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Chapter 287
Chapter 287. The Right to Hold Opportunity (3)
Knowing the future had many advantages, but one could not rely on it completely.
Because in many cases, the information was incomplete.
The Thousand Caverns were one such example.
The Murim Compendium of Spiritual Medicines only recorded the point within the Thousand Caverns where the Five-Spirit Immortal Flower Oil had appeared, while the report from the Murim Alliance’s Xi’an Branch only stated that the one who ultimately obtained that Five-Spirit Immortal Flower Oil was Zhongnan.
Е́ ň u̇ må
It would be easy to belittle them by saying, “That is how ink-slingers always do things,” but from an efficiency standpoint, briefly recording only the essential information was better.
If it had been natural in that world to record even the most trivial details, then in my previous life, before I ever died at Gwak Gung’s hands, I would have gone mad trying to memorize Mantongbu’s materials and become useless long before then.
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‘So there is no need to feel regret or complain.’
The affairs of the world were such that one had to know how to let the minor parts pass.
However, unlike me, whose vessel was large, my adorable junior disciples did not seem to be that way.
“What part! Of this! Hoo— is military strategy!”
Е̄n̈uṁ á . ĭ d
“Feint East! Strike West?! No! Why……! Are we! The east!”
“What kind! Of swindler! Hah! Gets caught! In his own! Swindle……!”
“Eeng…… I am tired!”
The Taeul Sect disciples had just run into the third group of Zhongnan disciples.
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And yet, even while dealing with the Zhongnan disciples, they subdued their opponents while shouting complaints instead of battle cries.
Hm. Looking at their methods, they had certainly all grown.
W е̊ b̊ ṅ о vе l Ёn̄u ḿа̊
But why did it not feel entirely pleasant?
“……Were those words meant for me to hear just now?”
There was an old sage’s saying that one in a higher position must not distort the intentions of those beneath him.
Just in case, I checked.
“Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! No!”
“Hah! Hah! Hah! How could that be! Not at all!”
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“Yes, yes! We were not speaking to you, Eldest Senior Brother! Truly not!”
“…….”
What was this? Why were they denying it so desperately?
In any case, except for Dong-ryong, who hesitated while moving his lips, the others shook their heads vehemently and denied my words.
“What a relief.”
“…….”
W̊ е b̌ n о̀v ё l Е n̂ u m ä
“You already seem tired, so I did not want to add more iron rings and steel plates.”
“…….”
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“What are you doing? Do you want iron rings?”
Perhaps moved by the ocean-like mercy of their Eldest Senior Brother, the children thereafter pressed their lips shut and steadily dealt with the Zhongnan disciples.
In truth, even I had not expected the plan to go this wrong.
‘Did they scatter disciples throughout the entire Thousand Caverns?’
Ě numа̂
I had deliberately designed things so that there would be a difference between the time the third entrance opened and the time we entered.
If the Zhongnan disciples gathered at the third entrance to block the sudden incoming crowd, then we could use that chaos to enter from the opposite side and rob the empty house.
But there was something I had failed to predict.
Zhongnan was even more idiotic than I had thought.
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‘Even if they blocked the entrances, to think they spread their disciples out this much.’
Did they think the entrances they had sealed would never be breached?
Е̊n̆ ù m a
Or did they think no one would be bold enough to break through a path blocked by none other than Zhongnan under heaven?
Well, whichever it was, it could only mean that their heads were so packed full of elitism that it was overflowing.
Moreover, perhaps because they had scraped together every last disciple from the Main Mountain, the disciples greeting us were young fellows whose bones had not even properly hardened yet.
“Hm? Who are you!”
“Intruders!”
Those who seemed to be around Zhongnan’s Fourth-Generation Disciples in the next cave shouted in startled voices.
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But as had been the case until now, no additional disciples came running.
The junior disciples rushed in all at once and subdued the Zhongnan disciples.
At first, the four of them had used swords, but once they realized there was no need to do so against such opponents, they charged in bare-handed.
“You villain! Draw your sword!”
“No, I am not quite a villain……”
“Grr! Are you daring to look down on Zhongnan!”
W еb ňо̃v̄еĺ Еn̈ u mā
For children who had not yet properly filled their Internal Qi, their sword art was fierce.
However.
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CLANG!
They could not hide their shock at the body-blocking—no, divine might—of the Taeul Sect disciples, who raised their iron-ringed hands and blocked the sharp blades.
“Th-They are wearing hand guards! Attack the heart!”
Those quick to notice swiftly drew their swords back and thrust again toward their torsos.
W_ē b̈ṅȯv̆e̊l̇ Е̊n̆ um а̂
CLANG!
“Huh?”
……This time, the blades were blocked by steel plates, and only the sword tips were damaged.
“Wh-What the hell is this……?”
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What else would it be?
The result of grueling training.
Е n ŭm̀а._ї d̊
Seeing the Gold-Silver-Copper brothers and Sa-ryeon move their bodies nimbly even while wearing heavy steel-plate vests made me extremely satisfied.
“To think the day would come when I could use my hands this leisurely against Zhongnan disciples.”
Tap! Clatter—
Then Eun-ho lightly unfolded Seizing Hands, took away a sword, and struck the child’s Numbing Acupoint and Mute Acupoint. The child collapsed where he stood.
It did not even take half a gak for five Zhongnan Sect disciples to be subdued.
However, our own stamina would also reach its limit eventually.
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“Eldest Senior Brother, will it continue to be all right like this? We cannot keep fighting our way forward forever.”
As Eun-ho said, it was worth worrying about.
Right now, there was no great problem because they were Fourth-Generation Disciples, but there would not be only Fourth-Generation Disciples in every space.
We might somehow get past Third-Generation Disciples, but if we encountered a group mixed with Second-Generation Disciples, or even met First-Generation Disciples, it would not end with simply subduing them.
Yet if we tried to search for empty caverns, Zhongnan disciples were spread out in every direction.
‘In the worst case, if we encounter the Northern Dipper Swordsmen…….’
W̃ e̊ bn̄ о v̈ е̊l̊ Eñ u̇m̂ а̃
No. Let us stop thinking bad thoughts.
Even during my Sojeong Squad days, whenever someone said something unlucky, it always became reality.
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Every time someone said things like, “Is he dead?”, “Did we win?”, or “Are we alive?”, trouble would break out.
Eventually, we had even made those words forbidden.
At that moment.
Twitch—
Е̌ ňūṁ а . і̌d.
Dong-ryong, standing at the very back, pricked up his ears and looked toward the caves we had passed through.
“What is it?”
“……It is just that I have a bad feeling.”
The senses possessed by the Heavenly Killing Star manifested in superhuman areas.
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In particular, when it came to survival and death, one had to assume his senses were better than those of most masters.
I quickly shot my Sensory Perception out as a single point.
Еn̊ů m а̃ . ǐd̆_
It traced back through the caves we had passed, one after another, and when it reached the entrance through which we had come—
Prickle!
I felt all the fine hairs on my body stand on end.
‘He noticed my Sensory Perception?’
Since my Sojeong Squad days, I had sharpened my senses in delicate Internal Qi operation beyond anyone’s reach, all to make use of Internal Qi that was worse than having none.
And yet he had noticed my secretly extended Sensory Perception.
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“……!”
On top of that, as though confirming his own existence by following the Sensory Perception I had sent, he fired Killing Intent back at me.
He was no ordinary master.
“Hah…….”
I was screwed.
A First-Generation Disciple? Or someone at the Hall Master level?
Е̂nu m_а̄
I did not know.
However, one thing was certain: that dangerous person had discovered the fact that we had entered the cave.
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Tremble, tremble, tremble.
Dong-ryong’s face, beside me, turned pale.
“E-Eldest Senior Brother…… C-Can we not just leave?”
Dong-ryong was someone who would step forward without fear when he sensed murderous desire, no matter who the opponent was. But now that the Heavenly Killing Star was suppressed, cold reason reacted before Killing Intent.
Е̂ n̊ u ma . і d̃
If Dong-ryong felt uncomfortable, then I had to consider the person that dangerous.
“Fine. Let us move.”
I stopped the junior disciples, who were about to step into the Ghost-Breathing Step as naturally as they had until now.
“From now on, do not use the Ghost-Breathing Step, and do not use any motion arts either. Move as quickly as possible.”
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“…….”
It was an extremely dangerous choice, considering not only that traces would remain, but also that the number of pursuers might increase.
Ẃ е̊ b n о v̀е̃ l Е n̆ um̃а̀
But right now, we had to think only of shaking off that pursuer.
[Zhongnan will try to secure the Five-Spirit Immortal Flower Oil no matter what price they must pay.]
Cheol Sun-jik’s words kept coming to mind.
“Aaagh!”
“Keugh!”
“Urgh!”
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Zhongnan disciples fell.
The ones we had encountered were a group with Third-Generation Disciples mixed in from time to time.
After we moved, half a gak had already passed before we knew it.
Spreading my Sensory Perception to check would only be the same as personally informing the opponent of my location, so I looked at Dong-ryong.
“Dong-ryong!”
“……He still seems to be coming!”
Е̄ṅ ũ m̈ a
Damn it.
Dong-ryong’s face was still pale.
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I immediately gave orders to the other junior disciples.
“We pass through!”
“Senior Brother! Then more of them will join the chase.”
Already, two groups had joined together and begun pursuing us.
Е̌n̂ u m̃a_.і d̃
Before we knew it, every path was packed with Zhongnan disciples.
There was not even time to despair.
“Then increase your speed!”
I drew up the Fifth Star of Internal Qi.
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Then I swung the Great Heaven Sword Art in one motion.
CLANG CLANG CLANG CLANG CLANG CLANG!
Ẅ е̄b̀_ń о̇ v̂ е̂ ľ_ Еn̊ ù m а́
Countless afterimages of swords filled the small space, shocking the Zhongnan disciples.
Those relying on torches would find it difficult to distinguish between the Illusion Swords and the real sword forms that had appeared in an instant.
Moreover, these were Third- and Fourth-Generation Disciples.
Seeing the swords surge toward them, they flinched and retreated, and in that gap, my junior disciples escaped the cave.
From the rear, I sent Sword Qi at the stones above the heads of the Zhongnan Sect disciples.
SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! SLASH!
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Part of the cave ceiling was cut away, and stones fell, half-blocking the entrance.
The moment I sent out Sword Qi again to block the remaining half—
BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG!
At the same time, Zhongnan’s palm arts shot toward the falling stones.
Madness. If they used that kind of Palm Art recklessly in a cave, fragments with nowhere to go would come flying out……
WHIZZ—
Webnо̃ v̊ё ľ Е nū m̃а̂
Sure enough, stones as large as human heads shot outward like cannonballs.
‘Damn it…….’
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I did not know how sturdy the cave was, but if I counterattacked carelessly here, this entire area might collapse.
In the end, to keep my junior disciples from getting hurt, I had no choice but to block the stones.
“Everyone, get back!”
Just as I was about to strike down the incoming stones with the Ten Thousand Transformations Invincible Fist—
Wеb̄ n̈ оv ėĺ Еǹ umӓ
“Hup!”
A shadow blocked the way before me.
THUD THUD! THUD THUD! THUD! THUD THUD!
It was none other than Geum-pyo.
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“Senior Brother, are you all right?”
While blocking the stones with the Diamond Shield, he instead asked about my safety.
Wе̄ b̄n̆_оv̌ ẽl̇ Ё n̈ u̇m ӑ
Instead of answering, I nodded.
He showed me his back and stared straight ahead.
“I will guard the rear.”
His back looked quite solid.
I gave a faint laugh and answered.
“Fine. I leave it to you.”
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Thanks to Geum-pyo, I caught my breath for a moment.
RUMBLE!
With an ominous sound, the ceiling collapsed.
The area of the cave where the shock had spread due to the Zhongnan Sect’s Palm Force began to crumble.
I shouted toward my junior disciples.
“Run!”
Wе̌b ṅ_о́ v еľ E ṅ u m̈а
CRASH!
Stones and mounds of earth fell in quantities that could not even be compared to when I had cut the ceiling.
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I extended my Sensory Perception forward and led my junior disciples in a direction without Zhongnan disciples.
“Left!”
“Right! Right again!”
After we passed through five forks in an instant, the shaking of the cave gradually subsided.
W е̂b̄n̈ о́ v̄ е l En ū m̊a
“Hah! Hah! Hah! Wow! We truly nearly died this time.”
“Ugh, those madmen…… Who fires Palm Force like that inside a cave?”
“Eldest Senior Brother, are we all right now?”
Were we all right? I did not know either.
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For now, because we had fled only to avoid the cave collapsing, we had strayed somewhat from our destination.
The greatest problem was the whereabouts of the master caught by my Sensory Perception earlier.
Ẁе b̄n о̇v̊ е̄ľ Е̇ ň u m̊_å
It would be best if he had been caught in the collapsed cave and could no longer pursue us.
“Dong-ryong.”
“……Yes.”
At my call, Dong-ryong shook his head as though he did not know for certain.
He was clearly thinking that we had ended up like this because he had told us to leave.
I looked into his eyes.
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“It does not matter whether it is accurate or not. Just tell me what you feel.”
Right now, we had no choice but to rely on the Heavenly Killing Star’s sixth sense.
At my gaze, Dong-ryong clenched his fist tightly.
“……I still feel uneasy.”
Damn it.
The cave we had come through was blocked, so that master would search for another path.
Ënú m̊а̇._ï d̄
Now, we could not even predict where that master might emerge from.
“Let us move.”
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For now, we had no choice but to keep moving.
If we met that master here, we could not even imagine how events would unfold.
“Left.”
“Left.”
Еn ùmа
“Left.”
“Right.”
For the time being, I led my junior disciples along the least populated paths possible, in order to escape that master’s sphere of influence.
Fortunately, there did not seem to be anyone with senses as sharp as that master’s, and no one detected the Sensory Perception I unfolded.
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And each time we moved, Dong-ryong’s complexion gradually returned.
A sign more welcome than anything.
Е̄n ũmа. і d̊
When my breathing began to grow slightly labored—
“We rest here for a moment before moving on.”
While the junior disciples sank down where they stood and began Qi Circulation, I unfolded the map in my mind.
The new map of the Thousand Caverns I had obtained from Hao Gate.
It was a map in which even the remaining three-tenths the Beggars’ Sect had not marked had all been filled in.
‘We have come too far from the original route.’
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If Zhongnan did not have a complete map, we could hold hope for the journey ahead.
But according to Cheol Sun-jik, the Beggars’ Sect had handed a complete map to Zhongnan.
We could only hope that the damned master was ignorant when it came to maps.
At that moment.
Spring.
Dong-ryong, who had finished his Qi Circulation and Breathing, shot to his feet.
Е̄ n ům а
His eyes were round like a rabbit’s as he looked at me.
“…….”
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“…….”
There was no need to say anything.
He was heading this way again.
The other junior disciples seemed to have noticed as well and quickly finished preparing to move.
Е n̄um а
“Let us go.”
Once more, we sprinted through the cave, searching for the emptiest paths possible.
But no matter how much we moved, Dong-ryong’s expression did not improve.
‘How close is he?’
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While I was briefly thinking that—
“Hah.”
Ẁе̃ bn̊ о v̀.е l̈ E ńu m̌ā
I had no choice but to stop before the three forks in front of me.
“Eldest Senior Brother?”
Damn it……
I could sense people from all three caves.
And quite a lot of them, at that.
Which way should we go?
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I could not find an answer at all.
However.
‘At least I know we must not go backward.’
I gripped the Black Dragon Sword.
“Prepare for battle.”
“…….”
W̆ е b̊n̆_о̂vẽ l̂ E nů m̀а̃
Just as the junior disciples were about to follow my lead and draw their swords with hardened faces—
Rumble.
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People poured out from all three caves at once.
“Hm? What is this? Were there earlier guests here?”
“Are they Zhongnan disciples?”
“No. They are not wearing Zhongnan Sect martial robes.”
W е́b̆n̈о̊ v êl̄ Е̂ ń umӑ
Each of them wore different martial robes.
Their weapons were also varied. From swords to Great Sabers, staffs, and spears.
Those people carrying different weapons were none other than—
The martial artists who had been protesting at the entrance to the Thousand Caverns.
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“Eldest Senior Brother……”
“Do not tell me……”
Е̃ň u m̊ а
While we had been running in a frenzy, we had somehow come all the way near the third entrance.
Damn it.
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