The Owner Of The Thousand Gold Coins Is A Military Official - Chapter 5

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Chapter 5

Quietly watching the backs of the three people leaving, Cheongun returned to his room instead of the training ground.

Until recently, he had slept together with Mother, but at some point, Mother herself suggested they sleep separately.

It was a grateful thing.

There were limits to training while being mindful of others.

‘Father, of course, and Mother must also be quite skilled masters.’

They even gave him a proper room as if telling him to train to his heart’s content.

“Phew… I feel somewhat stifled.”

It wasn’t an unknown feeling of stuffiness.

Cheongun knew the cause of this stuffiness very precisely.

It was the mind, qi, and body.

Since these three weren’t in harmony, one was bound to stick out.

Among them, qi in particular was sticking out far too much.

Since he ate spiritual medicine every day, his internal energy accumulated naturally even without wanting it to.

At the age of five, it seemed about ten years’ worth of internal energy had already accumulated.

It was somewhat regrettable, but it wasn’t all stored in his dantian.

Since his size was still small, it was accumulating throughout every corner of his body.

Since Cheoneuisimgong was a slow mental cultivation method, it couldn’t be helped.

“Still, I’ve found a clue of sorts.”

Circulating qi is directly connected to breathing.

It’s accomplished through the series of processes of inhaling and exhaling breath.

Since breathing is the foundation of everything, Cheoneuisimgong with its different breathing method was a very difficult mental cultivation technique for Cheongun.

“A breathing method so slow it’s almost like not breathing.”

Being slow wasn’t simply its characteristic.

Breathing itself must fundamentally possess what it inherently has.

By circulating internal energy within the body, it supplies what each part needs.

This might not be the correct answer, but the moment this becomes possible, the speed of internal energy accumulation becomes ridiculously fast.

He regulated his breathing.

More precisely, it was breathing so slow it seemed almost stopped.

As a result of steady practice, he could now breathe slowly enough to take one breath per quarter-hour.

Breathing is something all living beings need.

Only their methods differ.

After more than a quarter-hour passed, he gradually felt his breathing becoming urgent.

His instincts and body were saying he needed to breathe immediately, but Cheongun didn’t allow it.

The internal energy in his dantian was so small in quantity it was meager, but it was characterized by being pure and clear.

Plus the spiritual medicines and herbs he had steadily consumed.

He hadn’t even absorbed all the energy they contained, and not much had accumulated in his dantian either.

However, he was still young.

Thanks to that, it was stored throughout his body, and Cheongun began using his dantian’s internal energy to stimulate the hidden internal energies.

‘My breathing…!’

It gradually became heavier.

He wanted to breathe immediately, but he had no intention of stopping here.

If he left the accumulated energies as they were, they might solidify in place.

If that happened, he would need to exert even greater force later.

The dantian’s internal energy that flowed through his qi and blood to stimulate the accumulated energy was also reaching its limit.

Since he forcibly stopped breathing, operating internal energy itself required tremendous concentration.

‘This won’t work.’

Stopping the simultaneous stimulation of multiple places, Cheongun focused on the Qihai Acupoint closest to his dantian.

The stopped breath now began to bring pain rather than stuffiness, but Cheongun didn’t stop.

It didn’t matter if he lost consciousness like this.

If he fainted from not breathing, he would naturally start breathing again.

Stimulating the energy at the Qihai Acupoint wasn’t about opening blocked meridians either.

His vision gradually began to blur.

Even with his vision becoming hazy, Cheongun didn’t breathe.

Continuously reciting the incantations of Cheoneuisimgong, he stimulated the energy accumulated at the Qihai Acupoint with internal energy.

At first, he hesitated whether such sudden stimulation might be poison instead.

But now, there was no time.

Cheongun knew all too well that anything attempted for the first time must always end in success.

That way, fear wouldn’t arise when doing similar things next time.

‘Ugh…!’

This was the limit now.

If he held his breath any longer, he would lose consciousness and collapse.

His instincts kept pressuring him to breathe, but Cheongun deliberately ignored this.

‘Please!’

Only his vision had been blurry before, but now even his consciousness felt hazy.

Sensing that he had only one chance left, he struck with everything he could operate all at once.

The expression “struck” literally suited it best.

And simultaneously, he lost consciousness.

Naturally, Danwon who was nearby noticed this.

“Young Master?”

He slightly opened the door to check, and Cheongun’s body was collapsed on its side.

“Wh-what is this…!”

He hurried over to check his pulse, but it couldn’t be any weaker.

Moreover, even his dantian was almost completely empty.

‘Qi deviation?’

It was hard to accept.

It was already hard to believe that a five-year-old child had formed a dantian, but qi deviation on top of that.

Danwon, who carried Cheongun and headed to Sowol’s Room, handed Cheongun to the maid in front and explained the situation.

“Pardon…?”

“We must inform them quickly.”

“Y-yes!”

Due to the untimely commotion, Sowol was also awake, and it seemed she heard that Cheongun had collapsed.

Inside the bedroom, tremendous internal energy began swirling in an instant.

“Who… what happened?”

It was a voice that couldn’t be found in the usual Sowol.

A voice that seemed to ripple with not only bleakness but even killing intent.

“He collapsed briefly while training alone…”

“…Bring Physician Yewun. Bring Cheongun inside.”

“Yes, ma’am.”

Fortunately, the complexion of Cheongun who was hurriedly brought inside wasn’t too bad.

His face was just slightly pale?

Seeing the lack of color, it seemed he had done something, but it was difficult to deduce what exactly.

There seemed to be no major problems.

They said his dantian was empty, but looking now, it was somewhat filled.

“Madam. I’ve brought Physician Yewun.”

“Ah, please come in.”

It seemed Cheongjin had personally brought the physician.

If it was Yewun, known as one of the divine physician’s disciples, he would surely be able to identify the cause.

“All this time…”

“Please examine Cheongun first.”

“Yes. I will do so.”

The moment Yewun took Cheongun’s pulse and sent his internal energy to check his condition, his closed eyes suddenly snapped open.

“Oh my….”

That reaction was far from ordinary.

He was showing a reaction of great interest.

“It’s finished.”

Fortunately, the examination ended quickly after not much time had passed.

“What has happened?”

At Cheongjin’s question, Yewun looked at Cheongun, whose complexion had now returned, for a moment before answering.

“I can guarantee that even my master has never seen anything like this.”

The fact that such words came from a physician’s mouth should have instilled great fear, but his expression was so bright that one couldn’t think that way.

“Young Master Cheongun, didn’t you recently receive the Beolmosesu treatment?”

“That’s right.”

“But strangely, only at the Qihai Acupoint is there a wider energy channel established.”

“The Qihai Acupoint, you say?”

“Yes. I’m not completely certain, but you did it yourself.”

“Did what….”

“It would be easier to think of it as something similar to Beolmosesu.”

Neither Cheongjin nor Sowol could say anything.

Opening meridian channels by oneself does happen occasionally.

Even in the martial world, there are masters who have personally opened their Conception and Governing Vessels, reaching absolute mastery.

But Cheongun is five years old.

It was hard to believe that a five-year-old had done this without anyone’s help.

“But the fact that only the Qihai Acupoint is like that….”

“You accomplished it yourself, and your strength ran out.”

“Is there nothing else needed?”

“That’s right. Just eat well as usual. Your vital energy wasn’t damaged either.”

“Phew, that’s a relief.”

“Indeed. I was really worried… but it’s a relief.”

They thought some accident had occurred, but it was actually the opposite.

Wasn’t this good news?

“Ah, does that mean similar things could happen again?”

“That’s right. No, rather, it should be seen as something that will definitely happen. But you don’t need to worry. Didn’t he succeed on his first attempt?”

It meant he knew the method.

Also, Cheongun wasn’t foolish enough to overdo things while intoxicated by success.

What seemed like it would lead to a nighttime accident ended as good news.

The words Cheongun’s grandfather had said before came to mind again.

If left alone, he’s a child who grows on his own.

What needs to be done isn’t trying to teach him something, but creating an environment where he can do anything.

“Ah, there is one thing that’s needed.”

“What is that?”

“Mind, energy, and body. This balance is important. Right now, Young Master Cheongun’s energy is too clear. His mindset is also not that of an ordinary person, but this body cannot be helped by any method.”

According to reports, he’s been training his body too.

That alone cannot overcome time.

To think that the body’s growth couldn’t keep up with his energy and mind.

“We’ll need to control it appropriately.”

“That’s right. I’ll explain it well to the Young Master too.”

“I’ll do that. I spend a lot of time with Cheongun.”

“Yes. Please do so.”

With that, Yewun and Cheongjin returned, and Sowol brought Cheongun to his room before going back.

The next morning.

Cheongun, who knew nothing, briefly rejoiced at the fact that his method had succeeded, then stopped.

‘I can feel unfamiliar energy.’

It must be the physician’s energy.

They probably already finished taking his pulse.

It wasn’t very pleasant.

He would have preferred if they had found out after he finished everything.

More than that, it felt like he had opened a completely blocked meridian channel.

‘I’ll need to control the pace.’

If he made all meridian channels the same as the Qihai Acupoint, he probably wouldn’t be able to handle the speed at which energy accumulated.

One channel every seven weeks.

That was the goal Cheongun set.

Right now there were no noticeably different changes, but he could feel it when he recited the formula and circulated his energy.

He could even feel as if he was directly accumulating internal energy in his dantian through the Qihai Acupoint.

Now Cheongun needed only one thing.

Time.

And this was time he hoped would pass quickly, unlike others.

Until then, he planned to steadily continue what he had been doing.

“Young Master. Are you awake?”

Sibi’s voice announcing the morning could be heard.

“Yes. I’m hungry.”

“It’s almost meal time. May I help you prepare for a moment?”

“Yes.”

Cheongjin and Sowol probably already knew, but he planned not to bring it up until they mentioned it first.

After finishing his meal, from today he would learn what could be called Cheongeumjang’s martial arts.

He was quite looking forward to it.

Even with this Cheoneuisimgong, he had never seen anyone who had learned it in his previous life.

What would the other martial arts be like?

Like this, five years passed.

Cheongun, who had been five years old, became ten, and the time had come for his grandfather Cheongin’s outing, which he had thought would be just a brief trip, to end.

During those five years, true to his initial resolution.

As Sowol had known and said, he controlled the cycle well, and now had opened about two-thirds of his meridian channels, leaving only about one-third remaining.

Cheongun, who had grown considerably taller, as well as Cheongjin and Sowol.

And everyone at the Cheongeumjang Estate was waiting for just one person.

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