The Evil Martial God Chronicles - Chapter 43

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Legend of the Evil Martial God

Chapter 43

 

 

 

He had just told them to eat before leaving, but their loyalty was rising endlessly.

 

“And tell those people to eat too. How can I eat comfortably with them standing around like that?”

“Yes!”

 

The Masked Men stood up and spoke to the bandits.

 

“You heard our Lord’s words, right? Go and eat dinner.”

“Yes!”

 

As soon as the words ended, the bandits hurried to get their dinner.

Seeing this, Jeok Wigang rested his chin on his hand and fell into thought.

 

“What are you thinking about?”

“Don’t those guys seem better at handling people than I expected?”

“It does seem that way.”

“They’d be perfect as training instructors.”

 

Taecheon nodded his head.

 

“Seeing how obedient the bandits have become, they seem to have talent.”

“I should tell Un-gyeol to recruit some people. I didn’t like how Father was too harsh with the Jin Mu Sect warriors, so this works out well.”

 

Taecheon silently prayed for the souls of the Jin Mu Sect warriors.

 

“Come on, let’s eat.”

 

Jeok Wigang picked up the food in front of him with his chopsticks and ate.

 

“Hm?”

 

Jeok Wigang looked surprised.

 

“What’s wrong?”

“It’s delicious? I wasn’t expecting much, but it’s good.”

“Really?”

“Yeah.”

 

Taecheon also picked up some food and ate.

 

“Oh? It really is delicious. It seems even better than what we had at Taehwa Restaurant, that high-end place?”

 

Jeok Wigang asked the bandits.

 

“Who made this food?”

 

At Jeok Wigang’s question, one person raised his hand.

 

“You used to cook?”

“That’s right.”

 

At their answer, other bandits chimed in.

 

“He’s from the Jinmiyeong of Sichuan Province.”

“Jinmiyeong? Isn’t that a government position for researching food?”

“That’s right. But he says he was falsely accused and fled when his life was in danger.”

 

Jeok Wigang looked at that person.

He definitely didn’t have the aura of someone who would do bad things.

 

“What kind of false accusation?”

“The false accusation of using poison in cooking. I’m truly innocent.”

“Come to me. I’ll get revenge on those who framed you.”

“What?”

“In return, will you come to our house and do some cooking?”

“Do you really mean you’ll get revenge for me?”

“Yeah. I’ll get your revenge and restore your honor too.”

“If, if that’s the case, then I’ll follow you.”

“Are there any other people with abilities?”

 

Then another person raised his hand.

 

“I worked at a blacksmith shop.”

 

When one person raised his hand, others raised theirs too.

 

“I was a carpenter.”

 

Each person began talking about what they were confident in.

Jeok Wigang smiled.

These were all abilities needed by the Jin Mu Sect.

 

“Good. Let’s all go. I’ll pay you properly too. Your situation will be much better than this bandit life.”

“Really?”

“Yeah. From now on, you’re not bandits but warriors of the Jin Mu Sect.”

“Thank you.”

“Thanks for what.”

 

While everyone was happy, there were two people who clearly showed their displeasure.

They were the Bandit Chief and Vice Chief.

In an instant, all their subordinates had been taken, and the mountain stronghold had collapsed.

 

“You two come too.”

“Us too? We don’t have any abilities other than fighting…”

“Didn’t you two build up this mountain stronghold?”

“That’s correct.”

“If you two grew it to this scale, that’s ability. Right?”

“Do you really think so?”

“Yeah. Let’s go. There must be something you can do.”

“Th-thank you.”

 

Jeok Wigang smiled and spoke to the Masked Man.

 

“You heard, right? From now on, these people belong to Jin Mu Sect. Train them properly.”

“Us, sir?”

“Yeah. I saw earlier that you have talent for handling people? Try unleashing that talent to your heart’s content.”

“Understood.”

 

The Masked Men’s expressions turned frightening as they looked at the bandits.

 

“You heard our Lord’s words? Starting tomorrow, it’s hell training.”

 

At the Masked Men’s words, the bandits’ smiling faces turned into crying expressions.

Meanwhile, Taecheon carefully voiced his opinion.

 

“Young Master. If you send people like this without notice, won’t the Gate Master be surprised? Moreover, there’s no space for these people to stay.”

“How long would it take to prepare a place for them to stay?”

“We’d need at least half a year, wouldn’t we? To prepare proper quarters, we’d need a full year.”

“Really?”

 

Jeok Wigang spoke to the Masked Men.

 

“Teach those guys thoroughly here for one year.”

“Yes, sir!”

 

Jeok Wigang looked at Taecheon and said.

 

“That works, right?”

“What about money?”

“Huh?”

“Jin Mu Sect has limited funds. If all those people come at once, there could be budget problems.”

“Ah! That’s right. I didn’t think about money.”

 

Should I ask Jin Muryang to provide some money?

No.

I wanted to solve it with my own power.

 

“I need to find a way to make money.”

 

I wanted to make sure Father wouldn’t be troubled by what I had caused.

The problem was how to make money.

Then Chu Sohwan subtly offered his opinion.

 

“Just like you made my sword stronger, if you made other swords like that and sold them, it would make quite a bit of money.”

“Would that make money?”

“It would! You could name your price. Milyeong could probably find buyers if you tell her.”

 

I could turn even ordinary swords into famous swords, precious swords, or divine swords.

As Chu Sohwan said, it seemed like it would make money.

I just needed to buy reasonably good swords and engrave enhancement magic circles on them.

Wait, didn’t they say each person’s internal energy has different characteristics?

Then if I engraved magic circles to match those internal energy characteristics?

It seemed like I wouldn’t need to worry about money.

Martial artists don’t spare money when it comes to weapons that perfectly suit them.

This seems like a good method.

 

‘I should coax Grandfather well to get as many weapons as possible.’

 

While I’m at it, I’ll borrow the Cheonmu Castle Blacksmith too.

Still, I have a conscience, so I’m planning to make a few divine swords for Heavenly Martial City before I leave.

 

 

 

Riding in the ox cart, still leisurely heading toward Heavenly Martial City.

Thanks to Un-gyeol, the journey was comfortable without major difficulties.

There were still half a year left until the gathering, so there was no need to hurry.

There was plenty of time to stay in Heavenly Martial City for a while before departing for the Imperial Capital.

As I was leisurely heading toward Heavenly Martial City like that, I could see people gathered in the distance.

They seemed to be facing some difficult problem.

When I got closer, a cart was smashed to pieces.

It looked like suddenly falling rocks had struck the cart.

The items on the cart were black iron, so they weren’t smashed or anything, but the problem was that the means to transport those heavy things had disappeared.

Just then, a sturdy-looking ox cart happened to be passing through that place.

A middle-aged man with a handsome beard blocked the path of the ox cart Jeok Wigang was riding and gave a cupped fist salute.

 

“I apologize for suddenly blocking your path.”

 

Jeok Wigang stood up, assessed the situation, and said.

 

“It seems you need my ox cart.”

“That’s right. We need to bring that black iron to the Cheonmu Castle Blacksmith by tomorrow, but if we go get another cart, we’ll be late. We’ll pay you whatever you want, so please lend us your cart.”

 

At the mention of Heavenly Martial City, Jeok Wigang smiled and got down from the ox cart.

 

“Of course. They say all within the four seas are brothers, so we should help each other when there are difficulties. Please use mine.”

“Really? On behalf of the Cheonmu Castle Blacksmith, I offer my sincere gratitude.”

“Save the thanks for later and let’s quickly load those things first.”

 

The people were moved by Jeok Wigang’s words, urging them to hurry and load first.

 

“Understood. We’ll load them first and speak with you again.”

 

He bowed to Jeok Wigang and shouted to his colleagues.

 

“Let’s hurry!”

 

As Taecheon moved the ox cart forward, people began lifting the black iron with all their strength to load it.

The weight was considerable, so even with several people working together, it took quite a while.

Unable to watch any longer, Jeok Wigang stepped forward.

 

“Please step aside.”

“Pardon?”

 

When Jeok Wigang tried to lift a chunk of black iron with one hand, the middle-aged man was startled and stopped him.

 

“That’s extremely heavy!”

 

Before the middle-aged man could finish speaking, the black iron was already in Jeok Wigang’s one hand.

In an instant, the mouths of all the men present fell wide open.

He was lifting the black iron as lightly as a pebble, when it took three or four men working together to barely lift it.

For a moment, they had the illusion that perhaps only the chunk of black iron Jeok Wigang held was light.

 

Thud-.

 

The heavy sound as it was set down on the ox cart proved that the black iron Jeok Wigang had lifted was definitely not light.

Whether people were surprised or not, Jeok Wigang had loaded all the black iron from the ground onto the ox cart in an instant.

 

“It’s all loaded. Let’s depart now.”

“What? Yes.”

 

Everyone looked at Jeok Wigang with surprised faces.

 

“You have tremendous strength. Have you learned martial arts?”

“No. I have no internal energy.”

“Then you lifted the black iron with pure strength?”

“Yes. I’ve had exceptional strength since I was young.”

“Wow! Despite your appearance, you truly have incredible strength. Do you have any thoughts of joining Cheonmu Castle?”

“No. I must soon go to take the imperial examination being held in the Imperial Capital.”

“The imperial examination? Then you passed the provincial examination?”

“Yes. I passed this time.”

“Oh my…”

 

It was such a waste.

To have such tremendous strength and yet pursue the civil service examination.

If he became an official, wouldn’t that be wasting an incredible talent?

If it had been the military examination, he would have passed immediately.

Since it wasn’t his place to comment on another’s life, he could only nod with a regretful expression.

Wasn’t he an irreplaceable benefactor to them?

They couldn’t say anything unpleasant to such a benefactor.

Jeok Wigang had said he wouldn’t accept any reward.

Where else in the world could you find someone with such noble character?

He was someone everyone should take as an example.

But they couldn’t just let this kindness pass without acknowledgment.

 

“Please give us the opportunity to host you at Cheonmu Castle. We can’t just send you away after receiving such kindness.”

“Then would it be possible to use the Cheonmu Castle blacksmith shop?”

“What? The blacksmith shop? May I ask what for?”

“My hobby is working with iron.”

“Ah! I see. We’d need permission from Cheonjang Gong. But since Cheonjang Gong would have been in trouble without our benefactor’s help, he’ll surely give permission. However, the main furnace won’t be possible – only the auxiliary furnace or external furnace.”

“That would be sufficient.”

“Understood. Then I’ll do whatever it takes to help you use one of the furnaces.”

“Thank you.”

 

This worked out well.

Since he desperately needed money, he planned to make and sell as many weapons as possible.

There must be many wealthy martial artists in Cheonmu Castle, right?

He planned to do business with them.

Still, since this was where his grandfather was, he thought to first make a gift for his grandfather.

He had originally planned to make it in Changsha, but various circumstances had prevented him from doing so.

Since he was visiting his grandfather’s house for the first time, it would be awkward to go empty-handed, so he planned to fully utilize his talents.

What kind of energy had his grandfather used?

Jeok Wigang closed his eyes and recalled the time when he sparred with his grandfather.

In his mind, his grandfather’s movements and the flow of energy were vividly felt.

It seemed to start with Fire, pass through Earth energy, and be released as Metal energy.

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