episode_0193

“Whew… It’s been a while.”

As Mo Yong-yeon sighed after drinking the bamboo leaf tea, he felt a refreshing yet strong scent of alcohol that he had never smelled before.

I followed suit and poured the liquor called Jukyeopcheong into my mouth in one gulp.

Unlike modern alcohol, the alcohol was fully palpable, leaving the tip of my nose and the inside of my mouth tingling.

The place where the alcohol had passed felt hot.

It was a drink with a considerable alcohol content.

‘This is bamboo leaf tea.’

It was a drink that always appeared in martial arts movies.

It wasn’t delicious, but the unique flavor and intensity left a feeling of cleansing my mouth.

Gulp.

Mo Yong-yeon immediately poured the next glass.

At first, when I asked him to order me a drink, he refused, saying that it would not help his training.

There is no master who overcomes his disciple.

When I called Jeomsoi and ordered, he glared at me as if he had no choice, but ended up drinking with me.

“You are eating well.”

“Experts, drink well.”

It may sound like a joke, but I knew there was some truth to it.

Even I have become the type of person who doesn’t get drunk easily.

Even though Mo Yong-yeon in front of him was drinking alcohol with such a high alcohol content, his cheeks only turned slightly red.

“…Why?”

“Huh?”

“Stop looking.”

I found myself blankly staring at Mo Yong-yeon without realizing it.

It’s not like I usually stare at someone this much.

But if not now, then when else would I be able to see my teacher’s slightly reddened face?

I glanced at it from time to time without feeling burdened.

Mo Yong-yeon smiled mischievously and put a piece of frozen pork in my bowl.

“This is…”

“Eat it.”

It was the master’s love for his disciple.

Master and disciple.

‘…What should I do?’

As Master Mo Yong-yeon’s face began to look more and more beautiful, I found myself thinking about how to attack her without even realizing it.

First of all, since it was a priest-student relationship, it fit to some extent with the theme of forbidden love, which was one of her walls.

However, it didn’t seem easy to satisfy Mo Yong-yeon’s obsession with her older brother.

“Come to think of itㅡ”

“Yes.”

I heard Mo Yong-yeon’s voice while I was absentmindedly staring, and I reflexively answered.

“Where is the venue for the non-stage competition?”

“Ah.”

If things had gone as planned, it would have been held at the Cheonmu Academy, but now that the Cheonmu Academy is not participating, the location of the non-competition has become ambiguous.

It wasn’t decided until a week ago, but what about now?

“While I’m here, let me ask you something.”

“Yeah.”

Since I was coming down from the mountain, I decided to go to Muhak-gwan separately.

It was a satisfying meal.

Cooking skills and all, the most delicious food is still the food that someone else makes.

After parting ways with Mo Yong-yeon for a moment and slowly entering the Muhak Hall, I received warm looks from those around me.

‘what?’

As I was feeling awkward because of the warm gaze I had never received before, I heard a group of students whispering.

“It smells like alcohol…”

“You seem to have given up everything and just been drinking…”

“How much mental anguish must it be… I thought I was finally seeing the light, but the sects got involved…”

“Sometime, I should buy myself some alcohol…”

“…”

I was being misunderstood.

How many leaves did I cut during the week of training?

Behind the cave, dozens of trees were already showing off their bare branches even though winter had not yet arrived.

The wooden sword’s blade was dyed green and could not be cleaned.

I felt a little bit wronged

I slowly walked through the Muhak Hall and reached the private room where Instructor Cheol-ung was.

dripping.

When I knocked on the door, I heard noise from inside.

The door opened slowly, and Instructor Cheol-Woong walked out.

“Hmm.”

The instructor looked me up and down without saying anything, then nodded.

“I was wondering if it would be long last time we broke up…”

Cheol-woong, who had been looking at me, slowly opened his mouth.

“I guess I’ll lose now.”

“Yes?”

“No. What’s going on?”

“I would like to know the schedule and location of the non-contest.”

“You came at a good time.”

Instructor Cheol-ung went inside and handed me the paper that was on his desk.

There was a freshly torn envelope on the desk, as if it had just been opened.

“Sacheondangga… Is there a reason why this location was chosen?”

The paper I received contained information about the participating sects and martial arts schools, the detailed schedule for the day, and the order of competition.

Among the useful pieces of information was that our Humanities Department had risen quite high through the by-election and that the competition had been decided to be held at Sacheondangga.

When asked why, Cheol-woong spoke slowly about this competition.

“The competition will be fierce as many schools are participating in this competition.”

I nodded at those words.

Even when I went to the inn with Murong Yan, there was a group of men who were arguing with Murong Yan without even giving him a glance.

I could hear them arguing over which sect would win.

Then, the argument got so heated that it almost escalated into a physical fight.

Even those who do not belong to that sect fight so much, so how much more so must the sects fight each other?

“The Sacheon Dang family is famous for its poison and secret weapons, but they are equally skilled in medicine.”

Those who dealt with poison had to know medicine as well.

Addiction and detoxification.

In the midst of two inseparable processes, they have become the best in the martial arts world in terms of both poison and medicine.

“Since the rain is overheated and there will obviously be casualties, we have no choice but to decide on Sacheondangga.”

Hearing that, it made sense that Sacheondangga was holding a martial arts competition.

‘If it’s Sacheon, it’s where the teacher’s older brother is.’

It seemed like heaven was helping.

If you go and meet her once, you will see why Mo Yong-yeon likes you.

You will also be able to find out what his characteristics are.

“Can I go to Sacheon first?”

“Well, I guess it doesn’t matter.”

Normally, we would all gather at this Muhak Hall and move together, but I wanted to go to Sacheon as soon as possible.

Cheol-woong gave his permission lightly as if it was no big deal.

Since I had figured out what I needed to know and had found out everything, I bowed my head slightly to Instructor Cheol-ung and turned to leave.

Instructor Cheol-Woong called me over.

“Wait a minute.”

“Yes?”

Instructor Cheol-Woong went into his room for a moment and handed me a large wreath.

It was round like a pill, but it was quite large.

“What is this?”

“It’s a wall song.”

“Ah, this is…”

It would sometimes appear when I read martial arts novels.

There was a scene where the main character was practicing meditation while holding a bunch of these wallflowers and eating only these.

I don’t know why he gave this to me, but I was curious about this wallflower, so I put it in my mouth without question.

“Tsk.”

I chewed it twice and spit it out.

I made eye contact with Instructor Cheol-Woong.

“No…it’s too bitter…”

I tried not to spit it out because I thought the person who gave it to me was feeling good, but it spread out of my mouth like dirt and took all the moisture out of my mouth.

At the same time, I couldn’t chew any more because of the unpleasant bitter taste and grassy smell, which felt like chewing raw grass that shouldn’t be eaten.

“Well, after adding the honey and chestnuts and adding the sesame seeds, the bitterness becomes a problem. Thank you.”

thud.

Instructor Cheol-Woong nodded as if he had expected me to spit it out, then closed the door and went in.

“…write…”

The original taste of Byeokgokdan wasn’t like this.

I felt cheated.

***

“To Sacheon?”

“Yes.”

“…Yeah…”

Mo Yong-yeon had a complicated expression on his face after hearing my story.

I could understand that feeling, even if just a little bit.

Of course, you still like your brother, so you want to see him, but at the same time, you have mixed feelings about seeing your brother who has a family.

Mo Yong-yeon closed his eyes for a moment, letting out a long sigh, and then slowly opened them.

“…Okay, let’s do the rest of the training on the move.”

Finally, having made up his mind, Mo Yong-yeon sighed and began to pack his bags.

There wasn’t much luggage.

Most of them were pouches containing money, the rest were just simple maps and dried meat.

After packing his bags, Mo Yong-yeon put his sword on his waist for the last time.

Mo Yong-yeon slowly approached me and put his sword into my waistband.

“Yes.”

“What is this?”

“Yes, your sword.”

“Ah.”

Mo Yong-yeon, who thought I didn’t have a sword, prepared one for me.

He carefully took out the sword that was tucked into his waistband and saw that the blade was sharp enough to be terrifying.

It was obviously a good sword.

I swung it lightly, and the sound of it lightly cutting through the wind was impressive.

It was a little heavy, but for people as strong as Mo Yong-yeon and I, this weight was just right.

“Thank you so much.”

“Hmm, um.”

He cleared his throat awkwardly at my compliment and walked away.

The corners of his lips were twitching slightly.

It was an expression as if he was trying to decide whether to laugh or not.

It seemed like he was not used to this kind of atmosphere or situation where he was being appreciated.

“Get used to the sword quickly while traveling.”

“Yes.”

On the way to Sacheon, we started a new training.

The new training content was simple.

“We’re going this way.”

The training involved moving to Sacheon by the shortest route.

We went forward, crossing mountains and rivers.

I cut thick branches with a sword and continued to hunt animals to eat.

The swordsmanship used to hunt these spirits was shining.

We were able to arrive in Sacheon much faster than expected.

And by the time I got there, I had grown quite a bit.

[The sword has reached LV.4.]

[Calmness has reached LV.3.]

[Acquire the Sword of Death.]

[The Sword of Death has reached LV.1.]

First of all, I was able to smoothly acquire the swordsmanship that I most wanted in the martial arts world.