The World’s Greatest Martial Arts Instructor - Chapter 220

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Chapter 220. What About Those Friends?

 

 

As if the realm beyond becomes visible.

The sword moves.

Like a mighty river flowing majestically.

Like a raging typhoon.

Like lightning striking down like a flash.

 

“Whew.”

The middle-aged man who lowered his sword let out a deep breath.

His face was covered with scars from sword wounds.

Left-Hand Swordsman.

He held a sword in his left hand.

Where his right arm should have been, only an empty sleeve fluttered.

His gaze turned westward.

A dense forest in the distance.

A massive great wall could be seen.

The jiangshi that once appeared frequently in this area had disappeared after that great wall was erected.

No, after dealing with all the ones that had been wandering around, no more jiangshi could be seen.

From that time on, this region alone came to be called just Sanwol instead of Sanwol Demon Forest.

An old man approached the middle-aged man.

“Now those monster bastards are trapped behind that great wall and don’t appear anymore. Yet you’re still so diligent. Hehe.”

“There is no end to the path of the sword, Village Chief.”

The man spoke bluntly.

“Well, what would an old villager like me know.”

At the Village Chief’s words, the man smiled gently.

His lifesaver.

That’s why he had spent nearly twenty years in the Village Chief’s village.

He had to repay the debt of saving his life.

“You’re planning to leave now, aren’t you.”

The Village Chief nodded as if he understood the man’s heart.

“I’m truly grateful for everything.”

“No. We’re the ones grateful to you. How many villagers saved their lives thanks to you?”

“You’re the ones who saved my life. It was something I had to do.”

The two men looked at each other with smiles.

“Since that great wall was built, there really hasn’t been a reason for you to stay here.”

“Actually, I couldn’t trust that great wall.”

“Huh. It was built by Jeongcheon Alliance, a massive force in Murim?”

“Because it’s a place where untrustworthy people have gathered.”

The man looked at Sanwol Great Wall with complicated eyes.

The Village Chief nodded quietly.

He still didn’t know his story.

“So, where are you planning to go after leaving?”

“There are people I need to find. I don’t know if I’ll be able to recognize them after all this time.”

His eyes held a wistful look.

“And after that?”

The Village Chief asked.

“Well, I don’t know if they’ll give them up quietly, the ones I’m looking for. If we can safely be together…”

The man paused for a moment and turned his gaze.

That direction was where the village he had spent nearly twenty years was located.

“I’ll have to return. Whether together or alone.”

“Hm?”

At the unexpected answer, the Village Chief blinked his eyes.

“This place is now my home. I’d like to show it to those children too.”

At the man’s words filled with tender emotion, the Village Chief smiled brightly.

“Of course. That’s right. Come back anytime.”

With the Village Chief’s farewell, the man left the village.

The villagers deliberately didn’t watch. Since it was like a home he would return to anyway.

Now he had confidence.

He was confident he could definitely win.

So now he had to find them.

The things he had lost due to lack of power.

The man’s steps headed toward Anhui Province.

Toward that land where a massive force he couldn’t face alone was crouching.

 

***

 

Time passed quickly.

A month went by in an instant.

The instructors of Maengryong Corps were finally able to finish their training.

And they were immediately assigned to train the cadets.

Was it because they had been harshly treated by Han Seol-bing?

They showed no mercy in training the cadets.

“Whew. Now I can finally get some rest.”

Confirming that scene, Ha Mu-baek grinned and lay down on a wide rock under a large tree at the edge of the Great Training Ground.

It hadn’t been there before, but appeared suddenly one day.

Ha Mu-baek had gotten it from somewhere and placed it there.

It was a rock that went quite well with the tree, so everyone just accepted it without much thought.

Who would have thought it was for such a purpose.

Sparks flew from the eyes of not only the cadets but also the instructors.

When they were suffering like this because of someone.

Such resentful gazes.

Ha Mu-baek sat up and looked at the instructors and cadets.

“Why did you suddenly stop? And training isn’t for my benefit. It’s for your benefit.”

After finishing those words, he lay back down.

Soon the instructors’ commands began again.

 

Peng Do-yul looked down at that scene through the window of the Administrator’s Office.

“Tsk. Instructor Ha is being Instructor Ha.”

Peng Do-yul clicked his tongue and smiled.

He wondered why Ha Mu-baek had been working so hard for a month, but in the end he was back to this.

It had been a month spent working hard just to do this.

Gi Yu-chan was standing behind him.

“Still, Maengryong Corps’ training is progressing smoothly. Instructor Zhuge commented that the instructors’ level seems to have improved remarkably.”

“If he said that, then it must be true. In just one month.”

Peng Do-yul smiled with satisfaction.

“At this rate, they say the Maengryong Corps cadets will surpass the instructors’ achievements by the end of the year.”

At those words, Peng Do-yul’s eyes widened.

“What do you mean…?”

“It’s a matter of internal energy, they said.”

It was difficult for him to understand easily.

The Maengryong Corps instructors were second and third-rate, but they were people who possessed their own internal energy.

They also had their own mental cultivation methods.

But to say the cadets would surpass them by year’s end.

In fact, the instructors didn’t practice internal energy cultivation and devoted themselves only to training the forms and techniques of swordsmanship, formation tactics, and shield techniques.

This was Ha Mu-baek and Han Seol-bing’s intention.

They had focused training only on the parts necessary for instructional duties.

“Didn’t you say the cadets are learning the Three Talents Mental Method?”

Peng Do-yul asked, tilting his head.

“They say it’s harmonious. The swordsmanship, shield techniques, formation tactics, and internal energy mental method move in harmony. Because of this, they said its power would be doubled.”

At Gi Yu-chan’s continued explanation, Peng Do-yul looked at the training cadets once again.

Ha Mu-baek.

He was amazed once more by that man’s greatness.

“By the way, what about that Un Do-heon fellow?”

“We temporarily assigned him to Waryong Corps 1st Group. Then when a vacancy opens up, we’ll assign him there.”

After being beaten by Ha Mu-baek like that, it took a full two weeks just to recover.

After recovery, he had requested a transfer to Waryong Corps.

The academy rules had a very minor transfer clause stating that if one’s sect of origin and abilities supported it, one could change affiliated corps.

Since Un Do-heon satisfied those criteria, they had no choice but to grant his request.

It was a clause that had become virtually obsolete.

Who would have thought it would be used.

“What about those friends?”

“They seem to be preparing for the Winter Competition.”

Peng Do-yul turned from the window and headed to his desk.

Gi Yu-chan also moved to follow him.

“They’ll probably pull the same petty tricks next year too, won’t they?”

“For them, there’s no reason not to use it.”

Gi Yu-chan’s answer came immediately, knowing the meaning of the petty tricks.

“How troublesome. This isn’t a problem that can be handled at my level.”

“It’s the Eight Rising Sects’ scheming after all. But they haven’t greatly violated the academy rules, and they’re not causing any particular harm either.”

Gyoryong Hall’s Academy Director and Vice Director were both from the Five Great Noble Families.

They belonged to the Orthodox Alliance.

Since they were a group that opposed the Eight Rising Sects at every turn, they actually had weak power to force action on this matter.

Because if those sects ignored them, that would be the end of it.

And the key point was in Gi Yu-chan’s words.

That they hadn’t greatly violated the academy rules.

The academy rules stated that all cadets were equal.

Cadets could not use other cadets as attendants.

But even this, if the cadet being used said they voluntarily wanted to help, there was no way to punish it.

They had no choice but to accept it even while knowing.

“It would be ridiculous to tighten the academy rules just to stop that behavior.”

Peng Do-yul tapped the desk with his finger.

“We’ll have to go through someone with strong influence in the Eight Rising Sects.”

Gi Yu-chan spoke as if the answer was already clear.

Looking at Peng Do-yul with eyes that said, ‘Don’t you know this too, Academy Director?’

“Tsk. Right. I’ll have to report this matter directly to the Alliance Leader.”

Peng Do-yul made his decision.

“By the way, what do you think will happen with the bet?”

Peng Do-yul’s expression changed.

It was filled with pure interest.

Less than two days after their bet was established, the story had spread throughout Gyoryong Hall by word of mouth.

It was natural that it reached Gi Yu-chan and Peng Do-yul’s ears.

They had been watching Waryong Corps 1st Group and 20th Group anyway.

So they could know immediately.

Since it was an awkward situation to intervene in, they were just watching.

“What would a mere clerk like me know?”

At Gi Yu-chan’s response, Peng Do-yul made an uninterested expression.

“However.”

At the continued words, his gaze filled with interest again.

“Instructor Zhuge said so. That the Zhuge family’s martial arts are strong enough.”

Peng Do-yul smiled broadly.

That was right.

Flowing Dragon Sword Technique, Flowing Dragon Fist Technique, Flowing Dragon Movement Technique, Flowing Dragon Sword Formation.

These were martial arts provided by the Zhuge family.

At the Jeongcheon Alliance’s request, the geniuses of the Zhuge family had put their heads together to create martial arts that seemed most suitable for Gyoryong Hall.

However, due to circumstances up to that point, the Jamryong Corps, Waryong Corps, and Maengryong Corps cadets had not learned them.

Jamryong Corps and Waryong Corps were too busy practicing their sect martial arts.

The Maengryong Corps cadets lacked the ability to understand and learn those martial arts even when they attended classes on them.

Most importantly, they were martial arts without mental cultivation methods.

The Zhuge family had said they were highly versatile martial arts that could be performed without difficulty using any decent mental method.

But how could such words convince martial artists?

Thus, those excellent martial arts were forgotten.

The meaning of Gyoryong Hall’s establishment also gradually faded along with them.

It had become merely a rite of passage for entering the Jeongcheon Alliance’s military groups.

Perhaps this Winter Competition might bring winds of change.

Just like last year.

 

***

 

Waryong Corps 20th Group’s training ground.

Eun Hwa-ryang of Noejeongnru, Na Jung-cheon of Cheolgi Workshop, Yeong Hu-in of Daehae Gate, Im Dae-chi of Bingcheon Palace, Sim Cheol-san of Cheongeom Sect.

These five were ceaselessly swinging their swords.

Flowing Dragon Sword Technique.

They learned it in class and practiced it during training time.

And after dinner, late into the night, they trained together with Maengryong Corps Seventh Group.

This had been their daily routine for the past month.

Muk Hae-jin watched these cadets calmly.

His assigned cadets.

However, there wasn’t much he could teach them.

Since they were working so diligently on their own.

‘A bet.’

He had also heard rumors about the bet.

Muk Hae-jin’s gaze turned toward Na Jung-cheon.

He had no choice.

That fellow was from his own sect.

I had no face to show that guy.

Perhaps that was why.

Muk Hae-jin watched the five even more carefully.

Because he was determined to teach them with all his might.

He even reexamined the secret manual of the Dragon Swimming Technique.

“Yeong Hu-in. Your sword tip is off by an inch.”

Muk Hae-jin spoke heavily.

“Yes. Thank you.”

Yeong Hu-in immediately corrected his sword path.

Because he could provide this kind of help.

Muk Hae-jin had been delving into the secret manual of the Dragon Swimming Technique lately.

The more he studied it, the more amazed he became.

He had received it when he was appointed as an instructor and looked it over once.

At that time, he didn’t think much of it.

Since he had never been assigned to teach that class, he didn’t examine it further.

The reason was simple.

There were no cadets practicing it.

However, the more he learned about it, the more excellent a martial art it was.

‘Those guys. I just can’t figure them out.’

Muk Hae-jin’s thoughts extended to the Maengryong Squad Seven Cadets.

The first time he saw them was during the last Hatuje.

But for even his assigned group members to get involved in that Hatuje.

However.

He too was inwardly cheering for the Maengryong Squad Seven Cadets and feeling grateful to them.

 

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On the academy roof.

Han Seol-bing was looking down at the Waryong 20th Group Training Ground from there.

‘Im Dae-chi, was it…’

A child sent from the Ice Heaven Palace to Gyoryong Hall.

Han Seol-bing’s eyes held a tender sadness.

The North Sea is a barren land.

Because of that, there were few people. But there were many orphans.

As the Alliance Leader of the North Sea, the Ice Heaven Palace had been caring for such orphans.

Among them, they would employ clever children as workers within the palace or accept outstanding ones as disciples.

They had been caring for them like that.

But now to hear that he had been sent here as an attendant like this.

How shocked she had been when she first learned of this fact.

The North Sea was too distant a land to go and confront them immediately.

It seemed the power dynamics within the palace had changed while she was away from the palace.

The response to the message she had sent in great anger confirmed this.

Her gaze turned toward the Waryong 1st Group Training Ground.

Her eyes were as cold and sharp as frost.

‘Tak Mu-jeon. Damn the Tak family.’

Currently the family with the loudest voice in the Ice Heaven Palace.

They had brought many families under their wing, making them impossible for even the Palace Lord to ignore.

At the response that the Tak family’s intentions were behind this treatment of the orphans.

She naturally felt her blood boil.

To think they were using children that should rightfully be cared for as the Alliance Leader of the North Sea.

“I suppose I’ll have to lend a hand.”

After steadily watching both sides for a month, Han Seol-bing made her decision.

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