Radiant Dragon’s Otherworldly Reincarnation

Chapter 30. True Nine Yin Severed Meridians (2)

Now, he had to seriously unblock the meridians and absorb the Yin energy.

Patrick poured all his energy into rummaging through the inside of the girl's body.

“Heuk…”

A painful moan escaped the girl's lips.

Pain was unavoidable in the process of unblocking the meridians.

But right after the pain, the girl experienced a very unfamiliar sensation.

‘It's warm.’

Even in her dazed state, the girl felt a warmth heating her body.

It was the warmth she had only been able to feel in her mother's embrace when she was very young.

She didn't know it herself, but small tears were streaming down the girl's emaciated cheeks.

‘I'm… I'm gonna die. This is really going to kill me.’

One, two, three, four….

Patrick had already melted four meridians and absorbed the Yin energy that had been tightly blocking them into his own body.

As a result, Patrick's Dantian was on the verge of bursting, unable to absorb the suddenly increased energy.

‘No. If it bursts, we all die.’

He had already absorbed a vast amount of Yin energy into his body.

What would happen if it burst?

It wouldn't just end with the two of them, the girl and Patrick, dying.

Considering the dense concentration of ki in this world, this Yin energy would spread widely, using the external ki as a conductor.

Anyone hit by that Yin energy would naturally harbor coldness in their body, and in severe cases, it could cause problems with the function of important organs like the heart or brain, and they could die.

‘Ah, so that's why they call it a curse.’

Unlike in the Central Plains, the Nine Yin Severed Meridians in this world caused one to spread Yin energy all around upon death, harming the people nearby.

To others, that would certainly look like a curse.

‘That bastard from before wasn't a complete quack after all.’

He was just ignorant about ki.

That doctor was just doing his job.

Thinking that, Patrick felt a tiiiiiny bit sorry, but what was important now was how to organize this ki.

‘I have no choice. The Supreme Purity Heart Law can't handle this ki.’

The Heart Law that Patrick had been practicing since being reborn was the Supreme Purity Heart Law, which he had passed on to the soldiers as Basic Blessing.

It was the basic skill of the Wudang, had few side effects, and above all, it was a Heart Law that was easy to convert to other energies later on.

But with that, he couldn't control such a vast amount of Yin energy.

To control such terrifying Yin energy, he had to circulate the most superior, and also the most damnably difficult, Heart Law that Patrick knew.

‘Haaah…. I really have no choice.’

Patrick took his hands off the girl's body and then struck his own major acupoints with both hands.

Golden Gate, Chest Center, Heavenly Chimney, Shoulder Well, Seal Hall, Hundred Meetings.

After quickly suppressing the major acupoints leading from the lower Dantian to the upper Dantian, he brought both hands towards the energy existing in his lower Dantian.

Then….

“That crazy bastard of a founding master!”

With that one remark, he shattered his own lower Dantian.

“Kuaak!”

Of course, it hurt.

* * *

Twin Dragons Heaven and Earth Primordial Heart Law.

As is the case with most grandly named Heart Laws, this was the supreme advanced martial art that only the sect leader of the Twin Dragon Sect and their direct disciple could learn.

Well, after the founding master, the only one who had learned this Heart Law was the Radiant Dragon Great Master Jin Cheon.

Once upon a time, a martial artist had a thought.

Why must one create only one Dantian?

It is said that when one becomes a master, they open the middle Dantian, and when they become an even greater master, the upper Dantian opens, and they reach a state of being half-human, half-immortal.

But before that, everyone uses only the small Dantian in their lower abdomen.

Wouldn't it be much more efficient if there were two Dantians?

Twice the energy storage.

Twice the energy release.

The risk of Qi deviation would also be twice as high, but it would be good anyway, wouldn't it?

Normally, this would have ended as just an absurd delusion, but the problem was that the person who had this delusion was an extremely outstanding genius in martial arts.

He eventually created a Heart Law that created two lower Dantians.

That was the Twin Dragons Heaven and Earth Primordial Heart Law created by the founding master of the Twin Dragon Sect.

The process of creating it was surprisingly simple.

First, you create a Dantian with a normal Heart Law.

Then, you destroy that Dantian.

It's the process commonly known as crippling one's martial arts.

But at this time, even if you destroy the Dantian, the ki in your body does not disappear immediately.

The energy gradually disappears over the course of about two hours, and before that, you gather that scattering ki again and create two Dantians in the lower abdomen.

This is normally impossible, but in the process of the Dantian being destroyed, the form of the vessel that held the ki also disappears.

In other words, that moment is the only moment when the nature of the ki can be transformed.

If that succeeds, a martial artist with two Dantians in their lower abdomen is born.

When that happens, the efficiency of energy storage and release increases by several times, not just double.

The efficiency when the two Dantians resonate and move simultaneously greatly exceeded even the expectations of the Twin Dragon Sect's founding master who had created this Heart Law.

However, a minor problem was that if you missed that moment when the Dantian was destroyed, you would just lose all your martial arts and become a cripple.

[Hahaha. Who wouldn't be able to succeed at something so easy? My descendants will all be able to do this much.]

He had laughed it off.

And across time and space, across worlds, now in the Schneider fiefdom, Patrick ground his teeth and said.

“Who would do this crazy thing? You crazy old man! Seriously, not a single one of them is in their right mind. Not a single one.”

Even his Master, who always preached about respecting ancestors and keeping their will in mind, didn't do this.

The only one who did this crazy thing was the Radiant Dragon Great Master Jin Cheon, who had risked his life and gambled to revive the Twin Dragon Sect.

‘Damn it, and I'm even doing this twice.’

At this point, he felt he had no right to call the founding master crazy.

It could only be seen as birds of a feather….

In any case, perhaps because he had succeeded once before?

Patrick succeeded in gathering the scattering energy and finally creating two vessels in his Dantian.

Moreover, the degree of completion was much higher than in his previous life.

‘The size of both Dantians is perfectly the same. In my past life, the right one was bigger, so it was difficult to operate.’

To use the two Dantians stably, the energy drawn from both sides had to be exactly the same.

But in his past life, the energy from both sides was different.

Because of that, the Radiant Dragon Great Master Jin Cheon of his past life had never once used his full power in his entire life.

Even when the left Dantian exerted ten-tenths of its power, the right Dantian always had to stop at about seven-tenths.

Otherwise, he would go straight into Qi deviation, so what could he do?

He was Jin Cheon, who had never used his full power even at the moment of his death, but it was different now.

A Dantian with perfectly equal energy on both sides.

Now, a person who could truly and perfectly use the Twin Dragon Sect's Twin Dragons Heaven and Earth Primordial Heart Law was born.

He was the first since the first master of the Twin Dragon Sect.

“Alright. Shall we start right away?”

Patrick licked his lips as he looked at the girl trembling before him.

Half of the Yin energy in her body had been removed, but the remaining Yin energy was starting to run rampant as it seeped into the empty spaces, so she seemed to be in pain again.

“I'll treat you right away.”

Taking his stance again, Patrick placed his hands on the girl's back.

Then….

“You Yin energy bastards are all dead.”

Now he was even picking a fight with ki.

* * *

When the girl opened her eyes again, what she saw was….

“A goddess?”

“Oh my. Are you awake?”

“Am I… in heaven? Is my mother here with me?”

At the girl's words, Ava made a troubled expression and said.

“You haven't died. This is the mansion of the Baron Schneider family.”

“Yes? But I was…”

The girl was confused.

She didn't die and was alive?

Then why was her body in such good condition?

The bone-chilling cold that had pierced her to the core had completely disappeared, and her body was healthy.

No, this was even better than when she had been healthy before.

On top of that….

“Are you really not a goddess?”

“I am not. I am Ava Schneider, the wife of the Baron Schneider family.”

“But… you are so beautiful.”

To the girl's eyes, Ava was definitely a goddess.

Softly swaying brown hair and flawless, fine skin.

Perfectly proportioned, beautiful facial features.

It was unnatural to claim to be human with such beauty.

At the girl's compliment, Ava smiled brightly and said.

“Thank you. But you are cute too. You'll be a beauty when you grow up.”

“No. I'm…”

No matter how little she had eaten, she looked at her own emaciated body and then at the beautiful noble lady before her.

Though she was a young girl, a sigh escaped her due to the inferiority complex that couldn't help but well up.

How could two humans be so different?

That lady was definitely a goddess.

At that moment, the door opened and a young boy entered.

“Is the kid awake?”

“You're here, Patrick. She just woke up.”

“That's good. I brought some soup, so try feeding her.”

“Alright. I will.”

Seeing the boy who entered with warm soup, the girl said without realizing it.

“An angel?”

“Huh?”

Patrick looked around left and right, and after confirming that no one was there, he pointed to himself with his finger and said.

“Me?”

“Yes. That… that is…”

“Wow. You have a good eye. Yes, with my character, I should at least be called an angel. Mm, as expected of a true Nine Yin Severed Meridians. Your insight is truly amazing.”

It would not be strange at all if all the angels in heaven were to collapse, vomiting blood, at this moment.

Then Patrick gave the slightly thin soup to the girl and said.

“How is it? Can you eat by yourself?”

“Yes. I'm fine. But…”

“It's okay. I won't ask you to pay for it later, so just eat for now. Kids shouldn't worry about such things.”

“……”

You look younger than me, angel.

The girl did not say those words.

Instead, the girl bowed her head in thanks and then picked up the soup with a spoon to eat.

Or rather, she tried to eat, but….

“Oh dear, you're spilling it all. Hey, hey. This won't do.”

The girl, who didn't even have the strength to hold a spoon, was spilling almost all the soup.

Seeing that, Patrick took the spoon himself and fed her the soup.

“Give it here.”

“You don't have to do this.”

“How is it okay when you can't eat by yourself? Just eat for now.”

“……”

The girl shyly lowered her head but ate the soup as if she had no choice.

“That's it, you're eating well. Eat slowly. Your weakness is severe, so you shouldn't eat in a hurry.”

Patrick carefully fed the girl with the spoon, and the girl, watching him, thought to herself.

‘How… how can there be such a person in the world?’

To show such unconditional kindness and treat her so gently, someone she had never seen before?

The girl now truly thought she could believe that this person was an angel.

‘Hehehe. Right, eat well and grow well. My Heavenly Martial Body.’

Well, there's no way to know what's inside a person's heart….

After eating the soup, April fell asleep.

And Patrick made a special request to Ava.

“Mother, please take good care of her.”

“Is it okay to entrust her to me?”

“Yes. Since she had the same constitution as you, Mother, it would be good if you could look after her.”

In Patrick's mind, April was already confirmed as the next commander of the Schneider fief's knight order and his closest aide.

If you were to ask where he saw such a future in a skinny little girl….

‘She's a Heavenly Martial Body. A Heavenly Martial Body. They're the kind of kids who reach the State of Harmony realm on their own even if you teach them the Samjae Sword Art, so what can't I teach her?’

State of Harmony, the realm of drawing out sword aura, would be equivalent to the 7-star level in this world.

He couldn't even guess what kind of monster would emerge if Patrick's teachings were added to that.

‘I have to secure this kid no matter what.’

Right now, she was just a skinny girl, but if he raised this girl well, he could incorporate an enormous military power into the fief in the future.

So, to form a bond in advance, he entrusted her nursing to Ava, who was a member of the lord's family and held the highest status in this fief.

‘Hehehe. With this, a debt of gratitude will be formed, she will think of our fief as her benefactor, and after that, she will become my faithful right hand.’

“Kehehehehe…”

“My son, why are you laughing so strangely?”

“Ah, it's nothing. Anyway, I'll leave this child to you, Mother. Please treat her well as if she were your own daughter.”

“My own daughter. I see. So that's what you mean.”

Huh? What do you mean?

What do you mean by ‘that's what you mean’?

“Alright. I understand. If that is what you think, then this mother will not oppose it.”

“Yes. Well… sure.”

He didn't know what she was talking about, but since his mother was smiling warmly and speaking as if she understood everything, he just went along with it.