The World’s Greatest Martial Arts Instructor - Chapter 249

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Chapter 249. A Fortune Teller?

 

 

Namgung Hwa-u felt his spine grow cold.

This wasn’t the skill of a martial arts instructor, but something you’d believe from Gangho’s greatest assassin.

Even appearing right beside them, he couldn’t sense any trace of it.

It wasn’t that he had been careless either.

Since they were sharing secret plans, his Ki Sense was heightened to its maximum.

He had been paying close attention to anyone’s approach.

Yet he truly had no idea until Ha Mu-baek spoke.

Even though he had brought someone unknown with him.

That meant Ha Mu-baek had perfectly erased even his presence.

He knew he was a monster, but this was truly a monster beyond imagination.

Suddenly, the conversation from three days ago came to mind.

If he broke the agreement, Ha Mu-baek could just execute him.

Suddenly, the area around his neck felt chilly.

Though he had no intention whatsoever of breaking the agreement.

“Chu Dong.”

Namgung Hwi muttered while looking at the one-eyed man Ha Mu-baek had brought.

The one-eyed man’s face turned deathly pale upon seeing Namgung Hwi.

“H-how…”

Chu Dong trembled all over.

“S-surely you had the physiognomy of dying a violent death…”

Chu Dong muttered with disbelieving eyes.

He examined Namgung Hwi’s face again with eyes that said his physiognomy reading couldn’t be wrong.

His gaze became vacant.

“I-impossible. F-for physiognomy to change…”

The face that had been left a mangled mess of sword wounds from Namgung Hwa-hyeon’s attack.

Those very sword wounds had changed Namgung Hwi’s physiognomy.

As if he had never thought of this possibility.

Chu Dong’s face was completely dazed.

The power of heavenly fate beyond divination had surely taken effect.

Ha Mu-baek gazed quietly at such a Chu Dong.

“You’re saying I have to keep this bastard alive and take him with us?”

Namgung Ji-yu nodded at that question.

“He’s the only witness.”

“Will this bastard even speak properly? And even if he does, I doubt they’ll believe him.”

“Since Father has returned alive. Having one more person who can testify to the truth of that day is important. Only three people know about that day.”

Namgung Hwa-hyeon, Namgung Hwi, and Chu Dong.

That was all.

Chu Dong snapped to attention at Ha Mu-baek and Namgung Ji-yu’s conversation.

The content of their conversation was simple.

They were going to take him to the Namgung Family Estate to tell about that day’s events.

‘T-the owner of the physiognomy that would set heavenly fate right… the Noble Person who would sever evil connections… w-why…’

Chu Dong trembled all over.

Had he interpreted the divination about himself only in favorable ways?

No.

Until now, he had only moved to places where divinations of life appeared, and Muchang was the same.

Divinations of death often appeared too, and he never even looked at such places.

Wasn’t that the secret to surviving Namgung Hwa-hyeon’s clutches until now?

Namgung Hwi was looking at Chu Dong with eyes filled with complex emotions.

Chu Dong, receiving the gazes of four people at once.

He tried to collect himself.

He had been telling fortunes on the street as usual when suddenly caught in a whirlwind, and when he came to his senses, he was here.

With his collar grabbed by the Noble Person’s hand.

“W-what in the world is this about… please give me a moment…”

Chu Dong said carefully.

“What’s that bastard?”

Namgung Hwa-u asked Ha Mu-baek.

“You’ll know when you hear. A witness to that day’s events.”

Namgung Hwa-u looked at Chu Dong with disbelieving eyes.

“A Fortune Teller?”

“A Fortune Teller and also a sorcerer of the Mosan Sect.”

Ha Mu-baek answered calmly.

“Mosan Sect? A sorcerer?”

Namgung Hwa-u searched his memory. Along with the name Chu Dong that Namgung Hwi had muttered.

It was a name that had come up three days ago when he was talking about Mystical Arts.

“Then that bastard is…”

“The sorcerer who confirmed that Namgung Hwa-hyeon had a body incapable of bearing children. And he used Gender Identification Sorcery on those two children.”

“Remarkable that he’s still alive.”

Namgung Hwa-u looked at Chu Dong with amazed eyes.

There was no way his elder brother would have kept that bastard alive until now.

“He’s a Fortune Teller with some ability, after all.”

At Ha Mu-baek’s words, Namgung Hwa-u could only nod.

If it were Namgung Hwa-hyeon, he would have mobilized the shadows to kill him, yet he was still alive.

It seemed he had been remarkably good at divining about his own life.

Meanwhile, Chu Dong had finally managed to grasp the situation.

Those two young people were probably the children who had been in the womb back then.

And it seemed they now knew that Namgung Hwi was their father.

And that middle-aged man.

Probably someone from the Namgung Family Estate.

“W-what do you want from me?”

Chu Dong asked in a trembling voice.

At that question, Ha Mu-baek let out a snicker.

“You know everything, so why act like that? And it’s not what we want, but what you must do.”

“W-what if I refuse?”

“You’ll die at Namgung Hwa-hyeon’s hands.”

At Ha Mu-baek’s answer, Chu Dong tilted his head.

If he complied with their demands, he wouldn’t die at Namgung Hwa-hyeon’s hands?

“We’ll subdue you and dump you in Hefei. Then those shadow bastards will take care of the rest.”

At Ha Mu-baek’s words, Chu Dong’s face turned deathly pale.

“I-if I comply with your demands?”

“We won’t let you die.”

At Ha Mu-baek’s calm answer, Chu Dong rolled his remaining eye.

“Don’t waste time thinking. Since you’ve caught my eye, there’s no way to escape.”

“M-may I try divination?”

Ha Mu-baek nodded at Chu Dong’s request.

Then Chu Dong took out small divination sticks from his bosom.

He drew divination results for two different scenarios.

The results were.

‘Death. If I don’t listen to their words, I die. This is certain.’

However.

Even if he listened to their words.

‘Live …’

The divination showed ‘live’ rather than ‘life’.

The meaning was the same – to survive – but why did ‘live’ appear instead of ‘life’?

Usually ‘life’ would appear.

He couldn’t understand it.

The moment his puzzled gaze reached Ha Mu-baek.

‘What, what… Wh-what is this…’

The divination changed.

The water radical fell away from the character for ‘live’, leaving only the remaining character.

Tongue .

Only the character for tongue remained.

‘So in the end, my life depends on my own tongue…’

That’s what the divination was telling him.

If he conducted himself well, a path would open.

“Whew.”

He was cornered.

“I understand. I’ll do as you command. But you must guarantee my life without fail.”

Ha Mu-baek nodded at those words.

Chu Dong resigned himself to everything and closed his eyes.

His face stung.

It was because Namgung Hwi was glaring at him with fierce eyes.

When the conversation with Ha Mu-baek seemed to end.

Namgung Hwi asked.

“What do you mean by a sign of dying a violent death?”

Chu Dong kept his mouth firmly shut.

He really had to be careful from now on.

The slightest mistake could cost him his life.

Namgung Hwi continued glaring at Chu Dong for a while. However, seeing him stubbornly ignore that gaze, he finally turned his eyes away.

That wasn’t what was urgent right now.

“What’s the next step now?”

Ha Mu-baek asked.

“We need to find a sorcerer who can use paternity identification sorcery and go to Hefei together.”

Namgung Ji-yu said calmly.

“Pfft.”

At those words, Chu Dong let slip the laughter he had been trying to hold back.

The gazes of all five people immediately focused on him again.

“Ah, no… it’s just that it’s such an impossible thing…”

The Mosan Sect, his sect, was the place that had created the bloodline identification sorcery circle.

Because of that, he knew well how difficult and challenging a high-level sorcery it was.

Paternity identification sorcery was an imaginary technique far more difficult than that.

It couldn’t be possible.

“A sorcerer named Ma Jin-gi said it was possible?”

Ha Mu-baek’s question.

At those words, Chu Dong’s face showed shock.

“Th-th-that person is still alive?”

His face said it was impossible.

Ha Mu-baek tilted his head at that reaction.

All he knew was that the man was a sorcerer of Seonyu Valley and his name.

It seemed Namgung Hwa-u was in the same situation.

“As far as I know, that person should already be over a hundred years old…”

At those words, all four people simultaneously showed dismayed expressions.

They hadn’t known the sorcerer was that old.

Whether he was really alive as Chu Dong said was uncertain.

If he had passed away from old age, this plan would need to be reconsidered from the beginning.

“We might really have to tear apart the Namgung Family Estate.”

Only Ha Mu-baek muttered with a slightly troubled expression.

Along with the thought that if they tore it apart like that, there wouldn’t be much left of the Namgung Family Estate.

“It seems we need to hurry to Seonyu Valley.”

Everyone nodded at Namgung Ji-yu’s words.

“Then I’ll part ways here.”

Namgung Hwa-u’s words.

“If the plan goes awry, I’ll contact you separately.”

Namgung Ji-yu said this and stood up.

Five people left, leaving Namgung Hwa-u behind.

Chu Dong obediently followed along.

Without Ha Mu-baek needing to grab him by the collar.

 

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Hyeongsan Mountain in Hunan Province.

This is where Seonyu Valley is located.

It was a magnificent view.

Indeed, it had the mountain terrain befitting the Southern Sacred Mountain among the Five Sacred Mountains of Central Plains.

Ha Mu-baek looked around at the surrounding scenery.

He had formed good relationships with the people of Seonyu Valley, but this was his first time actually visiting Seonyu Valley.

Following the path as Byeokryeokgae had described and entering deep into the valley, he could indeed see the signboard of Seonyu Valley in the distance.

Had Byeokryeokgae already sent word?

Gongsun Mu-oe was moving about at the main gate, waiting.

As if he had spotted Ha Mu-baek, he immediately kicked off the ground and came running.

“Welcome! Hahaha. Welcome!”

Gongsun Mu-oe grabbed Ha Mu-baek’s hands and greeted him with genuine joy.

The Namgung siblings and Namgung Hwi watched this scene with surprised faces.

What kind of relationship could it be for the valley master of Seonyu Valley to welcome him so warmly?

“It’s been a long time.”

Gongsun Bi-yeon, who had come out with Gongsun Mu-oe, smiled and greeted them.

Since she wasn’t covering her face with a veil or anything here, her dazzling beauty shone even more radiantly.

“Come, come. You must be tired from the long journey, so let’s go inside.”

Gongsun Mu-oe personally guided them into Seonyu Valley.

They arrived at the guest hall.

An incredibly luxurious separate building was assigned to them.

They said it was a place reserved only for the most important distinguished guests.

“First, rest from your travel fatigue, and let’s catch up over dinner. Hehehe.”

Leaving those words, Gongsun Mu-oe and Gongsun Bi-yeon disappeared.

“What exactly is your connection to Seonyu Valley, Instructor?”

Namgung Ji-yu asked with a surprised expression.

“I just gave them a little help.”

Ha Mu-baek spoke as if it was nothing special.

Then he opened the door to any room and flopped down on the bed.

As Gongsun Mu-oe had said, he needed to recover from the journey.

The long-distance travel after so long was quite tiring.

Though he was a master at a level where he felt no physical fatigue, Ha Mu-baek was mentally exhausted.

Thinking this, he closed his eyes.

He needed to rest until evening.

Chu Dong glanced around nervously before entering a small room.

He looked like someone who had already given up on everything.

In fact, he had tried divination several times to see if he should escape.

Each time, the divination result of death came out so clearly that he had now resigned himself to leaving his life in their hands.

Namgung Hwi, Namgung Ji-hu, and Namgung Ji-yu each chose their rooms and recovered from the journey.

There were four bathrooms, all prepared with plenty of warm water.

Namgung Ji-yu washed off the accumulated dust in the bathroom first.

This was due to a strange sense of competition sparked by the beautiful appearance of Gongsun Bi-yeon who had come to greet them.

She knew the moment she saw her.

That she was the Fairy Chrysanthemum of Seonyu Valley among the Five Flowers of the Martial World.

Though she herself was called the Orchid Flower of the Namgung Family, she didn’t want to appear inferior compared to her.

It was a woman’s peculiar pride.

At the time when red sunset clouds were gradually gathering.

Ha Mu-baek rose from the bed and washed his body in the bathroom.

As a guest, he thought it was proper etiquette to keep his body clean.

Since the others were also waiting with their bodies properly groomed, Gongsun Bi-yeon came personally.

Seeing her move personally when she could have sent attendants or maids, they could tell how much Seonyu Valley valued Ha Mu-baek.

A faint tension appeared on the faces of the Namgung Family members.

Now they would go and converse to learn about Ma Jin-gi.

The three people earnestly hoped that he was still alive.

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