I Became a Swordsmanship Instructor at the Academy

(5)

The disciple is the first

“It’s amazing. Of course, there is no place I haven’t been to until the Eighthwangs, but the food you brought today is the first time I’ve eaten it.”

“As I said before, a lot of time has passed.”

“How long has it been?”

“Well, the name of the emperor of the country where the old man was… No, do you remember the name of the country?”

“Well, of course it’s a name, isn’t it? The emperor was Zhu Yuanzhang Emperor Hongwu. Could it be that the country has changed?”

Most of the backgrounds of martial arts novels were in the Ming Dynasty, so I expected it, but it was as expected.

It would have been the Ming Dynasty if it was Hongwu, but now is 2023, so it is about 600 years ago.

Of course, no matter how good Cho Yoo-ryang is, there’s no way he could have lived 600 years, and he seems to have come from another world.

“Ming perished long ago. We call it China now.”

“Then are you Chinese?”

Who is this man looking for?

“I am not Chinese. It was called Joseon when you were there, and now you are a citizen of the Republic of Korea.”

“If you’re in Joseon, you’ve heard of me. Isn’t it a country near Changbai Mountain in the east?”

“That’s right.”

Since North Korea exists in this world, it is not the territory of the Republic of Korea to be precise.

“Strange. How do you know my story if so much time has passed since the country changed? Even from a different country.”

“It’s because I’m interested in old stories.”

I looked around, but he looked at me suspiciously.

“You seem to be hiding something. It doesn’t matter if it’s difficult to talk.”

“Thank you for your understanding.”

It would have been difficult if I continued to question him, but I’m glad he did.

“By the way, you had quite a bit of qi built up in your body, but strangely, during the Danjeon, the amount was not much. What martial arts did you learn?”

“I don’t have any specific martial arts.”

“Then how did you build up the qi in your body?”

“It’s accumulated on its own as I wield a sword and fight.”

In general, martial arts build up strength through martial arts, but hunters don’t.

While defeating monsters, mana dwells in the body, but this does not accumulate indefinitely, but the amount that can be accommodated is determined in proportion to each individual’s qualities.

“That’s an ignorant way.”

From the perspective of Choyu-ryang, who had mastered martial arts, it must have seemed that way.

Some hunters go beyond the limits of their qualifications, but such cases are rare.

According to the original work, the quality of the original protagonist was the best, and the quality of the possessed protagonist was average like me.

Until the beginning, the original protagonist is overwhelmingly strong, but in the end, the possessed protagonist catches up by learning the same martial arts and buying and eating elixirs with the wealth of the family.

Anyway, the real protagonist of this novel is Lee Ji-seong, the possessed protagonist.

Well, in the second half, the main character of the original story also gains enlightenment, so there isn’t much of a difference.

“I can’t help it. There is no one in the world who learns martial arts.”

“what? How could that happen… .”

“As I said before, a lot of time has passed. A power different from martial arts appeared, and naturally, martial arts were gradually forgotten.”

It would be complicated to explain that it is a different world, so I think this part is better.

“Looks like a lot more time has passed than I thought.”

“Yes.”

“Thanks to you, I was able to talk and taste strange food, so I want to repay you. Is there anything you want from me?”

I was worried about how to bring up the story, but I’m glad I did.

“I didn’t treat you well, but if you have such a heart, can you learn martial arts?”

“Good. Rather, it’s what I wanted to ask for, so that’s good.”

“Are you sure?”

“By jumping over the wall multiple times, it has increased its lifespan, but it’s not infinite.”

“ah… . I think you’ve corrected it yet.”

“Didn’t I say I was going to die right now?”

“Yeah, that’s right.”

“Even though I was alone, I have few regrets in my life as I have lived for a long time. But what bothered me the most was the martial arts I possessed.”

“I see.”

“I left a martial art on the wall of the cave where I live, but if I knew I would meet you like this, I would have done nothing.”

“hahahaha… .”

“Anyway, all I have now is martial arts. What is your name?”

“immigrant… No, I am Kang Shin-hyeok.”

Unknowingly, I almost said the name of my previous life.

It won’t matter much, but now I’m Kang Shin-hyeok, not Lee Min-chan.

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Just in case, before he changed his mind, he bowed 9 times right away, so Choyu-ryang made an expression of absurdity.

Usually, when meeting a master for the first time in a martial arts novel, I thought it was bowing nine times because it was said to be a rite of worship, but nine bows were not the number of bows, but bowing with nine etiquettes.

“You speak our language well and don’t know such basic things. You must be from another country.”

“sorry.”

Although I’ve read martial arts novels, I’ve never written one myself, so how can I know such a trivial setting?

No wonder you don’t know

* * *

It’s been a month since I learned martial arts from Cholyuyang.

Thanks to meeting Cho Yoo-ryang in person, he is learning proper martial arts, including herbivore, as well as the inner core method that the main character learns.

A month, if short, is short, if long, it is quite a long time, but since you can only come here on weekends and learn martial arts, there is no great progress yet.

As a reason for going out every weekend, he made an excuse that he was attending a Chinese academy.

Unless it’s a public get-together, permission is not allowed for private reasons, but he is very generous in self-development.

In fact, I cut off the academy and submitted a receipt saying that I would attend every weekend, and permission came right away.

I quit and never went out, but there is a condition that you have to get a license within a year, but it doesn’t matter.

Kang Shin-hyeok was dispatched to China for a year when he was in the guild, so he speaks Chinese quite a bit, so he just had to take an easy test at the right time and pass it.

“Disciple, are there any more of these?”

He said while pushing an empty ramen container with super milk.

“No, I bought a box last time, did you eat all of it?”

“That’s because I’m bored when I’m alone… .”

“I will buy it again the next time I come.”

It seems like he likes to eat, so every time he comes, he brings ramen and other snacks, and he’s really into it.

“It’s a king, that’s fine too. what is it… Can you bring sesame ramen and potato crackers?”

“All right.”

They said it was okay not to eat it, and now I am eating another snack naturally, but I am not very carnivorous.

“Why don’t you eat some too?”

“I am okay.”

“There is a saying that there is a case of ruining work rather than being in a hurry, so why are you so impatient?”

“All right. Let’s take a little break.”

I put down the wooden sword I was wielding instead of a sword and sat down next to Choyu-ryang.

In the past, I would have thought that it was telling me to think of myself and rest, but now I can guess what this inspiration is.

I’m sure it’s because I’m embarrassed to play and eat alone.

Usually, when you look at the relationship between a teacher and a teacher in martial arts novels, when masters teach martial arts, they always stick to the side, teach harshly, and be strict, but our master, Cho Yoo-ryang, is not at all like that.

It’s written on the wall in detail, so you can take a look at it.

Still, on the first day, he told me the martial arts rules and watched the operation of the sim method, but after that day, he said that he smelled like sweat and didn’t come near me.

But that was the story until last week.

“Ah, tsk tsk. Of course the battery is… . Please recharge the next time you come.”

“Yes. All right.”

He said he was curious about the outside world, and he felt sorry for Choyu-ryang, who was alone without me, so he brought a laptop and showed me various videos, but that was a mistake.

Of course, it’s not like a baseball video, it’s a video like a Chinese scene or a song sung by a Chinese singer on ‘YouTube’, similar to ‘YouTube’ in this world.

At first, the nobleman, who was fascinated by the fact that there was a person inside the laptop, is now immersed in it and operates it casually.

I don’t even look at what I’m practicing.

“Keuheumheum, why are you looking at me like that?”

“Don’t you think it seems that you aren’t too interested in my training?”

“Aren’t you doing well on your own?”

I don’t even look at it properly, but I’m good at talking.

“Is that so? It doesn’t seem like my skills are improving after a month of learning… .”

“As I said earlier, martial arts is not something that can be achieved in a hurry.”

“Am yea, um yea. Would you like to?”

what… Even in the novel, the main character did not become stronger by learning martial arts and leveling up all at once.

I only got stronger after I bought a wild ginseng-like elixir with my family’s money.

“Is it because you’re really good at it?”

I thought I’d get angry if I did it a little longer, so I said I’d understand and lay down on my stomach.

“Do you want to get stronger quickly?”

“So why don’t you try so hard? Because no one hates being strong.”

“What do you want to do when you become stronger? Even if the central plain unification… No, since you’re from another country and don’t have a clan, it’s probably not like that. What is your purpose?”

“well.”

When I started, I was angry and annoyed at being ignored by my teachers, so I tried to develop my ability and prove it with my ability.

But now martial arts training is just fun.

Come to think of it, it was like that when I first wrote it.

Reading the novel made me want to write too.

So I wrote.

I wrote it without knowing anything, so the genre was a ridiculous light novel, and I couldn’t even pay for it.

There weren’t that many previous works or views, and in fact, it’s not a light novel, but strictly speaking, it’s a novel that’s closer to the romance side.

Still, I wrote over 370,000 words in one month.

Of course, there was no proofreading, so there were a lot of typos, but considering that I barely wrote 5,000 words a day when I was writing a commercial work, it’s amazing speed.

The reason I was able to write like that was because writing was fun.

The reason I became a full-time writer was because of one comment on that article.

I don’t remember exactly, but I think the content was about using it as a commercial material since the author’s writing skills are good.

I was resentful because the income was not good, but now that I think about it, I am really grateful.

“It sounds like you’re very zealous for training without a purpose.”

“Because it’s fun. So it would be good if Master taught me more enthusiastically.”

“Because you’re still doing well.”

“If you’re not going to teach me diligently, isn’t there some expedient? It’s like a secret to improving your Pak skills at once… Ouch!”

I thought there might be something like an elixir with superfluous flow, so I tried it, but I shook my head and put the honey chestnut on my forehead.

This man, how old am I now… No matter how much you are a master, it’s a honey night.

I’m a little annoyed.

“This kid is doing well, he just goes out because he says he’s doing well. A guy who only started a month ago is already taking a shortcut?”

“Coming to think of it, I think it will be a bit difficult to charge the laptop the next time I come. The electricity bill is not unusually expensive.”

“what?”

“Since the price of ramen has gone up a lot, I think the amount we bring will be reduced next time. It’s because teachers’ salaries aren’t that generous.”

“ji… Are you threatening this master right now?”

“It’s not a threat. I was just telling the truth… . Oh, I might not be able to buy potato crackers from now on. It’s hard to find a place that sells these because they’ve been out for a while.”

I was a bit nervous when I saw the frowning Cholyu-ryang, but he continued his speech skillfully.

“I got it. When you come, I will stick by your side and teach you. Are you okay?”

“If Master agrees to do so, then the disciple will do his best to seek the things Master likes.”

Choryuyang glared at him with a disapproving expression, but he lightly ignored it and stood up with his sword.

“Okay then, let’s go and practice.”

Usually in novels, the master who teaches martial arts is the best, but we are a little different.