The Genius Youngest Disciple of the Wudang Sect

Chapter 130

Nangong Sang-hyeon and Nangong Cheon-jin are approaching this place, exuding a huge presence.

To be honest, I'm a little scared.

I have crushed their grandson and son in front of them.

It's as clear as day who is more important between me, whom they have only met for a few days, and their own flesh and blood, without even having to think deeply about it.

But I believe that the two martial artists of the Nangong family are true martial artists.

They are people who would know that sometimes they have to endure uncomfortable truths for their family and children to go on the right path.

And secondly, I believe in my current martial arts.

I realized it when I fought a single exchange with Nangong Mu-jin. That my current level has already surpassed the level that can be called a rising star.

Of course, compared to my prime in my previous life, I am still a weakling, but considering that I have only trained for nearly two years, it is a great achievement.

"What a sight."

Nangong Cheon-jin, speaking to his sons in a slightly cold voice.

Nangong Ryu-jin quickly approached him and opened his mouth.

"Ah, father. This is... I'm really sorry."

"What are you sorry for?"

"So, the fact that we lost is..."

Seeing Nangong Ryu-jin reflexively trying to make an excuse, Nangong Cheon-jin clicked his tongue and dismissed his words.

"That's not what you really did wrong. Defeat? In the first place, that was a matter of course. Do you think I would have asked Unhwi to be the Grand Master for no reason? What you really did wrong was not trusting me and your grandfather."

"......"

Nangong Ryu-jin was at a loss for words.

Indeed, he would have had nothing to say even if he had ten mouths.

He might have had something to say if he had won the spar with me.

But he was miserably defeated. And that was even when he attacked with his older brother, who is called the Sword Dragon.

No, can it even be called a joint attack? They didn't even try to aim for my opening at the same time, and there was no joint attack where one sacrificed himself while the other attacked.

"Unhwi-ya... I'm sorry. I'll apologize on their behalf."

At that time, Nangong Sang-hyeon came forward and said to me.

As he approached, I felt a very slight shiver run down my spine.

'No, how in just two days...?'

He had changed somewhere in just two days since he had met me.

Someone who doesn't know would not notice, but I can.

Because the meaning of that change was that I felt that he had somehow gotten closer to the body condition I had always dreamed of.

'It's my Dynamic Qigong. In just two days, his body has started to change thanks to my Dynamic Qigong.'

The Dynamic Qigong I created might have been more amazing than I thought, or it might be a really good match with the martial arts of the Nangong family.

But, I can be sure of this.

'If he is actually seeing the effects in just two days... Nangong Sang-hyeon has no choice but to be completely on my side.'

As expected. When I said it was okay and accepted his apology, he approached his grandsons and said in a scary voice, "This grandfather is disappointed in you."

"Grandfather..."

"Don't even call me that. I thought I had treated you with love. But that love was so excessive that it only gave you recklessness and useless pride."

The faces of Nangong Mu-jin and Nangong Ryu-jin turned pale.

When a person who usually doesn't get angry gets angry, it's even scarier.

The current situation is exactly that.

To them, Nangong Sang-hyeon must have always been a benevolent grandfather who warmly embraced them.

But now, Nangong Sang-hyeon is sincerely reprimanding them.

"Do you feel that I have changed compared to two days ago?"

"......"

"......"

"Tsk. It seems you don't feel anything. Unhwi, whom I saw once the day before yesterday, noticed my change as soon as he saw me..."

I was a little surprised. I didn't show it on the outside, and I was only a very, very little surprised inside, but he noticed that?

"You know the reason why I was originally going to have a Gold Basin Hand-Washing ceremony, don't you?"

"Yes. We know."

The two of them had slightly gloomy faces.

The reason why Nangong Sang-hyeon was going to retire. It was to go to a quiet place and wait for death before his body completely collapsed.

"But, thanks to Unhwi's teachings... I'm going to reverse the Gold Basin Hand-Washing at the retirement banquet in a few days."

"Grandfather!"

"Is that really true?!"

At Nangong Sang-hyeon's shocking declaration, the two brothers were so surprised that they shouted.

Seeing that, I couldn't help but let out a small laugh.

In front of me, they were two people who were incredibly prickly, didn't listen, and seemed to be self-willed.

Because I thought that the sight of them being happy like children at the words that Nangong Sang-hyeon would not retire did not suit them at all.

However, there is no ridicule in my laughter.

Because I didn't feel any pretense or other meaning in their words.

I could feel that the two brothers were sincerely happy that their beloved and respected grandfather would not retire.

"I have made such a decision, but you still can't believe the decision that I and your father have made?"

The two of them couldn't answer anything.

No, at this point, they look as if they have committed a crime.

But... right now, I'm honestly having a hard time. What's hard is... it's a huge ordeal to hold back a big laugh.

'If it becomes like this... am I becoming the savior of the Sovereign Sword Emperor's life?'

The fact that he postponed his Gold Basin Hand-Washing means that he has given up on quietly facing death.

It means that he has seen a hope to live.

'And not only the Sovereign Sword Emperor, but if the Sword King also learns my Dynamic Qigong from now on and lives a long life...?'

A shiver began to run through my whole body. To the point where I even got goosebumps.

Perhaps I will become the lifelong benefactor of the Nangong family, and above all, the Nangong family is now my eternal ally.

"So you two, apologize to the Grand Master at once!"

"Yes. Grandfather."

"I understand."

After being nagged by Nangong Sang-hyeon, they came and stood in front of me hesitantly.

And then they bowed their heads and apologized to me.

"I'm really sorry. I dared to doubt and test the Grand Master, which was beyond my station. Please forgive my mistake."

"I also apologize. From now on, I will serve you well as the Grand Master."

Their tone of speech has changed to extreme honorifics.

Even in their voices, although it was very, very slight, I could feel something like respect.

So I approached the two of them, put my hands on their shoulders, and said, "It's okay. What's there to apologize for between us? I'll accept it all."

At my suddenly changed tone of speech, they straightened their backs and looked at me with strange eyes.

They have an expression that says they don't understand why I'm suddenly speaking informally in this atmosphere.

But, I didn't care and continued, "It was a situation where you could naturally do that. Even if I were in your situation, I would have naturally acted that way."

"T-Taoist Master Unhwi?"

Nangong Ryu-jin, who couldn't stand it anymore, looked at me and said.

Although his tone of speech is much more careful than before, it is a tone that seems a little annoyed.

"Why?"

"Th-The words... no matter how much we say we will serve you as the Grand Master, we are martial artists who have already entered the martial world. A little respect..."

"Ha... you still haven't come to your senses?"

"Yes?"

"What do you think you're saying to me right now? Don't talk about the Grand Master. Did you forget what we talked about before we fought?"

At that moment, as if he remembered the conversation we had, he gasped and covered his mouth with both hands.

And when I looked at Nangong Mu-jin, he closed his eyes as if he had given up, but his eyelids were trembling.

"If you understand, let's do well from now on. Slaves."

I said with a smiling face, and then I took my hands off their shoulders and approached Nangong Sang-hyeon and Nangong Cheon-jin.

I was about to tell them what kind of bet we had made before the spar, but Nangong Sang-hyeon was laughing.

It seems he guessed what had happened between us just by listening to our conversation a little while ago.

I whispered to them in a small voice, "I won't be too harsh."

"No. You can be harsh."

"Really?"

"It's something that happened because I and the head of the family couldn't teach them properly. It wouldn't be strange for the Grand Master to correct it."

"Thank you for your understanding."

He responded to my words with a smile and then opened his mouth.

"In my opinion, there seems to be an easy way to learn this Dynamic Qigong, and a hard way. Isn't that right?"

"Hmm... that's right. No, to be honest, there was only a hard way to learn it, but a few days ago, the Sovereign Sword Emperor organized my training method into a Dynamic Qigong, right? In fact, until then, it wasn't even a Dynamic Qigong, it was just a training method. The easy way was not created by me, but by the Sword Emperor."

I passed the credit to him.

But to be honest, that's the truth.

But he looked at me with a very proud face and then said to me, "I will teach my son. But my grandsons... how about the Grand Master teaching them directly? And in a hard way."

"Ah... is that okay?"

"Of course. In any case, aren't those children in a situation where they have to listen to your words unconditionally?"

"That's right. In fact."

"Then you can do as you please. A man must keep the words he has spoken. And... you can be harsh. As you wish."

The more he talked, the more dark clouds began to gather on the brothers' faces.

On the contrary, my face is getting brighter and brighter.

At that time, Nangong Cheon-jin said to Nangong Yu-hwa who was next to him, "Yu-hwa. What are you going to do? Will you follow me and learn the Dynamic Qigong from your grandfather?"

At his words, I nodded my head inwardly.

Because she had acknowledged me as the Grand Master from the beginning and was not included in the bet.

But, her answer was unexpected.

"No. I will learn from the Grand Master with my older brothers."

"Didn't you hear just now? That path will be a hard path. You and I..."

"I don't want to!"

At that time, Nangong Yu-hwa raised her voice slightly, and everyone here was so surprised that they looked at her.

She herself, who had raised her voice, was startled, and her face turned slightly red.

But, she opened her mouth with a determined expression.

"Father. I have always been treated specially because I am a daughter since I was young. And until now, I have never once disobeyed my father's words..."

Although she was trembling slightly, she uttered each and every word with strength.

"But today, while watching the spar between my older brothers and the Grand Master, I realized one important thing. I... am also a martial artist. No... I want to be a martial artist."

"Y-Yu-hwa..."

He was so flustered that he even stuttered, as it was the first time his daughter had acted like this.

And I think I now know the identity of the sense of disharmony I felt whenever I saw Nangong Yu-hwa.

Perhaps she had lived her whole life smoothly as the precious only daughter of the Sword King.

Without achieving anything herself, she had lived the life that her father had prepared and presented.

But I don't know what the trigger was, but she is trying to break out of her shell.

In fact, the fact that Nangong Mu-jin and Nangong Cheon-jin lost the spar to me and became my slaves.

That was also their choice. It's just that the result of the choice was the worst.

But she didn't even think of fighting me in the first place.

Was it really because she didn't doubt me at all?

No. It's more likely that it was because her father and grandfather said they would do so.

"From now on... I want to decide my own life."

After she said that, she let out a deep sigh as if she was relieved.

A slight gleam appeared in my eyes as I looked at her.

Her atmosphere and the energy she exuded had changed from a little while ago.

Looking at her, I suddenly had this thought.

'Huh...? I didn't expect it... but the real talent of the Nangong family might be here?'

I can feel the will in her voice and attitude.

And above all, the words 'I want to be a martial artist' sound like she is not a martial artist now, which touches my heart even more.

"Hoho... okay. Do as you wish."

Fortunately, the Sword King immediately agreed to Nangong Yu-hwa's words.

A very brief silence passed, and Nangong Sang-hyeon said to Nangong Cheon-jin, "Then how about us old people step aside?"

"Ah... shall we? I understand. We were going to have a simple introduction today anyway, but I think this is enough of an introduction."

"Yes. Aren't we busy right now? Let the young people talk more among themselves and then part."

"Yes, father."

After they finished their conversation, they said to me to take good care of their sons and daughter, and then they quickly disappeared from the training ground.

So only I, Nangong Mu-jin, Nangong Ryu-jin, and Nangong Yu-hwa were left on the training ground.

"What should I call you from now on...?"

"In front of other people, just call me Taoist Master Unhwi. Didn't you hear from the head of the family? I want to keep it a secret from other people."

"Ah... I heard."

"You knew and you still asked? I really hate repeating what I've already said, so be careful from now on."

"I understand."

"I will do so."

They seemed a little dazed, as if the events that had just happened were a series of shocks, but they obediently followed my words.

"Then are we going to be taught the Dynamic Qigong now?"

"No. Before that, there's something we must do."

"Something we must do?"

"Yes. It's like a mandatory gateway that you must pass before you can learn my training method. Although it's been a really long time since I've done it."

I looked around, and my eyes met with Nangong Yu-hwa, so I asked her, "Miss. I think I heard that there was a wooden sword here earlier. Where is it?"

"The wooden sword is in that box over there."

"Could you bring it to me?"

"Ah, I understand."

Although she had a puzzled expression, she performed a lightness skill and brought me the wooden sword.

I swung it around to feel the weight and then smiled brightly.

"This is good. The weight is just right."

"What are you going to do with that?"

"By any chance, another spar...?"

Although Nangong Mu-jin and Nangong Ryu-jin asked that, I continued to maintain a bright smile and said to them, "No? Do you remember what I said before that I was an etiquette teacher?"

"I... remember."

"Before you can learn my training method, you must receive etiquette education. Both of you, get down."

"Yes?"

"Didn't I tell you not to make me say it twice? Get down on all fours!"

When I shouted, the two of them reflexively got down on the floor.

Nangong Yu-hwa is hesitating between me and her older brothers, not knowing what to do.

I looked at her and said with a smile, "Miss?"

"Yes?"

"You should stay out of it, miss. If you don't want to get hurt... I mean, behind.”

(End of Chapter)