The Genius Youngest Disciple of the Wudang Sect

Chapter 250

"Amazing! I came out because of the loud noise, but I never thought I'd see such a high-level duel."

"Unhwi is Unhwi, but... Senior Brother Hyeon Yang, you've been hiding your strength all this time. It was an amazing movement."

"I wondered why the elders and the Sect Leader trusted you so much... It's an amazing skill."

"Senior Brother. Thanks to you, I feel like my perspective has broadened. Thank you."

As soon as the duel was over, the elders who had been watching our duel all said a word.

They seemed more surprised by the martial arts of my master, who had not been showing his skills well, than by the fact that I had won.

"It's alright. In the end, I'm the loser."

"Master. I used a cowardly move to win this time. I'd probably have a hard time winning even two out of ten fights."

"Huhu... you don't need to say such empty words. No matter what the content of the fight was, in the end, my loss is my loss."

My master, while admitting his defeat with his own mouth, doesn't look upset at all.

On the contrary, he looks happy. It seems that my master approached this duel not just as a martial artist, but with the heart of a master.

Thinking about it, I also know how my master feels, albeit indirectly.

'Because when I see the achievements of the senior brothers in our room, I also become happy.'

It's probably because I think of my senior brothers as my disciples to some extent.

"Unhwi. You're really amazing too. To be honest, I was a little worried that you were monopolizing all the special treatment among the Un generation disciples. But seeing your real skills, you deserve to be treated specially."

"Thank you, Elder Hyeon-woo. It's all thanks to the Sect Leader's favor."

I, with a humble expression, bowed my head to the elders who were praising my skills.

In fact, it must have been a really long time since the elders had confirmed my skills with their own eyes like this.

Because the places where I have displayed my martial arts so far have been mostly outside the Wudang Sect, and I have missed several consecutive martial arts tournaments where I could have shown my martial arts within the Wudang Sect.

"I heard that they are newly selecting the Five Swords of Wudang in the martial arts tournament this time. It seems the first place will naturally be yours."

"It's not something I can guarantee. Because there are many senior brothers with special qualities among my senior brothers."

"Haha! No matter how outstanding the talent is, it's hard to find a third-generation disciple with martial arts equal to our generation. Although there are individual differences, it's hard to overcome nearly twenty years of time. But for you, it seems it would be faster to find an opponent in our Hyeon generation than in the Un generation."

There are several reasons why I have hidden my skills in the Wudang Sect until now.

The biggest reason among them was the great concern that my senior brothers or elders might be envious or jealous of my skills, which were so outstanding compared to my senior brothers.

But the elders gathered here now are not showing any such signs at all.

I let out a sigh of relief inwardly.

Because thanks to these elders, I felt that I could like the Wudang Sect even more deeply.

"But junior brothers. The night is deep, and the spectacle is over, so I think it would be good to go back."

When I was talking with the elders, my master casually opened his mouth.

Most of the elders had just come out while sleeping, so as my master said, they went back, saying they should go back to sleep.

Some elders, who seemed unable to fall asleep easily because of the duel just now, headed to the training ground instead of their lodgings.

"It's going to get a little noisy tomorrow."

"Why?"

"Words are usually faster than you think. Perhaps by tomorrow, the entire Wudang Sect will know what happened today."

"No way. Are the rumors that fast?"

"Yes. I should have done it in a slightly more secluded place."

The content of his words clearly seems to be regretful, but his tone is strangely happy.

Even though he thinks there will be troublesome things tomorrow, he seems to be in a good mood because he has let everyone know that I am incredibly strong.

"For now... since you have truly proven that you have surpassed me, as promised, I will pass on the Pure Yang Supreme Art to you."

"Thank you, master."

I bowed my head deeply.

To be honest, if my master had wanted to use all means to win like I did, he could have easily beaten me.

But it seems he really wanted to pass on that supreme martial art, the Pure Yang Supreme Art, to me.

Of course, that's not to say he lost to me without a fight, but somehow, I felt my master's consideration and his feelings for me were conveyed.

"Let's move for a bit. It's too open here."

My master took me into his room.

As expected, my master's room is not just bleak, but almost empty.

Because there was really nothing in the room except for a single bed.

It seems it's because he doesn't do anything here except sleep and meditate.

Since there wasn't even a common table and chairs, we sat on the floor facing each other.

"I'm going to recite the incantation now, but before that, is there anything you're curious about?"

"It's not really related to the Pure Yang Supreme Art, but can I ask?"

"What is it?"

"Why didn't the Sect Leader teach you an advanced martial art like the Pure Yang Supreme Art, and why is he only teaching it now? It seems it would be more efficient to train with an advanced martial art from the very beginning when learning martial arts."

I asked the question I had always had without reservation.

In my past life, I didn't have a chance to encounter advanced martial arts, so I couldn't even think of this, but now that I've become a Wudang Sect Taoist, I started to wonder why they only teach weak martial arts to everyone from the beginning and not good martial arts.

There are about a hundred martial artists in one generation, and if all of them learn a powerful internal art like the Six Yang Divine Art and the Taiji Wisdom Sword, wouldn't the overall combat power increase vertically? This was the question that arose from that thought.

"It's a little surprising."

"What is?"

"It seems you don't know something that's too obvious."

"Obvious?"

"Just because it's an advanced martial art doesn't mean it's unconditionally good. Because you can only perform the martial art as you wish when you have the minimum internal energy and mental strength to withstand it. And martial arts are like a very sharply honed sword. What would have happened if you had a sword sharp enough to cut a falling leaf when you had just started learning the sword?"

"Hmm... I might have cut myself while practicing the basic forms, or accidentally stabbed the person next to me."

"That's it. An outstanding martial art has the potential to consume you as well. If you are consumed by a martial art... if you're lucky, you'll fall into qi deviation and become a cripple, and if you're unlucky, you might lose your reason and go on a rampage, harming those close to you with your own hands."

"I... see."

My master said in a serious tone.

It was something I could have easily understood if I had thought about it a little, but I felt a little embarrassed.

At the right time, my master said to me, "If you have no more questions, I will tell you the incantation. This time, the incantation is particularly difficult, so you must remember it well. If you can't learn it properly, be sure to ask me to say it again."

"Yes, master."

My master slowly began to recite the incantation.

As he said, it was difficult to memorize easily, so I had to listen to it again and again.

But, after listening to the incantation repeatedly for about half a shichen, I was able to completely memorize the incantation of the Pure Yang Supreme Art.

"I think I know how foolish a question I asked earlier."

"No. You might not know if you haven't experienced it yourself."

The answer to the question I had asked my master a little while ago was also contained in the Pure Yang Supreme Art.

The Pure Yang Supreme Art is actually a martial art that can be learned relatively easily if one has properly learned the mystery of Taiji.

However, if the mystery of Taiji can be explained as the concept of gently countering the force unleashed by the opponent and adding my own force to return it with greater force,

The Pure Yang Supreme Art is the concept of stopping the flow of qi the moment I receive the opponent's force and making that force my own.

Of course, it doesn't become my force forever like the Star Sucking Great Art; the moment I stop operating the Pure Yang Supreme Art, the received energy gradually disappears.

Simply put, it's the same as using the opponent's force against them, but it means that when I am operating the Pure Yang Supreme Art, I can theoretically become infinitely strong.

But, just as there is nothing infinite in the world, there is a limit to the energy that can be received with the Pure Yang Supreme Art.

That limit is myself.

Because how much energy I can temporarily gather depends on the size of my body and my dantian that I have cultivated so far.

If I try to accumulate more energy in my body than my body can withstand...

'My dantian could break.'

If the dantian breaks, you can never perform martial arts again.

So even if it's an advanced martial art, if you learn the Pure Yang Supreme Art at a low level, you won't be able to receive much of the opponent's force, and your dantian will break more easily.

It would be much better to use the Taiji Internal Art than to use this difficult Pure Yang Supreme Art.

"Now go to a place where you can be alone and learn it by yourself."

"Is it okay for me to do it alone?"

"Yes. To be honest, there's nothing more I can teach you. Because I'm at a level where it's embarrassing to say I've completely learned it yet. I'm just in the process of understanding the incantation and slowly mastering it. It would be good for you to take your time and learn it slowly as well."

"Yes. I'll take it slow."

My master, as if he were tired, seemed to be subtly hoping that I would leave, and I, after telling my master to rest well, left his room.

'If I go back to my room like this, it will be difficult to sort this out because my senior brothers are there...'

I thought I should go to a quiet place.

Because I needed to sort out these inspirations that were swirling in my head right now.

The place I eventually found was an open space somewhere in Mount Wudang, not far from the Wudang Sect.

I, convinced that no one would come here, sat in a cross-legged position and began to meditate.

'Master. Perhaps I can get ahead of you.'

If I properly learn the Pure Yang Supreme Art, I can become much stronger than I am now.

And in fact, since I have already learned the incantation and mastered the martial art to some extent, I will be able to learn it even faster if I can just concentrate.

A little time passed after I sat in a cross-legged position. I began to fall into a state of selflessness.

***

The next morning, the sun rose.

I, with a pleasant face, opened my eyes to the sound of birds filling my ears.

"Good. I think I've already learned this much."

The Pure Yang Supreme Art feels like a martial art that suits me quite well.

Because in order to perform this martial art properly, a kind of patience is needed, and I am at a level where I am born with patience.

I got up from my seat, dusted off my dirt-stained pants, and returned to the Wudang Sect.

But the expressions of the senior brothers and elders I met on the way were unusual.

Feeling a little sense of unease, I came to our room.

I could see why everyone was looking at me with those eyes.

"Unhwi-ya! Is it true that you beat Elder Hyeon Yang yesterday?"

"I was wondering why you weren't coming back, were you with the elder?"

"How did you beat the elder? Did you just fight him fair and square and win? Just a duel?!"

The senior brothers, as soon as they saw me, rushed at me and poured out questions.

They seem to know everything that happened yesterday.

It was because, as my master had said, the rumors had already spread.

(End of Chapter)