The Evil Martial God Chronicles - Chapter 18

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Legend of the Evil Martial God

Chapter 18

 

 

 

Time passed, and the year when Jeok Wiun turned ten arrived.

Jeok Wiun, who had lived busy days receiving successor lessons since childhood.

Perhaps because of that, he was always full of complaints.

Yet no one scolded Jeok Wiun.

They knew he was suffering through difficult successor lessons at such a young age.

Jeok Wigang also felt sorry for his younger brother who was suffering in his place, so he hadn’t interfered until now.

In fact, the reason Jeok Wiun was so full of complaints wasn’t just because the successor lessons were difficult, but his bigger complaint was because of his older brother, Jeok Wigang.

This accumulated resentment came from a story he happened to overhear.

It was that normally the successor should be the eldest son, the firstborn, not the second son.

But his older brother didn’t have a dantian, so he, the second son, became the successor instead.

While he lived such a difficult life, his older brother was living leisurely, enjoying everything he wanted to enjoy.

Every time he saw that, rage would boil up inside him.

He should be the one playing around like that.

Others said they envied Jeok Wiun.

But Jeok Wiun had never once liked becoming Jin Mu Sect’s successor.

Because he didn’t want it.

Still, the reason he didn’t say anything to his older brother was out of pity.

To have a body that couldn’t learn martial arts in a Murim noble family.

In fact, there was nothing more cruel than that.

While pitying him, he also looked down on his older brother.

Even when his younger brother did wrong, his older brother would just laugh it off.

Whether his older brother was pretending to be magnanimous or not, he couldn’t fool my eyes.

He was deliberately pretending to be magnanimous to hide his fear.

Every time that happened, I looked down on my older brother.

Then he would smile again as if I were cute.

He was probably doing that because his pride was hurt.

One day, Mother witnessed me looking down on my older brother.

 

“Wiun! What kind of behavior is that toward your older brother!”

“What’s wrong with it? Since I’m stronger than my older brother, isn’t this acceptable? You said that for martial artists, strength is everything.”

“He’s not just a martial artist, he’s your older brother! Apologize to your older brother right now!”

“I won’t! Mother, don’t tell me what to do either!”

 

Bang-.

 

I was having a hard time too, but I got angry when she took my older brother’s side.

So I ended up doing something I shouldn’t have done to Mother.

Should I go back in and apologize?

While I was pacing outside, I heard my older brother’s voice from inside.

 

“Mother. I’ll go and calm Wiun down properly.”

“*Sob* Wigang. I don’t know why Wiun is acting like this. Did I perhaps educate him wrong?”

“No, Mother. Wiun is probably just having a hard time lately.”

“That must be it, right?”

“Yes. I’ll calm him down properly. Don’t worry.”

“Alright. Since you’re his older brother, please calm Wiun down well.”

“Yes, Mother.”

 

My older brother’s voice comforting our sad mother.

It annoyed me.

 

Creak-.

 

My eyes met with my older brother’s as he opened the door and came out.

 

Shiver-.

 

What’s this?

The moment I saw my older brother’s eyes, my whole body stiffened and I got goosebumps.

My older brother’s scary face that I was seeing for the first time.

Did I know my older brother could make such a frightening expression?

More than that, the fact that I felt tense toward my older brother who couldn’t even learn martial arts was more embarrassing.

As embarrassment washed over me, anger rose up.

My older brother told me in a quiet voice to follow him out.

I snorted and followed him out.

I was curious how he would handle this.

A guy who doesn’t even know martial arts.

Does he even know how to throw punches?

Such thoughts.

What should I do if he hits me?

Should I fight back?

Still, since he’s my older brother, I’ll let him hit me.

How much could those punches hurt anyway?

To me, who had learned the Iron Cloth Technique, it would only be like getting bitten by a mosquito.

No, it would be about as impactful as a mayfly bumping into my body.

Where else in the world could you find such a kind younger brother like me?

Thinking that way, I got hit by his punch,

But the memory of that day was erased.

 

 

 

When I opened my eyes, I was on the bed.

What on earth had happened?

As I thought that and tried to get up, my face hurt terribly.

In tremendous pain, I looked in the mirror and saw one side of my face had turned black and blue and was swollen up.

What’s this?

Why is my face like this?

I definitely saw my older brother throwing a punch?

Who on earth did this?

Then one person came to mind.

It was Taecheon.

An existence like my older brother’s shadow.

Because of his loyalty, he was someone I had always coveted.

In fact, I had asked Father for him several times.

To give him Taecheon.

But Father said he absolutely could not do that.

Still, he didn’t give up.

When he became Gate Master, he would give orders to Taecheon.

To assist me.

Until then, he decided to yield to Older Brother.

He looked at his face again.

Older Brother’s fists could never create a face like this.

It was definitely Taecheon.

He thought Taecheon had hit him.

Still, he didn’t hate Taecheon.

Older Brother must have ordered it.

To hit him.

Taecheon was just following orders.

How cowardly.

To use his own bodyguard in a fight between brothers.

As the next successor, such cowardly behavior was unacceptable.

He needed to correct Older Brother’s cowardice before he caused bigger problems later.

He tried to get up and go to Older Brother, but it hurt too much as a human being.

Just how did he hit me to make it hurt this much?

Even with Iron Cloth Technique deployed, this kind of pain.

It was indeed Taecheon.

He wanted him even more.

On the other hand, anger surged toward Older Brother.

To make a supreme martial artist like Taecheon do such cowardly acts.

Poor Taecheon.

He wanted to quickly rescue him from Older Brother’s clutches, but it wasn’t time yet.

He thought that later, when he became Gate Master and took him away from Older Brother, Taecheon would be completely loyal.

The pain continued for a week, and he could barely recover from his injuries.

He went to find Older Brother again.

Older Brother saw him and asked.

 

“Did you apologize to Mother?”

“What are you talking about after cowardly having Taecheon hit me?”

“I’ll ask again. Did you apologize to Mother?”

“I didn’t!”

“You haven’t been beaten enough yet.”

“What?”

“Come here. Let’s have you beaten more.”

“Hmph! I was caught off guard before, but today there’s no way! Where is Taecheon?”

“Why are you looking for Taecheon?”

“You had Taecheon hit me last time.”

 

At my words, Older Brother pointed to himself with a bewildered expression and asked back.

 

“I did?”

“Yes! Did you think I wouldn’t know? Tell me the truth right now!”

 

Older Brother continued speaking as if it was absurd, but I won’t be fooled. This exposed Older Brother’s lies.

 

 

“That’s not right. When giving loving discipline to my younger brother, why would I have Taecheon do it? Even if my younger brother doesn’t listen, he’s still my younger brother. I can’t stand to see him hit by someone else’s hands.”

“Even if you package it nicely now, I won’t believe it!”

“Whether you believe it or not, the fact that you’re getting beaten by me doesn’t change. Come here.”

“You come here!”

“Fine. I’ll come.”

 

He concentrated.

To figure out where Taecheon would emerge from.

 

“Huh?”

 

He couldn’t sense Taecheon’s presence anywhere.

At that moment, he saw Older Brother.

No, he saw Older Brother’s fist.

He saw it, then it disappeared.

And when he opened his eyes again, he was in his room and his face was swollen again.

Could it be?

Did Older Brother really hit me?

Older Brother who doesn’t know martial arts?

My face ended up like this from a punch by someone who doesn’t know martial arts?

Should I believe this?

He was confused.

Was he hiding his martial arts?

But why?

No, more than that, I saw the fist but why couldn’t I dodge it?

It didn’t make sense.

The pain came up.

It seemed to hurt more than before.

While he was in pain, Older Brother came to visit.

Still with a scary face, he asked.

 

“If you’re awake, go apologize to Mother and come back.”

 

He couldn’t stand it anymore.

This wasn’t just messing with someone.

 

“I was just caught off guard! Let’s do this properly!”

 

Drawing up his internal energy, he rushed at Older Brother.

Using Black Tortoise Crushing Body Step to confuse his opponent, then seizing the rear position and launching Qi-Crushing Heaven Palm at Older Brother’s back.

Of course, he held back his strength.

He couldn’t kill Older Brother.

He just hoped he would feel the pain he had experienced.

 

Thwack-.

 

Still, perhaps because emotion was involved, more force went into it than he thought.

But he wouldn’t die.

Though he’d need about a month of recovery.

But there was my older brother, standing perfectly fine.

My older brother grinned wickedly.

 

“I was being too thoughtless. Since I keep knocking you out, you seem to forget. Sorry about that. I’ll control my strength a bit from now on.”

 

Control his strength?

What strength control?

With those words, my older brother’s fist came flying.

Huh?

What’s this?

Why do I see multiple fists?

Did my older brother learn some martial art like the Lightning Phantom Fist?

Or am I seeing things?

 

Thud-thud-thud-thump-.

 

Since I could feel the pain clearly, it wasn’t an illusion.

They were all real fists.

What on earth is this?

In the midst of the relentless waves of pain, I saw it.

The sight of my older brother hitting me at a speed invisible to the eye.

I tried to resist, but it was useless.

No matter how much I drew up my internal energy or tried to block with the strongest martial arts I could deploy, it was pointless.

The fists that ignored everything and came through showed no mercy.

The moment I thought I would die if I got hit any more.

What my older brother had said came to mind.

His words asking if I had apologized to Mother.

Jeok Wiun squeezed out a voice that wouldn’t even come out and shouted.

 

“St, stop! I, I’ll apologize to Mother!”

 

But the beating continued without any response.

Jeok Wiun thought he might really die at this rate.

He shouted with all his heart.

 

“I, I was wrong! Older Brother!”

 

Only then did the beating stop.

 

Thud-.

 

Jeok Wiun sat down on the floor with a dazed expression.

 

“Ugh!”

 

There wasn’t a single part of his body that didn’t hurt.

Though my older brother’s movements had stopped, I still felt pain as if I was still being hit.

 

“I’ll check later. Whether you really apologized.”

“I, I understand…”

 

I barely managed to answer while enduring the pain.

 

“Try talking back to Mother just one more time. It won’t end this quickly next time.”

 

Jeok Wiun nodded his head with difficulty.

To Jeok Wiun who was nodding with difficulty, Jeok Wigang said.

 

“By the way, the successor of Jin Mu Sect is too weak. How will you lead Jin Mu Sect later like this?”

 

Jeok Wiun wasn’t weak.

Honestly, he was on the strong side compared to his peers.

He wanted to argue back, but since it was his older brother who was stronger than him speaking, he stayed quiet.

It would be unfair if he got hit for saying something unnecessary.

 

“Starting tomorrow, you’ll train with me.”

“Huh?”

“Why? Don’t want to?”

 

It seemed like saying no wouldn’t be allowed.

 

“No… I’ll try harder.”

“No. This way won’t work. This older brother will set up a training schedule for you, so stop complaining and come with me to the secret training location starting tomorrow.”

“Secret training location? Where is that?”

“There’s a place where no one goes.”

“Why not use Jin Mu Sect’s training ground?”

 

Jeok Wigang grinned wickedly and said.

 

“What if Mother sees your training while we’re doing it here? She’d faint, wouldn’t she? I absolutely can’t let her see that.”

 

What kind of training was he planning to put me through that would make Mother faint from watching?

I suddenly became afraid.

 

“Older Brother… I’m only ten years old now. Can’t you go easy on me?”

“That’s the perfect age.”

 

A firm tone that showed no room for compromise.

I decided to comply for now.

Because my older brother’s fists were scary.

 

 

 

The next day.

At the place I followed Jeok Wigang to, there was a cave, and inside it was really a training ground.

But the training equipment felt like it was freshly made or brand new.

The cave also felt like it was recently made somehow?

It was clean.

There were no traces of training visible either.

 

“From now on, train here even when I’m not around. You’ll get in trouble if you skip training time.”

“Ah, got it.”

“Now then, shall we start training?”

“Yeah. What should we do first? Horse Stance?”

“Hmm. I suppose we should build up your stamina first, right?”

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