The World’s Greatest Martial Arts Instructor - Chapter 386

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Chapter 386. Don’t Mention It

 

 

 

 

 

Words that were as good as a firm declaration.

 

Even so, Yeon Ha-min kept her head turned away.

 

“Sigh.”

 

Han Seol-bing let out a low sigh.

 

If it weren’t for the story behind this martial art, she wouldn’t have taken on such a role either.

 

“Your father.”

 

The moment Han Seol-bing’s lips moved, Yeon Ha-min’s head, which had been turned to the side, returned to its original position.

 

And she looked at Han Seol-bing.

 

“What did you just say?”

 

“Your father. Or more precisely, should I say adoptive father?”

 

At Han Seol-bing’s answer repeating the same content once more, the corners of Yeon Ha-min’s eyes trembled.

 

Youngest Uncle had asked her to deliver a martial arts secret manual, so why was the story of Father suddenly coming up?

 

“Hero Yeon Baek-un. This is a martial arts secret manual that he left behind.”

 

Gasp.

 

Yeon Ha-min’s body stiffened.

 

It was because she had heard a story she never could have imagined.

 

A martial arts secret manual that Father had left behind.

 

For her, this was a story she knew nothing about at all.

 

Mother had never spoken about this either.

 

Yeon Ha-min was engulfed in confusion.

 

Her gaze turned to the secret manual for the first time.

 

Ten Thousand Flowers Moon Fall Sword Dance.

 

She could see six characters.

 

Yeon Ha-min tilted her head.

 

Although she had absolutely no intention of learning Yeon Family martial arts, she roughly knew what kinds of martial arts the Yeon Family had.

 

Things she had learned from overhearing their chatter.

 

Among them, there was no martial art called Ten Thousand Flowers Moon Fall Sword Dance.

 

Han Seol-bing observed Yeon Ha-min’s reaction and spoke again.

 

“According to the Vice Director. Hero Yeon Baek-un searched through the Yeon Family’s Great Library to find this for you to teach you. He entrusted it to the Vice Director.”

 

At the words Han Seol-bing conveyed, Yeon Ha-min’s eyes trembled even more violently.

 

“This is the secret manual exactly as the Vice Director received it from Hero Yeon Baek-un. The Vice Director said so. He said that if it’s this martial art, you would learn it. However, that depends on your will. I’m only doing what I was asked to do. To deliver this to you.”

 

And Han Seol-bing closed her mouth.

 

An expression showing she had said everything she needed to say.

 

She rose from her seat and brewed tea in the tea set.

 

With the Samadhi True Fire energy raised by both hands, the water quickly began to steam.

 

Tea water that filled the tea cups.

 

She placed one cup in front of Yeon Ha-min and sat down with the other cup in front of herself.

 

Slurp.

 

Only the sound of drinking tea echoed.

 

Han Seol-bing said nothing, and Yeon Ha-min didn’t even look.

 

An action showing she would give her time to think.

 

Yeon Ha-min chewed her lips nervously.

 

She reached out her hand, then hesitated, repeating this motion.

 

Though she wanted to see it since it was something her Late Father had left behind, she stopped at the thought that this was also Yeon Family martial arts.

 

How long had she agonized?

 

Yeon Ha-min squeezed her eyes shut and turned the cover.

 

Flip.

 

And the first page was revealed.

 

On what would have originally been a blank page, small characters were densely written in fine brushstrokes.

 

“Ah, Father… sob.”

 

The moment Yeon Ha-min saw those characters.

 

She ended up shedding tears.

 

It was handwriting from her memory.

 

Father’s handwriting.

 

Who would have thought she would see this again like this now.

 

She never imagined she would see it again after the letters he had sent from the battlefield.

 

That’s why tears flowed endlessly.

 

Without even thinking to read the words Father had left behind.

 

She just shed tears.

 

Slurp.

 

Only the sound of Han Seol-bing drinking tea echoed.

 

Han Seol-bing, who had emptied her tea cup before she knew it.

 

She got up and left the room.

 

Though it was her own room.

 

Right now, she felt that Yeon Ha-min should be left alone.

 

In the room left alone like that.

 

“Sob. Sob. Sob sob.”

 

Crying sounds gradually flowed out.

 

Now that she was alone, even the tears she had been holding back burst forth.

 

How much time had passed?

 

Yeon Ha-min, who had composed herself, read the words Father had left behind.

 

 

 

<Min-ah.

 

If you are reading these words, I’m deeply curious about who delivered this secret manual to you.

 

Whether I delivered it myself, or whether that fellow Baek Jin, to whom I entrusted this secret manual, delivered it.

 

I hope it was the former.

 

I’ve always felt heartbroken wondering if I forced too difficult a path on mother and daughter due to my greed.

 

I’m sorry.

 

This secret manual is something I found by thoroughly searching through the Noble Family Estate’s library for the sword technique I thought most suitable for you.

 

You have excellent intelligence and physical constitution, so you should be able to learn it.

 

Ten Thousand Flowers Moon Fall Sword Dance.

 

Though it’s a sword technique I discovered for the first time, upon examination, its profundity is no less than the Main Estate’s Azure Silk Heavenly Flower Sword.

 

I don’t know why such an excellent sword technique was sleeping in the library.

 

Rather, it’s fortunate.

 

Thanks to that, I was able to pass this excellent sword technique to you.

 

This martial art is not Yeon Family martial arts.

 

So there are no restrictions on you learning it.

 

It’s just regrettable that I can’t directly give you this secret manual right now due to the family atmosphere.

 

I’ve entrusted it to Baek Jin, whom I trust most, but I look forward to the day when this chaotic war ends and I can directly teach you this sword technique myself.>

 

 

 

After reading all the words Father had left behind, Yeon Ha-min began to cry sorrowfully.

 

She had no choice.

 

Because she had only now learned of the consideration he had shown for her.

 

He could feel the regret and love directed toward him in the writing.

 

He could only cry.

 

The composure he had barely managed to gather was useless.

 

He just cried and cried again.

 

Han Seol-bing stood outside the door, spreading an energy barrier to prevent her crying from being heard.

 

So she could continue crying until all her pent-up emotions were completely released.

 

After waiting for a long time.

 

Only after Yeon Ha-min’s crying had stopped did Han Seol-bing open the door and enter the room.

 

“Thank you, Instructor Han.”

 

Her voice still carried traces of tears.

 

“Don’t mention it. What have you decided to do?”

 

She asked Yeon Ha-min.

 

“I’ll learn it. Since Father worked so hard to find this martial art for me. And since Father said this martial art doesn’t belong to the Yeon Family.”

 

It was a resolute answer.

 

Han Seol-bing nodded her head.

 

“Good. I understand. Train hard. And if it’s difficult to learn alone… you can ask Instructor Ha for help.”

 

Though she herself wanted to help,

 

her ability to interpret and teach martial arts from other sects wasn’t particularly outstanding.

 

In that regard, Ha Mu-baek was unrivaled.

 

He was a monster who could execute others’ martial arts plausibly just by seeing them once.

 

“Yes. Thank you.”

 

Yeon Ha-min bowed once more, then carefully tucked the secret manual into her chest and returned to Yeonryong Lodge.

 

 

 

***

 

 

 

“The transition between offense and defense is too slow there! Raise your shields higher!”

 

Ha Mu-baek’s voice rang out.

 

Accordingly, the Maengryong Corps’ movements became busier.

 

Though there were only four people,

 

as they moved according to Ha Mu-baek’s instructions, the formation’s advance flowed organically.

 

The Bongma Corps also operated the Flowing Dragon Sword Formation according to Ha Mu-baek’s teachings.

 

Movements of a completely different dimension appeared.

 

The same was true for Pyeong Deok-jo.

 

He continuously expressed amazement at how excellent the Beginner’s Five Swords technique was.

 

Meanwhile, they had learned quite a bit about the territorial distribution of jiangshi in the western region.

 

Since they had been traveling everywhere with Ha Mu-baek day after day, observing.

 

There were no more Dark Blood Jiangshi nearby.

 

Originally, they weren’t creatures that had specific territories.

 

However, there were as many as three Silent Iron Jiangshi.

 

These were creatures that mainly stayed deep in Sanwol Demon Forest and rarely appeared in such outer areas.

 

Ha Mu-baek quietly watched those who were now facing ten Blood Jiangshi.

 

There were no more corrections.

 

Since he had taught them the important parts in their current state,

 

he couldn’t keep instructing them in every detail forever.

 

As befitted those with long experience, their development speed was fast.

 

The number of times Ha Mu-baek made corrections was gradually decreasing.

 

Moreover, their martial arts levels were also rising rapidly.

 

‘At this rate. Hmm.’

 

While Ha Mu-baek was lost in thought watching the Bongma Corps,

 

the Bongma Corps and Maengryong Corps were frantic.

 

Ten Blood Jiangshi.

 

When had they ever faced jiangshi like this before?

 

Ha Mu-baek seemed to gradually increase the number of entities they had to face, and before they knew it, it had become ten.

 

This wasn’t a number for one squad to handle.

 

It was a number that required at least two squads of the Bongma Corps,

 

but surprisingly,

 

they were currently facing ten without much difficulty.

 

The shields of the Maengryong Corps, though only four in number, were skillfully blocking and deflecting the attacks of ten Blood Jiangshi.

 

The movement of the shields had changed from before.

 

Gwan Ha-gyeong’s blade severed a Blood Jiangshi’s neck,

 

and Pung Geon’s sword, held in reverse grip, completely shattered the fallen head.

 

This was because they had seen the Beheaded Dark Blood Demon recently.

 

Since then, they had also destroyed the heads of jiangshi they defeated.

 

Those holding shields numbered exactly five.

 

Pyeong Deok-jo.

 

He too was holding a shield and working together with the Maengryong Corps.

 

As an instructor of the Maengryong Corps at Gyoryong Hall, he needed to teach formations to the cadets,

 

so his reason was to gain experience by directly facing jiangshi here.

 

Originally, Ha Mu-baek had been thinking of ordering him to do this, but Pyeong Deok-jo had voluntarily stepped forward first.

 

Thus, Pyeong Deok-jo alternated between holding a shield and wielding a sword.

 

How long had the battle progressed?

 

Eventually, all ten Blood Jiangshi had fallen.

 

Needless to say, all their heads had been smashed.

 

Ha Mu-baek sliced through the Blood Jiangshi’s torsos.

 

As he lightly waved his hand through the air, inner cores were drawn out by his void manipulation technique, popping out one by one.

 

Murky gray or black-colored inner cores.

 

Ha Mu-baek examined them briefly, then gave them to Pung Geon.

 

“Probably, if we remove the inner cores, Beheaded Blood Demons won’t form.”

 

The Beheaded Dark Blood Demon had no inner core.

 

Something that a Dark Blood Jiangshi should have originally possessed.

 

Apparently, an inner core was needed to become a Beheaded Dark Blood Demon.

 

Though it wasn’t done knowingly, because the Bongma Corps had taken all the jiangshi’s inner cores, the number of Beheaded Blood Demons was fewer than expected.

 

“More than that, you’ve all become quite strong.”

 

Though it hadn’t been long since they’d been with Ha Mu-baek, they had become unrecognizably stronger.

 

This was thanks to their vessels being filled to the brim due to accumulated real combat experience in Sanwol Demon Forest.

 

The sun was setting low.

 

The group moved quickly to secure a place to spend the night.

 

Just as they were about to prepare dinner,

 

“Gwan Ha-gyeong.”

 

Ha Mu-baek called Gwan Ha-gyeong.

 

“Yes.”

 

“Bring your blade.”

 

At those words, Gwan Ha-gyeong immediately moved.

 

Since the intention behind those words was obvious, Gwan Ha-gyeong’s heart pounded.

 

“Come at me.”

 

At Ha Mu-baek’s simple words,

 

Gwan Ha-gyeong drew his blade and took a ready stance.

 

At that sight, Ha Mu-baek frowned.

 

“Not the Heaven-Severing Blade Technique, but the Heaven-Severing Demon-Slaying Blade.”

 

At Ha Mu-baek’s correction, the ready stance changed.

 

However, the difference was minimal.

 

It was remarkable that Ha Mu-baek had noticed it.

 

Currently, Ha Mu-baek would be the second most knowledgeable person about the Heaven-Severing Demon-Slaying Blade in all under heaven.

 

Having roamed countless battlefields with So Hwi-ung, he had witnessed him perform the Heaven-Severing Demon-Slaying Blade countless times.

 

After confirming Gwan Ha-gyeong’s ready stance, Ha Mu-baek wiggled his finger.

 

At that signal, Gwan Ha-gyeong kicked off the ground and unleashed her blade technique.

 

Ha Mu-baek rendered all of her attacks to nothing with only concise movements, far too easily.

 

“This area is open.”

 

Ha Mu-baek lightly swung his scabbard.

 

“Put more strength into this side!”

 

Gwan Ha-gyeong’s blade sliced through midair.

 

“Too much force! You’re killing the speed!”

 

With continuous criticism as if he knew everything about the Heaven-Severing Demon-Slaying Blade.

 

Gwan Ha-gyeong could barely keep up.

 

Nevertheless, as a result of gritting her teeth and wielding her blade.

 

By the time she performed the Heaven-Severing Demon-Slaying Blade forms for the third time, she had changed beyond recognition from the beginning.

 

Ha Mu-baek nodded his head.

 

“This time I’m going for real. Try to block properly.”

 

Shing.

 

The sword was drawn from its scabbard.

 

A sword swinging directly toward Gwan Ha-gyeong.

 

Seeing the sword path approaching her, Gwan Ha-gyeong was startled.

 

And for good reason.

 

Though it was a sword, those combat forms belonged to the Heaven-Severing Demon-Slaying Blade.

 

‘H-how?’

 

Gwan Ha-gyeong had no time to wonder and immediately swung her blade.

 

Clang! Clang!

 

Despite the heavy blade clashing with the light sword, Ha Mu-baek’s sword didn’t yield an inch.

 

Rather, it was Gwan Ha-gyeong’s blade that was pushed back.

 

Ha Mu-baek pressed Gwan Ha-gyeong like a raging torrent.

 

He concentrated his attacks on the areas he had just criticized.

 

Gwan Ha-gyeong was desperate just to defend.

 

How many forms had they exchanged?

 

How many times had she performed the Heaven-Severing Demon-Slaying Blade?

 

She couldn’t even remember.

 

By the time she could no longer distinguish whether Gwan Ha-gyeong was performing the Heaven-Severing Demon-Slaying Blade, or the Heaven-Severing Demon-Slaying Blade was performing Gwan Ha-gyeong.

 

Her body was reacting first, extending her blade.

 

The others forgot about preparing to camp and stared blankly at the scene.

 

“Stop.”

 

Ha Mu-baek spoke briefly and tried to step back, but Gwan Ha-gyeong continued to press forward.

 

Heaven-Collapsing Demon-Annihilation.

 

The final form of the Heaven-Severing Demon-Slaying Blade flew toward Ha Mu-baek.

 

“Tsk.”

 

Ha Mu-baek clicked his tongue lightly.

 

It was good that he had made her body react first, but.

 

“I pushed the progress too fast compared to her level. She’s been consumed by the blade technique.”

 

Ha Mu-baek, who had stepped back slightly, charged forward toward Gwan Ha-gyeong’s blade.

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