The World’s Greatest Martial Arts Instructor - Chapter 288

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Chapter 288. That Direction, I Say

 

 

Just as they crossed the border and entered Anhui Province.

Yeon-jin stopped abruptly.

At his sudden action, the disciples also stopped in their tracks.

Yeon-jin looked back at the path they had traveled.

It felt as if something ominous and tremendous was approaching.

“What’s wrong?”

Hang San asked cautiously.

None of the Shaolin Monks had yet noticed that presence.

“Something is coming this way.”

The place Yeon-jin was looking at was in the direction of Hubei Province.

He activated the Prajna Bodhi Mind Eye in both eyes.

It was with a sense of foreboding.

And.

The moment he looked toward where he felt the presence.

“Wh-What in the world is this…”

He trembled all over as he muttered.

The qi energy visible to his mind eye.

It definitely wasn’t the energy of Evil Arts.

But it wasn’t the energy of righteous arts either.

An unidentifiable energy.

However, it was tremendously massive.

If it appeared to the Prajna Bodhi Mind Eye that only reacted to evil energy, it should be Evil Arts.

But it wasn’t Evil Arts.

His mind eye was saying it wasn’t Evil Arts.

Yet it was visible to his mind eye, and he could gauge its size.

This was the first time such a thing had happened.

What on earth could this be?

“Is something happening?”

At Yeon-jin’s reaction, Hang San asked again.

“Everyone form a formation and stay alert.”

The disciples moved in perfect unison at Yeon-jin’s command.

However, their faces showed doubt.

That was inevitable, since the direction was behind them.

The place they had passed through.

What could there be to guard against in that place…

Kukukukwakwakwakwang!

At that moment, a tremendous Air-Rending Sound reached their ears.

Doubt turned into tension.

Yeon-jin glared intently at one spot.

The massive energy drawing closer and closer.

“Hm? You were waiting for me? You’re better than I thought.”

A Strange Person with red eyebrows dropped down from midair.

No, a strange monk.

He was wearing a kasaya.

A Shaolin kasaya at that.

At that sight, the Shaolin Monks were startled.

Now they too could feel the ominous and sinister energy he was emanating.

“Amitabha. Where might this venerable one be from?”

Yeon-jin asked cautiously.

“Kheulheul. Do you not even recognize an elder of your own sect?”

Yeon-jin was bewildered by the response.

Though his opponent was wearing a tattered Shaolin kasaya.

That wasn’t proof he was a Shaolin disciple.

There were merchants in the market streets who made and sold identical kasayas.

Moreover, an elder.

Yeon-jin knew the faces of all his seniors in the Hyeon generation.

None of them resembled the strange monk before his eyes.

“Hmm. It seems a long time has indeed passed. You appear to be of the Yeon generation…”

Eyes filled with various emotions turned toward Yeon-jin.

“Do you truly not know me?”

The strange monk asked again.

His voice had grown fierce.

Yeon-jin was bewildered.

At least among the Hyeon generation whose names were recorded in Shaolin’s registry, there was no one whose face he didn’t know…

No, wait.

There was one.

‘N-No way…’

Yeon-jin looked at the red-browed strange monk with disbelieving eyes.

It couldn’t be possible.

‘He should definitely be confined in Repentance Cave…’

Hadn’t the previous abbot even left a dying wish about it?

Yet here he was, right before their eyes.

Looking so perfectly fine?

‘Is the Main Mountain all right…’

According to his memory, the appearance of this grand-uncle here meant something had happened to Shaolin Temple.

“Hmph. It seems you finally recognize me.”

“Shaolin disciple Y-Yeon-jin pays respects to Grand-Uncle…”

At Yeon-jin’s sudden action, the Shaolin Monks fell into confusion.

If he was Yeon-jin’s grand-uncle, he would be of the Hyeon generation.

They had never heard of such a strange monk among the Hyeon generation.

Only Hang San was hiding his horrified expression with effort.

‘H-How… it should be impossible to leave Repentance Cave…’

Deep within the Sutra Repository, records about that grand-uncle remained as well.

“Yes. Now you properly recognize your elder. Tell me about that woman you were chasing. There isn’t much time.”

“Pardon?”

Yeon-jin asked back with a bewildered face.

To suddenly appear and ask him to speak about the woman they were tracking.

“Tsk. Senior Brother sent me to capture that woman. He said you lot probably couldn’t catch her because of some Ha fellow.”

It was still a bewildering story.

Senior Brother would refer to Abbot Hyeon-gwang.

But no matter how much authority an abbot had, he couldn’t just release that monster at will.

Nevertheless, Yeon-jin obediently told him everything they had discovered so far.

Though he hadn’t recognized the face.

It was because he also knew about the Mad Monk Hyeon-hwang.

After hearing the entire story, Mad Monk Hyeon-hwang looked toward Anhui Province.

“Over there, you say. Kekeke.”

Qi energy surged from his body.

His eyes turned even redder.

Red light shot out from them.

“No matter what method is used to restrict qi energy, the essence never changes. Once you find the essence, it will be visible immediately. Kekekeke.”

Like that.

Far away.

Even farther.

He searched.

Following the traces of the woman who had learned evil arts.

The first thing he saw was.

One massive qi energy.

“Hmm. That must be the fellow called Ha something-or-other.”

It was only natural.

There was only one qi energy massive enough to require his personal intervention.

After staring at that target for a moment, Hyeon-hwang frowned, then smiled with a fishy grin.

“I see. Yes. Keheehe. He was similar to me. No wonder he couldn’t be defeated. Keheehe.”

Yeon-jin realized that the “Ha something-or-other” Hyeon-hwang was referring to was Ha Mu-baek.

He was amazed that Hyeon-hwang could sense his qi energy from here, and was shocked again by how casually he spoke of it.

How.

Hyeon-hwang paid no attention to the reactions around him.

He continued to search ahead.

Eventually.

“Keheehe. She’s disguised as a man. Disguised as a man. I found her. I found her.”

At the words that flowed from Hyeon-hwang’s mouth.

Yeon-jin and the Shaolin Monks were startled.

How?

Their faces were full of questions.

But Hyeon-hwang acted as if he had no intention of answering such questions.

He leaped up and disappeared into midair.

Kwakwakwakwakwang!

As soon as he launched his body, a tremendous air-rending sound echoed.

Yeon-jin stared blankly at where he had disappeared.

“M-Master Uncle… who exactly is that person…?”

One of the disciples spoke with a dazed expression.

“There’s no need to know. But how on earth…?”

It seemed like the Abbot had released him.

Was such a thing possible?

When the previous master’s will still remained?

Hang San cautiously approached the confused Yeon-jin.

“It seems… he used the Green Jade Buddha Palm.”

At Hang San’s words, Yeon-jin snapped back to his senses.

Right, there was that method.

How panicked must he have been to forget about the Green Jade Buddha Palm.

But.

“How do you…?”

At Yeon-jin’s words, Hang San smiled bitterly.

“There were records in the Sutra Repository.”

Everything was explained.

Hang San would certainly have found and read those records.

“Whew.”

Yeon-jin let out a deep sigh.

If he had found her, it would have been nice if he had told them where before leaving.

No matter that he had stepped forward, they couldn’t just return empty-handed.

“We continue as well.”

At Yeon-jin’s command, the Shaolin Monks began moving again.

 

The place where the Shaolin Monks had departed.

Some time later.

Woomun Ga-yul arrived there.

After checking the location, she frowned.

The ominous qi energy had lingered here briefly.

Having come here for confirmation.

There were traces of many people having stopped here momentarily.

Traces of movement eastward not long ago.

After confirming even the traces of their approach.

She could guess their identity.

“Shaolin Temple.”

They must be the Shaolin Monks pursuing her daughter.

That ominous qi energy had met with the Shaolin Monks here.

But there had been no trouble at all.

They had stayed briefly, then moved again.

After that, the Shaolin Monks had also moved east.

It was confusing.

If the owner of qi energy that made even herself, a member of the Evil Sect, feel so ominous.

They would naturally be hostile to Shaolin.

But there were no such traces at all.

Rather, one could believe they had chatted amicably here.

Her intuition seemed to be correct.

Though she had hoped otherwise.

That ominous qi energy seemed to be connected to Hwi-yeon.

More precisely, it seemed to be pursuing Hwi-yeon.

Woomun Ga-yul bit her dry, cracked lips.

She leaped up and ran again.

Though she was exhausted to the limit.

Only her eyes blazed brightly.

 

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Anjing in Anhui Province.

A city with developed water transport located on the left bank of the middle Yangtze River.

At the port, countless boats traveling up and down the Yangtze River were gathered.

Merchant ships were busy loading and unloading cargo.

Workers and merchants, and even people trying to board boats.

Anjing’s port was truly teeming with people.

It was a sight befitting a city that had developed through water transport.

Ha Mu-baek had now arrived at Anjing Port.

A teahouse situated in the bustling port.

Ha Mu-baek was here.

Waiting for Gongya Hwi-yeon to appear here someday, he spread his Ki Sense throughout all of Anjing.

He limited his Ki Sense to only Anjing.

Currently, Gongya Hwi-yeon was in a state where her Internal Energy was restricted by the Seven-Colored Sealing Rings.

Due to the seal, she was in a state with not even a handful of Internal Energy.

To ordinary people’s eyes, she would look exactly like a common person who had never learned martial arts.

Therefore, it was impossible to find her through Presence Detection.

However, it was different for Ha Mu-baek.

At first, Ha Mu-baek also thought it would be impossible to find her, but after pondering, there was a way.

It was thanks to seeing Gongya Hwi-yeon restricted by the Seven-Colored Sealing Rings right before his eyes.

She.

Had no Internal Energy.

Not even a handful, but not even a single grain.

This situation was not normal.

No matter how much someone had never learned martial arts.

If they were human, they would inevitably possess a very small amount of Internal Energy.

An extremely minute amount of Internal Energy that originated from Innate True Energy, formed unknowingly while being born, growing, and moving.

It was because of this that Martial Artists could sense Internal Energy and learn martial arts.

How could one sense and accumulate Internal Energy from a state of complete nothingness?

It was possible to sense and accumulate Internal Energy because everyone possessed at least the extremely minute Internal Energy derived from Innate True Energy.

But Gongya Hwi-yeon, whose Internal Energy was sealed, had no Internal Energy at all.

Even that extremely minute Internal Energy.

Was completely sealed by the Seven-Colored Sealing Rings.

If she were among Gangho people, she would just feel like an ordinary person without martial arts.

But among ordinary people without martial arts, Gongya Hwi-yeon would become a strange person with absolutely no Internal Energy.

However, distinguishing between that extremely minute Internal Energy and a completely absent state was not easy.

The Internal Energy that ordinary people possessed was so extremely minute that it was no different from having none at all.

To distinguish that would require considerable concentration even for Ha Mu-baek.

That was why the range of his Ki Sense was limited.

Such distinction was impossible with widely spread Ki Sense.

Although it was problematic that Anjing was a water transport city with many people coming and going.

Within this range, he could adequately discern it.

However, it required a high degree of concentration.

Therefore, Ha Mu-baek sat at the table, calmly concentrating on his Ki Sense.

The tea that had been steaming had long since grown cold.

“It seems about time for arrival…”

According to his calculations, she should arrive within a day or two.

Ha Mu-baek had arrived in Anjing yesterday.

Ha Mu-baek spread his Ki Sense limited to Anjing.

Within that, to find Gongya Hwi-yeon, he examined each person’s presence one by one.

So he couldn’t sense the situation outside Anjing.

Even though tremendous energy was approaching Anjing at high speed, Ha Mu-baek was unaware of this fact.

If it were the usual Ha Mu-baek, it would be energy he could never miss.

Because it was both ominous and enormous.

But now, all his Ki Sense was concentrated on Anjing.

Therefore.

He didn’t know.

That was Ha Mu-baek’s mistake that wasn’t really a mistake.

 

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A smile appeared on Gongya Hwi-yeon’s face.

After passing Hoeryeong and continuing to move.

Finally, Anjing was right before her eyes.

Currently, her appearance was not very good.

She had become shabby to the extreme from moving quickly.

Hadn’t she arrived in Hoeryeong late at night and left early in the morning?

If she entered Anjing and just boarded a ship.

She would be able to rest well for now.

And if she got off the ship, bathing would also be possible.

At that thought, a smile appeared on Gongya Hwi-yeon’s face.

Unaware of the existence currently rushing toward her at high speed.

In her current situation with restricted Internal Energy, there was no way to know.

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