The Undefeatable Swordsman

So this is a concept that is explored in other stories, and one that is taken directly from buddhist/toaist teachings. The idea is that each person follows a path in life that leads them towards “enlightenment”, and the essence of this path (sometimes refered to as a dharma or a doa) can be instilled in others through speech, writing, yoga meditation and other ways and in this case the painting showed our MC the path of the sword, so he experiences the path of the sword in everything he does. It is believed and commonly referenced by pop culture that practices outside of swordsmanship, like painting calligraphy land scaping flower arranging etc. can improve ones use of the sword and this story takes that to the extreme. Most stories only reference this concept lightly, in maybe 1 or 2 chapters, this story appears to be completely focused on it, and Its very interesting. some people may think its slow on the uptake or get confused in the beginning which is why im typing all this out, but i would recommend this its very interesting.