Chapter 271 Unparalleled in the world, but that's it!
For Genichi, who was now as happy as a child, Mamiya and Makimura just looked at each other and smiled bitterly, without making any response, and continued to do their own things silently.
After showing off to Mamiya and Makimura with a proud look on his face, Genichi then asked Ogata:
"Have you learned all the moves in the secret book?"
Ogata shook his head.
"I'm still learning these two moves, Cicada Rain and Xingluo, and haven't mastered them yet."
Ogata's Wuwo Sword Style currently only has these two moves that have not yet been unlocked - the 7-continuous slashing technique Cicada Rain, and the 13-continuous slashing technique Starfall.
"You still don't know how to do these two moves... It's a pity that I'm old now and have low energy. I no longer want to teach anyone except Xiaolin how to practice swordsmanship..." Yuan Yi smiled bitterly, "These two moves are just for you.
It’s up to you to slowly understand the secrets according to the secret book..."
"It doesn't matter." Ogata smiled slightly, "I have roughly mastered these two moves now, and I should be able to fully master them after a while."
Ogata's words are half true and half false. Only the sentence "should be able to master it in a while" is true - he will be able to unlock these two major skills after the level of Wuga Duateu style is raised a little higher.
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At this time, Yuan Yi asked a new question:
"So - Ogata-kun, have you... ever entered the realm of selflessness?"
"...Yes." Ogata nodded solemnly, "But I only entered once..."
"Oh?" Yuan Yi's eyes narrowed, "Have you ever entered the realm of selflessness... That's good. Can you tell me in detail the whole process of entering the realm of selflessness?"
Ogata briefly talked to Genichi about his famous battle - the Hundred-Man Killing Battle in Hirose Domain, and explained in detail the moment when he entered the state of selflessness.
After briefly summarizing to Genichi his process of entering the state of selflessness, a hint of hesitation flashed across Ogata's face.
After hesitating for a while, Ogata seemed to have made up his mind, gritted his teeth and said to Genichi:
"Lord Kinoshita..."
"Just call me 'Master Yuan Yi'." Yuan Yi smiled slightly, "Compared with my surname, calling me by my first name is more pleasant."
"Then... Mr. Gendai, I have a question I want to ask you."
"Tell me." Yuan Yi said cheerfully, "If I can answer the questions you asked, I will tell you everything."
"Master Gendai...is there any way to freely enter the state of selflessness?"
After entering the selfless state once and tasting a little of the sweetness of the selfless state, Ogata was actually fascinated by this selfless state.
It's a pity that since the Hundred-Man Killing battle, Oufang has never entered the state of selflessness again.
The main reason why Ogata agreed to Mamiya's invitation to visit Calabash House was because he planned to personally ask Kinoshita Genichi if there was a way to freely enter the state of selflessness.
It was for this purpose that Ogata came all the way to Owari.
After hearing Ogata's question, Genichi was slightly stunned.
Then while twirling his goatee, he smiled and said:
"Is there a way to freely enter the realm of selflessness... There really is one."
"Can you tell me?" Ogata suppressed his inner excitement.
"The method is..." Genichi raised his finger and touched Ogata's chest, "Gen's breath."
"The breath of the source?" Ogata asked doubtfully.
"Is it written in the secret book? 'The breath of the source is the shortcut to the realm of selflessness'."
"And when you practice the breathing of the source to its peak, you can freely enter the state of selflessness."
"The Breath of the Source is my proudest achievement in this life."
Speaking of this, a strong look of pride appeared on Yuan Yi's face.
"The breathing of the source is the breathing technique I created for the purpose of freely entering the realm of selflessness."
"After I successfully created this breathing technique, I took the word 'source' from my name as the name of this breathing technique."
"The breath of the source is a shortcut to enter the state of selflessness. The principle is to focus one's attention through changes in breathing rhythm."
"When concentration reaches its peak, you can enter the state of selflessness."
"When you practice the breathing of the source to its peak, you can freely enter the state of selflessness."
"But the breath of origin is not so easy to practice."
"Whether you can practice the breathing of the source to the extreme, hard work and talent are indispensable."
"There are no shortcuts to the practice of Source Breathing, you can only practice hard."
"It wasn't until 10 years ago that I finally mastered the breathing of the source to the extreme."
After hearing this last sentence from Genichi, Ogata raised his eyebrows.
"Lord Gen Yi... Since you said that you had practiced the breath of the source to its peak 10 years ago, doesn't this mean that... you can now freely enter the realm of selflessness?"
In response to Ogata's question, Minamoto smiled and said nothing.
On the contrary, Mamiya, who was concentrating on cooking porridge, chuckled a few times:
"Ogata-kun, otherwise, why do you think Mr. Gendai is still unparalleled in the world even though he is so old?"
"..." Ogata stood up slowly after being silent for a while, and bowed to Minamoto, "Master Minamoto, I have a gracious invitation."
"If you want me to tell you the secret to practicing the Breath of the Source, please forgive me for refusing." Yuan Yi smiled and said, "There is no secret to practicing the Breath of the Source. The only thing that can be regarded as a secret is to use it more often."
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"No...I don't want to ask you for tips on practicing Breath of the Origin." Ogata shook his head, "I want to ask you for advice!"
"Oh?" A look of surprise flashed in Yuan Yi's eyes, "You want to ask me for advice?"
"I want to experience for myself what it means to be 'unparalleled in the world'!" Ogata said every word, sonorously and forcefully.
Ogata's words made Mamiya and Makimura both stop what they were doing and cast glances at Ogata with different emotions.
Genichi did not immediately agree to Ogata's request for advice.
Instead, he first looked at Ogata with a meaningful look.
"Experience for yourself what the real 'Unparalleled under Heaven' is?" Genichi repeated what Ogata said just now, "Ogata-kun, I can understand that you want to see the man who is called 'Unparalleled under Heaven'
How strong, right?”
"That's right." Ogata nodded vigorously, "I want to...see with my own eyes how far I am from the strongest in the world!"
"Why do you want to see clearly how far you are from the strongest person in the world?" Yuan Yi continued to ask.
"...Since I learned the sword, I have fought countless powerful enemies."
A faint look of reminiscence appeared on Ogata's face.
"Experienced countless fights to the death."
"Each enemy you encounter is stronger than the last..."
"The more I fight, the more I feel that my cultivation is insufficient..."
"On Butterfly Island a while ago, I witnessed with my own eyes the miserable fate of weak people. They had to find their own way out..."
Upon hearing Ogata's words, the expressions on both Mamiya and Makimura's faces changed slightly.
The two of them naturally knew that the "weak people" Ogata just mentioned were naturally referring to the islanders on Butterfly Island who finally found a way out through negotiations with the shogunate.
"I... don't want to fall into this kind of predicament of groveling for my life one day in the future."
"So - I want to become as powerful as you, Mr. Genichi."
"So strong that you don't have to grovel, you can live proudly with only the sword in your hands."
"Therefore, I want to see with my own eyes how far there is between me and the man who is known as the 'unparalleled man in the world'!"
"Um..." Mamiya said softly with an embarrassed look on his face at this time, "Ogata-kun, what I told you at that time, 'As long as you are unparalleled in the world, you can treat the shogunate as if it were nothing'... This sentence was actually just casual.
It’s just talk...don’t take it seriously..."
"No." Ogata shook his head, "Mamiya, I think what you said to me at that time made sense."
"...I see." Genichi nodded gently at this time, "So - Ogata-kun, you want to target me and become an unparalleled existence like me, right?"
"...That's right." Ogata nodded vigorously.
"Then - Ogata-kun, what do you think is Unparalleled in the World?"
"Huh?" Ogata was confused by Genichi's strange question.
After hesitating for a while, he replied:
"Invincible in the world, a person who has no one to rival him is unparalleled in the world."
"Is this your understanding of Tianxia Wushuang..."
After nodding gently again, Yuan Yi slowly stood up.
Ogata, who thought that Genichi was about to engage in a fight, slowly lowered his body's center of gravity and pressed his left hand on the sheath of Da Shiten.
"Lord Gendai," Mamiya said softly, "Do you need me to lend you my sword?"
"No." Yuan Yi smiled and shook his head, "No need."
"No need?" Ogata asked doubtfully.
No matter Ogata, Mamiya, or Makimura, they all looked confused at this time.
Just when Ogata was about to ask Genichi how he could fight him without Mamiya's sword, Genichi suddenly opened his right palm and waved to Ogata.
"Ogata-kun, can you lend me your katana?"
"Huh?" If the emotion of "confusion" was in liquid form, then there was so much "confusion" on Ogata's face that it could drip down from his face.
"Lord Genichi, why?" Ogata couldn't help but ask Genichi.
"You will know after you lend me the knife."
"……I see."
After Ogata slowly pulled out the Daishiten, he handed the handle of the knife towards Genichi.
After taking Da Shi Tian over, Yuan Yi looked at Da Shi Tian's blade with interest.
After carefully observing Da Shitian's sword, Yuan Yi let out a low exclamation:
"This sword pattern... Ogata-kun, your sword is the handiwork of a monk from the Tianxiang Sect - am I right?"
Ogata's eyebrows couldn't help but raise in surprise: "Exactly."
"What a great knife." Yuan Yi praised it without hesitation, "Compared with Xiaolin's 'Yama' and 'Zhenguishen', it is not inferior at all."
"Yama? Vibrant ghosts and gods?"
"The names of Xiaolin's katana and wakizashi. Xiaolin's Yama is also the work of Tenxiang Sect, but Yama is an ancient sword with a history of more than 200 years. Ogata-kun, can you give your wakizashi too?
Can you show me?"
"Can."
After handing Da Zi Zi to Yuan Yi, Yuan Yi raised Da Shi Tian and Da Zi Zai and observed the two swords alternately.
"Your wakizashi is also the work of Tenxiang Sect. Do your two swords have names?"
"Yes. When you strike with a sword, you will be able to release the heavens, and when you are lying on your back, you will be at ease."
"They are all Buddhist terms... It is indeed a sword made by the monks of the Tianxiang Sect... The monks of the Tianxiang Sect always like to use Buddhist terms to name the knives they make."
"But...the two swords of yours are somewhat different from the traditional Tianxiang Sect swords."
"These two knives of yours... seem to have some Western casting techniques mixed into them..."
After admiring Ogata's two swords, Genichi returned the great freedom to Ogata.
"Ogata-kun." Genichi said, while holding the Daeshakuten tightly with both hands, "Look, I will now let you meet Kinoshita Genichi, who is known as the 'Sword Master' and the 'unparalleled one in the world'
That unparalleled fighting power!"
Yuan Yi raised his head and looked at the sky above his head.
"Right now... I'll split the sky in half and show you!"
"What?!" Ogata exclaimed.
"Watch it!!"
After saying that, Yuan Yi raised his upper body and at the same time slowly raised the Daishetian in his hand above his head.
This posture seemed to really cut the sky in half.
Ogata's mind was also spinning rapidly at this time.
——Split the sky? Is this really possible?
The serious look on Genichi's face made Ogata doubt himself.
——Could he...really have a way to split the sky...?!
Under this self-doubt, Ogata couldn't help but slow down his breathing.
Not only Ogata, but also Mamiya and Makimura on the side were now shocked by Genichi's attempt to slash the sky with a sword.
The three of them involuntarily slowed down their breathing, not even daring to blink or let go of any of Yuan Yi's next movements.
Yuan Yi seems to be gathering strength.
After closing his eyes and taking several deep breaths, Yuan Yi suddenly opened his eyes!
While issuing an astonishing Qihe, Yuanyi aimed at the sky above his head and violently slashed the Great Release Sky in his hand!
The wind pressure caused by the swing of the blade stabbed straight into the sky above Yuan Yi's head!
Ogata and others hurriedly looked over Genichi's head.
The sky above Yuan Yi's head was suddenly——!
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It's no big deal...
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A few white clouds were still floating lazily there.
Not to mention the sky, not even these soft white clouds were broken.
Just when Ogata, Mamiya, and Makimura were looking up at the unharmed sky in bewilderment, wondering what Genichi was doing, Genichi put down the Daishiten in his hand.
Then he let out a self-deprecating laugh.
"Ogata-kun, have you seen it? This is the strength of Kinoshita Genichi, who is known as the 'unparalleled one in the world'."
"Even the soft white clouds can't be cut open."
"The sky is thousands of miles wide, but the sword is only three feet long. Even if you have the ability to control the gods and send generals, you can only kill things within 3 feet."
After saying that, Genichi threw the Daishiten in his hand back to Ogata.
"Fighting against an unparalleled master in the world is actually no different from fighting a 3-year-old child. They are just fighting ordinary people who can only cut things within 3 feet. Unparalleled in the world - nothing more than that!"
After saying this, Genichi sat back to where he originally sat, rubbed his hands and said to Mamiya:
"Mamiya-kun, is the porridge ready? I just used the 'Sky-Splitting Slash' and I'm even hungrier now."
"It's ready to eat..."
"Master Gendai..." Makimura on the side showed a helpless smile at this time, "Although you just said a lot of things that seemed to be very powerful, but you are actually just too lazy to compete with Brother Ogata - am I right?
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"Hahahaha!" Genichi laughed a few times at Makimura's question.
Just when Yuan Yi was about to say something——
"The discussion between Mr. Gendai and I started just now...and has ended..."
Ogata, who had been standing there blankly just now, said softly.
"I have... deeply realized the gap between me and Tianxia Wushuang..."
"The realm...is too far apart..."
"Hahahahaha!" Genichi let out a series of hearty laughs again, "Sit back, Ogata-kun."
"Mamiya-kun has already cooked the porridge, let's eat a little together."
"yes……"
After sitting back next to Genichi, Ogata handed the bamboo tube that he had always carried around his waist to Mamiya.
Mamiya knew that Ogata had already had breakfast, so he didn't pretend too much to Ogata.
But Ogata didn't have much appetite to eat at this time.
What Genichi said to him just now is still echoing in Ogata's mind over and over until now.
"Work hard, Ogata-kun."
Genichi, who was sitting next to Ogata and was eating porridge, spoke softly at this time.
"Aiming to be unparalleled in the world - this kind of thing makes no sense."
"Don't pursue something unparalleled in the world, just work hard slowly and enjoy the process of hard work."
"Although the sky is thousands of miles wide and the sword is only three feet long, even if you spend your whole life unable to cut through the sky, you can still experience the fun of becoming stronger in this small three-foot-square area."
"...Hmm." Ogata's originally solemn gaze regained some energy at this time, "Master Genda, thank you for your advice...!"