The Evil Martial God Chronicles - Chapter 142
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Legend of the Evil Martial God
Chapter 142
Jeok Rihyeon was examining documents while holding his forehead.
“What are you looking at so intently?”
“Oh? You’re here?”
Jeok Rihyeon handed the documents to Jeok Wigang who had come to his room.
“I got construction cost estimates from various places to expand the sect with the money you gave me… but what would I know about this? You take a look.”
“I don’t really know much about it either.”
“There’s something you don’t know?”
“Of course. It’s not like I know everything.”
“Now that you say you don’t know something, you finally seem human.”
“What do you mean I seem human? Are you saying I usually looked like a monster to you?”
“Don’t you?”
“I don’t!”
“Hahaha! Look at you getting all worked up. I’m just joking, you fool. But if you don’t know either, what should we do about this? The prices are all similar. I can’t tell which one does good work.”
Jeok Wigang thought for a moment, then snapped his fingers as if something had occurred to him.
“Ah! There are those people, aren’t there?”
“Huh?”
“There are experts in this field. This works out perfectly. You also said we need to find a new head chef for Jin Mu Sect, right?”
“That’s right. The number of people will increase now, so we’ll need to expand the kitchen accordingly.”
“We also need to manufacture weapons for the sect directly.”
“For that, we have the trading company, so we can just buy from them…”
“No way. We need to make them ourselves. That way we can customize weapons to fit the hands of the warriors belonging to our sect. Father, please wait. I’ll solve everything for you.”
What Jeok Wigang said was always hard to understand.
But the results were always beyond expectations, so Jeok Rihyeon nodded.
“Alright. You handle it as you see fit.”
“Yes!”
***
A few days later.
When he heard that Jeok Wigang had arrived and went outside, there was a group of people.
“Who are these people?”
“These are the master craftsmen I told you about. They’re like fathers to us. Each of you, introduce yourselves.”
At Jeok Wigang’s words, they began introducing themselves one by one.
“I am Haejeon, who once worked as a head chef in Sichuan Province. Please treat me well, Gate Master.”
“A head chef? Aren’t you someone who researches cuisine? How did such a talent end up here?”
“There were circumstances. Thanks to that, I was able to meet Young Master Jeok, so it wasn’t a bad thing.”
Jeok Rihyeon smiled at the words that meeting Jeok Wigang was fortunate.
“I am Mokhon, who worked as a master carpenter in Guangdong Province. I heard you’re having headaches due to sect expansion. From now on, I’ll take care of everything, so you can just sit back and watch comfortably.”
“You were a master carpenter? Isn’t that the title given to the most skilled among woodworkers?”
“No. People just called me that because they didn’t know any better. There are plenty of woodworkers in the Central Plains who are better than me.”
He said he would bring a woodworker, but he brought a master carpenter, the highest among woodworkers.
Though there were grand master carpenters above master carpenters, among woodworkers one could actually meet, this was the highest rank.
Among those Jeok Wigang brought were people who had been blacksmiths, and a chief steward who had managed an entire family clan.
There were also those who had farmed and those who had been servants.
“From now on, these people will become members of Jin Mu Sect. They’re people who have suffered for a long time, so please treat them well, Father.”
“Of course I’ll treat them well. Rather, it looks like I’ll be the one indebted to them.”
Jeok Rihyeon bowed his head and spoke to the people.
“I am Jeok Rihyeon, Gate Master of Jin Mu Sect. Please treat me well from now on.”
The people were surprised by Jeok Rihyeon’s greeting and bowed their heads.
“No, no. Since you’ve accepted us, we will do our best for Jin Mu Sect from now on.”
***
“Thank you all for coming when I called.”
“Not at all, Young Master. Thanks to you, we’re able to be active again, so we should be the ones thanking you.”
“Haejeon.”
“Yes, Young Master.”
“I’m departing for a business trip to Sichuan this time. Come with me, Haejeon.”
At the mention of Sichuan, Haejeon’s complexion darkened.
“I promised, didn’t I? That I would clear your grievances. Let’s go.”
“Is, is that really true?”
“Of course. My person has been wronged, so how can I just sit still?”
“But you don’t even know who the opponent is.”
“I don’t care who it is.”
At Jeok Wigang’s words, Haejeon seemed so moved that he couldn’t continue speaking.
Then he soon shook his head.
“Your words alone are enough. But I’m fine. It’s already in the past, so I can just forget about it.”
“Just who is the opponent that makes you act like this?”
“I cannot tell you.”
“Haejeon. It’s an order. Tell me.”
At Jeok Wigang’s words, Haejeon hesitated for a moment, then sighed and spoke.
“The opponent is… the Tang Family.”
Haejeon thought Jeok Wigang would be surprised.
But.
“It was the Tang Family? I should take this opportunity to thoroughly teach them a lesson. So they’ll never dare touch you again.”
“What?”
Haejeon was rather surprised by the completely unexpected reaction.
“The opponent is the Tang Family, Young Master.”
“So what if it’s the Tang Family? Wait. I’ll make sure all that injustice gets completely washed away.”
“It’s dangerous, Young Master.”
“Who? Me? No. The Tang Family is the one in danger.”
That confidence.
But that appearance was reassuring.
When Jeok Wigang said it, even that terrifying Tang Family seemed like nothing at all.
By his side, it felt like nothing in the world was frightening.
“Don’t worry. No one in this world can do anything to me.”
“Young Master. For my sake… to go that far…”
“Haejeon is my person. What can’t I do for my person? From now on, if you have any difficulties, tell me. I’ll solve them for you.”
“Young Master… No, how can I ever repay this grace from my Lord?”
Jeok Wigang smiled broadly and said.
“Make lots of delicious food for me.”
“Yes! I’ll make all the medicinal cuisine I’ve been keeping sealed away!”
“Medicinal cuisine? What’s that?”
“The reason the Tang Family is after me is precisely because of this medicinal cuisine. Medicinal cuisine removes waste from the body, replenishes vitality, and stabilizes the mind and body. Also, for those who have learned martial arts, it’s cuisine that even adds a small amount of internal energy.”
“Wow! There was such cuisine?”
This was incredible.
Internal energy would increase.
If we fed this cuisine every day?
Jin Mu Sect would become stronger just by eating meals.
“How much does internal energy increase?”
“With my current realm, it’s not very much yet.”
“What happens when your realm reaches the highest level?”
“Those who eat my cuisine will have their healing power increase tenfold, their strength double, and their true energy flow dramatically faster. Also, they become immune to a thousand poisons, and even if already poisoned, eating the cuisine will detoxify them.”
“So that’s why the Tang Family targeted you? Because it detoxifies their specialty poisons?”
“I think that’s right. Medicinal cuisine is completely incompatible with the Tang Family.”
“Anyway, what petty bastards. How weak must they be to fight with poison? If you’re a man, you should fight with these fists. Don’t you think?”
“That’s right.”
“What’s your wrongful story?”
“I am a culinary researcher. This is a process I must go through to advance the realm of medicinal cuisine. Then one day, one of my colleagues came back poisoned, apparently having offended the Tang Family somehow. But no physician would step forward to treat him. They were probably afraid of the Tang Family.”
“So you cooked and fed him?”
“Yes. I had to save the person first.”
“Was it a deadly poison?”
“I found out later that it wasn’t that level of poison. It was a poison that would make him feel pain enough to want to die for several days.”
“He was detoxified after eating the medicinal cuisine, right?”
“That’s right. The problem was… the Tang Family saw my colleague moving around the very next day. My colleague was captured again and told them everything about me.”
“The Tang Family must have captured Haejeon?”
“That’s right. When I went to the Tang Family, they told me to try cooking. I said I wouldn’t do it, but they poisoned my colleague and said they wouldn’t give the antidote unless I cooked.”
“So you did it?”
“Yes. I fed that cuisine to my colleague.”
“He was detoxified after eating the cuisine.”
“Yes. Even the Tang Family was surprised. It was a poison that wasn’t easy to detoxify, but he was cured just by eating food.”
“They must have recognized you as a threat to them.”
“That’s right. At first they tried to win me over. They told me to become the Tang Family’s cook. But I didn’t want to work in such a dirty place that poisoned innocent people and threatened them.”
“So what happened then?”
“Surprisingly, they let me go without resistance. I thought that as a prestigious orthodox sect, they wouldn’t cross the line. But that was my mistake. Without my knowledge, they poisoned those who had eaten my food and pinned all the blame on me.”
He clenched his fists as if feeling wronged and trembled with his whole body.
“The government office didn’t even think to listen to my grievances and treated me like a criminal. I thought that if I stayed still like this, I might die. Then the Tang Family came to find me. They said if I handed over the medicinal cuisine recipes, they would help me get released.”
“So you handed it over?”
“Yes. I gave them a fake medicinal cooking recipe. I thought I needed to survive first to be able to do anything.”
“Did the Tang Family keep their promise?”
“No. As soon as I gave them the recipe, I was sentenced to death that very day.”
“How did you escape?”
“Someone in the same prison broke through the wall to escape, so I asked to follow them out. After getting out, I fled frantically and ended up at the mountain stronghold. It was the only place I could hide.”
Tears flowed from Haejeon’s eyes.
“I was so wronged and angry that I would stay up all night every day. But I had no power… I was afraid that if I left the mountain stronghold, someone might recognize me and capture me, so I locked myself in the kitchen and desperately researched cooking.”
Haejeon looked at Jeok Wigang and spoke.
“Lord. I’m scared. Can I really go to Sichuan?”
Jeok Wigang smiled broadly at the fearful Haejeon and said.
“Of course. No one will be able to touch you, so just trust me and follow.”
“Yes! I’ll trust only you, Lord, and follow!”
Jeok Wigang looked around at his surroundings.
“I’ll resolve your grievances soon too.”
“Thank you! Lord!”
***
“Trading Company Leader. We’ve finished all preparations for the trade journey to Sichuan.”
“Thank you for your hard work.”
“Not at all. The Deputy Leader did all the preparations, and you prepared the escort leader and guards yourself, Trading Company Leader.”
“You want to come along this time?”
“Yes. If you permit it, I’d like to assist you closely, Trading Company Leader.”
“Then, I’m counting on you.”
As Jeok Wigang’s permission was granted, Ha Muhyeon smiled brightly and bowed his head.
“Thank you. I’ll do my best to assist you.”
“The trade journeys heading to the capital have already failed three times?”
“That’s correct. Because of this, the losses have been enormous, so Jinmu Trading Company is currently under financial austerity.”
“Have you figured out who’s doing this?”
“We haven’t been able to identify them yet. We can only suspect the trading companies near the capital.”
“Well, we’ll find out when we go this time.”
It was reassuring.
Moreover, the escort leaders were composed of Transformation Realm Martial Artists, and the escort master was Super Peak Level.
Truly, the strongest merchant caravan in the world had been formed.
Now nothing was frightening anymore.
‘Just wait, whoever you bastards are. This time I’ll definitely catch you and make you die a horrible death.’
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