NOVEL NEXT I Will Raise It as the Best Family in the World
Chapter 5
Woonyeong woke up feeling a warm energy. The sweet fragrance of fragrant olive lingered gently in the air.
During the season when fragrant olives were blooming, the nanny would delicately dry flowers. She would make fragrant sachets with the dried flowers and keep them around Woonyeong throughout the season. The flower called Mokso, also known as the Ten Thousand Mile Fragrance, is said to spread its scent for thousands of miles. The scent of this flower was both a memory of Woonyeong’s childhood and a haunting reminder of her cursed past. But now, it was also a scent that told her of the reality of the Seol Family. ‘As expected, I am ten years old today…’ Before opening her eyes, she sharpened her senses. The surroundings were quiet, and there was no sign of any presence. “Okay, then, let’s get started. I have to finish it before the nanny comes.” She got up from my seat, opened the window wide, and sat cross-legged on the floor. She straightened her back, pulled her chin, and directed her gaze downward to her nose… After checking her posture, she closed her eyes. Everything in nature has its own energy. The sun, which was about to rise, the moon, which had not yet set, and the wind that came through the window and brushed Woonyeong’s cheek, were all giving off energy. Slowly breathing, Woonyeong began to feel the energy little by little. The fire burns to warm the room and the pot boils water. The earth and stones become the foundation of Woonyeong’s place. Woonyeong felt the energy of the firmly rooted trees outside the window and the cold dew clinging to the leaves. Woonyeong focused and gathered the external energy, carefully guiding it into her body. Because there is heaven and earth, and they stand in between, they are called people. Everything in nature is bound to be in harmony. What Woonyeong seeks to follow is that harmony. The energies entering the body began circulating according to Woonyeong’s guidance and suddenly exploded within a moment. A small universe containing the energy of all things was created. The internal energy that was gathered like that tried to settle down in the body of Woonyeong. ‘No. I shouldn’t be creating a dantian right now. I just wanted to feel it.’ Feeling external energy during the first cultivation was also surprising. If she said that she could form a dantian immediately but chose to give up on it, martial artists would be disappointed. However, Woonyeong couldn’t create the dantian right now. If the Seol Family were just an ordinary merchant family, she might have secretly created the dantian without getting caught. However, the Seol Family wasn’t a place that was easy to handle. ‘Ah, no way. Grandfather and Father would definitely notice.’ It might have been fine before Woonyeong fell ill, but now it is impossible. With physicians constantly checking her pulse and Seol Jadan always watching over her, creating a dantian was far too risky. ‘I need to take it step by step. No matter what, even I’m not foolish enough to do something that reckless.’ Woonyeong refocused and slowly moved her energy. She began to observe her inner self. The reason she rushed into starting the circulation of energy was this. To accurately assess her current state. ‘As expected, it’s full of poisonous energy. Tsk. But I can still endure it for now. It’s okay.’ If another person were to feel her pulse, they might sense a subtle toxic energy, like a hidden viper, lurking in her blood. She wanted to gather all that toxic energy and expel it immediately, but she held back. ‘I have to show improvement little by little, slowly. I can’t become healthy overnight.’ This was the conclusion that Woonyeong reached after spending several days lying down. She wanted to learn martial arts again before her fever returned. And she figured that learning martial arts and creating the dantian along the way wouldn’t seem too strange. Afterwards, the energy is absorbed little by little, making it seem as if the illness is completely cured. ‘Oh, I need to show this to that clever brat Jegal who keeps urging me to just give it a try…’ If Jegal Dam, the military strategist of the Murim Alliance who had been responsible for handling the aftermath of her past actions, were here, Woonyeong wouldn’t have hesitated to share her thoughts with him, despite his likely disapproval. ‘As expected, my innate true energy. It has supported this body well. Just hold on a little longer, my dear body. Just a little longer.’ Woonyeong slowly gathered her energy and released it from her body, completing her meditation. From afar, the sound of small footsteps could be heard. It was the sound of the nanny’s footsteps. Woonyeong went to the bed and lay down. “Huh? Why is the window open?” The nanny came into the room, looked at the open window, and muttered in a low voice. “I opened it, Nanny.” “Oh my, Young Miss. The sun hasn’t come up yet, are you already up?” “Mhm. I woke up early.” “How’s your body feeling? Any discomfort or pain anywhere?” “I’m fine. There’s no pain anywhere.” The nanny smiled brightly at Woonyeong’s words. Was it that good to know that Woonyeong wasn’t hurt? These days, the first thing Woonyeong saw every morning was Yumo’s smiling face. It was truly heartwarming yet sad for Woonyeong. The nanny was last seen standing in front of the black assailant who was running toward her. Thanks to the nanny’s sacrifice, Sogyo was able to safely evacuate Woonyeong to the hiding place. Right now, while Woonyeong had returned to the past, it was something that had not happened yet. However, can she just bury so many vivid events in Wongwon’s memory, dismissing them as something that never really happened? ‘They have committed so many sins. It’s not just the nanny. They have sinned against my family and everyone in the Seol Family.’ Woonyeong, who survived alone, always hoped. She hoped to return to the Seol Family again. No, more than that, she had wished to die with her family on that day. As she looked at the faces she missed in her dreams, she regretted it again and again. While missing her father, she also resented herself for being the only one to survive. Feeling that she had survived at the cost of many others’ sacrifices, she considered herself unworthy even of shedding tears. She did her best to prepare to say that she had avenged them all on the day they would reunite. At the mere mention of ‘Heavenly Palace,’ she would rush in without hesitation. So Seol Woonyeong’s nickname became Flower-Faced Sword Demon. “A, are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?” Seeing Woonyeong’s expression darken, the nanny asked in surprise. “No, Nanny. I guess I woke up too early. I feel sleepy again.” “Oh dear, then you should sleep more. They say getting plenty of rest helps you recover quickly.” “Yes, Nanny, I’ll sleep a little longer.” “This nanny will be by your side. Don’t worry and go to sleep.” Woonyeong closed her eyes tightly. A warm hand gently stroked her forehead. She needed to hold onto this warmth. ‘As expected, I have to be strong.’ Heavenly Palace. The Heavenly Palace was vicious. Gradually weakening the family’s power, they caused the bloodbath that led to its annihilation. Before the existence of Heavenly Palace was revealed, Woonyeong wandered across the Central Plains in search of her enemies. She was able to find families that had suddenly disappeared, just like the Seol family. Though she tried to find similarities, no noticeable commonalities could be identified. It’s just that they were families that had kept the same place for a long time. ‘The Seol family has many secrets, so there might be more to it. But I won’t just sit back.’ If Woonyeong had returned to the past, it meant that those b*stards had all returned as well. Living under the same sky as the Heavenly Palace was no longer possible. If she stayed still, she would face the same fate as before. Therefore, Woonyeong had to find a way to stop them. Starting training now to stop them? That was impossible. Unmatched martial skills, past insights, and a young, highly capable body—this was Woonyeong. ‘But even if I start martial arts training now, 5 years is not enough.’ As expected, the best way was to increase the influence of the Seol Family. She didn’t pay much attention to family affairs, but she knew quite a bit about them. The hidden power of the Seol family was by no means insufficient. If she could use it to grow the Seol family and the Seol Mercenary, the enemies wouldn’t be able to target them as easily as they did back then. It was four years later, after Seol Wonpyeong suddenly passed away, that the Seol Family weakened. Although her Father, Seol Jadan, tried his best, it was not enough to defend against attacks coming from all directions. ‘First of all… I have to stop my grandfather from dying.’ Woonyeong knew that Seol Wonpyeong’s death was also their fault. So it could have been prevented. ‘Yes, we can create the world’s best family. Namgoong can do it too, so what is there that the Seol Family can’t do?’ Belonging to a lineage where the one destined to become the greatest in the world was born, there was no need to cower. If the Seol Family becomes the best family in the world, it will be fun to look at Namgoong’s proud face. Giggling. It’s fun to watch that arrogant face crumple. She can do more if she uses information about what will happen in the future. ‘First of all, I can buy time by making the Seol Family the best family in the world, and then I can become the best in the world and uproot the Heavenly Palace b*stards.’ This time, she would finally be able to get revenge she had been unable to accomplish before. ‘I will burn it down without leaving a single foundation stone behind.’ Crack, Woonyeong clenched her molars. As no one in the Seol Family had expected, and if it originated from the Five Great Families, the idea of retaliation gradually took shape in Woonyeong’s mind. Countless times, the map of the Central Plains’ power dynamics had been redrawn and erased in Woonyeong’s mind.
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