The World’s Greatest Martial Arts Instructor - Chapter 483

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Chapter 483. Too Late

 

 

It was around sunset when So Hwi-ung led the Bongma Corps and arrived at the Jeongcheon Alliance Headquarters.

The measures taken after arriving at the headquarters were unusual.

Those who had been detained and escorted as criminals were immediately imprisoned in the Thunder Prison of the Alliance Leader’s Hall.

The remaining Bongma Corps members were also completely isolated in the Alliance Leader’s Hall, prevented from meeting with others.

It was called isolation.

But the situation was no different from confinement.

The place where the criminals were imprisoned was also problematic.

According to alliance rules, criminals of the Jeongcheon Alliance should be imprisoned in the Thunder Prison of the Enforcement Department.

Except for a few exceptional cases.

But imprisoning them in the Thunder Prison of the Alliance Leader’s Hall meant.

Therefore, throughout the night, all sorts of rumors and speculation circulated within the Jeongcheon Alliance.

Because there were quite a few who had witnessed their return.

Among those who returned, only the Alliance Leader, the Hocheondan Members, and Ha Mu-baek were free.

No one dared to approach them and ask what had happened.

“What on earth is this…?”

Cheon Gi-buk was pacing back and forth in his office, frowning.

The return of the Bongma Corps, and the death of his disciple Do Sim-geuk and Yang Bi-chang’s imprisonment.

The sudden flood of news made him anxious.

He couldn’t even understand what this was all about.

While people cheered at the annihilation of the jiangshi in Sanwol Demon Forest and questioned the imprisonment of the Bongma Corps.

Cheon Gi-buk felt anxious.

Because none other than Yang Bi-chang was imprisoned in the Thunder Prison.

The fact that all those imprisoned with him were disciples of Gongdong Sect was also problematic.

“This won’t do.”

It wasn’t that he had no suspicions.

But thinking it couldn’t be so.

Cheon Gi-buk shot up from his seat and left.

The place he headed to was Yeon Ja-gyeong’s office.

However.

He couldn’t meet him.

What he heard from the Gate Guards was an extremely businesslike answer that Yeon Ja-gyeong was absent.

Cheon Gi-buk scowled fiercely.

He never expected Yeon Ja-gyeong to treat him so coldly.

How much had he cooperated with him by mobilizing the Bongma Corps until now?

“Grand Elder!! You cannot do this!!”

At the entrance.

He shouted loudly, infusing his voice with internal energy.

But there was no response.

“You shouldn’t do this, Elder Cheon. If you continue like this, we’ll have no choice but to take action.”

At the Gate Guard’s words, Cheon Gi-buk’s sharp gaze turned toward them.

“How dare you bastards…?”

Eyes full of rage.

Mere Gate Guards couldn’t do anything to Cheon Gi-buk, the Sect Leader of Gongdong Sect.

However.

If he officially harmed the Grand Elder’s Gate Guards, that itself would be a crime.

So Cheon Gi-buk had no choice but to turn away.

‘Something has happened.’

Something serious enough for Yeon Ja-gyeong to ignore, no, abandon him had definitely occurred.

Something he hadn’t thought of, but Yeon Ja-gyeong had anticipated.

‘What could it be?’

Cheon Gi-buk desperately racked his brain as he headed to his office.

Then he stopped abruptly.

“Could it be?”

He was so shocked that he unconsciously muttered aloud.

Soon his steps became urgent.

Heading to his office, he.

Burned all the documents.

Since he couldn’t tell which documents were problematic.

He burned every single document he could get his hands on.

‘Evidence. I must destroy the evidence.’

Even if there were testimonies, he had to eliminate all evidence that could support those testimonies.

Only then could he claim it was slander.

That it was a conspiracy and he was wronged.

And then.

He left the alliance.

Not through the main gate either.

But through a back exit he had learned about just in case.

He was truly desperate.

He barely managed to take his sword, gold ingots, silver ingots, and one jade box.

‘They must have discovered the method of obtaining jiangshi inner cores.’

Cheon Gi-buk’s intuition told him so.

The matter of deliberately causing alliance members to die.

This was no ordinary crime.

The one who knew this fact was.

Do Sim-geuk.

Just him alone.

Originally, that is.

However, when Yang Bi-chang was designated as the next Dan-ju and became vice Dan-ju, he also learned of this fact.

According to a secret letter from Do Sim-geuk.

Yang Bi-chang had doubts about that matter.

No matter what.

He wouldn’t have readily confessed that fact.

But he was too anxious to remain still believing that.

More than anything else.

The fact that Yeon Ja-gyeong wouldn’t meet with him.

Since that cunning Grand Elder had sensed something ominous.

Cheon Gi-buk moved assuming the worst-case scenario.

He had a long way to go.

Gongdong Mountain in Gansu Province.

The place where Gongdong Sect was located.

Cheon Gi-buk ran at full speed.

Before pursuit could catch up.

He would return to Gongdong Sect, seal the gates, and fight to the death.

This was his thinking.

No matter how much he thought about it, that was the only way.

It was also because Gongdong Sect was situated in a naturally blessed treacherous terrain that made such thoughts possible.

 

At that moment.

Ha Mu-baek was meeting with So Hwi-ung and Gongsun Dan-gyeong.

Along with several piles of documents found in Do Sim-geuk’s barracks.

“Hmm… Indeed. These are suspicious orders. Operations that don’t make sense. As if telling them to go die.”

Gongsun Dan-gyeong nodded and spoke.

“If I had seen these documents, I would have naturally interrogated Yang Bi-chang. He’s the only one who would know about this at present.”

“Then Mu-baek’s words are correct.”

So Hwi-ung’s voice was as cold as frost.

“It seems we’ll have to summon Elder Cheon Gi-buk for investigation.”

To Gongsun Dan-gyeong’s words.

“It’s too late.”

Ha Mu-baek spoke with a calm expression.

“Huh?”

Gongsun Dan-gyeong’s questioning voice filled with doubt.

“That rat bastard has already escaped from the Alliance.”

“What?”

At Ha Mu-baek’s words, So Hwi-ung immediately activated his Ki Sense.

He confirmed that he could not feel Cheon Gi-buk’s presence within the Jeongcheon Alliance.

Unlike Ha Mu-baek, So Hwi-ung had to properly concentrate and activate his Ki Sense to detect presences over a wide range.

It was impossible for him to naturally spread his Ki Sense over a wide area at all times like breathing, as Ha Mu-baek did.

“Why are you only telling us this now?”

Gongsun Dan-gyeong spoke reproachfully.

“I thought he’d get caught trying to leave. I already mentioned it when I joined the Alliance. Who would have thought the Jeongcheon Alliance Headquarters would be this lax.”

Gongsun Dan-gyeong frowned at the response.

“You would have expected him to escape safely, wouldn’t you?”

At the follow-up question, Ha Mu-baek just chuckled.

So Hwi-ung, thinking it was an affirmative answer, asked.

“Why is that?”

Ha Mu-baek turned his head toward the west.

“Just. I wanted to see how far he would struggle.”

The two tilted their heads at that answer.

They thought it wasn’t like Ha Mu-baek.

“Hmm. You’re not trying to sweep away Gongdong Sect in one go, are you?”

Gongsun Dan-gyeong looked at Ha Mu-baek with suspicious eyes and asked.

Ha Mu-baek just shrugged his shoulders.

“Do you think he’ll go to Gongdong Sect?”

“If he sensed something and hastily escaped from the Alliance, he probably will. Moreover, given Gongdong Sect’s location.”

So Hwi-ung nodded.

He recalled Gongdong Sect’s location.

Even among the treacherous Gongdong Mountain.

The most treacherous peak, Bokma Peak.

It was situated at the top of Cheonjang Cliff located there.

There was only one small narrow path that could lead to that place.

That path was also along Cheonjang Cliff.

It was such a treacherous natural fortress that one wondered how they built such a massive sect in such a place.

It was a place where one person could easily block a thousand enemies.

“Yeon Ja-gyeong. What about that man? I heard that Cheon Gi-buk had deep connections with Yeon Ja-gyeong.”

“That cunning snake wouldn’t have left evidence. Even if there was any, he would have already destroyed it all. Seeing how Cheon Gi-buk suddenly fled from the Alliance.”

To Ha Mu-baek’s question, Gongsun Dan-gyeong answered with an expression saying it was impossible.

“Yeon Ja-gyeong already noticed and abandoned Cheon Gi-buk. If we raise the agenda at tomorrow’s grand council, Grand Elder Yeon will probably be the first to advocate for Gongdong Sect’s annihilation.”

Gongsun Dan-gyeong declared as if he had seen the future.

Neither So Hwi-ung nor Ha Mu-baek.

Disagreed with that opinion.

Because they thought the same.

“It’s regrettable.”

So Hwi-ung said so sincerely.

“Grand Elder Yeon. Though he’s a cunning old snake. He’s not someone who would eat something like a jiangshi’s inner core. And. If he had deliberately sacrificed the Alliance’s martial artists. He wouldn’t have left evidence of it either.”

Gongsun Dan-gyeong said this while looking at Ha Mu-baek.

“That’s why. We should have properly ransacked the Blood Cult’s headquarters. But you burned it all down. Tsk.”

Gongsun Dan-gyeong clicked his tongue as if truly regretful.

“That man joined hands with the Blood Cult?”

Ha Mu-baek asked in a cold voice.

“I barely managed to find one or two such circumstances. But they’re just circumstances. There’s no evidence. Tsk.”

He seemed truly regretful.

Seeing Gongsun Dan-gyeong even smacking his lips.

“If that’s true. That bastard will die by my hand.”

A thick killing intent seemed to rise in Ha Mu-baek’s eyes.

Then he shook his head slightly and it soon disappeared.

“What do you plan to do about Gongdong Sect?”

Gongsun Dan-gyeong turned his gaze back to So Hwi-ung.

“Have the Dragon Horn Corps and Dragon Fang Corps returned?”

He had already heard news that they had withdrawn forces from the Sahae Alliance.

“They’re returning. They should arrive in about three days.”

“Send them.”

Since Yeon Ja-gyeong would advocate for Gongdong Sect’s destruction, he wouldn’t oppose the Dragon Fang Corps’ deployment.

And if they sent the Dragon Horn Corps as well.

They would be able to sufficiently annihilate Gongdong Sect.

Traitors of the righteous faction.

That was Gongdong Sect.

In the operation conducted to sacrifice the Maengryong Corps, there were also casualties from the Bongma Corps.

Their sect members were spread throughout not only the Eight New Sects but also the Nine Sects and One Alliance and Five Great Noble Families.

Except for Gongdong Sect alone.

“Mu-baek. What do you plan to do?”

So Hwi-ung asked Ha Mu-baek.

Hadn’t he said he was considering tearing them to death?

“I’ll think about it slowly.”

At Ha Mu-baek’s reaction, Gongsun Dan-gyeong tilted his head.

The way he suddenly suppressed his killing intent earlier was also strange.

It wasn’t like Ha Mu-baek.

“That’s not like you. Is something wrong?”

When he demanded to give up the Maengryong Corps Leader position and now.

The two seemed like different people.

“Nothing special.”

Ha Mu-baek replied curtly.

“Still, compared to when you asked for the Maengryong Corps Leader position last time…”

“Ah, since we’re on the topic. What about the Maengryong Corps?”

The direction of the conversation naturally changed with Ha Mu-baek’s question.

The Maengryong Corps.

About their treatment.

Above all, the Maengryong Corps belonged to Cheonmok Pavilion.

“Hmm. Their service period hasn’t ended yet.”

“That’s fortunate. If their service period had been ending, you would have driven them to their deaths.”

At Ha Mu-baek’s pointed remark, Gongsun Dan-gyeong fell silent for a moment.

He understood the intention behind it.

A rebuke for being unaware and standing by while the Maengryong Corps under Cheonmok Pavilion suffered such sacrifices.

“Hmm. Even so. They entered with agreed service periods and have been receiving corresponding monthly salaries.”

“You’re blaming them for not dying after paying them death money.”

Ha Mu-baek’s attack struck once again.

Then he changed direction.

“Then what will you do with the Bongma Corps?”

The jiangshi of Sanwol Demon Forest were now gone.

The Blood Cult remnants had also been eliminated.

On top of that, the Gongdong Sect that had been in charge of the Bongma Corps had committed such madness.

The outcome was practically predetermined.

That’s why So Hwi-ung had taken them all back to the Alliance.

“After disbanding, we’ll redistribute personnel to various military units. But you’re not asking for the same treatment for the Maengryong Corps, are you?”

Gongsun Dan-gyeong knew what Ha Mu-baek wanted.

How could he not know, given what kind of person he was?

Because he couldn’t grant it.

That’s why he was holding firm like this.

Once freed from the Sanwol Demon Forest mission, they would be scattered to different military units of the Jeongcheon Alliance to complete their remaining terms.

Ha Mu-baek crossed his arms.

As expected, this old man.

He was no pushover.

“We didn’t take Sanwol Demon Forest for free. Thanks to me and my Master.”

Ha Mu-baek’s continued attack.

He knew.

That tremendous One Sword technique that had annihilated the remaining jiangshi in one stroke.

How incredible it had been.

“The Alliance Leader also worked quite hard. Without the Alliance Leader then, such results wouldn’t have been possible.”

At the counterattack that came back.

Ha Mu-baek closed his mouth.

It was true.

Because Wi Ji-gun and So Hwi-ung, these two people, had been there, such results were possible.

What if So Hwi-ung hadn’t been there?

Perhaps Master would have just taken Seol-ran and fled.

Ha Mu-baek and Gongsun Dan-gyeong stared intently at each other.

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