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