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Chapter 352 Learning To Let Go
The world had shrunk to the tight, aching knot in Ali’s chest and the cold stone beneath him. The sobs had subsided into silent, shuddering tremors, his face buried in the damp sleeves of his training jacket. The majestic, indifferent landscape felt like a mockery of his personal ruin. He didn’t hear the soft crunch of footsteps on the frosted pine needles until they were almost upon him.“Ali?”The voice was Marwan’s, calm and neutral. Ali jolted, hurriedly scrubbing his face with his sleeves, turning his head away to hide the reddened eyes and tear-streaked cheeks. He cleared his throat, a rough, unconvincing sound.“Marwan. I was just… meditating. By the spring.”He risked a glance. Marwan stood a few feet away, his hands in his pockets, looking not at Ali’s face but at the bubbling water. His expression was thoughtful, giving nothing away. He gave no indication of having heard the raw, echoing screams or the heartbroken weeping that had surely carried in the mountain air.“The wat
Chapter 351 Letting Go Is Not Always A Chioce
The pristine, punishing silence of the mountains was no longer just a backdrop for training; it had become an amplifier for every thought, every doubt, every unresolved tension the three of them had carried from home. For days, they had immersed themselves in Master Kim’s rigorous, mind-emptying regimen. They moved in slow, deliberate patterns under the vast sky, their bodies hardening, their movements gaining a new, economical fluidity. But the core instruction, to still the mind’s turbulent water remained a maddening paradox. How could you consciously strive for unconsciousness?Ali, in particular, struggled. His mind was an engine; to ask it to idle was to ask it to cease being itself. One morning, he woke before dawn, a restless energy coiled in his chest. He slipped out of the shared room while Marwan and Laith still slept and went for a solitary run, not on the trail, but through the sleeping village, his footsteps the only sound in the frozen world. As the sky lightened to a p
Chapter 350 Clear Mind
The fourth day dawned with a brittle clarity, the mountain air so still and cold it seemed to ring like crystal. Ali, Marwan, and Laith had just finished their dawn run with Mr. Park and were in the middle of their breathing exercises on the summit, their minds clearer and bodies more attuned than they had been in weeks. The silent communion with the landscape was broken by the distant, laborious sound of an engine struggling up the mountain road.Mr. Park, who had been guiding them through a slow, balancing stance, straightened up, a wide, genuine smile breaking across his weathered face. He gave a short, sharp bow of his head towards the trail. “Master,” he said, the single English word imbued with a depth of reverence that needed no translation.They followed him down to the house. Parked haphazardly next to the woodpile was a small, battered sedan, dust-covered from the journey. Leaning against it, looking even more rumpled and irascible than usual, was Master Kim Sung-kyu. He was
Chapter 349 The Air In The Mountains
The bus ride from Seoul’s dense urban sprawl into the rugged, forested spine of South Korea was a journey from one world into another. The neon signs and skyscrapers dwindled, replaced by snow-dusted peaks, deep green valleys, and clusters of traditional tile-roofed houses clinging to steep hillsides. The air, when they finally disembarked in the remote village, was so clean and cold it felt like a physical shock, scented with pine smoke and damp earth. The frantic, humiliated energy of the city dojang was left behind, replaced by a quiet, focused anticipation.The village was small, a single main road lined with a few shops, winding upwards into terraced fields and dense woodland. They stood with their duffel bags, looking lost once more, but this time with a specific destination in mind. Approaching an older woman sweeping the steps of a small grocery, Ali used his translation app. “Excuse me. Jun Park? House?”The woman looked at the three foreigners, her expression curious but no
Chapter 348 Striking Deals
The heavy silence in the dojang’s main hall was oppressive, broken only by the distant hum of Seoul’s traffic and the soft, defeated groans from Marwan and Laith as they picked themselves up off the unforgiving wooden floor. They sat slumped against the wall, a trio of dejected would-be disciples. The grand narrative of their journey, seeking ancient wisdom at the hands of a legendary master had crumbled into the farcical reality of being effortlessly humiliated by a grumpy old man who seemed to view them as an annoying financial transaction.The minutes stretched into an hour. The initial shock of their defeat settled into a dull, gnawing frustration. It was Laith who finally broke the quiet, his voice a plaintive grumble. “I’m starving.”Marwan let out a long, weary sigh that seemed to come from the soles of his feet. He pushed himself up, his body protesting. “I saw a small supermarket a few blocks back when we were getting lost for the fifth time. I’ll go get some cheap ingredien
Chapter 347 The Face Off
The dawn in Seoul was a cold, grey affair, seeping into their sparse storage room through a single, high window. They woke to the distant sounds of a city already in motion, their bodies aching from the hard floor and the weight of disappointment. Without a word, they performed their wudu with bottled water in the tiny, icy bathroom, then laid out their prayer mats in a row on the dusty floor. The familiar, silent ritual of Fajr prayer in this strange, unwelcoming place was a small anchor, a piece of home they carried within them.After prayers, fueled by a mix of determination and a desperate need to prove their worth, they began their own warm-up. The main training hall, which they hadn't even properly seen the night before, was vast, empty, and freezing. Their breaths came out in plumes of white vapor as they started to run laps around the perimeter, the sound of their footfalls echoing in the hollow space. They moved through a rigorous regimen of dynamic stretches, push-ups, sit-u
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