Chronicles of the Lazy Sovereign Novel - Chapter 10

Chapter 10

“Huh?”

You said you’d teach me the best martial arts in the world, didn’t you?

At the time, Mad Sword wanted to cough blood.

To ask him if he was strong!

Three hundred years ago, when he was alive, if someone had dared to speak of strength in front of him, others would have seized him without him having to move a finger and would have taken him to a doctor.

Was it not he who not only reached the pinnacle of the fencing but also created a new fencing kingdom for the first time in the history of the martial world?

To think that in this dark cave, he would have to prove his strength to some young novice, if Mad Sword still had a physical body, he would probably have shed clear tears for the first time since his birth.

What nonsense! In life, no one dared to raise his head before me. Even the monks of Shaolin avoided me, and the Taoists of Wudang dared not speak of fencing in front of me. The whole world praised me!

Wei Yan-ho was not impressed.

“I should be able to believe it.”

“It’s true!”

After all, memories are often exaggerated.

“Grr~!”

Baek Mu-han was down.

The reputation that had been forged in life should have been considerable, so how could it not have been passed on even for three hundred years? Had his name been passed on, even a little bit, things would have been much easier.

‘In my day, they adorned their words with words: ‘I overcame Zhang Sanfeng and I was the greatest of all time!’

Had all these people completely changed their tone?

If only a tenth of those who praised him without ceasing had repeated to him the same words that they spoke to him in person, it would have been natural for him to leave his name in history as someone competing for the title of the Greatest Person of All Times. Indeed, the ways of human life were incomprehensible.

“Grr, it’s true.”

Wei Yan-ho responded with indifference.

Well, let’s say so.

It’s not “suppose so,” it’s like that! It’s real!

Baek Mu-han had never told a lie in his entire life, nor had he felt the need to lie.

So he had no idea how to persuade someone who didn’t believe in his words. What would he lack to lie to others, and what would he lack to persuade them?

To experience something in this way that I had never experienced while I was alive, suddenly sadness invaded him like a wave.

“But even if you were so strong three hundred years ago, man, he’s still a suspect.

“What do you mean by that?”

On what basis is the claim that the best martial arts in the world of three hundred years ago are still the best in the world today? Do martial arts not develop?

“Heh, heh, heh.”

Baek Mu-han laughed. “It was something he could answer too easily.”

“Shaolin and Wudang are not yet competing for supremacy in the world?”

“That’s true.”

When were the martial studies of Shaolin and Wudang created? According to your logic, they too should have been left behind or created new martial studies. But has any martial study emerged that surpasses the Yijin Jing? Has any fencing emerged that surpasses the Taiji Sword of Wisdom in Wudang?

Wei Yan-ho reflected deeply and then shook his head. In fact, he had never heard of such things.

“No.”

Exactly! Martial studies develop. But truly strong martial arts remain strong even for later generations.

But if your martial arts are really strong, it’s another matter.

Baek Mu-han now wanted to cry.

The anger toward their descendants rose. He had given them clear instructions to look for it when they really wanted it. But how was it possible that not a single one of those people would have come to this place?

If only one of them had entered that place, it would not have ended up in such a problematic situation.

But there was no point in regretting it now.

“Hmm, martial arts whose strength is unknown and whose correct learning is uncertain…”

“…”

If Baek Mu-han had a physical body, his heart would have shrunk by now.

What tension!

Even when the Taoist bastards of Wudang surrounded him with their Taiji Sword Formation, claiming that they would test their martial studies, he only laughed willingly; but now he had to feel so much tension in this situation!

“What does the study of martial arts matter? I’ll just grab any kid and give it to him.”

What could I do?

This was already a mistake from three hundred years ago, something that could not be undone.

And Wei Yan-ho’s response was unfortunately not far from his expectations.

“Ah, pass!”

No, don’t do that, try to learn it once, I won’t let you down!

“I’m not really interested.”

In life, you can’t just do what you like. Don’t be like that; think that you are deceived and try to learn it once. I’ll teach you well. I’ll do the best I can!

The papers had been reversed.

Throughout history, has there ever been a teacher who had to beg so pathetically?

“Mmm…”

Somehow I’ll make it possible for you to leave this place in 20 years!

“Twenty years?”

“That’s right!”

“Ah, that’s too long.”

Twenty years is absolutely necessary! Twenty years is very little time to learn my martial arts. But I will investigate and strive so that you can reach a kingdom just like mine in twenty years.

Even after reaching so far, Wei Yan-ho’s reaction did not impress him at all. Wei Yan-ho, who had abruptly settled in a corner and sat down, kept yawning and opening his mouth wide open.

“I was thinking about considering it if it were three years…”

Three, three years! How could you learn my martial arts in just three years! Even if Zhang Sanfeng came back to life, that would not be possible!

“Is that so?”

The level of my martial studies is never lower than that of Zhang Sanfeng. I simply did not say those things during my time out of respect for my superior, but, in fact, everyone knew I was going at least one step ahead!

If it were true, this would really be tremendous content.

Who could say in his own words that he was taking advantage of Zhang Sanfeng? It was the kind of statement that would make Wudang immediately wield his Ancient Songwen Sword and launch to destroy it.

They were tremendous words, but Wei Yan-ho remained apathetic.

“Then it doesn’t matter.”

“It doesn’t matter!”

“Well, then there’s nothing to do. I guess we’re not meant to be together.

Baek Mu-han wanted to go crazy, but with just his consciousness, he couldn’t even do it.

Three years is impossible!

“I understand.”

“Five years! What do you think of five years?

“Five years?”

Five years, I’ll do my best to make you the best in the world in just five years!

Wei Yan-ho spoke with an apathetic expression.

“You’re not trying to rip me off, are you?”

Trust me, I’ll make it happen!

“Mmm…”

Wei Yan-ho seemed to reflect for a moment.

If you thought about it, digging the cave for a year was not something you should do either. It would be better to learn excellent martial arts, even if it took a little longer; you knew it from the beginning.

The problem was simply that the duration and degree of training were not at the level Wei Yan-ho wanted.

Now the duration was already set approximately.

“Is it difficult?”

“Do you mean training?”

“Yes.”

Baek Mu-han studied the expression of Wei Yan-ho.

As soon as I said it was difficult, I would obviously start digging back into the cave. As proof of that, Wei Yan-ho had not yet lowered the sword.

How difficult it would be!

“Really?”

That’s right, ha ha ha!

Wei Yan-ho looked with suspicious eyes at the jewel from which Baek Mu-han’s voice came.

‘The best martial arts in the world…’

It was tempting.

But something about him smelled like a con man. His speech was full of bragging, and the person was completely unserious.

But there was something that worried him from before.

That jewel.

Looking at it, it really seemed as if a dead man had breathed consciousness into the jewel, but he had never heard or seen anything so miraculous. A person capable of such a feat could not be an ordinary person.

It had simply not been transmitted, but perhaps half of what he was saying now was true. If so, he could have been the greatest teacher in the world.

The greatest in the world…

His father, Wei Jeong-han, who trained day and night, had barely managed to put his name at the end of the list of the world’s top 100 teachers. But becoming the largest person in the world after five years of effortless training was a luxury that no one else could enjoy.

‘Well, I’ll become a master with this opportunity!’

As mentioned above, Wei Yan-ho had always dreamed of becoming the greatest person in the world and was willing to strive for it. The problem was simply that his physical laziness exceeded his motivation, so he could never take the first step.

If he could achieve results through moderate training, Wei Yan-ho could also make some concessions and compromises.

“I will!”

“Really?”

“Yes!”

Baek Mu-han was very happy.

“Then quickly give him the gubae! First comes the formal ceremony of master and disciple!”

Wei Yan-ho smiled with itch.

“I don’t want to.”

“Huh?”

“You were planning to completely change your attitude using the pretext of being a teacher and disciple after the ceremony, weren’t you?”

“…”

I’ll keep it up, so you can keep it up, too, man.

A silent silence descended into the cave.

“Is there a problem?”

“No.”

“Yes.”

Wei Yan-ho smiled cheerfully.

Crazy sword Baek Mu-han.

It was the day when painful difficulties began that I had never experienced once in three hundred years.

***

“Did you say Crazy Sword?”

The historian bowed his head.

He was an author of the history of the Martial World. Although investigating issues related to Wei Yan-ho, he was sure to know the basic history of the Martial World better than anyone else.

But I’ve never heard of a person with the nickname Crazy Sword.

“That’s strange.”

Who was Wei Yan-ho?

Mr. Radiant Martial.

It was incomprehensible that the teacher of someone who had won such a tremendous title just listening to him was a person without a name.

Of course, it would be possible if he were a lonely teacher, but from what he heard, he seemed to be someone who was famous, so why was it a name that even he had not heard of?

Is this the first time you’ve heard of him?

Yeah, it’s the first time I’ve heard the nickname Crazy Sword.

“So, do you know the Mangeom Baekga?”

How could I not know about the Mangeom Baekga?

Guangqushen nodded.

—Right. So who is the most important figure in the Mangeom Baekga?

A prestigious family like the Mangeom Baekga could not have only one or two great martial artists. The founder of the Mangeom Baekga, Mangeom-ja, and Bungsan Geomjon, of whom it is said that he demolished mountains with one sword… But if he had to choose only one, all would choose him. The Sword Emperor. The same called the Greatest Sword of All Times. The kingdom of the other masters was certainly not low, but it is true that they pale before the name of the Sword Emperor.

Guangqushen smiled.

“Well, that person.”

“…yes?”

“Before that person was called the Sword Emperor, his nickname was Mad Sword.”

“What?”

Guangqushen laughed between his teeth.

Of course, Wei Yan-ho didn’t know at all at the time. That gentleman was also pitiful. The last person he met in his life turned out to be such a person.