Little Demon Reversion to Youth

Chapter 10

As Baekji trudged along, someone shouted from the darkness.

"Who's there?"

Instantly, Baekji slipped into the forest beside the road.

It was better not to be seen.

Baekji moved stealthily through the forest.

He was sleepy.

After learning the Six Harmonies Fist and the Seven Stars Saber Technique, he had suffered from frequent sleepiness, but it had subsided for a while, so he had forgotten about it.

But today, after looking at so many martial arts manuals, drowsiness washed over him.

'I'll just sleep anywhere and find my way tomorrow.'

He just wanted to lie down on the ground.

But then he saw a small snake slithering by.

'I can't sleep with these things.'

He didn't think it was strange that he could see a snake in the dark night, in a forest even darker than the night.

'Is that a light over there?'

At the edge of the forest, below a cliff, was a thatched hut.

The light was coming from the hut.

'What? Why is the security so tight?'

There were ambushes set up around the hut.

'Snake, snake, snake... I am a snake.'

Baekji held his breath and crawled like a snake.

He was so stealthy that even the ambushers didn't notice.

Baekji approached the hut and crawled onto the roof like a snake.

The roof, woven with thatch, was soft.

When he lay down, the stars in the night sky came into view.

'Wow, there are so many stars.'

Baekji watched the stars for a while and then fell asleep with the sky as his roof.

How long had he slept?

Creak.

Baekji woke up to the sound of the hut door opening.

It was still a long way from dawn.

'Mmm-nya.'

Baekji was about to fall asleep again when he heard someone coming out.

Baekji was too lazy to even open his eyes. With his eyes closed, he held his breath and listened to the situation below the roof.

Light footsteps left the hut. When he focused a little more, he could hear the breathing of those ambushing around the hut.

Judging by their even breathing, they seemed to be asleep.

'If they're going to do that, why don't they just go home and sleep instead of setting an ambush?'

Baekji clicked his tongue inwardly and then flinched.

'Why is it so damp?'

Dew had formed on the thatched roof.

'Umm.'

There was no sign of anyone inside the hut. It seemed it was just the person who had left earlier.

Baekji slid down to the edge of the eaves like a snake again and entered through the open window.

'What? Not even a bed?'

The hut was filled only with jars.

'Jars are good too. Cozy.'

Baekji opened the lid of one jar, and the smell of medicine wafted out. It was full of medicinal herbs.

The other jars were the same.

'This one, that one... they're all full of medicine.'

Baekji, whose plan to sleep in a jar had failed, rubbed his sleepy eyes and saw a small door in the wall.

'That's a cliff.'

When Baekji pushed the door, a cave appeared. A lamp hanging on the wall faintly illuminated the cave.

'Oh, nice.'

Baekji entered the cave.

Drunk with sleep, Baekji staggered inside, and a strange sight unfolded before his eyes.

At the end of the cave was a stone chamber, and on the right wall was a large stone coffin.

The left wall had a large fireplace, and although there was no wood, the heat was intense.

Thanks to that, the inside of the cave was warm.

'What is this place?'

Baekji entered the stone chamber.

The lidless stone coffin was filled with dark brown water. But occasionally, bubbles rose to the surface.

'What is this?'

Baekji approached and looked inside the stone coffin, then took a step back in surprise.

A person was lying in the water.

'That startled me.'

When Baekji approached again, he saw it was a naked man. He looked to be in his mid-twenties and seemed to be alive.

The man's hands and feet were bound and fixed with iron chains.

Baekji frowned.

'This is really cruel. To tie up a living person in water.'

To Baekji, the man looked alive. His chest was rising and falling.

'How is he alive in the water? It's strange.'

Baekji watched for a while, then reached out and poked the man.

The man twitched and then his eyes shot open.

"Grrrr..."

The man, submerged in water, thrashed his hands, trying to grab Baekji. But when he couldn't raise his hands because of the chains, he struggled violently.

"Grrr."

The man's bloodshot eyes glared at Baekji as if to devour him.

'Ugh!'

Baekji stepped back. He thought he knew why the man was tied up.

'He was a madman.'

Still, he looked pitiful, trapped in the stuffy water.

'I'll save you.'

Baekji examined the stone coffin. There was a plug below the man's legs.

Pop!

Baekji pulled the plug.

The dark brown water slowly drained.

The man struggled. He seemed to be trying to reach out and grab Baekji.

Thwack!

Baekji struck the man on the head.

"Keuk."

The man made a strange sound and fainted.

'I saved you, and you try to bite me? Ungrateful.'

Baekji's interest in the man in the stone coffin waned.

He looked around.

Inside the fireplace, he saw a large furnace.

It seemed to be steaming pills, and heat radiated from a red stone. Next to it was a jar filled with black stones.

'Sniff, sniff.'

A pleasant smell came from inside the furnace, whatever medicine was being steamed.

As Baekji was about to go to the furnace, the cave door creaked open.

'Gasp!'

Baekji looked around.

There was nowhere to hide.

In his haste, he hid inside the chimney above the fireplace.

A blast of hot air hit him, but it was bearable.

A moment later, he heard footsteps.

The footsteps that entered the stone chamber went straight to the furnace.

"Hehehe. Finally, the Qingling Huanhun Pill is complete."

Baekji, hanging in the chimney, saw that it was the Taoist called 'True Man' who had been talking with Bai Renguang.

The Taoist took out a jade bottle from his bosom and poured it into the furnace.

Pshhh!

Red smoke billowed up.

'Gag, gag!'

Baekji choked on the acrid smell.

The lid of the furnace rattled and then became quiet.

The True Man raked through the red stones and extinguished the fire.

"Uhehehe. Finally, finally, I will obtain a new body. Kehehe."

Just then, a cold voice was heard.

"What do you mean by that? A new body!"

"!"

When the True Man turned around, he saw Bai Renguang standing there.

"I thought something was strange, so I came to see, and it seems the Qingling Huanhun Pill is complete..."

Bai Renguang's hand was on the hilt of his sword.

"True Man Changshan, what did you mean by what you just said? Obtaining a new body."

"Kehehe. How pitiful, how pitiful."

True Man Changshan opened the lid of the furnace and took out the pill inside. The rich smell of medicine filled the stone chamber.

"You had other intentions!"

Bai Renguang shouted and drew his sword.

"Other intentions? From the beginning, your son was destined to become my body."

"What?"

"Do you know of the Blood Demon Soul Transfer Grand Technique?"

True Man Changshan was a noble Taoist of Qingcheng. He was renowned for his skill in medicine and for saving countless lives. Now that the man before him was revealing his true colors, he was so different from what he had heard.

"It is a miraculous grand technique of our sect that allows one to discard a rotten body and obtain a new one."

A thought flashed through Bai Renguang's mind, and he shuddered.

"Blood Sect! You are from the Blood Sect!"

When Baekji heard Bai Renguang shout the words 'Blood Sect', he felt a searing pain in his forehead.

'Ahhh!'

He almost let out a groan.

Baekji, who had covered his mouth with his fist, was curious about the situation in the stone chamber.

'Alright!'

When he saw a brick sticking out of the chimney, he had a good idea.

He hooked his foot on the brick, hung upside down, and slowly lowered his body, and the situation outside the fireplace came into view.

Bai Renguang was standing in the center of the stone chamber, pointing his sword, and True Man Changshan, who was facing him, only showed his back.

"Kehehe. It's good that you know now."

Bai Renguang was a decisive man. As soon as he confirmed the truth, he brandished his sword.

Shhh!

An immense sword light filled the stone chamber.

'Wow, that's amazing. He won't even leave a bone behind.'

But surprisingly, True Man Changshan lightly dodged the sword light.

"Kehehe."

True Man Changshan let out a strange laugh.

"Umm."

Bai Renguang let out a groan. He had realized that he was not an easy opponent.

Just then.

Kiaaak!

Clang-clang!

A commotion came from the stone coffin.

Not only Bai Renguang, but also True Man Changshan was surprised.

"Yandu!"

Bai Renguang unknowingly looked back at the stone coffin.

In that instant, True Man Changshan charged.

"Gasp!"

Bai Renguang was startled and quickly turned his head back, thrusting his sword in a hurry. But True Man Changshan did not dodge and threw his chest onto the tip of the sword.

Puk!

"Uuk!"

A groan burst from True Man Changshan's mouth.

"Th-this..."

Bai Renguang was also surprised. He had not expected his opponent to choose suicide.

But then, there was another twist.

True Man Changshan stretched out both his hands and struck the chest of the dazed Bai Renguang.

Pang!

Bai Renguang was hit unexpectedly and spat out blood, falling back and fainting.

"Keee..."

True Man Changshan pulled Bai Renguang's sword from his chest and staggered to the stone coffin.

"How could this be... Why is the Blood Thirst Body Cleansing Decoction... gone? It can't be helped. I must perform the grand technique right away... Ugh, it hurts. It is the law of heaven that one must die to be reborn. But this hurts too much."

True Man Changshan muttered and crawled onto the stone coffin.

Then, the naked man inside the stone coffin grabbed True Man Changshan and pulled him.

"Kiaaaaa..."

The man tried to bite True Man Changshan, who was lying on top of him.

"Drink the blood of my heart."

True Man Changshan pressed down on the naked man's head and let the blood flowing from his own heart flow into the man's mouth.

Gulp, gulp.

The man drank the blood like a madman.

"Keee."

True Man Changshan continued to groan but did not stop.

"That's enough."

When True Man Changshan pressed the spot between the man's eyebrows, who was still craving blood, he let out a 'grrr' sound and lost consciousness again.

True Man Changshan undid the chains on the man's wrists. Then he took out the Qingling Huanhun Pill from his bosom.

"Hehe..."

Just as True Man Changshan opened the naked man's mouth and was about to push the Qingling Huanhun Pill in, a hand shot out and snatched the pill.

"Gasp! Who is it?"

True Man Changshan lifted his upper body and looked outside the stone coffin. A young brat with hair like a chestnut burr was holding the Qingling Huanhun Pill and examining it.

"You, who are you?"

True Man Changshan asked in surprise.

"It looks like you were about to do something bad. What kind of pill is this?"

"Give it here. It's useless to you!"

"Why?"

"Hurry up and give it to me!"

"No."

Baekji took a step back and then swallowed the Qingling Huanhun Pill in one gulp.

"Aaaack!"

True Man Changshan screamed in surprise, and the fainted man woke up.

His two hands, freed from the chains, grabbed True Man Changshan's head and bit down hard on his neck.

"Kraaack!"

True Man Changshan let out a scream of agony. He tried to hit the naked man, but he had already lost too much blood and had no strength.

Crack!

The sound of True Man Changshan's neck bone breaking was heard.

The naked man, his hands free, began to bite and tear at True Man Changshan indiscriminately.

Baekji frowned.

"How gruesome. No matter how crazy you are, you shouldn't eat people!"

Baekji struck the naked man on the head.

Thwack!

The naked man fainted again. Baekji pushed away the dead True Man Changshan and chained the naked man's hands.

The stone chamber was filled with the smell of blood.

On one side, Bai Renguang lay collapsed, bleeding, and inside the stone coffin, the blood shed by True Man Changshan was pooled.

It was a gruesome sight, but Baekji didn't care and looked around.

"Why on earth are they making such a fuss?"

He muttered and went out of the stone chamber.

A moment later.

The head of True Man Changshan, who was thought to be dead, twitched.

If you looked closely, you could see that it wasn't the head that moved, but something shimmering from the Baihui point at the top of his head.

A dark red energy flowed from the top of True Man Changshan's head and entered the Baihui point of the naked man.

The naked man, unconscious, trembled violently, but then became quiet again after a moment.

Grrr.

A gurgling sound came from True Man Changshan's throat, and then silence fell upon the stone chamber.

(End of Chapter)