Chapter 1 – Make Me the Best Master (1)

I was kneeling in a clean cabin-like room, listening to the old man in front of me.
“Call me Sabu.”

On the other side of me was a stunningly handsome young man, looking at me with an intense heat.

“Um, Sabu… what you mean is…”

“Address me as Sabu.”

And I was trying to explain to him that I have the perfect body to learn martial arts.

“Perfect?”

What do you mean?

“No, it’s not just perfect. Your body is so clean that it’s almost impossible to find a flaw in it.”

“Um, cleaner than a newborn baby…”

“Yes, cleaner than a newborn baby. How can someone who hasn’t learned martial arts maintain such a clean body? It’s impossible to live on water and air alone!”

Oh, I see.

I nodded my head, fully convinced.

How could I forget what this old man did to me? My brain is still functioning well.

“Even if you learn other useless martial arts, it won’t make much progress. Why plant weeds where a tree can grow? Our martial arts at Seokcheonmun (色天門) can fully mold you into a perfect vessel!”

With a flick of his finger, the man’s head exploded like a watermelon.

“Now, if you understand, bow down and let me continue my progress as the Color Blood Demon, Lee Jaesung!”

Wait, do I have a choice in this?

Of course, what came out of my mouth was completely different.

“Disciple Kang Yoon, I bow to you, Sabu!”

I don’t want my head to explode for no reason.

Let’s rewind for a moment.

Not much, just a day.

“Congratulations! You have arrived in !”

At first, I didn’t even know where I was.

I hoped that whoever sent me here would at least provide proper guidance, but thinking back, my last memory was being hit by a truck (a delivery truck for another world), so being saved was a miracle in itself.

Wearing clean Chinese-style clothes, I didn’t have any blood or modern clothes on me, so I figured I must have come to the world of martial arts.

Actually, every time I saw the beginning of an isekai story, I thought, “Wow, it’s better to just be reincarnated on Earth. What’s the point of going to a place where you either fight to the death with the strongest beings in the world (hero route) or suffer in a place where they don’t even know what human rights are (adventurer route)?” But…

No, it wasn’t like that. Living is much better. Earth is better, but if you can’t live on Earth, it’s better to live in this world, right?

I had experienced the truth that even rolling in a pile of shit is better than dying.

Now, there was only one thing to check. I smoothed out my voice and prepared to speak as cleanly as possible.

But my voice was very small.

“…Status.”

Huh?

“Status…”

What?

“Status! Status! Guide window! Stat window! Status window!”

It didn’t come out. Why?

“Staaaaaaats!”

Thud.

I turned my head and saw a bird-like creature flying in the sky with a sleek appearance. Was it a raptor?

“No, that’s not important. It’s the status window…”

Yeah, it’s not there.

I tried to relax my eyes for a moment and create some kind of illusion, but I couldn’t see anything.

“Whoever sent me to this world told me to shout for the status window…”

Oh, come to think of it, they probably haven’t been here either.

But let me shout one more time.

“Sta…!”

“What are you doing?”

Crack.

I suddenly found myself rolling on the ground, as if something had hit me.

“What did you just shout? Are you a spy for the Ma-gyo?”

A strangely feminine voice rang in my ears, making me feel a little intimidated.

“No, I’m in a situation where I don’t even know what’s going on…”

I tried to make an excuse, but I just ended up with my face in the dirt again.

“Don’t lie! Do you think you can fool me just because you’ve come all the way into the deep mountains?”

The anger was rising, but in a situation where I couldn’t do anything, I had to hold back. Yes, let’s hold back. No, let’s enjoy it.

Just as I was starting to think that having my face in the dirt was surprisingly refreshing, a clear voice interrupted.

“Stop it, Ah-hyun.”

“But, Miss!”

Miss?

“I don’t sense any power in his body. If he had any intention of causing harm, he would have had the ability to escape. Let him go, Ah-hyun.”

“…Yes, Miss.”

With a groan, I managed to free myself from the hold. “Ugh…”

“Are you okay, sir… Gongja? Can you stand up?”

My whole body was itching, but I suppressed a whimper at the sound of her voice, which was clearer than deep-sea water.

I bit my lip and stood up, determined to get a good look at the girl’s face.

Wow, she was gorgeous.

Her face was so beautiful that even a bastard like me, with a black heart, could appreciate it.

She seemed surprised, but who wouldn’t be? If you saw someone shouting for a status window on the street, you’d be surprised too, right?

“You… you’re up?”

“…Yes?”

I never imagined that she would be surprised that I was awake.

“Ah-hyun’s acupuncture is so violent that it’s hard for ordinary people to get up even after the acupuncture is released. I was going to calm you down, but it looks like it wasn’t necessary.”

“That’s good. Thank you for your help.”

I tried to smile as naturally as possible. Smile, smile.

If she called me “sir,” she must think I can be of some use in this godforsaken world.

“Gongja, what brings you to the depths of Amisan?”

“Well, you see…”

I had already decided what to say.

“I don’t remember… who I am… or where I am…”

Memory loss was the answer here.

“This liar!”

“Ah-hyun!”

A woman in brown clothes pointed a sword at me. Her voice didn’t sound like a woman’s, but she was definitely a woman.

“Miss, this man is suspicious no matter how you look at him! How could a man like him, dressed so neatly, come up here without any background? And he doesn’t even have any traces of power or skill! We need to take him in and investigate his background!”

“Ah-hyun… do you not trust me? I can’t sense any power or skill from him either.”

“Then how can he know the secret Salsoomugong technique that even you don’t know? And he doesn’t even have any traces of having learned it! We need to take him in and investigate his background!”

Oh, the last one was definitely a lie.

“It’s not that he doesn’t have any background, but rather that he hasn’t learned the Salsoomugong technique, right? That would explain why there are no traces of it. We should investigate him before jumping to conclusions.”

“Ah-hyun… do you not believe me?”

“I’m sorry, Miss, but I think you’re being too trusting. This man is clearly suspicious.”

I interrupted their argument. “Excuse me, may I say something?”

“Go ahead…”

“You’re screwed!”

Ah-hyun was taken aback by my interruption and looked at me suspiciously. It was a good look on her.

“The current situation is that my identity is uncertain, isn’t that the problem?”

“Yes.”

“I can’t keep staying in a place like this, so if it’s possible, I would like to go to a village… or even a remote house. Even if my appearance is a bit shabby, could I ask for your company?”

“…”

“I don’t remember anything, so if you can take me somewhere suitable, I’ll take care of the rest.”

But seriously, where is the Chinese language? If I can avoid rolling around like a beggar in a place where I can’t even communicate, that would be great.

The young lady nodded coolly.

“If it’s just that, it’s not difficult.”

“Ah-hyun!”

Ah-hyun glared at me fiercely, but what can she do if I become a young lady?

“Ah-hyun, stop it. We have to hurry. As a member of Sae-ga, we can’t refuse to help, so let’s move right away.”

“…Understood.”

Ah-hyun nodded with a sullen expression. I didn’t notice it when she was putting on airs, but her eyes were a bit cute when they wrinkled.

“Gongja, there doesn’t seem to be any joy in Kyung-gong, right?”

“Yes, it’s regrettable, but…”

“Then can you wait for a moment?”

“Yes?”

“Ah-hyun, let’s go.”

What am I supposed to wait for…

“Ugh!”

Ah-hyun suddenly lifted me up like a sack and started running with me on her shoulder. The young lady followed behind.

Is it okay to handle people like this in a martial arts world?

“I’m sorry, Gongja. We have to move urgently due to Sae-ga’s circumstances. Please bear with us until we join the group.”

The young lady comforted me as if she could read my mind.

“I understand… ma’am…”

Meanwhile, I felt like I was going to die.

Every time Ah-hyun’s leg hit the ground quickly, my field of vision changed rapidly. The height was also quite high, so it was difficult to even open my mouth as if I was going to bite my tongue.

Even though there was a lump-like butt shaking in front of me, I couldn’t even look at it properly and had to suppress the feeling of my stomach turning over, so it was a frustrating situation.

“We’re almost there. Just stay quiet and don’t be a crybaby!”

Ah-hyun spoke confidently as if she noticed that I was having a hard time, but I didn’t even have the energy to respond.

Kyaaahhh!

At that moment, a scream that sounded like it was going to tear apart was heard. Ah-hyun’s words that we were almost there didn’t seem to be a lie, as the screaming sounded quite close, but it didn’t seem like a scream of excitement.

Is there even a Sa-pa master waiting for us when we arrive?

I was about to raise my head and say to go ahead, but the young lady seemed to have made eye contact with Ah-hyun and suddenly increased her speed, arriving at the source of the scream in an instant.

“Hye-ah, run away! Quickly!”

But that actually happened.