The Genius Youngest Disciple of the Wudang Sect

Chapter 82

The White-Faced Gentleman let out a pained groan and at the same time bent down to pick up the hand and sword that had fallen to the floor.

I reflexively kicked him in the head, and then kicked his hand and sword far away.

They stopped only after hitting the wall.

"Keu, keu-eup..."

The White-Faced Gentleman gave up on finding his hand and sat down on the spot, trying to stop the bleeding from his severed wrist.

He seemed to be trying to survive somehow, pressing on various acupoints and tearing off his sleeve to tie it tightly with his good left arm and teeth.

I feel pity for such a guy... no way. Seeing that makes me angry.

To kill people without hesitation for his own benefit, or to order people to be killed, and yet to cherish his own life so much.

Of course, there is no one who does not cherish their own life, but I don't know why he can't think that the moment he entered the world of the Unorthodox Faction, he also became close to death.

Jeo-beok—

When I took a step towards him, he, perhaps because he had completely forgotten that I was there, was startled and looked at me.

And then he suddenly knelt down and said to me, "Young hero, no, great hero! Please spare my life. If you just spare my life, I will give you all of this."

He said, holding out the bundle he had been packing to me.

Inside it were money, elixirs, bills, and so on.

Of course, they are all precious things and things I will take later, but I felt that the guy's actions were detestable.

And at the same time, I felt disgusted.

Because it was the same when I killed this guy in my past life.

At that time too, Lee Mun-hak had said that he would do anything if I just spared him, and when I asked what he could give me, what he said was the treasures hidden in the courtesan house.

I remembered that time and asked him, "If I spare you, what can you give me? Besides these things."

"...This is almost all my fortune. Besides this..."

"Really? Then you have to die. Think of it as atonement for the people you have tormented so far."

I raised my sword high.

What about just these money and bills? And although it's embarrassing to call it a real elixir, it's at the level of a health pill, but I also got an elixir in my own way.

Since elixirs won't have much effect on me now, I should feed them to my senior brothers.

"Then die now."

I have to take care of the guy quickly and go to my Master.

Although my Master and Gwak Seok-san are not the type to be defeated by those Black Society thugs, there's no harm in being careful.

Because no matter how much of a master you are, you can be seriously injured by a stray sword.

"W-Wait!"

The moment I was about to strike down my sword, Lee Mun-hak suddenly shouted.

"I will give you a thousand taels of gold!"

"What?"

"I think a thousand taels of gold is enough for my life. If you just spare me, I can give you a thousand taels of gold. It's really all my fortune!"

I was momentarily stunned by the shock, and then I barely came to my senses.

A thousand taels of gold.

It's gold that ordinary people may or may not see even once in their lifetime.

And in Lee Mun-hak's bundle, there are already about ten taels of gold.

In my past life, the gold I found here was about thirty taels.

Since that was at least ten years later than now, it can be said that he had collected that much more.

But a thousand taels of gold. It's a fortune that can buy a small city outright.

Money that you can live a life of luxury for the rest of your life by building a spacious and beautiful mansion if you just set your mind to it.

"You're saying all sorts of nonsense because you want to live. What? A thousand taels of gold? Pfft."

I was momentarily angry that I was swayed by the guy's words and kicked Lee Mun-hak again.

Lee Mun-hak, like a roly-poly toy, fell and then immediately got back into position.

Blood was gradually spreading from his tightly bound wrist. He was desperate, as it was clear that he would die from excessive bleeding at this rate.

"It's not a lie. I really know the location of a thousand taels of gold."

"If you had a thousand taels of gold, why would you be the head of the Black Society? You would have gone to a place with good mountains and water and lived comfortably for the rest of your life."

"Because I don't have the skill to go and get it yet. The real reason I'm growing the Black Society is to go and get that gold!"

The guy said desperately with all his heart.

He even whimpered as if to say, 'Please believe me.'

I wonder if he's the same head of the Black Society who was so arrogant a little while ago.

"Skill? What skill."

Lee Mun-hak didn't answer my words and hurriedly got up from his seat and ran to the wall.

I was surprised, thinking he was going to get his sword because it was the place where I had kicked his wrist and sword, but he had no interest in his wrist and sword and pressed several places on the wall with his hand.

Perhaps because a special mechanism was installed, when he fell from the wall.

Seu-seu-seuk—

The place that looked like an ordinary wooden wall opened in half, and a fairly large box appeared from inside.

Lee Mun-hak opened the box without hesitation. Inside it was a treasure map.

When he took out the treasure map from the box, the wall moved again, and the open box was swallowed up by the wall as if it were being eaten, and the wall became an ordinary wall as if nothing had happened.

I looked at the treasure map carefully and was surprised and shouted, "The tomb of the Meteor King!"

"......!"

This time, Lee Mun-hak looked at me with a surprised expression.

I was startled inwardly, but I pretended to be nonchalant on the outside.

The Meteor King is a martial artist who made a name for himself in the martial world about two hundred years ago from now.

He was an outstanding martial artist and at the same time the owner of the Meteor Merchant Guild, which had taken over the entire Hubei Province, but strangely, when he was about to die, he disposed of all his property and the merchant guild and suddenly disappeared from the world.

Some said that he had devoted himself to an unknown religion, and others said that he had become an immortal and ascended to heaven in exchange for his wealth.

Although there were many stories like this, one thing is certain: after he disappeared with all his wealth, he never appeared in the world again.

The reason I know this story in such detail is because about twenty years from now, a treasure map showing the location of the place where the Meteor King had entered with all his wealth will appear in the world.

And it comes out of the hands of a courtesan who doesn't even know its value, and that courtesan loses her life because of the treasure map.

Because she is killed by someone who is after the treasure map, and the treasure map is taken away.

Even after that, the treasure map changes owners several times, and in the end, the Unorthodox Faction martial artists unite and go to rob the tomb of the Meteor King.

But in the tomb of the Meteor King, there were various mechanisms and traps that he had put his heart and soul into making before he died, and the Unorthodox Faction martial artists were able to find the gold and silver treasures in the tomb only after suffering hundreds of casualties.

Of course, even after suffering hundreds of casualties, there were still about a thousand people left there, so each person could only take about one tael of gold.

At that time, I was working at the Martial Arts Alliance, and when the Unorthodox Faction guys gathered in one place, I was given the mission to protect the common people nearby.

Thanks to that, I had seen that treasure map several times from a distance, so I could recognize it at a glance.

"How do you know this treasure map, Great Hero...?!"

"And how do you have that treasure map?"

"That's because it's our family's heirloom..."

When Lee Mun-hak said that much, I could guess how things had gone in my past life.

Originally, the owner of that treasure map must have been Lee Mun-hak.

Although I killed Lee Mun-hak and robbed this place, I didn't know there was a mechanism, so I didn't find that treasure map.

Later, after I left, a courtesan who worked at this courtesan house, whether by chance or because she knew about the existence of the mechanism, found that treasure map, and as a result, she lost her life.

In the end, from the death of that courtesan to the sacrifice of hundreds of martial artists in the future.

It was all caused by my carelessness. Because if I had known about the existence of this treasure map and taken it at that time, such a thing would not have happened.

"Give it here."

"Understood."

I first received the treasure map from him and put it in my bosom.

And I thought for a moment.

Should I kill this guy, or should I spare him as I promised since I received the treasure map?

"But the story is a little different, isn't it?"

"Pardon?"

"You said you would give me a thousand taels of gold, not a treasure map, right? And if I follow this treasure map to the tomb of the Meteor King, there will be extremely dangerous traps waiting for me, and you're asking me to take that risk? No matter how I think about it, the calculation doesn't add up."

"G-Great Hero!"

He knelt down again.

But it seems that he didn't kneel down intentionally, but he collapsed from dizziness because he had lost too much blood.

"Ugh... Great Hero..."

The guy called me even as he was losing consciousness.

I approached him, whose eyes were almost closed, and said in his ear, "If you wake up again, forget about the existence of this treasure map. If you run your mouth anywhere, I will definitely appear in front of you and kill you."

"I understand... sir."

"If you don't say anything, you won't see me again."

"Yes... Great Hero..."

He lost consciousness with that answer as his last.

I quickly tore off the sleeve of the guy's good side, tied his arm tightly to stop the bleeding, and then took out the golden sore medicine from my bosom and applied it thickly to his severed wrist.

Since this golden sore medicine has a hemostatic and disinfectant effect, it will be effective unless you plan to reattach the severed hand.

And just in case, after pressing the guy's vital point, I left the room.

"They're still fighting."

When I checked the presence on the upper floor, I could still hear the sound of weapons clashing.

Fortunately, there are two types of weapon clashing sounds.

It means that my Master and Gwak Seok-san are still holding on strong.

I ran up the stairs, taking several at a time, and came up to the floor where my Master was.

The remnants of the Black Society fighting against my Master and Gwak Seok-san were all five.

It seems that they had already cut down ten in that short time.

Cha-ak!

Without saying a word, I immediately went behind them and cut one of the Black Society members' back long.

The guy fell to the floor without even having time to scream and trembled like a frog, and the rest were terrified when an enemy appeared from behind.

Although they were in a situation where they couldn't run forward or backward, the remaining four quickly grasped the situation and rushed at me.

They thought that I, who looked much younger than the two in front, was an easy opponent.

But I had already expected that the guys would act like that.

Chae-chae-chae-chaeng!

I unfolded the Flowing Cloud Sword Art and gently deflected all the swords that were flying at me almost at the same time.

Although there were four swords, the fast sword that the White-Faced Gentleman, Lee Mun-hak, had unfolded alone a little while ago was much more threatening.

Seo-geok!

Because they had tried to break through me at once, the guys had turned their backs on my Master and Gwak Seok-san, and Gwak Seok-san, who had unfolded his footwork and stuck close behind them, separated the upper and lower bodies of two of them at once with a single sword strike.

Although I have seen it a few times in my past life, it is a truly ignorant and ruthless greatsword.

In the meantime, my Master also lightly thrust his sword and pierced one guy's shoulder and side with his sword, and the guys had no choice but to drop their swords and collapse.

"Haa... we've caught all these guys, but in the end, it turned out as they intended."

"That's right. We let Lee Mun-hak get away. Hwi-ya, where were you and where did you appear from?"

"I told you earlier that there were two entrances going down from the top floor, right? I went the opposite way and chased Lee Mun-hak."

"What...?"

Both my Master and Gwak Seok-san were surprised and looked at me.

My Master had a worried look on his face, wondering if I was hurt anywhere, and Gwak Seok-san seemed to be surprised by the fact that I had chased him.

But, he soon let out a deep sigh.

"But it seems you let him get away. Seeing that you came back so quickly."

"No. Lee Mun-hak is on the lower floor."

"Then we don't have time to catch our breath here. Let's go down quickly!"

Gwak Seok-san, perhaps because he thought I had fought with Lee Mun-hak and had run up to the upper floor, hurriedly threw himself and ran to the front of the stairs.

I said to his back, "Yes. We have to hurry. I cut off his wrist and pressed his vital point, but there might be an unknown helper."

"What did you say?"

He stopped going down the stairs and slowly turned around.

His face was filled with astonishment.

It's understandable.

Because it wouldn't be easy to believe that I, who was just a third-generation disciple of the Wudang Sect, had caught the White-Faced Gentleman, Lee Mun-hak, alone.

(End of Chapter)