The World’s Greatest Martial Arts Instructor - Chapter 424

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Chapter 424. It Was Beyond My Expectations

 

 

“I will personally go to Sanwol Demon Forest…”

So Hwi-ung tapped the armrest of his chair with his finger.

“That would mean Hotian Dan would all move together as well.”

“That is correct.”

Gongsun Dan-gyeong nodded calmly.

“Then we would completely empty the alliance? I don’t know how Elder Ryeon and the Elder Council will react to that.”

Leaving only hostile forces at headquarters and abandoning the inner sanctum? In So Hwi-ung’s mind, this was unacceptable.

“This would be after first dispatching Yongadan, the Elder Council’s strongest force, to Jiangxi Province.”

“Though we’d also be sending out Yonggakdan, the Alliance Leader’s Hall’s strongest force.”

“We have Homaengdan.”

Though both the Elder Council and Alliance Leader’s Hall would turn their forces outward, Homaengdan, the defensive military unit that protected the alliance, remained solid.

Gongsun Dan-gyeong stated this fact.

Above all, wasn’t Homaengdan under Cheonmok Pavilion, where he served as leader?

Even so, So Hwi-ung’s face was full of concern.

“Even so, with the Elder Council’s elders holding their positions, wouldn’t Homaengdan be insufficient?”

“Jiangxi Province and the Alliance Leader. Which of these two is more important to you, Alliance Leader? If we abandon Jiangxi Province, that would only give the Elder Council more ammunition.”

An Alliance Leader who powerlessly handed over Jeongcheon Alliance territory to Sahae Ryeon.

There would be sufficient grounds for impeachment.

So Hwi-ung’s complexion hardened.

“If the Elder Council makes a move when the Alliance Leader empties the alliance to eliminate the new jiangshi in Sanwol Demon Forest, we would have justification. But if we pathetically hand over Jiangxi Province to Sahae Ryeon, the Elder Council would hold the justification.”

Gongsun Dan-gyeong spoke with his eyes gleaming brightly.

So Hwi-ung stared intently at Gongsun Dan-gyeong.

Gongsun Dan-gyeong did not avoid that gaze.

“I should train a bit more. I’ve never faced a jiangshi called Myeol-cheon.”

At So Hwi-ung’s calm words, the corners of Gongsun Dan-gyeong’s mouth rose slightly.

“Then let’s proceed that way. Here is the Alliance Leader’s command token.”

So Hwi-ung took out a token made of white jade and platinum from his chest and handed it over.

The Jeongcheon Alliance Leader’s Command Token.

It was the Alliance Leader’s sacred object with absolute authority that took precedence over everything in Jeongcheon Alliance.

Even the Elder Council could not refuse a command from the Alliance Leader’s token.

Because it possessed such absolute power, the Alliance Leader’s token could not be used carelessly at any time.

But now it could be used.

Sahae Ryeon had declared war, saying they would send troops to Jiangxi Province, which was Jeongcheon Alliance territory.

In other words, it was wartime.

 

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After lunch time.

All the Maengryong Corps cadets gathered at the Great Training Ground.

Today as well, after energy circulation, there would be sparring with the instructors including Ha Mu-baek.

The most difficult sparring opponent was still Ha Mu-baek, but sparring with Instructor Han Seol-bing or Jigunwi Instructor was also not easy.

Therefore, tension was clearly visible on their faces as they opened their eyes.

Along with the desperate hope that they wouldn’t be matched with those three instructors.

Ha Mu-baek moved first.

The one who faced him was Ung-cheol.

Ung-cheol’s eyes blazed with fighting spirit.

The one Ji Gun-wi faced was Bi Jin-hyeop.

Bi Jin-hyeop’s face immediately contorted.

His face was full of worry about how painfully he would be beaten today.

Han Seol-bing headed toward Jeok Ga-ye.

Jeok Ga-ye, facing her, smiled slightly.

Her recent rapid growth had instilled confidence in her.

Other instructors including Pyeong Deok-jo also stood before cadets.

Cadets who couldn’t face an instructor stood facing their fellow cadets beside them.

“Begin!”

With Ha Mu-baek’s declaration, the sparring began.

Ung-cheol immediately kicked off the ground and moved his body with all his might, thrusting his sword.

The strength in his body was appropriately relaxed, while his sword contained tremendous power.

Clang!

Ha Mu-baek’s lightly extended sword blocked Ung-cheol’s strike.

The rebound force transmitted through his hand with a tingling sensation.

At that sensation, Ung-cheol grinned.

‘Yes, this is the feeling.’

Though sparring with Cho Mu-ha was very helpful, the feeling was different from this.

Instructor Ha Mu-baek, who met his full strength with even greater force.

His body began to burn hotly.

And he began swinging his sword while looking only at Ha Mu-baek.

Stronger!

More massive!

With more power!

Ung-cheol focused only on that.

Ha Mu-baek was blocking Ung-cheol’s sword with indifferent eyes.

But his inner thoughts were different.

‘This guy. He’s gotten stronger.’

Though Ha Mu-baek was effortlessly handling Ung-cheol’s tremendous strength with his internal energy.

If he fought Ung-cheol without any internal energy, purely with physical strength alone.

He wondered if he could overwhelm him.

Ung-cheol’s physical strength was that naturally gifted.

Moreover.

To break an opponent stronger than himself, he concentrated all his mind on his sword strikes.

His dantian’s internal energy flowed into his sword, gradually doubling its power.

The harmonious combination of natural physical strength and internal energy.

This brought about a truly tremendous synergistic effect.

Ha Mu-baek, blocking Ung-cheol’s sword, gradually increased the internal energy he put into his sword.

A tickling sensation arose in Ung-cheol’s chest, as if just a little more would achieve something.

The frustration of seeming possible but not quite happening.

When that frustration heavily blocked his chest.

“Kryaaaaaaah!!!”

Ung-cheol swung his sword with a great battle cry as if to blow away the frustration.

At that moment.

With a feeling of something breaking in his dantian, torrential internal energy swirled through his entire body and extended to his sword.

A subtle blue sword aura began to flicker around his sword flying toward Ha Mu-baek.

Kwaaaaang!

A tremendous crash echoed out.

Ha Mu-baek was still blocking Ung-cheol’s sword with an expressionless face.

The sparring in the training ground momentarily stopped at the tremendous crash.

Everyone’s gaze turned toward the two of them.

“Huh?”

“Hmm?”

“What?”

The cadets were startled.

They had to be.

Though Ung-cheol had manifested sword qi, that was within the range all the cadets had expected.

What surprised them was something else.

Instructor Ha Mu-baek’s sword that was blocking Ung-cheol’s sword.

That sword was also faintly shimmering with white light.

“Th-that’s sword qi, right? That? For sure?”

Dang Jin-san asked while looking around at the cadets.

Baek Ri-pyeong and Ju U-myeong nodded their heads.

Han Seol-bing also had surprised eyes.

‘Dan-ju used sword qi?’

Even during the Hocheon Corps days, it was a rare occurrence.

But a second-year cadet of the Maengryong Corps had made that happen.

Ung-cheol, as if he didn’t know such facts.

Put more force into his sword that was blocked by Ha Mu-baek and pushed forward.

With the will to somehow make that damn instructor step back even one step.

However.

Ha Mu-baek didn’t budge at all.

He was just enduring Ung-cheol’s full-powered strength in that same position.

Everyone’s gaze in the Great Training Ground turned toward the two of them.

Ung-cheol gritted his teeth as if he knew nothing.

“Grrrrr.”

He put in even more strength, but.

“Huff.”

In the end, he exhausted himself and had to step back.

And then.

Only then did he notice.

The blue light faintly shimmering on his own sword.

Sword qi.

“Huh?”

He was bewildered and then widened his eyes.

And the moment his gaze reached the white sword qi faintly shimmering on Ha Mu-baek’s sword.

His jaw dropped open.

“Heh.”

With a small laugh, the sword qi disappeared from Ha Mu-baek’s sword.

“Not bad. I never expected you’d unleash such a strong sword that would make me manifest sword qi, even if just a little. It was beyond my expectations.”

Ha Mu-baek’s lips curved up slightly.

“Huh? What? Ah? That?”

Ung-cheol was so shocked by the sudden situation that he couldn’t speak properly.

Ha Mu-baek sheathed his sword and lightly patted Ung-cheol’s shoulder before moving to find his next opponent.

The cadets were watching the scene with disbelieving eyes.

 

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Just how did they create such a mechanism?

It wasn’t even the first floor, but a middle floor of the pavilion, so considering the upper and lower floors, this shouldn’t be possible.

Walls rising from all directions perfectly isolated Won Pyeong-sam.

A narrow space of three ja on all sides.

He was trapped there.

“Quite skillful indeed.”

Won Pyeong-sam muttered as if impressed.

Though it wasn’t ten-thousand-year cold iron, the walls looked quite sturdy.

That’s why he was puzzled.

If such mechanisms were installed in every room of the pleasure house, he couldn’t fathom how much it would cost.

“I didn’t know Haomun had this much money.”

“Hmph. Since we didn’t know what a suspicious person like you might do, we sent you to this room from the beginning.”

Manager Lee’s fierce voice reached Won Pyeong-sam’s ears.

A mechanism to trap dangerous individuals.

Not every room could have such mechanisms.

Even in Yegaru Pavilion, this mechanism was only installed in four rooms.

“It would be better not to trust this wall too much.”

“All four sides, as well as above and below, are blocked with cold iron. Even a supreme master couldn’t easily escape.”

Manager Lee spoke with a triumphant expression.

A very small hole drilled in the wall.

The voice was transmitted through there.

Meanwhile.

In each room, the courtesans apologized to their guests and got up from their seats.

The guests who had come to enjoy themselves at the pleasure house were being sent out with full refunds.

It was because Manager Lee had activated the mechanism.

Activating a mechanism to trap dangerous individuals meant something big had happened.

Haomun’s main headquarters began moving busily.

Tap tap.

When Won Pyeong-sam knocked on the iron wall.

A sound that conveyed considerable thickness was heard.

Won Pyeong-sam looked at the wall for a moment.

Meanwhile, Haomun’s martial artists gathered one after another.

To eliminate the intruder.

“What’s the matter? Manager Lee.”

Haomun Sect Leader Bae Un-san entered the room with a serious face.

“I greet the Sect Leader.”

Manager Lee bowed respectfully.

“This is a suspicious individual who recently crossed Shanhaiguan Pass into the Central Plains. He threatened to bring the Sect Leader, and his aura seemed unusual, so I had no choice but to activate the mechanism.”

They had completed investigating Won Pyeong-sam’s identity over the past few days.

Won Pyeong-sam also heard those words.

He nodded.

‘Quite useful indeed.’

Though it wasn’t intentional, he had confirmed their abilities anyway.

And since the sect leader had come too.

His purpose was achieved regardless. Though the process was a bit strange.

“So the sect leader has come.”

Won Pyeong-sam’s voice was transmitted outside through the small hole.

Bae Un-san’s gaze turned toward the cold iron wall.

“Who are you to intrude into Haomun?”

He had already received reports about that. Though he hadn’t known it was someone dangerous enough to require operating the mechanism to confine them.

Bae Un-san trusted Manager Lee’s judgment.

If he had determined this person was dangerous, then they were certainly dangerous.

“I have a proposal for you all, so I wanted to meet the Sect Leader. But this is the reception I get. Open the wall quickly. Don’t do something you’ll regret.”

Won Pyeong-sam said as he drew up his qi energy.

That aura crossed the Cold Iron wall and stung Bae Un-san’s skin sharply.

Bae Un-san nodded slightly.

He gestured with his eyes to dismiss the martial artists.

He judged that the martial artists here couldn’t subdue the confined person.

“Conversation is possible, so state your proposal from there.”

“There are many listeners though?”

“I don’t mind.”

“What if I refuse?”

“Then make yourself comfortable there.”

The answer for dangerous individuals was to just keep them quietly confined there.

No matter how strong a master might be, they would eventually die if they couldn’t eat or drink.

They just needed to keep him confined until then.

“You seem to have excessive faith in this wall.”

“….”

Bae Un-san didn’t answer.

Won Pyeong-sam looked around the space confining him once more.

He had been quietly watching out of curiosity to see what they would do, only to end up trapped.

It was a quite ingeniously designed mechanism.

The width and length were merely three feet (about 90cm).

It was such a narrow space that he couldn’t even properly extend his arms.

Moreover, from the feel when he had tapped it earlier, the thickness of the iron wall was also extraordinary.

They could be confident it could confine even a Super Peak master.

Won Pyeong-sam chuckled.

The ten pillars supporting Jin Ma-cheon.

The Ten Pillar Demon Families.

He was Won Pyeong-sam, Leader of the Won Family, the tenth family among those ten families.

He wasn’t someone who could be confined by a mere wall like this.

Black Gang Qi began to rise and wrapped around his hands.

Hand Gang as dark as pitch black.

Won Pyeong-sam extended his hand forward as if nothing could stop him.

Thunk.

His hand pierced through the iron wall like stabbing tofu.

“Gasp!”

Bae Un-san was startled by the pitch-black Hand Gang that suddenly appeared through the wall.

His face began to turn pale.

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