The World’s Greatest Martial Arts Instructor - Chapter 408

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Chapter 408. I’ll Help You

 

 

 

 

 

“Good grief. What a person does.”

 

Top floor of Cheonmok Pavilion.

 

Director’s Office.

 

Gongsun Dan-gyeong was watching the commotion in front of the main gate from this place.

 

He couldn’t help but know.

 

The Gate Guards’ loud voices suddenly burst out in this usually quiet place.

 

When he approached the open window and looked down, a familiar figure was standing there.

 

Someone who had no reason to suddenly visit this place.

 

Ha Mu-baek.

 

Even though he could have quietly entered the Director’s Chamber, he deliberately caused such a commotion in front of the main gate.

 

“Ho, Hocheon Corps Leader… no, former Hocheon Corps Leader, Maengryong Corps Chief Instructor Ha Mu-baek has come to visit.”

 

Just then, the Escort Guards’ shout was heard.

 

His voice was filled with fear.

 

It couldn’t be helped.

 

Wasn’t he the Escort Guard who had met Ha Mu-baek in front of the Director’s Chamber every time he came to visit during his days as Hocheon Corps Leader?

 

Having seen all of Ha Mu-baek’s various aspects, it was natural for him to be afraid.

 

“Escort him inside.”

 

Gongsun Dan-gyeong turned around and headed toward the center of the office.

 

There was a huge table placed there for use during meetings.

 

Creak.

 

The door opened and Ha Mu-baek entered.

 

Behind him, a wooden coffin was floating and moving along with him.

 

“It’s been a long time. But what is that?”

 

Gongsun Dan-gyeong asked, pointing at the wooden coffin.

 

“I came because of this.”

 

Ha Mu-baek said as he took a seat.

 

Gongsun Dan-gyeong sat across from him, and the Escort Guard quickly prepared tea and left the office.

 

“Really, this person. You could have come quietly, so why did you cause such a commotion?”

 

Ha Mu-baek smiled broadly.

 

“Are you asking because you know? Or are you asking because you don’t know?”

 

Gongsun Dan-gyeong chuckled.

 

“If you do that, the snake might run away instead of being startled and jumping out.”

 

Beating the grass to startle the snake.

 

Disturbing the grass to startle the snake.

 

Ha Mu-baek had done so with the purpose of startling someone in the Jeongcheon Alliance.

 

To see what kind of movement they would show.

 

“That seems to be right. I startled them, but seeing there’s no movement. Tsk.”

 

Ha Mu-baek clicked his tongue.

 

“So, what is it that shook the Jeongcheon Alliance so loudly?”

 

“A jiangshi.”

 

A short answer.

 

Ha Mu-baek answered while carefully observing Gongsun Dan-gyeong’s reaction.

 

“A jiangshi?”

 

When a question full of doubt came back.

 

A smile filled with intense killing intent formed on Ha Mu-baek’s lips.

 

Enough to startle Gongsun Dan-gyeong sitting across from him.

 

“Why, why are you like that? What exactly is the jiangshi in the coffin?”

 

“You don’t know?”

 

“I don’t know.”

 

“Hmm. Gongsun Elder doesn’t know…”

 

Ha Mu-baek crossed his arms and muttered.

 

The coffin lid opened and the jiangshi, perfectly subdued by Ha Mu-baek, slowly rose into midair.

 

Gongsun Dan-gyeong frowned as he looked at it.

 

Jiangshi always felt unpleasant no matter when you looked at them.

 

“This looks like a Poison Jiangshi?”

 

Gongsun Dan-gyeong identified even the type of jiangshi just from its appearance.

 

“Right, but wrong.”

 

At Ha Mu-baek’s contradictory answer, Gongsun Dan-gyeong frowned again and carefully examined the jiangshi once more.

 

Even so, his conclusion was that it was a Poison Jiangshi.

 

This was because the characteristics of a Poison Jiangshi were clearly evident.

 

Ha Mu-baek moved his internal energy and withdrew the energy that had been blocking the jiangshi’s mouth and nose.

 

Gongsun Dan-gyeong quietly watched to see what Ha Mu-baek was doing.

 

How long had it been like that?

 

Ha Mu-baek blocked the Poison Jiangshi’s mouth and nose again.

 

“Nothing strange?”

 

“What do you mean?”

 

Gongsun Dan-gyeong asked back.

 

“Take a close look at the interior.”

 

Though called a military advisor, Gongsun Dan-gyeong wasn’t someone who had never learned martial arts at all.

 

At Ha Mu-baek’s words, he quietly looked inside, but still couldn’t understand.

 

“I’ll help you.”

 

When Ha Mu-baek grabbed Gongsun Dan-gyeong’s wrist and moved his internal energy.

 

Now Gongsun Dan-gyeong could also feel the foreign energy that had entered his body.

 

“Wh, what is this?”

 

“Soul-Sleep Poison.”

 

At Ha Mu-baek’s answer, Gongsun Dan-gyeong’s eyes widened.

 

“H, how… is that in my body…”

 

“This one spews Soul-Sleep Poison through its nose and mouth. I had blocked it with my energy, but when I briefly released it, you got poisoned in the meantime.”

 

At Ha Mu-baek’s words, Gongsun Dan-gyeong was thrown into confusion.

 

He knew nothing about this kind of jiangshi.

 

No, hadn’t Soul-Sleep Poison only appeared in Gangho just a few months ago?

 

But a jiangshi spreads Soul-Sleep Poison?

 

“Let’s detoxify first.”

 

Ha Mu-baek simply eliminated the Soul-Sleep Poison that had infected Gongsun Dan-gyeong.

 

“Th, this is… what exactly…”

 

Gongsun Dan-gyeong stared blankly at the Soul-Sleep Poison Jiangshi.

 

“I encountered this fellow when I went to Sanwol Demon Forest due to an incident this time. I brought back one alive. Since Bongma Corps members were also present at the time, a report should have gone up to the Bongma Corps Leader, but do you really not know?”

 

Ha Mu-baek asked Gongsun Dan-gyeong again.

 

He gritted his teeth.

 

Because he had never received such a report.

 

“Is that really true?”

 

Then a voice was heard from the window.

 

The one who instantly entered through the window was So Hwi-ung.

 

His two eyes were blazing with fury.

 

Following behind him, Hocheondan Members entered one after another.

 

And upon discovering Ha Mu-baek, they all showed surprised expressions.

 

These were faces that never imagined he would be here like this.

 

Especially Dam Mu-heun’s expression was peculiar.

 

An expression that seemed both surprised and pleased.

 

“Why would I bother lying?”

 

Due to the nature of the situation, Ha Mu-baek’s words toward So Hwi-ung were respectful.

 

The Jeongcheon Alliance where many eyes were watching.

 

Even Ha Mu-baek couldn’t speak to the Alliance Leader here as he usually would.

 

“That’s true.”

 

So Hwi-ung said as he sat at the head seat of the table.

 

Dam Mu-heun and other Hocheondan Members stood around So Hwi-ung.

 

‘What? Why did you suddenly appear here?’

 

Dam Mu-heun asked with his eyes.

 

Though he desperately wanted to ask through voice transmission, he couldn’t do so beside the Alliance Leader.

 

Ha Mu-baek remarkably read Dam Mu-heun’s gaze.

 

[Just do your job well.]

 

Ha Mu-baek’s mind transmission echoing in Dam Mu-heun’s head.

 

Though he was guarding the surroundings to protect So Hwi-ung, no one noticed the sign of Ha Mu-baek sending voice transmission.

 

‘As expected, he’s a monster of a man.’

 

Ha Mu-baek casually sending him voice transmission through an advanced technique like mind transmission while conversing with So Hwi-ung and Gongsun Dan-gyeong.

 

Dam Mu-heun couldn’t help but think “as expected” at that sight.

 

“A Jiangshi that spews Soul Sleep Poison like breathing… The Bongma Corps Leader reported it, but that report didn’t reach Cheonmok Pavilion?”

 

So Hwi-ung’s eyes gleamed sharply.

 

“All reports from the Bongma Corps were the same as usual.”

 

Gongsun Dan-gyeong said while searching his memory.

 

The regular reports that came about once every ten days were all normal.

 

“When did you discover this thing?”

 

Ha Mu-baek told So Hwi-ung in considerable detail about when he went to Sanwol Demon Forest and what happened there.

 

Gongsun Dan-gyeong’s complexion hardened upon hearing those words.

 

“The report from that time already came to Cheonmok Pavilion. It also said there were no abnormalities.”

 

They had reported while omitting important content.

 

If it was a false report, then it was indeed a false report.

 

So Hwi-ung gave Dam Mu-heun a look.

 

Dam Mu-heun immediately sent voice transmission somewhere.

 

“So you lifted your heavy bottom and came all the way here to confirm how this turned out?”

 

So Hwi-ung asked Ha Mu-baek.

 

“It’s not that heavy. Since I went directly to Sanwol Demon Forest, I was able to discover and bring this new Jiangshi.”

 

So Hwi-ung chuckled at Ha Mu-baek’s answer.

 

“I know you’re busily traveling around All Under Heaven. But isn’t this the first time you’ve come to the Main Alliance since leaving?”

 

“A place where no one welcomes me when I come, there’s no need to visit.”

 

At Ha Mu-baek’s answer, So Hwi-ung looked at him with a displeased expression.

 

Though it was a courteous answer.

 

Looking deeper, Ha Mu-baek hadn’t yielded a single word to So Hwi-ung.

 

While the two were conversing, Gongsun Dan-gyeong poured tea water into the tea set left by the Escort Guards and placed it before So Hwi-ung.

 

“It seems you came to startle the snake.”

 

So Hwi-ung nodded at Gongsun Dan-gyeong’s words.

 

“Since it’s a thousand-year-old serpent, that snake won’t be easily startled. A wasted trip.”

 

“Do you really think so?”

 

Ha Mu-baek looked at So Hwi-ung.

 

Then.

 

Dam Mu-heun approached So Hwi-ung, covered his mouth, and conveyed something through voice transmission.

 

So Hwi-ung staring intently at Ha Mu-baek.

 

“That serpent seems to be involved in concealing news of this Jiangshi?”

 

So Hwi-ung nodding his head.

 

“The Bongma Corps Leader is a disciple of Gongdong Sect, and Gongdong Sect Leader Cheon Gi-buk is Yeon Family Head’s closest aide. Moreover, it seems Alliance Leader has also beaten the grass like me?”

 

Ha Mu-baek’s gaze turned somewhere as he spoke.

 

The one caught by Ha Mu-baek’s senses.

 

It was someone who had learned the martial arts of Hubei Yeon Family.

 

Stealth technique.

 

Though there was nothing where Ha Mu-baek looked, the air shimmered momentarily like a mirage rising.

 

So Hwi-ung also looked in that direction.

 

Anyway, they couldn’t hear the conversation taking place here.

 

Unless they had learned lip reading. They were already conversing with minimal lip movement.

 

They must be dying of curiosity about what the content was.

 

They just left it alone to let the snake know they were continuously beating the grass.

 

The reason for not closing the window was also the same.

 

Since another one would come even if they caught this one, it was more efficient to just use them rather than bother catching them.

 

“Certainly. Around the time that report with omitted Jiangshi content came. Elder Cheon Gi-buk also received a messenger bird and went to find Yeon Family Head.”

 

When So Hwi-ung said those words.

 

“Pavilion Master. I’ve brought what you ordered.”

 

The voice of Gongsun Dan-gyeong’s Escort Guards was heard from outside the office.

 

“Bring it in.”

 

The door opened, an Escort Guards handed a piece of paper to Gongsun Dan-gyeong, then disappeared.

 

Gongsun Dan-gyeong carefully examined the paper’s contents, nodded, then ignited Sammaejinhwa to burn the paper.

 

“That Sammaejinhwa is always first-rate. Military Advisor.”

 

Ha Mu-baek said with a chuckle.

 

“I have a lot of papers to burn.”

 

Gongsun Dan-gyeong joked at those words.

 

“It’s as Alliance Leader said. There’s a record of the Bongma Corps sending a messenger bird to Elder Cheon Gi-buk around that time.”

 

Ha Mu-baek shook his head at those words.

 

“Whew. I don’t know how I lived in such a stifling place.”

 

Everyone’s actions were being monitored and recorded.

 

The person involved might or might not know.

 

“Mu-baek, wasn’t that irrelevant to you?”

 

So Hwi-ung asked, tilting his head.

 

With Ha Mu-baek’s martial arts level, he could detect most surveillance, so they hadn’t monitored him at all.

 

He was also the most trusted person.

 

“This place is a demon’s den where everyone watches everyone.”

 

However, that was only So Hwi-ung’s story.

 

There was someone who sent watchers regardless of Ha Mu-baek noticing their presence.

 

Ha Mu-baek looked outside once more.

 

And then looked up at the ceiling too.

 

‘Two of them.’

 

Of course, since they had set up an energy barrier around this space, they wouldn’t be able to hear the conversation here.

 

So Hwi-ung had heard about the Jiangshi because he entered through the window, penetrating the energy barrier.

 

Ha Mu-baek had also intentionally left that side’s energy barrier open after sensing the Alliance Leader’s approach.

 

“So, Yeon Family Head received this report but didn’t inform Cheonmok Pavilion and caused the omission. What could his intention be?”

 

When Sanwol Demon Forest had become more dangerous.

 

The Bongma Corps that must fight jiangshi in Sanwol Demon Forest.

 

And Yeon Ja-gyeong, who manages the Bongma Corps, had hidden this fact.

 

He was making things more dangerous.

 

So Hwi-ung looked at Gongsun Dan-gyeong with an expression of confusion and asked.

 

“It’s probably because of the field training.”

 

“Field training?”

 

Ha Mu-baek asked with a face that said this was the first he’d heard of it in response to Gongsun Dan-gyeong’s answer.

 

“You didn’t know?”

 

Gongsun Dan-gyeong asked as if puzzled.

 

He thought Gyoryong Hall was busy because of this, so he never expected Ha Mu-baek wouldn’t know.

 

Gongsun Dan-gyeong briefly explained the field training for Jamryong and Waryong Cadets that Yeon Ja-gyeong was pushing forward.

 

“If Sanwol Demon Forest becomes more dangerous, there could be casualties among the cadets doing field training, so why is he doing this?”

 

Their information was missing a very important part.

 

That’s why they couldn’t figure out Yeon Ja-gyeong’s intentions.

 

Even though they were monitoring him like this.

 

Yeon Ja-gyeong was exchanging communications while breaking through that surveillance.

 

They couldn’t know Yeon Ja-gyeong’s true intentions.

 

Ha Mu-baek carefully observed the two men.

 

There was much information they didn’t know.

 

Especially.

 

The Alliance Leader and Cheonmokgak Leader seemed unaware of the White Flower Purple Light Grass.

 

That the Bongma Corps had harvested it.

 

That the result was an incredibly powerful Internal Energy Scattering Poison.

 

‘It’s certain that Yeon Ja-gyeong is plotting something in Sanwol Demon Forest…’

 

Ha Mu-baek postponed informing them of this fact for now.

 

He didn’t want them to move rashly and disturb the snake.

 

Startling the snake and making it move had to be done according to Ha Mu-baek’s own intentions.

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