บท 7: Taking the pill
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A few days later, Shisui is watching Mount Hua disciples train from the stairs of the pavilion in front of the training ground.
"Why is he staring at us while we are training?"
"It feels weird."
"Maybe he is jealous of my muscles?!"
"No way, why would he be jealous of your muscles when I have better ones."
Smack! Smack!
"Fools, his eyes are red, it means he is analyzing us, copying us."
"What do you mean copying us?"
"It means he can perform techniques better than us just by seeing them."
"So, it means he can master any technique just by seeing it?" asked Jo Gul.
"Nope, he can't do that," said Chung Myung. "The max he can master from his eyes should be about 85%. With two tomoe, 95%, and finally with three tomoe, 99%. He can't master the techniques just from watching; even he has to work hard because even with 99%, you can't do much in Murim."
"Then how much have we mastered by training?" asked Yoon Jong.
"You must be around 81%, and Jo Gul must be 83%."
"Then doesn't that mean he can be just better than us from watching?"
"Well, 90% is the maximum, but actually, it's quite low as he never held swords. But yeah, it won't take him much time to be good enough to master 90% just from a glance."
"Then... doesn't that mean in some time he will surpass us by such a huge margin, and we will never be able to catch up?" asked Yoon Jong with self-doubt.
"No, it does not matter how fast you master 90-95% of a technique. It's not about being 90% or 99% mastery in all techniques , but being closest to 100% in some techniques, for which all of us have to do infinite hard work and smart work."
"Yeah, you are right. I can beat him with only a few techniques I have," said Jo Gul in an excited voice.
"FOOL, you are already responsible for his current situation and got punishment, and you are still thinking of beating a sub-elder."
"For the last time, I am saying I never pushed him!!"
"I believe you, Jo Gul," Yoon Jong said while patting Jo Gul's shoulder.
"Thank you..."
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"Well, I have already copied all the techniques they are learning and will probably start training with that monster. I hope he doesn't beat me like that always. I can handle it a few times but not always. He must have been angry because I unconsciously used those people's techniques. Well, even I would have been, but never mind it. I took revenge on Jo Gul and got the pill."
"Well, I think it's about time I can take it."
Shisui returns to his allotted private room and closes all doors and windows. He takes out a pill from a box and swallows it while sitting in a meditation position.
Now, Shisui's energy circulation is top-tier, and why wouldn't it be? He learned from Chung Myung, and in a few years, he is confident that the people who are better in circulation than him can be counted on one hand.
"Off, just take the cleanest to the lower core and the impurest to the eyes."
Yes, he also developed a new technique for himself. He can take the energy highly concentrated with impurity to his eyes as his eyes can use them for illusion. How does it work? Highly impure energy helps in developing better illusions that are harder to escape, and their quantity can be increased easily. But the problem with it is it makes it highly difficult to make your opponent get caught. Many masters can easily sense it and counter it, so he decided to mix a little bit of energy from his upper crown, which is the purest energy he can harness, making it easier to get caught in illusions. Using the energy of the upper crown was also used by Kagami against the Heavenly Demon, but he also made an illusion from it, and due to high consumption of it, he died. That's why this balance makes it a perfect technique to be used by Shisui, as his crown chakra was already awakened.
After a few hours, a very bad smell surrounded the room as he could only absorb the impurity of the pill, not the body, so all the impurities were released.
"Ahhh, fuck it smells so bad!!"
He rushed to the bathroom and took a bath for half an hour. He still smelled but he had to clean his room. So he cleaned his room and opened the windows, which made the whole of Mount Hua smell it. It wasn't that bad as it was in the open, but still, it was annoying. After two hours of gruesome cleaning, he took another hour to clean himself.
"Morning, Shisui, you took a bath so early in the morning?" greeted the Sect Leader.
"Ahh, yes, yes, I thought I should get ready and start some physical training from early morning as my body is better than ever."
*Fuck! This whole thing, eating the pill and cleaning, took my whole night and my beauty sleep.*
"HoHo, yes you are right, and it's good to see that you are perfectly fine now."
"Now, I will take my leave, Sect Leader."
"Sure."
Shisui took a sword and started swinging it randomly. Just like how Earth's military soldiers used to play with their guns, he also started doing that to increase control over the weapon. After that, he joined Chung Myung's training. The other children didn't interact much with him but still greeted him, except Jo Gul and Yoon Jong, which he liked as he considered them all just barbaric. Shisui was lagging behind them physically even after the pill as he was just 13 years old and it takes time to increase physical ability. About swordsmanship, he was lacking by a lot, but he still had very sharp growth. He could still defeat them as a fight is not all about how good you are physically and in your swordsmanship, but other factors are also included, and he is better at those, like he is quicker than them and reacts faster, more creative and all.
Just like that, many weeks passed and it was time for the seniors to return, which also meant the conference period was coming close. Till now, most students had mastered about 90%, with Yoon Jong and Jo Gul being at 92% and 93%. Even though the difference doesn't seem huge, at this point, even a small percentage difference makes a lot of difference in skills.
"Hey, what's happening?"
"It seems the seniors have returned from closed training."
"Yeah, they look much stronger than they were before."
"Of course, they trained so much."
"Do you think they will win this time?"
"Not all matches, but I think we should be able to win at least a few games, unlike last time."
"Do you think we would be able to win this tim-"
"Yes, we will win," replied Chung Myung.
"You and Shisui are obvious, but what about us? Las-"
"No, each and every one of us will win, as I have made sure of that," replied Chung Myung with a big devilish smile on his face.
This smile made everyone fear as they remembered the gruesome training they endured, but strangely enough, it gave them confidence.
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"Greetings to the Sect Leader from Baek Cheon and his fellow second-class disciples!"
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