The Genius Youngest Disciple of the Wudang Sect

Chapter 54

"Then have a safe trip. Since Hyeon Yang left first, I was considering attaching another guide, but I trust that you will lead your junior brothers well, so I didn't."

"I will definitely arrive at the merchant guild safely. Thank you for trusting me."

And a month passed like an arrow, and the day our room was to depart for the Eungnam Merchant Guild finally came.

My master, who was originally supposed to go with us, had left about a week earlier, saying that a small problem had occurred at the Eungnam Merchant Guild.

'Even if I'm not there, don't neglect your internal technique studies. Your training is too focused on physical training. Since you've started learning advanced martial arts, focus on that until you achieve your first enlightenment.'

My master didn't stop nagging me even as he left.

The day after I met Martial Granduncle Okheo.

My master suddenly handed me the secret manual of the Six Yang Divine Art, and since that day, I have been learning the Six Yang Divine Art.

I asked why this secret manual, which Martial Granduncle Okheo had given me, was with my master, but the only answer I got was a vague one: 'You are being looked forward to by many people.'

My master just told me to learn it diligently for now.

But... that martial art is the problem.

Although I am confident that I can learn most martial arts quickly, for some reason, it was difficult to grasp the clue of the Six Yang Divine Art.

I have memorized and understood all the incantations written in the secret manual, so I know it in my head, but it feels like my body isn't following yet?

So recently, I've been focusing on feeling the energy of the Six Yang Divine Art with my body.

"Everyone, follow Uncheol's words well. Isn't he the most senior among you? Uncheol. I'm only trusting you."

"More than me... ahem. I understand. I will lead my junior brothers well so that nothing will ever happen."

With the Sect Leader patting Senior Brother Uncheol's shoulder in encouragement as the last thing, we left Wudang.

"Wow! To finally come out of the sect!"

"I don't know how long it's been since I've been out."

"Senior Brother, don't you sometimes go down to the village below the mountain for errands? This is my first time since I entered the sect!"

Senior Brother Unjeong was so eager to come out that he even had tears in his eyes.

Senior Brother Unmi approached him and asked, "How many years has it been since you entered the sect, Senior Brother?"

"Four years! I haven't been out of Wudang for four years. You haven't been out once since you entered either, have you?"

"Still, it's not much compared to you, Senior Brother. It's only been about two and a half years. Hwi-ya. You came out of Wudang a few months ago, right?"

"I did."

"Did you go down Mount Wudang this way then too?"

"No?"

As I shook my head, Senior Brother Uncheol asked with a puzzled look.

"As far as I know, this is the only way down from the Wudang Sect. Is there another way I don't know about?"

"Well. This is the only way for people to go."

I remembered the first time I went down the mountain with my master, let out a small laugh, and then continued.

"I didn't go down the way people go."

"What do you mean by that?"

"Would you like to follow me once? This is incredibly helpful for footwork training."

At the words that it would be helpful for training, Senior Brother Uncheol's eyes sparkled.

That man is also in the final stages of training addiction.

I didn't teach him like that, so how did he end up like that?

"But why didn't you tell me before? I almost missed the opportunity to grow, didn't I?"

"Well... just follow me."

I led my senior brothers, who were looking at me with expectant eyes, and entered the forest path right next to the road, not the road.

After pushing through the forest for a long time.

Hwa-ak—

At some point, the dense forest ended, and as the intense sunlight hit my eyes, I stopped walking.

"Ugh, it's so bright. We're here, Senior Brothers."

"Already? How is this footwork training?"

"I know. It was just a little stuffy, but it was just an ordinary forest path."

"That was just the way to get here. Everyone, come and look here."

"What on earth is it... heok...!"

Senior Brother Unsik, who was following right behind me, took a sharp breath as soon as he came next to me.

His pupils are shaking, and even his legs are trembling. I knew he would react like that.

"It's a cliff, isn't it? No, surely..."

"Surely what? Have you forgotten who my master is?"

"Martial Uncle Hyeon Yang...!"

The moment I said my master's Taoist name, everyone's face became one of understanding.

Because my master's training method was so rough that even I had to give him a hand.

"Instead, if we just go down here, we can get to the bottom of the mountain quickly. The end of that valley is the village."

"No, no matter how much..."

"Are you going to go back after coming this far? It's okay. Just put strength in your legs! And take one step at a time with courage. If you fall, well... what more can happen than dying?"

Everyone's mouths were wide open, and they couldn't answer.

"Instead, if you succeed in going down this road once, your lightness skill will improve noticeably. You literally have to risk your life and use your internal energy to make your body light."

"Why...?"

"Isn't that obvious? To go down this cliff, you have to step on protruding rocks or small branches, but if your full weight is on them, they'll break and you'll fall, right?"

"......!"

Even Senior Brother Uncheol was frozen with fear, but among the senior brothers, only Senior Brother Unsik moved. Not forward, but backward.

"I-I'm going back. I think it's better to just go the way we were going."

"Senior Brother?"

"Huh?"

"Where are you going back to? Come here quickly. You follow right behind me, Senior Brother. Because you tried to run away alone."

"Unhwi-ya...!"

"It's no use calling me pitifully."

I gave my senior brothers a smiling eye and then, without delay, used my internal energy to make my body light and stepped on a protruding rock.

"Senior Brothers, don't even talk from now on. If you open your mouths for no reason and the flow of your qi gets twisted, you might fall. Focus all your nerves on your legs, and follow exactly what I step on. If you feel like you're going to fall because you're running out of internal energy while going down, call me then. I'll do something about it."

As I went down the cliff first, the senior brothers began to follow me one by one.

'As expected. They're not ordinary.'

I almost let out a pleased smile as I looked at my senior brothers, but I held it back and maintained a blank expression.

To be honest, it's a difficult thing to do with a sane mind to come down along this steep cliff.

If the path I was treading wasn't that strong, and if they weren't that confident in their martial arts skills, they would have given up.

But, everyone is following me down the cliff, even with their legs trembling.

'They all deserve to be strong.'

After spending almost a year together, I felt that they had all become like martial artists now.

'Oops! I almost fell.'

I almost made a mistake while stepping with distracting thoughts.

I immediately focused again and began to go down the cliff one step at a time.

***

Finally arrived at the valley below the cliff.

As soon as their feet touched the ground, everyone's faces became relieved.

Since everyone had shed a bucket of sweat, we decided to take a short break while quenching our thirst at a place where water was flowing.

"Pu-ha-ah— I feel alive. We all came down well without a single person falling."

Senior Brother Uncheol, who had even washed his face coolly, said as he looked back at the other senior brothers with proud eyes.

Senior Brother Uncheol, after coming down about halfway, seemed to have found the knack and followed me more easily than I had thought.

Senior Brother Uncheol is definitely a martial talent.

"Senior Brother. My legs are still trembling. I did it, but I can't believe it."

"Sob... I looked down in the middle and peed a little."

At Senior Brother Unmi's sudden confession (?), everyone was startled and moved away from him.

Come to think of it, it seems a faint smell of urine is wafting.

"Everyone has finished drinking, right? Senior Brother, hurry up and go into the water and wash up a bit."

"Okay..."

Senior Brother Unmi, perhaps embarrassed, blushed and went into the cold valley water, and we moved a little away from the valley, thinking that he would be more embarrassed if we kept watching him.

"Hwi-ya. Unmi probably didn't pack any spare clothes. We decided to buy new martial arts uniforms when we arrived at the Eungnam Merchant Guild and reduced our luggage as much as possible."

"That's probably right. It'll take another half a day to get to the village, and since we can't just wear wet clothes, should we just take a short break?"

"Shall we? Then I'll make a fire to dry Unmi's clothes."

"Okay."

My senior brother quickly gathered some small branches and made a fire.

Actually, my current martial arts level is sufficient to create a Samadhi True Fire.

So I can dry wet clothes in an instant with my internal energy, and I can also make a fire without a flint.

But the reason I suggested we take a break here is for another reason.

'Since you've worked hard, I should let you taste a new world.'

Because I was planning to let my senior brothers taste meat.

Eating meat will accumulate waste products in the body, but, well. It doesn't matter.

Thanks to changing the Muscle-Tendon Change Classic into a physical art, if you move your body that much, the waste products will also be expelled well.

"Wait a minute."

"Why? Where are you going?"

"It'll just take a moment. Just rest for a bit."

Although Senior Brother Unjeong stood up to follow me, I made him sit down again and then unfolded my footwork and entered the forest.

And I slowly closed my eyes, injected energy into my ears, and increased my hearing.

Gurgle, gurgle.

Very faint, but the cry of a rabbit caught my ear.

A bright smile spread across my lips.

I immediately began to move my body, killing the sound as much as possible.

As I slowly moved, choosing only the shade of the trees, to my own surprise, I couldn't feel any sound or presence.

Because even when I passed over dry leaves, there wasn't even a rustling sound.

Thanks to that, the consumption of my internal energy was greater than I had thought, but this is also training.

Because my current stealth is probably comparable to Huashan's Dark Fragrance Mark.

Pa-ak!!

I instantly jumped behind a tree and snatched the rabbit's ears.

"Pii-ii-ii!"

The rabbit, whose ears were caught unexpectedly, let out a small cry.

Most people think that rabbits don't have a cry, but when they are cornered, they make a slightly creepy high-pitched sound.

"Pii-ik! Pii-ik!"

But this rabbit was a little strange.

Usually, when a rabbit's ears are caught, it soon becomes quiet, but this rabbit kept struggling.

"Huh...?"

So when I glanced at the tree where the rabbit was caught, there was a small rabbit hole there.

When I peeked into the hole, there were three or four baby rabbits inside, holding their breath and not moving as if they were dead.

"Eing. It's unsettling."

In the end, I had no choice but to let go of the rabbit I was holding by the ears.

No matter how much of a person I am who has no blood or tears when it comes to food, I felt that if I ate this rabbit, my stomach would be uncomfortable for a few days.

"I'm letting you go because I'm a good person."

As I watched the rabbit I had let go also go into the hole, I muttered to myself.

Thud—

From somewhere, I heard the faint sound of heavy footsteps.

As I turned my head in that direction and enhanced my vision, I saw a huge body.

"They say that if you do a good deed, you'll be rewarded."

I grinned and slowly began to concentrate my energy on my Yongquan acupoint.

At the same time, I gathered my internal energy in my right fist and took the starting stance of the Taiji Fist.

What I see is a fairly large wild boar, about the size of a person's torso.

"I guess pork is more delicious than rabbit."

Kwa-ang—

I stomped my foot hard and jumped at the wild boar.

Tonight is a meat feast.

(End of Chapter)