The World’s Greatest Martial Arts Instructor - Chapter 333

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Chapter 333. You Received Help

 

 

Bing Ok-ryeong wore a strange smile.

A smile as if she knew everything.

Ha Mu-baek tried to protest something more, but it seemed too pathetic to go that far, so he closed his mouth.

Soon Bing Ok-ryeong’s expression changed.

-I failed to properly understand my disciples’ hearts and left a thousand years of fierce calamity.

Words filled with regret.

Eventually, the circumstances of all that had happened were conveyed through her mouth.

Her consciousness had also heard all the resentment-filled will that the dragon’s spirit had poured out.

-I’m truly grateful. Thanks to you, I can depart without any regrets.

“Are you a soul?”

Ha Mu-baek asked just in case, at her words about departing.

Bing Ok-ryeong shook her head.

-I am me, but also not me. No, I’m probably a fragment of myself left behind for a long time. A part of my will that I embedded when I arranged the Bingcheon Cold White Lotus. My main body closed her eyes a thousand years ago, or even before that, without knowing about this fact. I too will now return to nothingness at the end of this arrangement.

At those words, Ha Mu-baek’s expression changed strangely.

A face full of questions about how such a thing could be possible.

-It may sound like bragging, but I, Bing Ok-ryeong, was the greatest Formation Technique master and Mystical Arts practitioner under heaven in my time. The reason Tak Ji-myeong could manipulate the lesser dragon’s energy like that was also because he was my disciple.

Perhaps thinking Ha Mu-baek’s expression showed doubt.

Bing Ok-ryeong deliberately spoke about herself and Tak Ji-myeong.

“So such things are possible with Mystical Arts…”

At Ha Mu-baek’s words, Bing Ok-ryeong smiled faintly.

-I’m just a foolish woman who didn’t know about my disciple’s love, and even less about his change of heart.

It was a self-deprecating smile.

Bing Ok-ryeong had made arrangements only because she read the Heavenly Divination and saw the calamity of fire.

She thought Tak Ji-myeong might be plotting something, but never imagined it would be something like this.

The fire dragon’s spirit.

It contained both the spirit Tak Ji-myeong left in his sword and Tak Yo-beom’s will.

Ha Mu-baek didn’t know that much, but Bing Ok-ryeong’s consciousness had read it all.

-To violate and enslave all women with the Bing surname. Crazy bastard.

Bing Ok-ryeong unconsciously spat out vulgar curses.

“What?”

Ha Mu-baek asked back.

But Bing Ok-ryeong only smiled mischievously without answering. This time it was a smile full of playfulness.

-Even if I don’t tell you, my benefactor will soon find out.

“Don’t Mystical Arts that leave behind will like this require a lot of Internal Energy or Qi Energy?”

In Ha Mu-baek’s mind.

Since Bing Ok-ryeong’s consciousness was manifesting so vividly, he asked the question that naturally arose.

-We were lucky. Both I and my benefactor.

“What?”

-It seems there’s a child among Ice Heaven Palace’s descendants who has reached a level close to mine in Formation Technique.

At her words, one person came to Ha Mu-baek’s mind.

Naturally, it was Han Seol-bing.

-Looking at your face, you seem to know who it is. That child is sending Ice Crystal Energy here.

‘Ah.’

The Ice Energy that had suddenly risen from underground.

That was what Han Seol-bing had done.

‘I received help.’

Thanks to that Ice Energy, he could absorb the fire energy more easily.

-What contained my will was Ice Crystal Energy. Since the energy being transmitted now is also Ice Crystal Energy, I was able to manifest like this in my benefactor’s mind. Actually, I was supposed to disappear after protecting my benefactor’s Blood Meridians and Dantian.

Bing Ok-ryeong kindly resolved Ha Mu-baek’s doubts with her words.

-But now that too will soon end. Even if Ice Crystal Energy continues to flow in. A consciousness from a thousand years ago cannot continue to exist forever. Now it’s time to part ways, my benefactor.

“Thank you. Thanks to you, many of my questions were resolved.”

At Ha Mu-baek’s gratitude, Bing Ok-ryeong shook her head.

-I should be the one giving thanks. You saved Ice Heaven Palace, my descendants. I don’t know if this can be called repayment, but. I’ll pass on everything I know. Though being just a fragment, I don’t know much.

“What?”

At the incomprehensible words, Ha Mu-baek asked back.

Smiling brightly and waving her hand, Bing Ok-ryeong disappeared just like that.

The movement of Internal Energy within his Dantian changed.

The Ice Crystal Energy and the dragon’s energy were still fighting each other in Ha Mu-baek’s Dantian, being destroyed and becoming Ha Mu-baek’s Internal Energy.

But a very small part of the Ice Crystal Energy.

It seemed to leave the Dantian and move along Ha Mu-baek’s Blood Meridians.

Then it went straight into Ha Mu-baek’s head.

Thud.

His head shook violently as if he had been struck hard.

Ha Mu-baek momentarily felt dizzy.

But then a refreshing feeling came.

And memories that weren’t his own began flowing into his head.

Ha Mu-baek quietly accepted those memories.

Because he realized this was what Bing Ok-ryeong had spoken of.

Though the memories flowed into his head like a torrent and flowed out again.

Ha Mu-baek accepted them all without missing a single one with his genius-level memory.

In his Dantian, the Ice Crystal and dragon’s energy, in his head, Bing Ok-ryeong’s memories.

He was accepting them all like that.

Ha Mu-baek was truly in a state of deep meditation.

He forgot time, he forgot space.

He forgot what was happening at Ice Heaven Palace.

He continued to remain in his mental state like that.

Meanwhile, the fire demon that had burned the Tak Family’s land and tried to burn Ice Heaven Palace completely disappeared.

After the fire energy disappeared, Han Seol-bing also stopped sending Ice Crystal Energy.

So the Ice Energy disappeared too.

The Tak Family with only burned remains left.

Ice Heaven Palace’s Martial Artists surrounded such Tak Family and deployed an ironclad guard.

The only person existing within it was Ha Mu-baek alone.

Ice Heaven Palace’s Martial Artists deployed guard to protect Ha Mu-baek.

The main force consisted of Martial Artists from the Ice Family and Han Family.

It was natural.

They had directly witnessed Ha Mu-baek’s divine power in front of the Palace Lord’s Hall.

Didn’t they know all too well that Ha Mu-baek was their benefactor.

Bing Chwi-seol and Han Seol-bing appeared at the Main Gate of the Tak Family.

It was to check Ha Mu-baek’s condition.

He still sat cross-legged without moving at all.

“It’s already been seven days and nights.”

Bing Chwi-seol said worriedly.

“Well, he’ll open his eyes soon. I wonder how much stronger he’ll be this time…”

Bing Chwi-seol nodded at Han Seol-bing’s answer.

A blessing in disguise, one might say.

Ice Heaven Palace had encountered a tremendous opportunity.

Ha Mu-baek expelled the dragon’s energy that he couldn’t handle himself after completely removing the fire energy.

That pure energy, devoid of any properties, covered the entire Ice Heaven Palace, and upon sensing it, at Bing Chwi-seol’s command.

All martial artists of Ice Heaven Palace absorbed that energy through energy circulation and breathing.

Except for the Tak Family’s martial artists.

They had either lost consciousness due to Ha Mu-baek, or had been subdued by the Ice Family and Han Family martial artists with pressure points struck.

So they couldn’t perform energy circulation and breathing.

Han Seol-bing looked at Ha Mu-baek with a small smile.

Ha Mu-baek, who came at the same time once a day but remained unchanged.

What kind of monster was he trying to become?

As she was thinking that.

Flash.

Ha Mu-baek suddenly opened both eyes.

A terrifying light poured out.

“Ugh.”

Han Seol-bing was startled and covered her eyes while letting out a groan.

Bing Chwi-seol was the same.

Crack. Crack.

Ha Mu-baek turned his neck and rolled his shoulders.

“Hngh.”

He uncrossed his legs, stood up from his position, tapped his waist, and stretched both legs.

The stiffness suggested quite a long time had passed.

“How long has it been?”

He looked at Han Seol-bing and asked.

“Seven days.”

“Hmm. Quite a bit has passed.”

Han Seol-bing nodded at Ha Mu-baek’s muttering.

“What kind of incredible monster have you become this time?”

Since Ha Mu-baek became more and more of a monster each time he did this.

Han Seol-bing asked that.

Ha Mu-baek made a strange expression at that question.

Then he spread his right hand.

Whoosh.

A pure flame bloomed above his palm.

It wasn’t something like Samadhi True Fire.

Just fire.

That’s what it was.

“Gasp!”

Han Seol-bing was startled.

Ignoring her, Ha Mu-baek spread his left palm.

Crackle.

A pure white ice chunk formed.

“Huh? Wha-what…”

Han Seol-bing looked at that sight as if it was absurd.

Bing Chwi-seol also had her eyes wide open.

“Wh-what is this? How can a person… fire energy and ice energy simultaneously… does this make sense? Huh?”

Blabber blabber.

Han Seol-bing asked whatever came to her mind.

“It just happened to turn out this way. You contributed greatly too. You kept sending ice crystal energy.”

Ha Mu-baek said with a calm face and a faint smile.

“What? How did you…”

Han Seol-bing was startled once again.

Even if it was Ha Mu-baek, she didn’t think he would be able to know that fact.

“Someone taught me.”

Ha Mu-baek answered matter-of-factly, telling the truth.

However, Han Seol-bing tilted her head.

Because there was no one around Ha Mu-baek who would do that.

Only she and Bing Chwi-seol knew that fact.

“Is this all for this time?”

Han Seol-bing looked at Ha Mu-baek with incredulous eyes.

As expected, the monster had transformed into an even greater monster.

Ha Mu-baek smiled broadly.

It wasn’t that faint smile from before.

Han Seol-bing felt something ominous from that smile.

“Wh-what, what, what is it… what else is there…?”

“Well. My internal energy… hmm… how should I put it…”

“…”

Han Seol-bing was watching Ha Mu-baek’s mouth as he searched for the right words.

“I guess I should say it increased to the point where even I can’t gauge how much there is…”

Drop.

Han Seol-bing’s jaw dropped.

Her mouth gaped open.

What was this monster saying right now?

So.

His internal energy increased tremendously?

This monster who already had tremendous internal energy and unleashed tremendous martial arts?

That monster said he couldn’t gauge his own internal energy?

What does that even mean…

What is this. Really.

Scary.

All sorts of thoughts swirled through Han Seol-bing’s mind.

However.

Bing Chwi-seol wasn’t that surprised this time.

Because she had expected this.

That dense energy that had covered Ice Heaven Palace.

She had recognized that Ha Mu-baek was the starting point of it all.

Since he had expelled such energy, how much energy must he have accumulated in the process?

She couldn’t even dare to imagine.

“I congratulate you on your great achievement. Benefactor, Great Hero Ha.”

Bing Chwi-seol stepped forward.

She cupped her fists and bowed deeply.

She had received a favor that wouldn’t be enough even if she bowed several times.

“Thank you. Palace Lord.”

Ha Mu-baek cupped his fists in return and bowed.

“You have also achieved something, Palace Lord. Congratulations.”

At Ha Mu-baek’s words, Bing Chwi-seol shook her head.

“It’s all thanks to Great Hero Ha. You processed all that tremendous amount of fire energy and spread it throughout Ice Heaven Palace…”

Ha Mu-baek also shook his head.

“It was an energy I couldn’t handle. If I had been greedy, my dantian would have probably burst and killed me.”

Ha Mu-baek chuckled softly.

Because that was truly the case.

However, he hadn’t known that the people of Ice Heaven Palace would utilize the energy he had expelled because he couldn’t absorb it like this.

All the martial artists he could see right now had tremendous improvements in their internal energy.

Han Seol-bing was the same as well.

But she was somewhat different in nature.

It seemed she had encountered a fortuitous opportunity in the process of receiving the ice crystal energy.

This was something he could deduce because he had received Bing Ok-ryeong’s memories.

“Thank you once again. Hero Ha has saved Ice Heaven Palace.”

Bing Chwi-seol expressed her gratitude once more.

Ha Mu-baek shook his head again.

“My subordinate asked for help, and I simply granted that request. It was a request from my person, so I merely did what was naturally expected.”

At Ha Mu-baek’s response.

Bing Chwi-seol’s gaze changed strangely.

And she looked back and forth between Ha Mu-baek and Han Seol-bing.

The meaning of that gaze was.

“Tsk.”

Ha Mu-baek clicked his tongue lightly.

“The Bing clan seems to be all the same.”

At Ha Mu-baek’s muttering as if he couldn’t help it.

“Pardon?”

Bing Chwi-seol asked back.

But Ha Mu-baek didn’t answer.

“Sister! What are you thinking right now!”

Han Seol-bing, who belatedly guessed the meaning of Bing Chwi-seol’s strange gaze, burst out in a sharp cry.

She was so flustered that she ignored the official title of Palace Lord and used the personal address of sister.

Han Seol-bing was that confused.

“I think I need to rest for a bit first. My current state is quite a mess.”

“Ah.”

Bing Chwi-seol let out an exclamation as if she had just realized at Ha Mu-baek’s words.

“I apologize, Hero. I have been discourteous. What I should have attended to first… I shall escort you. Please come this way.”

Seven days ago.

The first thing she had done was to clean the guest hall where Ha Mu-baek would stay.

So that she could escort him there at any time.

Bing Chwi-seol now led the way, guiding Ha Mu-baek to that guest hall.

Han Seol-bing followed at the very back.

Her slightly flushed face.

Neither Bing Chwi-seol nor Ha Mu-baek could see it.

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