Chapter 167
“I will not!”
See your throat.
The blue wind swallowed what was in his mouth at the sound of a shout that was so loud that he was 80 years old.
“Eun-in, it seems you really don’t want to do it?”
I heard you, man.
I’ve heard that he has a rather snarky personality, but I didn’t think it would be this much.
However, if I was going to leave after a few shouts, I wouldn’t have come this far either. I calmly opened my mouth.
“Old man. Calm down your excitement first and talk about me… …
“What are you talking about? After all, aren’t you asking me to make your own weapon?”
“Oh, that’s right.”
“Are you asking an old man who had already retired ten years ago to come visit you in the middle of the night and make something that kills people?”
Jang Tae-bo opened his eyes and shouted.
“I wonder if I can’t get out of the eyes of the old man right now!”
“Huh, haaaaang!”
As the loud noise continued to erupt, the little boy in Jang Tae-bo’s arms burst into tears.
Hyuk Mu-jin, who was holding a hwa-seop, murmured in a voice so low that only I could hear.
“With the temper of an old man… … I agree, but it is also true that I was in a hurry.
This, judging from the atmosphere right now, even if it means dying and waking up, it seems like they won’t accept my request.
‘This would be difficult.’
For the banquet at the far end, I have to go back by tomorrow.
After hesitating for a while, the villagers who heard the unusual sound began to stick their heads out of the door one by one.
“What is this fuss about?”
“Was it the voice of an old man? I could hear the crying next door.”
“Senior. Is there any problem there?”
Even if their identities are exposed here, nothing is good for each other. No, rather, the loss is over there.
Jang Tae-bo’s eyes furrowed.
“It is nothing. It looks like the young guys are just drunk and have come to the wrong house.”
“Tsk tsk. Everything is like that these days.
If you need my help… …
“I only take heart.”
The doors that were open at his stern answer close one by one, and the voice that had been heard abruptly cut off.
When everything became quiet, Jang Tae-bo stared at us with wide-eyed eyes.
“Go back. Don’t come again.”
It was only a moment ago that Yoo Hae-jin’s tone made his voice grow smaller, but the ice was still dripping.
can’t do With that said, she turned around and bent her waist toward Jang Tae-bo’s back as she soothed her weeping little boy.
“I’ll see you again tomorrow.”
“You’re deaf. Didn’t you hear what I just said?”
“… … Enough then.”
As I was about to turn around, I suddenly opened my mouth.
Maybe it was because he thought of something that could move his heart even a little.
“I definitely need the help of a master. That’s why I came to see you.”
However, Jang Tae-bo answered without looking back.
“Is there a blacksmith’s shop in a big town just an hour’s drive to the west?
The skill of the owner there is quite good.”
“Are you able to smelt one thousand years of iron?”
One thousand years. A mysterious mineral imbued with the ability to withstand even the hardest and sharpest blades in the world.
Because it is very valuable and rare, it was said that even fairly skilled blacksmiths would never see it once in their lifetime.
‘If it’s the last season of my life, I might be able to move my mind.’
However, Jang Tae-bo’s reaction far exceeded my expectations.
“It’s the end of the year, so I’ll go to the Ironsmith’s. If I leave it to a guy named Ark, he’ll do just fine. I learned something over my shoulder.”
I realized the moment I heard the grave voice. To him now, even the rarest metal of late 1000 years is no different from copper.
It’s late at night.”
obvious congratulations. Reluctantly, I turned around. Hyukmujin and Cheongpung followed and opened their mouths.
“What are you going to do?”
“What should I do? I’ll keep rubbing it until tomorrow.”
“Chop, chew, chew.”
“Looking at it, I’m not usually stubborn… … No, by the way, where did you get the last year?”
“Long, so to speak.”
“Chip, chew, chew.”
“”……!”
..”
“”……!”
..”
Cheongpung, who was carefully looking at me and Hyukmujin’s eyes, held out a bundle.
“Would you like one? There is still a lot left.”
we cried at the same time
“I’m not going to eat!”
* * *
I stayed overnight in a crumbling inn. As the only inn in a small village, everything was old and rundown, but it had one advantage.
It was that the owner of the inn was a native of the Jang family who had lived in the village for 40 years.
Warying us for acting like a Murim man, he held a hermit and it got caught under his ear.
“Are you talking about the old man?”
yes. He lives over the hill.”
The innkeeper nodded at once.
“Oh, of course I know. He comes to our inn sometimes.”
“is that so?”
“yes. He does his own work, and sometimes gets involved in gambling.”
“I guess you like to gamble?”
“Rather than that, it seems to be just a pastime. He’s usually the kind of person who might come out of the house once every seven days and nights.”
“It’s just a homebody.”
“yes?”
“Oh, I was just talking to myself. Are you good at gambling?”
After thinking for a moment, the owner of the inn answered.
“Just so. To put it mildly, I always lose a little bit, but seeing as I come every time without earning a living, it seems that I saved up a fortune when I was young.”
I guess so. After all, virtuosos don’t save money on virtue.
All martial artists are fanatics of weaponry, and Jang Tae-bo is one of the best custom makers.
If it was money, it was clear that he would have earned decently.
‘Is it too much to seduce with money?’
I roughly guessed it from last night, but he’s a really picky person.
A transaction is a law in which the other party’s needs are satisfied, and he seemed to be quite satisfied with his current life.
“And again, do you have anything? For example, you make something from time to time.”
“Are you making it?”
“Why, a kitchen knife. Like a pickaxe.”
Repeated life becomes a habit. Not to mention Jang Tae-bo, who has lived his entire life dealing with fire and iron.
If it were me, being still would have been so painful that I couldn’t stand it.
However, the owner of the inn had a strange expression on his face.
“The elder? He hates moving so much that he transports firewood to the target country for a higher price in the winter. I’ve never heard of such a thing.”
Target country rocket delivery, what is it?
There is no room for digging into the house as ignorance is added to the house.
Hyuk Moo-jin and Cheong-pung, who had been listening to the conversation over breakfast, suddenly intervened.
“Is it a complete iron wall?”
“It sucks. Wow, it’s the first time I’ve seen someone like that.”
“… … I am seeing someone like you for the first time.”
One of the downsides of this guesthouse is that the food cannot be dirty.
First of all, hygiene is seriously questionable just by looking at the owner’s hands, but Cheongpung swept the leftover food as if it didn’t matter.
“it is delicious?”
“Yes! When I lived with my grandfather, we ate only Byeokgok Dan every day.”
“Ah, Byeokgokdan.”
If that’s the case, admit it. I’d rather fry pancakes with Jinho hyung’s vomit than eat them.
“”……!”
..”
“Chief, why are you looking like that?”
“Mum-mum, what’s going on, benefactor?”
“… … No, I’m just a little sick to my stomach.”
Looking back, that’s not so much.
I got up as I watched Cheongpung clear the last plate.
“Now, let’s go out.”
“Already? It’s only Jinshi now.”
“Can I have one more dumpling?”
The owner of the inn suddenly intervened.
“Because he is old, he doesn’t sleep much in the morning. And I’ll pack the dumplings for you right now.”
“Now, is that okay?”
I handed one more hermit to the host. He waved his hand in front of the inn until we were gone.
* * *
“Seniors, did you have a comfortable night?”
Jang Tae-bo, who was out in the yard, saw us and frowned. Exactly, it’s like looking at me.
“I thought you said not to come back?”
“Can I still go?”
I smiled kindly.
In the days of the lowest-ranking hunters, there were those who cursed at each other in the face. This much is nothing.
“I’m weak because I’m just coming here, but I bought a present.”
“huh?”
“The owner of the guesthouse talks a lot. A while ago, an acquaintance told me that he bought a 30-year-old Eunha Suo. What is it?”
Sewage is a herbal medicine that is still used even in modern times.
In other words, it means that it is hard to find even if you have money in this area.
“Hasoo-oh, 30 years old… … so?”
“I was worried that my body might be weak these days, so I brought it because I thought of the elders.”
Jinho hyung said, like a habit, that people’s bodies start to break down even after they turn 30 years old.
My eyes are sore, my stomach is sore, and the day after I borrowed the USB, my legs do not work properly.
Jin-ho hyung, who is in his prime, is also like this, but the older people are shocked. There is nothing better to take care of your health if you are 30 years old.
“Hmm. But do you eat it?”
“Hey, me? no. I brought this for you.”
You’re interested in bait.
Feeling the swing of the fishing rod, I held out Hasuo.
It’s an item that can accumulate gong power for about a year if consumed properly, but it’s not a waste.
“Eat it. It is said that it is best to chew raw until the root.”
“Hmm, is that so?”
Yes, eat this quickly and spit it out with a spear for 10,000 years.
At my bright smile, Jang Tae-bo put Ha Su-o in his mouth and started munching. The atmosphere is quite different from last night.
‘Oh, the atmosphere is nice.’
If you calm down in a good mood like now and ask for a request… … !
But the next moment, the sound of the hopeful future suddenly cut off.
“Two!”
“”……!”
..?”
“”……!”
..?”
“”……!”
..?”
Me, Hyuk Moo-jin, and Cheongpung looked at Ha Soo-o, who was half-eaten and abandoned on the ground.
do you spit that out? Thirty-year-old Hasuo?
why?
As we looked at each other with bewildered expressions, Jang Tae-bo asked as if what had happened.
“Why are you guys like that? What’s going on?”
“… … No, why did you spit it out?”
“yes?”
“Written.”
I was at a loss for words at the confident answer.
That’s what I mean, fart.
“No, it’s good for the body, so it’s only natural that it’s bitter.”
“Tsk tsk, haven’t you ever eaten hasuo?”
“… … yes.”
I’ve eaten Centennial Snow Ginseng before, but I don’t know if it wasn’t my body back then.
When he agreed, Jang Tae-bo rummaged in his arms and threw something at him.
“What is this?”
When I grabbed it, it was a neck the size of a pencil case.
Jang Tae-bo said with a smile.
“Let’s see.”
He said he gambles sometimes, but his tone is at a tajja level.
I opened my throat with a sense of tension.
“Cherry Blossom! … … It’s not, is it Ha Suo?”
How are you?
It’s not just Hasuo.
It has a thicker body and thicker roots than Ha Suo, which I gave to Jang Tae-bo earlier.
A fragrant smell stung my nostrils.
‘Check the item.’
belt ring.
【Fifty Years Old Hasuo】
Type: Youngcho (靈草)
Rank: first class
Restrictions: none
Description: Ha Soo-oh, who grew up in nature for 50 years, finally began to possess spiritual energy. If a warrior who has learned the inner core method absorbs it, he can gain up to two years of gong power.
It’s hard to find even a 30-year-old, so where the hell did you get a 50-year-old?
Jang Tae-bo gave me a victor’s smile as I was speechless.
“Once every four months, it’s an item that comes in through Gubangpyo-guk (九房醵國). The governor there owes me some money. Your mouth is heavy.”
“… … Is that so.”
It was a regular delivery from the old office. Somehow, the old man was more correct than most young people.
“Let’s get rid of the obvious tricks. I am a man who no longer needs anything.”
“It does look like it.”
I must have saved up money, and I must have achieved success professionally.
Even the hair on the head is full.
The only thing I don’t have is my family… … If I told her to introduce me to her pretty grandmother, she would try to kill me.
“How can I accept the request?”
Jang Tae-bo pinched his ear with his little finger.
“I’ll think about it when I get the herb of immortality.”
“yes?”
“Did you not hear? Last words of immortality. It is said to bring longevity through fire.”
belt ring.
– Quest, [Finding the Herb of Immortality] has been created.
– Do you accept the quest?
Y/N this time I shouted.
“I will not!”
