The World’s Greatest Martial Arts Instructor - Chapter 370

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Chapter 370. Nothing at All

 

 

 

 

 

The fragments of Taecho that Ha Mu-baek possessed were three out of six.

 

A full half.

 

There was no reason he couldn’t annihilate Manhwang, which was merely one out of eight pieces.

 

Ha Mu-baek’s internal energy surged like a violent tidal wave.

 

Like a typhoon, it swept away Manhwang that had entered his blood meridians.

 

Thus, Go Hu-rak’s qi energy slowly began to dissipate.

 

The moment Manhwang realized it couldn’t withstand this.

 

It began searching for a way to survive.

 

Even though Narak had disappeared, Manhwang’s energy seemed to retain its instincts.

 

It raced through Ha Mu-baek’s blood meridians, trying to escape from the energy that sought to annihilate it.

 

However, this was inside Ha Mu-baek’s body.

 

There was no such place to be found.

 

Then.

 

What Manhwang discovered was the poison energy at the center of the whirlpool of ice and fire energy.

 

The energy that had led it into this body.

 

A portion of Manhwang barely managed to take refuge within the poison energy.

 

However, that was only an extremely small part of the energy that had entered.

 

Ha Mu-baek’s internal energy left the poison energy that had become part of his inner core alone.

 

The extremely small portion of Manhwang’s energy that survived by a hair’s breadth began to mix with the poison energy that shared the same roots.

 

And it settled like a small seed, hiding very quietly within Ha Mu-baek’s inner core.

 

‘Is this much acceptable?’

 

Ha Mu-baek observed all of this while contemplating his interior.

 

To annihilate everything, he would have to completely dismantle the inner core he had worked so hard to create.

 

That was something that could cause unknown aftereffects.

 

In the end.

 

He decided to leave the Manhwang energy that remained as a small seed alone.

 

It had been a perilous battle, if one could call it perilous.

 

Ha Mu-baek, having finished all of this.

 

“Whew.”

 

He let out a deep sigh, opened both eyes, and raised his body.

 

In the end, he had gained nothing.

 

“No. Did I learn new facts…?”

 

Mugeuk Sword Gate.

 

It was Ha Mu-baek’s sect.

 

He had only known the name of Gae Pa Jo-sa, but he had learned unexpected facts in an unexpected place.

 

And.

 

“Hmm.”

 

Ha Mu-baek glanced briefly at the area around his dantian.

 

Manhwang, which had become a small seed and was quietly holding its breath within his inner core.

 

Could this also be considered something gained, if it was something gained?

 

“Well, it seems I’ve now far surpassed the realm of Ten Thousand Poisons Immunity.”

 

As Manhwang’s energy mixed with the poison energy, there was a small change in Ha Mu-baek’s body.

 

Ha Mu-baek didn’t miss it.

 

Perhaps because it was based on poison energy.

 

His realm, which had been at the level of Ten Thousand Poisons Immunity, broke through the wall and rose to distant heights.

 

Now.

 

It seemed that poison like Myo Gu-eung’s would have no effect on Ha Mu-baek whatsoever.

 

If so, it had its own meaning.

 

Ha Mu-baek went out through the open door.

 

No one was there.

 

Dang Ja-cheong and Dang Ji-yeon had apparently gone far away so as not to disturb Ha Mu-baek.

 

Following the small path.

 

The place where the ten-way crossroads were.

 

There, Dang Ja-cheong and Dang Ji-yeon were waiting for Ha Mu-baek.

 

“How did it go?”

 

It was a question full of curiosity.

 

Dang Ji-yeon was looking at Ha Mu-baek with sparkling eyes.

 

Ha Mu-baek shrugged his shoulders.

 

“Nothing at all.”

 

The two people were startled by the answer that came back.

 

That couldn’t be right.

 

Hadn’t they also read all the heartfelt story of the tattoo carved on Go Hu-rak’s body?

 

“It was a meticulously designed trap.”

 

“A trap?”

 

Ha Mu-baek gave them a rough explanation of the general situation.

 

The two people couldn’t help but be even more shocked.

 

How could such a thing be possible?

 

To spread martial arts into the world and then steal the body of those who learned it and found this place.

 

No, that such martial arts existed.

 

They couldn’t believe it even if they wanted to.

 

“There seem to be… many monsters in the world. My knowledge appears to be too lacking.”

 

Dang Ja-cheong said with a sense of futility.

 

“Taecho and Manhwang… You’re saying mythical stories are martial arts stories?”

 

Dang Ji-yeon asked with a dazed face.

 

Her expression showed she couldn’t believe what she had heard.

 

Although Ha Mu-baek had spoken concisely, he couldn’t leave out the content.

 

Go Hu-rak’s tattoo had mentioned Taecho and Manhwang.

 

“Martial arts that originated from the beginning of the world are Taecho and Manhwang. Two absolute martial arts that are perfectly opposing and hostile…”

 

Dang Ja-cheong recited the content Ha Mu-baek had briefly told them.

 

“To say they left their souls after three thousand years… actually, that level of martial arts would probably be necessary to make it possible.”

 

In some ways, Dang Ja-cheong nodded as if it made sense.

 

“So you really gained nothing like that?”

 

“My realm of Ten Thousand Poisons Immunity did rise. It seems to be because the poison energy reacted during the process of fighting Manhwang.”

 

At Ha Mu-baek’s words, Dang Ja-cheong and Dang Ji-yeon opened their eyes wide once again.

 

Their faces showed they felt deceived.

 

He had clearly said he gained nothing.

 

“Th-that’s what you call gaining nothing?”

 

Dang Ji-yeon asked as if she found it absurd.

 

“Then how much is it? Do you think you could block the Poison Well’s toxic energy?”

 

Dang Ja-cheong was curious about that realm.

 

Ha Mu-baek nodded.

 

“I think I could block the Poison Well’s poison.”

 

Ha Mu-baek answered calmly.

 

Dang Ji-yeon’s mouth fell wide open.

 

“Wh-what… that’s All Poisons Immunity. That’s… cr-crazy.”

 

Her eyes were filled with envy.

 

“Is this enough to be called All Poisons Immunity?”

 

Ha Mu-baek asked Dang Ja-cheong.

 

“I told my Family Head. To withstand the poison of the Poison Well, one would need to reach a new realm called All Poisons Immunity.”

 

“You mean it can block all poisons?”

 

“The Poison Well is the essence of all poisons. If you can block the poison of such a Poison Well, then you can block all poisons.”

 

“You’ve obtained something incredible.”

 

Dang Ji-yeon said with a deflated tone.

 

When he said he had gained nothing, she had felt sorry that he gained nothing despite going through such danger.

 

All Poisons Immunity.

 

It was a realm that those who study poisons would desire even in their dreams.

 

No, a realm they could only imagine might exist.

 

To achieve that and still say he gained nothing.

 

This was deception.

 

Was that why?

 

Dang Ji-yeon found Ha Mu-baek somehow annoying.

 

She looked at him with a sulky expression.

 

However.

 

Ha Mu-baek was lost in thought.

 

About the realm he had obtained.

 

“Then what about that Internal Energy Scattering Poison that Valley Master Yeo spread? Didn’t Myo Gu-eung also get poisoned?”

 

At Ha Mu-baek’s question, Dang Ja-cheong fell into silent contemplation.

 

“I don’t know about that. Internal Energy Scattering Poison is originally a poison yet not a poison… like an aphrodisiac. You’d have to experience it directly to know.”

 

It wasn’t like he could ask Yeo Hong-gi to spray Internal Energy Scattering Poison once.

 

It would continue to remain a mystery.

 

‘Yeon Ja-gyeong. He said he possessed the same Internal Energy Scattering Poison…’

 

Ha Mu-baek had a suspicion close to certainty that it was Internal Energy Scattering Poison created specifically targeting him.

 

“Let’s head back now. Quite some time has passed.”

 

“Ah, how much time has passed?”

 

“Two days.”

 

Dang Ji-yeon answered.

 

This time Ha Mu-baek was surprised.

 

It seemed like only a brief moment had passed, but two days.

 

While immersed in the battle of souls, his sense of time seemed to have changed.

 

“You could have gone back first…”

 

Ha Mu-baek said apologetically.

 

This was a cave with nothing.

 

It meant these two had been starving here for two days.

 

“I couldn’t bring myself to go up without you.”

 

Dang Ja-cheong answered awkwardly.

 

He alone might have been able to go up, but it was impossible with Dang Ji-yeon.

 

He had thought of going up first to get a rope, but for some reason he was also uneasy about leaving his granddaughter alone here.

 

“I’m sorry.”

 

Ha Mu-baek said with an apologetic face.

 

“Not at all. We did it because we wanted to. Now let’s hurry and go.”

 

Ha Mu-baek took out a dagger from his chest and drove it into the wall.

 

Just like when coming down, the dagger moved according to the principles of Qi Control Sword, creating stairs by itself.

 

Ha Mu-baek slowly walked up through midair using Air Walking.

 

The top of the cliff he climbed up to.

 

The ruins remained the same.

 

But there was a change.

 

Ha Mu-baek felt it with his Ki Sense.

 

“Quite a few people have returned to Cheondok Valley.”

 

“They all couldn’t go too far away. Of course not. That place is their roots and hometown.”

 

Dang Ja-cheong said while looking toward the direction of Cheondok Valley.

 

“What will you do?”

 

And he asked Ha Mu-baek.

 

“What do you mean?”

 

“Valley Master Yeo. That Internal Energy Scattering Poison was said to target Myo Gu-eung, but from what I saw, it also targeted you simultaneously.”

 

Ha Mu-baek knew it too.

 

What should he do.

 

According to Ha Mu-baek’s principles, he should kill him.

 

Since he was someone who targeted him.

 

If you fail, you must take responsibility for it.

 

However.

 

What bothered him was.

 

Knowing he would die, he had evacuated all the people of Cheondok Valley and faced Myo Gu-eung.

 

Just the two of them, with only his disciple by his side.

 

That aspect alone had to be highly evaluated.

 

He still didn’t know the details of Cheondok Valley’s past.

 

Even so.

 

“He must take responsibility for what he has done.”

 

Ha Mu-baek said calmly.

 

“However, I need to learn more about the circumstances. About that Internal Energy Scattering Poison as well.”

 

He wouldn’t kill him.

 

But depending on his attitude in conversation, he would decide what to do.

 

A warning toward Yeon Ja-gyeong was also necessary.

 

A warning not to provoke him when he was trying to live quietly.

 

Thus the three people headed toward Cheondok Valley once again.

 

 

 

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Fierce rapids.

 

He lost consciousness the moment he was swept away.

 

Having poured out all his qi energy, his body was like an empty shell being battered everywhere.

 

Water entering through his nose and throat blocked his airway, making breathing difficult.

 

Even with an intact body, these were rapids where one wouldn’t dare try to swim out.

 

But now Myo Gu-eung had no arms and was missing one leg.

 

Swept by the rapids, crashing into rocks and large trees, he slowly sank downward.

 

Myo Gu-eung had already lost consciousness.

 

When he was swept away by Ha Mu-baek’s final strike.

 

Myo Gu-eung had thought of death.

 

But.

 

His breathing was labored.

 

[Wake up. Come to your senses. No matter how great I am, there’s no way if you remain unconscious.]

 

A voice that kept disturbing his mind.

 

Myo Gu-eung came to his senses like that.

 

However, he couldn’t open his eyes.

 

He couldn’t even breathe.

 

Though he had regained consciousness, all that remained for Myo Gu-eung was death in the form of drowning.

 

[Good! Do as I command!]

 

The voice echoing in his head again.

 

Despite the suffocating feeling in his airways and lungs filled with water.

 

Myo Gu-eung couldn’t help but feel curious.

 

So.

 

He thought.

 

‘What voice is this exactly?’

 

As if reading that very thought.

 

[I am Narak. The Will of Manhwang that you have learned.]

 

‘Manhwang?’

 

Another question arose.

 

[Not even knowing the power you’ve obtained, your body ends up in this state. Do as I command. Move your qi energy.]

 

But there couldn’t be any qi energy left.

 

He had poured everything he had into that monster-like bastard.

 

However.

 

In his dantian.

 

He felt a small amount of qi energy.

 

Qi energy that had naturally recovered while being swept away by the rapids.

 

Myo Gu-eung instinctively moved it.

 

[Good.]

 

The one called Narak told him which blood meridians to move the qi energy through.

 

Myo Gu-eung, as if entranced, simply moved as instructed.

 

Just as he wondered what meaning this could have when he was about to die from being unable to breathe anyway.

 

His body rose from the rapids.

 

Splash!

 

Just as he thought he was floating up, he shot upward, bounced out of the water, and rolled on the ground.

 

“Gasp! Cough! Cough! Cough! Gaaasp! Cough! Cough!”

 

The moment he breathed fresh air.

 

With violent coughing, he repeatedly spat out the water that had filled his lungs.

 

“Huff. Huff. Huff.”

 

Then came the rough breathing that followed.

 

“What, what is this? Ugh, urgh.”

 

The moment he felt he was alive.

 

Extreme agony was felt from his severed arms and one leg.

 

It was only natural.

 

His face was deathly pale.

 

At this rate, he would die from losing too much blood.

 

He had already lost blood to a degree where survival was impossible.

 

Once again, Myo Gu-eung’s consciousness began to fade.

 

[Damn! You pathetic bastard! How can the master of Manhwang be like this! It’s lamentable!]

 

Narak’s angry voice burst forth.

 

[Move your qi energy!]

 

At Narak’s roar, Myo Gu-eung instinctively moved his qi energy.

 

He gradually regained his color.

 

The pain also gradually subsided.

 

The qi energy in his dantian also gradually increased in size.

 

Myo Gu-eung gradually forgot himself and became deeply absorbed in energy manipulation.

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