Chronicles of the Lazy Sovereign Novel - Chapter 118

**Chapter 118: Heart of stone in wooden body (3)**

“The Sword Emperor?”

“Yes, that Sword Emperor.”

Seomun Dayeon’s lips began to tremble.

If that were true, it was not strange that everyone was there. In fact, Gongsonhyeong, who had stayed behind, seemed strange.

“Sword Emperor?”

Wei Yanho, who was nodding, raised his head when he heard the mention of the Sword Emperor.

“Who is the Sword Emperor?”

“Don’t you know who the Sword Emperor is?”

“No. I think I’ve heard of him, but I don’t know him well.”

“A swordsman who does not know the Sword Emperor! He is the person considered the best of all swordsmen who have existed in the world.”

“…… do you mean the best swordsman of all time?”

“Yes. He is the best swordsman of all time, recognized by all. Even Wudang and Mount Hua do not deny that the Sword Emperor was the best swordsman of all time.”

“Incredible.”

That really hit him.

If Wudang and Mount Hua, who had enough pride in their sword skills to collapse a mountain with their arrogance, could not deny that fact, then he was really the best swordsman of all time.

“Why isn’t he famous?”

“Yes, it is. It’s very famous.”

“…No, shouldn’t I know? Like Zhang Sanfeng or Buddha Bodhidharma.”

“Ah, that…”

Seomun Dayeon explained.

“The main reason is that he had no power.”

“Hmm?”

“The reason Buddha Bodhidharma and Zhang Sanfeng Jinjin are still considered martial arts legends is because they created the Shaolin and Wudang sects.”

“Hmm, that’s true.”

“A person’s life is short. For the evaluation of that life to last to the future, there must be successors who spread his life or a sect that supports him. For example, if Confucius had not had disciples, he would have simply been a scholar.”

“Many people wouldn’t want to hear that. A particular person comes to mind…”

“That’s the truth.”

Seomun Dayeon took his hand to his mouth.

“Of course, it’s not something to be said openly.”

“Hmm…”

Wei Yanho nodded.

“So what did that guy do with that ability without building power?”

“Not that he had no power…”

“Yes.”

“He was so peculiar that he had almost distanced himself completely from his family.”

“…sounds like a story I’ve heard before.”

Wei Yanho’s expression began to change.

“Don’t you think that guy caused trouble in Shaolin or Wudang?”

“Hey, even if I was the Sword Emperor, would I have done that? Shaolin and Wudang are places where you can do that?”

“Then it wasn’t like that.”

Wei Yanho sighed.

“Tsk tsk tsk tsk, is being good with the sword making people of bad temper? Why are they all like that?”

“All of them?”

“I don’t know any sword expert with a normal personality.”

Baek Muhan was like that, and Wi Jeonghan was like that.

“Anyway, that’s why he didn’t become famous. But suddenly a manuscript appears? Are there people who believe that?”

“What do you believe?”

“Let the rumor spread that a manuscript has appeared means that someone has seen it. If I found the Sword Emperor manuscript, would I go mad and tell others? I would remain silent. The fact that the rumor has spread is strange.”

“Yes… right?”

Normally, she would also have noticed something strange, but the impact of the news of the Sword Emperor manuscript was too great.

But it seems Gongsonhyeong thought differently.

“I never said it was a manuscript. I said a legacy.”

“A legacy?”

“To be exact, the tomb of the Sword Emperor, whose whereabouts were unknown, has been discovered.”

“Oh.”

“Xinyang is not far from the place where the Sword Emperor lived. Also, the person who said that the tomb of the Sword Emperor was on Mount Na is Chujikgak, known as the ‘Knower Number One of the World or Most Wise of the World’, so it can be said to be reliable.”

“Oh?”

Wei Yanho asked with interest.

“I suppose what that Chujikgak person says is reliable.”

“He is more of an academic than a warrior. He is especially interested in classical scholarship. He has discovered many ancient artifacts. However, instead of finding the artifacts himself, he checks the documents and circumstances of the time to find the right location. Once he finds the location through the documents, other people come together to dig. He has discovered more than ten places where the ancient masters had hidden themselves.”

Wei Yanho asked with an uncomfortable expression.

“Isn’t he an instigator of grave robberies?”

“… a… instigator of grave robberies?”

Gongsonhyeong opened his eyes a lot. “Had he ever heard that?” He had heard of instigators of murder, but never of instigators of grave theft.

“That’s… erudition, but in reality, it identifies the graves of others and then tells others to dig them up. That’s instigating grave robberies.”

Now that I think about it, yeah?

It was the time when Chujikgak, a mysterious martial-world character, became a grave thief.

“The owners of the graves must be spinning in their graves.”

Gongsonhyeong stared at Wei Yanho.

What about this guy?

Is your thinking a little strange?

“Even so, it helps the development of the martial world.”

“Tsk.”

Wei Yanho gestured with his hand.

“The age advances, there must be progress. The world progresses by creating new martial arts and surpassing previous generations. But they still cling to the old martial arts, saying that the martial arts of previous generations are the best, so there is no progress.”

Although it wasn’t wrong…

He felt something strange when talking to Wei Yanho.

He didn’t seem wrong, but he felt a little uncomfortable listening to it.

“Anyway, this doesn’t concern me, so I must keep my promise.”

“Ah…”

Seomun Dayeon told Gongsonhyeong.

“Could we get support for a carriage and a coachman?”

“Normally it would be possible…”

Gongsonhyeong scratched his head with clumsiness.

“Now it’s hard, as you can see…”

No wonder he said it was difficult, as the branch was completely empty.

However, it did not seem that Wei Yanho would understand.

“……we need it very much.”

“Hmm.”

Gongsonhyeong thought for a while and spoke.

“I can provide you with a carriage, but a coachman is difficult. We have a carriage here, so it is not difficult to lend it, but we need to hire a coachman, and now there is no one who can approve the hiring of additional staff.”

“Couldn’t you, Mr. Gongson?”

“Staff matters are the responsibility of the head of the branch. If so, it would be better if you went to Na Mountain to look for the head of the branch…”

Seomun Dayeon looked at Wei Yanho with a strange expression.

“Young Wei?”

“I’ll stay here and sleep, so come and get me.”

“…as expected.”

It was amazing that I could predict his reaction so easily, even after having spent so little time together.

“That seems difficult… isn’t there another way?”

“If so, I will provide you with a carriage and money. If that person you have brought is really a member of the demon sect, it is not difficult to provide that. But the staff is difficult. One of you two will have to drive the carriage. It is not that difficult, is it?”

Although Gongsonhyeong was thinking of Wei Yanho, it was Seomun Dayeon who sighed when he heard that.

“It’s not… so… difficult.”

It was a lot easier than pushing a car, but why have your eyes been getting wet for a while?

She was also a spoiled person at home…

At work, she was sent to a mountain full of demonic sect members in the middle of the night to verify strange information, and now that she has survived, she has to become a garage.

What kind of misfortune is this?

“But… I need to go to Luoyang. I need to go straight to the Righteous Martial Alliance.

“Okay.”

“…yes?”

“I don’t have a particular destination. I can go anywhere. It would be better a place with a lot of people, so Luoyang is fine too.”

Seomun Dayeon felt like the sky was coming over him.

He had finally seen a light to escape from that dark cave, but it felt as if the cave had collapsed as he headed for it.

“Are you going to Luoyang?”

“Yes. Now that I think about it, I also want to see what the Righteous Martial Alliance is like.”

“Ah, I see…”

Seomun Dayeon desperately sought a solution.

“Se… Señorito Wei, aren’t you interested in the legacy of the Sword Emperor?”

“……what’s it for?”

“It’s the legacy of the Sword Emperor…”

Wei Yanho shook his head.

“My teacher said secret techniques and stuff aren’t very useful. Besides, I’m struggling to master what I already have.”

Although he practiced while sleeping using the technique of growing dreams, completely mastering what his teacher had left him was difficult.

He often felt more tired when he woke up than before he slept, but what could he do?

‘When will this end?’

They said it would be resolved naturally once it reached a certain level, but I had no idea what that level was.

“I don’t know if it exists, and… going back up the mountain is also a little…”

‘That’s it.’

His last sentence seemed to say it all.

In short, Wei Yanho was not interested in the legacy of the Sword Emperor.

Seomun Dayeon, who had missed his chance to escape, asked Gongsonhyeong with a sad expression.

“Where’s the carriage?”

It was a pretty neat carriage, even if it wasn’t fancy.

The most important thing was that he clearly had the symbol of the Righteous Martial Alliance, so he didn’t have to worry about unnecessary problems.

‘But I will have to drive it.’

Seomun Dayeon sighed.

As a warrior, she did not find it unusual to drive a carriage, but the fact that the passenger was a physically healthy slacker made her sad.

“Hmm.”

But Wei Yanho didn’t seem to like the carriage, and he looked inside.

“Wait a minute.”

“Yes?”

“Wait a minute. I don’t like it.”

Wei Yanho’s out.

He wondered what he was going to do, but his doubt quickly resolved.

Wei Yanho went out and returned shortly after with a heavy load behind his back.

“……what… what is that?”

“Mantas.”

“Mantas?”

Wei Yanho opened the carriage door and began placing the blankets he had brought.

“This is what it takes to call it a carriage.”

“…….”

Wei Yanho, who had made a bed on the floor, took off his shoes and got into the carriage.

“Tell me when we get out.”

Thud.

When the sound of the carriage door was heard closing, Seomun Dayeon looked at the far sky with a sad expression.

‘Mom.’

Today she felt especially that she wanted to see her mother.