The World’s Greatest Martial Arts Instructor - Chapter 347

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Chapter 347. Won’t Give It

 

 

The poison samples collected from the Tang Family Territory.

They obtained similar ones from Cheondok Valley and Poison Night Cave as well.

They analyzed them using their respective methods.

The results were shocking.

“An extreme poison whose identity cannot be determined….”

So Hwi-ung muttered lowly as he looked at the report handed over from the Tang Family.

Because the poison’s potency had weakened over time.

The content stated they could endure it with various antidotes.

As a result of analyzing the traces of people who had melted away from the poison in a handful of Poison Hand.

They had been poisoned about ten days ago.

The Tang Family applied the rate at which their most vicious extreme poison weakens over time, calculating backwards ten days.

Unbelievable results emerged.

‘A vicious extreme poison that even Ten Thousand Poisons Immunity cannot withstand….’

So Hwi-ung frowned.

He had no choice.

If even Ten Thousand Poisons Immunity cannot withstand it.

That meant he too could be poisoned.

“This is an emergency situation….”

Indeed it was.

They couldn’t tell who had annihilated countless villages in Namman with poison.

Whether it was an individual.

Or a group.

However.

That disaster was confined only to Namman.

Even though it could spread through Yunnan to Guangxi, Guizhou, or Sichuan.

There was no news of such disasters occurring even in Yunnan.

“We must catch this beast….”

So Hwi-ung muttered in a serious voice.

 

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“So it’s a poison that could affect me too?”

To Gong Ya-jang-cheon’s question, Dok Do-gun, the cave master of Poison Night Cave, nodded and answered.

“That is correct, Alliance Leader.”

The Sahae Alliance was a massive military group formed by the union of unorthodox factions.

Poison Night Cave was one of the eight most powerful among them.

Being the cave master of that place, Dok Do-gun.

He was speaking confidently while facing Gong Ya-jang-cheon.

“Then even the cave master cannot withstand it?”

Dok Do-gun nodded.

“Of course.”

“What kind of poison is it exactly?”

“I don’t know.”

Dok Do-gun answered calmly yet confidently.

At that sight, Gong Ya-jang-cheon felt slightly irritated.

‘These gloomy fellows are unnecessarily confident….’

Whether Gong Ya-jang-cheon had such thoughts or not.

Dok Do-gun only spoke his own words.

“The poison’s potency seems to diminish over ten days. Poison antidotes also lose effectiveness after ten days. We deliberately reduced the efficacy of all antidotes and tried applying them, but none worked.”

“….”

None of the antidotes possessed by Poison Night Cave were of any use.

Gong Ya-jang-cheon listened silently.

“That place is just a village. All sides are wide open and air flows well through it. Then the scattered poison would gradually thin out. Yet what remained was still that potent. I can say with certainty that if it had been the day after the poison was scattered, all those who entered the village to investigate would have died from poisoning.”

Dok Do-gun looked at Gong Ya-jang-cheon with profound eyes.

“Even if that person had been the Alliance Leader. No, even if it had been me.”

“Then is there no way to create an antidote?”

Mun In-baek-song interjected.

“What have you been listening to? Military Advisor. Why is such a smart person acting like this?”

“But there’s always a slim chance… Or perhaps working together with the Sichuan Tang Family or Cheondok Valley to find a way….”

At Mun In-baek-song’s words, flames rose in Dok Do-gun’s eyes.

“The world’s greatest poison sect is our Poison Night Cave. There’s no way those two places could do what we cannot. Especially those righteous faction weaklings who love their reputation.”

“Then, what happens if this being or organization possessing this poison enters the Central Plains and scatters it everywhere?”

Mun In-baek-song asked with a tense face.

“Why ask when you already know? Everyone dies. Well, I don’t think they’d have that much of such a vicious poison.”

“Gulp.”

At the returned answer, Mun In-baek-song swallowed his dry saliva.

“What if it’s Ha Mu-baek, that monster?”

Gong Ya-jang-cheon interjected.

“Hmph, doesn’t that guy have not just Ten Thousand Poisons Immunity but Million Poison Immunity? From what I saw of that guy, even he would die.”

Dok Do-gun asserted.

As if it were completely natural.

Mun In-baek-song’s mouth fell open.

Ha Mu-baek.

What kind of monster was he.

Yet to assert with certainty that even that monster would naturally die from this poison.

That wasn’t poison.

It was a calamity.

“Is there really no method?”

“For now, we’re diligently searching for antidotes and trying combinations… but it’s best not to have expectations. It’s a poison that even I fear.”

“Hah….”

A sigh flowed from Gong Ya-jang-cheon’s mouth.

“Nameless Absolute Poison. This is the name our cave’s subordinates gave it.”

Nameless Absolute Poison.

It was a name that naturally inspired awe.

 

***

 

“Th-this is….”

A nameless village in Namman.

While analyzing poison samples brought from the village that had become a land of death.

Gong Dok-haeng, the minor valley master of Cheondok Valley, was greatly startled.

While working to separate the poison’s energy according to its source.

He had discovered an energy that he too recognized.

“H-how is this… this… this doesn’t make sense…”

His expression became serious.

“I-I must inform Master. I’ll go myself.”

Sensing the gravity of the situation, Gong Dok-haeng entrusted the valley to his disciples and hurried toward Muchang.

He absolutely had to inform his master of this fact.

The Sichuan Tang Family or Poison Night Cave would never be able to figure it out.

Even if they separated the poison energy, only energies they didn’t recognize would emerge.

This was an energy known only to Cheondok Valley.

And only to himself as the minor valley master and his master, the valley master.

 

***

 

“Good. As expected.”

Myo Gu-eung had arrived in Ningnan of Sichuan Province.

It was a location close to the southernmost tip of Sichuan Province.

In the meantime, he had crossed through Yunnan Province.

Having obtained wealth by massacring Namman villages, he had enjoyed a rather luxurious journey from Yunnan onward.

His attire had also changed.

It was typical Central Plains clothing.

Made from high-quality fabric, it was obviously fine clothing.

Even now, he was in the finest room of the finest inn in Ningnan.

He still had plenty of money.

The villages had many precious metals, but they also had many spirit herbs they had collected.

Of course, they had been invaded by Myo Gu-eung’s poison energy, but that poison energy could be recovered by him.

He was able to get a decent price in Yunnan.

His pockets had become heavy.

Before him was spread a feast of delicacies from land and sea.

The dining table in the guest room wasn’t enough, so the shopkeeper had even brought another table.

“Delicious. So delicious.”

He was truly enjoying the food.

What he had eaten while in Namman were poisonous snakes, poisonous spiders, poisonous scorpions, poisonous frogs, poisonous toads, and countless other poisonous herbs.

Those were the only things.

From Yunnan Province onward, Myo Gu-eung’s taste buds had opened to a new world.

Or rather, it should be called a world he had rediscovered.

In Namman, he had massacred every village he could see, so he hadn’t been able to eat proper food.

“Hmm. Those bastards must be racking their brains by now. Hehe.”

Myo Gu-eung let out a sinister laugh with a pleased expression.

“Jeongcheon Alliance, Sahae Alliance. Let’s see what you’ll do.”

He muttered while tearing into a chicken leg.

Myo Gu-eung’s complete erasure of every village that appeared before him in Namman had several intentions.

Revenge against humanity.

Confirmation of his own realm.

Acquisition of wealth.

And as a warning to the Central Plains martial world, as well as groundwork to cause their confusion.

Therefore.

After entering Yunnan Province, he had concealed his poison energy and moved about disguised as an ordinary wealthy wanderer.

“Who might be able to handle poison somewhat in the Central Plains now… Would it still be those Tang Family or Poison Night Cave bastards?”

They were the ones who had competed with Cheondok Valley for the title of the world’s greatest poison sect even when Myo Gu-eung was the minor valley master.

“Or perhaps… the Blood Cult?”

Those Blood Cult bastards had used poison somewhat.

Myo Gu-eung still didn’t know about the Great Martial War.

Since it had already ended and peace had arrived.

It was because there were no people who spoke of those terrible times.

“Well, it doesn’t matter. Whatever bastards they are, they’ll never be able to figure it out.”

He was one who had absorbed the Ten Thousand Year Poison Crystal and entered a new realm.

How could those mere bastards even dare to imagine such an absolute realm?

The only place that might even have a small suspicion would be.

“Cheondok Valley. Have you noticed?”

The lineage of Man Hwang-tal-baek Myeong-dok-gong, the valley master’s technique, had been severed.

Since he, the minor valley master, had been cast out from Cheondok Valley due to his disciple’s betrayal.

It was a martial art passed down orally from valley master to minor valley master.

No, there was something else in the Patriarch Hall, but that too was passed down orally.

The only one who knew of its existence was Myo Gu-eung himself.

However.

There were more martial arts that only the valley master and minor valley master could learn.

Not the elusive Man Hwang-tal-baek Myeong-dok-gong.

A truly peerless poison technique that could be called the absolute best under heaven.

Talhon-talbaek Myeong-dok-gong.

This was the valley master’s technique passed down as a secret manual.

The Great Library of Cheondok Valley.

In the deepest place.

A secret manual placed in a room that only the valley master could enter.

That too was a Myeong-dok-gong.

Different but similar.

They might notice the energy of that Myeong-dok-gong mixed in a handful within the poison energy he had spread.

‘I wonder what the current valley master and minor valley master are like. Keke.’

This time it was duck.

He thought while tearing off a roasted duck wing and chewing it thoroughly.

He hoped they would recognize it.

And that they would be trembling in fear.

 

***

 

“I have a question.”

Near the end of training.

Someone raised their hand and shouted in a loud voice.

It was Cho Mu-ha.

Naturally, the gazes of Ha Mu-baek and the cadets turned toward him.

“What is it?”

“Th-that… I heard there are jiangshi that spew poison in Sanwol Demon Forest… what do we do in such cases?”

At Cho Mu-ha’s question.

Tension suddenly descended.

That was because.

Most of the Maengryong Corps cadets had little information about Sanwol Demon Forest.

They just knew that if you go there, you die.

That was about it.

That’s why they had earnestly followed Ha Mu-baek’s training.

If they diligently learned the sword and shield, they might survive.

But suddenly poison?

What were they supposed to do about that?

Cho Mu-ha was looking at Ha Mu-baek with gleaming eyes.

“What’s your name, kid?”

“It’s Cho Mu-ha!”

He answered loudly to Ha Mu-baek’s question.

“I don’t know how you found out about it, but… well, yeah. There are jiangshi that spew poison too. They’re called Poison Jiangshi. But you don’t need to worry about those guys.”

Ha Mu-baek answered as if it was nothing.

Questions appeared on the cadets’ faces.

“Just don’t go there. And the Bongma Corps guys aren’t crazy either. They won’t go.”

It was incomprehensible.

Thanks to that, the questions on the cadets’ faces deepened even more.

“Poison Jiangshi. Those guys only stay around places with poisonous herbs or toxic substances to maintain their poison qi, and such places in Sanwol Demon Forest are predetermined. You just need to avoid going there.”

“Ah…”

Only then did the cadets let out sighs of relief.

“But if we happen to encounter one by chance…”

“Tsk.”

Ha Mu-baek clicked his tongue at Cho Mu-ha’s persistent question.

“There’s something called Poison Resistance Pills. They’re pills made by the Tang Family or Cheondok Valley. If you keep one in your mouth, you can endure the poison of Poison Jiangshi for about one hour. Satisfied?”

The atmosphere of relief spread even wider.

“What happens after one hour passes?”

Ha Mu-baek stared intently at Cho Mu-ha.

Because this guy kept nitpicking at every detail.

He didn’t know what kind of answer he wanted.

But Ha Mu-baek had only one answer to give.

“Then you get poisoned and die.”

The atmosphere of relief that had been slowly spreading disappeared completely.

“So if you don’t want to die, either defeat the Poison Jiangshi within one hour, or get away from where it is.”

“Is it impossible with martial arts? Like Hundred Poisons Immunity or Thousand Poisons Immunity…”

Cho Mu-ha asked again.

In the end, this was what the guy was curious about.

“With Hundred Poisons Immunity, you can withstand the poison of ordinary Poison Jiangshi. However, you’re Maengryong Corps. You won’t have the chance to learn martial arts that can reach Hundred Poisons Immunity. And you’ll rarely encounter Poison Jiangshi anyway. So focus on training your shield techniques and swordsmanship.”

With those words, Ha Mu-baek turned around and left the training ground.

Today’s training was over.

The cadets also scattered in all directions.

“Come to think of it, I’ve never encountered a Poison Jiangshi…”

Dan Mok Un-rae muttered.

Last year.

When he went to Sanwol Demon Forest.

He had seen Death Jiangshi and Blood Jiangshi, but hadn’t seen any Poison Jiangshi.

It was certainly because their appearance locations were predetermined.

“Do Poison Resistance Pills really exist?”

Nak U-jin asked Dang Jin-san curiously.

“Of course. The instructor spoke of it like it was nothing, but it’s precious. For one hour, it makes you achieve Hundred Poisons Immunity. If you’re learning poison arts, the effect is much better.”

Dang Jin-san said proudly.

“Would they give us something like that?”

Dan Mok Un-rae suddenly said suspiciously.

Ha Mu-baek had spoken as if they would naturally give it.

But he knew well how Maengryong Corps was treated.

Before Ha Mu-baek raised hell and turned things upside down, hadn’t they even been discriminated against in where they ate?

“They won’t give it.”

Han Seol-bing provided the answer.

She had approached the seven of them remaining in the training ground and overheard their conversation.

The Seventh Group and Twentieth Group, the seven cadets weren’t particularly surprised.

Just a reaction of, well, that figures.

“Sigh. A person who didn’t even know what Maengryong Corps did before being assigned here… what would he know. They won’t give it. How could they give such precious things to Maengryong Corps? They don’t even have enough for the Bongma Corps kids.”

“Then why did the instructor?”

Baek Ri-pyeong asked carefully.

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