The Farmer Who Ended Up Teaching the World’s Greatest Martial Artist - Chapter 18

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| Chapter 18

And the next day. Yoo Eun-hyun, who had circulated his internal energy once, quietly opened the door.

Outside, he could still sense the presence of wild beasts nearby, but he couldn’t stay inside the house forever. Only after confirming there were none around did Yoo Eun-hyun step outside.

Going out to the yard, Yoo Eun-hyun looked for the axe he used during training, but in all this chaos, it had disappeared somewhere and was nowhere to be found.

So Yoo Eun-hyun brought out a sickle from the house and hastily carved wood to improvise a wooden sword.

‘This should do.’

Through his fight with Ga Un-seok and Soon U-gi, Yoo Eun-hyun had desperately realized the necessity of martial arts.

He realized that martial arts were needed not just to defeat opponents, but also to avoid unnecessary situations.

So he resolved to focus even more intensively on training Mu Dong-hwan-mu.

The reason he hurried outside as soon as he finished his internal energy training inside the house was for this purpose.

What he had learned from So Bi-won and Sa Un-sik was oral instruction, not a secret manual, so if he didn’t use it and time passed, it would obviously be gradually forgotten.

So while it remained clearly in his memory now, he had to completely engrave it into his body through consistent training.

Swoosh!

Yoo Eun-hyun, who had steeled his resolve once again, began swinging the wooden sword. Mu Dong-hwan-mu was a martial art that could be used with any weapon, but it seemed better to have something sword-shaped if possible. After all, So Bi-won had also demonstrated while holding a branch similar to a sword.

Swoosh!

After swinging the wooden sword a few times, a smile spread across Yoo Eun-hyun’s face. Perhaps because he had thrown aside everything else and focused only on internal energy training, it seemed somewhat better than before.

But Mu Dong-hwan-mu was still too difficult a martial art to train with only the memories he had learned from So Bi-won, without a master.

Since he had no master to ask whenever questions arose, naturally Yoo Eun-hyun’s martial arts training had no choice but to find answers within himself.

“The problem is the formless… I can’t understand at all what exactly this means.”

After following the techniques a few times, Yoo Eun-hyun quickly realized his limits and held his head in his hands.

Yoo Eun-hyun knew all too well how useless it was to merely imitate without understanding.

“He said that because it’s formless, it can become anything. It must also mean it contains infinite possibilities. Hmm…”

Yoo Eun-hyun, who had been muttering, raised his head as if something had occurred to him.

“Right. The foundation that is the beginning of everything. Possibility. It’s like a seed. The technique is the seed, and what nurtures it is the earth… that is, the internal energy in my body. In the end, what it becomes depends on how I do it.”

All that Yoo Eun-hyun had within him was farming. In the end, Yoo Eun-hyun, who had found his answer there, nodded with satisfaction.

Whether this was the correct answer or not, he didn’t know, but anyway, having found direction, Yoo Eun-hyun’s training no longer had any hesitation.

“Whew…”

While recalling the memories he had learned from So Bi-won and swinging the wooden sword, the sun was already setting.

Yoo Eun-hyun, who was about to put away the wooden sword, shook his head and picked up the wooden sword again.

With the thought that this would be the last time, Yoo Eun-hyun closed his eyes and concentrated, and small heat waves began rising from his body.

Yoo Eun-hyun drew up internal energy from his dantian and sent it to the key points of his body according to the incantation he had learned from So Bi-won. Finally, when internal energy spread throughout his body, Yoo Eun-hyun swung his sword in a cross pattern, executing the Explosive Cross Strike technique.

Crack!

With a fairly sharp sound of cutting through the air, a cross trajectory was drawn in the air.

Having clearly established direction on what to cultivate while moving between tangible and intangible, Yoo Eun-hyun’s movements were now extremely sharp.

Whoosh!

The cross trajectory struck a tree near the house directly. And Yoo Eun-hyun, who was carefully observing this, muttered as if feeling deflated.

“As expected, it doesn’t work…”

The tree was carved fairly deeply in a cross shape, but that was all. This way, it was just swinging in a cross pattern, not something that could be called Explosive Cross Strike.

Of course, the technique itself had become quite sharp, but originally Explosive Cross Strike was a martial art whose core was the impact generated when trajectories intersected.

Since no trace of that impact could be seen at all, it couldn’t be said that the technique was properly executed.

“It would be stranger if it were easy. At this rate, when will I ever… Sigh.”

While feeling dejected like this, suddenly his mother Soo Hwa-seon’s face came to mind.

With the field in this state, there was no reason not to go look for Soo Hwa-seon, who hadn’t returned.

To do that, he had to learn Mu Dong-hwan-mu as quickly as possible, even if just for a day. Since So Bi-won had said that with diligent training, he could at least imitate it to some degree, Yoo Eun-hyun had no choice but to believe his words and train diligently.

Yoo Eun-hyun gripped the wooden sword properly again.

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On the fifth day after that terrible incident occurred. That day too, Yoo Eun-hyun was devoted to training all day long.

After understanding the principle of the techniques, Yoo Eun-hyun changed his operation to treat internal energy like a seed that could be nurtured and grown. The method had to change depending on what you were cultivating. For Yoo Eun-hyun, who had lived his entire life farming, this was an extremely natural principle.

“Huh?”

And while training like that, Yoo Eun-hyun clearly saw it. A small impact occurring where the trajectories of Explosive Cross Strike intersected.

“What? Did it just work? No. He said it couldn’t work. And it seems a bit different too…”

Looking down at the wooden sword he was holding, Yoo Eun-hyun muttered. It seemed like it had worked, but it felt different from what So Bi-won had shown him.

Since there was no one he could ask, that frustration couldn’t be resolved either.

Thud.

At that moment, Yoo Eun-hyun’s senses detected something.

Having become sensitive, he wondered if he had heard wrong, but it was definitely the sound of human footsteps.

As soon as he realized this, Yoo Eun-hyun hurriedly turned around and instinctively raised his wooden sword as if defending himself.

“Whoa, whoa, calm down. If you carelessly thrust such a dangerous thing around, you’ll get hurt.”

The person who approached Yoo Eun-hyun was none other than a woman who appeared to be almost the same height as Yoo Eun-hyun.

Yoo Eun-hyun’s height was by no means small, but since she appeared similar to him, one could roughly guess how tall she was.

She was wearing a light blue palace robe, but rather than being fancy, she was dressed simply for easy movement. She had a somewhat overly thin face and sharp eyes, with slight wrinkles around her eyes, making her appear twice Yoo Eun-hyun’s age.

“Your senses are quite sharp. Your stance is also proper.”

“Who… are you?”

Recalling what had happened recently, Yoo Eun-hyun couldn’t help but speak bluntly for a moment.

But unlike Gu Jung-ho and Jang Man-eung, who had looked at Yoo Eun-hyun suspiciously, the woman was looking at Yoo Eun-hyun with a warm smile.

“Are you Eun-hyun?”

In the end, Yoo Eun-hyun had no choice but to nod at that gaze. Seeing Yoo Eun-hyun, who had quietly lowered his wooden sword at the sight of the woman’s bright smile, the woman said:

“I thought so. Um… That aside, what happened here? I just came for a light visit, but so many corpses. And they’re Maegyo followers and Cheonmu Alliance warriors…”

Looking down toward the lower part of the field, the woman slightly frowned. Seeing her like this, Yoo Eun-hyun could guess that the woman was also a martial artist.

Now he was sick and tired of martial artists. Yoo Eun-hyun momentarily frowned, but the woman turned her head again and said:

“Ah, I should introduce myself first, shouldn’t I? I’m called Yeo U-hui. I came here at your mother’s request.”

“M-Mother?”

Yoo Eun-hyun was still wary of Yeo U-hui, but when she mentioned Soo Hwa-seon, his tension immediately eased.

“That’s right. This…”

Yeo U-hui nodded and put her hand into her bosom to hand over a letter. And Yoo Eun-hyun hurriedly received it and unfolded it.

I tried to return as quickly as possible, but the situation isn’t favorable. I’ll return as soon as possible, so don’t worry and take care of yourself.

The person who brought this letter is this mother’s friend, so don’t treat her rudely. You’re not at an age where you’d miss your mother, so you should be able to manage well on your own, right?

It’s not definite, but no matter how late, I’ll return by harvest season, which is the busiest time. And this mother isn’t sick or anything, so don’t worry and focus on your own affairs.

Soo Hwa-seon’s letter ended there. There was no way Yoo Eun-hyun couldn’t recognize Soo Hwa-seon’s elegantly written handwriting. Yoo Eun-hyun first breathed a sigh of relief that Soo Hwa-seon was safe.

“Thank you for delivering the letter. Yeo U-hui… nim?”

Not only had Soo Hwa-seon told him not to be rude to Yeo U-hui, but Yoo Eun-hyun also had no intention of being rude to an adult he was meeting for the first time. He expressed his gratitude and bowed his head.

However, since he was momentarily unsure what to call her, he mumbled the last word vaguely.

Yeo U-hui laughed as if Yoo Eun-hyun was cute and said:

“Call me aunt. Hwa-seon… your mother and I have been friends who studied together since childhood.”

“Yes, aunt. We shouldn’t be doing this outside. Please come inside.”

“Hmm… Alright. Shall I receive some hospitality from our nephew?”

Yeo U-hui seemed to be contemplating something while looking around with sharp eyes for a moment, but soon accepted Yoo Eun-hyun’s invitation and headed inside the house.

Yoo Eun-hyun quickly put water on to boil tea and prepared simple refreshments with dried fruit and meat.

“You must be tired from coming such a long way?”

“Not at all. Rather, I came slowly so I’m full of energy. But looking at the situation, I think I should have come a bit faster.”

“I’m grateful that you came like this.”

“I see… Originally I planned to deliver the letter and stay for about a day before leaving, but that won’t be possible. Can you explain what happened here?”

“Well…”

Since there was no reason to hide anything, Yoo Eun-hyun began calmly explaining what had happened after Soo Hwa-seon left. Yeo U-hui’s expression gradually hardened as she listened to Yoo Eun-hyun’s story.

“Are you saying that Sa Un-sik and So Bi-won really said that?”

“Yes.”

“That’s impossible. The Thousand-Year Demon Lord and the Sword-Saber Twin Sages came here? No, it seems the Sword-Saber Twin Sages came here chasing the Thousand-Year Demon Lord… W-wait a minute. More than that, you’re saying the two of them obtained something here? What was it?”

Yeo U-hui asked urgently, but Yoo Eun-hyun still answered as if he didn’t know.

“I just taught them about farming methods… Who are those two people that you’re asking like this?”

At Yoo Eun-hyun’s question, Yeo U-hui hesitated for a moment before finally beginning to speak.

“Sa Un-sik, the Thousand-Year Demon Lord and leader of Maegyo, and So Bi-won, the Twin Sword Sage and leader of the Cheonmu Alliance… They are the greatest masters under heaven.”

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