The World’s Greatest Martial Arts Instructor - Chapter 156

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Chapter 156. Didn’t You Say You Didn’t Care?

 

 

A figure dropping down with swift body movement.

It was an old man with white hair, white flames, and a benevolent appearance.

Song Ho-sin showed a startled expression upon seeing him.

It was a face he knew well.

And it was someone who shouldn’t be in Chang’an.

“Fl-Flame Evil elder…”

Flame Evil Hwa Yu-gun.

One of the Ten Great Masters of the Demonic Faction and currently one of the Guardians of the Evil Sea Alliance.

“What brings you here, old man?”

Ha Mu-baek spoke as if it was nothing special.

“I was going around taking care of some Evil Sea Alliance affiliated sects in this area. But then they said you were coming and told me to hurry over. That Military Advisor was so insistent. I just arrived in Chang’an a little while ago.”

“Didn’t you say you didn’t care? But you brought a bunch of kids with you. Well, I figured there would be followers since that guy was leaving traces everywhere.”

Song Ho-sin flinched. He had left markers while following Ha Mu-baek’s movements, and sure enough, that man had known all along but pretended not to.

Hwa Yu-gun was also the sect leader of a sect called Flame Gate.

“Getting old makes it hard to travel alone, so I’ve been moving around with the kids. When I said I was going to meet you, they inevitably followed along. Heh heh.”

Ha Mu-baek chuckled at Hwa Yu-gun’s playful words.

“You’re good with words.”

“Isn’t that how it is? You’re usually an unpredictable person. We said we didn’t care, but if you got upset and attacked us, it would be troublesome for us too.”

“You’re treating me like a madman.”

Ha Mu-baek spoke as if it was absurd.

And Song Ho-sin and the Second Guardian of Hao-mun looked at him with even more incredulous eyes.

‘That seems right though…’

‘He is a madman!’

These were the inner thoughts the two couldn’t bring themselves to voice.

“Anyway, since you’re here, want to do some work?”

At Ha Mu-baek’s words, Hwa Yu-gun answered with his usual smiling face.

“You mean dealing with Hao-mun?”

“They’re your affiliates. Handling the Annihilation Technique is also your job.”

He was right.

It was an agreement between the Jeongcheon Alliance and the Evil Sea Alliance.

When accidents caused by the Annihilation Technique occurred in the Orthodox Sect and Demonic Faction respectively, each side would take responsibility and handle it.

That’s why the Jeongcheon Alliance was frantically busy cleaning up the Peng Family incident last time.

This time it was the Evil Sea Alliance’s turn.

“That’s true, but that’s not why I came…”

“Then should I just kill them all?”

Ha Mu-baek’s question.

“Actually, I wouldn’t particularly mind that either.”

Hwa Yu-gun said nonchalantly with a grinning face.

Even with his benevolent appearance and smile, his essence was demonic.

A cruel nature resided within him.

Ha Mu-baek’s gaze turned to Ye Cho-ah and the Second Guardian.

“You heard that? I don’t want to do it, but the Evil Sea Alliance has abandoned you.”

Ha Mu-baek turned his gaze away from Hwa Yu-gun as if he had no more business with him.

And he stood looking at Ye Cho-ah and the Second Guardian.

“Today. Hao-mun will be erased from Gangho.”

Ha Mu-baek’s words were like a declaration.

The two were shocked by those words.

Just moments ago, he had clearly said he would only kill those who had seen the Annihilation Technique. And even that he wouldn’t do since they hadn’t broken his warning.

But to change his words so suddenly like this.

And from an Orthodox Sect member at that.

That bastard really was a madman.

“W-wait!”

It was Hwa Yu-gun who intervened then.

Because that bastard would really do it if he said he would erase Hao-mun.

“Why? You told me to handle it myself.”

Ha Mu-baek looked at Hwa Yu-gun with an annoyed expression.

“No, this is different, isn’t it? From what I heard earlier, you said you would only kill those who saw or encountered the Annihilation Technique…”

Ha Mu-baek chuckled at Hwa Yu-gun’s words.

“Would it matter if a madman changed his words?”

“No, why are you a madman!”

Hwa Yu-gun shouted in surprise.

But Ha Mu-baek still smiled as he spoke.

“You just treated me like a madman.”

Hwa Yu-gun recalled what Ha Mu-baek had said moments ago.

“So I should become a madman.”

Ha Mu-baek’s eyes gleamed with madness as he said this.

This was troublesome.

Very troublesome.

Hwa Yu-gun hadn’t come here for this.

The task the Evil Sea Alliance Leader had instructed him to do was different.

If the Hao Sect Leader was eliminated by Ha Mu-baek’s hand, he was to make someone suitable the new Hao Sect Leader and pass on an appropriate martial arts manual.

But if that bastard destroyed Hao-mun entirely?

His scheme to solve troublesome matters using Ha Mu-baek’s hand would face major setbacks.

That bastard would do it if he said he would.

Whatever it was.

He had experienced it countless times in the last war.

He had accomplished things everyone said were impossible, and done things everyone said were insane.

That’s why that bastard was a madman.

“Ah, I understand. We’ll handle the aftermath.”

In the end, Hwa Yu-gun surrendered.

Song Ho-sin watched this scene with a face that showed he had nothing left to be surprised about.

What kind of person was Hwa Yu-gun?

As his nickname Flame Evil suggested, he was someone with a temperament as hot as flames.

Though he pretended to be benevolent and laughed heartily, that wasn’t his true nature.

But in front of Ha Mu-baek, he just looked like an endlessly gentle old man.

With his temperament, he should normally be furious like fire, but he was just at a loss and anxious.

What the hell was that madman?

“You should have done that from the start. Don’t turn a normal person into a madman.”

Ha Mu-baek said this and stepped aside. Then he gestured with his eyes.

It meant to handle it.

“Phew.”

Hwa Yu-gun let out a deep sigh.

‘Getting involved with that madman is always tiring.’

His irritated gaze turned toward Ye Cho-ah and Second Guardian.

“Ye Cho-ah. You will be escorted to Ryeon headquarters. Your crimes are great, so you won’t see sunlight again.”

“What’s wrong with trying to become stronger!”

Ye Cho-ah shouted with a face that couldn’t accept it.

“Right, that might not be wrong. But you know, you shouldn’t have gotten caught. Especially not by that man. That’s your crime.”

It was a statement that revealed Four Seas Alliance’s attitude toward the Annihilation Technique.

Ha Mu-baek frowned but didn’t interfere. Having handed them over, he had decided not to get involved.

“Come in.”

At Hwa Yu-gun’s words, his subordinates descended one after another.

The space that had only five people was quickly filled with over ten people.

“The thing I asked you to investigate?”

“Here it is.”

One of the Yeolhwamun subordinates handed a small manual to Hwa Yu-gun.

“Is this what the Black Martial Corps branch here investigated?”

“Yes.”

The subordinate answered as Hwa Yu-gun asked while flipping through the papers.

Since the manual was small and thin, he quickly finished reading it all.

Then he looked at Second Guardian with a displeased face.

“Tsk.”

Hwa Yu-gun clicked his tongue lightly.

“There’s no one suitable. You.”

“Yes? Yes.”

Second Guardian, who couldn’t adapt to the suddenly changing situation, answered in surprise at Hwa Yu-gun’s call.

“From now on, you are the Hao Sect Leader.”

“What?”

Second Guardian was surprised once again.

Ye Cho-ah was the same.

“Why are you surprised? The Hao Sect Leader will rot for life in Four Seas Alliance’s Thunder Prison. Were you planning to just stay without a sect leader?”

“Damn it. Why should the sect leader go to Four Seas Alliance…!”

Ye Cho-ah shouted with a face that absolutely couldn’t accept it.

Even if she disappeared, her successor remained.

Her eldest daughter who had fled outside Chang’an.

“The Grand Princess is…”

When Second Guardian tried to say something, Hwa Yu-gun waved his hand dismissively.

“That man is chasing after her. Who knows what will happen. If by any chance that Grand Princess learned the Annihilation Technique, she’ll end up in the same state, locked up rotting in Thunder Prison.”

At those words, Ye Cho-ah trembled all over.

“She might be safe…”

At Second Guardian’s words, Hwa Yu-gun shook his head.

“Even if she’s safe. She’s the daughter of a criminal who learned the Annihilation Technique. Four Seas Alliance wouldn’t recognize her as sect leader. You frustrating fellow. Others would be fighting to become sect leader. Why are you making a fuss about not wanting to do it? Just do it.”

“This is interference in internal affairs! Even if it’s Four Seas Alliance, this goes too far!”

Ye Cho-ah screamed.

Having lost all her internal energy, she could only shout.

Now even her voice was hoarse.

“Ye Cho-ah possessed and learned the Annihilation Technique. So this is the process of punishing that crime. It’s not interference in internal affairs.”

Hwa Yu-gun’s words were sophistry.

Even if they punished the Hao Sect Leader, the next sect leader should be decided by Haomun.

Not by Four Seas Alliance.

“Don’t look at me with those eyes. Ryeon doesn’t have the capacity to interfere in Haomun’s operations. We’re just finding a suitable person. According to our investigation, that fellow is the most suitable person. That’s all.”

With that, Hwa Yu-gun threw the manual he had been reading to Ye Cho-ah.

“Check it yourself if you want.”

Ye Cho-ah picked up the manual.

Her expression changed in various ways as she quickly flipped through it.

Who would have thought Four Seas Alliance had grasped Haomun’s information to this extent.

Their pride in being the best in the demonic faction for information was meaningless.

She put down the manual with a resigned face.

“How about it? Aren’t I right?”

Ye Cho-ah didn’t answer Hwa Yu-gun’s question.

But she didn’t refute it either.

Seeing this, Hwa Yu-gun nodded and took out another manual from his chest.

He held it out to Second Guardian.

“What is this?”

“A congratulatory gift for becoming sect leader.”

Second Guardian took the manual with a bewildered face.

Then seeing the title written on the cover, his hands holding the book trembled.

“Bl-Blood Sea Ghost Death Palm…”

At that voice, Ye Cho-ah’s head snapped around. Ha Mu-baek, who had been quiet, also reacted.

They had to.

Blood Sea Ghost Death Palm.

It was one of the ultimate techniques counted among the Five Great Palm Techniques of Evil Faction.

Blood Sea Ghost Death Palm was the exclusive ultimate technique of the Blood Sea Sect, but it was known to have been lost when the Blood Sea Sect was destroyed during the last war with the Demonic Cult.

The Blood Sea Sect had been a massive sect ranked fifteenth in the demonic faction hierarchy.

It was surprising that a secret manual of such an ultimate technique remained, but it was even more surprising that they just provided it to Haomun.

“So this is why you came here. Trying to dump troublesome work on someone.”

Ha Mu-baek muttered as if he couldn’t believe it.

In the end, Hwa Yu-gun had come here to install a new Hao Sect Leader and pass on that martial art.

This idea probably came from Mun In-baek-song’s mind.

Since Haomun had caused trouble by reaching for the Annihilation Technique out of their craving for strength and resentment toward weakness.

They were telling them not to do that anymore.

To be satisfied with something like Blood Sea Ghost Death Palm.

What if they weren’t satisfied with Blood Sea Ghost Death Palm, one of the Five Great Palm Techniques of Evil Faction, and caused the same trouble again?

Gong Ya-jang-cheon might personally erase Haomun.

Four Seas Alliance gave them one more chance because they used Haomun to collect information from around the world.

The cost and effort required to directly collect extensive information was too great.

It was much more beneficial to closely monitor Haomun while using the information Haomun gathered.

“Anyway, what a fox-like person. But what if word gets out and everyone tries to learn the Annihilation Technique? I won’t show any mercy then?”

At Ha Mu-baek’s words, Hwa Yu-gun still laughed breathlessly.

“Did you forget where this is? Isn’t this Haomun? Their specialty is gathering information and spreading rumors, so they’ll handle it appropriately. Isn’t that right? Hm? But what’s that in your hand? Huh. Blood Sea Ghost Death Palm. It should have been lost when the Blood Sea Sect was destroyed in the last war… Where did you get such a precious secret manual?”

At Hwa Yu-gun’s shameless feigning ignorance, Ha Mu-baek shook his head in disbelief.

Ye Cho-ah looked at Hwa Yu-gun with eyes full of resentment.

“Why, why only now… If you had done this earlier…”

“It’s thanks to your resentment and struggle that you got this now. If touching the Annihilation Technique wasn’t for your personal greed but truly for Haomun, you should be happy that you became stronger this way. It was thanks to your sacrifice.”

At Hwa Yu-gun’s words, Ye Cho-ah said nothing with a complicated expression.

“Well, I’m leaving now.”

Then Ha Mu-baek said as he turned around.

At those words, Ye Cho-ah snapped to attention.

Because she knew where he was going.

“Th-that child knows nothing! So please…”

“I’ll see and judge that first.”

Ha Mu-baek said as he leaped up lightly.

His body movement disappeared in an instant.

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