Chronicles of the Lazy Sovereign Novel - Chapter 137

**Chapter 137: The Holgazan the Defeat (2)**

Sangwan Hong, with a slightly serious face, looked at Wei Yanho and continued:

“Wei Sanho, the Demon-Expelling Sword, is considered superior to all officers of the Academy. Saying you can beat him means that, among all present, except the great master Gong, no one could stand up to you.”

“Yes, so what?”

Wei Yanho was confident.

He had no reason to hesitate to tell the truth. While others might lie out of courtesy, Wei Yanho was a man of his time, with the courage to tell the truth unscrupulously.

How many times had he argued with Baek Muhan, being beaten for five years for it? Had he only controlled his tongue, he would have received half of the blows.

Sangwan Hong’s eyebrows moved.

“So, you claim you can beat me without even trying my sword?”

“Yes.”

Wei Yanho maintained his confidence.

However, that trust was not received in the same way by all.

Gong Mujin, for example, was skeptical.

‘Telling the truth can be so irritating.’

Even so, Gong Mujin was relieved that Wei Yanho had not said, “No, I was wrong. Including the great master Gong, all of you.”

Considering his age and position in the martial world, it would be a very embarrassing situation.

Although sooner or later everyone in the martial world would find out about Wei Yanho, Gong Mujin did not want to be the cause of the news spreading.

He had to stop the rumor from spreading that a prodigy had appeared that could defeat him.

That’s why Gong Mujin kept quiet.

On the other hand, I Seolhwa thought it was natural.

Comparing Wei Yanho, whom even his teacher could not control, with the officers of the Academy was absurd. To tell the truth bluntly was an essential virtue for a man.

I Sheolhwa smiled slightly as she looked at Wei Yanho.

Sangwan Hong and the other two Dragons and a Phoenix were very upset.

They were the Three Dragons and a Phoenix, considered the strongest of the Crouching Dragon Academy.

The Academy was not weak because of the absence of the nine sects. It was a place where the most prominent officers from all over the world met.

Only the heirs of the most prestigious families, with exceptional abilities, could enter the Academy. As the Academy was a place where skills were compared and objective evaluations were carried out, sending someone without talent could damage the prestige of the family.

They were the top five among the selected ones.

And yet, a stranger said he could easily defeat them.

Finally, Wei Suryun was very nervous.

“O… brother.”

Her brother, during the time he was missing, must have lost common sense.

Seeing the rigid expressions of Sangwan Hong and the others, Wei Suryun pinched the side of Wei Yanho.

“Au! Hurts! Why?”

“Apologize.”

“Why?”

“You don’t need to brag so much just because we haven’t seen each other in a while. Whoever you are, you’re my brother. Even though I know them, not even the great teacher Zhang Sanfeng could make you an expert.”

It was a fair assessment.

Everyone who knew Wei Yanho would think the same thing.

And Baek Muhan, with his relentless training, had done his best.

Baek Muhan refuted the saying: “You can take the horse to the water, but you can’t force it to drink.”

– Suffer!

“Because in this life, suffering alone really learns!”

Binding the horse by the water and hitting him until he is exhausted, until he drinks water for tiredness or for believing that he has done something wrong, that was Baek Muhan’s philosophy.

And that philosophy was being demonstrated with Wei Yanho.

But Sangwan Hong didn’t know that.

“They say that even a dragon can be controlled with words. Are you willing to prove it by receiving my sword?”

“Yes?”

Wei Yanho shook his head, making Sangwan Hong angry.

“I’m challenging you to a fight! I’ve always wanted to learn about the Wei family sword. I wanted to ask young Wei Sanho for advice, but since there are two people here who know the Wei family sword, this is a good opportunity.”

It was a rather rude request for combat.

Normally, an application for combat like this could end up in a duel to death.

Therefore, Sangwan Hong expected Wei Yanho to accept his challenge. Normally, challenging someone inferior that way is a bad thing, but since Wei Yanho had already done the provocation, no one would blame him.

Sangwan Hong thought he had perfectly caught Wei Yanho, but Wei Yanho was different from any other warrior.

Wei Yanho immediately replied to Sangwan Hong:

“I don’t want to”

“…….”

Sangwan Hong looked at Wei Yanho with a stunned expression.

Normally, because of pride, one would accept a fight.

“You say you don’t want to?”

“Yes.”

Sangwan Hong asked without understanding.

“May I ask why? If you refuse this fight, everyone will call it a coward. And the honor of the Wei family will be stained, is it still okay?”

“That will not happen.”

“……May I ask you again?”

Wei Yanho sighed, as if he could not believe that he did not understand it, and kindly explained:

“It doesn’t matter if everyone calls me a coward, and the honor of the Wei family won’t be tarnished because of me.”

“Why?”

“For my older brother will restore him.”

“…….”

Sangwan Hong had to admit that Wei Yanho was right.

The rapid rise of the Wei family was largely due to the prominent figure of Wei Jeonghan, the Sword of the Just Hero, and to the appearance of Wei Sanho, the Demon-Expelling Sword, a successor who rivals the title of the best swordsman.

Where there is light, there is darkness.

Normally, when an exceptional successor appears, his brothers should also be exceptional persons, but if the figure of the older brother is too imposing, many younger brothers deviate.

Therefore, even if Wei Yanho is a coward, most warriors would not despise the Wei family for it.

“Humph.”

Namgung Hye, the Phoenix of the Sword, supported Sangwan Hong.

“That means you’re admitting he’s a coward, right?”

It was something that could be very humiliating.

…for others, at least.

“I am a coward.”

“…yes?”

When Wei Yanho looked back, Wei Suryun nodded.

“My brother is a little scary.”

“It’s better to be afraid than to die young. It’s better to be a little scared.”

“Yes, brother.”

Namgung Hye’s lips trembled.

What kind of family was that?

For her, raised in the strict Namgung family, the actions of the brothers were incomprehensible.

“And there is another problem, I have not learned the sword of the Wei family. So, if you want to see the sword of the Wei family…”

When Wei Yanho looked at her, Wei Suryun denied with his hand.

“Brother, I can’t either. Dad said the Sword of the Celestial Flying Dragon () isn’t suitable for women, so I learned another technique.”

Wei Yanho nodded.

“Have you heard it? What a pity.”

Sangwan Hong’s face turned red.

Seeing the Wei family sword did not mean seeing the secret martial arts of the Wei family!

“So, you don’t want to fight now!”

“That’s right. Why bother?”

Wei Yanho said as if he couldn’t understand, both Gong Mujin and Sangwan Hong seemed anxious to fight.

‘Now that I think about it, my family is the same.’

Wei Jeonghan, who left home to train and still suffers the consequences, or Wei Sanho, who throws wooden swords and shouts, “Show me your skills!” every time he sees Wei Yanho… everyone is just as incomprehensible.

Why do they like to fight so much?

At that time, Gong Mujin spoke slowly.

“But didn’t you say you would always accept a challenge? The last time, and the last time.”

Since he himself had been defeated the last time he heard those words, he could not forget them.

“That’s when they challenged my sword. This time it’s Wei family business, so I can ignore it.”

Gong Mujin smiled with resignation at the words of Wei Yanho.

“Normally, family is more important, isn’t it?”

“Hmm, yes, but…”

Wei Yanho scratched his head.

“My family has my brother and father. But my teacher died alone, so if I don’t, no one will protect his honor.”

That was the moment when Baek Muhan, the elegant young man and the elegant old man (?) of the martial world, became a lonely old man.

If Baek Muhan were alive, he would have been furious and would have killed his disobedient disciple, but unfortunately, the only person in the martial world who could correct Wei Yanho’s behavior had already passed away.

“…I don’t know if the teacher would be happy or angry to hear that.”

Although he would surely have been angry, Gong Mujin, who did not know Baek Muhan’s temperament, could only say that.

“Oh?”

Sangwan Hong did not miss the opportunity to hear what Wei Yanho had said.

‘Do you accept all challenges to your sword?’

Although he didn’t like the idea of a challenge, the reality was that if I embarrassed him with a challenge, his initial plan would fall apart.

Sangwan Hong smiled ironically and spoke.

“So what if I challenge his sword? Not to the Wei family sword, but to Wei Yanho, I, Sangwan Hong, challenge him.”

‘Now you will not be able to escape.’

Seeing Wei Yanho’s face hardening, Sangwan Hong rejoiced in silence.

‘Tsk tsk tsk.’

Gong Mujin sighed at the scene.

If he wants to die, throw himself into the fire or the Yellow River, why does he have to die so miserably?

Gong Mujin prayed for Sangwan Hong’s soul as he watched Wei Yanho.

But Wei Yanho, who was expected to accept Gong Mujin’s challenge, sighed with an expression of discomfort.

“What’s going on?”

“Hmm, I’m a little confused.”

“Hey, what’s up?”

“This… I don’t know how to say it…”

Wei Yanho looked at Sangwan Hong and spoke slowly.