I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

"I was a swordsman in ancient Japan ()"

"Huh? Xiao Lin?" Yuan Yi raised his eyebrows, "Why did you come out?"

"Well, I don't feel so dizzy today, so I plan to go out for a walk, enjoy the wind, and bask in the sun. I have been staying in the room these days, and I can hardly bear the boredom."

Sitting carelessly beside Genichi, Rin continued.

"I thought that the few of you gathered together must be talking about something. I didn't expect you to be talking about such serious things as the 'Yaksha Realm' in Shiranui."

"Until just now, we were actually chatting about some things." Yuan Yi said in a half-joking tone, "It's just that when you came over, we just happened to talk about serious things."

"We talked about Brother Ogata's battle in Nijo Castle, Kyoto." Mucun continued, "We chatted, and we talked about the 'Yasha Realm' in Shiranui."

"That's it..." Lin murmured softly, "...I really want to see with my own eyes this 'Yasha Realm' that can compete with the 'Selfless Realm'..."

"There is a big difference between the 'Yasha Realm' and the 'Selfless Realm'." Ogata added, "The 'Yasha Realm' seems to simply greatly improve a person's strength, speed and other abilities."

After listening to Ogata's supplement, Lin fell silent.

After being silent for a while, Lin suddenly asked Ogata:

"...Ogata Yidaosai. How did you enter the 'Non-Self Realm' when you were in Nijo Castle, Kyoto?"

"Huh?" Because Lin's question was really sudden, Ogata was stunned for a while after hearing Lin's question.

After seeing Lin casting serious eyes at him and realizing that Lin was asking him this question in a very serious manner, Ogata thought for a while, organized his wording, and said seriously:

"The reason why I was able to enter the 'Non-Self Realm' at that time...should be pure luck."

"Using the breath of the source, the arrogant attitude of the enemy made me angry, and I only wanted to win... Then I entered the 'state of no self'."

Ogata clarified to Lin that he had entered the "state of no-self" at that time.

After carefully listening to Ogata's narration, Lin just nodded lightly with no expression on her face: "I see..."

Although Lin had concealed it well, a slight sense of loss still flashed in her eyes.

"...Xiao Lin." Yuan Yi suddenly interjected, "You don't need to feel impatient."

"You are still talented in the cultivation of breath of origin."

"As long as you continue to practice hard, you will be able to enter the 'Selfless Realm' one day."

"With your talent, it should be no problem to reach the second realm of Breath of Origin."

"The second realm?" Ogata had doubts on his face.

"Oh, that's right. I don't think I've told you about this, Ogata-kun. Although it's not such an important thing."

Yuan Yi sat up slightly.

"I divided the states I have entered into into three realms during the process of cultivating the breath of the source to the peak."

"When I was 24 years old, I created the breath of source and the two swords without self."

"In this period, can I enter the 'Non-Self Realm' after using the breath of the source... Simply put, I can only follow the fate, and I can't control it by my own will at all."

"I named the breath of origin in this period as the first realm."

"After practicing like this for 3 years, when I was 27 years old, I finally succeeded in training the Breath of Origin to a new level."

"In this period, after I maintain the state of the breath of the source for less than a quarter of an hour, I can automatically enter the 'state of no self'."

"I named the breath of origin in this period as the second realm."

"Then I will continue to practice."

"I have been practicing for 27 years, until 10 years ago, when I was 54 years old,

Only then did he finally practice the breath of the source to the third realm, which is the highest realm——you can freely enter the ‘state of no-self’. "

"If you want to reach the highest state where you can freely enter the 'state of no-self', you must walk the road I have traveled again."

"It's a tough road."

Speaking of this, Yuan Yi let out a few chuckles.

"It took me 3 years to go from the first realm to the second realm."

"And it took me 27 years to go from the second realm to the highest realm."

Ogata has been quietly listening to Genichi's narration.

After Genichi's narration finished, Ogata thought in his heart:

——Master Yuanda said that the three realms correspond to elementary to advanced, master, and grandmaster respectively...

The three realms of Yuanzhi's breath that Yuanyi just described are completely in line with the levels delineated by the system.

The first realm that cannot be controlled by one's own will corresponds to the primary to advanced level of the breath of the source.

It takes about 10 minutes to enter the second realm of "Selfless Realm", which corresponds to the master level of Breath of Source.

You can freely enter the third realm of "the realm of no self", which corresponds to the master level of the breath of the source.

"Xiaolin, Ogata-kun! You two work hard!"

"Whether you can reach the highest level of Breath of Origin depends on chance, but with your talents, reaching the second level shouldn't be a problem!"

Hearing Yuan Yi's encouragement, Lin's face showed a touch of excitement, and while nodding vigorously, she said loudly: "I will definitely!"

As for Ogata...

When he heard Yuan Yi's words encouraging him to attack the second stage, his face became weird.

Ogata lifted the wine glass in time, took a sip of the wine, and covered his strange face with the wine glass and his own hand.

"Actually, the fact that the Lord and Brother Ogata can learn the breath of the source is already very remarkable."

At this moment, Mucun suddenly interjected.

"We are the kind of people who can't learn the breath of the source no matter how hard we learn."

"Huh? Have you also learned the Breath of Origin?" Ogata asked.

Lin on the side nodded.

"They are my subordinates, and I hope my subordinates will become stronger and stronger."

"So after Jiulang and the others joined my gourd house, I personally taught them the breath of origin."

"It's a pity that, except for Kuro, none of them have learned the Breath of Origin."

"This breath of origin is really too difficult!" Mucun said angrily, "Fighting people while maintaining that weird breathing rhythm? It's really too difficult!"

"So the learning of this breathing technique also depends on talent." Yuan Yi continued.

"Will Mamiya also be able to breathe from the source?" Ogata raised his eyebrows in surprise.

Lin nodded gently:

"He will. Only—he doesn't use it often."

"My lord. I'm sorry to interrupt your conversation."

At this moment, Mamiya's voice suddenly broke in.

After everyone turned their heads and looked at Mamiya who was fiddling with the sail, Mamiya continued in a calm tone:

"Can I trouble you to wake up Asai and the others? Edo is approaching, and we are about to disembark."

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Ogata and the others did not choose to dock in the harbor of Edo.

If you choose to dock at the harbor of Edo, if you are caught by the officials of Edo, the officials of Edo will definitely check this strange ship of unknown origin.

In order to avoid trouble, Ogata and the others chose to land on an uninhabited shoal quite close to Edo.

After Ogata got off the boat with A-Machi on his back, A-Machi let out a sigh of relief:

"Standing on land is the most comfortable..."

"My lord." Mucun, who was in charge of carrying Lin on his back, turned his head and asked Lin who was behind him, "What about this ship?"

"I don't have the time to dispose of this boat slowly." Like A-Ming, Lin, who still can't walk properly, lay on Mucun's back, and said without thinking, "Leave this boat here."

After all, Lin turned her head and looked at the other people beside her.

"Everyone hasn't missed anything, right?"

Ogata and the others shook their heads.

Everyone is now fully dressed, and everyone is wearing a hat that can effectively block the blazing sun.

It is already October, but the weather is still so hot that one wonders whether it is still in the hot summer.

In order to avoid heatstroke, Ogata and the others each received a bamboo hat to avoid the heat before setting off.

The brim of their bamboo hats is very wide, and they can cover their faces with just lowering their heads, so in addition to escaping the heat, their bamboo hats also have the ability to conceal their faces.

The place where Ogata and the others landed was an uninhabited shoal near Edo. To enter Edo Castle, they had to walk a certain distance.

Before setting off, Ogata turned his head and looked at his face through the sea water.

Under the bamboo hat above his head was an ordinary face that passers-by would never remember after seeing it.

At this time, Ogata had already put on the human skin mask.

From the outside, at this moment, he is just an ordinary-looking ronin, not the now famous "Ren Zhan Yi Shi".

"After entering Edo Castle later, don't call my name wrong."

Ogata said to Machi behind him in a half-joking tone.

"The me now is not the descendant of the Sakakibara Ichidou style and the Wuga Erdao style 'Executioner Isaitosai', but the successor of the Komu Ichidou style-Majima Goro."

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When getting off the boat, Ogata took a special look at the position of the sun.

According to Ogata's estimation - when they disembarked and landed, it was around 15 o'clock in the afternoon.

After entering Edo Castle, it was already dusk when the sun was setting, and the weaker sunlight dyed the sky a dim yellow.

After entering the city, the sky was completely dark.

Although the sky was already dark, the twilight did not make this largest city in Japan lose its vitality.

"Okay, that's amazing!" A-cho, who was lying on Ogata's back, looked around in shock.

Ogata and others are now walking on an unknown road in Edo.

Even though it is night now, there are no fewer pedestrians on the street.

Looking up, there are pedestrians and lights for lighting everywhere.

The bright lights of Xinghan, the rows of shops and private houses, the endless stream of people, the various accents echoing in the ears...everything in front of and in the ears is proudly announcing to Ogata and others the prosperity of this No. 1 city in Japan.

Atachi, who came to Edo for the first time, is now like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden.

The same people who looked like Grandma Liu entered the Grand View Garden, and Mucun and Asai.

Although Makimura was born in Kyoto, one of the three major capitals of Japan, the prosperity of Kyoto cannot be compared with the prosperity of Edo at all.

Even Kyoto, which has not yet been devastated by the Tianming fire, is far less prosperous than Edo.

Only Lin, Genichi, Mamiya, Shimada, who was born in Edo, and Ogata were the only ones who responded more flatly.

Although Ogata also came to Edo for the first time, he was also a traveler from modern Earth.

No matter how prosperous Edo is, it can't compare to the true "sleepless cities" on the modern earth.

But—although the prosperity of Edo did not bring much surprise to Ogata, Ogata still looked around with curious eyes.

At this time, Ogata suddenly thought that it was October in the second year of Kanzheng (1790).

It was around this time last year that he left the Hirose Domain and became a vagrant from the Domain.

During this full year of wandering, Ogata has been to many places. From the Izumo Hirose Domain in western Japan, he wandered all the way to Kyoto in Kansai, and then wandered from Kyoto in Kansai all the way to Kanto of Edo.

I have been to so many places, but no place is more prosperous than Edo.

In terms of prosperity alone, Edo deserves to be the center of Japan in this era.

Lin, Genichi, Mamiya, and Shimada seemed accustomed to this prosperous scene, and just walked along silently with the flow of people.

At this moment——Genichi, who was walking at the end, suddenly focused his eyes and his pupils shrank slightly.

After staring at the crowd in front of him for a while, Yuan Yi silently raised his hand and slightly lowered the hat above his head and buried his head, covering his face with the thick brim of the hat.

While lowering the bamboo hat on his head, Genichi pulled down the haori that was draped over his body with subtle movements, covered the saber stuck in his left waist with the haori, and at the same time quietly walked to Mucun's side, hiding On the side of Mucun's body that is much taller than him.

Walking towards Ogata and the others was a group of majestic warriors.

The leader of this group of majestic warriors is quite old, he should be about 50 years old, with a neatly shaved and clean crescent head.

Although he is old, the old warrior still looks energetic, and he doesn't look like an old man in his 50s at all.

Encountering samurai on the streets of Edo is just a common thing. Ogata and others just regarded this group of people as ordinary passers-by and didn't care about this group of samurai.

On the other hand, this group of samurai didn't care about Ogata and the others who just passed them by.

After brushing shoulders with this group of warriors, Yuan Yi lifted up the bamboo hat that had been lowered just now, then turned his head and looked back, looking at the warriors who had just brushed shoulders with them.

To be precise, he looked at the old samurai who was the leader of the group of samurai.

After glancing at the old samurai with a meaningful look, Genichi slowly withdrew his gaze, and continued to follow Ogata and the others, following the flow of people towards the front of the street.

Just when Genichi looked away——

Old warrior: "?!!"

The old warrior's expression changed suddenly, he stopped his feet quickly, then turned his head suddenly, looking behind him.

His eyes flicked around, as if he was looking for something.

The rest of the warriors following behind the old warrior stopped, and then cast doubtful eyes on the old warrior.

"Master Nagano, what's the matter?" A young samurai who was closest to the old samurai and followed closely beside the old samurai asked aloud.

"...Someone seemed to be watching us just now." The old warrior called Yong Ye said in a deep voice.

"Looking at us? This...Master Yongye, there are so many people here, some passers-by see us too many people or see the beautiful knives on our waists, so they turn their heads to look at us, isn't this a normal thing? "

Yong Ye ignored his subordinate's words.

Only moving his eyes, he scanned the scene in front of him carefully again,

When he found that he could only see ordinary faces or the back of his head when he looked up, he said to himself:

"...It's an illusion..."

After all, Yong Ye subconsciously raised the saber at his waist, and continued to lead the subordinates behind him to move forward.