The Genius Youngest Disciple of the Wudang Sect

Chapter 291

"Hwi-ya, will you be alright?"

After parting with Seo Mun-wang-ryang and returning to the inn, my master asked me with a worried voice.

"Yes. I'll probably be fine."

"Seo Mun-wang-ryang is a man with strong pride and a sharp hand. I'm just worried that he might... you..."

Although my master trailed off, I felt like I could hear the rest of his words.

"You mean, what if he tries to kill me?"

"Yes. I'm not just saying this, but he won't go easy on you just because it's a public duel. He might do his best to kill you, or at least injure you so severely that you can't recover, and then say it was an unavoidable accident during the duel."

"Of course, I'm also thinking about that. Isn't that why I asked him to concede the first five moves?"

"Five moves... even so, it won't be easy to defeat him within five moves."

I know well why my master is worried.

Seo Mun-wang-ryang is one of the strongest masters in the Seo Mun family.

Even though the Seo Mun family is a family that is one step below the Nine Sects One Gang or the Five Great Families, he would be able to become an elder of the Nine Sects One Gang. Very possibly, his martial arts might be even more outstanding than that.

"I have a plan for that, so don't worry too much."

"Hmm... alright, I understand. You've always done well, so I have no choice but to trust you."

Even in such a worrying moment, my master told me that he trusted me.

"Then, since there is still a week left, let's train a little more until then."

"Alright, master."

Although I wonder how much I can develop in a week, it is still a hundred times, a thousand times better than doing nothing, so in the end, the only thing I can do now is train.

***

About two days passed.

During that time, my master and I devoted ourselves to training together.

My master also taught me the things he had learned from the Sect Leader that he felt he had completely understood.

Although he could have just passed on the oral formulas, he decided to be as careful as possible in a place where there was no Sect Leader or grand-elder to save me in case I learned the martial arts incorrectly and fell into qi deviation, so he only taught me what he understood.

And on the third day, someone came to visit us at the inn where we were staying.

"Taoist Hyeon Yang of the Wudang Sect. Taoist Unhwi. The Alliance Leader wishes to see you."

He was a martial artist from the Martial Alliance, and he was a person with no particular features, and whose face and voice were new to me.

'Was there such a person in the Martial Alliance?'

No matter how much I thought about it, I had no memory of seeing such a face, so I pondered for a long time who he was.

In fact, it's not that I remember everyone in the Martial Alliance.

Moreover, if he is a person who does a trivial errand like delivering the message that the Alliance Leader is looking for us, he probably won't be in a very high position, so it might be even more so.

But from the moment I saw him, my intuition and qi sense are fluctuating.

Although he looks calm, in fact, the person standing in front of me is a tremendous master.

"Do we have to go right now?"

"He didn't say by when you have to come, but I think it would be better if you go quickly."

"Thank you. We will prepare and go right away."

He, after exchanging greetings with my master, disappeared, and my master, looking at the place where he had disappeared, said to me, "Hwi-ya. Did you feel it too?"

"Yes. I felt it too. Do you know him?"

"No. I don't know him at all."

"To think that there is a martial artist who is still unknown even with that level of martial arts... the Martial Alliance is indeed an amazing place."

My master chuckled and told me to hurry up and get ready to go see the Martial Alliance Leader.

Because we had been training until a little while ago, the clothes we were wearing now were all covered in dirt and sweat.

A little while later, we each washed up, changed into clean clothes, and then headed to the Martial Alliance.

Although I don't know who the mysterious master from a little while ago was, right now, there is no way to know and no need to know.

And strictly speaking, at this time, it is a time when the me of my past life had not even arrived at the Martial Alliance yet.

So in those few years, he might have died for some reason, or he might have left the Martial Alliance and settled somewhere else.

And so, when we arrived at the Martial Alliance, another strange thing happened to us.

"Pass."

"Go through."

"Pass."

"Enter."

Not a single person stopped us until the fourth gate of the Martial Alliance.

Even when I came with my master, they had at least checked our identities, and when I went to see the Alliance Leader alone, it had taken a considerable amount of time to check my identity, purpose, and so on.

And the martial artist guarding the last fifth gate also glanced at us and said, "The Alliance Leader is waiting. Please enter."

He just said that and then slightly opened the gate.

My master also didn't know what was going on, and I also arrived at the Alliance Leader's quarters in a daze.

I, thinking that the Alliance Leader would be near the willow tree where he always stood, approached that way.

It was to ask him what he had told the martial artists guarding the five gates.

But for some reason, the Alliance Leader was not there today.

-Come in this way.

At that time, a voice that seemed to be buzzing, flew directly into my ear and stuck.

Since my master reacted at the same time as me, it seems the Alliance Leader used the technique of multiple sound transmissions.

Multiple sound transmission is, as the name suggests, a technique of sending a sound transmission to several people at the same time, and it is several times more difficult than a normal sound transmission, and requires a high-level enlightenment about internal energy.

The place where that voice was heard was inside the Alliance Leader's quarters.

Originally, with multiple sound transmission, if the caster does not want to reveal the location of where he is speaking, he can not reveal it at all, but it seemed the Alliance Leader had deliberately told us the location to have us come inside the house.

"Excuse me."

My master immediately moved and entered the Alliance Leader's quarters.

As I followed my master inside, a familiar room scene unfolds.

Because I had been here several times in my past life, and there was almost no difference from that time.

As if reflecting his own personality, there were no ornaments or luxury items in the room, and there was only one bed, one table, and one small wardrobe.

"Yes. You came sooner than I thought."

The Martial Alliance Leader was sitting at the table in much more comfortable clothes than before.

My master, taking me with him, made me stand side by side in front of the Martial Alliance Leader, and then first greeted him with a polite fist and palm salute.

"We prepared and came in as quickly as possible."

"First, I have read the mission report you submitted this time. To summarize, is your opinion that there is no need to attack that place yet?"

"Yes. Although they are extorting a certain amount of money from the surrounding merchants and residents, it was not outside the normal range. More than anything, in return for that, it seems they are taking care of the surrounding security to some extent. A while ago, a group of horse bandits from the Liaodong region tried to plunder the surrounding villages, but they stepped forward first and chased away the horse bandits."

"I see. For that matter, we can just have someone stationed there and investigate whether they are crossing the line."

"Yes. I also think so."

The two of them, after having a brief conversation about the mission they had recently done, looked at me and my master alternately and said, "Did you hear what happened to your disciple?"

"Yes. I heard. The bastards who were thought to be the Black Fist Gang were actually the Black Sand Moon?"

"Yes. And your disciple solved it wonderfully. It must be thanks to you teaching him well."

"I have done very little. He is a child who knows how to do things on his own."

"Huhu. Is that so?"

As the Alliance Leader looked at me, I answered differently, "The elders of the Wudang Sect, including my master, have always been good to me. I am overwhelmed just trying to follow their teachings."

"The two of you are saying different things. Who is lying?"

As if it were a joke that he didn't expect an answer to, he suddenly burst out laughing and then, looking at me again, continued, "For the past few days, I have thoroughly searched the main headquarters of the Black Sand Moon. As a result, I was able to find quite a lot of things like the death list you gave me. Thanks to that, you have accomplished two very big things at the same time. Do you know what they are?"

"I don't know."

Since the atmosphere was such that I should say I don't know even if I do, I said I didn't know for now.

"First, it's because we were able to deliver the news of the victims to the bereaved families. The families of those who had already died at their hands did not know who the culprit was, and there were even those who were missing and whose life or death was unknown. In the end, even though it was revealed that the end was death by an assassin, just knowing why they died. And that it was a definite death, not a disappearance, will surely be a great comfort to them."

"I... see..."

To be honest, I could have fully expected the first one, but I hadn't even thought about the second one.

I guess it was a wiser method to pretend I didn't know just now.

"And the second thing you have accomplished is that you have saved people."

He, picking up the death list that was on the table, continued, "The names written here... there are nearly twenty names that they have not yet committed killings for. As a result of sending people to investigate them, all those whose names were not marked with a red line on the death list were alive."

"That's a relief. Really."

"And among those names, there were several who are considered key figures in our Martial Alliance. So, after discussing with the military strategists of the Changcheon Pavilion, we have decided to consider that you, Unhwi, have personally saved dozens of lives."

"I just had to do what I had to do."

"That's not all. We also found out who the people who instigated their deaths were. In my opinion, that is the biggest contribution. It seems the Black Sand Moon didn't care much about the intentions behind it and just killed people for money, but it is presumed that the people who intended it on the Black Sand Moon had definitely used the Black Sand Moon to deal a blow to our Martial Alliance. As a result, we were able to arrest all of them."

I thought it was strange that they hadn't looked for me for the past few days, but it seems it was because they were doing these things.

"So this morning, I gave an order to the military strategist. You two. Designate Hyeon Yang and Unhwi of the Wudang Sect as our Martial Alliance's special-grade martial artists, and from now on, treat them accordingly."

"Alliance Leader...? Are you serious?"

My master said in a surprised voice.

To be honest, I was also very surprised.

The title of special-grade martial artist is a title given only to martial artists who have made a contribution that is significantly helpful to the martial world, and within the Martial Alliance, it is a title that can receive treatment similar to that of the Alliance Leader's family.

That's why a tremendous mysterious master, not an ordinary martial artist, came to pick us up, and no one stopped us at the gates until we came here.

If you become a special-grade martial artist, you can have a private audience with the Alliance Leader at any time, for any reason, and you may receive very dangerous and important missions that match it.

"That doesn't mean I'm going to give you special-grade missions right away. I'll treat you as special-grade martial artists, but I'm thinking of giving you missions according to your skills. Please accept it as a sign that the mission you have done this time has been a great help to the Martial Alliance."

"To be honest, I have done nothing. My disciple might be, but I am not qualified to be a special-grade martial artist."

"Weren't you the one who brought Unhwi here? And if the disciple is a special-grade martial artist, and the master is not up to par, wouldn't it be a loss of face? Just follow my words quietly."

He dismissed my master's words.

And the two wooden boxes that were piled up right next to him, as if they were floating in the air, flew to each of us and stopped.

My master and I, in a daze, received the wooden boxes.

"Open them."

When I opened the wooden box, inside were several gold coins and something wrapped in white paper.

But I think I know what it is at once.

Because as soon as I opened the wooden box, a clear and refreshing scent rose and filled the room.

"Although I said I wouldn't give you a special-grade mission a little while ago, I hope you will receive a more difficult mission even a day sooner. With that in mind, I have prepared a Heavenly Transformation Pill so that your internal energy can be enhanced even a little."

My master's and my mouths opened at the same time.

Because the Heavenly Transformation Pill was a supreme elixir known to be on par with our Wudang Sect's Great Purity Pill and Shaolin's Daehwandan.

(End of Chapter)