The World’s Greatest Martial Arts Instructor - Chapter 118

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Chapter 118. I Suppose That Was a Bit Excessive

 

 

Manmulryeon prides itself on being the best in the Central Plains when it comes to mechanical formations.

And the mechanical formation installed in Manmulryeon’s secret vault has mystical arts incorporated into it?

It was absurd.

This was definitely Gung Mu-hyeok’s doing.

His wife’s family was Seonyu Valley, the best under heaven in medical and mystical arts.

He must have secretly pulled strings with his in-laws’ help without his knowledge.

He needed to confirm it.

Gung Do-hyeok roughly walked out of the secret vault.

The place he headed to was the Ryeonju’s Office.

Though he was the Vice Ryeon-ju, it was the place he was currently using.

Deep in one wall, there were many bookshelves packed densely with books.

When he operated several devices in hidden places according to sequence.

Clank.

One bookshelf slid away, revealing a secret space.

A secret chamber separately built in the Ryeonju’s Office.

It was a space that only the Ryeon-ju and Gung Do-hyeok could enter.

Inside was filled with well-organized documents.

When Gung Do-hyeok entered and operated the device, the bookshelf moved again and perfectly concealed the space.

Gung Do-hyeok carefully examined the documents inside.

Since it was Gung Mu-hyeok and Gung Do-hyeok who had organized everything systematically according to the list, he quickly found what he was looking for.

The blueprint of the Manmul Secret Vault.

As expected, the content about mystical arts was missing from here.

It was certain that Gung Mu-hyeok had secretly applied it later.

“Gung Mu-hyeok. That damn bastard.”

Gung Do-hyeok no longer even considered Gung Mu-hyeok as his brother.

Excluding the mystical arts, everything about the vault’s mechanical devices was densely recorded in the blueprint.

“I need to find it. If I can’t open it, I’ll have to break through. I need to find where to break through.”

The vault was designed to collapse unconditionally if one tried to break down the door.

But drilling a hole for people to pass through might be different.

Gung Do-hyeok began searching for a way to enter the vault by making a hole in the vault door while avoiding the vault’s self-destruction device.

His eyes turned blood red as he performed complex calculations while looking at the blueprint.

He was truly desperate.

The remaining Ten Thousand Heaven Golden Chain Explosive Thunder stored in the vault.

That was his only lifeline.

There was still no reaction from Muchang.

If it was just to preserve his life, he could simply flee as things were.

However, Gung Do-hyeok simply couldn’t let go of his attachment to the position of Manmulryeon Lord.

The taste of power was such a fatal thing.

 

***

 

The aftermath of the two gang qi colliding was tremendous.

The shockwave bursting from the swords struck both men.

A tremendous force pounding their entire bodies.

However, both men pushed forward even more.

Sword aura pushing forward with the momentum to shatter the opponent’s sword.

They deflected the shockwave by drawing their body protection energy to the maximum.

Their clothes, swollen taut, fluttered and tore here and there.

Even so, master and disciple gave their all toward each other.

The moment the clear blue sword aura seemed to gradually push back the dark sword aura.

Crack!!!!

White gang qi burst from Ha Mu-baek’s entire body.

He had overlaid white gang qi on his invisible body protection energy.

At the same time, the shockwave that had been spreading in all directions from the collision of the two sword auras concentrated entirely on Wi Ji-gun.

“Ugh.”

The moment blood seemed to flow from his tightly clenched lips.

Crash!

Once again a roar echoed and Wi Ji-gun was pushed back smoothly.

And all the gang qi disappeared.

As if no such storm had ever raged, silence descended in an instant.

“Cough.”

Breaking through the sudden silence, the sound of Wi Ji-gun coughing up blood was heard.

“Master!”

Ha Mu-baek hurriedly ran to his master.

“It’s nothing. Don’t be surprised.”

Wi Ji-gun spoke nonchalantly.

But how could he not be surprised.

His master had coughed up blood in a training match with him.

“Compared to what you went through, this is really nothing. My dantian is fine and my blood meridians are just a bit shocked. I’ll be fine after taking a meditation pill and circulating energy for a while.”

Saying that, he rummaged in his chest and took out a pill, ate it, and immediately sat cross-legged and entered circulation meditation.

In fact, Ha Mu-baek had been in such a critical state that he couldn’t afford to use something like a meditation pill.

Ha Mu-baek stood beside his master.

Though there was no one around, it was just in case.

Ha Mu-baek’s ki sense spread in all directions.

 

***

 

Crash!

Just when the trembling seemed to subside, another roar erupted!

The dormitory building shook violently.

“Eek!”

Just as Han Seol-bing was about to let out a scream in surprise.

Silence came.

The vibrations and trembling that had been faintly felt until just before disappeared as if washed away.

“I-is it over?”

Han Seol-bing muttered while looking around.

“It seems so.”

Ha Seol-ran’s answer.

“Phew. I’m alive. I really. I’m just too scared of earthquakes.”

“Hehe. I was quite surprised because it was so unexpected.”

Han Seol-bing frowned at Ha Seol-ran’s laughter.

“That’s because you, Ran-i, haven’t directly experienced an earthquake. Nature has no mercy. I almost really died when I was young… Come to think of it, this is the first time I’ve experienced an earthquake since coming to the Central Plains.”

Han Seol-bing shook her head back and forth.

“Well, um. Maybe it might not be an earthquake.”

“What? This? You’re saying this isn’t an earthquake?”

Han Seol-bing asked with an expression that said it was nonsense.

“Something feels that way. Would you like to go take a look?”

At Ha Seol-ran’s words, Han Seol-bing made a disgusted expression.

“You want to go see where an earthquake happened?”

“Mm. I don’t think that’s what it is. There’s something familiar about the feeling. But it’s quite far, so going there with my current abilities seems impossible.”

At Ha Seol-ran’s words, Han Seol-bing pondered for a moment.

Though she called it a feeling, Ha Seol-ran seemed certain it wasn’t an earthquake.

When her thoughts reached that point, curiosity quietly raised its head.

If this wasn’t an earthquake, then what on earth could it be?

Wasn’t it because of this very curiosity that she had left the North Sea where Ice Heaven Palace was located and entered the Central Plains, only to get dragged into fighting two wars?

Though she had lent her strength in the wars against the Blood Cult and Demon Cult because Ice Heaven Palace was one of the Eight New Gates, there had been no need for her to step forward personally.

That damn curiosity was the problem.

“…Should we go take a look? Do you know where it is?”

Han Seol-bing asked casually. Ha Seol-ran nodded.

And so the two left Gyoryong Hall in the deep night and ran north.

Ice Heaven Moon Shadow Flight.

Carrying Ha Seol-ran on her back, Han Seol-bing unleashed Ice Heaven Palace’s Exclusive Divine Movement to its fullest, kicking off the ground and running as if flying.

The surrounding scenery flashed by.

The fierce wind struck Ha Seol-ran’s face.

“Is it this way?”

“Yes!”

At Han Seol-bing’s question, Ha Seol-ran gave directions.

Heading straight toward where the feeling was coming from.

After kicking off the ground for quite some time, they arrived at some nameless wild mountain.

 

Ha Mu-baek’s eyebrows twitched.

There were two presences approaching them from Muchang Castle.

Those presences were all too familiar.

‘Why are they coming here of all places?’

Though such a question arose, waiting would reveal the answer.

Their direction was too clearly aimed at him.

Would Master’s circulation meditation end first, or would they arrive first?

An hour passed.

Master was still deeply absorbed in energy circulation.

Though he had said it was nothing serious, it seemed that wasn’t the case.

If it really was nothing serious, he should have finished his circulation meditation by now.

In the meantime, the two presences had approached right in front of them.

“Wh-what is all this, Dan-ju!”

Han Seol-bing’s voice filled with shock.

“I knew it was Elder Brother.”

And Ha Seol-ran’s voice confirming her guess was correct.

“Huh? What do you mean by that? You knew?”

Ha Mu-baek asked, looking at Ha Seol-ran.

“I just had that kind of feeling somehow.”

At Ha Seol-ran’s answer, Ha Mu-baek looked at her with profound eyes. To think she had sensed what even Han Seol-bing couldn’t detect.

He wondered if there had been some kind of change in her.

“Dan-ju! What on earth is all this?”

Han Seol-bing asked again.

She looked around with pale eyes.

Though this was her first time seeing such a scene, it was strangely familiar.

Hadn’t she seen similar ruins not too long ago?

“Was it called Ten Thousand Heaven Golden Chain Explosive Thunder… Were there more of those?”

Han Seol-bing asked with a trembling voice.

Ha Mu-baek shook his head.

“Then what is this… How could you create something like this?”

Han Seol-bing asked, looking back and forth between Wi Ji-gun, who was absorbed in circulation meditation, and Ha Mu-baek beside him.

“It just happened.”

Ha Mu-baek answered with an expression that said it was no big deal.

“Elder Brother. Why is Master like that? Is he alright?”

Ha Seol-ran asked carefully.

“He’ll be fine. He pushed himself a little during our training match.”

At Ha Mu-baek’s answer, Han Seol-bing made an expression of utter disbelief.

Because from that answer, she could guess how these ruins had been created.

“So you’re saying these ruins were caused by your training match? That thunderous sound? That earthquake?”

Han Seol-bing looked at Ha Mu-baek with eyes filled with shock beyond disbelief, even fear.

“Earthquake? Did it affect Muchang to that extent?”

Ha Mu-baek asked with an expression that said this was news to him.

“Not quite an earthquake, but there were some vibrations.”

Ha Seol-ran’s answer.

“I guess we went a bit overboard.”

Han Seol-bing looked at Ha Mu-baek with a tired face as if she had no energy left to be more surprised.

Just then.

A change occurred in Wi Ji-gun.

A subtle aura of light enveloped him.

“Elder Brother! Th-that is…”

Hadn’t they seen something similar just a while ago?

“Shh.”

At Ha Mu-baek’s restraint, Ha Seol-ran pressed her lips tightly shut. Han Seol-bing also quietly watched the scene.

‘I thought the circulation meditation was taking quite long.’

Master was also gazing beyond the wall that had blocked him for so many years.

 

***

 

He had spent a full day in the secret chamber.

The analysis and calculations were somewhat complete.

Perhaps he might be able to find a place to punch a hole through.

But now it was time to go out.

There was someone he needed to meet.

He needed to know about Muchang’s movements.

Gung Do-hyeok operated the mechanism and came out of the secret chamber.

Eyes bloodshot red.

He looked completely exhausted.

But he absolutely had to go.

After putting on a suitable face mask and disguising himself, he left Manmulryeon.

Coming down a bit and reaching the base of Cheonjung Mountain, a fairly large village appeared.

A village created solely because of Manmulryeon.

A place that naturally formed as countless merchants and sects coming to trade with Manmulryeon stayed there.

Gung Do-hyeok entered one of the inns there.

He sat down at any available seat and ordered a bottle of Bamboo Leaf Wine.

He was terribly thirsty for alcohol.

As he was tilting his wine cup along with grilled chicken, an old man plopped down across from him.

“Daytime drinking is a shortcut to ruining one’s body. Moreover, drinking alone… that’s even more harmful.”

Gung Do-hyeok glanced at the old man who had suddenly appeared.

Blue thread wrapped around his left wrist.

It was the same as what was wrapped around his own right wrist.

This was the promised person.

“How rude of you upon first meeting.”

Gung Do-hyeok said while refilling his cup.

“This isn’t the time to be drinking like this, is it?”

At the old man’s words, Gung Do-hyeok set up an energy barrier around them.

“How is Muchang?”

“Fire Dragon Ascension Site, was it? What a strange name it’s been given. However, we can’t examine Muchang in detail either.”

Gung Do-hyeok frowned at the old man’s words. If they couldn’t observe it, then who could keep watch over Muchang?

Considering how much money he had spent on this request already.

If only that bastard hadn’t left after the last messenger hawk, there would have been no need for such a request.

But now there wasn’t a single person planted in Muchang, so he had no choice but to use these people.

“What do you mean by that?”

“There’s someone who doesn’t look favorably upon us. We’ve gotten entangled with him unfavorably a couple of times, so we’re being cautious.”

“And?”

“The task you requested happens to be connected to that person.”

Gung Do-hyeok’s face twisted viciously.

“Well, thanks to that, we’ve newly learned what kind of tremendous monster he is, which is why I came out like this. Gung Mu-hyeok. That person is safe, and it seems he has a special relationship with that monster Ha Mu-baek. If you want to live, run as far away as possible.”

“Listen here. Do you think I spent all that money just to hear this kind of nonsense?”

Thunk.

The old man placed a money pouch on the dining table.

“Here. I haven’t taken out a single coin. Take this money and run far away. That’s the only way to survive. We know well how persistent Ha Mu-baek is when it comes to grudges. I suspect he suffered considerable losses. If so, he absolutely won’t stay still.”

At the old man’s words, Gung Do-hyeok gritted his teeth.

This wasn’t what he had commissioned them for, just to hear such words.

“There seems to be no movement yet, so now is probably the only opportunity. We also can’t approach near that Ha Mu-baek bastard, so we can’t know the details. Well then, I wish you safety.”

The old man left those words and stood up from his seat.

Gung Do-hyeok was left alone.

“Those Hao-mun bastards…”

He muttered quietly in a voice full of rage.

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