The Genius Youngest Disciple of the Wudang Sect

Chapter 94

On the way down Mount Wudang after listening to all of Okhangjin-in's sermon.

Zhuge Ling's handmaiden, Liu Shan, is chattering incessantly next to Zhuge Ling.

"My lady! So, what did I say? I'm telling you, that Taoist master is definitely interested in you, my lady."

"Interested... it's probably not like that."

"It is! My intuition is telling me so. The moment you asked him to go with you, he looked straight into your eyes without a moment's hesitation and said, right? 'Young lady. Let's go together.'"

"I think you're exaggerating a lot."

"Exaggerating! Do you think that 'let's go together' just means going together to the Nangong family? Maybe for the rest of your life..."

"Liu Shan!"

"Aigoo, my ear! You startled me!"

"It's because you're talking nonsense."

Liu Shan looked at Zhuge Ling's slightly flushed face and, finding something so funny, burst out laughing and then said, "The circumstances are like that. The circumstances. It was like that last time, and it's the same this time. I may not know about other things, but when it comes to this kind of thing, my intuition is really accurate. I was the first one to notice that the Baekho Hall martial artist and our head handmaiden were in love."

Zhuge Ling looked at the chattering Liu Shan as if she were fed up and shook her head.

"Liu Shan. Even if that's true, it's a problem. How can I be with a Taoist from Wudang?"

"Eh?! My lady. You've been going to the Wudang Sect for so long to listen to the sermon, but you don't know this about the Wudang Sect? The Wudang Sect has the martial lineage and the Taoist lineage. Those who follow the Taoist lineage don't get married and live alone in the mountains, focusing only on their cultivation, but those who follow the martial lineage often get married."

"Really? But the Taoist masters I know mostly don't get married and live alone..."

"Well, since they don't come down from Mount Wudang, they have to have a chance to meet women. But since those who follow the martial lineage often come and go from Mount Wudang, if they find a connection, they get married."

"Really?"

"You don't believe me? I may not know about other problems, but when it comes to love..."

"Phew. I get it. Stop. Let's stop and go back. I'm tired."

Zhuge Ling cut off Liu Shan's words so that she couldn't say any more and quickly went down the mountain.

She had started to learn footwork a little while ago, so she could move her feet at a very fast speed.

Of course, since Liu Shan had also learned martial arts, she followed right behind her.

'No way. It can't be. No way...'

But she kept recalling Unhwi's face that she had seen a little while ago.

When she recalled that face, which was whiter and smoother than her own, a woman's, she felt a sudden heat rising.

Her face was also hot, and although she didn't look at it with longing, her face seemed to be flushed as well.

She moved her feet hard and went down the mountain so that Liu Shan wouldn't see her face and tease her.

***

A day in the Wudang Sect is simple at a glance.

A short morning training as soon as you wake up. Morning group training after breakfast. Afternoon training after lunch.

If there are no obligations such as guarding the gate or being on meal duty in between, it's a continuous cycle of training and eating.

Some might ask. Why don't they cultivate the Tao or do mental training, since they are a Taoist sect?

But in the first place, the Wudang Sect considers the act of training itself as one of the ways to cultivate the Tao.

That's why they say 'martial way' (武道) and 'sword way' (劍道), attaching the character for 'way' (道).

But some of the Taoists in the Wudang Sect don't think so.

One of them is, of course, me.

Because I train to become strong rather than to cultivate the Tao.

And if I were to pick another one, it would be Un Gwang.

Although he looks more like a Taoist than anyone else, Un Gwang does not approach martial arts as a 'way' (道). As I may have said before, the word 'martial studies' (武學) would be more suitable for Un Gwang than 'martial way'.

Because he is a person who enjoys approaching martial arts as a study, dissecting and researching it.

On a leisurely afternoon.

I approached the first room where they were doing their afternoon free training.

Strong senior brothers are gathered in the first room.

Although there are twenty rooms in the Yuyeop Hall, the first room is publicly referred to as the strongest among them.

In fact, it was the first room that won the last martial arts competition.

"Huh. Junior Brother. It's been a long time since I've seen your face. What's up?"

As I approached, Un Gwang greeted me with a cheerful face.

Perhaps because he had trained hard, his hair was wet with sweat and stuck to his face.

The way he asks with a bright face while brushing off his hair is very harmless.

"I wanted to talk to you for a moment, Great Senior Brother."

"With me? What's wrong? Is Uncheol bothering you again?!"

He said, blinking his innocent eyes.

The other senior brothers in the first room looked at me with a puzzled look, as if they had heard something unbelievable.

They are so surprised because they know how well I get along with my room's senior brothers, and they also know well that Senior Brother Uncheol is no longer at a level to bother me.

But it seems that even though Senior Brother Un Gwang already knows that, he is sincerely worried that I might be being bullied.

"No. No way. You know how well I get along with my room's senior brothers."

"Yes. I know too, but I asked just in case. Hehe."

Un Gwang laughed so innocently that I couldn't help but burst out laughing.

It's always been like that.

Un Gwang is one of the few people who have broken down the wall in my heart with this purity and innocence.

"Can we talk alone for a moment? It's a really important story for you, Senior Brother."

"For me?! What is it?"

"Because I think I can solve the long and long worries you have."

"Worries?"

Un Gwang asked me with his eyes wide open.

The other senior brothers in the first room look at me with a wary look.

They have a face as if they are suspicious of what I'm trying to do by luring the innocent Un Gwang.

I gave them a wide grin.

I was trying to express that I had no bad intentions, but their expressions became even darker.

Did I do something wrong?

"Yes! Although it may not seem like it, I also have various worries. It's been a long time since I've talked with you, Junior Brother. Shall we go for a swim together after a long time? I've sweated a lot."

"Okay. It's cool and nice. Hahaha!"

Un Gwang, in the meantime, straightened his clothes, neatly put away his wooden sword in a corner, and then told me to follow him.

The eyes of the senior brothers in the first room who are sending Un Gwang off are like those of someone leaving a child by the water, but perhaps because Un Gwang is the great senior brother of our 'Un' generation, they can't say anything directly.

'Geez. These senior brothers are too much. It's not like I'm going to eat Un Gwang.'

Thinking that I should make a day to mentally reform my senior brothers someday, I glared at them and then followed Un Gwang.

And so, after walking behind Un Gwang for a while. We arrived in front of a stream with clear water flowing.

The current is not that fast, and the depth is only about waist-deep, so it's a perfect place to take a dip.

"Do you come here often, Great Senior Brother?"

"Yes. I think I come here once a day. I sweat a lot, so I have to wash my clothes too. So I just go in with my clothes on."

As he said that, he went into the water with his clothes on.

And after splashing water on his head and swimming, he looked at me with a face as if he had just come back to life.

A face that says 'why don't you come in quickly'.

I had no choice but to follow him and just go in with my clothes on.

At first, I thought it would be unpleasant to fall into the water with my clothes on, but the feeling of the wet clothes clinging to my body is not bad.

After a long and cool water play, we came up to the shore.

And we began to dry our clothes by wrapping our bodies with internal energy.

As the yang qi of the Six Yang Divine Art was quickly drying my clothes, I wondered how Un Gwang was doing and looked at him.

'Wow. This guy is also no ordinary guy.'

Un Gwang does not have the same yang qi as me.

And the amount of his internal energy is not that great either.

Perhaps because of that, he is not just standing still and drying his clothes, but he is performing the moves of the Taiji Fist.

As Un Gwang's arms, legs, and torso move according to the secret of Taiji, a strong wind is created to the point where his hair flies wildly, and he dries his clothes and body with that wind.

'It's not a skill he's done once or twice. Whether it was intentional or not, Un Gwang has always been training the secret of Taiji like this.'

The Taiji Fist, when you look at it, may seem like a very comfortable fist art because the movements seem slow and the arms seem to move leisurely.

But, to perform a proper Taiji Fist, each and every movement must be filled with strength and internal energy, and the entire movement must contain the spirit.

Something like the essence of the Wudang Sect. That is what Taiji is.

But since he trains and trains in Taiji to the point of drying his wet clothes with the wind, how can his Taiji not be special?

"Now I feel a little alive. How did you dry your clothes so quickly, Junior Brother? It's not like you created a wind like I did."

After a little time passed, we dried our clothes at almost the same time.

I was also amazed when I looked at him, but Un Gwang is even more amazed when he looks at me.

The way he purely wonders how I did it feels cute.

"I did it with my internal energy. Well."

"Internal energy?"

"Yes. I don't know if you know, but I learned the Six Yang Divine Art a little while ago. It has a strong yang qi, so my clothes dry well. I tried it last time, and it was very convenient."

"Wow! Six Yang Divine Art! I heard that Martial Uncle Hyeon Yang officially became the Sect Leader's disciple a little while ago, so were you able to get it because you're the Martial Uncle's disciple? Amazing! Because your aptitude is special, the elders are also giving you opportunities. Congratulations!"

Un Gwang purely admired and congratulated me.

Although it's not a secret that I learned the Six Yang Divine Art, I was able to speak to Un Gwang without any burden because of this.

Because I believed that Un Gwang would congratulate me with a truly pure heart.

"I still have a long way to go."

"No. Your aptitude is really special even in my eyes! I'm sure you'll continue to succeed in the future and be able to lead our 'Un' generation."

I let out a small laugh without realizing it.

I wonder if this is something that a person who is a great senior brother would say.

Usually, it's human psychology to be wary when the youngest junior brother is doing so well, but he's looking at me with such sparkling eyes and saying that.

"Ah, right! But you said you would solve my worries, right? What worries? Do you know my worries, Junior Brother?"

"I don't know all of them, but I know one thing."

"How?"

"You don't know that I received a revelation from the Primordial Heaven Supreme, do you?"

"Huh! Did the Primordial Heaven Supreme also give you a revelation related to me?! Thank you, Primordial Heaven Supreme...!"

Un Gwang suddenly puts his hands together and recites the Taoist name.

Sometimes I wonder if he's a fool because of this, but Un Gwang is a person who trusts people well, not a fool.

Still, for some reason, I feel like I've deceived him, so my conscience is pricking me.

"To get to the point. Among the various worries you have now, you're worried about how to supplement the one thing that the Taiji Sword Art is a little lacking in, right?"

"That's right...!"

"The Taiji Fist is a sword art that uses softness to subdue hardness. But it would be good to have a powerful single blow after subduing the hardness. You want to fill that single blow, right?"

"Exactly. I want to combine the Nine Palaces Sword Art and the Taiji Sword Art to supplement the weaknesses of both sword arts, but it's not easy. If the nature of the two sword arts were completely different, I wouldn't know, but since the Nine Palaces Sword Art is also ultimately based on the secret of Taiji..."

His face, which was bright until a little while ago, darkens.

He's a very easy person to read.

"So I'm going to teach you one sword art. Although I don't know as well as you, Great Senior Brother, for some reason, I think it will go well with the Taiji Sword Art."

"Really? What sword art is it...?"

"It's a sword art called the Heaven and Earth One Sword."

"Heaven and Earth One Sword? Huh... no way?"

I said with a bright smile to Un Gwang, who had his eyes wide open, "That's right. It's the sword art of the Hebei Peng family, which I learned directly from the Saber King."

(End of Chapter)