Chapter 321
I was able to disarm all the formations without much difficulty and bring the paper.
Of course, Yu-hoe's expression as he looked at me was filled with astonishment.
It was amazing enough that I had really received the offering of the Meteor King, but he must have been surprised that I had disarmed this tremendous formation so easily.
[To my successor.]
I, no longer paying him any mind, read the letter.
[First, I offer my thanks. For you will be the one who has liberated my soul and my descendants.]
It is the same handwriting I saw in the cave.
This letter also seemed to have been left by the Meteor King.
[Unfortunately, there is nothing more to give you other than what you have already obtained. Lastly, I just want to express my gratitude and make sure that my descendants have been liberated. I just hope that with what you have obtained here, you will become a martial artist who does even greater things in the martial world in the future.]
Looking at the letter, I felt as if I could hear the voice of the Meteor King I had met in the cave, and a smile naturally bloomed on my face.
I gave the letter to Yu-hoe to read as well.
He, after reading it, had an emotional expression as he confirmed that they were now completely liberated.
The warriors who had invaded this place in my past life must have also seen that letter.
'They must have read that letter while sacrificing many lives.'
But the content of the letter is written in a vaguely ambiguous way.
It is written in a way that it is unclear whether what was obtained here refers to the Divine Eye Art, or the thousand taels of gold that were here.
That must be the reason why this letter was not known to the outside world in my past life.
Because to the martial artists whose eyes were blinded by gold, a letter with no special content like this would have been nothing.
And they probably wouldn't have understood what the content about the descendants written in the letter meant.
"......"
Yu-hoe's expression, as he stared at the letter for a long time, is already dazed.
Now that he has confirmed with that letter that I have obtained the relic of the Meteor King and that they can go out into the world, he seems to be filled with new emotions.
"Thank... you..."
He opened his mouth with difficulty.
Since I had shattered the Cheonhwamok Formation, he had only shown me a prickly side, but now, his heart seemed to have softened a lot.
"What's there to thank me for? I just did it to get what I wanted. And I really got the relic."
Because I was being sincere, I was able to say it to him with a smile.
"But how long are you going to speak informally to me? I've probably lived at least twice your age."
"Have you been bothered by that until now? Then should I speak formally from now on? Mr. Yu-hoe?"
"......"
"Why are you silent? I'm speaking formally to you like this."
"...It's creepy. Let's stop."
I burst out laughing at his attitude.
He really had an expression as if he were getting goosebumps.
"Then... let's leave. We should also start preparing to leave together."
"Do you have a place to go?"
"I've bought land. It's not that far from here."
"Where did you buy it?"
"Why? Are you going to come and visit later if you know where it is?"
"I might. It's not easy to form such a deep connection, so shouldn't we try not to break the connection we've made?"
"It sounds like... you're going to keep receiving rewards for liberating us."
"You caught me. You're surprisingly quick-witted."
This time, Yu-hoe also laughed.
It seemed he thought my words were a joke. They're not a joke.
"I bought land to build a large manor in Xinya. Probably from about a year later, if you look for the Yu family of Xinya, anyone will be able to find it, it will be that big of a manor."
"What are you going to do with a big manor?"
"There is a martial art that has been passed down from our ancestors. I plan to raise a martial arts family with that martial art."
Looking at him speaking seriously, I took something out from my bosom and handed it to him.
"What... is this?"
"Can't you see? It's a book."
"No, that's not what I'm asking. What kind of book is it?"
"To be precise, it's a secret manual."
"A secret manual?"
"Stop asking and check it yourself."
"Meteor Sword Art...!"
For a moment, he forgot what to say. It seems he was so surprised that he couldn't think of anything.
I waited for him to come to his senses.
He, who had been looking down at the secret manual for a long time, as if he had come to his senses, asked me, "Is this also... a relic of our ancestor?"
"Yes. It was at the deepest part of the cave."
"I see."
He said with a slightly firm expression.
"Then this is yours. Even if it is our family's secret sword art, and a lost sword art... since you found it, it is yours."
"That's right. It's mine."
"Yes..."
"So I can dispose of it as I please, right? I don't know how amazing the Meteor Sword Art is, but since I have the sword art of the Wudang Sect, I don't really need it. Originally, I was going to give it to Su-yeong secretly, but since you said you want to establish a martial arts family, I can't not give it to you."
"You..."
He looked at me with an eye that seemed to contain various emotions at once.
"You're grateful, right? If you're grateful, repay me. I'm never going to say you don't have to repay me."
"Yes. I understand. I will repay you."
I nodded my head vigorously.
I plan to receive that repayment not only with money, but also by borrowing their power later.
Because in the decisive battle with the Demonic Cult that will happen someday, it is better to have even one more solid ally.
"Then shall we really go?"
"Let's do that. When are you planning to leave?"
"I'm thinking of leaving as soon as possible. Originally, there was a place I had to go, but I stopped by in the middle."
"I understand. Dinner... eat and go."
"Dinner, why?"
"We are also planning to leave this place soon... but we have more ingredients left than we thought. We can't just throw away all the precious ingredients, and it's just more luggage if we take it with us. We have to use them."
Looking at him speaking as if he were indifferent, I let out a chuckle without realizing it.
I, without any need to hesitate, readily nodded my head.
"Yes. Let's do that. But you have to make delicious things. Me and my senior brothers suffered a lot down there. You know that, right?"
"I know without you telling me."
He said that and turned around and left the room.
It seems he finds it hard to endure this atmosphere.
I also followed him out of the room. It seems I will be feasting tonight.
***
That evening. Yu-hoe really prepared a splendid meal, so much so that the table legs were about to break.
It felt as if I had come to a banquet house.
Ah! Come to think of it, it is a banquet day. Because it is the day when the descendants of the Meteor King have finally been liberated from their fate.
"I have one thing I'm curious about."
"What is it?"
"How on earth did you prepare all this without any servants?"
"Me and my younger brothers did it. When you live trapped in the mountains, there are only two pleasures. The pleasure of learning martial arts, and the pleasure of eating. So we learn to cook from a young age. We're probably as good as the professional cooks in the Central Plains."
As he said, the taste of the food was truly excellent, so much so that it would not have been lacking even if it had been made by a cook from a famous restaurant.
"If you go out to the Central Plains and open a restaurant instead of a martial arts family, you'll be a huge success."
"Hmph. What's the need for success. I already have more than enough money."
"Ah! I had forgotten about that."
"You're probably the only one who can say you forgot about a thousand taels of gold."
My senior brothers are also stuffing food into their mouths without saying much, as if the food suits their taste.
If anyone saw, they might not even know that I had starved them for days.
"Big brother...!"
At that time, Su-yeong, who had been watching me from a distance, approached me.
"It's Su-yeong."
"Big brother. Thank you so much..."
"For what? I told your father too, I just got what I wanted. So you don't have to be so grateful."
"But still, thank you so much. Thanks to you, we can finally leave this mountain, right?"
"Actually, that's right. It's all thanks to me."
I, with a broad smile, patted Su-yeong.
"Su-yeong. If you're so grateful, shall we make a promise?"
"Yes! What promise?"
"Your father said that if you go out to the martial world, you will establish a martial arts family, did you know that?"
"Yes. I heard."
"I want you to become the best martial artist there. Become a truly strong master that anyone can see, and then when I ask you to lend me your strength, help me then. Can you do it?"
"Of course! I'll make sure to do that!"
Su-yeong answered bravely.
His bright eyes are quite trustworthy.
"You have to become stronger than your father."
"Yes! Big brother!"
Su-yeong's physique is not bad, and he seems to be smart.
And to be honest, although I pretended not to be interested in the Meteor Sword Art, I have already looked through the Meteor Sword Art.
'It was a pretty good sword art.'
The Meteor Sword Art, even if you set our Wudang Sect's sword art as the standard, is worthy of being called an advanced sword art.
It means that the possibility of Su-yeong becoming a good martial artist in the future is endless.
And so, time passed, and we finished our dinner.
Yu-hoe, as if his words that he had to get rid of the ingredients were true, had prepared an enormous amount of food, and my senior brothers and I finished all of that food, surprising Yu-hoe a little.
"Senior brothers. Are you going to go in and rest now?"
"We should. Are you not going in? Are you perhaps going to train?"
"No. I'm not that much of a training fanatic to train in the middle of this. I'm just full and the moon is nice, so I was thinking of taking a walk. Do you want to join me?"
"I'm fine. Since I'll have to walk and run all day tomorrow, I should rest today."
Since my other senior brothers also didn't want to take a walk, I had no choice but to go out alone.
On the first day I came here, Yu-hoe had told me not to go outside carelessly because there were all sorts of formations and mechanisms around here.
But, now that I have obtained the Divine Eye Art, such formations and mechanisms are nothing to me.
And the real reason I came out here was different.
Because ever since I came out of the cave, a strange sense of unease has been stimulating me.
I thought this feeling was because of the Divine Eye Art.
Because I am now feeling things that I had never felt before.
I, while wandering around, found the tallest tree.
And I jumped up on it and looked down at the surroundings.
Trees, trees, and trees stretching endlessly here and there.
And Yu-hoe's house that I can see.
"Ah...!"
And I thought I saw something.
'Around the house... there's a formation set up?'
That's right. It's a formation. A formation is also set up centered on Yu-hoe's house.
Since I am in the middle of the formation, the Divine Eye Art must have informed me of that fact.
But this formation doesn't seem to be a formation that harms people, or makes them see illusions.
Looking closely at what that formation is with the Divine Eye Art...
'It's pointing somewhere?'
Usually, a formation has a life gate that allows one to escape.
But the formation set up around the house does not have a life gate on one side, but is long in one place like a path.
I quickly threw my body that way and followed the life gate.
The life gate was longer than I thought.
Because even with my movement technique, I had to go through the forest for about 15 minutes.
And at the end of that life gate, there is a very large tree.
As I approached the tree, I saw a quite large knothole.
Although it was a dark night, with my eyes brightened by the Divine Eye Art, I could see clearly inside.
There was a wooden box there.
I immediately took out the wooden box and opened it, and inside, there was a small treasure map and another letter.
[Just as I left the Divine Eye Art and the Meteor Sword Art as my legacy, Chang-seo also left his formation book as his legacy. This map shows the location of the formation book that contains all of his knowledge before he came here.]
"A formation book!"
I shouted without realizing it.
Because if it's a formation book written by the person who made such an amazing formation, it's truly amazing.
[If you have come this far, it means that you have not only found my legacy, but you also have outstanding insight. A formation can be a force for the world or a disaster depending on who learns it... I hope a good person finds this map.]
The wish of the Meteor King was also written there.
I, with a happy heart, put the map back into my bosom.
To be honest, I am a very good person that anyone can see.