Episode 357 Shin New Yeonhong Gaekjan
walked alone for a long time.
Internal energy and muscles can be recovered through rest, but some mental things that are difficult to name seem to need to be alone like this to recover.
It’s just my feeling.
I walked slowly to give myself time to recover, whether it was my soul or my mind.
You can go to Baek Eung-ji and join the Four Major Villains.
I could have gone to Ilyanghyeon and rested for a few days.
I left Baekun Mountain without deciding on a destination for now. While thinking about Amhyangpyo, I gave up worrying about martial arts for a moment.
I don’t know why, but if a person only practices, there is a high probability that he or she will become a fool. If you have been training for 40 days, the answer is to rest for a day or two.
I looked at the clouds floating in the sky, watched the river flowing at the same speed as me a little distance away, and occasionally hit rocks on the side of the road and threw them away.
I let go of all my burdens and worries…
and just walked.
It’s been a while since I walked with the mindset of being the Jeomsoi of Ilyanghyeon, and I forgot that I was a person with strong martial arts skills, and I also forgot the memories of mingling with the Baekdo warriors in the Murim Alliance and making fun of them. I forgot the memories of fighting against bandits and the even more difficult fight against ghosts.
The expressions on someone’s face that were engraved deeper than that fight were soon erased. I remembered the expression of the Four Heavenly Kings that I had seen in the rain and the rare smile of Cheonak, as well as the expression of the white-robed student spitting out blood after being beaten by Cheonak, but I quickly erased them.
As I walked until I was hungry, I passed many streets and stores and saw a store with an unusually large number of customers. It was around sunset, and I saw many people having an early dinner.
“Is this a good restaurant?”
Even though I sat in an empty seat and waited for a while, Jeomsoy seemed so busy that he didn’t come running right away.
After placing the wooden sword on the table, I looked around while drinking water and realized that most of the customers were male.
It was only after seeing the customers’ expressions and gazes that I realized that someone was coming out of the kitchen. A woman approached me from behind, speaking informally.
“What do you want to eat?”
I wondered who she was talking to, but the woman with her long hair tied back opened her eyes wide as soon as she saw me.
“Oh, I’m sorry.”
It was a young woman, and I couldn’t tell if it was Jeomsoyi or the owner. This was because his attitude was too confident to be a store owner and he was too young to be the owner. Moreover, there was no written down on what was being sold, so ordering was difficult.
“Can you make Doogangju with a small bottle of noodles?”
“yes. There’s a bit of alcohol in the noodles, so order one more tangchoricheok or gyejae (鷄丁). Doogangju is not available in small bottles. “About medium size.”
“I don’t plan on eating chicken for a while, so I’ll have tangchorricheok.”
“All right.”
After a somewhat unusual ordering process, people looked at me as the wife and daughter disappeared.
A woman who was a guest a little distance away whispered to someone.
“Why are you carrying a wooden execution sword?”
Since when did my ears become this sensitive?
“It’s not just a wooden sword.”
When I focused my attention, I could hear the conversation better.
“is it so? I did not know.”
“Don’t ask out loud about other people’s weapons. “You should ask such questions after eating and going out.”
“All right.”
After waiting for a while, tofu wine and dry snacks that I didn’t order arrived and were placed on the table.
This time it was the boy who came out of the kitchen. I poured myself a glass of Dugangju without thinking, but the drink was quite cold. It looked like it had been kept in the shade or dropped into a well and then retrieved. Even though I only tasted the water and alcohol, I could tell that it was a good restaurant.
‘It’s a good restaurant.’
From the kitchen, I could hear the wife and daughter asking the boy to do various things, but there was a mixture of jokes, yelling, and laughter.
I looked outside the guesthouse while chewing dry snacks.
The street was quite lively and the people passing by were also cheerful. A group of young people dressed in matching uniforms were seen moving to have dinner, as if there were military officers nearby. One person from the group came into the guest room and as soon as he saw that there were no empty seats, he walked out with a disappointed look on his face and shook his head.
“It’s full. let’s go.”
Next, three well-dressed men entered the store and found an empty seat. Is it because I have the table to myself? A guy came up to me and asked:
“Can we sit together?”
I pointed to the chair to indicate that it was okay. Then three people sat around a narrow table and one nudged me with his butt.
I put the wooden sword away from the table, then went out and drank a glass of Dugangju.
This time, when the boy came to take the order, the people occupying my table spoke skillfully, ordering this and that.
“Learn to cook quickly. “What kind of trouble is your sister going through all alone?”
As the boy went to the kitchen without answering, the man muttered.
“That cheap bastard doesn’t even answer.”
“Do not say bad word. Yeonhong hates it.”
It seemed that the wife and daughter’s name was Yeonhong. Soon, when the wife, who hated swearing, came out of the kitchen, all the men’s eyes focused on her. A woman with a white band around her forehead came to our table and spoke to the men.
“…I ran out of tofu. “Eat something else.”
“Then what should we eat?”
“I’m busy, so speak quickly.”
“Wait. Do you want to eat chicken?”
“no? Eat tangchorricheok. “That’s the fastest right now.”
“okay.”
For some reason, it seemed like they were going to put more of the tangchori chuck I was going to eat and distribute it to the men as well.
When the wife and children disappeared, the three men started talking again.
“Why is he always so confident?”
“That’s right.”
“Is this your first time here?”
I wondered who he was talking to, but this time it was me. These three men were also young, but now that I think about it again, I feel young too. For a moment, I was wondering what tone of voice to use, and then I just nodded.
One guy pulled a sword from the table and wiped the blade with the hem of his clothes.
Since the guests at the table next to me were leaving, I stood up with some bean curd liquor and some dry snacks.
“I will move it to the side.”
“Sure.”
I placed some bean curd liquor and dried snacks on the empty table and then went to get the wooden sword. At this time, one guy grabbed the wooden sword before me and pulled out the handle. As a silver blade appeared from the scabbard, the three people looked on in surprise.
“….”
I said to the man holding the wooden sword.
“Why are you messing with someone else’s weapon?”
When I held out my hand, the wooden sword was released.
The three guys said while looking me up and down.
“It’s a cool weapon.”
“It looks like a weapon used by assassins.”
“Where did you live?”
I returned to my seat and answered.
“I received it as a gift. “I don’t know the price.”
Suddenly, the woman who was bringing stew on a large plate spoke.
“uh? If you do this, hey! “Bring a small plate.”
The wife and daughter first put down the tangchori chuck on the table and then put it on the small plate the boy brought. Then I put it down on my table, and at the same time the boy put the noodles on my table.
The man who saw that there was quite a lot of tangchoricheok in my bag said.
“Why are you giving that much to them? “There are three of us.”
The wife and son looked at the three men and said.
“Can’t you just eat some?”
“I get it.”
As the wife and child disappeared, one of the men muttered.
“…Yeonhong is prettiest when she has a straight face.”
As I was picking up the soup, I suddenly burst into laughter and giggled to myself. When I laughed, the three men stopped playing with their chopsticks and looked at me.
“Aren’t you laughing too openly?”
I wiped away my smile and looked at the three people.
“….”
Then the three people quickly moved their chopsticks and picked up the tangchori chuck and ate it. Only then did I check whether this place was a good restaurant or not. The sentiment came out naturally.
“It’s a good restaurant.”
There was a reason there were so many people. Moreover, the wife and daughter had a strange atmosphere and seemed to be popular with the men nearby.
While eating noodles, I looked for a sign, but when I looked around, it was a store with no name. As the customers who were having an early dinner left, the restaurant became a little quieter.
I heard my wife’s voice from behind me.
“Today’s meal is over. “Let’s not accept customers for dinner.”
“okay.”
The boy went to the front of the store and flipped over what looked like a sign next to the door. Before I knew it, the wife and daughter approached me and asked me.
“it is delicious?”
I answered after picking up the stew with chopsticks.
“Tangchoricheok?”
“yes.”
“Great.”
“What about noodles?”
I answered after looking at the half-eaten noodles.
“It tastes awful. “It’s like drinking water from a tree branch.”
As I was talking with my wife, the man next to me intervened.
“Why are you speaking informally to Yeonhong? “Do you know each other?”
My wife and daughter answered on my behalf.
“Don’t start a fight. “Before I tip over the table.”
“Did this go around? Where did you tip over the guest table? “The owner.”
The wife and daughter laughed heartily and called out to the boy with a gesture. As the boy approached with a shocked expression, his wife pointed at the noodles and said,
“You didn’t even eat half.”
The boy sighed and slightly lowered his head towards me.
“sorry. “Because it’s not tasty.”
As the boy passed by with a sullen expression, his wife and daughter spoke to me.
“sorry. “I was busy so I ordered it from my younger brother.”
“It was nothing. “Do you deduct the noodles from the price?”
“That’s not it.”
“That’s right.”
The wife and daughter sat down across from him and tapped Du Gangju with their fingers. I chewed the stew and poured a drink for my wife and daughter. The wife and daughter who received the drink also pulled out their chopsticks and ate my tangchori chuk right in front of me and then drank the tougangju.
The men next to me laughed and said.
“He steals all the guests’ drinks and food again.”
I looked at the men and then again at the expressions of the wife and daughter. I asked because I thought he was busy working and hadn’t eaten yet.
“Has your brother eaten?”
The wife and daughter answered.
“Not yet. I’ll go out and buy it later. “Because I don’t want to eat what I made.”
The wife and daughter touched the wooden sword on the table and asked me.
“Are you strong in martial arts? Or is it just for self-defense?”
Suddenly, I heard a crunching sound and a boy ran out of the kitchen, looked at me and the wooden sword, and asked:
“Are you good at fighting?”
“…hmm.”
I cleared my throat once and then poured myself a drink. When I didn’t answer, the boy said to Yeonhong.
“I think this older brother will be good at fighting.”
“why?”
“I got a feeling from the atmosphere. Right?”
In times like this, what should I answer?
“It’s not impossible.”
“Look, am I right? “How good are you?”
After thinking about it, I gave a rough answer.
“Wouldn’t there be more than 20 people stronger than me? “Because there are so many experts.”
The boy answered with a look of disappointment.
“Oh yeah? “It’s not that strong.”
“Isn’t that strong enough?”
“is that so? “Isn’t it just moderately strong?”
“He’s a guy with extraordinary aspirations.”
As the boy headed back to the kitchen, his wife and daughter looked at me blankly. The men next to me also smiled and said.
“How did you calculate 20 people?”
“That’s right.”
The wife and daughter looked at the men and then asked me.
“customer?”
“why.”
“I think my brother asked me if I was good at fighting in this neighborhood. Of course, it is true that he is incredibly strong.”
“however?”
“Wouldn’t the answer be that there are only about twenty people in the world?”
“maybe?”
“What does it mean? “Maybe.”
“I don’t know because I haven’t met them all. There may be more, or there may actually be less. That means roughly twenty people.”
“Really?”
I felt like I was running out of words, but I had no choice but to answer like this. This is because I have not fought with every expert, and there are many I have not even met.
However, it is too humble to say that he is only a 100-year-old expert.
Not only are there not many masters who can compete with the King of Dao, but…
if it’s a matter of life or death, my ranking will rise further.
My wife and daughter asked me.
“My younger brother wants to continue learning martial arts and wants to become a master. What should I do as the older sister? “It is difficult in terms of fairness to send someone to a military officer because I don’t have money.”
The men next to me asked questions.
“Are you saying you’re joining the top 100 great masters?”
I nodded.
“yes.”
“….”
I looked at the three people.
“Would you like to get a slap on the cheek from Kangho Baekdae master? “Stop arbitrarily interjecting into conversations.”
The three people burst out laughing at the same time.
“Hahahaha….”
“Phew.”
After laughing for a while, one of the guys said to his wife and daughter.
“How much is it here?”
The wife and daughter answered immediately after looking at the table.
“Twenty.”
The man took out an iron coin from his pocket, placed it on the table, and then stood up.
“let’s go.”
After making a neat calculation, I looked at the three guys leaving and said.
“It’s such a bright neighborhood. People are bright. “It just goes away.”
I thought the three had gone outside and disappeared, but suddenly they let out a loud noise.
“The powerful Baekdae master has appeared in Yeonhong Gaekjan! “What a great skill!”
“Are you saying that Baekdaegosu-myeon’s Jeonghyeopmun and Yanguimun are not even in your mind?”
“You are a great expert.”
As I listened to that cry, I realized that they were not such bright cubs.
My wife and daughter reassured me.
“Nothing will happen.”
“I’m glad.”
“Here, there are two major officials, the Chunghyeopmun and the Yanguimun, and there are many military officers. So there are no major accidents. “The black power also disappeared a long time ago.”
“Is it possible that the reason there are so many military officers is because the two schools select military officers as if they were taking a military officer exam?”
“that’s right. “How did you know?”
“It was just an expectation.”
I searched for the names of the two sects in my memory, but nothing came to mind because it was not my area of activity. However, since it was not a sect that was well-known throughout the world, it was not strange that people did not know about it.
This time I asked my wife and daughter.
“Why is my younger brother trying to learn martial arts?”
The wife and daughter answered in a cool tone.
“Isn’t it like that all those times?”
I nodded.
“If you want to learn it properly, you won’t be able to see your younger brother as often.”
“why? “I have many of my younger brother’s friends who attend military service.”
“If you want to become the 20th strongest person in this town, you can go to the military office and then enter the Jeonghyeopmun or Yanguimun.”
“Would you like to become one of the strongest in the world?”
“Then you should jump into the world first.”
“I won’t see you often.”
I called the boy in the kitchen.
“Come here and see.”
As soon as the boy came, I reached out and checked his physique and skeletal hand shape. Since the body is inherited from parents, the body type is set. Whether or not a body is suitable for martial arts is determined from birth. I tried to think of teachers who would be suitable for this boy, but there wasn’t a single one. However, he didn’t have good bones either. I thought that just as it is not easy to find a disciple of the heavenly evil, it is not usually difficult to obtain a disciple of myself or the Four Great Evils.
asked the boy.
“Are you going to fight?”
“no.”
“Don’t get upset, sister. “You don’t seem to have any talent for cooking, so you should start as a military officer.”
I added the cost of food and the registration fee to go to military service from my previous bag and put it on the table. Even in my opinion, it was a bit excessive money.
The wife and daughter asked.
“Why are you giving me so much?”
“Because it’s a good restaurant.”
I looked around the room and then spoke.
“They say it’s Yeonhong Gaekjan, and I put up a sign with the extra money. I don’t know if bluffing will work, but if something happens that is difficult to deal with, say that you are a guest belonging to Haomun. “You have to make the most of it.”
The woman and the boy looked at each other’s faces and then looked at me with surprised expressions.
The wife and daughter asked.
“Who are you in Haomun?”
I answered in confusion.
“Do you know Hao Wen?”
This time the boy answered.
“I heard that you are a young expert who competed against kings in the Murim Alliance and was not defeated? “Customers often say that Hao Wen-ju is the strongest of the latter-day exponents.”
Rumors travel this fast. It wasn’t that surprising.
“I see. “Any other rumors?”
“This is the goal of all young masters. There are many military officers in this neighborhood, so we often talk about the Murim League. These days, it is more popular to shorten the name to Haomenju instead of calling it Haomunju.”
“what.”
“The King of Xia. “It’s a king-class dragon.”
It was refreshing to hear my news from someone else. I got up and looked at the wife and boy, intending to set off again.
“Goes.”
As I was leaving Yeonhong Gaekjan, a boy asked from behind me.
“Who are you? “I need to know so I can repay the money later.”
I turned and looked at the boy.
“I am Hao Wen Zhou. “Don’t use the word ‘Hawang.’”
“why?”
I said with a smile.
“It’s a nickname that feels too strong. “Not to that extent.”
After leaving Yeonhong Guesthouse, I let out a yawn.
“I was wondering why there were so many kings, and I was also contributing. Damn…”
If I stayed any longer, I felt like the leaders of the Chunghyupmun and Yang Yimun would come rushing in, so I ducked in advance.
I had to be wary of my reputation growing, but I thought it was not an easy task.
