I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

Pushing open the gate of the ancient temple, the cold air immediately rushed in like a tide like Ogata.

The snowstorm has stopped.

No more flakes of snow falling from the sky.

Looking up, everything is covered with a layer of white clothes.

The sun shines like light dust on the white snow.

Looking at the not dazzling sun in the sky, Ogata smiled and said with emotion:

"Today's weather is really nice."

Afterwards, he put on the bamboo hat, closed the gate of the ancient temple, held the knife on his left waist, looked in the direction of the sun, and walked straight forward.

Since leaving the Hirose Domain, the life Ogata has lived in these days can be described with an idiom, that is-aimless.

I don't know where I'm going, and I don't know what I'm going to do.

Anyway, there was no place in particular he wanted to go, so Ogata simply settled on one direction—the east. Go straight all the way east.

Ogata didn't care about where the front was, he just kept walking eastward, and it didn't matter where he went.

So Ogata, who was heading east all the way, entered the Kinki area unknowingly, and entered a small fan in the Kinki area-Tatsuno fan.

Kinki area——a huge area centered on the two big cities of Kyoto and Osaka.

Ogata knew that he was in the Tatsuno clan now, but Ogata didn't know and didn't want to know where the Tatsuno clan was located.

call……

A gust of cold wind howled.

Feeling the cold wind blowing in front of him, Ogata tightened the haori around his body, and muttered:

"Although the sun is out today, it's still a bit cold... I really want to take a hot bath..."

Although it was freezing cold now, Ogata didn't feel that the cold was unbearable.

This is all thanks to his vitality as high as 17 points.

Although the attribute of vitality does not help Ogata fight better, it can help Ogata live better.

Not only can Ogata's injury and fatigue recover faster,

Make Ogata not easy to get sick. And it can also make Ogata's physique better.

Ogata also discovered that the improvement of vitality can make his physique better after the weather turned cold.

In the past, Ogata was a person who was very afraid of the cold.

In such a snowy day, I dare not go out without wrapping myself into a "zongzi".

And now, even though he was only wearing a thin kimono and haori, Ogata didn't feel too uncomfortable.

Traveling is boring.

Driving in such a place with not too beautiful scenery is even more boring.

In order to pass this boring time on the road, Ogata silently adjusted his breathing to "the breath of the source", and started the practice of "the breath of the source".

Since becoming a ronin, when Ogata is bored, he will start to practice "breath of the source".

Because the experiment of "whether the level of martial arts can be improved by practicing alone without skill points" is still going on.

Although Ogata has never given up on the practice of "Breath of Source", the "Breath of Source" that has been unable to be upgraded for a long time, and is still only "primary", still makes Ogata's patience gradually dissipate.

Originally, Ogata would actively practice the "breath of the source" every day.

But now, because of the loss of patience, the practice of "Breathing of the Source" is no longer as active as before. Only when I am extremely bored or on a whim, I will pick it up and practice it.

For his experiment, Ogata has completely embraced the mentality of "take your time and don't rush", and doesn't expect to produce results so quickly...

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When Ogata was heading east as usual——

Tatsuno Fan, Tatsuno Castle.

At this time, there was a group of people standing outside Tatsuno Castle, the hall of the Tatsuno Clan.

There are 3 elders in the Tatsuno clan.

The leader of this group of people is none other than one of the three elders of the Tatsuno Clan—Sano Muneken.

As one of the elders, Sano led a group of officials from the Tatsuno clan to stand in the snow outside Tatsuno Castle—it wasn't because Sano and the others were out of their minds.

The reason why they stood in the snow outside Tatsuno City early in the morning was because—some important person from Edo was going to visit them Tatsuno Clan today.

This big man from Edo is the leader of Huofu Thief Gai - Hasegawa Heizo.

Hasegawa Heizang will lead a group of official missions they have changed to pay the thieves to Tatsuno Fan.

As one of the elders, Sano was in charge of leading some officials in the domain to welcome Hasegawa Heizo and others.

"Huh... so cold..." An official standing beside Sano rubbed his hands that were stiff with cold, and complained softly, "It's obviously not snowing yet, why is it so cold..."

The official's name is Yuichi Kobata, and he is Sano's right-hand man. The two are not only good comrades at work, but also have a good personal relationship.

As soon as Xiao Banan's complaint fell, Sano who was standing beside him chuckled a few times, and said in a half-joking tone:

"Xiao Ban, if you can't even bear this level of weather, it only shows that your body is weak. As a man, don't be too obsessed with a woman's belly."

"I don't want to be counted down by the gray-haired Sano-sama." Xiao Ban responded in the same half-joking tone.

The two can be regarded as a year-end friend. Sano is 55 years old this year, and Xiao Ban just passed his 34th birthday.

Xiao Ban crossed his hands and reached into his armpits on both sides, using the temperature of his two armpits to warm his stiff hands.

While warming his hands, Xiao Ban looked at the horizon ahead.

Looking at the empty horizon, Xiao Ban suddenly asked Sano:

"Master Sano... the chief of Huofu Thief Kai...do you really want to come to our Tatsuno clan?"

"That's right." Sano said without hesitation.

"Hasegawa Heizo...is that 'Onihira', right?"

"Besides him, who else has this title?"

"'Guiping'..." Xiao Ban muttered, "What a weird title..."

"Those thieves helped him create it. In their eyes, he was as terrifying as a 'ghost', so the thieves all over the world began to call him 'Guiping', and this title slowly spread. "

"Why did 'Kimiragi' come all the way from Edo to Kansai..."

"Who knows." Sano shrugged his shoulders, "I'm guessing—'Guihei' led Huofu Bandit Kai's officials all the way to our Tatsuno Fan for the purpose of hunting down someone."

"Other than that, I can't think of another reason why the chief of Huo Fu Thief Kai came to us all the way."

"Did any vicious thieves come into our Tatsuno clan recently..." Xiao Banan muttered.

"..." Sano looked around, then lowered his voice, and said in a low voice, "I also heard about it two days ago--"Executioner Yidao Zhai" seems to have sneaked into our Tatsuno clan a few days ago .”

After hearing Sano's words, Xiao Banta's eyes immediately widened.