The Granddaughter of Manhyang Escort Bureau Hides Her Magic - Chapter 64

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Chapter 64

After finishing her tearful reunion with her family, Shin Ah was led by Danmi’s hand into the bath house.

Cheonrim headed toward Wolhwa Hall.

Though Hyeokho had already received reports, Cheonrim needed to personally inform the escort agency head of Shin Ah’s return and safety.

Cheondo stopped him.

“Father, I have something to tell you.”

“Yes, go ahead.”

For the past month since Shin Ah’s disappearance, Cheondo had kept his mouth shut like a child who had forgotten how to speak, and now he was finally requesting a conversation.

Cheonrim answered gladly.

To Cheonrim, Cheondo was just as precious a child as Shin Ah.

“Father, I wish to undergo closed-door training soon.”

Cheondo said something Cheonrim had never imagined. Cheonrim’s mouth clamped shut.

Closed-door training meant cutting off contact with the outside world and focusing solely on cultivation.

At first glance it seemed nothing to worry about, but spending a long time eating only Fasting Pills and water, with no communication with others while focusing on oneself for cultivation, was no easy task.

“I heard that Manhyang Express’s closed-door training ground makes it easier to gather internal energy due to the Zhuge Family’s secret formation technique.”

Cheondo’s words were correct.

The Zhuge Family had once received great help from Manhyang Express in the past. So Hyeokho had requested that a formation to assist the operation of internal energy methods be installed in the closed-door training ground as payment.

Since it was a place that helped with energy cultivation, naturally it was a secret location that only Manhyang Express’s direct descendants could enter.

Cheonrim had also undergone closed-door training there in his youth.

While it was true that his skills had improved dramatically then, honestly he didn’t want to recommend it to his son.

Setting aside eating and living conditions, enduring the long time alone was difficult.

For a child who had just turned thirteen to say he wanted to go to such a place made Cheonrim’s heart sink.

“No.”

“Father, please give me permission.”

“Let’s think about it in a year or two.”

“It has to be now.”

He wanted to become strong.

Only now, while that desire burned fiercely, could he endure staying in the training ground without coming out and become stronger.

Father and son’s gazes clashed in midair.

Cheonrim read unbreakable will in Cheondo’s eyes.

He easily figured out why Cheondo wanted to undergo closed-door training.

Because he had watched the child blame himself and struggle.

“What will you do if I oppose this to the end?”

“…If you oppose it, there’s nothing I can do. I cannot commit an act of filial impiety. However, I will.”

Cheondo stopped mid-sentence and pressed his lips tightly together.

Having just said he wouldn’t be unfilial, it was difficult to readily say he would be unhappy.

But being a parent, Cheonrim understood the words Cheondo had swallowed.

Cheonrim let out a deep sigh and pressed his forehead.

“Since Shin Ah has just returned, prepare gradually and then go.”

“I will prepare myself. Please take good care of Shin Ah.”

Cheonrim’s heart ached at the sight of his son who had suddenly grown up. He tried to speak lightly.

“Anyone watching would think Shin Ah is your daughter, you rascal.”

Cheondo grinned broadly.

Seeing his son’s smile that he had regained after a month, he couldn’t bring himself to say no.

“Do as you wish.”

Cheonrim reluctantly gave in.

That night, Cheondo sat by the window where moonlight streamed in.

And he picked up his brush and began writing a long letter.

* * *

News that Shin Ah and Mugyeol had returned safely quickly spread throughout the entire escort agency.

“The agency head specifically ordered me to examine them carefully.”

Doctor Ju, who had been waiting for Shin Ah to finish washing, said.

Beside him was Mugyeol, who had quickly washed and come out. It seemed Cheonrim had asked him to examine Mugyeol as well.

“But I’m perfectly fine.”

Doctor Ju let Shin Ah’s words go in one ear and out the other.

Shin Ah pouted her lips and exchanged glances with Mugyeol.

Having eaten the Ten Thousand Year Ultimate Blood Treasure, Shin Ah and Mugyeol had accumulated considerable internal energy.

Though Shin Ah hadn’t checked directly so she didn’t know exactly how much internal energy Mugyeol had accumulated, she expected it would be more than enough to surprise the adults.

The two children, who knew well that nothing good would come from this fact being known, had promised to hide it.

‘We’d only receive unnecessary attention and become targets of others’ wariness.’

Especially Yuwongak.

Shin Ah’s eyes momentarily turned cold before returning to their original temperature.

Hiding internal energy wasn’t too difficult.

While training in the Vermillion Bird’s Nest, Shin Ah had practiced Hide Magic. It was a deception magic that concealed one’s condition.

Though she couldn’t use it for long periods, it was sufficient for the duration of Doctor Ju’s pulse reading.

And when she agreed with Mugyeol to hide their internal energy, Shin Ah had revealed her secret.

‘Mugyeol, listen without being surprised.’

Shin Ah had earnestly cautioned him before bringing up the topic. But there was no need.

‘I have several special abilities.’

‘I know.’

‘What?’

‘You shoot fire and create ice… that’s what you mean, right?’

‘Uh… yes, that’s right. You knew?’

Mugyeol, who only watched Shin Ah, had naturally come to know at some point that she could perform amazing feats.

But since she seemed to want to hide it, he pretended not to know. There wasn’t any particular need for him to know what those abilities were.

Whether she could perform feats or not, Shin Ah was still Shin Ah.

‘Yes. So you can use them comfortably in front of me.’

Seeing Mugyeol’s calm expression and reaction, a smile bloomed on Shin Ah’s face.

Without realizing it, she must have been tense.

.

.

.

‘That’s what happened.’

Shin Ah emerged from her reminiscence and looked at Doctor Ju.

“Extend your wrist here.”

Doctor Ju spoke with deliberate sternness.

Doctor Ju was startled and pulled his head back as both children simultaneously thrust out their wrists with such force.

They had merely extended their wrists, so why was there a sound of cutting through the air?

Ahem, clearing his throat, Doctor Ju quickly began the pulse reading.

Though Hyeokho had made the request, Doctor Ju was also inwardly worried about the two children, so he examined them carefully.

After a while, Doctor Ju’s pulse reading came to an end.

“How is it?”

“They’re fine, right?”

Cheonrim and Chifung shouted simultaneously. Their voices were so loud it made one’s ears ring.

Doctor Ju rubbed his ears and answered.

“Both Miss Shin Ah and Mugyeol are healthy.”

“Then I can sleep now, right?”

Shin Ah glanced at the bed as if she had been waiting for this. She was already drowsy after washing thoroughly, and seeing the soft bed made her want to lie down immediately.

“Well, that’s…”

Doctor Ju smiled awkwardly. The smile gradually faded from Shin Ah’s face.

The two children who had returned after almost a month had many gates to pass through.

Doctor Ju’s pulse reading was only the beginning.

* * *

“So, how did it come to this, and what exactly did you do during that time? Explain in detail what happened.”

Chifung’s eyes were quite cold as he sat Mugyeol in front of him.

Three days after the student he thought was dead had returned, Chifung hoped Mugyeol would confess first.

That is, the reason why a child who was merely a second-rate warrior had become so much more substantial in the aura felt when circulating internal energy in just one month.

It definitely wasn’t to this extent right after Mugyeol returned.

However, the morning after Doctor Ju confirmed there were no problems and left, while Mugyeol was doing qi circulation and breathing, Chifung was so shocked he nearly fell backward.

‘Just looking at the aura during qi circulation and breathing, you’d believe he was a peak master!’

Chifung tried to take his pulse to examine him closely, but this foolish disciple slipped away like an eel, saying the young miss told him never to let others grab his wrist.

Even when he tried to ask Shin Ah as a teacher, Cheonrim was hovering around saying just a few more days, and with guests constantly visiting Biwongak, he couldn’t even see her face properly, let alone train.

So as a master, he was anxious.

Worried that Mugyeol might have gone down a bad path.

“Will you truly not open your mouth? That power could destroy you!”

A booming old voice erupted, reverberating through the room.

When a small vessel contains something heavy and large, it’s bound to break.

Just from the faintly felt aura, it was too much internal energy for Mugyeol to handle.

Internal energy one couldn’t control oneself was poison, not power.

This was why martial masters didn’t just go around seeking spirit medicines.

Though they were hard to obtain anyway.

So Chifung, as the child’s guardian, absolutely needed to confirm this.

First he needed to know how the internal energy was obtained, but this boy wouldn’t part his lips as if he’d eaten glue, making Chifung’s insides churn.

He couldn’t just punch him either.

‘How did my master teach stubborn disciples like this?’

Chifung, recalling his past, threw an iron sword to Mugyeol.

“Follow me.”

He gave up the idea of forcing him to speak.

Chifung, remembering his childhood, had a thought that would have shocked Cheonrim if he’d heard it.

‘I’ll wait.’

Just as his master had done.

However, he couldn’t waste the waiting time.

The child’s vessel was too fragile to handle the internal energy he possessed.

And now that the missing children had returned, it seemed a bloody storm would soon blow through the escort agency.

Though it was a teacher-student relationship rather than master-disciple, Chifung didn’t want Mugyeol to become a candle easily extinguished by the winds that would blow through the escort agency.

‘Become strong.’

Only then could he survive.

Chifung’s gaze toward Mugyeol deepened.

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