Chapter 327 – Teach Me Slowly (2)

The sword fell slowly through the air, without the flashy technique of a powerful blade or the restraint of a strong grip. It seemed as if the sword would split the heavens and the earth in two.

And the two hands facing it moved quickly, as if they had multiplied into dozens, striking the sword. No, it was more like a gentle caress.

But as the light movements continued, the sword that was slicing through the heavens and earth began to twist and lose its power.

The sword, which had lost its strength, direction, and momentum, slipped through the air and pathetically hit the ground. However, the owner of the sword nodded in satisfaction.

“Good job! Do you have a better understanding of how to face a heavy opponent quickly?”

“Well… does that mean we shouldn’t face them head-on?”

Kang Yoon, the owner of the hands, clenched and opened his numb fingertips repeatedly, tilting his head.

“There’s nothing wrong with facing them head-on. But… how should I put it… it’s much more wasteful of your strength.”

“Um…”

The man furrowed his brow. Since reaching the peak of his training, Pang Yeon-hwa’s teaching method had been like this.

Throwing a blow that could barely be blocked with all your strength (of course, he was always ready to retrieve the blow), and then throwing out a topic after overcoming it.

A peak master is someone who starts to pave their own way. Therefore, there was nothing else to do but to deepen one’s understanding of it.

The reason why the man was furrowing his brow like this was that he had to find an answer to something that Pang Yeon-hwa didn’t mention or even think of herself, apart from what she said.

It was a headache-inducing problem. No one would give him the answer, and he had to keep thinking about it without knowing if what he had found was the right answer.

When the quick and lively technique of the sword, which was unfolding with meditation, was repeated about twice, Pang Yeon-hwa declared a stop to the training.

“Wait, it seems like we have a guest.”

When she looked towards the entrance, there was a hesitant-looking Ju Yak-seon. It seemed that he was bothered by the fact that he had disturbed the man’s training.

“I didn’t know you were training…”

“It’s okay. What’s the matter?”

Since the training time was originally irregular, the man didn’t pay much attention to it.

“It’s, it’s not about anything else. I said I was going to take a break today, but I think it’s better to do it when I have the time. Um, can you help me today too?”

The man nodded his head vigorously to the hesitant Ju Yak-seon.

“Of course. From now on… since it seems like training will end soon, can you wait for a moment?”

“Yes!”

As Ju Yak-seon walked towards the chair that was reflecting on one side of the training ground, the man turned his body again to prepare for training.

And Pang Yeon-hwa let out a deep sigh in her heart as she watched the man’s figure.

A few days ago.

Ju Yak-seon had decided to ask me to teach him about the characteristics of Simbeop after much consideration.

But Ju Yak-seon hit a wall from the beginning.

“Y-You’re touching my body?”

“Yes. It’s better to experience it with your own body, don’t you think?”

Perhaps Ju Yak-seon also knew that it was possible to perform internal energy exercises while touching someone else’s body, thanks to Nam Gung-hye’s revelation. But if he said that he wanted to do it like that out of the blue, it was likely to be refused.

“Well, it’s not a big deal. It’s just putting your hands on the dantian… Is it difficult?”

“Yes.”

When I answered nonchalantly, Ju Yak-seon looked hesitant.

The dantian was roughly located at the belly button. It was not a place where one would allow others to touch it casually, but it was also difficult to strongly oppose it.

“Since it’s difficult to explain it completely… I thought it would be helpful to show you the key points of internal energy circulation in someone else’s body and then experience it yourself. But if it’s too difficult…”

“N-No, it’s okay! If it’s just that…”

As if he was saying that it would be difficult if it was anything more than that, Ju Yak-seon quickly agreed.

It was sloppy.

“Well, then show me your belly first.”

“Yes… Huh?”

Although Ju Yak-seon asked me, he wasn’t actually looking at me. He seemed to have just realized that there were many things he had to untie from his clothes to show his belly.

“I, um…”

“If it’s too burdensome, you can leave it as it is. It would be more efficient to do it with bare skin, but…”

“I’m sorry…”

Ju Yak-seon bowed his head as if he was embarrassed, but I didn’t really care.

‘If it’s like this, there’s a way to use it as it is.’

I started to circulate my internal energy by placing my hands on Ju Yak-seon’s belly, which he hesitantly exposed even though it was still on top of his clothes.

“…!”

As my internal energy flowed like a stream along the Ren Mai and Du Mai, Ju Yak-seon’s eyes widened in surprise as it entered his belly.

Normally, when practicing internal energy, especially when using someone else’s internal energy, you should never open your mouth. So, it could be said that it was the maximum expression of surprise as Ju Yak-seon, as a practitioner, showed as much surprise as possible.

“You can speak.”

“…?!”

As I opened my mouth without much thought, Ju Yak-seon looked even more surprised but cautiously opened his mouth.

“I, really… Oh my!”

“Is it okay?”

Nodding.

Although Ju Yak-seon seemed surprised at first, he gradually adapted and his complexion became calmer.

“I can see someone else’s internal energy like this…”

“Yes. It’s not just beneficial for the other person, but also for me.”

Generally, excellent internal energy techniques depended on the purity and quantity of internal energy.

It was a matter of how efficiently and quickly one could select and gather the necessary energy from the natural energy they received.

In that sense, as the two people received each other’s internal energy, there was a slight disadvantage in the amount they received.

It was impossible to receive a lot when one didn’t concentrate on the technique and just loafed around. My rough estimate was that it wouldn’t even be equivalent to 1.8 servings.

However, the strength of the Dangseongong was that it worked even when two people had learned different internal energy techniques.

Simply put, if there were ten types of energy from one to ten, and each required different energies of one and two, then they would each take 1.8 servings.

As a result, they would be ahead in terms of quantity.

“The circulation of internal energy… follows my internal energy technique?”

“Well… even though we have different internal energy techniques, they don’t clash…”

“Ah, is it because Kang So-hyeop’s internal energy is superior, so he can lead the circulation of internal energy?”

Ju Yak-seon continued to ask me questions without a break, and I continued to explain the answers while practicing internal energy circulation.

Days passed like that, once a day, sometimes skipping a day, and now it had been some time.

“Is it really more efficient if we do it with bare skin?”

After researching how to apply internal energy techniques to healing, Ju Yak-seon asked me a question after much consideration.

Ju Yak-seon asked me the question while carefully observing my eyes.

It wasn’t that he was suspicious of me. Over the past few days, I hadn’t done anything that could be considered lewd towards her, and Ju Yak-seon trusted me quite a bit.

However, she was worried that I might feel uncomfortable touching her body directly.

‘Because of this body…’

Even though she was friendly towards her, it was already clear that I liked beautiful women.

When Ju Yak-seon released her internal energy, she didn’t become a woman who would regret her beauty once she went somewhere. Nevertheless, I knew that if I found her body unpleasant, it was inevitable since I believed that her current appearance was her true appearance.

“Yes. It’s inevitable that it’s different.”

According to what I carefully revealed, this internal energy technique had a characteristic that became more efficient as it touched bare skin or passed through a woman’s curves because it had parts taken from the color meridian or suction meridian (in reality, it was the color meridian itself).

“Then, the reason why the bet entered the Huiyin point once…!”

“…Yes, it’s embarrassing, but that’s right.”

As I saw the way I bowed my head deeply, Ju Yak-seon’s face also turned red.

Originally, this internal energy technique started from the Huiyin point, which was the best point to connect with a woman’s curves. But it was clear that it was impossible for anyone to touch a woman’s curves so easily, so I changed the starting point arbitrarily.

Perhaps Ju Yak-seon’s women had already allowed each other’s bodies, so they would have allowed touching a woman’s curves without any hesitation and tasted the original effect.

But I couldn’t allow such a thing. So we went back to the original conversation.

“Anyway, if you put your hand on bare skin…”

“It becomes more efficient. That’s true.”

At my assertion, Ju Yak-seon moved on to the next thought, thinking that it might be worth trying.

It was very embarrassing to untie the waistband and expose the belly in front of a man from outside, but when I thought about it, the other person was a young man who was like a son.

Even though women of the same age didn’t hesitate to expose themselves, it was a story that only applied when the other person was an exceptional beauty, and I was sure that I wasn’t even paying attention to it right now.

“Then… can I ask you a favor?”

“Of course.”

As Kang Yoon nodded his head kindly, Ju Yak-seon hesitated for a moment and slowly brought his hand to his waist.

As the tightly tied knot was slowly untied, the pants became loose, and the top that was hanging over it was slightly disheveled.

Ju Yak-seon carefully opened the hem of the top, and a white, round belly was revealed.

“I’m sorry for showing you such an unpleasant sight, but please.”

“It’s not unpleasant at all.”

As Ju Yak-seon exposed her belly as if she had no choice, I felt a subtle feeling that was hard to express when I heard Kang Yoon’s assertion.

Even though I thought that Kang Yoon’s words were undoubtedly false, I felt relieved for some reason.

‘What a relief…’

With a rough but indescribably gentle hand, I reached out towards her bare skin this time.

However, with the cautious touch that didn’t suit him, Ju Yak-seon felt her heart becoming more and more at ease and gradually relaxed her shoulders.

If the owner of that hand remembered the real face hidden behind her internal energy technique and aimed to bring her down, she would never have allowed such an action.