The Genius Youngest Disciple of the Wudang Sect

Chapter 377

The fact that I don't have very good memories of the Sichuan region.

Now that I think about it, that might also be just blaming others in the end.

During the Evil Faction Alliance conflict, since the Sichuan region was almost completely controlled by the Four Evils Alliance, there was no power to stop the Four Evils Alliance bastards from advancing outwards from Sichuan.

So the Sichuan martial artists almost stood by and watched as the Evil Faction Alliance and the orthodox martial world fought, consuming each other, and the Sichuan martial world and the orthodox martial world, which had not been on very good terms until then, almost had their ties severed.

To the point where after the Evil Faction Alliance incident was resolved to some extent, some hard-line orthodox martial artists even argued that the Emei Sect and the Qingcheng Sect should be removed from the Nine Sects One Union, and the Tang family from the Five Great Families.

'And even after the Evil Faction Alliance disappeared, they didn't help at all in restoring the Sichuan region.'

The Sichuan region, which had been almost ravaged by the Four Evils Alliance and the Four Evils Heaven until before the Evil Faction Alliance conflict, took an incredibly long time to recover after that, and for that reason, they could barely resist when the Demonic Cult invaded.

Originally, Sichuan was called an impregnable fortress since the Ba-Shu period, but the Demonic Cult bastards almost entered Sichuan without bloodshed.

On the contrary, they plundered the abundant resources of Sichuan and even finished their supplies, and then they invaded the martial world in an almost perfect state.

'Reconciling with the Sichuan region means that in the end, not only the Evil Faction Alliance conflict, but also the Demonic Cult invasion can be stopped to some extent.'

The pride of a martial artist often seems truly childish.

The orthodox martial artists who took away the symbols they cherished in the exchange matches, and the Sichuan martial artists who, after having them taken away, sulked and cut off all exchanges since then...

However, I have no choice but to understand both sides and move.

Because I am the one who knows best what will happen in the future if the situation worsens like this.

'If I'm lucky, I might get a chance to deal with the Four Evils Alliance bastards to some extent. And if I go further, even the Four Evils Heaven...'

The Four Evils Alliance and the Four Evils Heaven.

Although the names of the two organizations are very similar, their natures are completely different.

The common point is that the disciple of the Evil Faction Alliance Leader is the head of both.

Dokgo Ju-gwak is the head of the Four Evils Alliance, and the Evil Faction's First Sword, Gal Ryeok-hyeok, is the head of the Four Evils Heaven.

However, the Four Evils Alliance is a group where a huge number of all kinds of martial artists, from various street thugs, are gathered.

Of course, there are some among them who can be called masters, but it is not a place teeming with those who cannot be dealt with by force.

'The place that is truly scary in terms of skill is the Four Evils Heaven.'

The Four Evils Heaven is originally a very small organization with just over ten members.

However, each and every martial artist of the Four Evils Heaven is an immense master.

Just as its head is the Evil Faction's First Sword, Gal Ryeok-hyeok, the other martial artists were also those who had made a name for themselves as masters in the evil faction.

Each of them is a martial artist who can take on a hundred, and if one had to say, they are real masters who can fight on equal terms with an elder of the Nine Sects One Union.

Among them, there are those who became evil faction members because they loved money too much, and those who became evil faction members because they loved women too much, but most of them are those who became evil faction members because they loved fighting and blood too much.

Those who were born to fight, trained to fight, and joined the Four Evils Heaven to fight.

In fact, it can be said that they are the scariest people in the current evil faction's strength.

'If the Four Evils Alliance is difficult to exterminate because of their large numbers, the Four Evils Heaven bastards are tricky to deal with one by one. If about four or five of those masters gather and attack together...'

I, thinking to myself, shuddered.

The evil faction bastards are those who do not hesitate to attack together because they value practical benefits more than honor.

Those who focus on fighting, winning, and surviving.

In some ways, they could be said to be much more difficult to deal with than the Demonic Cult bastards.

"Hwi-ya. We're all ready to leave now. I've stopped by to greet the Sect Leader, and I've also received this travel money from the Lord of the Young Eun Palace."

While I was thinking about Sichuan, Un Cheol, my senior brother, who had stopped by various places as our room's representative for me, returned to the room.

"You've worked hard, senior brother. Did the Sect Leader say anything special?"

"Yes. He said that if the situation is too dangerous, we should always preserve our lives without fighting."

"We're experts at that, aren't we?"

"Yes. You could say that."

"Then shall we all get going?"

"Let's do that."

We, who had finished all our preparations to leave while my senior brother was visiting the Sect Leader, got up from our seats with our bundles.

Although I usually don't pack much, the size of my bundle today was a little large.

Because I had to pack the symbols of the Sichuan region's sects that my master had given me.

To be honest, I had thought of asking Un Cheol, my senior brother, to carry these too, but since it was a job my master had entrusted to me, I wanted to take responsibility for it, and I also felt like I was always giving Un Cheol, my senior brother, the unpleasant tasks, so I decided to carry them myself.

Creak—

Just as we were about to leave the room, the door suddenly burst open.

"Ah! Thank goodness. You haven't left yet!"

The one who opened the door and came into our room was none other than Un Gwang.

Un Gwang, who seemed to have run hard, was slightly out of breath, and then, looking at me, he opened his mouth.

"Unhwi-ya. Wait a minute! Can we talk for a moment?"

"Now? The Eungnam Merchant Guild is waiting in the village at the foot of the mountain, so we have to go quickly..."

"Just one gak, no, just half a gak is enough..."

"We have that much time. What is it?"

Then Un Gwang's face brightened.

He has a very easy-to-read personality.

"Just follow me for a moment!"

He led me by the arm and went out of the room, and I, after asking our room's senior brothers to wait for a moment, was led out by Un Gwang.

Following him out, Un Gwang took me to the shade behind the building and then immediately opened his mouth.

"Unhwi-ya. I was able to restore it to some extent in the meantime."

"Great senior brother. Slowly, speak slowly. What did you say?"

"Ah! I mean the Nine Heavens Forbidden Demonic Divine Art."

"You mean the secret manual you brought from the Martial Alliance's secret vault?"

"Yes, yes. That's it!"

"You've already restored the martial art in the meantime?"

I asked with wide, surprised eyes.

Then Un Gwang said with a triumphant expression, "I haven't completely restored it! But I can say that I've done the basics to some extent."

"Really? That's amazing. They say that restoring martial arts is something that even the martial arts scholars who work at the Martial Alliance find difficult, but you've done it just like that."

"I was lucky. The Nine Heavens Forbidden Demonic Divine Art happened to have some similarities with the theory I was thinking of. So I haven't completely restored it, but I succeeded in restoring just that part, so I came to teach you."

"Thank you for thinking of me."

"Don't mention it. You're going to Sichuan this time, right? I thought you wouldn't be back for quite a while if you went to Sichuan, so I came in a hurry before you left. For now, I'll just teach you the restored part, and I'll completely restore it while you're in Sichuan."

Un Gwang said with a triumphant expression.

I said with a slightly worried look, "But senior brother. Is that really okay?"

"Hmm? What?"

"In the end, this means you brought a secret manual for me from the Martial Alliance's secret vault. It's a secret manual that you worked hard to get, but if you're restoring it for me, you're not getting anything, are you?"

"Why not? In the end, I'm also learning this martial art. If the effect was halved by two people learning one martial art, I might have thought about it a little. But in the end, I'm also learning it, right? And I find it so fun and happy to restore martial arts like this. So you don't need to think like that."

"Great senior brother..."

When I spoke in a teary voice, Un Gwang, as if he were embarrassed, hurriedly opened his mouth.

"Now. Since we don't have time, listen to the incantations quickly. For now, what I've restored is the internal energy circulation method of the Nine Heavens Forbidden Demonic Divine Art. In my opinion, if you learn this, the internal energy circulation of the other martial arts you already know will also become much faster. For now, don't use the Nine Heavens Forbidden Demonic Divine Art as your main internal energy method, but think of it as a supplementary role to other heart methods, and it will be helpful."

"Yes. I understand what you mean."

"Then remember it well."

Un Gwang began to recite the not-so-long incantations to me.

I listened to it several times and memorized the incantations perfectly.

"Now I've said everything I have to say. Hurry up and go. Your junior brothers will be waiting."

"Yes. Thank you. I've only just memorized the incantations, but it seems to be effective already."

"Really. You're bluffing."

Although Un Gwang snorted at my joke, he didn't seem to be in a bad mood.

"Then have a really good trip. Come back safely and let's see each other."

"Yes. Great senior brother."

Un Gwang, as if to save even a little time, hurriedly returned to his quarters, and I went back into the room and brought my senior brothers out.

Seeing Un Gwang, who wants to give me even such a small thing, makes me feel warm in a corner of my heart.

If peace really comes to this martial world someday, then I want to set up a martial arts research lab for Un Gwang.

I want to supply him with various lost martial arts secret manuals and make it so that he doesn't have to do anything but research martial arts.

I began to head to Sichuan for such a future.

***

"Welcome. We've been waiting."

When we went down to the village with our room's senior brothers using the shortcut, Wang Hyeon-seong was there, waiting for us in person.

"Manager-nim. How did you come in person?"

"Although I'm a manager, I often go out to get goods myself like this. I happened to have something to do in Sichuan, and since you, Dojang-nims, had to go to Sichuan, I came in person."

Although I realized at once that it was a lie, I didn't say anything about it.

Whenever I went to the Eungnam Merchant Guild, he often showed that he was so busy that he couldn't do anything.

In the midst of that, it would be a difficult thing for him to go to Sichuan to get goods in person.

"Thank you. Since we are going with someone who knows the way to Sichuan well, the journey will be much smoother."

When Un Cheol, my senior brother, who was next to me, cupped his fists and said to Wang Hyeon-seong, he smiled brightly.

He seemed pleased that his kindness had been accepted.

"Then shall we leave right away? The first place to stop is the Sichuan Tang family. Is that correct?"

"Yes. For now, it's right to go to the most representative place in Sichuan."

"The Sichuan Tang family is in the Chengdu region of Sichuan Province. It's a place with many things to see and eat, so if you have time, it would be good to stay there for a few days. It's also a travel destination that I often think of."

"We're not really going on a trip with such a comfortable heart..."

"Ah! Is that so? I guess I got a little excited because it's the first time I'm traveling with you. Haha!"

"But since it's a rare opportunity, you can guide us to places that sell delicious food or local specialties when we get there, right, Manager-nim?"

"Of course! Just leave it to me!"

We, following Wang Hyeon-seong, who was beating his chest and speaking, began to move west.

It was the first step towards Sichuan.

(End of Chapter)