Chapter 492: Fellow Disciple

Lu Wushuang frowned.

Back in Hirado City, Matsuura Takanobu had said that Japanese swordsmanship was divided into two types: one was the Honored God Sword Art mastered by Shintoism, which practiced contemplation methods; the other was the Original Intent Sword Art, which was self-realized or self-created and practiced breathing methods.

Li Miao had killed a Japanese swordsman who practiced the Original Intent Sword Art in the Great Shu, who seemed to be a 【Sword Saint】, and it was indeed completely different from Central Plains martial arts. Later, as more information about the Honored God Sword Art was dug up, nothing more related to the Original Intent Sword Art was found, so this thing that stood against the Honored God Sword Art was put aside.

But this "True Original Intent Sword Dao" that Miyoshi Ryota spoke of had a massive amount of information.

Li Miao had already confirmed that Miyoshi Ryota was not practicing Japanese swordsmanship, because he had *Zhenqi* in his body and had practiced internal arts, and it was a Central Plains technique of the same origin as Shaolin internal arts.

As a result, when Lu Wushuang channeled *Zhenqi* into him, Miyoshi Ryota not only didn't feel strange, but instead firmly believed that she "also" practiced the "True Original Intent Sword Dao."

In other words, in Miyoshi Ryota's eyes, as long as one practiced internal arts and had *Zhenqi* in their body, they were practicing this "True Original Intent Sword Dao."

This was interesting.

Lu Wushuang's eyes rolled, and she smiled slightly.

"You finally recognized it."

She prepared to bluff Miyoshi Ryota.

Miyoshi Ryota couldn't tell the difference, and for a moment he was overjoyed, as if a stray child had finally found his family; he stood up abruptly and shouted.

"Great! Master, did you see that!"

"I found it! I found it!"

He even forgot that he was in a crisis, and said to Lu Wushuang with excitement and urgency.

"Which school are you from?"

"Nen-ryu, Kage-ryu, or Kurama-ryu?"

He suddenly pulled a short sword from his bosom and drew the long sword from his waist, crossing them in front of him.

"I am Miyoshi Ryota, Niten Ichi-ryu!"

Lu Wushuang smiled and humored him, secretly analyzing in her heart.

"So, among the Japanese sword arts, there is a True Original Intent Sword Dao that practices Central Plains internal *Zhenqi*. From this kid's words, it seems only four schools can be counted in it, and they should be extremely closely related to each other; they might even be from the same lineage."

"Nen-ryu, Kage-ryu, Kurama-ryu."

"Nana-ko hasn't mentioned any of them. It seems these four so-called True Original Intent Sword Dao schools are quite declining, or even not circulating on the surface at all... is someone deliberately suppressing them, or is there another reason?"

"Since this kid's *Zhenqi* is of the same origin as Shaolin, does it mean these four sword schools are related to Venerable Bodhidharma or Master Jianzhen?"

Miyoshi Ryota was excited for a while, then his gaze drifted to a charred corpse, and he suddenly remembered that the crisis hadn't been resolved, so he said urgently.

"Now is not the time to talk about this... you follow me first!"

He turned around and led Li Miao's group forward.

Lu Wushuang walked slowly for a few steps, retreated to Li Miao's side, told Li Miao everything Miyoshi Ryota had said and her deductions, and then said in a low voice.

"My Lord, what do you think the situation is?"

Li Miao said with a smile.

"It's not that unexpected."

"After the battle with Venerable Bodhidharma, I have already confirmed that Japanese sword arts, whether Original Intent or Honored God, are essentially products developed from the final path of nature arts."

"Therefore, there is no such thing as martial arts in Japan that are completely different from the Central Plains. Since the Honored God Sword Art is Shintoism, which is the lineage passed down by the culprit who killed Venerable Bodhidharma, then the Original Intent Sword Art behind it shouldn't be without the shadow of Venerable Bodhidharma."

"It can be considered as getting it without any effort; my luck has always been good."

As the two were talking, Miyoshi Ryota in front finally opened his mouth. Since he knew Li Miao's group was "fellow disciples," some things he hadn't wanted to say before due to concerns could now be spoken.

"The situation in this Katsuragawa Buddha City is actually, to put it bluntly, caused by the conflict between Shintoism and Buddhism."