The Evil Martial God Chronicles - Chapter 72

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Legend of the Evil Martial God

Chapter 72

 

 

 

Everyone nodded their heads.

The Training Master nodded with a grin.

 

“I wish you good fortune in martial arts. Please pass through safely and come out.”

“Thank you.”

 

Creeeeak-.

 

The heavy door opened with a loud noise, perhaps because it hadn’t been opened for a long time.

As the door opened, a chilling cold swept past the five people.

 

“Somehow it gives me the chills.”

“I don’t want to go in.”

“Me neither. But if we don’t go in, Wigang will scold us.”

 

The other four flinched at the mention of Jeok Wigang.

 

“You need to get strong quickly and rise to third rank. I clearly told you, right? I said to be prepared if I come looking for you later and you’re not at third rank.”

 

At Hwang Jin Hyeok’s words, the four hurriedly entered inside saying:

 

“What are you doing? We need to go in quickly.”

 

Hwang Jin Hyeok chuckled at their appearance.

 

“Is Wigang that scary?”

 

Come to think of it, he is scary.

 

“Damn! He’s scary.”

 

As Hwang Jin Hyeok entered inside, the heavy door closed.

 

 

 

Three weeks later.

Five people who had become rags opened the door on the opposite side of the Abyss Star Training Hell and came out.

 

“W-we’re alive.”

 

That was the first thing said as soon as they came out.

As soon as the Training Master saw them, he ran over.

 

“Congratulations on passing through. Is everyone alright?”

“Do we look alright to you right now?”

 

A voice mixed with irritation.

 

“Seeing that your voices are fine, your condition seems okay.”

 

The five people frowned at the Training Master’s teasing words.

 

“Shall I show you where to wash up?”

“Rather than washing… don’t you have something to eat? I’m starving to death.”

“Weren’t there Fasting Pills inside?”

“Fasting Pills? Did you manage this place properly? Most of the Fasting Pills were rotten! Picking out the ones that weren’t rotten was really…”

“I-is that so? I’m sorry. Wait just a moment. I’ll quickly bring some food.”

 

The Training Master made a truly apologetic expression.

It seemed that because people hadn’t come for so long and he hadn’t managed it, there were problems with the Fasting Pills stored inside.

Looking truly sorry, he hurriedly ran off and brought back a container full of rice and side dishes.

 

“I-I brought this hastily. At least eat this first.”

 

When the Training Master offered the rice mixed with side dishes, the five people rushed over and began scooping it up with their hands and eating ravenously.

 

Chomp chomp-.

Smack smack-.

Munch munch-.

 

How hungry must they have been.

The Training Master felt unnecessarily sorry.

These were trainees who had come after a long time, and it seemed like he had made them suffer more.

 

Clatter-.

 

The five people finished all the food in an instant and collapsed right there on the ground.

 

“Ah! I feel like I might live!”

“I was really so hungry I gritted my teeth and came out.”

“Thanks to that, we did escape quickly.”

“But the Fasting Pills being rotten was too much!”

 

Everyone glared at the Training Master.

 

“Heh heh… I’m sorry.”

“It’s fine. We could tell how long it’s been since trainees came – the inside was full of spider webs.”

“But the training definitely works.”

“It should. Our lives were going back and forth.”

“Still, compared to sparring with Lord, it wasn’t that difficult.”

“Right. Anyway, since we passed, we can put our minds at ease. Right?”

“That’s right.”

“Let’s get up. We still have things to do.”

“Ah! We need to get promoted.”

“Right. If you don’t make it to third rank, we’ll all be in trouble.”

“Let’s go quickly.”

“I have no problem reaching third rank, but are you confident?”

“We’ll fight prepared to die.”

“Tsk. Well, it probably won’t be that difficult.”

“Pardon?”

“How many decent ones could there be among those currently at third rank? Let’s just pick out guys who seem to have climbed up with mediocre skills.”

“That’s a good idea.”

 

 

 

Five people who came to the martial training ground for promotion.

Before their eyes, Jeok Wigang stood with a wicked smile.

The four people excluding Hwang Jin Hyeok exchanged glances before offering their greetings.

 

“Have you been well all this time!”

“You came?”

 

Hwang Jin Hyeok waved his hand to greet Jeok Wigang.

 

“Did you get promoted?”

 

Everyone flinched at Jeok Wigang’s question.

 

“Th-that is, we were about to do it now. The food wasn’t properly stocked in the Abyss Star Training Hell, so it took a bit more time…”

“We’re sorry!”

 

Everyone bowed their heads, thinking Jeok Wigang’s scolding would come down now.

But then.

 

“Really? Well done. Phew, I was worried about what to do if you all got promoted.”

 

An unexpected reaction came out.

 

“It’s fortunate we didn’t get promoted? What do you mean? You told us to reach third rank.”

“I did say that. That’s why I rushed over, worried you might have gotten promoted.”

“Why?”

“You need to get promoted somewhere other than the martial training ground.”

“Huh?”

“Jin Hyeok, you know those Unjae Examiners you met back then, right?”

“Yeah.”

“Gather them all.”

“Got it.”

“You guys too, if there are people you’ve become close with, gather them all, will you?”

“Understood.”

 

Hwang Jin Hyeok asked.

 

“But what do you mean? Promotion at a place other than the martial training ground?”

“There’s another place where you can get promoted besides the Seven Star Ranking Method.”

“Don’t tell me? Are you talking about the Seven Star Ascension Tower?”

“That’s right. I’ve newly renovated it, so you’ll take the promotion test there.”

“Isn’t that place incredibly difficult?”

“I told you I newly renovated it.”

 

At Jeok Wigang’s words, the five people thought to themselves.

 

‘So it must have become even more difficult.’

 

They couldn’t bring themselves to say it out loud.

 

“What are you doing? Move quickly.”

“Ah, got it.”

“Yes!”

 

The five people hurriedly moved to carry out what Jeok Wigang had said.

Meanwhile, Jeok Wigang sought out the Seungwisa who were at this place.

The Seungwisa who saw Jeok Wigang were startled and about to bow their heads when they heard a voice in their minds.

 

– Act natural and listen to what I say.

 

The Seungwisa didn’t answer and just looked at Jeok Wigang.

 

– Send everyone you think looks decent to the Seven Star Ascension Tower.

 

Everyone looked surprised.

 

– If you don’t send them, you know what happens, right? You’ll be meeting with me every evening.

 

At those words, the Seungwisa all nodded in unison.

 

 

 

Gongsun Munryong, the military advisor of Heavenly Martial City.

Sitting atop the five-story pavilion, he was having a drink while looking at the panoramic view of Heavenly Martial City.

His expression was filled with a bright smile.

 

“Hehehe. Easy. So easy. Who said Heavenly Martial City was an impregnable fortress?”

 

He kept laughing and stood up from his seat as if delighted, spreading both arms wide.

 

“I’ll show those who looked down on me. The sight of bringing down Heavenly Martial City with this brain.”

 

As he was enjoying himself and drinking, he heard sounds of people approaching from outside.

Gongsun Munryong’s cheerful expression instantly changed to a stern one.

A moment later.

 

“Military Advisor! Something strange has happened at the Seven Star Ascension Tower.”

“Something strange? Come in.”

 

The subordinate who entered bowed and spoke.

 

“You told me to report immediately if anything unusual happened at the Seven Star Ascension Tower, so I rushed here.”

“Yes. Well done. What kind of unusual thing happened?”

“The number of people advancing through the Seven Star Ascension Tower is increasing.”

“What?”

 

That couldn’t be possible.

I had changed everything so that absolutely no one could advance through the Seven Star Ascension Tower.

How?

The subordinate making the report was one of his trusted hands and feet.

 

“Are there no bastards dying and coming out?”

“No. And also…”

 

He looked around and then began speaking quietly.

 

“All the Unjae Examiners have also advanced through the Seven Star Ascension Tower, causing disruptions to our planned operations.”

“What do you mean by that? So?”

“Contrary to our plan, the worthless bastards aren’t advancing at all. Should we deploy new Unjae Examiners?”

 

Gongsun Munryong’s expression twisted.

What the hell was going on?

Museong Pavilion was the future of Heavenly Martial City.

How much effort had he put into destroying that place.

Suddenly it felt like something was working properly.

Could it be?

Had the castle lord noticed?

That couldn’t be it.

If he had noticed, given the Heavenly Martial Emperor’s personality, Heavenly Martial City would be in chaos right now.

Seeing how quiet it was, the castle lord seemed unaware.

 

“I need to go see for myself.”

“Where shall I escort you?”

“First, let’s go to the Seven Star Ascension Tower.”

“Yes!”

 

 

 

Gongsun Munryong, who arrived at the Seven Star Ascension Tower, witnessed an amazing sight.

There were incredibly many people gathered to challenge the tower.

 

“This is what Museong Pavilion really is.”

“The Seven Star Ascension Tower is truly fundamental!”

“Right! Advancing at the Martial Training Ground is honestly ridiculous.”

“That’s all about taking money for advancement. The Seven Star Ascension Tower could never be like that.”

“Right. Would you give money to the tower? What for?”

“Hahaha! That’s right. Here you can only advance if you have pure skill.”

 

People’s expressions were bright and the atmosphere was lively.

The expression of Gongsun Munryong, who had come in disguise, twisted.

Gongsun Munryong’s eyes widened when he saw the Seven Star Ascension Tower.

 

“What? Was it newly built? Without me knowing?”

 

The Seven Star Ascension Tower he saw looked completely new as if it had just been built.

The path leading to the tower was clean like a newly made road, and the tower’s exterior was clean like new.

Sunlight was shining down on the tower, no longer giving off the previous dark atmosphere but a bright and hopeful one.

Looking up, the edge of the gorge that had been blocking the sunlight was nowhere to be seen.

Could that huge pile of rocks have disappeared overnight?

Looking closely, it had been smoothly carved into a round shape by something.

Within his common sense, there wasn’t a single thing he could understand.

The expressions of people coming out of the tower were also bright.

 

“Hahaha! From today I am fifth rank!”

“Make way! A fourth rank is coming through! Hahaha!”

“It’s really great not having to search around for opponents to challenge!”

“That’s right. Having to carefully choose opponents to challenge was really annoying, but not having to do that feels so refreshing.”

“Why didn’t we know about this sooner.”

“Because the rumors about this place weren’t good. But actually coming and experiencing it, it’s the best.”

“Right. You just train hard and challenge, that’s all.”

 

This wasn’t the atmosphere he wanted.

He wanted a gloomy and hopeless Heavenly Martial City.

This wouldn’t do.

This would cause major disruptions to his plan.

The most important axis of his planned Heavenly Martial City collapse plan was precisely Museong Pavilion.

He was angry.

What bastard had shit on his plan?

He wanted to catch and kill them immediately.

Then he saw a bastard in the distance looking at him and grinning.

He looked around.

Wondering if perhaps he was looking at someone else.

He wasn’t.

He was definitely watching him and smiling.

As if it was amusing.

Gongsun Munryong had an intuition.

That bastard.

That bastard was the culprit behind this.

Then he heard a sound transmission.

 

– You’re the Heavenly Martial City’s Military Advisor, right? Shall we have a brief conversation?

 

It was exactly what he wanted.

 

– Fine. Let’s go.

 

 

 

Jeok Wigang and Gongsun Munryong arrived at a deserted location in the outskirts near Heavenly Martial City.

 

“Was it you? The one who changed the Seven Star Ascension Tower?”

“Yeah. Some bastard made it to kill people. So I changed it all up.”

 

Gongsun Munryong’s expression twisted.

That “some bastard” was referring to himself.

Still, it was impressive.

To change the Seven Star Ascension Tower in such a short time.

He was a talented fellow.

Gongsun Munryong suppressed his anger for now and began to persuade him.

 

“Quite impressive. Actually, that was my test. If there was someone who could properly change the Seven Star Ascension Tower, I was thinking of making them my successor. How about it? Will you come under me and become the successor to Heavenly Martial City’s Military Advisor?”

“What’s good about doing that?”

“What’s good about it? It’s a position second only to one, above ten thousand others. Everyone except the Castle Lord will bow their heads to you.”

 

Jeok Wigang chuckled.

 

“I even refused the position of Cheonmu Castle Lord, so do you think I’d be satisfied with a Military Advisor position?”

“What?”

 

He refused the position of Cheonmu Castle Lord?

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