The World’s Greatest Martial Arts Instructor - Chapter 148

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Chapter 148. You All Don’t Know?

 

 

“These were carried by those who ambushed me to kill me.”

Gung Mu-hyeok said while looking at one of the Five Elders.

It was someone who looked ashamed and could hardly meet Gung Mu-hyeok’s eyes.

“Elder Seong participated in the research of Ten Thousand Heaven Golden Chain Explosive Thunder with me, so you must know well what this is, right?”

Gung Mu-hyeok’s question.

The one called Elder Seong nodded his head.

At the mention of Ten Thousand Heaven Golden Chain Explosive Thunder, the expressions of the other four among the Five Elders also changed drastically.

Some even showed shocked faces.

“This is a launch tube left after using Ten Thousand Heaven Golden Chain Explosive Thunder. And when making the launch tube, I secretly left an engraving.”

Elder Seong unconsciously nodded his head.

Because when manufacturing Ten Thousand Heaven Golden Chain Explosive Thunder, he had heard Gung Mu-hyeok say he would take some kind of measure.

Though he never knew that measure was leaving an engraving on the launch tube.

“Take a look.”

Gung Mu-hyeok threw the launch tube.

The launch tube that flew spinning was caught in Elder Seong’s hands.

“Hmm…”

A low groan.

The other elders peered at the launch tube.

It was to check for the engraving.

Soon they all tilted their heads in confusion.

Because there was no engraving anywhere to be found.

Gung Do-hyeok chuckled.

“What kind of pathetic trick is this…”

“Try flowing internal energy into it. Ten Thousand Heaven Golden Chain Explosive Thunder also requires internal energy to fire.”

Elder Seong reflexively flowed internal energy into it.

And two characters appeared.

Do-hyeok.

All Five Elders widened their eyes.

“The one who smuggled out Ten Thousand Heaven Golden Chain Explosive Thunder, Ryeon’s greatest secret, to outsiders to kill the Alliance Leader was Do-hyeok. And yet you’re saying you’ll follow such a person?”

Elder Seong’s eyes trembled finely.

Having already stood behind Gung Do-hyeok after deep internal conflict, he was severely shaken by the facts Gung Mu-hyeok revealed.

“Alliance Leader. What have you done for the Alliance?”

Then.

A man who had been standing quietly asked Gung Mu-hyeok.

“Who are you?”

“I am Wi Sang-hyeong of the Wi family. The Alliance Leader has always been holed up in the research laboratory under the pretext of creating new weapons. The one who actually operated the Alliance was Alliance Leader Gung Do-hyeok here.”

Gung Mu-hyeok frowned at his behavior of calling himself Alliance Leader while also calling Gung Do-hyeok Alliance Leader.

“The Alliance Leader only became Alliance Leader because he was born the eldest son of the Gung family, despite having a weak body. The children of Elder Council families naturally enter the Elder Council, and the same goes for the elders’ families. That’s how the same families, the same people always remain in the same positions in Manmulryeon. A pond that has stagnated and is rotting away. What exactly has the Alliance Leader done?”

Wi Sang-hyeong’s question.

At that question, Gung Mu-hyeok chuckled.

It was a contradictory question.

“Because I’ve done nothing, Do-hyeok should become Alliance Leader? Then let me ask in return. While I was holed up in the research laboratory, it was Do-hyeok who operated the Alliance as you said. What did Do-hyeok do then? Was there any change to that stagnant state?”

“At least he promoted that one person. Change begins like that.”

Wi Sang-hyeong answered without being flustered.

Because he had anticipated such questions.

“Yes, good. Small change. Change that begins like that. But do you know who the outsider was that Do-hyeok gave Ten Thousand Heaven Golden Chain Explosive Thunder to?”

Gung Mu-hyeok’s question.

There was no way he could know.

Because Gung Do-hyeok had kept his contact with the Demon Cult thoroughly secret.

It was something only he knew.

The gazes of the six people turned toward Gung Mu-hyeok’s mouth.

Just who was this outsider.

Gazes filled with such questions.

“Demon Cult. It’s the Demon Cult. The Demon Cult came to kill me with that.”

Thud!

A heavy impact sound rang in the Five Elders’ heads.

That name Gung Mu-hyeok emphasized three times.

Demon Cult.

That Gung Do-hyeok had been in league with the Demon Cult was completely unknown to them.

It was something that could never happen in Manmulryeon, one of the Eight Rising Sects.

The culprit of the last war.

The enemy of the Orthodox Sect.

That was the Demon Cult and Blood Cult.

The Five Elders looked back at Gung Do-hyeok. Eyes asking if what Gung Mu-hyeok was saying was true, seeking the truth.

Gung Do-hyeok was calm.

There wasn’t the slightest waver.

It was something he had already anticipated.

There was no way his clever brother would have taken no measures regarding that terrifying fire weapon, no, weapon.

“What about evidence? Is there evidence that the Alliance Leader joined hands with the Demon Cult?”

Wi Sang-hyeong asked as if it was nothing.

There was no way there would be any. What kind of people was the Demon Cult to leave evidence?

There had been no clues that could reveal the identity of the attackers that day.

“The Lord of Seonyu Valley was with me.”

“That’s your father-in-law.”

Wi Sang-hyeong no longer even called Gung Mu-hyeok Alliance Leader.

“He is the Lord of Seonyu Valley. He’s not someone who would lie about the existence of the Demon Cult out of personal feelings! Are you insulting the Seonyugok Lord right now!”

Gung Mu-hyeok exploded in anger.

Seonyu Valley, one of the Eight Rising Sects and a sect that had saved countless people in the last war.

He was genuinely angry at the claim that the lord of such a place would falsely use the existence of the Demon Cult just for his son-in-law.

“You are the Alliance Leader of Manmulryeon. Isn’t the fact that Manmulryeon’s Alliance Leader colluded with the Demon Cult an insult to the Alliance Leader!”

“I am the Alliance Leader!”

Wi Sang-hyeong and Gung Mu-hyeok glared at each other with blazing eyes.

“It doesn’t seem like your place to butt in. I’m staying quiet too. You worthless bastard. Hey. Gung Do-hyeok. You tell me.”

Ha Mu-baek, who had been silent until then, spoke with a voice full of killing intent.

At that aura, both Wi Sang-hyeong and the Five Elders momentarily felt their legs go weak.

It was an aura that naturally made one’s whole body shrink.

Ha Mu-baek’s killing intent now turned toward Gung Do-hyeok.

Gung Do-hyeok gritted his teeth.

But as if such resistance was useless, Gung Do-hyeok’s entire body was soon drenched in cold sweat.

It became quiet.

The moment Ha Mu-baek released his killing intent.

“Kheuk. Huk huk huk.”

“Hak hak.”

“Ugh… huff, huff.”

Those exhaling rough breaths.

Fear filled the faces of Wi Sang-hyeong and the Five Elders.

Gung Do-hyeok glared at Ha Mu-baek with a twisted expression.

‘Indeed, a monster is a monster… He can’t even be compared to someone like Sam Ryeong-ju.’

Nevertheless, Gung Do-hyeok’s spirit did not die.

After being defeated once by Sam Ryeong-ju, he had grown a step further when he decided to become Ryeon-ju.

And he also had faith in the arrangements he had laid out in this place.

“What Vice Ryeon-ju Wi said is my will. As Vice Ryeon-ju, he has more than enough qualifications to speak on equal terms with Gung Mu-hyeok.”

Gung Do-hyeok spoke as if growling.

Gung Mu-hyeok watched him with incredulous eyes.

Vice Ryeon-ju?

Wasn’t that Gung Do-hyeok who was right in front of him now?

When had the positions of Ryeon-ju and Vice Ryeon-ju switched without the Ryeon-ju knowing?

Gung Mu-hyeok’s gaze turned to the Five Elders. They showed no particular surprise, as if they had already received word.

They merely cast fearful glances at Ha Mu-baek.

“Evidence, you said?”

Ha Mu-baek asked with a sneer.

Gung Do-hyeok nodded.

Ha Mu-baek pulled something from his chest and threw it.

A small pouch fell in front of Gung Do-hyeok’s feet.

He picked it up.

“Look.”

At Ha Mu-baek’s words, when he opened the pouch, there was a tooth stained with black energy.

“This is…”

Gung Do-hyeok looked at Ha Mu-baek with uncomprehending eyes.

The others were the same.

Even Gung Mu-hyeok had a face that showed he didn’t understand.

“You all don’t know? Yet you speak of evidence. Ridiculous. I gave you evidence right before your eyes.”

Ha Mu-baek showed his teeth and laughed with a contemptuous expression.

“You bastards. Do you know what changes occur in the body when one uses Demonic Arts?”

Having only heard about Demonic Arts, no one knew that.

None of those present had fought on the front lines in the last war.

Manmulryeon had mainly handled the supply of weapons and fire weapons from the rear.

So they couldn’t have seen demons who used Demonic Arts.

“Demonic energy is dark energy. Black energy rises from the dantian and spreads throughout the body. It seeps into every part of the body. The skin, the eyes, even that tooth you’re holding. When you look at the dead, even their bones are stained with black energy.”

Gung Do-hyeok gripped the tooth in his hand tightly.

He gritted his teeth.

The Five Elders hesitated.

“Still can’t believe it? Go ask the Jeongcheon Alliance right now. See what they say. And that tooth was pulled from one of the corpses buried at the inn site where Lord Gung was attacked. That place is still full of corpses.”

Three days before departure.

During that time, Ha Mu-baek had prepared this just in case.

“Tsk.”

Gung Do-hyeok’s expression turned fierce.

“The Inn Owner was quite a diligent person.”

At Ha Mu-baek’s words, Gung Mu-hyeok almost nodded unconsciously. He too had experienced it once when he went to find the launch tube.

“Thanks to that, there’s plenty to use as evidence. I only pulled out teeth because I couldn’t bring the corpses.”

A chilling gaze.

Two of the Five Elders moved slightly away from Gung Do-hyeok.

Three people still remained by his side.

Though they seemed conflicted, they appeared to have steeled their hearts.

“So what? What does that matter?”

It was Wi Sang-hyeong.

“To transform the stagnant and stale Manmulryeon through Bone Transformation Skin Shedding, we must take such risks!”

Wi Sang-hyeong spoke as if screaming.

“You bastard have gone mad. Speaking of joining hands with the Demon Cult in such a way.”

Ha Mu-baek growled.

Wi Sang-hyeong trembled all over. Still, he glared at Ha Mu-baek.

Then Gung Mu-hyeok intervened.

“It’s not a place that’s stagnant and stale. Manmulryeon isn’t.”

Wi Sang-hyeong raised his voice as if it was nonsense.

“What do you mean! The Elder Council has been the Elder Council since before I was born, and the Five Elders are the same. Manmulryeon is a place where no one can rise up!”

“Stop talking nonsense! It wasn’t Five Elders but Four Elders! Elder Seong became an elder only five years ago! By developing the Ten Thousand Heaven Golden Chain Explosive Thunder! Don’t just remember what’s convenient for you!”

Gung Mu-hyeok shouted roughly.

Wi Sang-hyeong flinched at those words.

Because what Gung Mu-hyeok said was true.

Though he lumped them together as Five Elders, before Elder Seong became an elder, there were definitely Four Elders.

A fact he had deliberately ignored.

“You thought it was stagnant and stale because you didn’t try to rise up, and just blamed the environment.”

Cold words.

Gung Mu-hyeok’s eyes were also cold.

“Who else besides Elder Seong?”

Gung Do-hyeok interjected.

This time Gung Mu-hyeok closed his mouth.

Because in the recent ten years, it had been only Elder Seong.

“It’s also ridiculous to say it’s not stagnant just because one elder was born.”

“Do-hyeok, you bastard! You’re the one who has been running Ryeon all this time! I was the one who proposed making Elder Seong an elder! Rather, you’re the one who stagnated Ryeon!”

“I was Vice Ryeon-ju.”

When the two glared at each other with burning eyes.

Elder Seong and another elder moved toward Gung Mu-hyeok’s side.

Those who had stood behind Gung Do-hyeok due to persuasion and threats.

“Do you think it would be different if you became Ryeon-ju!”

“I’m killing my brother to rise to Ryeon-ju. To do that, I’ll have to completely overturn Ryeon. Then stagnation will end and it will surge anew.”

Gung Do-hyeok said with a bright smile.

“Let’s stop this war of words now. The conclusion is simple anyway. The strong take everything. That’s why you came with that man too.”

Gung Do-hyeok glanced at Ha Mu-baek as he continued speaking.

He was still trembling all over.

He was truly a terrifying man.

Ha Mu-baek sneered.

He had now decided how much and how to repay his debt.

“Attack!”

The moment the command fell from Gung Do-hyeok’s mouth.

The remaining three elders launched themselves toward Ha Mu-baek and Gung Mu-hyeok.

Strange weapons they had drawn before anyone knew.

Though their faces were full of fear, they charged because they had to settle things here anyway.

Elder Seong and the other elder each drew their weapons.

Then.

Gung Do-hyeok smiled brightly and lifted up a thread.

“Well, the new Manmulryeon will have to fill all the elder positions with new people too.”

A quiet murmur.

And Gung Do-hyeok infused internal energy into the thread. The thread absorbed the internal energy and became taut.

He lightly pulled the thread.

The precise mechanism activated, and changes occurred in four places.

Gung Mu-hyeok was startled by the sight.

“Heavenly Silkworm Thread?”

A thread with the property of transmitting internal energy.

What kind of trick was he planning with that?

The moment he turned his gaze toward the ceiling following the thread.

Four Ten Thousand Heaven Gold Chain Explosive Thunder devices with their trigger buttons pressed came into view.

“Wh-wh-what! E-evacuate!!!”

Gung Mu-hyeok shouted with all his might.

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