Chapter 43: Heartless(2) (2/2)

Kw.a.n.g Du became stiff again. This was just like the time when I said we were going to share a room.

He is probably like this since eating and sleeping is a basic human necessity.

“I am alright. If I eat this twenty seven thousand worth of nyang then my tongue will melt away.”

“I already ate. I bought them for you.”

“Then eat some more.”

“I cant eat anymore.”

“What?”

“They are just like food. Even if it is good food if you eat too much of it you will get sick. That is how it is for cultivating medicine.”

Even though it wasn’t literal, it had a similar meaning.

“Then give it to Gaju-nim and Madam.”

“I have something for them already so don’t worry about them.”

“But this expensive thing... I don’t know where you got it from but sell it”

“I can’t sell it. So hurry up and eat it”

“Young master”

Kw.a.n.g Du took breathed in and kept hesitating. He questioned me multiple times.

Since the time he started cultivating he would already know. How precious these profound medicine are and how much they can help you. Even though he knows about it he is still resisting. Even though he really wants to eat it. And because he is like this it is never a waste.

Kw.a.n.g Du looked at me dead in the eyes. He asked me if he could eat this with his eyes and I nodded.

“Fine, I will eat it. I will eat it and become more loyal to you.”

“Alright. Then become loyal until you die.”

Kw.a.n.g Du sat down after grabbing the contents of the box.

“How should I eat these?”

“You can just chew them and swallow them. After eating them you will feel hot energy inside your body. Use the cultivating technique that I taught you to absorb that energy.”

“Can I do it?”

“I will help you so don’t worry.”

“Then… alright. Do I eat all of them at the same time? Or do I eat them one at a time while using the technique.”

“Just eat them all.”

“Yes.”

If I wasn’t here eating one at a time would be safer since there was a possibility that he could fail.

But since I was beside him helping him absorb them, it was going to fine if he ate all three of them.

He ate all three roots.

Once those three roots entered his stomach I told him, “Now activate your cultivating technique.”

He activated his cultivating technique.

I sent my energy inside him and searched his body.

“Slowly, calmly.”

After activating his cultivating technique he started absorbing the energy of the roots. And the energy that I sent inside him helped him absorb it much easier.

Since Kw.a.n.g Du trained diligently, and was more intelligent than others he was able follow my guide.

WOooooohhh!!!

He was able to absorb most of the energy.

“Now, slowly circulate it throughout your body.”

He followed my instructions carefully and circulated the energy throughout his body.

After around four cycles he opened his eyes, “Is it over?”

I nodded my head. He made an expression as if he couldn’t believe it, ‘how could it be this simple’. Then his expression changed to that of worry.

“Did it go well?”

I gave a sigh and made a regretful expression.

Then he said in a sign of relief, “So it went well.”

“Why do you think that?”

“Because if it didn’t go well then you wouldn’t make a serious expression. You would smile to comfort me.”

This punk, he knows me too well.

I said with a smile, “Yes you are right. It went well. Go and check you dantian.”

Kw.a.n.g Du closed his eyes and felt his dantian.

After some time Kw.a.n.g Du opened his eyes and exclaimed, “There is so much energy in it.”

“Haha, It’s not that much. How much do you have?”

“I don’t really know how much.”

“Yeah you wouldn’t know.”

I placed my hand over his dantian.

There were eight years of energy in his dantian. The total energy given off from the roots were three years, three years, and two years. If he did this by himself he would at most get five years of energy. Since I helped him he was able to get three more years.

“You gained eight years worth of energy from it.”

“Oh my! Eight years? Really? Are you for real? You are not going to say ‘oh I was wrong it was only eight days’ right? Hahahaha.”

Kw.a.n.g Du was truly happy.

I knew how he felt When I first learned martial arts, it was the feeling that you get after making a major breakthrough one step at a time.

“Thank you young master. Thank you very much!”

“You must be more careful now. Even though it’s only eight years if you use your techniques it will be incomparable to before. The people who would get hurt are now going to get killed.”

“I will be careful, especially careful.”

I told him if anyone asks to tell them that he met an expert on a mountain and that old expert gave him this.

Even without any energy, with the Seven Stance of the Northern Sea Kw.a.n.g Du was able to kill four bandits, but now with eight years of energy backing him up, in the Small Sword Sect even the Main Sect’s Seo Jung wouldn’t be able to deal with Kw.a.n.g Du.

With trembling voice Kw.a.n.g Du asked, “I know it seems obvious but, does having more energy make you stronger?”

“You could say that in a way it does. But just because you have twice the energy doesn’t mean you will get twice as strong.”

“Then?”

“The internal energy is a major factor influencing your techniques. But just because of that it doesn’t mean everything is dependent on this. You will be able to use more techniques if you have more energy.  And you will even be able to use more advanced techniques. But there is also other factors like stamina, concentration, and experience.”

“Then we can say it allows you to fight longer.”

“Yeah. The more energy that you have the more techniques you can use.”

“Ah, I understand. But young master, why did you make me eat this?”

“That is…”

“Because you favor me?”

I jokingly said “No. because I was full.”

He said jokingly, “Not because you want to throw me in front of you when you are in danger?”

“There could be times when that happens.”

“So in other words I am a meat s.h.i.+eld.”

“In Kang Ho terms it is sword fodder. Haha.”

As he was pouting, I told him, “Don’t worry I will make you into the invincible sword fodder. A sword fodder who will bring down even experts. For me, and for you.”

With that Kw.a.n.g Du smiled and said, “I will try my hardest.”

It was worth it to raise and nurture Kw.a.n.g Du.

I remember the time when the instructor at the Murim Alliance said something like this. The more it is worth nurturing that person the more they will grow. I think he was talking about someone  like Kw.a.n.g Du.

And Kw.a.n.g Du, I will keep my promise.

Now which one of Ma Jung Soo’s wing should I break first?

Old Man Flower Fan.

This greedy old fart. He does something inhumane just to feed his greed.

Kw.a.n.g Du-Ya, just you watch. How I take care of this.

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