He Became the Genius Blacksmith of the Namgung Family - Chapter 141
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Chapter 141
Episode 141
“Originally, Hyeolyogyo was called Hoyogyo.”
“I know that. Don’t waste time with marketplace gossip book filler, just tell me the important stuff.”
Namgung Cheon-gang held up the Muktan Hwalin Daesoo threateningly.
The Blood Cult follower prostrated himself flat while still bound.
“Oh my, I’m sorry. I’ll tell you the important stuff right away! But, um, could you help me sit up? I can’t get up while lying flat like this…”
“…”
“Thank you, thank you. The questions you asked were about the blacksmith kidnappings, Hyeolyogyo’s purpose, the corrupt relationship with Hyeorin-gak, and the reason for using Sima Waidao’s power to pollute the earth veins, right? First, kidnapping the blacksmiths isn’t a big deal.”
Orders came down from Hyeolyogyo.
They kidnapped nearby blacksmiths to refine blood stones and make something.
“Among them, the blacksmiths from villages including Ilmi Village and up to Gumi Village were top priority because they knew internal cultivation methods and had good skills.”
“Does that mean you planned to kidnap other blacksmiths later?”
“Yes. Of course, not immediately. For now, the blacksmiths we have are sufficient, and the Muyong Family’s pressure made it difficult to kidnap blacksmiths easily.”
“Then why did you try to kidnap me?”
“You single-handedly revived all nine polluted villages – how could we let that slip by?”
“Hmm. True, when there’s a delicious treasure, one can’t resist.”
“Just as Master Hosiu said, Master. Also, your plan worked out perfectly.”
Namgung Sohye praised him.
Namgung Cheon-gang scratched the back of his head and smiled happily.
“Yes, that’s right, exactly. As expected of the Master who devised the strategy that completely wiped us out – you’re very clever. Hahaha.”
The Blood Cult follower who had been reading the mood also agreed with a foolish laugh.
“Shut up, you evil human trafficker! I don’t want praise from a human trafficker!”
Smack.
Namgung Cheon-gang didn’t need praise from human traffickers and unleashed a cat swipe.
“Ugh!”
“Oh my, look at that expression? Are you upset? What are you gonna—”
Swoosh…
Gasp!
Namgung Jia was glaring at him.
“Wh-what will you do about it, blacksmith kidnapper, human trafficker! You just keep giving information!”
Smack.
So he stopped being annoying and just slapped his cheek again.
“I understand, I understand. Please, just stop with the cheeks… no, rather hit me hard!”
Thwack!
Namgung Sohye struck him.
The Blood Cult follower’s face turned sharply.
Namgung Cheon-gang looked on in surprise.
“He seemed to be making a wish, so I granted it, Master.”
“…Ah. I-I see.”
I must never mess around with these sisters.
Namgung Cheon-gang made a firm resolution in his heart.
“Ugh, I-I’ll tell you.”
Hyeolyogyo’s purpose, the corrupt relationship with Hyeorin-gak, the reason for using Sima Waidao’s power to pollute the earth veins.
Finally it comes out!
“I don’t know.”
He doesn’t know.
“What?”
“What did you say?”
Namgung Cheon-gang raised the Muktan Hwalin Daesoo, and Namgung Sohye clenched her fist.
Namgung Jia drew her sword, and the Namgung Jeonggeom Dan picked up their scabbards.
“P-please listen! Do I look like an executive? I’m just a low-ranking member! Moreover, since I was in charge of the blacksmith kidnapping vanguard, I only know about the reasons for kidnapping the blacksmiths! The rest isn’t permitted at my level, so I’ve never heard of it! Really!”
“Lies! Does it make sense that someone who directly said they were active as a kidnapping vanguard wouldn’t know? If you just get hit once in the head with this Muktan Hwalin Daesoo, you’ll remember what you forgot, so stay still!”
Thud!
“If you get hit with that, you won’t come to your senses – you’ll become a burst watermelon!”
“Then become one!”
“No, I really don’t know. Really, I don’t know! Waaah! Hoyogyo suddenly became Hyeolyogyo, so I truly don’t know why that happened, really! Waaah!”
He cried pitifully.
Looking at the tears pouring down, it didn’t seem like a lie.
Still, just in case, Namgung Cheon-gang thought about gently patting his head with the Muktan Hwalin Daesoo.
“Wait, Master. This guy doesn’t seem to be in his right mind.”
But Namgung Sohye stopped him.
‘Hmm. From what you’re saying, you intend to beat him up directly to get information.’
Namgung Cheon-gang handed over his Muktan Hwalin Daesoo.
Namgung Sohye looked puzzled.
“Why this…”
“You’re planning to interrogate him directly, aren’t you? Since you said he’s not in his right mind, this will make him come to his senses.”
“Hii, hiiiik!”
“Th-that’s not what I meant. Think about what this guy did when he tried to kidnap you, Master. Didn’t you say he tried to bewitch you by emitting blood energy?”
Right.
The Blood Cult follower had done such a thing to Namgung Cheon-gang.
But it was completely useless.
Thanks to that, it only confirmed he was really a kidnapper, leading to the complete annihilation strategy.
“Ah, so you’re saying this person is also currently in a bewitched state, Namgung Sohye!”
“Yes. That’s right. Hearing him say that Hoyogyo suddenly became Hyeolyogyo and he doesn’t know why, it seems very likely. Honestly, the blood energy he emitted was weaker than Daesan’s, so he’s definitely low-ranking.”
“Wow. Truly first-class insight. Amazing, Namgung Sohye.”
“It’s not that amazing. But just in case, we should check first.”
“I’ll check.”
Namgung Jia approached.
Seeing her, the Blood Cult follower convulsed and screamed “Hiiiik!”
His face also turned deathly pale.
‘What on earth did he go through.’
Namgung Cheon-gang was curious but didn’t dare ask.
‘They say if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes back. So let’s not look into it.’
No need to create unnecessary trouble, right, right.
Tremble tremble tremble.
“Hmm. Hmm. Hmm. Aha?”
After examining the Blood Cult follower’s eyes, ears, mouth, and nose.
Then touching his head.
Namgung Jia slowly withdrew her hand from the man’s head and spoke.
“As Sohye said, he’s definitely in a bewitched state. It would be useless to ask him anything else.”
“Sister has learned medicine to some degree. I, her younger sister, guarantee it. So it must be true that he’s in a bewitched state.”
“If Sohye and elder sister say so, then fine. So there’s nothing more to find out from this person?”
He thought about checking with Gongmyeong for certainty.
But he didn’t want to use something he made on a human trafficker.
Namgung Cheon-gang stared at the man quietly.
Namgung Jia, Namgung Sohye, and the Namgung Jeonggeom Dan all stared at him intently.
Their faces seemed to say he was no longer useful and should be disposed of.
“P-p-please spare me!”
The man trembled and cried out with tears in his eyes.
“If you spare my life, I’ll do anything, anything!”
“Hmm. Even if you say you’ll do anything, there’s nothing particularly useful you can do, is there? You don’t know anything more either.”
“Hyeorin-gak! Hyeorin-gak! Yes! I know about Hyeorin-gak!”
“What? That it’s one of the Three Great Killing Doors? We know that too. So, don’t make this more pathetic and just go peacefully. Tsk, if you were a human trafficker, you should have expected to pay the price.”
“No, not the Three Great Killing Doors, but when it suddenly became Hyeolyogyo, Hyeorin-gak joined together with them! That’s when it started! When it became Hyeolyogyo, Hyeorin-gak joined with them!”
“What? You said you didn’t know, so why is more information coming out? Wow, this guy really lied. I should have made him come to his senses with Muktan Hwalin Daesoo after all!”
Namgung Cheon-gang raised the Muktan Hwalin Daesoo high.
“Hi, hiiik! Th-that’s because I don’t know Hyeolyogyo’s purpose, the corrupt relationship with Hyeorin-gak, or the reason they used Sima Waidao’s power to contaminate the earth veins, but knowing when Hyeorin-gak joined Hyeolyogyo isn’t the same thing, is it!?”
A desperate cry for survival.
Listening to his words, it was completely different from what was asked.
What he said about not knowing what was asked was certainly true.
“But you made it confusing! Damn it, just!”
“Waaah, I’m sorry, I’m sorry!”
The man burst into tears again, apologizing and prostrating himself.
To anyone watching, it might seem like cruel intimidation, but the opponent was a cult human trafficking kidnapper.
‘This isn’t a minor crime but a serious felony, so where’s the mercy?’
Intimidating, threatening, and beating him a few times with Muktan Hwalin Daesoo wouldn’t be enough.
If you feel sorry for him and let him off, what about the kidnapped people? Aren’t they pitiful?
Unless it was intentional, victims should be comforted, but perpetrators must be punished.
So Namgung Cheon-gang struck him with Muktan Hwalin Daesoo.
Thunk.
Thud.
“Now the crying has completely stopped.”
Of course, he didn’t turn into mush.
He hit very lightly, just enough to knock him unconscious.
“He is guilty, but if he was moving while bewitched, he could have acted without knowing it himself. So I just knocked him unconscious for now. It seemed like he would interfere with our future discussions.”
“Well done, Master. That man’s punishment doesn’t have to be by your hand, so don’t dirty your hands with blood. Now then, what will you do?”
They caught the kidnapper, but strictly speaking, they were back to square one.
Because they learned almost nothing.
“Still, catching this guy isn’t completely without results. Even if we don’t know other things, he’ll know where to take the kidnapped targets.”
In other words, anyway, he was the optimal target for entering the tiger’s den.
Wasn’t the original purpose of making contact with Hyeolyogyo people to infiltrate Hyeolyogyo?
“It’s a good plan. However, we can’t trust this man and move based on that, can we?”
Namgung Sohye hit the nail on the head.
The opponent was currently subdued by force.
He would obey purely for now, but if he entered the territory of the faction he belonged to, he could turn against them.
Unless they brainwashed him.
The Namgung warriors here were orthodox faction warriors who didn’t know how to brainwash.
None of them knew how to brainwash.
‘Moreover, the orthodox faction considers brainwashing a despicable act, so they rarely practice it.’
Except for the Sichuan Tang Family, masters of poison.
So were they stuck at square one after all, unable to do this or that?
No.
There was a way.
“If it’s not Namgung, we can borrow someone else’s power.”
“Who… Ah!”
Namgung Sohye, who was wondering who there might be at Namgung Cheon-gang’s statement, immediately realized.
Right.
They had another ally.
Hosiu.
A massive information organization of the heterodox faction, called one of the two pillars along with Gaebang.
“If it’s Haowen’s March, wouldn’t brainwashing one person be their specialty?”
A truly excellent ally.
* * *
A few days later.
Namgung Cheon-gang and his party met Hosiu again in Ilmi Village.
Namgung Cheon-gang told him about what had happened.
“Oh ho. In other words, it’s back to square one, but not really square one. If we use that Hyeolyogyo person.”
“Exactly, Sir Hosiu. You hit the point precisely. As expected of Haowen’s March!”
“Hehehe. I’m truly pleased that I can finally play a proper role. By the way, can I see the Hyeolyogyo person? I might know them.”
“Ah right, you said you were originally from Hoyogyo, Sir Hosiu, so that’s possible.”
Namgung Cheon-gang soon showed him the Hyeolyogyo person working in Ilmi Village’s farmland.
“Huh? Wasn’t he imprisoned?”
Seeing him working in the farmland, Hosiu asked in surprise, and Namgung Cheon-gang shrugged his shoulders.
“Yes. Originally I was going to do that, but when I heard he was poisoned and bewitched by blood energy, I helped him come to his senses, and the person completely changed.”
He didn’t properly strike him with Muktan Hwalin Daesoo.
After finishing the conversation, just in case, he fed him beginner ginseng chicken soup, and he became a normal person.
“Thanks to that, I learned that what he said was true.”
That he didn’t know the reason why Hoyogyo suddenly became Hyeolyogyo.
If there was anything else learned, it was that he held a position in Hoyogyo and his name was Seongryeol.
The plan to call Hosiu for brainwashing?
With things turning out this way, what was the point?
It all went out the window.
“Then there’s no reason you called me, Master?”
“Come to think of it, that’s right. Would you like to go back?”
“Wh-what kind of hurtful words are those!”
“I’m joking. Anyway, brainwashing isn’t needed anymore, but it seems like it wouldn’t matter much even if we did it.”
“It seems he had no idea what he was doing?”
“Oh. That’s right. Whether it’s the blood energy or if the Blood Cult originally has such power. It’s truly a frightening place.”
“Hmm.”
“What is it, Sir Hosiu? Do you recognize him from his name and face?”
“Ah. That’s not it. He’s someone I’m seeing for the first time. It’s just…”
“Just?”
“Mm. I’ll tell you about this after we enter the tiger’s den together. I need to see for myself first.”
“Ah, I see. Together, into the tiger’s den… Wait? Together?”
“Yes. Together.”
It was an unexpected statement.
* * *
“Hyeolyogyo was the place where you and Hoyeol grew up when it was still Hoyogyo, right, Sir Hosiu?”
“That’s correct, Master.”
“Then couldn’t you just enter freely without the plan of being captured and taken into the tiger’s den?”
“That’s true, Master. Moreover, even if it’s not about childhood memories, well, even without that, there are ways to get in somehow.”
“Right, you’re Haowen’s March, so what can’t you do. No, that’s why I understand even less? Why are you really going out of your way to participate in my plan?”
“Didn’t you ask me before, Master? Whether I was a lucky charm?”
“Eh? Don’t tell me, because of that charm story?”
“Of course!”
For Haowen’s March, infiltrating enemy territory was easy.
Disguises, secret passages, all sorts of methods were abundant.
He had already thought it through.
He could do it.
But even if it’s just Samwol of Haomun, don’t I only have one life?
No matter how skilled I am at infiltration, what good does it do if I get caught in enemy territory?
That very day would be the end of my life.
But to go together with the Blacksmith who solves problems everywhere he goes and comes back alive?
Dongryang County, Namman, and even here in Galbok.
I’ve seen, heard, and confirmed it right before my eyes.
This person who handles everything alone—beating the drum, playing the janggu, and even singing—solving it all by himself. How could I not know that his luck stat is maxed out?
I should quit being Samwol of Haomun.
“How could I refuse to go with the Blacksmith who brings good fortune!”
“So I’m like life insurance, then.”
“Life insurance? What kind of four-character idiom is that, Master?”
“It’s something like that. Something that helps your one precious life stay secure and live long.”
“Oh! That’s a perfect four-character idiom, Master! Life insurance. I’ll remember it!”
“Good grief, before and now too. You openly say you see me as a lucky totem, so I can’t even get angry. Well, it’s better than having hidden motives.”
“Right? Besides, as I mentioned, I’m from Hoyogyo, aren’t I? So if we go in together, it may be a tiger’s den, but it’s a den where I know all the escape routes.”
“That’s good. You should have just said you’re coming along because you know the escape routes. That sounds more plausible and cool.”
“Should I correct myself?”
“Never mind. You’ve already said it all. Anyway, since those are your various reasons.”
Namgung Cheon-gang extended his right hand.
“Please take care of me. In the tiger’s den.”
Hosiu grasped his right hand and smiled brightly.
“I’m the one who should be asking that, Master.”
“Wow, look at that sinister smile! Tell me. You’re planning to sell me out when we get to this tiger’s den, aren’t you!”
“…Why are you doing this to me…”
“Hehehe.”
Watching Hosiu’s dejected expression, Namgung Cheon-gang smiled wickedly.
“Master, it seems you’ve developed a taste for teasing me?”
“I can’t deny that. Oh right, Hosiu, please cooperate so I can measure your clothing size, I mean, measurements.”
“Clothing measurements? Why would you…”
“Why? The tiger’s den will be crawling with tigers, so we need to be thoroughly armed to survive. I’ll have bulletproof undergarments custom-made for you.”
“Ohhh! You mean the Changung Undergarments that Ungongwha released as their next new product! Amazing! Thank you, Master! As expected, Master really is the one and only lucky totem in the Martial Arts World!”
“Didn’t you just narrow your eyes at me for teasing you a bit?”
“Please tease me all you want! I am Master’s dog! Woof woof!”
“…”
“…I won’t overdo it. I’m sorry.”
“Huh? How do you know the word ‘overdo’? Come to think of it, you knew ‘totem’ too?”
Now that I think about it, it’s strange that he knows the word totem too, so I asked.
“Information organizations do have contact with Westerners. I know the terminology well enough, Master.”
“Ah.”
It was a more mundane reason than I expected.
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