CLS-Chapter 235

Chapter 235

Wei Yan-ho let out a long yawn.

“Nice weather.”

The sunlight pouring through the open window was incredibly warm. The sunlight shining on his face was… how should he put it? Incredibly…

‘Annoying.’

When sunlight hits your face, it makes it hard to sleep!

Wei Yan-ho looked at the window with droopy eyes.

‘I need to close that thing…’

If he just closed that window, the sun would avoid his face. The sunlight that exquisitely covered the bed could only be avoided by closing the window. For a comfortable and peaceful rest, he needed to close that window, but…

It was far.

The distance from the bed to the window was too far. Having to get up and walk all the way over there just to close the window – what a terrible and horrifying thought.

After pondering over and over, Wei Yan-ho turned his body to the other side.

‘This should be a bit better.’

Comfortable rest was nice, but slightly uncomfortable rest was okay too. Consoling himself that this was several times better than walking to the window, Wei Yan-ho closed his eyes again.

Knock knock.

Just then, he heard knocking at the door.

‘Let’s stay still.’

He had a feeling that if he answered carelessly, something troublesome would happen. At times like this, you keep your mouth shut tight and…

“Young Master Wei, are you there?”

The voice from outside the door was familiar.

‘Is that Yi Seol-hwa?’

Since entering Mount Hua, he hadn’t properly seen her face, so what business did she have coming to find him?

‘I shouldn’t answer.’

His trained instincts detected the scent of annoyance.

At times like this, you just stay quiet…

Creeeeak.

The door quietly opened.

‘Why don’t the rooms at Mount Hua even have locks?’

Does this neighborhood not respect individual privacy?

If you make it so anyone can open doors as they please, inside or out, you can’t even stop thieves from entering!

Though where would you find a thief bold enough to enter Mount Hua, this wasn’t a consideration for Wei Yan-ho, whose dissatisfaction had already reached the heavens.

“Were you awake?”

“I’m sleeping.”

“You seem to be awake though?”

“I’m sleeping.”

“…Ah, you’re sleeping.”

“Yes.”

Yi Seol-hwa’s lips twitched.

She had no experience dealing with someone who claimed to be sleeping while talking with both eyes open. Who would have such experience?

“Wei Jeong-han the Great Hero…”

The moment Wei Jeong-han’s name came up, Wei Yan-ho let out a deep sigh.

‘He said he wouldn’t bother me.’

Actually, if you think about it, he said he wouldn’t bother him if he won, not that he wouldn’t bother him during the tournament period.

“What does father want?”

“He told you to go down the mountain and buy some goods.”

“What?”

Wei Yan-ho’s eyes trembled.

“Down, down the mountain?”

“Yes. He wants you to go to the market.”

“No, but why?”

It was a question with two meanings. One was why he needed to go to the market when Mount Hua provided food, water, and lodging, and the other was why he was asking Yi Seol-hwa, a Mount Hua disciple, to do this.

Fortunately, Yi Seol-hwa, who had spent quite a long time with Wei Yan-ho, understood his words perfectly.

“The only person who has time right now is Young Master Wei, but if Young Master Wei went alone, he wouldn’t go, and even if he went, he wouldn’t come back.”

‘He’s like a ghost.’

Wei Jeong-han could probably write a whole book about Wei Yan-ho. Come to think of it, they hadn’t spent that much time together in childhood, and it hadn’t been long since they reunited, yet it was amazing how well he understood Wei Yan-ho.

“So I have to go?”

“That’s what he said.”

“…That’s annoying.”

Wei Yan-ho frowned with all kinds of expressions.

“There must be people in the group who are free. Not everyone will be competing in today’s tournament, right?”

“Those people are training.”

“There are people who lost too.”

“Those people are also training.”

“There’s Suryeon too.”

“Suryeon is also training.”

“…Am I the only one not doing anything?”

“Yes.”

At Yi Seol-hwa’s firm words, Wei Yan-ho hung his head dejectedly. Somehow he felt like he’d become a useless person.

“To relay Wei Jeong-han the Great Hero’s words, he said he can’t take time away from those who are training hard when there’s someone just playing around and eating.”

“Grrrr.”

Wei Yan-ho writhed his body.

‘Well, I have been stuck here too long.’

He could tolerate everything else, but he couldn’t bear the no-killing diet that appeared morning, noon, and night any longer.

“What should I buy?”

“…Meat.”

Wei Yan-ho’s eyes wavered.

Meat.

It had been so long since he’d heard that word that he almost felt nostalgic.

Yes, once upon a time there was an era when he ate such food. Before climbing this damned cliff and being isolated from society.

“Can I eat it?”

“Um…”

Yi Seol-hwa hesitated a bit before opening her mouth.

“It’s not exactly forbidden. Moreover, we can’t forbid it to people who aren’t monks. However, since killing is forbidden within Mount Hua, you’ll have to buy it from below.”

“Meat…”

Wei Yan-ho groaned and sat up.

‘He calculated all the way to this point before sending me.’

He was newly amazed by Wei Jeong-han. He wouldn’t go for any other reason no matter what excuse was given, but Wei Jeong-han also knew that Wei Yan-ho had recently been developing a bit of an appetite.

Should he continue enduring eating only grass, or should he suffer briefly to consistently consume high nutrition going forward?

“I’ll go.”

Wei Yan-ho’s eyes blazed.

“I don’t think it’s this way.”

“This is the right way.”

“No, the main gate is over there.”

“I’m telling you this is right.”

Countless strange things happen in this world. But something this strange wouldn’t be common. Right now, Wei Yan-ho was teaching directions to Yi Seol-hwa, who had lived at Mount Hua for nearly twenty years.

“This way is a shortcut.”

“…”

Yi Seol-hwa’s eyes filled with bewilderment.

“Young Master Wei, that way is a cliff.”

“I know.”

“What?”

Yi Seol-hwa’s head began to get complicated.

Was this lazy guy pulling tricks again because he didn’t want to go down?

‘If this happens, there’s no point in throwing a tantrum to my master to get permission to go down…’

Wasn’t it permission she barely obtained by being stubborn when asked why she was taking care of the Heavenly Orthodox Martial Alliance’s shopping? Even now her heart ached thinking of the tears that formed in Gong Mu-jin’s eyes when she finally gave permission, but that lazy guy didn’t seem to have any intention of sympathizing with her feelings.

“Aren’t you going down?”

“I said I’m going down.”

“Then it’s this way…”

“Ey, really!”

Wei Yan-ho was brazenly annoyed.

“How can you not trust people like that? Isn’t this a society of trust! People should trust people.”

“…”

“Alright, let’s see.”

After climbing quite a ways to the back of Mount Hua, a sheer cliff appeared before Wei Yan-ho’s eyes. The cliff was so steep that instead of seeing mountains below, he could see clouds.

“It looks like a dragon might emerge.”

Wei Yan-ho whistled and turned his head to ask.

“Are there any legends or anything?”

“What?”

“Like a Mount Hua hermit retreated toward this cliff, or some supreme master fell from this cliff and died.”

“…Th, there’s nothing like that.”

“Hmm, then it must not be known.”

Yi Seol-hwa’s face began to fill with anxiety.

“Wh, what are you trying to do?”

“I need to go down.”

“What?”

“I’m going down the mountain. This is the fastest way.”

“…”

Fast indeed.

It would be fast.

There’s no way to go down a mountain faster than that.

That’s for sure.

You crazy bastard, that’s a cliff!

Where would you find a way to go down a mountain faster than jumping off a cliff? But do you think people in the world don’t know this and go around the hard way, leaving perfectly good cliffs alone?

“You’re joking, right?”

“Does it sound like a joke?”

“…First, please calm down.”

Yi Seol-hwa, who was speaking, took a deep breath. She mustn’t panic. No matter how unpredictable Wei Yan-ho was as a person, and no matter how he was someone common sense didn’t work on, surely…

“Young Master Wei, if you really don’t want to go, I’ll go by myself.”

“I said I’m going.”

Wei Yan-ho grinned.

“Who knows, maybe there’s a Ten-Thousand-Year Ginseng King below the cliff?”

“…”

“To become a master, you originally have to fall from a cliff at least once. If you position yourself well and fall properly, an unprecedented female master might appear at Mount Hua. How about it? Doesn’t that sound appealing?”

“It doesn’t appeal to me.”

“A woman should have ambition!”

Wei Yan-ho chuckled and reached out to grab Yi Seol-hwa’s arm. The moment that arm touched her, goosebumps rose all over Yi Seol-hwa’s body.

‘This person is serious.’

He was speaking jokingly, but thinking about it, they had already climbed the mountain. Considering Wei Yan-ho’s personality, he wasn’t someone who would cross Mount Hua and come all the way here just to play a prank.

He really intended to jump.

“No, Young Master Wei.”

“Tch.”

Wei Yan-ho clicked his tongue and looked back at Yi Seol-hwa.

“Don’t you trust me?”

“…”

For a moment, Yi Seol-hwa’s face flushed red.

“I trust you.”

It wasn’t something she said after thinking. Before any thought could occur, her mouth automatically reacted.

‘This won’t do…’

Wei Yan-ho smiled broadly and pulled her close. She was helplessly drawn to Wei Yan-ho.

“Well, falling alone would be good experience too, but it seems too early for that, so let’s go together for now.”

“To, together?”

At that moment, Wei Yan-ho suddenly lifted her up.

‘Ah!’

Yi Seol-hwa was completely out of it.

And…

“Here we go!”

The moment Wei Yan-ho ran and launched his body over the cliff, Yi Seol-hwa felt her soul leaving her body, beyond just being out of it.

Along with the feeling of her body floating, there was a strange feeling like walking on clouds…

No wait, those are real clouds!

This crazy bastard really jumped!

“Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!”

Yi Seol-hwa screamed at the top of her lungs. Wei Yan-ho had no interest in Yi Seol-hwa’s situation as she spewed tears and snot, instead bursting into loud laughter as he fell toward the ground.

“Yahahahaha! This is exciting!”

When you’re next to a crazy person, you get shocked. Yi Seol-hwa realized this fact anew and tightly grabbed Wei Yan-ho’s neck.

“Pl, please save me!”

“You won’t die, you won’t die.”

Wei Yan-ho chuckled as he fell downward.

A figure appeared at the cliff Wei Yan-ho had jumped from.

‘Hmm.’

The Historian quietly watched Wei Yan-ho’s figure jumping down.

“He’s strong.”

Very much so.

He had felt he was strong before, but what Wei Yan-ho had been showing recently was stronger than what he had shown in the past.

“But that’s all.”

If he hadn’t been born in this era, the world might have welcomed a giant named Wei Yan-ho. But being born in this particular era was his misfortune. Though it wasn’t revealed, the current world could be called a Dragon Pool and Tiger’s Den.

And soon an era would arrive when the earth would split, dragons would ascend to heaven, clouds would part, and tigers would descend.

“Starting with this tournament.”

All preparations for the great undertaking were complete.

Taking Wei Yan-ho’s life as entertainment wouldn’t be bad either. The Historian quietly watched Wei Yan-ho’s figure before turning his body. No, he tried to turn his body.

“Hmm?”

At that moment, The Historian turned his head downward.

All he could see below were clouds.

Wei Yan-ho’s figure was no longer visible. But The Historian could feel a gaze piercing through the clouds toward him.

A deep smile carved itself on The Historian’s lips.

“Well then, let’s see, Wei Yan-ho. What you can do within this great flow.”