I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

Boundless darkness...

Can't see anything.

Can't hear anything.

The body seems to lose its sense of time.

It feels like only 1 second has passed.

It also feels as if I have stayed in this boundless darkness for hundreds of years...

After an unknown amount of time passed, in the darkness filled with deathly silence, something new finally appeared.

"..."

Ogata heard someone's voice, but it felt so far away that he couldn't hear the voice at all.

After the words fell, Ogata felt his body shaking.

It seemed that someone was shaking his body gently.

"……how?"

There was another voice.

This time the sound came closer and clearer.

"...Amazing... Recovery... Fast..."

Another voice sounded.

The person's voice was intermittent, and Ogata could barely hear a few words in it.

"...Understood...you...go out..."

The sound gradually approached.

It's an old male voice that always feels...very familiar...

Where did you hear this voice?

My head is in a mess... I can't remember...

The pitch-black world suddenly shot into white light at this moment.

This beam of white light destroyed the boundless darkness.

The darkness is like shattered glass, shattered into thousands of pieces, falling down and disappearing in a rustle.

With the end of the darkness, Ogata finally felt that he had gradually regained control over his body.

"Hmm..." Ogata slowly raised his eyelids as his consciousness became clear.

The first thing that pierced Ogata's eyes... was the flickering candlelight,

The candlelight stained Ogata's vision with a touch of yellow.

When Ogata's eyes subconsciously drooped because he wasn't used to the light——

"Huh? Are you awake?"

The familiar male voice heard in the darkness just now came to Ogata's ears again at this moment.

——This voice...?

Ogata opened his eyelids which had just drooped, ignoring the unaccustomed light around him, and opened them again.

He stared round his eyes, and looked in the direction that the old male voice came from just now.

I saw an old man standing beside him...

At the same time when his eyes turned to the old man, Ogata's eyes had just barely gotten used to the surrounding light, and he was able to see the old man's face and clothes clearly.

The skin was wrinkled with age, like a dried-out orange peel.

He has a prominent goatee on his chin.

Wearing a simple monk's robe.

It was the old monk with the goatee that Ogata met when he attacked Koyasan before, who ran over to talk about Ogata and angrily scolded Ogata why he came to attack Koyasan!

If Ogata remembers this person's dharma name correctly... the dharma name of this goatee old monk seems to be "Qingyan".

——Why is this man here? Where is this place?

With all these doubts in mind, Ogata turned his eyes away from Qingyan's body and looked at the rest of his body.

Now... I seem to be in a small tent.

The top of the head is a white tent.

Underneath is a simple bed.

Apart from the bed under him and the candlestick on the bedside, there is no other furniture around.

The things placed beside the bed, besides a candlestick, are Ogata's two sabers, and... the beautiful brocade box containing the heads of the 800 nuns.

Seeing that he hadn't lost his saber and this brocade box, Ogata couldn't help feeling a bit more at ease.

The memory before falling into the boundless darkness slowly revived in Ogata's mind at this moment.

He only remembered... After defeating Itagaki, he exhausted the last bit of strength in his body and fell to the ground. overwhelmed...

"That... Elder." Ogata, who couldn't hide his astonishment, turned his gaze back to Qingyan and subconsciously wanted to get up, "This is... um!"

As soon as he tried to prop up his upper body from the bed, a throbbing pain rushed out of every muscle in his upper body like a fierce snake, biting towards Ogata's brain, causing Ogata to cry out in pain.

At this moment, Ogata suddenly realized that every part of his body was sore and painful, and he was struggling to even lift his arms.

His body was covered with a thin blanket, after struggling to lift the thin blanket, Ogata saw that he was wearing clean clothes, the body under the clothes did not have any external injuries, but it was so sore sharp.

"Don't move around, lie down obediently." Qingyan strode forward, rushed to the side of Ogata's bed, raised his hand to cover the thin blanket on Ogata's body again, "The doctor said that your body is overworked, and in the future at least During the 7 days, you have to rest on the bed to cultivate with peace of mind, and don't move rashly."

"Ah, thank you..."

Ogata, who subconsciously said "thank you", couldn't help but looked up and down the old monk who was helping him re-cover the blanket several times with surprised eyes.

Ogata wondered if it was his illusion...

He always felt that Qingyan was much more polite when speaking to him.

No, it cannot be said to be polite.

Using "polite" to describe it... seems a bit inappropriate.

It should be said——when talking to him, there seemed to be a little more...awe in his tone?

"The doctor who treated your injuries just came here once." Hearing Qingyan chatting, Xu Fang continued to him, "He said that your injuries are basically healed, and you only need to rest for a while, and you will be able to recover." back to normal."

Having said that, Qingyan paused for a while, then changed into an emotional tone:

"It's really amazing... It's the first time I've seen a person with such amazing resilience like you... Even the doctor who treated your injury even shouted: Strange person."

Hearing Qingyan's emotion, Ogata couldn't help but change his expression slightly.

He was a little worried that Qingyan would ask him "why his body is so special".

If you asked him this, it would be really inconvenient for Ogata to answer such a question.

But fortunately——Qingyan doesn't seem to have done much research on the issue of "Ogata's recovery ability".

After he raised his hand and patted Ogata's chest a few times, he continued to sigh with emotion:

"In less than two days, all the injuries on my body have healed, and there is no more trauma..."

In the end, Qingyan murmured in a tone of reverence in a tone that only he could hear clearly: "As expected of a person who can even attract thunder from the sky..."

Ogata didn't hear Qingyan's murmur clearly.

He only heard the phrase "less than 2 days' effort" that Qingyan said just now.

Ogata, who frowned uncontrollably, hurriedly asked Qingyan:

"2 days? Sir, how long have I been in a coma?"

"Huh? Probably... about five days."

"5th?" Ogata, who almost exclaimed, hurriedly asked, "My lord! What exactly is this place? Why am I here?"

"Hmm..." Qingyan raised his hand and stroked the beard on his chin, "This is somewhere in Ji Yi's wilderness, and I can't say exactly where it is."

"As for why you are here..."

...

...

5 days ago--

Mount Koya, Koya Town——

"Ahhh! Where did this fire come from?!" An old monk shouted in pain.

Wails and cries similar to this are now rising and falling at the foot of Mount Koya.

After the fire broke out on Koyasan, the monks from the temples on the mountain hurried down the mountain to flee for their lives and fled to Koya Town at the foot of Koyasan.

In the past, Koya Town, which had always been exceptionally quiet, has now become extremely crowded and noisy because it is crowded with escaped monks.

Mount Koya is a sacred place for Buddhism.

This holy land is now being devastated and ravaged by fire... How can this not make the monks of Koyasan feel overwhelmed with grief?

Some monks wailed loudly.

Some monks fell to the ground and wept bitterly.

Some monks silently recite Buddhist scriptures and pray for the disaster-stricken Koyasan.

There are also some monks... with angry faces.

"It is said that Ogata Yidaosai set off the mountain fire, is this true?!"

"It seems to be the case! Before the fire suddenly ignited, many people witnessed it——Ogata Yidaosai suddenly appeared, attacked the Xianyuan Temple, and killed many people!"

"We have never provoked Ogata Yidaosai, why did Ogata Yidaosai do such a cruel thing! Kill my monks and burn my mountain gate!"

...

More and more people joined the ranks of roaring and cursing Ogata.

When Ogata attacked Xianyuan Temple, many people witnessed this "cruel" scene.

Although Xianyuan Temple has long been infiltrated by Toyotomi like a sieve, there are still many normal monks in the temple.

These normal monks in Xianyuan Temple basically witnessed the scene where Ogata attacked their Xianyuan Temple.

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The testimonies of these survivors of Xianyuan Temple strongly proved that "Ogata attacked Xianyuan Temple" was indeed the case.

As soon as Ogata attacked Xianyuan Temple, there was a fire in Koya Mountain-it was very difficult to prevent the monks from suspecting that the fire was caused by Ogata.

Although some people made calm voices, such as: "It's too arbitrary to doubt Ogata Yidaosai so much", "I saw a lot of brothers who were killed by Ogata Yidaosai in Xianyuan Temple holding strange weapons, I think we have to look into this matter."...

Someone made a calm voice—but the number was too small.

Just like a small drop of water falling into the sea, those calm voices were all covered by the angry roars and mournful wailings of others.

But at this moment—an exclamation in a trembling voice suddenly exploded:

"Ah! Has anyone seen Master Qingyan?"

This exclamation seemed to have some kind of magical power, which made all the surrounding sounds quiet down a little bit.

"Master Qingyan?"

"That's right! Has anyone seen Master Qingyan?"

"Master! Master Qingyan! Where are you?!"

More and more people are joining in the search for "Master Qingyan".

Another exclamation exploded:

"I remembered! Before the mountain fire ignited, Master Qingyan seemed to go to Xianyuan Temple to find Master Xianyuan to study Buddhism!"

This person's words made the surrounding air... seem to freeze.

"What?! Master Qingyan went to Xianyuan Temple before the fire started?!"

"That's not bad!"

"Master Qingyan must have happened to meet Ogata Yidao Zhai who attacked Xianyuan Temple..."

"Shh! Don't talk nonsense!"

Everyone shouted.

The monks who were worried about Master Qingyan's safety spontaneously searched for Master Qingyan everywhere in Koya Town, which made the already chaotic Koya Town even more chaotic.

Finally—the shout of a certain monk made the hearts of the monks who were worried about Master Qingyan's safety settle down.

"Ah! I found Master Qingyan! Master Qingyan! I finally found you!"

Those who heard the shouting all followed the sound and squeezed their bodies over - the old monk with a goatee, with a straight face, ignored the concerned greetings of the people around him, while striding forward surrounded by everyone As he spoke, he asked loudly to the surroundings:

"Where's Tianhai? Has anyone seen where Tianhai is?!"

Just when Ogata and the others rode in the carriage and went to pursue Toyotomi and the others who were about to leave by boat, Qingyan, who was rejected by Ogata and the others, quietly left Hasegawa and the others on his back, and ran alone Back here in Koya Town.

He knew that after the fire broke out on Koyasan, the monks on the mountain would definitely gather at the foot of the mountain, which was relatively safe in Koya Town.

The reason why he ran to Koya Town alone was not for other reasons—just to find Tianhai, a monk he knew well, and to borrow something from him.

"Master! The Tianhai is here! The Tianhai is here!" A thin monk squeezed away the crowd and rushed to Master Qingyan.

After glancing at the thin monk in front of him, Qing Yan said quickly:

"Tianhai, I remember you had a donkey, right? Where is your donkey now?"

"Ah, my donkey happens to be at my hand right now. When the wildfire appeared, I used my donkey to transport a batch of important classics..."

"Take me to see your donkey!" Before Tianhai finished speaking, Qingyan interrupted quickly.

"what?"

"Don't be dazed, take me to have a look."

"Oh... okay..." Tianhai recovered from his stupefaction, although he didn't understand why Qingyan wanted to see his donkey for no reason, but out of respect for Qingyan, he didn't want to say "no" and hurriedly He led Qingyan to his donkey which was tied to a nearby tree.

"Master, why do you suddenly want to see my donkey..."

"Tianhai, can you lend me your donkey?"

"Huh?" Tianhai was stunned again, "This... Venerable Master, if you want to borrow my donkey, I will naturally not refuse, but you..."

"Thank you. I'll replace you later." Qing Yandi interrupted Tianhai's words several times, turned over on the donkey with a slightly clumsy movement, and then raised his hand to slap the donkey's butt.

Whoops...!

This rather skinny little donkey raised its two front hooves, and after a few sounds of the horn, it rushed forward with Qingyan on it.

The monks, including Tian Hai, who had been surrounding Qingyan who had just returned, stared blankly at Qingyan who suddenly left on a little donkey...

The voices of people around fell silent for a moment, leaving only the sound of donkey hooves stamping on the ground...

Until a moment later—

"Master! Where are you going?!"

"Master! Master!"

"Master—!"

...

Qingyan didn't care about the exclamations behind him one after another.

With a solemn face, he drove the little donkey under him, heading straight for a certain coast.

(Then let me ask you - how do you explain that these 'monks' who I put down hold so many weapons that are not what monks would have?)

Just now on Mount Koya, every word Ogata said to him flashed through his mind.

Every time he recalled what Ogata had said to him, a trace of pain and annoyance appeared between Qingyan's brows.

From an emotional point of view, Qingyan naturally does not want to believe that there will be any villains lurking on the sacred Koya Mountain.

But after acting together with Ogata, what he saw and heard on the mountain behind Koya... told him cruelly: what Ogata said to him... seemed to be true.

No matter what, he wanted to witness with his own eyes—whether there were really thieves who were planning to leave this place on a battleship.

If there is such a thing... then it can be proved that he wrongly blamed Ogata, and there are indeed vicious villains lurking in the Holy Land!

He had previously asked Ogata to take him with him, and took him to pursue Toyotomi, but he was ruthlessly refused—it doesn't matter, if you refuse, just refuse!

Anyway, Qingyan knew where the two warships were docked. Even without the help of Ogata and the others, he could get there by himself!

After he and Ogata met Genichi and Xuanzheng on Mount Koya, Xuanzheng had blurted out: the dock where the warships are parked is adjacent to Misaki Village in Kii.

Mount Koya is located in Kii, and Qingyan has been to many places in Kii, including Misaki Village.

Qingyan remembers it very clearly - he has been to Mijia Village several times before to teach Buddhism, and he still remembers where Mijia Village is!

At this moment, Qingyan, who was riding a little donkey, was heading towards Jiao Village at full speed.

Not long after he set off, the downpour poured down.

He ignored the heavy rain and continued on his way.

Qingyan, who was in a hurry to witness the truth with his eyes, wished that the little donkey under his crotch could run at the speed of a sweaty BMW.

But a donkey is just a donkey.

No matter how hard you drive, you can't run at the speed of a horse.

The little donkey that Qingyan was riding was not strong at all.

Carrying such a big living person like Qingyan, running against such a heavy rain... Anyone with a little common sense knows that this little donkey will definitely not last long.

Sure enough—after the heavy rain fell, the speed of the little donkey began to slow down.

No matter how much Qingyan slapped the donkey's butt, the speed of the little donkey still dropped visibly with the naked eye.

Finally—the little donkey stopped completely and stopped moving.

"Hey! Hey!"

Qingyan shouted loudly.

"I see that you usually eat a lot! Why can't you run so fast?"

No matter how angrily Qingyan urged the little donkey under his crotch to move, the little donkey remained unmoved, drooping its head, panting heavily, a little foam overflowed from the corner of its mouth, and its four hooves trembled.

After all, this donkey is not his own, and Qingyan saw that the donkey could not run anymore, so he could only sigh angrily, and then climbed off the donkey's back.

—Tsk...it's troublesome...it's still far away from Misaki Village...this donkey is too useless...

Qing Yan clenched his two fists anxiously.

At this very moment, he happened to be in a very awkward place - on a mountain trail with no village in front and no shop in the back.

I want to borrow some horses or donkeys for use, but I don't know where to borrow them.

When Qingyan was anxiously thinking about what to do now——

recovery recovery recovery...

Rumble rumble...

At the western intersection, there was a sudden sound of cars and horses.

Qing Yan hurriedly turned his head to look - it turned out that a large group of people was driving towards his direction quickly.

That's a really big queue.

The queue was centered on a somewhat luxurious carriage, surrounded by more than 30 fully armed cavalry escorting all around.

To be guarded by such a large number of cavalry - there is no doubt that the people sitting in the carriage must be officials of high rank.

The speed of this team is extremely fast.

In just a moment, they approached Qingyan from the depths of the distant rain curtain.

Immediately afterwards—the scene that made Qingyan can't help showing surprise appeared.

After approaching Qingyan, the convoy slowed down slowly, and finally stopped in front of Qingyan.

Immediately afterwards, Qingyan saw a middle-aged man who looked a little familiar, sticking his head out from the carriage surrounded by the crowd.

"Master Qingyan? Why are you here?"

"Master Songping...?" Qing Yan's mouth became "O" shape because of the shock.

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Which Songping is this Songping? Well...you know who it is with your ass...

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