I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

The calmness made Ogata feel a little weird.

"Maybe it's because Ishikawa Bingma is trying his best to restrain the disciples in their hall." Regarding the question of why it has been so peaceful for more than a month, Hanbei found for himself and Ogata what he thought was the most reasonable explanation.

"Although Ishikawa Bingma doesn't like our Sakakibara Sword Gym, he is a person who can tell the difference."

"He is a person who pays more attention to real life than illusory things such as honor and dignity."

Banbei, who has been dealing with Ishikawa Bingma for a long time, talked eloquently.

"There were too many turmoil a while ago, and Ishikawa Bingma certainly didn't want to cause even bigger and more turmoil, so that his sword hall would be involved in more trouble."

"In order to avoid more troubles, for more than a month, Ishikawa soldiers and horses should restrain the disciples in their hall, so that the disciples in their hall should not come to you for revenge."

"Hmm." Ogata nodded, "This should be the only possibility."

"Anyway, it's a good thing that the weather has been calm for more than a month." Hanbei smiled, "Ogata, you actually came today just in time."

"Just right?" Ogata asked puzzled.

"Early after you won the God Sacrifice Competition, I wanted to give you something. It's just because you have to recuperate, so I temporarily stored this thing."

"Now that your injury is almost healed and you can move around freely, I think it's time to give you that too."

After all, Hanbei turned his head and shouted at the people in the dojo who were practicing swords:

"stop!"

As soon as Banbingwei's shout fell, all the disciples who were practicing swords in the dojo stopped their practice, turned their heads, and cast doubtful gazes at Banbingwei.

"gather!"

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Everyone in the sword gym, including Ogata, knelt and sat obediently in the dojo, waiting for the return of Hanbei.

After asking all the disciples to stop their practice and assemble, Hanbei left temporarily.

According to what he said—he was going to get the things he was going to give to Ogata, and he would come back as soon as he went.

And Hanbei did not deceive them.

Soon, Hanbei returned to the dojo with a scroll in his hand.

After sitting down in front of the disciples, Banbei shouted in a tone of voice:

"Ogata!"

"exist!"

"Go forward!"

"Yes!"

Ogata stood up from the ground, walked quickly to the front of the disciples, and then sat down again.

"Ogata, this is for you."

After finishing speaking, Hanbei handed the scroll in his hand to Ogata.

"This is...?" Ogata asked suspiciously.

Hanbei smiled slightly: "After you take it and look at it, you will know what it is."

"Yes……"

Ogata got up again with doubts, walked slowly to Hanbei, and then knelt down on the ground again.

He stretched out his hands and respectfully took the scroll from Hanbei's hand.

"Master, can you open it now and take a look?"

"sure."

"Then... disciple, I'd rather be respectful than obedient."

After neatly untying the string that bound the scroll, Ogata pulled the scroll apart in one breath.

There are many flamboyant characters written on the scroll.

Ogata saw the words "Sakakibara Ichidou".

Then I saw the name of the master, and then I saw his name.

After pulling the scroll to the end, the four Chinese characters written at the end of the scroll made Ogata's eyes suddenly widen.

These 4 Chinese characters are just that——excuse me.

"Master! This is...?!"

"Exactly.

"Hanbei nodded, "This is the certificate that is exempt from passing on everyone. "

As soon as Banbei's words fell, gasps and exclamations immediately resounded in the arena.

The rest of the disciples kneeling behind Ogata looked at Ogata with mixed emotions.

"Master..." Ogata's face was full of astonishment, "How can I get the certificate of exempting everyone?"

Ogata's words are not modest.

He said it from the bottom of his heart.

Ogata thinks——he hasn't mastered the four major sword skills of Sakakibara Ichidou-style at all, so how can he be qualified to obtain the certificate exempt from universal transmission?

"Ogata, please accept the certificate exempt from universal distribution with peace of mind."

"Our Sakakibara Issou-ryu evaluates whether its disciples have met the standard for obtaining a certificate exempted from general transmission, which is different from other schools."

"Most of the schools require disciples to master the sword skills of the school and practice them to perfection."

"But we, Sakakibara, are different."

"Although our Sakakibara Ichidou-ryu also pay attention to the mastery of sword skills, we pay more attention to another thing."

"Different genres have different standards for the granting of a certificate of exemption from universal transmission."

"Our Sakakibara Ichikatsu style has only 2 conditions for granting it."

"As long as these two conditions can be met, we will be able to obtain the certificate of our Sakakibara Issou-style exempt from universal transmission."

"Article 1: Whether you can master a certain sword skill."

"The second, and the most important one at the same time: whether you have realized the most important criterion in a life-and-death duel."

"I don't ask you to practice every sword technique of Sakakibara Ichidou to perfection."

Hanbei's words were not only told to Ogata, but to all the disciples in the venue.

"My elder brother—that is, your uncle, realized a truth in actual combat when he traveled around the world and competed with the masters."

"That's—'Everything is mastered, everything is equal to everything'."

"Your master uncle has encountered many masters, but they only practiced a certain move to perfection."

"Even if they don't know other sword skills, it doesn't prevent them from becoming fearsome masters with this one move they only know."

"It's the same with your uncle."

"Although your uncle created the school of Sakakibara Ichidou style, he didn't master every move of Sakakibara Ichidou style."

"In terms of the power of 'climbing the tower', your master uncle can only be regarded as ordinary."

"But your uncle has practiced 'Shui Luo' to the peak."

"The power of the 'Waterfall' used by your uncle even scared the Satsuma people who practice the 'Showing Flow'."

"Your uncle relied on this trick of 'Shui Luo' to cut countless masters in half with a knife."

"It is precisely because your uncle knows well that 'it is not necessary to practice every sword skill to be proficient', so before your uncle died of illness, you specially took my hand and told me: as long as you can Even if a certain sword skill in the Sakakibara Ichidou style is proficient, even if the person's other sword skills are average, he can still have the qualifications to obtain a certificate exempt from universal transmission."

"As early as when the competition in the gymnasium was held, I noticed that the level of your 'bird thorn', Ogata, has reached an extremely high level."

"In terms of power, the power of the 'Bird Thorn' you have used so far, Ogata, should still be stronger than mine."

"So as early as when the competition was held in the museum, Ogata, you have already met the first condition of whether you can get the certificate of exemption from the transfer of our genre."

"As for the competition of offering sacrifices to gods, Ogata, your words made me understand—you have already understood the most important principle in a life-and-death duel."

"One... word?" Ogata hesitated.

"It's the phrase 'as long as you can win, whatever you do is right'."