Along with the sound of the fragrant fish soup boiling in the iron pot, the atmosphere was unusually quiet.
Shin Arashi and Urokodaki Sakonji were silent for a long time, and then Shin Arashi took the lead and said, "Senior Urokodaki, please dig in!"
Upon hearing this, Urokodaki Sakonji took off his Tengu mask, and Urokodaki Sakonji's face was exposed in front of Shin Arashi.
When Shin Arashi saw the old man's appearance, he was not surprised or shocked. However, judging from the old man's age, he should be over 60 years old. Although he was over 60 years old, he still maintained an extremely strong spirit.
After taking off the Tengu mask, Urokodaki Sakonji did not start immediately. Instead, he asked Shin Arashi, "Before you start, I want to know who taught you how to breathe water?"
Hearing this, Shin Arashi did not expect the old man to ask this. Slightly surprised, Shin Arashi replied, "I saw Tomioka Giyu use it, so I tried to imitate it. I didn't expect the effect to be quite good!"
Of course, this is all Shin Arashi's exaggeration. As for why he said this, of course, he wanted to improve his own status appropriately.
This time, Urokodaki Sakonji did not show any surprise, but his expression became more serious.
The reason why he was not surprised was because Urokodaki Sakonji thought that Shin Arashi was bragging. He himself was a practitioner of water breathing, and he knew that learning the breathing method was not something that could be achieved simply by imitating. One must explore and familiarize oneself with the breathing method little by little with the unity of mind and spirit, master the origin and characteristics of the breathing method itself, and finally make this breathing method an instinct of the body through continuous repetition of practice.
"Learning the Water Breathing Technique that belongs to the five major schools is not as easy as you say. You can't reach your level just by imitating. It took Giyu two years to reach your current level." Urokodaki Sakonji continued lightly.
Shin Arashi did not refute anything, but continued: "Senior Urokodaki, you have to believe that there are geniuses in this world, and I am one of them."
Without any extra explanation, Shin Arashi attributed the reason why he could breathe water to his genius.
After all, Shin Arashi had nothing to say about the system, and there was no need to explain the existence of the system to Urokodaki Sakonji.
Upon hearing this, Urokodaki Sakonji suddenly laughed, and his laughter seemed to be saying that Shin Arashi was a little arrogant.
Soon, Urokodaki Sakonji's laughter suddenly stopped, and his expression became a little sad.
"I also had a very outstanding disciple before. He was even better than Giyu, but he lost his life because of his arrogance. It's not so much arrogance as excessive concern for others, which ended up hurting himself. In order to save all the people who participated in the selection, he eventually ran out of energy and fell on the mountain. In the end, he was naturally eaten by a demon."
Urokodaki Sakonji slowly told Shin Arashi about this, but Shin Arashi didn't understand the old man's specific intention in telling him this. Was he just telling him not to be arrogant? Or was he saying that if he didn't commit suicide, he wouldn't die?
"I'm telling you this because I want to tell you that since you think you're a genius, you should never let me see this kind of tragedy happen again."
"To overdo things beyond your ability is actually a manifestation of arrogance."
After listening to Urokodaki Sakonji's story, Shin Arashi finally understood. It turned out that it was because of him that he reminded him of his deceased disciple, which was why he said so many heavy words.
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