I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

Mamiya and Makimura only gave Shiu a wry smile to Genichi, who was so happily as a child now, without making any response, and continued to do their own things silently.

After showing off proudly to Mamiya and Makimura, Genichi then asked Ogata:

"Have you learned all the moves on the cheats?"

Ogata shook his head.

"I'm still learning the two tricks of Cicada Rain and Xingluo, and I haven't mastered them yet."

Ogata’s Two Swordsmen without Me are currently only left with these 2 tricks that have not yet been unlocked-7 consecutive slash skills, Chanyu, and 13 consecutive slash skills, Starfall.

"Are you not good at these 2 tricks... It's a pity, I am old now, with low energy, and no longer want to teach anyone other than Xiaolin to practice sword..." Yuanyi smiled bitterly, "These 2 tricks You can slowly comprehend it according to the secret book by yourself..."

"It's okay." Ogata smiled slightly, "I have a general grasp of these two tricks now, and I should be able to fully grasp it in a while."

Ogata's words are half true and half false. Only the sentence "I should be able to master it in a while" is true-he will be able to unlock these 2 great skills when the level of the Second Sword Art of No Self is raised a little bit.

And Yuanyi changed a new question at this time:

"Then—Ogata-kun, have you...have ever entered the state of selflessness?"

"...Yes." Ogata nodded solemnly. "But I only entered once..."

"Oh?" Yuanyi's gaze condensed, "Have you ever entered the state of no-self... Not bad, can you tell me more about the whole process of entering the state of no-self?"

Ogata briefly talked to Genichi about his fame battle-Yu Hirose Clan's Battle of Hundred People Slash, and explained in detail the moment when he entered the state of no-self.

After briefly summarizing the process of entering the state of selflessness with Genichi, Ogata's face flashed a little hesitantly.

After hesitating for a while, Ogata seemed to have made up his mind. He gritted his teeth and said to Genichi:

"Master Kinoshita..."

"Just call me'Yuan Da Ren'." Yuan smiled slightly, "It's better to call me by my first name than my last name."

"Then... Yuan Yuan, I have a question I want to ask you."

"Let's talk." Genichi said readily, "If I can answer your question, I will know everything."

"Yuan Da person... is there a way to freely enter the state of selflessness?"

After entering the state of no-self once and tasting the sweetness of the state of no-self, Ogata has actually become fascinated by this state of no-self.

It's a pity - since the Battle of Hundred People Slash, Xu Jian has never entered the state of selflessness.

This is the main reason why Ogata agreed to Mamiya’s invitation to visit the Gourd House-he planned to come to Kinoshita himself and ask if there is a way to freely enter the state of non-self.

Ogata came all the way to Owari for this purpose.

After hearing this question from Ogata, Genichi was taken aback for a while.

Then he smiled while twirling his goatee:

"Is there a way to freely enter the state of no-self... there really are."

"Can you tell me?" Ogata suppressed his excitement.

"The way is..." Genichi raised his finger to Ogata's chest, "Gen no breathing."

"Gen's breath?" Ogata asked in confusion.

"It's written on the cheat book, right? "The breath of the source is a shortcut to the realm of selflessness.""

"And when you practice the breath of the source to the peak, you can freely enter the state of non-self."

"The breath of the source is the proud pen of my life."

Speaking of this, a rich pride appeared on Genichi's face.

"The breathing of the source is the breathing technique that I created for the purpose of being able to enter the state of no-self freely."

"After successfully creating this breathing technique, I took the word'source' in my name as the name of this breathing technique."

"The breathing of the source is a shortcut to enter the state of non-self. The principle is to focus one's attention through the change of the breathing rhythm."

"When the concentration of attention reaches the limit, you can enter the state of no-self."

"Practicing the breath of the source to the peak, you can freely enter the state of selflessness."

"But Genzhi's breathing is not so easy to practice."

"Whether you can practice the breath of the source to the extreme, hard work and talent are indispensable."

"There are no shortcuts to the breathing exercises of the source, you can only practice hard."

"It wasn't until 10 years ago that I finally practiced Yuanzhi's breath to the extreme."

After listening to Genichi's last words, Ogata raised his brows.

"Master Yuan... Since you said that you had trained Yuan's breath to the peak 10 years ago, doesn't this mean... Now you are free to enter the state of non-self?"

Gento smiled and said nothing about Ogata's question.

On the contrary, Mamiya, who was concentrating on cooking porridge, chuckled a few times at this time:

"Ogata-kun, otherwise, why do you think Yuan Da is so old, but still unparalleled in the world?"

"..." After being silent for a while, Ogata slowly stood up and bowed to Gen. "Gen is a big person, and I have a merciless request."

"If you want me to tell you the knack for practicing Gen's breathing, please forgive me for not." Yuanyi smiled, "The practice of Gen's breath has no knack. The only thing that counts as a knack should be used more often. ."

"No... I don't want to ask you about Genzhi's breathing exercises." Ogata shook his head. "I want to ask you for advice!"

"Oh?" A look of surprise flashed in Genichi's eyes, "Do you want to ask me for advice?"

"I want to personally understand what'the world is unparalleled'!" Ogata said loudly and powerfully.

Ogata's words caused Mamiya and Makimura to stop their movements and cast different emotional glances at Ogata.

Genichi did not immediately agree to Ogata's request for advice.

Instead, he first glanced at Ogata with a meaningful look.

"Experience firsthand what is the real'Tian Xia Wushuang'?" Genichi repeated what Ogata said just now, "Ogata-kun, I can understand it as-you want to see the man called'Tian Xia Wushuang' How strong is it, right?"

"That's right." Ogata nodded vigorously, "I want to... see with my own eyes how far is the gap between himself and the strongest in the world!"

"Why do you want to see how far you are from the strongest in the world?" Yuanichi continued to ask.

"...Since I have practiced the sword, I have fought countless powerful enemies."

A faint remembrance appeared on Ogata's face.

"Endured countless death fights."

"The enemies we met are stronger than one..."

"The more I fight, the more I feel that my practice is insufficient..."

"I was on Butterfly Island a while ago, and I witnessed the bleak end of the weak and weak, and I had to find a way out by myself..."

Upon hearing Ogata's words, the expressions on Mamiya and Makimura's faces changed slightly.

The two of them naturally knew that the "weak people" Ogata just said were referring to the islanders of Butterfly Island who had finally negotiated a way out with the shogunate.

"I...I don't want to get into this kind of humiliating predicament someday in the future."

"So-I want to become as powerful as Yuan Da Ren you."

"It's so strong that you don't need to bend your knees, you can live proudly with only the sword in your hand."

"Therefore, I want to see with my own eyes how much gap there is between me and the man who is known as the "Unparalleled Under Heaven"!"

"That..." Mamiya said softly with an embarrassment on his face at this time, "Ogata-kun, what I said to you at the time,'As long as the world is unparalleled, you can treat the shogunate as nothing'... This sentence is actually just casual. Just talk...Don't take it seriously..."

"No." Ogata shook his head, "Mamiya, I think what you said to me at the time makes sense."

"...That's it." Genichi nodded slightly at this time, "So-Ogata-kun, you want to target me and become an unparalleled existence like me, right?"

"...That's it." Ogata nodded vigorously.

"Then—Ogata-kun, what do you think is Wushuang?"

"Huh?" Ogata was confused by Genichi's strange question.

After hesitating for a while, he replied:

"The world is invincible, no one is his opponent, but the world is unparalleled."

"Is this your understanding of Tian Xia Wushuang..."

After nodding lightly again, Yuan Yi slowly stood up.

Ogata, who thought that Genichi was about to fight, slowly lowered the center of gravity of his body, and pressed his left hand to Dashaten's sheath.

"Yuan is a big man." Mamiya whispered on the side, "Do you need me to lend you my knife?"

"No." Yuanyi smiled and shook his head, "No need."

"No need?" Ogata wondered.

Whether it was Ogata, Mamiya, or Makimura, they all looked confused at this time.

Just when Ogata was about to ask Genichi how he wanted to fight him if he didn't want the sword, Genichi suddenly spread his right palm and waved to Ogata.

"Ogata-kun, can you lend me your sword?"

"Huh?" If the emotion of "confusion" is liquid, then the "confusion" on Ogata's face is already so much that it can drip from his face.

"Why is Genichi a big person?" Ogata couldn't help but asked towards Genichi.

"You'll know after you lend me the knife."

"……I know."

After Ogata slowly pulled out Oshaten, he handed the handle of the knife towards Gen.

After taking over Da Shitian, Yuan Yi looked at Da Shitian's blade with interest.

After carefully observing Da Shitian's blade, Yuanyi let out a low exclamation:

"This sword pattern... Ogata-kun, your sword is the handwriting of a monk from Tianxiangzong-am I right?"

Ogata's eyebrows couldn't help but raised in surprise: "Exactly."

"A good knife." Yuanyi praised him, "Compared with Xiaolin's "Yan Mo" and "Zhenguishen", it is not inferior at all."

"Yan Mo? Zhenguishen?"

"Xiaolin's sword and Wakisashi's name. Xiaolin's Yan Mo is also the handwriting of Tian Xiangzong, but Yan Mo is an ancient sword with a history of more than two hundred years. Ogata-kun, you can also take your threat. Can you show me?"

"can."

After handing over Da Zizai to Yuanyi, Yuanyi erected Da Shitian and Da Zizai, observing the two swords alternately.

"Your threat is also Tian Xiangzong's handwriting. Do your two knives have a name?"

"Yes. It's a big deal with the sword, and the threat is very comfortable."

"It's all in Buddhist terms... It really is the sword made by the monks of Tianxiangzong... The monks of Tianxiangzong have always liked to use Buddhist terms for the names of the swords they made."

"But... your two knives are a little different from the traditional Tian Xiangzong knives."

"Your two knives... seem to be mixed with some Western casting techniques in them..."

After admiring the two swords of Ogata, Genichi returned Ogata to Ogata.

"Ogata-kun." Genichi said, while clenching Dashaten with both hands, "I'm optimistic, I will let you see Kinoshita Genichi, who is known as the'Sword Saint' and'Unparalleled in the World'. That peerless combat power!"

Yuan raised his head and looked at the sky above his head.

"I will now... split the sky in half for you to see!"

"What?!" Ogata exclaimed.

"Look up!!"

Having said that, Yuan Yi raised his upper body and slowly raised Da Shitian in his hands above his head.

This posture seemed to really cut the sky in half.

Ogata's mind also turned quickly at this time.

-Split the sky? Is this kind of thing really possible?

Genichi's serious look made Ogata doubt himself.

——Could he... really have a way to split the sky...? !

Under this self-doubt, Ogata's breathing couldn't help but slow down.

Not only Ogata, but also Mamiya and Makimura on the side are now shocked by Genichi's attempt to smash the sky with a sword.

The three of them slowed down their breathing involuntarily. They didn't even dared to blink their eyes or let go of any of Yuanyi's next movements.

Genichi seems to be accumulating power.

After closing his eyes and taking several deep breaths, Yuan opened his eyes suddenly!

"Drink ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah -!!!

While emitting an astonishing aura, Yuan Yi aimed at the sky above his head, and slammed Da Shi Tian Yi in his hand!

The wind pressure caused by the swing of the blade pierced straight toward the sky above Yuanyi!

Ogata and others hurriedly looked over Genichi's head.

The sky above Yuanyi's head, at this time actually--!

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No shit...

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...

A few white clouds are still floating there lazily.

Let alone the sky, even these soft white clouds have not been smashed.

Just when the three of Ogata, Mamiya, and Makimura looked up at the undamaged firmament with awkward expressions, they didn't know what Genichi was doing, Genichi put down Dashaten in his hands.

Then let out a self-deprecating sneer.

"Ogata-kun, have you seen it? This is the strength of Kinoshita Genichi, known as the'Tian Xia Wushuang'."

"Even the soft white clouds can't be cut."

"The sky is tens of thousands of miles wide, and the sword is only three feet long. Even if you have the ability to seduce you, you can only cut things within 3 feet."

After all, Genichi threw Dashaten back to Ogata.

"Fighting against the masters of Tianxia Wushuang, and facing a 3-year-old child is actually no different. They are just fighting ordinary people who can only cut things within 3 feet. Tianxia Wushuang-nothing more!"

After saying these words, Genichi sat back where he was originally sitting, rubbing his hands and said to Mamiya:

"Mamiya-kun, is the porridge ready? I just made a ‘splitting the sky’ and I’m even hungry now."

"It's ready to eat..."

"Yuan Yuan..." Makimura on the side showed a helpless smile at this time. "Although you just said a lot of things that seem to be very powerful, you are actually just too lazy to discuss with Ogata brother-am I right? "

"Hahahaha!" Yuanda laughed a few times at this question from Mucun.

Just when Genichi was about to say something--

"The discussion between Yuanyi and I have started just now... and it's over..."

Ogata, who had been standing still just now, said softly.

"I have... deeply felt the gap between me and the world's unparalleled..."

"The realm... is too far..."

"Hahahahaha!" Genichi once again let out a series of bold laughs, "Sit back, Ogata-kun."

"Mamiya-kun has already cooked the porridge, let's have a little bit of it together."

"Yes……"

After sitting back next to Genichi, Ogata handed the bamboo tube he had been carrying with him around his waist to Mamiya.

Mamiya knew that Ogata had already had breakfast ~www.ltnovel.com~ so he didn't load Ogata too much.

But Ogata had no appetite for food at this time.

What Genichi said to him just now still echoes in Ogata's mind over and over again.

"Work hard. Ogata-kun."

Genichi, who was sitting next to Ogata, was picking up the porridge, whispering at this moment.

"Aim for the unparalleled world-this kind of thing is meaningless."

"Don't pursue what is unparalleled in the world, just think about working hard slowly and enjoying the process of hard work."

"Although the sky is tens of thousands of miles wide and the sword is only three feet long, even if you spend your entire life, you can't cut the sky, but you can still experience the joy of becoming stronger in this small three-foot-square-inch area."

"... Hmm." Ogata's dignified gaze regained some radiance at this time, "Yuan Yuan, thank you for your guidance...!"