Chapter 16 close door training 2

Inside his room, Woon Seong slowly closed its eyes .

He started to circulate his internal qi, and focus it around his eyes . By doing this, he would be able to see just fine .

But, he knew he would not be able to do that all day long .

If he did, he would be exhausted without any chance to properly train his body .

'I'm getting used to the darkness . '

It was in the dark with nothing in sight anyway, but the senses of Woon Seong picked up on a bowl of rice grains in the corner and a bamboo shoot for water .

The senses of Woon Seong stretched out and expanded within the darkness, as he got a grasp of his surroundings .

He could hear the wind blowing in and out of a tiny crack between the rocks .

He then slowly opened his eyes .

The extended sensations and comprehension of his surroundings passed to his brain, as he started to memorize the dimensions of his room, to minimize his effort needed to circulate his internal qi in his eyes .

On top of that, he wasn't sure, but he was starting to make out his surroundings naturally with his eyes .

Intimidation Qi () .

It wasn't clear, but his intimidation qi, helped him gather the grasp on his surroundings easier .

(T/N : Another difference from the webtoon, as the translators in the webtoon thought he was using his heavenward soul, earthbound technique to sense his surroundings, but the hanja here says otherwise . )

Woon Seong opened his eyes and looked at the water flowing through the bamboo chute .

Next to it was a small wooden handle, which was the size of an arm .

It is a structure that could not be opened from inside the room, the wooden handle for one to crank the machinery behind the wall, to gather water to drink .

'How interesting, they used machinery to draw the water in . '

There was a wooden gate on the other side of the cave that Woon Seong suddenly picked up with his senses .

It was locked from the outside, and he was unsure of what it's purpose was for . But, like all things in the Cave of Latent Demons, they would be revealed at a later date .

'I shouldn't try to mess around with that . '

Woon Seong took a sip of water and put it in his mouth .

He had to spend four years here . Woon Seong clenched his fist tightly and grabbed the spear .

'I can do it . '

Woon Seong immediately began his training .

The training regimen for Woon Seong was simple . At night, he spent less time sleeping and cultivated his Heavenward Soul Earthen Body technique, and at dawn, he focused on improving his internal qi reserves with the Tempered True Blossom cultivation technique .

During the day, he used the time to learn the martial arts that he had deemed useful from his past life and then afterwards at noon, practiced the Six Seals of Destruction and Divine Spear of the Ending Night .

It was a great boon for him to be able to reduce his sleep while being able to practice and rest at the same time with the Heavenward Soul Earthen Body technique .

Day by day, progress started to accumulate…

And four years passed .

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Sisst-

The dark space was filled with an even darker and compressed energy .

The dark energy was fluctuating as if it were smooth as water, winding around the entire room like a snake .

Gsh- Gsh- Gsh-

In the meantime, Woon-Seong was breathing slowly . Breathing in and out very slowly... .

The dark energy contracted and expanded in accordance to match the breath of Woon Seong .

The intimidation qi, had been assimilated thoroughly into Woon Seong's very body and breathing habits . His proficiency with the technique was incomparable to before .

How long had it been?

For the first time, the breathing of the seated Woon Seong, which was breathing and exhaling in a rhythmic flow regularly, changed .

Sigh, Sigh-

Breathing in slowly, very slowly and with depth .

He was changing the breathing technique to the pattern required for a different martial art .

His breath went deep into his lungs . And the internal qi responded to him .

The wide-spread internal qi gathered around Woon Seong .

The gathering qi gathered atop the head of Woon Seong and started to knead itself into a sphere .

A small sphere rose above Woon Seong's head .

And finally!

When Woon Seong stopped breathing, the qi scattered with a sizzling sound .

Soon after that, Woon Seong opened his eyes .

Paat-

At the moment, a bright gold light flashed in the eyes of Woon Seong . His eyes had turned fierce . The figure was like the eyes of a cold hearted assassin in front of his target .

However, after a while, the eyes of Woon Seong soon returned to their original form, and the gold sheen in his irises, dissipated .

Woon Seong slowly rose from his seat, circulating the deep reserves of internal qi that had expanded leaps and bounds, within his dantian .

"Is it today?"

As the cultivation of the Heavenward Soul Earthen Body had grown, Woon Seong had been able to naturally expand his senses without the use of internal qi .

It felt strange as he looked back on the time he had spent in this room the past 4 years .

Yet everything was so clear when he closed his eyes .

Through his senses, he saw the numerous markings he had made, scratching the wall the number of days that had passed .

As if it were corresponding to Woon Seong's finalizing thoughts, the mysterious wooden gate that had not moved since he had entered the cave, moved subtly .

'Is this the end of the life and death trials, or will there be more?'

Perhaps there was more since it hadn't quite been a full 10 years .

Woon Seong gripped the spear in his hand tightly .

The four iron bracers and iron spear in his hands, could be felt throughout his body with much ease .

Despite the weight becoming more than adding another body in terms of weight onto his body, Woon Seong's movements were completely smooth .

The senses of Woon Seong that had expanded past the darkness of the cave and towards the wooden gate .

'It's not bad . I guess it's time to go'