[{"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-46":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},1379416,1826,"Chapter 46","i-became-the-hidden-ruler-of-the-martial-world-chapter-46",46,"\u003Cp>Hong Yungae quickly scanned the men coming out of the entrance, avoiding their eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were figures he hadn't seen in the village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On top of that, they were all carrying swords.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although it was common to carry a sword in a chaotic era.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Something is different.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sense of incongruity felt from their movements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt as if they were not people, but well-refined weapons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Is this the so-called grasping of a realm through movement that I've only heard about? Then are they martial artists?!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Hong Yungae couldn't grasp the realm of the men, he had grasped that they were martial artists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'M-martial artists?! What should I do? What should I do?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Real martial artists, different from himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it wasn't just one or two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Yungae's whole body trembled like an aspen tree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A man with a neat impression among the men in front of the tavern chuckled at such a Hong Yungae.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Our business is with that waiter, so get lost quickly, beggar.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Yungae was relieved at those words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at the same time, he was disgusted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Why am I relieved?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Hong Yungae was engulfed in self-loathing, he recalled the past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The martial artists who had pressured Hong Yungae's group in the past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first one to block them was an old beggar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-I'm telling you, in my heyday, I used to fly around in the military!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Oh, old man, stop with the nonsense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Hey, you brat! You dare not recognize a first-rate master?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old man who always boasted that he was a competent martial artist of the military.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When that old man had blocked the martial artists, Hong Yungae had thought, 'Could it be?'.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the world, as always, betrayed his expectations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old man, unable to block even one sword of the martial artist, had collapsed on the spot, covered in blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old man was indeed a braggart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But nevertheless, he had stood in front of them with dignity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no time to mourn the old man's death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a situation where his life could be taken at any moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was then that the man in white appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Yungae had not expected anything at that time either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after that, the martial artists were swept away by the single sword of the man in white.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both the man in white and the old beggar had stood in front of the martial artists with dignity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But one had won overwhelmingly, and the other had died one-sidedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was the difference?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The answer was simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Overwhelming martial power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From then on, Hong Yungae had admired martial arts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In addition, he had tried not to become like the old beggar who had died shabbily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A situation just like the present.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Right. Let's go when they tell me to go.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was different from the old beggar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The waiter with pitiful eyes was a person unrelated to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just a one-sided business relationship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he had received food as charity, it would be a different story, but in an equal relationship called a business relationship, there was no need for him to do something that would cause him a loss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Yungae trembled and carefully raised his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he carefully moved his feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his head, the old beggar who had only boasted and had been shabbily killed by a sword kept coming to mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'If he was a braggart, he should have just saved his own skin like a braggart, so why did he step up and get killed by a sword, what the hell was that?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old beggar and Hong Yungae were not particularly close.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, the thing called a beggar was like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were just busy taking care of their own rice bowls day by day, and since they would die if they were bored, was there a need to make friends?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only point of contact with that old beggar was that because Hong Yungae was a young beggar, perhaps because he was easy, he had always come to him and boasted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he had shared a little of what he had begged for behind that boasting, it was just that kind of relationship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even when the old beggar had died, he hadn't felt much emotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Why am I doing this?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Yungae's feet stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he straightened his back and stood in front of the waiter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was an action that was reminiscent of the old beggar who had died shabbily at that time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Yungae straightened his back with dignity and held the Dog Beating Jade Staff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I can't become like the martial artist in white from that time, so what kind of foolish act is this?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The current action was just like that of the old beggar who had died shabbily at that time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so, in the head of Hong Yungae, who was standing in front of the men, the martial artists, with dignity, a question about the old beggar came to mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'What on earth was that old man thinking when he stood in front of the martial artists?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was an action that was completely incomprehensible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'What was that old man thinking as he was being killed by a sword? Did he not know that it would happen?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, it seemed he could understand a little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'No, he had a satisfied look on his face as he was dying. He must have known, so why on earth did he make a foolish choice?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Yungae had only extended his life a little because of the old beggar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had only prolonged his life for a little time, not even an hour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Yungae had no way of knowing if there was a meaning to that action.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'The back of the shabby old man looked broad at that time.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The back of the old beggar when he had stood in front of them had looked like that of a dignified martial artist, albeit for a very short time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of that time, Hong Yungae felt something stuffy in his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The body that was about to run away at any moment was firmly rooted in that spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Old man. If you're watching from the sky, lend me that mouth of yours.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Yungae held out the Dog Beating Jade Staff with dignity towards the martial artist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you know what the name of this staff is?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How would I know that? You beggar brat!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if he didn't like Hong Yungae's dignified appearance, a martial artist frowned and rushed at Hong Yungae.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that, Hong Yungae took a ready stance as he had learned from Baek Yoonjun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This staff is a staff that breaks the heads of dog-like bastards like you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The martial artist who had rushed in, as if he were greatly underestimating Hong Yungae, was bare-handed and full of openings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bare-handed martial artist was about to grab Hong Yungae's collar, but.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It is called the Dog Beating Jade Staff!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The speed at which Hong Yungae struck the martial artist's head with the Dog Beating Jade Staff was faster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thwack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Keoheok!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The martial artist, who had been properly hit on the head, let out a groan and fell to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood was flowing freely, and it seemed his head had been properly broken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Hong Yungae flinched inwardly, he pretended as if nothing had happened and shook off the blood on the Dog Beating Jade Staff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There are still many dogs whose heads need to be broken.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shaking off the blood, Hong Yungae approached the martial artists with dignity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he approached, he only walked up to a distance where a sword would not reach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that, from the martial artist's side, a man with a neat impression walked out towards Hong Yungae.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You weren't just a beggar.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, I am just a beggar brat.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Phew.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the neat martial artist's words, although Hong Yungae had voiced the truth, it seemed he didn't believe it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he had received martial arts training from Baek Yoonjun for a few days, Hong Yungae still thought of himself as an ordinary beggar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The neat man who had heard Hong Yungae's words quietly drew the sword at his waist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am Shin Gu-jeon of Kunlun.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the words of the martial artist, Shin Gu-jeon, Hong Yungae briefly pondered what he should say in response, but.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Is there a need to think about anything?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pondering ended quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am the beggar, Hong Yungae.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Hong Yungae was a current beggar, it was the truth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I thought there were no beggars who properly knew martial arts, but if you say so, young hero, I will know it as such.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the opponent did not believe Hong Yungae's words at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'His attire is shabby, and the energy felt is also weak, no different from an ordinary person, but his skill in handling the staff is exquisite.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shin Gu-jeon looked at Hong Yungae and inferred his identity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'It is by no means a staff technique that can come from training alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He is either the child of a famous martial family who has hidden his identity with a shabby appearance, or he has happened to have a connection and has been taught martial arts by a master. It must be one of the two.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The inference that he had been taught martial arts was correct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Shin Gu-jeon had no way of confirming the truth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Either way, it's not good to touch him for no reason. After showing him the gap appropriately, I can just achieve what I have to do.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shin Gu-jeon finished his thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will give you three moves, so come in.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To think you would give a beggar brat three moves of pity, you have a big heart.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Hong Yungae shouted with displeasure, he was inwardly shouting with joy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Giving me three moves means he'll just block while I hit him three times, right?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Yungae, harboring the hope that he might be able to win if he did well, observed the opponent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The aura and appearance felt were on a different level from the opponent whose head he had broken earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A master on a different level from before, without a doubt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the unknown pressure, Hong Yungae flinched his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he was able to regain his composure by recalling the words that Baek Yoonjun had said during training.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Whether it's a master or whatever, if they get hit by a sword, they die all the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Yungae replaced 'if they get hit by a sword' with 'if their head is broken' and applied it to his own situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'No matter how strong that guy is, if his head is broken, I win!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking so, although he still felt the pressure, his heart became much more at ease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then I'm coming.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Yungae raised the Dog Beating Jade Staff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Normally, he would have swung it at the head like this, but.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-I can just swing it. But with your skills, it's impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Then what should I do?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-In that case, you have to mix in a feint, no, a false move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recalling Baek Yoonjun's words, Hong Yungae thrust the Dog Beating Jade Staff straight at the opponent's chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that, the opponent lowered his sword towards his chest and tried to block the Dog Beating Jade Staff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Now!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Intuiting that the false move, which he had practiced countless times with Baek Yoonjun but was using for the first time in a real battle, had gone in properly, Hong Yungae inwardly shouted with joy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Dog Beating Jade Staff was blocked not by a head, but by a sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'In a flash?!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Yungae, who had not seen the opponent's sword move, was flustered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-The moment the flow is broken because it's blocked, you're done for.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at the master's words that came to his mind, he immediately moved his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Yungae quickly grabbed the blocked Dog Beating Jade Staff and changed its direction using only the strength of his wrist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The place he aimed for was the opponent's shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since he had received a crash course from Baek Yoonjun on where to strike for the opponent to be knocked out quickly, Hong Yungae's action was fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the opponent's sword was faster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Hong Yungae's staff could reach, the opponent's sword was already blocking the part that Hong Yungae was about to strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Noticing that, Hong Yungae quickly moved his hand and changed the direction of the staff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the opponent blocked a step faster than such a Hong Yungae.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kaang!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Yungae's staff was blocked by the sword surface in succession.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Yungae was sweating profusely inwardly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Come to think of it, I never hit him even once when I was sparring with Master.'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although there was the difference of a branch and a sword in hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although there was the difference of blocking without moving and blocking while moving violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Huh? Come to think of it, isn't this guy no big deal?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gauging the difference between his master and the opponent, the opponent looked very shabby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so, as a little bit of confidence welled up in Hong Yungae's heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Three moves have passed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The opponent stretched his sword towards Hong Yungae.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thrust that honestly aimed for Hong Yungae's face, with no false moves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ugh!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the fast thrust, which was on a different level from his own, Hong Yungae rolled on the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing such a Hong Yungae, Shin Gu-jeon frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the past, the White-Robed Sword Immortal did not roll on the floor even when a sword entered his body. That is the pride of a martial artist, so why are you rolling on the floor so frivolously!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the person called the White-Robed Sword Immortal in the past had not rolled on the floor because it was burdensome for his white clothes to get dirty, since Shin Gu-jeon, who had no point of contact, had no way of knowing the truth, it was a misunderstanding he was having.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When my life is on the line, is there time to worry about such things!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Yungae shouted, rolling on the floor continuously, dodging the sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was faithfully carrying out Baek Yoonjun's teaching to get out by doing whatever it takes if it seems he's about to be killed by a sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Yungae, who was continuously rolling on the floor, grabbed a handful of dirt from the floor and threw it at the opponent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Keuk! Cowardly!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In a life-and-death situation, where is there such a thing as cowardly!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was also Baek Yoonjun's teaching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the teaching to grab whatever was in his hand when he was rolling on the floor and swing it at the opponent to create an opening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dirt was properly scattered, and the opponent, who had not thought he would do such a thing, was properly covered in dirt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of that, the dirt went into his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'An opening!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A very small opening was created.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aiming for that gap, Hong Yungae struck the opponent's solar plexus with the Dog Beating Jade Staff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thwack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling the sensation of striking living flesh, not a sword surface, Hong Yungae inwardly shouted with joy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The attack had gone in properly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Yungae did not let his guard down and swung the Dog Beating Jade Staff continuously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Keuk.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the opponent, while groaning, immediately stepped back and dodged Hong Yungae's next attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since he was covered in dirt and his expression was contorted, his neat impression from before was gone, and he looked like a beggar of the same kind as Hong Yungae.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now you've become dog-like to match your dog-like nature!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that, Hong Yungae sneered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was also Baek Yoonjun's teaching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-If your skills are lacking, at least run your mouth without rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In any case, Hong Yungae faithfully kept Baek Yoonjun's teachings and created a valid hit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'I can win!'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Hong Yungae's heart, the hope that he could win grew and grew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You brat!! I was going to go easy on you because you're young, but you're making me open the killing gate!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until the opponent's atmosphere changed completely and he began to emit a ferocious aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Huh? Is this a failure?'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hope in Hong Yungae's heart rapidly dwindled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",2730,"2026-06-05T22:16:29.102Z",1,"novelbin.me","94bdbf4bba3a6440e8755a9c5f6ddd66449490989471b9058c4c1ba426d803f0","i-became-the-hidden-ruler-of-the-martial-world-chapter-73","i-became-the-hidden-ruler-of-the-martial-world-chapter-72",152,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-became-the-hidden-ruler-of-the-martial-world-cover.jpg"]