I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

Pushing open the gate of the ancient temple, the cold air immediately rushed like a tide like Ogata.

The blizzard has stopped.

No more lumps of snow fall from the sky.

Looking up, everything is covered in white.

Dust-like sunlight sheds on the white snow.

Looking at the not glaring sun in the sky, Ogata smiled and said with emotion:

"The weather today is really good."

Then, putting on the hat, closing the door of the ancient temple, holding the knife on his left waist, looking at the direction of the sun, and walking straight forward.

Since leaving the Hirose clan, Ogata's life during this period can be described in an idiom, which is-aimlessly.

I don't know where I am going, and I don't know what I am going to do.

Anyway, there was no particular place he wanted to go, Ogata simply spotted one direction directly-the east. Go straight east.

Ogata doesn't care about where the front is, he just keeps going east, wherever he goes.

So Ogata, heading east, unknowingly entered the Kinki area, and entered a small feudal clan in the Kinki area, the Tatsuno clan.

Kinki area-a huge area centered on the two big cities of Kyoto and Osaka.

Ogata knew that he was in the Tatsuno clan now, but where he was located in the Tatsuno clan, Ogata didn't know and didn't want to know.

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A cold wind whizzed in.

Feeling the oncoming cold wind, Ogata tightened Haori on his body, and muttered:

"Even though the sun is coming out today, it's still a bit cold... I really want to take a hot bath..."

Although it is freezing cold now, Ogata does not feel too cold to bear.

This is also thanks to his 17-point vitality.

Although the attribute of vitality does not help Ogata fight better, it can help Ogata live better.

Not only can it make Ogata’s injuries and fatigue heal faster, but also make Ogata less likely to get sick. And it can also make Ogata's physique better.

It was only after the weather got cold that Ogata realized that the increase in vitality can make his physique better.

In the past, Ogata was a person who was very afraid of the cold.

In such a snowy day, I would not dare to go out without wrapping myself up as a "zongzi".

And now, even if he is only dressed in a thin kimono and Haori, Ogata doesn't feel too uncomfortable.

Hurrying is very boring.

It is even more boring to drive in such a place where the scenery is not too beautiful.

In order to pass this boring time on the road, Ogata silently adjusted his breathing to "source breathing" and started the practice of "source breathing".

After becoming a ronin, Ogata began to practice "Gen's Breath" when he was bored.

Because the experiment of "does not use skill points, can the level of martial skills be improved by practice alone" is still continuing.

Although Ogata never gave up the practice of "Gen's Breath", he was unable to upgrade and still only had the "primary" "Gen's Breath", which gradually dissipated Ogata's patience.

Originally, Ogata actively practiced "Gen's Breath" every day.

But now, because of the loss of patience, the practice of "Source's Breath" is no longer as active as before. Only when the idleness is extremely boring or on a whim, I will pick it up and practice.

Regarding his experiment, Ogata has also fully embraced the mentality of "taking it slowly and not rushing", and does not expect to produce results as quickly as possible...

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When Ogata Masada went all the way east as usual--

Tatsuno Fan, Tatsuno Castle.

At this time, a group of people was standing outside the castle of Tatsuno Clan, the hall of Tatsuno.

There are 3 family elders in Tatsuno.

The head of this group of people is one of the three family elders of the Tatsuno clan-Sano Soken.

As one of the family elders, Sano led a group of officials of the Tatsuno clan to stand in the snow outside the castle of Tatsuno-it was not because Sano and the others were insane.

The reason why they stood in the snow outside Tatsuno Castle early in the morning is because - there are big figures from Edo who are coming to their Tatsuno clan today.

This big man from Edo is the chief of the Hosuke Thief Kai-Hasegawa Heizo.

Hasegawa Heizo will lead them to the Tatsuno clan.

As one of the family elders, Sano was responsible for leading some officials in the domain to greet Hasegawa Heizo and others.

"Huh...it's cold..." An official standing beside Sano rubbed his stiff hands and whispered softly, "It's obviously not snowing, why is it so cold..."

The official named Yuichi Obata, Sano's right-hand man, is not only good comrades at work, but also has a good personal relationship.

Just after Oba's complaint fell, Sano, who was standing next to him, chuckled a few times and said in a half-joking tone:

"Obata, you can't stand even this kind of weather. It only shows that your body is weak. As a man, don't get too addicted to a woman's belly."

"I don't want to be emptied by Sano, who is already gray-haired." Ohata responded in the same half-joking tone.

The two can be regarded as a year-end friendship. Sano is 55 years old this year, and Ohata has just passed his 34th birthday.

Ohata folded his arms under his armpits, warming his stiff hands with the temperature of his armpits.

While warming his hands, Kobata looked at the horizon ahead.

Looking at the empty horizon, Kohata suddenly asked Sano:

"Ms. Sano... the chief of the Huosuke Thief Kai... is it really coming to our Tatsuno clan?"

"Yes." Sano said without hesitation.

"Hasegawa Heizo...it's the'Kihei', right?"

"Apart from him, who else has this title?"

"'Kibei'..." Oba murmured, "What a weird title..."

"These thieves helped him~www.ltnovel.com~ In the eyes of thieves, he is as terrible as'ghost', so thieves all over the world began to call him'Guiping', and this title is so slow. It spread slowly."

"Why did'Kihei' travel all the way from Edo to Kansai..."

"Who knows." Sano shrugged, "I guess-'Kihei' led the Hoofu Thief Reform officer all over the way to our Tatsuno-fan. It must be to hunt down someone."

"Besides, I can't think of the second reason why the officer who can change the thieves of Huofu can come here for a long distance."

"Have any wicked thieves flowed into our Tatsuno Domain recently..." Oba murmured.

"..." Sano looked around, then lowered his voice, and said in a low voice, "I only heard about it two days ago-'Executioner Ichitosai' seems to have flowed into our Tatsuno clan a few days ago. ."

After listening to Sano's words, Obata's eyes widened immediately.