Chronicles of the Demon Faction

Episode 467 Imperial Palace Wind Fortune (1)

Easy profit!

The outstretched sword was very ferocious.

It was a quick and passionate swordsmanship. However, within it, I felt an undisturbed road and the freedom to expand anywhere.

It was a great martial arts performance. I was impressed by the realization that it was not a matter of power, but rather the will of the sword. I felt a strong sense of self-consciousness that even if I studied an extremely difficult sword technique, I could make it completely my own.

But the body can’t keep up with it. As time passed, my breathing became disordered, and as my breathing became disordered, gaps began to appear in my sword path. Once a gap was created, it could not be restored and more gaps were created.

“Huh! “Huh!”

The sudden change in breathing was even destroying the power of the speculum.

If it is a sword dance for training, swinging it any further than this is meaningless. But the woman didn’t stop. His complexion became pale due to his heavy breathing, but his eyes did not waver.

How long has it been like that?

Sigh!

The sword I had lost without realizing it stuck in the ground.

“Huh!”

A face that is not white but has become pale. My whole body was shaking like an aspen tree. There was too little air in my body, and the nerves throughout my body were stimulated to the limit. It was an extremely dangerous situation.

But even for a moment.

“Whoop!” Whoop!”

As time passed, breathing gradually returned to normal.

He clearly lost his breathing function, but he recovered it in an instant. The color turned to my pale face, and cold sweat began to form on my forehead.

“Sigh!”

The woman, Joo Seo-yoon, stood up.

Wooooow.

When my breathing returned, a haze-like magical energy rose from my entire body. In the past, with the permission of Lee Cheon-sang, it was a newly learned magic technique called Rakshasagi (羅刹死氣).

It was truly an incredible momentum. It was absolutely not the kind of energy that could be shown at that age. The power to begin to surpass human limitations. Even in his early twenties, he was already about to surpass the realm of transcendence.

However, Joo Seo-yoon was not satisfied with her state.

“…not there yet.”

She remembered. Extremely powerful experts who have reached a level that they cannot even dare to look at.

They were even executioners of similar age to him. And one of them won the succession battle and became the leader of the Protestant religion of the time.

‘It’s already been a year since I reached this level. However, it is not growing any more. ‘You’re missing something before talent and effort.’

I heard that all sorts of things have happened in Shingyo.

But she forgot the world. In the first place, she had no intention of becoming the leader of a Protestant religion.

Her dream was simply to become a warrior worthy of a warrior. Living completely immersed in the sea of martial arts and rising to infinite heights was the reason for life and proof of existence.

That’s why I didn’t care about death. Occasionally, Zhongliying would come and ask if my sister was anxious, but she wasn’t anxious at all.

This is because you can become strong until the moment you are alive. So I have no regrets about life. Even if her third brother, who became the leader of a religious cult, purges her for power, she would have no complaints.

All you have to do is run until the last moment. Even if he died at this young age, it was enough to think that his martial arts career would end there.

The only thing that was disappointing was that I was still hovering in the same spot after a year.

“Isn’t it frustrating?”

Joo Seo-yoon was startled by a voice that came from somewhere and turned around.

A young man with a sturdy physique was standing under a large tree about a dozen miles away. Although her untrimmed hair was scattered carelessly, her red robe and clear eyes gave off a noble atmosphere.

Joo Seo-yoon knelt down.

“Dominion Seonggyo, Heavenly Demon Immortal. “I’m going to see the leader.”

Xu Liang didn’t tell him not to do that like he usually did. It was because I knew that Joo Seo-yoon would not change anyway.

“I am sorry. “It was the same with Young-i, but I didn’t want to disturb the training.”

“no.”

Joo Seo-yoon’s expression was still stiff.

This bluntness could not even be compared to Ma Dong-pil or Gogu. Although he clearly had the joys and sorrows of being a human being, he seemed to be naturally less emotionally agitated than others.

“Anyway, is that a Rakshasa scam?”

“yes.”

“It’s significant. “It seems like it hasn’t been long since I learned it, but it must have taken a lot of effort to reach that level already.”

“It’s still not enough.”

“That is also obviously true.”

Joo Seo-yoon raised her head and looked at Seo-ryang.

She had never once heard anyone tell her she was not good enough. Even though Lee Cheon-sang was something outside the standard to begin with, everyone who saw her was busy praising her talent.

But today, another person appeared who clearly told me that I was not good enough.

Joo Seo-yoon did not want to miss this opportunity. To her, pride was a trivial thing, and she was just curious about how her level was viewed by the Demon King, who had reached a level that could not even be compared to her.

Xu Liang smiled.

‘Should I call it pure or poisonous?’

After sending Zhong Liying to Geogyeongga, I planned to go straight to see Joo Seo-yoon and Chae Yeo-min. But I had a lot of work to do, so I put it off and put it off and now I’m finally here.

I felt very sorry. He said he ran towards me as quickly as possible, wondering what would happen if he was trembling with anxiety.

But my worries were unfounded. Joo Seo-yoon’s eyes were clear and deep. There was no fear of death or fear of the other person even after washing my eyes.

“The training from a little while ago.”

“yes?”

“He didn’t let go of the sword until his breathing stopped.”

“Ah yes.”

“I felt a strong desire to break through my limits. You have continued to train to such extremes for that purpose. Is that correct?”

“you’re right.”

“The method is good, but the purpose is wrong.”

Joo Seo-yoon’s eyes wavered for the first time.

“That… what…?”

“There are many ways to train, whether it be martial arts or academics. There are ways to push the body to its limits like you did, and there are also good ways to expand the scope of thinking through patience. “There are countless ways to become strong in the world.”

Xu Liang pointed to her hand with her chin.

Her pretty hands were covered in blood. Even after reaching that level, he trained repeatedly until his palms were torn. It was an incredibly passionate passion.

“What matters is the purpose.”

“…?”

“What was the training you just did for?”

Joo Seo-yoon responded immediately.

“It’s to become stronger.”

It was truly her answer.

Xu Liang smiled.

“yes. Everyone trains so hard to become stronger. But you went too far.”

“Far away…?”

“The goal wasn’t broken down. Such training, in which breathing collapses and the body is brought to the brink of death, is aimed at life-and-death warfare.”

“…!”

“Is that training the training you need now? Or is it just a struggle to cross the sea of nothingness, drifting aimlessly?”

“I…”

“Do you know why you learned Rakshasagi? Why has your swordsmanship become so ferocious? What are you going to do with that ferocious swordsmanship? Have you thought about what kind of martial arts you will learn after mastering Rakshasagi?”

“I just…”

“What is the reason you learn martial arts? “Why do you want to become strong?”

Xiliang’s eyes sank deeply.

“Why are you struggling so desperately?”

Joo Seo-yoon could not answer.

Because it was a problem I had never thought about before. To be exact, I thought about it a long time ago, but soon the reason became unimportant, so I forgot about it.

“Sometimes a person who has read the Four Books and Three Classics often looks into the thousand-character text, which is the basic of the basics. There may be many reasons, but it may be because even a person with a certain level of knowledge has something to learn from the basics.”

“….”

“You have completed the Four Books and Three Classics, but you are still studying the Thousand Characters. But I don’t know why I’m studying it. Because you want to become stronger? It can’t end there. “There must be a clear purpose for the training you study.”

Xu Liang shook his head.

“I told you before, right? You are looking at the world too narrowly. “By being trapped by the word ‘strength’, we are depriving ourselves of the space to grow further.”

“…!!”

“A person trapped in the forest has no idea how big the forest is. It’s great to have found a dream that will set your life on fire, but you don’t even know the reason for making that dream come true. How can such a person glimpse the extreme intention?”

“I… what should I do?”

“Put down your sword.”

“yes?!”

“I’m telling you to look back at yourself and ask yourself why you are so obsessed with strength. Whether it’s because they didn’t want to be ignored or because they just liked martial arts, it doesn’t matter what the reason is. “You have to find a clear reason why you are like that.”

Seo-ryang pointed to Joo Seo-yoon’s head.

“And it’s better to stop practicing that nonsense even after you pick up the sword again. With a body that has not yet reached the ultimate level, repeating training that cuts off the body’s oxygen supply every time is truly a huge strain. “It is a practice that can have a direct impact on the body, but especially on the brain.”

“….”

“That means you have not considered not only the purpose of your training, but also the measures to prepare for how your body may be damaged by the training.”

Joo Seo-yoon’s eyelids fluttered.

It was a life dedicated solely to gaining strength. So there was no practice that I had not touched during this time.

It was so painful that it could easily be described as penance. However, it is said that all such penance was meaningless.

Joo Seo-yoon felt ashamed for the first time since she picked up the sword.

The second question was whether what Xu Liang said was correct. The moment I tried to understand what he said, I was able to understand it so deeply that it touched my heart.

That means that she lived her life completely excluding the words of others. It was to the point where I wondered why I hadn’t tried to listen to others.

‘Pride? no. ‘I just…’

I was unconsciously obsessed with the fact that I was right.

Maybe he was swept away by his surroundings. After hearing the word genius so many times, you may have thought that you were a true genius and didn’t need to listen to anyone else.

The important thing is that the path you are currently taking is wrong. Beyond missing something, I needed to completely change my thinking.

‘….’

I suddenly felt like my limbs were losing strength.

It seemed as if the current status that had been built through martial asceticism, maintained by a strong ego, was completely collapsing.

Joo Seo-yoon sat down without realizing it. I couldn’t come to my senses because of the huge shock I felt for the first time in my life.

“Is it difficult?”

“…yes.”

It was an honest answer.

Xu Liang smiled. Right now, Joo Seo-yoon was unable to think properly.

But now I’m finally qualified. The caterpillar, which had surrounded itself with a huge iron wall, has finally realized its limitations and is stretching its body to gain wings.

“When things are hard, it’s good to rest. But I don’t think you really have any desire to rest.”

Joo Seo-yoon lifted his head weakly.

Xu Liang held out his hand.

“Would you like to swing the sword later and play with me for now?”

“yes?”

“There’s a lot of work to be done from now on, so I’m asking you if you’d like to add a hand to it.”

Joo Seo-yoon couldn’t help but hold Seo-ryang’s hand.