Chapter 442 – King Yan’s Disciple 4 (19)

“Father, I think it would be better for me to stay in Huangshan Mountain so as not to get in trouble with my brothers. Even if I come back late, can you ask me to wait for you instead of going first?”

It is also a good idea to go to Wuhan alone with the corpse of the ant monster, but it takes some time.

Wouldn’t it take three days to get to Wuhan even if you use the white wheel to its full potential?

At night, you can instantly recover your internal energy using Yeonyeong Shingong (連影神功), so you can shorten the time to recover your internal energy, otherwise it would take a long time.

However, if you set up warp markers in Wuhan and Hwangsan and move around quickly, you would be suspected of moving too fast over a long distance, so it seemed okay to move slowly.

“Yes, your brothers, this hike took quite a long time, so you should rest well when you get home. You can rest even longer like you did this time.”

If you give the impression that you are consistently training in Hwangsan Mountain even without a teacher, you can go on a tour of the central plains under the pretext of training after consolidating Song Yeon-bun’s spirit.

Baekyeom (白炎) You may not be able to get around with a Chinese eye, but I think it’s a little more fun without a nickname.

This time, I didn’t feel too bad about being mistaken for a nameless demonic cult leader, but I felt a little more free now that I had taken off the mask of a political sect.

“Oh, my dear. You have to come down often for Sohye’s sake. So, this will be the first time all three of your sons go on a journey together?”

Then her mother smiled broadly and looked at her father.

“That will happen. Unlike when he went to the Namgung family, the youngest will also be helping with household chores for the first time.”

“Father, am I a hero who protects the enemy in my own way?”

“That’s natural for a warrior with power.”

My father, who is more experienced than me, knows that there are martial arts people who do not take that for granted, but it would also be good to see the positive aspects.

*

The next day, I climbed Hwangsan Mountain again, this time using the warp marker properly, and quickly returned to the dry goods store where Song Yeon-bun was waiting.

Although I consumed quite a bit of my energy, I thought it was great to be able to reduce the consumption of time, which is a limited resource.

‘The best thing about summer possession is that time doesn’t pass.’

When I went through the open window of the dry goods store, I found Song Yeon-bun sitting blankly on the bedding.

(Master, I don’t think he’s in very good condition?)

Shahemos, who was still conscious, spoke to me.

It seems like he stopped crying after I left and just sat here.

“Bun, are you having breakfast and resting?”

“Ah… Youkai, you came early today.”

Song Yeon-bun, who heard my voice, looked at me wearing a military uniform and smiled bitterly.

When I came back from outside, it felt like a dog waiting for its owner, wagging its tail to welcome me, but this time it seemed a little different.

“I’m sorry. I was gathering my thoughts.”

“It’s a thought. If it’s something I can hear, I want to hear it.”

“To you, youkai, I’m just one of those people passing by, right? No matter how much I cry and cling to you, you don’t choose to stay for me.”

It seems that the excessive reaction before leaving was due to a bit of acting mixed in.

Song Yeon-bun needed to find out what kind of being the monster who helped her excessively was and what her position was to him, and it seems she came to a conclusion in her mind.

“There was work to be done. You were able to grow in the room, so you were pursuing efficiency.”

“Even so… Yes…”

After hearing my cold words, Song Yeon-bun smiled bitterly.

“I think what I wanted was not the power to be angry, but a family who would stay by my side.”

As he said that, Song Yeon raised his hand.

As he closed his eyes and concentrated, he could see bluish energy forming on his hands.

Even if it does not have destructive or cutting power, the fact that a level of energy that can protect the hand is released to the outside can itself be said to be the beginning of the first class.

An ordinary dry goods store owner who knew nothing about martial arts learns gi in a week? Who would believe this?

“Youkai-sama, what should I do? At first, when I gained power, I wanted to punish those who insulted me, but in the short time I spent with you, I learned what I wanted.”

“What you want is someone you can rely on and be by your side?”

“When things were really hard, I only thought about living, but now that I have time to breathe, I can take a good look at myself.”

‘It seems like he grew up like that while he was away, looking at himself.’

Song Yeon-bun put her hands together and bowed down in front of me.

“Youkai, who saved my life and gave me the strength to go through this world. I tried to give you everything, but I am determined to break that promise. Please take my life or my strength as you . .”

(Huh? I think this is my first time seeing a woman who would openly betray her master.)

Shahemos said sarcastically as if he didn’t like Song Yeon-bun’s attitude.

(It’s not betrayal. How many times have I mixed myself with courtesans who will deal with anyone for money? It’s not that special if you think of it as a deal.)

I could lie here and continue the relationship, but I decided to let go.

For a few days, she felt the weight of ‘responsibility’ and it seemed unlikely that Song Yeon would take her own life after finding out what she wanted.

“There is nothing I can take away from you. You never doubted me and let me sleep in this house. You even gave me your body when I needed it.”

“Youkai…”

“If what you want is a family, grow up so that you can meet a good man and protect your family by further honing your martial arts skills and not losing anything.”

“Yes.”

“Are you planning to continue that mission here?”

“No. I would like to go to Anhui. I want to learn martial arts in a land where the power of the political faction is a little stronger due to the presence of the Namgung family.”

Like my parents’ hometown, Anhui was a place where the power of the political faction was stronger.

Wouldn’t it be possible to meet someone there who can guide Song Yeon-bun’s power?

“Yes. I don’t think it’s good for your future to be tied down to the dry goods store that her mother left behind. Blessings on your future.”

“Thank you. Thank you so much…”

After saying those words, I completely disappeared.

Song Yeon-bun, who was sobbing on the floor, soon started crying profusely, and I watched her and then used Shadow Dive to get out.

*

As I was leaving the village and walking towards Hangzhou, Shahemos appeared, hugging me tightly and whispering in my ear.

“Master, are you sorry?”

“It would be a lie to say that you don’t have any regrets. Still, you knew that you wouldn’t be able to achieve what you wanted if you stayed with me, so you said it honestly, right? Rather than deceiving your benefactor and turning to someone else to fill the part that youkai cannot fill, you ended the relationship cleanly. Because I wanted it.”

“Huh. So you revealed my identity to Seoyeon Kim? The owner is going to openly play with me?”

After listening to Shahemos’ words, I was able to see the similarities between me and Song Yeon-bun.

Because I know very well that it is very difficult for one side to choose to attack head on rather than to deceive in order to move forward, and to try to repair the trust that has been broken by saying things that are not in the heart.

‘What… I can’t tell anyone that I’m possessed.’

I think it would be better to skip that.

“Originally, if you were there, I didn’t plan on getting involved that deeply.”

She happened to save Song Yeon’s life, and when she did, it turned out that she was just the right woman to relieve his built-up sexual desires.

That’s the end of the relationship.

“I want to see how gorgeous Hangzhou is.”

“I think it’s best not to expect too much, right? If the master’s world were more colorful, it would be gorgeous.”

“That’s it, the overall development of science and technology.”

Shahemos and I walked towards Hangzhou while talking.

When I ran out of things to talk about on the way, Shahemos naturally disappeared, and I stepped on the wheel with all my might.

*

“It smells like the sea, different from the inland.”

Hangzhou, which arrived after crossing the West Lake, smelled of the sea, perhaps because it was a large city in Zhejiang, where trade was conducted with the outside of the central plain.

It seemed a little more developed than Wuhan, full of merchants and tall buildings.

There seemed to be quite a few places that looked like high-end kiru, and I was curious about how beautiful and how expensive the courtesans would be at the kiru in such a commercially developed place.

I played with the two factions using force, but it was just a game played with force.

It would have been better if I had received at least a large amount of money, but I don’t think it’s a bad idea to make money in a place where money flows more than in a small town.

‘Because here too, we are minimizing the uphill traffic to avoid monsters.’

I didn’t see it when I came to Hangzhou from Jeokgye in the south of Anhui, but when I arrived in Hangzhou, I was able to see a large-scale upstream to Hebi, where the Nangong family is located, and the center of Anhui.

If you have free time, it’s okay to hang out there and go to Namgung House, but if you wander around too much, you’ll miss out on things you need to do.

So what I have to do is decided.

‘We need to raise military funds, so let’s rob a corrupt clan.’

Since there is a Yeongtu (影套), it is very easy to become a Yeongtu (影偸).