The World’s Greatest Martial Arts Instructor - Chapter 225
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Chapter 225. What Are You Doing?!
Deep night.
Stars twinkled densely in the dark sky.
A thick silence had settled over the mountain forest.
“Snore…”
Ha Seol-ran’s soft snoring occasionally broke the silence.
No other sounds could be heard.
“…Are you sleeping?”
Then came Dang Jin-san’s low voice.
Ha Seol-ran and Ju U-myeong.
When all the Waryong Corps cadets were asleep, Dang Jin-san quietly asked.
“No.”
“Not yet.”
“Can’t fall asleep.”
“Same here.”
Four people answered as if they had been waiting.
Dang Jin-san gazed at the stars in the pitch-black night sky for a moment, then spoke again.
“I’m sorry.”
The words were calm but filled with sincerity.
“For what?”
Baek Ri-pyeong asked.
The other three just lay there looking up at the sky.
“For stirring up trouble on my own.”
A brief answer.
For a while, no one said anything.
Silence fell.
“I think I would have done the same.”
Surprisingly, it was Nak U-jin who broke the silence.
“It felt like I was looking at myself.”
And then Nak U-jin closed his mouth again.
“U-jin is right.”
It was Yeon Ha-min.
She had been the most actively involved in this matter along with Dang Jin-san.
“Yeah. Honestly, it felt pretty refreshing.”
Dan Mok Un-rae said with a chuckle.
“I could picture us smashing those bastards.”
He had only suggested a bet, yet he was already picturing smashing them.
“I trust our squad leader.”
Finally came Baek Ri-pyeong’s words.
“Thank you.”
Dang Jin-san’s quiet words seemed to carry a slight moisture.
Silence fell again.
“Snore…”
Ha Seol-ran’s soft snoring briefly slipped through the silence.
***
Hefei.
This bustling capital city of Anhui Province was also famous as the place where the Namgung Noble Family had established themselves.
A middle-aged man named Nam Hwi was tilting a wine cup on the second floor of an inn with a good view of the Namgung Noble Family estate.
A one-armed man with hideous scars covering his face.
The people seated in the inn only glanced at him but showed no further interest.
It was only because of his appearance that made him look like a martial artist from the dark path.
It was due to their belief that no one would dare cause trouble in front of the Namgung Noble Family estate.
Nam Hwi looked at the Namgung Noble Family estate with complex eyes.
It was still a massive noble family.
The Greatest Noble Family Under Heaven.
That was what the Namgung Noble Family was called until just about twenty years ago.
“Oh? Is that so? Then it will soon be decided who becomes the Young Family Head.”
The conversation of gossip-mongers reached Nam Hwi’s ears.
He naturally found himself listening to their conversation.
They happened to be talking about exactly what he wanted to know.
“Tsk. But the Namgung Family Head’s thoughts are completely incomprehensible. He has such an outstanding eldest son, Namgung Ji-hu…”
“Well, it shows how fair and just he is. He is the Family Head of the great Namgung Noble Family, after all.”
“Huh. But the Imperial Sword Formation…”
It was a story that captured Nam Hwi’s attention.
Namgung Ji-hu, and the Imperial Sword Formation.
His right shoulder began to throb with pain.
“Heh.”
With a small laugh, he brought the wine cup to his lips.
He suppressed the sudden pain with a cup of wine.
To think he could obtain all the information he wanted just by listening.
Thinking that he had chosen a good spot in the inn, he downed cup after cup of wine.
When the intoxication began to rise.
Those gossip-mongers left their seats.
He had heard everything he needed.
He was almost too grateful to those nameless people.
“Gyoryong Hall…”
Nam Hwi muttered quietly.
He emptied his last cup, settled his bill by placing money on the table, then stood up.
He staggered as he walked out.
The Namgung Noble Family estate.
Turning his back on that place, Nam Hwi staggered along.
It was intoxication he could dispel in an instant, but right now he wanted to walk while drunk like this.
His next destination was Muchang in Hubei Province.
It was Gyoryong Hall.
***
Evening time when the sun was slowly setting toward the western sky.
They were truly exhausted.
How could one end up like this just by moving their body around?
The Waryong Corps 20th Group cadets who entered Muchang Castle had become beggars in just one day.
Their stomachs kept crying out for food.
He hadn’t eaten anything since lunch yesterday.
This too was for the sake of cultivation.
The same was true for the Maengryong Corps cadets.
The only difference was that they weren’t quite reduced to beggar-like appearances.
With all the energy drained from their bodies, they moved toward the main gate of Gyoryong Hall with weak steps.
All they wanted was to hurry to Damryong Pavilion to eat, then wash their bodies in the dormitory bath house.
As they trudged along, they ran straight into a group walking toward them, laughing and chattering noisily.
“Pfft. Puhahaha! What beggar bastards are these! Kuhaha.”
The group bursting into laughter was.
Waryong Corps 1st Group.
Their faces still flushed red, having just emerged from carousing at a pleasure house until now.
The Waryong Corps 20th Group cadets frowned.
How could they not?
They had rolled around like dogs in the mountain forest.
But those bastards.
Reeked of strong alcohol and even the powder scent of courtesans.
Cheol Ryeong’s gaze turned toward the Maengryong Corps.
Their appearance was equally pathetic.
Though it was a sight that naturally brought laughter, Yeon Ha-min and Ha Seol-ran’s beauty still shone through.
It was a beauty that couldn’t even be compared to the courtesans from the pleasure house they’d been playing at.
Cheol Ryeong’s gaze fixed on Yeon Ha-min.
“Keke. You’ll be serving us anyway. How about practicing serving this young master right now?”
Was it because of the lingering intoxication?
Or was it because he’d spent a full day carousing at the pleasure house?
Cheol Ryeong approached Yeon Ha-min, extending his hand with lewd intent.
“Good!”
“Cheol Ryeong! Be a man!”
“Do it well!”
“Wheeee!”
The other cadets from Waryong Corps 1st Group whistled and giggled as they watched.
At that moment.
Whoosh!
Thud.
The sound of a fist cutting through air and the sound of blocking that fist rang out.
Cheol Ryeong still stood with a lewd expression.
Dang Jin-san’s fist stopped just one foot in front of his face.
Cheol Ryeong turned pale upon belatedly discovering it.
But the one who blocked that fist was.
Yeon Ha-min.
While looking at Cheol Ryeong with ice-cold eyes.
Confirming even that, Cheol Ryeong.
The corners of his mouth curved up slyly.
“Keke. Do you like this young master too, you bitch?”
As soon as those words fell.
Thwack.
Yeon Ha-min’s other fist struck Cheol Ryeong’s jaw from below upward.
Cheol Ryeong lifted about an inch off the ground and tumbled backward.
“You fucking bastard. I’ve been patient for a long time. Now I’ll kill you.”
Her voice was as cold as ice, making even the northern wind and snow seem warm by comparison.
It seemed comparable to the legendary ten-thousand-year ice crystal.
“You, you bitch…”
Cheol Ryeong tried to get up but immediately staggered.
It was because she had struck his jaw from below, properly rattling his skull.
The surrounding cadets froze at the unexpected scene.
“Ha, Ha-min…”
Dang Jin-san spoke with a slightly trembling voice.
“Squad Leader. Sorry. For stepping forward on my own. But today we need to settle this.”
Saying so, Yeon Ha-min took a step forward.
She waited for Cheol Ryeong to come to his senses.
The four Waryong Corps cadets watched with nervous expressions.
Should they intervene or not?
If Dang Jin-san had struck, there would have been justification to interfere.
Since a third party had stepped in.
But now Yeon Ha-min had struck.
Before that, Cheol Ryeong harassing Yeon Ha-min was an obvious fact.
They had even encouraged that harassment.
To step in because Cheol Ryeong got hit would be ridiculous.
After a brief moment.
Cheol Ryeong shook his head and stood upright.
Yeon Ha-min watched such Cheol Ryeong with cold eyes and raised her right hand.
Wiggle.
Yeon Ha-min moved her index finger.
“Come at me. Go ahead.”
Cheol Ryeong trembled all over.
“You… fucking bitch. Today you’ll spread your legs under this young master.”
Cheol Ryeong’s eyes gleamed with rage and lust.
Dash!
Cheol Ryeong kicked off the ground and charged at Yeon Ha-min.
His hands were deploying claw techniques.
Iron Wolf Claw.
One of the martial arts from Cheolgi Workshop, meant to be used when one lost their spear.
But his intent in deploying the claw technique was vile.
There were fist techniques, grappling arts, and capture methods available, yet he deliberately chose claw techniques.
The place Cheol Ryeong’s hands aimed for was Yeon Ha-min’s chest.
His purpose was clear.
To harass her even while attacking.
The corners of Yeon Ha-min’s mouth curved up slightly.
It was clearly a killing smile.
The killing intent rising from her body like waves proved it.
Swish, swoosh.
Yeon Ha-min’s fists moved in graceful curves.
But their power was like a storm.
Flowing Dragon Fist Technique.
It was now unfolding from her hands.
Thwack! Thud thud!
She lightly dodged Cheol Ryeong’s attacks and immediately struck his face.
Two hits.
“Eeek.”
Cheol Ryeong persistently deployed Iron Wolf Claw, aiming for Yeon Ha-min’s chest.
His raised fingernails were filled with the desire to tear her clothes apart immediately.
Crack.
“Grrrgh.”
Yeon Ha-min’s fist struck hard against Cheol Ryeong’s fingers.
His left middle and ring fingers broke cleanly.
Cheol Ryeong groaned from the pain.
But only for a moment.
Yeon Ha-min’s fist struck Cheol Ryeong’s face again.
Thud! Thud thud!
Blood splattered.
Even so, Yeon Ha-min’s expression remained utterly cold.
She looked exactly like someone smashing trash to pieces.
“Gulp.”
Eun Hwa-ryang unconsciously swallowed dry saliva.
Yeon Ha-min during training was scary too, but.
Her current appearance was.
Truly.
So terrifying he couldn’t find words to describe it.
“Uh…”
The Waryong Corps First Squad cadets glared at the scene with deeply contorted faces.
Should they step in right now to stop it.
Or should they just watch until it ended.
They couldn’t make a decision.
If Yeon Ha-min were alone, they would have stepped forward.
But right now there were seven on that side, five on this side.
If they stepped in, the other side’s companions would step in too.
It would be a disadvantageous fight for them.
“You acted so arrogant with just this much skill?”
Yeon Ha-min asked as if she couldn’t believe it.
“Graaaah! You damn bitch!!”
Cheol Ryeong drew up all his internal energy with full force.
The slight drunkenness that remained vanished in an instant.
Cheol Ryeong’s clothes swelled as if about to burst.
A sinister sound rang from his arm as he swung it toward Yeon Ha-min.
The momentum of the Iron Wolf Claw became even sharper.
Cheol Ryeong still deployed the claw technique.
He had no choice, as the Iron Wolf Claw was the technique from Cheolgi Workshop that Cheol Ryeong could deploy most skillfully when without a spear.
The difference from before was that his hand, which had previously targeted only her chest in a lewd manner, now flew toward Yeon Ha-min’s openings.
A claw technique deployed without caring that two fingers on his broken left hand were dangling.
Yeon Ha-min stepped with the footwork of the Flowing Dragon Movement Technique while deploying the Flowing Dragon Fist Technique.
Crack crack! Crack crack crack crack!
It was impossible to tell how many exchanges they had clashed in an instant.
The two people’s hands and fists became dizzyingly entangled.
Yeon Ha-min’s momentum gradually rose.
Her sleeves also fluttered from the internal energy she drew up.
The more this happened, the more Cheol Ryeong hesitantly retreated.
Because Yeon Ha-min’s fists became faster and more fierce.
Cheol Ryeong gritted his teeth and deployed his claw technique, but.
Thud.
He was hit in the side.
Thud.
A fist was driven into his abdomen.
Thud.
His left eye was pummeled.
Cheol Ryeong staggered backward.
“Urgh…”
“I’d like to pluck out those eyeballs of yours, but since I can’t do that.”
Sinister words flowed from her beautiful lips.
“I’ll smash that mouth that spouted nonsense.”
When Cheol Ryeong tried to swing both hands again.
Thwack!
Yeon Ha-min’s fist, thrown with full force, drove into Cheol Ryeong’s mouth.
Five teeth broke and fell out.
Blood scattered at the same time.
“Wow!”
People who had gathered at some point let out exclamations.
People had been gradually gathering, and soon an enormous crowd of spectators had flocked there.
They had no choice.
Watching fights was said to be the most entertaining thing in the world.
Moreover, cadets from Gyoryong Hall were fighting using martial arts.
When else would ordinary people get to see such a sight if not during the Fighting Festival?
Thanks to this, crowds instantly flocked and surrounded them.
“Will this be okay?”
Eun Hwa-ryang muttered anxiously at the crowd that had gathered.
Ha Seol-ran also looked around at the surrounding crowd with a worried face.
Somehow it seemed like this matter would grow quite large.
Because she could feel someone rapidly approaching from Gyoryong Hall.
“What are you doing!!!”
A loud roar burst out from the direction of Gyoryong Hall’s main gate.
It was Jamryong Corps Leader Neung U-dam.
The gate guards at the main gate had judged that this was beyond their level to intervene and hurriedly informed Neung U-dam.
A guard who recognized that those fighting were from Waryong Corps and Maengryong Corps had cleverly headed to the Jamryong Corps Leader.
With Neung U-dam’s roar, the fight stopped.
No, it would be more accurate to say it ended.
At that moment, Cheol Ryeong’s broken teeth scattered and fell.
And Cheol Ryeong collapsed right there on the ground.
Yeon Ha-min stood gracefully, looking down at him with cold eyes.
Her gaze was directed toward one place.
Precisely toward one place between his legs.
After smashing his mouth.
Her toes twitched as if she would thoroughly stomp on that place next.
If she had just a little more time, she might have done so.
For Cheol Ryeong, Neung U-dam would be a lifelong benefactor.
Though he himself wouldn’t know that fact.
“Gyoryong Hall cadets fighting in the main road. You’ve truly gone mad! All of you follow me!”
At Neung U-dam’s words, the Waryong Corps 20th Group cadets unconsciously lowered their heads and flinched.
The Maengryong Corps 7th Group cadets shrugged their shoulders and began walking.
Ha Seol-ran looked at Yeon Ha-min with worried eyes.
The Waryong Corps 1st Group cadets supported Cheol Ryeong with stiffly hardened faces and began walking.
Only after they disappeared into Gyoryong Hall did the crowd that had flocked there gradually disperse.
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