The World’s Greatest Martial Arts Instructor - Chapter 145

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Chapter 145. You Two Outsiders There

 

 

The old man was always sweeping in the same place.

Thanks to him, the area he was in charge of was always clean.

Even during the last martial tournament, the old man never stopped sweeping.

Even though it was a completely empty place with no one around.

He just smiled and swept.

His snow-white hair and beard showed that he was an old man, but he had a sturdy build and taut skin except for a few wrinkles here and there.

This showed that he was no ordinary person.

There was no one who could say anything to such an old man.

“Have you come?”

Ha Mu-baek answered the old man Wi Ji-gun’s question.

“Yes, Master.”

“Ran-ah is still deeply immersed in cultivation. The martial tournament must have been quite a stimulus for her.”

It was now afternoon.

Ha Seol-ran was still swinging her sword.

“Please take good care of Ran-i.”

At Ha Mu-baek’s words, Wi Ji-gun stopped sweeping. Then he looked intently at his disciple.

“When are you planning to leave?”

“I’m thinking of going with Lord Gung in four days.”

Ha Mu-baek answered calmly. Wi Ji-gun’s eyes were complex as he looked at his disciple.

“It’s your grudge, so it’s something you must handle yourself.”

That was all.

Wi Ji-gun said nothing more.

And he began sweeping again.

Ha Mu-baek bowed his waist.

“I’ll come to pay my respects before I leave.”

Then he headed toward the Maengryong Corps 7th Group Training Ground.

Just as he was about to take a step.

“Always think of Ran-i.”

A quiet word from his master.

Ha Mu-baek took those words to heart and began walking.

 

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In a corner of the training ground.

Yeon Ha-min was absorbed in energy circulation and breathing.

It was because of Ha Mu-baek’s advice when they came here together.

For now, focus only on recovering internal energy and stamina.

If she carelessly picked up a sword trying to feel that sensation again, she might instead be consumed by the sensation.

He said creating a foundation that could withstand that sensation came first.

So Yeon Ha-min only did energy circulation and breathing along with simple body technique training.

Her body’s energy hadn’t fully recovered yet.

She had to gradually build her foundation.

On the other hand, Dang Jin-san and Nak U-jin, who had energy to spare, frantically swung their whips and swords.

They were filled with determination and obsession that said ‘we must succeed in the next martial tournament.’

Baek Ri-pyeong and Dan Mok Un-rae.

Both of them had also overexerted themselves yesterday.

Since they had both lost to Ju U-myeong’s Taiji Wisdom Sword.

First, they needed to review the previous day.

They exchanged what they had felt while watching each other’s martial duels.

There are things that can be seen better from a distance.

Thus, the Maengryong Corps 7th Group Training Ground was heated.

In the afternoon when shadows were gradually growing longer.

Ha Mu-baek appeared at the training ground.

The five cadets were simply focused on their own tasks.

At this sight, Ha Mu-baek chuckled and nodded.

It was worth raising them to be strong.

“Instructor!”

The first to spot Ha Mu-baek was Nak U-jin.

At his shout, the others’ gazes also turned to Ha Mu-baek.

“Continue what you were doing.”

Saying that, Ha Mu-baek headed to his usual spot.

He was about to lean back on the rock when he paused.

“Wait. The martial tournament ended yesterday, right?”

Everyone nodded at Ha Mu-baek’s question.

“Then it’s break period now.”

The cadets nodded again.

“Then there’s no reason for me to be here.”

Ha Mu-baek got up from the rock again.

“Then I’ll see you when the first half of next year begins.”

Everyone looked dumbfounded at Ha Mu-baek’s words.

If that was the case, why did he appear now?

Wasn’t this the same instructor who brought Yeon Ha-min here this morning?

“Baek Ri-pyeong. You’re on the right path. So just believe in yourself and go straight ahead.”

Just as they were about to say something, Ha Mu-baek spoke first.

“Dan Mok Un-rae. You still have infinite possibilities. Don’t try to rely only on the ability you suddenly gained.”

Dan Mok Un-rae bowed his head.

It was something he had already heard from someone once.

“Dang Jin-san. You held the whip at dawn, so you know, right? You’re not a dullard.”

Dang Jin-san wrinkled his nose.

“Nak U-jin. It hasn’t even been a year since you entered martial arts either. How long do you think Namgung Ji-hu has been at it? You fought Namgung Ji-hu for a hundred seconds.”

Nak U-jin scratched his head.

“You’ve all grown tremendously over the past year. And you grew once more in the martial tournament. Now you know from experience, right? You’re on the right path, so just look ahead and go forward.”

Since entering Maengryong Corps, had their instructor ever spoken this much?

And it was all positive praise at that.

The instructor who always nagged and only talked about self-study.

Smiles naturally appeared on their faces.

Ha Mu-baek’s gaze turned to one side.

“What are you two doing here?”

It was Namgung Ji-hu and Ju U-myeong.

They were standing there awkwardly.

Ha Mu-baek seemed to be saying something to the Maengryong Corps cadets, but they couldn’t hear properly. It was probably advice.

So Namgung Ji-hu spoke up.

“Um, don’t you have anything to say to us as well…?”

Ju U-myeong was also sending the same look toward Ha Mu-baek.

One of the reasons they had come to the Maengryong Corps 7th Group Training Hall was Ha Mu-baek.

The Group Seven Cadets didn’t know.

How deep the meaning was in the single words Ha Mu-baek would casually toss out, as if indifferent or annoyed.

In fact, even Namgung Ji-hu and Ju U-myeong didn’t fully understand everything.

Still, they had gained much from his advice, so today they had shamelessly come to this place again.

Ha Mu-baek gazed quietly at the two of them.

Eventually, he opened his mouth.

“How about you two also try learning the Three Talents Sword Technique?”

With those words, Ha Mu-baek left the training ground.

His steps truly seemed like someone who was going to enjoy his vacation now that the second semester had ended.

Namgung Ji-hu muttered while watching Ha Mu-baek’s retreating figure.

“Three Talents Sword Technique…”

He had already heard it once before.

Hadn’t Baek Ri-pyeong said the same thing to him during the winter tournament?

But now Ha Mu-baek was saying the same thing.

Ju U-myeong also muttered about the Three Talents Sword Technique.

He had already heard about the Three Talents Sword Technique from his Master.

‘The essence is nothingness.’

What meaning would that have for him?

Both of them wore confused expressions.

Dang Jin-san approached them.

“Hey there, you two outsiders.”

Jamryong Unit Group One and Maengryong Corps Twentieth Group.

Inside the Maengryong Corps Group Seven training ground, they were indeed outsiders.

Dang Jin-san’s expression was full of playfulness.

“Instead of worrying, it would be better to move your body directly. That’s our Instructor’s policy. I’ll teach you well.”

Dang Jin-san, who had somehow strapped on his belt and brought practice swords, placed swords in both their hands.

 

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A faint blue light flickered in Ye Cho-ah’s eyes.

It was a change that occurred while practicing a new divine technique.

“Sect Leader. Are you alright?”

The Second Guardian asked with a worried expression.

“I’ve barely learned the first level. Don’t worry about such things.”

Ye Cho-ah spoke in a dry voice.

“It’s still an incomplete martial art. You seem too hasty.”

“I can’t just wait indefinitely until it’s completed.”

Ye Cho-ah spoke with a resolute expression.

“We don’t know when that monster might come attacking this place.”

At those words, the Second Guardian closed his mouth.

After the incident at Sanwol Demon Forest, Hao Sect had withdrawn their eyes and ears from Muchang.

It was to avoid giving that bastard any excuse.

While carefully gathering information again at Manmulryeon’s request, they were shocked to their core.

They knew he was a monster. But to that extent.

“He’s a human who survived the Ten Thousand Heaven Golden Chain Explosive Thunder. A monster beyond the category of human. How long will that monster remain unaware of the manuscript’s existence?”

Ye Cho-ah asked anxiously.

“…”

The Second Guardian couldn’t give any answer.

Though they had desperately tried to hide it, it was surprising that someone of that caliber hadn’t considered the manuscript’s existence.

The Second Guardian could only speculate alone that perhaps because he was so strong, he only thought from his own standards.

The traces of the Ten Thousand Heaven Golden Chain Explosive Thunder.

When Hao Sect’s leadership learned that it had been fired at Ha Mu-baek, they were horrified.

What kind of weapon was the Ten Thousand Heaven Golden Chain Explosive Thunder?

The very number of people who knew of its existence was extremely small.

It was information that Hao Sect knew precisely because they were Hao Sect.

After learning that he had survived, Ye Cho-ah’s condition worsened.

She began to be gripped by fear and trembling in advance.

The action she chose to shake off her fear was to learn a divine technique still under research.

The secret manual of Mixed Origin Flowing Harmony that Peng Mu-ryang, the Family Head of the Peng Family, had possessed.

Its true identity was the Chaotic Blood Harmony Destruction Technique, a demonic art of the Blood Cult.

No, it was a cursed destruction technique.

That arrangement had been shattered because of Ha Mu-baek.

What they salvaged was the record of what Peng Gun-ho had shown in the process of learning it, and a manuscript copy of the secret manual.

That was all.

Research to completely remove the curse contained within was still ongoing.

Ye Cho-ah had learned the fully verified portion, and the achievement she gained that way was the first level.

It was merely at the introductory level, yet blue energy flickered in her eyes.

 

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A message delivered from Gyoryong Hall.

Since it was sent through Jeon Seo-eung, it arrived in just two days.

The Old Man frowned throughout reading the message.

He had no choice.

It contained news that was the complete opposite of what he had hoped for.

“Sigh. Senior Brother. Is Senior Brother’s talent truly an insurmountable wall for this junior? Is it indeed because of Senior Brother’s bloodline? The child who inherited my blood is just frustrating…”

The Old Man muttered as if lamenting.

He had cast out the child because he could threaten his position within the sect.

To a place where nothing could be gained, and where he would go to die two years later.

Gyoryong Hall’s Maengryong Corps.

There had been opposition and noise within the sect, but it was at a level he could suppress with his power as sect leader.

If he had missed the timing, the opposition forces would have united further and reached an unstoppable point.

Even after sending that boy to the Maengryong Corps, he didn’t take his eyes off him.

He had also sent his own limbs as instructors to Gyoryong Hall.

He had also given separate orders to disciples already dispatched to Gyoryong Hall.

He had thoroughly monitored that child in this way.

No, he had tried to monitor him.

He just couldn’t monitor properly because a strange fellow was attached as a Maengryong Corps instructor.

Ha Mu-baek.

An unknown human.

Why had a man who had even been Hocheon Corps Leader meekly accepted demotion to a Maengryong Corps instructor?

Still, he was like a kite with a broken string.

He had thought that with his power as Ju Jae-seung, Zhongnan’s sect leader, getting rid of such a fellow would be nothing.

He couldn’t get rid of him.

Though he had deployed countless operations beneath the surface, whenever that man’s name came up, there were more than a few who shook their heads.

Thanks to that, he had no choice but to deploy a loose surveillance network.

And the news that came through, except for the beginning, was nothing that pleased him.

When he heard that the boy had been humiliated by a collateral child of the Dang family, he had felt exhilarated.

After that.

Starting with Ha-tuje’s victory, nothing went according to his expectations.

And the highlight was this news delivered today.

“Runner-up…”

Runner-up in the Eastern Tournament.

Moreover, his opponent in the finals was Wudang’s Ju U-myeong.

The disciple of none other than Muyeon Jin-in, the former Wudang’s First Sword.

A person evaluated as the greatest rising talent of the current Nine Sects One Alliance.

Just what on earth was happening at Gyoryong Hall?

“This won’t do.”

It was too dangerous to keep him at Gyoryong Hall any longer.

After sending that bastard to Gyoryong Hall, the opposing factions within the sect had been mostly dealt with.

Now he was confident that even if that bastard returned, there would be no problems.

If he left him with the Maengryong Corps like this, he might not even die when going to Sanwol Demon Forest.

If his skills were already at a level to match Ju U-myeong, that is.

It would be troublesome if he grew even stronger there instead.

“Indeed, keeping him under my watch is the most reassuring.”

So that he couldn’t do anything at all.

Having made up his mind, Ju Jae-seung picked up his brush.

It was to write a letter commanding Baek Ri-pyeong to return to Zhongnan.

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