The Farmer Who Ended Up Teaching the World’s Greatest Martial Artist - Chapter 27

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| Chapter 27

“You look familiar, have we met somewhere before?”

Yoo Eun-hyun was startled as he was suddenly grabbed and looked at the woman.

He wasn’t simply surprised because he was grabbed.

When he saw the woman skillfully catch him with a grappling technique as he tried to dodge using his internal energy, it became clear. She too had learned martial arts, and it was certainly not a shallow level.

However, the woman still held onto Yoo Eun-hyun’s hand with an unreadable expression. Like Yoo Eun-hyun, she showed a subtly surprised look, silently staring at him without saying anything.

“That can’t be… But the energy I felt for a moment was definitely…”

The woman looked surprised, but judging by the emotion contained within, it seemed closer to curiosity than wariness.

And Yoo Eun-hyun, who couldn’t help but look at the woman again, felt the sense of déjà vu he had experienced earlier become even stronger. To be precise, it wasn’t the woman herself, but rather her atmosphere that seemed familiar from somewhere.

‘This is… similar to the feeling I had when meeting Dosa-nim or the Great One?’

When that thought occurred to Yoo Eun-hyun, he instantly felt goosebumps rise on his body.

Hadn’t his current situation come about because he got wrongly entangled with those two people?

Thinking that getting further involved would bring no good, Yoo Eun-hyun shook off the woman’s hand that was gripping his wrist and spoke curtly.

“Do you have some business with me?”

“Are you perhaps from somewhere… No, this isn’t the place for this. Come with me for a moment.”

“W-wait. Where to?!”

Yoo Eun-hyun wondered what this was suddenly about, but the woman spoke confidently as if asking what the problem was.

“We’re not going far. There’s something I want to confirm.”

Saying that, the woman began walking steadily into the street without even looking at Yoo Eun-hyun’s reaction. At her confident back, certain that Yoo Eun-hyun would follow, he unconsciously let out a deep sigh and followed behind.

Fortunately or unfortunately, the woman really didn’t go very far. After leaving the trading house and settling in a tea house that was immediately visible, the woman sat down and spoke urgently.

“Were you surprised that I suddenly called you? I’m called Sa Yeo-un. What’s your name?”

Yoo Eun-hyun’s face immediately frowned at the sudden informal speech. From her one-sided way of speaking and her personality that paid no attention to others’ reactions, it seemed clear how this woman had lived her life.

He thought he shouldn’t have followed in the first place, but now he couldn’t just leave without hearing what she had to say. Yoo Eun-hyun replied shortly with a displeased expression.

“Yoo Eun-hyun.”

When the other party came out so shamelessly, Yoo Eun-hyun didn’t need to be polite either. Though he spoke briefly, Sa Yeo-un didn’t seem to mind Yoo Eun-hyun’s tone at all.

“That’s a pretty name. I like it.”

“What business do you have with me?”

“I have some things to ask.”

“That doesn’t seem like the attitude of someone who wants to ask something.”

“Don’t be like that and just listen.”

Yoo Eun-hyun’s face frowned once again at Sa Yeo-un’s absurd answer.

But that was only for a moment, as Yoo Eun-hyun’s momentum was completely broken by Sa Yeo-un’s question.

“You’ve learned martial arts, haven’t you? Where did you learn it? Especially the internal energy cultivation method.”

The fact that Yoo Eun-hyun was learning martial arts seemed to be something other martial artists could tell when they saw him.

But Sa Yeo-un was the first person to specifically point out and ask about internal energy cultivation methods. Yoo Eun-hyun was greatly surprised inside but answered as calmly as possible in a composed voice.

“I learned it from books.”

“Books? What books? What are their names?”

“Do I have any reason to tell you that?”

“No. You don’t, but wouldn’t there be some reason why I’m asking about something I don’t need to know?”

Even at Yoo Eun-hyun’s words, Sa Yeo-un didn’t blink an eye and said that. Then she suddenly smiled meaningfully, and Yoo Eun-hyun, feeling strangely guilty, muttered to himself.

‘Is she just probing? Damn. But I can’t just reveal everything either…’

Listening to her, Sa Yeo-un was not only talkative but also quite eloquent. In the earlier conversation with Jin Seung-hyeok, it was fine because he had Gong Si-hak’s advice, but Yoo Eun-hyun had never had such conversations before, so he was bound to be at a disadvantage.

But since he couldn’t speak honestly anyway, Yoo Eun-hyun shook his head.

“Why are you asking about such things in the first place?”

“I got a feeling similar to someone I know. But as we talked, it seems a bit different… Was it my mistake after all?”

Looking at her low voice and the way she stared at Yoo Eun-hyun, she didn’t seem to have complete certainty.

“Of course it’s different. I may have learned martial arts, but I’m just a farmer. I learned martial arts for self-defense.”

“What kind of farmer learns martial arts for self-defense?”

“Not just for that, it also helps with farming.”

Yoo Eun-hyun gritted his teeth, recalling the recent attack incident. Sa Yeo-un seemed to believe that part and nodded.

“Seeing you come out of Wonjeong Trading House, you definitely seem to have quite a bit of money. Tsk. I don’t know what kind of bastards they are, but they shouldn’t mess with non-martial artists… It’s because of guys like that that Mado-in get cursed at so much.”

The muttering that followed was too quiet to reach Yoo Eun-hyun’s ears, but he could clearly feel that she was grumbling without hiding her displeasure.

“So is your business finished?”

“Wait a moment. Are you going to be so heartless? Fine. I understand that you learned it for self-defense. But you didn’t say who you learned it from. Tell me.”

“I don’t particularly feel the need to say, and I have nothing more to say. I’m leaving.”

“Will you be okay? If you leave now, the tracker following you will keep bothering you, won’t they?”

Sa Yeo-un’s voice, which had been light and joking until now, changed. At this, Yoo Eun-hyun, who was about to turn around, hesitated, and Sa Yeo-un propped her chin and continued speaking with an enigmatic smile.

“It looks like the trading house attached them. I don’t know what you did there to get a tracker attached, but it doesn’t seem like you did anything bad… You must have a lot of secrets?”

At Sa Yeo-un’s words, Yoo Eun-hyun hardened his expression and looked back at her. Sa Yeo-un waved her hand as if it was nothing and said.

“Hehe. Don’t look at me like that. Actually, I’m also being tracked right now.”

“You’re being tracked?”

“Ah, don’t worry. Even if I’m caught, it won’t be any problem for you.”

“You mean your tracker isn’t the same as mine?”

“If it were mine, it wouldn’t be this clumsy. Rather, I wouldn’t be able to sit here so comfortably because it would be so scary.”

“It’s not dangerous but scary? What kind of family do you come from?”

When Sa Yeo-un deliberately lowered her voice as if trying to scare him, Yoo Eun-hyun asked back as if he didn’t understand.

However, Sa Yeo-un still smiled and continued as if testing Yoo Eun-hyun.

“First, answer whether you’ll tell me who you learned from or not. Only then will I answer what you’re curious about. Isn’t it too much to ask only me to answer?”

“Don’t you think it’s more excessive to suddenly grab someone and do this?”

“I think it’s excessive. Since it’s excessive, answer me.”

“No. Why are you being so bothersome in the first place?”

“That’s because you’re lying.”

“I’ve never lied.”

“Is that really so?”

Sa Yeo-un chuckled and quietly drew up her internal energy. Yoo Eun-hyun felt the internal energy flowing from Sa Yeo-un and opened his eyes wide in surprise.

The feeling of internal energy flowing from Sa Yeo-un was similar to what he had learned.

That characteristic feeling of having no particular characteristics was what he felt from Sa Yeo-un.

“Even now, will you say it’s not a lie?”

While thinking he was caught, Yoo Eun-hyun’s mind was working complexly.

‘Then that means Sa Yeo-un also learned the same internal energy cultivation method, but how did this happen? Sa Un-sik’s disciple? Or someone related to Maegyo?’

Various thoughts flashed through his mind, but unfortunately, Yoo Eun-hyun had no information to reach a conclusion.

“Really? Well, fine. If you’re going to lie to the end, there’s nothing I can do. I’ll have no choice but to not let you go either. If I stick with you, you won’t be able to shake off the tracker either, right?”

“Tsk. Do whatever you want. Follow me or don’t.”

But since he couldn’t tell Sa Yeo-un the truth, Yoo Eun-hyun just turned around and went outside.

And Sa Yeo-un looked at Yoo Eun-hyun with an amused expression and muttered.

“It’s definitely Mahoncheon-gong… I’m in a hurry to go, but I can’t just leave something this interesting behind.”

Saying that, Sa Yeo-un opened the door and followed Yoo Eun-hyun outside.

*

Yoo Eun-hyun glanced back as he walked.

Even without looking, he could tell that Sa Yeo-un was following behind, but he deliberately looked back to give her a hint.

But when Yoo Eun-hyun glanced back, Sa Yeo-un just shrugged her shoulders. Yoo Eun-hyun let out a long sigh and continued walking.

Honestly speaking, if it weren’t for Wonjeong Trading House’s pursuer like now, he would have already shaken off someone like Sa Yeo-un. The problem was that no matter how clumsy the tracker was, he would have to use lightness skills to shake them off. And showing that to Sa Yeo-un, who was following right behind, would be quite troublesome.

‘She’s already suspicious about the source of my internal energy, so showing her would be really uncomfortable…’

He would soon arrive at Uiseonsu-ga and be able to meet his mother, so he absolutely didn’t want to make things bigger.

‘Even if I wanted to consult with aunt, I can’t go dragging these two along…’

The tracker was one thing, but Sa Yeo-un clearly seemed to be a figure from Maegyo. Whether it was right to move around with such a person, Yoo Eun-hyun couldn’t judge at all in his current state.

In the end, Yoo Eun-hyun had no choice but to wander around the streets, hoping that at least one of the two would get tired and drop out. Of course, he knew very well that this was an unrealistic expectation.

‘Huh? But… wait a minute. Really?’

Yoo Eun-hyun momentarily felt the presence of the tracker who had been clumsily following from a distance disappear and stopped walking.

But it was only for a moment. When the presence immediately revived, he clicked his tongue, and soon seemed to realize something as he slightly raised his eyes.

‘Something about the tracker’s aura seems to have changed… It’s not just my imagination—the presence itself is different.’

If the previous tracker had been at an amateur level, this one targeting Yoo Eun-hyun was different.

Except for the moment when the presence changed, their traces were nearly impossible to find. No matter how hard he tried, they were so stealthy that he could barely even detect them. They were clearly a skilled tracker.

‘Damn it. If they’re switching shifts while tracking, there’s no way out…’

And as Yoo Eun-hyun was thinking this, someone approached from behind and tapped his shoulder.

“Wh-what?”

Yoo Eun-hyun, who had been so focused on the suddenly changed tracker’s presence that he hadn’t noticed someone approaching from behind, jumped in surprise and turned around.

“You…”

Sa Yeo-un was standing there. Yoo Eun-hyun, who was about to say something, couldn’t finish his words.

What caught his eye wasn’t the relaxed face he had always seen, but Sa Yeo-un’s expression bearing a rarely seen serious look.

Sa Yeo-un spoke quietly to Yoo Eun-hyun, who had closed his mouth.

“You felt it too, didn’t you? The tracker has changed.”

“This one seems like a proper tracker? Did they switch shifts?”

“Switch shifts? This isn’t the time for such wishful thinking.”

Sa Yeo-un, who had stepped closer to Yoo Eun-hyun, muttered quietly.

“They were eliminated. This is on a completely different level from the amateur tracker who was following you until now. They cleared out the obstacle and started tracking in earnest.”

“Eliminated?”

Yoo Eun-hyun couldn’t help but be flustered by Sa Yeo-un’s sudden words. He had a vague idea of what that elimination meant without having to think about it.

“Who exactly did the eliminating?”

“I have someone in mind… But more importantly, the situation isn’t good. This tracker is moving faster than expected.”

At Sa Yeo-un’s meaningful words, Yoo Eun-hyun frowned. Sa Yeo-un, who had been silent for a moment, looked at Yoo Eun-hyun and gestured.

“Follow me for now.”

As the pursuing presence became clearer, Yoo Eun-hyun nodded silently.

The judgment that there was no longer time for conversation didn’t need to be spoken aloud.

Soon, Yoo Eun-hyun and Sa Yeo-un simultaneously kicked off the ground and launched their bodies into the air without either taking the lead.

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