The Farmer Who Ended Up Teaching the World’s Greatest Martial Artist - Chapter 41

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| Chapter 41

 

Swoooosh.

 

Yoo Eun-hyun lifted the water bucket and came outside, pouring it directly onto the Soil Lord Mouse that was there.

 

Naturally, as soon as the water touched it, the startled Soil Lord Mouse tried to burrow straight into the ground, but the water-soaked earth momentarily halted the Soil Lord Mouse’s movement.

 

But it was a desperate situation. It wasn’t like rain had fallen for a long time, deeply soaking the ground – only the surface had been momentarily wetted, so it was obvious that it would soon burrow into the earth.

 

“Yoo Ryeon!”

 

At that moment, Yoo Eun-hyun called out to Ju Yu-ryeon. As if she had been waiting, Ju Yu-ryeon rushed out and unleashed a palm strike toward the ground.

 

Yoo Eun-hyun momentarily felt a chill from that slightly opaque white energy, and that energy soon reached the ground.

 

Crack!

 

The ground instantly froze from Ju Yu-ryeon’s ice technique. Although Ju Yu-ryeon hadn’t professionally learned ice techniques and had only frozen the surface of the ground, that was sufficient.

 

With the already wet and difficult-to-penetrate ground now frozen solid, the Soil Lord Mouse was left unable to do anything.

 

“Kruuk…!”

 

Crack!

 

But then, as if the Soil Lord Mouse had quickly grasped the situation, it let out a strange cry and drove its large, long claws into the ground. The frozen earth immediately cracked open.

 

At this rate, regardless of being frozen, it would burrow back into the ground.

 

But Yoo Eun-hyun wasn’t one to just stand and watch. Without hesitation, Yoo Eun-hyun rushed forward and pounced on the Soil Lord Mouse.

 

“Kyaak!”

 

When its scruff was grabbed, the Soil Lord Mouse also let out a high shriek while raising its front paws.

 

The Soil Lord Mouse, which hadn’t seemed very frightening when just running away, began emanating a sinister aura once it assumed an attacking posture with its claws raised.

 

“Want to try this, huh?”

 

But Yoo Eun-hyun was extremely familiar with such wild animals. To farm, one had to protect crops from all kinds of wild animal threats. Yoo Eun-hyun demonstratively slammed the Soil Lord Mouse down and drew the weapon he carried on his back.

 

“Sorry, but I also have some expertise in digging ground.”

 

What Yoo Eun-hyun drew was a sturdy iron shovel. Of course, he hadn’t brought this to dig ground. He had simply brought it because it was the shovel Yoo Dong-gi had used when staying here.

 

Yoo Eun-hyun gripped the iron shovel and struck down at the Soil Lord Mouse.

 

Clang!

 

The iron shovel and the Soil Lord Mouse’s claws collided. The sound of metal striking metal rang sharply through the surroundings. It seemed the claws’ hardness was truly comparable to steel.

 

But the strength they possessed was different.

 

“Kuuk!?”

 

Whether the force transmitted from Yoo Eun-hyun’s iron shovel was beyond imagination, the Soil Lord Mouse let out a bizarre scream and tumbled backward three times before falling.

 

And Yoo Eun-hyun, still having energy left, raised the iron shovel and struck down at the Soil Lord Mouse again.

 

Then the Soil Lord Mouse, thinking it better to dodge, rolled backward again.

 

After striking the ground once hard, Yoo Eun-hyun paid no mind and pursued the Soil Lord Mouse.

 

After striking the ground with the shovel several times like this, Yoo Eun-hyun’s claim of having expertise in digging wasn’t empty words, as a huge pit had formed.

 

“I may look like this, but I’m a body trained by thousands of shovel strikes. This is the finish, you bastard!”

 

Finally driving the shovel into the ground, Yoo Eun-hyun pushed the embedded shovel and charged forward.

 

The terrified Soil Lord Mouse tried to burrow into the ground, but Yoo Eun-hyun was faster.

 

When Yoo Eun-hyun vigorously scooped up with the shovel, the Soil Lord Mouse flew into the air along with a pile of dirt. Yoo Eun-hyun infused internal energy into the shovel and unleashed the Explosive Cross technique toward the Soil Lord Mouse.

 

“Kyaaak!”

 

As the shovel crossed in an X-shaped trajectory, the Soil Lord Mouse at the center of that trajectory screamed.

 

And to finish off the Soil Lord Mouse that was unable to regain its senses after being struck in midair, Soo Hwa-seon, who had been waiting, launched her body like lightning.

 

Soo Hwa-seon held a small blade the size of her palm, which looked very sharp as it glinted in the high sunlight. But Soo Hwa-seon’s blade wasn’t aimed at the Soil Lord Mouse.

 

Slash!

 

Soo Hwa-seon immediately curled the small blade inward and lightly cut her own arm. Blood flowed out, but as if this itself was the purpose, Soo Hwa-seon put away the blade.

 

The question was brief, as the blood flowing down her arm began to writhe and move as if it had a will of its own. The blood that had been dripping drop by drop soon gathered into one mass, and that mass of blood shot toward the Soil Lord Mouse.

 

‘That’s the legendary…’

 

Yoo Eun-hyun couldn’t hide his amazement at seeing this. This was his first time actually witnessing Eohyeol Sanhong, the hereditary martial art of the Euiseonsu family. Though he had expected it, it was natural for his brow to furrow at that sight which departed from the common principles of ordinary martial arts.

 

Eohyeol Sanhong was a martial art that moved one’s own blood with internal energy to attack opponents.

 

Of course, not everyone could learn it – one had to master Jipseolsimgong, the special internal energy cultivation method passed down in the Euiseonsu family.

 

Jipseolsimgong not only allowed rapid accumulation of internal energy but also increased blood viscosity, which became essential for Eohyeol Sanhong.

 

Of course, since this couldn’t be good for the body, one would end up having to periodically consume Yongsseoldan.

 

But with all these various side effects, Eohyeol Sanhong was powerful.

 

“Hyeolsagon!”

 

The reason Soo Hwa-seon deployed Eohyeol Sanhong was partly to deal with the Soil Lord Mouse, but more importantly, she intended to directly imprint the essence of the hereditary martial art on Yoo Eun-hyun. Thus, she called out the name of each technique and deliberately displayed Eohyeol Sanhong within Yoo Eun-hyun’s field of vision.

 

Whoosh!

 

When Soo Hwa-seon extended her arm, a stream of blood stretched toward the Soil Lord Mouse and formed a large, thick staff.

 

That staff even had menacing spikes that looked deadly just to see, and Soo Hwa-seon moved it to swing at the Soil Lord Mouse in the air.

 

“Kak!”

 

The Soil Lord Mouse, already mentally confused from its bout with Yoo Eun-hyun, instinctively curled up its body. But struck directly by the force contained within, the Soil Lord Mouse was slammed into the ground.

 

It seemed it wasn’t dead. But there was definitely impact, as the Soil Lord Mouse writhed and uncurled its body before raising its claws.

 

It seemed to be thinking of burrowing into the ground as a last desperate act, but it was already too late. The Hyeolsagon that Soo Hwa-seon had swung scattered and rose as small droplets of blood.

 

“Hyeolunakran!”

 

This time the blood droplets became streams of rain pouring down on the Soil Lord Mouse. The Soil Lord Mouse that had been trying to burrow into the ground curled up its body again.

 

And following that, Soo Hwa-seon’s attacks continued. Whether it realized that if it didn’t respond, it would just die miserably again, it gave up on going into the ground and raised its body slightly. Its bristles stood up hostilely as if it was furious to the top of its head, looking threatening.

 

“This damn mole-like thing. You’re dead today. I’ll roast you over fire to eat the meat, use the organs as fertilizer for the field, and give the inner core to our son.”

 

“I should grind it up and drink it all.”

 

When Soo Hwa-seon and Ju Yu-ryeon, who had been grinding their teeth at the Soil Lord Mouse, stepped forward, the situation was quickly resolved. Whether the two had deep resentment against the Soil Lord Mouse, they began pouring out all kinds of martial arts with bloodshot eyes.

 

“Anyone watching would think they’re facing a mortal enemy…”

 

As if they had decided not to think about the aftermath at all, the two poured out all their internal energy, and as a result, the Soil Lord Mouse soon became a lump of meat that barely maintained its form.

 

And now Yoo Eun-hyun approached the two who were completely exhausted and breathing heavily.

 

“Is it dead?”

 

Yoo Eun-hyun’s question was merely formal.

 

If it wasn’t dead after all that, it should now be called a divine beast rather than a spirit creature.

 

“It’s dead. How could it survive that?”

 

“Liberation… Liberation!”

 

Soo Hwa-seon nodded, and Ju Yu-ryeon lay sprawled on the ground as if relieved, shouting loudly.

 

Still, unlike Ju Yu-ryeon who seemed unable to move a finger, Soo Hwa-seon apparently had some energy left as she got up and approached the Soil Lord Mouse.

 

“I wonder if there’s an inner core… There is!”

 

Soo Hwa-seon rummaged through the Soil Lord Mouse’s body and pulled out a round pellet slightly larger than a fingernail. When she wiped off the blood, it began emitting a mysterious light.

 

“This should provide about 10 years’ worth of internal energy. Here, son. You keep this.”

 

Soo Hwa-seon threw the inner core to Yoo Eun-hyun.

 

Yoo Eun-hyun caught it but asked back with a reluctant expression.

 

“Isn’t this precious? Is it okay for me to just take it?”

 

“We wouldn’t have gotten it without you anyway. Think of it as payment. Yu-ryeon. No problem, right?”

 

At Soo Hwa-seon’s question, Ju Yu-ryeon, who was lying collapsed like dead while catching her breath, raised her thumb.

 

“It is somewhat precious, but it’s not really something you’d call an ancient treasure or divine opportunity, so keep it. You’re quite lacking in basic internal energy, so it’ll be a great help.”

 

“No… I’ll keep it for now, but Mother, what about that wound of yours?”

 

“It’s fine. It’s not like you’ve seen this mother get hurt just once or twice, so why such a fuss?”

 

“Because it’s actually the first time I’ve seen it.”

 

As Yoo Eun-hyun said this and grabbed Soo Hwa-seon’s wrist to look at the injured arm, the wound was already blocked by hardened blood.

 

“Since Eohyeol Sanhong controls blood with internal energy, wound recovery is also fast.”

 

“Mother’s wounds did heal quickly, but…”

 

When he was young, he had just assumed such behavior from Soo Hwa-seon was some blessed constitution, but it seemed it was all due to Eohyeol Sanhong.

 

“Anyway, everyone worked hard. Now I can rest easy. Yu-ryeon, you must feel relieved too?”

 

When Soo Hwa-seon turned her head, Ju Yu-ryeon got up from her spot, swaying as if she had recovered enough energy to stand.

 

Though she looked tired, Ju Yu-ryeon’s expression also looked refreshed like someone whose decades-old indigestion had been cured.

 

“Not just relieved – I feel like I could go crazy. I’m only not jumping around because I’m drained of energy, but I feel like running around and screaming. Thank you both. Especially Eun-hyun.”

 

When Ju Yu-ryeon spoke with shining eyes, Yoo Eun-hyun awkwardly turned his head. Nevertheless, Ju Yu-ryeon seemed excited and in a good mood.

 

“I just lightly helped. And there’s still finishing work left, right? We need to clean up this mess.”

 

“Just doing work that won’t happen again is fortunate enough. This kind of thing isn’t even work now. Let’s quickly clean it up!”

 

Whether Ju Yu-ryeon was picturing quite a hopeful future, she raised her hand high. Yoo Eun-hyun also smiled broadly at that sight.

 

In any case, the situation ended there, and the Soil Lord Mouse extermination operation was thus concluded.

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