The Farmer Who Ended Up Teaching the World’s Greatest Martial Artist - Chapter 108

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| Chapter 108

Although there was some commotion in exchanging greetings, the five people eventually introduced themselves to each other and took their seats. Once seated, Yoo Eun-hyun’s eyes naturally went to the table in front of him.

‘They must have been in the middle of a discussion.’

Books were spread out haphazardly on the table, and other papers contained writings and drawings related to poison and the human body. The ink still carried its fragrance and hadn’t dried yet, indicating they had been in continuous use.

“Thank goodness you two came. Their conversation was so deep that I couldn’t understand it at all, and I was about to get bored.”

“Isn’t Brother Dang a member of Doryeon-won?”

“Not even close. I’m just good at using my wits, but I’m not smart enough to be doing this kind of work. Besides, I have to restrict my internal energy while in Doryeon-won, which feels uncomfortable and I can’t get used to it, and on top of that, the work I’m assigned is what it is.”

“It must be quite important work then.”

“Mm. I couldn’t explain it then, but I heard you received word from the External Affairs Manager.”

“I didn’t hear everything completely.”

“Then this works out perfectly. Let’s leave these two here and move to a separate location.”

Tang Zi-sheng said this while turning his head to look at Ju Won-gong and Dang Eun-seon, asking for permission as he spoke again.

“That would be alright, wouldn’t it?”

“Yes. I can discuss the technical details with Master Won-gong anyway. If there’s anything I can help with, I’ll call you separately.”

Dang Eun-seon nodded, and Ju Won-gong, as if nothing had happened, turned his attention away from Yoo Eun-hyun and Ju Yu-ryeon and began rummaging through and examining the documents on the table.

“Uncle Won-gong. We’ll be going now. Later…”

Yoo Eun-hyun bowed his head lightly to Dang Eun-seon and also spoke to Ju Won-gong, but when Yoo Eun-hyun addressed him, Ju Won-gong looked up, gave a slight nod, then lowered his head back to the table as if he had no further interest.

Seeing this different behavior from before, Yoo Eun-hyun wondered if he had done something to upset Ju Won-gong and tried to speak again, but Ju Yu-ryeon grabbed his shoulder.

“Leave him be. Dad is always like that. Let’s just go.”

When Ju Yu-ryeon said this much, Yoo Eun-hyun stopped trying to address Ju Won-gong and followed Tang Zi-sheng out of the room to another room, whispering quietly to Ju Yu-ryeon so Tang Zi-sheng couldn’t hear.

“Uncle is always like that? What do you mean?”

“Exactly what I said. Remember when Dad mentioned priorities earlier? Those priorities have shifted from us back to that side. Dad handles everything according to priorities. He gives his best to whatever takes priority, no matter what it is. And there’s something that ranks highest in those priorities. Can you guess what it is?”

“Medical arts, I suppose.”

“Right. And Dad does value family too. He loves me, and he loves Mom. But they just rank below medical arts in his priorities.”

Yoo Eun-hyun showed a slightly surprised expression at Ju Yu-ryeon’s words, but soon understood what kind of person Ju Won-gong was. Simply put, he was someone who acted according to priorities. Of course, most people set priorities in their lives and act accordingly, but that only applies to things that can be valued; they don’t prioritize things that can’t be valued.

But Ju Won-gong prioritized everything he had and acted accordingly, which is why this happened, according to what Ju Yu-ryeon was saying.

“Usually these things can’t be compared… You can’t prioritize whether you like mom or dad better, right? They’re both parents, family, and precious.”

“But Dad does that. And he prioritizes the more important side.”

“…Now I understand why you and your aunt are like that.”

Yoo Eun-hyun spoke bitterly and closed his mouth, and Ju Yu-ryeon also closed her mouth since this wasn’t a topic she particularly wanted to discuss and they had arrived at their destination.

“This way.”

The two people who entered the room Tang Zi-sheng guided them to sat in the seats he offered.

“Somehow it looks exactly like the room we were in before.”

“Of course. All the rooms in the inner courtyard have this same structure.”

“How dreary.”

Yoo Eun-hyun muttered while looking at the bleak room, but since that wasn’t what was important right now, the three people immediately got to the main point.

“You must have heard that the family home is researching Jeokgang Doksi.”

“Yes. And that medical arts are needed for that purpose.”

“Actually, the Jeokgang Doksi technique we possess isn’t complete. We only obtained part of it by chance from remnants of Ja-hyeol-dang in the first place.”

“Hmm… Is that so?”

Honestly speaking, no one could verify whether Tang Zi-sheng’s words were true or not. Even if they were hiding something, there was no way to confirm it, and since he said they weren’t, there was no point in pressing further. So Yoo Eun-hyun just asked for confirmation, but since he couldn’t openly express suspicion, perhaps because it sounded sarcastic or pricked his conscience, Tang Zi-sheng provided additional explanation.

“We became interested in that technique not for Jeokgang Doksi itself, but to research the poison techniques that Ja-hyeol-dang used with it. Even if we had a complete Jeokgang Doksi, we wouldn’t want to use such a vicious weapon.”

Yoo Eun-hyun thought that poison was also quite a vicious weapon, but it was certainly better compared to Jeokgang Doksi, and he sensed it wasn’t the time to say such things, so he kept his mouth shut.

“Since you haven’t used it for 100 years, there’s some credibility to that.”

“Miss Yu-ryeon. Thank you for believing us.”

“But if you already have the Jeokgang Doksi technique, what are you researching?”

“As I mentioned before, we have no intention of reviving such a vicious technique. However, for our Dang Family that uses poison, Jeokgang Doksi is undeniably an attractive technique. So… we want to take only its advantages.”

From Tang Zi-sheng’s words, Yoo Eun-hyun could guess the Dang Family’s intentions. Certainly, if they revived and used Jeokgang Doksi, they might be able to overcome the Dang Family’s crisis, but they risked becoming isolated in the martial arts world. So it seemed the Dang Family was trying to take only what they needed from the incomplete Jeokgang Doksi technique.

“Would that be so easy?”

“It’s difficult. It’s questionable whether it’s even possible.”

“But? I mean, you must have some idea of how to use it, right?”

“Yes. What we want is precisely the Intangible Poison Person .”

“Intangible Poison Person?”

Yoo Eun-hyun tilted his head at hearing this term for the first time, but Ju Yu-ryeon chimed in.

“Originally, poison is part of hidden weapons. People usually carry it and use poison by administering it, but there are people who harbor that poison in their bodies and use it as martial arts, and they’re called poison people.”

“Such a thing exists? No, is that even possible?”

When Yoo Eun-hyun asked back at hearing this for the first time, Tang Zi-sheng provided additional explanation.

“Ordinary people naturally can’t harbor poison in their bodies. But if you adapt your body to poison from childhood and suppress the poison’s effects on your body while building internal energy, a poison person with a body made of poison is created.”

“It sounds easy, but… it looks very difficult.”

“Actually, even in the Dang Family, there aren’t that many poison people.”

“And there probably aren’t only good points.”

Even though Yoo Eun-hyun was hearing about poison people for the first time, he could easily tell that being a poison person wouldn’t be simple.

“There are more disadvantages. First of all, poison is basically something that harms people, so harboring it can’t be good. No matter how much you suppress it with internal energy, various side effects are bound to occur.”

“Then what about Intangible Poison Person?”

At Yoo Eun-hyun’s somewhat joking remark, the slightly heavy atmosphere lightened, and Tang Zi-sheng chuckled as he answered.

“It’s similar. Simply put, you can clearly tell someone is a poison person just by looking at them, right? But an Intangible Poison Person is someone who doesn’t show outward signs of being a poison person. It’s been a long-cherished wish that the Dang Family has been researching.”

“Minimizing side effects as much as possible. Are you trying to adopt the aspect where Jeokgang Doksi, though corpses, don’t appear to harbor poison on the surface?”

“There are other aspects to Intangible Poison Person, but that’s the biggest goal.”

“But isn’t that possible because they’re corpses?”

“I don’t know the details either. I have no choice but to leave the theoretical aspects to them.”

“Hmm… I see. It would certainly be amazing if successful.”

Not only Yoo Eun-hyun but also Ju Yu-ryeon, who had been listening to the explanation, nodded. Certainly, if something called an Intangible Poison Person were completed, it would be tremendously helpful to the Dang Family. After hearing the core information, Yoo Eun-hyun and Ju Yu-ryeon exchanged a few more simple words with Tang Zi-sheng before parting ways and leaving Doryeon-won.

“Phew. Now I can live a little.”

Since they knew the way back to their lodging, Ju Yu-ryeon declined guidance and muttered while circulating her internal energy to dispel the drug’s effects and stretching her body.

Yoo Eun-hyun also dispelled the drug’s effects with his internal energy and asked Ju Yu-ryeon.

“What do you think?”

“There might be things they didn’t tell us, but it’s probably not a lie. There’s no need to lie when they’ve called us all the way to Doryeon-won.”

“Not that. Do you think they can really create an Intangible Poison Person?”

“Well, I’m not sure about that. Even with Dad’s help, it’s not for nothing that it’s remained only a cherished wish throughout the long history of the Dang Family.”

“That’s true. But there’s nothing we can do about it anyway, so let’s stop worrying about it.”

Yoo Eun-hyun certainly had nothing more to say about that than Ju Yu-ryeon, so he just nodded, and in the meantime, the two people who arrived at their lodging gathered again in Yoo Eun-hyun’s room.

“Well, now you’ve seen uncle too. Shall we leave the Dang Family?”

“Already? You wanted to see Dad so much, but you couldn’t even have a proper conversation.”

“Greeting him was enough. And looking at the situation, if what you say is true, we probably won’t be able to have a proper conversation until this matter is finished, right?”

“Mm… That’s true. Right now Dad’s priority is on Jeokgang Doksi, so he won’t pay attention until he finishes work related to that.”

Ju Yu-ryeon also understood that even if Yoo Eun-hyun wanted to talk more with Ju Won-gong, the situation didn’t allow for it, so when she nodded at Yoo Eun-hyun’s words, Yoo Eun-hyun shrugged and said.

“So now we have to leave.”

“What will we do after leaving?”

“Go back to that inn. It would be nice if Ma-gyo contacts us soon.”

“I have no reason to refuse. Now I can finally have some real fun.”

Ju Yu-ryeon had no reason to oppose Yoo Eun-hyun’s suggestion to leave the Dang Family, so she nodded, and when the two told the busy Yeo U-hui that they were leaving, Yeo U-hui simply nodded at their choice without saying much else. Yoo Eun-hyun had been thinking that the Dang Family might just let them leave after telling them everything about Jeokgang Doksi, and surprisingly, the two were able to leave the Dang Family easily.

“At this point, it would be meaningless for us to go around talking to Jeongdo or Mado. That means what’s known about Jeokgang Doksi is an open secret.”

“True. Cheonmu Alliance was already almost certain about it, so Ma-gyo would be the same.”

So the two returned to Ilcheon Guesthouse, and when Yoo Eun-hyun was about to open the door and enter but hesitated for a moment, Ju Yu-ryeon poked his back from behind.

“Why? Aren’t you going in?”

“Last time Hyeonyangmundo were camping out here, but that won’t happen again, right?”

“No way. There seem to be some guests, but I don’t sense that kind of presence.”

Since Ju Yu-ryeon was right, Yoo Eun-hyun opened the inn’s door, and the waitress who had been busily moving around quickly ran over to Yoo Eun-hyun.

“Welcome! No… Customer! You’ve come back. Hehe. What can I help you with?”

The waitress who had been acting as if seeing Yoo Eun-hyun for the first time immediately acted familiar when she saw Ju Yu-ryeon, who was slightly behind him, making Yoo Eun-hyun chuckle. He was just a bit dumbfounded but not particularly upset. Honestly, it was true that Ju Yu-ryeon was more memorable of the two.

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