The World’s Greatest Martial Arts Instructor - Chapter 336

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Chapter 336. You Flatter Me

 

 

Ha Mu-baek’s journey home was comfortable.

He mounted his horse and let it walk along the main road, then closed his eyes and entered his mental state.

It wasn’t a thoroughbred, but thanks to acquiring a reasonably intelligent fine horse.

The horse walked along the main road on its own.

When obstacles appeared, or crossroads appeared.

When situations arose where it couldn’t walk alone, the horse would stop.

Then Ha Mu-baek would open his eyes and move the reins, then close his eyes again and immerse himself in his mental state.

What he did in his mental state was cultivation of Radiance.

Cultivation regarding handling fire energy and ice energy.

Those were the two things.

He moved slowly like that, matching the horse’s pace without hurrying.

Moving like this, it would easily take more than half a month, almost a full month to reach Muchang.

That would be around when the break period ended and the second half began.

Ha Mu-baek, who had gauged the dates, increased his movement speed from a certain point.

Because he couldn’t spend all his time on the road.

This was after he had somewhat finished organizing Radiance.

‘Roughly around the seventh star level, I suppose?’

His current achievement that he evaluated himself.

Only a few days had passed since obtaining it.

Yet an achievement of the seventh star level.

It was an amazing speed of achievement that ordinary martial artists could never believe.

Moving like that.

The time it took to return to Muchang was exactly half a month.

“Hm?”

Ha Mu-baek, who had entered Muchang, looked toward the direction where Gyoryong Hall was located.

The situation he sensed with his ki sense.

He felt quite interesting movements.

He had already been sensing the training matches taking place at Gyoryong Hall when he reached near Muchang.

‘Taking on three groups at once. He seems to be in high spirits.’

Ha Mu-baek honestly hadn’t done it because it was bothersome.

But Master was truly teaching with sincerity.

It was during this that he sensed the movement.

A movement he thought could never happen.

‘Is it Yeon Ha-min?’

Ha Mu-baek, who distinguished the presence of the one who performed that deed, nodded lightly.

If it was her.

If she used that ability.

It might be possible.

Master wouldn’t know about that ability.

Even so, if Master gave his all, it would be useless.

But from what he sensed with his ki sense, it seemed like he wasn’t doing so.

Ha Mu-baek slowly moved his horse toward Gyoryong Hall.

 

Grin.

A smile deepened on Ha Seol-ran’s lips as she repeated the training Ji Gun-wi had given.

It was a smile that had been there for a while.

It would be strange to smile like that while doing difficult training.

But Ha Seol-ran had sensed her elder brother’s return with her ki sense.

So she couldn’t help but smile.

This time too, her elder brother had been away for quite a long time.

It had been over twenty days.

“Hm? What’s wrong?”

The Seventh Group that was resting nearby.

Among them, Dang Jin-san confirmed that appearance and asked.

He had been curious about the reason for her smiling anyway.

And now that smile had deepened even more.

Ha Seol-ran swung down her sword.

While doing so, she glanced at Dang Jin-san.

“Elder Brother will return soon.”

And she swung down her sword again.

At Ha Seol-ran’s words, a smile also formed on Dang Jin-san’s face.

Who would have thought the return of their supervising instructor would be this welcome.

When the instructor returned, it would now be farewell to that tremendously harsh Instructor Ji.

Just as he was expecting to finally be able to do somewhat normal training.

The figure of a horse slowly moving toward the Great Training Ground appeared.

Along with the figure of Ha Mu-baek riding on top of it.

“Instructor!”

Dang Jin-san jumped up from his spot and shouted with joy.

He was truly glad.

Ha Mu-baek glanced at such Dang Jin-san, then turned his gaze to Ha Seol-ran.

Ha Mu-baek exchanged greetings with his younger sibling with a grin.

This time he turned his gaze toward Instructor Ji Gun-wi.

And he bowed his head slightly.

Ji Gun-wi, who looked at Ha Mu-baek calmly, also bowed his head slightly.

His current appearance was actually that of an instructor younger than Ha Mu-baek.

It was an action conscious of the cadets’ eyes.

[It seems you resolved the matter you went for well.]

[Yes.]

Ha Mu-baek answered briefly to Wi Ji-gun’s sound transmission.

[I thought it would be a matter involving bloodshed. But it seems you gained an opportunity instead.]

While still dividing his body movement into three to attack the Maengryong Corps cadets, he sent a sound transmission toward Ha Mu-baek.

[I didn’t see that much blood.]

That was right.

Only one person had lost their life at Ha Mu-baek’s hands.

Tak Yo-beom.

Ha Mu-baek had only taken his life.

He hadn’t touched the lives of others.

He had merely rendered them unable to fight.

[That’s not what I meant.]

But Wi Ji-gun’s response was different.

[Let’s finish the training first and then talk.]

[Understood.]

Ha Mu-baek could tell by looking at Master’s current appearance.

Master was sincere about teaching the Maengryong Corps Cadets.

He moved with enthusiasm, teaching them one by one.

It seemed like he was teaching much better than Ha Mu-baek himself.

‘He must have been bored without realizing it.’

That was the only way to think about it.

In the end, Ha Mu-baek glanced at them once and left the Training Ground again.

“Uh, uh, ah, ah, ahhh….”

Dang Jin-san’s sigh filled with regret flowed out.

It meant that at least for today, he had to continue training with that Instructor.

 

“You came back alone.”

When dusk was settling.

After finishing training and returning to his original appearance.

Those were Wi Ji-gun’s first words as he appeared, having changed clothes and holding a broom.

“It’s been a long time since Han Seol-bing returned home.”

Wi Ji-gun nodded at Ha Mu-baek’s words.

Come to think of it, Ha Mu-baek’s return to Cheongran Island last time had been after seven years.

Han Seol-bing would be the same.

Since the reason was the Family Estate’s crisis.

After Ha Mu-baek had resolved it, how many people would there be to reunite with?

Naturally, she would return slowly.

“When you do good deeds, good results follow.”

Wi Ji-gun said with a gentle smile while looking at Ha Mu-baek.

Ha Mu-baek, sensing that this was the story he had wanted to tell earlier, quietly listened to Master’s words.

“The reason I called it a fortunate encounter is because the smell of blood on you has become much fainter. Something must have happened. Your qi has also changed beyond recognition. Now even I might not be able to last a hundred seconds against you.”

“You flatter me.”

Ha Mu-baek bowed his head slightly.

Because they were Master and disciple, he knew.

How strong Master was.

In their last Training Match, he had already confirmed that he was stronger.

Even so, Master was like an ancient tree that Ha Mu-baek felt he could never surpass.

It wasn’t simply a matter of strength.

Master was like someone at the end of Ha Mu-baek’s lifelong aspiration.

No matter how strong he became.

It seemed like he would never feel that he had surpassed Master in his lifetime.

That was the kind of existence he was.

To Ha Mu-baek, Master was.

“I obtained something called Radiance.”

Ha Mu-baek said calmly.

Even though the content was anything but that.

“Radiance… you’ve obtained one of the primordial powers.”

Master seemed to already know to some extent.

Wi Ji-gun gazed at his disciple quietly.

“Just a little more now. It seems you just need to eliminate the smell of blood. The power of Radiance was what made the smell of blood on your body this faint.”

Ha Mu-baek’s expression changed slightly.

He had thought the smell of blood had faded from absorbing the qi of the Ice Dragon and ice crystals.

But it had been thanks to Radiance.

“I obtained other things as well.”

Ha Mu-baek recounted the events at North Sea without emotion, as if telling someone else’s story.

Wi Ji-gun also listened calmly as if it were someone else’s unrelated story, focusing on his Sweeping.

“As expected. When you do good deeds, good rewards come back.”

When Ha Mu-baek’s story ended.

Wi Ji-gun repeated the same words he had said when he first appeared with the broom.

“Since you’ve even obtained Radiance. This is surely something with a reason. So you must not neglect your Cultivation.”

Ha Mu-baek answered with a serious expression to Master’s words.

“Yes. I am always devoted to Cultivation.”

That was true.

Even though Ha Mu-baek was becoming a Monster beyond Monsters.

He did not neglect Cultivation.

He steadily trained not only Internal Energy but also External Arts.

“There’s an interesting child.”

At Wi Ji-gun’s words, Ha Mu-baek immediately knew who he meant.

Hadn’t he sensed the Training Match situation with Ki Sense?

“Future Sight. That’s what I named the ability.”

“I see….”

No long explanation was needed.

Just by telling him the name of the ability, Wi Ji-gun nodded as if he understood everything.

“In the past. I once fought an enemy with such an ability exactly once. But I didn’t know there would be another with the same ability.”

“Was it Ha-min? That child has heavenly fortune. Since you’ve experienced that ability, and you’re teaching that child.”

At Master’s words, Ha Mu-baek smiled gently.

“Since it’s not an easy ability, I told him not to use it for a while. He must have quite annoyed you, Master.”

At Ha Mu-baek’s words, Wi Ji-gun let out a mischievous laugh unsuited to his age.

“Hehehe. That was understandable.”

Since he had given hope, then given despair again right in front of him.

“Will you stay at Gyoryong Hall continuously now?”

Ha Mu-baek could feel subtle regret in Wi Ji-gun’s questioning words.

“That’s the plan. But I’d like to ask if I could continue to request your help with teaching the Cadets.”

“For what reason?”

“I think I need to refine Radiance a bit more.”

Wi Ji-gun nodded.

Though he didn’t tell Ha Mu-baek.

He also knew of the existence of the Primordial Six Divine Techniques.

Radiance, one of them.

Ha Mu-baek had obtained it as a complete whole, not a fragment.

Even with Mugeuk and Yeoui in his possession.

Learning Radiance would not be an easy task.

“Understood.”

Wi Ji-gun answered as if he would gladly help.

Only Ha Mu-baek noticed the smile that appeared on his lips.

 

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Myo Gu-eung.

That is the name of the blind Old Man who lost his sight.

He lost his sight from poison.

From poison used by his fellow disciple, no less.

With unseeing eyes, he desperately fled and barely managed to enter his homeland of Namman.

Since then, he had lived with thoughts of revenge.

Because he had discovered it, he could have hope for revenge against the fellow disciple who tried to kill him, and the Sect.

By heavenly fortune, the timing was also right.

Sixty years from now.

Even if that bastard disciple dies first by then.

The Four Gates will simply become the target of revenge.

Myo Gu-eung’s vengeful heart, cast out for not being from the Central Plains, was not directed at just one individual.

In that time, it would ripen fully.

Though it was a long time if considered long, to him it was but a fleeting moment.

From then on, Myo Gu-eung remained in a dense jungle forest in Namman.

In this place he named Myo Poison Forest himself.

And he began cultivating the Four Gates’ Poison Arts even more deeply.

This place was an environment beyond compare.

How he had found his way here, he couldn’t remember.

At the time, he had only desperately shaken off his pursuers with the single thought of survival.

The place he had reached that way.

Though he named it Poison Forest, it was a forest with countless Spirit Herbs and Spiritual Medicine as well.

While cultivating Poison Arts, he also consumed Spiritual Medicine.

Thus he gradually grew stronger.

Sixty years.

During that time, he too had to prepare.

He had to create a body that could withstand even the most powerful poison energy.

Ten Thousand Poisons Immunity?

Such a thing was insufficient.

He had to endure poison energy that even Ten Thousand Poisons Immunity couldn’t withstand.

For that purpose, he cultivated Poison Arts, consumed poison, and ate Spiritual Medicine.

The Poison Arts passed down from his Master.

That Poison Art that only the Valley Master and Young Valley Master could learn – at least that wasn’t stolen by that bastard disciple.

That bastard disciple might have become Valley Master, but he could never become a true Valley Master.

Because he possessed the Valley Master’s Ultimate Art.

Ten Thousand Desolations Soul-Stealing Underworld Poison Art.

Of course, it was an incomplete, imaginary Poison Art.

That’s why that bastard disciple tried to kill him even though he hadn’t obtained the Valley Master’s Ultimate Art.

But how could he have known.

That in this place he reached after overcoming the crisis of death.

There existed something that would make Ten Thousand Desolations Soul-Stealing Underworld Poison Art not an imaginary Poison Art but one that exists in reality.

Today too, Myo Gu-eung ate Red Deer Poison Horn Mushroom.

Among the Poison Herbs that grew wild here, it was the one with the most powerful poison energy.

Even ordinary poison and Poisonous Insects couldn’t overcome its poison energy and would collapse and die.

“Hmm. Still insufficient.”

Myo Gu-eung, who had stuffed all the remaining mushrooms into his mouth, moved his steps again while chewing.

It seemed he needed to catch and eat some fairly aged poison creatures.

Just a little more waiting now.

In the meantime, he had to absorb even a little more poison energy to train his body.

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