Episode 656.
Noble Enlightenment (6)
“Wow!”
Ji So-hyun opened her eyes with heavy breathing.
“Are you awake?”
The voice of an unfamiliar man.
Ji So-hyun, surprised, raised her upper body and turned her head.
There was a young man sitting on a flat rock with a huge ax hanging over his shoulder, tearing at beef jerky.
Ji So-hyun’s eyes became cold.
“you are?”
Yeon Ho-jeong said, mumbling his beef jerky.
“There’s water and rice balls in the back. “You’re probably hungry, so go to sleep.”
Ji So-hyun looked behind her without realizing it.
Indeed, there was a canteen and rice balls well wrapped in bamboo leaves.
Ji So-hyun turned her head again and looked intently at Yeon Ho-jeong.
“What is this situation?”
Yeon Ho-jeong just chewed the beef jerky in silence.
Ji So-hyun’s eyes became even colder.
“You blocked my inner strength?”
“exactly.”
“Why did you kidnap me? “Who are you?”
Yeon Ho-jeong chuckled.
“If the term ‘you’ includes bandits, this is my first encounter with them.”
“Then why…?”
“I don’t know. But I know where they belong. Chumyeongbang is a fairly infamous assassin group in the northern martial arts region.”
“A group of assassins…”
Ji So-hyun couldn’t understand.
“Why on earth am I in the killing group?”
“I don’t know that.”
Ji So-hyun, who was quietly thinking about it, asked again.
“Even so, why did you kidnap me?”
Yeon Ho-jeong did not answer that question.
“Drink water and rice first. “You will be very hungry.”
Of course I was hungry. But I wasn’t naive enough to be nervous in front of a man I didn’t know.
Ji So-hyun, who was glaring at Yeon Ho-jeong in silence, suddenly looked up at the sky.
The sun was already setting over Seosan. Night will come soon.
Ji So-hyun said.
“I don’t know who it is, but please let me go when you say something nice.”
“Before that, let’s ask one question.”
“….”
“Is your master Eumje Ha Eungyo?”
Ji So-hyun’s eyes wavered.
“Could it be you, not me, but Master…?”
“That’s right.”
Yeon Ho-jeong swallowed all the beef jerky and shook his hands.
“Your inner strength cannot be released except by me. “I don’t know if it’s a negative problem, but at least I won’t be able to solve it on my own.”
“….”
“Just eat some rice.”
“Why do you keep asking me to eat?”
“Because I’m going to be hungry.”
“Does a person who claims to care about others kidnap his or her students to attract others?”
“That’s right. “I also find this situation truly deplorable.”
“Is there some kind of poison in the water and rice?”
Yeon Ho-jeong smiled.
“That is a huge misunderstanding. “If I was going to do something to you, why would I need medicine?”
“I don’t know that. “But I am certain that you can be dangerous to me.”
“That is correct.”
Yeonhojeong came down from the rock and sat down on the ground. He looked very comfortable, as if he was sitting in his own home.
“If you don’t want to eat it, don’t eat it. “Yes, you are the one who is hungry.”
Although Ji So-hyun lacked experience as a strongman, she knew instinctively. That that young man has no interest in him. That I have no intention of causing harm.
So I was even more puzzled.
“You kept me here to summon my master?”
“….”
“Are you out of your mind?”
The Yin Emperor’s martial arts skills were so great that they could only be counted among a handful even on this endless continent.
Kidnapping and luring an absolute expert with no guarantee of defeating even a strong person of the same level by kidnapping his student?
“If Master comes here, you won’t survive.”
Yeon Ho-jeong smiled bitterly.
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“Let’s see what the future holds. “I also plan to refrain from using cubic crystals as much as possible.”
“…Are you kidding me? No matter how polite you were, the very act of arresting me…”
“Isn’t that all up to me? “You don’t have to worry, so we can stop talking about it.”
I’m serious.
Ji So-hyun realized. This crazy young man really wants to have a private meeting with Master.
But the method was wrong. What teacher in the world would talk to a madman who kidnapped his student? It was clear that the sword would be drawn first for the question and answer dance.
‘That person…’
The sight of the young man looking up at the sky in a seemingly arrogant posture had an unexpectedly strange charm.
‘I’m not scared.’
Just because he had little experience as a strongman didn’t mean he had a dull eye for people.
Ji So-hyun learned yin before martial arts and learned how to move people with sound. This means that they are at least better at recognizing other people’s emotions than other ordinary people.
From her perspective, the young man had no fear at all. Incredibly.
Ji So-hyun asked.
“I said it wasn’t my goal, right?”
“I did.”
“My goal is Master, but it seems like I don’t want to fight with him.”
Yeon Ho-jeong smiled.
“What crazy person in the world would want to fight Emperor Yin?”
“…I don’t know what I’m trying to meet him for, but I like it. “At least it doesn’t seem like you have a bad attitude.”
“I would be grateful if you thought so.”
“Please apologize.”
“huh?”
Ji So-hyun spoke confidently.
“I want you to apologize to me first.”
“apologize?”
“Even if the purpose is good, the act of kidnapping a person is evil. “If you want to harm me, I don’t think you are the kind of person who would do that, so I think you are a person with common sense.”
“….”
“And anyone with common sense should be able to reflect on their mistakes.”
Yeon Ho-jeong, who was looking at Ji So-hyun with a surprised face, quickly nodded.
“That is correct. “Yes, that’s true.”
“….”
“I’m sorry. As Sozer said, I had to apologize first, but I guess I was pretty nervous too. “I apologize like this.”
Yeon Ho-jeong lowered his head.
Ji So-hyun’s eyes became sharp.
“You’re serious, right?”
“exactly.”
Ji So-hyun’s sharp eyes slowly relaxed.
“I accept your sincere apology.”
“Thank you.”
“no. “If you think about it, I’m a special person for getting an apology from someone who was kidnapped.”
I know? Byeoljong is byeoljong.
Yeonho-jeong, who was said to be quite unique by people around him, had never seen anyone like Ji So-hyun.
Ji So-hyun wiped her nose with her sleeve.
“It’s cold. “Do you have anything to wear?”
Yeon Ho-jeong took off his robe and handed it over.
Ji So-hyeon folded the blood jacket given to her by Yeon Ho-jeong in half and knelt on it. Then he placed a water bottle next to him and a rice ball wrapped in bamboo leaves on his lap.
Yeon Ho-jeong scratched his head.
“What are you doing?”
Ji So-hyun, who was peeling off the bamboo leaves, hesitated.
“why?”
“Wasn’t it cold?”
“So you put it on the floor.”
“…Usually you don’t think about wearing it and laying it down like a blanket, right?”
“That’s my opinion.”
“Would you like to eat?”
“You want me to eat it?”
“You acted like you weren’t going to eat it?”
“I got an apple, so I’m thinking of eating it now. “I was hungry.”
It’s really unique.
Yeon Ho-jeong couldn’t stop the laughter from leaking out.
Ji So-hyun frowned.
“Why are you laughing?”
“no.”
It was when Ji So-hyun opened her mouth to say something.
Phew.
The canteen that floated lightly into the air was caught in Yeon Ho-jeong’s hand.
Ji So-hyun was surprised.
‘Something from thin air?!’
Yeon Ho-jeong shook the leather canteen and immediately concentrated his energy on it.
Sigh.
Along with a strange sound, invisible steam rose from the mouth of the canteen.
Ugh.
The canteen flew into the air again and was placed in its original place. Yeon Ho-jeong sat with his arms crossed, leaning against a rock as a pillow, and looked up at the sky.
Ji So-hyun, who was looking at Yeon Ho-jeong in surprise, suddenly touched the canteen.
‘…!!’
It was an exquisite temperature, too hot to be called hot, but too hot to be called just warm.
Ji So-hyun could not contain her astonishment.
‘Such detailed mastery of internal skills… You’re an incredible expert!’
The fact that he was able to use airborne objects as naturally as breathing was surprising enough. However, heating the water to the right temperature to avoid damaging the leather was a much more delicate task.
I heard that this level of skill is impossible unless you are an expert who has transcended all boundaries.
“What are you…?”
“Hmm?”
Ji So-hyun stuttered.
“You really must have been an ordinary person to be able to perform such miraculous feats at that age, right?”
Yeon Ho-jeong scratched his head.
It is also not normal for someone to proudly call the skill of the person who kidnapped them a miracle. She was truly a strange woman in many ways.
“Just stupid.”
“…?”
“Because I’m an idiot, I kidnap people even though I know I shouldn’t.”
“….”
“It’s cold, so take a sip of water first. “You need something hot to feel comfortable.”
Ji So-hyun, who was looking at Yeon Ho-jeong with shaking eyes, drank water from the canteen.
It was just as Yeon Ho-jeong said. As I entered the hot water, I felt the heat spread throughout my body in an instant.
From then on, Ji So-hyun ate her meals in a hurry. He must have been so hungry that he ate three rice balls in no time, even putting the rice around his mouth. There was no other beggar who was so greedy.
Yeon Ho-jeong sighed and took out some beef jerky from his arms.
“Eat this too.”
Ji So-hyun, who was looking down at the bamboo leaves with regret, flinched.
She wiped her lips with her sleeve and spoke with dignity.
“This is enough. “I ate well.”
“I know you ate well. “You barely drink anything.”
“….”
“I won’t start a rumor, so don’t worry.”
Ji So-hyun cleared her throat.
Yeon Ho-jeong laughed and opened the beef jerky. It was a night when I was eating beef jerky while looking up at the star-filled sky, so it was quite charming.
A moment of silence passed like that.
Has the first part passed or the second has passed?
“Please send.”
Yeon Ho-jeong looked at Ji So-hyun.
Ji So-hyun, who sat neatly, spoke in a calm tone.
“If your goal is to see Master, please send me instead. “I will bring you here directly.”
“….”
“I won’t even say that you kidnapped me or knocked me unconscious.”
“….”
“Of course, you may not believe what I say….”
“I believe it.”
“yes?”
“I believe you. “You definitely are that kind of person.”
It was an unexpected statement.
Ji So-hyun said with a brighter face.
“Then right now…!”
“But that doesn’t work.”
“Why?”
“Because the music festival may not come.”
“What do you mean? “You say you trust me?”
“I believe you, but you don’t know if Yin Emperor will come to see me like you said, right?”
“….”
It wasn’t wrong.
Ji So-hyun, who was speechless for a moment, opened her mouth again.
“Master likes to stop by the village once in a while. “If I see you then…”
“I could just pass by without talking to you.”
“Look! “From then on, it’s up to you to work on your own.”
“I’m working hard right now so I don’t have to wait until then. “Do you think it would be better for me to catch you?”
“….”
“Please wait a little longer until the ancestor comes.”
Ji So-hyun was frustrated.
“I’m so sorry for making you worry so much, Master.”
“That’s why I kidnapped you. Because I won’t obey you unless you do something like this. “That’s why I apologized, and I’m even more sorry because I can’t send it back.”
“….”
“I don’t expect you to understand. “Please just be patient.”
“What the hell…”
Ji So-hyun gritted her teeth.
“What on earth are you? “Why do you want to see Master so much?”
“….”
“Answer me! “I won’t let you go anyway, and I won’t kill you either!”
It was then.
Coogugung.
Yeon Ho-jeong slowly stood up, holding Tongcheonbu.
Ji So-hyun’s mouth was tight and closed.
Woooooo!!
An unusual sound spread from the Tongcheonbu held by Yeon Ho-jeong.
Ji So-hyun’s complexion turned pale.
“All of you?!”
Could it be that he changed his mind? Are you planning to kill me?
Fortunately, that wasn’t the case.
Whoops!
A sharp resonance was heard.
The resonance sound that erupted without any warning was the sound coming from Yeon Ho-jeong’s shoulder. The moment Yeon Ho-jeong’s upper body shook was also due to the resonance sound.
“I don’t know who it is, but…”
A voice that was unfamiliar to Yeon Ho-jeong and familiar to Ji So-hyun came out like fog from one side of the forest.
“There is a solution.”
Ji So-hyun’s face brightened.
Pusssssss.
A fierce presence.
The appearance of a god-man gave rise to the illusion that all the trees standing on her left and right were tilting.
Yeon Ho-jeong’s eyes deepened.
“Umje.”
