novelraw Chapter 137 : Chapter 137
Chapter 137 : Chapter 137
Chapter 137. I Am Fine.
“Is it really a place where it's okay to go and live?”
“Didn't I tell you that our cult is also a place where people live?”
“Hmm.”
“The number of people living in the Divine Land alone exceeds hundreds of thousands, and among them, more than ninety percent are ordinary commoners who don't know the first thing about martial arts.”
“I-I see.”
“No matter how rough and harsh the place is, it will be better than the Central Plains or Nanman. If it's known that you're my person, no one will bother you.”
“Alright.”
The Heavenly Evasion Divine Thief opened her mouth as if she had made a decision.
“I'll go to the Demonic Cult.”
“The Heavenly Demon Divine Cult.”
Jin Cheon cautioned the Heavenly Evasion Divine Thief.
“Our cult is the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult, not just the Demonic Cult. It's the place where your sister and nephew will live, so you should call it properly.”
“R-right. The Heavenly Demon Divine Cult.”
“Good.”
Jin Cheon grinned.
“Ah, just in case, I'm telling you, if you're planning to use me…”
“That won't happen, so don't worry.”
“Really?”
“Why would our cult need to borrow the hands of the Heavenly Evasion Divine Thief? Asking you to steal the Wind and Cloud Trigram from the Qingcheng Sect was just a special situation. Of course, if such a situation arises again, I might ask for your help. But that will be a fair deal, and there will be no coercion or threats of any kind.”
“Alright, I'll trust you.”
The Heavenly Evasion Divine Thief, seeming to have formed a certain level of trust in Jin Cheon, said so and nodded her head.
‘Not bad.’
Jin Cheon was quite satisfied with bringing the Heavenly Evasion Divine Thief's family to the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult.
Having someone with such outstanding talent in one field like the Heavenly Evasion Divine Thief nearby was beneficial in many ways.
As mentioned before, if necessary, he could receive help by proposing a fair deal.
***
Jin Cheon's party, along with the Heavenly Evasion Divine Thief, her sister, and her nephew, headed straight for the Ten Thousand Great Mountains where the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult was located.
And when they finally arrived at the Divine Land, Jin Cheon's party was greeted with fervent cheers and applause, just like before.
“Great Heavenly Demon Divine Cult! Long live!”
“Long live!”
Countless people welcomed Jin Cheon's party, sending them fervent support.
As it became known that Jin Cheon had attacked the Mount Mao Sect, a member of the Nine Sects One Gang, and not only executed its sect leader, Perfected Person Suyang, but also devastated its precincts, countless people had come out to greet him.
And it was not only the people of the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult residing in the Divine Land who came out to greet Jin Cheon.
The Iron-Blooded Demonic God.
The leader and supreme being of the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult, a being revered as a god by the residents of the Divine Land, had also come out to greet Jin Cheon's party.
“Heavenly Demon's Reign! Ten Thousand Demons Bow in Submission! Long live, long live, long, long live!”
Jin Cheon knelt on one knee before the Iron-Blooded Demonic God and paid his respects.
“Seventh Young Master Jin Cheon, I have completed my mission and returned.”
“Rise.”
The Iron-Blooded Demonic God personally helped Jin Cheon to his feet.
“I, this sovereign, greatly commend you, Seventh Young Master Jin Cheon, for your meritorious service.”
“I am overwhelmed, and again, overwhelmed with gratitude.”
“I, this sovereign, will bestow upon you a reward befitting your meritorious service, and your name and achievements shall remain in the history of our cult for eternity.”
“……!”
Jin Cheon was greatly surprised by the Iron-Blooded Demonic God's statement.
For one's name and achievements to remain in the history of the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult was an indirect expression that they would be recorded in the historical record, the Divine Cult Historical Records.
This was a dream-like event for all the martial artists of the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult.
As martial artists were beings who lived and died for honor, leaving one's name in history was truly a great glory.
“Your grace is overwhelming, and again, overwhelming.”
Jin Cheon once again bowed his head towards the Iron-Blooded Demonic God.
“You must be weary from the long journey. I will call for you tomorrow, so rest well today and relieve your fatigue.”
“As you command.”
After saying so, the Iron-Blooded Demonic God left.
“Heavenly Demon's Reign! Ten Thousand Demons Bow in Submission! Long live, long live, long, long live!”
All the members of the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult, including Jin Cheon, bowed to the departing Iron-Blooded Demonic God.
“My lord, the order has been given to escort you to your new house.”
“New house?”
Jin Cheon tilted his head at Danmok Cheong's words.
“What do you mean by that all of a sudden?”
“The Cult Leader has bestowed a new house upon you, my lord.”
“Ah.”
“I also just received the message, so I don't know the details, but isn't it obvious that it will be bigger than the house you used to live in?”
“I see.”
“Are you not pleased?”
“I miss the house I used to live in.”
“Haha.”
Danmok Cheong laughed.
“A house is something you can move anytime, so you don't have to feel regretful.”
“Is that so?”
“In any case, haven't you returned to your hometown?”
“Hometown…?”
“Isn't this Divine Land the hometown for both my lord and your subordinate?”
“Hometown, hometown, you say.”
Jin Cheon smiled as he repeated the word.
“Yes, for those who belong to our cult, this Divine Land must be their hometown.”
Originally, Jin Cheon's hometown was Shaanxi Province.
However, Jin Cheon had no nostalgia or memories of his hometown.
His parents were poor slash-and-burn farmers who barely made a living by cultivating fields deep in the mountains…
Even when he later met his master, the Azure Heaven Divine Warrior, he wandered the world, so Jin Cheon didn't really have a place to call his hometown.
So from now on, it would be fine to consider this Divine Land as his hometown.
“Yes, let's go to the new house.”
“As you command.”
Jin Cheon followed Danmok Cheong to the house that the Iron-Blooded Demonic God had newly bestowed upon him.
“Th-this is my new house?”
“It seems so.”
“This is amazing.”
Jin Cheon clicked his tongue.
And with good reason; the house the Iron-Blooded Demonic God had newly bestowed upon Jin Cheon was a magnificent manor.
It was at least dozens of times larger than the house he used to live in, a scale so enormous that hundreds of people could live in it.
Of course, it was not as large as the main houses of the Seven Demonic Families, but it was a scale that would not be inferior to any powerful figure within the cult.
Was that all?
“We greet the Seventh Young Master.”
Dozens of servants and maids bowed their heads towards Jin Cheon, waiting for their new master.
“Young Master, welcome.”
Baek A-rin, accompanied by the servants and maids, welcomed Jin Cheon.
“What's with those people.”
“They are the servants and maids that the Cult Leader has newly assigned to you, Seventh Young Master.”
“Good heavens.”
“This young girl has been put in charge of them, so if you have any inconveniences in the future, please let me know at any time.”
As the number of servants and maids increased, Baek A-rin's status had also risen.
Indeed, within the cult, the status of the subordinates tended to rise along with the status of the master they served, so it was not strange.
As Jin Cheon rose in status, Baek A-rin's rise naturally followed.
“I see. I'll be in your care from now on.”
With those words, Jin Cheon stepped into his new home.
He missed his simple and cozy old house a little, but as the number of his dependents had increased, it would be difficult to insist on that house.
***
The next day.
Jin Cheon went straight to the Cult Leader's Hall and requested an audience with the Iron-Blooded Demonic God.
As always, the Iron-Blooded Demonic God readily granted Jin Cheon's audience.
“I greet the Cult Leader. Heavenly Demon's Reign. Ten Thousand Demons Bow in Submission, long live, long live, long, long live.”
“Yes, did the matter you went for go well.”
“Yes, Cult Leader. Thanks to your consideration, I have gathered all three trigrams: the Heavenly Principle Trigram, the Earthly Center Trigram, and the Wind and Cloud Trigram.”
“You have truly suffered a great deal. It must not have been an easy task.”
“What mission in the world is easy? I just do my best.”
The Iron-Blooded Demonic God seemed quite satisfied with Jin Cheon's answer and gave a faint smile.
As a being who rarely showed emotions, it was a very exceptional event.
“The Heavenly Principle Trigram, the Earthly Center Trigram, and the Wind and Cloud Trigram.”
Jin Cheon offered the three trigrams to the Iron-Blooded Demonic God.
“It is said that combining the three trigrams can create the Heaven and Earth Treasure Box, so I believe we will soon be able to find his whereabouts.”
“I hope so. I, this sovereign, also earnestly desire it.”
The Iron-Blooded Demonic God accepted the Heavenly Principle Trigram, the Earthly Center Trigram, and the Wind and Cloud Trigram from Jin Cheon.
“Regarding that matter, we will talk again once the Heaven and Earth Treasure Box is complete.”
“Yes, Your Holiness.”
Jin Cheon bowed his head and said.
“May I say a word?”
“By all means.”
“I plan to attack the Demonic Prison soon.”
“The Demonic Prison. Why did you make such a decision.”
“I believe that the Righteous Heavenly Alliance will soon launch a large-scale attack on our cult. Therefore, by attacking the Demonic Prison and liberating the prisoners, I judge that we can cause a division within the Righteous Heavenly Alliance.”
“An excellent plan.”
“Then…”
“Granted.”
The Iron-Blooded Demonic God said.
“I grant permission to attack the Demonic Prison and liberate the prisoners. If there is anything you need, speak. I, this sovereign, will actively support you.”
“Your grace is overwhelming.”
A smile appeared on Jin Cheon's lips.
He had obtained the three trigrams and received permission to attack the Demonic Prison.
It was no exaggeration to say that his plan was not just proceeding smoothly but had caught a favorable wind.
“However, you must not push things too hastily. You must have been incredibly busy, so rest well for at least a few days and seek peace of mind and body. It will also take at least a few days to create the Heaven and Earth Treasure Box.”
“As you command.”
After his audience with the Iron-Blooded Demonic God, Jin Cheon visited the shrine where his master, the Azure Heaven Divine Warrior's spirit tablet was enshrined to pay his respects, and then headed to the Demonic Scripture Pavilion.
The reason Jin Cheon headed to the Demonic Scripture Pavilion was for demonic art research.
Having seen the weakened state of the elders during the previous confrontation with Hegemon Fortress, he wanted to try to overcome the side effects of demonic arts.
“We greet the Seventh Young Master.”
The master of the Demonic Scripture Pavilion, Yi Seol, greeted Jin Cheon.
“It has been a long time.”
“But, what brings you to the Demonic Scripture Pavilion…”
“Ah, it's nothing much, I just came because I had something I was curious about.”
“What might that be?”
“I'm curious about the side effects associated with the aging of demonic art practitioners.”
“Side effects associated with aging. That is a difficult problem.”
Yi Seol nodded her head as if she understood.
“Do you have any research data?”
“I do, but it won't be of much help.”
“Let me see it first.”
“Please wait a moment.”
Soon, Yi Seol brought the research data she had compiled so far to Jin Cheon.
“Has there been no progress at all so far?”
“Unfortunately.”
“What is the reason?”
“As you can see, we couldn't continue the research.”
“Ah.”
Jin Cheon quickly understood why Yi Seol had said that.
‘There were no test subjects.’
The data Yi Seol gave were mostly theoretical, and even if results were derived, they were all failures.
And the reason was that during the experiments, the research subjects all fell into qi deviation and became cripples, or underwent demonification and became demons.
In other words, to continue this research, one had to continuously repeat human experiments on martial artists with high levels of martial arts.
The problem was that conducting human experiments on martial artists with high martial arts was a very inefficient thing to do.
Considering the time, effort, and money that goes into cultivating one outstanding martial artist, putting them into human experiments was absurd.
If they did such a thing, even the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult, with its many masters, could be ruined overnight.
But Jin Cheon, with his Heavenly Demon’s Physique, was different.
“I will experiment on myself.”
“What?”
Yi Seol was startled.
Qi deviation was what martial artists who practiced internal martial arts feared the most, and he was saying he would experiment with it himself?
“You could lose all your martial arts. You could become a demon. You would come to consider death a blessing.”
“I am fine.”
“……?”
“I will start with this incantation right here.”
Jin Cheon grinned, and before Yi Seol could even stop him, he began to circulate his demonic qi according to the incantation written in the research data.