The World’s Greatest Martial Arts Instructor - Chapter 407

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Chapter 407. Has This Bastard Gone Crazy?

 

 

 

 

 

From Muchang in Hubei Province to Luoyang in Henan Province.

 

It’s roughly over twelve hundred li in a straight line.

 

Ha Mu-baek deployed his lightness skill to the maximum and traveled straight through.

 

There were high mountain ranges in between, but they couldn’t slow Ha Mu-baek’s steps.

 

He carried a wooden coffin floating through aerial manipulation while unfolding his Lightning Swift Travel, running at light-speed.

 

After running without rest for a full day, the castle walls of Luoyang came into view in the distance.

 

“Whew. I should rest a bit first.”

 

Ha Mu-baek stopped at a nearby inn.

 

The inn owner was wary of a man entering while carrying a coffin.

 

But quickly changed his attitude at the silver coins falling from his hand.

 

“Haha, guest. Where shall I take you?”

 

“A spacious private room. And prepare some bath water too.”

 

“Yes, understood. Please come this way.”

 

The power of silver coins was tremendous.

 

The inn owner personally guided him, leaving the shopkeeper behind.

 

The top floor of the inn.

 

With only five rooms here, it seemed to be a collection of only the spacious rooms.

 

“Please enter here. I’ll have bath water prepared in this corner.”

 

After placing the wooden coffin in one corner of the room and sitting on the bed to rest.

 

“Guest. I’ll prepare your bath water.”

 

The shopkeeper’s voice came from outside.

 

“Come in.”

 

With several people moving busily, the bath water was quickly prepared.

 

After giving a few coins to those who worked hard and sending them away.

 

As he immersed his body in the warm water.

 

The fatigue from deploying lightness skills all day seemed to melt away.

 

No matter how skilled Ha Mu-baek was.

 

This kind of travel was quite tiring work.

 

The dust accumulated on his entire body was also washed away by the bath water.

 

Ha Mu-baek relieved his fatigue until the water cooled.

 

The moment the water seemed to cool.

 

Heat energy arose from his body and steam instantly rose from the water.

 

Ha Mu-baek reheated the water two more times this way and relieved his fatigue within it.

 

In fact, for someone of Ha Mu-baek’s level, circulating internal energy once would be much more effective.

 

But Ha Mu-baek occasionally enjoyed immersing his body in warm water like this and being languidly thoughtless.

 

Relieving fatigue in hot springs accidentally discovered during Gangho operations was one of the few pleasures during those intense times.

 

“Indeed. I wonder if they reported properly?”

 

Ha Mu-baek muttered while looking up at the ceiling.

 

The result was sufficiently predictable, but he needed to confirm it.

 

While also informing them of the proper facts.

 

After spending a day at the inn, Ha Mu-baek.

 

Immediately entered Luoyang.

 

Since he was carrying a wooden coffin containing a jiangshi, there would likely be troublesome matters passing through the city gate.

 

So he simply climbed over the wall.

 

Even so, no one noticed Ha Mu-baek’s movements.

 

This continued all the way to the Jeongcheon Alliance.

 

He climbed over the Jeongcheon Alliance’s wall and headed straight to Cheonmok Pavilion.

 

Cheonmok Pavilion was where Gongsun Dan-gyeong’s office was located.

 

Until Ha Mu-baek reached the entrance of Cheonmok Pavilion, the Jeongcheon Alliance warriors didn’t sense his presence.

 

Only one person.

 

Jeongcheon Alliance Leader So Hwi-ung.

 

His eyebrows twitched as he sat in the Alliance Leader’s office.

 

If Ha Mu-baek had tried to hide all his presence, he wouldn’t have noticed either.

 

But since he didn’t bother to do so.

 

Only So Hwi-ung sensed Ha Mu-baek’s presence.

 

He could sense it because of his recent achievements.

 

‘Mu-baek?’

 

So Hwi-ung put down the brush he was holding.

 

Then he stood up.

 

“Cheonmok Pavilion?”

 

As So Hwi-ung muttered this and immediately moved his steps, the Hotian Dan’s Personal Guards followed.

 

Six people in total.

 

One of them was Dam Mu-heun.

 

“Where are you heading?”

 

To Dam Mu-heun’s question.

 

“Cheonmok Pavilion.”

 

So Hwi-ung answered briefly.

 

Immediately, the news was quickly spread by the Hocheondan Members.

 

If the Alliance Leader was heading to Cheonmok Pavilion, his destination was obvious.

 

He must be going to meet the Military Advisor.

 

The Hotian Dan’s martial artists moved busily.

 

The martial artists within the Jeongcheon Alliance bowed deeply when they met the Alliance Leader.

 

Since the Alliance Leader moving within the alliance was always happening.

 

There was no commotion.

 

But since the former Dan-ju was demoted.

 

The Hotian Dan, who had often lost track of the Alliance Leader’s movements, moved even more noisily.

 

Their determination to never lose the Alliance Leader was evident.

 

 

 

“Wh, who are you!”

 

Bae Dan-ya, the young Gate Guard of Cheonmok Pavilion, was startled.

 

A person suddenly appeared in front where there had been nothing.

 

If he were a Jeongcheon Alliance martial artist, he would never appear like this.

 

“Gyoryong Hall Maengryong Corps Chief Instructor Ha Mu-baek.”

 

Ha Mu-baek briefly revealed his affiliation.

 

An absurd expression appeared on the Gate Guard’s face upon hearing those words.

 

Gyoryong Hall.

 

And an instructor of the Maengryong Corps at that?

 

How could such a person appear without notice at Cheonmok Pavilion, which belongs to the core of the Jeongcheon Alliance?

 

“What business does a Gyoryong Hall Maengryong Corps instructor have? I haven’t heard any news?”

 

After learning the other party’s status, the Gate Guard’s voice became high-handed.

 

His face showed he thought of him as merely a Gyoryong Hall Maengryong Corps instructor, not even from the Jeongcheon Alliance.

 

It was understandable.

 

That’s possible.

 

Bae Dan-ya, who encountered Ha Mu-baek, was merely a first-year Gate Guard at Cheonmok Pavilion.

 

It was still a time when his shoulders would be full of tension.

 

No, it would have been different if he were an instructor from Jamryong Corps or Waryong Corps.

 

He too was from Jamryong Corps after all.

 

However, judging by the fact that he didn’t recognize his face, he wasn’t an instructor from Jamryong Corps or Waryong Corps.

 

He was definitely an instructor from Maengryong Corps.

 

So he had no choice but to become high-handed.

 

During his time at Gyoryong Hall, Maengryong Corps was utterly insignificant, not just the cadets but even the instructors.

 

Ha Mu-baek nodded slightly as if he could understand such a change in the Gate Guard, then spoke.

 

“I came to see Gongsun Elder.”

 

“Gongsun Elder?”

 

Bae Dan-ya tilted his head for a moment.

 

Elder?

 

Was there someone among Cheonmok Pavilion’s laborers who used the surname Gongsun?

 

As far as he knew, there wasn’t.

 

He didn’t know all the personal details of the laborers, nor did he need to.

 

But he knew one thing.

 

There was only one person at Cheonmok Pavilion who used the surname Gongsun.

 

Bae Dan-ya’s face twisted viciously as he recalled this.

 

Because he realized who this mere instructor before him had dared to call Gongsun Elder.

 

“How dare you! How dare you insult the Pavilion Master with that lowly mouth of yours!”

 

An angry shout burst from Bae Dan-ya’s mouth.

 

“What? What’s going on?”

 

At that moment.

 

His senior Gate Guard Jong Mun-pyeong, who had briefly left to take care of some business, came running urgently.

 

This was Cheonmok Pavilion, the central pillar of Jeongcheon Alliance.

 

There was rarely any reason for a Gate Guard to burst out in anger like this here.

 

Wondering what the commotion was about, he had quickened his steps.

 

And when he spotted Ha Mu-baek, he froze in place.

 

Why is that person here?

 

Didn’t he go to Gyoryong Hall?

 

Why is he here?

 

Then that angry shout just now?

 

Looking at his junior’s face, red with anger and indignation.

 

Clearly that angry shout from earlier was from this Bae Dan-ya.

 

Has this bastard lost his mind?

 

Does he even know who the person standing before him is?

 

While Jong Mun-pyeong was frozen stiff upon spotting Ha Mu-baek.

 

Ha Mu-baek’s gaze turned toward him.

 

“Hm? That’s a familiar face.”

 

Receiving Ha Mu-baek’s gaze, he.

 

“It’s, it’s been a long time since I’ve seen you…”

 

He greeted with a trembling voice while performing a Cupped Fist Salute.

 

His senior, who had briefly left saying he needed to take care of some business, returned and immediately showed such behavior.

 

To a mere Gyoryong Hall instructor?

 

What on earth was going on?

 

While Bae Dan-ya looked back and forth between his senior and the Maengryong Corps instructor with a bewildered expression.

 

“I’ll, I’ll immediately notify the Gate Captain.”

 

Jong Mun-pyeong shouted with a disciplined demeanor.

 

Then he looked at Bae Dan-ya.

 

Bae Dan-ya just stared back at Jong Mun-pyeong with a blank expression.

 

“You bastard. What are you doing instead of quickly bringing the Gate Captain?”

 

An angry voice struck his junior’s ears.

 

Not understanding what was happening, he hurriedly ran toward the waiting room for Gate Guards prepared on the first floor of Cheonmok Pavilion.

 

“What? What is it?”

 

The Gate Captain had worked the night shift last night, so he was just settling into sweet sleep.

 

When the youngest among the Gate Guards came running frantically looking for him, he asked in an irritated voice.

 

“Well, that is, Guard Jong said to bring the Gate Captain immediately…”

 

At the confused appearance of the youngest, Bae Dan-ya, the Gate Captain’s face twisted with anger.

 

“What are you suddenly talking about? Why is Mun-pyeong looking for me?”

 

“I, I don’t know. Someone called Ha Mu-baek, the chief instructor of Maengryong Corps at Gyoryong Hall, came looking…”

 

“What?”

 

The Gate Captain sprang up from the bed where he had been half-reclining.

 

Then he asked Bae Dan-ya.

 

“Who did you say?”

 

“Someone called Ha Mu-baek, the chief instructor of Maengryong Corps at Gyoryong Hall…”

 

Definitely the name Ha Mu-baek.

 

Ha Mu-baek.

 

Instructor Ha Mu-baek from Gyoryong Hall.

 

There was only one person who would use that name.

 

As far as the Gate Captain knew, that was the case.

 

“Damn it!”

 

Gate Captain Go Gi-ryong roughly pushed Bae Dan-ya aside and rushed out.

 

At the Gate Captain’s reaction, Bae Dan-ya, who was wondering what on earth was happening, hurriedly ran back toward the main gate of Cheonmok Pavilion.

 

“I, I, I greet Dan-ju!”

 

As soon as he arrived at the main gate, Go Gi-ryong bowed and shouted loudly.

 

What was he talking about?

 

Dan-ju?

 

But he clearly said instructor?

 

While Bae Dan-ya’s face was being colored with confusion.

 

“Oh? Gi-ryong, it’s been a while. But you’re the Gate Captain now?”

 

Ha Mu-baek spoke happily upon meeting someone he properly knew.

 

“Yes. Well, that is, I was promoted during the personnel adjustment at the beginning of last year…”

 

Go Gi-ryong’s voice was extremely cautious.

 

He had no choice.

 

The personnel adjustment at the beginning of last year.

 

That was when Ha Mu-baek was demoted and assigned to Gyoryong Hall.

 

“Ah, so that happened after I left. No wonder I didn’t know. And I’m not Dan-ju anymore. I’m just an instructor at Gyoryong Hall.”

 

Ha Mu-baek said with a slight smile.

 

Meanwhile.

 

Jong Mun-pyeong bowed his head and informed Go Gi-ryong of everything that had happened earlier through Sound Transmission.

 

[Bae Dan-ya caused a commotion in front of Ha Mu-baek.]

 

“Well… Instructor Ha. This fellow was assigned to Cheonmok Pavilion this year. After graduating from Gyoryong Hall, he spent about two years in the provinces and received good evaluations, so he was assigned to Cheonmok Pavilion… It seems he made a mistake not recognizing Instructor Ha, so if you could generously overlook it…”

 

Go Gi-ryong roughly dragged Bae Dan-ya over, forced him to bow, and spoke cautiously.

 

Ha Mu-baek shrugged his shoulders.

 

“What did he do wrong? A Gate Guard of Cheonmok Pavilion said something natural to a mere Maengryong Corps instructor.”

 

At Ha Mu-baek’s pointed words, Go Gi-ryong and Jong Mun-pyeong’s faces turned white as paper.

 

At their appearance, Ha Mu-baek chuckled.

 

Though it had been over a year and six months since he left.

 

There were still those in the Alliance who remembered him.

 

“It’s just a joke. A joke. What’s so great about me that I’d make a fuss over something like that?”

 

At Ha Mu-baek’s calm words, the two men’s complexions finally returned to normal.

 

The two knew well.

 

If Ha Mu-baek said so, then that’s how it was.

 

Since he directly said it was a joke, it was a joke.

 

This meant there would be no trouble from this incident.

 

Only then could they finally feel at ease.

 

“Are, are you here to see the Pavilion Master?”

 

If Ha Mu-baek had come to Cheonmok Pavilion, his business was obvious.

 

“Right. I want to meet Gongsun Elder.”

 

“I’ll send word inside. Please follow me.”

 

Gate Guard Go Gi-ryong personally and respectfully escorted Ha Mu-baek inside.

 

Ha Mu-baek naturally followed behind him.

 

The wooden coffin that had been briefly set on the ground rose back into midair through Void Grasping.

 

Bae Dan-ya’s eyes widened as if they would tear at the sight.

 

“Vo, vo, vo, void…”

 

He couldn’t properly finish his words.

 

Jong Mun-pyeong looked calm as if seeing something natural.

 

After the two figures disappeared.

 

“Wh, who exactly is that person? Guard Jong?”

 

Bae Dan-ya asked with a face still wrapped in confusion.

 

“Damn it. Ugh! Just. Hey, you bastard. We almost all died because of you!”

 

Jong Mun-pyeong’s anger, recalling the dangerous situation from moments ago, turned toward Bae Dan-ya again.

 

Bae Dan-ya flinched, shrank back, and retreated.

 

“Sigh. Well, you didn’t know. What, it passed safely. But his personality has really mellowed. To just let something like this slide.”

 

Jong Mun-pyeong tilted his head while looking at where Ha Mu-baek had disappeared.

 

“So, who exactly is he…”

 

“Former Hocheon Corps Leader.”

 

To the repeated question, Jong Mun-pyeong answered briefly.

 

Bae Dan-ya’s face turned pale white upon hearing those words.

 

“Th, th, that… the one who assaulted the Enforcement Department Head and was demoted outside the Alliance as punishment…”

 

He knew that rumor. It had been such a tremendous incident.

 

Jong Mun-pyeong nodded at Bae Dan-ya’s words.

 

“Do you understand now?”

 

At Jong Mun-pyeong’s question, Bae Dan-ya nodded vigorously and clutched his chest.

 

He had truly come back from the dead.

 

If things went wrong, he was someone who would beat up even the Enforcement Department Head, his superior.

 

Someone like himself, a mere Gate Guard.

 

Bae Dan-ya broke out in cold sweat while glancing toward where Ha Mu-baek had disappeared.

 

 

 

The Jeongcheon Alliance had many eyes and ears.

 

The commotion at the main gate of Cheonmok Pavilion naturally spread through word of mouth.

 

Yeon Ja-gyeong was able to hear the news quickly.

 

“So that presence was that bastard Ha Mu-baek?”

 

The unfamiliar but seemingly strong presence that had suddenly appeared.

 

It was a presence Yeon Ja-gyeong had been able to detect after reaching a new level.

 

He had been about to send people to investigate, feeling it seemed quite strong.

 

To think it was Ha Mu-baek.

 

“Why on earth has that bastard come to the Main Alliance…”

 

Yeon Ja-gyeong frowned and fell into thought.

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