The Legend of the Northern Blade Chapter 233

<-- Episode 233: Chapter 3 Unwanted companionship is bound to lead to accidents (2) -->

Jin Mu-won left the guesthouse early in the morning with Yoo Geon-yeop. The place they headed was a large market at the west end of Taewon.

It was early in the morning, but the market was crowded with merchants trying to sell and people wanting to buy. The size of the market was so enormous that it was also called a place for all things.

Jin Mu-won led Yoo Geon-yeop around the market. Yoo Geon-yeop, who rarely expresses his emotions, could not hide his expression of surprise at the enormous size of the market.

After wandering around for a while, Jin Mu-won finally arrived at his destination. The place he arrived with Yoo Geon was a woodworking shop near Mas Market. Jin Mu-won entered the woodworking shop without hesitation.

Inside the woodworking shop, craftsmen were busy making something. As Jin Muwon entered, one of the craftsmen approached him.

“Is there a problem?”

“I’m thinking of buying a carriage.”

“A carriage? “I haven’t made anything.”

“How long can I wait?”

“Well, if it has a simple structure, you can make it in half a day, but if it’s complicated, it may take several days.”

“There’s no need for anything complicated anyway. Please make it with a simple and sturdy structure. “What is the price?”

“In that case, three nyangs of silver would be enough.”

“All right. “This is a down payment.”

First, Jin Mu-won handed a piece of silver to his father-in-law. Then the father-in-law’s face widened.

“Is there a usable iron room around here? “I’d like to borrow a brazier.”

“If you go straight along this road, you will come to Jogacheolbang. It mainly manufactures agricultural equipment and carriage accessories, and is one of our business partners. “If you say you sent it here, they will lend you a furnace.”

“thank you.”

Jin Mu-won went to Cheolbang as his father-in-law had told him. The craftsman of Cheolbang willingly lent his furnace to Jinmuwon. It was a free time anyway, and Jin Mu-won gave me a piece of silver.

As expected from a place where agricultural tools were made, the furnace in the iron room was very crude. But for Jin Mu-won, this was enough.

Jin Mu-won took a piece of iron from one side of the iron room and put it into the furnace. A smile appeared on his face. Yoo Geon-yeop looked intrigued because this was the first time Jin Mu-won smiled brightly like that in all their years together.

Jin Mu-won waited for the iron to turn red and started hammering.

Ta-da-dan!

Yoo Geon-yeop felt himself getting excited by the hammering, which even contained his own unique rhyme.

Every time Jin Mu-won struck the hammer, sparks flew out of the iron and its shape became distorted. Jin Mu-won was swinging the hammer at a speed several times faster than that of ordinary craftsmen, but Yoo Geon-yeop did not know that.

Jin Mu-won lifted the tongs, stretched the iron piece, and repeated the hammering again. How long has it been like that? Finally, Jin Mu-won put down the hammer with a satisfied smile.

“This?”

“This is something you will have to wear from now on.”

What Jin Mu-won made was a pair of gloves. The gloves were made so elaborately that even the joints were exquisitely implemented, so much so that they felt like real hands.

“Try it once.”

“yes!”

Yoo Geon-yeop put on iron gloves on his hands as he answered. The gloves fit Yu Geon-yeop’s hands perfectly. However, it was so tight that it was not easy to bend my fingers.

“I can’t move my fingers very well.”

“It was done that way on purpose.”

“yes?”

“Do not take off your gloves except when eating or sleeping.”

“all right.”

Yoo Geon-yeop did not ask why. I think there must be a good reason for Jin Mu-won to do that.

Jin Mu-won sighed softly as he looked at Yoo Geon-yeop’s face. It wasn’t nice to see a child so thoughtful. But when he thought about it again, he seemed to have been similar to Yoo Geon-yeop when he was young. Perhaps Yoo Geon-yeop was a mirror reflecting Jin Mu-won’s childhood.

Yoo Geon-yeop lowered his head and wiggled his fingers. However, the tight joints of the armor did not move easily.

“let’s go.”

“yes.”

Afterwards, Jin Mu-won stopped by the market and bought various grain powders and other items needed for living on the street. The horse he rode was roughly equipped with the necessary items, but his number of people had increased and the other person was still a young child who needed care. Naturally, preparations had to increase.

Jin Moo-won, who was moving with luggage, suddenly stopped in front of the stall. An old woman had set up a stall and was selling meat noodles. The noodles the old woman made were very fragrant and stimulated my appetite. When he turned his head, he saw that Yoo Geon-yeop was also looking at the old woman in fascination.

“Let’s have breakfast here.”

“yes”

Yoo Geon-yeop first squatted down on a small chair. Jin Mu-won also sat down on a chair and spoke to the old woman.

“Please give me two bowls of noodles. “Please put some meat on it.”

“Wait just a moment. “I’ll roll it up in no time.”

“yes!”

The old woman put the noodles she had previously kneaded into boiling water and stirred them.

Jin Mu-won looked around while waiting for the noodles to come out. There were a lot of people walking around on the streets, and there were a lot of martial arts people among them.

Among them, there was one person who stood out the most. He was a middle-aged man sitting arrogantly at his desk on the side of the street.

A large flag symbolizing Unjungcheon was hung next to the thick middle-aged man, and behind him stood five sobering boys. The boys, who looked to be barely twelve years old, were constantly looking around with anxious expressions.

The middle-aged man was tearing off the chicken leg on the desk, not paying any attention to the boys. He was eating so greedily that not only his hands and mouth, but also his sleeves were covered in chicken grease.

“Chuck!”

When the boys looked at the middle-aged man, they swallowed their saliva as if they were hungry. However, the middle-aged man ate all the chicken without even paying attention.

“Ugh!”

When Jin Mu-won frowned at the sight of him burping, the old woman who was rolling noodles suddenly spoke up.

“Why are you trying to sell your child too?”

“Are you selling your child?”

When Jin Mu-won asked, the old woman pointed to Yoo Geon-yeop and continued.

“Are you asking whether you are trying to sell this child too? Then I will never sell you noodles.”

“People are not things. Why would I sell this child?”

“If that’s the case, I’m glad. I’ve been here for a long time, so I’m just not seeing anything. “I think I should stop doing this business now.”

“What do you mean?”

“Those children are all children sold by their parents. “I saw with my own eyes parents selling their children for ten silver coins.”

Jin Mu-won’s eyes sank deeply.

I knew that orphans were recruited in Unjungcheon. It is a well-known fact that they are brought in to feed them, put them to sleep, and teach them martial arts, and use them as Tangmagun.

However, I did not know that children were bought with money and put into the Tangma army. The very fact that children were being bought and sold in such a public place was shocking.

As if to prove the old woman’s words, a moment later a scruffy middle-aged man in his early forties appeared, holding the hand of a boy who appeared to be only thirteen or four years old.

The scruffy middle-aged man looked around cautiously and then approached the recruiter sitting next to Unjungcheon’s flag. He seemed to bargain for a moment, then he handed the boy to the recruiter. In return, what the scruffy middle-aged man received was ten silver nyang.

Still, the scruffy middle-aged man seemed to have some conscience left, and said to the boy:

“Dad will make a lot of money and come get you again. “I’m trusting and waiting for you, Dad.”

“huh.”

The boy nodded with an anxious expression. The middle-aged man comforted the boy for a moment and then walked away. The boy watched his father’s back as he walked away.

When the middle-aged man finally disappeared, the recruiter stood up, shackled the boy’s ankles, and made a threat.

“Now you will become Lord Tang Ma. If you run away, not only will I get the money back from your father, but I will also drag your younger brother away instead. “If it’s still okay, feel free to run away.”

The boy’s head dropped helplessly. Only then did I recognize the cold reality.

The old woman looked at that and cursed.

“I haven’t seen a single one of you coming looking for your child like that. The sky doesn’t know anything. “I won’t throw a single thunderbolt at those guys.”

After that, the old woman’s swearing continued for a long time.

Jin Mu-won and Yoo Geon-yeop ate meat noodles in silence. I didn’t feel comfortable the whole time I was eating the meat noodles. Likewise, Yoo Geon-yeop’s expression was not very good.

When Jin Mu-won and Yoo Geon-yeop were almost finished eating the meat noodles, a group of warriors appeared. They were warriors belonging to Unjungcheon. They received the boys from a recruiter and disappeared somewhere.

Only then did Yoo Geon-yeop open his mouth.

“Where are they going?”

“He will probably be sent to Gansu or somewhere in Shaanxi Province. “There, you will learn martial arts that can use attributes and then be sent into battle.”

Jin Mu-won spoke honestly. It wasn’t something he had to hide, and since Yoo Geon-yeop had decided to learn martial arts, he had to know.

Yoo Geon-yeop was silent for a long time. Jin Mu-won didn’t bother to talk either. No matter how mature he was, Yoo Geon-yeop was only six years old. It was a truth that was not easy to handle at that age. Yoo Geon-yeop remained silent until he finished eating and returned to the woodworking shop.

In the yard of the woodworking shop, a carriage was built that was large enough to accommodate four or four people. Although the exterior was shabby, it seemed to be sufficient to block the wind and rain.

After paying the remaining bills, Jin Mu-won bought another horse at the horse market next door and hitched it to the carriage. The carriage pulled by two horses slowly left Manmuljang and headed towards the outskirts of Taiwon.

Yoo Geon-yeop was silent throughout the carriage ride. He used to be silent, but he became even more silent. Instead, I felt a subtle sense of life. The life that until now had only existed internally began to be expressed externally.

It was clear that the sight of the boys being sold to Tangma County had caused some change within Yoo Geon-yeop. Even without that, Yoo Geon-yeop was born with an incredible spirit. As Yoo Geon-yeop began to show his life to the outside world, it was only a matter of time before others noticed him.

Now Jin Mu-won had to make a decision. Last night, Jin Mu-won had a lot to worry about. And Jin Mu-won has now made a decision.

‘In any case, this child’s life is not something that can be easily suppressed or eliminated. In that case, we should rather maximize this child’s life so that he can take care of it on his own.’

It will never be an easy challenge.

His Mysterious Demon Spiritual Sword and Man Yeong-gyeol were not suitable for Yoo Geon-yeop. If so, he had to create a new martial arts skill for Yoo Geon-yeop.

‘I never thought I’d get to try a new martial art like this.’

Jin Mu-won calmly recalled all the martial arts he knew. The only things he personally learned were Manyeong, Destruction Heavenly Demon Spiritual Sword, and Gyeryubo, but many more martial arts were sleeping in his head.

There were martial arts engraved on the walls of Manyeong, and there were martial arts books that I had read over the past three years.

There are many paths to the ultimate, but once you reach the ultimate, the path you have taken is clearly visible.

Jin Mu-won was not sure whether he had reached the ultimate level. But it is true that the path we have passed is clearly visible. That is why he decided to create a martial arts style suitable for Yoo Geon-yeop.

‘Geonyeop suits Gwon.’

Although he looked ordinary on the outside, Yoo Geon-yeop had strong bones. His bone structure was much stronger and tighter than that of other children. In addition, he also had good strength, so it seemed like it would be much better to learn hand-to-hand combat than to hold and install a weapon that didn’t fit his hand. So he made iron gloves for Yoo Geon-yeop.

Those with a strong will to live will inevitably have flesh on their hands. Most of the people who say that their opponent died after just a light blow were born with a deep sense of death like Yoo Geon-yeop.

To prevent such a case, Jin Mu-won had Yoo Geon-yeop wear gloves made of iron. One advantage of wearing steel gloves is that your grip strength becomes significantly stronger. For warriors practicing boxing, a strong grip was absolutely essential.

‘It’s just the beginning.’

It was time for Jin Mu-won to make up his mind.

Suddenly a group of people approached from behind. When I turned my head, I saw familiar faces.

“What about you?”

“See you again, Dan Sohyeop.”

The person who raised his hand and pretended to know was Zhong Li Wuhuan. Behind him, Cai Ruoran, Gongsun Chang, and Gu Tianhu could be seen.

Go Cheon-hoo stepped forward.

“We’re going this way too, so we won’t be bored for a while.”

As if by coincidence, his eyes were on Yoo Geon-yeop, who was sitting next to Jin Mu-won.

martial arts,