The Martial Genius Who Remembers Everything Chapter 72

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A person who has lived their whole life throwing their weight around cannot suddenly bow their head. Moreover, if the other party is someone who used to bow to them diligently, instead of bowing their head, they feel a sense of betrayal.

However, even so, I did not know they would send the top masters they had hired to this side during such an important time.

‘Stupid.’

While I was thinking about the second task I had requested of the Ha-o-mun, Han Geum-tak of the Mu-pung-ma-gan (Windless Demon Office) said, unraveling a transparent thread from his Ma-gan (Demon Pole).

“This is why I say kids who are quick on the uptake are not fun.”

Han Geum-tak’s specialty is blurring the gaze with a threatening Ma-gan and moving invisible threads and needles differently from the Ma-gan, causing them to hook into the opponent’s body without them knowing.

I put away the Black Dragon Sword and said.

“Do you not need to follow your employer?”

“The Gye-ryong Merchant Group has already prepared more force than the mountain bandit camp they targeted. And that is not something you need to worry about right now.”

“What did the Pavilion Head order you to do with us?”

“He said to bring him one right arm and the Danjeon (Dantian). He said if that is not feasible, it is fine to cut off the head.”

“Isn’t that too cruel, even for a wanderer?”

“Well. We are people who work surely for as much as we are paid.”

While we were talking, the distance grew closer.

I said to the three brothers.

“It is known that the axe power of Yeon Chu-ak of the Yeom-la-bu (Underworld Department) is very strong. While maintaining the sword formation, disperse the power as much as possible, and think about how you can win.”

“…….”

“…….”

Trainees can devote themselves to training even more when they confirm their advanced level. That was how I handed Yeon Chu-ak over to the three brothers.

The children experiencing a real battle for the first time were trembling with fear, but their gazes did not blur.

I pushed off the floor and at the same time unfolded the Cheon-ha-dok-haeng-sin (Heavenly Peerless Lone Movement) to instantly narrow the distance between the three people and me.

“Ugh!”

“What……!”

“Damn it!”

At the same time, I unfolded the Man-hwa-mu-jeok-gwon (Ten Thousand Transformations Invincible Fist) to create nine fist shapes in the air.

Pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pak!

Han Geum-tak and Dam Cheol-gak retreated while madly wielding their signature techniques, and Yeon Chu-ak deflected the fist shapes with his axe and turned to the side, naturally rushing at the three brothers. The confrontation structure I had wanted was created.

“Be careful!”

Together with the words, I unfolded the Man-hwa-mu-jeok-gwon again and concentrated the nine fist shapes on the two people.

Jjeong. Kwang.

From inside Dam Cheol-gak’s sleeve, the Gwi-gap-su (Turtle Shell Hand), which has a similar shape to a turtle’s hand, appeared and struck the fist shapes, and Han Geum-tak retreated madly to widen the distance, but the more he did, the more I did not widen the distance and stuck to him.

“Damn it!”

Knowing that Han Geum-tak needed distance, Dam Cheol-gak dug between the two of us. Just as Han Geum-tak was trying to adjust the fishing hook by wielding the Ma-gan in the gap where the distance had widened.

“I am not the only one who uses the Cheon-jam-sa (Heavenly Silkworm Thread).”

“Kueck, when on earth?!”

I retrieved the Bi-ryong-jo (Flying Dragon Claw) that I had stuck in Han Geum-tak’s chest along with the fist shapes, lifted Han Geum-tak into the air as if drawing a semicircle, and crashed him onto a rock.

Ppak!

“Kueck!”

As expected, it was said that he stood on the border of the first-class and the zenith, so his nose was smashed and a scar remained on his face, but he was Han Geum-tak, who neutralized the shock in that short time and pulled out the Bi-ryong-jo that had been stuck in his chest.

“You fellow! You are an even more despicable fellow than the rumors say.”

“What rumors are you talking about?”

“Aren’t they saying that Black Flame is a despicable thought?”

“……That it is a thought as deep as pitch-black…….”

“Shut up!”

Since the nickname I disliked was interpreted in such a way, I disliked it even more.

“I will tell the Emperor of the Four Desolations about this later.”

I drew the Black Dragon Sword and poured out the Ssang-cheon-geom-gyeol (Twin Heaven Sword Secret).

Between the two people and me, Hwan-geom (Illusion Swords) and Byeon-geom (Transformation Swords) filled up and began to blur their eyes.

Dam Cheol-gak, who had tried to deflect all the swords visible before his eyes for the first time, realized that illusions were mixed in, and began to concentrate on deflecting only the real swords.

Han Geum-tak finally wielded his Ma-gan and began to wield the fishing hook in an irregular direction.

Pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pang.

Every time the Black Dragon Sword and the Gwi-gap-su collided, the air exploded, and the moment the invisible fishing hook tried to hook my nose, I unfolded the Tae-eul-pal-man-sin-bo and retreated backward.

“Kyaaaaaak!”

At the same time I retreated, the Bi-ryong-jo secretly stuck in Dam Cheol-gak’s chest was pulled taut, bestowing pain upon him.

“When on earth?”

“If you concentrate on one place, the other things are easy not to see.”

I unfolded the Hwan-bo (Illusion Step) of the Tae-eul-pal-man-sin-bo, and while avoiding the fishing hook, I pulled out the Bi-ryong-jo with all my might.

Woodudeuk.

Along with the sound of flesh being torn off, a large wound the size of a fist formed on Dam Cheol-gak’s chest.

“Kueck.”

The blood that poured out like a waterfall quickly soaked his martial arts uniform bright red.

The moment Dam Cheol-gak touched the wound. I stretched out my left hand to activate the Cheong-ryong-hwan (Blue Dragon Pill).

“What is this!”

Perhaps because his essence was sucked by the Cheong-ryong-hwan, the blood stopped quickly, but instead, the wound necrosed rapidly. While he was out of his mind, I unfolded the Ssang-cheon-geom-gyeol toward Han Geum-tak, who was rushing in, and the Man-hwa-mu-jeok-gwon toward Dam Cheol-gak, who was retreating.

Pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pak.

Pang-pang-pang-pang-pang-pang.

The Hwan-geom and fist shapes fluttered in all directions, emitting dense dust.

“Cheol-gak! Are you alright!”

Han Geum-tak searched for Dam Cheol-gak through the hazy dust, but Dam Cheol-gak did not answer.

The moment I saw Han Geum-tak’s puppet.

I unfolded the Man-hae-cheon-ji-geom-gyeol (Ten Thousand Sea Heaven and Earth Sword Secret), the esoteric art of the Tae-eul-geom-je.

At the three swords floating in the air, Han Geum-tak, who had been frowning, sent a sneer.

“Is that damn Hwan-geom only up to this point!”

Han Geum-tak wielded his Ma-gan in all directions to confront the sword shapes.

A procedure to confirm which sword is the real sword and which sword is the illusion sword.

However, there is no illusion sword that disappears even after being hit by the wind of the Ma-gan.

“Wh, what!”

The sword shapes he thought were illusion swords are all real.

Having searched for the real sword to save power, he eventually could not distinguish between the real sword and the illusion sword and pulled his body out late.

However, the Man-hae-cheon-ji-geom-gyeol already exploded on his body.

Pu-pu-puk.

Two shallow wounds piercing both shoulders, one deep wound crossing his torso.

Han Geum-tak squeezed out his last Jin-gi (Internal Energy) and shot out his Ma-gan and fishing hook.

Hwi-ri-rik. Ting.

However, the fishing hook that passed the afterimage left in the Hwan-bo flew a little more, hit a rock, and bounced off.

“Huh, how.”

I, who was standing behind Han Geum-tak, said.

“There is a saying our So-jeong-dae members have, if you are deceived once it is a mistake, if you are deceived twice you are a fool, if you are deceived three times you are an idiot.”

Han Geum-tak’s two eyes, as he turned his head, were trembling violently as if he had seen a ghost.

“Is this the level between the second-class and the first-class?”

The Black Dragon Sword moved as if to answer his futile words.

The pupils reflected in his eyes are full of Hwan-geom and real swords.

“You despicable bastard…….”

The best compliment one can hear during a battle. I expressed my gratitude lightly.

“Thanks for the praise.”

After dealing with Han Geum-tak and Dam Cheol-gak, I headed to where the three brothers were.

Chae-chae-chae-chaeng. Kwang.

The three Gold, Silver, and Bronze brothers were desperately dealing with Yeon Chu-ak.

Although they were in a situation where they had obtained many small wounds here and there, just as I had told them, they were fighting by diverting Yeon Chu-ak’s axe as much as possible and simultaneously exerting the advantages of the sword formation to the fullest to drag out time.

“This! Damn fellows!”

Yeon Chu-ak’s attacks were only blocked continuously, and on the contrary, the three people were aiming for the gaps and attacking little by little.

The only regrettable thing is that in unfolding the sword formation, even if an opportunity for attack appears, they hesitate and cannot finish it.

“Until when are you going to be fighting?”

“Dae-sa-hyeong!”

“Sa-hyeong!”

As the three brothers called me, Yeon Chu-ak began to pay attention to me.

“Already? What on earth…… damn it!”

Yeon Chu-ak, who was paying attention to me, showed a gap.

Geum-pyo hesitated while trying to stab his sword, and Eun-ho blocked Yeon Chu-ak’s axe instead.

“Dam Cheol-gak! Han Geum-tak!”

Yeon Chu-ak tried calling the two people, but the two people did not answer.

And the moment he decided, as if to kick the floor and run away.

I flew up together and poured the Man-hwa-mu-jeok-gwon on him.

Pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pak!

With Yeon Chu-ak, who received the Man-hwa-mu-jeok-gwon with his whole body in the air and was crashed to the floor, as the center, the three brothers formed the sword formation again.

However, the skill from when they were training did not come out. Even though they had the leeway of internal energy through Haeng-gong, they could not strike.

The gap between real battle and training was appearing.

“Will you do it properly if one of your arms is cut off and your Danjeon is broken?”

“…….”

“…….”

The swords of the three brothers, who had come to their senses, became fierce. Yeon Chu-ak’s speed was gradually slowing down.

Tang.

Eun-ho, who had the most internal energy, created a gap for Yeon Chu-ak. Geum-pyo stabs his sword.

‘But it is shallow.’

Killing a person is not such an easy thing. Even while attacking an opponent who has hostility, they hesitate instinctively.

Eventually, just as I was about to wield the Black Dragon Sword. Dong-ryong’s eyes turned red and he struck out between Eun-ho and Geum-pyo.

At the same time, killing intent that could not be exploded in that age group poured out of Dong-ryong’s body.

“Ughhhhh!”

Yeon Chu-ak’s face, who was tired of the suddenly exploding killing intent, turned white.

‘No way…….’

While I was stunned for a moment at Dong-ryong’s appearance, Dong-ryong finally made a large scar on Yeon Chu-ak’s body.

“That’s far enough.”

As I placed my sword on Yeon Chu-ak’s neck, the bodies of the three brothers and Yeon Chu-ak stopped, and everyone gasped for rough breath.

The whole body was drenched in sweat, and hazy steam was rising up.

“Sss, sss, sss.”

While Geum-pyo and Eun-ho were catching their breath, Dong-ryong was still looking at Yeon Chu-ak with eyes full of killing intent.

Yeon Chu-ak was fearing Dong-ryong more than me, who had placed my sword on his neck.

“Stop emitting killing intent now, Dong-ryong-ah.”

“……Ah? Yes.”

As soon as my words ended, Dong-ryong’s eyes returned to their usual bright ones, and at the same time, perhaps because his tension had been released, he began to gasp for breath.

“P-please save me!”

I looked at Yeon Chu-ak, who was begging for his life.

“Did you not come to kill us?”

“I, I just did it to earn money. There is absolutely no personal grudge contained in it!”

“Would you have accepted this request even if we were the Wudang Sect, not the Tae-eul-mun?”

“…….”

Pa-gak.

“Kuaak!”

I immediately made Yeon Chu-ak’s arm into powder and at the same time destroyed his Danjeon.

“Kueck!”

Yeon Chu-ak, who vomited a handful of blood along with deep internal injury.

“Remember. If you point your sword at the Tae-eul-mun carelessly in the future, its end will not be good.”

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“…….”

“…….”

While eating a late-night meal, Geum-pyo and Eun-ho were sulky.

On the other hand, Dong-ryong, unaware that he had emitted tremendous killing intent toward Yeon Chu-ak during the day, was eating several bowls saying that the porridge made of rice and dried meat was delicious.

As I emitted killing intent faintly, the bodies of the three brothers holding spoons flinched.

“!”

“!”

“!”

However, they did not retreat while having a fit. They were already not having any discomfort while using Haeng-gong.

As I smiled faintly watching such an appearance, Geum-pyo opened his mouth cautiously.

“I am sorry. Sa-hyeong.”

“What are you talking about?”

“About earlier.”

Were they still thinking about that?

“We should have finished it quickly. In the end, we borrowed Sa-hyeong’s hand…….”

“Murder is not that easy. I think it is amazing that you didn’t leave the sword formation to protect each other, even though you had that many wounds here and there.”

“……But.”

“Anyway, didn’t you three break Yeon Chu-ak in the end? I only finished it.”

Only then did the faces of the three brothers smooth out little by little.

“Sa-hyeong, then since we broke those three people, won’t Gye Yeon-seok, the Pavilion Head, send more people in the future?”

At Eun-ho’s words, Geum-pyo and Dong-ryong swallowed their saliva.

“There is no need to worry about that.”

“Yes?”

“I said I asked the Ha-o-mun for two things.”

“One of them was to track down Gye Yeon-seok, the Pavilion Head.”

I nodded and said.

“That is right. And the other was to pass information to the mountain bandit camps they were targeting.”

Gye Yeon-seok used his wealth to choose the place with the least force among the mountain bandit camps designated by the Murim Alliance.

Sa-ho-chae (Four Tiger Camp) located near Fuyang in Zhejiang Province.

Except for the camp leader and sub-camp leader who had learned martial arts, it was a mountain bandit camp without any notable experts.

I made them deliver the news to them.

Knowing that the escort guards and wanderers of the Gye-ryong Merchant Group were targeting them, Sa-ho-chae might have combined with other mountain bandit camps or asked for help from one of the Nok-lim-chil-sip-i-chae (Green Forest Seventy-Two Camps).

“Th, then what happens?”

“If Sa-ho-chae is smart, the Gye-ryong Merchant Group will not even be able to collect the corpses, and if they are foolish, they will still collect the corpses.”

“Hoo…….”

The three brothers heard my words and opened their mouths.

“…Sa-hyeong is truly a scary person.”

Geum-pyo, who shuddered once, shook his head.

I smiled faintly while watching such a fellow.

“The Jianghu is originally such a place.”

At the appearance of the cold Jianghu they were facing for the first time while drawing a rainbow-colored future of the Jianghu, the fellows had no words for a while as if they were crushed by the weight.

Then, as if he suddenly thought of something, Eun-ho said.

“…Somehow, it seems people have given Dae-sa-hyeong a good nickname.”

“……What, you punk?”

“Hahahaha.”

The three brothers were sitting side by side and laughing at some point.

Eun-ho asked me.

“Oh right, Sa-hyeong, then what kind of mountain bandit camp are we facing? You said Gye Yeon-seok, the Pavilion Head, found the weakest mountain bandit camp.”

As I rummaged through the bonfire with kindling, sparks flew in all directions.

“It is the Ssang-mak-chae (Twin Tent Camp), which is one of the Nok-lim-chil-sip-i-chae.”

“…….”

“…….”

“…….”

While Eun-ho and Dong-ryong were lying down preparing to sleep, I approached Geum-pyo, who was standing guard.

“Sa-hyeong, the joke earlier was excessive.”

“Hmm? What a joke?”

“……Is Ssang-mak-chae truly the target?”

“We have little mountain bandit camps left since we were late to start.”

“……No, even so, sigh… never mind.”

Geum-pyo let out a long sigh.

“More than that, you are not sleeping…… what are you doing?”

“Geum-pyo-ya.”

“Yes.”

“Don’t be surprised and listen.”

“……Since Sa-hyeong says that, I am even more anxious.”

When I turned my head toward the bonfire, I could see Dong-ryong, who was curled up tightly to avoid the mischief of Eun-ho lying next to him.

“It is Dong-ryong.”

“……Ugh!”

The eyes of Geum-pyo, whose mouth was covered by my hand, were jumping violently.