I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

"I was a swordsman in ancient Japan ()"

Ogata's arrangement for himself these days is to work hard to improve the level during the day, and rest well at night, so as to accumulate energy and energy for the next day.

So he originally planned to take a short rest after dinner, and then go to Ah-Ming's room.

Anyway, there was time, so Ogata decided to follow the others to see Genichi's so-called new work after dinner.

After quickly finishing today's dinner, Genichi led Ogata and the others straight to his room.

Genichi's room is located in the deepest part of the temple.

After entering Genichi's room, Ogata's eyes subconsciously scanned the surroundings.

Genichi's room was smaller than Ogata imagined, and it was also much cleaner than Ogata imagined.

Ogata originally thought that for a carefree and informal person like Genichi, the room would definitely be a mess.

Unexpectedly, Yuanyi's room was unexpectedly quite clean and tidy. Although it was not spotless, it was still clean and refreshing.

"Sit down first." Genichi pointed at the tatami in the center of the room, "I'll make some tea."

As soon as Yuan Yi finished speaking, Mamiya immediately said:

"Master Yuan, let me make tea or something."

"No, no, no." Yuan Yi waved his hand, "I can still do small things like making tea."

After Genichi and Mamiya were arguing there for a while, Mamiya finally persuaded Genichi——Genichi stayed in the room with Ogata and others, and Mamiya went to make tea.

Ogata casually sat cross-legged on the tatami in the center of the room, while waiting for Mamiya to return from making tea, he looked at Genichi's room boredly.

While looking aimlessly across the room, Ogata suddenly found a large pile of unknown objects piled up in a corner of the room.

This large pile of unknown objects was piled up as high as a hill, and was wrapped in a thick cloth.

Because it was wrapped in a thick cloth, Ogata couldn't see clearly what was under the thick cloth.

"Master Gen, what is this?" Ogata asked Gen while pointing at the large pile of unknown objects wrapped in thick cloth placed in a corner of the room.

"Oh, that. That's my study material."

"Study textbooks?" Xu Fang revealed doubts.

Genichi, with a meaningful smile on his face, walked slowly to the side of this large pile of things, and then tore off the thick cloth covering it.

The thick step was torn off, and Ogata was finally able to see what this pile of things was—a large pile of Ukiyo-e.

No, to be precise...it should be a lot of colorful ukiyo-e...

Looking at the pile of Shibuka of this era as high as a hill, Ogata asked back in astonishment:

"Master Genda... how many ukiyo-e paintings have you collected?"

"218 pieces. It cost me a lot of money to buy these things." Yuan Yi said an extremely accurate figure, "Did I tell you just now? Ukiyo-e of things."

"Because I also want to try to draw this kind of ukiyo-e that specifically depicts the affairs of men and women. So I bought a lot of ukiyo-e of this type to copy and learn from."

After all, Genichi picked up the dozen or so ukiyo-e paintings placed on the top of this "hill", and then handed the dozen or so ukiyo-e paintings to Ogata.

"These are the new paintings I commissioned Asai to buy for me after I arrived in Kyoto."

"Come on, Ogata-kun, let me have a look."

"The newly bought paintings this time are all from Utagawa Harunobu."

"Utagawa Harunobu is one of my favorite ukiyo-e artists. He is very good at painting this kind of ukiyo-e that specifically depicts the affairs of men and women."

"Last night, after I finished reading these newly bought paintings overnight, I became very excited and drew my new work."

"It took me a lot of effort to find this artist named Utagawa Harunobu." Asai said suddenly at the side.

"Original Genichi, this is what you entrusted Asai to buy..." Ogata looked at the large stack of small pornographic pictures next to Genichi with a speechless expression.

Arriving at the foot of the mountain at the base of the Calabash House yesterday afternoon, when Lin and his gang were discussing how to distribute their luggage, Mucun once asked whose luggage a certain cloth bag belonged to.

At that time, Asai quickly admitted that the cloth bag belonged to him, and that he bought it for Genichi.

While saying this, Asai gave Mucun a wink. After seeing Asai's wink, Mucun immediately showed a comprehension look, and then stopped asking more questions about that cloth bag.

Ogata noticed the eye contact between Mucun and Asai at that time.

At that time, Ogata was still wondering what the meaning of the wink between Asai and Mucun was.

And now it's solved...

Ogata looked at the three people beside Makimura, Asai, and Shimada:

"Do you all know this collection of Genda-sama?"

Makimura nodded:

"We all know that Yuanyi likes to draw, and has become obsessed with painting over the years, and has begun to learn to paint this kind of pillow painting. Not only we know these things, but also the lord."

As soon as Mucun's voice fell, Asai beside him added:

"My lord, she has never cared much about Mr. Yuan's personal affairs, so I let Mr. Yuan buy and paint these pillow paintings."

After listening to Mucun and Asai's explanation, Ogata silently held the dozen or so ukiyo-e that Genichi handed him just now, and looked at them roughly.

This kind of ukiyo-e, which specifically depicts the affairs of men and women, has a special elegant name-pillow painting.

Pillow-e is regarded as the largest and most eye-catching theme in the art of Ukiyo-e.

In the modern Japanese art world of later generations, there is even a saying: If you don’t look at pillow-e, you can’t talk about Ukiyo-e.

"...The painting skills are really good." After flipping through the dozen or so paintings in his hand, Ogata said casually.

"These paintings are all by Utagawa Harunobu." Genichi introduced, "Utagawa Harunobu is very good at painting women, and he is my favorite painter."

Even a person like Ogata who knows nothing about painting can see that the quality of these paintings is very high, and the painters who drew these paintings must have quite superb painting skills.

Although the painting skills are superb and the characters drawn are full of sensuality, after seeing these paintings, Ogata didn't feel anything.

Born on the modern earth, he really can't appreciate the ukiyo-e style of the Edo period...

Even though he knew that the painting in his hand was an abyssal picture in the eyes of other men in this era, but no matter how he looked at it, Ogata couldn't really appreciate it.

After Ogata read the dozen or so pictures of Shibuya that Genichi lent him just now, Mamiya just finished making tea and returned to the room with a tea tray with 6 cups of tea on it.

After everyone got a cup of tea, Genichi took out a booklet from nowhere.

Looking at the booklet in Minamoto's hand, Shimada wondered:

"Master Yuan, is that booklet your new work?"

"Yeah." Yuan Yi nodded vigorously with a faint complacency on his face.

Seeing the source nodded, everyone including Ogata looked curious.

The booklet in Yuanyi's hand has a perfect cover, unless you open the cover, you can't see the contents at all.

Ogata originally thought that Yuanyi would take out a pair of paintings, but unexpectedly, Yuanyi took out a booklet.

"Master Yuan." Mucun glanced at the booklet in Yuanyi's hand, "It seems...you have drawn a lot of paintings, and they can all be bound into a book."

"No, no, no." As soon as Mucun finished speaking, Yuanyi shook his head, "Mr. Mucun, don't underestimate the booklet in my hand."

"The booklet in my hand may be a great innovation in the Ukiyo-e world."

"You should all know that—the current ukiyo-e paintings all tell a story."

Genichi raised his hand and pointed to the large pile of ukiyo-e prints piled up in the corner of the room.

"After looking at the dozen or so new ukiyo-e that I entrusted Asai to buy last night, I suddenly had a whim!"

"The pillow paintings on the market now use one painting to tell a story, so why don't I try to use a dozen paintings to tell a story?"

After Yuanyi's voice fell, Mamiya raised his eyebrows first, and asked:

"That is to say... Yuanda-sama, are you planning to use a comic strip to draw pillow-e?"

"That's right!" Yuan Yi nodded vigorously while shaking the booklet in his hand.

Ogata couldn't help casting a strange look at Yuan Yi.

There is one thing to say - Yuan Yi's plan to use comic strips to draw pillow paintings is indeed a very good innovation.

In the words of the modern Earth, when other painters in this era were drawing single-panel pictures, Genichi had already thought of drawing a book...

"Come on! Let me show you my new work!" Genichi handed the booklet in his hand to Ogata who was closest to him.

As soon as Ogata took the booklet from Genichi, Mamiya and the others immediately surrounded him.

It can be seen that Mamiya and the others are also very interested in Genichi's innovation of "drawing pillow paintings in the form of comic books".

Ogata is also very curious now.

I want to see what this book drawn by Genichi looks like.

——Since Yuanyi said that after he became obsessed with pillow painting these years, he has been studying and studying. After studying for so many years, the things he draws should be more or less in shape...

——What kind of book did Minamoto-sama draw...?

With such a disturbed mood, Ogata opened the first page of this booklet...

...

...

Ogata saw several aliens that barely had the shape of a human.

...

...

Ogata, with a blank face, flipped page after page in the notebook drawn by Genichi himself.

Mamiya and the others also surrounded Ogata, looking at the booklet that Ogata was constantly turning over with expressionless faces.

After turning over the last page and closing the booklet completely, Genichi immediately asked Ogata and the others:

"How? How?"

"...I'm hard." Ogata said.

"Oh? Can I draw so well?"

"I mean my fist is hard," Ogata added.

Although it might be rude to say that.

But Ogata really felt that—maybe he could draw with his feet, but he could draw better than Yuan Yi...

Ogata originally thought Mamiya and the others must have felt the same way as him.

Unexpectedly, Mamiya sitting beside Ogata said solemnly:

"Hmm... Master Yuan, compared to last time, your painting skills have improved a lot."

As soon as Jian Gong's words fell, Mu Cun on the side also nodded:

"Well, it's indeed a lot better."

After Mucun nodded, Asai and Shimada also echoed in tandem.

After quietly listening to the thoughts of Mamiya and the others, Ogata desperately wanted a mirror.

I want to rely on this mirror to see how wonderful my expression is now...

——Is this also called a lot of improvement in painting skills? How bad was the drawing that Mr. Yuanda had drawn before? !

Mamiya seemed to see what Ogata was thinking at this time, so he attached to Ogata's ear, and whispered to Ogata at a volume that only he and Ogata could hear clearly:

"Do you still remember the 'Secrets of Wuwo Two Swords Style' drawn by Master Yuanda himself? The pillow paintings that Master Yuanda drew before are similar to the pictures he drew on 'Nuwo Two Swords Style' before."

Hearing what Mamiya said, Ogata was taken aback, and then hurriedly opened the booklet in his hand again.

Looking at the figures above who could still vaguely see their human shapes, Ogata nodded seriously:

"Hmm... drawing skills have indeed improved a lot."

——Compared with the stick figures I drew before...

Ogata silently added this sentence in his heart.

"Master Yuan." Shimada suddenly asked, "Although your painting skills have improved a lot, I don't quite understand what stories your series of paintings are telling..."

"The story is actually very simple."

Genichi moved his body to the side of Ogata who was in charge of holding the booklet.

After Genichi approached, Ogata cooperatively turned back to the first page.

"This woman's name is Ah Guang."

Genichi raised his hand and pointed at one of the characters in the painting.

"This man's name is Hidejiro, and he is Hikari's husband."

"The man standing next to Hidejiro is named Imgoro."

"The general story is that Hidejiro and Hikaru's parents had termites, so they asked Ren Goro to come and remove termites at home."

"When Ren Goro came to get rid of termites, Hidejiro was not at home."

"Then Ren Wulang fell in love with the beauty of Ah Guang who was alone at home."

"And Ah Guang also fell in love with Ren Wulang, who is more heroic than her husband."

"So the two of them..."

"Stop, stop, stop!" Before Yuan Yi finished speaking, Mucun's face was full of black lines, as if he couldn't listen to it, "Why is this such a disgusting story!"

"I adapted this based on real events." Yuan Yi said solemnly, "I went to a nearby town to buy alcohol a while ago, and when I finished buying alcohol, I stopped by an izakaya for a few drinks. The drinkers heard the story."

"This is a true story."

"I don't have any talent for making up stories, so I just used this story."

"The stories I drew in this booklet are all true except for the fake names."

"Then how did this story end?" Shimada, with a bit of excitement on his face, asked Yuanyi in an eager tone.

"I heard that the man forgave his wife in the end."

"Master Gen." Asai, who had been silent since just now, suddenly pointed at the picture on the booklet, "You can try to make the back of the woman's neck more exposed in the future."

"Oh?" Yuan Yi raised his eyebrows, "Asai, do you like the back of a woman's neck very much?"

"Yeah." Asai nodded with a serious look on his face, "I like it the most."

"Asai, your preferences are really ordinary." Mucun said casually.

Different eras have different aesthetics.

Men in the Edo period generally believed that the back of a woman's neck was the most alluring part.

Therefore, those prostitutes and geisha will deliberately open their necklines very wide, and deliberately lean back to expose their necks.

So Mucun's evaluation of Asai just now was not wrong. Asai's preferences are indeed quite common and popular in this era.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Mucun's voice fell, Asai asked Mucun with a displeased face:

"Makimura, don't you like the back of a woman's neck?"

Mucun shrugged: "Compared to women with fair necks, I prefer women with good standing posture."

"Ah? What do you mean?" Shimada looked blank.

"To put it simply, I like women who stand elegantly."

"What is this?" Asai frowned, "Makimura, your preference is really strange."

"I don't call it weird." Mu Cun said, "I call it outstanding."

"Stop putting gold on your face." Asai let out a mocking smile.

"Actually, in my eyes, it's strange that someone like you, Asai, has a soft spot for the back of a woman's neck." Mu Cun said.

"That's because you don't know how to appreciate it!" Asai said angrily, "Hey, Shimada, you should be the same as me. You think the most attractive part of a woman is the back of her neck, right?"

"Huh?" Shimada, who was dragged into this topic for no reason, looked confused.

After Asai brought Shimada into this topic, Makimura, Ogata and others all focused their attention on Shimada.

Seeing that he couldn't escape this kind of topic, Shimada hesitated for a while and said:

"Compared to the back of the neck... I still prefer women with good faces... Hey! Why do you all look at me like this!"

"...It turns out that your preferences, Shimada, are the most common... Then—Mamiya, it's your turn. What kind of woman do you like?"

"Why does the topic suddenly involve liking for women..." Although Mamiya sighed in a helpless tone, Mamiya still raised his right hand and gently pinched his chin, thinking seriously.

"Well... I like older women better. Older women have a sense of stability, and I like stable people."

"Older women?" Ogata asked, "How old are they?"

"Well...the kind over 30 years old."

"...Jamiya, do you know that the only book I have read completely is Tang Tu's "Three Kingdoms"." Mucun said solemnly, "Your preferences are exactly the same as Cao Mengde in "Three Kingdoms"."

"Have you read "Three Kingdoms" seriously?" Asai said angrily, "Cao Mengde doesn't like older women, Cao Mengde likes married women."

After making complaints about Makimura, Asai turned his attention to Ogata.

It wasn't just Asai who turned his attention to Ogata, but everyone present turned their attention to Ogata.

Even though they didn't say anything, Ogata knew what they were going to do.

"...It's really troublesome." After Ogata sighed with emotion in a low voice that only he could hear clearly, he let out a long sigh.

...

...

About half an hour later——

In Ogata's room——

Ogata was lying on his bed with his left hand resting on the back of his head. Silently regaining strength.

The cabinet that Ogata used as a bed had already been repaired by Gamiya this afternoon.

Tonight was originally just to look at Yuan Yi's new paintings together.

But the topic is getting more and more crooked for some reason.

In the end, it completely became the "XP System Seminar"...

Moreover, the meeting had been held for a very long time, until it finally ended just now, and Ogata was finally able to get back his house price.

Thanks to this meeting, Ogata was able to know the weird XP of Mamiya and his gang...

In the middle of the meeting, Mamiya and the others turned their attention to Ogata, intending to make Ogata explode his XP as well.

Ogata, who was not very interested in this topic, finally just casually said "I like tall women", fooling Mamiya and others.

"Where are these paintings going to be placed..."

Ogata, who was lying on the bed, raised his right hand and handed the few paintings that he had been pinching with his right hand to his face.

These paintings were a gift from Yuan Yi to them when the meeting just now was finally over.

Genichi said it was a thank you for their time in viewing his new work.

Ogata and the others each obtained a few pillow paintings from Genichi...

After all, this was a gift from Yuan Yi to him, and Ogata didn't feel embarrassed not to accept it, so he brought back the pillow paintings that Yuan Yi stuffed him.

Genichi gave Ogata a total of four pillow paintings.

Looking at the four pillow paintings in his hand, Ogata couldn't help showing a wry smile, not knowing what to do with the four pillow paintings.

First of all - he doesn't need these 4 pillow paintings.

Secondly—he felt that A-Machi would be very unhappy to see that he actually had a collection of pillow paintings...

—Forget it... I'll slowly think about how to deal with these 4 pillow paintings... Now let's go to A-Machi...

Ogata has always remembered the agreement he made with Ding during the day: he will go to Ding's room tonight.

Just when Ogata was about to leave for A-Machi's room, he suddenly heard the sound of walking outside the door.

Ogata recognized it in an instant—it was the footsteps of A-Machi!

Ah-Ming's footsteps are very light, so they are very recognizable.

Hearing Ah-Machi's footsteps, Ogata's pupils suddenly shrank.

Ogata looked at the four pillow paintings in his hand, and then at the door, an uncontrollable expression of anxiety appeared on Ogata's face.

Because the sound of A-Ming's footsteps was about to reach his door, Ogata, in a state of anxiety, only had time to put these pillow paintings under the quilt in a hurry, and then covered them with the quilt.

Ogata had just hidden these pillow paintings when A-Machi's voice sounded outside the door:

"Ayi! Are you there?"

"Well, I'm here." Ogata quickly replied, "Come in!"

As soon as Ogata finished speaking, A-Machi behind the door opened the door of Ogata's room.

"Why are you here?" Ogata asked back.

Ogata's implication is: Didn't you agree that I will go to your room tonight?

"I'm here to show you this! Look! This is the unicorn I caught just now! It's the first time I've seen such a big unicorn!"

Having said that, A-Machi walked towards Ogata with a mischievous smile on his face, raised his right hand, and showed Ogata what he was holding.

Ah-Ming is holding a large unicorn in his right hand.

This unicorn is really big, about the size of Ah Ding's palm.

"Yeah." Ogata nodded, "It's really big."

"I really want to catch another unicorn of the same size, and then let these two unicorns duel..." Ah Ding stopped abruptly before finishing his sentence.

Because she suddenly discovered—the quilt on Ogata's bed seemed to be covered with something.

"Is this... a painting?"

According to Ah-machi's visual inspection, the thing exposed outside the quilt seems to be the corner of some painting.

As Machi said so, she raised her hand to grab the corner of the painting that was exposed from the quilt.

After pinching the corner of the painting exposed outside the quilt with his fingers, A-Ming realized that there was not just one painting, but a total of 4 paintings.

A-Ming didn't notice—after she found the four paintings hidden under the quilt, Ogata's face changed drastically, and she quickly raised her hand, as if intending to snatch the four paintings back from A-Ming's hands .

It's a pity—Ogata was still a step late.

As soon as he stretched out his hand, A-Ming conveniently pulled the four paintings out of the quilt.

...

...

"... oh~~"

...

...

After pulling out the four pillow paintings, A-Ming let out a strange "huh" sound without any emotion.

Just now, when I was hiding the paintings, I was in a hurry, so I didn't have time to hide the four pillow paintings, which resulted in the corners showing.

Hearing Ah-Machi's "ooh", Ogata buried his head down, not daring to look at Ah-Machi's expression, cold sweat began to break out from his forehead.

"I never imagined, Ayi, that you would still collect such things..."

A-Machi's words are still devoid of any emotional color...

The cold sweat that broke out on Ogata's forehead became more and more...

...

...

10 days later——

"Yes, Shimada, that's it."

Ogata swung his sword to parry Shimada's stabbing sword, and said loudly towards Shimada.

"Adjust your center of gravity! Always remember to adjust your center of gravity!"

"Yes!" Shimada echoed loudly, while readjusting his messy breathing, and then swung his sword again to kill Ogata.

Crack, crack!

The sound of wooden knives colliding rang out twice in succession.

After blocking Shimada's 2 slashes again, Ogata sent the wooden knife in his hand forward, and the tip of the knife precisely touched Shimada's chin.

"I lost again..." Although Shimada said so, his face did not show any frustration, "Master Ogata, you are really strong... After 10 days, I once I have never defeated you... If only I could be half as strong as you in the future."

"Why set the target so low." Ogata said angrily, "If you want to set a target, why don't you simply set the target higher."

"Being half as powerful as you is—this is a big goal for me." Shimada responded to Ogata in a joking tone.

After the two chatted for a few words, Ogata raised the wooden knife in his hand again.

"Shimada, do you still have the strength?"

"certainly!"

"Then—let's go on!"

Just when the two were about to regain their stance and start a new round of sparring——

"Hey! You two! Take a break!"

It was Mamiya's voice.

Ogata and Shimada turned their heads following the sound, only to see Mamiya walking towards them slowly.

"Mamiya, what's the matter?" Ogata knew - there must be a reason why Mamiya suddenly stopped his discussion with Shimada.

"My lord, he is back." Mamiya answered Ogata's question concisely, "She is summoning us to the Buddhist hall now."

"Miss Kinoshita is finally back..." Ogata muttered softly, while slowly putting down the wooden knife in his hand, "Okay, Shimada and I will go over right away."

"Well. Then I'll take the first step. I still have to inform Makimura and Asai about the return of the two lords. Ogata-kun, can I trouble you to inform Ms. Atachi later that the lord is back? "

"Well, no problem." Ogata nodded.

After Mamiya turned to leave, Ogata turned his head and looked at Shimada beside him.

"Shimada, I'll bring A-cho here, you go to the Buddhist hall first."

"okay!"

After Shimada also left, Ogata was not in a hurry to leave the place.

Instead, he opened his personal system interface first.

...

...

[Name: Ogata Yishi]

[Current personal level: LV32 (22304800)]

[Personal attributes:

Strength: 14

Dexterity: 12

Reflexes: 9

Stamina: 13

Vitality: 23]

【Skill:

Sakakibara One Swordsmanship Level: 11th Dan (34557000)

Wuwu Two Swords Level: 10 paragraphs (552010000)

Shiranui Ninjutsu level: 6th stage (32104500)]

[Remaining skill points: 2 points]

...

[Sakakibara Ichidao Style (11 paragraphs):

Ascent: Intermediate

Waterfall: Advanced

Bird Thorn: Master

Dragon Tail: Intermediate]

...

[Wuwu Two Swords Style (10 paragraphs):

Step up: advanced

Blade Return: Master Class

Circulation: master class

Breath of the Source: Grandmaster

Rachel: Junior

Cicada Rain: Elementary]

...

[Shiranui Ninjutsu (6 paragraphs):

Shiranui Stealth: Intermediate

Shiranui Jutsu: Advanced

Shiranui flow breath holding technique: (unlocked)]

...

In the past 10 days, Ogata has always maintained a perfect rhythm of life, practicing against Shimada during the day, resting well at night, and nourishing his mental and physical strength for the second day.

Although Shimada is a samurai who can only level A and does not know any swordsmanship, but in terms of hard power, he is far stronger than ordinary samurai, and he can be regarded as the kind of superb skill.

Therefore, without defeating Shimada once, the experience points gained are very considerable.

In addition, Shimada's physical strength is quite sufficient, and he is also thick-skinned, so that Ogata can play many games with Shimada in a day.

The personal level has been raised by 3 levels, from level 29 to level 32. Sakakibara One Swordsmanship and Wugo Two Swordsmanship have been upgraded by 1 rank each, from 10th and 9th ranks to 11th and 10th ranks respectively. Shiranui Ninjutsu has been upgraded from 4th dan to 6th dan.

Including the 6 exclusive skill points obtained after reaching the 10th rank of Wuwo Erdao and the 3 exclusive skill points obtained after reaching the 5th rank of Shiranui Ninjutsu, Ogata has gained a total of 20 skill points in the past 10 days point.

Above, this is the result of these 10 days of relentless leveling.

And 18 of these 20 skill points were spent by Ogata early.

The 6 exclusive skill points and 2 skill points that Ogata obtained after being promoted to rank 10, were directly used by Ogata to raise Source's Breath to the highest level - "grandmaster level".

The other 10 points of the 20 points are used to increase the strength from 12 points to 14 points, the agility from 11 points to 12 points, the Shiranui Jutsu to "advanced", and the Shiranui Stealth Upgrade to "Intermediate" and transfer to "Master".

When the strength and agility were increased to 14 points and 12 points respectively, all the conditions for upgrading the circulation to "master level" were finally fulfilled.

After I couldn't wait to upgrade the flow to "master level", the difficulty of using Wuwo Erdao style to compete with Shimada naturally changed from "easy" to "very easy"...

After spending 18 of the 20 skill points, Ogata left 2 skill points.

Ogata is still considering where to use these 2 skill points.