Single-Instant Blade

Chapter 97 : Seori (2)

“Ugh! No!”

Ho Geumryeon shouted in surprise.

Jin Gae raised his true energy to the maximum and executed his movement technique with all his might.

Shwaeeek!

The sound of his clothes fluttering rose roughly.

He was chasing Ah Geol. It wasn’t that he was going to attack, but that he was trying to stop him from rolling down.

Cho Gapyeong made a different choice.

‘I have to kill him!’

He threw his sword at Ah Geol, who was rolling down.

Shwaeeek!

The long sword was shot like a hidden weapon.

For a martial artist like Cho Gapyeong, hitting an object rolling down a mountainside was nothing more than a game.

But he couldn’t hit him.

Shwit! Teong!

Even in that situation, Ah Geol swung the half-iron blade and struck the flying long sword.

Jin Gae also couldn’t catch Ah Geol. Even though he had executed the Wind Galloping and Lightning Walking, which was only for the purpose of sprinting among the Sacred Sword Sect’s movement techniques, he couldn’t catch Ah Geol in front of the stream.

Plop!

Ah Geol fell into the stream.

Jin Gae stared blankly at Ah Geol in front of the stream.

The stream was not deep. It only came up to his shins. The width was also not wide. You could walk to the other side with just a few steps. It was a shallow and narrow stream.

Ah Geol was lying in a place where he could be reached just by extending his hand.

Jin Gae’s hand twitched.

He wanted to use his sword. If he used his sword just once, he would kill him. No, he wanted to drag the fallen guy to the ground.

Swish!

Jin Gae was about to extend his hand.

“Stop!”

Cho Gapyeong stopped him.

Jin Gae’s hand flinched. Even after hearing the word ‘stop’, his hand did not withdraw easily.

At that time, a person came out from the other side of the stream, sauntering.

“Still, the Second Lord has a quick eye. Did you know I was here?”

Jin Gae finally withdrew his hand.

The master of the Wind Path Valley, Seori Gaheon, had appeared.

Although he was not visible, Seori Hyeonggae would also be somewhere in the forest.

“Will you hand this guy over?”

Cho Gapyeong asked politely.

From the beginning of the stream, it was the land of the Wind Path Valley.

Although the Single-Instant Sect could not cross the stream, they could do whatever they wanted on the other side of the stream.

Ah Geol was also entrusted to the hands of the Wind Path Valley.

Although he was lying in a place where he could be caught just by extending his hand, he could not be caught. If you entered the Wind Path Valley without the permission of the Single-Instant Sect, you had to mix swords. Seori Gaheon would not just let him go.

At Cho Gapyeong’s words, Seori Gaheon said with a smirk, “Would you do that if you were me? This guy, isn’t he a guy we should take care of in principle?”

Seori Gaheon spoke down to Cho Gapyeong without hesitation.

“Lee Dochang was defeated by this guy.”

“I’m going to take care of the guy who came into my land, do I have to know that Lee Dochang is dead?”

“Even if you’re not interested in Lee Dochang’s death, you should know that it’s related to the Blood Sword Sutra.”

Cho Gapyeong also spoke roughly.

“That’s why I’ve been staying in here. Then you should have taken care of it outside. Are you being killed by a guy like this, strung up like dried fish? And you still call yourselves martial artists?”

Cho Gapyeong’s eyebrows twitched.

Three against one, even if it was the Single-Instant Blade, he thought it was worth a try.

Then let’s think differently. If his master were in front of them, could the three of them pass?

‘…It would be over in an instant.’

He couldn’t dare to raise his sword against his master.

His master did not use the Illuminating Heaven Sword. His master’s sword was the complete Illuminating Ten Explanations from beginning to end.

Even if the three of them really put their lives on the line and trained together, they would be knocked down in a single exchange.

Seori Gaheon was only one or two moves below his master.

In the current martial world, he could be said to be the strongest except for his master. Although there were many sects that boasted of their tradition, such as the Shaolin Temple, the Wudang Sect, the Qingcheng Sect, and the Huashan Sect, there was no martial artist who could face Seori Gaheon.

“Are you going to kill this guy?”

“I have to kill him. Have you ever seen us save someone?”

“Then kill him. Kill him and hand over the body.”

“Is that an order?”

“It’s an order. From the Duke.”

“Hahaha! You, how long are you going to sell the Duke’s name? Don’t you have any intention of crushing him with your sword instead of making excuses for the Duke?”

“You must hand over the body.”

“Alright, so go away.”

Seori Gaheon waved his hand as if to tell him to go away.

“Aren’t you going to kill him now? If you’re going to kill him anyway, why not kill him in front of us?”

Ho Geumryeon interrupted the conversation.

“Are you telling me to kill this guy? A guy who can’t even hold a blade? Have you ever seen us kill a guy like this? At the very least, he should be able to hold a blade. I haven’t seen a blade like this in a long time, shouldn’t I get a proper taste of the blade?”

Seori Gaheon smiled, showing his white teeth.

‘You crazy bastard!’

Everyone had the same thought.

Seori Gaheon did not touch the sick or the injured. If a master was injured, he would heal them and then kill them. He would cut them with a blade after a normal fight.

He did not think that he could be defeated. If he died at the end of a fight, he thought he could die happily. Since he had been defeated by a martial art that had surpassed the Single-Instant Blade, there was nothing to be resentful about.

Then why didn’t he challenge the Duke? Hadn’t the Duke’s sword art already surpassed the Single-Instant Blade?

-Don’t you know that you can’t fight if you know the sword too well?

Seori Gaheon had many excuses.

Anyway, Seori Gaheon was a guy who would one day raise his blade against the Duke. He was always thinking like that.

So he had also expected that he would not kill Ah Geol right away.

Cho Gapyeong said, “I’ll wait here. Whether it’s ten days or a year.”

“Do as you please. You can stand up, can’t you? Why are you still stuck in the water?”

Seori Gaheon said to Ah Geol.

Teong!

Seori Hyeonggae placed a small jar by his head.

“You have a tough life.”

“…Just wait a little. I’ll take your blade.”

Ah Geol calmed his boiling heart and said calmly.

“We speak with our blades. You speak with your blade too. Use this.”

Seori Hyeonggae tapped the small jar.

“Two days later, my senior brother will use his blade. Do everything you need to do in two days. If you have any news to send, you can send it. I guarantee your secrecy and safety. I’ll turn a blind eye just this once.”

“Two days?”

“Yes. Huhu!”

Seori Hyeonggae laughed coldly and stood up.

As expected, the small jar contained green line leeches.

The best wound medicine on earth, which only Single-Instant Sect disciples could find and raise, was full in the jar.

With one jar of green line leeches, any wound could be healed within two days.

Seori Gaheon’s words that he would use his blade in two days were not a lie. The incident that Grandpa had started was right in front of him. One of the mountains that he had to cross.

Ah Geol took out the green line leeches and applied them to his wound.

Tomorrow, he would have to face Seori Gaheon with his blade.

His mind was calm.

He had not tried to calm his mind. He had just slept soundly without doing anything. He had taken out all the sleep he had put off while fighting the Great Mountain Gang and had slept soundly.

When he had opened his eyes, a day had passed.

His body had not improved at all. Although he had applied the green line leeches, the wound was still wide open, so he was even worried if he could move his body freely.

There was nothing to worry about. Didn’t he know more about green line leeches than anyone else? Tomorrow, the wound would be cleanly, miraculously healed. He would be able to hold his blade with a refreshed body.

His physical condition was good, so what was left was the blade?

He had gotten a taste of the Single-Instant Blade when he had cut the Tenth Lord.

It was not the Single-Instant Blade of the previous sect masters. The Single-Instant Blade he had used so far was just a form, it could not be called the Single-Instant Blade. Although it had been the Single-Instant Blade for the previous sect masters, it did not play the role of the Single-Instant Blade for him.

There was only one Single-Instant Blade.

He had gotten a taste of that Single-Instant Blade. Although he had felt it slightly when he had cut the Third Lord, this time it had risen strongly, as if he had been struck by lightning.

He had also felt the Single-Instant Blade when he had faced the Second and Fourth Lords.

‘The Single-Instant Blade has appeared.’

Ah Geol closed his eyes and recalled the Single-Instant Blade.

What was his Single-Instant Blade? It was a tremor.

‘The moment the tremor occurred, both my body and the blade stopped. A momentary speed had occurred, but how did it happen?’

A movement that he did not know had occurred.

Seori Gaheon knew this movement. So he could use it whenever he wanted. But he did not know. Although it would come out unconsciously, he could not always use it.

It was the initial stage of learning the Single-Instant Blade.

His master would have bestowed the Seori surname at this point.

It was fine to abandon the name Ah Geol and use the name Seori Heun that his master had given him.

‘No, not yet. It’s still arrogant.’

Ah Geol shook his head.

But it was really strange. His mind was very calm. Although he had to mix blades with one of the strongest martial artists on earth tomorrow, he was as calm as if nothing were wrong.

Although it might be an arrogant thought, he was also confident that he would not lose.

Ah Geol took out the green line leeches and applied them to his wound.

He had not been severely injured by the Great Mountain Gang martial artists. The extent of being scratched by the poison needles was severe, and there were not many scratches from the swords and blades. He had suffered from the exhaustion of his strength, which was more severe than he had thought.

He had been seriously injured while fighting the Ten Lesser Swords. In particular, the one blow that Cho Gapyeong had delivered was very severe.

‘If I had been a little late in dodging, all my ribs would have been cut. The sword had come in properly. The change of twisting the wrist up was also unexpected.’

He continued to apply the green line leeches to his wound.

The light green leeches clung tightly to the red wound.

‘Now, let’s just sleep.’

Ah Geol did not think of anything and went to sleep.

He was curious about what his Single-Instant Blade was. It was natural. In a situation like this, any human would be curious. But hadn’t he known what the Single-Instant Blade was? It wouldn’t be realized just by being curious.

So… he would not think about the Single-Instant Blade.

As he had used the Single-Instant Blades of the previous sect masters, his own Single-Instant Blade had appeared.

He just had to continue to use the Single-Instant Blades of the previous sect masters in the future.

When the time came, the Single-Instant Blade would naturally appear.

There was no need to worry about realizing his own Single-Instant Blade, which he did not even know the substance of.

The more he used the Single-Instant Blade, the more his own Single-Instant Blade would appear. And someday, the Single-Instant Blades of the previous sect masters would disappear, and he would only use his own Single-Instant Blade.

This process had to proceed naturally, like flowing water.

Seori Gaheon and Seori Hyeonggae had also gone through this process.

The martial art they had trained was the Hundred Sword Blade. As they had used the Hundred Sword Blade, their own Single-Instant Blade had appeared. The more skillfully they had used the Hundred Sword Blade, the more a completely unfamiliar martial art had popped out.

The martial arts that had been born in that way were the One Shot Ten Blades and the Three Blades One Kill.

So how much had his senior brothers used the Hundred Sword Blade? You shouldn’t look at the One Shot Ten Blades, you should look at the Hundred Sword Blade that had been swung thousands, tens of thousands of times until the One Shot Ten Blades had been born.

“Wake up.”

Seori Hyeonggae shook Ah Geol awake.

“Hmm!”

Ah Geol stretched as if he didn’t want to get up.

Nothing was wrong. Today, just like any other day, a comfortable daily life would unfold.

“I’ve prepared a set of clothes. Get up, wash, and change.”

No killing intent could be found in Seori Hyeonggae’s voice. It was as if a blunt senior brother were speaking indifferently to his junior brother.

A new world had opened up for Ah Geol.

It felt as if his eyes had been wide open.

The world before and after knowing the Single-Instant Blade was completely different.

He had also learned that Seori Hyeonggae’s calmness came from his absolute confidence.

A person who had the Single-Instant Blade was not afraid of the world.

It didn’t mean that you could control the world as you pleased. It was that you could be calm because you knew that you could die at any time. A Single-Instant martial artist was calm and indifferent because he never forgot that fact for a moment.

“Has it been two days already? Then I have to get up.”

Ah Geol sat up.

“Tell my senior brother that we’ll mix blades after lunch. We’re still senior and junior brothers, so we should at least have a meal together.”

(End of Chapter)