Chapter 17

Chapter 17: Picking Up Precious Martial Arts Like Grabbing Stones on the Road

'Damn it! I shouldn't have messed with that monster,' Cadet 23 Hu Bong lay on the infirmary bed with his head cleanly shaven by Cheon Yeowun. Two days later, he was able to be discharged.

"You had one job, and you failed miserably!" Cheon Mukuem kicked Hu Bong in the stomach while shouting profanities.

Mukuem continued to kick Hu Bong left and right, sometimes even using neigong to reinforce his kicks.

(A/N: Neigong, Internal Energy, Qi, they're all the same. I'm just using them as I wish.)

"Damn fucking piece of shit! Don't even dream of getting support from my clan after the academy is over!!" He continued to kick without mercy.

His group mates even avoided meeting his gaze out of fear of being next.

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"Oh? That's some nice blade technique," Cheon Mujin said as he gazed from atop his group lodging. His focus was on a certain young man in the infirmary and one drunk practicing together.

"Thanks for the freebies!" He laughed, effortlessly unfolding the same technique he had just witnessed, even executing the breathing technique correctly.

God wasn't kidding when he granted Cheon Mujin a God-level talent in martial arts.

This was Cheon Yeowun's last day in the infirmary, so Seob Meng was trying to show as much of his technique as possible to Cheon Yeowun.

Cheon Yeowun was learning, and the same went for Cheon Mujin as he silently stole Seob Meng's technique.

Stealing someone's martial arts was a taboo deserving of death in any faction, whether it be the Sky Demon Order, Wulin Faction, or even the Forces of Evil. But Cheon Mujin didn't care about any of that; he did what he pleased.

Finally, as Cheon Yeowun's lesson was about to come to an end, Seob Meng grabbed his sword.

"Watch closely, my dear student. This is what you wanted to see so much."

"This is your teacher's Butterfly Technique!"

Seob Meng unfolded a beautiful technique with both elegance and ferociousness.

What Seob Meng was unfolding was one of the greatest martial arts in the entire cult, maybe even in the top ten of the entire martial world.

And yet, Cheon Mujin was getting it for free. After Cheon Yeowun analyzed his teacher's technique, he proceeded to copy his physique using Nano, a powerful tech that can copy someone's physique just by analyzing them and integrating the data into its host body. Cheon Mujin noticed this and smiled; Cheon Yeowun may have Nano, but he had something that could match it at the same level, if not higher—his godly martial arts talent.

After analyzing and stealing Seob Meng's technique, he removed his gaze and locked it onto another building.

There, he saw two individuals watching Seob Meng exit the infirmary. One was a masked man exuding a strong aura of wind and sword, and the other was a red-haired and red-bearded man releasing a flame-like aura. Unfortunately for those two, they didn't notice even a sliver of Cheon Mujin's presence, which demonstrated how powerful Cheon Mujin currently was.

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Main Building Courtyard, Afternoon.

Every group was already lined up and ready for the afternoon practice, but suddenly, a new face joined in.

In low whispers, the cadets exchanged gossip.

"That's the 7th Cadet, right? Cheon Yeowun."

"Yeah, it's already been two weeks, and he's showing his ugly mug just now."

"I guess besides being weak, he's also shameless?"

Most of the students looked at Cheon Yeowun with hostility, with the exception of one individual—Cheon Mujin.

No one could really read his emotions inside the Academy; even Lee Hameng considered Cheon Mujin an enigma—a code that is hard to crack, let alone read.

"Line up!" one of the instructors shouted with his Neigong-infused voice.

"Mado!" Everyone straightened their backs and replied in unison.

Seeing everyone in proper formation, the instructor gave instructions:

"We will start the practical training using real swords! Pay proper attention and maintain your distance correctly!"

"If the same accident as before happens, I will expel you from the academy with my authority as your instructor!" He was hinting at Cheon Mukuem's misconduct.

"Understood?!" he shouted, to which everyone responded:

"Mado!"

And so, the afternoon training began. They practiced basic formations like arrow formation, circle formation, three-prong formation, and so on, which Cheon Mujin breezed through like it was child's play.

As everyone was practicing their endurance in staying in one position for thirty minutes, Cheon Mujin felt a vibration in the air.

He tapped into the neigong being sent out and smirked.

'Ha! A telepathy message, huh.'

[Ja Hyun.] He heard, then he glanced in the direction where the telepathic message was coming from and saw Cheon Mukuem's frustrated expression.

'He's very pissed since Cheon Yeowun isn't budging at all.' During the training, Cheon Yeowun followed all the commands and instructions well; no, not well, but exceptionally. He followed through without any difficulty, far from the performance of someone who is supposed to be neigong-less and have no martial arts.

'Truly pathetic,' Cheon Mujin thought with ridicule.

[Do as I say for the third lineup,] Cheon Mukuem telepathically said.

[Yes, I understand.]

Cheon Mujin chuckled at how pathetic his supposed brother was and just shrugged it off.

"Change to the third lineup!" Everyone changed their formation and stacked their shields in a wall-like form.

"If the shields have been stacked, then thrust your blades through the gaps!" he shouted.

The others did what he instructed, but Ja Hyun had other plans. He intentionally pointed his sword at Cheon Yeowun's behind, but due to the latter's enhanced senses from copying Seob Meng's physique, he noticed it and glared at Ja Hyun.

Ja Hyun, caught by surprise, panicked and instead used a different tactic. He infused his foot with all of his neigong and kicked it towards Cheon Yeowun, but because Cheon Yeowun had higher neigong in terms of quantity and quality, his attack rebounded.

"Guahhh!"

He was sent about seven feet away, making everyone turn their attention to his sudden catapultation. The instructor was furious. This was Ja Hyun's second offense, and so he punished the latter by making him train overnight for four days.

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