The World’s Greatest Martial Arts Instructor - Chapter 93

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Chapter 93. I Can See It

 

 

Clang! Clang!

Sword clashed noisily against sword.

The martial duel was flowing in Baek Ri-pyeong’s favor, but that didn’t mean Dan Mok Un-rae was being one-sidedly pushed back.

Baek Ri-pyeong couldn’t overwhelm Dan Mok Un-rae.

Thanks to their sword formation training together, they knew each other well.

On top of that, there was Dan Mok Un-rae’s greatly improved skills.

Both aimed for each other’s openings with the Three Talents Sword Technique, but were blocked time and again.

However, Baek Ri-pyeong held the advantage due to his superior skill and experience.

Ha Mu-baek quietly watched the two’s duel before shouting.

“You may use the Heavenly Star Sword Technique!”

At that shout, the gazes of the three cadets watching the duel turned toward Ha Mu-baek.

Wasn’t this the instructor who had only allowed the use of the Three Talents Sword Technique until now?

No, to begin with, four of the Five Cadets only knew the Three Talents Sword Technique.

Dang Jin-san had learned whip techniques, but hadn’t learned any sword techniques.

Only Baek Ri-pyeong had learned other sword techniques.

Now Ha Mu-baek was giving permission to use it.

Baek Ri-pyeong’s eyes sparkled.

The sect’s ultimate technique he had sealed away while learning the Three Talents Sword Technique – the Heavenly Star Sword Technique.

Though he hadn’t moved his body directly since sealing it, he had continued mental image training.

The sword’s movement changed.

The movements that had only shown four sword paths until now became slightly more complex.

Dan Mok Un-rae immediately panicked and his sword path became chaotic.

The advantage was gradually turning into dominance.

Baek Ri-pyeong, wielding his sword, was inwardly surprised.

This was the Heavenly Star Sword Technique displayed after several months.

Hadn’t he only trained in the Three Talents Sword Technique during that time? No matter how much mental image training he had done, since he hadn’t directly moved his sword, he had prepared for some regression.

But now that he tried using it, the result was completely different.

He had advanced.

Movements he couldn’t properly execute before now came out so naturally.

As if he had been using them skillfully from before.

Was that the reason?

Dan Mok Un-rae’s hands and feet became increasingly chaotic.

Seeing this, Ha Mu-baek frowned.

“Focus! Un-rae! What did I tell you!”

Ha Mu-baek’s shout pierced into Dan Mok Un-rae’s ears.

The teaching that no matter how complex the changes in sword paths appeared, they were ultimately composed of four fundamental movements.

Wasn’t that what he had heard today?

Dan Mok Un-rae snapped to attention.

And he carefully observed the movements of Baek Ri-pyeong’s sword.

He was still desperately being pushed back, but at least Dan Mok Un-rae’s eyes had changed.

From panicking and not knowing what to do, to the will to analyze his opponent’s sword changes.

Gradually, Dan Mok Un-rae’s sword found stability.

Even so, Baek Ri-pyeong was still overwhelming Dan Mok Un-rae.

‘I can see it!’

Dan Mok Un-rae was startled.

It was just as the instructor had said.

As he concentrated and observed, within the exquisite changes of the Heavenly Star Sword Technique that seemed like stars pouring from the night sky, he began to see the sword’s four basic movements.

Just as Baek Ri-pyeong’s sword was about to change from a horizontal slash to a thrust.

Dan Mok Un-rae’s sword exquisitely pierced through that gap.

An upward strike from below.

It was a movement not in the Three Talents Sword Technique.

Nor was it one of the basic movements Ha Mu-baek had mentioned.

Yet Dan Mok Un-rae created that movement as if it were nothing.

Clang!

The sound of sword clashing against sword rang out loudly as Baek Ri-pyeong’s sword was knocked upward, exposing his chest completely.

A state of perfect defenselessness.

If Dan Mok Un-rae’s strike landed here, it would be the moment he could completely reverse his disadvantage and achieve victory.

Baek Ri-pyeong widened his eyes in surprise at the unexpected situation.

But Dan Mok Un-rae was equally surprised.

So shocked by the result his own actions had created that he forgot he should follow up with an attack and just stared blankly at Baek Ri-pyeong.

“Stop!”

Then Ha Mu-baek’s shout was heard.

The two lowered their swords and stepped back.

“What just happened?”

Dang Jin-san muttered with a bewildered face.

Yeon Ha-min and Nak U-jin had similar reactions.

For them, it was a completely incomprehensible scene.

The three of them had also been admiring the changes shown by Baek Ri-pyeong’s Heavenly Star Sword Technique.

Ha Mu-baek clicked his tongue at the cadets’ reaction.

“Tsk. You were just watching absent-mindedly.”

The three cadets looked at each other with embarrassed faces at Ha Mu-baek’s rebuke.

“Un-rae. What did you see?”

Ha Mu-baek asked Dan Mok Un-rae.

“Well, that… sword movements composed of horizontal slashes and thrusts, or rather the moment of changing from slash to thrust…”

As Dan Mok Un-rae spoke hesitantly, Baek Ri-pyeong’s eyes widened greatly.

Dang Jin-san’s mouth fell open.

He could see that?!?

Their faces were full of such shock.

The gap between changes in sword techniques. It was unbelievable that he had seen it so easily.

Those who could see such things were called masters.

Dan Mok Un-rae hadn’t even been learning martial arts for a full year yet. It was absolutely impossible at this stage.

Ha Mu-baek chuckled and said to the cadets.

“You can do it too. Why are you so surprised?”

“What? But I couldn’t see anything…”

As Dang Jin-san tried to deny it, Ha Mu-baek cut him off.

“That’s because you watched absent-mindedly. Without desperately analyzing the changes like Un-rae did.”

It was a bone-cutting criticism.

“Don’t just watch other people’s martial duels as spectators. You should focus and analyze what you would do.”

Now it was beyond bone-cutting to bone-crushing words.

“Baek Ri-pyeong.”

“Yes.”

At Ha Mu-baek’s call, Baek Ri-pyeong answered in a gloomy voice. Due to self-loathing about whether his level was only that much.

“How was it when you displayed the Heavenly Star Sword Technique?”

“That’s….”

Baek Ri-pyeong hesitated, unable to honestly speak about the sense of achievement he had felt.

He had no choice.

Hadn’t Dan Mok Un-rae broken through it all too easily?

“Well done. That was excellent.”

As Baek Ri-pyeong couldn’t bring himself to answer, Ha Mu-baek spoke first.

His words were praise.

Baek Ri-pyeong’s eyes widened at the unexpected reaction.

“The changes and movements of your sword became much smoother and more natural. You felt it too, didn’t you?”

At that question, Baek Ri-pyeong nodded slightly.

“That’s the result of your diligent cultivation. The movements of the Three Talents Sword Technique are ultimately the most basic sword movements. As your foundation became solid, your sword movements improved.”

“Ah!”

The Seventh Group Cadets let out small exclamations.

“How about it? Are you still worried about facing the Jamryong Corps or Waryong Corps cadets?”

“No sir!!!”

The five people answered Ha Mu-baek’s question simultaneously.

Through the martial duel between the two, Ha Mu-baek had shown the Seventh Group Cadets their progress so far and the path they should take going forward.

 

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Byeokryeokgae looked at Gongsun Mu-oe with a troubled expression.

“Sigh. I would like to do that if I could, but a noble person is still a noble person. I’m worried they might be displeased.”

Despite Byeokryeokgae’s words, Gongsun Mu-oe simply remained kneeling.

Byeokryeokgae quietly observed him.

“Sigh.”

Finally, he let out a deep sigh.

“Fine. If she’s your granddaughter, then she’s Daegwang’s great-granddaughter, which means she’s my great-granddaughter too. I’ll bring it up with the noble person, so let’s go together.”

“Thank you.”

Gongsun Mu-oe bowed his head deeply.

“I’ve prepared all the medicinal herbs generously. Uncle, you should rest too. Your body is severely damaged.”

“Yes. I should. If I’m to return to Muchang.”

Byeokryeokgae rose from his seat.

Gongsun Mu-oe guided Byeokryeokgae to his quarters.

After confirming that Byeokryeokgae had laid down on the soft bed, Gongsun Mu-oe moved busily.

There were many things to take care of.

After all, the valley master was leaving the valley. Gongsun Mu-oe had to settle many affairs.

Two days passed like this.

Byeokryeokgae had recovered his energy to some extent. For a master of his caliber, there was actually no need to recover energy.

However, the emotional wound from losing a close friend had weakened his spirit, which even internal energy couldn’t remedy.

Only after somewhat composing his mind did his energy recover.

“Father… are you really going?”

Gongsun U-gyeong looked at the prepared Gongsun Mu-oe with disbelieving eyes.

“There might be a way, so I must go see.”

“Seven-Tone Severed Meridians… it’s an unbelievable story.”

At Gongsun U-gyeong’s words, Gongsun Mu-oe shook his head slightly.

“These are Uncle’s words. They cannot be lies.”

“But….”

Even at Gongsun Mu-oe’s firm words, Gongsun U-gyeong didn’t give up.

“Enough. This is about finding a way to treat that child. Isn’t this what you’ve been hoping for?”

“Still, for you to leave the valley….”

“Even without me, you can fill that position sufficiently. The same goes for treating that child.”

They had similar conversations for two straight days.

Gongsun Mu-oe wanting to go, and Gongsun U-gyeong trying to stop his father.

For Gongsun U-gyeong, it was absolutely unbelievable.

He couldn’t speak too strongly only because the one vouching for it was Byeokryeokgae, a renowned martial master of the previous generation.

In his mind, the person who claimed to have treated Seven-Tone Severed Meridians was nothing but a fraud.

Faced with his father’s stubborn attitude, Gongsun U-gyeong acknowledged he could no longer dissuade him.

“Father. If you insist, please take Yeon-ah with you.”

“Hm?”

“Shouldn’t you take someone to attend to you?”

As soon as Gongsun U-gyeong finished speaking, a woman standing behind him stepped forward.

She was so beautiful that the word ‘beautiful’ alone couldn’t adequately describe her.

Gongsun Bi-yeon.

Gongsun U-gyeong’s eldest daughter and one of the Five Flowers of Murim.

Though widely known to the world by the alias Fairy Chrysanthemum, she was a beauty whom only a handful had actually seen.

“There are many others, why specifically Yeon-ah?”

“According to your words, this is a matter of great importance. You can’t just take anyone with you.”

He had already prepared for this scenario the night before.

He had given his daughter sufficient hints too.

Most importantly, because of the ability his daughter possessed, he was sending her along under the pretext of attendance.

Seonyu Valley, a sect of medical arts and mystical arts.

Gongsun Bi-yeon was a genius among geniuses with outstanding skills in both medical arts and mystical arts.

Among them, she had mastered one mystical art that others absolutely couldn’t learn, and only Gongsun Bi-yeon and Gongsun U-gyeong knew this fact.

They hadn’t even told Gongsun Mu-oe yet.

The reason was that Gongsun Bi-yeon had completed that mystical art only ten days ago.

With all of Seonyu Valley’s capabilities focused on treating Nine-Tone Severed Meridians, plus Byeokryeokgae’s sudden visit, there hadn’t been time to inform him.

When Gongsun U-gyeong heard from his father about the noble person who had treated Seven-Tone Severed Meridians, he decided to keep Gongsun Bi-yeon’s new mystical art hidden for the time being.

He wanted her to personally verify that noble person.

“Then let’s depart now. The sooner, the better.”

As soon as Byeokryeokgae finished speaking, horses neighed.

The treacherous mountain path.

Since it was a road where carriages couldn’t travel, they loaded five horses with medicinal herbs.

Since these horses had carried loads on this treacherous mountain path for a long time, there would be no problem with transportation.

“Understood. Uncle. Let’s depart now. Bi-yeon. You come along too.”

He noticed that she had already prepared for the journey.

Knowing that his son had made up his mind firmly, he decided to take her along without further argument.

“Yes. Grandfather.”

Gongsun Bi-yeon answered demurely and followed Gongsun Mu-oe’s steps.

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