Chronicles of the Lazy Sovereign Novel - Chapter 317

Chapter 317: The Loafer Goes to the Capital (2)

“Why did you absorb his internal energy?”

“It wasn’t intentional.”

“Unintentional? Does that happen on purpose?”

Wei Yanho sighed:

“I know it’s hard to understand, but it’s true.”

“Hmm…”

Wei Yanho shrugged at Wei Jeonghan’s skeptical look.

“It’s my master’s fault. He left his core in my body, and it sometimes moves without my permission.”

Wei Jeonghan looked at Wei Yanho in disbelief, and nodded. He couldn’t determine if it was true or not. But…

‘You must make up a good excuse!’

A core.

He had never heard of anyone creating a core. If it were possible, the great clans could create cores to transfer their internal energy to their successors before they died, becoming exponentially more powerful.

“……Are you saying that a person can create a core? Isn’t that something only dragons can do?”

“There are people who can do it.”

Wei Jeonghan sighed deeply at Wei Yanho’s calm response.

“Yeah, right.”

“It’s true!”

“I know!”

“You have no soul!”

Wei Jeonghan shouted:

“You must say something believable!”

“Don’t you trust your son?”

“It’s unfortunate that my son is the person I trust the least.”

“Wow, I’m hurt.”

“You’re a mess…”

Wei Jeonghan’s mind began to become muddled.

“Anyway, if it’s true that you stole the internal energy of Nokrim King, this is serious.”

“Stealing sounds bad. I didn’t do it intentionally, and I almost died.”

“Yanho.”

“Yes.”

“Since you are an adult, I will tell you something that no one else would tell you. Remember this all your life.”

“…What are you going to say?”

“The world…”

“Yes.”

Wei Jeonghan said with bright eyes:

“Only the result matters.”

“……”

“Your intention doesn’t matter, good or bad. People can’t see your heart or guess your intention. Isn’t that so?”

“Yes.”

“Only the result matters. If you say you tried to do well but failed, people will nod, but insult you behind your back. Do you know why?”

“I don’t know.”

“If you fail with bad intentions, you are bad, and if you fail with good intentions, you are a fool.”

“Wow.”

Wei Jeonghan said coldly:

“Only the result matters. And the result…”

Wei Jeonghan’s finger pointed at Wei Yanho.

“You caused trouble.”

“…I admit it.”

Wei Yanho sighed.

But Wei Jeonghan sighed even more deeply.

‘This is serious…’

The problem wasn’t just that Wei Yanho had made an enemy of Nokrim by absorbing his internal energy. The problem was that Wei Yanho could absorb the internal energy of others.

Whether it’s energy absorption or the energy absorption technique, the ability to absorb the internal energy of others has always been considered an evil technique and has been criticized. The situation could get worse.

‘It won’t be a crime against the martial world…’

He didn’t use it against the Righteous Martial Alliance clans, and Wei Yanho had a reputation, so not many people would openly criticize this. Wei Jeonghan’s and the Wei family’s reputation would also protect him.

‘But I need more solid protection.’

Reputation is like a sandcastle. It disappears when the wave comes.

He needed a reputation as solid as a rock.

“Let’s hurry.”

“Huh?”

“Nokrim will chase us, and the news will spread. We must prevent them from attacking us.”

“How?”

Wei Jeonghan smiled:

“We can’t accuse a warrior who received an imperial order of being a member of the dark martial arts. It would be insulting the emperor.”

Wei Yanho looked at Wei Jeonghan with admiration:

“Father.”

“What?”

“You are becoming a leader of the dark martial arts. The world should know your true nature.”

“Shut up! This is all your fault!”

When Wei Jeonghan shouted, Gong Mujin approached and asked:

“Why are you hurrying? What are you saying?”

Wei Jeonghan hesitated and spoke.

It wasn’t something he wanted to tell many people, but he couldn’t hide it from Gong Mujin either. Gong Mujin had come without hesitation, knowing they were going home. Hiding it wasn’t right.

“Yanho absorbed all of Nokrim King’s internal energy.”

Gong Mujin’s expression changed:

“No wonder he was so powerful!”

“Wow…”

Wei Yanho said indignantly:

“I can defeat someone like you even without internal energy.”

Gong Mujin grabbed his chest as if he was hurt. It was painful to hear that from a young man, but he couldn’t refute it.

“Khuh khum, then, Nokrim King will chase us. We must hurry.”

“I agree.”

Wei Jeonghan looked back anxiously.

“With his temperament, what will he do…? We have awakened a hornet.”

***

“Capture them right now!”

“Wait.”

“Huh?”

Nokrim King said coldly:

“There’s no need to rush. If someone healed my uncontrolled internal energy, they must be very powerful. We will only cause more casualties if we attack with improvised forces.”

“But…”

Nokrim King sighed:

“If I was okay, I could punish them, but I can’t do it without internal energy.”

Nokrim King’s face saddened.

The position of an absolute expert in the martial world is immense.

Those who seek power admire and respect the powerful, but the reason why absolute experts are respected is not only because of their status, but because of their usefulness.

‘I can’t capture them.’

Absolute experts are terrifying because they cannot be defeated with numbers. You can defeat an average expert with numbers, but absolute experts can escape using light martial arts, recover, and return. It is impossible to capture them.

You need at least an expert of the same level to face them.

Unless you have millions of soldiers who can move at the same time and don’t give them a chance to escape.

In other words, Nokrim, who had lost his leader, could no longer face Wei Yanho.

“Even the most beautiful flowers wither.”

Nokrim King said sadly.

Daehogun swallowed hard when he saw Nokrim King:

“That evil guy! I thought he was kind by doing a marrow cleansing…”

“……What did you say?”

Nokrim King asked with wide eyes.

“He said he had healed the king by performing a marrow cleansing. We gave him many treasures because he was grateful…”

Nokrim King reached out and threw a water jug at Daehogun.

*Crash!*

Daehogun, who received the water jug, looked at Nokrim King in disbelief. He wasn’t someone who would suffer from a water jug without internal energy.

“Idiot! You should have said it before!”

“Huh?”

“You must verify!”

Nokrim King sat in a lotus position. After observing his body, Nokrim King opened his eyes and laughed:

“Hahahaha! It’s true! That monster! How could he do that!”

“……Nokrim King?”

Nokrim King smiled:

“There’s no need to chase him.”

“Huh?”

“Nokrim will treat the Wei family as benefactors. I don’t like that the Wei family, where Wei Jeonghan is, is our friend, but we must do it. We are not like the Righteous Martial Alliance clans, who only seek their own benefit.”

“I don’t understand…”

Nokrim King laughed:

“It’s almost impossible to perform a marrow cleansing on an adult. It’s almost impossible to remove the stagnant energy in the blood vessels of someone old. The same goes for opening the smallest blood vessels.”

“True.”

“But he did it. My body has been regenerated. I have lived longer and my body has improved. I have created a base to be even more powerful.”

“But, Nokrim King.”

Daehogun asked in disbelief:

“That’s true, but haven’t you lost your internal energy? We don’t know how long it will take to recover it.”

“You are a fool.”

Nokrim King smiled:

“Losing internal energy is a problem if your core is damaged and you can’t recover internal energy. But my core is in perfect condition, and we have a way to recover internal energy.”

“Ah…”

Nokrim King laughed:

“Nokrim has the best medicines in the world. We have kept them because we couldn’t use them with a damaged core. But now my core is like that of a child, so I can recover internal energy.”

Daehogun opened his eyes as he understood.

“So this is a turn of events?”

“Not only that.”

Nokrim King said seriously:

“Someone as powerful as to heal me must have anticipated this. He thought he could recover internal energy if his core strengthened, even if he lost internal energy. We are very grateful.”

“Oh!”

“Bring the medicines. All the medicines from the main house. Nokrim will be reborn today.”

“Glory to Nokrim King!”

Nokrim King smiled as he watched Daehogun bow.

‘Wei Yanho…’

He heard he was young, but his skill and ambition were extraordinary.

‘A true hero has been born.’

Nokrim King was deeply mistaken.