The World’s Greatest Martial Arts Instructor - Chapter 123

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Chapter 123. Watch Carefully

 

 

The flames ignited by internal energy burned bright blue.

Wi Ji-gun was heating the alchemy furnace with his internal energy, where the necessary medicinal ingredients had been precisely measured and placed.

Inside the alchemy furnace, the medicinal ingredients were melting and clumping together.

Wi Ji-gun’s internal energy gently permeated through this process.

Wi Ji-gun gazed at the alchemy furnace with profound eyes.

The medicinal ingredients had become viscous.

They had turned black and were tangled together.

Wi Ji-gun changed his use of internal energy. The blue flames gradually subsided, and he directly injected internal energy into the alchemy furnace.

The medicinal ingredients swirled according to the movement of internal energy.

Thus, the medicinal ingredients mixed well with Wi Ji-gun’s internal energy and slowly hardened.

How long had he concentrated?

Three completed pills remained in the alchemy furnace.

Wi Ji-gun’s back was soaked with sweat.

“Did you see?”

Wi Ji-gun asked as he straightened his body.

“Yes.”

Ha Mu-baek answered briefly.

He had been watching the entire process from the side without missing anything.

Following his master’s instructions, he had even activated his Infinite Bright Wheel Eye, so he didn’t miss a single flow of internal energy.

“I had been thinking I should teach you a new alchemy method someday, and it turns out to be today.”

Ha Mu-baek had learned alchemy methods before. He had personally refined Muryangwan and fed them to Hothedan’s subordinates.

However, his master’s alchemy method had advanced significantly during the process of treating Ha Seol-ran’s Seven-Tone Severed Meridians. That’s why he said he would teach a new alchemy method.

And coincidentally, that day had become today.

“Muryangwan also has superior medicinal effects when refined using the same method.”

“How the alchemist injects their internal energy is important.”

Wi Ji-gun nodded at Ha Mu-baek’s words.

“That’s right. Thanks to you, I’ve advanced another step from the new method.”

It had to be so.

In the meantime, Wi Ji-gun had overcome a small barrier.

“So when you perform alchemy, effects different from mine might appear. The basic medicinal effects will naturally be the same, though.”

At Wi Ji-gun’s words, Ha Mu-baek suddenly became curious.

What would happen if he refined Muryangwan using the new method?

Wi Ji-gun, reading that expression.

“Even if you’re curious, don’t you have something to do right now?”

At those words, Ha Mu-baek quickly came to his senses.

That’s right.

Those three pills his master had just refined were the final medicine.

The final stage to cure the ailments of three people who had been treated only with herbal decoctions until now.

All three people were already more than ninety percent healed.

With those pills, they would perform the final treatment today, adding the finishing touch.

It would be a busy day to treat the three people in sequence.

“Where shall we go first?”

“Since I started treating Un-hye first, we should go to Un-hye.”

“What do you plan to do about Un-rae?”

It was the day his younger sibling would completely recover from illness. It was natural that he would want to be there together.

However, the winter solstice was now two days away.

The boy was earnestly engaged in final training in preparation for the Winter Tournament.

“I’ll ask Un-rae.”

Wi Ji-gun nodded at Ha Mu-baek’s answer.

When Ha Mu-baek called Dan Mok Un-rae aside and quietly asked him, he said his younger sibling was more important than training and that he would follow immediately.

So Dan Mok Un-rae decided to come along as well.

The other cadets tilted their heads at his sudden absence from training, but Yeon Ha-min smiled slightly.

She anticipated that something good would happen to him.

The help the instructor had given to Yeon Ha-min herself. Today, it seemed Un-rae’s worries would also be resolved with such help.

 

“Watch carefully.”

Wi Ji-gun said to Ha Mu-baek.

[The consumption of internal energy is great, so it’s not an easy treatment. Since I’ve overcome the barrier, I’m not sure how it will be this time.]

Wi Ji-gun cautioned only Ha Mu-baek through sound transmission, concerned that the family might worry.

There would be no acupuncture today.

Today’s treatment involved taking the pill and using internal energy to guide true energy, removing the remaining roots of the severed meridians and strengthening the blood meridians.

Wi Ji-gun sat cross-legged behind Dan Mok Un-hye.

Ha Mu-baek concentrated and took in every detail with his eyes, as his master had instructed.

On one side, Yeo Hwa, Dan Mok Un-rae, and Byeokryeokgae watched with tense faces.

“After today passes, you’ll be completely healthy. Un-hye. It won’t hurt, so don’t worry. However, even if you feel something strange in your body, you must not make a sound or move your body.”

Wi Ji-gun cautioned in a gentle voice.

“Yes!”

Dan Mok Un-hye answered spiritedly.

Wi Ji-gun’s palm touched Dan Mok Un-hye’s Mingmen acupoint.

“Now take it.”

At Wi Ji-gun’s instruction, Dan Mok Un-hye put the pill in her hand into her mouth.

At that sight, Dan Mok Un-rae frowned and turned his head away.

It was because he had intense memories of pills in a bad way.

The pill that entered her mouth instantly dissolved into liquid upon contact with saliva and went down her throat.

A refreshing and pleasant fragrance spread from her mouth to her nose.

Dan Mok Un-hye slowly closed her eyes, intoxicated by the fragrance.

 

After one hour had passed like that.

Wi Ji-gun, with beads of sweat on his face, slowly removed his hands and stood up from his position.

Dan Mok Un-hye still had her eyes closed.

The family members watched her with anxious hearts.

Wi Ji-gun already stood beside Ha Mu-baek with a subtle smile.

“Did you see?”

“Yes. I saw everything.”

“Then you handle So Yu and Lord Gung.”

“Understood.”

Ha Mu-baek nodded and answered at Wi Ji-gun’s words.

Then.

Dan Mok Un-hye slowly opened her eyes.

Those eyes were incredibly clear and transparent, unthinkable for a child who had suffered from a serious ailment.

She had already recovered much of her health, so her previous sickly appearance had disappeared.

But this was different.

Really, it was different from one hour ago.

It was indescribable, but he could clearly feel something different.

“U, Un-hye…”

Yeo Hwa called her daughter with a trembling voice as she approached step by step.

“Mom. I don’t hurt at all anymore!”

Dan Mok Un-hye spoke with a bright smile.

“Un-hye!!! Sob…!”

Yeo Hwa rushed to Dan Mok Un-hye as if collapsing, hugged her tightly, and burst into tears.

“Uh, Mom. What’s wrong. I’m all better…”

Was it because of Yeo Hwa’s crying?

Dan Mok Un-hye’s eyes seemed to turn red.

“Waaaah.”

She finally burst into tears.

Dan Mok Un-rae, watching this scene, was also shedding tears without realizing it.

Byeokryeokgae wiped his tears and quietly went outside the house.

Ha Mu-baek, who had been watching the family that had become an ocean of joyful tears for a moment, came outside.

He was being considerate to give the family their own time.

“Today is the last day for this house too.”

Byeokryeokgae looked at the hut-like house with tear-filled eyes and spoke.

“They found a new house. They’re moving tomorrow.”

The timing was truly exquisite.

How could everything fall into place so perfectly?

“In, Instructor. Where are you?”

Shortly after, Dan Mok Un-rae looked for Ha Mu-baek with a sobbing voice.

Ha Mu-baek went back inside the house.

“Really, really thank you. Instructor.”

“How can I express my gratitude. I will never forget this kindness even in death. Sir!”

The family of Yeo Hwa, Dan Mok Un-rae, and Dan Mok Un-hye repeatedly expressed their gratitude to Ha Mu-baek and Wi Ji-gun.

Smiles appeared on Wi Ji-gun and Ha Mu-baek’s faces.

What a pleasant thing this was.

 

Ha Mu-baek and Wi Ji-gun, who left Dan Mok Un-rae’s house, headed to the estate where the Gung family father and daughter were staying.

Ha Mu-baek sat cross-legged behind Gung So-yu.

“Let’s begin now.”

At Ha Mu-baek’s words, Gung So-yu put the same pill that Dan Mok Un-hye had taken into her mouth.

The pill instantly turned into liquid and filled her mouth with a refreshing fragrance.

When Gung So-yu was about to be intoxicated by that fragrance.

Ha Mu-baek placed his palm on her life gate acupoint and slowly injected internal energy.

Just as his master had done.

Gung So-yu felt warm energy slowly entering her body from behind her back.

Though no one had taught her, Gung So-yu concentrated on the movement of that energy.

Because it felt so good.

Ha Mu-baek slowly moved his internal energy to guide the pill’s medicinal power.

The medicinal power that was about to spread widely throughout her body moved according to Ha Mu-baek’s guidance.

Thus, he pulled out the last yin energy that was deeply rooted in nine meridians by the roots.

The medicinal power slowly circulated through all the meridians in her body, gradually seeping into them.

As the medicinal power seeped in, the meridians became stronger.

They transformed into wide and solid meridians where unbalanced yin or yang energy could no longer take root.

Thus, Gung So-yu was completely cured.

 

Gung Mu-hyeok was the same. In his case, the difference was that he needed to extract poison containing demonic energy rather than yin energy.

Nevertheless, Ha Mu-baek completed all treatments cleanly.

Ha Mu-baek, who had finished two treatments in succession, was soaked with sweat not only on his face but also on his back.

It was not easy treatment to do consecutively. As his master had warned, the consumption of internal energy was considerable.

Still, because he had overcome the barrier, he was able to safely complete the treatment at this level.

His master had said that during Seol-ran’s final treatment, he had exhausted all his internal energy and collapsed.

So Wi Ji-gun had also been watching from the side continuously. Just in case.

This place also became an ocean of tears.

Gongsun Mu-oe, Gongsun Hwa-gyeong, Gongsun Bi-yeon.

Not only the people of Seonyu Valley, but also the Gung family father and daughter from Manmulryeon.

They could not easily stop crying.

“Really, really thank you. Instructor Ha, no, Dan-ju Ha.”

Gongsun Mu-oe could not let go of Ha Mu-baek’s hand.

“Sir… we really thank you.”

Gung Mu-hyeok and Gung So-yu repeatedly bowed to Wi Ji-gun.

 

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“Phew.”

A deep sigh filled with mixed emotions flowed out.

“Still, I managed to meet the deadline somehow.”

In front of the main gate where the signboard of Gyoryong Hall was visible.

The middle-aged man muttered quietly and then walked forward.

The gate guards saw the person approaching the main gate, heightened their vigilance, then were immediately startled.

“D, Director!!!”

The Director of Gyoryong Hall, Peng Do-yul, who had been away for a long time due to family matters.

He was right before their eyes.

The fact that Peng Do-yul had returned was immediately conveyed to the Director’s Pavilion.

He walked toward the Director’s Pavilion with leisurely steps while looking around various parts of Gyoryong Hall.

Had only about two months and two weeks passed since the incident occurred?

Despite the short time, Peng Do-yul felt as if he had returned to his hometown after being away for a long time.

“Wh, why have you come?”

While he was walking lost in thought, a gruff voice was heard.

Looking over, Gi Yu-chan was standing there with his lips pouted.

“Haha. I returned because this is where I belong. But why are you like that?”

“Since the Director wasn’t here, I was properly doing work for once… but now that you’ve returned, things probably won’t run properly again.”

At those words, Peng Do-yul chuckled.

There had been many tasks he had pushed off to him with director’s authority, telling him to handle them with full discretion.

While working with the Vice Director, he must have been delighted.

He could almost see that scene without even looking.

“I meet you for the first time. Director. I am called Yeon Baek-jin.”

Yeon Baek-jin, who had been behind Gi Yu-chan, greeted with a cupped fist salute.

“I meet you for the first time. I am called Peng Do-yul. I caused great trouble for the Vice Director due to my family’s lack of virtue.”

Peng Do-yul performed a cupped fist salute and bowed deeply.

“Not at all. I only did what needed to be done.”

The darkly tanned skin, the hollow area around his eyes.

Yeon Baek-jin’s appearance, clearly exhausted by fatigue as he said this, was both pitiful and amusing.

After such a brief reunion, Peng Do-yul headed to the Administrator’s Office.

It was unbelievably neat for having been away for over two months.

It must have been Gi Yu-chan’s work.

“You can start working from tomorrow. Well, after tomorrow passes, it’ll be the break period anyway.”

Peng Do-yul merely smiled at Gi Yu-chan’s words that showed his displeasure.

“Right. Then I should rest and recover from the journey today.”

With that, Peng Do-yul headed toward the Director’s Residence.

On the way, he walked toward the Instructors’ Quarters. There was someone he needed to meet.

As it happened, that person was outside nearby.

He must have sensed his presence.

“Have you returned?”

Ha Mu-baek said, looking at Peng Do-yul.

“Yes. I’m back. Has anything happened while I was away?”

Peng Do-yul asked Ha Mu-baek with a gentle smile.

“Anything happening… There hasn’t been a single peaceful day. I wonder if this place has bad energy.”

Ha Mu-baek grumbled as he spoke.

“You’re still as noisy as ever.”

Ha Mu-baek chuckled at Peng Do-yul’s words.

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