episode_0024

Acheong’s eyes widened.

Even in Acheong’s limited knowledge, she knew that in order to learn martial arts, she had to become a disciple, and to become a disciple, she had to join a martial arts school.

In fact, she didn’t know at first.

It was only when she was considering learning various martial arts in the early days that she found out.

“I don’t have to join the Shinnyeomun?”

“Tell me honestly. A child who hasn’t even reached twenty has entered the peak stage, so her talent must be very impressive. As the master of Gangho, there must be no one who is not impressed.”

Acheong was surprised.

“Am I really that young?”

“A child?”

“I don’t have a girlish figure though…”

Her face was already at the lowest score.

“A child. Perhaps. Do you not know your age?”

“Probably.”

“And Acheong is a name given by the child?”

“Yes.”

More accurately, it was cut and pasted from Control CV.

That’s how she was promised purple martial arts.

“What about your last name?”

“I don’t know that either…”

Seomunsurin’s expression was filled with pity.

It was a misunderstanding similar to the one with Paengmo.

It wasn’t that Paengmo was stupid, but anyone with a little bit of thought in this era would come to the same conclusion.

“Oh, child. How did you grow up so well in such difficult circumstances? Impressive, truly impressive. You are truly beautiful.”

Acheong, who was curious about the answer, just laughed with a smile.

“Well, it seems the master’s blessing was there after all.”

“The master?”

“…Don’t you have a master? Then where did you learn your martial arts?”

“I just happened to come across it…”

“Self-taught?”

“Perhaps?”

Acheong answered with a question.

It wasn’t martial arts learned through proper methods.

Seomunsurin’s expression turned to shock.

“The pure and elegant flow was clearly the authentic vein of martial arts. It was not lacking in profound inner strength worthy of being called a divine skill. A rare skill among rare skills, perhaps the name of that skill is?”

“It’s Wolnyeosimgyeol.”

Seomunsurin clapped his knees.

“Oh! So you are Acheong. Truly amazing! I thought it was only in legends that such divine skills existed, and here the owner is right in front of me. Indeed, the world is full of unknowns under the vast sky! But.”

Thud! A honey bomb flew towards Acheong’s forehead.

Dodging, evading, the honey bomb flew at the speed of light.

An impact strong enough to shake bones.

It was truly a nuclear honey bomb fired with intercontinental ballistic missile speed.

Seomunsurin looked at Acheong, who was tearing up, and spoke sternly.

“Do you answer back with questions again? You are lacking, foolish, and stupid. If the world finds out about your martial arts, they will chase you with greed. You are lucky to have survived until now. Tsk tsk.”

“Oh.”

She gained valuable knowledge once again.

She was like a vending machine of common sense.

Important knowledge poured out at the snap of a finger.

“Oh? That sloppy habit of yours! Is that really something that should come out of a child’s mouth?”

“It just slipped out…”

“Well, if it’s a child, it could happen.”

She didn’t know what it meant, but Acheong nodded her head anyway.

“Ha. You are truly a child thrown into the world. If you continue like this, your life won’t last long.”

“Me?”

“You didn’t even hesitate to associate with Sinchangyangga. Surely the dark figure next to him was undoubtedly a killer.”

Acheong didn’t know anything.

Her clueless expression was evident.

Seomunsurin let out a deep sigh.

“Oh, this lacking one.”

Although his words were harsh, his concern was evident.

Acheong just smiled faintly.

“But that child, she took the Daehwandan.”

“Daehwandan?”

Acheong asked, showing no understanding.

Seomunsurin chuckled.

“The Great Revitalization Pill is considered the most powerful medicine in the world of So Rim. They say even with a thousand pieces of gold, one cannot buy it.”

“Ah…”

The reason Yang So Wol deceived and took the money was revealed.

“Ha… So Wol, that woman.”

“Oh, do you know Lady Jang Myung’s mother?”

“How could I not know? She was once a family member.”

Shin Nyumun is a faction of women.

And the Shin Nyumun faction prohibits marriage.

However, if a person’s nature desires to see their child, they can raise a girl as their own daughter.

“So, does that mean Jang Myung…”

“No. The child is her daughter. She ran away after falling in love with a man.”

“Ah.”

It wasn’t that the Shin Nyumun faction strictly forbade marriage and shouted to stop it. They were not an extreme feminist group.

If a man wanted to marry and decided to leave what he received from Shin Nyumun, he was free to go. In other words, he could break off the engagement and leave.

Seo Moon Soo frowned.

“She was a woman full of greed.”

Yang So Wol ran away because she disliked that.

But she didn’t just run away.

She emptied Shin Nyumun’s warehouse of the dowry.

And she did it very deliberately.

She carefully selected valuable items and took them all.

That was why Jin Jang Myung’s past memories were bitter.

Acheong was speechless.

No, that woman. She didn’t see her that way.

“I should have chased her to the ends of the earth and made her pay for her actions. She should have been left with nothing in her hands. She should have realized how well she could live by not crossing my family’s path and stealing my wealth.”

That was the grudge.

A child born from the pure bloodline would die before reaching the age of twenty.

It was a severe curse.

However, to a martial artist, that curse could be the greatest blessing.

Because it was the best quality to become a top martial artist.

A child born from the pure bloodline could easily become a top martial artist and make a name for themselves in the world.

The problem was that once born from the pure bloodline, it was almost impossible to learn martial arts.

The body was weak, and the energy was too scarce, causing problems from the very beginning of forming the basic level of martial arts.

“So what should I do?”

“You need to seek help from a top martial artist. At the very least, you need the help of a real top martial artist in the Hwagyeong.”

A top martial artist in the Hwagyeong could forcibly inject energy through their martial power to create the basic level of martial arts.

However, this martial power came at the cost of decades of the martial artist’s cultivation.

“So, do you think she could have brought my daughter back? A woman who broke the law of my family and stole my wealth.”

That’s why they fed her the Great Revitalization Pill.

If she could substitute for the effects of the pill, the top martial artist wouldn’t suffer any losses.

They could immediately lead her energy to create the basic level of martial arts.

“She must have been prepared to sacrifice her life. To save her child at least. Since the child had already taken the pill, she just wanted you to take her away easily.”

“Ah…”

“That damn woman! She broke the law of my family, do you know what kind of achievement this mother has made! Ha!”

The mother had achieved greatness ten years ago.

She had reached a level where she could control and harness the destructive energy of the pure bloodline to create the basic level of martial arts.

She didn’t even need martial power.

If she had known Jin Jang Myung’s constitution from the beginning and brought her back immediately, the mother would have saved her.

No matter how heinous her crimes were, the mother wouldn’t have killed the mother of the child she had saved.

The father wouldn’t have lost his life either.

The head of the Shin Chang Yang family would eventually fight against the cannibalistic army and get injured, but the child would have already been under the protection of Shin Nyumun.

Then the great family that had long defended the East Sea against invaders would not have fallen victim to deception…

“This is what they call karma. One evil deed has plunged many into the pit of sorrow, that’s the wickedness of evil deeds.”

Prologue

Seomun Surin sternly admonished.

“So, my child, you must remember this well. Especially since you possess the most ominous star.”

—-

Acheong was unfamiliar with martial arts.

Therefore, she didn’t know much about the relationship between master and disciple in the central plains.

In the central plains, a master is equivalent to a teacher.

A master is on the same level as a parent.

However, to modern Koreans who do not distinguish between teacher and master, the master-disciple relationship seems trivial.

Acheong didn’t think much about becoming a disciple, and the main reason for this was her perception of the relationship.

Furthermore, Acheong was subtly affectionate.

It was only natural for her to bow deeply to Seomun Surin, who exuded a grandmotherly aura.

And so, Acheong bowed deeply to Seomun Surin.

Therefore.

“If you go out to the wilderness like this, your disciple’s life will be in danger and easily cut short. So, for now, it is best to conceal your identity.”

“Conceal my identity?”

“Yes. Hasn’t your disciple’s face already been exposed? Especially since you have also accumulated a fateful connection with a top-notch master, your disciple should strive to reach the same level. Until then, it would be wise to hide your identity.”

“Ah.”

She had not thought about it from that perspective.

Just fight if necessary, or avoid it. That was her mindset.

Acheong was confident in her martial arts skills.

“So from now on, let’s call you Muncheong.”

“Muncheong. Then from now on, I’ll go by Muncheong. The surname is the same as the master’s, right?”

Whether it was Muncheong or Acheong, it was all the same.

It felt a bit burdensome to use the same surname, but since everyone in the wilderness seemed to address each other by their surnames, it felt odd to use her name alone. So, why not.

So, am I now Seosae?

Come to think of it, I could have just used my surname.

Snap!

“Ow!”

Acheong screamed in agony.

It was an uncontrollable scream that came instinctively.

It was a scream that surpassed the pain of a hydrogen bomb night.

No, what kind of night is this!

Is my head split open? Am I bleeding?

Acheong rubbed her head and checked her fingertips intermittently.

But there’s no blood. I thought I was bleeding.