The World’s Greatest Martial Arts Instructor - Chapter 121

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Chapter 121. I, I Can Hear It

 

 

“That’s right. There is a debt.”

“Instructor Ha. No, I heard that Dan-ju Ha never forgets a debt.”

The title from his days as Hocheon Corps Leader flowed from Gung Mu-hyeok’s mouth.

Though he had said he stepped back from the affairs of the alliance, he hadn’t completely closed his ears to everything.

Ha Mu-baek readily acknowledged it.

“In fact, treating So Yu and Ryeon-ju is also work to repay a debt.”

At Ha Mu-baek’s words, Gung Mu-hyeok nodded slightly. He had suspected as much.

“With Seonyu Valley’s help, my subordinates saved their lives, and thanks to Manmulryeon’s hidden weapons, I could reduce my subordinates’ sacrifices.”

“I’m glad my humble skills were of help.”

“They were truly precious subordinates. It’s a great debt.”

A great debt.

These were words spoken by none other than Ha Mu-baek.

Gung Mu-hyeok looked clearly at Ha Mu-baek’s divine prowess with his own eyes.

A great debt spoken of by such a person.

Because it was such a debt, he would save the lives of So Yu and himself.

“My near-death experience is also a great debt. I must repay debts in full.”

Ha Mu-baek’s eyes gleamed coldly.

At that sight, Gung Mu-hyeok gulped down dry saliva.

He said he owed a great debt for reducing his subordinates’ sacrifices, and was treating him and his daughter. Saying it was repaying a debt.

Then what exactly would be the price for the debt of causing a life-threatening crisis?

“So when you return to Manmulryeon, let’s go together. When are you thinking of going?”

Ha Mu-baek’s gaze had already returned to being gentle.

“When do you think I’ll be completely cured?”

It was his will to return as soon as he was cured.

“You should be completely cured around the first month.”

Ha Mu-baek answered after finishing his calculations.

“Then that’s when I’ll return.”

Gung Mu-hyeok’s eyes lit up.

 

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“Huh? Weren’t you not coming today?”

At the sight of Ju U-myeong appearing at the training ground, Dang Jin-san asked.

“That’s right. That was the plan, but there’s no one at the training ground.”

“At the 20th Squad Training Ground?”

Dang Jin-san asked back with a surprised face.

“Yeah.”

Ju U-myeong answered briefly.

“No way? That can’t be.”

Nak U-jin, who was passing by, spoke as if he couldn’t believe it.

It was natural.

Han Seol-bing and Ha Seol-ran were very diligent, unlike someone else somewhere.

“But today they’re not there.”

Ju U-myeong said once more.

“And here, there’s no one today either.”

Dang Jin-san said, pointing at the rock.

Training time had come, but Ha Mu-baek hadn’t appeared.

“It’s better than doing it alone.”

At Ju U-myeong’s words, everyone nodded.

“What about Ji-hu?”

Ju U-myeong asked toward Baek Ri-pyeong.

“Today is Jamryong Corps group training, so he can’t skip it.”

Until now, Namgung Ji-hu had been skipping Jamryong Corps First Group training without permission to come here.

The Jamryong Corps First Group instructor couldn’t actively stop such behavior from him.

Though they were instructor and cadet, the instructor was merely a disciple from one of the Nine Sects and One Alliance or Five Great Families.

However, Namgung Ji-hu was the eldest son of the current Namgung Family Head.

Wasn’t he someone who would soon become the Young Family Head?

So it was difficult for the instructor to actively restrain him.

Such incidents often occurred in Jamryong Corps and Waryong Corps.

Until now, there had been no particular problems because Namgung Ji-hu followed the instructor’s directions well and didn’t act out.

However, today’s group training instructor was Zhuge Ming.

He wouldn’t overlook such deviations, so Ji-hu couldn’t skip the group training.

“Ours is tomorrow, right?”

Dan Mok Un-rae’s question.

“Right.”

Baek Ri-pyeong answered while looking at the shield placed in one corner of the training ground.

Even in the latter half, he had never missed shield technique group training.

Except for when he was led by Ha Mu-baek to visit Sanwol Demon Forest.

And after returning from that place, he devoted even more passion to shield technique training.

Having directly experienced how useful a shield was as a weapon in that place.

“Now it’s training time.”

Yeon Ha-min’s quiet words.

At her words, everyone stopped chatting and grabbed their swords with serious faces.

Though the rock above was still empty, the cadets began training earnestly.

 

At that time.

Ha Seol-ran and Han Seol-bing were together with Wi Ji-gun.

“But, sir, is it alright for you to be here like this?”

Han Seol-bing asked curiously.

Currently, Wi Ji-gun was working as a laborer at Gyoryong Hall.

The laborers wouldn’t know Wi Ji-gun’s true identity, so she was worried whether problems might arise if he skipped work without permission like this.

“I already sent word, so it’s fine.”

However, Wi Ji-gun had already brought all the laborers under his control, so he could exercise this much flexibility.

“Instead, I’ll have to stay late today.”

He had to make up for the time he skipped work.

“Ran-ah. Instead of listening to our conversation, you need to concentrate.”

Wi Ji-gun spoke toward Ha Seol-ran, who was sitting cross-legged.

At that pointing out, Ha Seol-ran’s eyebrows twitched slightly.

Wi Ji-gun turned his gaze to Han Seol-bing.

“Rather than me, is Instructor Han alright? It’s the cadets’ training time.”

“My cadet is right here. And as for U-myeong, well. He’s probably doing fine going to the Seventh Group. It’s a place where the instructor is absent every day.”

At her answer, Wi Ji-gun nodded.

He had heard directly from his disciple Ha Mu-baek about how he conducted his instructor life, and had also seen it here.

“Instructor Han should be fine.”

Wi Ji-gun was convinced.

The conversation between Master and the Instructor was interesting.

As if they were deliberately trying to disturb her concentration.

The more they did so, the harder Ha Seol-ran tried to focus.

She had to do it properly, considering the effort Master and the Instructor had made by taking time out especially for her.

As she continued her efforts to concentrate with such focus, at some moment.

A sensation as if she was plunging deep into her inner self enveloped her entire body.

She could feel the things around her centered on herself. The range gradually expanded in concentric circles.

First, she could sense the presence of people.

‘Master. Instructor.’

When she expanded the range a bit more.

‘Ha-min. Un-roe. Jin-san. Pyeong. U-jin. U-myeong.’

The cadets training together.

And.

‘Elder Brother.’

Beyond that, the presence of countless unknown people she had never met.

She could feel all of it.

The range kept expanding, extending even beyond Muchang Castle.

She could sense all those existences as if looking down from the sky.

‘What is Elder Brother doing?’

He wasn’t watching over the cadets’ training and had left Gyoryong Hall to be somewhere else.

Out of pure curiosity, when she focused on Elder Brother.

She could even see Elder Brother’s face. And the person with him too.

She already knew who it was from their presence.

Manmulryeon Lord.

She could even clearly recognize his face.

‘His complexion has improved.’

The two seemed to be having some conversation, but she couldn’t hear that much.

As she was watching Elder Brother like that, at some moment.

‘Hup!’

She suddenly felt as if her gaze met Elder Brother’s as he looked up, so she hurriedly turned her ki sense elsewhere.

‘D-did Elder Brother notice?’

Her heart pounded frantically and her back became damp with cold sweat.

“Ran-ah. What’s wrong?”

At Master’s worried-sounding voice, Ha Seol-ran opened her eyes.

“Ran-ah. What happened?”

Han Seol-bing, who noticed her change, asked worriedly.

“I, well, that is…”

Ha Seol-ran hesitantly and carefully told the two about what had just happened.

After hearing everything she said, Wi Ji-gun and Han Seol-bing opened their mouths slightly with dazed expressions.

They had to believe this unbelievable story.

Indeed, the ability Ha Seol-ran had shown when she came to find them on the wild mountain last time was just the tip of the iceberg.

It had been barely one hour since he taught her how to sense ki and she started training.

In just that one hour, she had spread her ki sense beyond Muchang Castle,

And said she felt everyone’s presence.

Moreover, she even accurately recognized people’s faces.

He had never heard of or imagined such a thing.

Just how great was Ha Seol-ran’s talent for ki sense?

“Y-you couldn’t hear their voices?”

“No.”

Ha Seol-ran answered Wi Ji-gun’s question with an innocent face.

“Do you think you could hear them?”

“…I’m not sure.”

Ha Seol-ran thought for a moment at the follow-up question and concluded that she didn’t know.

“Do you think you could try?”

Ha Seol-ran pondered again at Wi Ji-gun’s question.

“…I’ll try.”

And she sat cross-legged again and closed her eyes.

Since it would be difficult starting from too far away, she looked for somewhere close.

The place she ended up seeing was the Maengryong Corps 7th Group Training Hall.

The cadets were having some conversation.

-Room… uh… need…

Though it was a very small sound that came in fragments.

…She could hear it!

How could this be.

Ha Seol-ran, startled, opened her eyes wide.

Wi Ji-gun and Han Seol-bing were staring intently at Ha Seol-ran.

“Just a little, but I c-can hear it.”

Han Seol-bing’s eyes filled with shock.

“J-just what are these siblings…”

He muttered the same words he had said before.

Ha Seol-ran’s ability was truly Heavenly Eye and Heavenly Ear.

It was incomparable to those clumsy charlatans who babbled about using Heavenly Eye Technique or deploying Heavenly Ear Technique with martial arts.

It was truly the Heavenly Eye Technique and Heavenly Ear Technique among the Six Divine Powers spoken of in Buddhism.

It was truly an amazing talent and a frightening ability.

“That… I can’t hear even one word properly, and I can only hear very briefly.”

Ha Seol-ran said carefully in a crawling voice.

“You should know well how amazing that is, and also how dangerous.”

Ha Seol-ran nodded at Wi Ji-gun’s words.

“You should continue your training, but you must not carelessly speak about that ability.”

“Yes.”

Ha Seol-ran answered briefly to Wi Ji-gun’s advice.

“Right. I believe our Ran-i will do well. Your talent might even be better than Mu-baek’s. Well then, I’ll be going now. Rest well today.”

Wi Ji-gun left only shocking words behind and departed from that place. Leaving the rest to Han Seol-bing.

“Ran-ah. Are you okay?”

Han Seol-bing asked.

“Yes?”

Ha Seol-ran asked back, not understanding.

“I’m asking if your body is okay. You know how amazing what you just did was, right? I’m worried and asking if there’s no burden on your body after doing such an incredible thing.”

“Huh?”

At Han Seol-bing’s question, Ha Seol-ran finally felt something strange.

Her body had no strength at all.

A feeling as if all her body’s energy was draining away at once.

She really didn’t have the strength to move even a finger.

“I’m so tired. I have no strength in my body at all…”

Saying that, Ha Seol-ran collapsed right where she was sitting.

“That’s right. After doing such an incredible thing, there’s no way your body would be fine.”

Han Seol-bing clicked his tongue and carried Ha Seol-ran on his back.

“Today, let’s rest well as the elder said.”

“Yes.”

Ha Seol-ran gave a brief answer and then closed her eyes.

She had fallen asleep.

Wi Ji-gun had already anticipated all of this, which was why he had entrusted her to Han Seol-bing.

Perhaps his request for Han Seol-bing to join today’s Ki Sense training was also because he predicted something like this might happen.

He already had experience with this once before.

The day Ha Mu-baek first opened his eyes that would become the foundation of the Infinite Bright Wheel Eye.

He had collapsed after exhausting all his body’s energy.

As Wi Ji-gun walked toward his workplace, he extended his Ki Sense to assess Ha Seol-ran’s condition and nodded slightly.

It was as expected.

Han Seol-bing carried Ha Seol-ran to her room at Yeonryong Lodge and laid her down.

Come to think of it, she should probably give a heads up to Yeon Ha-min, who shared a room with Ha Seol-ran.

Han Seol-bing immediately headed toward Group Seven’s training ground.

“Snore…”

Left alone on the bed, Ha Seol-ran was snoring softly, deep in sleep.

 

“Could that have been Ran-i just now?”

Ha Mu-baek looked up at the ceiling and tilted his head, muttering quietly.

“What’s the matter?”

Gung Mu-hyeok asked.

“It’s nothing.”

Though he answered that way, Ha Mu-baek’s suspicion didn’t disappear.

He had felt as if a familiar qi energy had swept through this place and was now watching him.

It felt exactly like his younger sibling’s energy.

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