The World’s Greatest Martial Arts Instructor - Chapter 239

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Chapter 239. What a Quack

 

 

Namgung Hwa-u.

Thirty-nine years old this year.

The youngest brother of the Namgung Family Head, currently serving as the Hocheon Corps Leader.

Having harbored great ambitions in his heart, he applied for the position as soon as the Hocheon Corps Leader seat became vacant.

While one of the deputy leaders could have been promoted to leader, he was able to become the Hocheon Corps Leader by leveraging the influence of the Namgung Family.

Naturally, he could not gain the support of his subordinates.

Even now, most of the Hocheon Corps’ duties were being handled by Dam Mu-heun, the deputy leader.

Han Seol-bing, the other deputy leader, seized this opportunity and quit the Hocheon Corps.

He was truly a puppet leader.

Nevertheless, Namgung Hwa-u was satisfied.

His coveting of the Hocheon Corps Leader position wasn’t because of the corps members.

The Hocheon Corps were the Alliance Leader’s personal guards.

That was the official designation.

However, they weren’t simply personal guards.

They were no different from the Alliance Leader’s secret organization.

That’s why during the last war, they roamed all over the battlefield following the Alliance Leader’s orders, wasn’t it?

It was a common occurrence for the Alliance Leader’s personal guards to leave the Alliance Leader alone and go on missions.

Though it was absurd, it was brazenly carried out with the Alliance Leader’s tacit approval.

Such was the organization called the Hocheon Corps.

And because it was such an organization, the leader had one tremendous authority.

Though the previous leader apparently didn’t properly use that authority.

Free access to even first-class secrets.

Even access to special-class secrets was possible with prior action and subsequent reporting.

The justification was that it was necessary for protecting the Alliance Leader.

The previous leader seemed to have delegated that authority to Dam Mu-heun, the deputy leader.

‘Whether he was a fool… or a lazy person…’

He was an incomprehensible person. That monster called Ha Mu-baek.

Thanks to that person being demoted, Namgung Hwa-u was able to take a step forward for his ambitions.

Hocheon Corps Leader.

After ascending to that position, Namgung Hwa-u searched through the alliance’s first-class secrets whenever he had the chance.

Those related to the Namgung Family.

There was one reason.

It concerned his elder brother, the Family Head.

“Those children are too outstanding to be called elder brother’s children.”

Among the brothers of Namgung Family Head Namgung Hwa-hyeon, the most talented was the youngest, Namgung Hwa-u.

He had already reached the threshold of the transcendent level.

The peak realm was right before his eyes.

His eldest brother Namgung Hwa-hyeon, in his assessment, was mediocre.

‘That’s why he ruined the Emperor Sword Form like that.’

Recalling the Emperor Sword Form that Namgung Hwa-hyeon used to display, Namgung Hwa-u shook his head.

That was only the Emperor Sword Form in name and shell, not the true Emperor Sword Form.

It was such a sword form that if grandfather knew, he would rise from his grave and wail.

Because his mediocre brother was the family head, the Namgung Family had lost even the prestige of being the world’s greatest family.

That was Namgung Hwa-u’s thinking.

Namgung should always be the greatest in the world.

However, Namgung Hwa-hyeon was no match for Yeon Ja-gyeong.

The Yeon Ja-gyeong he had seen was truly a fearsome person.

So the position of the world’s greatest family had passed to the Hubei Yeon Family.

To reclaim what belonged to Namgung, he himself had to become the family head.

That was Namgung Hwa-u’s ambition.

So he began searching for his brother’s corrupt aspects.

He couldn’t find any within the family estate.

That’s why he turned his attention to the Jeongcheon Alliance.

The place that gathered all information from the martial world.

Among them, he came to the position of Hocheon Corps Leader, which had great access to that information.

Namgung Hwa-hyeon, unaware of this, actively involved himself in Namgung Hwa-u becoming the Hocheon Corps Leader, thinking it would expand the Namgung Family’s influence in the Jeongcheon Alliance.

Thinking of that time, a smile naturally formed on his lips.

What Namgung Hwa-u was focusing on was Namgung Hwa-hyeon’s travels.

He had returned with children during those travels.

It was when he was obsessed with secluded training.

He never imagined such a thing would happen during those travels.

Rather, it was a time when he devoted himself even more to training, thinking that since his brother had no heir, he might lose the position of Young Family Head.

There was something about those travels.

However, he couldn’t even find the name of the guard warrior who had accompanied those travels.

“Tsk.”

Namgung Hwa-u clicked his tongue.

He still hadn’t found the name of that guard warrior.

The Jeongcheon Alliance’s information was vast and extensive.

The head of Manbak Hall in Cheonmok Pavilion might know, but he couldn’t ask him about it.

Suppressing his frustrated feelings, Namgung Hwa-u visited the library of Manbak Hall again today.

The archive manager tilted his head upon seeing Namgung Hwa-u.

“The deputy leader was just here a moment ago. Was there perhaps some inadequate part in those materials?”

The manager asked with a face that said there couldn’t be.

Namgung Hwa-u wondered what this was about but pretended not to know.

He knew that Dam Mu-heun still frequented Manbak Hall, but thought it was because of Hocheon Corps business.

However, there had been no special matters recently.

Unlike usual, he became curious.

“I need to review it once more myself.”

“Understood. Please come this way.”

The manager guided Namgung Hwa-u and opened a book to show him.

“This is the part.”

Namgung Hwa-u examined it carefully and then widened his eyes.

The name he had been searching for so long was right there.

 

Namgung Hwi .

A lower-ranking warrior from a branch family of the Namgung Family. Participated as a guard in Namgung Hwa-hyeon’s travels in XX year and went missing. Presumed to have died in Sanwol Demon Forest.

 

‘Found it.’

A smile naturally formed on his lips.

“Have you confirmed it?”

Namgung Hwa-u nodded.

“Indeed. Nothing particularly different.”

The manager closed the book and put it back in its place.

Namgung Hwa-u came out of Manbak Hall.

His heart began to beat violently as he headed toward his office.

He had found a clue.

Just one thing he was curious about.

Why did Dam Mu-heun suddenly look into that? It had nothing to do with him at all.

He knew the man was meddlesome and interested in all sorts of information.

Still, wasn’t this too out of the blue?

He looked into Dam Mu-heun’s activities.

It had been over a year since he became the Dan-ju of Hocheon Corps.

Even if he was just a figurehead, it was enough time to make one or two subordinates within the unit.

‘A Thousand-Li Black Raven had flown in?’

He knew well what kind of spirit beast that was.

But the one assigned to Hocheon Corps had deserted on its own whim.

“Was it called Baek-a?”

How amusing that a black creature’s name was Baek (White).

A new Thousand-Li Black Raven hadn’t been assigned yet.

Then it must have been that Baek-a fellow that flew in.

That fellow flew in, and Dam Mu-heun moved.

Then it must be related to where Baek-a is.

Where Baek-a is located is where the former vice Dan-ju Han Seol-bing is.

He had received reports that it deserted because it followed her too much.

Then.

‘Gyoryong Hall.’

Something had happened there.

 

***

 

Time passed quickly.

Daily life remained unchanged.

Sweeping around the training grounds of Maengryong Corps and Jamryong Corps, going to the laundry area to do laundry.

And occasionally stopping by the armory to polish weapons.

The armory work had become somewhat neglected.

It couldn’t be helped, since the children’s swords were gone.

However, he truly put his heart and soul into the laundry work.

It was because Namgung Ji-hu’s training clothes came out frequently as he practiced diligently.

He washed them to look like new.

Even secretly using internal energy while doing so.

And at night, once every few days, he helped Namgung Ji-hu with his training.

Since that day, Namgung Hwi had never been so happy.

So he couldn’t tell whether this was a dream or reality.

There was a slight doubt about whether he deserved to be this happy and anxiety about how long he could remain this happy.

Even now he was washing Namgung Ji-yu’s training clothes.

‘Ji-hu’s Great Flame Sword Technique has improved even more. At this rate, he might soon overcome a wall.’

Just as he finished washing with full concentration, the conversation of other workers reached his ears.

“He’s really amazing, I tell you.”

“Really?”

“Yes. That fortune teller can predict anything.”

“How remarkable. How did such a fortune teller come to Muchang?”

“Hah. Nonsense. Nothing he can’t predict? He doesn’t know his opponent’s hand at all. Hehehe.”

A man joined the conversation of the women workers.

“What do you mean by that?”

“The fortune teller you’re talking about – short with one eye, right?”

The woman nodded at the man’s words.

“He’s a regular at the gambling house, that fortune teller. But he only loses every time. Yesterday I had a real feast thanks to that fortune teller. Hehehe.”

The women tilted their heads at those words.

Their expressions showed they couldn’t believe it.

“But he correctly predicted whether Master Kang’s child would be a son or daughter ten days before birth, so surely…”

The woman’s husband was a worker at Master Kang’s house. So she had heard the rumor and went to get her fortune told directly.

“What a ridiculous man. A gentleman who can tell whether someone else’s unborn child is a son or daughter doesn’t know the cards in his opponent’s palm and keeps losing like that. Hahaha.”

The man spoke as if it was amusing.

A look of concern began to appear on another woman’s face, who had been tempted by the woman’s words to visit that skilled fortune teller.

Namgung Hwi’s expression hardened as he listened to that conversation.

“Huh? Nam Hwi. What’s wrong with you?”

A worker who had been washing nearby asked.

“It’s nothing.”

Answering thus, Namgung Hwi began washing someone else’s training clothes again.

However, his mind became complicated.

There was someone who came to mind from the story he had just heard.

‘So he was alive after all.’

Given Namgung Hwa-hyeon’s temperament, he would have tried to capture and kill him, but thinking of that time, it wouldn’t have been easy.

At that time, that man had told Namgung Hwa-hyeon that his second child would also be a daughter.

And he said to come find him again next time before leaving.

And four days later, a message arrived.

Shortly after receiving that message, Namgung Hwa-hyeon committed that act.

At that time, he could only guess the contents of the message.

And when he heard the story of the siblings Namgung Ji-yu and Namgung Ji-hu in Hefei, he was certain his guess was correct.

But soon a question arose.

‘If he’s leaving traces so carelessly… his tail should have been caught quickly. How is he still alive?’

It was incomprehensible.

 

***

 

Ha Mu-baek went out for the first time in a long while.

He had heard that a delicious restaurant had opened.

As he was walking toward that place.

A crowd of people had gathered by the roadside.

There was.

Fortune .

A flag with just that one character written on it was raised.

A one-eyed fortune teller was telling fortunes and people were exclaiming in amazement.

‘A fortune teller.’

He was about to pass by without much thought when the one-eyed man’s and Ha Mu-baek’s eyes met.

As soon as he saw Ha Mu-baek, the fortune teller showed a greatly surprised face.

“A, a noble person! A noble person!”

At the fortune teller’s shout, everyone’s gaze turned to Ha Mu-baek at once.

Ha Mu-baek immediately frowned.

Regardless, the fortune teller pushed through the people and approached Ha Mu-baek.

“I have wandered All Under Heaven and seen countless people, but this is the first time I’ve seen someone with such a noble countenance as you, Noble Person. This too is fate, so I shall tell your fortune. Please come here.”

What kind of nonsense was this? He wanted to immediately strike the man’s face.

But under the people’s gazes, Ha Mu-baek couldn’t bring himself to act.

No matter how Ha Mu-baek was, he wouldn’t use his fists over such a trivial matter.

Especially when the opponent was an ordinary person.

Ha Mu-baek was inevitably dragged along.

The fortune teller had already taken out his divination sticks and drawn a fortune.

“Haa. As expected, you are a Noble Person. It seems there will soon be work to correct the disrupted natural order.”

 

Chu Dong felt genuine admiration and ecstasy.

The true purpose of coming to Muchang was none other than this.

It was because the divination he had seen told him to go to this place.

A divination saying that a Noble Person who would sever his tiresome evil fate was in this place.

While he was at it, he had planned to pick the pockets of rich people and get a taste of gambling too.

Chu Dong couldn’t stay in one place for long.

Once rumors spread, those ghosts would come looking for him.

Fortunately, his divinations regarding his own fate were remarkably accurate.

Though they never matched when it came to gambling tables.

Thanks to that, he was still alive like this.

It was the benefit of putting all his effort into learning divination as much as mystical arts.

Perhaps because he knew his own future.

After several days of telling fortunes in this place while waiting for the Noble Person.

He had finally met the Noble Person.

When he drew the divination, didn’t it indeed say correcting the disrupted natural order?

Then this was the Noble Person.

Who would save him.

He hadn’t told the Noble Person what divination he had seen.

Chu Dong had drawn the Noble Person’s divination regarding himself.

If it was disrupted natural order related to himself, there was only one thing.

‘Namgung. That damn bastard.’

Resentment momentarily flashed in Chu Dong’s eyes before disappearing.

“A quack, I see.”

Ha Mu-baek chuckled and said that, then moved his steps.

Chu Dong no longer held Ha Mu-baek back.

His purpose had been achieved.

Now he just needed to follow that Noble Person.

However.

Chu Dong never dreamed.

That while his divination was correct, he had misinterpreted it.

He didn’t even think that he too had been involved in disrupting the natural order.

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