Chapter 76

That night.

Unable to sleep, Jeong Charyeon came outside.

It would have been strange to be able to sleep on a day like today. She had become the Phoenix of the Dragon Phoenix Gathering, and was amazed by the massive scale of the Changcheon Sect. Her Im Dong-yangmaek had been opened, and she had fought fifty Green Forest Bandits. And for the first time in her life, she had drunk poison laced with Spring Medicine.

"Come to think of it, it really was an eventful day."

Jeong Charyeon looked up at the sky. There was no moon, and the stars were pouring down.

"Wow! Beautiful!"

She couldn't help but exclaim.

Jeong Charyeon walked to the pond where she had talked with Jeok Leegeon before.

As she sat by the pond, a cool night breeze blew.

It was a pleasant breeze.

Jeok Leegeon and Yang Hwa-young's words to become stronger came back to her mind.

Strength. It was something that even young children who had just picked up a sword were aiming for. Jeong Charyeon had also lived thinking it was natural. But when that vague idea became a reality and deeply intervened in her life, she felt a little confused.

Is pursuing only strength really the essence of Jianghu? Isn't thinking like this proof that I lack confidence? Is it something I can think about after I become truly strong? But what if I become a different person by then?

At that moment, she felt a subtle energy in her right hand.

It was a slightly tingling, unfamiliar sensation.

What is this feeling?

Then someone walked up from behind. When she turned around, it was Jeok Leegeon.

Jeong Charyeon realized in an instant. The Wind God was reacting.

Jeok Leegeon had said on the day he gave her the Wind God as a gift that if they shared the Wind God, they would be able to know where each other was. Jeok Leegeon would probably be feeling dozens, no, hundreds of times stronger sensation than she was feeling now.

It was true.

Jeong Charyeon asked.

"Can't sleep again?"

Jeok Leegeon nodded.

"I have insomnia."

She thought it didn't suit him at all.

"Wait a moment."

Jeong Charyeon went inside.

After a while, she came out with something in her hand.

"What's that?"

"Pine needle tea. Drink it."

Jeok Leegeon, who received the tea, asked with a puzzled look.

"I know that, but why?"

"Pine needle tea is good for insomnia."

Then Jeok Leegeon narrowed his eyes.

"Don't tell me you prepared it on purpose for me?"

"Don't be ridiculous. I just thought of it."

That was a lie. She had actually asked Hyang Yi to get it for her.

"Hehehe."

Jeok Leegeon chuckled slyly and sipped the tea.

"Don't make noise when you drink! Are you a child?"

Despite Jeong Charyeon's nagging, Jeok Leegeon sipped the tea like a child.

He's hopeless.

"The starlight is so beautiful tonight."

Following Jeong Charyeon's gaze, Jeok Leegeon looked at the stars. The two of them looked up at the sky in silence for a long time.

A smile unknowingly appeared on Jeong Charyeon's face. Looking at the night sky with someone. It felt surprisingly nice.

Jeok Leegeon broke the silence.

"My real enemy isn't the Four Great Hegemons."

He wasn't in a joking mood.

"Then who is it? Maybe those people with the swallow character in their name?"

Jeok Leegeon shook his head.

"Then who?"

Jeok Leegeon hesitated for a moment before answering.

His gaze, which had been on the stars, lowered to the pond, and after looking at the stars reflected in the water for a long time, Jeok Leegeon answered.

"...Father."

"What?"

Jeong Charyeon was startled.

"Father won't just sit back and watch me achieve Supreme Domination."

"Then what are you going to do?"

Jeok Leegeon's next answer was even more surprising.

"I'm going to fight."

"Are you kidding?"

But Jeok Leegeon's expression was utterly serious.

He's really planning to fight.

"Don't do that. You can't do that to your father."

I guess this isn't the answer he was hoping for, and I'm sorry that this is all I can say.

But it was Jeong Charyeon's true feelings.

She valued living happily with her family more than any other value in the world.

"Why? Are you worried?"

Jeok Leegeon asked playfully, but Jeong Charyeon answered sincerely.

"Yeah. I'm worried."

"Aren't you worrying about me too much these days?"

Is that so? It certainly seems that way. Why do I feel annoyed?

"No matter what you say, my decision won't change."

"Then can you win?"

Then Jeok Leegeon sighed lightly. She could tell from his expression. That he couldn't beat his father.

"Well, he hasn't used his Martial arts for a long time, so I'll have to rely on that. And..."

"And?"

"I have my mother, don't I?"

From the feeling, his father and mother's Martial arts were almost on par.

What a truly amazing family.

"If you fight and win? Will your father obediently step down?"

"If we fight, we'll probably fight with conditions on each side."

"You're thinking too much."

No wonder you have insomnia.

Jeok Leegeon yawned and got up.

"Drinking tea makes me sleepy. It must be working."

"Go in and sleep. I'll stay here a little longer."

Jeok Leegeon walked towards the building.

At the door, Jeok Leegeon stopped for a moment.

"And there's one thing I believe in, decisively."

"What is it?"

"You."

"What? Me?"

"Yeah. I believe in you."

What on earth are you talking about?

"Persuade my father."

"What do you mean?"

"My father is weak against pretty women."

And then Jeok Leegeon went inside.

Hey! Persuade me properly first! Huh? But did he just call me pretty?