My Younger Siblings Are the Greatest Masters in the World - Chapter 160

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Hwangbo Cheonak nodded his head.

“Not bad, right? If Mujin learns hidden weapons and poison on top of his current martial arts, he’d be truly perfect. How about seriously considering it?”

“Is it fun teasing me?”

“Yeah.”

Seeing the three people giggling and laughing, Seol Mujin joked, “Should I just go get married?”

“Have you heard of a lake called Podong Lake in Podong County?”

At Jegal Jaeryeong’s question, Namgung Hyemin spoke.

“I’ve vaguely heard it’s a scenic spot. They say the view from the pavilion on the cliff by the lakeside is breathtaking.”

“Should we stop by on the way? It’s only about an hour’s detour.”

“We’re not exactly on a sightseeing trip…”

Namgung Hyemin trailed off and glanced at Seol Mujin.

She wanted to go, but all decisions for this journey belonged entirely to Seol Mujin.

But Seol Mujin readily nodded his head.

“Shall we stop by Podong Lake and have some tea?”

Hwangbo Cheonak spoke with a surprised expression.

“Oh! So our Mujin has a sense of aesthetic appreciation too?”

“If it’s nice after seeing it, I should come back with my siblings later.”

“Where on earth did the Triplets go anyway?”

“I told you I sent them on an errand.”

“You’re not the type to send the kids on a long journey alone.”

“Why alone? Miss Hwa went with them too.”

Hwa Yeonshim had excused herself saying she had other business to attend to, but Seol Mujin made it seem like she had accompanied the Triplets.

It would be strange to say only the Triplets had gone somewhere.

“Anyway, you’re terribly fond of your siblings.”

Jegal Jaeryeong said.

“It’s nice that you’re affectionate. I like affectionate people.”

They were enjoying their journey like a trip, chatting casually.

Seol Mujin found this kind of travel not bad either.

Had he ever taken a proper trip in his life?

He had lived too intensely to ever think about things like travel.

Yet just chatting with like-minded people on the road was incredibly enjoyable.

The thought naturally occurred to him that he should travel with the twins later.

Taking their time on horseback, they arrived at Podong County after three days.

If they had used their light body technique, it wouldn’t have taken even a full day.

Podong Lake spread out tranquilly on the eastern outskirts of Podong County.

Though not a massive lake like Dongjeong Lake, it offered breathtaking scenery with cliffs standing to the north and reed fields spreading to the west.

They had arrived at the side opposite the cliffs.

They could ride around on horseback, but at Jegal Jaeryeong’s suggestion, they decided to take a boat.

Leaving their horses at the dock, they chose one of the boatmen soliciting customers and boarded his boat.

The boat was small, nearly full with just the four of them aboard.

Feeling the boat’s swaying motion from side to side, Seol Mujin said.

“Come to think of it, this is my first time on a boat.”

Hwangbo Cheonak clicked his tongue.

“What fun have you had living until now? That means you’ve never had a drink on a pleasure boat, right?”

Namgung Hyemin shot daggers at Hwangbo Cheonak with her eyes.

“Oh! So brother has played around a lot, has he?”

“Huh? No, I just meant in general. What would I have…”

Jegal Jaeryeong cut off Hwangbo Cheonak’s words.

“Brother Cheonak used to be famous as a scoundrel. You must have played around a lot back then.”

“No, no! I was really a well-behaved scoundrel!”

“Is there such a thing as a well-behaved scoundrel? Isn’t that like a round square?”

“I’m getting an ominous feeling that my old habits might come back…”

“That can’t happen! I didn’t actually enjoy those actions! Mujin! You know this!”

Seol Mujin put on a deliberately puzzled expression.

“What would I know? When I first met you, you reeked of alcohol and immediately started swinging your sword around, right? That was completely scoundrel behavior.”

“Are you really going to be like this?”

“I wasn’t the one who brought up drinking on pleasure boats.”

Hwangbo Cheonak let out a long sigh.

“Fine, I dug my own grave.”

Namgung Hyemin still spoke with a cold expression.

“The alcohol on pleasure boats must taste especially good, right? Ah! Of course it would. You probably had women beside you while drinking.”

“I want to get off this boat.”

Seol Mujin said.

“Cross over using the Water Strider technique.”

“How could I perform the Water Strider technique?”

Running on water with the Water Strider technique was difficult even for masters with special expertise in light body techniques.

Jegal Jaeryeong asked Seol Mujin.

“Brother, can you perform the Water Strider technique?”

“I haven’t tried it, but it might be possible.”

With the Traceless Ten Thousand Li Wind, said to be the most outstanding light body technique in Murim history, even the Water Strider technique didn’t seem impossible.

“Really? I’ve never seen anyone perform the Water Strider technique! Show us once!”

Hwangbo Cheonak seized the moment to change the subject.

Seol Mujin also felt sorry for Hwangbo Cheonak, so he played along.

“Then shall I try crossing to the other side of the lake?”

Jegal Jaeryeong stopped Seol Mujin.

“The opposite shore looks to be easily a hundred zhang away – isn’t that too far? How about getting closer first and then trying?”

“If I fall in the water, I’ll just swim across.”

Everyone watched Seol Mujin stand up with excited gazes.

Seol Mujin drew up his martial power and leaped from the boat.

The old boatman who had been rowing shouted in surprise.

“What are you doing…?”

The boatman was so shocked he stopped mid-sentence and just gaped.

Seol Mujin, having touched the water’s surface, began running toward the opposite cliff.

The boatman wasn’t the only one surprised.

Just vaguely imagining it versus actually seeing the Water Strider technique – the emotional impact was completely different.

Seol Mujin was like a swallow skimming the water, to use a common expression.

Water droplets splashed up from the surface touched by his feet, and Seol Mujin shot forward two zhang at a time.

His speed wasn’t much different from the light body technique they performed on land.

Seol Mujin arrived at the dock by the opposite cliff in an instant.

About ten people at the dock were staring at Seol Mujin with surprised looks.

Under those burdensome gazes, Seol Mujin thought ‘I shouldn’t have done that’ and waved at the boat still slowly approaching.

“I’ll go ahead and order tea!”

Seol Mujin avoided people’s stares and climbed the steep stairs built along the cliff.

The stairs made of iron and wood had railings made of rope, so one could fall if not careful.

After climbing the winding stairs, shops finally came into view.

On top of the cliff, pavilions, restaurants, and taverns lined up, with the pavilion named Pungdong Jeilgyeong being the largest.

Seol Mujin entered the three-story Pungdong Jeilgyeong.

Four women in red clothes shouted in unison, “Welcome!”

Perhaps because it was an awkward time, there weren’t many customers at Daru.

Seol Mujin went up to the highest third floor and took a seat by the window where he could look down at the lake.

The boat carrying the three people was still slowly approaching.

The female server carefully placed the menu on the table.

There were dozens of types of tea, all priced so high that it made one go ‘Huh?’

‘With this money, I could eat my fill of dishes at a restaurant,’ he thought naturally.

Seol Mujin ordered a tea called Harmony Tea.

When the server asked if he had companions, he told her that three people would arrive soon.

Looking at the lake outside the window, he felt his mind settling peacefully.

He thought he could somewhat understand why people travel far distances seeking beautiful scenery.

He thought of the triplets again.

Whenever he encountered good things or delicious food, the triplets were always the first people who came to mind.

“I wonder if those guys are doing well?”

Then he heard the sound of footsteps quickly climbing the stairs.

Seol Mujin instinctively turned his head to look at the door.

From the rough footsteps, it seemed the person hadn’t learned martial arts, and from the sound, it was likely a woman.

His prediction was correct as a woman hurriedly entered the third floor.

The large-eyed woman, who appeared to be in her late teens to early twenties, was a beauty who would draw attention anywhere.

The woman, with a thoroughly frightened face, looked around nervously before her gaze stopped on Seol Mujin.

The hesitating woman’s eyes anxiously glanced behind her.

Seol Mujin could sense other people climbing the stairs.

There were three of them, and they seemed to have learned martial arts.

But they probably weren’t masters.

The woman, unable to hide her anxiety, finally approached Seol Mujin with quick steps.

‘This looks like I’m about to get involved in something troublesome.’

The woman who had hurriedly approached finally sat down across from Seol Mujin.

“I’m sorry. I’m truly sorry. My name is Jang Seojin and my father runs a small fabric shop in Podong County. My mother passed away early.”

“Why are you telling me this?”

“Miss Jang!”

Among the three men who entered the third floor, the one standing in the middle called out to Jang Seojin.

He was a man who appeared to be in his early twenties with narrow, slit-like eyes and a face full of acne.

Jang Seojin, startled, whispered to Seol Mujin.

“Please help me.”

It seemed she was being threatened by that man.

Unable to turn away the woman who was trembling like a deer before a tiger, he decided to just watch.

The man approached with a sly smile and looked Seol Mujin up and down.

“Who might you be, sitting before Miss Jang?”

He was at a loss since he had never been involved in this kind of confrontation before.

The boat visible outside the window was still slow, and it would take more than an hour to arrive.

“If you’ve come to Daru, just drink some tea and go.”

At Seol Mujin’s words, the man’s habitual smile disappeared.

“This young punk has a sharp tongue?”

Jang Seojin spoke to the man.

“Yang Gongja. Don’t pick unnecessary fights and just go back.”

“How can I go back when my fiancée is with another man?”

“When did we ever get engaged?”

“Didn’t we agree that you would get engaged to me if your father couldn’t repay the borrowed money on time?”

“That was your one-sided claim, and even when my father tried to repay the money, you avoided him and let the deadline pass!”

“Whatever the process, a promise is a promise. Let’s go together and set a wedding date.”

The man reached out his hand to grab Jang Seojin.

Seol Mujin couldn’t readily decide what to do.

Other people’s affairs usually have more hidden beneath the surface than what’s visible.

So it’s wise not to interfere unless you know the details.

But seeing what was unfolding before his eyes, it didn’t seem like there were any hidden aspects.

Still, the reason he couldn’t readily step forward was because Seol Mujin was ultimately just a traveler.

Even if he beat up the man and chased him away right now, it wouldn’t completely solve Jang Seojin’s problem.

“Don’t touch me! My fiancé is this gentleman here!”

The man’s hand, which was about to grab Jang Seojin’s wrist, stopped a foot away.

“What did you say?”

“I would never marry you, even if I died!”

The man’s eyes gleamed with rage.

“How dare you babble about marrying another man in front of me?”

Fear appeared on Jang Seojin’s face, but she didn’t back down.

“That’s right! So please go back now!”

The man’s gaze, which had been glaring at Jang Seojin, shifted to Seol Mujin.

“So this bastard is the one you’re going to marry? Then if this bastard disappears, you won’t have anyone to marry, right?”

“Wh-what are you trying to do?”

The man tapped the sword at his waist and wore a sinister smile.

“You can’t marry anyone but me. I’ll kill every bastard you try to marry.”

“The-the law is strict, how dare you do such a thing?”

“In Podong County, our Seonchang Trading Company is the law. Didn’t you know that yet?”

Flustered, Jang Seojin raised her voice.

“I’m not getting married, I’m going to shave my head and enter Ami Sect! No matter how connected you are to Qingcheng Sect, you can’t touch Ami Sect!”

“Do you think Ami Sect would accept someone like you who doesn’t know martial arts?”

“There are monks at Ami Sect who haven’t learned martial arts too!”

She’d rather become a monk than marry that man.

She must really dislike him.

Jang Seojin stood up abruptly and bowed toward Seol Mujin.

“I acted foolishly in my desperation. I’m sorry for causing you trouble, young master.”

Seol Mujin asked.

“Would Ami Sect be able to protect you, miss?”

Instead of Jang Seojin, the man spoke.

“Ridiculous! How could the declining Ami Sect possibly stand against Qingcheng Sect! And this isn’t your business, so shut your mouth!”

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