The Incredible Swordsman

CHAPTER 24-THE REVIVES

Because of his curiosity, he took the note and read it. The notes said, “to learn the last part of Mukeifūken-ryū, one must abandon all he has, then he will understand the essence of the last part and regain the ultimate of Mukeifūken-ryū”. At that time, he still did not completely understand what that note meant until he looked at the book for a while, then suddenly he could understand what those words mean inside the book as if the words one by one got into his mind and told him everything that he needed to know. Then he can feel his body start to warm up as the energy inside his body keeps flowing. And now he finally understood the essence of the last part which to learn the last part of Mukeifūken-ryū which is the level 9, he must abandon all he learned from the level 1 until 8, then when he master the level 9, all the level from 1 to 8 will return to him as well. That’s why level 9 is called “NineSwords-ReturnAsOne”. And that's the miracle of the essence of Mukeifūken-ryū. Since he already lost all his martial-arts (thanks to Ryohyō), now he can completely learn the ultimate of Mukeifūken-ryū without much effort and not only that, the last page of Mugen-Keisho which used to be blank, now the words somehow showing out either. Certainly, it was the part that can increase the user's inner Qi-energy drastically to maximum power. Just with a blow from a palm, the user can kill his enemy with one hit only. A few days later, Towa came out from that cave as he had already mastered all of the Mukeifūken-ryū and all the secrets of skills of Mugen-Keisho. Now he can seek revenge against Ryohyō and companions since Towa right now was the ultimate pugilist martial-art in the world in which no one can beat him right now. But before that, he needs a sword as his previous sword was already broken. Then he remembered that once when he was very young, Chōbun even brought him to meet Chōbun's old friend who was a blacksmith. The one that also forged his sword, Kifū-Ken before Ryohyō broke it. That’s why Towa still remembered that place, then he tried his luck to meet that blacksmith in one of the towns under Ki-Koku now. However, he was late. The family has already moved out. Later, he found out they were moved to live outside of the town, near the wild forest. When he reached that blacksmith hut, his son told Towa that his father had already died after Towa mentioned his identity in the past. Turns out, Ryohyō also knew this blacksmith, that’s why he hired that blacksmith to make a powerful blade for him. That’s why Towa realized at that time, no wonder his sword can easily be broken by Ryohyō’s blade. Even Towa’s sword and Ryohyō’s blade came from the same hand, but the material and the process to forge those 2 weapons was still some differences. At that time, Chōbun only asked his fellow blacksmith to forge a sword, not an ultimate sword. However, it was different with Ryohyō, who asked the blacksmith to forge an ultimate blade and not to mention that Ryohyō also invested everything that he had, just to find the best material to forge the blade that he wanted. This blacksmith once worked for Unkensō. So all of the swords that Unkensō’s disciples used were coming from this blacksmith. He was once acknowledged by an incredible blacksmith. That’s why if Chōbun knew him, then Ryohyō was not an exception as well. The blacksmith’s son also said after his father made a powerful blade for Ryohyō, then his father never came back home anymore. And one day, the families got the information that someone found the blacksmith’s bodies outside the town, inside the forest. The families knew it must be Ryohyō who killed that blacksmith, to prevent him from making any powerful weapon anymore. That’s why, to avoid Ryohyō, the rest of the blacksmith family members chose to stay in another place, to stay away from Ryohyō as far as possible. But still they’re surprised when Towa comes as he still can find their whereabouts. Since Towa can’t request to make a sword as the blacksmith already died.