Chapter 69 – Doubt (2)

Concentrate on the flow of qi.

Poisonous air gathered in the danjeon rises through the blood vessels. Enduring the tingling sensation, the place I arrived at was the heart.

Passing through the heart is very brief.

However, the venom of Manryu Guiyuan Shingong did not leave me alone even for a moment. The pain, like being stabbed in the heart with a needle, came up and quickly disappeared.

Now the chi spreads here and there and circulates through my body. My whole body tingled. When the qi cycle was over, it returned to the dantian.

After the cycle ended, the qi grew slightly larger than before, and became cleaner.

Have to cycle again. The poison travels up through the bloodstream.

Kept repeating it.

It wasn’t until I felt my blood vessels run out that I stopped. I cleared the poisonous air inside the danjeon and unleashed the lotus position.

“Whoa…”

After the fortune-telling breakfast, the strength in the body was drained. I was just about to fall on the bed and stopped.

‘I can’t sweat on the mattress.’

My whole body was covered with sweat. I lay down after wiping with a damp cloth.

Status window turned on.

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〈 Han Yuseong 〉
Species: Human
Gender: Men
Age: 23
Height: 175
Weight: 73
[Muscle strength 12/25]
[Agility 13/30]
[Stamina 13/25]
[Magic attribute 10/100]
Residual Karma: 186
〈 Title 〉
Doesn’t exist
〈 Skill 〉
-Dangga’s dagger [Lv.1] [95.43%]
-Daedong Checkpoint Combat Swimming [Lv.1] [1.03%]
– Wolf’s Pact
-Manryu Returning God [Lv.1] [0.08%]
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‘I think I’ve been doing it for several hours, but it’s only 0.08 percent…’

Salty.

No It may be faster than trying for 60 years to acquire a first-class skill in martial arts.

It was a bit confusing because what was displayed on the status window was not the level, but the level. Even so, level 1 is not a high level.

‘I have to keep working hard to raise my level.’

However…

‘What should I do with Celis and Kara?’

It was decided that the martial art that Seris would learn was the ‘Heavenly Demon God’. If you can learn it, there will be no better martial arts than this.

The cost of such a Heavenly Demon Sacred Art is 7000 karma.

It’s a price that shouldn’t even be combined with all the karma I’ve earned so far.

Then, what about the martial arts that Kara will learn?

I decided that the martial arts of the Hebei Paeng family would be appropriate for Kara, who uses a two-handed sword.

This is because Paengga’s characteristic is a strong swordsmanship.

So what I found was Hebei Paengga’s Naegong Shimbeop Geongon Miheosingong (乾坤彌虛神功).

3000 karma.

It’s cheaper than Cheonma Singong, but that doesn’t mean it’s not burdensome.

In the end, it also means that the two of them have a long way to go before they can learn Simbeop.

‘I think it would be better to learn the method quickly…’

But there was no right way. I sighed and tried to close the shop window, but I saw something shiny on the edge.

‘Installment…?’

I rubbed my eyes to see if I was mistaken. Still, the button that said Installment was shining. It’s definitely a button I’ve never seen before.

‘What the fuck…’

Is that installment the installment I know?

I tried to press it just in case.

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You there!
Didn’t you sigh because of the burdensome price of martial arts?
We have a customized service just for you.
The name is 〈 Installment 〉!
You can purchase the desired martial arts in installments only once per status window user.
Price limit?
There is no such thing!
Pick one of the martial arts you want!
(However, the installment fee is discounted by 5% when purchasing the inner core method.)
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“…”

After reading it, my head went blank. I turned off the status window and leaned on the bed.

“You really do everything…”

It was absurd.

Now come and suddenly installment. There’s such a cheap comment.

But I can understand why the status window is like that.

From the status window’s point of view, it would be better for us to get stronger as soon as possible. But it didn’t go the way I thought it would, and in the end, I must have made this in a hurry.

‘If this is the case, can’t I just give it away for free?’

Is there a reason why you have to accept something called karma?

I crossed my arms and thought for a moment. Soon forgot It’s not like I could have known what I was thinking.

Let’s just use what they give us.

I got up from bed and went out of the room. Kara was hunched over at her kitchen table, and Ceris was studying letters.

I pulled out the chair next to Kara and sat down. Kara, who was lying on her stomach, turned her head.

“Brother, what are you doing in your room alone all the time?”

“Curious?

“Yes.”

Seris closed her letter book.

“You always go in and come out a few hours later. I can’t hear anything, but seeing as he locks the door, he doesn’t seem to be sleeping…”

“If you’re curious, let’s start together tomorrow.”

“Together? What do you mean?”

Kara lifts her body up and she puts her head on my thigh. Looking up at me, she stroked her face. Ceris puffed up her cheeks, but she ignored them.

“Kara, do you know Mana?”

“Mana? Of course you know!”

“Really?”

“If you use it, it gets really strong. That, just cut the mountain and that’s it!”

I laughed at her answer. Kara tilted her head.

“No?”

“It’s true that mana counts, but it’s impossible to split mountains anyway.”

“But you say that Sieghart was cut?”

“It’s a heroic story. There must be some exaggeration.”

“Is it…? But why all of a sudden mana?”

“You promised to do it together starting tomorrow. Mana training.”

“Uh?”

Kara’s eyes widened. She jumped up and looked at me.

“Mana training? So, is that what you’ve been doing alone up until now? Are you teaching us that too?”

I nodded. Kara’s face gradually brightened. Her eyes lit up like jewels and then pounced on me.

“Kyaaak! I love you brother!”

“Is it that good?”

“Huh! If you use mana, you become very strong! Then the chances of becoming a famous adventurer increase!”

Kara smiled and talked. He seems very excited. She lifted her collar and sat her back in her chair.

Now is the time to tell the important story.

“Before talking about mana training in detail, there is something I need to tell you guys first.”

I told the two of them about the status window.

The fact that you can buy various things with a virtual currency called karma.

That the thing has technology in it, and so on.

“Then did you buy the soap your brother brought there too?”

“Huh.”

“I see…”

Kara’s expression after hearing my story was subtle. It’s natural for her to make such a face because she’s a hard-to-believe story. But when Kara made a face like that, I felt embarrassed for some reason.

She tugged at the ball. Kara’s face came with it.

“Oh, it hurts…”

“No matter how untrustworthy my words are, do you make that face in front of me?”

“Mi-I’m sorry…”

He only let go of the ball after he apologized. Kara stroked her blushing cheek.

“Uh… Uh…? Doesn’t your sister look very surprised?”

“Because I knew.”

“To..?”

Kara’s expression hardened. She looked back and forth between Celis and me.

“Only the two of you…?”

The atmosphere is bad. I hurriedly told him why.

“I saw you buying potions the other day when I was hurt. That’s why.”

“Then why didn’t you tell me? Only the two of you know…”

He took Kara in her arms and patted her on the back.

“Sorry, this is what I said later. Were you sad?”

“Huh…”

“Sorry. I will make sure this doesn’t happen next time.”

Kara nodded her head as she held me in my arms. She tickled her a little because of her high nose. Kara raised her head and looked at me.

“Anything else?”

“Huh?”

“Are you hiding anything else from me?”

She was a little taken aback by her words, but she responded calmly.

“Doesn’t exist. I’ll tell you right away if it happens.”

“…”

Kara stared at me. Her expression was a little off.

‘Why is he suddenly like this?’

Never been like this

Anxiety crept up.

“Okay.”

Kara came into my arms again. Then I felt a little reassured.

‘I didn’t get caught.’

I felt disgusted thinking about this, but I couldn’t help but feel relieved.

Seris clicked her tongue. It was a small sound, so only I could hear it. When I turned to her, I saw a look of regret on her face.

‘That’s…’

Seris seems to be impatient to be caught by Kara sometimes.

‘I’ve been talking like that all along.’

I can’t. Maybe you should grab me and talk to me later.

“By the way oppa, how do you do mana training?”

“Before that, we need to buy the technology we talked about earlier. I’ll tell you more about that later tonight.”

* * *

It was night.

I put Kara on the bed.

“Do you really need to sleep?”

Kara asked with her disgruntled eyes.

“It hurts a little when I bought this. If you finish while sleeping, you won’t get sick and it’s good.”

“But…”

Kara muttered her mouth as if she was unhappy with something. But she couldn’t say anything.

“Kara?”

“…No. Brother, hug me.”

“Okay.”

I hugged her Kara and waited for her to fall asleep. Her breathing became calm. She made sure she was asleep and turned on her shop window. Then something soft touched her back.

“…Seris.”

This is Seris’ chest.

When I looked back with a sigh, Celis was laughing at what was so good.

“Now is not the time. Stay away.”

“I’ll just hold you.”

“Kara might wake up. Hurry.”

“Chit… I get it. Instead, should I hug you a lot later?”

Seris stepped back. I bought Geongon Miheosingong (乾坤彌虛神功) at the shop window. Of course, through Kara’s status window.

I looked at Kara. She was sleeping well

“Are you okay?”

It was about the time I thought so. Kara started to flinch, then she let out a moan.

“Uuuuu!!”

Kara opened her eyes.

“It hurts! It hurts!!!”

She screamed in pain and twisted her body around. I hugged her tightly.

“Kara, it’s okay. Let’s be patient, wait a little longer.”

“Brother, it hurts so much! It hurts!!!”

Kara hugged me tightly and scratched my back with her fingers. She stung a little, but nothing compared to the pain she was going through. Endured

Time passed.

Little by little, Kara’s strength in scratching her back was drained away, and her screams became a little quieter. Kara buried her face in my arms, picking up her rough breathing.

Her face was covered with tears and snot. I took out her handkerchief and wiped her face.

“It hurt a lot.”

“My stomach, my stomach hurt so much…”

“I’m sorry, I thought I’d feel better when I was sleeping… Come on.”

He hugged her tightly and stroked the back of her head. By the time she had calmed down, she turned to Ceris.

“Ceris, you should probably do it tomorrow.”

“Yes? Ah yes. That, yes I will do it tomorrow.”

Seris looked a little frightened.

The next day, I brought Sister Nella from the temple.

“Brother, I came here because you said you needed my help… What is it?”

“Sister, is there any way to get rid of the pain? Anesthesia or…”

“Ah… I haven’t learned enough about that yet… Even an anesthetic drug isn’t something I can handle. I’m sorry I couldn’t be of any help.”

“No. Then please wait here for a moment.”

I left the nun outside and went into her room. Seris, stiff, was sitting on the bed.

“Why are you wearing a mask?”

Even though Seris is her family, she was wearing a mask. She said in her serious voice.

“Yesterday you saw Kara shed all her tears, her snot. How can I show that kind of face to Yoosung?”

“…Okay. Then live.”

“…Yes!”

I pressed the purchase button with Seris’ voice full of determination as a signal. When he held out her hand, she grabbed it as if she had been waiting.

“Aww…”

I tightened my hands with a light moan. The intensity gradually increased.

“Ughhhhh!!!”

I could feel her palm bones creaking. Sick.

“Kyaaaaa!!! Yoosung, I think I’m going crazy!!! It hurts so much!!!!!!!”

Wooddeuk. The palm bones eventually broke. Still, she didn’t stop. No, I couldn’t

“I feel really crazy!!! Aaaaa!!!!!”

“I’m going crazy too…”

He gritted his teeth and endured the pain. Cerys wiggled her broken palm around and her eyes seemed to turn upside down. Fortunately, Seris stopped before that really happened.

“Ha… Ha… Ah…”

I chose to breathe. Still, he didn’t let go of my hand. I’m sick.

“Huh…? Uh?! Yoo, Yooseong’s hands…!!”

“Can you let me go because it really hurts?”

“Yes yes!”

Seris hurriedly let go of my hand. I turned around and headed out of the room.

“…Open the door.”

“Yes!”

As I went outside, I saw a puzzled nun. When she saw my hand, she jumped in surprise.

“Brother, what the hell happened inside?!”

She asked as she healed.

I don’t know what to answer.

* * *

Kara and Seris successfully learned the skill. However, there were minor differences between the two.

“Have you learned martial arts?”

“Yes!”

“Okay? Kara, who are you? Did you learn anything other than Simbeop?”

“No…”

Kara shook her head. Neither do I. Why was only Seris learning that?

‘Is it because it’s expensive?’

It could be because it’s the Heavenly Demon Goddess. Better than nothing.

“Then can I show you that Kwonbeop?”

“Yes!”

Seris took her riding stance and placed her fists on her hips.

She was in a state of control.

I stopped her at the thought of her.

“Mr. Yooseong?”

“Seris, what you learned is the Heavenly Demon Art. You know that much, right?”

“Yes. It’s because it’s been in my head.”

“Then, do you understand the mindset for using the Heavenly Demon Sacred Art?”

“…Yes? What is your mindset?”

“Ah… You don’t know this? Listen carefully.”

She taught Celis the mindset to have when using the Heavenly Demon Divine Art. After hearing my story, Celis looked a little embarrassed.

“Do I really have to do that?”

“Yes, otherwise the effect will be halved.”

“Is that so..?”

I nodded with a serious face. Even so, Celis seemed hesitant.

“Seris, do you have to?”

“Ugh… I see…”

Cerys closed and opened her eyes, reassuring her resolve.

Shouted, punching her fist.

“Hey, Cheonma Punch!”