Chapter 80

Dojinwoo groaned as he sat up in bed, ignoring the pain that surged through his body. He looked around, puzzled.

"Where am I?"

It was the infirmary of the courier agency. Darkness had fallen outside the window.

"Ugh!"

Suddenly, he clutched his head, feeling a throbbing headache. The image of Jeongso Dojang swinging his sword at him flashed in his mind. A bitter taste filled his mouth.

As expected, the barrier of supreme mastery was insurmountable. The skill gap was overwhelming.

"Ah!"

Then, the image of Yusinyun, who appeared at the end, came to mind. Is the Lord unharmed? He was worried.

"I should go out and check."

Just as he muttered to himself, a voice came from outside the door.

"No, stay there."

The door opened, and a figure appeared. Dojinwoo's eyes widened.

"Lord."

It was none other than Yusinyun. Dojinwoo quickly scanned him, checking if he had been seriously injured by Jeongso Dojang. Heaving a sigh of relief, he spoke.

"I'm glad you're unharmed."

"I wouldn't fall to a mere scoundrel."

Yusinyun shrugged playfully. Dojinwoo finally managed a smile. Indeed, his master was in a different league from him.

However, Dojinwoo's expression soon darkened. The fact that he had been completely defeated by Jeongso Dojang made him feel unworthy to face his master.

"I must have made a poor showing. It's all because of my inadequate skills."

As he spoke in a bitter tone, Yusinyun looked at him intently before saying casually,

"Your skills are indeed inadequate."

Dojinwoo bowed his head even lower at Yusinyun's harsh words. But then Yusinyun continued,

"But what's inadequate is not your skills, but your martial arts. The reason you can't break through the barrier of supreme mastery is because the limits of the martial arts you've learned are there."

This was Yusinyun's honest assessment. Dojinwoo, whom he had observed, was an exceptionally talented martial artist. His understanding of martial arts and combat sense in actual battles were outstanding, even by Yusinyun's strict standards. It was astounding that he had achieved this without a master, through his own efforts.

If Dojinwoo had joined a prestigious martial arts school at a young age, he would undoubtedly have reached the realm of supreme mastery by now. However, his childhood was extremely poor, and he couldn't join any martial arts school.

Watching Dojinwoo lost in thought, Yusinyun spoke softly.

"Let's move to a different place."

A short while later, Yusinyun led Dojinwoo to the Leiyundang. Dojinwoo was supported by a skeleton wearing a phantom robe. Yusinyun then said,

"Sit in a lotus position here."

"Yes."

Dojinwoo sat in a lotus position at the center of the Leiyundang as instructed. Yusinyun continued,

"Close your eyes and begin your qi circulation."

Despite the questions swirling in his mind, Dojinwoo obeyed, remembering that Yusinyun always had a purpose.

As Dojinwoo began to circulate his inner energy and entered a meditative state, Yusinyun started to move.

'Let's proceed.'

Yusinyun placed his hands on the floor of the Leiyundang. As he murmured something, the air in the Leiyundang completely changed.

[The formation reconstruction has been activated.]

[Formation, 'Yin Qi Chongyuan Formation' has been selected.]

The Yin Qi Chongyuan Formation was the same curse that Yujinshang had used to try to kill Yusinyun in the past.

'I absorbed a lot of yin mana from this.'

The Yin Qi Chongyuan Formation, installed in the basement of the Jiyun Pavilion, was 80% damaged when the Jiyun Pavilion collapsed, but it was still active. The yin mana it provided was much weaker than before, but Yusinyun didn't dismantle it because it was still beneficial to him.

This decision turned out to be a stroke of genius. After returning from the Blood Mist Valley, Yusinyun secretly moved to the site where the Jiyun Pavilion had collapsed. He immediately dismantled the formation and added the 'Yin Qi Chongyuan Formation' to the list of reconstructable formations.

However, the Yin Qi Chongyuan Formation provided yin mana to the designated target, which would be harmful to Dojinwoo. Of course, Yusinyun was well aware of this.

'Let's move to the next step.'

Swish.

Yusinyun, having drawn up yin mana, began to inscribe unknown shapes and symbols on the activated Yin Qi Chongyuan Formation. The formation's energy began to surge.

The reason was simple. Yusinyun had added the incantations from the magic circles used by the Mage Hunters from his previous life to the structure of the Yin Qi Chongyuan Formation.

'Manipulating magic circles is something I did as easily as eating in my previous life.'

While using formation dismantling and reconstruction, Yusinyun realized that the formations in the martial arts world shared similarities with the magic circles used by the Mage Hunters in his previous life.

Although he wasn't a Mage Hunter and couldn't use magic circles in his previous life, he had enough knowledge to understand their structure and modify them to benefit his allies.

'Alright!'

Finally, Yusinyun successfully modified the formation to inject 'inner energy' instead of 'yin mana.'

As a result,

[The player has created a new skill by harmonizing a formation and a magic circle for the first time.]

[Skill, 'Magical Formation Technique (SS+)' has been created.]

[You have gained experience points as a reward.]

[Your level has increased.]

[The 'Wan Qi Chongyuan Formation' has been added to the Magical Formation Technique list.]

An unexpected outcome unfolded.

'Magical Formation Technique?'

He had only intended to slightly modify the formation, but ended up acquiring a completely new skill, like a mouse being caught by a bull's hoof.

[Wan Qi Chongyuan Formation]

Rank: SS

Proficiency: 0.3%

It transforms the energy from a designated power source into inner energy and fully injects it into the target.

When using an inner energy cultivation technique within the area affected by the formation, the efficiency of inner energy enhancement significantly increases.

- Current inner energy enhancement efficiency: 250%.

- A 'power source' is required to use the Magical Formation Technique.

- The activation of the Magical Formation Technique requires the 'yin mana' and 'inner energy' of the activator.

'Alright.'

After reading the description of the Wan Qi Chongyuan Formation, Yusinyun realized that the formation had been modified as he had hoped.

Swish.

He then took out the power source from a small pocket dimension. It was the 'inner core' he had obtained from Biyu.

[The 'inner core' has been selected as the power source.]

[Measuring the inner energy contained in the 'inner core'.]

[Measurement complete.]

[The Wan Qi Chongyuan Formation has been activated.]

[A total of '1 jiazi' of inner energy will be injected into the designated target, 'Dojinwoo'.]

Biyu's inner core contained a staggering '1 jiazi' of inner energy.

Whoosh!

As the Wan Qi Chongyuan Formation activated, all the inner energy in the inner core began to flow into Dojinwoo.

'...!'

Dojinwoo, who was in the middle of qi circulation, was taken aback by the sudden influx of a massive amount of pure energy.

Thud.

Yusinyun placed his hand on Dojinwoo's shoulder to help him. Using Donghua Xianqi and natural energy, he began to assist the circulation of the inner energy. Slowly, the inner energy from the inner core began to merge with the energy already in Dojinwoo's body.

'Wow, look at this!'

Yusinyun was amazed by the amount of inner energy flowing into Dojinwoo. The Wan Qi Chongyuan Formation had two effects. One was to significantly increase the efficiency of inner energy enhancement when cultivating within the formation's range. The other was to fully inject the inner energy contained in the power source, such as an inner core or a spirit medicine, into the target.

When absorbing an inner core or spirit medicine, a significant amount of energy usually evaporates during the process due to the resistance of the energy being artificially infused into the human body. This often led to the death of the consumer due to the uncontrolled energy from the spirit medicine or inner core. Therefore, large martial arts schools always had doctors and high-level experts present when consuming spirit medicines to ensure the safe absorption of as much energy as possible. However, even with these precautions, at least 20% of the energy would evaporate, and typically 30% to 40%.

However, Dojinwoo was receiving the inner energy without any evaporation, as described by the term 'fully' in the formation's description. The Wan Qi Chongyuan Formation had the effect of granting all the energy without any evaporation.

Already, half a jiazi of inner energy had infused into Dojinwoo's body. At that moment, Yusinyun, who was monitoring Dojinwoo's dantian, sighed.

'Hmm! Any more would be too much for his body.'

With Dojinwoo's rudimentary inner energy cultivation technique, infusing any more inner energy could cause serious harm. Therefore, Yusinyun had no choice but to absorb the remaining half jiazi of inner energy himself. As soon as all the energy from the inner core was absorbed, the Wan Qi Chongyuan Formation automatically stopped, and the energy in the Leiyundang settled down.

At that moment, Dojinwoo slowly opened his eyes. His eyes shone brightly.

"What is this...?"

He looked at Yusinyun with a dazed expression. Yusinyun simply smiled brightly.

"Congratulations."

"…What?"

"You have become the second supreme master in the Baegun Courier Agency."

"…!"

Dojinwoo's eyes widened in shock at Yusinyun's words. But the surprise didn't end there.

Swish.

His master suddenly handed him something. It was a book.

- Fongbo Shiba Jian (Eighteen Waves Sword Technique)

The title of the book. After the battle with the deceased who had reached the Hua Jing stage, the reward wasn't just a summon. Zhong Li Biao, the Heavenly Wind Dog, had gifted one of his martial arts. Yusinyun had converted Zhong Li Biao's technique, Fongbo Tajiuyue, into a sword technique and passed it on to Dojinwoo.

"Here you go."

Yusinyun spoke playfully.

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