He Became the Genius Blacksmith of the Namgung Family - Chapter 95

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Chapter 95

Episode 95

The land soaked with blood appeared solid in some parts.

And some parts looked like soil mixed with water.

It looked different from muddy ground that had been soaked by heavy rain.

‘If it had been muddy ground, there wouldn’t have been such large droplets.’

Just looking at the giant blood-colored bubbles rising with a bubbling sound, it wasn’t the latter.

Namgung Cheon-gang’s deduction upon seeing the blood-colored ground of the forest clearing he had hurriedly traveled to reach.

Gyarong answered that his deduction was correct.

“Originally, there was a reservoir and land together.”

“Then someone dug up that blood-colored ground and covered the reservoir, brother?”

“That’s not it. The land that was losing its earth energy collapsed on its own and covered it.”

Looking at where he pointed, I could indeed see parts of the land that looked like a collapsed embankment.

So this is what losing earth energy looks like.

“Nammanggwadaemuun lay their eggs in reservoirs. They prefer clean water.”

“They’re different from ordinary mosquitoes.”

Usually mosquitoes lay their eggs in places like sewers.

Well, they might lay eggs in clean places too, but isn’t the common knowledge ‘dirty places’?

‘Whether dirty or clean, the fact that the Nammanggwadaemuun I saw earlier were abnormally large means they became that way by absorbing the Blood Cult’s power contained in the collapsed ground.’

Otherwise, there would be no reason for brother Yahwel to have such a serious expression at the village entrance.

‘In other words, this is the place where I need to restore the earth energy with the farming tools I’ll make.’

That was the reason I came to the Southern Barbarian Beast Palace.

‘Now that I see it, it’s worse than I thought.’

Even just standing still, the energy I feel from the land is really bad.

That red light looks like blood the earth is shedding from pain.

No wonder the rewards and failure conditions were so significant.

‘It’s just that there’s no time limit, but this isn’t something to push through carelessly.’

But will it really recover?

They say Master has been working on it, but I can’t see any places that look recovered.

There isn’t a single blade of grass on the ground.

It’s amazing that trees grow nearby and there was a reservoir in a place like this.

Ah.

Maybe the trees and reservoir being intact is Master’s work?

‘That could be it.’

The very fact that there’s life near such blood-scented land is worth considering.

Otherwise, we couldn’t say that Master’s farming tools are restoring the earth energy.

‘Our Master really is amazing!’

The previous generation’s successor of Cheongeumjeong is incredible!

‘But to restore this land, most of the farming tools I make will need to be masterpieces, right?’

Breath of Life is only possible with masterpieces.

I tried testing whether it was possible with anything other than masterpieces when I had time, but it didn’t work.

Well, there’s no law saying farming tools can’t become masterpieces.

If I do it, it’ll work.

‘The farming tools needed to restore land that has lost this much earth energy… I think I can roughly calculate it.’

There must be someone else working on restoring the earth energy, right?

I think that’s probably the case.

Just looking at how they’ve stationed guards on the path to the contaminated land shows that, doesn’t it?

‘I should meet those people first.’

Wouldn’t exclusive equipment be more efficient than ordinary masterpiece items?

Just as I was thinking that and about to ask?

(•_•)?:Squeak?

Baekseol, who had been intently staring at the blood-stained ground, showed a question mark and then.

Hop.

Soon jumped down from Namgung Cheon-gang’s neck.

Then crawled over to one side with effort, stuck her nose in and sniffed.

Soon.

Crunch.

She took a handful of soil and tried eating it.

“Ah! Baekseol!”

Baekseol’s sudden action.

No, why is she eating dirt!

Startled, I approached to pat her back and tell her to spit it out immediately, but.

Ptui!

Baekseol spat it out on her own.

‘Huh?’

My dantian is stirring?

Why?

‘No, more importantly, let me take care of Baekseol first.’

She ate bad soil and spat it out.

There could be problems, so I need to check on her.

“See, I told you not to. Why did you eat it?”

Huh?

Chomp.

Crunch crunch.

‘She’s chewing and eating again?’

Even the chewing sound is quite delicious.

‘Whose Baekseol is this? She really takes after her gourmet explorer dad, eating so deliciously.’

How heartwarming.

‘Ah, no! This isn’t the time to think about this!’

Slap.

I slapped my own cheek to come to my senses.

Geez.

She was eating so well that I got completely distracted.

Ptui!

‘She’s spitting again?’

Baekseol repeated eating and spitting, eating and spitting.

Each time my dantian stirred, but since there was nothing particularly wrong with my body, I just left it alone.

Since we’re on land contaminated by the Blood Cult, ‘Blood Soil’, it seems she’s purifying the bad energy.

If she’s in the middle of purifying on her own, I should continue paying attention to Baekseol.

‘But why is she doing this?’

Looking at how she spits it out, she seems to know it’s inedible, so why does she keep eating and spitting?

She takes after her dad in eating deliciously, but where did she learn such bad habits like eating and spitting?

Thinking I should give her some eating etiquette education, I tried to pick up Baekseol who was repeatedly eating and spitting, but huh?

“Huh?”

The clump of soil Baekseol spat out looks strange somehow.

Sparkle sparkle.

A slight white light is shimmering.

Namgung Cheon-gang picked up the clump of soil that Baekseol had eaten and spat out as if mesmerized.

Silk threads are tangled in it.

Is that why it’s glowing?

‘Baekseol’s silkworm is different from ordinary silkworms, so it makes sense that it would shine. But this feels different from just shining.’

The energy was different.

What does that mean?

If the existing blood-stained contaminated land felt strongly of death.

The soil that Baekseol spat out felt alive.

The fact that it shines was also consistent with feeling vitality.

‘…Confirmation.’

An ability used with a hopeful heart.

‘Huh?’

Huh?

Wh-what, ohhh!?

Deep in his heart, surprise and admiration burst out simultaneously.

Namgung Cheon-gang called Gyarong with a very gentle smile and voice.

“Brother.”

“Yeah?”

“It seems our Baekseol is a lucky charm.”

“Lucky charm?”

“Yes. A very, just a big lucky charm.”

An existence that creates attribute stones in the world!

Not just an A-grade silkworm, but attribute stones!

Baekseol made ore for me!

Attribute stones at that!

How could this not be a big lucky charm!?

“Oh my, you little lucky charm!”

Namgung Cheon-gang hugged Baekseol tightly.

Munch munch.

Ptui!

While being hugged, Baekseol diligently chewed and spat out the blood soil.

Spit more, spit more!

“Come on, Baekseol. Eat and spit to your heart’s content. This daddy will gather it all up!”

When placed back on the ground, Baekseol seemed determined.

It quickly devoured the blood soil and purified it.

Crunch crunch, ptui.

Crunch crunch, ptui.

Namgung Cheon-gang diligently picked them up.

Gyarong was speechless watching the cooperative work between Baekseol and the man.

Well, imagine seeing someone following behind a big, white, cute caterpillar and picking up what the caterpillar spits out like treasure.

What words would be needed?

He said it was a lucky charm, but didn’t explain why it was a lucky charm.

“…Uh… why are you picking up the soil that Baekseol spat out?”

So, unable to contain his curiosity, he asked.

“Of course! Look at this!”

He quickly showed the vomit that Baekseol had spat out.

Ugh, he was about to back away, but huh? The vomit was better than expected?

Since it was soil mixed with silkworm silk, it couldn’t really be called vomit.

It was even shining.

“What is this?”

“Attribute, no…”

What should I say?

Even if I say attribute stone, it would be hard to understand.

Ah, right.

I think I can just explain it as it is.

Namgung Cheon-gang organized his thoughts and spoke again.

“It’s purified soil.”

“Huh?”

“If you make tools with this, purification can happen on its own!”

Huh?

“In other words, Baekseol is making plenty of very good materials to restore this land!”

…

“…Right. If my brother says so, then it must be so.”

When a blacksmith who mass-produces strange objects looks at soil spat out by a divine insect and says so, what can you do.

I have to think that way.

“Hehe! Brother. Don’t worry now. I’ll use the materials that Baekseol made to create amazing purifying farming tools and completely eliminate the blood soil from its roots—”

Wobble.

Huh?

Namgung Cheon-gang felt sudden anemia and sat down.

“Brother!”

Startled, Gyarong hurriedly supported Namgung Cheon-gang.

As he helped him up, his legs were trembling.

What’s this? Was he poisoned?

By the energy of this land?

No.

If that were the case, he himself would have been poisoned too.

Moreover, hasn’t this blood-stained land existed for almost 30 years now?

If it were poisonous, the entire Nanman Beast Palace would have been poisoned long ago.

Since there aren’t just one or two places like this.

“Ah, yes. I’m fine. I just suddenly lost a lot of internal energy and couldn’t maintain my balance.”

“Thank goodness! I was worried you were poisoned! If something big happens to my brother, I, Gyarong, get beaten by Suwang! Getting beaten hurts!”

“…”

That’s worrying about me, right?

“But losing internal energy? Was there something that required using internal energy?”

“Right? I didn’t particularly circulate any divine arts—”

Huh?

Wait a minute?

‘Even if I didn’t circulate divine arts, there was something that made my dantian stir?’

Exactly, every time Baekseol ate and spat.

Even now.

Every time Baekseol munched on blood soil and spat out purified soil, his dantian stirred.

‘Ah. Could it be?!’

The purification was happening with his internal energy?

‘Come to think of it, I think the silkworm purified soil mentioned something about this?’

Namgung Cheon-gang checked the silkworm purified soil again.

That’s right.

It’s there.

It says the energy of one who has achieved enlightenment.

‘That, that was my internal energy!’

Right.

No wonder there was no such thing as freely mass-producing attribute stones.

Everything is equivalent exchange.

Getting free attribute stones was a bit too much to hope for.

Even while thinking, Baekseol diligently worked on purification.

Munch munch.

Ptui.

Wriggle!

“B-Baekseol, stop! Daddy’s dying!”

At this rate, I’ll end up using my Innate True Energy!

Perhaps understanding Namgung Cheon-gang’s desperate feelings.

Baekseol stops.

Whew.

That little one.

You understood my heart.

As expected, Baekseol and I have a telepathic connection…

Thud thud thud thud!

‘Huh?’

Just as I was relieved about connecting hearts with Baekseol and catching my breath.

Baekseol came rushing over frantically.

No, crawling over.

Σ(°ロ°;;;;;;)

With a face completely pale.

Why?

I wondered why she looked like that.

Then, a buzzing sound could be heard from behind.

More than 10 Namman Gwadaemun were chasing after her.

Baekseol.

Didn’t you say Namman Gwadaemun were nothing more than a single punch?

Running away because of 10 of them.

Why has our girl who fought against Nammantae Daehyeolseo become so timid?

Still, I’ll let it slide because she’s cute.

“Hehe. Baekseol is cute. Running away because of 10 Namman Gwadaemun. I, Gyarong, will handle this.”

Watching Baekseol running away frantically, Gyarong smiled and loosened his fists and body.

“Brother Gyarong, I trust you!”

I’d like to join in if I could.

But I’m sitting here exhausted due to lack of internal energy.

At times like this, staying still is the way to help.

Namgung Cheon-gang held the running Baekseol and cheered for Gyarong.

“Don’t worry. I, Gyarong! I’m far inferior compared to Suwang. However. I’m an elite warrior of the Deer Tribe! About 10 Namman Gwadaemun are more than manageable—”

Buzz, buzzzz!

“Uh… there are more than 10, brother?”

“…It’s fine! Even that many are fine. Even 30 would be no problem…”

Buzzzz, buzz!

Huh?

Buzzzzzz!

Wait a minute?

Buzzzzzzzzzz!

That’s quite a lot?

“Brother, even roughly counting, there seem to be over 300.”

“…”

“Well, still, if it’s Brother Gyarong, it should be more than possible! You’ll catch them all, brother!”

“Little brother. Excuse me for a moment.”

Gyarong hurriedly picks up Namgung Cheon-gang.

Then, he ran away at tremendous speed without looking back.

‘Aaaahhhhh!’

Namgung Cheon-gang unintentionally experienced what it felt like to floor the accelerator of a convertible sports car.

His hair and face flapped in the strong wind created while running.

“Bro-bro-brother, whyyyy! Why are you running away! Brother, you could catch them all!”

“Are you trying to make me a dead man, little brother! How can I catch 300 Namman Gwadaemun!”

“Brother, you’re a peak-level advanced warrior! You can’t catch a mere 300 giant mosquitoes—”

Buzzzzzz!! Buzzzzzz!

Buzzzzzzzz, buzzzzzz!

The sound of wings tearing through the air can be heard.

When I turned around with trembling pupils, oh my, damn.

There are clearly more than 300.

Even roughly counting, a thousand?

“Wh-what is that number!!?”

“The reservoir here is one of the colonies where Namman Gwadaemun lay eggs every year! And in a colony, roughly 2,000 Namman Gwadaemun hatch! And right now is exactly the season when those eggs hatch!”

Gyarong shouted urgently.

“2-2,000!”

Namgung Cheon-gang was horrified.

Giant mosquitoes the size of kittens with bloodshot eyes thrust their sharp snouts forward as they charged.

Even a few hundred would be terrifying enough, but more than that—

Peak-level advanced warrior, my ass!

We need to run!

If I get pierced by those snouts, even my soul will be sucked out!!

“Aaaahhh! Brother! They’re chasing us! Run faster!! Don’t rest your legs!!”

(>□【;;;;;;): Squeak, squeeeak!</p】

“I’m running! Don’t pull my hair, you little brother and Baekseol! Aaaahhh!”

Buzzzzzzzz!!

Thud thud thud thud!

Aaaahhh!

Squeeeak!

I said don’t pull!

It’s complete chaos.

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