Nurous people were moving in a line sowhere.
A number of people approaching nearly a thousand. The sight of such a large number of people moving in a procession was truly a spectacle.
"..."
At the head of the procession, Cheon Myeong was silently moving his steps.
Cheon Myeong, who had been moving sowhere since a while ago after telling everyone that the selection would begin now.
Besides Cheon Myeong at the front, no one knew where he was going now.
'Where on earth are we going?'
The people following Cheon Myeong couldn't help but have that question.
Although he had said that the selection would begin now, Cheon Myeong had not explained the thod.
Although most had expected that he would select them after asuring their individual skills through sothing like a duel, as they followed Cheon Myeong, the people seed to be filled with only more questions.
'This... weren't we going to the training ground?'
Sohow, as they followed Cheon Myeong, it felt as if the mountain terrain was gradually becoming more rugged.
At first, they had thought it was a mistake, but as Cheon Myeong went outside the outer castle, most of them could see that it was not a mistake.
"..."
To think that he would hold the selection in a place like this.
If they moved a little further, the mountain terrain would beco so rugged that there would be no more paths.
Although almost everyone wanted to ask Cheon Myeong right away where he was going, no one asked the question, thinking that they might get on Cheon Myeong's bad side.
They just followed silently while maintaining their silence.
After walking for about a quarter of an hour in that state, Cheon Myeong finally stopped his steps.
"This place should be good."
Cheon Myeong, who had stopped his steps, muttered to himself as he looked around.
At that mont, the people who stopped their steps one after another.
Cheon Myeong turned around and said to the people.
"You people in the back."
"...?"
"Co forward as much as possible and line up side by side."
Cheon Myeong was still only saying things of unknown aning.
However, the supervisor of this place was, by all ans, Cheon Myeong.
In the end, the people had no choice but to co forward as much as possible and line up as Cheon Myeong had said.
"..."
As they lined up as Cheon Myeong had instructed, the wide open space was soon filled with people.
Nurous gazes that were gathered together and were looking only at Cheon Myeong in the front.
As Cheon Myeong thought that the line was roughly ford, he opened his mouth to them.
"Then, from now on, the selection will begin."
As those words ca out of Cheon Myeong's mouth again, the surroundings were instantly filled with tension.
Squeeze-
What on earth was Cheon Myeong planning to do to select the personnel after coming all the way here?
Thinking that it would by no ans be a simple thod, the people were each steeling their resolve.
"Then, the first selection thod is..."
Gulp-
"...running."
"..."
What?
The people who were holding their breath and listening to Cheon Myeong's voice were montarily dumbfounded.
"To put it simply, you just have to follow from now on."
"..."
"How about it, it's not that difficult, right?"
As Cheon Myeong said that, sighs of relief and even people who were snickering and laughing appeared here and there.
They had thought that they would have to have a sword fight with the people here to select the personnel.
But as the words that they just had to follow him ca out of Cheon Myeong's mouth, there were quite a few people whose tension was relieved.
"Young Master, may I ask you one question?"
At that mont, a man asked Cheon Myeong.
Then, Cheon Myeong looked at the man with a calm face and said.
"Yes. What is it?"
"You said we just have to follow you, right? But what if I overtake you, Young Master?"
The man said with a sneer.
Then, a aningful smile appeared on Cheon Myeong's lips.
It was a face that found it quite interesting that there was a guy who was provoking him like that.
"Does that an you're confident you can catch up to ?"
"I'm pretty fast on my feet."
Saying that, the man lightly made a gesture of running.
Watching him, Cheon Myeong still maintained a smile on his lips and said.
"What's your na?"
"It's Pung. Seopung."
"Seopung... good."
"...?"
"If you catch , I will imdiately let you into the Chunguidae."
As Cheon Myeong said that, Seopung was surprised and his eyes and mouth went wide.
The sa went for the other people.
It was an atmosphere where no one here had expected that such a benefit would be given to Seopung.
"I-is that really true!"
"Yes."
"Good... don't say sothing else later after you're caught."
"If you even brush my collar with that hand, I will consider it a success."
"Hehehe... you will regret those words."
Seopung was quite confident.
Cheon Myeong, who was watching him for a mont, erased the smile from his lips and said to the surroundings.
"The sa goes for the other guys."
"...?"
"If there is a guy who catches with his hand before I arrive at a certain place, I will imdiately count it as a pass on the spot, just as I said before."
"...!"
That one groundbreaking word from Cheon Myeong ignited everyone's enthusiasm.
They had been feeling that just following Cheon Myeong was a little boring, but hadn't they just heard a very tempting offer?
The hearts of the people here were all the sa.
'I'll catch Young Master Cheon Myeong here and pass right away!'
There was no need to take the long way around when there was a shortcut, was there?
Of course, it didn't seem that catching Cheon Myeong would be that easy, but if Cheon Myeong alone were to face a large number of people, a gap would surely be created.
Those who were not very confident in their lightness skill were only thinking of aiming for that gap from the beginning.
"I think you've forgotten sothing, so I'll say it again."
"..."
"The passing standard is, by all ans, to follow ."
Although Cheon Myeong kindly explained it again, it seed that no one among them was going to follow Cheon Myeong's words obediently.
'What is this... it feels like I've completely beco the prey.'
The people who were looking at him with eyes full of desire. Seeing them, Cheon Myeong naturally had that thought.
Well, from the mont he had said that, he had already expected that the people would beco like this.
'Should I look forward to it?'
If there was really soone who caught him, he was planning to keep his promise.
Wouldn't he be able to get caught gladly?
Since it would an that a competent talent would be joining the Chunguidae, in a way, it could be said to be a happy event.
"Then..."
Cheon Myeong muttered, turning around.
At that mont, the people who started to slowly get ready to catch Cheon Myeong.
And.
"Start."
As soon as Cheon Myeong said that, people rushed at Cheon Myeong from all directions.
A large number of people surrounding Cheon Myeong like a tightly woven net.
'Caught him!'
The mont everyone thought that and reached out their hands towards Cheon Myeong from all directions, Cheon Myeong's figure disappeared from in front of their eyes.
"...?"
As Cheon Myeong's figure suddenly disappeared from in front of their eyes, the faces of the people who had reached out their hands were all filled with questions.
They had thought there was no room to escape, so where on earth had he disappeared?
Since Cheon Myeong's figure had disappeared right in front of their eyes, they had no choice but to think so.
"Uh... uh...!"
At that mont, the people who had rushed to catch Cheon Myeong belatedly realized a certain fact.
With the sole intention of catching only Cheon Myeong, they had all rushed forward without thinking about what was behind them. But what would happen if Cheon Myeong suddenly disappeared from there?
As the people who had rushed from all directions collided with each other and got entangled, an indescribable hell unfolded there.
Thump-!
A series of chain collisions occurred one after another.
Thanks to that, people who were already unable to recover began to appear one after another, and the people who were in the rear were able to avoid the disaster unintentionally.
"He's over there!"
At that mont, soone shouted.
At that voice, the people's gazes all turned in one direction, and as soon as they discovered Cheon Myeong there, they all automatically began to move their legs.
However, at that mont.
With a sound as if cutting through the air, Cheon Myeong moved forward with a trendous montum.
"...?"
To catch... a person who moves like that?
The people belatedly realized that even following Cheon Myeong was by no ans an easy task.
Swish-
At that mont, there were a few people moving among the dazed people.
Among them was Seopung, who had just provoked Cheon Myeong as if he were confident, and following behind him, quite a few people were already moving.
And the people who discovered that belatedly ca to their senses and began to move.
"Q-quickly, we have to follow..."
"Get out of the way! I'm going first!"
"The one who passes is ! Get lost before I kill all the guys who get in my way!"
The advance party that had moved first and the rear party that had started to follow late. And even the dropouts who were unable to recover.
The first selection was beginning amidst a noisy commotion.
***
Sowhere in the forest of the Heavenly Mountains.
Perhaps in the long history of the Demonic Cult, there had never been a ga of tag with so many participants.
Swish-
Cheon Myeong was moving through the bushes, dodging here and there like a flying squirrel.
'Are they following well?'
Cheon Myeong, who turned his head to the back while moving.
As if a considerable gap had already been created, no one's figure was visible in Cheon Myeong's field of vision.
However, Cheon Myeong smiled with satisfaction and turned his head to the front again.
'They're following well.'
Although their figures were not visible, a few presences were following Cheon Myeong.
Perhaps those few who were following Cheon Myeong now would be the passers of the first selection?
Although it might look like a simple ga of tag at first glance, if you think about it, he was testing elents that were quite important for a martial artist.
'The guys behind now can be said to have grasped the point of this selection well.'
The point of this selection that looked like a ga of tag.
The speed of lightness skill? Stamina? Or perseverance?
Of course, those three could also be said to be important elents for a martial artist, but what Cheon Myeong would focus on most in this selection was, by all ans, ki sense.
"..."
Even while moving at a high speed, Cheon Myeong could grasp to so extent how many people were around him and how far away they were.
The reason that was possible was because his ki sense was excellent.
Ki sense, in other words, the ability to grasp ki, was what Cheon Myeong was focusing on in this selection.
'If one's ki sense is excellent, it can be used usefully in any situation.'
To put it simply, feeling the killing intent from the enemy in front of you can also be seen as being directly related to ki sense.
To accurately grasp the opponent's ki.
A person with an excellent ki sense can gauge the opponent's and their own skills without necessarily fighting.
That becos a very important elent in the martial world. If you can gauge the difference in skill between the opponent and yourself, you can judge whether you should avoid this fight, or even if you fight, to what extent you should accept the damage.
And in a case like now, he could also grasp the opponent's approximate location.
Cheon Myeong had been emitting more ki than usual since a while ago.
This was Cheon Myeong's own consideration for the people who were following him.
If he didn't emit his ki at least like this, there might not be a single person who could realistically follow Cheon Myeong.
Although it could be said to be an unnecessary consideration for soone with a ki sense like Cheon Myeong, since he thought that there would be no one among them with that level of ki sense, Cheon Myeong had been revealing his ki from the start of the selection.
'This selection will filter out the personnel to so extent.'
Although ki sense could not be directly equated with skill, it could still be said to be a basic elent for a martial artist.
Other parts could be fixed by Cheon Myeong to so extent. However, as for ki sense, it was not a part that even Cheon Myeong could do anything about.
In order to survive in the Chunguidae in the future, this ki sense would be absolutely necessary.
More than anything else, he was planning to filter out those who could not pass this minimum standard here.
"...Oh?"
At that mont, that exclamation ca out of Cheon Myeong's mouth as if he had felt sothing.
At that mont, a man appeared from behind Cheon Myeong.
Seopung was following, reaching out his hand towards Cheon Myeong.
"Caught you!"
Seopung said that and threw his body towards Cheon Myeong.
The back of Cheon Myeong seen from a distance of less than a hand's breadth.
Thinking that he could pass imdiately if he even brushed the collar seen there, Seopung was already smiling brightly.
Swish-
However, Seopung's right hand, which was flailing helplessly in the empty air.
As Cheon Myeong's figure in front of his eyes disappeared, the wide smile on Seopung's face also disappeared imdiately.
*Thud-*
At that mont, feeling a shock from behind, Seopung lost his balance and fell forward.
"Keck!"
Seopung, who fell on the ground, making an unsightly voice. And on Seopung's back, Cheon Myeong was already standing.
"The attempt was good."
"..."
"Well, if you try about a thousand more tis, I might let you catch then."
Cheon Myeong, who was standing on Seopung's back and speaking in a teasing manner.
The mont Cheon Myeong ca down from his back, Seopung stood up from his spot with a rough roar.
"Ugh-!"
Because there was mud in the spot where he had fallen, Seopung's appearance was quite a ss.
He hurriedly brushed off the mud on his face and chased Cheon Myeong with his eyes again, but Cheon Myeong had already disappeared from that spot.
"Ugh... so annoying!"
Seopung shouted with a voice full of anger.
Not only did he miss Cheon Myeong, but to be made fun of like that.
Seopung started chasing Cheon Myeong again with a rather angry face.
"I'll definitely catch you!"
From Seopung's voice as he ran, it seed he had already forgotten the reason why he was chasing Cheon Myeong.
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