The Farmer Who Ended Up Teaching the World’s Greatest Martial Artist - Chapter 96

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| Chapter 96

“I’m Yoo Eun-hyun.”

Though Jang Deok-hyeong’s tone sounded somewhat rude, there wasn’t any particular feeling of looking down on or disrespecting his opponent, so Yoo Eun-hyun bowed his head for now. However, after giving a brief greeting, Yoo Eun-hyun turned his gaze toward the old woman beside Jang Deok-hyeong rather than to him.

‘This guy is no ordinary person either, but this grandmother seems more frightening.’

She had been standing behind Jang Deok-hyeong, slightly withdrawn while observing the situation, but when Yoo Eun-hyun sent his gaze her way, her wrinkled eyes smoothed out slightly and she smiled kindly while pressing her palms together toward Yoo Eun-hyun.

“Amitabha. I am called Hwa Jin Sa-tae of the Ami Sect.”

Despite her very aged appearance, her voice was somewhat thin and peculiar, but what concerned him more than her voice was Hwa Jin Sa-tae’s gaze. He could feel a strange intensity from the eyes visible between her wrinkled eyelids.

Certainly, since both Jang Deok-hyeong and Hwa Jin Sa-tae had come to see Yoo Eun-hyun, it was natural for them to observe him, but that intensity seemed deeper in Hwa Jin Sa-tae.

“….”

However, contrary to that intensity, a brief silence flowed. That was understandable, as Yoo Eun-hyun wasn’t actually that greatly interested in these two people. Since they were the ones who had originally wanted to delay time and meet Yoo Eun-hyun, they were the frustrated and regretful ones, so Jang Deok-hyeong opened his mouth again.

“The atmosphere is quite different from what I heard beforehand. May we sit down first?”

Contrary to asking that question, Jang Deok-hyeong didn’t wait for Yoo Eun-hyun’s answer and took a seat at a chair near the table where Yoo Eun-hyun had been sitting.

“Sa-tae-nim, please come this way too.”

“Thank you.”

Still, Jang Deok-hyeong didn’t seem to be a complete scoundrel as he politely pulled out a chair for Hwa Jin Sa-tae, and rather, such an attitude made Yoo Eun-hyun even more absurd.

‘So in the end, he’s only like that to me? Is this because he’s the eldest disciple of one of the Nine Great Sects?’

Certainly, as the eldest disciple of the Qingcheng Sect, a major sect that formed the core of the Cheonmu Alliance, he was in a position where someone like Yoo Eun-hyun could be seen as nothing, but apart from that, he didn’t feel particularly bad.

That was probably also because he felt no arrogance or dismissive attitude from Jang Deok-hyeong at all. He seemed to understand his position and act that way simply because he had to, without looking at others’ reactions or expecting understanding.

With such a person and such content, any argument would obviously become a boring and unproductive war of words, so it was more comfortable to just let it pass. Since they seemed similar in age anyway, rather than having a bad personality, it could just be considered excessively good.

“Now it seems we’re ready to have a conversation.”

When Hwa Jin Sa-tae, who had been slowly sitting down while calmly arranging her robes, took her seat, Jang Deok-hyeong looked at Yoo Eun-hyun and spoke, so Yoo Eun-hyun also replied.

“Let’s talk.”

“Isn’t it your side that has questions?”

“You said you could find out on your own, but since you’re the ones who detained me, it seems right for you to state your business first.”

Though Yoo Eun-hyun spoke as if he had nothing to regret, Jang Deok-hyeong also chuckled as if he wouldn’t fall for such tricks and leaned back with an arrogant gesture.

“You seem to be misunderstanding something. You appear to be mistaken that you possess some great information. Does our Cheonmu Alliance’s intelligence network seem trivial to you? We know that your name is Yoo Eun-hyun, that you’re the son of Soo Hwa-seon, the eldest daughter of the Eastern Blood Lord of Uiseonsu-ga. We also know that until recently you were in Maegyo’s domain.”

Jang Deok-hyeong had grasped things in more detail than expected. Though Yoo Eun-hyun was surprised, if he thought about it a little, there was a high possibility that the Cheonmu Alliance had already investigated Yoo Eun-hyun.

Hadn’t he directly met Yu Yeop and Hong Ju-gwi of the actual Cheonmu Alliance during the martial arts competition at Mount Taishan? Since Uiseonsu-ga was quite famous, if they investigated, they could easily confirm Yoo Eun-hyun’s personal information. Especially since Yu Yeop and Hong Ju-gwi knew that Yoo Eun-hyun could fight Cho Yeong, who had reached the Yeonhwa-gyeong realm, even though they didn’t directly see the fight, they must have some idea of his martial arts level.

“So state your business. If you know everything, how would a humble farmer like me know what business you have?”

Yoo Eun-hyun’s mood was also starting to sour at Jang Deok-hyeong’s reaction. No matter how much the other party didn’t intend it, going this far made such a reaction natural.

“Now, now. Both of you should calm down. There’s nothing contradictory in either side’s claims, so there’s no need to fight.”

However, when both people’s voices seemed to rise slightly, Hwa Jin Sa-tae immediately intervened at the right time, mediating between the two with a calm voice.

Then Jang Deok-hyeong closed his mouth without complaint, and once the other party quieted down, Yoo Eun-hyun also stopped speaking for a moment and looked at Hwa Jin Sa-tae.

Even if Jang Deok-hyeong was like that, Hwa Jin Sa-tae appeared to be at least three or four times Yoo Eun-hyun’s age, and her speech had the calmness befitting a Buddhist nun, so Yoo Eun-hyun had no reason to raise his voice either.

“Let’s see. Young Hero Yoo. I’ll call you Young Hero Yoo. Is that alright?”

“As you’re comfortable.”

“Amitabha. Thank you. Young Hero Yoo’s sharp reaction isn’t incomprehensible either. Especially since core members of the Cheonmu Alliance like us suddenly came to visit, you must have been quite surprised.”

Though it was absurd to see them promote themselves as core members, Yoo Eun-hyun didn’t show it much.

‘That would actually be true. The eldest disciple of the Qingcheng Sect and an elder nun of the Ami Sect.’

And seeing how she looked at Jang Deok-hyeong rather than Yoo Eun-hyun at the end, it was obvious without asking that she was deliberately doing this to elevate Jang Deok-hyeong.

To that extent, Hwa Jin Sa-tae’s conversation showed her experience, and it seemed like she was textbook-perfectly demonstrating what mediation was.

“I was indeed surprised. There’s nothing particularly to worry about, but since I came from Maegyo, I wondered if you might be suspecting something.”

“We are the Cheonmu Alliance that protects the righteousness and chivalry of the martial arts world. We don’t suspect people wholesale without evidence.”

Jang Deok-hyeong added a word, but Yoo Eun-hyun didn’t even glance his way and spoke toward Hwa Jin Sa-tae again.

“Going to Maegyo was to farm, but even if I say it’s just that, you probably wouldn’t believe me. Actually, I heard that Maegyo was farming on a large scale, so I wondered if there might be some other reason and went to see. But I was discovered and had to flee hastily.”

Having come this far, Yoo Eun-hyun decided to just admit the fact that he had infiltrated Maegyo, but naturally hid the content about the leap elixir. It was a strategy of telling the truth but not everything, so it wasn’t a lie and therefore was okay.

“That would be so. From the Maegyo followers’ perspective, Uiseonsu-ga is also just an enemy.”

“From the wicked Maegyo followers’ perspective, anyone can only be an enemy.”

Hwa Jin Sa-tae quietly nodded, but Jang Deok-hyeong still looked directly at Yoo Eun-hyun while speaking. Yoo Eun-hyun again ignored such Jang Deok-hyeong and asked Hwa Jin Sa-tae back.

“I’m glad you seem to understand. But if it’s not this issue, then why me?”

Actually, accepting it like this was also unexpected for Yoo Eun-hyun. He didn’t know what their main purpose was, but he thought they wouldn’t just let this issue pass either. And what that implied was also clear.

‘For all their boasting about knowing everything, they don’t seem to know much. How far did Dosa-nim limit the information?’

If it was So Bi-won, he would certainly know about the relationship between Yoo Eun-hyun and Sa Un-sik. So he could guess that Yoo Eun-hyun’s heading to Maegyo was to make contact with Sa Un-sik, but if they knew that fact, they wouldn’t be sitting still like this.

‘Ah, damn. I just gave a few words of farming advice, and what kind of mess is this?’

Yoo Eun-hyun, who was grumbling inwardly, swallowed when he saw Hwa Jin Sa-tae’s gaze, hidden as if within wrinkles, looking deeply at him. Hwa Jin Sa-tae lightly pressed her palms together toward such Yoo Eun-hyun and opened her mouth.

“We heard about Young Hero Yoo from Deputy Commander Yu Yeop and Unit Leader Hong Ju-gwi.”

Though Hwa Jin Sa-tae spoke as if it was nothing, Yoo Eun-hyun muttered inwardly.

‘As expected, this grandmother is more dangerous. Just how much do they know?’

Of course, even while thinking that, Yoo Eun-hyun spoke without showing it.

“Ah. I owe those two a debt. Are they in good health?”

“It would be a big problem if two core members of the Cheonmu Alliance weren’t in good health.”

After saying that and pausing briefly, Hwa Jin Sa-tae opened her mouth again, and this seemed to be the main point.

“Shall we first tell you what Young Hero Yoo was curious about? Lady Ju Yu-ryeon is currently at Danggga, and the young leader of Chukho-bang is at Hunzak Gate.”

“Hmm….”

Hearing Hwa Jin Sa-tae’s words, Yoo Eun-hyun frowned slightly and swallowed a groan. While the locations of the two people were one thing, the fact that they were in different places was surprising.

‘Did they fight? Or did something happen? While Yoo Ryeon should be seen as a hidden talent given her martial arts, even though she’s just a member of Uiseonsu-ga, she’s outwardly ordinary, but Ho Won is supposedly the young leader of Chukho-bang, one of the Six Demon Pillars. He might have gotten involved in something.’

If such things were happening to Yoo Eun-hyun, then Ho Won, being the young leader of Chukho-bang, might have been caught up in even bigger affairs.

‘No matter what, I can’t tell Ho Won to abandon the demonic path. But Yoo Ryeon can’t side with the demonic path either, being affiliated with Uiseonsu-ga. Is that why?’

Though Yoo Eun-hyun made what he thought was a reasonable judgment, without knowing the truth, these were all just assumptions. Hwa Jin Sa-tae, who had been observing such Yoo Eun-hyun with deep eyes as if trying to see through his thoughts, was replaced by Jang Deok-hyeong opening his mouth.

“We came to you today to warn you.”

However, Yoo Eun-hyun, whose thoughts were interrupted by Jang Deok-hyeong’s words, frowned. Listening to it, the word “warning” was also quite something. It was called a warning, but looking at what they’d been doing so far, wasn’t it no different from a threat?

“Basically, I have no intention of causing any trouble. But living life, that doesn’t go as planned. Like this current situation – I’m staying quiet but there are people who provoke me.”

“Are you now daring to mock our Cheonmu Alliance that protects the righteousness of the martial arts world!?”

Since Jang Deok-hyeong had been proudly talking about justice and chivalry, Yoo Eun-hyun tried connecting it to that, and it seemed quite effective as Jang Deok-hyeong immediately got angry while emanating rough energy.

However, Yoo Eun-hyun turned his head away as if he didn’t want to deal with such Jang Deok-hyeong. Actually, Jang Deok-hyeong wasn’t particularly frightening.

Being the eldest disciple of the Qingcheng Sect, he wouldn’t be weak, but even so, he wasn’t at a level that Yoo Eun-hyun would fear. And toward such Jang Deok-hyeong, Hwa Jin Sa-tae spoke quietly.

“Young Master Jang.”

“…I apologize.”

Unlike before, at the heavy yet quiet voice like chanting a sutra, Jang Deok-hyeong withdrew his energy, and his gaze toward Yoo Eun-hyun had also returned to the same indifference as at the beginning.

Jang Deok-hyeong’s appearance of controlling his emotions in an instant was something that even Yoo Eun-hyun had to be somewhat surprised by, and toward such Yoo Eun-hyun, Hwa Jin Sa-tae spoke.

“It seems Young Hero Yoo doesn’t know about what’s currently happening in Chengdu, so it would be proper to call it advice rather than a warning.”

“What’s happening?”

At Hwa Jin Sa-tae’s words, Yoo Eun-hyun found himself asking back without realizing it. At such Yoo Eun-hyun’s words, Hwa Jin Sa-tae paused as if the words were too distasteful to speak, then chanted a Buddhist phrase while asking Yoo Eun-hyun.

“Namo Guanshiyin. Young Hero Yoo, do you perhaps know about the Flute-Strong Poison Corpses?”

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