I Spent a Night with the Heavenly Demon's Only Daughter

Chapter 46

Chapter 46

『 Translator – Divinity 』

It was a frightening thing. He was a chillingly cold-hearted child. However, it seemed that was perhaps the kind of person the current family and the Divine Cult needed.

So Ga-woon, thinking he had said everything he had intended to say anyway and that what remained was for his mother to decide, stood up. If he repeated the same words, it would only create antipathy.

“Do not worry too much, Mother.”

“Yes. Thank you.”

A moment later, So Ga-woon quietly disappeared. The Second Demonic Marquis knew she had no other choice.

It was now a dead end.

***

Even before he opened his eyes, Cheon Ha-seong was already feeling burdened by the Cult Leader's intense gaze fixed upon him.

The Cult Leader chattered on without rest, as if telling him to hurry up and open his eyes and look at him.

“Son-in-law, there's no need to hurry, but if you feel you've absorbed the elixir's energy to some extent, you can try opening your eyes. We have to check how much you've changed, don't we? It's not that I'm curious, but I'm saying this because a check is necessary.”

Those words continued to be heard at intervals of about thirty minutes. In the end, Cheon Ha-seong, thinking he couldn't hold out any longer, opened his eyes.

At that, the Cult Leader greeted him with a bright smile.

“Son-in-law, how is it? Have you completed a full circulation? You can't imagine what state you're in right now, can you? It was only because it was me that I could endure this smell.”

However, the person in that spot was not just the Cult Leader.

Four of the older warriors from the Secret Treasury were in the room with them.

Cheon Ha-seong knew that they had taken turns performing True Qi Transfusion for him. So he couldn't express how grateful he was.

They found it fascinating, wondering if the Cult Leader had always been this talkative, but they too had a lot they wanted to say.

“Head Instructor Cheon is truly an amazing person. If not for you, I would not have been able to see such a rare sight before I died. Head Instructor Cheon must have received the Demonic God's grace. If it weren't for the Cult Leader and us, Head Instructor Cheon would not have been able to absorb even one-tenth of the two elixirs' power.”

Cheon Ha-seong also knew what they were talking about.

He couldn't count how many times he had wanted to give up midway.

It might have been different if he had only taken one of the Azure Sky Stone Milk or the inner core of the Ten-Thousand-Year Fire Carp, but it seemed the two had created a synergistic effect.

As the energy circulated through his meridians, it had tried to run rampant several times, and Cheon Ha-seong had thought he might die just like that. Each time, it could be said that the Cult Leader and the treasury guards had forcibly kept him alive by infusing their internal energy.

“Thank you so much.”

Cheon Ha-seong was so tired and drained of all energy that he had thought even speaking would be difficult. But that was not the case.

‘Why do I feel so energetic?’

Cheon Ha-seong thought it was strange, then wrinkled his face.

‘What on earth is this smell?’

He ended up pinching his own nose. Then he looked down at his own body and saw that it was as if he were submerged in a sewer.

It was a state like a puddle had formed from the rotten water flowing around his body, and Cheon Ha-seong wondered what had happened in the meantime.

“It seems it became that way as the impure qi was expelled. I may cherish and like you, son-in-law, but that is truly too filthy.”

When the Cult Leader spoke, the treasury guards burst out laughing. Seeing how informally the Cult Leader was treating Cheon Ha-seong, the laughter had come out without them even realizing it.

“If you want to test your strength, say the word, son-in-law. It seems it must be done here.”

There was a good reason why the Cult Leader said that.

When they returned, it seemed he himself would be the only one who could be Cheon Ha-seong's opponent.

He couldn't let others know the fact that Cheon Ha-seong had taken the spiritual elixirs and suddenly became stronger, could he? Still, someone had to be his opponent, and if he wasn't careful, wasn't it a situation where only he would get beaten to death?

Therefore, he had intended to borrow the strength of the treasury guards at least a little while he was here.

The treasury guards welcomed the idea for a different reason than the Cult Leader.

“If it is not too difficult, could you have a duel with me, Head Instructor Cheon? I have trained all this time, but I have almost no real combat experience, so I am looking forward to it. If you don't use it for too long, don't even weapons get rusty? So please think of it as a sacrifice for us and have a duel with us.”

The Cult Leader looked at the person who had spoken.

Then he thought how clueless he was.

He couldn't understand what he took his son-in-law for, to say such a naive thing.

In any case, he had no desire to know his name now, but the Cult Leader looked at the man in green clothes once and chuckled to himself.

In the meantime, Cheon Ha-seong slowly circulated the energy in his body.

An unimaginable energy whirled through his meridians. There was a limit to what he could confirm by just moving it, so Cheon Ha-seong also wanted to try it out at once.

“I would be truly grateful if you would do so.”

“I would like to ask as well.”

When the man in red clothes hurriedly cut in, the men in white and gray clothes also each nodded and beat their chests. It was as if they were saying not to forget them either.

“It would be fine for you to all come at me together.”

It wasn't out of arrogance; he wanted to be driven into a corner to draw out all his power and confirm it.

“If the Cult Leader and the Seniors will be my opponents, I would like to try executing the next techniques of the Heaven-Shattering Will Art as well.”

At that, the smile vanished from the Cult Leader's face. It seemed he thought that was not something to be said lightly.

“Why… is that, son-in-law? Is there perhaps something I have done wrong?”

“No, Cult Leader. In the end, isn't that why I took the spiritual elixirs?”

At that, the Cult Leader hurriedly shook his head.

“There's no need to confirm that during a duel. Can't you just try it out on your own? We will watch to make sure nothing goes wrong.”

Seeing the Cult Leader look so terrified, the treasury guards also realized something was strange. Then, as if thinking it would be best to do as the Cult Leader said, they nodded eagerly.

“Yes. It would be best to do that. We will watch without even blinking, so give it a try. You can try executing everything you want to do. After that, let's have the duel.”

“Excellent.”

Cheon Ha-seong, thinking that wasn't a bad idea either, shot up from his seat. But his body launched up without him realizing it, and he came back down after hitting his head on the ceiling.

Those who saw the sight all had blank faces.

Then they thought that this was, in fact, only natural. Considering how much Cheon Ha-seong's internal energy had increased in such a short time, it was bound to be this way.

Cheon Ha-seong, thinking he couldn't go on like this, began to adapt to his own movements from then on. He felt that if he wasn't careful, he might die without even getting to use the effects of the spiritual elixir.

Could a body that was not controlled by one's own will truly be called a good thing?

The Cult Leader and the treasury guards followed Cheon Ha-seong outside. Then they watched the sight of Cheon Ha-seong leaping high, circling his surroundings rapidly, and lifting and putting down heavy objects.

“While guarding the Secret Treasury, I have seen countless people, but this is the first time I have seen such a sight. Although, it is also true that I have rarely seen someone right after they have taken a spiritual elixir.”

At the words of the man in white, the Cult Leader also thought it was understandable.

Cheon Ha-seong moved around here and there like a madman by himself, then soon walked in front of them. At that, as if knowing that he had finished taking the spiritual elixirs, the other treasury guards who had been in another location also approached.

Now in that spot, everyone was present except for the four who couldn't come because they were guarding the front of the Secret Treasury.

“If you have mastered the Heaven-Shattering Will Art to the sixth stage, that is an amazing feat, and the opportunity to witness it would be precious to everyone, so how about doing it in front of the Secret Treasury? I'm saying this because I'd like the others who cannot leave their post to see it as well.”

The person who said that was the man in green.

Cheon Ha-seong also thought that would be a good idea and went with them to the front of the Secret Treasury.

At that, the faces of those guarding the Secret Treasury all lit up.

It seemed that something fun was happening in the distance, but they couldn't leave the Secret Treasury, so they must have been unable to do anything.

“Head Instructor Cheon, you're a mess.”

The treasury guards said, looking at Cheon Ha-seong and smiling.

He hadn't thought they would get so close so quickly when he first came here, but everyone was treating Cheon Ha-seong affectionately.

“That I am. Shouldn't I perhaps go and change my clothes first…”

“Never mind that. You can do that later. Hurry up and do it. Cult Leader, then, does this mean that Head Instructor Cheon can now achieve complete mastery of the Heaven-Shattering Will Art?”

When the man in white spoke, the others looked at the Cult Leader with faces of half-belief, half-doubt. The Cult Leader, too, could not answer right away. Theoretically, that was how it should be, but wasn't it a feat that no one in the history of the Divine Cult had ever accomplished? Now that he was saying it would be accomplished, he too did not feel certain.

“Try it, son-in-law.”

It seemed it would be better to test it right away rather than just talking about whether it would work or not.

Cheon Ha-seong also understood his intention and, from that spot, recalled the mnemonic verses and began the techniques of the Heaven-Shattering Will Art.

The people watched the scene, forgetting even to breathe. The Cult Leader's tension, in particular, was truly immense.

He had already seen the beginning parts several times, but something had changed again in the meantime.

If a person who had reached the pinnacle of their art performed a basic sword form, it was bound to be different from the movements of a beginner or an ordinary martial artist. And the Heaven-Shattering Will Art that Cheon Ha-seong was now performing was the same.

That was a sentiment felt not only by those watching, but also by Cheon Ha-seong himself as he executed the techniques.

Cheon Ha-seong executed the techniques in order, then reached the part where he had previously given up due to a lack of internal energy. According to the markings on the wall of the Martial Arts Academy, it was a section where he had to move an explosive amount of internal energy all at once.

The Cult Leader knew that as well, so he watched Cheon Ha-seong with focus.

The energy from his dantian surged into his sword all at once, and that energy spread out in all directions. At that, even Cheon Ha-seong's atmosphere seemed to change completely.

From a certain moment, Cheon Ha-seong forgot everything and thought only of the Heaven-Shattering Will Art. It felt as if only he and his sword existed in the world.

Emptying his mind of all things, he moved his energy, thinking of himself as merely a conduit for it.

There were still four more markings left. And if the Cult Leader's words were right, he would have to infuse nearly double the previous amount of internal energy at each of those points.

The people were at a loss for words as they watched the tremendous energy shimmer around Cheon Ha-seong. They felt that they had never seen such an overwhelming sight from anyone before.

If he was like this just by executing a technique, what would it have been like if he had faced an enemy and unleashed it with killing intent?

The Cult Leader watched Cheon Ha-seong's sword form with sweaty palms.

‘It's working. It looks like it's working this time…!’