Little Demon Reversion to Youth

Chapter 101

The head of the 'Chief Guarding Brigade', Gyeheuk, who had found the Grand Elder, Haewol, reported, "We have apprehended the wanted person and have locked him in the prison. Shall I bring him?"

"Well done. Keep him locked up for a few days."

This was a method that Haewol often used. If he locked them up in prison without asking any questions, most of them would exhaust themselves with all sorts of thoughts and collapse.

"I heard that brat's martial arts are quite good, but did he not resist?"

"He's still a brat. How could he dare to defy the 'Chief Guarding Brigade' of the Elder's Hall?"

"Hmm. That's a bit different from what I heard."

Haewol read the petition of the elder of the Tang family and found out about what had happened in the Tang family.

He had heard that the Honored One of the Household of the Tang family had subdued Tang Tian'e, who had reached the 'true realm'.

"He said he was a master of the 'true realm'..."

"He claims to be a Transcendent Peak, but that can't be trusted either."

"Transcendent Peak? He said that with his own mouth?"

Martial artists do not reveal their own level.

"He's a strange brat."

"He seems like a swindler. There were many women around him. He's definitely a brat who preys on rich women."

Gyeheuk replied, recalling Tang Yunseol, Mado, and Cho-hye.

They were women dressed in luxurious clothes that he could not even imagine with his monthly salary.

"Hey, tsk, tsk... to be played by such a brat. Shangguan Ming is also done for. He even gave him a reward, right? I'll have to reinvestigate the case of the overthrow of the Tang family head."

Haewol clicked his tongue.

His interest in Baekji had cooled.

Gyeheuk hesitated and then said, "In the process of arresting him, Elder Chu protected that brat."

"Elder Chu? You mean Chuganyang? Does that brat know Chuganyang too?"

"We went after receiving a report that that brat had entered Chuga Manor, but Elder Chu said he was a guest and that he would take responsibility, so we should retreat. So we lay in wait at the inn where that brat was staying and caught him, so we were late."

"Hmm. So Chuganyang knows that brat? He's a really strange brat."

His interest in Baekji surged again.

In the Elder's Hall, the 'Nine Great Sects' and the 'Five Great Families' each formed their own factions and were subtly confronting each other. Chuganyang was at the center of a group that did not belong to either side.

"Keep a close watch on that brat. Find out who comes to see him and what they talk about, and report it."

"Understood."

As Gyeheuk retreated, Haewol stroked his thick chin and muttered, "If I do it well, I might be able to send Shangguan Ming and Chuganyang away at once."

At that time, Nangong Zhao came to the Lightning Pit.

"...What on earth is your scheme? Why did you come into the Lightning Pit?"

If Baekji refused, who could bring him?

It had to be that he had come on his own.

"Does this situation look voluntary to you? I'm trapped."

"Do you even know what your crime is?"

"I don't. There must be some mistake, or I've been framed."

"It's neither a mistake nor a frame-up."

"Huh? Then did I commit a crime?"

Nangong Zhao nodded.

Nangong Zhao, who had heard from Tang Yunseol that Baekji had been captured, had gone to find Shangguan Ming and had asked about the situation.

The charge was impersonating the Alliance Leader's disciple and receiving a bribe.

"You impersonated the Alliance Leader's disciple in the Tang family? When did you ever do such a thing without my knowledge?"

"I've never done that."

Nangong Zhao sighed. Having been with him, he was familiar with Baekji's way of speaking.

Baekji did not lie. However, he used a way of speaking that cut off the context or led the other person to misunderstand.

"You also received a bribe, right?"

"He asked me to deliver a bribe to the Alliance Leader. I told him that the Alliance Leader doesn't accept such paltry sums."

"That money? What happened to it? You received it, right?"

"It was a fee for my trouble of conveying the elder's loyalty to the Alliance Leader."

"That's what they call a bribe."

"That's ridiculous. Why would I run such an errand without any compensation?"

Nangong Zhao put his hand to his forehead. When he talked with Baekji, his head became hot.

"But why did you really come into the Lightning Pit?"

"I told you I was captured! Order me some food. Does the Tianlong Inn deliver?"

"Do you think the Elder's Hall's Lightning Pit is an inn?"

"Hmm. Then I'll have to go out. I'll have to go out and eat lunch. These brats don't even give me food."

He had been dragged away as soon as he had returned to the inn, so he had not yet eaten lunch.

"No, I'll order it for you. Stay here for a while."

If Baekji said he was going out and broke the Lightning Pit, things would get bigger.

"Bring me some fluffy bedding too. I'll pay for it."

"Of course you will. You received such a bribe..."

"I told you it's not a bribe. It's a reward for my trouble! A just reward."

Thanks to Nangong Zhao's efforts, for the first time in the Martial Alliance, outside food was delivered to a prisoner in the Elder's Hall's Lightning Pit.

Along with fluffy bedding.

As Baekji was eating a late lunch, a new prisoner entered the Lightning Pit.

"Huh? Tang Tian'e? What's wrong? It's good to see you here."

Tang Tian'e, who had been in the military affairs department, was transferred to the Elder's Hall's prison.

When Haewol stepped forward to reinvestigate the case of the overthrow of the Tang family head and asked for Tang Tian'e to be handed over, Shangguan Ming handed him over without a second word.

"Y-you brat...?"

The eyes of the listless Tang Tian'e spewed a light of resentment.

In the meantime, Tang Tian'e had aged and had become haggard.

Tang Tian'e was imprisoned in the cell in front of Baekji.

Grind... grind.

"Stop grinding! If you wear down your teeth, what will you eat with?"

Grind!

"Do you want to be hit?"

"..."

A long silence flowed.

"The Blood Fiend came."

"...!"

"The Blood Sect seems to hold you in high regard. For the Right Honored One to come and save you himself..."

Tang Tian'e trembled.

The Blood Fiend had come to save him?

The Blood Sect he knew would not do that.

He had come to kill him to ask for his responsibility.

"Why are you trembling so much? Are you unable to contain your joy?"

"Ugh... here, this place is dangerous."

"Yes? It's not a comfortable place, but it's not that dangerous. Don't worry."

Baekji, who had filled his stomach, said, lying diagonally on the fluffy bedding and eating a dried persimmon as dessert.

"It's boring. Do you know what the brats who are locked up do? They write down their crimes on the wall. Is there one there too?"

"..."

"The brat who was locked up here must have been the main culprit of the elder murder case. What did he write... It was all Haewol's conspiracy. I am innocent. I was just deceived by Haewol's trickery..."

The brat who was eavesdropping through the air passage connected to the Lightning Pit was greatly surprised.

The elder murder case.

It was a case that had turned the Elder's Hall upside down a few years ago.

An elder from the Zhongnan Sect had killed an elder from the Zhuge family. The reason was that he had been insulted at a meeting of the Elder's Hall, but it was revealed that it was actually a dispute over interests, and he was executed.

The eavesdropping brat hurriedly ran away.

A moment later.

Clank.

The outer door of the Lightning Pit opened, and Gyeheuk entered.

"Move the prisoner to the next room."

Gyeheuk was from a secular family of Shaolin and was like Haewol's hands and feet. He had come to erase the graffiti that would be a disgrace to the Grand Elder he followed.

"What is that?"

Gyeheuk frowned at the bedding that Baekji was carrying.

It was luxurious bedding that did not fit the Lightning Pit at all.

"A sleeping place has to be comfortable. Would you want to sleep covered in a straw mat?"

"This brat? How dare you talk back? Do you think this is an inn?"

Gyeheuk shouted and struck Baekji with his fist.

"Huh!"

Gyeheuk's wrist was caught in Baekji's hand.

"I bought it with my own money. Don't touch it."

"Th-this brat?"

Gyeheuk's other hand grabbed the sword hilt at his waist.

Baekji raised his foot and blocked the sword from being drawn.

One hand was holding the bedding, and the other was holding Gyeheuk's wrist, so all that was left was his foot.

"You're at the 'peak', right? I'm at the Transcendent Peak. If you draw your sword, you'll die."

Although Gyeheuk struggled, he could neither shake off Baekji's hand nor draw his sword.

"What are you doing? Grab this brat! Put him in shackles!"

The jailers rushed at Baekji with shackles.

One of them pulled at the bedding that Baekji was holding under his arm, and it tore.

Baekji was furious.

"These brats?"

Baekji threw down the torn bedding and swung his fist.

"You tore my blanket? Shackles? You're going to put dirty shackles on me?"

Thwack-!

Crack!

The jailers who had rushed in with the shackles were beaten all over and were thrown away.

In the meantime, Gyeheuk's movements became free.

He immediately retreated and at the same time drew his sword.

"You've decided to die!"

Gyeheuk, who had been guided by Haewol, was proud that he had reached the Transcendent Peak.

Papapat!

The light of the sword flashed.

Since he had to interrogate the prisoner, he had no intention of killing him right away, so he aimed for his arms and legs.

Baekji's figure disappeared, and the sword lost its target.

"Gasp!"

In the moment he flinched, a strong impact exploded on the back of his head.

Gyeheuk, without even being able to scream, collapsed on the spot.

"As expected, the 'peak' is weak..."

A faint, fading consciousness.

'I, I... am at the Transcendent Peak... that brat was at the 'true realm'...'

Why did he remember Haewol asking if Baekji was at the 'true realm'?

Gyeheuk lost consciousness.

When Baekji had subdued Gyeheuk and the jailers, Tang Tian'e grabbed the iron bars and shouted, "Help me, help me. If I stay like this, I'll die."

Baekji nodded.

"Think about what you've done. You deserve to die."

"No! I can't die like this. I don't want to die!"

"Then why did you do such a thing?"

Baekji answered perfunctorily, put Gyeheuk and the jailers in shackles, and locked them in the cell.

"This brat is the worst."

Gyeheuk was tied to the wall with shackles on his arms and legs.

Even during that time, Tang Tian'e grabbed the iron bars and begged, "Let me stand trial. If I stay like this, the Blood Fiend will cut my throat."

"Oh. The Blood Sect is trying to kill you too? Why do you think so? Are they asking for your responsibility for failing?"

"Th-that... the Blood Fiend has come to take the 'Blood Blood Demonic Art' that I have learned. It's certain."

"He's going to take the 'Blood Blood Demonic Art' that you have accumulated? Is that even possible?"

"That's why the Blood Cult Leader is so strong! Because I know this secret, he's trying to kill me."

"Umm... don't worry too much. This is the Elder's Hall's Lightning Pit. The Blood Fiend can't just come and go."

Baekji came out of the Lightning Pit, closed the iron door, and bent the lock.

He had only followed them to find out why the Elder's Hall was trying to detain him.

He had wondered if they had noticed his connection to the Demonic Cult, but since it wasn't that, there was no reason to stay any longer.

"A bribe... what do they take people for, to frame them like that..."

Baekji left the Martial Alliance.

* * *

The Donghwa Hall, inner hall.

A subordinate of Heukgo was prostrating himself and reporting.

The Blood Fiend's expression was not good.

"So the Martial Alliance found out and was watching Oh Jinpyeong? Heukgo and Dongcha were discovered and are being chased?"

"That's not it... They said they were drawing the attention of the Martial Alliance. Not only the 'Secret Shadow Division', but also the military affairs department's martial force has been dispatched. The military affairs department is now empty."

The Blood Fiend's brow furrowed.

The simple task of killing Tang Tian'e had become complicated since he had come to the Martial Alliance.

And.

Mado and Baekji...

Although he didn't know what relationship Mado and the Honored One of the Yang-Bai Merchant Sect had, they were staying together at the same inn.

'That brat... he's a really desirable brat...'

When the Blood Cult Leader had asked if he had found a new body, he had thought of Baekji.

He was a brat with the martial prowess to beat the 'Blood Corpse Brigade' leader to death.

If he could just possess him...

He had planned to go and find him after this was over. But the situation had become one where they had to confront each other.

'Shall I catch him this time?'

The brat was a better master than he had thought. It would not be easy.

First, he had to deal with the Blood Cult Leader's order.

'Tang Tian'e... it seems it's impossible to eliminate him quietly.'

Since he had to act with caution until the day of the 'Blood Heaven's Descent', he could not mobilize the martial force.

In this case, he had no choice but to handle it himself.

He was a master of the 'manifestation realm'.

As long as the Alliance Leader did not step forward, he could stealthily eliminate Tang Tian'e and escape.

"The military affairs department is empty, you say...? You, go to the Tianlong Inn and watch the movements of the brat named Baekji and Mado, and report it."

* * *

At the Tianlong Tavern, Tang Yunseol, the Mado master and disciple, and Nangong Zhao were sitting around and eating dinner.

"The Honored One... is he eating properly..."

When Tang Yunseol was worried, Nangong Zhao said, "You don't have to worry. He's eating well and doing well."

The Mado master and disciple, as if they were not interested in the two's conversation, were constantly moving their chopsticks.

It was the first time the two had eaten such delicious food.

Mado asked Tang Yunseol, "How much is this kind of food?"

"Don't worry about the cost of the food. The Honored One gave me plenty of money."

"I want to know the price."

"Two taels of silver..."

"It's expensive."

Mado keenly realized the value of money.

(End of Chapter)