I Became A Disciple Chapter 225

Three years later—

Baekmu Academy.

The first graduates of Baekmu Academy.

Among them, the officials from the In class, which was made up of troublemakers, had completed nurous missions over the past three years and had now beco famous throughout the martial world.

Was that why?

Today, the entrance ceremony for the third generation of Baekmu Academy cadets was packed with people.

'My heart is pounding!'

'I can do well, right?'

'I must also beco a great martial artist like my seniors!'

The hearts of the rising stars who had just set foot in the martial world pounded hotly.

Especially.

—Greetings, cadets. I am Namgung Mun, the head instructor who will manage and supervise the third generation of Baekmu Academy cadets.

The forr In class cadet, the Sword Master, who had been appointed as the head instructor of the academy.

When Namgung Mun's introduction ca out, the cadets let out a roar of fire.

Not only that.

Because the number of third-generation cadets was so large, the academy had ford classes from 1 to 5 instead of the existing Cheon-Ji-In classification, and had assigned one instructor to each class.

—Nice to et you. I am Myo-seon of the Ei Sect, the vice head instructor of Baekmu Academy and in charge of Class 1.

—Class 2 cadets. You guys are really unlucky. Because a scary person like

has been assigned to you. I'm Han-baek. As long as you've t , you'd better give up any thoughts of slacking off early on.

—I'm Tang Hwa-rin, the instructor in charge of Class 3. I don't need anything else. Diligence and sincerity. I only look at one thing! I'll pull up the ones who work hard, and I'll throw away the lazy ones.

—Greetings, cadets. I am Tang Il-gi of the Tang Clan, who has beco the instructor in charge of Class 4 of Baekmu Academy. My heart is trembling at my first ti as an instructor. I will do my best to guide you with all my heart.

So-ah's friends, from the head and vice head instructors to the practical instructors.

They had completely taken over Baekmu Academy.

Moreover, So-ah had beco the head of the entire Baekmu Academy in place of Namgung Won of the Namgung family...

'Phew! For the sake of my disciple. I'll sacrifice just two years.'

Originally, a heavy position like the head of the academy would not suit So-ah, and he himself would not be happy with it.

—I am Yi-baek, the instructor in charge of Class 5. Compared to the other instructors, I have just set foot in the martial world, so you may all be unfamiliar with . However, I will do my best to beco a great helper by using my experience of training as an external disciple of the Moyong family.

His disciple, Yi-baek.

Who had never shown his face in a public setting until now.

There had been a secret agreent with Abbess Hongryeon to take on the role of the head of the academy in order to place his fledgling disciple as an instructor of the academy.

At first, there was a lot of opposition.

Yi-baek, who had just set foot in the martial world.

To grant him the sa instructor qualification as the new strongest masters of the Orthodox Path, Namgung Mun and Myo-seon, was a truly unconventional personnel appointnt.

However.

—Seniors. I beca the head instructor before I even reached the age of majority. There's a precedent, so why can't my disciple?

So-ah used his own case as an example and silenced all opposition.

From ancient tis, in the martial world, the strong one is the boss.

Today, the number one in the world.

No one dared to oppose the words of So-ah, who had obtained the title of God of War.

"Disciple. Instructor life? It's nothing special. Just beat up anyone who doesn't listen, unconditionally!"

"M-Master..."

"Phew! You softie. I'm doing this at my age, being the head of the academy, just to get you in here! Do well!"

"Ah... yes!"

Ahead of his pure and gentle disciple's first public service life.

The master, So-ah's, worries seed to be endless.

But...

For a twenty-six-year-old to beco the head of the academy.

Isn't that a bit too much of a teoric rise?

The master who says such things.

And the disciple who agrees and nods as if he likes it.

It's a total ss, really.

***

One month later—

"Brother!!!"

"Hahaha! Have you been well?"

A welco guest visited the academy.

So-ah welcod the guest with a bright face.

The visitor was now a Taoist who exuded an extraordinary aura at a glance.

It was Jeon Woo-chi.

"I've been living a hectic life making money, and now I'm suddenly playing the role of the head of the academy, which is not in my destiny, hehe!"

"You brat! You've learned so fortune-telling, and now you're always talking about your destiny. Why don't you just go to Goryeo with

and change your profession to a Taoist?"

So-ah had visited Goryeo a whopping three tis in the past three years.

Each ti, he had pestered Baek In-hwa to learn skills such as Dang-saju and Myeongri-hak, and recently, he had beco quite good at reading faces and palms.

"Aww! I can't live in Goryeo. How can I leave my So-min and So-so!!"

"Haha! Are you that fond of the nieces you found late? Anyone would think they're your daughters."

"Of course, I'm fond of them. They're brats who wouldn't hurt even if I put them in my eyes."

"Stop it. You should get married and have your own children. No matter how pretty your nieces are, they can't be better than your own children."

At Jeon Woo-chi's words, So-ah smirked.

"Anyone who hears that would think you're a father raising three or four kids. You're a bachelor too, brother. And not just any bachelor. You're the epito of purity who has never even been in a relationship. Kilkilkil!!"

At the sa ti, So-ah rcilessly dug into Jeon Woo-chi's sore spot.

Of course, Jeon Woo-chi didn't just take it.

"What about you? You're a good-looking guy, but you're not even in a relationship yet. Are you perhaps..."

"Perhaps? What! What?!"

"Impotent?"

"This old man is really! Are you asking for a fight right now?"

"I'm not the Jeon Woo-chi who used to give you a ride on the carpet."

"What the hell? You really want to fight? Martial arts versus sorcery, what is it?"

"Ke-ke-ke."

"Hehehe!"

The two looked at each other with narrowed eyes and a sneer.

***

Two months after being appointed as the head of the academy.

So-ah found out that his disciple, Yi-baek, was in trouble.

"So? In other words, you can't manage the kids. Is that what you're saying?"

"Yes, Master... I'm teaching them diligently, but... they just don't listen."

"I heard that Class 5, which you're in charge of, is full of troublemakers."

"But they are good-natured cadets at heart..."

"Hey!"

So-ah rcilessly cut off Yi-baek's words.

"You're good at everything, but you're too nice. How many tis have I told you? Just beat up anyone who doesn't listen!"

"Master... no matter what, we have the dignity and honor of our family, so how can I do that..."

"Ugh! You frustrating brat. Originally, humans need to be beaten a little! Huh? So, while being beaten! No, they just need to be beaten to a pulp to beco adults. You don't know that?"

'It's a great blessing that my master is a person of the Orthodox Path. If he had been a person of the Black Path. He might have beco a peerless killer...'

Watching his master, who was consistently preaching the efficiency of violence, Yi-baek clicked his tongue.

But what could he do?

That person had been like that from the beginning.

Just then.

"Baek-ah."

"Yes, Master."

"Once."

"Yes?"

"This is the last ti."

"...Master?"

"Class 5 cadets."

"..."

"Gather them all in the grand training ground."

***

"Ah! What is this in the middle of the night?"

"This is why I shouldn't have enrolled."

"It's not like we're training a dog in the moonlight, what the hell!"

A few of the most disobedient cadets from Class 5, which Yi-baek was in charge of, frowned and complained about the assembly order.

So-ah, who was watching them from a distance, also frowned.

'Hmm... so those brats are like Han-baek.'

Although Han-baek had now grown up to be an instructor, he was the worst troublemaker during his cadet days.

And So-ah knew well.

...about how to handle such troublemakers.

So-ah took a step towards the grumbling cadets.

Coincidentally, at this unexpected turn of events, So-ah's friends.

The current instructors of the academy, were looking back and forth between the cadets and So-ah with curious eyes.

'What? Why is that person coming out?'

'...Suddenly?'

'This is...'

Seeing So-ah, who had appeared quietly, the cadets' eyes widened like lanterns.

No matter how rebellious and troublemaking they were, in front of the strongest master of the martial world.

The God of War, Jin So-ah, they couldn't help but be intimidated.

In that mont.

"Those brats... they look so disobedient."

Words that were completely unfitting for the position of the head of the academy flowed from So-ah's mouth.

The cadets murmured among themselves.

Why?

Why was a person who was the head of the academy.

No!

Just the number one master in the world.

Looking at them with such murderous eyes?

However, that question soon turned into anxiety.

"Once, my nickna was 'Hell Instructor'."

"..."

"Welco to hell."

With that, So-ah took out a long wooden stick from his bosom.

Seeing the stick, So-ah's friends.

'Hul...'

'How long has it been since I've seen that?'

'Wow! Just thinking about it again makes

want to puke. Ugh!'

They were truly terrified.

"From now on. There will be a threshing training from the returned hell instructor. On your own. At your own discretion. Survive. Of course, there is no rcy in my dictionary!"

That wooden stick was So-ah's beloved weapon, which had been sealed three years ago.

The epito of true education!

It was the 'Justice Stick'.

Soon, in the grand training ground.

—Ugh-a-a-a-a-ak!

—Why... why are you doing this, Head of the Academy!

—A-o-o-o-o-o!

The sound effect of the desperate threshing training, which had now beco a legend of the academy, echoed.

***

Seven days and nights (one week) later—

A miracle was created where the troublemaking Class 5 cadets were reborn as upright people.

They were digesting a grueling training schedule, waking up the earliest and going to sleep the latest.

"See! Beating them solves the problem. If you don't know, just write it down, Baek-ah!!"

Thus, So-ah had proved to all that his educational philosophy was the truest and most valuable belief.

Another month passed like that...

So-ah, for the first ti in a while, climbed Manhwa Peak alone and looked up at the night sky.

Whenever he climbed a mountain like this, felt the night breeze, walked, contemplated, and spent ti quietly, one person's face ca to mind.

'That girl... she said she'd appear as a master after three years, but there's still no word from her.'

The person So-ah thought of was Wang So-yeong.

He had visited the North Sea Ice Palace more than 10 tis for the 'Ice Stone Distribution Business', but he couldn't see Wang So-yeong because she was in closed-door training.

'Is she still training... should I try to contact her?'

In that mont.

Although it was very faint.

So-ah's hearing definitely did not miss that small sound.

'This is...?'

The current So-ah was a God of War who could identify an opponent just by the sound coming from a distance.

'It's a high-level lightness skill, a footwork. A master of such a lightness skill is rare...'

Soon, he sensed that the sound was from a lightness skill and raised his vigilance.

"I knew you'd be here! Hohoho!!"

"...You?!"

"Have you been well?"

The source of the lightness skill was Wang So-yeong.

***

So-ah and Wang So-yeong, after a light greeting, looked at the night sky in silence for a while.

As always, the night view of Manhwa Peak had a way of strangely moistening a person's heart.

Especially on a day like today when the brilliant starlight was blooming profusely.

"The view is to die for, hey!"

It was enchanting and beautiful enough to imrse a person in deep sentint.

"Right? Nowadays, I visit this place every other day."

"Hehe! Jin So-ah. Why? Is your heart empty?"

"It's a bit like that."

"Why? Why was it empty? Was it because you missed ?"

At Wang So-yeong's sowhat random question, So-ah was about to shake his head and answer, "Not at all!" but,

"Maybe?"

He answered with an ambiguous counter-question instead.

'It might have been true.'

But the aftermath of that half-hearted answer was quite significant.

"What? Really? Was it really because of

that you were empty? Why? No, why?"

"No... well, can't it just be like that?"

"No, so why did Jin So-ah feel empty because Wang So-yeong was not there!"

"Because... we're friends..."

The mont So-ah trailed off his words.

Wang So-yeong cut him off, and,

She lightly linked her arm with So-ah's and smiled bashfully.

"So-ah..."

"Yes?"

"Will you marry ?"

"Yes... yes?! No, what?"

"You don't want to?"

"Ah..."

"If you don't want to, should I marry another man?"

At that, So-ah's face contorted and he grumbled.

"You... what kind of... girl are you, you can't say anything? Just because I said I wouldn't marry you, you're going to marry another man right away? Is there even such a man? Phew! You brat. I'm at the top of your head... oo... oop!"

But So-ah's words could not be finished.

It was because Wang So-yeong's active lip attack had paralyzed So-ah's entire body.

"Jin So-ah."

"Yes..."

"From now on, if you flirt with another woman, I'll kill you."

"...Yes..."

"Congratulations on becoming the son-in-law of the North Sea Ice Palace."

What a crazy, strong woman...

But well.

It doesn't feel bad.

Kilkilkil!

The bright smiles of the two, who were holding hands, shone even more brilliantly under the fading starlight.

— The End—

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