The World’s Greatest Martial Arts Instructor - Chapter 351

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Chapter 351. I Will Do My Best

 

 

Dang Mu-ryeong bit his lips.

He thought he had acknowledged defeat, but his father’s single remark made him bite his lips.

He recalled the conditions of this martial duel.

Father and Ha Mu-baek.

The two of them would head to Namman.

Toward that unknown entity—or rather, what they suspected to be the poison energy of the Ten Thousand Year Poison Well.

The Blood Poison Pills weren’t the real issue.

“Father. How about reconsidering this?”

Desperation seeped into his voice.

However, Dang Ja-cheong firmly shook his head.

“A poison well. That’s a legendary and imaginary artifact. Perhaps this might be a chance to confirm its actual existence. How could I, who has spent my entire life studying poisons and earned the empty title of Poison Emperor, not pursue it?”

Father had even brought up his title.

He had no choice but to acknowledge that he absolutely couldn’t stop him.

“Sigh.”

Dang Mu-ryeong let out a deep sigh.

Then he turned toward Ha Mu-baek, performed a cupped fist salute, and bowed deeply at the waist.

“Instructor Ha. Please take good care of my father.”

He wasn’t the Family Head of the Sichuan Tang Family, Dang Mu-ryeong.

He was Dang Mu-ryeong, son of Dang Ja-cheong.

Out of worry for his father, he was earnestly requesting Ha Mu-baek with full courtesy.

Ha Mu-baek also returned the cupped fist salute and bowed his head.

“I will do my best within the limits of my abilities.”

Those were somehow reassuring words.

Because he had exchanged moves with Ha Mu-baek.

Because he had confirmed that as Dang Mu-ryeong, he couldn’t even dare to guess the extent of that strength.

Now he felt a slight sense of relief.

Because Ha Mu-baek had splendidly proven his skills.

Though he was worried about the poison that could even break through Ten Thousand Poisons Immunity.

Still, a vague expectation that such a powerful expert might have some means also played a part.

“When are you planning to depart?”

Ha Mu-baek asked Dang Ja-cheong.

“You seem to have come here from Muchang without rest. How do you feel?”

“I’m fine.”

Ha Mu-baek answered as if it were nothing.

Dang Ja-cheong nodded.

Well, he was a martial artist of that level after all.

“Then let’s depart tomorrow. The sooner the better.”

“Understood.”

“I’ll make sure everything is prepared well.”

Dang Mu-ryeong ultimately had no choice but to say that, as if he had given up.

“I…”

At that moment, Dang Ji-yeon, who had been silent until now, carefully opened her mouth.

“Absolutely not!”

However.

Before she could continue, a thunderous shout burst from Dang Mu-ryeong’s mouth.

“That’s right. Your father is correct. Absolutely not.”

Dang Ja-cheong’s words followed.

The two men were guessing the content of what she was about to say.

Probably.

She wanted to go with them.

The talent for poisons that Dang Mu-ryeong hadn’t inherited from Dang Ja-cheong.

Dang Ji-yeon was the one who had inherited it completely.

It was natural for her to be curious about something called a poison well.

Dang Ji-yeon looked at Dang Ja-cheong with earnest eyes.

“No. Yeon-ah. Didn’t you hear clearly? Because it’s a poison that even Ten Thousand Poisons Immunity cannot block. That’s why I’m asking Instructor Ha for help. Your current level is at most Hundred Poison Immunity. It’s too dangerous.”

“Grandfather… Please let me become someone worthy of the excessive title of Heavenly Poison Maiden.”

Dang Ji-yeon spoke with an earnest voice.

She too had brought up her own title.

Just like Dang Ja-cheong, who had brought up his title of Poison Emperor.

It was effective.

A troubled expression appeared on Dang Ja-cheong’s face.

Dang Mu-ryeong quietly observed the two of them.

Though they were grandfather and granddaughter, how could they be so alike?

Dang Mu-ryeong saw something beyond desperation behind his daughter’s back.

It was the youthful vigor that seemed like she would secretly escape in the middle of the night to follow them if he kept refusing until the end.

He could tell because he too had been like that in his youth.

‘She’s young. Overflowing with vigor and spirit.’

“Sigh.”

A deep sigh flowed from Dang Mu-ryeong’s mouth.

“Do you absolutely have to go?”

At Dang Mu-ryeong’s question, Dang Ja-cheong’s eyes widened in surprise.

“Yes!”

Dang Ji-yeon’s answer came immediately.

“You could die.”

Dang Mu-ryeong’s words were full of worry.

“I absolutely won’t die.”

Dang Ji-yeon answered resolutely as if telling him not to worry.

Right.

That would be her thinking.

But Gangho was a place where you never knew what dangers might strike when.

Moreover, the place they were about to go had confirmed dangers lurking there.

Dang Mu-ryeong had no choice but to look at Ha Mu-baek again.

Ha Mu-baek found that gaze very familiar.

When he had entrusted Ha Seol-ran to Master and left Cheongran Island.

If he had looked at his own face with longing, wouldn’t he have had such a gaze?

No.

Perhaps Dang Mu-ryeong’s current gaze was much more earnest.

“I will do my best to the extent of my abilities.”

Therefore.

Ha Mu-baek had no choice but to answer like this.

Dang Mu-ryeong bowed deeply once again.

“I’ll arrange to send the Blood Poison Pills right away. Thank you so much.”

The condition was that Dang Ja-cheong would provide fifty of them.

There was no such talk at all.

Just the Family Head’s intention to send all two hundred units from the Tang Family’s reserves with his approval.

Dang Mu-ryeong looked at Dang Ji-yeon.

“You must absolutely return safely.”

“Yes.”

Dang Ji-yeon nodded at her father’s words and answered in a serious voice.

“Take this.”

Dang Mu-ryeong took out a small pouch from his chest and handed it over.

It looked like just an ordinary pouch.

Dang Ji-yeon was startled.

“Th, that is….”

“Since your Poison Arts are at a low level, you should take this so you won’t be a burden. Since you know what kind of treasure this is. You must return it to me without fail.”

“Th, thank you. Father.”

Dang Ji-yeon carefully received the pouch and put it in her chest.

“Hehe. What’s gotten into you. I thought you’d absolutely refuse. To even give her the Poison-Repelling Bead.”

Dang Ja-cheong said with a laugh, as if surprised.

Poison-Repelling Bead.

A bead with the power to repel all poisons, an extremely precious treasure.

Depending on the type, some can only repel a limited number of poisons.

But what Dang Mu-ryeong had given was a treasure passed down to the Tang Family Heads.

It was a treasure among treasures that repelled all poisons.

Like the one that Gong Ya-jang-cheon, the Alliance Leader of Sahae Alliance, always carried, it was a Poison-Repelling Bead that repelled all poisons, one of the few remaining in Gangho today.

“Now, let’s hurry and prepare. We’re busy if we’re leaving tomorrow. Instructor Ha, please show them to their resting place.”

Thus, the Tang Family began moving busily.

 

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“I, I’ve arrived….”

Gong Dok-haeng muttered in an utterly exhausted voice upon confirming Luoyang’s castle walls.

His appearance was terrible.

He had truly run desperately toward Luoyang without stopping.

He had barely slept at all.

There was something more important than such things.

Gong Dok-haeng hurriedly entered Luoyang and headed for the Jeongcheon Alliance.

The Gate Guards at the main gate tried to block his entry upon seeing his shabby appearance.

But once he was confirmed as the Minor Valley Master of Cheondok Valley, he could enter without difficulty to where his Master was staying.

The one who appeared at Gong Dok-haeng’s sudden visit was not Yeo Hong-gi but Geuk In-cheong.

“What business brings you all the way here when you should be guarding the valley?”

His voice was full of irritation.

This was inevitable, as there were two Minor Valley Masters of Cheondok Valley.

Geuk In-cheong, the first disciple who assisted Valley Master Yeo Hong-gi by his side.

And Gong Dok-haeng, the second disciple who handled the valley’s affairs when Valley Master Yeo Hong-gi was absent.

Originally, there weren’t two Minor Valley Masters like this.

Yeo Hong-gi’s Master had appointed two Minor Valley Masters, and Yeo Hong-gi, who was the first disciple, became the Valley Master.

Yeo Hong-gi’s junior brother remained as Minor Valley Master as a backup plan.

Later, Yeo Hong-gi also appointed two Minor Valley Masters like his Master.

Since Gong Dok-haeng, the second disciple who should be the backup choice as Minor Valley Master, had suddenly appeared at the Jeongcheon Alliance.

Geuk In-cheong, the first disciple, was displeased.

He couldn’t understand what ambitions his junior brother might have in acting this way.

“S, Senior Brother. It, it’s urgent. I must inform Master immediately.”

“How urgent could it be that you, who should be guarding the valley, came to the alliance without even sending word? What about the valley? A message would have been sufficient.”

Geuk In-cheong questioned Gong Dok-haeng with a wary attitude.

He had no choice but to do so.

Though he was the first disciple.

Though he was in the position closest to becoming Valley Master, his junior brother’s talent was remarkable.

Objectively speaking, Gong Dok-haeng’s talent for poisons and martial arts was superior to Geuk In-cheong’s own.

“I cannot inform him by letter. It’s that serious a matter. I must see Master immediately.”

Even at Gong Dok-haeng’s earnest words, Geuk In-cheong only frowned.

Not only had he completed the Self-Radiance Mountain Poison, but Master was doing his utmost to create an even superior mountain poison.

Yet this fellow was trying to disturb his concentration.

Geuk In-cheong also didn’t know that Yeo Hong-gi had completed Divine Annihilation.

This was because Yeo Hong-gi hadn’t told anyone.

The moment two people knew, it would no longer be a secret.

Yeo Hong-gi had thoroughly concealed only Divine Annihilation.

“Master is working on something far more important. Wait.”

“S, Senior Brother!”

Gong Dok-haeng shouted loudly at Geuk In-cheong’s words.

But all that returned was Geuk In-cheong’s fierce expression.

“What’s all this commotion about? Do you think this is Cheondok Valley? This is the Jeongcheon Alliance.”

Then.

Yeo Hong-gi appeared.

A pungent smell of poison was faintly emanating from his body.

He had been handling poisons in the underground research laboratory until now.

He had come out of the research laboratory to take a brief rest and check if any reports about Namman’s poisons had come in, when he heard Gong Dok-haeng’s shout.

He had already been scolded by Yeon Ja-gyeong recently for the slow analysis.

A rebuke asking why Cheondok Valley’s analysis wasn’t ready yet when the Tang Family’s analysis had already been delivered to the Alliance Leader.

At such a time, his second disciple who should be at the valley was here.

“Dok-haeng. What business brings you all the way here? What about the work I assigned you?”

“That’s why I rushed here urgently.”

Yeo Hong-gi frowned at the response.

Looking around, he could see Jeongcheon Alliance warriors moving about.

There were many eyes watching.

“Follow me.”

Thus, leading his two disciples, Yeo Hong-gi returned to the research laboratory.

Though it was a space filled with poison smoke, none of the three minded.

As befitting the Cheondok Valley Master and Minor Valley Masters, they were unaffected by this level of poison.

“The poison collected from Namman… was a terrifying poison.”

“Even the Ten Thousand Poisons Immunity is useless, right?”

Since he had already heard from Yeon Ja-gyeong, Yeo Hong-gi asked in a sharp voice.

“Y, yes….”

Gong Dok-haeng answered with a flinch.

“Did you come all this way just to report that fact? When we have messenger hawks? When the Tang Family already discovered it?”

A rebuke followed.

“That’s not it. That….”

“Then what is it?”

Did he think Gong Dok-haeng was making excuses?

The anger in Yeo Hong-gi’s voice grew thicker.

“In, in the poison energy, in the poison energy….”

Gong Dok-haeng stammered, barely managing to string his words together.

“….”

Yeo Hong-gi glared at his disciple with eyes filled with killing intent.

It was because the reprimand he had received from Yeon Ja-gyeong came to mind.

The thought that he had to endure unnecessary criticism because of his incompetent disciple.

“Faint, faintly but cer, certainly… Myeongdokgong… the qi energy of Myeongdokgong was contained within it…”

Gong Dok-haeng barely managed to voice the purpose of his coming to This Place.

His face even looked relieved.

On the other hand.

Yeo Hong-gi and Geuk In-cheong.

The two men were initially dazed, wondering what Gong Dok-haeng was talking about.

Soon their eyes widened as they fell into shock.

“My, Myeongdokgong you say…”

Yeo Hong-gi asked in a trembling voice, as if he had never interrogated Gong Dok-haeng with killing intent.

“From the poison collected in Namman, qi energy almost similar to the Soul-Stealing White Poison Art was detected. Certainly from Myeongdokgong…”

“Similar?”

Yeo Hong-gi tilted his head at Gong Dok-haeng’s answer.

If it’s Myeongdokgong then it’s Myeongdokgong, but almost similar?

What kind of nonsense is that?

“Please examine it directly.”

Gong Dok-haeng carefully took out two small glass bottles from his chest and handed them over.

The entrances were tightly sealed.

“Because I had to deliver this, I had no choice but to hurry here.”

Yeo Hong-gi accepted the glass bottle with a serious face.

Geuk In-cheong also inadvertently accepted the other one.

He followed his Master’s example of opening the entrance and using Myeongdokgong to check the poison qi.

While Yeo Hong-gi’s face changed moment by moment with his eyes closed, Geuk In-cheong still had an expression of not understanding.

“This is…”

After a moment, Yeo Hong-gi opened his eyes and looked at the glass bottle in his hand with complex eyes.

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