The Genius Youngest Disciple of the Wudang Sect

Chapter 128

"Etiquette teacher?"

"What do you mean by that? Are you trying to joke with us right now?"

The two of them reacted very strongly.

It seems it's because they understood the inner meaning of my words just now, 'You guys have no manners, you have no manners at all?'

Seeing that they understood what I was trying to say at once, it seems they are not stupid or clueless.

Yes! They are just ignorant. Ignorant people who were born into a good family, were raised being coddled, and have never properly learned etiquette.

No matter how good a martial artist Nangong Sang-hyeon and Nangong Cheon-jin are, it doesn't guarantee that they are good grandfathers or good fathers.

"A joke? Do I look like I'm joking right now?"

"You do! If you came to congratulate someone on their family's celebration, you should have just quietly congratulated them and left, why are you causing such a scene? And a Taoist from the Wudang Sect at that!"

I was tired and exhausted from pretending, so I glared at Nangong Ryu-jin and said, "Young hero. Words are not something you can just say as you please. If you've reached that age, you should know this much."

"Wh-What did you say? What did you just say?"

"If you want to ignore and despise me, you should only despise me. The words you just said are not just ignoring me, but are no different from ignoring the great-grandfather and the head of the Nangong family, are they not?"

"Wh-When did I say such a thing?"

I answered him with an expression that said, 'Why are you asking something so obvious?'

"When? You just did. My grandfather and father have already thought it through and made a decision, but I can't follow those words. They even explained why they made such a decision, but I can't accept that explanation either. So I'm going to ignore my father and grandfather's words."

"Wh-When did I...!"

Nangong Ryu-jin reflexively refuted my words, but in the end, he trailed off.

It must be because he realized that my words were right.

"Ryu-jin, stop talking. He's not someone who can be reasoned with."

"I agree with you. I was also thinking that you are not people who can be reasoned with."

When I answered instead of Nangong Ryu-jin, he narrowed his eyes and looked at me, and then he said with a polite-looking fist-and-palm salute, "Taoist Master Unhwi. As a martial artist of the Nangong family and the eldest son of the Sword King, I request a spar with you."

"Oho... a spar?"

"That's right. No matter how much you teach us the martial arts we need, I believe that I cannot serve just anyone as the Grand Master."

"Just anyone? Haha, do I look like just anyone to you?"

"Whether you are just anyone or not, won't we know once we cross swords?"

"In the end, it means I have to prove my qualifications myself."

I thought this guy was speaking a little more politely, but the two brothers are exactly the same.

I am very familiar with this kind of situation.

In my previous life, I had no background and no sect, so my whole life was a process of proving my worth.

Dancing with a sword in a place like this? That's not a worry at all.

However, there is only one thing that I am worried about.

"Miss Yu-hwa. Will you also participate in proving my qualifications?"

I looked at Nangong Yu-hwa and said to her.

Then, she shook her head and immediately answered, "No. I have no intention of doing so."

"Good. Then we only need to have two spars. Do you happen to know when the head of the family will be here?"

"Perhaps... he will be here in about half a shichen. He originally asked me to deliver a message to you to gather at the end of the hour of the dog (around 9 p.m.), but I was caught by my older brother here on my way to where you were..."

"Good. Half a shichen is... enough."

My only worry was one thing.

Judging by the state of Nangong Mu-jin and Nangong Ryu-jin, Nangong Cheon-jin seems to love his sons very much.

Because if he didn't raise them with love and coddling, his sons wouldn't be in such a state.

So no matter how much Nangong Cheon-jin has decided to serve me as the Grand Master, and even if that is sincere, if he sees me personally injecting etiquette into his beloved sons, he might not think well of me.

Of course, even if I do that, he won't go back on his decision to serve me as the Grand Master, but still, I don't want to do anything that would lower my favorability in his heart.

"Young Hero Nangong Ryu-jin. You're going to do it, right?"

"Of course!"

"Good. Before that, let me ask one thing. Young Hero Nangong Mu-jin and Young Hero Nangong Ryu-jin. Who is stronger between the two of you?"

They looked at each other with puzzled eyes, and then Nangong Ryu-jin answered in a tone as if he was dumbfounded.

"Do you not know the meaning of the title Sword Dragon, Taoist Master? I also participated in the last Dragon and Phoenix Assembly. But..."

"Ah. I asked who is stronger, why are you talking so much? Anyway, it means your older brother is stronger."

When I cut him off in the middle, he frowned as if he was in a bad mood, but I lightly ignored him and then turned my head to Nangong Yu-hwa again and said, "Miss. I'm really sorry, but could you lend me your sword?"

"A-A sword?"

"Yes. I didn't think I would need to use a sword in the Nangong family, so I left my sword in my lodgings."

"If it's for a spar, a wooden sword..."

"No. How can I use a wooden sword in such an important spar? I have to use a real sword. You both think so, right?"

Nangong Mu-jin nodded his head immediately as if he thought so, and Nangong Ryu-jin, who actually didn't seem to think so, was about to shake his head, but he glanced at Nangong Mu-jin and then vigorously nodded his head.

"See? I know it's rude to ask to borrow a sword, but please lend it to me."

"Yes... I understand."

She didn't seem to want to lend it, but what could she do? She was the one who said she would acknowledge me as the Grand Master, and the Grand Master was asking to borrow it.

She drew the sword from her waist and handed it to me, and I took the sword and glanced at the blade and the edge.

'Wow, this is also a tremendous treasured sword.'

Money must be good. Seeing that even his children have such great swords.

'If you use too good a sword from a young age, you'll get used to a good sword and develop bad habits.'

I had such a thought, but when I thought about it again, it's not something I need to worry about at all.

I held the sword and swung it a few times to get used to the length and weight of the sword.

The feeling of it fitting in my hand is very good.

Since it's a sword for a woman to use, the blade seems to be a little narrow and made lightly, but it feels like a sword that is just right for me, who is still smaller than an adult.

I put the sword on my shoulder and said, "You said the older brother is stronger, so let's start with the older brother."

"No, I'm first..."

"Ryu-jin, step back."

"Older brother!"

He stepped forward and drew the sword at his waist.

The blue blade flashed in the moonlight and revealed itself, and a faint killing intent that seemed to want to kill me rose.

"Before we start."

"......?"

"It's no fun to just have a spar, so shall we clearly decide our positions when we win and lose before we start? If I lose, I will leave the Nangong family without looking back. Then the Grand Master and everything will be as if it never happened. I will also leave without seeing the Sovereign Sword Emperor's retirement banquet and Gold Basin Hand-Washing ceremony."

"Good. If I lose, I will cleanly accept that you will become our Grand Master."

Although he answered as if he had made a firm decision, I shook my head.

"No. That's not enough."

"Not enough? What do you mean by that?"

"To be honest, even if I don't have a spar right now, if I just hold out until the head of the family comes, I will naturally become the Grand Master, right? If it doesn't work, I can just bring the Sovereign Sword Emperor. No matter how much you two dislike me, can you do as you are doing now in front of the two of them?"

"That is..."

"See? So it means that I will get what I can get even if I just stay still, by having a spar."

"Then is there something more you want?"

"There is."

I looked at Nangong Mu-jin once, and then at Nangong Ryu-jin once, and then I said with a bright smile, "Absolute obedience."

"......?!"

"Whatever I say, you must follow unconditionally. If I tell you to do gymnastics in the moonlight, you will follow without a word, and if I say I want to eat sweets right now, you will run to the market and buy them."

Nangong Ryu-jin couldn't hold back his anger and shouted, "What nonsense are you spouting! Are you telling us to become your slaves?"

"Ah, that's good. Shall we do it like this instead? The loser becomes the winner's slave."

When I answered with a smile, he clicked his tongue as if he was dumbfounded.

However, Nangong Mu-jin looked at me with very serious eyes.

"Good. A slave. Let's do that."

"Older brother!"

"Ryu-jin. What are you thinking right now? We just have to win. Do you really think we will lose?!"

"That's not it, but I just feel..."

When Nangong Ryu-jin said, glancing at me, I shrugged my shoulders with a mischievous expression.

Then Nangong Ryu-jin shouted, "Let's do it! Let's do it. When I become the master, I'll do something about that face right away!"

At that reaction, I rather smiled.

"Good. It's confirmed that we'll do it like that! Then let's start."

I quickly organized the situation and then took a big step towards Nangong Mu-jin.

Although I had only taken one step, the atmosphere on the training ground changed in an instant.

Because I had put a lot of my internal energy into this one step.

The wave of energy that was created by that hit Nangong Mu-jin, and the spar naturally began.

Nangong Mu-jin reacted to my energy at an incredible speed, and then he suddenly stepped on his footwork and rushed at me as if he were being shot.

I've heard of that footwork before. The unique footwork of the Nangong family that contains both profundity and speed, to the point where it looks like you are folding space and running. The Infinite Step.

I was a little surprised by its speed and level, but.

'Too hasty.'

Unlike his serious attitude, he seems to have a very hasty personality, and his lower body and upper body are playing separately, so his balance is off.

His upper body wants to go first and leans forward, but his footwork is not as proficient as his mind, so it was an imbalance that occurred because it followed more slowly.

Thanks to that, I was able to easily block the following sword.

And a few more exchanges followed.

He attacked with a basic sword art as if to see my skills, and I also responded to him with the Un family sword art, not the martial arts of the Wudang Sect.

Then Nangong Mu-jin, who had moved straight back. His expression was slightly different from before.

He was a little surprised by my basics.

"I think I know a little bit why my father wants to appoint you as the Grand Master. Your basics are solid."

However, I just smiled and didn't answer.

Because Nangong Mu-jin's basics were not at a level that satisfied me, and if I opened my mouth, I felt like I would say, 'Your basics are a mess.'

"Then I'll go for real from now on."

A sound as if something like a spark was scattering from his sword was heard...

Suddenly, a true energy that looked like an electric shock began to flow from the sword.

The martial art of electric shock.

I've heard of that martial art before.

'Was it called the Thirteen Lightning Swords of Flash? The martial art of lightning.'

I don't know how he operates his true energy, but I heard that it is a unique martial art of the Nangong family that is used by converting it into lightning energy. And that it is a fast martial art, as it imitates an electric shock.

The moment the sound of thunder echoed, he became a single flash of lightning.

The flash of lightning comes straight at me in a straight line and at the shortest distance to pierce me.

At that moment, I had no choice but to concentrate to the fullest.

I hold my breath and stare at the beam of light. And I endlessly focus on the light and the end point of the light.

Then, gradually, time begins to feel like it's going slowly.

Even in the midst of that, Nangong Mu-jin's sword is so fast that it has already come right in front of my nose and is about to stab me.

However, even without a special martial art like Nangong Mu-jin's electric shock, my sword and my body are fast enough.

Because my muscles and reflexes, which I have trained with the feeling of vomiting blood and carving my bones, are assisted by my pure and full internal energy.

The swords clashed and made a sound like a gong being struck.

I parried Nangong Mu-jin's electric shock.

It is a technique with a stronger power than I thought. Seeing that I feel a tingling sensation in my hand that parried the sword.

"H-His older brother's Flash of Lightning!"

"H-How...?!"

A sound of admiration burst out from Nangong Ryu-jin and Nangong Yu-hwa, who had gone down to the bottom of the training ground and were watching our spar.

Judging by that reaction, I realized that the one move Nangong Mu-jin had just made was the best martial art he could perform.

Perhaps the most surprised person was Nangong Mu-jin.

Because he had performed the technique with the intention of killing me, but I had received it as if it were nothing.

I think I know what level Nangong Mu-jin's martial arts are at.

It is certainly a great aptitude.

As far as I know, the Thirteen Lightning Swords of Flash is a martial art that can be learned after a certain age because the basic art, the Heavenly Lightning Sovereign Divine Art, is difficult to learn, but it means that he has already learned that martial art in his mid-twenties.

However, in a way, that might have been hindering his growth.

Because in the time he would have spent studying and trying to understand such a difficult martial art, it might have been more effective at this stage if he had moved his body a little more and actually swung his sword.

In fact, Nangong Mu-jin, after using the tremendous technique called Flash of Lightning, couldn't immediately follow up with a subsequent attack and was a little far away.

Perhaps his stamina and internal energy were still very lacking to use that technique.

'The highest level among the current rising stars is only this much.'

I let my sword hang down and then I beckoned to Nangong Ryu-jin at the bottom of the training ground with my finger and said, "You come up too."

"Come up?"

"Attack with your older brother. I'll face both of you at the same time. We don't have time, do we? We have to finish quickly."

At my arrogant words, both Nangong Mu-jin and Nangong Ryu-jin glared at me as if their eyes were on fire.

"Don't regret it!"

"Regret? Haha..."

Nangong Ryu-jin, who had a crumpled expression as he looked at me laughing, drew his sword and strode up to the training ground.

As I waited for him, I thought to myself.

I thought that if the two of them attacked at the same time, it would look like we were fighting on somewhat equal terms.

(End of Chapter)