Chapter 27
Chapter 27
'Alright. Let's just focus on the duel.'
Gu Mungoe gathered his breath. The thought of looking down on his opponent had long since been erased.
"Come again. You're not going to quit just because you got hit once, are you?"
"Of course not. I'll go properly this time."
Gu Mungoe had actually entered the duel without drawing up all of his internal energy. Because it would be a big problem if Mok Wigun got hurt while he was going all out. But he realized that he was not someone to be taken lightly. He drew up all of his internal energy.
"Here I come!"
He used the technique he was most confident in. A form derived from the appearance of a ferocious tiger pouncing on its prey. He drove Mok Wigun back with a fierce momentum. But.
Thwack!
"Ugh!"
Gu Mungoe's body flew into the air and was slammed into the ground. Not only Gu Mungoe himself, but all the members were startled. Dan Bulseok said out loud without realizing it.
"No. Young Master. What did you just do?"
Captain Dan was that surprised. He hadn't used any particularly strong force or immense internal energy. It was just a light movement, but his opponent was rolling on the ground, so he was dying to know what had happened.
Mok Wigun looked at the members and asked.
"Are you curious?"
"Yes, we are."
As a martial artist, how could one not be curious about this? But Mok Wigun didn't tell them right away.
"I'll tell you after you've all experienced it first."
They had been watching the duel with concentration until now, but everyone's eyes changed. Everyone was so completely absorbed that even the sound of breathing could be heard loudly.
"Gasp!"
"Ugh!"
Only Gu Mungoe's screams could be heard in the courtyard. He continued to roll on the ground.
"I think this is enough, so the next one, come out."
And so, the members came out one by one. Their skills gradually improved, and Hwang Gyesu, who came out sixth, even made a rather sharp counterattack. But he couldn't do anything to Mok Wigun.
When the duel was almost over, Hwang Gyesu's appearance was a mess. His hair was disheveled, and the fan he was holding was tattered and could never be used again. His whole body and face were covered in dirt.
"I think you're done too."
Mok Wigun's breathing was also very ragged from the successive duels. Now there was one person left. Light Wind Unit Captain Dan Bulseok.
"Come on. Let's finish it."
"You have fought six in a row. Please catch your breath a little."
Mok Wigun did not refuse. Because he was actually a bit tired. While Mok Wigun was resting like that, Dan Bulseok talked with the members.
"How was it?"
"It's really strange. It's not a particularly special strike, but when you get hit, you feel a tingling sensation."
"It was similar for me. It felt like he just tapped me, but all the strength left my body."
Everyone murmured, saying it was strange.
"I've never experienced a case like this. It's like being possessed by a ghost."
Dan Bulseok kept tilting his head.
"Does this make sense? The Young Master's internal energy is less than ten years."
"That's what I'm saying. I'm really going crazy."
If your internal energy is high, you have an advantage in a duel. Because the higher it is, the bigger and stronger you are. If a person of normal build and a nine-foot-tall muscular person fight, isn't it natural for the latter to have the advantage?
If it had been a master of the martial world instead of Mok Wigun, he wouldn't have been so confused. Because he could just think that it was the special martial art of a peerless master. But Mok Wigun was only of coming-of-age.
"You can't win even if your internal energy is high? Am I supposed to believe this?"
At that time, a little distance away, Mok Wigun was talking with Pyeon Jeoksu.
"Hee-ya. It's been a while since I've seen this. Seeing you roll them around like this, you must be planning to teach them."
"I have to teach them. If not, there's no reason to make them feel it so elaborately."
Mok Wigun was making the Light Wind Unit members feel his secret technique with their bodies.
"Are you going to teach them all three stages?"
"No. The trust hasn't been built up to that extent yet, so only up to the first stage."
What was the reason Mok Wigun was able to defeat the Demon King? It was because he had continuously searched for and developed methods to deal with powerful enemies.
And he had divided the methods he had found into three stages and had trained the heroes by stage. As a result, he had been able to defeat the Demon King.
"It's a stroke of luck for those guys."
"They are guys who deserve that much reward. And they have talent too."
"Who do you think is the most talented?"
"Of course, Captain Dan Bulseok."
He had already confirmed it through the last duel. Dan Bulseok had considerable talent in martial arts.
"So this duel won't be easy."
"Is it that much?"
Martial arts levels are generally divided into third-rate, second-rate, first-rate, peak, and super-peak. There are levels above that, but that's a story of a world beyond the heavens.
The martial arts level of the Light Wind Unit members was first-rate. Only Dan Bulseok had dipped his foot into the entrance of the peak. The level of first-rate and peak. It's a one-stage difference, but there's a really huge difference.
"How does he compare to Daoist Master Cheongun?"
"He's no match."
Mok Wigun answered without even thinking. Daoist Master Cheongun is on the verge of the super-peak level. Since he gained enlightenment this time, he probably has set foot in the super-peak. Even if not, Dan Bulseok was not an opponent he could even try to match.
"Still, if Captain Dan goes all out, it will be a difficult match."
Mok Wigun said while looking at Dan Bulseok, who was preparing for the duel.
* * *
"I have lost, Young Master."
"No. I lost."
The match was fierce. The ground was gouged, and the trees that had been set up as a fence were broken, so the surroundings were a mess. The match was Mok Wigun's defeat. He hadn't collapsed, but it was clear that he was at a disadvantage. But Dan Bulseok said that was absolutely not the case.
"It was an unfair fight from the beginning."
He said that since he had already fought six people and was exhausted, he was the one who had lost.
"Besides, there is a big difference in our internal energy. Nevertheless, we were almost evenly matched, so I am just ashamed of my martial arts."
It didn't matter. Mok Wigun felt good regardless of the victory or defeat. Because he had fought a really fierce and refreshing fight. His clothes were soaked with sweat, but his heart was refreshed.
And Captain Dan and all the members were filled with the thought that they had to learn from Mok Wigun. They had already forgotten all about the abundant experience and knowledge they had talked about earlier.
"But Young Master. What in the world is the martial art you just used?"
"Do you want to learn it?"
"Of course. Who wouldn't want to learn this?"
Everyone looked at Mok Wigun with eyes full of expectation.
"For now, you have to get treatment first."
"Aah..."
At Mok Wigun's words, everyone let out a disappointed sigh.
"Treating you has the purpose of treatment, but there's something more important."
Mok Wigun said that there was something they had to do first to learn his martial art.
"What is it?"
"Feeling your internal energy properly is first."
The members tilted their heads. Because they were all feeling their internal energy. They feel it when they do breathing exercises, and they feel it when they perform martial arts. But to have to feel their internal energy.
"You're probably thinking, 'what do you mean, I'm already feeling my internal energy'."
Everyone had such thoughts, but they just looked at each other and didn't say it out loud.
"But that's not enough. You have to feel it properly to be able to rise one step from your current level."
"What is that 'feeling it properly'?"
Hwang Gyesu, the smartest among the members, threw a question. At that, Mok Wigun grinned.
"I gave you a clue."
A brief silence followed. Everyone was thinking about what the clue was. But Hwang Gyesu suddenly lifted his head.
"Are you perhaps talking about that attack when you fought with us?"
"That's right. Didn't it feel different?"
"It was different. It was tingling, and the strength left my body."
Mok Wigun nodded. And as he was about to explain a little more, the outside became a bit noisy. When he looked, people had gathered and were peeking in.
Dan Bulseok went out and then said with a slightly embarrassed expression.
"People have come to see Physician Pyeon."
He could understand. There probably wasn't a single person here who wasn't sick in one or two places. To go to a physician, you have to go into the city. That's not easy for these people who have to work every day.
Besides, the treatment fees are expensive. In a situation where they don't even have enough to eat, where would they get that kind of money? So unless they are really on the verge of death, they just endure it.
"It's a good thing. I was just thinking that Physician Pyeon should examine the people here anyway."
"Will you be alright? I was wondering if it was okay to impose like this..."
Dan Bulseok said with an awkward expression, as if embarrassed. At that, Pyeon Jeoksu answered magnanimously.
"A physician's job is to provide treatment. How can that be an imposition? Tell everyone to come into the room."
As he said that, he strode into the room. Then Dan Bulseok went outside and brought two people.
He had one person help Physician Pyeon and the other manage the people who had come for treatment. Mok Wigun nodded after seeing Dan Bulseok's handling of the matter.
"I'm sorry. Please continue."
Dan Bulseok, who had finished organizing, came back and said.
"How can martial arts be done with just words? Experiencing it directly is the best."
Mok Wigun told Gu Mungoe to attack him with a palm strike.
"Like this?"
He carefully stretched out his palm. It was filled with strong internal energy. But Mok Wigun waved his hand.
"No. Try it a little slower."
"Slower?"
Gu Mungoe stretched out his palm more slowly. But it wasn't as easy as he thought. It wasn't just about moving his hand slowly, but also operating his internal energy slowly to match it.
At that sight, Mok Wigun grinned.
"How is it?"
"Uh. This isn't easy. I've never tried to use it slowly on purpose."
It's a natural thing. Because no one would have told him to try it like that when learning martial arts. The other members were also trying to use their internal energy slowly, following Gu Mungoe. As if it wasn't going well, they tried it once and then kept tilting their heads this way and that.
"It won't work right away, so stop."
Mok Wigun told them not to overdo it and to practice a little bit from today.
"If this becomes free, will we be able to use techniques like you, Young Master?"
"Of course. But it won't be that easy. You all better be prepared."
Finally, Mok Wigun said he would show them one more thing and told Gu Mungoe to attack him with a palm strike as usual. With sufficient internal energy.
"Then I will attack."
Gu Mungoe stretched out his palm. The usual fast speed. His internal energy was also full, so it was a very heavy attack.
"If you can understand and feel your internal energy well."
Mok Wigun said that and stretched out his hand, lightly twisting Gu Mungoe's wrist.
"Ugh!"
"You can defeat a large internal energy with a small internal energy."
Gu Mungoe's body rotated one full circle in the direction his wrist was twisted. He had just lightly turned his hand, but Gu Mungoe's body floated up and spun around with a 'whoosh'. A sight that was unbelievable even while seeing it with both eyes. Mok Wigun's voice was heard in the ears of the dazed members who were surprised.
"This martial art will lead you all one step higher."
(End of Chapter)
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