The World’s Greatest Martial Arts Instructor - Chapter 396
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Chapter 396. Did You Say Jiangshi?
The carriage entered Muchang.
Ha Mu-baek had already come down to the coachman’s seat and was sitting together with Pyeong Deok-jo.
“It’s been a while.”
At Ha Mu-baek’s murmur, Pyeong Deok-jo nodded his head.
Ha Mu-baek glanced back at the cargo compartment.
“I hope everyone will be pleased with it.”
At those words, Pyeong Deok-jo gave a bitter smile.
Who on earth would be pleased with this?
“But is it really okay to just release jiangshi in the Great Training Ground?”
He voiced the doubt he had been harboring all along.
“Why?”
“Well, jiangshi as beings themselves, and their danger level… we should report to the higher-ups and get permission…”
The jiangshi were just Death Jiangshi, Poison Jiangshi, and Blood Jiangshi.
What was so great or dangerous about these mere creatures?
This was entirely Ha Mu-baek’s way of thinking.
Others might see it differently.
Since Pyeong Deok-jo’s opinion made sense.
Ha Mu-baek nodded his head.
“I should meet with the Academy Director first.”
Hearing those words, Pyeong Deok-jo immediately sensed that jiangshi would soon be released in the Great Training Ground.
Because the Academy Director didn’t seem like he would particularly stop whatever that monster instructor was trying to do.
The carriage safely passed through the main gate of Gyoryong Hall and headed toward the Great Training Ground.
The Maengryong Corps cadets who had been concentrating on their training cast glances toward the suddenly appeared cargo carriage.
The gaze of Wi Ji-gun, who was directing the cadets’ training from the platform, also turned in that direction.
His eyes met with Ha Mu-baek’s.
A thin smile appeared on the lips of Wi Ji-gun as Ha Mu-baek slightly bowed his head in greeting.
“Then keep a good watch over them.”
Saying this to Pyeong Deok-jo, Ha Mu-baek immediately disappeared.
His destination was the Director’s Pavilion.
He needed to get permission from Peng Do-yul.
“Come in.”
When he arrived at the office, Peng Do-yul greeted him as if he had been waiting for Ha Mu-baek.
“I received a report that you had left, and I also received a report that you just returned with a cargo carriage loaded with something, so I thought you would come soon.”
As if reading the question in Ha Mu-baek’s eyes, Peng Do-yul spoke with a face that said it was nothing special.
“So, what did you bring in the cargo carriage?”
“Jiangshi.”
Ha Mu-baek answered nonchalantly to Peng Do-yul’s question.
“Huh?”
However, since it wasn’t nonchalant content.
Peng Do-yul looked at Ha Mu-baek with a face wondering if he had heard wrong and asked again.
“Did you say jiangshi? Just now?”
Ha Mu-baek nodded his head.
“Death Jiangshi, Poison Jiangshi, Blood Jiangshi.”
Even the specific types.
Peng Do-yul’s face turned pale and hardened stiffly.
“So those cursed demons are inside Gyoryong Hall right now?”
Ha Mu-baek looked at Peng Do-yul as if wondering what the problem was.
Peng Do-yul hurriedly approached the window and looked out at Gyoryong Hall.
It was quiet.
If he really brought jiangshi in a cargo carriage, it couldn’t be this quiet.
No, wait.
Were jiangshi even creatures that could be captured and brought like this in the first place?
Peng Do-yul turned sharply to look at Ha Mu-baek.
“No, you can actually capture those things?”
Ha Mu-baek shrugged his shoulders.
“They’re lying nicely inside coffins.”
Peng Do-yul looked at Ha Mu-baek as if finding it amazing.
What kind of human being was this?
“So?”
“I was thinking of utilizing the jiangshi during Maengryong Corps training… I came to ask if that would be okay.”
Peng Do-yul looked at Ha Mu-baek with an incredulous face.
He wondered if he was serious, but.
Judging by his action of going all the way to Sanwol Demon Forest to procure jiangshi, he must be serious.
“So. You brought jiangshi for Maengryong Corps training?”
Peng Do-yul looked at Ha Mu-baek with eyes wondering what to do with this absurd human.
“Sigh. Do as you please. However, there must be no injuries, disturbances, or problems.”
“There won’t be any problems.”
With those words, Ha Mu-baek left.
“Hah. Jiangshi…”
Peng Do-yul frowned.
It was because the terrible memories of the last war came to mind.
Death Jiangshi aside.
Even Poison Jiangshi and Blood Jiangshi weren’t easy opponents.
To bring those things and train the Maengryong Corps.
He thought the man was thoroughly insane, but.
“Well. Soon they’ll have to go to Sanwol Demon Forest and face such things every day…”
He could also understand the reason behind Ha Mu-baek’s decision.
At least Ha Mu-baek was sincere about the Maengryong Corps.
To maximize their survival rate.
Peng Do-yul looked out the window.
Shame was written on his face.
Before Ha Mu-baek appeared.
It was shame toward himself for turning away from the reality of the Maengryong Corps, using the excuse that there was nothing he could do with his own power.
***
When Ha Mu-baek returned to the Great Training Ground.
It happened to be break time.
The Maengryong Squad Seven cadets approached Ha Mu-baek with welcoming faces.
“I see you’ve been receiving training diligently.”
Ha Mu-baek said as he looked around at them.
Meanwhile.
His gaze stopped on Yeon Ha-min.
Her energy had changed.
Using the Mugeuk Myeongryun Eye.
Indeed.
New internal energy had settled in her dantian.
It was internal energy that even Ha Mu-baek was seeing for the first time.
It was natural since he didn’t know every martial art in the world.
“It seems fate has connected.”
When Ha Mu-baek spoke to Yeon Ha-min, she nodded slightly.
After passing by Maengryong Corps 7th Group, Ji Gun-wi exchanged light greetings, and after greeting Han Seol-bing as well.
He went up to the platform.
“We will now begin formation training. After completing basic training, practical training will immediately follow. You must give your all.”
His voice, filled with internal energy, spread throughout the entire Great Training Ground.
Dang Jin-san kept glancing at the cargo cart that Ha Mu-baek had first arrived on.
“That thing must be loaded in there, right?”
At that question, the Seventh Group cadets nodded as if they were thinking the same thing.
After all.
The reason Ha Mu-baek had left was.
“I need to catch a few guys…”
It was after he had said these words.
So that cargo cart must definitely be loaded with the few guys he had caught.
“Considering the time it took, it seems like he didn’t just catch them… I really should have followed somehow.”
Dang Jin-san muttered regretfully.
That regret was shared by all the Maengryong Corps 7th Group cadets.
They knew well by now.
That experiencing real combat with Ha Mu-baek would make them one step stronger.
Right now, their thirst for strength had risen infinitely high.
“What could be there?”
Nak U-jin muttered curiously.
“If he caught them for Maengryong Corps group training… maybe Death Jiangshi?”
Dan Mok Un-rae said, recalling when they first went to Sanwol Demon Forest.
Even the Death Jiangshi back then.
Had been truly terrifying.
“I think there might even be Poison Jiangshi.”
At Yeon Ha-min’s words.
Dang Jin-san shook his head.
“How do you see our instructor? I think there are even Blood Jiangshi. There probably aren’t any Silent Iron Jiangshi since we’ve never encountered those.”
At those words, everyone made expressions of disbelief.
“Tsk. What martial art did we learn when we faced Blood Jiangshi?”
Dang Jin-san asked as if he would teach them a lesson.
“Three Talents Art.”
Dan Mok Un-rae’s answer.
“Then what martial art is Maengryong Corps learning now during group training?”
“Bright Formation…”
Baek Ri-pyeong answered while nodding.
Certainly, compared to the Three Talents Art they had learned back then, Bright Formation was definitely a slightly more advanced martial art.
“But the internal energy…”
Dan Mok Un-rae muttered in an uncertain voice.
Certainly, back then they had eaten those bizarre and terribly tasting elixirs and had considerable internal energy accumulated.
“But this isn’t Sanwol Demon Forest, and the number of jiangshi is limited. There are many cadets. As Jin-san said, there might even be Blood Jiangshi.”
Yeon Ha-min quickly changed her opinion.
She honestly admitted that she hadn’t considered the martial art they were learning.
Sometimes she was surprised by Dang Jin-san’s sharp insights like this.
It was quiet.
They had been busy sharing opinions.
After reaching some conclusion and only now thinking about their surroundings.
The Great Training Ground was even silent.
Only then did Maengryong Corps 7th Group sense something strange and look around.
“Are you done chatting?”
Ha Mu-baek was staring intently at them.
The other cadets were also following his gaze and looking at the Seventh Group.
The startled Seventh Group cadets bowed their heads deeply.
The backs of their necks turned red.
Who would have thought that Ha Mu-baek was watching them whispering quietly?
“We will now begin training. Form formations by groups.”
At Ha Mu-baek’s shout, Maengryong Corps moved in perfect unison.
Indeed.
Having been personally trained by their master, their movements were fast and precise.
“Everyone maintain maximum vigilance. I’m going in personally. You don’t know when or where I’ll go, so maintain concentration!”
With those words, Ha Mu-baek’s figure disappeared.
Silence fell over the Great Training Ground again.
It was because the disappeared Ha Mu-baek didn’t appear anywhere.
The cadets kept glancing around.
They concentrated as much as possible and observed their surroundings.
But there was no way they could sense Ha Mu-baek’s presence with their abilities.
Among the cadets present, there was someone who could sense Ha Mu-baek’s presence.
Only one person.
Ha Seol-ran.
However.
Bewilderment appeared on her face.
No matter how much she concentrated her energy sense.
Even after gathering and gathering her widely spread energy sense, limiting it to around this Great Training Ground.
She couldn’t sense her elder brother’s presence.
The Maengryong Corps 7th Group cadets read Ha Seol-ran’s expression.
‘Seol-ran lost track of his presence? Just how much stronger has our instructor become?’
It seemed like they had never seen Ha Seol-ran lose track of Ha Mu-baek’s presence before.
Now that she had lost track of Ha Mu-baek’s presence even after confirming with her own eyes.
‘Elder brother always becomes incredibly strong when he returns from being away… I too must become stronger.’
Her confusion was brief, as Ha Seol-ran bit her lip and steeled her resolve.
That’s when it happened.
Bang!
With a loud noise.
Baek Ri-pyeong staggered backward.
Ha Mu-baek’s wooden sword had struck his shield.
They couldn’t sense even the slightest sign.
Really.
Even though they had raised their concentration to the maximum and watched their surroundings.
The Seventh Group cadets were startled.
However, they were even more surprised by Ha Mu-baek’s aura that they felt immediately after.
“Th-this is…”
Ha Seol-ran’s voice trembled.
A damp and unpleasant energy was flowing out in waves.
A feeling that made goosebumps rise all over the body.
She had definitely experienced this similar energy before.
But it hadn’t been to this extent, she thought.
Right now, goosebumps were rising on the bodies of all the Seventh Group cadets.
“…Jiangshi…?”
When Yeon Ha-min muttered briefly as if she couldn’t believe it.
The second attack struck Dan Mok Un-rae’s shield.
Bang!
Once again, a loud collision sound rang out.
“Won’t you come to your senses? My consideration ends here.”
At Ha Mu-baek’s ominously felt voice, the cadets snapped to attention.
Come to think of it, with Baek Ri-pyeong too, and with Dan Mok Un-rae too.
It seemed he had deliberately struck the shield.
While they were spacing out.
The seven cadets from Seventh Group and Twentieth Group began moving quickly.
They moved their sword and shield formation according to the bright style and surrounded Ha Mu-baek.
Even while doing so, at the aura Ha Mu-baek was emitting.
They hesitated repeatedly.
That strong yet damp and chilling.
Unpleasant aura.
Was even interfering with the formation’s movement.
They gritted their teeth and moved their legs, swinging their arms.
Ha Mu-baek’s wooden sword struck the cadets’ shields, and the cadets’ practice swords flew toward Ha Mu-baek.
It was certainly the bright style, but.
Each cadet’s sword contained their own heart comprehension.
Taiji Wisdom Sword, Celestial Galaxy Sword, Eighty-One Style Galaxy Phantom Sword Technique, Nine Spirit Snake Whips, Infinite Adaptable Eight Absolute Sword Technique.
Ha Mu-baek was slightly impressed that Ha Seol-ran’s level had risen considerably.
He was also surprised by Yeon Ha-min’s sword movements.
Even though the time he had been away wasn’t very long.
She was already incorporating the sword principles of the newly learned sword into the bright style.
Though clumsy.
Yeon Ha-min was gradually melting Ten Thousand Flowers Moon Fall Sword Dance into the bright style.
They did their best and deployed the bright style containing their achievements with all their might, but.
Bang! Kwakwabang! Bang!
Crack!
After the shield was finally shattered by Ha Mu-baek’s fist.
Thud! Thudthud!
Thud! Thud! Thud!
Everyone fell backward.
The time they endured was about half of half a gak (approximately 3 minutes 45 seconds).
It was a time that was long if considered long, short if considered short.
“Next.”
Ha Mu-baek glanced at the Seventh Group cadets collapsed on the ground and spoke with internal energy.
That voice was clearly embedded in the ears of all cadets in the Great Training Ground.
“Gulp.”
When someone’s sound of swallowing dry saliva rang out.
Ha Mu-baek’s body movement disappeared again.
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