He Became the Genius Blacksmith of the Namgung Family - Chapter 136
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Chapter 136
Episode 136
Milky white broth, finely chopped green onions.
And bite-sized pieces of chicken, no, Daesan fowl cut for easy eating.
In other words, samgyetang.
In martial arts terms, Baekokgyesuk.
This was the nutritious dish that Namgung Cheon-gang had prepared.
Namgung Sohye, Namgung Jia, and the Namgung Jeonggeom Dan all knew this dish.
They had eaten it before.
When eaten on summer days, it was strangely refreshing, excellent, and invigorating.
They had even made it with spiritual medicines before.
What couldn’t the Namgung Family do?
So ordinary Baekokgyesuk was just chicken broth.
But.
“Huh!”
“…!!?”
“Waaah!!”
“Oh my?”
“Heavens!”
What was this?
It was incredible.
The one they made with spiritual medicines?
Now that they thought about it, that was just chicken broth.
“How on earth can you make Baekokgyesuk like this?”
“This is impossible. My internal energy increased again…”
Admiration, admiration, and more admiration.
‘Ugh, wait…’
‘What’s this? My lower abdomen hurts.’
Then came the rising stomach pain.
Namgung Sohye and Namgung Jia felt the same.
They glanced at each other.
They maximized their internal energy, used lightness skills, and disappeared in an instant.
Soon, when they reappeared.
Everyone’s faces were smooth and glossy.
Did the meat go bad and cause stomach pain?
No.
It was the effect of the spiritual medicine.
The kind of effect that made the body expel all the impurities within.
“What on earth did you make, younger brother!?”
Namgung Jia, whose face was glowing and who looked a year younger, asked Namgung Cheon-gang in surprise.
“That’s how incredible it is, right?”
What more was there to say?
It had transformed the already jade-like skin of supreme-level warriors, who had undergone bone and marrow cleansing, once again.
If this wasn’t incredible, what would be?
“If anyone says it’s mediocre, I’ll cut them down with one strike.”
Namgung Jia’s terrifying declaration.
“Likewise.”
“We’ll definitely cut them down.”
“That person would be Sima Waidao.”
The enthusiastic agreement of the Namgung Jeonggeom Dan and Namgung Sohye.
“…Likewise.”
Oh, what a surprise!
When did Lady Cheonying appear beside them?
Namgung Cheon-gang clutched his heart at the ghost-like voice that came from beside him.
Anyway, setting aside his startled heart for now.
The reaction they showed was important.
Though fierce, it was strong affirmation without any denial.
In other words,
“Everyone is very satisfied, right?”
“Yes!”
“Of course!”
“Naturally, Master.”
“Yes.”
“It should work well with the villagers too, right?”
Instead of answering, Namgung Sohye pointed to one side.
“This too is the grace of Namgung.”
There sat Samgo with a quiet, clear, and deep smile.
Holding a bowl of Baekokgyesuk, with a halo behind his back, looking as if he might ascend to immortality.
Watching Samgo preparing for ascension, Namgung Cheon-gang nodded.
‘It passed the test with the court ladies.’
Now it was time to be served at the king’s royal table.
As an even more properly stewed spiritual medicine.
Hehehe.
“Um, but… doesn’t the elder need to use the bathroom?”
“…!?”
Words from a warrior belonging to the Namgung Jeonggeom Dan.
Everyone was startled and hurriedly turned their heads toward Elder Samgo.
An even deeper smile appeared on Samgo’s face.
“Hehehe.”
“Elder?”
“I cannot stand up.”
“Hey, Jeonggeom Dan brothers!!”
Two men from the Namgung Jeonggeom Dan jumped up and disappeared with Samgo.
Each gently holding one of Samgo’s arms as they escorted him.
“…”
“…”
In the spot where they disappeared, there were a few drops of black liquid that no one wanted to think about.
* * *
Yongwu, who lived in Sammi Village, was a good young man who helped Deoksu Blacksmith with his work for wages and cared for his widowed mother.
However, from a certain day, Yongwu began to become lethargic, and everything became dull to him.
‘When did it become like this?’
As far as he could barely remember, it seemed to be from about three weeks ago.
When Deoksu Blacksmith disappeared, and they searched for him day and night.
After Deoksu Blacksmith disappeared, when a person with a tail appeared and destroyed all the farming tools.
Going back to the very beginning, when the Hoyogyo people came…
‘Ah. I don’t know.’
It was too bothersome to remember.
His body was lethargic, so why think about troublesome things?
He just wanted to lie down like this and do nothing.
‘My body seems to hurt too, so I should rest.’
Even though I’m not doing anything, I’m tired every day.
Moving with a tired body, it’s natural that it hurts.
‘The village chief says it’s because the blood energy has contaminated the earth veins…’
What does it matter anyway.
After all, things have already come to this.
‘The village chief will soon feel that everything is unnecessary too.’
Work, sleeping, moving, breathing, taking care of mother.
‘…Ah.’
Mother.
I need to take care of her…
‘Right. I was going to prepare mother’s breakfast, wasn’t I?’
I was on my way to the kitchen.
It was too hard and bothersome, so I sat down in the courtyard for a moment.
Then my whole body became listless and I ended up lying down.
‘I need to get up.’
To prepare mother’s breakfast…
“Ugh.”
Yongwu struggled to lift his lying body and slowly got up, pressing against the ground.
“…”
Do I really have to do this?
She seems too listless to eat anyway.
Mother doesn’t seem to particularly care either.
She just lies there.
Right.
She just lies there all the time.
Saying she’s gotten old, that she can’t move, just like that.
‘So I take care of her every day…’
Why do I?
‘Come to think of it, why do I really?’
If she’s been lying around listlessly like this every day, wouldn’t that be very comfortable for her?
Not knowing how comfortable she’s been, why did I foolishly take care of mother?
It’s annoying.
Now I want to lie down and be listless and weak too.
How should I do that?
‘I just need to do the same thing.’
Right.
Let’s do that.
Let’s be even more listless.
Thinking that, as he was about to sprawl out in the courtyard.
“Hello! I’m Namgung Cheon-gang, who has briefly stopped by Sammi Village!”
A suddenly heard bright and cheerful voice.
Looking toward where the voice came from, there’s a refreshingly handsome young man.
“I can see that you lack energy, find everything bothersome, and just want to lie down and spend the day, right?”
He says he’s from the Namgung Family.
Normally I would prostrate myself.
But that’s bothersome too.
Kill me if you want to kill me.
However, the Namgung Family member continues speaking as if nothing’s wrong.
“When you’re listless and find everything bothersome, your hope for living gets crushed! A person should live vibrantly to be a person, shouldn’t they? Therefore!”
Thud.
He hands over something.
A bowl of soup with white broth containing chicken and green onions evenly distributed.
“Try eating this! It’s great for recovering energy and very good for men.”
“…?”
What is this?
Is he a medicine peddler?
Didn’t he say Namgung?
‘Does Namgung wander around selling medicine these days?’
“It’s really good, but I don’t have words to explain it. Hehehe.”
“…”
His sinister laugh doesn’t seem very trustworthy.
* * *
Refreshing.
Incredible.
The clouds dwelling in my head are clearing.
“This, this is not cooking!”
Then what is it?
“This is a god! A god has dwelt within my body!”
Yongwu shouted with his eyes rolling back.
Who said that person wasn’t trustworthy!
He’s a medicine peddler worth giving my entire fortune to!
Yongwu hurriedly inhales the dish in the bowl he’s holding.
“One more bowl?”
“More!”
Namgung Cheon-gang was pleased.
The nutritious food was a great success.
* * *
Yongwu regained his energy after eating the nutritious food.
After making his mother regain her energy too.
Namgung Cheon-gang asked again about what he had heard from Samgo and the events that had occurred in Sammi Village.
Yongwu helplessly spilled everything he knew.
“…So, this is how it became.”
“Hmm, so such things happened.”
It’s not much different from what he heard from Elder Samgo.
What about other people?
It probably won’t be much different.
‘Then there are two things to do in this village.’
Help the villagers regain their energy, and cultivate the land to drive out the blood energy.
There’s not much gain from it.
But how could he pass by a wounded place with blood energy?
“First, thank you for telling me.”
“Not at all. Thanks to you, my mind became clear, so I’m the one who should be grateful. Besides, didn’t you help my mother become healthy?”
Yongwu’s mother is now up from her spot, vigorously sweeping in the courtyard.
“It seems like it’s been a long time since I’ve seen her sweeping so healthily like that. What on earth did we mother and son eat to show such a miracle…”
“It’s White Jade Chicken Soup. Of course, it’s not just any White Jade Chicken Soup. It’s White Jade Chicken Soup simmered with spiritual medicine.”
‘Look at that ability.’
Wow.
Incredible.
‘The collaboration effect of the Purification Iron Cauldron and Baekseol’s Pure Water was excellent!’
It only lasts for a week, but it’s food, isn’t it?
I have to understand.
If that continues, he won’t be a Cheongeumjang but a chef of the Heavenly Forge.
‘If this were a web novel, even the title would have changed.’
Not “Namgung Family Equipment-Powered Genius Blacksmith,” but “Namgung Family Buff Genius Chef.”
‘…That’s actually not bad?’
It was just a random thought.
Namgung Cheon-gang resolved to try writing a marketplace romance novel someday.
“My, my goodness, white jade chicken soup with spiritual medicine!”
Whether he was a chef of the Heavenly Forge or a blacksmith, anyway.
The fact that he had provided him with nutritious food made with spiritual medicine was truly eye-popping.
Spiritual medicine was a treasure so hard to obtain that even warriors would fight with swords over it.
How could this young man before him not consume it himself but make it into a dish to serve others?
It was completely incomprehensible.
“Wh-why on earth would you do such a thing?”
Unable to hide his surprise and curious, he asked.
Namgung Cheon-gang answered as if it was nothing special.
“Does spiritual medicine matter? People matter. If there’s a place that needs help, Namgung helps people.”
“Ah, ah… you’re a sage, a sage…”
Yongwu’s eyes filled with moisture.
He prostrated himself flat.
“Oh my, please don’t do that. What sage? I’m just Namgung.”
Startled, he hurriedly helped Yongwu to his feet.
Receiving prostrated bows was really quite embarrassing.
“Ah, Namgung.”
It changed from sage to Namgung.
Looking at those eyes, the faith was strong.
‘Those eyes. I’ve seen them somewhere before.’
Ah, right.
They were similar to someone who had fallen into religion.
‘Ugh, I can’t make a normal person strange.’
Namgung Cheon-gang hurriedly decided to change the subject.
“By the way, you mentioned earlier that you used to work at a forge. Could you help me with something?”
“Just give me any command, Namgung. I’ll stake my life on it.”
“…”
This should be fine, right?
* * *
“Please try some, elder.”
“Eat up and get your strength back to feed the puppy.”
“There was a stray cat in front of the house, did you adopt it? Come, come, nourish yourself and greet your master energetically.”
“The elder next door ate this and for three nights straight… oh my, I can’t say it.”
The super nourishing chicken soup that Namgung Cheon-gang made was being spread throughout the entire Sammi Village by Namgung Cheon-gang’s group.
Since everyone lacked energy and couldn’t be called over, they had no choice but to carry it around and feed them directly.
Well, being peak-level warriors, they had strength to spare.
Carrying around super nourishing chicken soup to feed people wasn’t particularly difficult.
“Gasp!”
“My head! My head is clearing up!”
“Sa-Samsuni! Wait, I’ll give you food right away!”
“Meooow!”
“Graaah!”
“Three days? Three daaays!? I can go a whole week!”
The villagers who ate the super nourishing chicken soup all sprang up as if awakening from sleep.
Their faces overflowed with vitality, and their bent backs straightened up.
You couldn’t tell they were the same people who had been listless and lifeless before eating the super nourishing chicken soup.
“Urgh!!”
“Why does my stomach— ah, no, there’s no time to talk!”
“The restroom! To the restroooom!”
“The restroom’s full! Go to the grass!!”
They all had stomach aches and urgent business to attend to, but that was the process of expelling the bad waste accumulated in their bodies.
Rumble rumble.
Because of this, thunder briefly swept through the entire village.
The terrible smell was a bonus.
Samsuni ran away, and Samsuni’s servant chased after him crying to find him.
“Ugh, it reaches all the way here.”
At the kidnapped blacksmith Deoksu’s forge.
Namgung Cheon-gang, who had arrived there with Yongwu and was lighting a fire in the forge, covered his nose with his hand.
Why had he come to this place?
It was to solve the remaining problems after the super nourishing chicken soup.
‘The super nourishing chicken soup is temporary.’
It would only be effective for about a week.
It could put out the immediate fire, but without eliminating the actual cause, things would return to their original state.
‘How could I watch the people I barely saved become listless again?’
Absolutely not.
If he had planned to ignore it, he wouldn’t have thought of making the super nourishing chicken soup in the first place.
‘Apart from what I want to know, this is a separate problem.’
What he had said to Yongwu about helping people wasn’t just words but something he meant sincerely.
Even in his previous life, he couldn’t just pass by those in difficulty.
If he had ignored it, there would have been no incidents in Dongling, Namman, and so on.
‘If I can do it, I should do it. It’s not like I’m taking billions to the underworld.’
So—
“Let’s completely purify the blood-stained land before we go!”
How?
Just like he had done in Namman.
Namgung Cheon-gang planned to borrow the power of Sinbaekryeon Jeonggang and Baekseol to make purifying farming tools and spread them everywhere.
“Let’s go, Baekseol-a!”
“Piii!”
“Please take care of us, Yongwu!”
“Even if I have to throw my body into the forge, I will help, benefactor of Namgung! Wooooh!!”
“…”
Better than being listless, I suppose.
* * *
Three days later.
Namgung Cheon-gang stood in the farmland of Sammi Village, below the hill where he had seen Samgo on his back.
The blood energy was more thickly stained than when he first saw it.
Now the earth veins seemed to be not just contaminated but festering.
“But we can still save it! How? With these purifying farming tools!”
Namgung Cheon-gang raised the plow high.
That plow he had made in Namman.
It was now in Namgung Cheon-gang’s hands,
“Plow!”
“Plow!”
“Plows!!!”
And in the hands of hundreds of Sammi Village people lined up on both sides, front and back of Namgung Cheon-gang, they gleam brightly.
The midday sunlight reflects off the blades of hundreds of raised plows, flashing brilliantly.
As if a small sun had risen on earth, the light lingers.
“Blood Soil contaminated by blood energy! Before these plows, it’s nothing but food! Weaklings! Weeds!”
“Ooooooh!”
“Before these plows, what is Blood Soil!!”
“It’s food!!”
Yongwu shouted vigorously.
“It’s weaklings!”
“It’s weeds!!!”
Namgung Cheon-gang’s lead chant, Yongwu’s follow-up.
The continuing cries of the Sammi Village people.
“That’s right! Weeds, weaklings, food! We will defeat the blood energy! Why! Because we’ve already won!!!”
“Uaaaah!”
“We’ll defeat the Blood Soil!”
“Purify it alllll!”
The people’s eyes gradually grow wild.
“Squad 1 forward!”
Step!
Step!
Like well-trained soldiers.
Perfectly synchronized footsteps.
Thirty Sammi Village people designated as Squad 1, including Namgung Cheon-gang and Yongwu, step forward five paces.
“Load plows, one shot!”
“Load!”
Step!
The plows rise high again.
“From the ready Squad 1, plow!”
“Plow!”
Thwack!
The plows fall onto the blood energy-stained earth.
“Turn it over!!”
“Turn it over!”
And the earth is overturned.
“Forward!!”
“Forwaaard!!”
Thwack thwack thwack thwack!
The earth is properly turned over.
They advance forward at very high speed.
“Squad 2!”
When some distance has opened up, Namgung Cheon-gang calls Squad 2.
“Squeak!”
“Squad 2 forward!”
Thirty Sammi Village people including Namgung Sohye and Baekseol.
“Load plows, one shot!”
Namgung Sohye’s lead chant.
“Squeak!”
Baekseol’s follow-up.
“From the ready shooters, turn over and plow!”
“Uooooooh!!”
Squad 2’s vigorous cries follow and the earth is turned over once more.
Thwack thwack thwack thwack!
Squad 3 has Namgung Jia, Squad 4 has 2 Namgung Jeonggeom Dan members, Squad 5 has 3 Namgung Jeonggeom Dan members.
“Turn over and plow!!”
“Uaaaaaaah!”
Thus the five squads turn over the blood energy-stained earth.
They dig so deep they could excavate underground tunnels, turning it over with such force.
The blood energy screams under the plows’ attack, and disappears with debts from being overturned.
Before the Purifying Baekryeon Jeonggang with hundreds of well-trained peak and transcendent masters and Divine Beasts, blood energy is nothing but ice under scorching sun, mere sweet fruit.
Thwack! Plow!
Thwack! Turn over!
Orderly shouts.
Continuing.
“Blood energy, are you listening! The song of angry Sammi Village! The sound crying out that we can never be powerless again!”
“Our heartbeats become the drumbeats of resistance against blood energy, and Namgung’s Blue Sky shall settle upon this land too!”
Work songs naturally flowing from Namgung Cheon-gang’s mouth.
“Blood energy, are you listening!”
“The song of angry Sammi Village!”
“The sound crying out that we can never be powerless again!”
Like a contagion, it spreads and everyone begins to sing.
“Namgung’s Blue Sky shall settle upon this land too!”
Namgung Jia vigorously shouted the final lyrics, raising her plow high and emanating strong energy.
Namgung Sohye also raised her plow high, making blue energy gush forth.
The Namgung Jeonggeom Dan did the same.
“Namgung’s Blue Sky shall settle upon this land too!!!”
“Waaaaaaah!!!”
Sammi Village, Namgung, went crazy for plows.
Power endlessly gushing from work songs.
Spreading and spreading through the blood energy-filled soil, wide, wider, deep, deeper it’s dug up.
So perhaps it was a predetermined sequence.
Clang!
“Hm?”
Something buried very deep getting caught on Namgung Cheon-gang’s plow.
Temporarily stopping the work song, Namgung Cheon-gang checked what was caught on his plow.
It was a stone.
Moreover, a blood-colored stone with a very ominous aura.
“…Confirmed.”
“Ah.”
Namgung Cheon-gang had discovered something completely unexpected.
Glint.
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