The Genius Youngest Disciple of the Wudang Sect

Chapter 310

I, who had joined forces with my senior brothers, headed to Room 21.

Originally, our Yuyeopdang had a total of twenty rooms. But the reason there is a Room 21 is, of course, because a new person has come.

Although it's not as sturdy as the other Yuyeopdang buildings because it was built temporarily, I entered the quite usable building and said, "Junior Brother, I'm here."

"Senior Brother! You've come!"

Then a man in white clothes rushed out.

His original name was Hong Sa-ik, and now he is my only junior brother who has received the Taoist name Un-hong.

I was the youngest disciple of the Un generation, but thanks to Hong Sa-ik, no, Un-hong, coming in, I have finally escaped being the youngest.

"How are you today?"

"Today too, just... I worked hard. I worked right up to the point of fainting."

"Really? Good job. Just do that much. And if it gets too hard..."

"If it's hard?"

"You just have to endure it. Are you in a position to be picky about cold or hot rice right now?"

"Absolutely not. That's right. I will work harder every day to repay your kindness, Senior Brother."

"Don't think about repaying me, and even in that time, think about how you can improve your skills more. To be honest, you still fall far short of the level of our senior brothers."

Although I spoke a little coldly, Un-hong nodded his head vigorously.

"I know well. As much as I came in a few years late, I will work harder and catch up someday. You should be nervous too, Senior Brother."

"Haha! Yes. Follow me as much as you want. I'll just run away faster."

At my words, Un-hong smiled brightly.

Although I didn't know it well when I met him in Kaifeng or when he first came here, Un-hong had a surprisingly cheerful and bright personality.

Of course, it might also be because he was swept away by the bright and positive atmosphere of the Wudang Sect that I had created.

"Senior Brother... thank you so much."

Then Un-hong suddenly set the mood and thanked me.

"The three months here were more valuable than the more than a year I spent doing useless things in Kaifeng. Thank you for getting me out of there."

I dispelled the suddenly serious atmosphere with a chuckle.

To be honest, I'm more grateful.

How much of a headache would it be if Hong Sa-ik later converted to the Demonic Cult, but I was able to bring that power into our Wudang Sect, so how good is that?

It's not just that I've reduced my future work, but our power has become even stronger.

It has twice the effect of simply killing a master of the Demonic Cult who would become a threat later in advance.

'Wait... I should do this from now on.'

I thought that I should first find a martial artist who is scheduled to convert to the Demonic Cult in the future, and persuade him to join our camp.

If I do this well, I might be able to greatly weaken the power of the Demonic Cult in the future.

"Junior Brother. I'm going to be out of the Wudang Sect for a while again."

"Ah...! Are you going out again?"

"Yes. You should also train hard to get an entry pass."

"Yes. I will try to get it as soon as possible. And someday, I also want to... go out into the martial world with you, Senior Brother."

"Of course. That's why I brought you here, Junior Brother."

I smiled brightly and told him.

I had a premonition that Un-hong would go out into the martial world with me in the not-too-distant future.

Because with his talent and effort, he would surely produce good results in a short period of time.

I seemed to be looking forward to that day.

***

Next, I went to my master.

My master, as if I had said I was going for a walk to a nearby village, just said one word, 'Be careful,' in a calm manner.

If it were before, I would have thought, 'Is my master not interested in me?', but now I know.

That my master can say that because he trusts me.

And the next day.

I, along with my senior brothers who had finished all their preparations, said goodbye to the Sect Leader and left the Wudang Sect.

"It's been a really long time since the five of us have gone down the mountain like this, hasn't it?"

"I know. It reminds me of the old days. At that time, we went down the cliff, calling it a shortcut, leaving the perfectly fine mountain path."

Senior Brother Un-sik said in a voice that seemed to be reminiscing about the old days, and I looked at him with a puzzled eye.

"Senior Brother. Why are you talking as if it's an old story?"

"Huh? That's because it's been quite a while..."

"No. I mean, shouldn't you be speaking in the future tense, not the past tense?"

"What do you mean by that?"

"Because we're going down there now. It's not 'we did that then', but 'we will now go down the cliff, which is a shortcut, leaving the perfectly fine stairs'. That's the correct expression."

"N-No..."

I, without giving my senior brother a chance to answer, moved my steps towards the cliff, and the rest of my senior brothers followed me, as if they had resigned themselves.

"Hwi-ya!"

At that time, Senior Brother Un Cheol called me from behind.

"Yes?"

"First of all, isn't this a shortcut, so it shortens the time?"

"Right?"

"Then..."

"There's no time to rest at an inn. We don't know what kind of traps or mechanisms are in the tomb of the Meteor King, so shouldn't we save as much time as possible?"

"That's... but..."

I, knowing what Senior Brother Un Cheol was trying to say, cut him off at the source.

My senior brother was probably trying to say that since we have a lot of time, we should stop by an inn on the way and rest for a while.

But I know well that what my senior brother wants is not an inn, but something else.

"Instead! I'll take you to only the most delicious restaurants among the ones on the way. If there's no place to eat on the way, I'll catch an animal myself and grill it for you. Someone brought salt, right?"

Then, at the same time, Senior Brothers Un-jeong, Un-sik, and Un-mi took out salt pouches from their bosoms.

Salt has become an essential item in our schedule, but to think all three of them brought it.

"How about this? It's worth going down the shortcut, right?"

"Yes. Of course."

Senior Brother Un Cheol answered cheerfully and, on the contrary, began to walk ahead of me.

And the other senior brothers are the same. They began to walk towards the cliff with a dignified expression.

Soon, the senior brothers who had reached the cliff began to go down the cliff as naturally as if they were walking down stairs.

Even Senior Brother Un-sik, who had been feigning weakness in front of me a little while ago, was very skillful!

"No, senior brothers..."

My senior brothers' movement techniques were much more outstanding than I thought.

They went down the cliff as comfortably as if they were walking on flat ground.

I was dumbfounded, but since it could be dangerous to make a loud noise here, I followed them and went down the cliff last, and soon, I set my two feet on the ground.

"What is it? Did you perhaps deceive me?"

"I wanted to surprise you. I wanted to show you how hard we trained while you were at the Martial Alliance."

"You could have just told me, why did you have to do it like this..."

"Well, if I had told you, I wouldn't have been able to see your expression now, would I?"

Senior Brother Un Cheol said in a playful voice.

To think that my senior brother can make such an expression, I feel that it's really unexpected, and at the same time, I feel that I've been had.

It seems they did this to hear me say I would take them to a delicious restaurant.

"Well, I'll be."

A sound of futility came out of my mouth without me realizing it, but I didn't feel bad.

Seeing my senior brothers, who had gone down this place trembling in the not-so-distant past, now going up and down the cliff so easily, I even felt reassured.

I have to admit it.

Today, I lost cleanly.

***

It has been four days since we left the Wudang Sect.

We crossed Hubei Province and entered Shaanxi Province, and we were soon able to reach the vicinity of Xinya City.

It is a distance that would normally take five to six days, but we reached it in four days.

It means that we have more time to spend at the tomb of the Meteor King.

Of course, there were also sacrifices that came with it.

"Hah, hah, hah... Unhwi-ya. Just a little... just a little rest."

"P-Please..."

Behind me, four mummies... no, my four room's senior brothers are following me.

They are all on the verge of drying up and dying.

If you shorten the time, there is something you have to sacrifice.

I had shortened the schedule by reducing the resting time and increasing the running speed, sacrificing my senior brothers' internal energy and stamina.

"To be honest, I wasn't going to do it this time because it's so cliché to run so hard every day, but you senior brothers even showed me how well you go down the cliff, showing your enthusiasm for martial arts development, so how can I, as a junior brother, not help you? Right?"

"Hah, hah, so please save me..."

"I'm sorry. I'm sorry!"

I, in the end, ran for about one more 15 minutes there and then took a rest.

It was a place where a clear stream was flowing, and my senior brothers just stuck their faces in the water and drank the water gulp after gulp.

"Puha! I can live now."

"I really thought I was going to die."

"Senior Brother. Don't you think Unhwi is taking revenge because of the incident at the cliff?"

"I think so. It was the first time he was had by us."

"I have no regrets."

"I have no regrets either."

Although I heard them whispering, I pretended not to.

Because I thought they should at least have the fun of talking like that.

"Everyone, rest here and wait. Take turns circulating your qi to replenish your internal energy."

"Where are you going?"

"The location pointed to by the treasure map is not that far from here. First, I'll look around this area to see if it matches the map, and on my way back, I'll catch some dinner for today."

"To be honest, we can do the hunting."

"No. I'll just catch it and even prepare it. What."

The fact that I'm hunting and cooking myself is a kind of reward for following the forced march well, which would have been unavoidable even if they had sat down in protest.

As if my senior brothers also knew that, they didn't ask twice and began to pull themselves together.

I flew my body and began to search the surroundings thoroughly.

To be honest, although I had heard a lot about the tomb of the Meteor King, it was my first time coming here myself, so I felt at a loss as to where to start.

Because even in my past life, I didn't have much of a connection with such treasure hunts.

'I think I heard that the early part was quite easy if you could just find the entrance.'

Since the map doesn't show what kind of entrance is where, finding that entrance is the key.

Because I don't know if it was made by digging the ground, or if it's in a cave, or if I have to operate a mechanism to move a rock.

And so, how long did I wander around the mountain?

I decided to give up on finding the entrance for now.

Because at this rate, it would be easier to find a needle in a haystack.

'For now, let's go back to my senior brothers and think about what to do.'

I continued to perform a movement technique in the direction where my senior brothers were.

As I was running, looking around for any edible animals, I suddenly felt a sense of unease.

'Huh? Come to think of it, I don't think I've seen a single mountain animal so far.'

I stood still and looked around.

And I was able to realize one thing.

'It's the same place as before.'

Although I had run for a long time in the direction where my senior brothers were, I was standing in a place that looked almost identical to where I had first started running.

Feeling the incomprehensible strange phenomenon with my own body, I thought.

'I was already in the tomb of the Meteor King.'

(End of Chapter)