The World’s Greatest Martial Arts Instructor - Chapter 346

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Chapter 346. You Do It

 

 

“Did you call for me?”

Yeo Hong-gi came to find Yeon Ja-gyeong.

He had stopped what he was doing and come upon hearing the urgent summons.

His body was covered with stains from various medicines.

He had come without even changing his clothes.

“I called for a busy man, I see.”

When Yeon Ja-gyeong spoke upon seeing his appearance, Yeo Hong-gi only bowed his head.

In truth, it wasn’t because he was busy.

It was because he was too excited.

Today, he had finally achieved his long-cherished wish and was filled with excitement when Yeon Ja-gyeong’s summons arrived.

“But it seems you have good news.”

“Pardon?”

Yeo Hong-gi found himself asking back at Yeon Ja-gyeong’s words without realizing it.

“You look like you’re in a good mood.”

“Ah, we’ve made significant progress. I think I’ll be able to show you good results soon.”

When Yeo Hong-gi hastily bowed and spoke, a smile formed on Yeon Ja-gyeong’s lips.

It was the news he had been waiting for.

He had guessed from Yeo Hong-gi’s expression when he entered this place.

He had asked just to be sure, and indeed it was as he thought.

“Good. Very good.”

Yeon Ja-gyeong’s smile deepened, even revealing his white teeth as he smiled.

It was a face that represented his feelings.

“However.”

Yeon Ja-gyeong spoke again.

Yeo Hong-gi flinched at the words that came at the beginning.

A guilty conscience needs no accuser.

“There’s bad news.”

Yeo Hong-gi inwardly sighed in relief at the words that followed.

“There seems to be trouble in the Namman region… because of poison.”

Saying this, Yeon Ja-gyeong handed over a report that had come to him.

Yeo Hong-gi’s face hardened as he carefully examined its contents.

Assuming all the contents written in the documents were true.

Even mobilizing all his knowledge.

At least.

As far as he knew.

There was no such poison.

It was impossible.

Such poison energy.

And in Namman, no less.

Namman.

Yeo Hong-gi recalled the secret history of the past that he had heard from his Master.

It was a story about his Master’s Senior Brother.

Though he was of a status that dared not covet the position of Valley Master of Cheondok Valley.

He had coveted the Valley Master position.

And in the end was driven out.

He had lost his sight and fled to Namman, battered and broken.

A secret history from decades ago when they tried to kill him but couldn’t.

Why did that secret history come to mind when hearing about trouble arising in Namman…?

It was an ominous feeling.

Seeing Yeo Hong-gi’s hardened expression, Yeon Ja-gyeong nodded slightly.

Though it was expected.

It seemed this was indeed no ordinary poison.

“I’d like Cheondok Valley to investigate this matter in detail.”

At Yeon Ja-gyeong’s words, Yeo Hong-gi bowed and answered.

“Understood.”

 

***

 

The center of the Sichuan Tang Family.

The Family Head’s Office.

Tang Family Head Dang Mu-ryeong.

He looked at the official document before him with a serious face.

He didn’t know how many times he had read it already.

Nevertheless, he simply couldn’t believe it.

At least as far as he knew.

This couldn’t be done with poison.

No, erasing a village with poison was possible.

However.

Leaving that poison energy in the erased village for such a long time was.

“Unless the ground itself was soaked with poison…”

But that would be extremely inefficient and pointless.

Unless it was scorched earth tactics deployed during war.

“Did you call for me? Father.”

Just then, his daughter’s voice was heard from the entrance of the office.

“Come in.”

The door opened.

Dang Ji-yeon entered and bowed her head.

His daughter, whom the people of Gangho had given the title of Heavenly Poison Fairy.

She was also Dang Mu-ryeong’s pride.

“What urgent matter made you call for me?”

Dang Ji-yeon asked as she sat in a chair at the tea table at Dang Mu-ryeong’s gesture.

Dang Mu-ryeong got up from his desk, approached Dang Ji-yeon, and handed her a document.

After quietly checking it, Dang Ji-yeon’s beautiful eyebrows furrowed.

“Is this possible? No, it could be done if one wanted to, but why would anyone bother…”

She too had the same thoughts as Dang Mu-ryeong.

“The Alliance Leader has asked us to investigate.”

“Understood. I’ll organize an investigation team.”

Though it was a brief exchange, Dang Ji-yeon immediately understood why her father had called for her.

“It could be dangerous. Be careful.”

“Yes.”

 

***

 

The wind is cool and refreshing.

It was partly due to the season having fully entered autumn, but it was also because of the terrain here.

They had left the dense forests of Namman and reached the plateau.

The border between Namman and Yunnan Province.

Just a few more steps and they would be in Yunnan Province.

Myo Gu-eung gazed at the vast mountain ranges of Yunnan Province spread before him with eyes filled with emotion.

“To think I would see the land of the Central Plains again with these very eyes…”

His eyes turned red.

When he had been defeated by his master and lost his sight, becoming a wreck and fleeing in desperation.

How could he have imagined such a scene then?

Yet what he couldn’t even imagine had become reality and was now unfolding before Myo Gu-eung’s eyes.

Someone might say that Yunnan Province wasn’t part of the Central Plains.

That didn’t matter.

To Myo Gu-eung, Yunnan Province was the Central Plains.

“Central Plains! I, I have returned!”

A fertile land.

That was why he had yearned for it, but it was a place that had rejected him.

He had tried to establish roots in the fertile Central Plains and settle here with his clan from the remote regions of Namman.

But all that returned was death.

Only he had barely managed to preserve his life and escape to Namman.

The place his family had yearned for.

Yet also the place where his family had met their end.

Myo Gu-eung’s feelings as he gazed at the Central Plains couldn’t help but be complex.

He had returned.

And he would have his revenge.

He would turn the fertile land of the Central Plains into a land of death.

Now he possessed such power.

“Kahahahahaha!!”

His voice that had been choked with tears suddenly changed to maniacal laughter.

Dark energy rose in thick clouds from his body filled with joy.

At the same time, the surrounding life rapidly disappeared.

Truly terrible poison energy.

Myo Gu-eung paid no attention to such things as if they didn’t matter.

During his journey here, dozens of villages had disappeared due to his poison energy.

“Is Sichuan Province in that direction?”

He simply leaked poison energy in his excitement while gauging the direction he needed to go.

“Cheondok Valley. I wonder if it’s still there. Decades have passed… but it probably is. Hehe. Wait for me, master. We’ll be able to meet again soon.”

Thud. Thud.

Myo Gu-eung began walking.

The poison energy slowly gathered back into his body.

 

***

 

Great Training Ground.

The Maengryong Corps was still diligently engaged in group training.

Today was sparring between cadets.

Group battles between different squads.

The most eye-catching were undoubtedly the second-year Seventh Group.

Other groups that had accepted two members from the Twentieth Group also stood out.

Ju U-myeong and Ha Seol-ran were playing major roles.

“What should I do…”

Ha Mu-baek watched the training with troubled eyes.

Day by day, these kids’ skills were improving.

At this rate.

It was enough to make him think “perhaps.”

“What?”

Han Seol-bing, who had approached beside him, asked.

“Sanwol Demon Forest.”

Ha Mu-baek answered briefly.

“You’re thinking of taking all those kids there?”

Han Seol-bing, who had grasped Ha Mu-baek’s intention, widened her eyes and looked at him.

Last year.

Taking only seven children there had been fine.

But how many cadets were there now?

Nearly two hundred of them.

For that many people to enter Sanwol Demon Forest, they would need to follow proper procedures.

It could interfere with the Bongma Corps’ activities.

“It seems like you’d need to get permission from the alliance?”

“That’s why.”

Han Seol-bing nodded at the response.

No wonder.

Someone who shouldn’t have any worries seemed to be pondering something worry-like.

He was debating whether to inform the alliance and go, or just go anyway.

The option of not going didn’t exist at all.

“My opinion is that we should still send an official document and get permission before going.”

“That’s bothersome…”

Ha Mu-baek frowned at Han Seol-bing’s words.

“It would be much less bothersome than going all the way to the North Sea.”

That was actually true.

Sending an official document to obtain permission would be much easier than going to the distant and harsh North Sea.

Of course it would.

Well, they might refuse permission.

But it wasn’t like there was no way to overturn that.

“Ah, that wasn’t really bothersome. That would actually be better.”

At Ha Mu-baek’s nonchalant response.

Han Seol-bing quietly turned her gaze away.

“Documents and procedures and permissions… these things are a thousand, ten thousand times more bothersome. Dealing with those stuffy people makes me frustrated. In that case, just going to the North Sea as I please would be much more comfortable.”

At this continued explanation.

Han Seol-bing’s gaze returned to its original position.

Those diligently wielding swords and shields.

They focused solely on training, completely unaware of the future that lay ahead of them.

The movement of swords cutting through the wind was quite sharp.

The majesty of shields blocking incoming sword strikes was quite solid.

They were gradually being properly trained.

“You do it.”

Ha Mu-baek casually said while watching them.

“What?”

Han Seol-bing asked back.

“You do it. Writing the official document.”

“Ah…”

He had offered his opinion and ended up taking on a troublesome task.

It wasn’t that the paperwork wasn’t bothersome.

 

***

 

Thirty people entered the dense forest of Namman.

They were martial artists of the Sichuan Tang Family.

Moreover, they were those who specialized in poison cultivation.

Leading them from the center was Dang Ji-yeon.

Since they had passed through Yunnan Province with its favorable climate at high speed, the journey was fast.

But from now on was the problem.

The dense forest, poisonous insects and venomous creatures, all kinds of beasts.

Plus the unpleasant weather and climate.

Nevertheless, they moved quickly.

At the front was a guide.

Dan Yeong, a martial artist originally from Namman who had joined the Sichuan Tang Family.

He moved as if familiar with the terrain.

Thanks to him, they could move at a fairly fast pace even in Namman.

“We just need to pass through that forest.”

Dan Yeong, who had examined the map, said.

A roughly made map based on official documents transmitted from the Jeongcheon Alliance.

It roughly marked the locations of villages that had disappeared due to poison.

The closest of these was now within reach.

However, the western sky was turning red.

“We’ll rest here today and explore tomorrow.”

At Dang Ji-yeon’s words, the thirty people prepared to camp outdoors.

They took out various powders from their pouches and scattered them in all directions.

It was powder to repel insects.

The most troublesome thing in Namman.

It could block not only poisonous insects but also ordinary mosquitoes and flies.

There was also powder to drive away wild animals.

After spending one night in the dense forest of Namman.

The next day.

They headed to the location marked on the map.

True to being a roughly made map, they had to go a bit further than expected before what appeared to be a village came into view.

It was quiet.

No, it was silent.

It truly looked like a village, but nothing could be felt.

While cautiously approaching.

Dang Ji-yeon, who was at the front, frowned and raised her hand.

The group stopped at her gesture.

“First, put the poison-avoiding pills in your mouths.”

At her words, everyone took out black elixirs from their pouches and put them in their mouths.

These were secret pills of the Tang Family made to imitate the legendary treasure called poison-avoiding wine.

They could block roughly a hundred commonly known types of poison.

Moreover, even for poisons they couldn’t block, they could weaken the toxicity to some degree.

One hour until the pill completely dissolved and disappeared.

Though there was a time constraint, this alone was an amazing pill.

Dang Ji-yeon could feel the poison in the air.

Even from quite a distance.

To feel toxicity at this distance.

Reading the contents of a report and experiencing it directly were worlds apart.

Dang Ji-yeon, with the poison-avoiding pill in her mouth, cautiously approached.

“Mmm.”

Thin groans flowed from the mouths of the Tang Family martial artists following behind.

They too felt the poison.

As Dang Ji-yeon entered the village, she frowned and covered her nose and mouth with a cloth.

This too was specially treated to reduce toxicity.

The village was literally just stopped.

There was nothing alive.

Nothing was destroyed either.

As if someone had just created a ghost town.

It was just like this.

Dust could be seen lightly accumulated here and there.

Judging by the amount, not much time had passed since this happened.

Though it would be different as they went deeper into Namman.

This would be the village that had most recently suffered a calamity.

At the location closest to the Tang Family.

“H-here!”

Because they had poison-avoiding pills in their mouths, the pronunciation was a bit unclear, but not to the point of being incomprehensible.

People hurriedly gathered at that spot.

Dark stains were soaked into the wooden floor of a house.

The shape was exactly like a person who had collapsed.

Dang Ji-yeon bent down and took out a small knife.

She scraped the floor and put it in a small glass bottle.

Though no one said anything.

They seemed to guess what it meant.

The Tang Family martial artists collected poison from various places.

They gathered dust from the surroundings and soil from the roadside.

When nearly one hour had passed since entering the village.

“We’re leaving the village.”

Since the poison-avoiding pill had almost completely dissolved, the pronunciation became clear.

But there was no time.

They could feel the toxicity getting stronger.

It was because the poison-avoiding pill had gotten smaller.

Following Dang Ji-yeon’s instructions, the Tang Family martial artists quickly left the village.

And they found a nearby riverside.

Men and women separated and drew river water to wash their bodies.

The clothes they had worn into the village were burned.

After preparing again like this, they moved toward the Tang Family Territory.

They needed to analyze what they had collected here.

Similar movements occurred at two other villages.

They were people from Cheondok Valley and Poison Night Cave respectively.

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