Chapter 44 : Chapter 44

Chapter 44. I Know. I Know Well (2)

One hundred thousand taels of gold.

Never is it small money.

It is too much money to earn in merely one year.

‘I trust the Miss' business talent, but is this really possible work?’

The butler beside her looked at her with a worried gaze.

Eon Sohui, feeling that gaze, said.

“Are you worried?”

“That is……. Yes. Honestly, I think you were too reckless.”

“I know. But without that degree of recklessness, I couldn't have even made an equal trade with the Namgung Clan.”

“…….”

“We already boarded the ship. From here, it is impossible to get off.”

“I know. So what do you intend to do? Even if we mobilize all the family's assets, it is about ten thousand taels of gold.”

To increase this ten times within one year, it would be difficult with ordinary means.

Now that Butler Jang also knew business to some extent, he was more anxious.

And Eon Sohui was silent for a moment and said.

“To earn a lot of money in a short time, we have to put it down first.”

“What do you mean?”

“Face.”

“…….”

“Let’s go to Yueyang. And we will sell alcohol there.”

“Miss!”

“I will not accept objections. Do as told for now.”

Eventually, Eon Sohui came to Yueyang with all the assets earned meanwhile and created Jinju Tower.

And proceeded with the business she conceived.

In that process, she used most of the capital she possessed as investment money.

If the business failed, she was on the verge of losing not only the trade with the Namgung Clan but also all the money collected so far.

Truly a gambler with no retreat.

The retainers were anxious, but Eon Sohui did not hesitate.

‘To earn a lot of money in a short time, I must dig into the vanity of the rich.’

Confident in her own thought, she pushed forward Jinju Tower's business plan.

And as a result of starting operations.

She could recover the investment money immediately in less than two months.

Truly raked in money with a rake.

At the point where half a year passed, she already collected all the one hundred thousand taels of gold promised with the Namgung Clan.

She immediately sent a person to the Namgung Clan.

Saying she kept the promise, so now it is the Namgung Clan's turn.

Up to here, everything was smooth.

A woman of barely marriageable age started with bare fists and finally achieved it.

Now it is almost done.

If she just passes the crisis of the Limitless Gate's threat and concludes the trade with the Namgung Clan, everything will be accomplished.

* * *

‘She must be thinking like that, right?’

Han Cheong-un gazed steadily at the woman in front of his eyes.

Han Cheong-un knows.

That she made the gamble of her lifetime.

And she won.

Truly an amazing woman.

However…….

‘It’s all in vain.’

She doesn't know yet.

The worst case that can happen in gambling is not losing money.

The worst case is when the opponent flips the board with power even though one won legitimately.

‘There can be nothing more unfair than that.’

Fortunately, that hasn't happened yet.

Han Cheong-un proposed to her.

“Miss Eon, our Ultimate Path Gate is a new sect not long since created.”

“I know.”

“We tried to settle in this Yueyang, but since the disciples are only warriors who use strength, there is no talent to manage the sect's internal affairs.”

“Hmm, I see. So?”

“Please take care of our sect's internal affairs with Miss Eon’s business talent.”

“Hahaha…….”

Eon Sohui was dumbfounded.

‘So, right now he is telling me to enter that sect like children's house play and oversee internal affairs?’

It is absurd.

I acknowledge the eye for talent.

Isn't she the one who went to the Namgung Clan herself and said she would become a daughter-in-law worth ten million taels?

If told to oversee a sect's internal affairs, she is confident to do it better than anyone in the world.

But that is…….

‘Waste of talent.’

Commonly they say, would one use a knife for slaughtering a cow to catch a chicken?

But this is like drawing the World's Best Treasured Blade to catch a fly, not even a chicken.

“It is a proposal not appealing at all.”

It was natural to refuse.

Eon Sohui smirked and continued.

“Ah! Perhaps does the Young Warrior think you caught my weakness?”

Did he think he saw the bottom of the opponent?

An alluring smile appeared on Eon Sohui’s face.

It is a habit peculiar to her that appears when she thinks she has the upper hand.

In that state, she crossed her legs and said leisurely.

“It is still a question how the Young Warrior knew my identity, but……. If you thought my origin would become a weakness, it is a big miscalculation.”

“I didn't think such a thing.”

“Oh my? Really? Perhaps catching my weakness and…….”

Eon Sohui brought her little finger to her lips, rubbed gently, and said.

“Wasn't it that you wanted to de·mand· some·thing· from me?”

It is an obvious provocation.

But since the opponent doing it had amazing beauty, it was quite powerful.

Eyes, gestures, even the breath touching the skin…….

Temptation sufficient to make a man lose his mind overflowed.

However…….

“I do not think such rude thoughts.”

The opponent is a dense guy whose resistance to woman's beauty is at the level of Myriad Poisons Immunity.

Han Cheong-un looked back at Eon Sohui without blinking an eye.

“Hmm…….”

Then Eon Sohui’s expression became indifferent.

Starting business and dealing with experienced merchants, there is something she realized.

How helpful her beauty is against men.

Just revealing beauty and showing some gaps, the situation turned largely favorable to her.

But sometimes there were those on whom it didn't work.

One who doesn't neglect his work by being bewitched by woman's beauty.

Although it is Eon Sohui’s personal standard, she judged such people as first-rate in whatever field.

‘At least this man seems to fit that standard too. Boringly though.’

And Eon Sohui spoke again.

“There is no reason to accept your proposal. Did you say Ultimate Poison Gate?”

“It is the Ultimate Path Gate.”

Clearly she got it wrong on purpose.

Eon Sohui made an expression that she wasn't sorry at all and said to Han Cheong-un.

“Anyway, I will pray for your sect's prosperity from afar. However, please find the general manager to grow your sect's meager internal affairs somewhere else.”

Perfect refusal.

Even if Han Cheong-un clings more here, there was no reason for her to accept the proposal.

‘As expected, it goes like this?’

Han Cheong-un sighed.

And fell into deep thought in his seat.

Then…….

“Miss Eon, please listen to what I say from now on without distorting it.”

“That is a matter to judge after listening and seeing.”

To the indifferent her, Han Cheong-un said.

“The Namgung Clan will not keep the promise.”

“…….”

Eon Sohui did not answer.

She showed no movement in expression either.

But a master of Han Cheong-un’s level can know.

He can know that her arm muscles tensed minutely just now.

Probably she is gripping her skirt tight with her hand underneath and controlling her emotions herself.

“What are you talking about right now?”

To her who barely opened her mouth, Han Cheong-un continued.

“Miss Eon is a clever person. There is no way you didn't think about it in a corner of your heart.”

“I said, what are you talking about?”

“Did you really not think about it?”

“…….”

“The possibility that the Namgung Clan had no intention to keep the promise in the first place.”

“…….”

“In this rough Jianghu, the value of a promise changes credibility greatly depending on whom it is made with. The tyranny of the strong breaking promises with the weak and threatening is more often than thought…….”

“Don't slander them!”

Eon Sohui thought ‘Oops’ even after speaking.

She showed agitation of emotion unlike her.

But she had no choice.

What the man in front of her eyes is saying right now was the worst situation among the assumptions she thought in her head.

He is talking about the situation she herself is soothing herself saying ‘It won't be.’ ‘Surely they wouldn't.’ ‘Absolutely shouldn't be.’

But she also knows herself.

That the possibility of that worst situation happening definitely exists.

The smile disappeared from Eon Sohui’s face anymore.

She made an angry expression, glared at Han Cheong-un, and said.

“Hearing you out, there is nothing you can't say. Does the Young Warrior not fear the Namgung Clan?”

“Huu…….”

Han Cheong-un sighed.

As expected, he anticipated it, but words don't get through.

‘Indeed, in a way, is it natural?’

Since he is a regressor, he knows well.

What kind of betrayal she will face from the Namgung Clan from now on.

But for her, it was natural to accept it as Han Cheong-un slandering the Namgung Clan and driving a wedge.

Honestly…….

‘She wouldn't have known that Namgung Clan would be shameless enough to lay an iron plate on their face and do such a thing.’

In the end, unless he reveals the fact of being a regressor and convinces her, it would be impossible to persuade her.

Then…….

“Understood. Let’s pass on that part for now.”

“…….”

“Instead, I will solve another business first.”

“What more do you intend to talk about?”

“The business is this.”

Han Cheong-un, saying so, took out an old book from his bosom.

And the moment she saw that book…….

“…….”

“Gasp?!”

Eon Sohui lost words again, and the retainer beside her made a gasp sound unknowingly.

Because of the letters written on the cover of the book.

Great Origin Divine Art

The lost Internal Energy Art of the Jinju Eon Clan was in front of eyes.

“Ho…… How do you possess this?”

Butler Jang shouting abruptly.

At that appearance, Dang Jin frowned and secretly emitted spirit.

But Han Cheong-un stopped such Dang Jin and said.

“There was a time long ago when the Jinju Eon Clan’s secret manual was stolen by the Shadowless Divine Thief, right?”

“Tha…….”

How do you know that?

He swallowed the words forcibly.

Because it is a fact hidden thoroughly as it is related to the honor of the Jinju Eon Clan.

Whether so or not, Han Cheong-un continued speaking.

“Fate touched, and I came to obtain the Shadowless Divine Thief's legacy. Among them was this.”

“Ah…….”

The fact that the Shadowless Divine Thief stole a secret manual from the Jinju Eon Clan is a fact not known externally.

Thinking of that point, the probability that that is the original is high.

No, probably nine out of ten it is the original.

“Mi……. Miss…….”

Butler Jang called Eon Sohui.

As for himself, he couldn't judge what to do.

So he intended to rely on the judgment of the intelligent master.

And Eon Sohui…….

“…….”

She was looking at the secret manual blankly.

The supreme Internal Energy Art of the Jinju Eon Clan she hoped for even in dreams.

It appeared in front of eyes.

She desperately suppressed her trembling hands.

If it were up to her thoughts, she wanted to bring that right away.

But she cannot.

‘Let’s be calm. Must be calm.’

The opponent in front might not compare to the Namgung Clan or the Limitless Gate, but he is definitely stronger than herself or Butler Jang.

They are not opponents to be handled with force.

Then…….

‘Can't be helped.’

Eventually, she firmed her resolve.

“Butler Jang. Please take the other guest behind and go outside.”

“Miss…….”

“And let no one come until I speak. This is an order as the Clan Head.”

“Yes. Miss.”

Butler Jang took Dang Jin and went outside.

In that process, Dang Jin was displeased, but when Han Cheong-un signaled with his eyes, he just followed obediently.

Han Cheong-un and Eon Sohui left alone.

Then Eon Sohui said.

“Now, there is only us.”

“Yes. If you have words to say, please do.”

Eon Sohui stood up from the chair and sighed a small sigh.

And then…….

“Miss Eon?”

She did something that greatly flustered Han Cheong-un.

She untied the knot of her clothes herself.

The bright palace dress she was dressed up in falls down one by one.

Soon, when only the flimsy inner wear showing through remained, she bowed her head on the floor and said.

“Although a lacking body, this body is all I can give right now.”

Jinju Tower's money was all tied up in what was promised with the Namgung Clan and the reward money put up for warriors to check the Limitless Gate.

In the end, what she can pay Han Cheong-un right now was only herself.

Fortunately, Eon Sohui was a beauty even she herself thought so.

She was a woman any man would want to obtain and possess.

So…….

‘There is no choice but to settle it with this.’

For the glory of the family, what would this mere body be wasteful?

Having judged so, she knelt, bowed her head, and said with earnestness.

“Please, bestow mercy and return the Great Origin Divine Art to the main family. If you do just that, I will do whatever I can do.”

“Haa……. This is really…….”

Han Cheong-un sighed.

And acting continuously…….

Rustle.

Han Cheong-un taking off his own clothes.

Hearing that sound, Eon Sohui realized her thought was right.

In the end, he just couldn't be faithful to his own desire because he minded the subordinate's eyes.

What that man also wants is eventually…….

Thud.

It was then.

Something fell on Eon Sohui’s body.

It was the robe Han Cheong-un took off himself.

Covering her with it, he said.

“Please stand up.”

“…….”

“I do not intend to demand something from the Miss in exchange for the Great Origin Divine Art.”

“What did you say?”

“That is just giving it to you.”

“…….”

She couldn't understand.

She looked at Han Cheong-un slowly, but he just had a calm face.

And saying.

“I am returning the Jinju Eon Clan’s thing to the Jinju Eon Clan.”

“…….”

“How could I demand a price for that? That is not the right way.”

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