[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-became-the-hidden-ruler-of-the-martial-world":3,"chapter-i-became-the-hidden-ruler-of-the-martial-world-i-became-the-hidden-ruler-of-the-martial-world-chapter-11":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","I Became the Hidden Ruler of the Martial World",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1379359,1826,"Chapter 11","i-became-the-hidden-ruler-of-the-martial-world-chapter-11",11,"\u003Cp>Baek Yoonjun was walking the village streets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Due to the recent incident, everyone's eyes were on Baek Yoonjun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baek Yoonjun wanted to leave this place immediately, but he couldn't because of one thought, and he was trying to get out of the streets by walking quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I've never seen a person use the lightness skill to its fullest.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baek Yoonjun hadn't met many people, but he had never seen a person who could use the lightness skill to his extent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, Baek Yoonjun thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'It must be against etiquette to use lightness skill to its fullest when people are watching.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, this was Baek Yoonjun's personal thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, if people hadn't been watching, it would be a different story, but in a situation where people's gazes were fixed on him, he had long since given up the thought of using his lightness skill to its fullest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because Baek Yoonjun didn't have the guts to move while ignoring others' gazes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'A place with no people! A place with no people! Please.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, Baek Yoonjun's homebody introvert nature instinctively headed towards a place where there would be no people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so, Baek Yoonjun, who had barely managed to avoid people's gazes and arrived at a secluded place where normal people would not come.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Why is there a person in such a secluded place?!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there was someone there before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Usually, the people who come to a secluded place are either people like Baek Yoonjun with a strong homebody introvert nature or people who have something to hide to the extent that they have to come to such a place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baek Yoonjun, feeling that people's gazes were not on him, used his lightness skill to its fullest and hid his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hiding his body, Baek Yoonjun checked the identity of the people who were there before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The people were the Namgung family and the ruffians he had seen at the tavern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'What? Why are those guys here?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no fear of being discovered, but the fact that there were people in the place of stability he had barely found was itself uncomfortable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Why are they so friendly?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, the people who had been arrested and the people who had arrested them were together, and the atmosphere was strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Baek Yoonjun's mood was uncomfortable, his curiosity was greater, so he hid his body and listened in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn it! What the hell is that white-haired guy, daring to ruin the great work of the Namgung family!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as he listened in, Baek Yoonjun's mood became very uncomfortable at the slander against him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Should I just cut them all down?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He even felt the urge to cut them all down, but.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'No! No! Are you crazy? Baek Yoonjun! That's not enough to be called an evil person!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since they didn't meet Baek Yoonjun's subjective criteria for an evil person, he had no choice but to endure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baek Yoonjun continued to listen, his hand holding the sword trembling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey, will the great work be affected by such a small thing?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There can't be even a small mistake!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Isn't it fine as long as we don't get caught acting as ruffians for money?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's a given!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baek Yoonjun clicked his tongue as he listened to the conversation between the ruffians and the Namgung family martial artists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'It was a setup. Those family guys really have nothing better to do.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The combination of the pretentious and hypocritical family people and the slouching ruffians was quite a sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, sir. What about the payment?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Here. Take it and get lost.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you! Sir! Then we will all take our leave!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed the secret meeting between the family and the ruffians was also over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching them go their separate ways, Baek Yoonjun pondered which one to follow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meeting people was burdensome, but secretly watching was fine and also fun, so it was a pity to let them go just like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I'm curious why they're doing this, and to find that out, I think I have to follow the family guys, but then it probably won't be very fun...'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After pondering for about half a shichen, Baek Yoonjun secretly followed the group of ruffians.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ruffians secretly left the village and headed for the back mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Since it looked like they were taken away by the Namgung family, people would think it's strange if they were in the village.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baek Yoonjun, understanding the ruffians' actions, became curious about what they would do now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The place the ruffians headed to was a deep part of the village's back mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a place that felt like a temporary shelter, with some living tools and a hut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Are they changing careers from neighborhood thugs to mountain bandits?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although they had just received a bundle of money from the Namgung family, there were quite a few ruffians, and it didn't seem like they would work diligently when the money ran out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Wouldn't it be okay to cut them down now?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so, as Baek Yoonjun was pondering while looking at the ruffians.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, the bandits began to tear off their faces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Heeik!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baek Yoonjun flinched and screamed inwardly, but he soon realized that the torn-off faces were fake and calmed down a little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'What is that?! Was that the human-skin something or other?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baek Yoonjun recalled the disguise tool his friend had told him about in the past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn't remember the exact name, but he remembered that there was something used to disguise one's face as someone else's.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'What? They're not just mountain bandits?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ruffians who had torn off their fake faces had become a very suspicious group that could no longer be called ruffians.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ruffian-like faces disappeared, and the ruffian-like atmosphere also disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That suspicious group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How long do we have to play along with the Namgung family's childhood games?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The time is not yet right.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were having a very suspicious conversation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For the Black Sky.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For the Black Sky.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were even shouting a suspicious slogan to their suspicious conversation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baek Yoonjun broke out in a cold sweat as he watched them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he was still curious, the feeling of not wanting to get involved grew stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I should go.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, as Baek Yoonjun was about to stealthily turn away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who's there?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baek Yoonjun was startled by the voice coming from the suspicious group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'What? How on earth did they notice?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how much he thought about it, he hadn't made any mistakes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baek Yoonjun tensed up and revealed himself with his hand on his sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wh-who are you?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wh-where did you suddenly appear from?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the suspicious people were overly surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baek Yoonjun was dumbfounded at that sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Didn't you ask who I was?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Th-that's...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, that was someone else...?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The suspicious group was suspiciously flustered and was looking at a different place from where Baek Yoonjun was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then, from that place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh? Brother Baek, you were here too?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man named Cheon, whom Baek Yoonjun had met at the tavern, appeared, scratching his head with a foolish look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The suspicious group had not noticed Baek Yoonjun, but had noticed Namgung Cheon's presence and had referred to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'What? They didn't notice my presence?!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baek Yoonjun glared at Namgung Cheon with a dumbfounded look and regretted not having spread his senses beforehand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, if he had put his mind to it, it was possible to spread his senses at all times, but since the feeling of people's presence was a little burdensome, Baek Yoonjun only spread his senses when necessary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That's why a situation like this had come about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Ha, I really let my guard down.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baek Yoonjun, finding the current situation absurd, turned back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This has nothing to do with me, so I'll be on my way.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baek Yoonjun turned to leave, but.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where do you think you're going!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of the suspicious men shot towards Baek Yoonjun as if launched and swung his sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what was cut was the man who had swung his sword at Baek Yoonjun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the people there, except for Baek Yoonjun, were shocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I couldn't even see it!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Come to think of it, that white-haired guy? I remember! He knocked out a Namgung family martial artist at the tavern without lifting a finger?!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Brother Baek's martial prowess pierces the heavens!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baek Yoonjun was pleased to see the quieted people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed he could go back without any problems.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you going to do more?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At Baek Yoonjun's words, the suspicious men broke out in a cold sweat and flinched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so, after the confirmation was over, as Baek Yoonjun was about to go back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He is a being who will interfere with the great plan of the Black Sky! Never let him live!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, the suspicious men moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They took out a suspicious lump from their bosoms and lit it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thunderbolt Bomb?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Namgung Cheon, who saw that, was shocked and threw himself back, and Baek Yoonjun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Ah, damn it, what now?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He grabbed his sword at the suspicious movements of the men.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he drew his sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The form of lighting a mysterious black lump.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even to Baek Yoonjun, who lacked common sense in this world, it was clearly an explosive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baek Yoonjun's sword headed for the fuse of the bomb-like object.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A single sword strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time as that swing, a gentle breeze blew on the fuses of the objects the men were holding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, the fuses were cut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Th-this!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The men were shocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While being shocked, they skillfully tried to deal with it at the same time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they couldn't.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baek Yoonjun's sword had not only cut the fuses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swoosh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, the necks of the suspicious men slid off their bodies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only ones breathing there were Baek Yoonjun and Namgung Cheon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Namgung Cheon was greatly shocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had followed Baek Yoonjun from the street and had lost track of him, and as he was looking for him, he had found this place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was shocking that the Namgung family and the ruffians were involved with each other, but those ruffians were hiding themselves with human-skin masks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On top of that, they were having a suspicious conversation, and his hiding had been discovered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Baek Yoonjun appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The martial prowess that Baek Yoonjun showed after that was shocking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'A late strike to win? Or the legendary Heaven and Earth Reversal?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he had been attacked first, the one who was cut was the one who had attacked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After that, the suspicious group, as if they were going to self-destruct, took out Thunderbolt Bombs and lit them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Namgung Cheon foresaw his death at that sudden sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even this was resolved by Baek Yoonjun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then could he vaguely see Baek Yoonjun's sword strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baek Yoonjun's single sword strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was like the wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How many things can block nature?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wind not only neutralized the Thunderbolt Bombs in a general way but also cut down the opponents in one go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Namgung Cheon, at the incomprehensible martial prowess unfolding before his eyes, lost his mind for a moment, and only then did he come to his senses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rolling corpses and the Thunderbolt Bombs, and Baek Yoonjun looking at them seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Namgung Cheon carefully approached Baek Yoonjun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother Baek, it seems to be over, so what are you looking at so seriously?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's not over yet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At Baek Yoonjun's words, Namgung Cheon followed his gaze and turned his gaze to the corpses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were just corpses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'What on earth does he mean? Could it be that he's thinking of digging deeper into this matter?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Namgung Cheon tried to grasp Baek Yoonjun's intention while having various thoughts, but.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Twitch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That intention could be confirmed not with his head but with his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The corpse twitched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Namgung Cheon, wondering if he had seen wrong, brought his head closer to the corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What on earth... Ugh!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he was startled by the corpse that sprang up like a spring and hurriedly rolled on the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And yet, as befitting a martial artist, he drew his sword and swung it at the corpse that had sprung up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Keuk!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The corpse was as hard as steel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the sensation felt at his fingertips, a word came to Namgung Cheon's mind, and he immediately spat it out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Jiangshi!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zombie!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Baek Yoonjun also looked at the corpse and spat out a word that Namgung Cheon could not understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Namgung Cheon, blocking the attacks of the stiff but fast-swinging corpse with his sword, looked at Baek Yoonjun with a dumbfounded look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zombie? What on earth is that?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing those words, Baek Yoonjun thought, 'Oops.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he looked cool and collected on the outside, he had been flustered by the suddenly rising corpse and had blurted out a word he had only used in his past life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was already hard to deal with people, and if he looked strange, it would be even harder, so Baek Yoonjun's brain spun rapidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I can just explain it as it is, right?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he came up with an answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's a Jiangshi from the West.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To think you even know about the Jiangshi of the West, Brother Baek, your knowledge is amazing!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It just happened that way.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although a corpse had risen and suddenly attacked in front of him, Baek Yoonjun, who was more concerned about people's gazes than that, gave a nonchalant answer and now focused on the moving corpse in front of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Is this a Jiangshi? It's moving even without a head. Zombies die if you blow their heads off, so this is worse than a zombie, isn't it?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baek Yoonjun leisurely parried the attacks of the headless Jiangshi and examined it in detail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Is it a curse? With this, I can probably undo it with the curses in the Three Talents Celestial Records.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike Namgung Cheon, who was struggling to block the Jiangshi's attacks, Baek Yoonjun was very relaxed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He already had the method to defeat the Jiangshi in his head, but he wasn't very drawn to it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baek Yoonjun's sword couldn't pierce the Jiangshi's skin and kept bouncing off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'This is the first time my sword has been blocked by a person, isn't it? No, it's not a person but a corpse, so is this the first time my sword has been blocked by a corpse?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only thing Baek Yoonjun had tried to cut and failed so far was the cool stone he used as a cover for his herb storage at home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Even if I'm just third-rate, I have my pride.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the corpse that couldn't be cut, Baek Yoonjun felt a competitive spirit for the first time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fact that it was not a talking person but a non-talking moving corpse also played a part in arousing the competitive spirit of Baek Yoonjun, the homebody introvert.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'With this, I can probably try using that.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until now, Baek Yoonjun had been using the martial arts of the Three Talents Celestial Records.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That alone was enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, since there was nothing more to learn from the Three Talents Celestial Records, there was no reason to use the martial arts he had improved and developed in a real battle, and he had never tried it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But just in time, his sword was blocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the optimal environment to try out the improved martial arts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The first real battle for this martial art is a corpse, not bad.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since it was an opponent that couldn't talk and had no intelligence, there was no burden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Baek Yoonjun didn't particularly take a ready stance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Good. Let's go!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as he decided to use his improved martial arts, his aura changed completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",2639,"2026-06-05T22:16:29.102Z",1,"novelbin.me","fdf727d0d3a2c5d963cd1821f63a57172d80c7ca42f7d174330f9b5d24a70a42","i-became-the-hidden-ruler-of-the-martial-world-chapter-12","i-became-the-hidden-ruler-of-the-martial-world-chapter-10",152,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-became-the-hidden-ruler-of-the-martial-world-cover.jpg"]