The World’s Greatest Martial Arts Instructor - Chapter 307

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Chapter 307. Thank You

 

 

A gentle ivory-colored aura emanating from his entire body.

An ivory color tinged with yellow.

It was a slightly different appearance from what Ha Mu-baek had shown until now.

Somehow sacred and reverent.

It was a sight Gong Ya-jang-cheon could never have imagined from the Ha Mu-baek he knew.

Mun In-baek-song was equally surprised by this.

Woomun Ga-yul was looking at Ha Mu-baek with a moved expression.

That day.

Grateful that her good deed had brought about such results.

Gongya Hwi-yeon flinched.

Ha Mu-baek had merely circulated his qi energy.

But there was a reaction from her dantian.

Like a day-old puppy barking frantically in terror, perhaps?

It was amusing to get the feeling of a day-old puppy from an energy whose identity she couldn’t properly understand.

The fact that it was the qi energy Ha Mu-baek had manifested.

‘Number One Under Heaven…’

Only those words came to mind for Gongya Hwi-yeon now.

Finally, Ha Mu-baek’s qi energy surged through her pulse points once again.

It rushed straight toward her dantian.

“Ugh.”

Gongya Hwi-yeon let out a groan.

Then she was startled and clenched her teeth.

Usually in such great methods, it was important for the recipient to keep their mouth tightly shut.

So that qi energy wouldn’t leak out through an open mouth.

“It’s fine. If you need to scream, scream all you want.”

Ha Mu-baek said with an indifferent expression.

It seemed completely different from other great methods.

That appearance made her trust him even more.

Gongya Hwi-yeon’s dantian went wild.

More precisely, it was the gray, unpleasant qi energy clinging to her dantian.

As if it had met a natural enemy, it was desperate to escape.

But there was nowhere to run.

To do so, it would have to detach from the dantian.

But Gongya Hwi-yeon’s dantian was too tempting a prey for that.

Ha Mu-baek didn’t push his qi energy straight into the dantian.

Though it wouldn’t have mattered.

He intended to minimize the pain as much as possible.

He first infused qi energy into all the major meridians and cleansed meridians throughout her body.

He filled every place the gray qi energy could go after detaching from the dantian with his own qi energy.

Accordingly, Gongya Hwi-yeon’s body also began to emit a gentle yellow ivory glow.

Ha Mu-baek’s qi energy had manifested.

The three people quietly watched this sight.

‘How is such qi energy possible…’

Gong Ya-jang-cheon was amazed as if he couldn’t believe it.

‘Surely this is qi energy Ha Mu-baek didn’t handle before… where did it come from…’

Mun In-baek-song was curious about Ha Mu-baek’s new aspect.

‘Truly magnificent. Thank you.’

Woomun Ga-yul was purely admiring.

If there was one thing in common among the three people’s gazes, it was their faith in Ha Mu-baek.

A sight that naturally inspired faith just by watching.

Having first blocked all escape routes, Ha Mu-baek.

Gradually pushed his qi energy into the dantian from all directions.

Kieeeeeek!!!!

It seemed as if such a scream could be heard.

A scream like Hyeon-hwang’s final death throes.

Ha Mu-baek’s qi energy, completely surrounding the dantian, instantly devoured Hyeon-hwang’s qi energy.

Crumble.

That energy crumbled and disappeared just like that.

“Ugh.”

For a moment.

When Hyeon-hwang’s qi energy detached from the dantian.

Gongya Hwi-yeon groaned once more.

That pain alone was unavoidable.

If such energy had rampaged through all the major meridians while fleeing Ha Mu-baek’s qi energy.

The tremendous pain would have been incomparable to now.

“It’s done.”

Before long, Ha Mu-baek had withdrawn all his qi energy.

The gentle aura also disappeared as if washed away.

There was simply an indifferent martial artist sitting there.

Changes immediately appeared in Gongya Hwi-yeon’s body.

The dark energy between her brows disappeared as if washed away, and her pure white skin was glowing even more brightly.

“Th-thank, thank you. Benefactor.”

At that moment.

Woomun Ga-yul grasped Ha Mu-baek’s hand and bowed deeply at the waist.

This was separate from her having saved Ha Mu-baek’s life.

Now Ha Mu-baek had saved her daughter’s life.

“Please don’t do this, madam. I merely did what had to be done. The grace I received from you cannot be repaid with just this much.”

Ha Mu-baek said in confusion as he rose from his seat.

Truly a flustered appearance.

If the people of Gyoryong Hall had seen this, they would never have believed it.

“Thank you.”

“We are truly grateful.”

Gong Ya-jang-cheon and Mun In-baek-song’s thanks followed.

Gongya Hwi-yeon rose from her seat and bowed to Ha Mu-baek.

“I thank you with all my heart for this life-saving grace.”

It was a greeting filled with sincerity.

Truly, she had trembled with fear that she might die.

When even Grandfather said there was no solution.

Though she didn’t express it, she felt as if she was falling into a deep abyss.

Even if Ha Mu-baek, the Number One Under Heaven, couldn’t do it, perhaps Grandfather, who was the Four Seas Alliance Leader, might be able to – she had held such small hope.

“Not at all. I merely did what needed to be done. Rather, I am the one who is grateful. Thanks to this, I was able to meet the benefactor of my life-saving grace.”

Ha Mu-baek bowed deeply toward Woomun Ga-yul.

“If you ever need my help, please let me know anytime. I will help you to the extent of my abilities. You can contact me through the Beggar Sect.”

Ha Mu-baek spoke calmly.

At his expression, Woomun Ga-yul grasped Ha Mu-baek’s hand.

“You’re not planning to leave just like this, are you?”

Her hand gripped tightly as if she wouldn’t let go.

“There are still unfinished matters. I came here in haste first because I thought my benefactor would be deeply worried.”

There are unfinished matters.

Though she couldn’t know what they were, they were probably related to Shaolin.

Having received such great kindness, she couldn’t just send him away like this.

She wanted to show him some hospitality somehow.

But she couldn’t keep holding onto someone who said he had things to do.

Slowly.

The strength left Woomun Ga-yul’s hand.

“Please. Please. Stop by the Sahae Alliance. You must. You understand, right?”

Woomun Ga-yul’s earnest request.

Ha Mu-baek nodded with a smile.

“I understand. When that time comes, I’ll bring Ran-ah along if possible.”

“Please come without fail. I’ll be waiting.”

It was Gong Ya-jang-cheon.

Ha Mu-baek only gave him a slight nod.

After exchanging farewells with Gongya Hwi-yeon, he opened the door and stepped out, then disappeared.

The direction he vanished toward was Songshan Mountain.

“He’s gone.”

Woomun Ga-yul said, looking toward where Ha Mu-baek’s retreating figure had disappeared, no longer visible even as a dot.

“Yes. He’s gone. That monster.”

Gong Ya-jang-cheon’s response was truly complex.

“He seems to have gotten stronger.”

Mun In-baek-song assessed coolly.

He had become at least two levels stronger than the Ha Mu-baek he knew.

Beyond that was completely beyond Mun In-baek-song’s ability to gauge.

“He really is the Number One Under Heaven.”

Gongya Hwi-yeon muttered with a dazed expression.

“That’s right. The true Number One Under Heaven.”

Gong Ya-jang-cheon acknowledged what needed to be acknowledged.

Gongya Hwi-yeon’s gaze turned to him.

“How long do you think you could last against him, Grandfather? A hundred seconds?”

Gong Ya-jang-cheon slightly frowned at his granddaughter’s bold question.

“Hey now. Even so, this old man lasting only a hundred seconds? It would take at least a thousand seconds to determine the victor.”

A confident answer.

Could one speak so boldly about losing?

Without a trace of displeasure.

Gongya Hwi-yeon’s gaze turned to Mun In-baek-song.

She was curious about his genius assessment.

“Master. Is that really true?”

The question of Gongya Hwi-yeon, not as the young lady of the Sahae Alliance, but as a disciple who had once received teachings from Mun In-baek-song.

Mun In-baek-song answered accordingly.

“Well. With my current insight, I can’t gauge it… If so, you wouldn’t last even a thousand seconds.”

Mun In-baek-song subtly averted his gaze.

Gong Ya-jang-cheon’s sharp glare flew toward his profile.

“That’s not what’s important. We should return to Ryeon now.”

Woomun Ga-yul interjected.

She was right.

They would rest here today to recover from their journey.

Tomorrow they had to set out toward Hyeongsan Mountain.

Gongya Hwi-yeon’s physical condition was also excellent.

As they moved from the reception room to their respective rooms for rest.

Gongya Hwi-yeon looked at the door that had closed firmly after Ha Mu-baek left.

‘Next time, I’ll definitely grow stronger and leave Ryeon with dignity. With the Four-One Thunder Bow that has found its true form.’

 

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Ha Mu-baek raced swiftly.

Running and running, he arrived again at Songshan Mountain.

He climbed to the summit of Sosil Peak.

There, Ha Mu-baek drew up his qi energy.

As he continued to draw it up, fierce winds began to rage around him.

Eventually, Sosil Peak trembled low and let out a cry.

“This should be enough.”

Ha Mu-baek sat down on a nearby rock.

It had been hectic days.

Moving around so busily like this.

It seemed like the first time since the Murim Tournament long ago.

Going and coming and going again.

Thanks to Shaolin’s Hyeon-gwang’s scheming.

A moment later.

The presence of the person Ha Mu-baek was waiting for gradually climbed toward the summit.

“Amitabha. As expected, it was Benefactor Ha.”

The one who appeared was Hyeon-gil.

The qi energy Ha Mu-baek had generated was the ivory-colored energy he had obtained by observing Hyeon-gil’s qi.

Hyeon-gil also read that energy.

To think it made Sosil Peak tremble and cry out – he was truly an unimaginable monster.

“I said we had things left to discuss.”

That was true.

But to appear like this after only three or four days since leaving.

“What are you curious about?”

Hyeon-gil asked, grasping his prayer beads.

“The Abyss. You met it, didn’t you?”

A direct question.

“That is correct, Benefactor Ha.”

Hyeon-gil didn’t deny it.

Meeting it was a clear fact.

And Ha Mu-baek was already certain of it.

“What are you curious about?”

“That thing. What exactly is it?”

Ha Mu-baek asked.

Hyeon-gil fell into deep thought.

The answer came soon.

“I don’t know.”

“You don’t know?”

Ha Mu-baek frowned.

“That’s right. I cultivated the Muscle-Tendon Changing and Marrow Cleansing Scripture according to my master’s will to obtain that power, and eventually I met it. It was not long ago.”

Ha Mu-baek quietly listened to Hyeon-gil’s words.

“He said he would give me power. The power to destroy all demons in the world. He claimed to be the will contained within a fragment of primordial power. He said it was his mission to destroy all demons in the world.”

Ha Mu-baek frowned.

Though it shared the same name as Hyeon-hwang’s Abyss, its nature was completely different.

That bastard Hyeon-hwang’s Abyss was truly like a collection of all evil things in the world.

“And then?”

“He told me to accept his will. He said I could obtain the fragment’s power if I did.”

“Is that the power you showed me? For such a thing, it seemed rather clumsy.”

Compared to Hyeon-hwang, it was truly pathetically clumsy.

The opposing force that Hyeon-hwang had mentioned.

Right.

It was effective precisely because it was clearly an opposing force.

Moreover, Hyeon-hwang’s power came after he had properly broken it down.

If Hyeon-hwang and Hyeon-gil had fought in their complete states without that.

Ten out of ten times.

It would have been Hyeon-hwang’s victory.

No matter how opposing the forces were, the size and mastery of the qi energy Hyeon-hwang possessed were far greater and higher.

“That’s only natural. That day, I had accepted the Abyss.”

Ha Mu-baek’s eyes widened slightly.

He hadn’t known that was the case.

It was something he hadn’t anticipated.

“I first met the Abyss about two months ago. From that encounter, I couldn’t help but be suspicious. Though it spoke of destroying demons, a will possessed by martial arts? I thought it might not be a divine technique but rather a demon. So I turned away from it. I thought the power Master Gwang-hae spoke of wouldn’t be something like this.”

A subtle admiration appeared in Ha Mu-baek’s eyes.

The temptation of power.

As you could see from that bastard Hyeon-hwang, it was a temptation all too easy to fall for.

Wasn’t he a martial artist before being a monk?

Yet he actually suspected and turned away from the being that offered him such power.

“That day, after seeing Senior Brother Hyeon-hwang and confirming the Repentance Cave, I realized it. To help Senior Brother enter nirvana, I needed to obtain the Abyss’s power.”

“So you joined hands with it?”

Hyeon-gil nodded his head.

“‘I am one of countless primordial fragments. I am its consciousness. My will is the primordial will itself. Will you accept this power, fated one?’ These were the words the Abyss spoke to me at that moment.”

“And after that?”

“I haven’t met with it. There’s no reason to meet.”

Hyeon-gil answered calmly.

The reason he had met the Abyss and joined hands with it was singular.

Hyeon-hwang’s nirvana.

Now that this had been achieved.

There was no need to meet again.

“Then that power. Would it be alright if I destroyed it?”

Ha Mu-baek asked.

“Do as you please. It’s a power I no longer need.”

The answer came immediately.

There wasn’t a moment’s hesitation.

Seeing this, Ha Mu-baek made his decision.

“Well, I’ll observe it a bit longer.”

“So is our business finished now?”

At Hyeon-gil’s question, Ha Mu-baek shook his head.

“My business with you is finished, but I still have business with Shaolin Temple.”

“What do you mean by that…”

“The Sutra Repository.”

Brief words.

Only then did Hyeon-gil recall what Ha Mu-baek had said when he invaded Shaolin Temple.

Certainly.

‘Did he say there were traces of demonic arts in the Sutra Repository?’

Ha Mu-baek looked straight at Hyeon-gil and smiled slyly.

“I need to confirm it. What was there that gave birth to such a monster.”

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