Return of the Mount Hua Sect [EN]: Chapter 739

A sharp *crack* echoed in the small room, making Chung Myung jump. “Huh?” he mumbled, blinking his eyes open. He was sitting cross-legged on the floor, trying to train, but his body felt like it was fighting against him.

*Crack! Crunch!*

“Huh?!” Chung Myung gasped again, his eyes widening. That sound was definitely not good. It sounded like bones breaking.

*Snap! Crack!*

“Gack!” Chung Myung cried out. His neck felt twisted at a strange angle. He reached up and touched it, his fingers gingerly exploring the unnatural bend. “What in the world…?” he muttered, completely confused.

“Ugh… This is really…”

It was as if he could hear the voice of that annoying Cheongjin in his ear.

– What did I tell you! Huh? What did I say!

“Shut up, you son of a…!”

I’ll dig up your grave and overturn it right now!

Chung Myung, grinding his teeth, held his aching head as if supporting it and sighed.

‘This is strangely not working.’

Creating a martial art was not an easy task.

“Ugh. If it were a simple sword technique like the Seven Plum Sword, I could whip it up right here.”

Treating the Seven Plum Sword as a simple sword technique would horrify ordinary people, but for Chung Myung, who was the Plum Blossom Sword Saint of the past and second to none in understanding swordsmanship in the history of Mount Hua, it was not particularly difficult. Even a complex sword style like the Seven Plum Sword…

However, transforming a divine art, especially the Great Worldly Art of the Violet Dawn Divine Art, was tricky even for the great Chung Myung. Violet Dawn Divine Art, Mount Hua’s most powerful and secret training method…

Creating powerful martial arts is very hard. Sect leaders usually work together. They check for mistakes, test it many times, and are very careful before anyone learns it.

Even after going through that process, there were many cases where people died or became disabled while learning new martial arts. Creating peerless martial arts was that difficult.

But he skipped all those processes neatly and immediately tried to learn the roughly transformed martial art with his own body, so it was not strange that he was experiencing inner demonisation.

Snap! Crack!

“Agh, damn it!”

Chung Myung, feeling his spine bending backward, flopped down and groaned.

– I knew you’d end up dying like that.

“What did you say?”

Do you think you’ll be safe if I die? You should wish for me to live a long life. No, all of you should wish for me to live a long life! Or you’ll all have your heads broken…

– What, you little…?

Oh… Except for the Sect Leader.

Chung Myung sighed repeatedly as he lay down.

“Ugh, is this not the way?”

If it were anyone else, they would have died ten times over already.

Chung Myung had spent years laying the foundation for a vast future, so he was only experiencing this much side effects.

Like a building needs a strong base, Chung Myung had built a strong base for his body and his energy.

A building with a weak foundation and improperly placed foundation stones collapses even with a slight tilt, but a building with firmly planted pillars and carefully constructed foundations does not easily collapse even if it tilts a little.

Chung Myung had spent years building the foundation since he woke up in a new body.

Thanks to that, his body was in a more perfect state than it had ever been in the past, and the internal energy flowing within him was so clear and pure that it was unparalleled in the martial world (Jianghu).

So, he ended up with only this much side effects, but if it were an ordinary person, their body’s energy pathways (Eight Extraordinary Meridians) would have been twisted, their whole body would have been broken, and they would have coughed up blood and gone to the afterlife.

“Ugh…”

Worry clouded Chung Myung’s eyes.

‘What should I do?’

He was enduring it now thanks to his body, but he might really die like this. Should he just learn the Violet Dawn Divine Art in its original form now?

– Yes, don’t be stubborn and just learn it as it is. I carefully organized it. How many times have I told you? It’s too much for you. Hee hee hee hee.

This bastard?

Sparks flew from Chung Myung’s eyes.

“Alright! Let’s see who wins!”

He shot up and fiercely drew up his internal energy.

“If I try everything, I’ll get lucky with one of them! Why use my head when my body is good! I’m going to trust this damn body!”

If Chung Myung’s brothers in the Immortal World heard these words, they would have covered their faces and felt sad. But those words weren’t exactly wrong either.

Crack!

“Ack!”

Crack! Crack!

“Aaaargh! Damn it!”

Thus, the sound of bones breaking and screams echoed without stopping from Chung Myung’s residence all night long.

The screams were so loud that everyone in Baekmae Hall had nightmares. But Chung Myung didn’t notice or care.

Hyun Young looked at the six disciples standing before him. His face showed disappointment, like a teacher who expected more from his students. The disciples avoided his gaze, their faces pale and nervous. A heavy silence hung in the air.

“Hmm.”

Hyun Young clicked his tongue and shook his head as if he didn’t like it and muttered.

“I should have dropped two or three more.”

It seemed that Hyun Young didn’t like the number of people remaining here.

“Then I…”

“You shut your mouth.”

“……Yes.”

Unam, who had tentatively raised his hand, lowered it powerlessly.

Baek Cheon, Yu Yiseol, Yoon Jong, Jo Gul, Un Geom, Un Am.

Only six survived.

It was no different from the number initially selected by Hyun Jong and the elders. As a result, it was proven that their eyes were right.

Baek Sang and Tang Soso fought fiercely until the very end, and Gwak Hwi received a passing grade for his determination alone, but ultimately failed to pass the standards presented by Hyun Young.

“Two from the Un generation, two from the Baek generation, and two from the Cheong generation. It’s like it was planned.”

At those words, Jo Gul slyly raised his hand.

“Why?”

“Chung Myung is also from the Cheong generation, isn’t he?”

“……”

Everyone’s gaze was fixed on Jo Gul. In the eyes full of pathetic gazes, Jo Gul mumbled sullenly.

“……It’s not wrong.”

“Please think before you speak.”

“No, if possible, just don’t say anything.”

Jo Gul, deeply realizing that once a person is disliked, they get cursed even if they say the right thing, wiped away the tears that were welling up.

“Tsk tsk. That half-wit.”

Hyun Young, who was wondering if it was right to drop that guy even now, shook his head.

“Anyway, everyone has worked hard.”

“Yes, Elder!”

“Ahem.”

Hyun Young cleared his throat slightly and continued.

“As you know, the Violet Dawn Divine Art is the best internal energy cultivation method of the current Mount Hua Sect. No, not just now, but the most excellent since Mount Hua was founded…”

“Hyun Young.”

At the voice that interrupted him, Hyun Young closed his mouth and glanced over there. Hyun Jong was waving his hand.

“Just skip the introduction and get to the point.”

“……”

“Quickly.”

“Yes.”

Hyun Young, grumbling softly, looked at his disciples again.

“From today, you will learn the Violet Dawn Divine Art. As you are the first disciples of Mount Hua to learn the Violet Dawn Divine Art, you must be role models for others. Do your best! Do you understand?”

“Yes! Elder!”

Satisfied with the loud answer, Hyun Young nodded with a small smile. At the same time, the eyes of the Mount Hua disciples began to burn hotly.

‘Finally!’

‘At last!’

Violet Dawn Divine Art.

The strongest divine art of Mount Hua that only the sect leaders have learned for generations.

The fact that they could learn such a divine art made their hearts swell.

It was understandable. How much hardship had they gone through to get this qualification?

“……It was long.”

“It was terrible.”

“The amount of water I drank in the past month is more than I’ve drunk in my entire life.”

“I can now take naps in the water.”

Looking back, it was a grueling journey that brought tears to their eyes. But those here had bravely overcome that difficult path and finally obtained the qualification to learn the Violet Dawn Divine Art.

“Question.”

As soon as Hyun Young finished speaking, Jo Gul was the first to raise his hand again.

Hyun Young, giving him a slightly displeased look, nodded slightly.

“……Try it. But don’t say nonsense.”

“Elder! We need to learn the divine art, but where is the manual?”

“Hmm. Good question. The manual, you say.”

A smile appeared on Hyun Young’s lips.

“Of course, you need a manual to learn the divine art. Of course, the manual to be distributed to you is already prepared.”

“Oh!”

“Ooh!”

Expectation filled the disciples’ eyes.

The effectiveness of the Violet Dawn Divine Art was as good as proven. Weren’t the three people right in front of them showing it with their bodies?

Throughout the training, Hyun Young lifted huge boulders that they struggled to carry with one hand, and Hyun Sang showed a perfectly comfortable face even when they were on the verge of passing out in the water.

Of course, that was because the high internal energy of the Hyeon generation supported it, but in any case, it was a divine power that could never have been shown before learning the Violet Dawn Divine Art.

Then how much stronger would they become if they learned the Violet Dawn Divine Art? Their hearts were pounding just imagining it.

“Then where is the manual?”

“Um. Yes. That manual. That’s why.”

“Yes?”

Baek Cheon’s eyes were filled with suspicion and gradually narrowed. Hyun Young’s strange smile made him feel uneasy for no reason.

“As you know… haven’t we already learned the Violet Dawn Divine Art with that Chung Myung bastard?”

“……Yes?”

The moment Chung Myung’s name came out, everyone flinched. There was no memory of anything good happening when that name came up.

“We know because we’ve done it.”

“……”

Those words were also like a symbol of misfortune. Had there ever been a time when things went smoothly after those words came out of someone’s mouth?

“We came to the conclusion that it is much more stable and faster to lay the foundation if someone guides the true energy rather than starting to circulate energy with only rough formulas.”

“……”

“So, let’s receive our guidance first before learning the formulas.”

Ah…

Baek Cheon smiled with a very pleased face.

True energy guidance means that someone who has reached a higher level moves the energy of another person to open and guide the way. The advantage is that the one being guided can operate the energy more easily, while the one guiding consumes a great deal of mental energy.

But…

“Um…”

“Hmm?”

Baek Cheon said in a very reluctant voice.

“In my memory… well, that… the elders received guidance from that Chung Myung bastard and almost… yes. That’s…”

Instead of Baek Cheon, who stammered and couldn’t continue, Un Geom muttered.

“They didn’t look like people.”

“Yes. That… I think that’s what happened…”

Baek Cheon smiled awkwardly and asked carefully.

“It’s different from that, right?”

“Hee hee hee…”

Elder?

Why are you smiling like that? Elder?

Hyun Young was grinning. Not only that, but even Hyun Jong and Hyun Sang behind him had similar faces. They looked like they were about to offer candy to children… candy that would probably explode.

The sight of the three people at the pinnacle of Mount Hua’s power smiling with the same face was enough to terrify the disciples watching.

“Well, wouldn’t you know if you experience it?”

“Yes?”

“What’s so important about that? Then are you not going to learn it?”

Baek Cheon lost his words like a mute who had eaten honey.

“Haha, sometimes it’s better not to know. So…”

Hyun Young rolled up his sleeves and stepped forward. And Hyun Jong and Hyun Sang also rolled up their sleeves and approached.

“Who’s going first?”

“……”

“It’s okay. It’s okay. There’s nothing to worry about. We’ve already learned properly from that Chung Myung bastard how to do it.”

What do you mean properly? Properly how to make it hurt?

Elder?

“Let’s do it according to the distribution without wasting time. Un Geom, Un Am. And… yes, Baek Cheon.”

At Hyun Young’s words, Baek Cheon raised his hand firmly.

“Why?”

“Samae entered the sect earlier.”

“……Come out.”

“Yes.”

It didn’t work at all. Baek Cheon moved his steps powerlessly like a cow being dragged to the slaughterhouse.

The triumphant smiles of the three Hyeon generation people poured out.

Even though Chung Myung was absent, it was already too late for Mount Hua to return to the past.