Chronicles of the Lazy Sovereign Novel - Chapter 458

Chapter 458: The Lazy Bum Investigates (3)

“Hah!”

Wei Yanho sat up abruptly.

“Fuuuuu.”

He let out a deep breath. The image of the sword his master had wielded still remained vivid in his eyes.

‘This is really too much.’

Did he expect him to imitate it? That monstrous sword?

Wei Yanho shook his head.

No praise was enough to describe his master’s greatness. Even though Wei Yanho was used to seeing everything in a biased way, he couldn’t deny his master’s greatness.

It wasn’t that his master’s martial arts were great, but that the man named Baek Muhan was great.

‘That’s probably the ultimate form of the Radiant Sword Style.’

His master’s martial arts were called Twelve Paths of the Radiant Sword. With just those Twelve Paths, he had no rivals in the world, and was eventually called the best of all time. However, in his later years, he organized his knowledge and created the Radiant Sword Style.

But when Baek Muhan met Wei Yanho, he even abandoned that Radiant Sword Style. Then, he created new martial arts tailored to Wei Yanho and passed them on.

Several times he abandoned and abandoned his own martial arts. Even though they were already considered the best of all time. Who in the world could do something like that?

He endlessly refined his innate talent with a constant thirst for improvement, and then polished it even further.

“I can’t go that far, master.”

Wei Yanho sighed repeatedly.

His master expected him to surpass him.

‘That’s impossible.’

How could this be described…?

It was the classic case of “our son is smart, but he doesn’t study.” Even if Wei Yanho reduced his hours of sleep, or even spent his entire life training without sleeping, it would be difficult for him to even reach Baek Muhan’s heels.

Baek Muhan was the best example of why geniuses have difficulty being good teachers.

“No, how is it that you can’t do this?! You idiot!”

Just thinking about it, his body trembled.

Baek Muhan was the type of person who would insult you by saying you were dumber than a stray dog if you couldn’t imitate something after seeing it just once. Fortunately, Wei Yanho had a tolerant personality and was able to endure it; if someone more sensitive had become Baek Muhan’s disciple, they would have broken their sword.

If one reflected on Baek Muhan’s words, it seemed that in the past, within the Great Family of the Infinity Sword, there were several people who, after receiving Baek Muhan’s teachings, abandoned martial arts.

It was understandable.

Receiving teachings from Baek Muhan meant that they were also geniuses. Baek Muhan would not pass on his knowledge to just anyone. His philosophy was that only those considered geniuses among geniuses in the martial world had the right to receive even the crumbs of his knowledge.

Those who considered themselves geniuses could not endure Baek Muhan’s harsh reproaches and humiliations.

Furthermore, when those who thought they were exceptional realized that their ability to understand didn’t even reach the dust under Baek Muhan’s fingernails, how would they have felt?

In that sense, it could be said that Wei Yanho was the perfect disciple for Baek Muhan.

Although his ability to understand was not as exceptional as Baek Muhan’s, at least he wasn’t so stupid as to make Baek Muhan abandon his teachings, and he also had the patience to endure all kinds of blows and scolding, as long as they allowed him to sleep.

Since he didn’t consider himself exceptional, he wasn’t intimidated by Baek Muhan’s greatness.

For Wei Yanho, Baek Muhan was an irreplaceable master, but for Baek Muhan, Wei Yanho was also an unrepeatable disciple. Therefore, it was natural that Baek Muhan had great expectations for Wei Yanho.

However, Baek Muhan’s expectations were too high, and it was difficult for Wei Yanho to meet them.

“Ugh.”

Wei Yanho staggered up from his seat.

“Hey.”

“Yes, young hero.”

The door opened slightly and a maid’s voice was heard. Wei Yanho opened his mouth as if he had made a decision.

“Please, prepare bathwater for me.”

“Huh? Ah… I understand.”

The maid’s voice denoted perplexity. Although Wei Yanho had been staying there for quite some time, he had never asked for bathwater to be prepared for him before.

But her job was to attend to Wei Yanho, so she responded quickly.

When the maid closed the door, Wei Yanho got out of bed and drank water.

After drinking the cool water, Wei Yanho’s gaze cleared.

‘My master is right.’

In the end, this is something I must do. And if I sit here worrying because I can’t find an answer, it will never come. What I must do now is take a step forward.

With strengthened determination, Wei Yanho exclaimed firmly:

“Make it cold water! Something that will wake me up immediately!”

The lazy bum began to move his heavy butt.

“Where are you going?”

As soon as Wei Yanho left the guest room, he saw Jangil quickly approaching him and put on a disgusted expression.

“Are you watching me?”

“Huh? How did you know…? No, that’s not it.”

Wei Yanho’s eyes narrowed.

“Who ordered you to?”

“It was something voluntary.”

Jangil puffed out his chest with pride.

“I see…”

Wei Yanho shook his head. He didn’t feel like fighting with Jangil at the moment.

“So where are you going?”

“To the Hall of Medicine.”

“Huh? To the Hall of Medicine?”

“Yes.”

“Why to the Hall of Medicine? Does something hurt?”

“No. I want to see those people again.”

“You mean those affected by the strange disease?”

“Yes.”

Jangil looked at Wei Yanho with curious eyes.

“Why?”

“Because I’m surprised you feel like doing it.”

“If someone hears you, they’ll think I don’t do anything.”

Jangil opened his mouth wide. Where else would you find someone so brazen?

But, unlike usual, Wei Yanho ignored Jangil’s reaction and headed to the Hall of Medicine.

“Let’s go together!”

Jangil quickly followed Wei Yanho.

“I won’t cause trouble.”

“I’m just saying let’s go together.”

“Ugh.”

Although Wei Yanho’s expression clearly showed his displeasure, he didn’t bother to push Jangil away. Fighting with him at that moment would be a waste of time.

While observing Wei Yanho walking in silence, Jangil put on a strange expression.

‘What’s happened to this guy?’

He was the type of person who, even if the martial world were to end tomorrow, wouldn’t do anything as long as they didn’t disturb his bed. Considering that, to make this guy act, the Supreme Sovereign, the Master of Divine Abilities, Wei Jeonghan, and Jangil had had to work together to set the stage, it was a great achievement that Wei Yanho decided to do something of his own will.

‘I hope nothing bad happens.’

But since Wei Yanho used to cause trouble wherever he went, it was natural to worry.

Upon entering the Hall of Medicine, Wei Yanho asked someone nearby:

“Where are the people who collapsed this time?”

The Hall of Medicine member who glanced at him frowned.

“Why do you want to see the patients?”

“I have something to investigate.”

“Visits to patients are prohibited. If you really want to see them, get permission from the clan leader.”

“So I should just go see the clan leader and come back? Do I need some kind of credential?”

“…”

The Hall of Medicine member looked at him bewildered.

Normally, asking for the clan leader’s permission was the same as saying that it was absolutely forbidden. It was just a way to avoid conflicts with the other person. But when Wei Yanho responded that way, he didn’t know what to say.

“That’s not it…”

“Then?”

At the moment when the Hall of Medicine member was bewildered, a low voice saved him.

“What’s going on?”

“Hall Leader.”

The member of the Hall quickly bowed his head as he saw the leader of the Hall of Medicine approaching.

“I asked you what’s going on.”

“This young man wants to see the patients.”

“The patients?”

“The ones from this time…”

The so-called leader of the Hall of Medicine nodded as if he understood the situation. After making a slightly stern expression at the member of the Hall, the leader smiled and looked at Wei Yanho.

“Young Wei has come.”

“Do you know me?”

“In the Tang Family, there is no one who doesn’t know you.”

“That’s right. Even three-year-old children insult you out there. They do it so well that it makes you want to recruit them into the Beggar Sect.”

“Enough.”

When Wei Yanho raised his hand at Jangil’s comment, he quickly backed away.

“That guy… if he weren’t my brother’s friend, I would have already…”

“Don’t forget. I’m Wei Sanho’s best friend.”

“Ugh.”

If you can’t speak, at least don’t be hateful.

The leader of the Hall of Medicine, who had been observing their conversation, spoke.

“Did you say you wanted to see the patients?”

“Yes.”

“Why?”

“I think I missed something.”

“We are taking care of the patients as best we can. Do you think something will change if you see them?”

“No. I can’t be sure. But…”

Wei Yanho looked directly at the leader of the Hall of Medicine.

“This is not something that can be cured with medicine, is it?”

“…”

“If they could be treated, they would have already done so. But they haven’t shown any improvement, have they?”

“Hmm…”

The leader of the Hall of Medicine stared at Wei Yanho and then turned his body.

“Follow me. I will guide you.”

Wei Yanho followed the leader of the Hall of Medicine without saying anything else.

‘The way he speaks is a bit strange.’

Jangil tilted his head confused.

The usual Wei Yanho wouldn’t have used that kind of sharp language.

‘Has something really changed?’

It would take a little longer to know if the change was positive or negative, but the truth was that it was a good sign that Wei Yanho was showing initiative now.

“Here they are.”

Even before arriving, Wei Yanho’s face was already tense.

A penetrating stench.

An odor so disgusting that it was difficult to bear assaulted him. It was hard to believe that those who emanated that odor were not corpses, but living people.

Upon entering the room, they saw several people lying on the floor. Their black and bluish skin oozed a dark liquid.

“…These are the ones who collapsed this time?”

Even Jangil spoke as if he couldn’t believe it.

Weren’t they worse than the ones from last time? Since the time of collapse was different, they thought they would be in better condition than the previous ones, but the situation seemed more serious.

“The speed of decomposition is fast.”

The leader of the Hall of Medicine also sighed as if there was no solution.

“We have tried all possible treatments, but no method has managed to stop the decomposition. They are only alive because they have a high level of martial arts skills; a normal person would have died a long time ago.”

“Mmm…”

Wei Yanho approached the patients with a tense face.

Crouching next to the closest person, he reached out and took their pulse.

Although his wrist became wet from the liquid that oozed out, he ignored the sensation and closed his eyes.

After a long time with his eyes closed and his fingers on the patient’s pulse, Wei Yanho slowly lowered his hand and stood up.

“How is it?”

“It’s rigid.”

“Rigid?”

“Their meridians are all broken, so the qi doesn’t circulate. What do you call someone whose qi doesn’t circulate?”

“…A corpse.”

“Exactly.”

Wei Yanho looked at the patients with somber eyes.

“Their bodies are like dead even though they haven’t died. That’s why they are rotting. Like blood that stagnates and becomes corrupted.”

“Can’t the circulation of qi be forced? That might solve the problem.”

“It’s easier said than done.”

In theory, it was possible. But if all the meridians were broken and there were no paths, how was the qi supposed to circulate?

“But even if it were possible, it wouldn’t be a solution. It’s not just one or two people.”

“So what do you plan to do?”

“Mmm…”

After thinking for a while, Wei Yanho raised his head and looked at the leader of the Hall of Medicine. He also looked at him with some tension.

“By chance…”