Episode 832:
Elixir. It is a quasi-elixir.
A simple medicine that increases your stamina by about a year’s worth when taken.
This is also a very expensive item.
In addition, it is rare to find a quasi-elixir-level item that can increase the internal energy of an old person’s decrepit body.
Moreover, if he brings a spirit medicine level, this person will not cause a stir in the river, but this will make his belly button bigger than his stomach.
‘This is all thanks to the almighty kiiii (氣). cancer. It’s amazing that even if you have a lot of deception, it’s much easier to regain vitality than in modern times. Normally, it would have been impossible to immediately start martial arts training just by eating something.’
It is said that elderly people often visit an orthopedic surgeon because their cartilage is worn out while exercising vigorously.
If Jin Cheon-hee herself had a modern body, she would have to worry about everything from her joints to her spine right away.
Surgical surgery is a battle of stamina, and although the body has been maintained through home training, exercising at the martial arts training level is another matter.
Moreover, even thinking about it myself, I have never heard anywhere that I am good at sports.
However, in this world, one such quasi-elixir can train a person for a while.
The expression of the head of the family was full of hope, but at some point it suddenly darkened.
“Hehehe, thank you for giving me such a precious thing… But please step back.”
“yes?”
In the past, when Jin Cheon-hee entered Jeonggajang with her child, she mocked herself for saying that she had old shoes.
If it weren’t for Cheon-woo and Hyeon-i, I probably would have given up on coming here.
But there was another old shoe here.
These were the shoes I had despaired of for twenty years in Mt. Wudang.
That is the expression of an old man facing reality.
It’s different from the younger ones.
It was a look in his eyes that came from having already faced countless despairs.
However, it was not all despair.
consideration.
And I worry that these precious people might end up wasting their money and time because of me.
“This old man has so little talent that even herbal medicine is not very effective.”
“yes? How could that…”
“Kyayaaaaa!”
The head of the family pats his grandson’s head.
“That’s it.”
Zheng Jiazhu slowly explained.
His inner strength training is very slow compared to others.
Additionally, the ability to control and operate energy is said to be inherently inferior.
“There has never been a Dunjae like this. “The person who came in much later than me came to his senses and saw that someone was walking in front of me.”
Although I learned the martial arts of the Shaman faction and trained for over twenty years.
All that’s left is just ten years’ worth of endurance.
It is said that he already received a quasi-elixir from the shaman sect and tried the Great Jucheon, but he could not hold even a handful of internal energy.
“It’s a dunjae that you can’t eat even if given to you. “I…”
I stopped practicing for the past year.
“The dantian is empty, and the remaining energy is barely the size of an acorn. Hehehe….”
It is extremely difficult to collect it, but it is so quick to miss it.
“When I first climbed Mt. Wudang, I thought I would become something of a powerhouse. “I thought that by becoming famous, I would be able to make a name for myself throughout the world, defeat the dark demons, and follow my own path.”
“Is that so.”
“After three years, that dream shrunk. “I am no different from any other shaman, and like other shamans, I hoped that I would help them in the future by raising the latter.”
“….”
“After ten years, even that was difficult, so I thought I would become a handful of dirt while practicing wisdom like other unknown shamans.”
“….”
“After twenty years, I realized that I would not even be able to become that dust. “I realized it too late.”
Therefore, they returned to their hometown, got married late in life, and continued the family business.
Although their marriage was arranged by their parents, they both fell in love with each other even before their first wedding night.
Although he did not achieve great obscurity and was a talent that did not earn him even a single star, happiness was still by his side.
No, I believed you would be by my side.
Until my wife died.
Why? When a difficult day feels like ten years, when it’s sweet, ten years feels like one day.
He lost his wife in one day.
Ten years have disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Fortunately, I was able to hold my eldest child in these arms.
It was sad to lose my wife, but I still had my child.
It was his next happiness.
And the child showed better talent than him as a shaman. And grandchildren. Great-grandchildren.
After finishing the story, Jang Jeong swept the area around his trembling eyes with his index finger.
“Still… if it’s according to Jin Sogakju’s words. Didn’t you say that it is possible to control Sogal to some extent just by training in external techniques? That’s enough. “At least… I can live another ten years.”
It’s not easy to hone your external skills with a creaky body.
The old man thought that there was nothing he could do even if a bone broke somewhere while practicing external exercises.
So the old man smiled and said that he was satisfied with that alone.
“Pppppppppppppppppppp!”
The old man hugged his great-grandchild.
It’s his next happiness.
I know that this decade will pass by like just one day.
But where have you earned anything even in ten years?
Jin Cheon-hee remembers one by one the things that have been bothering the old man all this time.
‘If I continue to practice external skills from now on, what will my life expectancy be?’
Ten years.
Surprisingly, the old man reached the same conclusion as Jin Cheon-hee based on intuition alone.
The essence of external training is ultimately muscle training.
‘Of course, if you gain muscle, you will be healthier and live longer, but if you do not have inner energy, or true energy, that greatly increases vitality itself, the limit is shorter.’
It is not for nothing that Gwon Je-nim was able to live to be 100 years old, going through countless life and death situations.
Plus, how much more movement would you have to do to control your blood sugar with external energy alone?
Realistically, can an old person’s body withstand that?
Even if everything goes well.
Ten years.
The age when the child turns ten.
“Gyawawawawa!”
Too short. What if a child has no parents and no great-grandfather?
There is no guarantee whether Noya Jin will be alive until then in this large square.
‘And ten years is also optimistic. Even if external training is truly polished. ‘Can ten years pass in peace without any incident in this river?’
As long as people live, isn’t stress an eternal friend?
One day the harvest might be bad, and another day a blind bandit might come and play a trick.
‘Even for the elderly, life is a series of stress.’
Life is like waves.
Because without waves, it’s not life.
Making alcohol while managing that stress?
Even if things go well without too much stress, it is questionable whether you will be able to do the same work as before by only practicing external skills without internal skills.
‘okay. Ultimately, it’s a money issue. this.’
I don’t know how much money the head of the Jeong family has saved, but he is not a member of the Kwonmun family.
It is truly heartbreaking to see a family in the process of decline.
‘It won’t work. ‘This… won’t work.’
At that moment, blue light began to flash in Jin Cheonhee’s pupils.
“Lord Jang, I have something to tell you…!”
At that moment, Sima Hyun unconsciously felt his hair standing on end.
“Brother, brother! Are you trying to do something now? “What are you trying to do?”
“No, wait. Hyuna. “It’s because I want to make Lord Jang healthier.”
“Brother, that doesn’t mean you can’t do what we told you to do! “People die!”
Even though I was Sima Hyeon, I was instantly sick of the madness that Jin Tianxi was emitting.
Cheonwoo also opens his eyes wide in surprise.
“don’t worry. I won’t do that. “Do you trust this guy?”
Blue eyes sparkled.
Usually, the only time my brother’s eyes shine like this is when he does something crazy. Sima Xuan thought.
‘I was going to give Hye-ah some peach wine. Is it okay…?’
Suddenly, Sima Xuan realized that he had been trying to protect the old man without realizing it.
And it’s not just because of peach liquor.
Why? For a brief moment, I questioned myself.
‘I see. ‘You look like Grandmaster Seok.’
A boring relationship. But on the other hand, it was a fate that protected him.
Although their facial features were not similar, their aura was similar.
I don’t know why the ancestor Hao Wen-ju, who built mountains by killing people, and this small village brewer resemble each other.
The atmosphere of those who have despaired for a long time, but the atmosphere of those who have fought seems to have something similar in the end.
“Uhm…. Okay. okay.”
Sima Hyun chuckled.
‘Right. I still liked Grandmaster Seok.’
I always swear that I could have lived on the same white path as Hye-ah if I didn’t have him, but still.
That guy named Jeong is really scary.
“If your brother says so, then yes, do whatever you want.”
My brother said, ‘Hyuna. ‘You went out of your way to give Hye-ah alcohol.’ I look with eyes that say
Okay.
Even after some emotions are burned, the soot remains and continues to be with us.
It was as if I had just suddenly discovered soot on the ceiling where I had always seen it.
Soot that you would never normally see.
Sima Xuan became aware of an image that made up himself.
It was different from Kang Ho-in’s grandiose realization and the achievement was minimal, but it was definitely an achievement.
Jin Tianxi also noticed a slight change in Sima Xuan, but did not ask.
This kind of reflection on daily life is a special opportunity for martial artists.
Zheng Jiazhuang said.
“What are you trying to say?”
“There is a way to live longer…”
“What way?”
Jin Cheonhee’s eyebrows rise.
“This is a special revised Supreme Court law developed by our council.”
“Is there such a thing?”
“sure.”
“For something like that, doesn’t it cost a lot?”
Even though the head of the household is wealthy enough to take care of the village, isn’t there a lot of times when he can’t even sell his house to get that kind of compensation?
Jin Tianxi was about to say that since they were here for the purpose of providing medical services, the price was okay, but Sima Xuan intervened.
“I’ll make the little people pay for the peach alcohol~”
It is the most expensive peach alcohol in the world.
The head of the Zheng family said in bewilderment.
“I will have to send alcohol to Baekrin Uigak for the rest of my life until I die of old age. “Wouldn’t that be enough?”
The old man hated being in debt.
It is the pride of an old man.
At that time, Cheonwoo said.
“If you’re really having trouble, I’m in the process of making citron wine to serve to you, Master. If it’s okay with you, would it be okay if I learned some of your skills? “Even though it may not be the family’s vision, I would like to provide enough alcohol for my teacher.”
A natural smile.
Sima Xuan realized that this brother was after him.
On the surface, it seemed like he was doing it to erase the debt on the old man’s mind because he was feeling very burdened, but in reality, he was really trying to learn how to make alcohol.
‘The King of Power, who admires a recluse like you, came with a child and even asked to learn how to make alcohol?’
I’ve felt it before, but even if I act like a fox, I tend to act like a fox in front of close people so that the other person can see it.
Because that is Sima Xuan’s aesthetic.
It’s only the enemy who uses mysterious tricks.
Such things are only used when aiming at the opponent’s life.
However, this brother never shows off.
I always act quietly and without anyone knowing.
“If we are the same monk, I would also like to tell you about our family’s vision. “I will tell you anything as long as you promise not to tell anyone else.”
Cheonwoo deeply bows to those words.
“As long as I can offer a drink to my teacher, that is enough. Do you think it might be too much for me… I understand. “If that makes the old man feel at ease.”
I knew it.
I thought it would go that way.
Now, I’m going to make sweet liquor and send it to my brother so that he doesn’t get drunk from that liquor.
That’s how I’m going to get a lot of points from my brother.
“It’s Kangho’s fate. “I think King Gwon will be very happy to see it.”
just as expected. Doesn’t even your voice tremble?
It must be reminiscent of someone who passed away.
Moreover, there is a strong bond between the same monks.
My brother really likes this kind of thing.
“You are a shaman.”
Jin Cheon-hee thought of Kwon Je-nim’s back.
Some people in the Gangho ridiculed him, saying that even the giant of Wudang Mountain could not overcome age in the end. They said that no matter how hard a martial artist is, age has no business.
In the end, if you haven’t reached Banrohwandong, aren’t you just an ordinary old man?
What’s so great about an old man dying of old age?
That is the authority that Wudangsan revered.
But now I felt like I knew.
Shamanism was still continued from generation to generation.
A bond that can never be matched by blood ties alone.
“Byaaa!! Buuuu!”
Even to the little blood here.
The deceased Gwon Je-nim was still alive in the shaman.
