The World’s Greatest Martial Arts Instructor - Chapter 182

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Chapter 182. Is That Bastard Behind This

 

 

Finding Byeokryeokgae’s location wasn’t difficult at all.

Since all of Muchang was under Ha Mu-baek’s ki sense, locating his presence was a matter of moments.

Though he usually stayed near Dan Mok Un-rae’s house, this time was different.

Gwanje Temple on the outskirts of Muchang.

That’s where Byeokryeokgae’s presence could be felt. The presence of several other people was there as well.

The old and worn-down Gwanje Temple was usually a gathering place for Gaebang members.

‘I thought the beggars seemed busy moving around.’

Of all times, Byeokryeokgae had temporarily left his post, creating a gap in the Beggar Sect’s protection of Dan Mok Un-rae’s house.

How could they have gathered at such a perfectly timed moment?

The gathering of those unknown bastards, whether from the Blood Cult or Demon Cult, was quite a dangerous situation.

Of course, even so, Ha Mu-baek’s ki sense was always watching over all of Muchang.

And on top of that, Ha Seol-ran’s ki sense training was also taking place.

Even if Byeokryeokgae and the Beggar Sect’s protection had become lax, Dan Mok Un-rae’s house wasn’t an easy target.

‘Those bastards wouldn’t have known that, though.’

With these various thoughts, Ha Mu-baek gradually approached Gwanje Temple.

 

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“So it’s that bastard called Ha Mu-baek.”

Hyeong Ui-cheon muttered with a furrowed brow.

He had secretly ordered today’s operation to be carried out after confirming the Beggar Sect’s movement toward the outskirts of Muchang.

But it ended before it even began.

The presence of his twenty subordinates scattered in all directions and then vanished in an instant.

And the massive qi energy that remained alone.

Hyeong Ui-cheon leaned his head back against his wheelchair with a tired expression.

Due to restricting the internal energy in his lower dantian, reading presences through ki sense was extremely taxing.

Nevertheless, given the importance of the matter, Hyeong Ui-cheon used all his strength to spread his ki sense and observe the situation.

Since he was only using his middle dantian, he could spread his ki sense, but the limitations were clear.

That’s why fatigue was evident on his face.

The Blood Cult’s greatest enemy.

They said it wasn’t So Hwi-ung but someone called Ha Mu-baek.

He truly deserved such an evaluation.

To dispose of those twenty people he had painstakingly raised in an instant.

Based on their presence felt through ki sense, most of them probably committed suicide by implementing the Six Precepts.

But that tremendous speed of catching up to all those scattered in nineteen different locations in an instant…

“Muchang. It’s a more troublesome place than I thought. Yeo Hwa, you hid well in such a place.”

Hyeong Ui-cheon muttered as if annoyed.

Then he quietly looked down at his belly.

More precisely, at where his lower dantian was located.

Perhaps he might need to release the restriction.

“Hmm…”

Suddenly feeling a headache, Hyeong Ui-cheon let out a short groan and vigorously shook the bell hanging beside his wheelchair.

Clang clang.

As the ear-piercing bell sound rang out, the door opened and attendants and maids rushed in.

“I’m tired. Move me to the bed for now.”

At Hyeong Ui-cheon’s command, two maids grabbed the handles on the back of the wheelchair and pushed with all their strength.

The wheels slowly turned as the wheelchair moved.

After moving the wheelchair beside the bed, four attendants lifted Hyeong Ui-cheon and transferred him to the bed.

Hyeong Ui-cheon, lying with his back against the bed, quietly looked at the court ladies.

Six people in total.

“Today, I’ll go with you and you.”

Only the two people Hyeong Ui-cheon pointed to bowed their heads and remained, while the rest all left the room.

After extinguishing the lamp, the two court ladies undressed.

Rustle. Rustle.

After the sound of clothes sliding down echoed.

The two women, wearing only thin undergarments, climbed onto the bed, undressed Hyeong Ui-cheon, and embraced him.

Under the moonlight streaming through the window, only faint sweet moans flowed out.

 

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“More people go to Wolryong Pavilion to eat the food than to embrace gisaengs?”

Byeokryeokgae asked with an incredulous expression.

“Yes, sir. But since it’s a place where you can’t just eat the food without gisaengs… Moreover, after eating the food, most people seem to get aroused and always end up with gisaengs.”

At one beggar’s report, Byeokryeokgae frowned.

He had expected that they were pulling some trick with the food at Wolryong Inn and Wolryong Pavilion.

But hearing this story, it seemed like they had even mixed aphrodisiacs into the dishes.

“Only those bastards from the dark path or evil factions would do such things…”

Byeokryeokgae muttered with a frown.

“The more frequently people visit Wolryong Inn, the worse the addiction symptoms become for those who eat the food. Some people can’t endure it unless they eat all three meals at Wolryong Inn.”

Another beggar’s report.

At this level, people should notice something strange.

Yet Wolryong Inn was still packed with people.

“It seems you’re also troubled by Wolryong Inn, sir.”

Then a familiar voice was suddenly heard.

Byeokryeokgae wasn’t startled. He knew the owner of the voice.

For the owner of this voice, such a feat was nothing.

“What brings Instructor Ha to this humble place?”

Byeokryeokgae asked, turning his gaze toward where the voice came from.

“I came because I have something to ask.”

Ha Mu-baek said as he plopped down across from Byeokryeokgae.

Byeokryeokgae dismissed all his subordinates with a glance.

The beggars also knew who Ha Mu-baek was, so they quickly disappeared outside Gwanje Temple.

Ha Mu-baek set up an energy barrier around the space where he and Byeokryeokgae were.

“What do you want to ask? Is it about Wolryong Inn by any chance? I heard you visited there too.”

Ha Mu-baek chuckled.

“It’s about the Dan Mok Family Estate.”

At this unexpected topic, Byeokryeokgae’s eyes flashed sharply.

Why suddenly the Dan Mok Family Estate?

Could it be.

“Did something happen to Un-rae’s house?”

“About twenty bastards tried to climb over the wall a little while ago.”

At the answer that came back, sparks flew in Byeokryeokgae’s eyes.

“What damn bastards!!”

Byeokryeokgae shot up and shouted. A terrifying aura burst forth from his body.

Byeokryeokgae’s body trembled finely.

Of all times, this incident had to happen while he was briefly away.

It almost seemed like they had planned it.

Especially when he was already distracted by those Danan Trading Company bastards.

Byeokryeokgae flinched as his thoughts reached that point.

They had made the Beggar Sect frantic with Danan Trading Company, and in that gap, attackers appeared at Dan Mok Un-rae’s house.

Perhaps it really was planned.

The Gwang Hoe-cheon he knew was capable of such schemes.

After all, wasn’t the destruction of the Danmok Family also the result of falling for that bastard’s schemes?

“Gwang Hoe-cheon. Is this that bastard’s doing…”

Byeokryeokgae muttered quietly.

“Since I handled it well, please sit down first and explain it so I can understand.”

Ha Mu-baek spoke to Byeokryeokgae. At those words, Byeokryeokgae regained his composure and sat back down.

“Sorry. I got excited without realizing it. And thank you. For protecting the Danmok family while I wasn’t paying attention.”

“Well, it wasn’t much. Un-rae is also a child I’m teaching. But is there a reason for those bastards to attack?”

“What kind of bastards were the attackers?”

Byeokryeokgae answered Ha Mu-baek’s question with a question.

Thinking there must be a reason, Ha Mu-baek answered obediently.

“I don’t know. They all committed suicide before being captured. But it would be one of two things. Either Blood Cult or Demon Cult.”

Byeokryeokgae frowned.

“It would be Blood Cult.”

Byeokryeokgae spoke definitively.

“Hmm. Then it seems the Blood Cult bastards did something to their Blood Art. They were guys whose Blood Art couldn’t be sensed.”

Ha Mu-baek believed Byeokryeokgae’s assertion. At this point, he was the one who knew the most about the Danmok Family’s affairs.

“I told you before, right? That the Danmok Family has a secret vault prepared for emergencies.”

Ha Mu-baek nodded slightly.

When discussing Dan Mok Un-hye’s condition, hadn’t Byeokryeokgae briefly explained the circumstances?

“The Danmok Family’s strongest secret martial arts are also in that secret vault. There’s a damn bastard targeting that vault.”

“It seems to be a bastard called Gwang Hoe-cheon.”

“That’s right. A bastard who wouldn’t be satisfied even if dismembered five times over.”

Byeokryeokgae’s voice was filled with anger.

To betray a noble family and cause its destruction just to obtain martial arts.

It was a natural reaction.

“He was Cheon Seung’s nephew’s son-in-law. A bastard who betrayed by joining hands with Blood Cult. If someone’s targeting the Danmok family now, it can only be that bastard and Blood Cult.”

Ha Mu-baek quietly listened to Byeokryeokgae’s story.

“Even searching all of Central Plains thoroughly, we couldn’t catch even his tail. But now his traces have appeared like this. It’s truly like a lamp under darkness. It seems he was hiding in Danan Trading Company.”

Byeokryeokgae shook his head back and forth.

He had no choice.

Danan Trading Company was a trading company based in Changsha.

And the Danmok Family’s stronghold was also Changsha.

At the thought that the traitor bastard had been hiding in Changsha, Byeokryeokgae was dumbfounded.

No, he felt like a fool.

Wasn’t Changsha the place they had searched most thoroughly?

As his thoughts reached this point, Danan Trading Company seemed extremely suspicious.

Their main company estate was located on the site of the Danmok Family Estate.

But recalling Dan-ju Hyeong Ui-cheon, he soon denied his assumption.

Not only were his appearance and voice completely different, but Hyeong Ui-cheon had no internal energy.

At least he couldn’t think that he was Gwang Hoe-cheon, who had been the Danmok Family’s greatest martial arts genius.

“Do you think that bastard has now started moving to target the secret vault?”

“That’s right. Haven’t they been living in places no better than huts until now? For twenty martial artists to target such a household… It seems Yeo Hwa was much wiser than me. Yeo Hwa was still being cautious of that bastard Gwang Hoe-cheon.”

Byeokryeokgae muttered with a voice full of regret.

All this time, no matter how much help he offered, Yeo Hwa had stubbornly refused and lived in a hut in the slums.

There was a reason.

Just as Byeokryeokgae couldn’t find Gwang Hoe-cheon, Gwang Hoe-cheon also couldn’t find the Danmok family.

That’s what Byeokryeokgae thought.

“Then not searching for the secret vault was also…”

At Ha Mu-baek’s words, Byeokryeokgae nodded slightly.

“Probably so. I think I now understand why they didn’t search for it even after settling in Muchang.”

Ha Mu-baek looked at Byeokryeokgae.

“You deployed an energy barrier, right?”

“I’ve been maintaining it continuously since the moment I sent the beggars away.”

“The secret vault is here in Muchang. Of course, I only know the location. Only Yeo Hwa knows where the key is.”

[The location of that secret vault is…]

Then Byeokryeokgae transmitted the location of the secret vault through sound transmission.

Ha Mu-baek looked at Byeokryeokgae with a puzzled expression.

His eyes questioned why he was telling him this fact.

“You never know what might happen to a person, right? So I’m passing it on to someone I can trust.”

“Don’t say such unlucky things. And what if I take it and run? Why do you trust me so easily?”

At Ha Mu-baek’s words, Byeokryeokgae laughed.

“Heh heh heh. Is there any martial art in this world that you would covet? And didn’t you say it yourself earlier? That you’re teaching Un-rae.”

There was nothing particular to say in response.

“Gwang Hoe-cheon. That bastard is no ordinary guy. To borrow Cheon Seung’s assessment, he’s the greatest genius in Danmok Family history. I think so too.”

“Hmm. I suppose it’s martial arts worth that much?”

“It’s the martial arts that produced the greatest person under heaven from the Danmok Family.”

Ha Mu-baek, who had no particular interest in martial arts history, just accepted it.

And even if it was martial arts that produced the greatest person under heaven, the one learning it was what mattered.

“Anyway, so it’s ultimately Blood Cult bastards.”

Ha Mu-baek’s eyes gleamed coldly.

Following the Demon Cult bastards from last time, now it was Blood Cult.

He had wanted to live quietly in Muchang, but those bastards wouldn’t leave him alone.

Ha Mu-baek concentrated a bit more on the ki sense he had spread throughout Muchang.

He had obtained information about the bastard called Gwang Hoe-cheon.

‘A bastard who learned Danmok Family martial arts but sided with Blood Cult.’

Since the Danmok Family was already a destroyed noble family, those martial arts were also lost.

Even the legitimate heir Dan Mok Un-rae didn’t know the family martial arts.

Still, Ha Mu-baek had fought alongside Danmok Family martial artists in the last war, so he knew the characteristics of their internal energy.

Now he just needed to find if there was anyone in Muchang who had learned Danmok Family internal energy.

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