The Genius Youngest Disciple of the Wudang Sect

I followed Maeng Gwang-gae past the five gates and continued to go deeper and deeper inside.

Although I had received permission to pass through on my own when I came last time, I deliberately did not pretend to know the guards at the gates.

Because I had not come here as Unhwi who had successfully completed a mission for the Martial Alliance, but as Unhwi, one of the Five Swords of Wudang.

"Wait a moment."

Eventually, when we had passed all five gates, Maeng Gwang-gae told us to wait for a moment in front of the Alliance Leader's quarters and went inside.

As I was waiting quietly, Un Gwang came up next to me and asked, "Hwi-ya. You've been here before, right?"

"Yes. I have."

"You said you met the Alliance Leader too, right?"

"I did."

"What kind of person is the Alliance Leader? Is there anything he particularly likes, or dislikes... anything like that? Is there anything I should be careful about saying in front of the Alliance Leader?"

Un Gwang said with sparkling eyes.

Come to think of it, the Martial Alliance Leader is like an idol to all martial artists.

Especially Un Gwang, who is very interested in martial arts, seems to be incredibly excited to meet the Alliance Leader, although it is sudden.

No, it's not just Un Gwang.

Although they are all showing it a little or a lot, they all seem to be secretly looking forward to meeting the Alliance Leader.

"The Alliance Leader is..."

I, about to say something about the Alliance Leader, chuckled.

Because I knew for sure what he liked.

"The Alliance Leader likes young people."

"What?"

"What did you say?"

For a moment, at my remark, my senior brothers' gazes were fixed on me, and realizing that there was something that could be misunderstood in my words, I hurriedly waved my hands and explained, "Ah! That's not it. I mean, he likes young people who work hard. That is, he likes promising and intelligent junior disciples who will become the future of the martial world. So if you have a chance to show your talents, if you show them properly, he will definitely like it."

"You know well."

The moment my words ended, a deep voice was heard from behind.

Surprised, I turned around, and there stood old man Maeng Gwang-gae and the Martial Alliance Leader.

"Alliance Leader!"

"It's been a while, Unhwi-ya."

I didn't expect the Alliance Leader to come out himself.

I thought only old man Maeng Gwang-gae would come out and tell us to come in.

"As Unhwi said, I like young people."

"M-Alliance Leader?"

As I looked at him with a troubled expression, the Alliance Leader laughed out loud.

Although it didn't seem to be this much when we met before, it seemed he was enjoying teasing me.

"But looking at you all... I think I'll like all of you. I've heard the names of the Five Swords of Wudang several times. It's nice to meet you."

He approached us with a benevolent smile.

No matter how much he looks like a kind old man, the Martial Alliance Leader is the Martial Alliance Leader.

As he approached, my senior brothers' bodies stiffened.

I suddenly remembered the time I first met the Alliance Leader in my past life.

At that time, I was also very nervous because it was so difficult to face the Alliance Leader.

Now, well, even if he told me to treat him like a neighborhood grandfather, I wouldn't hesitate.

"I greet the Alliance Leader. I am Un Gwang of the Wudang Sect's Un generation."

"Un Gwang. I've heard a lot about you from the Sect Leader. The grand disciple?"

"That's right! I-I didn't know you knew me."

"How could I not know? The Sect Leader boasts about you so much."

"The Sect Leader?"

"Although he looks soft on the outside, the fact that his inside is firmly filled is the essence of Taiji itself, he has said several times. Seeing you in person... I can really see that. In fact, although I don't know much about the mystery of Taiji, I feel like I can feel what Taiji is."

"Ah...!"

Un Gwang, as if he were embarrassed by the Alliance Leader's blatant praise, just sighed and couldn't even answer properly, and the Martial Alliance Leader, with a chuckle, looked at Senior Brother Un-hwang next to him.

"I greet the Alliance Leader. I am called Un-hwang."

"You are Un-hwang. Is Ok-gil well?"

"Yes, yes. My master is well."

"Huhu. It's been almost forty years since Ok-gil and I formed a connection. Whenever he came to the Martial Alliance, Ok-gil would also talk about you a few times. That you are a talent who will lead the Wudang Sect in the future."

"It is thanks to my master seeing me in a good light."

"Although I can't say I know more about Ok-gil than you who live with him... you know better than anyone that Ok-gil is not a person who makes up things he doesn't have, right?"

"That's... right."

The Alliance Leader, who saw Senior Brother Un-hwang who had finally answered after hesitating, laughed out loud again and this time, looked at Senior Brother Un-ji-hak.

'His personality... seems to have changed a little.'

Originally, the Alliance Leader is not this kind of person.

He is not a person who talks a lot, nor is he a person who laughs so heartily.

He is a person who likes to be quiet, like a part of nature, but today, he seems to be talking a lot and laughing a lot.

"I greet the Alliance Leader. I am Un-ji-hak."

"Ah! Un-ji-hak. I've heard about you often too. That you are working hard to prove that a strong martial artist can also be produced from the Yuyeopdang?"

"How did you..."

"Huhu. One of your elders or grand-elders must have met me and told me, right?"

"Do the elders often talk about us?"

"Often? It's not just that. Usually, when they meet me and talk, most of the time, they end up boasting about how outstanding and praiseworthy their disciples or junior disciples are. Otherwise, how would I remember all of you?"

The Alliance Leader, turning his head from the moved Senior Brother Un-ji-hak, finally looked at Senior Brother Un Cheol standing next to me.

"And you are... Un Cheol."

Senior Brother Un Cheol, who was about to greet the Alliance Leader like the other senior brothers, was so surprised that the Alliance Leader recognized him first that he couldn't answer and just stared with wide eyes.

The Alliance Leader, with a broad smile, said, "You are also a great talent as I have heard. Your body is almost perfectly polished. If I didn't know you were from the Wudang Sect, I would have thought you were a Shaolin monk with long hair."

"Thank you."

"It's not something to thank me for. It's something to be proud of yourself. How much effort you must have put in to make that body... I can't even fathom."

He smiled broadly.

Senior Brother Un Cheol had a moved expression.

"No. I just... worked hard."

"That's the hardest thing. Just working hard. Working hard until you see results. No, even though you have already seen some results, you continue to work hard to aim for a higher place. Isn't that the hardest thing?"

At the warm voice of the Alliance Leader, Senior Brother Un Cheol's eyes wavered.

No one had ever acknowledged his hard work like this before.

But the person who is directly telling him about his efforts is none other than the Martial Alliance Leader.

As a martial artist, it would be much stranger not to be moved.

"Thank... you."

Senior Brother Un Cheol, as if his throat were choked, barely managed to say his thanks.

I, looking at my senior brother, also felt a pang in my heart.

Because I was the one who had watched him work so hard from the closest.

To be more honest, although it was a training that he had started involuntarily because of me at first, it was Senior Brother Un Cheol who had worked even harder after that without me telling him to.

Perhaps the turning point was when we went to the Namgung family.

"Just keep doing that in the future. As you also know, the only thing that will never betray you in any case in the world. That is effort."

"Yes. I will keep that in mind."

Finally, the Alliance Leader looked at me and... said nothing.

After just giving me a broad smile, he turned his head again and said to my senior brothers, "Everyone, follow me. There's a place I want to take you. You probably don't want to see that old man's room."

And he began to walk somewhere.

Un Gwang, who had to follow him, had a long face.

Perhaps Un Gwang had wanted to see the Alliance Leader's room too.

'But where are we going now?'

Although I had frequented the Martial Alliance so much in my past life, there are still quite a few places I haven't been to.

Although I was a martial artist who was quite active in the Martial Alliance, it was because my position here was not that high.

Besides, at that time, I was a person who was full of all kinds of inferiority complexes and envy, so I couldn't have normal friendships with other people, and so there were even fewer places I could go in the Martial Alliance.

"But, Alliance Leader."

"Hmm?"

"May I ask where we are going now?"

But the Alliance Leader did not answer my question.

He just smiled a similar smile as before.

And so, after following him for a long time, we arrived in front of a certain pavilion.

In front of that pavilion, as many as four martial artists were guarding the place.

"You all. Is everything alright?"

"Alliance Leader! There is nothing unusual during our duty."

The momentum of them speaking with a loud voice was not ordinary.

Judging from the fact that it is being guarded by incredibly strong people, this pavilion does not seem to be an ordinary pavilion.

Especially the one on the far left is a person I know well.

"Oh? Branch Chief Gwak?"

"Hmm?"

He, who had a very disciplined face, suddenly relaxed his face after confirming my face.

"Oh, oh? Are you perhaps?!"

"That's right. I am Unhwi of the Wudang Sect."

"No, you've grown so much in just a few years. I almost didn't recognize you.

He is the Heartless Saber, Gwak Seok-san.

The one who was the branch chief of Hubei Province is now here.

Come to think of it, the one I remember is the leader of the White Tiger Squad, the strike team of the Martial Alliance.

So it's not strange at all that he is in the Martial Alliance.

"Do you two already know each other?"

"Yes, Alliance Leader. I have reported to you before, but do you remember the time I exposed the identity of the White-Faced Gentleman, Yi Mun-hak, when I was the branch chief of Hubei Province?"

"Ah! I remember. That's right! That's right. Hyeon Yang was with you then, right? And Hyeon Yang's disciple also played a key role... Hyeon Yang's disciple is only Unhwi here, why didn't I connect that incident with him then?"

The Alliance Leader, looking at my face anew, continued, "Haha! I'm really glad I brought you here today. I should repay you for that incident all at once today."

"Alliance Leader. Where on earth is this place..."

Then Gwak Seok-san, as if he were dumbfounded, said to me, "No, you mean you followed the Alliance Leader without even knowing where this place is?"

"Yes. I just followed him because he told me to."

Then not only Gwak Seok-san, but also the other martial artists chuckled.

The Alliance Leader, as if he were proud of this reaction, said to me and my senior brothers, "This is the secret vault of our Martial Alliance. In fact, the matter of the Green Forest Alliance and Ma Cheon-deuk was a huge headache for our Martial Alliance. As a reward for solving that, I will let you take whatever you want from here."

At the Alliance Leader's tremendous remark, we all gaped.

(End of Chapter)