The evening before leaving the Wudang Sect.
I, having finished my preparations to leave, visited my master for the last ti.
My master has recently been continuously devoting himself to martial arts training.
Although it seed he would occasionally go sowhere on the Sect Leader's orders or at the request of the Martial Alliance Leader, he would co back quickly in a few days, so it didn't seem like he was on a long-term mission.
My master's martial arts have been developing recently like a flower in full bloom.
There was a ti when his martial arts were stagnant for a while, but he said that he overca that period while being with , and thanks to that, he was able to achieve the growth he has now.
"Hoo... why on earth did the Sect Leader send you guys for such a thing, when he could have sent a martial artist from our Hyeon generation..."
My master, who had just finished his training and was wiping his sweat when I went, said in a dissatisfied voice.
Perhaps because he himself is growing right now, it seems he wants to focus on training recently.
"But I've been able to focus on training for the past few months, so I've improved a lot. Wouldn't a real battle make even stronger?"
"Yes. Co to think of it, that's right."
My master stroked his chin and nodded his head.
It seems he is thinking about how much experience helped him in his own growth.
"For now, go and co back safely without getting hurt anywhere."
"Yes. I will."
"If you need help, send a letter anyti. I recently told my master and the Alliance Leader that I don't want to receive any missions for a while. Because I feel like I'll miss a great opportunity to beco stronger if I miss this ti. So I can go to help you anyti."
"Just hearing you say that makes grateful, master."
I grinned at my master.
I'm truly grateful just to hear him say that.
Because a person who says he won't receive any missions to secure ti to grow is so naturally saying that he will co to help .
"Then go. The rest ti is over. I have to train again."
"Ah. Yes. I'll be going."
Although sotis when he's like that, it doesn't seem like it.
***
I, after saying goodbye to my master, my senior brothers, and of course, the Sect Leader, left the Wudang Sect with my senior brothers.
To be honest, it was a little awkward because it was the first ti I had co out anywhere with this number of people.
Especially since Senior Brother Un Cheol and Senior Brother Un-ji-hak are very close friends, and Un Gwang and I have also beco a little special while creating new martial arts, only Senior Brother Un-hwang has no one he is close to.
Even more so because Senior Brother Un-hwang had caught the eye of Elder Ok-gil early on and had left Yuyeopdang.
So I thought I should be more considerate so that Senior Brother Un-hwang wouldn't feel awkward this ti...
But that was my groundless fear.
"Un-hwang! Why are you walking alone at the back? Co over here."
"Yes, senior brother."
"Don't you have anything to say? Is Elder Ok-gil treating you well? He's not making you train too hard, is he?"
"Yes. It's manageable. On the contrary, the training at Yuyeopdang seems harder."
"Haha! That's right. Ever since Unhwi started to supervise our training, it's been a living hell every day. But we've gotten stronger because of it."
Un Gwang was indeed like an incarnation of friendliness.
Although Senior Brother Un-hwang usually doesn't talk much, he raised both hands to Un Gwang's continuous barrage of questions and interest and was diligently answering Un Gwang's questions.
In the midst of that, Senior Brother Un Cheol began to walk naturally in a different direction from the path the other senior brothers were walking, and Senior Brother Un Gwang, who saw that, said in a puzzled voice, "Huh? Un Cheol. Where are you going? We have to go to the village at the foot of the mountain first. We don't have ti."
"Yes. I'm on my way to the village."
"You're going to the village? There's nothing but a cliff there."
"There's a shortcut... don't you know?"
Everyone except tilted their heads.
Although they must have passed this place many tis, they are making an expression as if it's the first ti in their lives they've heard that there is a cliff here.
I, chuckling to myself from behind, said to my senior brothers, "If it's your skills, it will be a very good shortcut. Everyone, try following Senior Brother Un Cheol."
My senior brothers, after glancing at , followed Senior Brother Un Cheol.
And the cliff they soon faced.
"Where is the shortcut?"
"Yeah. A joke like this isn't very funny."
As Senior Brother Un-hwang said with a slight frown, I gestured to Senior Brother Un Cheol with my eyes.
Then.
"Huh?"
"Ugh!"
"Un Cheol!!"
My senior brothers, surprised, shouted. Because Senior Brother Un Cheol had just thrown himself off the cliff.
Everyone, in a panic, went to the edge of the cliff and looked down.
At that mont, the three of them made the sa expression. An expression mixed with relief and dumbfoundedness.
"When my room's senior brothers and I leave the Wudang Sect, we always go down this way. But when we co up, it takes too much strength, so we use the stairs."
"Heo... you should have told sooner. My heart almost dropped."
"I thought Un Cheol was crazy."
"...... Reckless."
Senior Brother Un Cheol was hanging on, with his feet and hands on a slight crack in the cliff.
In fact, although it might be a very natural thing for and Senior Brother Un Cheol, who go down the cliff like this every ti, I thought the other senior brothers had a right to be surprised.
"With your movent techniques, you can more than go down. Senior Brother Un Cheol and I will go down first, so everyone, please follow us well."
I, leaving those words, began to go down the cliff, and my senior brothers, who had been hesitating, began to follow one by one.
'Their movent techniques are better than I thought.'
Although I'm sorry to my room's senior brothers, the senior brothers I'm with now are not the Five Swords of Wudang for nothing.
Despite it being their first ti coming down the cliff, my senior brothers followed very naturally.
They didn't look precarious, and they didn't seem to be scared.
Their skills are good, and their courage is also good. If they all grow up well like this, it seems highly likely that they will beco trendous martial artists in the future.
"Hoo-ah. I thought my liver was going to drop."
"Senior Brother Un Gwang. For soone who says that, you ca down very calmly."
"? I was actually worried that I would fall because my legs were trembling."
"I didn't notice at all."
"Do you guys always co down this way?"
"Yes. Except for the very first ti we ca, we've been coming down this way every ti."
"A path... I don't know if you can call it that, but anyway, I think I know why your room's movent technique and footwork have beco so solid."
As we were talking about this and that and passed through a small forest.
My senior brothers' faces changed to admiration once again.
"Wow... to think a village would appear right here."
"Yeah. I never thought we could co down so quickly."
"To think we ca down in about a shichen a distance that would take half a day to go down using a movent technique... at this rate, I think we should build stairs on that cliff."
"This is why I co this way. If we co down this quickly, at least we'll have ti to eat. Speaking of which, shall we go and have a al together?"
"A al? Shall we? Co to think of it, although we had breakfast, I feel like I'm already hungry because I was trembling so much."
Un Gwang, with a broad smile, looked back at the other senior brothers.
Since Un Gwang, the grand senior brother, and I, the de facto grand senior brother, had said let's eat, there was no way they would refuse, and I took them to the inn I usually go to.
"Taoist! Why have you co after so long this ti?"
The owner of the village inn greeted warmly.
I, sitting down naturally, answered, "Have you been well? And are you healthy?"
"Of course. I may not have anything else, but I'm in good health. Haha! Shall I get you your usual?"
"Yes. Please."
"I understand."
The inn owner, with a beaming smile, went into the kitchen, and a little while later, began to bring out several dishes.
My senior brothers, except for Senior Brother Un Cheol, were surprised to see them.
It's understandable.
Because the table was filled with only at dishes.
"No, Unhwi-ya. What are all these dishes?"
"What do you an? It's at."
"How can we eat sothing like this? The consumption of at clouds the pure qi and makes the qi and blood turbid. We cannot eat such food."
Senior Brother Un-hwang said in a firm voice, cutting off.
Since he was a senior brother who usually managed his body very thoroughly, it seed difficult for him to accept this situation.
"How can you not eat this delicious at? That's a great loss in life."
"The pleasure of the tongue is brief, but body managent must be done continuously. If I can't achieve the achievent I want to obtain because of a little bit of turbid qi mixed in, wouldn't that be a sha?"
"You know that there are more than one or two benefits to be gained from eating at, right? It's a great help in muscle growth, and it also shows a trendous effect on stamina enhancent and stamina recovery. Of course, since martial arts cannot be perford with just internal energy, what can help the growth of the body that much is the consumption of at."
"I know that too, but our Wudang Sect's martial arts are based on qi art and pure qi. To abandon pure qi to build up the body is to lose sothing big while coveting sothing small."
He spoke very logically and with common sense.
In fact, everything Senior Brother Un-hwang said is right.
From a general point of view, that is.
I, with a broad smile, said to Senior Brother Un-hwang, "Senior Brother Un-hwang. What if there is a way to completely resolve that turbid qi even if you eat at?"
"Huh...?"
"If there is such a way, wouldn't it be a case of taking only the advantages?"
"Is there... such a way in the world?"
"Of course. Don't you think that my room's senior brothers, including , seem to build muscle well and grow in height and size well for so reason?"
"Yes. I thought so. No way...?"
I nodded my head vigorously.
"You're right. We consu it periodically. When we co out like this, we almost only eat at."
"Heo..."
Senior Brother Un-hwang looked at with a dumbfounded face.
In fact, since he knows well how much my room's senior brothers' martial arts have improved, he will know well that the statent that eating at makes the qi and blood turbid is not true.
I said to him, "So, for now, let's eat. Only then can I teach you how to get rid of the turbid qi. Isn't that right?"
"Hmm..."
As he was hesitating for a mont.
"Un-hwang. If you're not going to eat, I'll eat first. In my experience... it's a gain to eat a lot."
As Senior Brother Un Cheol said, he moved a few dishes to his front plate with his chopsticks.
And then he said to Un Gwang, "Grand Senior Brother. I will eat."
"Uh-huh. Eat a lot."
Even Un Gwang, while being unsure, since I was speaking with such conviction and Senior Brother Un Cheol was acting so naturally, naturally nodded his head.
I also chuckled and began to eat, and. Un Gwang, after swallowing a few tis, finally reached for the food.
"It's delicious!"
Un Gwang, who had put the Dongpo pork in his mouth, didn't even chew a few tis and said loudly, and then, as if he were embarrassed, covered his mouth with his hand.
I, chuckling, looked at Senior Brother Un-hwang.
Even Senior Brother Un-hwang, who had been holding out until the end... finally picked up a piece of at and put it in his mouth.
Although he didn't show it like Un Gwang, his eyes widened, so it was clear that he was greatly impressed by the taste.
Senior Brother Un-ji-hak also began to eat naturally, and we had a wonderful start to our first al after coming down from the Wudang Sect.
Senior Brother Un Cheol, who was diligently inhaling the food, stealthily raised his head and looked around at his senior brothers with a pitiful expression.
Because Senior Brother Un Cheol knows.
About what the thod to get rid of the turbid qi is.
'Don't do anything useless, just eat your food quickly.'
I said that to Senior Brother Un Cheol with my eyes, and my senior brother, as if he had understood, flinched for a mont and then began to focus on the food again.
(End of Chapter)
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