The Farmer Who Ended Up Teaching the World’s Greatest Martial Artist - Chapter 95

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| Chapter 95

“They said Ho Won-jik or Ju Yu-ryeon…”

“Hiiik?!”

The waitress seemed to sense that energy as well, shrinking back in terror. When Yoo Eun-hyun looked at the waitress, not understanding what was happening, she immediately began trembling.

“Th-those guests left the inn about half a month ago.”

“Is that so?”

Though the situation had suddenly become strange, Yoo Eun-hyun thought it would be equally strange to show any reaction, so he tried to continue questioning the waitress, but his attempt was not successful.

Two of the ten martial artists who had been watching Yoo Eun-hyun stood up from their seats and slowly approached him.

“Young hero. Excuse me, but could we have a moment?”

The approaching man cupped his fists and asked politely. Though no hostility could be felt from his appearance, Yoo Eun-hyun could notice that his gaze was examining him with wariness.

“What is this about?”

“Hmm. I am Jang Mu-jang, a disciple of Hyeonyang-mun under the Cheongseong-pa.”

“So you’re Hero Jang. Do you have some business with me?”

Since the other party was being polite, Yoo Eun-hyun also responded courteously, but there had to be strong wariness at its root. After all, the fact that the other party had revealed his affiliation and name was close to saying ‘I’ve revealed mine, so you reveal yours too,’ but Yoo Eun-hyun hadn’t done so.

“Haha. If it wouldn’t be rude, might I ask for your name, young hero?”

Eventually Jang Mu-jang openly asked for his name, but as long as Yoo Eun-hyun didn’t know how the situation was unfolding, he had no desire to give his name.

“I don’t have a name worthy of revealing to the esteemed Hero Jang. Just call me Yoo.”

“So you’re Young Hero Yoo. We have something we’d like to ask you, but it won’t take much of your time, so please be at ease.”

But Jang Mu-jang also seemed to be no ordinary person, naturally asking back as if he had never been interested in Yoo Eun-hyun’s name in the first place, though his words had an edge to them.

‘Look at this? He’s subtly threatening me? I haven’t even said whether I’ll answer or not, but he’s just asking and basically saying if I answer honestly, he won’t waste my time?’

Perhaps because Yoo Eun-hyun was being wary, the other party’s response had also become somewhat rougher, though Yoo Eun-hyun and Jang Mu-jang were still conversing with faces full of smiles.

“What is it you want to ask?”

“May I ask who you said you were looking for earlier?”

“Why are you asking that?”

Naturally, having caught the hidden meaning in Jang Mu-jang’s words, Yoo Eun-hyun asked back without lowering his guard, but rather Jang Mu-jang smiled as if nothing had happened and waved his hand dismissively.

“That’s because we thought we might be able to help. Isn’t it better to have more people when looking for someone?”

Though Jang Mu-jang’s words were reasonable logic, Yoo Eun-hyun’s wariness only deepened.

‘Were his earlier words just to test my reaction? Why is his response so sophisticated? Does that mean it’s such an important matter? What did those guys do while I was away to have people like this following them?’

Yoo Eun-hyun inwardly thought of Ju Yu-ryeon and Ho Won-jik and sighed, and naturally the answer he should give here was a refusal.

“I appreciate the offer to help, but I can handle my own affairs. Well then, I’ll be going.”

Though he didn’t know what this was about, having confirmed that the two people weren’t here, Yoo Eun-hyun had no reason to stay longer, so he shook his head and turned around. But making his response meaningless, he felt the presence of all but two of the people inside moving. Yoo Eun-hyun let out a light sigh as he looked at Jang Mu-jang and the Hyeonyang-mun disciples who had surrounded him as he tried to leave.

“No, no. There’s no need to be so modest. Please let us help you.”

“What exactly are you saying you’ll help me with?”

Yoo Eun-hyun now sent a gaze that was beyond wary and into hostile territory as he spoke sarcastically to Jang Mu-jang who was blocking his path. Jang Mu-jang still spoke with a smile on his face.

“We already know the location of the two people you mentioned. Wouldn’t that be better than wasting effort in vain?”

Though he was smiling, since Yoo Eun-hyun’s response was what it was, now some hostility was showing in Jang Mu-jang’s expression as well. Just looking at him, he didn’t seem to have any intention of backing down.

‘Ah, how annoying… Should I just slip away quickly?’

Though they seemed to be surrounding Yoo Eun-hyun in their own way, their martial arts level didn’t seem very high, so from Yoo Eun-hyun’s perspective, the encirclement was more or less meaningless.

With Yoo Eun-hyun’s current martial arts level, while the Cheongseong-pa might be one thing, a subordinate sect wouldn’t pose much threat to him.

‘But if it’s true, it would be a simple way to find out… Setting aside whether it’s true or not, it does seem certain that they want something from me.’

But since their purpose was unclear, he was reluctant to just follow them, so Yoo Eun-hyun couldn’t easily make a decision.

“What exactly are you proposing? If you’re going to tell me, tell me now, or don’t bother.”

“Haha. Now it seems like we can have a conversation. Actually, even if I wanted to tell you now, unfortunately I don’t know. Instead, shall I escort you to someone who does know?”

“Who would that be?”

“You’ll naturally find out when you get there.”

It was reasonable logic, but Yoo Eun-hyun naturally frowned and let out a deep sigh. He had a strong feeling that if he went, troublesome things would happen. Though he had been uncertain at first, from Jang Mu-jang’s reaction in blocking his path, he could intuit that they had known about Yoo Eun-hyun in advance.

After all, they had been waiting at the inn where Yoo Eun-hyun had stayed, and seeing them react this way as soon as he mentioned Ju Yu-ryeon and Ho Won-jik’s names, it seemed clear that they had been waiting for Yoo Eun-hyun.

“So you’re saying if I don’t go, I won’t find out. I’m not going.”

Even Yoo Eun-hyun didn’t want to be dragged away by people who had been waiting for him. What particularly bothered Yoo Eun-hyun was that they claimed to be under the Cheongseong-pa.

That meant they belonged to the orthodox path, but hadn’t Yoo Eun-hyun just come from the Ma-gyo until recently? Honestly, it would be a lie to say he wasn’t feeling guilty.

“Young hero. Why are you being like this again? Isn’t it good when it’s good for both of us? Come now, don’t be like this.”

But Jang Mu-jang began approaching Yoo Eun-hyun again with a meaningless grin. Though there was no killing intent at all, Yoo Eun-hyun raised his hand as if to say don’t come closer, just in case.

“Are you saying you’ll drag me by force?”

“We’re not some lawless ruffians. It’s hurtful when you say such things. Though we may not look it, we’re proud members of the Cheonmu Alliance who uphold righteousness, justice, and chivalry.”

“That doesn’t seem like something to say while surrounding someone like this.”

“No. If you call this surrounding, doesn’t that cloud our true intentions? Please think of us surrounding you as providing escort against any unforeseen circumstances.”

Surrounding and escorting both involved encircling the target, but differed in whether they intended to harm or protect the target. Since Jang Mu-jang currently didn’t seem to intend to harm Yoo Eun-hyun, it wasn’t wrong.

“Hmm. We only want to have a conversation, but it seems our true intentions aren’t getting through properly. Very well then. Could you wait here for just a moment? We’ll bring the people who want to have a conversation.”

At Jang Mu-jang’s words changing again, Yoo Eun-hyun lightly frowned.

‘Why does he keep changing his story? No, wait… Was the purpose just to buy time from the beginning? Then these people might just be for detaining me, and the people with real business might already be on their way after being contacted.’

Yoo Eun-hyun muttered inwardly while thinking of the two Hyeonyang-mun disciples who had been excluded when they surrounded him.

If it was indeed about buying time, Jang Mu-jang’s response wasn’t incomprehensible, and having finished thinking, Yoo Eun-hyun eventually nodded.

Since they were coming anyway, given how things had turned out, he thought he might as well meet them once.

“Then there’s no need for so many people, is there? I’ll wait inside the inn, so please dismiss all the others.”

Especially, meeting here rather than going to their location would greatly reduce the burden. And if he got rid of the people surrounding him, whether it was encirclement or escort, much of the uncertainty would be eliminated.

Since Yoo Eun-hyun wasn’t an assassin, he couldn’t just kill them all and leave, so having many such people around was more inconvenient than having one or two masters.

“Very well.”

When Yoo Eun-hyun spoke as if making a concession, Jang Mu-jang couldn’t refuse further and obediently dismissed the Hyeonyang-mun disciples. Since Jang Mu-jang had listened to him, Yoo Eun-hyun had no grounds to complain further, so he went back inside the inn.

“Just some tea, please.”

“Ah, understood. What kind of tea would you like?”

When Yoo Eun-hyun returned, the waitress looked puzzled as if she didn’t understand what was happening, but since he was still a customer, she asked back in a reasonably friendly voice. Yoo Eun-hyun, who was about to say anything would do, paused for a moment and said:

“Do you happen to have any flower tea?”

“Fl-flower tea, you say? Please wait just a moment.”

Since there were some who enjoyed flower tea, the waitress hurried off and brought out flower tea. Yoo Eun-hyun took a sip of the flower tea and lightly frowned.

“Is, is there something uncomfortable about it?”

“No. It’s fine.”

It was embarrassing to call it flower tea – it was closer to plain water with just a hint of flower fragrance. Honestly, it was unreasonable to expect the level of flower tea he used to get from Yeo Chang-dong at such a rural inn.

Still, perhaps because he had developed a taste for it while getting flower tea from Yeo Chang-dong, it definitely felt better than plain water, and as Yoo Eun-hyun was about halfway through drinking the hot water called flower tea, the inn’s door opened and two people appeared.

‘So they really were buying time.’

Literally the time it takes to drink one cup of tea. Seeing people arrive before even that much time had passed, Yoo Eun-hyun made a complex expression. He couldn’t tell whether he should be happy or sad that his prediction was correct.

Of course, he didn’t have time to worry about such things now, so he quickly put aside such idle thoughts and looked at the two people who had entered through the inn’s door.

One was a man who appeared to be around Yoo Eun-hyun’s age, wearing bright light green clothes, and the other was a woman. She was a female monk with deep wrinkles carved into her face, wearing monk’s robes and a shaved head.

‘Cheongseong-pa and Ami-pa?’

Looking at the two people who entered, Yoo Eun-hyun could identify them without much difficulty.

“Are you Yoo Eun-hyun? I am Jang Deok-hyeong, the second chief disciple of the Cheongseong-pa. Pleased to meet you.”

The chief disciple of the Cheongseong-pa who identified himself as Jang Deok-hyeong greeted Yoo Eun-hyun with content inappropriate for a first meeting, despite his bright, clear face.

Seeing him boldly state Yoo Eun-hyun’s name, it seemed they no longer intended to hide anything. Yoo Eun-hyun responded to Jang Deok-hyeong’s greeting with a light reply of his own.

“I am Yoo Eun-hyun.”

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