Cheonma Wants to Live Quietly

Byeok Tae-san slowly opened his eyes, and a familiar ceiling appeared.

He frowned and got up.

“Have you been dreaming for a long time?”

He had a dream for the first time, ever since he was reborn in this body. No, in fact, it had been a long time since he had a dream, even when he was over a thousand years old, so he couldn’t even count how many years it had been.

“Ah.” He quietly clucked his tongue.

It seemed that this happened because he was reminded of the Moorimmaeng when he received the report of Ru Baekhwa yesterday. So, he could guess that he had a dream where the Moorimmaeng appeared.

Last night’s dream was a piece of memory from a long time ago. He dreamt of the last meeting with them. The people he remembered when he met Ru Baekhwa yesterday were all there.

They didn’t offend their mood. That was the only reason they survived. It wasn’t a place to negotiate, and it wasn’t a place for anyone to give in. It was just a drink. It may have meant other things to them, of course, but at least it did.

As they drank and listened to stories, they were found to be more interesting than he had initially thought. At that time, they brought the main force of the Moorimmaeng, but if their feelings were different, they would all have died.

The only person on the Cheonma Shinkyo side there was the Cheonma Man himself. Tae-san had gone there on his own, just in case, to move with ease. He had no hesitation because he was sure he could destroy any trap. The drinking party was in a small pavilion, surrounded by over a thousand warriors.

Of course, they were all rioters. Byeok Tae-san stood on the pavilion and looked around them all the time before waking up. The dream was so vivid. It seemed that this memory would not sink easily for a while.

At this, Byeok Tae-san slowly got out of bed. Then, Soso’s voice came from outside the door.

“Confucius, I will prepare water for you to wash.”

Byeok Tae-san nodded, and the door opened by itself. With that, Soso and Danyoung came in with a large barrel. The barrel was filled with clean, warm water. The two of them were able to do this kind of work because they had learned martial arts and thus became stronger.

Byeok Tae-san was accustomed to receiving the bathing service of two people and washing his body in a refreshing way. As the two went out with the barrels, other people came in and prepared food in front of him.

After he finished eating, he went outside, and other maids started to come in and clean Byeok Tae-san’s room. Byeok Tae-san headed to his own private practice room.

There, Cheon Kyung-wan and Yu Seo-yeon were training hard in their newly learned martial arts. After pointing out a few things, he left there and headed to the group dance hall. While grasping the condition of those who practice Muryangbo, he nodded when he saw Yeon Ha-rin.

‘Toxic.’

It wasn’t just poison, it was terrible. Now, it seemed that sooner or later, he had to hand over a suitable martial art to Yeon Ha-rin.

‘A useful martial artist who can properly revive that poison…’

With that thought in mind, Byeok Tae-san left the theater. His next destination after coming out of the exercise room was Byeok Tae-soo’s office.

As he pondered last night, he remembered that he had even taken care of the general, but that he had neglected his family, Byeok Tae-soo. At the very least, it seemed that his heart would be satisfied if he gave Tae-soo something better than what he gave the governor.

And so, he prepared a suitable martial art in advance. Considering that the magistrate byeok was busy, he had transformed and woven a fairly useful magic skill that had a lot to gain compared to the amount of time it took.

Its original name was Quest Mage. It was a bizarre magic that trained while drinking blood, but by transforming it, he could get it into drinking the appropriate medicinal herbs. And so, a lot of work went into making this.

When cultivating a blood mage, one would usually catch an animal or livestock, collect the blood, and drink it. However, since the transformed tamhyeol magong had to eat medicinal herbs, it took quite a lot of money to train martial arts.

This was a martial art that could be easily learned only by the owner of the top of the golden house with a lot of money. As he walked, thinking about martial arts for a while, he soon arrived at the office of the governor.

And, at the same time, Cho Seo-ran was coming out of the office of Chief Byeok-soo. It looked like she had come to say hello to Byeok Tae-san.

When Cho Seo-ran saw Byeok Tae-san, her eyes widened, and then she proceeded to run quickly.

“Are you here to see Zhang? By the way, how could you never visit me? Even so, we drank together.”

Byeok Tae-san didn’t respond and passed by her. Cho Seo-ran looked at his back. She then cried out quickly before Byeok Tae-san could enter the office of Byeok Tae-soo.

“I am helping them make medicine! So, can’t you come and support me later?”

However, Byeok Tae-san went inside without answering. However, Cho Seo-ran smiled and headed towards the place where Cheon Chushinui and Ilchimkai were.

* * *

Byeok Tae-san, who delivered the martial art to Byeok Tae-soo, headed to the place where Cheon Chushinui and Ilchimkai were located. The garden where they originally made the medicine was now too cramped and has been moved to a larger space. It was a place far away from the palace where Byeok Tae-san was staying in.

Although it was a bit inconvenient to get to and from, it was a huge space that was several times the size of the previous garden. It was perfect to use as a space to make medicine because only the foundation was built to make it into a theater.

When he arrived at the vacant lot, he could see the members of the Cheon Yakbang who were busy moving. These were the doctors who picked and picked them up from the Cheon Yakbang, and what they did was trim and dry medicinal herbs, stir the pot with a spatula, and make simple medicines from the finished medicinal materials, which were labor-intensive and time-consuming chores.

Cheon Chushinui and Ilchimkai, who were originally doing the work, sat down with Cho Seo-ran in a very comfortable manner and discussed a new drug. In fact, the discussion was just an excuse, and it was nothing but a break.

While he was resting like that, Byeok Tae-san appeared. As soon as Cheon Chushinui and Ilchimkai saw him, they jumped up from their seats.

“Hey, now that I’ve rested for a while, shall I go back to work?” Cheon Chushinui, who was muttering to himself quite loudly as if someone was telling him to listen, went to a pile of medicinal herbs nearby and cut a knife. Naturally, Ilchimkai started cutting herbs in the same way, as if he had become one with Cheon Chushinui.

Meanwhile, Cho Seo-ran, who was together with the two of them, was greatly perplexed. It was as if he was playing alone and doing nothing.

“You came, too.” Cho Seo-ran quickly approached Byeok Tae-san, smiled a little, and said this.

“I didn’t come to see you.” Saying that, Byeok Tae-san walked towards the place where Cheon Chushinui and Ilchimkai were located. However, Cho Seo-ran didn’t care, and with a soft smile on his face, he walked closer to the side of the wall.

“Aren’t I going to be of some help anyway?”

Since the arrival of Cho Seo-ran, the speed of making medicines had become much faster. And so, yes, it was helping. Moreover, Cho Seo-ran conducted research on medicine together with Cheon Chushinui and Ilchimkai, and he generously shared the knowledge he knew.

Of course, Cheon Chushinui and Ilchimkai also unleashed a lot of knowledge according to Cho Seo-ran’s attitude. Because of this, the performance of the medicines they were making now were getting better and better.

In addition to this, there was still room for further development in the future. First of all, the goal was tenfold, and if it was achieved, it was at a level that was not enviable of any elixir.

No, it was actually a much better medicine. This was because Cheon Chushinui had no tolerance whatsoever, so it could be taken for a long time.

At this, Cho Seo-ran continued what she had to say, uncaring as to whether or not Byeok Tae-san responded.

“So, please do it once.” Byeok Tae-san stopped walking and looked at Cho Seo-ran.

Cho Seo-ran smiled and continued. “You said it was before. If you want to take the pulse, you need to bring the king of medicine. That’s why I came here.” As she spoke, she spread her arms wide.

Byeok Tae-san listened to the words and stroked his chin. “What… I’ve never said anything like that before.”

At this, Cho Seo-ran’s expression brightened. “Then do you allow the pulse?”

“I refuse.”

“Yes? Why?”

“I changed my mind.” Cho Seo-ran stared blankly at Byeok Tae0san. How could you say such a thing without the blink of an eye?

She suddenly came to her senses and looked at Cheon Chushinui and Ilchimkai, who were only cutting herbs without looking at this nearby. She stared at her with her stinging eyes so much that, in the end, Cheon Chushinui and Ilchimkai looked at her secretly.

Cho Seo-ran glanced at the two of them. If one were to make a promise, then it meant one should keep it. At this, Cheon Chushinui took a deep breath before he spoke. “I think the time has come for me to take Confucius properly… How about taking one?”

He then poked the side of the chimpanzee sitting next to him with his elbow.

“Hmmm. what… I think so too. To be honest, I was really surprised when I checked the condition of Confucius before. It seems to have gotten a lot better, but it’s not an easy disease, is it? So, how about making sure at this point?”

Byeok Tae-san looked at the two with a strange expression. Those eyes were like why these guys were like this, or they seemed to know everything about you, so it was very unsettling and ominous.

In the end, she couldn’t overcome her anxiety and Cheon Chushinui ended up spitting out her words.

“No, does it wear out if you do it once? All you have to do is leave your wrist alone for a moment.”

At this, Byeok Tae-san smiled and pointed to Cho Seo-ran with his chin. “Does that woman come here, even Harin?”

Cheon Chushinui bit his lip. This was because Yeon Ha-rin was currently training, so she was blocking everything around her.

She suddenly remembered the situation when she was talking about the old drug lord. At that time, she was unable to sleep for several days because of Yeon Ha-rin, who was chasing after her until the end with eyes that looked like she was about to burst into tears.

Recalling what had happened at that time, Cheon Chushinui trembled. The scoundrel giggled and laughed. Cho Seo-ran looked at the three men in turn with her unfamiliar eyes. Byeok Tae-san looked at her as he spoke, “Is there any reason why Cheon Yakbang should join hands with Moorimmaeng?”

“Yes?” Cho Seo-ran’s eyes widened in a completely unexpected way as she looked at him.

Byeok Tae-san merely laughed bitterly. “Done. Just remember that the road is not necessarily only for the Moorimmaeng.”

Cho Seo-ran blankly looked at Byeok Tae-san. Then, a hand suddenly came in front of her. She staggered behind her in surprise, and Tae-san wall said sarcastically. “If you don’t like it, quit.”

It was Byeok Tae-san’s hand. Cho Seo-ran looked at his hand and then his face alternately, and then she gently squeezed her wrist. Then, she closed her eyes and focused on her pulse.

In her mind, Byeok Tae-san’s body state was drawn step by step through her pulse. She not only grasped the presence or absence of disease, but also thoroughly examined the flow of his gi-maek, body type, and his constitution.

She confirmed that once and tilted her head, and then she started again. In that way, she had a whopping three pulses. The reason she did it was simple.

‘Too… It’s normal.’

It was because Byeok Tae-san’s body was so normal. Cho Seo-ran couldn’t understand it at all. How could she be so ordinary?

She, too, had heard some stories about what Byeok Tae-san did in Homuryeon. But with this body now, he would never be able to do such a great thing. Either someone great helped, or the rumors were false, or both. At least, in her common sense.

“Are you still far away?” At Tae-san’s question, Cho Seo-ran suddenly came to her senses and stepped away.

“No. It’s all over.”

“Yeah, how did you feel?”

Cho Seo-ran answered with a calm expression. “There is no disease. There seemed to be no sign of it.”

After saying that, Cho Seo-ran looked at Cheon Chushinui and Ilchimkai with a slightly admirable look.

She said, “I could definitely see that the two of them were very talented. To be honest, I was a little surprised that there was no such thing at all, although there are still traces of it no matter how much the joint is completely cured.”

However, when she heard the story, she couldn’t hide her surprised expression, and she just stared blankly at Tae-san. To be honest, she didn’t do anything of their own.

Byeok Tae-san alone revived jeopardy, as well as a body that was nothing more than a corpse.

“Oh, Confucius. Me too, I want to try the pulse.”

“I want to do it too.”

As soon as he stepped forward with a look as if he had been possessed by the tenacity of faith and one gulp, Byeok Tae-san laughed and held out her hand. The two of them shook their heads with a careful expression on their face.

“Confucius is really… You are unknown.”

Cheon Chushinui nodded broadly as if he was agreeing with Ilchimkai’s words.

Byeok Tae-san’s body was indeed completely different from when he was in Jeoljaek. As the three lawmakers were looking at Byeok Tae-san with very complicated eyes, Ok Hwa entered there with an urgent step.

“Confucius!” Her voice was as urgent as her steps, so she all looked at what was going on.

Ok Hwa approached Byeok Tae-san and said, “The patrol leader of Homuryeon has arrived.”

The head of Homuryeon’s patrol party was Seo Mun-deok. She had come here to set up the Homuryeon Wuhan branch in Wuhan, and so far the work has been going on without much noise.

However, seeing Ok Hwa’s urgent expression like that, it seemed that she wasn’t the main character.

“What’s going on?”

Ok Hwa promptly answered Tae-san’s question. “It is said that a swarm of anti-gangshies poured out on her stool, causing an uproar.”

Hearing those words, Byeok Tae-san’s eyes lit up. “They are like grasshoppers.”

After saying that, Byeok Tae-san glanced at Cho Seo-ran. Apparently, this situation should be delayed a bit.