The Farmer Who Ended Up Teaching the World’s Greatest Martial Artist - Chapter 102

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| Chapter 102

“But you two… You’ve been having quite a grand time, haven’t you?”

At Yeo U-hui’s words, Yoo Eun-hyun realized why Ju Yu-ryeon was trying to sneak away like that. Ju Yu-ryeon, who had been trying to escape before the topic came up, suddenly turned around and started blinking at Yoo Eun-hyun. Naturally, Yoo Eun-hyun tilted his head as if he couldn’t understand why she was acting that way, but he soon figured out the reason.

“Yu-ryeon told me that you, Eun-hyun, were the one who suggested going out to have fun?”

“What? Me?”

Yoo Eun-hyun was naturally startled and asked back at these words he was hearing for the first time, but Ju Yu-ryeon, perhaps realizing that eye signals weren’t enough, stuck close to Yoo Eun-hyun’s side and started poking his ribs while forcing a laugh.

“Oh ho ho. Look at this guy. Are you going to pretend you don’t know?”

“That’s ridiculous. It wasn’t me, there’s a witness… Ah, that guy’s not here.”

Yoo Eun-hyun tried to refute with a witness against Ju Yu-ryeon’s absurd claim, but then realized Ho Won wasn’t there and closed his mouth. He wanted to ask where Ho Won had gone, but he felt a bit hesitant to bring up such matters in front of Dang Eun-seon and Tang Zi-sheng.

“Don’t worry, Eun-hyun. Do you think this is the first or second time I’ve been fooled by this damn daughter? I don’t believe her from the start.”

“Then why do you keep bringing it up if you don’t even believe it?”

Though it might have been natural, Ju Yu-ryeon put her hand on her hip and spoke as if this wasn’t the first time Yeo U-hui had brought up such things. Yeo U-hui waved her hand dismissively as if she didn’t want to hear any more and gave Dang Eun-seon a business-like smile.

“I apologize for the personal matters causing such a scene.”

“Oh, not at all. Please continue talking.”

Dang Eun-seon, who had been watching with interest from a third party’s perspective, waved her hand and shook her head. Yeo U-hui lightly thanked her and turned back to Yoo Eun-hyun.

“Ahem. The conversation seems to have gotten a bit off track… You know how much trouble I have because of this daughter, don’t you, Eun-hyun?”

“Yes. Well…”

Yoo Eun-hyun thought Ju Yu-ryeon wasn’t bad as a friend, but if he had such a daughter, he would certainly have a hard time, so he could fully understand Yeo U-hui’s words.

“Anyway, I already knew that you two were here in Chengdu. But I didn’t come to Chengdu because of you two – I came for external business matters. I just happened to know you were here and thought I’d see your faces and maybe get some help.”

“Business matters? If it’s external business… Is it Sega business?”

Yeo U-hui was the external manager who handled all external affairs for Uiseonsu-ga, so if there was business to attend to, it was right for her to step forward. Especially if it wasn’t a trivial matter but something involving the Dang Family, Cheonmu Alliance, and even Ma-gyo, it would be better for her to come personally.

“Yes. We requested help from Uiseonsu-ga.”

And to Yoo Eun-hyun’s question, Dang Eun-seon answered instead of Yeo U-hui. When Yoo Eun-hyun turned to look at Dang Eun-seon, she rolled her drooping eyes anxiously and continued speaking.

“Currently, our Dang Family is in a very difficult situation. Originally, this place, Sichuan, was close to Ma-gyo, and had Emei and Qingcheng, which are core members of Jeongdo, so it was a region with severe confrontation. And as you know, our Dang Family maintained neutrality between them. It wasn’t easy, but our Dang Family wasn’t lacking in ability either, so there were no particular problems.”

When Dang Eun-seon paused after saying that much, Yeo U-hui added a word in agreement.

“That’s how the Seven Major Sects like us survive in this martial arts world.”

“Yes. Manager, you’re right. But recently, as Jeongdo and Mado began frequent clashes, the situation changed. When the confrontation wasn’t severe, we maintained balance by having connections with both sides, but now that the confrontation has intensified, we’ve ended up becoming everyone’s enemy, and with most of our business being hindered by both sides, the Dang Family has fallen into great difficulty.”

Tears welled up in Dang Eun-seon’s eyes as she finished speaking. As she wiped her tears with a handkerchief, Yoo Eun-hyun could understand the Dang Family’s situation to some extent.

Originally, neutrality is a good strategy to take only when the confrontation between both sides isn’t extreme. When fighting becomes intense, neither side wants to leave the other neutral. It means they could become enemies in case of emergency. Both Jeongdo and Mado would certainly pressure them to take a side.

Especially if it was a force as large as the Dang Family, they could become a variable when fighting began in earnest, so if they didn’t take a side, it would be refreshing to eliminate them entirely, and it was obvious that Jeongdo and Mado had tacitly agreed on that opinion.

“But we can’t take either side. If we do that, we might really end up isolated if things go wrong.”

Yoo Eun-hyun nodded at Tang Zi-sheng’s words. Certainly, taking a side now would have too high a possibility of being discarded after use.

“Hmm. It is very difficult… Then in the end, the only option is to build up strength so that no one can touch you?”

Ju Yu-ryeon, who had been quietly lost in thought as if the earlier commotion had never happened, spoke. Seeing this, Yoo Eun-hyun thought that Ju Yu-ryeon had probably just been dragged along because Yeo U-hui told her to come, and didn’t know the detailed circumstances, so he nodded.

“If they understand that touching them would cause great damage, it might actually become difficult to touch them in the current situation where confrontation is severe.”

With Jeongdo and Mado as obvious enemies right in front of each other, if dealing with the Dang Family required great effort, it could backfire, so in such cases, the only option was to demonstrate force by threatening to kill if touched.

“But… the Dang Family doesn’t have that kind of power right now.”

Tang Zi-sheng spoke bitterly, and while Yoo Eun-hyun didn’t respond, he was actually guessing to some extent. Unless the Dang Family were fools, they wouldn’t be unaware of methods that Yoo Eun-hyun and Ju Yu-ryeon could easily think of.

‘So that’s why they got involved with something called Jeokgang Doksi? This… I might really need to pull out.’

He didn’t know exactly what Jeokgang Doksi was, but from what he heard, it seemed like it could certainly become an asymmetric force.

But since they hadn’t brought it up first, Yoo Eun-hyun pretended not to know and turned to Yeo U-hui.

“So in the end, they requested help from Uiseonsu-ga, another of the Seven Major Sects? Actually, I don’t know much about this, but is it okay to help in such cases?”

Since Yoo Eun-hyun didn’t know the details about treaties or cooperation between martial arts sects, he honestly asked Yeo U-hui. Yeo U-hui, who knew this fact well, made an expression that was neither positive nor negative and said.

“It’s not that we can’t help. But we need to decide what and how to help.”

Actually, Yoo Eun-hyun wanted to tell her not to help, but he had no intention of interfering with Yeo U-hui’s decision. Soo Hwa-seon and Yoo Eun-hyun had already left the Sega, so they couldn’t and weren’t qualified to interfere in major or minor matters.

‘Does Aunt not know about Jeokgang Doksi? It would be a problem whether the Dang Family is hiding it or has revealed everything…’

And toward Yoo Eun-hyun, who was lost in such thoughts, Tang Zi-sheng spoke as if telling him not to worry.

“Don’t worry. We’re not asking to openly borrow Uiseonsu-ga’s power. If that were the case, we would have contacted all the other Seven Major Sects. Though even if we had, I doubt anyone would have helped.”

At Tang Zi-sheng’s words, Ju Yu-ryeon came over and whispered in Yoo Eun-hyun’s ear.

“Actually, the Seven Major Sects aren’t that tightly united. Especially in cases like this, openly dispatching warriors might offend both sides, so they’re naturally reluctant.”

Ju Yu-ryeon’s words made sense. Originally, neutral alliances are created only to deal with common problems. Each must handle their own non-common affairs themselves.

Of course, in this case, they themselves could be next after the Dang Family, so it couldn’t be said to be a completely separate issue, and they would want to help to some extent, but it would be difficult to help directly.

“What we requested from Uiseonsu-ga is not military force.”

“Then what?”

After hearing the story, perhaps interested, Ju Yu-ryeon asked back in a low voice with a serious expression, completely different from her earlier frivolous appearance. Yeo U-hui, who seemed to already know the entire situation, now crossed her arms and looked at her daughter Ju Yu-ryeon, who was leading the conversation, with a complex expression.

“Doesn’t Uiseonsu-ga have medical skills that might be even superior to military force? We would be satisfied with support in those medical skills.”

“The Dang Family shouldn’t lack medical skills either.”

Basically, poison and medicine are two sides of the same coin; being skilled in poison is also connected to being skilled in medicine. Of course, since their main fields are different, they would be lacking compared to Uiseonsu-ga, which is a medical family, but teaching medical skills with such a difference wouldn’t change the situation.

“How could that be? We are far inferior compared to Uiseonsu-ga. So we would be gaining something, wouldn’t we?”

“That’s true, but…”

Ju Yu-ryeon still had a somewhat suspicious expression, while Yoo Eun-hyun, knowing about the existence of Jeokgang Doksi, was nodding slightly.

‘Judging roughly by the name, it seems like it involves doing something with corpses, and medical skills would be needed to reproduce that. Hmm… Then the Dang Family hasn’t been able to completely reproduce Jeokgang Doksi yet?’

Since it was a technique so feared in the martial arts world, there was a good possibility that it hadn’t been properly preserved. And seeing Yoo Eun-hyun like this, Yeo U-hui and Dang Eun-seon looked at him with gazes as if they had noticed something.

“It seems strange somehow. Something more…”

And Tang Zi-sheng interrupted Ju Yu-ryeon, who was still unconvinced and was about to say something.

“Of course, that’s not all. Actually…”

Just as Yoo Eun-hyun was about to listen carefully, thinking the main point was finally coming, suddenly there was a loud noise and the door was knocked on urgently.

“Master! This is serious! Subject number six has suddenly started coughing up blood! You need to come for detoxification!”

“Oh no! I’m coming now!”

Hearing that sound, Dang Eun-seon’s eyes widened as she stood up from her seat, and she was so urgent that she rushed out without even asking for understanding from the guests, Yoo Eun-hyun’s group.

After such a storm had passed, Tang Zi-sheng let out a long sigh and apologized instead.

“Hmm. I’m sorry, Manager. Having guests and causing such an embarrassing situation.”

“No, it’s fine. Shall we stop here for today? I’ll explain the rest. We also need time to talk among ourselves.”

“Would you do that? I’ll call someone to escort you back to where you’re staying.”

“Thank you.”

Yeo U-hui gave a business-like smile. Tang Zi-sheng also looked tired but managed a slight smile before hurriedly leaving. And not long after, someone who appeared to be a servant entered and bowed to the three people.

“I’ll escort you to your lodging.”

“Please do. Let’s go, children.”

Following behind, Yoo Eun-hyun’s group began moving behind the servant and were guided to an annex that wasn’t large but looked splendid.

“I know the rest, so this is far enough. Instead, can you bring food right away?”

“Yes. Understood.”

The servant, as if this wasn’t the first or second time guiding Yeo U-hui, familiarly bowed and turned to leave. Yeo U-hui, who had entered inside, turned to look at Yoo Eun-hyun and said.

“There should be several empty rooms. The innermost room and the one across from it are mine and Yu-ryeon’s rooms, so you can use any room except those. I’ll call you when the meal is ready, so let’s continue our conversation during dinner in a little while.”

“Wait, just a moment…”

Ju Yu-ryeon tried to object to Yeo U-hui’s words as if she had many questions, but Yoo Eun-hyun, who needed to organize his thoughts as Yeo U-hui suggested, entered an empty room without looking back.

“Sigh… Alright.”

Then Ju Yu-ryeon also nodded as if she had no choice, and so the three people returned to their respective rooms for a while.

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