The Farmer Who Ended Up Teaching the World’s Greatest Martial Artist - Chapter 93

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| Chapter 93

“Do you know… the reason why Gyoju-nim wanted to make that man Miss’s marriage partner?”

Yeo Chang-dong asked very carefully. Sa Yeo-un seemed to think there was nothing to hold back since she had decided to speak, so she said casually.

“He did give some explanation, but honestly I couldn’t understand it at all. Do you remember when Dad went out two years ago and immediately entered closed cultivation as soon as he returned?”

“Yes. After that, Gyoju-nim reached the supreme realm.”

“According to Dad, he met Eun-hyun at that time and gained some kind of enlightenment. So he said he entered closed cultivation based on that.”

Yeo Chang-dong’s eyebrows twitched slightly. Lost in thought for a moment, he slowly opened his mouth as if he couldn’t believe it.

“You said enlightenment? That can’t be…”

Yeo Chang-dong muttered lowly after hearing Sa Yeo-un’s words. If it was a supreme master like Sa Un-sik, he was already someone who had refined martial arts for decades and honed his own realm. For such a master, new enlightenment was not something that could be easily obtained through a simple trigger.

Moreover, if it was enlightenment profound enough to undertake closed cultivation, it was certainly close to a great awakening that could shake the foundations of martial arts, not just a simple gain. That’s why Yeo Chang-dong’s expression could only grow more serious.

“I don’t know. He said he gained enlightenment from watching farming… That’s why he’s been like this for two years now. But what enlightenment. Everyone knows they’re just reluctantly going along. I acknowledge Dad’s abilities too, but he definitely took the wrong direction this time.”

Yeo Chang-dong suddenly closed his mouth after hearing Sa Yeo-un’s words. At that moment, the image of Yoo Eun-hyun silently farming in the chili pepper field flashed through his mind like lightning.

An elegance that should be called absolute, or rather seemed insufficient to be described as graceful. That mysterious and overwhelming atmosphere for which no other words came to mind. As that scene vividly came back to life, the emotion he felt then revived like a thrill and ran through Yeo Chang-dong’s entire body with a tingling sensation.

Suddenly his eyes flashed and loud laughter burst out.

“Hahaha! There’s definitely potential! If he possessed such martial arts yet was hiding himself… If that skill is higher than what appeared on the surface!”

Recalling the fact that Yoo Eun-hyun had thoroughly hidden his martial arts, a thrill gently flowed down Yeo Chang-dong’s spine. If that was not revealing his true abilities but was merely a fragment intentionally concealed, the story would be completely different. If what showed on the surface wasn’t everything, but a much deeper and higher realm was hidden beneath. That would truly be a domain that ordinary people could never dare to fathom.

Then Sa Un-sik’s words about gaining enlightenment from meeting him would no longer be an absurd story.

“Why are you suddenly acting like this. Have you really lost your mind…”

“No, Miss. Congratulations.”

“What are you congratulating me for. You’re not even teasing me. You don’t really believe that nonsense about martial arts getting stronger by learning farming, do you.”

“Of course not everyone would be like that and I don’t know how much it would help, but at least the possibility cannot be denied.”

“That’s ridiculous.”

If one person says it, you might be suspicious, but if two people say the same thing, trust suddenly increases. As Sa Yeo-un narrowed her eyes, Yeo Chang-dong said with a smile.

“Yeo Geum-hyeon… No, Brother Hyun is truly an outstanding talent. We absolutely must not let him slip away.”

“Brother Hyun? Since when were you so close. It’s suspicious how you’re suddenly speaking so familiarly.”

“I think we’re close enough. Close enough to entrust such important liquor.”

Yeo Chang-dong said as if enjoying something while lifting up the Doyangju to show it. Sa Yeo-un snatched that Doyangju away, opened the lid, and smelled the fragrance once.

“Wow. It really has a sweet peach fragrance? So why did he entrust this important liquor to you, brother. What does he want to do?”

“He gave various reasons, but thinking about it now, it seems his purpose was to deliver this to Gyoju-nim.”

“Since Dad quite liked this, he probably brought it as a gift. But why didn’t he deliver it directly and instead sneak in here using such complicated methods.”

“Probably because information about Brother Hyun isn’t known to the Main Sect, so he was worried about being suspected for no reason? Actually, if someone suddenly came saying they wanted an audience with Gyoju-nim, anyone would be suspicious.”

Especially now was a time when they needed to pay attention to Jeongdo’s movements. The trend was to deal with anyone even slightly suspicious first and ask questions later.

“That’s nonsense. You don’t even know what he’s carrying.”

“What is he carrying?”

“He has Mukryong-ju.”

“Mukryong-ju? When did you give him such a thing? You were talking about killing him or not, but I guess you weren’t completely heartless after all?”

“What are you talking about. When I met him, I didn’t even know Eun-hyun’s identity. From how he deliberately hid it, it seems he knew though…”

Sa Yeo-un frowned as she recalled her meeting with Yoo Eun-hyun. She couldn’t deny that the brief conversation had been enjoyable, but she was still annoyed at the thought of being deceived by Yoo Eun-hyun.

“Mukryong-ju isn’t something just anyone can give, is it?”

Since Mukryong-ju was originally an object for Sa Un-sik’s clan to prove their identity, it couldn’t be taken out to outsiders without their permission.

“It’s true that I told him to deliver it. Do you think he could dare do that and then hide? I knew where his house was, so I knew he’d come there eventually. Dad seemed to be working on something over there too, so it was a good excuse.”

“Indeed. So to whom?”

“Grandma Yeong.”

“Elder Cho?!”

Yeo Chang-dong also knew Cho Yeong well.

As a master of Mado who dominated the past decades ago, he couldn’t not know her, and he also knew well that she cherished Sa Yeo-un almost like her own granddaughter.

‘Quite… No. He must have suffered tremendously.’

And he was also unable to hide his amazement. Receiving Mukryong-ju meant that Yoo Eun-hyun had ultimately passed Cho Yeong’s test.

Cho Yeong is strict when it comes to evaluating people. She doesn’t evaluate people based on potential alone. She prioritizes evaluating what abilities and value that person currently possesses. And if that evaluation was for Sa Yeo-un’s husband candidate, it would certainly be stricter than any other evaluation, yet he had passed it.

‘I thought he was hiding about 30%, but was he hiding more than 50%? This becomes even more amazing.’

Yeo Chang-dong came to regard Yoo Eun-hyun as even more remarkable. Whether Sa Yeo-un knew such thoughts of Yeo Chang-dong or not, she grumbled.

“When she returned, she just casually mentioned giving him Mukryong-ju and inviting him to the Main Sect.”

“If she said that, then that’s the highest praise.”

Of course, Sa Yeo-un knew Cho Yeong’s personality as well as or better than Yeo Chang-dong, so she agreed with those words.

“But why is he doing this when he even has Mukryong-ju.”

“Well. I don’t know for sure, but I think it might be to avoid drawing attention. If he brought out Mukryong-ju, it would be easy to enter the Main Sect, but it would draw tremendous attention.”

“What’s wrong with that. And naturally he should accept that much.”

Sa Yeo-un, for whom drawing attention was daily life, made an expression of incomprehension. Yeo Chang-dong, who had seen Yoo Eun-hyun farming, thought he understood to some degree. Some people like to come forward and enjoy drawing attention, but there are also people who are the opposite. The Yoo Eun-hyun that Yeo Chang-dong saw belonged to the latter.

“Or maybe he was scared.”

“There’s no way he’d be scared. He has Mukryong-ju, so what’s there to fear.”

Instead of answering Sa Yeo-un’s question, Yeo Chang-dong just stared at her quietly. Sa Yeo-un, realizing what that gaze meant, widened her eyes and asked questions in slight confusion.

“Why would I be scary? Am I going to eat him or something?”

“You might not eat him, but you did try to kill him.”

“That was when I didn’t know anything. We’re not complete strangers either, and I wouldn’t just try to kill him outright now.”

“The other party might not think that way. Even I wouldn’t want to meet someone who talked about killing me in front of my face.”

Though Yeo Chang-dong explained logically, Sa Yeo-un still crossed her arms and made a sullen expression. It was that contradictory expression of understanding but finding it hard to accept.

“Originally his business was with Dad, so he probably prepared this liquor to meet him directly.”

“That’s how we should see it, shouldn’t we?”

“So I’m going to deliver this to Dad.”

“Shall we not deliver it?”

“Just because you say not to deliver it doesn’t mean I won’t.”

“If Miss says not to do it, then I shouldn’t do it.”

Though he said this, anyway what happened today would be reported to Sa Un-sik immediately. Sa Yeo-un knew well that it was impossible for Yeo Chang-dong to hide such matters from Sa Un-sik.

“No. Never mind. Do whatever you want. I’m not interested in liquor like that anymore. I have my own work to do.”

“What are you planning to do?”

“It seems like he doesn’t want to meet me, but I very very much want to meet him. So I should go fetch him myself. Very grandly.”

Seeing Sa Yeo-un make an evil smile while saying that, Yeo Chang-dong smiled bitterly inwardly.

Sa Yeo-un’s notorious reputation in Maegyo was partly due to her personality of not reading the room, but the biggest reason was her leadership in making small matters big and her ability to execute them.

You could tell just from how she immediately tried to kill him when a marriage partner was suddenly decided, and how she tried to cause trouble by even dragging in her guards.

‘Maybe Brother Hyun tried to avoid her as much as possible for that reason. But how unfortunate. If Brother Hyun is a farmer, he should know well. Disasters are disasters because they cannot be avoided no matter how much you prepare and get ready.’

But since he didn’t want to get involved in that big trouble for no reason, Yeo Chang-dong quietly bowed his head and muttered as if in silent prayer.

“May there be good fortune in the master’s future.”

But that was only for a moment, as Yeo Chang-dong gathered the Doyangju and stood up from his seat.

‘Shall I return to the Sect after a long time.’

Looking at Daessan visible in the distance, Yeo Chang-dong also muttered. Indeed, it had been over two years since he had been able to return to the Sect due to focusing only on farming.

But now that there were definite results, the time had come when he must return and make his report.

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