Chronicles of the Lazy Sovereign Novel - Chapter 9

Chapter 9

Wei Yan-ho turned his head to find a way out.

I couldn’t understand why I had to have that kind of conversation with a ghost who wasn’t even human.

Three hundred years have passed! No, then does that mean that no one came looking for me for three hundred years? Though I was kind enough to prepare the way for them!

“…….”

Wei Yan-ho retreated slowly.

Listening carefully to him, it seemed that he was not exactly well received by those around him, even when he was alive.

“Anyway, I’m leaving now.”

“Stop there!”

A determined voice caught the attention of Wei Yan-ho.

“…I told you I’m not learning.”

“You’re the only one!”

“I’m fine with that.”

If you leave like this, I’ll be stunned and then I’ll disappear!

It was a reasonable point.

But it had nothing to do with Wei Yan-ho.

Besides, wouldn’t it be good for the world if a ghost disappeared?

I meant that, but it was too cruel to say it in front of the person in question.

Wasn’t Wei Yan-ho polite and kind?

“Then, if I meet a descendant of the Baek family, I will tell him to come here.”

“……Can you find them?”

“I could get to know them as long as I live.”

“Mmm.”

The jewel spoke in a serious tone.

Why? Why don’t you learn? My martial arts seem ridiculous to you! When I lived, everyone recognized me as the Greatest Sword Under Heaven!

“I’ve never heard of it.”

“…Well, it’s been 300 years.”

Wei Yan-ho turned his head with an ominous expression.

If a great martial artist could be forgotten only because three hundred years had passed, then the legends of Zhang Sanfeng or Dharma would not have been transmitted.

Even if he did not possess the martial arts of high-level master figures, if he had been recognized to some extent, Wei Yan-ho would have heard of him. In martial arts families, legends about these great masters are inevitably transmitted.

But Wei Yan-ho had never heard of the title Mad Sword once.

Wasn’t it obvious then?

He was nothing but a fraud that only talked.

“And even if you taught me amazing martial arts, I really don’t want to learn.”

“Why not!”

“Well… you say I would have to train for thirty years, would I be crazy if I did that?”

If you could become the Greatest Under Heaven with thirty years of training, it wouldn’t be too short a time! At your age, you would become the Greatest Person Under Heaven before you turned fifty! Do you know how amazing that is?

“But I would still have to train until I was fifty.”

Of course! If you become the Greatest Person under Heaven, all kinds of honors and riches will await you. If you could get it with thirty years of training, it would be too low a price.

“Well, I prefer to live comfortably before I turn fifty.

“…….”

The jewel ran out of words.

Although it remained a mere conscience, he never thought he would face such a situation.

Who was he?

Wasn’t he the Mad Sword who had reigned alone and haughtily in the world?!

Why should I suffer such treatment?

But the reality was hard.

“If you become the Greatest Person under Heaven, you can also make money easily!”

“Our family has a lot of money.”

Not only that, you’ll be followed by beautiful women of all kinds!

What’s the point of women following me after I’m 50?

Even if they’re grandmothers, they’ll look young after learning rejuvenation arts, you fool!

And not only grandmothers, but also young women would follow their example!

He meant that, but it wasn’t something he could say to maintain his dignity.

“Uh… And people will look at you with respect.”

“I don’t need that. I’m a little shy with people.

The logic of the Mad Sword was defeated cleanly.

You have to learn, you have to learn, you have to learn, you have to learn without fail!

Wei Yan-ho rose from his seat.

– Then I’ll go.

Do you think I’ll let you go easily?

At that time, the roof of the cave to which Wei Yan-ho was headed collapsed.

Deaf noise!

A huge stone door opened between the cave where Wei Yan-ho had been and the cave where he was now.

“Huh?”

Wei Yan-ho looked back.

The jewel emitted a bright light.

Hahaha! That’s good! It’s a jang-thick stone door! With your ability, you wouldn’t dare lift it or break it! But if you learn my martial arts, you can cut a stone door as if it were paper! [TL/N: Jang () is a traditional Korean length unit equivalent to about 3.03 meters or 10 feet].

“……Can’t you open it for me?”

Idiot, what are you gonna do now?

Wei Yan-ho sighed.

“Well, there’s nothing I can do about it.”

Metal sound!

Wei Yan-ho’s sword was drawn.

I told you you can’t cut that stone door with your skill!

“I suppose so.”

Wei Yan-ho slowly approached the stone door.

“ Hahaha! ”

Wei Yan-ho jumped into the air and stabbed deeply the top of the stone door.

Metal sound!

But strangely, a strong metallic sound was heard and the sword bounced.

“Huh?”

Did you think it would be empty just because the stone door came down from there? Idiot! I am right above you! I knew you would try, I strengthened that zone with cold iron of ten thousand years!

“Mmm……”

Now, obediently, perform the Gubae ceremony and learn to use the sword! If you endure the difficulties for only thirty years, I will make you cut a stone door as if it were paper!

“Thirty years?”

That’s right, I’m very generous.

“I see.”

Wei Yan-ho approached the stone gate with his sword.

“It’s useless!”

“I know.”

Wei Yan-ho slowly lifted his sword and scraped it against the stone door.

Squealing!

But only a small scratch appeared on the stone door.

The thickness of the stone door was at least one jang, so it was correct to think that there was no way to cut it with a sword.

“Hey, now surrender…….”

Squealing.

Squealing.

Squealing.

“What are you doing?”

Wei Yan-ho did not respond and scratched the stone door with constant movements.

Squealing.

“I asked you what you’re doing!”

I’m digging a tunnel.

“Drawing a tunnel?”

As hard as it is, it’s still stone, so if I scrape it with metal, it’ll scratch even a little bit. If I keep scratching firmly, it’ll end up opening its way.

“That would take a long time.”

Would it really take thirty years? At most, a year. If I hurry, I could finish it in a month.

“……Are you going to do that for a whole year?”

Haha, you say interesting things, the person who told me to train for thirty years.

“Tr training has something to gain.”

“This also has something to gain.”

What could you possibly gain from that?!

“Twenty-nine years of freedom.”

“…….”

The jewel didn’t say anything else.

He was sick of it.

Where else in the world could such a person exist?

Baek Mu-han was now completely at the mercy of Wei Yan-ho.

If I were an ordinary lazy person, I wouldn’t think of digging a single-jang thick stone door just to avoid training.

But Wei Yan-ho wasn’t just lazy.

He was the laziest person under the sky.

There is a prejudice that ordinary people find everything annoying and don’t even think clearly, but when you get to the Wei Yan-ho level, history changes.

When laziness exceeds a certain level, an advanced judgment is required.

You have to be able to do what you can at the exact time and exactly at the right time so that the time you can rest increases even a little bit.

Wei Yan-ho knew this fact very well.

In this situation, the best choice he could make was to sacrifice a year of his time to earn twenty-nine years of time to be lazy.

We could really say it was a rational decision.

Squealing.

Squealing.

“Are you really going to dig into all that?”

“Of course.”

“It would really take a long time.”

“You are very worried about me.”

You could lose your life if you’re not careful.

If I’m going to risk my life, I’d rather bet on something with a chance.

Baek Mu-han raised his hands and feet.

It was impossible to reason with this human!

He was a human being who could simply not be persuaded.

Don’t-don’t do that and how about you learn my martial arts so you could easily escape!

“Haha, man, you don’t seem to know what ‘easy’ means.”

“Grr!”

Baek Mu-han felt like shedding tears of blood in the face of this first experience of miserable defeat.

Don’t have dreams or hopes! I offer to teach you the best martial arts under the sky! Don’t you want to become the Greatest Person under the sky?

“That’s what you call talking to?”

“You mean you don’t have dreams?”

“No. Of course I want to be. I really want to be the Greatest Person under Heaven.

Then what is the problem? I will give you those martial arts! I will surely make you the Greatest Person under Heaven!

“Wei Yan-ho said with indifference.

“It’s true, but…”

“Yes?”

“I hate training.”

Baek Mu-han was momentarily speechless.

It took him time to interpret what he had heard.

The impact that Wei Yan-ho’s words caused Baek Mu-han was so great that he had to take time to interpret a simple two-word sentence.

A martial artist!

A person who calls himself a martial artist!

He says he hates training!

He would abandon the path to become the Greatest Person under Heaven because he hates training!

Isn’t it natural that you have to endure heartbreaking hardships to learn martial arts and become strong?

“That’s right.”

“If you overcome that, you can become the Greatest Person under Heaven.”

“I hate that.”

“Didn’t you say you wanted to become the Greatest Person under Heaven?”

“I want to!”

“Then you have to train!”

“I hate that.”

“No, clearly… you said you wanted to become the Greatest Person under Heaven…”

Yes, I do!

“Then train…….”

Wei Yan-ho shook his head vigorously.

“I hate that.”

“…….”

Baek Mu-han ran out of words.

I want to become the Greatest Person under Heaven, but I don’t want to endure heartbreaking hardships. It would be fantastic if I could become strong with moderate training.

“Eh……”

Baek Mu-han felt like cursing the sky.

Who would have thought that the person who waited three hundred years to meet would be that person?

Baek Mu-han swore that he had never met a human with such a rotten state of mind.

And thirty more years, living thirty years in this dark cave would be really terrible.

Baek Mu-han wanted to beat that pathetic fool to death in one stroke if he could.

But he couldn’t.

If Wei Yan-ho died, no one would know when anyone would visit this cave.

Then Baek Mu-han could disappear miserably without seeing another person again.

He didn’t have much time left.

“E-then how long would you be willing to learn?”

“Huh?”

“…If thirty years is difficult, I’m thinking about reducing it a little.”

“Are you planning to teach me carelessly?”

How is it possible! Learning my martial arts means you will bear my name. If I taught you martial arts carelessly, I would stain my name!

“Mmm.”

Wei Yan-ho fell into a slight contemplation.

But there was something I needed to address first.

“But is it really strong?”