Chapter 26: A Wasted Technique
One of them had already passed away, and the rest only knew certain steps of the process.
One of the elderly villagers, grateful for Bok Taejin's kindness and care for their village, decided to entrust him with the secret recipe.
Unfortunately, the recipe was of little use to Bok Taejin.
The plums required for making the sauce had extremely strict growing conditions—they had to be cultivated in these very mountains, ripening later than ordinary plums.
Additionally, there was a specific spice that could only be found within these mountains and nowhere else.
Even if one attempted to cultivate them artificially, not only would it be difficult, but the result would never compare to the naturally grown flavors of the wild.
He was destined to be merely a guardian of this recipe.
Let alone carrying forward the tradition, he couldn't even make some plum sauce for himself.
Perhaps the elderly villagers had taken this into consideration when choosing to pass the recipe to him rather than leaving it to their own descendants for profit.
Otherwise, no matter how much Bok Taejin cared for them, how could he compare to their own flesh and blood?
Even if one elder was willing, could all of them possibly agree without objection?
Lost in memories of his past life, Bok Taejin had already finished his routine of Baguazhang technique.