The Evil Martial God Chronicles - Chapter 132
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Legend of the Evil Martial God
Chapter 132
Jeok Wigang chuckled at Jeok Rihyeon’s question.
“You’re asking quite quickly.”
Normally, one would first ask about whether he passed the exam, but Jeok Rihyeon was different.
Perhaps more worried about his son’s well-being, he had taken care of Jeok Wigang’s welfare first and was only now asking about it.
“I passed.”
“Oh! Really? As expected of my son! I believed in you!”
“Thank you for believing in me.”
“Hahaha! Of course! If it’s our son, wouldn’t he be worthy of top honors?”
“Yes! That’s right. I achieved top honors.”
“R-really? Did you really achieve top honors?”
“Yes.”
“From what I know, if you achieve top honors, the Emperor personally grants you an official position. Did you also meet His Majesty the Emperor?”
“Of course. Just as Father knows, His Majesty personally bestowed an official position upon me.”
“Oh! How admirable! Then, what kind of official position did you receive? What’s the rank?”
“I’ll tell you that when we’re all gathered together. If I say it now, I’ll have to say it again later.”
“Is that so?”
“I also have more to tell you.”
“You have more to say?”
“Yes.”
“Ah, I understand.”
He wanted to hear it quickly, but he decided to wait since it would be better to hear it when they were together and celebrate all together.
“I need to arrange accommodations for the guests.”
“Yes. Please prepare a good place. They’ll need to live here continuously from now on.”
“Continuously? You’re not going back up?”
“No.”
“But didn’t you achieve success and fame? Didn’t His Majesty the Emperor personally bestow an official position on you?”
“Yes, I received it.”
“Then why aren’t you going back up? Don’t tell me you came here as a county magistrate?”
“That’s not it. I’ll tell you the details later.”
“Good grief. You’re making a person anxious.”
Jeok Rihyeon stepped back with a regretful expression.
To such Jeok Rihyeon, Jeok Wigang said.
“Father.”
“Hm? What? Are you going to tell me?”
“No. You’ll need to prepare the best room in this house.”
“Why? For you to sleep in? I cleaned your room spotlessly though?”
“No. Someone more important is coming.”
“Someone more important?”
Just as he tilted his head in confusion.
A subordinate came running frantically.
“G-G-Gate Master!”
“You fool, you’re going to collapse from exhaustion. Come slowly.”
“T-This is terrible!”
“What? What’s wrong? Did someone attack us?”
“Th-That is… H-H-Hea…”
“Hea?”
“H-Heavenly Martial Emperor has c-come!”
At the subordinate’s words, Jeok Rihyeon’s body froze for a moment.
“What… what do you mean? Why would he come here? This fool must have drunk too much alcohol again yesterday, right? See. Hey. I told you to drink in moderation, didn’t I?”
“No! I didn’t drink a single drop of alcohol yesterday! It’s real! The Heavenly Martial Emperor is waiting at the front gate right now!”
“Really?”
“Yes! It’s real! Please go out and see for yourself.”
Jeok Rihyeon looked at Jeok Wigang with a dazed expression.
“Go out and see. It’s probably Grandfather.”
“Huh? How do you know that?”
“Because I told him I’d be coming home around this time.”
“Huh? Ah, are you saying you’ve been in contact with Father?”
“Yes.”
He had no idea what this was all about.
With a bewildered expression, he said to the subordinate.
“L-Let’s go out and see.”
He also said to Jeok Wigang.
“You follow along too.”
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Jeok Rihyeon, who had hurriedly run to the main gate, was looking at someone with an expression of disbelief.
“F-Father?”
“You brat? If you heard I was coming, you should have come running out immediately. What are you dawdling around for?”
“Are you really my father?”
Thwack-.
“Ugh!”
He couldn’t even see him move.
He was clearly far away, wasn’t he?
Before he knew it, he had moved right in front of his nose and flicked his forehead.
“How about it? Does it feel real now?”
“Yes…”
“You came?”
When Jeok Wigang greeted him, Jeok Mugun frowned.
“You brat. If you called your grandfather, shouldn’t you have been waiting outside the gate?”
“How was I supposed to know when you’d come and wait around?”
“Then you should have met up and come together.”
“Come on. With Grandfather’s Light Body Technique, you’d be here in no time anyway.”
“Still, is coming alone the same as coming with others?”
“You didn’t come empty-handed, did you?”
“Ahem! Of course not.”
Jeok Rihyeon, who had been listening to their conversation, was bewildered.
From the flow of their conversation, they weren’t just ordinarily close.
“Wait… when did you two meet and become so close?”
“This guy stopped by on his way to take the civil service exam. We became close then.”
Jeok Rihyeon looked at Jeok Wigang.
“You didn’t say a single word to your father…”
“You two weren’t on good terms back then. So if I said I was going, you would have obviously tried to stop me and worried.”
“That may be true, but….”
“Grandfather has decided to acknowledge Father.”
“Huh?”
“Right? Grandfather?”
“Ahem! That’s right.”
At Jeok Mugun’s words, Jeok Rihyeon asked back with an expression of disbelief.
“Is, is that really true?”
“Yes. That brat is right. From now on, I will acknowledge you as the Jin Mu Sect Gate Master and also proclaim to the world that you are my son.”
“Why so suddenly?”
“That brat said he won’t meet me unless we reconcile. I have to bend.”
“What?”
What on earth was this supposed to mean?
Jeok Wigang moved him with the threat of not meeting him?
Does this make any sense?
“Thinking about it, I wasn’t entirely without fault. Back then, I was too obsessed with only being strong. I’m sorry.”
“Aren’t you still like that now?”
“I’ve realized it’s all pointless. I’ve come to understand that no matter how desperately hard you try, there are things that just won’t work out.”
As he said this, he looked at Jeok Wigang.
Why on earth was he looking at Jeok Wigang while saying that?
“Why are you looking at that brat while saying such things? That brat may be brilliant, but he has a body that cannot learn martial arts.”
“I know that well.”
“You know that well? But you still like Wi Gang?”
“I do. I like him the most in the world. If that brat wanted it, I could hand over Heavenly Martial City to him right now.”
Then Jeok Wigang answered without a moment’s hesitation.
“I said I would think about it, but I never said I would accept it, did I?”
“Tsk! Can’t you just accept it? Can’t you stand to see this old man live comfortably?”
“You’re still in your prime. And who in the Central Plains could defeat Grandfather right now?”
“That’s you…”
“Now, now, let’s stop here and talk about this later when we all gather together for meals.”
Jeok Wigang quickly cut off Jeok Mugun’s words and wrapped up the situation.
Jeok Rihyeon looked at him suspiciously.
“You… there’s something, isn’t there?”
“A lot.”
“A lot?”
“Yes. Please take a Cheongshimhwan pill later and listen to what I have to say.”
“Even a Cheongshimhwan?”
“Yes.”
“Is it that shocking of a matter?”
“Probably?”
Jeok Rihyeon looked at Jeok Mugun.
“Listen to this guy. I was tremendously shocked too.”
“Father too?”
“That’s right. This guy. Are you discriminating against people? You’re not giving me one?”
“Oh come on. If I had given you a Cheongshimhwan back then, Grandfather would have been furious, wouldn’t you? Asking if I was making fun of people.”
“Hmph! That is true though.”
“Sigh. I have no idea what you’re all talking about.”
“I’ll tell you everything later, so please prepare a residence for Grandfather first.”
“How long are you planning to stay?”
“As long as possible?”
“As long as possible? How long is that exactly?”
“Why? Would you prefer I left quickly?”
“N-no!”
Seeing him wave his hands and shake his head, the hurt feelings melted away.
“I’ll stay for a reasonable time and then go, so don’t worry.”
“I’m sorry, Father. I was too flustered and made a mistake. You can stay for a lifetime if you want. My wish was to serve Father.”
At Jeok Rihyeon’s words, Jeok Mugun smiled kindly.
To think he had cast out such a good son simply because he was weak.
He felt sorry.
“No. I was sorry too. I came here wanting to fulfill my role as a father even now, so please don’t hate me too much.”
“Hate you? I have never once hated or resented Father.”
“Thank you for thinking that way.”
“Please wait. I’ll immediately vacate and clean my room.”
“Huh? Oh, no, you don’t need to go that far.”
Before Jeok Mugun could stop him, Jeok Rihyeon was already running far away.
“Good grief…”
“Father seems to be in a really good mood. Thank you for granting my request, Grandfather.”
“This guy? I’m the one who’s grateful. Didn’t you help smooth things over between us father and son again? Really, there are so many things I’m grateful to you for. I have many debts of gratitude to repay.”
“Come on. What gratitude between family members? There’s no such thing, Grandfather.”
“Is that so? Still, being grateful is being grateful. How about it? Owner of Heavenly Martial City…?”
“I don’t want to.”
“Heartless fellow.”
“I’ll think about it as positively as possible.”
“Really? Really?”
“Yes.”
“Kahahaha! Good! Good!”
From saying absolutely not, to just thinking about it, and now to thinking about it ‘positively’.
This is truly a tremendous achievement.
After laughing heartily like that, he looked at Ye Yahyeon.
He stopped laughing and asked with a puzzled tilt of his head.
“Have we… met somewhere before? Why do you look so familiar?”
“Have we… met somewhere before? Why do you look so familiar?”
There was no way he could look familiar.
His current changed appearance was one that had never been seen before.
Because this changed appearance now is something I’ve never seen before.
“The Imperial Palace?”
“Haha. That’s unlikely. If you’ve been to the imperial palace before, there’s a chance we might have crossed paths.”
“I’m an Imperial Guard Commander.”
“The imperial palace?”
“Oh ho. You were an Imperial Guard Commander. I apologize. Please forgive my rudeness.”
“I am the commander of the Imperial Guard.”
“Not at all. You must have mistaken me for someone who resembles me.”
“Oh my. You were a Brocade Guard commander. I apologize. Please forgive my rudeness.”
“That’s what I’m saying. My goodness. You really do look similar.”
“No. You must have mistaken me for someone who looks like me.”
Jeok Mugun kept examining him while apologizing.
Jeokmoo apologizes while continuously looking around.
“Who exactly does he resemble?”
Jeokwi Gang asked casually.
“Hm? You wouldn’t know even if I told you.”
“Tell me. Who knows? It might be someone I know?”
Was it experience?
Is it experience?
“Why are you laughing?”
A chilling intuition made Jeokwi-gang laugh without realizing it.
“It’s nothing.”
“Why are you laughing?”
“No.”
“There’s something, isn’t there? Right?”
It was something that couldn’t be hidden forever.
“Let’s talk about it after dinner.”
“You want me to wait until then? Are you telling me to die of frustration?”
“Come on. You won’t die of frustration from something like that. Don’t worry.”
Then he swiftly left.
“You brat! Tell me before you go! How can this grandfather be left frustrated when you start talking and then just leave!”
Jeok Mugun hurriedly chased after Jeok Wigang.
Watching this, Ye Yahyeon let out a sigh.
“Damn! How did he know? That old man is still sharp as a ghost.”
At Ye Yahyeon’s words, Son Gang asked.
“What? You two knew each other?”
“That old man is the monster who suppressed us Four Heavenly Demon Gods.”
“Really?”
“I worked incredibly hard, vowing to get revenge when I met him again…”
“That’s great. You can have a match with him later.”
Ye Yahyeon looked at him in shock.
“Do you want to see someone die?”
“Come on. Dae-hyeong would understand a simple sparring match, right? It would be a waste, wouldn’t it? All that time you spent trying to beat him.”
That was true.
“If you can’t bring it up, I’ll subtly mention it later.”
“…Would you do that for me?”
At Ye Yahyeon’s words, Son Gang grinned and nodded.
“Probably, that Heavenly Martial Emperor fellow will also want to fight once he knows your identity.”
“He probably would.”
“That’s perfect. Settle things once and for all. Since Dae-hyeong is here, there won’t be any killing each other, so you can fight without worry.”
“Will Dae-hyeong really allow it?”
To the curious Ye Yahyeon, Taecheon, who had been quietly listening, spoke.
“Young Master will permit it. But you need to steel your resolve. If the combat doesn’t meet his standards, Young Master won’t let it slide.”
Won’t let it slide.
“Should I just not do it?”
For Ye Yahyeon, Jeok Wigang’s nagging was more frightening than winning or losing the duel.
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