The World’s Greatest Martial Arts Instructor - Chapter 134

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Chapter 134. Well, Really. With People

 

 

Gung So-yu had been feeling wonderful every single day lately.

Everything felt new and vibrant.

There was one person who would understand her feelings best.

Dan Mok Un-hye.

She had Nine-Tone Severed Meridians, while that child had Seven-Tone Severed Meridians.

They shared the experience of suffering from the same Severed Meridian Syndrome, and they were even cured on the same day.

That’s why she often visited her home.

When she first visited, it was a shabby hut-like house, but now it was different.

The day after being completely cured.

They had moved.

This was already her third visit to that house.

Today was the second day after moving.

So she had been visiting every single day since the moving day.

Today, Gongsun Bi-yeon was accompanying her.

“But are you really going to take her?”

“Yes, sister. Un-hye’s brother made it to the quarterfinals, so it would be a shame if she couldn’t watch the martial duel tournament.”

“Still, Un-hye is quite young…”

“Well, it’s not like it’s a tournament where blood splatters everywhere.”

Though that was true.

“It’s not completely absent either.”

People fight against people with weapons.

In that case, unexpected accidents were bound to happen.

“Still, I already told Un-hye yesterday…”

She had told her that Dan Mok Un-rae was participating in Gyoryong Hall’s martial duel tournament and seemed likely to achieve good results.

Dan Mok Un-hye said she also wanted to see her brother competing in the tournament.

At those words, Gung So-yu suggested they go watch the tournament together the next day, saying that Un-hye’s brother would surely keep surviving.

And how relieved she had been when she returned to the estate that night and heard about the tournament from her grandfather.

It had been years since the tournament lasted two days. She had almost given Dan Mok Un-hye false hope.

She also blamed herself for her rashness in making promises without properly checking first.

On top of that, fortunately came the news that Dan Mok Un-rae had advanced to the quarterfinals. It was truly fortunate.

So today, she was going to pick up Dan Mok Un-hye like this.

“But if we go get her now, the quarterfinals will probably be over. What if he was eliminated in the quarterfinals?”

At Gongsun Bi-yeon’s question, Gung So-yu showed a slightly worried expression.

“Still, a promise is a promise.”

It was an answer filled with hesitation.

 

“Sister!!”

Dan Mok Un-hye was waiting for Gung So-yu in front of her house door.

How long had she been waiting? Her cheeks were red from the cold.

She had already finished getting ready completely.

Seeing this, Gung So-yu and Gongsun Bi-yeon looked at each other.

It was a sight that meant they absolutely had to take her.

The two hoped that Dan Mok Un-rae had advanced to the semifinals as they headed to Gyoryong Hall with Dan Mok Un-hye.

 

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“You mean the child you treated.”

“Are you referring to Un-hye?”

Ha Mu-baek asked back at Gongsun Mu-oe’s words.

“That’s right.”

Gongsun Mu-oe nodded as he answered.

“That child is coming here?”

“So-yu made such a promise. Just in case, Bi-yeon will be moving with them.”

“Hmm. Un-hye is still too young to watch martial duels.”

At Ha Mu-baek’s point, Gongsun Mu-oe shrugged his shoulders.

“It’s a matter between children, so what can I do about it?”

That was true.

She was a child who had only just become completely healthy.

When she wanted to see her brother participating in the martial duel tournament, they couldn’t just stop her outright.

Though it wasn’t as if there would only be scenes appropriate for a young child to watch.

At least it was fortunate that all those remaining in the semifinals were children who had been under his guidance.

No particularly worrying situations would arise.

Just then, Ha Mu-baek heard one area among the gathered spectators becoming noisy.

Naturally, his gaze turned in that direction, and he identified the cause of the commotion.

“It seems they’ve arrived.”

No matter how much she covered her beauty with a face veil, there was still beauty that flowed out.

Gongsun Bi-yeon’s beauty couldn’t be completely hidden by a face veil, so when she appeared, the spectators buzzed and caused a commotion.

Weren’t they young cadets at an age full of vigor?

Gongsun Bi-yeon clearly showed signs of being flustered, not having expected so many people to be gathered.

She tried to avoid the crowd and find a suitable spot, but it was insufficient.

Good spots were already full of people.

Having to endure the curious gazes looking at her and various other emotions contained in those different looks was also a problem, but the bigger problem was the two children behind her.

Gongsun Bi-yeon had come to Gyoryong Hall today as a guardian, bringing Gung So-yu and Dan Mok Un-hye.

But it seemed like she was causing a commotion instead.

‘I was too short-sighted.’

She had lived in Seonyu Valley for many years. Coming to a place with so many people was practically her first time.

Places with many people were at most marketplaces or inns.

This was her first time in a place where so many crowds were concentrated, so she hadn’t anticipated this kind of reaction.

“You made a mistake. Your granddaughter is drawing too much attention instead.”

“Hmm. That’s right. I’ve been in the valley too long, so my sense of reality has become quite dull.”

Gongsun Mu-oe showed a troubled expression.

Currently, Gongsun Bi-yeon’s group was surrounded by spectators, unable to move forward or backward.

“Wait a moment.”

Ha Mu-baek lightly leaped up.

He walked leisurely through midair and descended in front of Gongsun Bi-yeon.

“Huh?”

“Huuuh?”

The spectators opened their eyes wide, opened their mouths wide, and froze like that.

They had no choice.

A master who had suddenly appeared, flying down from the air with Air Walking.

“Instructor!”

The first to recognize Ha Mu-baek and call out happily was Dan Mok Un-hye.

“You’ve worked hard coming all the way here. From now on, come with me.”

“Great Person. I apologize.”

Gung So-yu bowed her head deeply.

“Great Person. I have no face to show you.”

Gongsun Bi-yeon bowed her head with a slightly reddened face, thinking she had caused this situation.

“Even the Valley Master couldn’t have anticipated this. Please don’t worry about it.”

Ha Mu-baek spoke calmly.

Then he glanced around the surroundings.

To think that the suddenly appeared master was acquainted with that beauty. Various expressions appeared on people’s faces.

Even though they must have heard he was an instructor, they didn’t seem to think that far.

Ha Mu-baek just chuckled softly.

He held Dan Mok Un-hye with one arm and took Gung So-yu’s hand with the other. Gung So-yu held Gongsun Bi-yeon’s hand.

Ha Mu-baek lightly stepped his foot.

Not forward, but upward.

Ha Mu-baek slowly walked up through midair like that.

Along with him, Gung So-yu and Gongsun Bi-yeon’s bodies also gradually rose into midair.

“Huh? Huh huh?”

Gung So-yu looked around up and down, muttering at the mystical experience.

Gongsun Bi-yeon’s eyes widened.

Air walking while carrying two people!

It was a realm she had never even heard of.

Gongsun Bi-yeon wasn’t doing anything right now. Her body was floating in midair solely by Ha Mu-baek’s internal energy.

He was walking through midair with air walking, while lifting the two people’s bodies with levitation technique.

Was there really someone capable of such a thing!

She had heard from Byeokryeokgae about Ha Mu-baek’s tremendous feats.

But hearing about it and experiencing it directly were different.

‘This is beyond imagination…’

She knew that everything Byeokryeokgae said was true.

Even so, this was a sight that exceeded the realm of imagination.

“Thank you.”

Ha Mu-baek stepped back onto the rooftop where Gongsun Mu-oe was.

Gongsun Bi-yeon and Gung So-yu also set foot on the rooftop, and Ha Mu-baek set Dan Mok Un-hye down on the roof.

“You probably won’t fall, but be careful.”

Ha Mu-baek cautioned Dan Mok Un-hye.

“Yes.”

Dan Mok Un-hye answered briefly.

“But, Instructor. What about my brother?”

Ha Mu-baek raised his hand and pointed to one place.

There was Dan Mok Un-rae sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed, absorbed in energy circulation.

“He made it to the top 4.”

“Wow!”

Dan Mok Un-hye exclaimed with pure admiration at Ha Mu-baek’s words.

“More importantly, did you eat before coming?”

Ha Mu-baek’s question.

The current time was lunch hour.

Some of the spectators had left their seats to go eat.

If that hadn’t been the case, there would have been much greater commotion when Gongsun Bi-yeon appeared.

“Ah, now that you mention it…”

Dan Mok Un-hye looked down at her stomach as if just realizing.

In her eagerness to watch her brother’s martial duel, she had been waiting for Gung So-yu at the front door early and had completely forgotten about eating.

The same was true for Gung So-yu and Gongsun Bi-yeon.

“Tsk. I told you to eat well.”

Ha Mu-baek clicked his tongue as he spoke.

How many days had passed since she was completely cured of severed meridian syndrome, and she was already skipping meals like this?

Ha Mu-baek unwrapped the bundle placed beside him.

Two rice balls came out.

He lightly ignited Samadhi True Fire with his internal energy. Just enough to warm the rice balls.

Soon steam rose from the rice balls, spreading an appetizing aroma around.

They were rice balls deliciously made with various ingredients.

“Here, eat these.”

Ha Mu-baek offered the rice balls to Dan Mok Un-hye and Gung So-yu.

“Th-thank you.”

“Thank you.”

The two bowed in greeting as they accepted the rice balls.

However, they couldn’t eat right away and looked around cautiously.

They had no choice.

Gongsun Mu-oe had nothing in his hands. Neither did Gongsun Bi-yeon.

“So it was lunch after all.”

When he arrived here, Gongsun Mu-oe had also noticed the bundle placed beside Ha Mu-baek.

He never would have guessed it contained rice balls.

“Don’t you have more?”

Gongsun Mu-oe asked in a subtle voice. A small expectation also appeared on Gongsun Bi-yeon’s face.

The aroma was that appetizing.

It was a scent that would naturally create appetite even when there was none, and it was lunchtime when hunger would be felt.

“Skipping one meal won’t kill you.”

Ha Mu-baek answered curtly and plopped down on the rooftop.

“You two sit down and eat comfortably too. You’ll get indigestion eating like that.”

While saying this, he took out two bamboo water bottles from the bundle.

“Drink water too.”

Ha Mu-baek handed the water bottles to Dan Mok Un-hye and Gung So-yu. They were already warm, heated with Samadhi True Fire.

“Good grief. The way you treat people.”

Gongsun Mu-oe sat down beside Ha Mu-baek. Gongsun Bi-yeon also sat next to her grandfather.

They knew that if they kept standing and watching the children, the girls wouldn’t be able to eat properly.

It was unfortunate, but what could they do.

He said there wasn’t any.

“Didn’t you just watch yesterday too?”

Gongsun Mu-oe nodded at Ha Mu-baek’s words.

“That’s right, that’s right. But did you make them?”

“I asked a cook I’m friendly with.”

It was the Baizu Cook from Damryong North Hall.

Thanks to Ha Mu-baek enjoying Baizu traditional food including Zuo Su Rou, he had become friends with the cook.

When he went to Damryong North Hall for breakfast and mentioned to him that his mouth would be bored while watching the martial duels.

The cook had quickly made these early in the morning, telling him to snack on them appropriately while on the rooftop.

“The cook must have extraordinary skills. Which inn is this cook at? I should visit once.”

The aroma seemed to have properly stimulated his appetite.

“It’s the cook at Gyoryong Hall’s Damryong North Hall. Let’s go together after today’s tournament ends. One of them was meant for you anyway, Valley Master.”

Gongsun Mu-oe’s eyes widened at Ha Mu-baek’s answer.

The two rice balls he had taken out from the bundle.

One of them had been brought for him.

At those words, a smile appeared on Gongsun Mu-oe’s lips. His appetite had already disappeared.

Just watching his granddaughter eating contentedly was enough to fill his stomach.

Ha Mu-baek had paid attention to and looked after her, which made her feel good.

“It looks like it’s about to start.”

Ha Mu-baek said, looking around the martial arts arena.

The judges began moving busily.

The semifinalists who had been absorbed in energy circulation and breathing opened their eyes one by one and stood up.

A judge stepped up onto the martial arts arena.

“Woooooooh!!!”

The start of the long-awaited semifinals.

The spectators erupted in cheers.

And two people gracefully stepped up onto the martial arts arena.

It was Baek Ri-pyeong and Yeon Ha-min.

Namgung Ji-yu remained on one side of the martial arts arena, still watching the semifinals. The same was true for Namgung Ji-hu.

As Gongsun Bi-yeon arrived with Gung So-yu and Dan Mok Un-hye, at this moment, in this place, three of the Five Flowers of the Martial World had gathered.

Soft Orchid Flower Namgung Ji-yu, Ice Lotus Flower Yeon Ha-min, and Fresh Chrysanthemum Flower Gongsun Bi-yeon.

Would there really be anyone who knew this fact?

If this fact became known, it might cause chaos incomparable to the commotion when Gongsun Bi-yeon had appeared just moments ago.

Ha Mu-baek knew about it, but he wasn’t the type to care about such things.

 

“Begin!”

With the judge’s shout, Baek Ri-pyeong and Yeon Ha-min drew their swords toward each other.

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