The World’s Greatest Martial Arts Instructor - Chapter 95

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Chapter 95. Those Are Our Master’s Words

“Nine-Tone Severed Meridians…”

Ha Mu-baek, who had heard the entire story, muttered.

Gongsun Mu-oe looked at Ha Mu-baek with a tense expression.

He had heard plenty of rumors about him.

Being the valley lord of Seonyu Valley, he had access to truthful information about Ha Mu-baek.

That’s why he was being extremely cautious.

Seonyu Valley was truly a sect at the pinnacle of orthodox martial world medicine.

Though it belonged to the Eight New Gates, even the Nine Great Sects and Five Great Families didn’t antagonize them.

The Nine Great Sects and Five Great Families were also friendly toward Seonyu Valley. They never knew when they might need Seonyu Valley’s help.

And such respect applied to Ha Mu-baek as well.

During the last war, his subordinates had received much help from the physicians sent by Seonyu Valley.

“Since it’s Seonyu Valley’s matter, I’ll help if I can.”

At Ha Mu-baek’s answer, Gongsun Mu-oe’s face brightened.

“The debt from the last war isn’t small, after all.”

At Ha Mu-baek’s following words, Gongsun Mu-oe spoke with a calm expression.

“That was something we had to do.”

It was a statement that showed the pride of being the world’s greatest medical sect.

However, even they were blocked by Nine-Tone Severed Meridians.

“However, I’m not the one who can treat Seven-Tone Severed Meridians. I’m still learning myself.”

At Ha Mu-baek’s words, Gongsun Mu-oe’s facial muscles froze for a moment.

It was because he naturally thought it would be Ha Mu-baek.

If he had thought about it a little, he could have expected it wouldn’t be him.

“It’s my Master. I’ll ask my Master first.”

Since that’s how it was, there was nothing else to do.

They had no choice but to find lodging and wait.

Thus, the conversation at the shabby tavern came to an end.

As Ha Mu-baek rose from his seat, Byeokryeokgae spoke as if amazed.

“Well, I’ll be. I brought you here after much deliberation, but I didn’t expect you’d agree so easily.”

“A debt of life is heavy. Even if it wasn’t my own life.”

Ha Mu-baek said this and left the tavern.

The three people were left behind.

“Seonyu Valley has accumulated much virtue.”

At Byeokryeokgae’s praise, small smiles appeared on Gongsun Mu-oe and Gongsun Bi-yeon’s lips.

It was pride.

“No, Uncle. We only did what we had to do.”

“You can tell just by looking at how that eccentric, unpredictable fellow treats you.”

“Pardon?”

Gongsun Mu-oe asked back with a puzzled expression.

“Haven’t you heard anything about that fellow?”

“I know he’s a hero who was very active in the last war, and that his personal skills are comparable to the Alliance Leader’s.”

At Gongsun Mu-oe’s words, Gongsun Bi-yeon’s eyes sparkled. Unlike Gongsun Mu-oe, she didn’t know much about Ha Mu-baek.

“Tsk. Sitting deep in the mountains, you know even less about what’s happening in the world than I do. That thunderbolt of a fellow turned the orthodox martial world upside down…”

“I tend to leave matters outside the valley to the elders, protectors, and U-gyeong. I apologize.”

“Elder, what happened?”

Gongsun Bi-yeon asked with a face full of interest.

Perhaps because someone was showing interest, he became excited?

Byeokryeokgae downed a drink and slowly began telling the story.

Gongsun Bi-yeon listened to the entire story with sparkling eyes.

“Is such a thing truly possible?”

Gongsun Mu-oe asked with an expression of complete disbelief.

“Possible or not, it already happened.”

“Huh…”

Gongsun Mu-oe could only let out a deep sigh.

“When things go wrong, he doesn’t care about Jeongcheon Alliance elders or family heads. Yet that same fellow shows such respect only to Seonyu Valley. Fellows like that are clear about favors and grudges. Fortunately, Seonyu Valley seems to have accumulated many favors with that fellow.”

“That’s truly fortunate.”

“Try to maintain good relations with that fellow from now on. I didn’t tell you his story at such length just for entertainment.”

“Understood.”

Gongsun Mu-oe answered seriously to Byeokryeokgae’s advice.

“You understand too, right?”

Byeokryeokgae’s gaze turned to Gongsun Bi-yeon.

“Yes.”

Gongsun Bi-yeon answered with a demure posture.

Deep in her eyes, interest quietly settled.

***

Before they knew it, the sun was setting.

The first day of the outing and rest day was coming to an end.

Nevertheless, Baek Ri-pyeong remained at the training ground.

Both Dang Jin-san and Nak U-jin had returned to the dormitory a while ago.

Only he remained until the end, swinging his sword.

The appearance Dan Mok Un-rae had shown in the recent martial duel.

That image kept flickering before his eyes.

“Whew. You’re really working hard, aren’t you?”

Then words of admiration reached Baek Ri-pyeong’s ears.

Baek Ri-pyeong lowered his sword and turned his gaze toward where the voice came from.

It was Ju U-myeong.

“You know what? You’re the only cadet left alone at the training grounds in this area.”

They were cadets from the Seventh Group and Twentieth Group who had become much closer after the training in Sanwol Demon Forest.

Though the Twentieth Group cadets were just Ju U-myeong and Ha Seol-ran.

“Is that so?”

“Swinging your sword frantically like that is worse than not swinging it at all.”

At Ju U-myeong’s sudden words, Baek Ri-pyeong’s eyebrows twitched.

“Those are our Master’s words.”

At Ju U-myeong’s following explanation, Baek Ri-pyeong closed his lips that were about to open.

“A few days before I came to Gyoryong Hall, Master said this to me after seeing me cultivate alone.”

At those words, questions arose in Baek Ri-pyeong’s eyes.

What reason would he have had to frantically swing his sword while at Wudang Mountain?

“I had heard about you guys, you see. The cadets of Maengryong Corps who defeated Namgung Ji-hu at the martial competition called Hatuje. I became impatient without realizing it. Wondering what kind of fellows you were.”

Ju U-myeong chuckled.

“Looking at you now, I feel like I’m seeing myself from back then.”

“Ah…”

Baek Ri-pyeong let out a low gasp.

“Back then, I couldn’t hold a sword until I came to Gyoryong Hall. Because Master told me not to.”

Ju U-myeong left those words behind, waved his hand, and disappeared.

Baek Ri-pyeong stared blankly at his retreating figure.

And he mulled over their recent conversation.

After briefly lifting his sword to look at it, he sheathed it.

Then he just stood there in a daze.

Ha Mu-baek was watching him from a distance.

“Tsk. I won’t need to step in.”

He had just returned after continuously sensing Baek Ri-pyeong’s presence from the training ground.

But Ju U-myeong had given Baek Ri-pyeong good advice and left.

How would that fellow accept that advice?

“Hehe. I only saw them as young, but they’re growing up well. They even know how to look after each other’s shortcomings.”

“Indeed they do.”

Wi Ji-gun had approached his side at some point. He too had seen everything that just happened.

“So, why did you come earlier?”

He asked about the daytime matter.

Ha Mu-baek calmly explained the reason for coming from Seonyu Valley.

“Hmm. Nine-Tone Severed Meridians…”

Wi Ji-gun pondered for a moment.

“As you know, I’m not a physician. It’s just that in trying to treat Ran-ah somehow, I came to know a lot about severed meridians.”

The sect’s records had also been of great help.

There were records of cultivation methods and treatments for disciples who were congenitally weak in qi meridians.

“When Seonyu Valley had no solution, would the treatment method I found really be effective?”

While he showed confidence with Seven-Tone Severed Meridians, which he had experience treating, Wi Ji-gun was cautious about the unknown territory of Nine-Tone Severed Meridians.

“They came all this way after seeing the list of medicinal ingredients Master wrote down. They must have seen some clue. I’m still in a position of learning from Master, so I couldn’t give them any answers.”

At Ha Mu-baek’s response, Wi Ji-gun gazed intently at the western sky.

Deep sunset colors covered the sky.

“Right. Nine-Tone Severed Meridians is ultimately Severed Meridian Syndrome too. Let’s take a look. You say you even owe them a life debt. A disciple’s debt is the master’s debt.”

“Thank you.”

Ha Mu-baek smiled.

The debt owed to Seonyu Valley from the recent war was not small.

Especially Dam Mu-heun, who had come to find him recently, had literally returned from death’s door.

Thanks to Seonyu Valley’s treatment.

That’s why Ha Mu-baek called it a life debt.

“As they say, strike while the iron is hot. Let’s go.”

So the two headed to the inn where Gongsun Mu-oe and Gongsun Bi-yeon had chosen to stay.

Though there hadn’t been time to find out which inn it was, it didn’t matter to Ha Mu-baek.

Because he could sense their presence.

Just as they arrived at the inn’s first floor, it was dinner time.

The inn, which should have been bustling and noisy, was quiet.

It was puzzling.

Only when Ha Mu-baek entered could he understand the reason.

Gongsun Bi-yeon was eating while slightly lifting her face veil.

People trying to concentrate on seeing those fleeting moments were keeping their mouths shut and staring only at her, so it had to be quiet.

Even the shopkeeper was doing the same.

Ha Mu-baek shook his head.

Such beautiful looks sometimes became a nuisance like this.

The first to spot Ha Mu-baek was Gongsun Mu-oe. When he noticed the old man following behind Ha Mu-baek, he instinctively knew he was a noble person.

“Please come in. Thank you for coming so quickly. I pay my respects to the noble person.”

Gongsun Mu-oe bowed toward Wi Ji-gun and performed a cupped fist salute.

Seeing this, Gongsun Bi-yeon also put down her chopsticks, rose from her seat, and bowed.

Small gasps and sighs full of regret flowed from here and there.

“Have you arranged a guest room?”

“We have. This girl insisted on eating on the first floor, so we came down, and this is what happened.”

At Ha Mu-baek’s question, Gongsun Mu-oe replied with a bitter smile.

“She’s been only in the mountain forest, so that’s probably why. Tsk.”

Gongsun Mu-oe spoke as if displeased with the gazes of people gathered in the inn.

Ha Mu-baek fully understood his feelings.

Meanwhile, Gongsun Bi-yeon was holding back a small smile beneath her face veil.

“Then shall we go to the guest room to talk?”

“That would be best. I’m sorry for showing such an unseemly sight when the noble person has taken the trouble to come.”

Gongsun Mu-oe said, bowing his head slightly to Wi Ji-gun.

“Haha. It’s because your daughter is so exceptionally beautiful, so please don’t mind it.”

Wi Ji-gun replied with a smile.

Gongsun Mu-oe led the way to a guest room on the inn’s upper floor. Befitting the lord of Seonyu Valley, it was the finest guest room on the inn’s top floor.

“It would have been good if there was an inn with a separate building, but we couldn’t find one nearby.”

A separate building would have been the best choice, but it seemed there were no inns near Gyoryong Hall with available separate buildings.

“I am called Wi Ji-gun. I am also this fellow’s master.”

At Wi Ji-gun’s introduction, Gongsun Mu-oe also bowed and exchanged greetings again.

“Your heart must be anxious, so I’ll speak the conclusion first. I will help you. Since my disciple owes a great debt, it’s my duty as a master to help.”

At the words of permission that came as soon as they sat down, Gongsun Mu-oe bowed again.

“I truly thank you, noble person.”

“Haha. The title of noble person is too much for me to bear, Lord.”

“Since the noble person finds it uncomfortable… then I shall address you as Master Wi.”

At such courteous words, Wi Ji-gun could no longer refuse.

“There’s one thing you should know. I am not a physician. I’m just a martial artist. It’s just that because my disciple had Seven-Tone Severed Meridians, I came to treat severed meridians while searching for every possible method to save my disciple. I may have no solution for Nine-Tone Severed Meridians either.”

“That would be enough. Even just that method you used to treat Seven-Tone Severed Meridians.”

“I currently have a child with Seven-Tone Severed Meridians under my care. So it would be difficult for me to go to Demon Valley – would that be alright?”

At Wi Ji-gun’s words, Gongsun Mu-oe nodded.

“I will send a message. Since the child is weak, it might take some time to come here. I ask for your kind assistance.”

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