The World’s Greatest Martial Arts Instructor - Chapter 175

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Chapter 175. What’s Going On?

 

 

The sword tip trembles.

And countless stars bloom in a magnificent display.

In the past, this would have been the limit, but now it was different.

The stars that bloomed from the sword showed majestic and grand movements.

The Milky Way.

The Milky Way descended upon the training ground.

“Wow….”

Dan Mok Un-rae expressed pure admiration.

“Whoa.”

Dang Jin-san also let out an exclamation of wonder.

Yeon Ha-min and Ha Seol-ran watched with sparkling eyes.

The Celestial Galaxy Sword Technique displayed for the first time at the Maengryong Corps training ground.

On the ship returning to Muchang, he had already read the secret manual countless times.

The sparring with Ha Mu-baek, the duel with Ju Si-un.

He had experienced it directly with his own body.

For the first time, he directly performed what he had practiced countless times in his mind.

Though it wasn’t quite what he had envisioned, he had created the Milky Way on his first attempt.

“Not bad.”

Ha Mu-baek made a brief comment.

Ju U-myeong gripped his sword hilt tightly.

Though he had defeated Baek Ri-pyeong in their last duel.

The thought that he didn’t know how the next duel would turn out made his hand naturally tense up.

Thus, he completed the entire Celestial Galaxy Sword Technique.

He took a deep breath and sheathed his sword.

The Maengryong Corps cadets rushed toward Baek Ri-pyeong.

“That was amazing.”

Han Seol-bing expressed genuine admiration.

Ha Mu-baek simply nodded quietly.

“It was like watching Elder Baek Ri’s swordsmanship.”

She too was a comrade who had fought alongside Baek Ri-dan on the battlefield.

“Still far too early. Compared to that old man, this is barely taking first steps.”

A cold assessment.

Though it was the truth.

“He’s still young though.”

Han Seol-bing defended Baek Ri-pyeong.

“The battlefield doesn’t care if you’re young.”

This was also true.

Han Seol-bing simply pouted her lips.

 

After Baek Ri-pyeong’s return, the daily routine of the Maengryong Corps flowed smoothly.

Train and eat, train and eat, train and sleep.

It was the repetition of the same day every day.

Ha Mu-baek occasionally came out to watch them, and Han Seol-bing was always there by their side.

Elder Wi, who cleaned the surroundings, was also seen unusually often.

Well, the cadets of the Seventh and Twentieth Groups of the Maengryong Corps knew Elder Wi’s true identity.

He wasn’t just an ordinary worker of Gyoryong Hall, but the master of their monster-like instructor Ha Mu-baek.

It wasn’t strange at all.

 

***

 

“Hmm…. What kind of scheme is this?”

Byeokryeokgae pondered deeply over his subordinates’ reports.

It had only been ten days since Hyeong Ui-cheon entered Muchang.

Yet the momentum of the Danan Trading Company was like a raging torrent.

Already, half of Muchang’s inns and taverns had fallen into the hands of the Danan Trading Company.

It was tremendous financial power.

Inns and taverns were the best places for beggars to beg for food.

Therefore, the beggars of the Beggar Sect quickly identified the inns and taverns that had changed owners.

The new owners were all merchants from the Danan Trading Company.

“I can’t figure out their purpose at all.”

Byeokryeokgae frowned.

Why exactly had they crossed over to Hubei Province to stir up trouble in Muchang?

Well, Gyoryong Hall wasn’t the type of place to resort to violence to protect commercial interests like the unorthodox sects or black path groups.

“Their martial power is considerable too.”

The Danan Trading Company also possessed martial strength. Indeed, becoming the greatest trading company wasn’t achieved by chance.

Thanks to this, the number of martial artists flowing into Muchang had increased dramatically.

Those who had flowed in took positions as warriors for the Danan Trading Company’s inns and taverns.

Though Namgung Hwa-in was struggling desperately to counter the Danan Trading Company, he was gradually being pushed back.

This was thanks to the Danan Trading Company pouring out tremendous amounts of money.

“Tsk.”

Clicking his tongue, Byeokryeokgae organized the other reports.

The man he had been chasing for over ten years.

Still, there was no trace of that bastard.

He had released the beggars of the Beggar Sect throughout the world.

Even into the territory of the Four Seas Alliance without exception.

Yet he couldn’t find even that bastard’s shadow.

“Where exactly are you hiding, Gwang Hoe-cheon….”

The family head of the Dan Mok Family, his childhood friend Dan Mok Cheon-seung.

He was the son-in-law of Dan Mok Cheon-seung’s niece.

So he was an external great-grandson-in-law.

And.

He was the one who had annihilated the Dan Mok Family.

The bastard who had sold the Dan Mok Family to the Blood Cult.

Now that Dan Mok Un-hye had escaped from the heavenly punishment, it was time to put all efforts into finding that bastard.

However, that bastard’s whereabouts were still unknown.

It was simply frustrating.

He was someone that even the Beggar Sect, supposedly the world’s greatest information network, couldn’t find.

 

***

 

Hyeong Ui-cheon was reading the reports submitted by his subordinates with a satisfied expression.

“Indeed, pushing through with money is the most reliable method.”

He had gained control of half of Muchang’s inns and taverns.

When they said they wouldn’t sell, he offered more money.

When they still said they wouldn’t sell, he offered even more money.

The reason they said they wouldn’t sell was because the money wasn’t enough. For such people, you just need to give them sufficient money.

“This way, I can slowly acquire the inns and taverns of Muchang.”

A smile appeared on Hyeong Ui-cheon’s lips.

After reviewing all the documents, Hyeong Ui-cheon moved his heavy body to the window.

Where his gaze reached outside the window was the slums of Muchang.

“She left that place. Hmm. Actually, that worked out well. If she had stayed there, the gazes of those beggars would have been bothersome.”

While acquiring the commercial district of Muchang was important, there was something more important to Hyeong Ui-cheon.

The two reasons for advancing into Muchang.

“It was hard to find you. I was worried that someone might have gotten their hands on it in the meantime. But to think you’ve been hiding in the slums all these years. Impressive, Yeo Hwa.”

Hyeong Ui-cheon muttered Dan Mok Un-rae’s mother’s name while wearing a chilling smile.

His eyes gleamed.

 

***

 

The sun was slowly setting.

Dan Mok Un-rae left Gyoryong Hall and headed home.

During the break period, he often went back and forth between home and Gyoryong Hall.

Time with his family was precious.

Moreover, hadn’t they even moved to a new house?

The path home was always enjoyable.

Soon, his house came into view.

On the way, Dan Mok Un-rae tilted his head several times.

It was a path he always took, but it was different from usual.

Even though they had moved, there were still beggars here and there along the path home.

He would see Elder Bang only occasionally.

But today, he saw unfamiliar people unusually often.

Although he hadn’t been taking this route for very long, he had still memorized the faces of the general residents.

‘What’s going on?’

Dan Mok Un-rae entered his house while harboring a small question.

He didn’t think much of it.

After all, these were still peaceful days.

 

***

 

Ha Mu-baek frowned.

When he heard that a trading company from Changsha had advanced into Muchang, he didn’t pay much attention to it.

Merchants’ affairs weren’t something he needed to concern himself with.

However, now it was quite bothersome.

‘Was it called Danan Trading Company?’

These bastards were really stirring up trouble all over Muchang. Thanks to them, there were many more people caught in Ha Mu-baek’s Ki Sense, making things complicated.

‘How annoying.’

Since Ha Seol-ran came to Muchang, Ha Mu-baek had always kept his Ki Sense spread throughout all of Muchang.

In preparation for any emergency.

He had completed his grasp of Muchang that way, but after returning from Zhongnan, everything was in disarray.

A tremendous number of martial artists belonging to the trading company had entered Muchang.

Muchang was changing moment by moment.

This meant he had no choice but to focus even more on people’s movements.

There was no guarantee that among those who entered, there wouldn’t be someone with impure purposes.

Although Gangho seemed peaceful.

‘There are still remnants of the Blood Cult and Demon Cult.’

Hadn’t there been one hiding in Haomun as well?

In Zhongnan’s case, fortunately it wasn’t the work of those bastards.

But that was frustrating in its own way.

The fact that the Sect Leader and First Disciple of a prestigious orthodox sect were such people.

 

***

 

Namgung Hwa-in kept tilting his head with a serious expression.

He had no choice.

The number of inns and taverns that Danan Trading Company had acquired was about ten percent.

But the revenue they took was roughly twenty-five percent.

They hadn’t even taken only the prime locations from the start.

They were mediocre inns and pleasure houses.

But after Danan Trading Company started operating them, their revenue had grown rapidly in a short period.

This wasn’t a normal situation.

“They’re definitely up to something… and it’s something bad. I just can’t figure out what. Tsk.”

Namgung Hwa-in clicked his tongue.

There was still no contact from the Geumdang subordinate he had sent to Changsha.

He had sent the subordinate thinking that examining their headquarters would be the fastest way to learn their purpose.

“This is too frustrating.”

Namgung Hwa-in stood up abruptly.

He intended to investigate directly.

He went through Geumdang and left Gyoryong Hall entirely.

Namgung Hwa-in, who had decided to go to the most successful place, walked briskly.

His two Personal Guards moved hurriedly.

Since the destination was on the outskirts of Muchang, they had to walk quickly.

The place they arrived at was Wolryong Inn.

It was a four-story inn located right in front of Wolryong Manor, with an enormous area.

It was an inn built together during the construction of Wolryong Manor.

Although it was past mealtime and should have been quiet, Wolryong Inn was bustling and noisy.

When he entered the first floor, it was so full of people that there were hardly any empty seats.

“Hmm.”

Namgung Hwa-in sat in an empty seat and examined every corner of the inn with sharp eyes.

On the surface, it wasn’t much different from a typical inn.

The shopkeeper came quickly, and his service ability was ordinary.

The food was the same.

There was nothing outstanding or special.

The prices were also reasonable.

They were a bit cheap, but not attractive enough to justify the trouble of coming all the way to the outskirts for these prices.

‘Why on earth…’

He couldn’t understand the reason for its prosperity.

With that question in mind, Namgung Hwa-in returned.

 

The next day.

He could understand the reason a little.

He was heading to Wolryong Inn again today.

It was because he kept thinking about the noodles he had eaten there. They were ordinary, common noodles with nothing special about them.

‘…Is this it?’

Poison.

Namgung Hwa-in decided to visit Wolryong Inn again and gathered several silver needles.

No matter how he thought about it, this wasn’t a normal situation.

They must have done something to the food.

While eating, he secretly stabbed the silver needles into various parts of the food.

Though he was more skilled in commerce than martial arts, he was still a retainer of the Namgung Family. One who bore the Namgung surname at that.

As such, it wasn’t difficult to stab the silver needles without the shopkeeper or cooks noticing.

However, the result was unexpected.

It was clean.

The silver needles showed no reaction whatsoever.

So once again, he returned to Gyoryong Hall without any findings.

“Hmm. Why on earth…?”

Fortunately, the next day he didn’t think about Wolryong Inn’s food.

The day after that too.

By then, Namgung Hwa-in thought he must have been mistaken.

He simply thought there must have been some special secret to the food.

However.

Four days later.

Once again, he found himself desperately craving Wolryong Inn’s food.

This time it was dumplings.

During his second visit, he had ordered dumplings along with thin noodles to investigate the food with silver needles.

Namgung Hwa-in frowned.

It hadn’t been a mistake after all.

“What kind of trick are they pulling? Hmm.”

Namgung Hwa-in tapped his desk, lost in thought.

But that didn’t produce any special answers.

“I’ll have to keep watching.”

Though he desperately wanted to eat there, he used superhuman willpower to avoid visiting Wolryong Inn that day.

Instead, he devoured three plates of dumplings at Damryong North Hall.

He ate them ravenously.

Because of this, Namgung Hwa-in didn’t notice, but there were unusually many people eating dumplings.

Ha Mu-baek, who happened to visit Damryong North Hall for dinner, noticed this fact.

There were quite a few people ravenously eating dumplings as if they would devour the plates too, so it was impossible not to notice.

“What’s this about?”

Ha Mu-baek tilted his head at this unusual sight.

“The dumplings at a place called Wolryong Inn are supposedly amazing.”

Head Cook Jo said as he placed a plate of steaming Zuo Su Rou on the dining table.

“Wolryong Inn?”

Ha Mu-baek asked Head Cook Jo.

“It’s an inn run by a trading company called Danan Trading Company that recently entered Muchang. The inn is Wolryong Inn, and the pleasure house is Wolryong Pavilion. They name everything like this. Well, they say they add numbers to distinguish them.”

“Are the dumplings there really that delicious?”

At Ha Mu-baek’s question, Head Cook Jo tilted his head.

“I’m not sure about that. Our shopkeeper went to try them once, but said there was nothing special about them. In fact, he said the dumplings I make are more delicious.”

At those words, Ha Mu-baek nodded.

Head Cook Jo was indeed a very skilled cook.

“But today, he went to Wolryong Inn saying he wanted dumplings. The people looking for dumplings here today seem to be those who couldn’t go there for some reason.”

Head Cook Jo said with a somewhat disappointed smile.

“Must be a shopkeeper with strange taste buds.”

“There must be some secret technique I don’t know about. So I’m planning to go there myself on my next day off. They say the Wolryong Inn in front of Wolryong Manor, where the head of Danan Trading Company stays, is the main branch.”

“Really? Then let’s go together sometime. I’m free now anyway.”

“Sounds good. Oh, but here’s something strange. A few days ago, they were all looking for thin noodles, saying the thin noodles were so delicious.”

Head Cook Jo said, tilting his head in puzzlement.

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