The World’s Greatest Martial Arts Instructor - Chapter 248

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Chapter 248. Then, Go

 

 

“Hmm.”

Dam Mu-heun, who had hidden himself in the shadows of the hall and watched everything that had transpired.

He had followed Dan-ju of the Namgung family and learned an unexpected fact.

‘Who would have thought he was following the information I had found…’

At Han Seol-bing’s request, he had searched for and sent materials about Namgung Hwi.

Namgung Hwa-u had used that as a clue to find Gyoryong Hall.

When Han Seol-bing had asked, he had wondered if it could be true, but it was surprising that Namgung Hwi was alive and well, standing there like that.

“What are you doing here? Not guarding the Alliance Leader’s side? Is it okay for both Dan-ju and Deputy Dan-ju to be out like this?”

Ha Mu-baek’s voice suddenly came from beside him.

Dam Mu-heun smiled broadly.

As if he had known he would come looking.

“Ah. I came because the Alliance Leader told me to go.”

“The Alliance Leader? Why?”

“He told me to follow and see what made our Dan-ju leave so hastily on vacation.”

At those words, Ha Mu-baek frowned.

“Namgung Hwa-u?”

“He sensed signs that something might happen to the Namgung Family Estate. Well.”

Dam Mu-heun answered with a matter-of-fact expression.

“After Ha Dan-ju went to Gyoryong Hall, the Alliance Leader’s face became very pleased.”

“Why?”

“Well, at first his face was rotting away… but after the Peng Family incident broke out, his face couldn’t have been better.”

At Dam Mu-heun’s answer, Ha Mu-baek nodded slightly.

It wasn’t intentional.

But looking at past actions.

Everything was entangled with the Alliance Leader’s hostile forces.

The Nine Sects and One Alliance, and the Five Great Families.

Moreover, hadn’t he helped Manmulryeon and Seonyu Valley, which were the Alliance Leader’s friendly forces?

It was coincidence, but too exquisite to be called mere coincidence.

‘Even that old man couldn’t have calculated something like this.’

Ha Mu-baek, who briefly thought of Gongsun Dan-gyeong, shook his head.

“So?”

“Now I have to report what I saw. Well.”

Dam Mu-heun answered Ha Mu-baek’s question as if asking something obvious.

“Namgung Hwi was at Gyoryong Hall, Namgung Hwa-u came chasing after him. And it seems something big will happen at the Namgung Family Estate soon. Like that. Plus, it seems Ha Dan-ju is also involved.”

“Leave out the last part.”

Dam Mu-heun tilted his head and asked.

“He’ll find out anyway, won’t he?”

“Knowing after something happens is different from knowing before it happens. If he knows I’m involved, Gongsun Elder and the Alliance Leader might pull other tricks.”

Ha Mu-baek knew well that one of the Alliance Leader’s goals was weakening the White Path Alliance’s power.

He didn’t want the Alliance Leader’s hand mixed into affairs he was conducting by his own will.

“There’s no right to refuse, is there?”

Dam Mu-heun, who had been thinking for a moment, asked with an awkward smile.

“Who do you think turned a blind eye to you wandering around in the first place?”

He knew.

From the moment he entered Muchang, he had been caught by that monster-like Dan-ju’s senses.

No matter how much he hid his presence, he knew he would be caught anyway if he came near Gyoryong Hall, so he just moved openly.

Thinking that someone would come looking for him eventually.

That time was now.

That monster Dan-ju was demanding one thing from him.

“Just in case, let me ask – what would happen if I refused?”

“Since we have old ties, I’ll make sure it doesn’t hurt. Just stay quiet until the matter is finished.”

From those words, Dam Mu-heun could understand one fact.

‘The Namgung Family Estate will be turned upside down soon…’

Dam Mu-heun asked with a final expression.

“What if I say I won’t tell and then go to the Alliance and tell them?”

Ha Mu-baek looked at Dam Mu-heun with a pathetic expression.

As if asking how he could ask such a question after experiencing him all this time.

“Then the name Dam Mu-heun would disappear from among the people I know.”

It wasn’t a threat to kill.

It was cutting ties.

Ha Mu-baek was sharp as a blade in such matters.

“Sigh.”

Dam Mu-heun let out a deep sigh.

“I’ll have to run like hell. If I want to report that I returned after only seeing Namgung Hwa-u meet Namgung Hwi.”

Ha Mu-baek nodded.

“Then, go.”

And Ha Mu-baek disappeared.

Dam Mu-heun, who looked at that spot briefly, leaped up.

And truly ran with all his might.

The shorter his stay in Muchang, the better excuse it would be for the limited facts he had discovered.

If he wanted to say he had rushed back immediately after confirming Namgung Hwa-u meeting Namgung Hwi.

He had to shorten the time by two days.

 

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Namgung Hwi packed his belongings at the dormitory.

He had knocked out one cadet and shattered one laborer’s arm and hand.

A situation where he could no longer work at this place.

“Are you leaving?”

At Wi Ji-gun’s voice, Namgung Hwi opened the door.

“Elder. I’m sorry. You helped me with so much, yet I’m leaving so suddenly.”

Namgung Hwi bowed deeply.

“Have you now accomplished your purpose for coming to Muchang?”

“Thanks to you, Elder, I’ve accomplished more than enough. Things I wouldn’t have dared hope for even in dreams have come to pass.”

At Namgung Hwi’s slightly trembling words, Wi Ji-gun nodded.

“Yes. That’s what blood ties are like.”

Namgung Hwi wasn’t surprised by Wi Ji-gun’s words either.

Today, while cleaning around the Jamryong Corps Training Ground, he had reflected on recent events.

So he realized that Wi Ji-gun had roughly guessed his circumstances and shown consideration.

Indeed.

Thinking of how he had acted whenever he encountered the Namgung Ji-yu and Namgung Ji-hu siblings here.

It would have been harder not to notice.

“Truly, Elder’s kindness will be engraved in my bones and never forgotten.”

“Hehe. It was merely fate, nothing more. There’s no need for that. Forget about such things and live happily from now on.”

At Wi Ji-gun’s kind words, Namgung Hwi’s eyes reddened.

“For that to happen, there seem to be matters that need resolving.”

“Yes. I must untangle the tangled threads. If I can’t untangle them, I’ll have to cut them.”

A heavy voice flowed from Namgung Hwi’s mouth.

Wi Ji-gun nodded his head.

“Yes. That’s what you must do. It seems that fellow Mu-baek will help you. Make the most of him. He’s quite a strong fellow. Hehe. I too enjoyed having this connection with you.”

With that, Wi Ji-gun left the dormitory.

Namgung Hwi stared blankly at the spot where Wi Ji-gun had departed.

He had gained a fateful encounter by coming to Muchang.

Wi Ji-gun’s existence had been a fateful encounter for Namgung Hwi.

They say obtaining mystical items like ten-thousand-year snow ginseng or azure clarity stone oil is a fateful encounter.

But hadn’t he gained something incomparable to such things?

A son and daughter.

That was a fateful encounter he wouldn’t trade for anything in the world.

Even until this moment, only one question remained unsolved.

Why had Wi Ji-gun shown him such kindness?

He couldn’t understand it at all.

He had said it was enjoyable, but in the end, Wi Ji-gun had gained nothing, hadn’t he?

Because of that.

He couldn’t forget what he was told to forget.

Engraved in bone, never to be forgotten.

He would engrave this kindness in his bones and never forget it.

 

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Namgung Hwi moved forward with the Namgung siblings.

Toward where Namgung Hwa-u was.

“Today, Namgung Hwa-u came to Gyoryong Hall.”

Namgung Hwi spoke quietly.

At those words, the two looked at Namgung Hwi as if they had no idea.

“It was when there was a conflict with Hwang Ryeok. That human.”

“Ah, so that’s why…”

Namgung Ji-yu muttered as if remembering.

“I thought the killing intent you displayed was excessive, but you were showing it to Namgung Hwa-u.”

At Namgung Ji-yu’s words, Namgung Hwi nodded.

It was killing intent that even Namgung Ji-hu and Namgung Ji-yu, who were walking in the distance, had felt.

For dealing with a mere branch family cadet and laborer from the Namgung Family Estate, they thought it was far too excessive.

Who would have thought Father would use such a scheme?

“Didn’t you say so yourself? That Namgung Hwa-u was regrettable. Since I felt his presence, I thought it was a good opportunity and showed him clearly.”

“You did well. His body must have burned even more.”

Namgung Ji-yu smiled brightly.

The inn they arrived at.

Namgung Hwa-u was standing at the entrance.

He had come out after sensing the killing intent that Namgung Hwi had subtly revealed.

“Let’s go inside.”

The separate building in the inn’s back garden.

He was using it alone.

Four people sitting around the tea table.

Namgung Hwa-u, who had personally prepared tea, spoke first.

“What can I do for you?”

Namgung Hwa-u, bowing his head and yielding first.

Namgung Ji-yu smiled slightly.

He was indeed a smart person.

In two days, he had perfectly grasped the situation he was in.

That’s why he would have such ambitions too.

“Let me say in advance, even just the proposal I made last time is one that none of my brothers could make.”

Namgung Hwa-u added.

It was true.

In a noble family that valued bloodline, the proposal Namgung Hwa-u had made was revolutionary itself.

He had already grasped that the Namgung Hwi family could lend their strength to someone else among his brothers and added those words.

“The closure of the Elder Council.”

Namgung Ji-yu suddenly spoke up.

At those words, Namgung Hwa-u’s face hardened.

The Elder Council.

A place that exists as a matter of course in any decent major sect or noble family.

A place where retired masters of the previous generation reside.

While it becomes a great strength when the sect faces crisis, there was no place more troublesome when it began interfering with the sect’s operations.

“You know what that means, don’t you?”

At Namgung Hwa-u’s question, Namgung Ji-yu nodded.

“Of course. But considering what the Hocheon Corps Leader intends to do after becoming Family Head, it’s a place we’ll have to clash with eventually.”

Namgung Hwa-u frowned.

It wasn’t wrong.

All the things he was thinking of were revolutionary acts that ignored bloodline.

He would face countless opposition from those old-fashioned elders.

“Previous generation masters means they’re that much stronger. If they resist with force, even a Family Head can do nothing about it. They’re also elders of the family.”

That was the problem.

In fact, the closure of the current Elder Council was something he desired as well.

He simply lacked the power to achieve it.

“There’s someone who has agreed to help with that.”

Namgung Ji-yu said with a bright smile.

He could tell without asking.

Who that person who agreed to help was.

Namgung Ji-yu had already met Ha Mu-baek the day before.

After confirming various things with him, she had made a feasible request.

“In that case, yes. However, the closure of the Elder Council applies to the current Elder Council. As long as the noble family exists, the Elder Council is an indispensable place.”

Namgung Ji-yu agreed with those words as well.

Previous generation masters were another form of power.

It’s just that now they were obstacles to their purpose, so they wanted to exclude them.

“Would that be enough?”

At Namgung Hwa-u’s question, Namgung Hwi spoke up.

“I’d like you to get me a sword.”

“A sword?”

At Namgung Hwa-u’s question, Namgung Hwi’s gaze turned to Namgung Ji-hu’s waist.

“As you can see, I don’t have a decent sword to use.”

Namgung Hwi’s tone and attitude toward Namgung Hwa-u had changed.

Namgung Hwa-u didn’t bother to mention that aspect.

If before it was a relationship between direct and branch lineages, now he thought of it as an equal relationship.

No, to be precise, he was in a slightly disadvantageous situation.

“You’re not talking about just any sword, are you?”

At Namgung Hwa-u’s question, Namgung Hwi nodded as if it were obvious.

“The Daera Changung Sword.”

At the brief answer, Namgung Hwa-u’s face hardened.

The Three Great Treasure Swords of the Namgung Family.

It was one of them.

The Emperor Azure Heaven Sword was the Family Head’s sacred object, so only the Family Head could possess it.

And what remained were the Daera Changung Sword and Thunder Phoenix Sword, these two blades.

These three blades were the Three Great Treasure Swords of the Namgung Family.

The Daera Changung Sword and Thunder Phoenix Sword were only being carefully maintained in deep storage, still without owners.

Only the Family Head could decide the owners of the Daera Changung Sword and Thunder Phoenix Sword, but the current Family Head had chosen no one.

For the Daera Changung Sword to be given to Namgung Ji-hu, the prerequisite was for Namgung Hwa-u to become Family Head.

Especially when the current Elder Council had already decided to disband.

“I understand. So be it.”

Namgung Hwa-u nodded greatly.

Namgung Ji-hu, who had looked surprised from the moment the Daera Changung Sword’s name was mentioned, blinked his eyes.

“You have more than enough qualifications.”

Namgung Hwi said, patting Namgung Ji-hu’s shoulder.

“Those promises. You must keep them well.”

At that moment.

Ha Mu-baek appeared like a ghost.

No one had sensed his presence.

In Ha Mu-baek’s hand was One-Eye’s small man, caught.

It was Chu Dong.

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