I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

Today’s chapter was originally written as early as 4 o’clock in the afternoon, but I don’t know why my laptop can’t connect to the Internet, and I just happened to be outside, so I can only rush home and use the desktop at home to send it out. Today’s chapter orz...

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Edo, inside a humble private house—

The air is full of medicine.

Falling asleep in the strong smell of medicine, and then awakening in the strong smell of medicine—Ogata has become accustomed to this kind of life, accustomed 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, he saw Ah Ting who was sitting cross-legged next to him, busy with something.

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

Behind A-machi, there happened to be an open window. The sunlight shone on A-machi’s body through the open window, creating a dazzling golden circle on A-machi’s body, and Ogata had to lower his eyelids slightly. Only after the eyelashes have filtered most of the sunlight can Ah Ding's current face be seen.

"Ah, are you awake?"

Amachi looked at Ogata who woke up.

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

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

"Are you able to sit up by yourself?" A Ting's face appeared a little surprised, "You recovered so fast... Obviously you still need my help to get up yesterday... Then you take your clothes off, I'll help you Dressing."

There is a milling boat on the tatami next to Ah Ding, and there is still a little fresh medicine residue on the milling boat.

A Ding held a small wooden basin in his arms, and inside the wooden basin was a large group of dark, strange-smelling "medicinal pulp" made from a mixture of various medicinal materials.

Just now, Ah Ding was preparing this "medicament".

"I really don't want to change the dressing..." Ogata said in a helpless tone while taking off his black yukata. "After applying this medicine to the wound, the wound will be numb and itchy..."

"Be patient." Ah Ding said, "This medicine has been used 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 Shiranuiri, the scarred Ogata and his party quickly left Tianfangshan where Shiranui's base was located in order to avoid being discovered by the shogunate officials who came afterwards.

Except for Mamiya, Genichi, and Amachi, the others suffered serious injuries.

In order to be able to heal her wounds with peace of mind, Lin once again approached Dawu Dongcheng, the leader of the "East City House", and asked Dawu Dongcheng to help arrange a remote and quiet house for them to stay for a while.

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

As a financial fan, Dawu Dongcheng would naturally not let go of such a profitable business.

Arranging a quiet, remote house suitable for healing in Edo, and arranging a doctor with sufficient medical skills-these things are easy for Tojo Dago who is an Edo snake.

So Dago Tojo quickly took over the "business" and arranged the house for Ogata and others at a very fast speed.

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

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

As the Yakuza organization with the largest force in East Japan, the "East City House" is the most common thing they do.

Therefore, in the "East City House", there are more than a dozen highly skilled doctors who are specially responsible for healing the members who were injured in the killing.

Because the wounds and fractures that are treated the most on weekdays, the doctors under Dago Tojo are very good at treating traumatic injuries. Basically, the injuries suffered by Ogata and others are those from the "Tojoya". The doctors' expertise was quite compatible, so Tojo Dago lent several doctors under his command to Ogata and the others.

In the past 3 days, Ogata and others lived in the house that Dago Toshiro arranged for them to heal their injuries.

By the way-in addition to Ogata and others, Uncle Kei, who is also injured and recovering, also moved into this house.

And Uncle Kei’s room is located next to Ogata and Amachi’s rooms-Ogata and Amachi live in the same room.

Not because there are not enough rooms in the house.

The reason why I live in the same room is because it is more convenient for Amachi to take care of Ogata.

Ogata suffered a lot of injuries. Although they were not fatal, they also had a significant impact on Ogata's life and self-care.

So in order to take care of Ogata, Amachi and Ogata live in the same room. For these 3 days, Amachi was responsible for taking care of Ogata's daily life.

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

After Ogata took off his clothes, Amachi immediately used a skillful technique to untie the linen cloth on Ogata's body.

After removing the pieces of burlap covering the wounds on Ogata's body, Amachi looked at these wounds on Ogata's body.

"The medicinal effect of this medicine is very powerful." Ah Ding said with a bit of joy, "Some of the shallow wounds on your body are healed."

"Yeah." Ogata nodded. "This medicine is really effective."

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

Ogata silently added this sentence in his heart.

Although the attribute of "vitality" cannot directly improve Ogata's combat effectiveness like "strength" and "dexterity", it is not worse than any other attribute in terms of practicality.

The increase in "vitality" not only makes Ogata healthier and less likely to get sick, but it can also increase the speed of Ogata's physical recovery and injury recovery.

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

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

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

At this rate, Ogata's injury will be almost healed in about half a month.

This is not the first time Amachi has changed the dressing of Ogata.

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

Because of his previous experience, Ah Ding is now familiar with it.

When applying the freshly ground medicinal paste to these wounds on Ogata’s upper body with her fingers, Amachi couldn’t help but raise her eyes to prostitute those wounds that were still not fully healed and still looked terrible, and those on Ogata’s skin Old scars.

Looking at these new and old scars on Ogata's body, a complex color appeared in Amachi's eyes.

But as soon as the complex color emerged from the pupils, Ah Ting blinked twice quickly, hiding the complex color deep in the pupils.

"Are there any injuries on your body that are still painful?" Ah Ding asked.

"Yeah... This injury on the chest and the injury on the left neck are still a little bit painful." Ogata pointed to his chest, and then to his left neck.

Amachi unwrapped the linen cloth wrapped around Ogata's neck and carefully looked at the wound on Shimo Ogata's left neck.

"Um... the wound on the left neck really hasn't healed yet. Let me apply more medicine."

Amachi quickly applied medicine to every wound on Ogata's body, and re-wrapped a brand new linen cloth.

"How? Is there any place that is tied too tightly or too loosely?"

Ogata twisted his arms: "No. They are all **** very well, no place feels uncomfortable."

Ogata turned his head to look at Amachi: "How is your injury?"

"Yeah. It's okay." Ah Ding touched his right shoulder and left leg. "Although the right arm and left leg can't be too hard, the wounds have recovered well. After a period of rest, they should be able to recover as before. "

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

After finishing the grind boat and various medicinal materials placed next to Ogata's bed, Ah Ting said:

"I'm going to see how Uncle Qing is going, A Yi, please continue to rest first."

"Yeah." Ogata nodded.

"You got up pretty early today." Ah Ding continued, "Would you like to sleep for a while?"

"It's different." Ogata smiled. "I feel like I slept a little too much. I plan to sit by the window for a while and blow the hair."

"Okay, then. Just take care of yourself and take a break in time. I'll get you breakfast."

Ah Ding, who got up, walked quickly outside the room.

Not long after Ah Ting left, he returned to the room with a bowl of hot porridge.

After handing this hot bowl of porridge to Ogata, Amachi left again and went to the next room to take care of Uncle Kei.

After watching Amachi leaving again, Ogata let out a sigh of relief. Then, holding the porridge that Amachi had just passed him, he moved his buttocks on the tatami and moved to the open window little by little. on.

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

Ogata and Amachi’s rooms are located on the second floor of this house.

Although the view is pretty good due to the high living, there is no nice view outside the window.

The house they currently live in is located in a remote area of ​​Edo. There are not many pedestrians. When you look up, you can see that there are sparse low-rise houses in the field of view.

After taking a look at the scenery outside, Okinawa withdrew his gaze.

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

Only three or two mouthfuls, Xu convenient ate all the porridge in the bowl.

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

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

It's 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 carried a bottle that he didn't know what was in, and walked into the room slowly.

"I just ran into Ms. Amachi in the hallway." Genichi said as he walked to Ogata's and sat cross-legged, "He said you are awake, so I will come to see you."

Genichi looked up and down Ogata several times.

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

"I have a physique that is easy to wound." Ogata told the truth.

"Xiao Lin and the others must be very envious of your physique." Yuan Yi said in a half-joking tone, "Xiao Lin and the others will not be able to fully recover in two or three months."

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

Amachi, Genichi, and Mamiya—they are the only three people whose injuries are not too serious.

Amachi, who was slightly injured, was mainly responsible for taking care of Ogata and Uncle Kei.

Genichi and Mamiya are responsible for taking care of Rin, Makimura, Asai, and Shimada respectively.

"Xiao Lin and their injuries are recovering well."

Yuan Yi said slowly.

"Mucun, like you, has a physique that recovers quickly from wounds."

"If you rest for another month, the pastoral village should be able to be alive and kicking again."

"As for Xiaolin, Asai, and Shimada, the recovery speed of their three wounds is just the speed of ordinary people."

"The three of them will probably take two or three months to recover."

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

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

After briefly introducing Shitarin and their current situation, Genichi handed the bottle that he had been holding to Ogata.

"Ogata-kun, would you like to drink?"

Ogata glanced at the bottle in Genichi's hand.

"... Isn't this the ‘oolong tea’?"

Ogata still remembers Genichi's special spirit "Oolong Tea".

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

The first time I saw Genichi’s "Oolong Tea" was when I was resting at the gourdaya headquarters in Owari before heading to Edo.

Ogata feels that he will never forget the scene where the flames of the "Oolong Tea" burst into flames after bringing the flames close to Genichi's "Oolong Tea"...

"How could I let the injured drink my'oolong tea'?" Yuanyi said grimly, "the bottle is just ordinary warm water."

Ogata dubiously accepted the heavy bottle that Genichi handed over.

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

But because Ogata is not very thirsty now, Ogata thanked him and returned the bottle of water to Genichi.

After receiving the bottle of water from Ogata's hand, Genichi grinned and smiled at Ogata:

"Ogata-kun, you seem to be in good shape today, so let's chat together. It just so happens that I am also very free now."

"Tell me about how you defeated Shuntaro at the time."

The smile on Yuan Yi's face became thicker.

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

"I think it is only a matter of time to reach the state of being able to freely enter the'non-self' with your talent."

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

Hearing Genichi's words, Ogata smiled modestly: "Genichi, you're thankful."

If Lin, Yuanyi and the others confess that they have been able to freely enter the "Selfless Realm" like Yuanyi, then it would be too shocking.

After all, the total length of Ogata's learning source of breath is only more than 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, "the freedom to enter the ‘Selfless Realm’" is Ogata’s biggest hole card that may be able to save his life in an emergency.

Therefore, the fewer people who know their own cards, the better.

Therefore, Ogata panicked a little about how he defeated Shuntaro, the head of the "Four Heavenly Kings".

Ogata said that when he was fighting with Shuntaro, he unconsciously entered the "no-self state" again, just as he did when he fought against Kotaro in Kyoto.

Regarding Ogata’s rhetoric, Lin, Genichi and the others would naturally not have any doubts. After all, they don’t think Ogata has the possibility to enter the state of "selflessness" freely. They only think Ogata is a real talent. Unusual.

Seeing Genichi wanted him to talk about the battle with Shuntarouji, Ogata pursed his lips as if thinking of something, and then looked up and down Genichi several times.

"Yuan Da, are you really free now?"

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

Hearing Genichi's words, Ogata secretly said in his heart:

—Now is a good opportunity to ask Yuan Da Ren what is that magical state...

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

He feels instinctively—this state is not simple.

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

Since moving into this house, Ogata has been looking for opportunities to ask Genichi questions.

But it is a pity that Ogata has been lying in the room to recuperate for the past three days, and Genichi is also busy taking care of Lin and the others, but has never been able to find a chance.

And now, Ogata finally waited for the opportunity.

There are only Genichi and Ogata in the room now, and Genichi is still free after being embarrassed — there is no better chance than now.

Ogata cleared his throat:

"Gen one person, when I was fighting Shuntarou, I entered a very strange state..."

Ogata told Genichi about everything that happened during the battle with Shuntaro at that time.

After quietly listening to Ogata's retelling of the battle, Genichi's face showed a slight excitement.

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

"Yeah." 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 the power is the water in the bottle, then after entering that magical state, Ogata can freely mobilize the water in the bottle.

You can concentrate where you want water to be.

At that time, Ogata relied on this ability to freely mobilize the power in the body, bursting out a powerful force in an already scarred state, and killed Keitaro in a single blow.

After Ogata's voice fell, Gen, who had bowed his head in a contemplative manner, slowly raised his head.

As Ogata cast a surprised look in his praise.

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

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

"After entering this magical state, everything is transparent, so I named this state'transparent realm'." Yuanyi said slowly.

"Transparent..." Ogata muttered over and over again, carefully recalling the scene when Bian was fighting with Shuntaro.

After careful recollection, Ogata found that the name "Transparent State" was a good match.

After entering the "transparent realm", he can clearly sense all the movement of everything around him, including himself.

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

All the creatures and dead things in the field of vision really seem to be transparent, all changes are invisible, and they can't escape Ogata's perception.

"Gen one person." Ogata asked impatiently, "Since you named this state'transparent state', you must have entered the'transparent state', right?"

Yuan nodded.

"I did enter the'transparency state'. But I only entered it 5 times."

Speaking of this, Yuanyi smiled bitterly.

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

"The only thing I can be sure about the'transparent realm' is that this realm is very strong, far above the'selfless realm'."

"After entering the'transparent realm', your body will feel like one with the heavens and the earth."

"Within the field of vision, the changes in the sky and the movements on the ground can't escape your eyes."

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

"You can clearly sense how your opponent's muscles and bones are moving now, and how you are going to do it later, and then accurately predict the opponent's muscles and bones and then prepare to make moves."

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

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

"'Transparent Realm' also allows you to improve your ability to control your body."

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

"If that powerful induction gives you the ability to predict invincibility, then this ability to freely mobilize all the body's power is to give you an invincible explosive power."

Hearing this, Ogata nodded softly.

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

First, he used that powerful perception to see that Keitaro had a little slack in the next moment.

Then he concentrated the power of his body on his feet, quickly approached Eitaro's body, and then concentrated his power on his arms, slashing Eitaro with one sword.

"As for the'transparent realm', I only know so much." Yuanyi's face showed a little helplessness, "Since I have learned the sword, Tong has only entered the'transparent realm' 5 times. So the understanding of it is not deep."

"I don't even know what the opportunity to enter the'transparent realm' is."

"But-I guess the big opportunity to enter the'transparent state' is to enter the'selfless state' first."

"The only 5 experiences I have entered into the'transparent state', without exception, were the first to the'unself state'."

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

"Then I entered the'transparent realm' without knowing it."

"Maybe there is still an opportunity to enter the'transparent realm', but one of the opportunities I know so far is to advance to the'selfless realm', and then to further concentrate the spirit under the'non-self realm'."

Ogata listened carefully.

While listening, he recalled the battle with Shuntaro.

"...It seems to be so." Ogata whispered, "Shuntaro is very strong. When I was fighting with Shintaro, I didn't even dare to breathe, and I concentrated so much that I could hardly hear any sounds from the outside world..."

"Whether you can successfully enter the'Transparent Realm' may also have something to do with luck." Genhan said jokingly, "All in all-Ogata-kun, you really surprise me more and more."

Genichi took a sigh of relief, looking at Ogata with sincere admiration.

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

"Huh? 21."

"21... I entered the'Transparent Realm' for the first time when I was 27 years old."

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

"You entered the'transparent realm' six years earlier than me. The future is limitless..."

"It seems that 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."

"Don't be humble, Ogata-kun." Gen chuckled. "It's a pity that I'm old..."

Speaking of this, Genichi's face appeared helpless.

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

"If I and you are of the same generation, I must carefully discuss with you whether my Yang God is more beneficial or your Da Shitian is faster."

Ogata smiled.

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

It was as if someone suddenly put a big bell over 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 and pressed his head firmly.

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

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

"It's okay..."

The intense pain came suddenly and went quickly.

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

"It's just that my head suddenly hurt..."

"Pain? Do you still feel pain now?"

"it's gone now."

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

After all, Yuan Yi stood up.

"Let's talk about it first. You take a break first, and I should almost see if Xiaolin and the others get up."

"Yeah." Ogata nodded. "Maybe so..."

Ogata does feel a little tired in his body now.

Yuan Yi quickly left the room.

And Ogata also lay back in the bed.

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

—Is it a sequelae caused by taking some medicine recently?

-Or is it the subsequent side effect of entering the "transparent realm"?

After the battle with Shuntaro and Keitaro ended and he quit the "transparent realm", his head was not only painful, but also dizzy.

There may be too many reasons for the headache he had just now, and Ogata couldn't think of a reason when he was doing it here.

Lying on the bed, Ogata felt his eyelids heavier without knowing it.

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

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"…wake!"

Ogata heard someone calling himself.

"...Wake up!"

It seems to be Ah Ding's voice.

"A Yi, wake up!"

Ogata slowly opened his eyes.

The ceiling, and the smile of Ah Ting, who is between him and the ceiling, came into view.

"You can really sleep." Ah Ding said with a smile, "It's already noon, I have changed to lunch and noon medicine."

"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 couldn't do much.

Amachi, who noticed Ogata's strangeness, hurriedly stepped forward to support Ogata.

"What's the matter with you?" Amachi sniffed, raising his hand to touch Ogata's forehead.

Ogata's forehead is not hot, his body temperature is normal, and he doesn't have a fever.

"I... don't know..." Ogata was also weak when speaking because of his inability to use his force. "I just felt...there was no strength...and...the body was so heavy...heavier..."

Ogata felt as if someone was constantly pouring weight into his body, his body getting heavier and heavier.

As the body continues to get heavier, the body feels more and more tired.

"You lie down and rest for a while!" Amachi pushed Ogata back into the bed, "I'll call the doctor over!"

After all, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com A Ding ran toward the room with a "dum-dum-dum".

At this time, Ogata couldn't hear the footsteps of Amachi running out of the room.

The intense fatigue that kept gushing out made Ogata feel that every sense organ in his body seemed to become dull.

I can't open my eyes and can't hear the sound.

Consciousness becomes chaos.

In this chaotic consciousness that was unable to 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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