Chapter 21

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Even after delivering a blow, his master’s nagging did not cease.

“For a fellow who calls himself a disciple of a Taoist sect to be so blinded by greed. How could you be so distracted with an enemy right in front of your eyes!”

“You are not an enemy, are you, Master?”

“If I say I am an enemy, you should think of me as an enemy, why do you talk so much?”

“All of this disciple’s achievements in the Art of Tongue-Lashing are from Master…”

Seeing my master’s knocking fist brushing through the empty air, I wore a knowing smile.

“…came from, so is this not all thanks to Master’s grace? I would not have a single regret even if Master were to consume the Supreme Clarity Pill yourself. However, I humbly offer this advice: wouldn’t it be a better choice for the future of our sect if I, with my bright future ahead, were to take it rather than my elderly Master?”

“…To think I took in and raised such a fellow. I should have known from the moment you tried to pick my pocket in the back alleys of Xiangyang…”

“Is it not said that one should never take in a black-haired beast? You should just consider it your karma, Master.”

“……”

Seeing my master’s extremely rare, dumbfounded face, I smiled quietly. This was because my heart was filled with utmost fulfillment, as I could feel not only the achievements of my martial arts from seeing my master’s movements much clearer than before, but also the achievements in my Art of Tongue-Lashing.

With a sigh, my master stared at the Supreme Clarity Pill in his palm and continued speaking.

“I am seriously debating whether I should feed this to you now, but since the Immortal Sect Leader bestowed it upon you, there is no choice but to do so. Sigh.”

“Come on, do you really have to go as far as seriously debating it?”

“Do you think I am like you? I am just worried about whether it is alright for you to take the Supreme Clarity Pill right now, just worried.”

“Ah.”

Feeling apologetic all over again, I massaged my master’s shoulders.

“Still, with Master by my side, what could there be to worry about?”

After looking at me with calm eyes for a moment, my master nodded.

“Indeed. With your acupoints, you would be fully capable of digesting even the Great Return Pill of Shaolin.”

Then, my master guided my hands that were massaging his shoulders and made me sit in front of him.

“Calm your mind, and swallow it slowly.”

With those words, the Supreme Clarity Pill entered my mouth.

A pure, elegant fragrance began to fill my mouth, my nasal cavity, and my upper body.

**

After three days of sweet rest, Yi Chae-yang crawled out of the Greedy Wolf Unit building with a much more radiant face.

“Oh my. This is so good.”

Glancing at Yi Chae-yang’s face, Myeong-hun began to swing his sword again, while Yi Chae-yang gently loosened her wrists and ankles next to him.

“Our Myeong-hun is working hard.”

Without stopping his sword path, Myeong-hun replied.

“It is thanks to having a terrifying junior brother.”

“Indeed.”

With that, Yi Chae-yang also began to slowly execute the routines of the Supreme Clarity Free Hand. Then, she suddenly spoke.

“By the way, what do you think about the Zhuge Clan in our last mission?”

“What do you mean, what do I think about the Zhuge Clan?”

“No, I mean, they rejected us when we requested cooperation, and then in less than half a day, they flipped like a palm and rushed over to the Blood Selling Cult’s hideout. And they took a different route from ours. Isn’t that strange?”

“…What are you trying to say?”

“Mmh… never mind. It is not like I have any solid evidence anyway.”

Myeong-hun, who was about to add something to Yi Chae-yang’s words, shut his mouth. It was because Taoist Nun Hye-won had appeared from the Greedy Wolf Unit building.

With the appearance of the Greedy Wolf Unit Leader, the Greedy Wolf Unit disciples, who were either training or resting, also began to gather on the training ground one by one.

“What is going on?”

Once all the Greedy Wolf Unit disciples staying at the Wudang Sect gathered, Taoist Nun Hye-won unclasped her hands from behind her back. A few small booklets were held in her hands.

She scanned the disciples and spoke.

“Where is the Bringer of Chaos… no, Baek-jung?”

Myeong-hun answered her question.

“Since the Purple Yang Hermitage is far from the South Rock Palace, my junior brother is probably on his way.”

At Myeong-hun’s answer, a smile momentarily brushed past Hye-won’s lips.

“Then, divide and read this book before Baek-jung arrives.”

She then scattered the books in her hand to the disciples, utilizing the profound principles of Telekinesis.

“Oh, Telekinesis!”

“What is this…”

“What is this?”

Everyone who received a book tilted their heads.

Even though distributing the books with the skill of Telekinesis was already excessive, the distributed books themselves were peculiar.

The title written on the cover of the book, ‘Primal Chaos Tai Chi Art,’ naturally reminded them of the ‘Primal Chaos One Qi Art’ resting in the Mysterious Heaven Pavilion.

“Could it be…”

The older disciples, who knew about the incomplete martial art, hurriedly opened the books and began to read, while some younger disciples, though puzzled, also quickly began to examine the books.

At that moment, Taoist Nun Hye-won spoke again.

“This is Wudang Sect’s new divine art and peerless technique that was completed not long ago. Since our Greedy Wolf Unit has been granted the honor of being the first to learn it, everyone must not forget the grace of our sect.”

The faces of the disciples, who were initially bewildered, began to shine with an unusual light.

“A new… divine art?!”

“Oho?”

While there were those who devoured it with shining eyes,

“Do we really have to…”

“We have not even fully mastered the Supreme Clarity Mind Art yet…”

some displayed signs of reluctance.

However, after reading the book thoroughly from beginning to end, all of their expressions began to waver.

‘To think such a divine art exists?’

As disciples of the True Martial Pavilion who had been tempered in real combat, they could not fail to recognize the value of the secret manual in their hands.

“Should this happen to leak into the Jianghu, it is an object that would surely bring about a storm of blood.”

At the grave impression of Myeong-jin, the oldest of the Greedy Wolf Unit disciples, everyone else nodded. And only one thought rose in all of their minds.

“I really want to show this to our Bringer of Chaos soon.”

“Indeed. How long would it take for that kid to master this?”

“Wouldn’t a day be plenty? I heard he mastered Junior Brother Myeong-hun’s Flowing Cloud Movement Skill on the way to Wuchang.”

“What do you mean, a day? Half a day.”

“Even so, since it is a unique internal moving cultivation, it will take quite a while to align the movements with the oral formulas. It will probably take two double-hours.”

“Your front and back don’t match, do they?”

“It is said that the Great Tao has no form.”

This was all regarding Yeon Baek-jung, who was already known among the Greedy Wolf Unit disciples as the Bringer of Chaos or the Young Bringer of Chaos.

Yeon Baek-jung was the youngest among the Wudang Sect’s Myeong generation and the disciples of the True Martial Pavilion. To the Greedy Wolf Unit disciples, he felt like a youngest brother. Furthermore, that youngest brother possessed a talent far superior to anyone else among the disciples. So, everyone had the desire to teach him even one more thing.

And that feeling was strongest in Myeong-hun and Yi Chae-yang, who had carried out the mission together with him.

“Master, why did you have us look through it when Junior Brother Yeon was not here? You are not planning to hide it from him when he arrives, are you?”

At her words, Hye-won looked at her disciple with a somewhat pitying gaze, then reached out her hand and retrieved the secret manual from her grasp. She then retrieved the manuals from the rest of the disciples as well.

“Unit Leader! You must let the Bringer of Chaos learn it as well.”

“No matter how young he is, is he not also a disciple of the True Martial Pavilion? Even if he has not grown enough to master high-level internal cultivation yet, I believe he should at least be given the chance to learn it in his head.”

“Enough.”

At her word, the disciples who were expressing their opinions shut their mouths. It was because a heavy wave of internal energy had silenced them. However, she could not block their dissatisfied gazes. Even so, Hye-won merely smiled faintly and did not offer them any explanation one way or the other.

Seeing Hye-won like this, some thought she was simply playing a joke, while others were already planning to pass on the oral formulas of the Primal Chaos Tai Chi Art’s moving cultivation they had memorized to Yeon Baek-jung. Around the time the commotion subsided, Hye-won’s gaze turned toward the entrance of the Greedy Wolf Unit building. At the same time, the gazes of the Greedy Wolf Unit disciples also turned in the same direction. They had all felt it—the intense wave of energy standing before the entrance.

Thus, the gates of the Greedy Wolf Unit courtyard opened.

Yeon Baek-jung stepped inside.

**

It took a full day to completely digest the Supreme Clarity Pill together with Master. As a result of digesting the Supreme Clarity Pill like that, my internal energy thickened from a watery liquid to a thick ointment. In addition, by filtering out the turbid qi along the Primal Chaos Tai Chi Art’s moving cultivation formula, even clearer and more pure internal energy accumulated to fill my lower dantian. It was to the extent that the lower dantian’s well was now overflowing.

With a body in perfect condition more than ever before, I headed to the True Martial Pavilion’s Greedy Wolf Unit. And.

‘Huh?’

It was hard to hide my bewildered heart.

‘Why is everyone gathered and looking at me…’

It was because in the training ground I entered after opening the gate, the Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters of the Greedy Wolf Unit were all turning to look at me at once. I pondered for a moment whether there was a gathering scheduled for today, or if a specific time had been set, but there was none.

In any case, since I had already accumulated quick wits from experiencing another life in my dream, I quickly stood in line and aligned with the rows behind my Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters.

As I stood there like that, the gazes did not disappear.

‘Ah, why are you doing that? What is it?’

The moment I was about to open my mouth out of curiosity.

Martial Aunt Hye-won said to me.

“Yeon Baek-jung.”

“Yes?”

“Step forward.”

“Pardon?”

“Forward.”

I was puzzled as to why she suddenly told me to step forward, but following her words, I stood at the very front of my Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters. Then, she shook her head and pointed to the spot next to her.

“Here.”

“?”

I was bewildered as to what was going on, but first, it was an order given by Martial Aunt, so…

I walked diligently and stood side by side with Martial Aunt Hye-won on the training ground platform. Then, she stepped down from the platform and stood at the very front of my Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters. I rolled my brain as much as possible to grasp what on earth this situation was. I had experienced a similar situation before. In my dream.

A similar thing had happened there as well. When giving a presentation at a place called an academic conference, renowned scholars gathered from all over the world would look at me with eyes full of curiosity or full of spite, just like now. Of course, I enjoyed presentations. Because the thrill of turning even a spiteful professor into a favorable supporter was tremendous. Thanks to that, my research achievements were also quite well recognized.

However, there were no people with spiteful eyes here.

Everyone was radiating a favorable atmosphere toward me.

Unlike back then, I did not feel nervous.

Feeling the affection of my fellow disciples, I composed my mind comfortably. At that moment, Martial Aunt Hye-won opened her mouth.

“The creator of the secret manual you saw just a moment ago, the Primal Chaos Tai Chi Art, is none other than Yeon Baek-jung standing before your eyes. From now on, make sure to properly learn the Primal Chaos Tai Chi Art’s moving cultivation that Baek-jung unfolds.”

At her words, the surrounding external qi of my Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters shook. The agitation was felt through the skin. On top of that, even the sound of murmuring was heard.

“What!”

“No matter how much of a Bringer of Chaos he is, still!”

“Does that make sense?”

“Heh.”

“The Bringer of Chaos did this?”

“…This is crazy.”

Among the faces of disbelief, Martial Aunt Hye-won’s face was visible.

‘She aimed for this.’

She was definitely enjoying the disciples’ commotion. She said she had a deep friendship with Master, and indeed Martial Aunt was of a similar breed to Master. Be that as it may, such an opportunity was not common.

‘Teaching my Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters?’

One who enjoys learning also enjoys teaching.

Because there is much to be gained through teaching.

Furthermore, this was possible because we were the Wudang Sect.

The Wudang Sect, which had a free sectarian culture, commonly shared learning regardless of generation rank or entry order.

Therefore, no sign of reluctance could be seen on the faces of my Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters. Of course, learning something from the youngest junior brother who was not even twenty was not a familiar thing, but rather because of that, I could expect my fellow disciples to fill in my lacking parts as I taught them.

The path of the Limitless toward ten-fold perfection would not be lonely.

I waited for my Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters to quiet down, and then opened my mouth.

“Then, shall we begin?”