Chapter 926 – 926.Yggdrasil (7)
A week has passed.
However, it was safe to say that we received virtually no information during the week.
Roy kept trying to contact the Umbra royal family, but it wasn’t as easy as he thought, so there was no good news yet.
And my relationship with Midwinter was the same.
Although we spoke occasionally, he avoided conversation with me as much as possible during the middle of winter.
However, perhaps because of the expectation that he would fight me soon, he sometimes asked me when I would fight him.
Other than that, no other words were exchanged.
I can’t find information about the boss dungeon, and Midwinter’s favorability rating isn’t rising very well.
But in that situation, there was one thing that could be comforting.
Just now…
“Fuuuuu…”
I took a slow breath, held it in my lungs for a while, and then calmly exhaled again.
“Whoa…”
Natural breathing.
And a faint flame felt in the lower abdomen.
I always paid attention to my Danjeon while breathing, but I never felt my Danjeon properly.
But now, at this moment, I felt like I could confidently say that I felt it.
A flame the size of a water drop rises inside the danjeon…
“… Great. “It’s in the right position.”
As I continued to breathe while feeling the flame, Namgung Yuha smiled and let out her pure voice.
“I guess this is enough for breathing now.”
I was finally able to get a cut sign from Namgoong Yuha.
As Namgung Yuha said those words, he removed his palm from her stomach.
Namgung Yuha’s palm, which had been gently wrapping my stomach just a moment ago.
When her palm suddenly disappeared, a feeling of regret flowed out of my breath without me knowing.
“Whoa…”
“You’re disheveled again. “Please refocus.”
Namgung Yuha did not speak in a reproachful voice like she usually did.
She seemed to know full well that she had taken her hand away.
I followed Namgung Yuha’s words and focused and brought my breathing back to normal.
“Great. Now open your eyes.”
After taking a deep breath, she opened her eyes as Namgung Yuha said.
Normally, when she opened her eyes like this, her entire body would have been drenched in sweat as if she had been in a shower, as if she had lost all of her energy.
But now, unlike usual, my energy was strong and I was so refreshed that not a single drop of sweat broke out.
Namgung Yuha smiled and slowly got up from her seat.
“Seven weeks… “You’re learning quickly.”
For reference, seven days and nights was a word that meant one week where Namgung Yuha lived.
It’s been a week since she received her breathing training from Namgoong Yuha.
Only after a week had passed was she able to receive a proper compliment from Namgung Yuha.
But in fact, she was hardly a compliment.
“Haha… “I learn it late, but I need to grasp the basics quickly.”
I don’t know what kind of place Wulin is, but according to Namgung Yuha, breathing was the basic of basics.
I have only just begun the training that young children who cannot even hold a sword complete.
Namgung Yuha, who heard my humble voice, bowed her head and scolded me.
“Please refrain from saying things like that. “Once you learn, it is never too late.”
“Sorry.”
Namgung Yuha unknowingly apologized to her for her bitter reprimand.
After hearing my apology, Namgung Yuha sighed and smiled again.
“Don’t humble yourself. On the contrary, there are situations where we encounter realizations that others have overlooked because we follow along too late.
“I’ll keep that in mind.”
That’s how I was able to complete the Danjeon breathing class.
But as soon as the basic class ends…
“Okay then, let’s proceed with flowering today.”
Suddenly, I started taking major classes.
I asked, confused.
“Are you starting right away?”
Namgung Yuha, who heard my question, knew the reason why I was embarrassed and began to answer.
“Yes. At first, I also tried to take more time. But you never know when a dangerous situation may arise where we are.”
As Namgung Yuha said, the 4th floor was still at war.
Although it was quiet right now, no one knew when war would break out.
“And above all, it is a very good environment for Danjeon to bloom.”
“Didn’t you say before that the environment was not good?”
“That meant it was difficult to build up my skills. On the other hand, there are also some great points. The safe zone we are in now… “There is no better environment for flowering and good luck than here.”
“Ah…”
In martial arts that use internal power and accumulate it, such as Danjeon Flowering or Ungi Josik, the top priority was to completely block all risk factors.
And a safe zone where you can receive the protection of Yggdrasil.
There is no place in the universe I have traveled where Danjeon flowering can proceed as safely as this safe zone.
“Then what should I do?”
“Please sit cross-legged. And…”
Namgung Yuha’s face blushed slightly, and she instructed me in a low voice.
“Please take off your top.”
“… Yes?”
If it were me, if Namgung Yuha ordered something, she would have done it right away without saying anything.
But now, the instructions were to stop my body and open my mouth before my body could move, thinking that my brain had received incorrect information.
Namgung Yuha sighed and explained to me while her face was red.
“The Danjeon breathing I had done so far was just to check the energy flowing through the Qi and indicate the location of the Danjeon, so wearing a top was enough. However, since I have to personally channel my energy into the flowering of Danjeon, there should be no interference between us.”
The obstruction that Namgung Yuha was talking about was the top.
As soon as I heard her, I apologized, getting her nod as if I understood.
“Sorry. For asking useless questions…”
“Oh, no. “I should have explained it first.”
Fortunately, Namgung Yuha did not criticize me for asking questions back.
Sometimes, among sane people, there are people who scold her for embarrassing themselves.
Of course, Namgung Yuha was not that kind of person, but she was still satisfied with the fact that she knew one more thing about her personality.
I was satisfied with her Namgung Yuha behavior and started taking off her top.
‘Well, there’s no need to turn her around and take it off.’
She wasn’t a woman and didn’t think there was any need for a man to feel embarrassed in this situation.
But unlike me, Namgung Yuha…
“Hmm…”
Her face blushed and she turned her head away.
“Sorry. If you feel uncomfortable, can I take off my clothes and come out of the bathroom?”
“Oh, no. Just take it off here.”
If you just listened to the conversation, it seemed like a very obscene conversation.
Actually, it would have been a situation where I would have joked about it, but…
‘No. Let’s hold on for now.’
It was an important moment for the flowering of Danjeon, like nothing else.
While playing around, my Danjeon can get damaged.
And if Danjeon gets screwed, of course I get screwed too.
I quickly took off my shirt and sat cross-legged again in the same spot I had originally sat.
After checking my appearance, Namgung Yuha calmly sat behind me and spoke to me.
“I will proceed with flowering of Danjeon from now on. “From now on, please give your full attention and listen to me.”
Namgung Yuha explained her mindset and method for flowering Danjeon, as well as the methods I should take in case of an unexpected emergency.
After such a lengthy explanation…
“If a problem arises, you must concentrate as much as possible and follow my instructions.”
“Yes, I will keep that in mind.”
“Great. “Let me begin.”
Namgung Yuha’s palms came to rest comfortably on my back, and the Danjeon began to bloom.
‘… ‘It’s not easy.’
No matter how accustomed I was to women, when Namgung Yuha’s bare hand came up on my back, I began to relax without even realizing it.
But I started to refocus, remembering that it was an important moment.
‘Concentrate, concentrate, focus…’
As I was repeating the word ‘concentration’ to myself, a tingling sensation suddenly began to flow into my back.
“Tsk… ?”
“Don’t be too guarded. “I’m putting my energy into it.”
“…”
“I will stimulate the Danjeon with the energy I have poured into it and proceed with flowering. “Feel my energy flowing through the energy vein.”
After the Danjeon blooms, I will also have to use my inner energy, so in preparation for that, I should feel and form the nature of my inner energy with my senses.
In that way, Namgung Yuha’s thrilling inner energy flowed through my energy system and before I knew it, I had reached Danjeon.
But strangely, Namgung Yuha’s inner strength, which had been thrilling, felt as warm as the morning sunlight as soon as he arrived at Danjeon.
Just like the sun rises to make a flower bloom…
“Now really concentrate.”
I didn’t answer with words, but showed it with concentration.
I started to make the embers inside the danjeon bigger and bigger.
And at the same time, Namgung Yuha’s internal energy began to surround my Danjeon like the sun and promote its flowering.
“Keuuuuut…”
It wasn’t a moan from pain.
It was a moan caused by a sensation I had never felt before.
A small dantian the size of a fingernail located in the lower abdomen.
That small Danjeon began to shake as if it would swallow my whole body.
It was on a completely different level from Danjeon, which had been calm until now, showing heat or embracing heat.
It was an intense sensation, as if a living being that had not been a living being until now, but was given life through Namgung Yuha’s inner energy, was being born.
I held on tightly as if to control the dantian that was about to run wild.
“Hmm!”
“Don’t force it. “Then it becomes more violent.”
Although I was a little anxious, I followed Namgung Yuha’s instructions and began to loosen the danjeon I was holding tightly.
As soon as I solved it like that…
“Ugh…”
The dantian began to stir my entire body and absorb all the power I had.
It felt like it was sucking all the energy out of my body, as if it didn’t have enough energy to bloom.
For a subject that had just woken up, he was acting very threatening.
‘This is okay, right?’
I was nervous without knowing Danjeon’s threatening appearance, but Namgung Yuha said it was okay…
“Now, wait… Suddenly… !”
“!?”
Namgung Yuha made a troubled voice, and she suddenly began to forcefully inject internal energy into her body.
If it was thrilling earlier, now… It felt like lightning was swirling around.
Even in my panicked state, I did not relax my posture and spoke with difficulty to Namgung Yuha.
“Well, if you put it that way… !”
“Well, I didn’t put that in.”
Namgung Yuha didn’t put it in? So now this…
“Are you okay? If you’re having trouble, just stop…”
“For now, don’t worry about me, just focus!”
“Ugh, yes!”
Even as Namgung Yu-ha’s own inner power was being sucked into me, she began to put all her effort into somehow controlling her inner dantian.
Thanks to this, my body felt like it was becoming more and more devastated, as if it had been struck by lightning several times.
However, as the intense pain, as if being struck by lightning, continued for a while, the wild Danjeon suddenly became calm.
‘Ugh… Is it over?
It was a moment when I had a brief moment of relief.
“Ugh!?”
The dantian, which had absorbed all the energy in my body earlier, suddenly began to vibrate, emitting tremendous energy from the lower abdomen.
It was different from hot heat or cold energy.
Vigor.
The dantian inside my lower abdomen began to spread vitality and transform all inanimate energy into life-like energy.
I was able to realize it with a feeling I felt for the first time.
‘Danjeon flowering…’
Now I understand why the expression “Blooming Danjeon” Is used.
It felt like another living thing called a flower had been created inside my body.
Having experienced vitality spreading throughout my body, I smiled as I felt my mind and heart becoming clearer.
‘Armonia, show me your temperament.’
[All right.]
Armonia gave me exactly the temperament I wanted, not all of my temperaments.
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[Danjeon (1st year)]
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Succeded.
I could already tell that I had succeeded just by feeling it in my lower abdomen, but seeing it with my own eyes made me realize it even more accurately.
“This was the flowering of Danjeon. “Now I realize why I use that word.”
“…”
“?”
Namgung Yuha should have said at least a word.
I couldn’t hear Namgung Yuha’s voice behind me at all.
‘… ‘What’s going on?’
It was only after I came to my senses that I realized that the feeling of Namgung Yuha’s palm on my back had disappeared.
I felt anxious and carefully turned my head.
And Namgung Yuha caught my eye…
“Uh!?”
He fell on his back as if he had fainted.
