The World’s Greatest Martial Arts Instructor - Chapter 194

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Chapter 194. What a Complete Mess

 

 

He kicked off the ground.

Now he had to return to Muchang.

The Demonic Cult bastard who revealed himself at the end left him feeling unsettled, but there was something more urgent.

The safety of the people in Muchang.

Because of that damn Gwang Hoe-cheon and the Blood Sect bastards, most of the people in Muchang had consumed more or less of the Soul Slumber Poison.

First, he needed to treat them.

Those who consumed small amounts would naturally have the poison dissipate if they just endured the cravings for a day or two.

Now there would be no more food containing Soul Slumber Poison, so even if they wanted to eat it, they couldn’t.

So there was no particular need to worry about them.

The problem was those who had consumed large amounts of Soul Slumber Poison.

There was also the Soul Slumber Poison that had been scattered in trace amounts because he had missed some.

‘I need to make an antidote quickly.’

He had obtained a clue about that.

The Blood Art that Gwang Hoe-cheon had been using.

He had clearly observed its movements.

Since he had obtained the clue to severing the connection between the Blood Poison Art and the poison, what remained was to try it directly.

And based on that, create an antidote.

He couldn’t personally infuse Internal Energy into each person one by one to treat them.

Knowing how many people were poisoned.

Ha Mu-baek increased his Lightness Skill speed even more.

 

“Ugh. Chicken! Fried chicken!!”

“No! Roast duck!!”

Cries craving food erupted from all directions.

What started as one or two people had now become noisy everywhere.

Muchang was gradually falling into chaos.

The faces of Han Seol-bing’s group, who confirmed this sight, hardened stiffly.

To conclude, Dang Ji-yeon had failed in manufacturing the antidote.

She had conducted all sorts of experiments with Sik Gang-si’s blood, but none of them were effective.

Since they couldn’t just keep experimenting there, they had returned to Muchang for now.

Before their eyes was an unfolding pandemonium.

Fortunately, there was still no one who had become a Jiangshi.

This was a fact Ha Seol-ran had confirmed once more with her Ki Sense.

Throughout their return to Muchang, Ha Seol-ran had surveyed all of Muchang with her Ki Sense.

She was looking for only one thing.

The appearance of Jiangshi.

“Wh-what on earth is this…?”

The first of the Dongjeong Nine Heroes muttered with a flustered face.

“They’re in a similar state to you all.”

Han Seol-bing said briefly.

“Still, I’ve managed to concoct a temporary antidote that reduces the cravings to some degree. We should use that first.”

At Dang Ji-yeon’s words, people moved busily.

They headed to Gyoryong Hall, which was convenient for gathering people, to manufacture and distribute the temporary antidote.

Gyoryong Hall was already busy.

The people from the Jeongcheon Alliance’s Muchang Branch and the Instructors of Gyoryong Hall were moving busily.

They had no choice.

People craving food were causing disturbances everywhere.

There were also those who had caused riots in restaurants and inns, breaking things and demanding food be brought out.

“What a complete mess. Tsk.”

Dang Jin-san clicked his tongue at the sight.

Peng Do-yul was moving frantically.

Yeon Baek-jin and Gi Yu-chan were the same.

Their faces clearly showed signs of panic.

No, Gi Yu-chan was moving while gritting his teeth.

He too seemed to be feeling the food cravings.

Han Seol-bing quickly approached them.

“Ah, Instructor Han! Good timing.”

Since he was short-handed, Peng Do-yul welcomed Han Seol-bing.

Han Seol-bing quickly explained the circumstances to him.

While listening to that story, Peng Do-yul’s face changed complexly.

“Wolryong Inn, so Danan Trading Company tested the Blood Sect’s poison in Muchang… Then that bastard Hyeong Ui-cheon…”

His voice was filled with anger.

Hyeong Ui-cheon’s Danan Trading Company’s expansion into Muchang.

Because of that, Geumdang had been on high alert. They were continuously losing market share.

So Gyoryong Hall’s budget was also in an emergency situation.

But to think it was all for causing this chaos, no, for testing the Blood Sect’s poison!

“Th-then you’re saying I’m poisoned with the Blood Sect’s Soul Slumber Poison??”

Gi Yu-chan asked with a flustered face.

Yeon Baek-jin looked at such Gi Yu-chan as if finding it fascinating.

He never thought the day would come when he’d see him like this.

“I’ll explain from there.”

Dang Ji-yeon stepped forward.

“And you are?”

Gi Yu-chan didn’t recognize Dang Ji-yeon.

Though he knew everything about Gyoryong Hall, he wasn’t well-versed in affairs outside Muchang.

“This is Young Lady Dang Ji-yeon, the Heavenly Poison Fairy of the Tang Family.”

Peng Do-yul recognized her.

“Given the situation, I’ll speak quickly.”

Dang Ji-yeon’s explanation followed.

What happened afterward proceeded swiftly.

Numerous tents were set up in the Great Training Ground of Gyoryong Hall.

And the students and Instructors of Maengryong Corps’ Seventh and Twentieth Groups moved the poisoned people to the tents.

Those with mild symptoms were finished with just one dose of temporary antidote.

But those with severe symptoms were not.

They needed to be given considerable medicine, and Dang Ji-yeon was the only one who could determine the dosage.

In the end, she found herself seeing numerous patients in Gyoryong Hall’s Great Training Ground.

She needed to research the antidote, but the situation didn’t allow for it.

That’s when Ha Mu-baek arrived.

“Elder Brother!”

People’s gazes turned toward Ha Mu-baek.

“How did it go?”

Han Seol-bing asked urgently.

“It’s been roughly settled.”

Ha Mu-baek answered briefly and headed straight toward Dang Ji-yeon.

She was currently taking the pulse of someone who had just been causing a disturbance due to extreme hunger, pressing on their acupoint.

“I’ve obtained the Sleeping Soul Poison.”

At Ha Mu-baek’s words, Dang Ji-yeon shook her head.

“Right now, treating people comes first.”

She was right.

Ha Mu-baek nodded and headed to the tent next door.

He needed to test the Internal Energy circulation method he had observed in Gwang Hoe-cheon’s body anyway.

Those with the most severe symptoms among those who had consumed the Sleeping Soul Poison were sent to Ha Mu-baek’s tent.

The Maengryong Corps Cadets were in chaos.

These were the only ones who had actually seen Sik Gang-si.

Therefore, their job was to distinguish the severity of patients and place them in the right positions.

Ha Seol-ran continued to survey Muchang with her energy sense.

Each of the cadets had taken on a task, and there was no one who wasn’t busy. Of course, the busiest person was Dang Ji-yeon, who was commanding all of this.

“Ha-min. Give this person one-fourth of the antidote, and give that person half.”

“Yes.”

Yeon Ha-min cut the temporary antidote pills they had hastily made according to Dang Ji-yeon’s instructions.

“Sister! This person here looks urgent…”

Dang Jin-san’s shout was heard.

“When it’s urgent, first give them one piece cut to one-tenth of the antidote like I told you! Then take them straight to Instructor Ha!”

A sharp voice completely different from when dealing with other cadets.

“Ah, really. Why only pick on me.”

Dang Jin-san grumbled but faithfully followed Dang Ji-yeon’s instructions.

After giving instructions here and there, Dang Ji-yeon headed to the tent in the back.

Pill refinement had been going on there for a while.

The one in charge of pill refinement was Wi Ji-gun.

Since he already had much experience, he had volunteered for the task.

“Elder. How is the antidote production going?”

“It’s going smoothly, but it seems we’ll be short on medicine compared to the number of people.”

Wi Ji-gun was currently handling five pill furnaces alone.

This was an ability no different from a divine skill that even Dang Ji-yeon couldn’t perform.

If Wi Ji-gun hadn’t taken charge of pill refinement, much greater chaos might have ensued.

“I’ve brought medicinal ingredients here.”

Nak U-jin was also moving busily.

Beside him, Dan Mok Un-rae was cutting medicinal ingredients with a chopping knife.

“Sister!”

At Yeon Ha-min’s call, Dang Ji-yeon headed back to the tent where she had been examining patients.

 

Muchang is a huge city.

As such, its population was enormous.

With Wolryong Inn established and each branch location bustling with crowds, they had scattered Sleeping Soul Poison to that enormous population.

It was impossible to even estimate how many people had consumed the Sleeping Soul Poison.

Gyoryong Hall became a city that never slept.

They truly treated people day and night without rest.

Since each person had consumed different amounts, their incubation periods were different, and the severity varied as well.

Thanks to this, people truly flocked to Gyoryong Hall endlessly.

Among them were beggars from the Beggar Sect as well.

“Huh. What chaos.”

Byeokryeokgae, who had been safely rescued from the rubble of the hall, clicked his tongue at the sight while wrapped in bandages all over his body.

“Help as much as you can.”

After giving orders to his subordinates, Byeokryeokgae sought out Ha Mu-baek.

Ha Mu-baek was still gripping a patient’s pulse point and channeling Internal Energy into them.

Whether he had gotten the hang of Internal Energy circulation, the patient wasn’t suffering.

If before he had simply raised Internal Energy to burn away the poison, now he was using a method to sever the connection between the poison and Blood Poison Arts.

Even so, the time it took to treat one patient was roughly half of a half-hour.

It was quite a long time.

Even treating without rest, he could only treat thirty people in one hour at most.

“You seem busy.”

“As you can see, that’s the case.”

There were no restrictions on speaking while circulating Internal Energy.

It was indeed like Ha Mu-baek.

Inside the patient was different. The Internal Energy Ha Mu-baek had sent moved to find the poison energy of the Sleeping Soul Poison.

Naturally toward the base of the tongue, which would be extending its tail toward the head.

Indeed, the poison’s tail had grown long there.

Ha Mu-baek channeled Internal Energy into that spot. Internal Energy processed to show characteristics similar to the Blood Arts that Gwang Hoe-cheon had used.

When that Internal Energy touched the poison energy.

Swish.

The tail scattered and disappeared.

“Mmm.”

At the same time, a small moan flowed from the patient’s mouth.

It was due to the strange feeling of extreme hunger disappearing.

Byeokryeokgae, who had been watching this scene, sent a telepathic message to Ha Mu-baek.

[Gwang Hoe-cheon. What happened to that bastard?]

Byeokryeokgae had stopped by Dan Mok Un-rae’s house first.

He had heard the circumstances from Yeo Hwa.

That’s why he had come here looking for Ha Mu-baek.

 

[He was torn to shreds, there won’t even be traces left.]

Ha Mu-baek also answered telepathically.

Byeokryeokgae’s eyes widened at the response.

[I see.]

[It wasn’t just the Blood Sect that was involved.]

[What do you mean by that?]

At Ha Mu-baek’s following words, Byeokryeokgae tilted his head.

[The Demon Sect was involved too.]

At Ha Mu-baek’s words, Byeokryeokgae’s eyes widened.

[That damn bastard not only joined hands with the Blood Sect but also with the Demon Sect?]

[No. Rather, it would be more accurate to say he was used by the Demon Sect…]

Ha Mu-baek trailed off.

It was something he was seeing for the first time too.

A technique that could control a person like a puppet while conveying intentions and enabling conversation.

It was something he had never seen even in the last war.

‘I wonder if Gongsun Elder knows about it?’

Because of that technique, he thought he should meet with him once.

[We’ll have to discuss the details later.]

Though there were many things he was curious about, the current situation wasn’t good for continuing the conversation.

Gwang Hoe-cheon, the source of this incident, was dead.

But there might still be remnants of the Blood Sect remaining.

The Beggar Sect’s job was to find and eliminate those bastards.

Byeokryeokgae left the tent and gave orders to his subordinates.

They left personnel here to help and the others scattered toward the various Wolryong Inns and Wolryong Pavilions throughout Muchang.

Byeokryeokgae went to find the Jeongcheonmaeng Muchang Branch chief.

First, he needed to explain the circumstances of the situation.

 

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Such hectic days passed by.

Five days later.

An Old Man entered the still chaotic Muchang.

“Hehe. So this is all because of that poison.”

As soon as he received his Granddaughter’s urgent message bird, he rushed out from the Family Estate.

It wasn’t about anything else.

It was because of his Granddaughter’s story that the poison seemed to have appeared.

The Old Man moved his steps toward Gyoryong Hall.

There was nothing else to investigate.

All the patients in strange conditions were heading there.

When he crossed the Main Gate and entered the Great Training Ground filled with tents.

“Kraaaah!!”

A strange cry was heard.

“Kyaaaah! It’s a Monster!”

“Waaaah!”

Screams were heard.

“R-run away!”

People came rushing out in droves.

This Place instantly turned into pandemonium.

“Damn it. Is it a Sik Gang-si?”

Just then, the Old Man heard a familiar male voice.

It was that Rascal Grandson.

“No. Not yet.”

A Beautiful Woman’s voice.

“What the hell happened? It’s been several days and now it’s in this state…”

Someone’s voice full of doubt.

“Th-that. Isn’t that a piece of Dried Rations?”

It was someone’s surprised voice as if they had discovered something.

“Damn it. Did Wolryong Inn sell Dried Rations too?”

His grandson’s voice was heard again as if he hadn’t thought of it.

“Get out of the way!”

At another voice heard from afar, the Old Man flinched.

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