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 Chapter 33 Chapter 33: Founding of truth from Father Chun Ma (1) As Chun Yeowun was scanning the books, there was one person who was looking at him closely. It was Chun Yuchan, the prince from the Blade Clan. He had been focusing on the blade-related books, but he couldn’t stand watching Yeowun who was just skimming through countless books. ‘Hmm…’ He didn’t look like any of the other princes. Soon, most of the cadets ran out time and left. More cadets who entered, but it was more empty than when it was filled with over 100 cadets. [Scan completed.] [Scan completed.] [Scan completed.] When Yeowun’s candle was almost at the line, Nano spoke to him. [156 books scanned.] While most cadets memorized one to two books, Yeowun was able to scan a hundred times that. ‘This should be enough.’ He had scanned too many books. Jegal Hyun, who was known for having the most knowledge in the Force of Justice would know less than Yeowun regarding low-ranking martial arts skills now. ‘Nano, analyze all the books I scanned today and save it in the program.’ [Yes, Master.] Yeowun scanned these books not to just learn them. It was because of Submeng’s advice regarding the experience. ‘From what I can see, my Butterfly Blade Dance is probably within the top ten in the cult, but don’t be too arrogant.’ ‘Yes, Teacher.’ ‘Even if you have the skill, you need to train hundreds and thousands of times.’ Training was the hardest parts of martial arts. Luckily, Chun Yeowun was able to skip the hart part with Nano’s help. ‘The second thing you need is experience. I have perfected my martial arts after countless battles where I risked my life. In that sense, the Demonic Academy is a good place to gain such experience.’ Those were his teacher’s words, but he didn’t have any chances to get that experience until now. Only the real fight he had experienced so far was between him and Chun Mukeum. That of course helped Yeowun with his simulation, but it was limited as Mukeum’s avatar only knew three formation. This was where his scanning came in to help. ‘Nano, can you create Guard Jang’s avatar also?’ [It is possible since his basic information has already been analyzed while scanning for the dagger skill.] ‘Oh!’ Yeowun was then able to fight Guard Jang. He was weaker then Chun Mukeum, but he was harder to deal with because unlike Mukeum who knew three formations, Guard Jang used all the formations of the dagger skill. ‘Wait.. then I can make him use more skills!’ That’s how Chun Yeowun came up with a new idea. However, there was one more thing he needed to do beforehand. He wanted to look more closely at those sword formations in the blue pearl stone and transfer them to himself. ‘Oh, I’m almost out of time.’ His candle was almost at the limit. Yeowun quickly returned and left the library. The instructor got the candle from him and circled Yeowun’s name in the booklet. “Hmph. You are free to go now.” “Thank you, sir.” And when he turned, the instructor mumbled, “Oh, and he wanted to know when you were coming out?” “Huh?” “Nevermind.” Yeowun felt curious about that, but turned back to return. ‘Did someone wait for me?’ He wanted to ask who, but it didn’t seem like the instructor would tell him anyway. Yeowun looked forward to returning to his private training room so he could transfer the sword skill. The sky was now quite dark. He had to return to his dorm before 10:30PM so he didn’t have much time. There was a wide building next to the main building that had 250 rooms for the cadets to practice alone. It was fully accessible after the second test. As Yeowun was going in, someone appeared and blocked him. “There you are, 7th cadet.” ‘Huh?’ Yeowun looked at the boy blocking him. It was Ha Ilming, the leader of the 6th group. “Why were you looking for me?” Ha Ilming answered with an annoyed voice, “What? You think I don’t know that you made half my group members become limp?” Thanks to Yeowun, Ha Ilming had to give up on every formation plan he had to achieve victory with his own strength. ‘Ugh… I’m busy, man.’ However, Yeowun was only focused on learning the sword skill. His thought that he had attracted an annoying enemy was correct. ‘He’s not weak though. Do I need to fight him?’ Yeowun then thought there was no other way around it and decided to taunt him so he that he would lose his calm. Yeowun smiled, “Oh, I didn’t tell you to leave the room that night though.” “OH! Of course! Thanks to you, isn’t that right?” Ha Ilming didn’t fall for his taunt. ‘He’s not like you know who.’ Not everyone fell to taunts like Chun Mukeum. Ha Ilming already saw Chun Yeowun using the blade skill and he also cracked his ribs, so he was very careful. ‘I have to be serious then.’ Yeowun turned serious and readied himself. Right when they were about to lunge toward each other, someone called them. But two boys did not look away as they were focusing on each other. “Hey!” And the man appeared in between them, blocking their sight. “Who are you!” Ha Ilming cried. When Yeowun saw the intruder’s face, he became wary. It was Chun Yuchan from the Blade clan. “Haha, you two sure were focused.” Chun Yuchan laughed and turned to Yeowun. It looked like he had been waiting for Yeowun. Yuchan then turned to Ilming. “I’m sorry, but I’ve been waiting for him for a while. Can I talk to him first? It won’t take long, please?” He then bowed. This was an act that was never before seen from any prince. Ha Ilming became dumbfounded. “I have been looking for him all day. Don’t give me that crap and get lost.” “Oh? But I can’t do that. Hmm…” Chun Yuchan kept on speaking with dumb look on his face and Ilming couldn’t hold back any longer. He jabbed his fingers forward like a sword to use his sword skill. He wielded strong internal energy with the attack. Yet, Chun Yuchan easily blocked the attack and his hand stopped right next to Ilming’s neck. If it was a real blade, it would have killed Ha Ilming. “Y-you…!” Ha Ilming was shocked. Yuchan smiled at him. “Will you give me some space now?” Chapter 34 Chapter 34: Founding of truth from Father Chun Ma (2) ‘A basic movement countering the formation?!’ Chun Yeowun was astonished by Chun Yuchan’s movement. Ha Ilming couldn’t believe he had been overpowered by someone who wasn’t even ready to fight. Chun Yuchan smiled, “When you took the step with your right, your right arm was a bit rigid and your fingers went off balance. Did you hurt your right rib?” Ha Ilming’s eye grew wider in shock. Yuchan knew about his injury just by observing a few movements. ‘This guy… he’s not like any of the other cadets!’ He then felt a huge difference in power between him and Yuchan. And unlike Ha Ilming who was serious, Chun Yuchan was still smiling. “So, what will it be?” “Ugh.” Ha Ilming frowned as he nodded. He couldn’t dare to go on. Yuchan then pulled his hand back from Ilming’s neck. “Wait there. It won’t take long.” “…Whatever. I’ll get going. You take your time or whatever.” Ha Ilming then left to return to the dorm. He didn’t feel like fighting Yeowun when his pride was hurt. “Oh, he’s quick to change his mind.” Chun Yuchan laughed and scratched his head as he walked toward Yeowun who became wary of the man. He was the second prince to approach him after Chun Mukeum. ‘Is he trying to put me down?’ He realized he didn’t have a chance if he tried to fight Chun Yuchan from what he just saw. Yeowun gave an order to Nano. ‘Nano, activate Augmented Reality. Activate battle tutorial with the setting of the Butterfly Blade Dance.’ Yeowun then saw lines in his line of sight, analyzing Chun Yuchan. And as he readied himself, Chun Yuchan raised both hands as if he was surrendering. “Whoa, what’s with all nervousness?” ‘Huh?’ It wasn’t hostile. Chun Yeowun became confused to hear such a friendly reaction from a member of the six clans. “Oh, well. I guess it is natural in your shoes.” Chun Yuchan nodded understandingly and Yeowun frowned. “What do you want?” “Uh, what should I say… I was just trying to say hi to a half-brother?” Chun Yuchan then smiled, showing his white teeth. Chun Yeowun was shocked. He had been bullied and talked down by all members of the six clans until now, and it was the first time he had heard the word ‘brother’ from one of them. ‘…Is he joking with me?’ Chun Yeowun was still unconvinced. Chun Yuchan then bowed to Yeowun. “It’s good to see you, brother.” At that expression, Chun Yeowun became angry. No matter how he put it, his tone didn’t make it sound like they were on good terms. “Hmm. I guess I’m still hated.” Yuchan then got back up. He knew what Yeowun had been through until now, so he understood. “Well, I guess I can’t expect friendliness from you.” “…And you wanted me to show you that?” “No, no. I just wanted to be on good terms with you. You see, I’ve come to like you.” “What?” Chun Yeowun frowned. It was irritating to hear that Yuchan now liked him. He smiled and continued, “We now walk the same path of the blade, you see?” “…And is that the reason why you like me?” “Of course! You know how shocking it was when I saw you cut the arms of that Lust Clan girl with your blade skill?” Yuchan began talking about what he saw and that he couldn’t forget the moment. When everyone else became wary of Chun Yeowun, it seemed like Yuchan thought otherwise. “I’m your number one fan now, brother.” “Stop jabbering brother nonsense and tell me your real reason for coming to me.” Yuchan then sighed at Yeowun’s continued suspicion and sighed, “Oh well… I guess it will take time for you to warm up. I’ll cut to the chase.” ‘He had a reason then.’ The six clans made him swear an oath to never learn any martial arts even after his mother was killed. There was nothing weird in hearing anything. “I’m being honest here. Join our Blade Clan.” Chun Yeowun’s jaw dropped. “Oh? You’re shocked? Well, I guess you are.” “Are you serious?” “Of course! I’ve been waiting for you to come out to ask this. Of course I’m not joking,” Yuchan replied. He was truly asking Yeowun to join the Blade Clan. “I don’t know about the others, but I don’t think you are my enemy. I want you to join the Blade clan and stay by my side.” ‘This guy…’ Chun Yeowun then realized what he was thinking. He was asking him to give up on the competition and become his subject. “You want me to drop out of the competition?” “Oh? Is that what you think of it? Haha.” Yuchan burst into laughter and he soon stopped to speak seriously. “You have no chance.” “…What do you mean?” “It’s exactly as I said. If you walk the path of the blade, you will have to go through me. But you don’t stand a chance. However, since I am now your number one fan, you will have no problem if you walk in the same direction with me! Isn’t that great?” Chun Yeowun then realized how this man saw him. He didn’t even consider Yeowun as his competition. This made Yeowun even more adamant. “I refuse.” “What?” Chun Yuchan stopped his act at the cold rejection. “You are not enough to take me in.” “Huh?” “Let me give you an offer instead.” “What?” Yuchan raised his eyebrow. “Don’t stand in my way and I will let you live.” At that moment, Chun Yuchan’s face scrunched up into terrible scowl. White lines began snaking around Yuchan’s right hand and arm, and numbers began to rise in Yeowun’s sight. [The enemy is focusing strong energy in his right arm. Take a half step to the left and activate the second formation of the Butterfly Blade Dance.] Chun Yuchan’s right arm moved slightly and Yeowun took a half step to the left. At that moment, Yuchan’s face returned and he began laughing again. “Hahahahahahaha!” [Enemy has ceased their attack. The energy focused in the right arm is decreasing rapidly.] Yuchan laughed for quite some time and answered expressionlessly, “It made me a little angry, but it was funny after I thought about it. Don’t stand in your way? That really sounded cool.” There was no friendliness in his eyes now. Yuchan then shook his head as he sighed, showing he had lost interest and turned away. He took a few steps forward and then stopped to speak. “If you walk the same way, we will soon cross paths. However, you are too far from talking about my life just yet.” [Enemy is focusing energy into his right hand. There is no intention to attack Master.] As Nano’s voice trailed off, Yuchan raised his right arm in the air and slashed it toward the ground. With the sound of a strike, a blue spark appeared, leaving a clear line on the ground. ‘Blade qi?’ It was blade qi, clearly in shape of a blade around Yuchan’s arm. Only top class warriors could shape qi into a certain form. ‘Are you showing off your level?’ This was to show the difference in power. “We’ll talk again.” Yuchan then left the scene. Chun Yeowun was left alone, clenching his fist. He thought he was now at a similar pace, but he still had a long ways to go. ‘Don’t think ahead… I need to rule over them, not just catch them.’ He then reformed his thoughts again. And as for Chun Yuchan, he wasn’t all that pleased. He replaced his anger with laughter, but it was for a certain reason. ‘…He read my attack first.’ He was going to cut Yeowun’s right arm. If he wasn’t going to join Yuchan, it was better to cut his arm off so he couldn’t use blades anymore, but Chun Yeowun had moved out of range before Yuchan could bring up the power to unleash the blade qi. ‘So he’s not just an ordinary fool.’ Chapter 35 Chapter 35: Founding of truth from Father Chun Ma (3) Chun Yeowun walked into the empty room with the panel that said ‘Vacant’. He flipped it around to ‘Occupied’ on his way in. The room was lit by the small candles on the wall. Overall, the room was too small to practice footstep formations. Chun Yeowun then rapped on the wall and realized that it was pretty thick. ‘It’s enough.’ This was enough space for Chun Yeowun. At least this would allow him to transfer the information without any disruption. ‘Nano, activate the Augmented Reality.’ [Activating Augmented Reality.] Nano’s voice rang inside his head and his eyes shook as lines appeared in his sight. ‘Nano, simulate the formation scanned on the second floor of the library in 3D.’ [I will activate it beginning from the very first mark.] A human figure appeared and began showing the sword movements that had been left on the stone. ‘It’s faster and more complicated!’ Yeowun thought of using his last Butterfly Blade Dance formation, but he couldn’t even defend against one of those movements. This second formation looked like it was much more powerful than the one on the first floor. ‘This… is terrifying. How many people out there can counter this?’ [Now activating the marks of the sword formation from a different entity.] Now, the human figure started emulating a different sword formation. It was awkward at first glance, but as it began to repeat itself, it also began to perfect itself. When it reached the last fifty-sixth formation, Chun Yeowun couldn’t help but shiver. ‘…This is crazy. This is mad!’ There was no way to complete such a sword formation unless one was mad about the sword. ‘Oh…!’ He then thought of an idea of having the two entities fight against each other but by using all fifty-six formations starting from the very first one each time. ‘Nano, use all formations in chronological order to do a simulation battle.’ Two human avatars appeared again and began fighting against each other. The first battle ended up with the second entity not even defending against the first movement of the original. As it progressed further and reached the thirty-sixth formation, it was now blocking a total of fifteen out of the twenty-four movements. ‘This is crazy.’ Chun Yeowun was beyond astonished. He focused on watching the formation countering the already-powerful sword formation that was left prior to it. And soon, it was the last formation. Many lines were drawn, and like before, just by the difference of one movement, the original sword formation was countered completely. ‘Oh-oh…’ [Simulation complete.] Yeowun couldn’t forget what he had seen. Nano said that the simulation was completed, but Yeowun couldn’t stop concentrating on the battle. In his head, the two warriors were still fighting against each other. In that imaginary space, Yeowun was now one with the second entity and he was using his Butterfly Blade Dance to fight the original sword formation. [User’s brain neurons have been activated. The energy within the blood points are replicating and circulating throughout the body.] However, Yeowun was too deep into his thoughts to notice. Nano then stopped alarming the master and began recording the change in the body as data since it knew that this change was not harmful toward the master. After a long while, Chun Yeowun woke up from his hundreds of fights against the perfect swordsman. His focus came back and he became confused. ‘W…what was this?’ He remembered seeing the simulation, but when he woke up, it felt like everything had been an illusion. ‘It feels weird… oh!’ Chun Yeowun then felt the difference in his body. He felt that his internal energy had increased. It wasn’t just a small amount either. It was hard to believe, but his internal energy had now increased to about forty years worth of energy. ‘Oh! I came to a realization then!’ What Chun Yeowun thought to be an illusion was the breakthrough of martial arts. And this didn’t only increase his internal energy. ‘Maybe I can do it!’ He got up and tried using the first formation of the Butterfly Blade Dance. The sound of his hand slashing through the air sounded different. His movement now left a faint trace wherever he moved his hand. “Wow!” Yeowun gasped. There was a faint silver glow on his right hand. ‘Am I… shaping qi?’ The feeling in his hand was the shaping of the qi. He wasn’t used to it yet so it couldn’t take the shape of a blade, but it definitely was qi. ‘It’s not perfect yet.’ Although it wasn’t perfect, when he achieved sixty years worth of internal energy, he would acquire blade qi like Yuchan. “Whoaaa!” Chun Yeowun shouted in joy. ‘If I absorb the next Black Dragon Ball, it will get me up to sixty years worth of energy!’ Chun Yeowun then asked, ‘Nano, how long have I been doing this?’ [You were in a trance for two hours, Master.] ‘Two hours? That long?’ He thought it was only for a brief moment, but it took him two hours. If that was the case, he had to return to the dorm. ‘I guess I have to do the rest tomorrow.’ He then thought to send sword formation into his brain for now. It didn’t seem like he’d have the time to transfer it into his body. ‘Nano, send all the formations into my brain.’ [Understood. Transferring.] Yeowun felt a sting in his head, but that was it. He focused to check and he saw the sword movements coming up naturally in his mind. ‘How long does it take to reshape my body to use these?’ [It will take about ten hours to complete the transfer.] ‘What?!’ That was too long. He knew this martial arts skill was beyond that of any other, but it required a lot more time. ‘I guess I will have to start early tomorrow then.’ At least it was fortunate that he had a break. Yeowun then happily returned to his dorm. When he returned, there were still a lot of cadets missing. ‘They are running late.’ There was still some time left, but most of the cadets returned much earlier. Chun Yeowun soon saw the reason why. Cadets who started returning had papers of the copied books that they wrote down after leaving the library. ‘Oh, so that’s why they weren’t here.’ It seemed that they had been training privately to study the books they copied. “Master, you’re here already.” Hu Bong bowed as he walked in later. He too had a book in his hand. “Did you get something good?” Yeowun asked. Hu Bong smiled, “No, it’s not much. My sword skill is too weak, so I copied a footstep skill to help.” Hu Bong’s clan used swords. Hu Bong thought using the only sword would not work as they progressed so he copied a book on something else to help him further. Yeowun nodded. ‘I guess everyone is going to get better now.’ This three-day vacation wasn’t just time to rest. It was time to help the cadets advance. Early the next morning, Chun Yeowun went to the private training room. ‘They are up fast.’ The dorm was open starting at 5:00 AM, but when Yeowun woke up, two cadets were already off their beds. When he got to the building, many cadets had already gathered there. ‘Only the ones who put in the effort will survive.’ Chun Yeowun then went up to the second floor and took his spot in the empty room. The room could only be locked from the inside, so Yeowun locked it and ordered Nano. ‘Nano, go through the body shaping with the sword formation. Oh, and don’t forget anesthesia.’ [Yes, Master. Proceeding with the anesthesia…] Soon, Yeowun was blacked out. After ten hours, Yeowun woke up after hearing Nano say that the procedure was complete. He panted roughly and vomited onto the floor. The long hours of body transformation made him sick. This was much worse than before. [Stabilizing adverse reaction to the transformation.] It was only after Nano worked on it that his pain stopped. ‘Ugh, I can’t get used to this.’ Yeowun then got up and clenched his fist. This was much more different than when he learned the Butterfly Blade Dance. He then took off his top. “Whoa.” It was astonishing. His upper torso was tightly packed with muscles that it looked like he had trained for years. ‘It’s not like my body.’ He felt like he could punch a hole through the sturdy wall. “Should I give it a try?” He didn’t think it would make a hole anyway and he wanted to try to see how strong he had gotten. He then took a deep breath and threw his fist at the floor. It exploded. “Argh!” Dust and rock particles exploded out and Yeowun heard screaming from below. “Uh…” Yeowun waved his hands to brush the dust away from his sight and he saw the hole in the floor. He then looked down below and saw a private training room below. There was rock debris and a cadet on the ground with blood seeping out from his head. “Ugh…” Chun Yeowun groaned. Chapter 36 Chapter 36: Founding of truth from Father Chun Ma (4) Ha Ilming. After becoming a powerful warrior at an early age, he thought that he could defeat any of the princes. And he did injure one: Chun Mukeum. However, since he was not even close to defeating Chun Yuchan, it made his pride crumble. ‘I was a fool.’ He realized he had to train more and forgot about all his anger toward Chun Yeowun. ‘I can’t waste time on such a fool.’ Ha Ilming then began training right away. Like the other cadets, he was going to spend all of his vacation in training. That’s why he was up early to train in the private training room. After training internal energy in the morning, and he then proceeded to practice formations in the afternoon. And then it happened. An explosion came from above and rocks showered down. Ha Ilming was struck with a large rock and passed out on the ground. As his consciousness faded, he saw Chun Yeowun’s pop up out of the hole. ‘T-that bastard… rrr. Guhh…’ It rekindled his anger. Soon, the instructor in charge of the private training rooms came running with the master key. He opened the room and took Ha Ilming to the medical room. And when he came back, he scolded Chun Yeowun harshly. “How can you think of creating a hole in the place when everyone is training?! What would you have done if he was meditating? You almost killed him!” If Ha Ilming was really meditating, it might have put him in serious danger. “Consider yourself lucky that he’s alive. Or else you could have been expelled. This will go into your evaluation.” “…I’m sorry, sir.” “And if you ever destroy the private training room again, you will never be allowed to use this place.” “Yes, sir.” Needless to say, he was already forbidden from using rooms on the first and second floors. He was only allowed to use the underground room that the students didn’t like to use, but Yeowun had no choice. As Yeowun walked down to the underground floor, the instructor watched him curiously ‘He made a hole in the stone floor created with extremely hard rock… did his internal energy exceed sixty years worth of energy?’ That was weird. Chun Yeowun also asked himself the same question. ‘How did I become so strong?’ Chun Yeowun also didn’t think that he would be able to make a hole in that floor. [Master’s muscle strength and fiber have been increased to the maximum.] ‘What?’ [Your body was altered to be able to physically leave marks on the blue pearl stone, thus increasing your muscle fitness to the maximum.] ‘Oh… that’s how..’ Nano didn’t analyze the data of sword skills this time. It had analyzed the mark left on the stone, so it based it off the fact that the sword made a mark on the stone, not considering the fact that it had been done through internal energy. ‘Wow.’ Chun Yeowun was dumbfounded. ‘So, is this the limit to how strong I can become?’ [It is set to not disturb with your normal growth.] ‘So, can you mark it stronger when I grow up?’ [Maximum potential limit of the muscle fiber increases with the growth of bones and muscles.] ‘Interesting.’ He had learned a lot about Nano’s usage, but it was always fascinating to know about these things. ‘I guess I will have to grow up then.’ Chun Yeowun then started to try testing his sword formation. His sword moved quickly, simulating the twenty-four sword movements, but his face didn’t express excitement when he finished the formation. ‘W…what?’ He seemed as if he had failed. He couldn’t accept it and tried doing it again. ‘No. This is not it.’ He had completed the same movements, but he wasn’t satisfied. It felt like he hadn’t completed it. He then used the formation left on the second floor. And this time, the more complicated and powerful movement came from his hand. When it was over, his expression turned even grimmer. “Why?!” It even made him angry. Chun Yeowun then tried doing the formation that countered the original. His movement quickly replicated the forty-fifth formation that he saw on the first floor of the library. His sword quickly moved through and his excitement spread across his face. ‘It worked. It’s perfect!’ Yeowun then moved onto the formation he found on the second floor. It was a success this time around too. He tried going back to the original formation, but after going through both formations, he felt lost. “Why is it not working?” His movement was different from what he saw from the simulation. ‘Nano, can you show me the movement I just did and compare it to the original movement from the library?’ [Activating Augmented Reality.] Nano then began showing the avatars of two human figures, one with a vague human figure and one that looked exactly like Chun Yeowun. Both began to move at the same time. As he looked closely, he was able to see the difference clearly. The human figure moved flawlessly, connecting each movement smoothly, but Yeowun’s movement was connected but was awkward. And he was a bit late on the movement too. ‘I couldn’t do it perfectly. Why?’ He couldn’t understand. He had gotten the information and the muscle fiber to replicate the movement but it still wasn’t perfect. Yeowun then sat down to ponder on the problem. He was soon full of sweat and was spending about an hour on thinking. ‘What is the problem? Even if I don’t have the energy flow, it won’t affect… huh?’ He then came up with an idea. ‘The energy flow.’ He finally reached a conclusion. Most formation movements required no use of internal energy to fully function, but this sword formation required internal energy to work correctly. ‘It’s the same as the last formation of the Butterfly Blade Dance.’ He then realized the last formation of blade skill also required the flow of energy within him. ‘Then I don’t have the core element of it.’ Yeowun had to settle on having the counterattack at least. It was fortunate that the counter formation required no use of special energy flow. But it didn’t make Yeowun feel any better. ‘Why did he skip how to use the energy flow when he left a formation?’ It even made him become angry at the Father Chun Ma who left it. He sat down with gloom for a while and thought of poems left on the front of each stone. ‘Maybe he hid something in that poem.’ It was nonsense to only leave sword formation. ‘Nano, can you replicate the front side of the stone on the first floor?’ [Searching through saved video data.] Nano usually saved what Yeowun heard and saw. Soon, Nano was able to find the front side of the stone. [Found the video in the data. Creating 3D image of the stone’s front side.] Yeowun then saw the stone appearing in front of his eyes. [Ah the mighty wind blows, scattering the flying clouds, After I unified the realm, I returned home. How can I assign my fierce warriors to guard the four corners of our nation?] Chun Yeowun frowned as he looked at the writing. ‘It just looks like a normal poem. Is there something hidden in it?’ [After checking through the internal data, this is the poetry wrote at the creation of Han dynasty.] ‘Huh?’ [It is poetry written by Liu Bang when he returned from his victory over Xiang Yu.] ‘…So, it wasn’t written by Father Chun Ma?’ [No, Master.] Chun Yeowun was able to see what the poetry was, but he had to find out the secret behind it. ‘Nano, is the poetry have any different writings or letters?’ [No, master.] Yeowun sighed. ‘Analyze it. See if you can find any slightest of clues in here.’ [Scanning the surface.] A line began to move horizontally from the top to bottom slowly. And when it was done, Nano’s voice spoke. [There is a small hole at every word of the poetry.] Nano then showed unexplained holes in the letter, and each letter had a different number of holes. ‘What does this mean?’ Yeowun began to think deeply into it. ‘Small hole.. a hole… is it the blood point?’ Yeowun’s heart began to pound. ‘Think.. think… four holes.. four blood points? No. What is it then? Hmm. Oh, let’s look up the book.’ Yeowun then remembered the blood point book that he scanned first and focused on the book, going back to the information. ‘Four holes… probably means the fourth blood point.’ The fourth blood point was shown in the book on its location. ‘This is weird. The basic flow of energy starts from another place… it would need seven holes then… OH!’ Chun Yeowun then finally realized the secret behind this. ‘The first word is comprised of three lines, if adding four into it, it will point at the seventh blood point!’ That was the secret behind it. Yeowun then began to calculate the letter and numbers to see the blood point of energy movement. And soon, he was able to complete the energy flow that moved through 23 points. “Hahahahaha! This is it! This is IT!!!” Chapter 37 Chapter 37: Collect eleven individuals (1) After acquiring the energy flow, Chun Yeowun was able to replicate the sword formation perfectly. He still felt like it was a bit lacking, and he knew that it came from his lack of experience. Yeowun then asked Nano to see if he had recorded the front side of the second floor stone, and luckily, Nano did have it. And Yeowun went through the same process. The second formation was also bit lacking but this was as far as he could go. ‘Let’s thank Father Chun Ma for his discovery.’ He then wondered about the rest of the sword formations probably left on other floors. ‘I guess I have no choice but to pass all the tests.’ Yeowun then came up with one more question. ‘Then why does the counter formation require no energy flow?’ He was not yet experienced enough to learn this. He thought he could take it slow since he still knew how to use the formation at least. Yeowun asked Nano, ‘What’s the time right now?’ [It’s about 6:00 PM, Master.] It was already dinner time. He had skipped lunch, so he was starving. Yeowun then left the room. The underground floor seemed empty. It was great that the group test was over. All cadets were required to eat together during the second stage, but they were now allowed to go during designated hours to eat meals whenever they wanted. ‘Wow.’ Chun Yeowun was excited to smell the food as he walked in. Unlike other times, today was a special food day. ‘It’s noodles!’ Yeowun got in line and received the noodles and meat broth. The cook that poured the broth spoke to Yeowun with a smile. “It’s a beef noodle soup. It’s uncommon in this region.” It was a noodle bowl created with meat broth which contained boiled with beef bones and meat. It was a common noodle bowl south of the Yellow River. The academy’s cafeteria had various cooks from each region, so it gave cadets the opportunity to try different foods from each region. Yeowun got to the table and began eating the noodles. He had never eaten noodles before, and it was soo good that he began chowing down. When he went for another bowl and came back, someone sat next to him. The table was open to all cadets so Yeowun did not care about who sat next to him and focused on eating, but the person started speaking to him. “You are the 7th cadet, the leader of the 8th group right?” “Huh?” His question could easily be answered just by looking at the tag, so that meant that he was talking to Yeowun on purpose. Yeowun looked up to the young man next to him. He was handsome but he had maybe one little flaw. ‘Where is his eye?’ His eye was very narrow and small. But it seemed to fit him very nicely too. “I’m lucky. I wanted to meet you.” He was polite but also suspicious. “If you are asking about me, shouldn’t you be introducing yourself first?” The young man then grinned. “Oh, mind my manners. I am the 200th cadet, Yumpa from the 19th group.” “Chun Yeowun.” Yeowun answered coldly and Yumpa asked, “I know this is a strange question, but can you duel me?” Yeowun frowned. He didn’t expect a request to duel while he was eating. “What do you mean?” “I’m asking you to duel me.” “…You have a problem with me?” He couldn’t think of anyone other than from members of the six clans having grudges against him. Yeowun wasn’t completely sure, but he did cause some nuisance at the 2nd floor of the library. “No-no. Nothing like that. It’s not that.” “Then why do you want a duel?” “Hmm… should I say, it’s too see if it’s worthy?” “Worthy?” Chun Yeowun was confused. He wasn’t sure if the worthiness was about the young man or about Yeowun. He then decided that there was no point in dueling him and shook his head. “I refuse.” “As expected… but too fast.” “Why did you ask if you expected it?” Yumpa didn’t seem to be let down. He then brought up an offer. “Then let me explain what I can give to you if you accept. If you win the duel, I will give you vital information about the third test, and a small gift.” He whispered when he said the third test. Yeowun became intrigued, but he didn’t show it. “How can a mere cadet like you have such important information?” “Well, I can’t spill everything when you won’t accept my duel request, but I guess I have to prove myself. My father once reached the fifth stage, so I know about everything up to the fourth test.” ‘Is he from a high-ranked clan?’ That was most likely if his father had passed the fourth test. Unlike Yeowun who entered the academy without any prior knowledge, most cadets from the high-ranked clans had heard about what to expect in the academy. But Yumpa’s offer had a flaw. “I heard the tests go through changes each time. Your father passing those tests means nothing.” “…That is true, but it still shares the same concept. It was as expected up until both tests so far.” Yumpa was certain. Yeowun then began to hesitate. ‘What does he want? Why does he want to duel me? Is he certain that he can defeat me?’ That was the weird part. However, there was no loss in dueling him and Yeowun didn’t think he would lose either. Yeowun decided to agree to the duel. “Good.” “You will not regret it.” Both of them then headed to the forest at the back of the dorm. When they got to the point where no one was around, Yumpa readied himself. He had seen Chun Yeowun using a powerful blade skill while dealing with Chun Wonryou already. However, he was also certain that he wouldn’t lose easily. ‘If what you showed during the test was your all, then it will be disappointing.’ He didn’t say this as it could be taunting him. Yumpa stood in the distance and bowed. “Yumpa of the Moon Energy Blade Clan.” Yeowun became intrigued. He didn’t think Yumpa was going to use a blade skill. He also bowed. “Chun Yeowun. Let’s start.” Yumpa then charged. His movement was a bit slower than Chun Mukeum’s, but it was still very fast and powerful. ‘He’s an experienced warrior.’ Yeowun was able to guess the opponent’s power easily. It seems like he had the power that most group leaders had and asked to duel. However, Chun Yeowun was very different now. He quickly took his steps and dodged the blade skill. ‘That is good, but this is not the end!’ Yumpa then spun, moving into his next formation, but Yeowun snatched his wrist quickly. ‘Huh?!’ Yumpa was shocked. He hadn’t unleashed the blade skill yet, but his wrist was wielding powerful energy within it. And Yeowun snatched it as if it was nothing. Before Yumpa could react, Yeowun threw him up and down on the ground like a sack. “Argh!” It was so powerful that the ground sunk behind him. Yumpa even forgot about his pain and became dumbfounded. The duel was over in just one move. ‘He-he’s not like how he was two days ago!’ Chapter 38 Chapter 38: Collect eleven individuals (2) Chun Yeowun looked down at Yumpa, the 200th cadet, and back to his hand. ‘…I should get used to it.’ Yeowun failed to control the power he now held. Yumpa crouched on the ground from the pain coming from his back. It wasn’t too bad, but it seemed like he had taken internal damage. ‘Ugh… was he hiding his power?’ He thought Yeowun was an experienced warrior and that he would be able to withstand at least tens of formations. However, he had to reevaluate his thoughts. “I… I lost.” He accepted his loss while crouching. And when the pain subsided, Yumpa got up. “I thought you were around the level of an experienced warrior, but you are more than that. You sure do inherit the blood from the sky.” Chun Yeowun did not respond to that. He didn’t appreciate his lineage that much. “Anyway, I will have to keep my promise then.” “I want to ask you something first.” “Yes?” “Why did you want to have a duel with me?” Yeowun still couldn’t find the reason why Yumpa wanted to duel, especially with the condition of sharing vital information. “Haha. You sure don’t trust people very easily.” ‘Hmm?’ “As I said in the cafeteria, it was to see the worthiness.” “Worthiness? Are you talking about me?” “Yes, and it also applies to me too. It is for the third test.” What did it have to do with the third test? Yumpa then began explaining the third test. “It is likely that the third test will be done with groups again.” “What? I heard that there will be no more group tests.” That’s what Lee Hameng himself had declared. Yumpa waved his hand. “It’s not like the second test.” “What difference is there?” “Because this one relies on one’s own strength.” “Huh?” “Third test is to sort out the high-ranked warriors. I’m sure you know how powerful our cult’s high-ranked warriors are.” Currently, the ones who were strong enough to be considered as strong as high-ranked warriors were only about 40 out of 207 cadets that were left. ‘If what he says is true, the next test will take a while.’ Most cadets only had ten to twenty years of internal energy, which was lacking to become a high-ranked warrior. “With the Black Dragon Ball, most cadets will achieve thirty years worth of energy.” That was possible since they would all be receiving the Black Dragon Ball soon. However, there was a catch. “Then they will be missing out on the martial arts.” “Yes. Their internal energy issue is solved, and they now need to be taught good martial arts.” That was necessary to be considered as a powerful warrior. Since the cadets were not allowed on the third floor of the library which had books on toplevel martial arts, most cadets were bound to fail. “If the test isn’t to have cadets to create a new martial art, then there is only one answer.” Yumpa smiled. “Yes. A top-grade martial art will be provided in this test.” “So, only the ones who acquire it can pass the test?” “Yes, but there’s another issue. That alone will make it too easy, and as you know, the test gets only harder once you move up.” Over 80% of students would pass if that was the only issue with the third test. “If what my father told me is right, the martial art form that’s provided is the Seven Demons Sword, which all of our high-ranked warriors know how to use.” It was the sword skill created by famous the swordsman named the Sword Demon within the Demonic Cult. It was created to fight against Sorim’s formation. The unique thing about it was that if there were more people, it had the ability to create a powerful formation attack. This allowed weaker warriors to fight against stronger warriors if they outnumbered them. “My father told me that twelve people had to group up to learn this.” “Twelve?” “Yes, it is the basic number to complete the skill. But learning the formation was harder than learning the sword skill itself.” Yeowun then realized why Yumpa had asked him to duel. It was to see how powerful Yeowun was. “…Was that the reason why you asked me to duel?” “Of course. I couldn’t decide just by looking at one formation. I needed to see your real skill to count on you.” “Huh?” Chun Yeowun frowned. “Oh! I forgot to tell you this. The new test will be done voluntarily. On everything.” “Huh? Voluntarily?” “You can choose your own groups. I heard that only the group leaders are chosen due to evaluations.” “Meaning, they will allow the leader to choose whoever they like?” “Yes, that is correct. But members can refuse also. I’m pretty sure this is a test for the princes of the six clans, rather than a test for regular cadets.” Yeowun then became excited. This meant that the test would directly be the competition to the throne itself. ‘It’s my chance to make allies.’ “But don’t the cadets need to side with the leaders to pass the test also?” Yumpa answered, “Yes, but they can’t just choose any leader, otherwise they will risk their success rate to the test itself. We might have to compete with other groups in some other way in the end.” ‘I see. He’s quite clever.’ It seemed that Yumpa was quick-thinking and quite knowledgeable. He had the potential to be a tactician and seemed to be very helpful. “So, was that why you said you will count on me?” “Yes. Remember I said that I would give you a small gift? The gift is me.” Yeowun frowned. He didn’t expect a great gift, but he didn’t like it that much either. “I might not become a leader.” “No, from what I can see, you will be a leader. And don’t you think it’s better you have someone like me, rather than some lacking cadets?” Yeowun was hesitant as there was still one more thing he couldn’t understand. “Why did you choose me? There are other princes or leaders who passed the second test.” This was his biggest question here. “…That is an excellent question.” “I need to trust you if I am to take you in.” Yumpa then scratched his head. “I’ll tell you the truth. No offense, but I actually offered the same thing to the princes of the Wise and Sword Clans.” He sighed as he said that, which meant that he had been turned down. “Were you refused?” “They were already full. They already have skilled warriors serving them. No spots left for me.” “What about the other four groups?” It was too quick to give up after meeting just two groups. Yumpa shook his head. “Yeah… but I thought all the princes from the six clans would be the same.” “So, I was the second choice?” Yumpa smiled, “Yeah. And we walk the same path of the blade, don’t we?” “…Oh?” Yeowun looked at him weirdly. Yumpa then smiled awkwardly as he continued, “I’m not just asking you to take me in. You can just consider it as using me until you pass the third test.” It was now up to Chun Yeowun. Yumpa even bowed politely. “Will you take me in, Prince?” Chun Yeowun smiled softly. Yumpa thought he had been accepted, so he went down on his knees to show his thanks. “Thank you for…” “I refuse.” “Huh?” Yeowun spoke to him again. “I said, I refuse.” Chapter 39 Chapter 39: Collect eleven individuals (3) “B-but why?!” “That’s for you to think about.” Chun Yeowun turned his back to him. His eyes were cold when he turned. ‘Nano, deactivate facial expression analysis.’ [Deactivating.] It was one of Nano’s abilities that allowed him to see if the person was lying or not. ‘…He’s suspicious.’ When he talked with Yumpa, he felt the shadow of Chun Yuchan from within and activated the skill. There was no change to the facial muscles while talking about the third test, but when he was asked why he didn’t go to the other princes, Nano found the change in expression. “They were already full. They already have skilled warriors serving them. No spots left for me.” [Sensing slight change in facial expression. Chance of the entity lying is at 45%.] “Yeah… but I thought all the princes from the six clans would be the same.” [Detected continuous muscle shift in facial expression. Chance of lying increased to 62%.] It was impossible for the Nano Machine to read human expressions entirely. If it was against a trained spy, it would not have been possible. As for Chun Yeowun who had his doubts, Yumpa gave him some evidence. “Yeah. We walk the same path of the blade, don’t we?” ‘We walk the same path of the blade.’ That was very similar to what Chun Yuchan had said before. Yeowun then was able to confirm the shadow of the Blade Clan inside Yumpa. ‘A crony…’ He then came to realize the various suspicious things that Yumpa had. He said he went to the Wise and Sword Clan and took out the Blade Clan when he was a blade skill user. Yeowun then went to the private training room for further training. As Yeowun went down to the forest, Yumpa also went down and met with someone in the alleyway between buildings. He was meeting with Chun Yuchan to give him the report. “He refused?” “Yes… Prince.” Chun Yuchan raised his eyebrow. “He just heard about the information of the third test and left. I didn’t say anything that might make him suspicious…” “Hahahahahaha!” Chun Yuchan burst into laughter. Yumpa wasn’t sure why he was laughing when Yumpa had failed his mission. “He really is interesting. He just ran off with the information then.” Yuchan waved his hand. He then stopped laughing and continued, “So, a petty scheme won’t work.” Yuchan didn’t seem to expect much from Yumpa anyway. “Wouldn’t this ruin the whole plan..” “It is ruined already. Then what? Are you going to beg him to take you in?” “No, of course not.” As Chun Yuchan said, Yeowun did not trust people easily. He had been suspicious of Yumpa from the beginning and it only became worse as time went by. “It would have been interesting if your plan worked… but he’s too valuable to fail the test for not having the amount of required team members. I would recruit him again if he wasn’t in the competition.” Yumpa’s plan was to join Yeowun’s team and leave his group on the day of the test so that he would fail the test without even taking it on. Yumpa then knelt down. “Prince, give me another chance. I have other plans ready.” “No, no. It’s alright.” He smiled and reassured Yumpa, but it made Yumpa even more scared. “B-but…” “You don’t need to do that anymore, so you should go look for a different group to sneak into. Who knows if you will become a leader also?” “Huh?” Yumpa was shocked. He had worked so hard to serve Chun Yuchan, but he was now banishing him. “T-then you won’t accept me as…” “Oh, I already have many fools who I have to kick out, you see.” “Prince! Please give me another chance!” Yumpa tried to grab Yuchan’s pants, but he quickly moved back and dodged it. He then became cold and said, “I don’t need a useless fool. Get lost.” Yumpa was abandoned just like that. As he walked back to the dorm while sobbing, Yuchan thought about the concerning part of the report. ‘He overpowered Yumpa in one attack…’ This was hard to understand from what he saw himself regarding Yeowun’s power two days ago. Chun Yeowun returned to his private training room in the underground area. ‘Eleven people… nothing’s for sure yet.’ He had gotten good information, but nothing was official yet. However, he thought he should be ready to recruit people. He already had few from the 8th group, but he still needed more. He also questioned if ones in the 8th group would follow him. ‘Let’s finish up the training and think about it after I get back.’ He then focused on the remaining training and ordered Nano. ‘Nano, did you finish analyzing all the books scanned from the first and second floor?’ [Yes, Master.] ‘Nano, can you create an avatar with a certain amount of power and movement embedded with those martial arts techniques that you scanned?’ [That is possible if you appoint a certain entity.] This was what Yeowun decided to do to move on with his training. ‘Set the avatar to be Chun Mukeum, and begin embedding each martial arts technique.’ [Yes, Master. Creating avatar for the simulation…] And soon, the augmented reality created Chun Mukeum in front of his eyes. [Peasant. Come and get it.] ‘You come.’ [Fool! Hiya!] The martial arts was low-ranked one from the first floor, but when Chun Mukeum, a proficient warrior, used it, the skill was still quite powerful. Yeowun dodged the skill and used his Butterfly Blade Dance to throw his hand at the avatar’s neck. ‘I got him!’ [Urgh!] It was the same way he did it in the forest, but the result was different. Mukeum’s avatar neck twisted weirdly as it was struck, and the avatar disappeared. [Chun Mukeum’s avatar died with a destroyed neck bone.] “What?” Yeowun was dumbfounded. Just three days ago, the avatar was only thrown to the side. Nano’s voice resounded in his head. [The avatar of Chun Mukeum cannot take the damage from Master.] ‘Oh…’ His physical strength was now at the limit, so a young warrior like Chun Mukeum had no way to fight back. ‘Hm… this won’t work.’ Yeowun then decided to change methods. ‘Let’s do this. Create five Chun Mukeum avatars, no actually, ten avatars with mid-ranked martial arts skills.’ [Understood.] He thought that would even out the odds. A total of ten avatars was created. The room was small, but the augmented reality didn’t care about the physical size of the room and created a virtual room for avatars to move further back. ‘Hm… was this too much?’ Chun Yeowun regretted it a bit but decided to go on with the training. All ten avatars attacked him at once. ‘I have to block them at once!’ There was a perfect formation for doing this. It was the second formation of the Butterfly Blade Dance. He quickly spun and swung the hand blade to counter the formation from four avatars. Two of them were struck in their blood points and that made them disappear. ‘Got the first. Next… Ugh!’ There was no time to waste. The other avatars quickly moved toward him and Yeowun jumped up to avoid being attacked. And at that moment- “UGH!” He bumped into the ceiling. Unlike the avatars, he was still in a small room. Chapter 40 Chapter 40: Collect eleven individuals (4) Chun Yeowun fell to the ground and he heard Nano’s voice inside his head. [Stopping Augmented Reality.] All avatars were put to a stop. “NO!” Chun Yeowun then looked up at the ceiling, concerned that he might have torn a hole through the ceiling again. Luckily, it was fine, but there was a large crack and a dent in the area where he had bumped his head. ‘…Should I not report it?’ If he reported this, he’d definitely be forbidden from using the private training room. However, he decided to tell the truth. ‘It will cause more problems if I don’t inform them.’ A cleaning crew would be coming in later in the night, and they would definitely notice the mess he had made. Yeowun then went to the first-floor office and reported it to the instructor. “What! You destroyed the room again?!” He shouted furiously and they went to the room together. After looking at the ceiling, he placed his hand over his forehead and spoke dumbfoundedly. “What in the world… oh, gosh.” The instructor then spoke coldly. “I warned you. You are now forbidden from using this private training room.” “I’m sorry.” He had nothing more to say and bowed. He then tried to go out and the instructor stopped him. “Hmph. Where do you think you’re going? Come with me.” “Yes, sir.” It seemed like there was additional punishment. As he followed the instructor, they went to the building right across the private training rooms. The building was about half the size of the training building, but it wasn’t yet open to cadets. It was dark and instructor lit up candles to walk in. There were many rooms just like the training building, but they were wider. The instructor then opened up one of the rooms and told Yeowun to go in. “Oh!” It was a training room, but it was much larger. The instructor said, “You will train here from now on.” “What?” “I can’t let you destroy the other rooms.” He smiled and Yeowun was grateful for being provided with another place to train. “And where is this?” “This is the training room open to those who pass the fourth test.” “Fourth?” “Yes. The fourth test requires you to be at the level of a master. Only those who become the Squad Leader are allowed in this room.” “But I didn’t pass the fourth test.” “No, of course not. I just opened it for you earlier.” The instructor had talked about this issue with Chief Lee Hameng already, and he asked him to open up the training room for the ones who were at the level of masters, reason being that they might destroy the training rooms like Yeowun did. Lee Hameng deemed it reasonable and approved it. “But how did you find out that I was at the master level?” Yeowun asked curiously and the instructor grinned. “You can’t even leave a dent in the wall in that private training room if you weren’t at such a level.” Yeowun nodded. “This place is more durable, so it won’t be destroyed. You can concentrate on your training.” “Thank you, sir!” But the instructor did not know that Yeowun’s physical strength was strong enough to even damage walls of this place since he was made to damage the blue pearl stone. ‘This size should be okay for me to use augmented reality. Nano, what’s the time?’ [A little after 7:00 PM, Master.] ‘I see.’ He still had a lot of time left before he had to return. He then tried to battle against the ten Chun Mukuem avatars again, but he came up with a different idea. ‘Nano, can you make Teacher Submeng be the avatar?’ [Yes, but it will be based off his movements that he showed in the medical room.] Yeowun smiled. ‘Teacher will be more helpful than Chun Mukeum.’ [Will you set the martial arts?] ‘Hm… let’s set it at the Butterfly Blade Dance for now.’ Chun Yeowun was curious as to how hard would it be to fight Submeng in his own martial arts skill. He was one of top ten warriors of the cult after all. [Activating…] And soon, Right Guardian Submeng appeared in front of Yeowun. [Heh, my apprentice. Let’s have a fight!] Yeowun then prepared himself and charged in. ‘I’ll attack first.’ He still had a long ways to go to fight Submeng, so he needed to take his chances. But it was thenSubmeng used basic movements from his skill to block Yeowun’s blade and kicked him. “Argh!” Yeowun flew back and Submeng unleashed his third formation. The seven movements quickly attacked Yeowun, cutting through him. He was then thrown on the ground with pain coming from all parts of his body. Nano, which made the cut on his body, quickly healed him back. “Ugh…” He was shocked. He knew he had no chance, but he didn’t think he’d be taken out after one formation. ‘I guess this was too much.’ [Will you change the martial arts of the avatar?] Yeowun frowned. He didn’t feel like doing it since it felt like he was losing. ‘No, let me test one more thing.’ [Understood. Proceeding with the battle.] The Avatar then began to move again. [What? You want more?] Yeowun then unleashed the original sword formation he learned from the blue pearl stone. Submeng’s avatar tried to fight back through his blade skill, but he couldn’t counter the sword skill and was struck in his blood points. [AAArgh!] Submeng’s avatar was thrown back. ‘I got him!’ Yeowun then followed up with the last movement, but Submeng’s avatar spun quickly and unleashed the second blade skill. Yeowun’s finger touched Submeng’s head, but he was thrown back from the blade spin. He thought he had lost even while using the sword skill and looked at Submeng’s avatar. “OH!” Yeowun had left some damage on Submeng’s avatar. He had overpowered the avatar through the formation, but he lacked the experience to deliver a critical blow. ‘So, I need other powers to win.’ Yeowun realized that he couldn’t just fight powerful warriors with the knowledge of sword formations. ‘Let’s not jump to conclusions.’ It only had been three weeks since he learned martial arts and he still had four years left within the academy. He then got a new goal. ‘Let’s beat Teacher in four years.’ He of course meant Submeng’s avatar, but if Yeowun achieved his goal, it would make him a powerful warrior in record time. Yeowun then returned to training against the ten Chun Mukeums. After using his entire day to train, he was now able to fight against the ten Chun Mukeums as an equal. And then three-day vacation was over. Early in the morning, all the cadets gathered at the training ground and Lee Hameng came up onto the stage. “Did you spend your vacation well?” “Mado!” The cadets roared and Hameng continued. “I will explain the next test and hand out the Black Dragon Balls.” As he spoke, instructors quickly brought up seventeen tables onto the stage, and each table had twelve books. “The third test is to make a sword formation with twelve-men groups.” People began to mumble and Yeowun, who knew about the test already, looked at Hameng eagerly