The Farmer Who Ended Up Teaching the World’s Greatest Martial Artist - Chapter 19

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| Chapter 19

“The greatest martial artist in the world?!”

Yoo Eun-hyun asked in surprise at Yeo U-hui’s words.

He naturally couldn’t help but be greatly shocked. He had never even imagined that they would be the leader of Maegyo and the alliance leader of Cheonmu Alliance.

In fact, Yoo Eun-hyun hadn’t been particularly interested when the two first arrived.

He had simply dismissed them, thinking they must be high-ranking people from Cheonmu Alliance and Maegyo based on their attire and behavior.

When Yoo Eun-hyun couldn’t hide his surprised expression, Yeo U-hui added an explanation as if to calm him down.

“Ah, yes… My nephew naturally wouldn’t know about these matters. Hmm, to explain simply, those two are currently the strongest two people in the martial arts world. Sa Un-sik, the Thousand-Year Demon, and So Bi-won, the Twin Swords. I don’t know which of the two is stronger, but it’s certain that one of them is the greatest martial artist in the world. But they learned something from you? How to farm? Really?”

When Yeo U-hui asked back with a momentarily suspicious look, Yoo Eun-hyun nodded vigorously.

“It’s true. I don’t understand why this happened either. After all, as a farmer, farming is all I know.”

This was real. Seeing how the two had even taught him internal energy cultivation methods and martial arts, it seemed they really had learned something from Yoo Eun-hyun’s farming theories…

As someone who was a complete outsider to martial arts, there was no way Yoo Eun-hyun could know what those two had learned from him.

Actually, after learning martial arts, he found there were quite a few similarities to farming, but if one could become the greatest martial artist in the world with just that much, the world would already be ruled by farmers.

“Well, that would make sense. From what I hear, it really is just farming methods… Perhaps when one reaches that level of mastery, they can grasp principles even from such things.”

When Yeo U-hui muttered quietly as if thinking for a moment, Yoo Eun-hyun also fell into thought.

‘Come to think of it, the people who swarmed here back then said something like that too. Then those two really did…’

As Yoo Eun-hyun was deep in thought, a flash of realization suddenly crossed his mind.

‘Wait… Then I learned martial arts from the leader of Maegyo and the alliance leader of Cheonmu Alliance? Is, is this okay? Is that why the Maegyo leader told me to hide that I learned martial arts from him? Was it because it was Maegyo martial arts?’

Naturally, Yoo Eun-hyun was horrified, but it was already too late. The internal energy gained through the internal cultivation method learned from Sa Un-sik was flowing leisurely through Yoo Eun-hyun’s body.

And the martial arts learned from So Bi-won had also reached a point where it would be impossible to forget even if told to do so.

When Yoo Eun-hyun’s expression hardened at this belatedly realized fact, Yeo U-hui subtly asked again.

“And after that? Nothing else happened?”

“Uh… Well. No. They just left after that. Though they did seem to be in a hurry.”

In the end, Yoo Eun-hyun decided to hide the fact that he had learned martial arts from the two. It didn’t seem like there would be anything good about being found out.

“Hmm… Is that so? Anyway, you almost got into big trouble. Cheonmu Alliance is one thing, but Maegyo consists of beings you never know how they might act.”

“They turned our field into this state, so they’re definitely bad people.”

“Simply destroying the field itself couldn’t have been the purpose. There must have been some other reason… I don’t know. Do you have any guesses?”

“I don’t know. Our field isn’t particularly special or anything…”

Yeo U-hui seemed to be pondering deeply about the reason, but Yoo Eun-hyun shook his head.

Reaching the conclusion that they had devastated the field to draw him into the martial arts world was beyond Yoo Eun-hyun’s reasoning, no matter how much he thought about it.

“So I have something to tell you about this.”

“Yes, tell me.”

When Yeo U-hui nodded, Yoo Eun-hyun spoke in a voice that had become calm.

“Could you take me to where my mother Soo Hwa-seon is?”

Yeo U-hui showed a surprised expression at Yoo Eun-hyun’s proposal. She had expected it, but she hadn’t thought he would make such a direct request.

On the other hand, Yoo Eun-hyun’s face was filled with determination. In her letter, Soo Hwa-seon had told him to wait while farming, but with the field devastated like this, farming would inevitably be suspended for the time being.

Moreover, with Yeo U-hui, who knew where Soo Hwa-seon was, coming to find Yoo Eun-hyun, this was an opportunity he absolutely couldn’t miss.

“Hmm. Yes. With the outside world in such chaos, you can’t just stay here farming as Hwa-seon’s letter suggested. That’s fortunate. If you had insisted on staying here, I was planning to take you by force if necessary.”

“What? Why?”

“You really don’t know anything yet. What happened here is by no means a small matter. Cheonmu Alliance and Maegyo have started a fight. And judging by the casualties, the scale is far from small. It probably won’t escalate to an all-out war, but… still, the damage isn’t light, so this won’t just be overlooked.”

After Yeo U-hui said that and paused briefly to drink tea, Yoo Eun-hyun asked in confusion.

“What if it’s not just overlooked?”

“It seems quiet because this is such a remote area, but investigators will be dispatched immediately. Then you’ll get dragged into it. Of course, nothing serious will happen to you, but it will be quite… no, very troublesome. Especially while Cheonmu Alliance would at least maintain minimal morality, expecting such things from Maegyo is unreasonable. In times like this, it’s best to just avoid the situation.”

When Yeo U-hui spoke with a serious expression, Yoo Eun-hyun’s face turned pale as he listened.

He hadn’t thought about such aspects at all.

Even when just one ordinary person is killed, it’s called a murder case and investigations are launched, but here dozens of people have died. Especially since this is a fight between martial artists, depending on how one gets involved, there’s a real possibility of being eliminated without anyone knowing.

“Then we should leave quickly?”

“That’s true, but we can’t just leave carelessly. If we leave traces behind like this, we might be tracked. Let’s erase as many traces as possible before leaving. Now, we need to move quickly. From now on, do as I tell you.”

Swallowing nervously, Yoo Eun-hyun nodded. Following Yeo U-hui’s instructions, Yoo Eun-hyun and Yeo U-hui hastily cleaned up the surroundings and quickly left the house.

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Half a day after the two had departed.

Two men appeared below Yoo Eun-hyun’s house.

“Huff huff… I’m dying from exhaustion.”

“Young man, you should exercise more. No, putting that aside, you’re in that state just from climbing a mountain? Are you really a martial artist?”

One was a middle-aged man with a rough beard, and the other was a young man who looked somewhat plump.

Compared to the middle-aged man who was spinning a piece of wood in his mouth as if he had come out for a leisurely trip, the young man was breathing heavily.

Go Ji-hwan, a senior member of the Hwangeum Unit of Jeongeumtae, raised his voice at the grumbling of Gu Pyo, a fresh newcomer who had been assigned just about a week ago.

“I thought being in the Hwangeum Unit meant doing cool espionage work by infiltrating places, but this is complete manual labor.”

“Oh? Anyone listening would think you’re good at infiltration. Come on. Do you think infiltration is easy? If you make a mistake, you’ll be immediately killed by those Maegyo bastards. That’s what infiltration missions are like. You haven’t suffered enough yet. At least doing manual labor here won’t get you killed, so stop complaining and do it.”

As Go Ji-hwan said, the Hwangeum Unit’s infiltration missions involved entering enemy territory, so the danger would skyrocket.

“Still, my peers went to places like Samwon-dae and Cheonya-dae, but I’m the only one doing this.”

“Ha, look at this guy’s nerve. Hey. The people who go to such places are from the Nine Great Sects or Five Great Families. And do you have the ability to go there? Are you stronger than the kids who went there?”

“I’m weak now, but I’ll get stronger. If you only pick strong people, how are weak people like me supposed to get stronger… Our Cheonmu Alliance needs to change too.”

“Not a chance. Do you think the great sects are great sects for no reason? And change my ass… It’s all the same then and now. In just one more year, it’ll be 100 years since Cheonmu Alliance was founded. 100 years. We’ve been doing this with Maegyo for 100 years.”

“Come on. Stop exaggerating. Brother Go wasn’t even part of Cheonmu Alliance during the Paggyeol Hyeolsa 30 years ago.”

“What? Exaggerating? Hey. It would have been better if I had been part of Cheonmu Alliance then. I was about 12 years old then. At such a young age, I had to experience Paggyeol Hyeolsa with my own body. Just thinking about that time still makes me shudder at those Maegyo bastards.”

“But while you talk about fighting Maegyo like that, there were only minor disturbances for 30 years, right?”

Paggyeol Hyeolsa was an incident 30 years ago when Maegyo and Cheonmu Alliance clashed greatly. At that time, the blood of countless martial artists was spilled. And although the Maegyo leader and Cheonmu Alliance leader mutually destroyed each other, greatly weakening both sides’ power, no conclusion was reached even then.

Since then, Cheonmu Alliance and Maegyo had deliberately avoided all-out war and were only engaging in small fights as if testing each other’s strength.

“Just hurry up and go. How is it that when your mouth gets faster, your steps get slower? If you can’t make both fast at the same time, it would be better for your well-being to make your legs faster.”

At Go Ji-hwan’s threat, Gu Pyo grumbled but began drawing up his internal energy again.

And before long, the two were able to reach the entrance of the path that Cheonhwang Paewundae had taken. As soon as the two reached the ridge of the mountain foothills, they frowned.

“This is terrible. The condition isn’t good, is it?”

“The mountain beasts have eaten everything up. You go around the area and count the number of corpses.

I need to examine things more closely.”

“Yes.”

About half an hour later, Gu Pyo returned shaking his head and spoke to Go Ji-hwan.

“The condition is so bad it’s not accurate, but even a rough count shows about 90 bodies. It looks like they were completely annihilated.”

“Cheonhwang Paewundae and Jeongeumtae are assessed to have almost equal strength… Damn. This is the worst result. This isn’t an ordinary matter. Do you know anything about this mission?”

“No? It must have been quite a secret mission.”

“That would be the right way to see it. And it seems they ended up fighting Cheonhwang Paewundae while executing that mission.”

“What kind of mission could it have been…”

“I don’t know the mission content itself, but I can tell who gave the order.”

“What? Really?”

Gu Pyo asked back in shock, and Go Ji-hwan slapped his forehead as if asking how he didn’t know such things.

“It’s obvious. They received secret orders. And there aren’t that many people in our main alliance who can give direct secret orders to our Jeongeumtae.”

And Gu Pyo, who seemed to be thinking about something from Go Ji-hwan’s words, suddenly raised his head and quietly exclaimed.

“Come to think of it, I think information came in that the Alliance Leader was in this area. Could it be that the Alliance Leader…”

At Gu Pyo’s words, Go Ji-hwan raised his hand to his lips as if to say that was enough. Gu Pyo also hastily closed his mouth.

“Now. Then the next question is what those Maegyo bastards were trying to do here.”

“Ah, I think I know about that. Basically, there are traces of battle… but unlike Jeongeumtae, the Maegyo bastards seemed to be focusing strangely on devastating the surroundings.”

At those words, Go Ji-hwan looked around and frowned.

“These bastards… It doesn’t seem like fighting was their purpose? They thoroughly destroyed only the field.”

“What did I tell you. It’s really true. Then did Jeongeumtae try to stop those Maegyo bastards from destroying this field?”

“Even you think it’s not something worth dispatching Cheonhwang Paewundae or Jeongeumtae to attempt and prevent…”

In fact, Gu Pyo couldn’t believe it either, but all the circumstances indicated that was the case.

After all, no matter how unbelievable a conclusion might seem, if the information pointed to it, one had to believe it – that was what Go Ji-hwan had taught him.

But Go Ji-hwan showed a serious expression even at Gu Pyo’s words and was lost in thought, not answering and starting to walk.

Gu Pyo also silently followed behind at Go Ji-hwan’s such serious reaction, and Go Ji-hwan headed not to the field but to the house where Yoo Eun-hyun had lived.

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