The Farmer Who Ended Up Teaching the World’s Greatest Martial Artist - Chapter 22

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| Chapter 22

Among them, the most vicious-looking man blocked Yeo U-hui’s path and pointed his sword at her.

“You must be dying to get yourself killed.”

Yoo Eun-hyun shrank back, having never seen so many people simultaneously emanating such murderous intent.

In contrast, Yeo U-hui remained relaxed even at this sight. She pointed at the man and warned him in a calm but heavy voice.

“Shameless bastards. You pick a fight first and then say such things? Well, if you’re dying to get killed, what wouldn’t you do?”

“You, you bitch…!”

At Yeo U-hui’s words that seemed to throw his own words back at him, the man’s face instantly turned bright red.

Seeing that he couldn’t even retort, it seemed he knew it himself.

Then someone gestured to stop the man who was spewing curses. When the largest man among them, who was at the front, stepped forward slightly, things finally quieted down a bit.

It seemed that fellow was their leader. He frowned at the man who had fallen with his arm severed and said.

“Useless bastard… Unable to handle a single brat with a surprise attack.”

“You should consider it fortunate that you failed to handle him. If this kid had been hurt, none of you would have made it out alive.”

Yeo U-hui, who had been listening quietly, chuckled and mocked the man. The man’s eyes immediately twitched and his aura seemed to become even more menacing.

“Quite arrogant, aren’t you. Looking at you, you seem to belong to some prestigious sect… Where? Cheonmu Alliance?”

“I don’t need to tell you that. Looking at you doing such petty things, you seem like mere thugs who don’t even belong to Mado?”

“We were just trying to make things easy and convenient. Isn’t it natural to target the side that has what we’re after?”

Saying this, the leader looked at Yoo Eun-hyun who was carrying the tiger’s eye stone. They didn’t seem to intend to end things here.

“Let’s keep things amicable, shall we? Only our guy got hurt in the first place, right?”

The man glanced at his fallen comrade, then casually kicked and rolled him a few times with his foot.

Seeing the others laugh at this sight, it seemed they had no intention of treating his wounds.

“Since both hands were severed, treatment would be useless anyway. The medical costs would be higher. Let’s just consider it payment for medical expenses, shall we? You may be confident in your skills, but as you can see, our numbers aren’t insignificant either. Can you handle all of us alone? We only need to succeed once, but if you make even one mistake, the damage will be great, won’t it?”

Indeed, seeing how they treated their fallen comrade, it seemed they wouldn’t care if a few more died here.

“Hmm. So that’s why you were so confident?”

Even at such threats from the man, Yeo U-hui remained completely at ease. Then Yoo Eun-hyun grabbed Yeo U-hui’s sleeve and said.

“Aunt. Should we just give it to them?”

Actually, the level was such that even Yoo Eun-hyun could handle them without difficulty, so Yeo U-hui could probably deal with them easily.

But the problem was that there were too many opponents. So rather than take such risks in case something unexpected happened, wouldn’t it be better to just give it to them?

Yeo U-hui seemed to interpret Yoo Eun-hyun’s thoughts differently.

“Why? Are you scared?”

“No. It’s not that, but…”

Besides, the tiger’s eye stone was just something he got for free from Sa Un-sik, so there would be no regret in giving it away.

“Yesterday I talked about Jeongdo and Mado, right? These guys are also classified as Mado in the world. They’re probably guys who have some influence in Jaenam Alley.”

“Yes…”

“But we’re the middle path, right? We’re literally right in the middle. We uphold the duties we should as humans, but… unlike Jeongdo, in certain situations we can act freely without watching others’ reactions.”

Having said this, Yeo U-hui extended her hand toward Yoo Eun-hyun. Understanding what the gesture meant, Yoo Eun-hyun took out the tiger’s eye stone and placed it in Yeo U-hui’s hand.

As the desired object actually revealed itself, even greater greed began to dwell in the opponents’ eyes.

The surrounding atmosphere was becoming increasingly volatile.

“Here, I’ll give it to you. The owner said to give it away, so I have to comply, don’t I?”

Yeo U-hui smiled brightly and threw the tiger’s eye stone toward the nearest man.

The tiger’s eye stone that soared high in a parabolic arc fell back down due to gravity.

However, the falling distance was not exactly where the man was, but precisely one step short.

With a little thought, there was no way a martial artist like Yeo U-hui would make such a mistake. She hadn’t thrown it quickly or forcefully, so there was no reason it wouldn’t reach the opponent.

But the nearby man seemed not to think of such strangeness at all and stepped forward to snatch the tiger’s eye stone.

“But I only said I’d give it to you, I didn’t say I’d let you take it freely, did I?”

Watching this with a sinister smile, Yeo U-hui’s sword moved at a speed invisible to the eye.

“Dodge!”

Seeing this, the man who appeared to be the leader shouted loudly, but it was already too late.

Yeo U-hui’s sword, aimed at the man whose body was tilted to pick up the tiger’s eye stone, pierced straight through his thigh.

“Aaaaah!”

The man who screamed at the top of his lungs couldn’t overcome the shock and collapsed, fainting.

This time, unable to just leave him be, the others nearby began bandaging the thigh wound. From the way they were stopping the bleeding, it seemed he wouldn’t die.

“How cowardly to launch a surprise attack!”

It was a pathetic thing to say from guys who were ganging up with over ten people.

“I’m originally cowardly toward cowardly bastards. So, what will you do? Want to try challenging to take it again?”

Yeo U-hui laughed as if such provocation didn’t work on her at all.

She even waved her sword as if telling them to try taking the tiger’s eye stone still lying on the ground if they could.

Gone was their earlier threatening bravado; the men could only stare at the tiger’s eye stone while watching Yeo U-hui’s reactions, unable to move.

They hadn’t seen her attack the man who initially ambushed Yoo Eun-hyun and got his hands severed, but now that they directly witnessed this move, they could guess that their opponent was no ordinary person.

But to give up and retreat when the tiger’s eye stone was already on the ground, seeming to shine particularly brightly, was too much.

“Surround them.”

Unable to give up after all, when the leader raised his hand, the remaining members began moving stealthily and started surrounding Yeo U-hui and Yoo Eun-hyun in a circle. The sight of them slowly tightening the circle was quite threatening.

“Should I help too?”

But at Yoo Eun-hyun’s question, Yeo U-hui still patted Yoo Eun-hyun’s shoulder as if telling him not to worry. Unlike Yoo Eun-hyun’s concern, this situation didn’t seem threatening to Yeo U-hui at all.

“This might sound like this aunt’s bragging, but this isn’t my first or second time dealing with such things. Until 20 years ago, there were many men who tried to mess with me. Do you know what happened to those bastards each time?”

Yoo Eun-hyun shook his head at Yeo U-hui’s words, and at the same time, the men forming the circle all rushed toward the two of them at once.

Still, they seemed threatening enough in numbers, and their movement was quite coordinated, making it look difficult to respond to.

It was a nearly flawless simultaneous attack, so it was understandable, but Yeo U-hui slightly closed her eyes even in the midst of this.

And momentarily, light flashed.

Clang!

“Aaaaah!”

The sound of metal clashing with metal and screams spread simultaneously. Though different sounds spread, there was one common result: all those who had rushed forward lost their momentum and retreated.

And Yoo Eun-hyun, who raised his head at those sounds, could understand why different sounds had echoed.

More than half the people were all wounded on their arms and shoulders, bleeding, and while the rest had no wounds, their weapons lay scattered nearby.

“Ugh… A first-rate master…”

“First-rate, second-rate, that’s not what’s important. It’s better to properly assess whether your opponent is stronger than you or not. Otherwise, you won’t be able to make a living doing this. Normally I wouldn’t spare guys who couldn’t even properly block a single attack, but today I went easy since I’m with my nephew, so if you don’t want to be truly massacred, go back. There won’t be a third time.”

At Yeo U-hui’s words, the leader gritted his teeth, but still having some last pride remaining, he bit his lips and said.

“If you’re a warrior, reveal your name honorably.”

“Oh? You have quite some spirit even in this situation? Didn’t you think I’d just kill you all?”

“If we die, so be it. We can’t just suffer such humiliation.”

“Why? Planning revenge? Well, it doesn’t matter. Whether it’s 100 or 101 guys targeting me, it’s all the same. If you want more, come find Yeo U-hui, the External General Manager of Euiseonsu-ga.”

Yeo U-hui wasn’t intimidated at all by the leader’s words and proudly revealed her name with her chest out.

“Don’t tell me… Euiseonsu-ga, one of the Seven Great Clans of the Martial World?”

It was the opponent who was surprised upon hearing that name. As soon as he heard the name Euiseonsu-ga, the leader’s face, which had seemed to retain some fighting spirit, turned pale. When Yeo U-hui made an expression as if she expected this, he hurriedly turned around.

“We’re… we’re retreating.”

That appearance was closer to a disgraceful flight than a retreat, but being able to flee at all was probably fortunate.

“Huh? What?”

And unlike Yeo U-hui who watched this as if it were natural, Yoo Eun-hyun was somewhat flustered by the sight.

The opponents who hadn’t lost their fighting spirit even when near death showed such a reaction as soon as they heard the name Euiseonsu-ga, so he couldn’t help but be surprised.

“Was my maternal grandparents’ house to that extent?”

“I told you. Whether you look at it subjectively or objectively, right?”

Yeo U-hui smiled brightly as she spoke, but naturally it still didn’t quite sink in for Yoo Eun-hyun.

Since Yeo U-hui knew he would find out anyway when they got there, she didn’t bother explaining further and picked up the tiger’s eye stone that had caused this incident.

And as Yeo U-hui picked up the tiger’s eye stone that had fallen to the ground, Yoo Eun-hyun let out a small sigh.

“Still, it ended safely in the end. I think we were lucky.”

“Which side? Us or them?”

“Um… both sides, perhaps?”

Should he say Yoo Eun-hyun, who was robbed, was lucky to be safe? Or should he say the robbers who recklessly attacked Yeo U-hui but barely saved their lives were lucky?

In the end, thinking that both sides were somewhat lucky, Yoo Eun-hyun’s casually thrown comment was interpreted differently by Yeo U-hui, who shook her head.

“For us, nothing has changed so it’s the same. The lucky ones are them. If they had targeted Jeongdo-in instead of us, at least half of them would have died.”

“What? Really?”

“Jeongdo-in don’t touch anyone unless they’re martial artists, but they tend to be ruthless toward fellow martial artists, especially Mado-in. Of course, there are many who aren’t like that, but now that it’s become mainly about power struggles, there’s no way they’d let bandits and robbers live.”

“Is the conflict between Jeongdo and Mado really that serious?”

“Thirty years ago, there was a major battle called Paggyeobhyeolsa. Back then, Jeongdo and Mado nearly reached the point of mutual destruction.”

Saying this, Yeo U-hui briefly explained about Paggyeobhyeolsa, and upon hearing this, Yoo Eun-hyun’s eyes widened as he asked back.

“And they’re still fighting after all that?”

“That’s right. The matter still hasn’t been settled. Only each side’s resentment has deepened further. But still, Paggyeobhyeolsa did make one thing clear to both sides.”

“What’s that?”

When Yoo Eun-hyun asked again, Yeo U-hui picked up the tiger’s eye stone, rubbed it lightly with her hand to clean it, then tossed it to Yoo Eun-hyun.

As Yoo Eun-hyun unconsciously caught it while waiting for an answer, Yeo U-hui spoke again.

“That if they only continue fighting like this, the Martial Arts World will only face mutual destruction.”

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