The World’s Greatest Martial Arts Instructor - Chapter 484

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Chapter 484. Good

 

 

“Then the Maengryong Corps will carry out its original mission.”

Ha Mu-baek came to that conclusion.

The original mission.

To help the Bongma Corps guard Sanwol Demon Forest.

By blocking the jiangshi.

Now there were no jiangshi left.

But Sanwol Demon Forest still existed.

Meaning they would remain there.

“Hmm.”

This time Gongsun Dan-gyeong crossed his arms and fell into thought.

Because that military strength was too precious to waste.

The Maengryong Members who had accumulated one to four years of real combat experience in Sanwol Demon Forest.

And the Maengryong Members that Ha Mu-baek had personally trained.

They were truly precious military assets.

“The Maengryong Corps belongs to Cheonmok Pavilion, and the Pavilion Master can decide their mission, can’t he?”

“As Corps Leader, I’m saying I’ll be faithful to our fundamental duty.”

“I can change that fundamental duty, can’t I?”

It was his will not to let them finish their service just sucking honey in the now peaceful Sanwol Demon Forest.

“Are you planning to keep maintaining Gyoryong Hall’s Maengryong Corps?”

At this sharp counterattack, Gongsun Dan-gyeong closed his mouth once again.

With the jiangshi and Blood Cult of Sanwol Demon Forest gone, and the Bongma Corps in that state.

There was no longer any reason to continue developing the Maengryong Corps.

He had already given word to Gyoryong Hall.

Not to select new Maengryong Corps cadets.

“You must understand what it means to halt additional recruitment?”

That was right.

The end of a military unit with its continuous supply of new members cut off was dissolution.

“You need to think about the monthly wages they’ll continue to receive.”

He was telling them to earn their keep.

“What if the members want to leave the Alliance?”

“You know that’s impossible in the Maengryong Corps, don’t you?”

That was right.

Any Maengryong Member who wanted to leave the Alliance without fulfilling their promised term had to return all the monthly wages they had received.

Even what they received during their cadet days.

There was no way anyone could afford that.

Most of them had joined the Maengryong Corps precisely because of that money.

The two engaged in another tense standoff.

So Hwi-ung quietly watched them while sipping his tea.

This was an issue where he couldn’t take anyone’s side.

No, deep down he sided with Gongsun Dan-gyeong.

He too thought the Maengryong Corps was too valuable to waste.

“Understood. Please let me know once the Maengryong Corps’ treatment is decided.”

In the end, Ha Mu-baek took a step back.

Just as Gongsun Dan-gyeong was about to smile in victory.

“Well, I don’t know how well the Maengryong Corps will perform that task.”

With those final words, Ha Mu-baek rose from his seat and walked out.

Gongsun Dan-gyeong stared blankly at his retreating figure.

The Maengryong Corps Leader.

In front of the Cheonmok Pavilion Master to whom he belonged.

Right now.

Had openly declared a work slowdown and left.

“Hah…”

An empty sigh escaped him.

And for good reason.

He had seen how that man openly conducted work slowdowns during his first month at the Maengryong Corps.

What if all the Maengryong Members did the same?

That would be troublesome in its own way.

“What should we do?”

Gongsun Dan-gyeong looked at So Hwi-ung with a troubled expression and asked.

So Hwi-ung just shrugged his shoulders.

It wasn’t that there was no solution.

They could dismiss Ha Mu-baek from his position as Maengryong Corps Leader and then move the Maengryong Corps.

However.

The problem was that while this was possible according to Alliance rules, it was impossible in reality.

They couldn’t freely control that monster who had essentially single-handedly finished off Sanwol Demon Forest.

“This is your job, so think it over carefully. Well then, see you tomorrow.”

Since it was already late at night.

So Hwi-ung also rose from his seat.

“Damn bastards…”

Left alone, Gongsun Dan-gyeong muttered with feeling in the empty room.

 

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Ha Mu-baek walked through the streets of Luoyang.

Though deep darkness had fallen.

The streets lit by countless lights still bustled with people.

Even children who should be going to bed were running around here and there.

Luoyang, the city where the Jeongcheon Alliance’s main branch was located.

That was the reason.

Because the Jeongcheon Alliance had almost perfectly controlled the city’s public order.

Even at this hour, common people could walk the streets without any worry.

For Ha Mu-baek, it had been a really long time since he walked Luoyang’s night streets.

He was walking with the intention of finding a suitable inn for tonight.

But nothing particularly appealed to him.

Ever since he had recognized the evil spirit residing deep within himself.

Ha Mu-baek found it difficult to easily suppress his irritation.

Today.

The confrontation with Gongsun Dan-gyeong had been the same.

If he had continued that push and pull with him.

He might not have been able to restrain himself, so he had stormed out.

After meeting Mugeuk Investigator in the Archive Hall.

While stepping into a new realm and growing stronger.

While stepping into new territory and growing stronger.

It was an obstacle he had suddenly encountered.

That evil spirit was now transforming into Ha Mu-baek’s heart demon.

“Tsk.”

Ha Mu-baek clicked his tongue without realizing it.

“Great Hero! Great Hero! Are you looking for a place to stay? Please come to our inn! It’s a newly opened inn, so it’s clean and the food is delicious!”

Ten years old? No, nine years old?

A child who appeared to be around that age approached Ha Mu-baek and solicited customers like that.

He had been listening while walking.

The child had already missed ten people.

Even so, that kid was still soliciting customers with a bright face.

Such a young child.

Looking at the child who had approached his side, Ha Mu-baek frowned.

It reminded him of when he was ten years old.

The moment Ha Mu-baek frowned.

A child who appeared to be around thirteen or fourteen years old, standing on one side of the road.

A child who seemed to stand at the boundary between girl and woman hurriedly ran over and bowed deeply at the waist.

“Great Hero. I apologize. The child doesn’t know anything and has been rude. Please forgive us.”

The young girl earnestly apologized while grabbing the child’s head and making him bow.

And for good reason.

Luoyang was a city of the Jeongcheon Alliance.

In other words, it was a place where countless martial artists roamed, and public order was maintained thanks to them and the Jeongcheon Alliance.

But conversely, it was also a place where public order could be disrupted because of them.

Since the young girl knew well the fearsome nature of martial artists.

The moment she saw someone who appeared to be a martial artist frown, she came forward in great alarm.

When her younger sibling had dragged her along, saying he would solicit customers.

Though she had been dragged along.

She was too embarrassed to solicit customers herself and could only watch her very young sibling do it.

Having come this far, just as she was becoming embarrassed again at herself for being unable to do anything due to shame.

The martial artist frowned.

She could only think of protecting her younger sibling.

So she hurriedly ran out and was bowing deeply at the waist.

Her naive younger sibling.

Had only solicited customers.

He had done nothing wrong, yet he only wore a puzzled expression wondering why his older sister was making such a fuss.

He was bowing his head because his sister was pressing down on it.

Looking at the two people who strangely resembled each other, Ha Mu-baek asked.

“Are you siblings?”

“Y-yes. Great Hero. Please forgive us…”

“You’ve done nothing wrong, so what is there to forgive? I’m sorry.”

At the young girl’s desperate appearance, Ha Mu-baek came to his senses.

Wearing black martial uniform, he was clearly a martial artist to anyone who saw him.

When such a person frowned.

He had momentarily forgotten how the common people of Luoyang would react.

“Where is the inn? I should stay the night today.”

In the end, Ha Mu-baek made that decision.

And followed behind the siblings.

Behind the main road.

It was a small three-story inn facing a small path.

A location where people’s footsteps wouldn’t easily reach.

‘The location is poor.’

He had enough discernment for that.

When he opened the door and entered, the first floor used as a restaurant was completely empty.

“Mom! Dad! A guest has come! He’s staying the night!”

At Ha Mu-baek’s words that it was before dinner, the child who had seated him at a dining table shouted loudly toward the kitchen.

The curtain at the kitchen entrance was pulled aside and a woman appeared.

She didn’t have the appearance of someone who worked at such an inn.

A considerable beauty.

“Welcome.”

After bowing toward Ha Mu-baek, the woman hurriedly wiped the dining table.

Meanwhile, the little child who had solicited customers brought out tea.

Ha Mu-baek looked around the restaurant.

‘It’s clean.’

The child’s words were correct.

It really was clean.

But the child’s words were wrong.

This wasn’t clean because it was newly built.

This inn was so clean because those who operated it managed it with all their heart.

Though they said it was a newly opened inn, this small building itself seemed to be quite an old place.

“One roasted duck, one bottle of rice wine, and one suitable soup please.”

Ha Mu-baek placed a simple order.

“Yes. Understood. You said you’re staying the night – how shall we prepare your room?”

“Any room suitable for staying alone will be fine.”

“Yes. We’ll prepare it that way. Please wait a moment.”

When the woman bowed once more and turned around, the young girl approached her.

“Which room?”

“Prepare the wood room on the second floor for him.”

At the woman’s words, the young girl nodded and went upstairs to the second floor, carrying something with her.

It seemed she was going to clean and prepare the room where Ha Mu-baek would stay.

Ha Mu-baek sensed there was another presence in the kitchen.

‘A head cook?’

And it seemed to be the father of these children.

The woman who had entered the kitchen soon came out again and manned the empty counter.

Ha Mu-baek noticed that the money box placed on the counter was almost completely empty.

Ha Mu-baek’s gaze soon turned toward the kitchen.

Soon the sound of cooking along with delicious smells began wafting out.

‘They said the food was delicious too, right?’

When he smelled the aroma flowing from the kitchen, it seemed that would be the case.

A little later, the little shopkeeper brought the food.

One dish at a time.

With his small frame, he skillfully brought them without even shaking and placed them on the dining table.

Indeed, every dish was delicious.

So Ha Mu-baek tilted his head in puzzlement.

‘With food this good…’

Even though it was newly opened and located on a small path behind the main road.

There was no way it could be this empty.

With such questions in mind, he slowly ate the food and emptied the rice wine.

He had intended to soothe the anger that had unknowingly accumulated in his heart.

But rice wine was insufficient to cool it down.

However.

The taste of the roasted duck and soup.

had somewhat cooled his anger.

‘It’s been a long time since I’ve had such delicious food….’

It was a taste that naturally lifted his spirits, and thanks to it, his unpleasant mood improved considerably.

Ha Mu-baek’s gaze turned to the little child beside Mother.

It was an unexpected encounter.

Thanks to that kid, he had eaten a delicious dinner.

Then the young girl who had gone up to the second floor came back down.

About that much time had passed.

Given the size of the inn, it would be a small room, so he wondered if there was anything to do for that amount of time.

The young girl approached Ha Mu-baek.

“I’ve prepared a room for you to stay in, sir. Go up to the second floor and it’s the second room on the right. The Wood Room. Here’s the key.”

The young girl held out a large key.

“Thank you.”

Ha Mu-baek said this and handed her an iron coin.

Then he filled his wine cup again.

‘Mu-heun would be pleased if I told him about this. No, does that guy already know?’

Though it was newly opened.

With this level of taste.

He thought that guy might already know about it.

He was someone who knew every place in Luoyang.

The young girl also soon headed toward Mother’s side.

As the kitchen had been somewhat organized, a man who appeared to be the head cook came out, lifting the curtain.

He too headed toward the children.

As Ha Mu-baek quietly ate alone and tilted his wine cup.

The sight of a harmonious family of four entered his eyes.

‘She’s not alone.’

Feeling pleased by their harmonious appearance, he watched them.

While sensing the woman’s presence, he realized.

Another life was growing in her belly.

Judging from the occasional conversation he could hear.

They seemed not to know this fact yet.

A smile played around Ha Mu-baek’s lips.

“Good.”

Ha Mu-baek muttered lightly without realizing it.

Watching their appearance.

It just felt good.

Ha Mu-baek was suddenly ten years old again.

He had returned to before those hellish days.

Because he too had once had such times.

Mother holding newborn younger sibling Seol-ran in her arms, and Father and himself beside her.

Those harmonious and happy times.

How much time had passed?

Ha Mu-baek finished his entire meal and emptied all the rice wine.

After a long time.

It had been a pleasant and leisurely meal.

Ha Mu-baek took out a coin from his chest, placed it on the dining table, then took the key and went up to the second floor.

Opening the door and entering.

As expected, it was a small room.

A room with just one bed, one tea table, and one small dresser.

It was clean.

This small room was as clean as the time and effort put into organizing and preparing it, and he could feel that sincerity.

Ha Mu-baek roughly organized his things and lay down on the bed.

Somehow he felt like doing so.

The blanket was cozy.

Shortly after, Ha Mu-baek quickly fell asleep.

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