I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

Today's chapter was originally written at the beginning of 4 o'clock in the afternoon, but for some reason my mobile phone can't access the Internet, and I just happened to be outside, so I had to rush home and use my desktop at home to post Today's chapter orz...

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In Edo, in an inconspicuous private house——

The air is filled with the smell of medicine.

Falling asleep in the strong smell of medicine, and then waking up in the strong smell of medicine - Ogata is used to this kind of life, used to the air full of medicine smell.

When I opened my eyes, the first thing I saw was the ceiling I was used to seeing.

Turning his head to the side, he saw Ah-Ming sitting cross-legged next to him, busy with something.

It is about 8 o'clock in the morning now, and the sun has fully risen.

Behind A-Ming, there is just an open window, the sun shines on A-Ming's body through the open window, making A-Ming's body have a layer of dazzling gold circles, Ogata had to slightly lower his eyelids, Only after the eyelashes filter most of the sunlight can I see Ah-Ming's face clearly.

"Ah, are you awake?"

A-Machi looked at Ogata who had woken up.

"You woke up just right, and the medicine has just been prepared for you. Come on, let me help you sit up."

"No need..." Ogata lifted the quilt from his body, and then sat up slowly, "I seem to be able to sit up by myself."

"Are you able to sit up by yourself?" Ah-Ming's face was a little surprised, "You recovered so quickly...you still needed my help to get up yesterday...then you take off your clothes, I Help you change your medicine."

A mill was placed on the tatami next to A-Ming, and there were still some fresh medicinal residues on the mill.

A-Ming was holding a small wooden basin in his arms, and inside the wooden basin was a large mass of dark, strange-smelling "medicine syrup" made of a mixture of various medicinal materials.

A-cho was preparing this "medicine syrup" just now.

"I really don't want to change the medicine..." Ogata said in a helpless tone while taking off the black bathrobe on his body, "After this medicine is applied to the wound, the wound will become numb and itchy..."

"Be patient.

"A-cho said, "I have been using this medicine for 3 days, you should be almost used to it, right?" "

The decisive battle with Shiranui - this was already 3 days ago.

After successfully defeating Shiranui, the wounded Ogata and his party quickly left Tianfang Mountain, where Shiranui's base is located, in order to avoid being discovered by the shogunate officials who came later.

Except for Mamiya, Genichi, and Atachi, the rest of them were seriously injured.

In order to heal her wounds with peace of mind, Lin approached the leader of the "Dongcheng House" - Dongcheng Dawu again, and asked Dongcheng Dawu to help arrange a remote and quiet house for them to live in for a while.

In addition, Lin also asked Dongcheng Dawu to arrange a doctor with sufficient medical skills to come and heal them.

As a money fan, Dongcheng Dawu naturally wouldn't let go of such a lucrative business.

Arranging a quiet, remote house suitable for recuperating injuries in Edo, and arranging a doctor with sufficient medical skills-these things are easy for Dongcheng Daigo, who is a local snake in Edo.

So Dongcheng Dawu quickly took over the "business", and then helped Ogata and others arrange the house very quickly.

This house is located in the southwest corner of Edo. It has 2 floors and is big enough to accommodate a dozen people. Because it is located in a remote area, the flow of people is pitifully small, and it is very quiet. It is the best place to use as a healing place.

As for finding a doctor, it's even easier.

"Tojo House" is the most powerful Yakuza organization in East Japan, fighting and killing is what they do most often.

Therefore, "Dongcheng House" has more than a dozen doctors with excellent medical skills on weekdays, who are responsible for healing the members who were injured in the killing.

Because the injuries that are treated the most on weekdays are knife wounds and fractures, the doctors under Dongcheng Dawu are quite good at treating traumatic injuries, and the injuries on their bodies are basically knife wounds. The expertise of the doctors was quite compatible, so Daigo Tojo lent several doctors under his command to Ogata and the others.

During these three days, Ogata and others lived in the house arranged by Dawu in Dongcheng to heal their injuries.

By the way--in addition to Ogata and the others, Uncle Qing, who is also injured and recuperating, also lives in this house.

And Uncle Kei's room is located next to Ogata and A-cho's room - Ogata and A-cho live in the same room.

It's not that there aren't enough rooms in the house.

The reason why they live in the same room is because it is more convenient for A-cho to take care of Ogata.

There were many injuries on Ogata's body. Although they were not fatal, they also had a considerable impact on Ogata's self-care.

So in order to take care of Ogata conveniently, Acho and Ogata lived in the same room. For these 3 days, Ah-machi was responsible for taking care of Ogata's daily life.

In addition to taking care of Ogata, Machi is also responsible for taking care of Uncle Kei who lives in the next room.

After Ogata took off the clothes on his body, A-Machi immediately untied the sackcloth on Ogata's body with skillful techniques.

After removing the pieces of burlap covering the wounds on Ogata's body, A-Machi looked at the wounds on Shimoogata's body.

"The effect of this medicine is really powerful." Ah-Ming's tone was filled with joy, "Some of the shallower wounds on your body have healed."

"Yeah." Ogata nodded, "The effect of this medicine is really good."

——But the main reason why my wounds can heal so quickly is because my current "vitality" is high.

Ogata silently added this sentence in his heart.

Although the attribute of "vitality" cannot directly improve Ogata's combat effectiveness like "strength" and "agility", it is no worse than any other attribute in terms of practicality.

The improvement of "vitality" will not only make Ogata healthier and less likely to get sick, but also improve Ogata's physical recovery speed and injury recovery speed.

And Ogata's "vitality" is currently as high as 23 points, far exceeding ordinary people.

This far surpasses the "vitality" of ordinary people, allowing Ogata's injury to recover extremely quickly.

Now only 3 days have passed since the decisive battle with Shiranui, and some of the shallower wounds on Ogata's body have healed and rosy new flesh has grown.

According to this speed, it only takes about half a month for Ogata's injuries to heal almost completely.

This is not the first time that Ah-cho has changed Ogata's dressing.

In Kyoto a few months ago, it was Amachi who was responsible for changing the dressing for Ogata, who was scarred by the attack on Nijo Castle.

Because of the previous experience, A-Machi is now familiar with it.

When he used his fingers to apply the freshly crushed medicine to these wounds on Ogata's upper body, A-Machi couldn't help but look up at the wounds that hadn't fully healed and looked quite scary, as well as those wounds on Ogata's skin. Old scars.

Looking at these new wounds and old scars on Ogata's body, complex colors appeared in A-Machi's eyes.

But as soon as this complex color emerged from the pupils, A-Ming quickly blinked twice, hiding the complex colors deep in the pupils.

"Do you still have any injuries on your body and it still hurts?" A-cho asked.

"Hmm... the wound on the chest and the wound on the left neck still hurt a little." Ogata pointed to his chest, and then pointed to his left neck.

A-Machi untied the sackcloth wrapped around Ogata's neck, and carefully examined the wound on Shimo-Ogata's left neck.

"Well...the wound on the left neck has not healed yet. I'll apply more medicine."

A-Machi quickly applied medicine to every wound on Ogata's body, and rewrapped it with a brand new linen cloth.

"How? Is there anything too tight or too loose?"

Ogata twisted his arms: "No. They are all tied well, and there is no discomfort anywhere."

Ogata turned his head to look at A-Machi: "How is your injury?"

"Yeah. It's okay." A-Ming touched his right shoulder and left leg, "Although the right arm and left leg can't use too much force, the wounds are recovering well, and they should be able to recover after a period of rest. "

In the battle with Shintaro, Acho's right shoulder and left leg were shot by the Kunai thrown by Shintaro, but fortunately it was not a serious injury.

After A-machi packed up the mill boat and various medicinal materials beside Ogata's bed, he said:

"I'll go see how Uncle Qing is doing, Ayi, you should continue to rest first."

"Yeah." Ogata nodded.

"You got up quite early today." Ah-Ming continued, "Do you want to sleep a little longer?"

"It's different." Ogata smiled, "I feel like I've slept a little too much. I'm going to sit by the window for a while and get some fresh air."

"Okay then. You just need to pay attention to rest in time. I'll get you breakfast."

A-cho got up and walked out of the room quickly.

Not long after A-Ming left, he returned to the room with a bowl of hot porridge.

After handing the bowl of hot porridge to Ogata, Ah-cho left again to take care of Uncle Qing in the next room.

After watching A-Machi leave again, Ogata let out a sigh of relief, then took the porridge A-Machi handed him just now, moved on the tatami with his buttocks, and moved little by little to the open window superior.

After sticking his head out of the window, the fresh air without any unpleasant smell of medicine rushed towards Ogata.

Ogata and Acho's room is located on the second floor of this house.

Although the view is not bad due to the relatively high living, but there is no good view outside the window.

The house they are currently living in is located in a remote area of ​​Edo, and there are not many pedestrians. Looking up, there are sparse and low houses in sight.

After taking a few glances at the scenery outside, Xu conveniently withdrew his gaze.

While blowing the fresh wind, he ate the porridge in the bowl with big mouthfuls.

After only three or two mouthfuls, Xu conveniently ate up all the porridge in the bowl.

As soon as Ogata ate the bowl in his hand, he heard a familiar old male voice from outside the room:

"Ogata-kun, it's me. Is it convenient for me to come in now?"

It was Genichi's voice.

"Please come in." Ogata said while putting the empty bowl in his hand aside.

Wow.

The door was pulled open.

Yuan Yi walked into the room slowly, carrying a bottle that didn't know what it contained.

"I ran into A-Machi in the corridor just now." Genichi said as he walked up to Ogata and sat cross-legged, "He said you were awake, so I came to see you."

Genichi looked Ogata up and down several times.

"Ogata-kun, your injury has recovered really quickly. You can sit up now, but you could only lie down yesterday."

"I have the kind of body that is easy to get hurt." Ogata told the truth.

"Xiaolin and the others must be very envious of your physique." Yuan Yi said in a half-joking tone, "Xiaolin and the others will not be able to fully recover within 2 or 3 months."

"How are the others recovering from their injuries?" Ogata asked.

A-cho, Genichi, and Mamiya—they were the only three people whose injuries were not too serious.

A-cho, who was less injured, was mainly responsible for taking care of Ogata and Uncle Qing.

Genichi and Mamiya are responsible for taking care of Lin, Mucun, Asai, and Shimada respectively.

"Xiaolin and the others are recovering well from their injuries."

Yuan Yi said slowly.

"Makimura is the same as you, he has the kind of physique that recovers quickly from wounds."

"One more month of rest, and Mucun should be able to be alive and kicking again."

"As for Xiaolin, Asai, and Shimada, the wound recovery speed of the three of them is just that of ordinary people."

"It will probably take two or three months for the three of them to recover."

Mucun's wound recovery speed - Ogata has also seen it in Kyoto before.

Makimura also suffered a lot of injuries in Kyoto a few months ago, but it only took a short time to heal.

After briefly introducing Xia Lin and the others' current situation, Genichi handed the bottle that he had been holding in his hand to Ogata.

"Ogata-kun, do you want a drink?"

Ogata glanced at the bottle in Genichi's hand.

"...Is this the 'oolong tea'?"

Ogata still had a fresh memory of Genichi's special liquor - "Oolong tea".

On the surface, it looks like ordinary oolong tea, but in essence it is a spirit so strong that it can catch fire.

The first time I saw Genichi's "oolong tea" was when I was resting at the Gourdya headquarters in Owari before going to Edo.

Ogata felt that he would never forget the moment when the "oolong tea" burst into flames after putting the flame close to Genichi's "oolong tea"...

"How could I let the injured drink my 'oolong tea'." Yuan Yi said angrily, "The bottle is just ordinary warm water."

Ogata dubiously took the heavy bottle from Genichi.

After putting my nose close to the mouth of the bottle, I really didn't smell any alcohol.

But because Ogata is not very thirsty now, after Ogata thanked him, he returned the bottle of water to Yuanichi.

After taking back the bottle of water from Ogata's hand, Genichi grinned at Ogata and said:

"Ogata-kun, you seem to be in good shape today, so let's chat together, I just happen to be free right now."

"Tell me about how you defeated Shuntaro."

The smile on Yuan Yi's face became more intense.

"I really didn't expect you to enter the 'Selfless Realm' again. You are really talented."

"I think with your talent, it should only be a matter of time before you can freely enter the realm of 'no-self'."

"In terms of talent, you might still be above Gamiya."

Hearing Genichi's words, Ogata smiled modestly: "Master Genichi, you're flattering yourself."

If you confess to Lin and Yuanyi that you have been able to freely enter the "state of selflessness" like Yuanyi, it would be really shocking.

After all, the total time for Ogata to learn the breath of the source is just over a year.

It took 1 year to reach the level that Yuanyi took 30 years to reach - this is really not easy to explain.

Moreover, "being able to freely enter the 'Non-Self Realm'" is currently Ogata's biggest trump card, which may save his life in an emergency.

Therefore, the fewer people who know their hole card, the better.

So about how he defeated Shuntaro, the leader of the "Four Heavenly Kings", Ogata let out a little panic.

Ogata said that when he was fighting with Shuntaro, he unconsciously entered the "state of selflessness" again just like when he was fighting Kotaro in Kyoto.

Regarding Ogata's rhetoric, Lin and Yuanyi naturally wouldn't have any doubts in their hearts. After all, they didn't think it was possible for Ogata to freely enter the realm of "selflessness", they only thought that Ogata was a real talent extraordinary.

Seeing that Genji wanted him to talk about the battle with Shuntaro, Ogata pursed his lips as if remembering something, and then looked Genichi up and down several times.

"Master Yuan, are you really free now?"

"Huh? Xiaolin and the others are still sleeping, so I'm really free now, what's wrong?"

Hearing Genichi's words, Ogata thought to himself:

——Now is a good opportunity to ask Genda-sama what that miraculous state is...

Ogata has always been very concerned about the magical state that he entered during the battle with Shuntaro, which can sense everything around him.

He instinctively felt that this state was not simple.

If anyone is most likely to know the details of this miraculous state, it is undoubtedly "Sword Master" Kinoshita Genichi.

Ever since he moved into this house, Ogata has been looking for opportunities to ask Genichi questions.

But it is a pity that for the past 3 days, Ogata has been lying in the room recuperating, and Genichi is also busy taking care of Lin and the others, and has not been able to find a chance.

And now, Ogata finally waited for the opportunity.

Now there are only Genichi and Ogata in the room, and Genichi is still free after the embarrassment - there is no better opportunity than now.

Ogata cleared his throat:

"Master Gen, when I was fighting Shuntaro, I entered a very strange state..."

Ogata told Genichi everything that happened when he was fighting Shuntaro at that time.

After quietly listening to Ogata's retelling of the battle, a faint look of excitement appeared on Genichi's face.

"Ogata-kun, you mean—you were able to sense everything around you at that time?"

"Yes." Ogata nodded, "Not only can he sense everything around him, but he can also sense himself."

"I can clearly sense which muscle in my body is injured and which muscle is intact, and I can freely mobilize the strength of every muscle in my body."

If the body is a bottle, and power is the water in the bottle, then after entering that magical state, Ogata can freely mobilize the water in the bottle.

Wherever you want the water to concentrate, you can concentrate there.

At that time, relying on this ability to freely mobilize the power in his body, Ogata burst out with great power in an already scarred state, killing Keitaro with one blow.

After Ogata's voice fell, Genichi, who had lowered his head in contemplation, slowly raised his head.

Chao Ogata cast a somewhat surprised gaze in admiration.

"...Ogata-kun. This is the 'transparent realm', and you entered the 'transparent realm' at that time."

"'Transparent Realm'?" Ogata repeated the unfamiliar term softly.

"After entering this miraculous state, everything is transparent, so I named this state 'Transparent Realm'." Yuan Yi said slowly.

"Transparent..." Ogata muttered over and over again, carefully recalling the scene when Bian and Shuntaro fought at that time.

After careful recollection, Ogata discovered that the name "Transparency Realm" was quite appropriate.

After entering the "transparent state", you can clearly sense all the movements of everything around you, including yourself.

The movement of the opponent's muscles, the shaking of the surrounding flowers and plants, the change of the wind direction...all of these can be clearly sensed.

All living things and dead objects within the field of vision are really transparent, and all changes cannot be hidden, and none of them can escape Ogata's perception.

"Master Yuan." Ogata asked impatiently, "Since you named this state 'Transparent Realm', then you must have entered the 'Transparent Realm', right?"

Yuan nodded.

"I have indeed entered the 'Transparent Realm'. But I have only entered it 5 times."

Speaking of this, Yuan Yi showed a wry smile.

"So I actually don't know much about the 'Transparent Realm'."

"The only thing I can be sure of about the 'Transparent Realm' is that this realm is very strong, far above the 'Selfless Realm'."

"After entering the 'Transparent Realm', your body will become one with the heaven and the earth."

"Within your field of vision, the changes in the sky and the movements on the ground, nothing can escape your eyes."

"Just like you must perceive a cockroach crawling on your arm."

"You can clearly sense how the opponent's muscles and bones are moving now, and how they plan to move in the future, and then accurately predict the opponent's plans to move based on the changes in the opponent's muscles and bones."

"So this powerful perception alone is enough to make you invincible."

"What's more, what the 'Transparent Realm' brings to you is not just this powerful induction."

"The 'Transparent Realm' can also improve your ability to control your body."

"You can freely mobilize the strength of every muscle in your body, and you can freely concentrate the strength of your whole body on one point."

"If it is said that the powerful induction gives you the predictive ability to be invincible, then this ability to freely mobilize all the power of the body gives you the invincible explosive power."

Hearing this, Ogata nodded slightly.

At that time, he relied on this ability to freely mobilize all the strength of his body to instantly kill Keitaro.

First use that powerful perception to see that Keitaro was a little slack in the next moment.

Then he concentrated the strength of his whole body on his feet, quickly approached Keitaro's body, and then concentrated his strength on his arms, and chopped Keitaro with a single knife.

"That's all I know about the 'Transparent Realm'." Yuan Yi's face showed a bit of helplessness, "I have only entered the 'Transparent Realm' 5 times since I started learning swords. So we don’t know much about it.”

"I don't even know what the opportunity to enter the 'Transparent Realm' is."

"However——I guess that a major opportunity to enter the 'Transparent Realm' should be to first enter the 'Selfless Realm'."

"The only five times I have entered the 'Transparent Realm', without exception, I entered the 'Selfless Realm' first."

"Then in the 'Selfless Realm', the spirit is further concentrated."

"Then unknowingly entered the 'Transparent Realm'."

"Maybe there is still an opportunity to enter the 'transparent state', but one of the opportunities I know so far is to advance to the 'no-self state', and then let the spirit be further concentrated in the 'no-self state'."

Ogata listened carefully.

While listening, recalling the battle with Shuntaro.

"...It seems to be true." Ogata said softly, "Shuntaro is very strong. When I was fighting Shuntaro, I didn't even dare to breathe. I was so concentrated that I could hardly hear any sound from the outside... "

"Whether you can successfully enter the 'Transparent Realm' may have something to do with luck." Yuan said half-jokingly, "In short——Ogata-kun, you are really surprising me more and more."

Genichi let out a long breath, and looked at Ogata with sincere admiration.

"Ogata-kun, how old are you this year?"

"Huh? 21."

"21 ah... the first time I entered the 'Transparent Realm', I was 27 years old."

Speaking of this, a faint smile appeared on Yuan Yi's face.

"You entered the 'Transparent Realm' six years earlier than me. The future is limitless..."

"From now on, Ogata-kun, your talent should still be higher than mine."

As soon as Genichi's voice fell, Ogata said quickly:

"Nothing, the reason why I was able to enter the 'Transparent Realm' this time should just happen to be lucky enough."

"No need to be modest, Ogata-kun." Yuan Yi chuckled, "It's a pity that I'm already old..."

Speaking of this, Yuan Yi showed a bit of helplessness on his face.

"It would be nice if I were of the same generation as you."

"If I were of the same generation as you, I would definitely discuss with you whether my Yangshen is more powerful, or your Dashitian is faster."

Ogata smiled.

Just as he was about to say something, a strong pain suddenly hit Ogata's brain.

It was as if someone suddenly put a big bell on Ogata's head, and then struck the big bell hard.

The intense pain caused Ogata's face to change involuntarily, and then subconsciously raised his hand to hold his head tightly.

Ogata's move naturally surprised Genichi who was sitting in front of him.

"Ogata-kun, what's wrong with you?"

"fine……"

This intense pain came suddenly and went away quickly.

Gradually, the pain slowly dissipated, and I no longer felt any discomfort.

"It's just a sudden pain in the head just now..."

"Pain? Do you still feel pain now?"

"there's no more."

"Maybe you are too tired. We talked for a long time just now."

Saying so, Yuan stood up.

"Let's stop talking here first. You rest for a while, and I should go see if Xiaolin and the others have woken up."

"Yeah." Ogata nodded, "Maybe..."

Ogata really felt that his body was a little tired now.

Yuanyi quickly left the room.

And Ogata also lay back into the bed again.

After lying back into the bed, Ogata couldn't help but raised his hands and kneaded his temples on both sides.

——Could it be the after-effects of taking some medicine recently?

——Or is it a follow-up side effect after entering the "Transparent Realm"?

After the battle with Shuntaro and Keitaro, after exiting the "Transparent Realm", not only the headache but also dizziness.

There may be too many reasons for his headache just now, and Ogata couldn't think of a reason even if he tried to think about it here.

Lying under the quilt, Ogata unconsciously felt his eyelids getting heavier and heavier.

Finally, at some point, Ogata fell into a deep sleep...

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"……Awake!"

Ogata heard someone calling him.

"...Wake up!"

It seemed to be Machi's voice.

"Ayi, wake up!"

Ogata slowly opened his eyes.

The ceiling, and the smiling face of Machi who stood between him and the ceiling came into view.

"You can really sleep." Ah-Ming smiled, "It's already noon, so eat lunch and noon medicine instead."

"okay……"

Ogata put his hands on the tatami and was about to get up.

However, at the moment when he was about to get up, Ogata felt something was wrong.

He found that he could not use his strength.

Atachi noticed Ogata's strangeness, and quickly stepped forward to support Ogata.

"What's the matter with you?" Ah-Machi heard anxiously, while raising his hand to touch Ogata's forehead.

Ogata's forehead was not hot, it was a normal body temperature, and he did not have a fever.

"I...don't know..." Ogata spoke weakly because he couldn't exert any strength, "I just felt...that I didn't have any strength...and then...that my body was so heavy...that it was getting heavier and heavier It's..."

Ogata felt as if someone was constantly pouring weights into his body, and his body became heavier and heavier.

As the weight continues to increase, the body also feels more and more tired.

"Lie down and rest for a while!" Ah-Ming pushed Ogata back into the bed, "I'll call the doctor!"

After finishing speaking, A-Ming ran out of the room with a "thump-thump-thump".

At this moment, Ogata could no longer hear the sound of Ah-cho's footsteps running out of the room.

Ogata felt that all the senses of the body had become dull due to the strong sense of fatigue that continued to pour out.

I can't open my eyes, and I can't hear clearly.

Consciousness becomes chaos.

In this chaotic consciousness that could no longer concentrate on any thinking, Ogata vaguely heard a system sound in his mind that he seemed to have heard a long time ago.

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【Ding! The host begins to absorb "immortality"...]

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