Little Demon Reversion to Youth

Chapter 144

The next evening.

Baekji came to visit.

"Do you like your residence?"

"It's not bad."

Although the 'Divine Doctor' answered indifferently, he looked satisfied. The Yang-Bai Merchant Sect was treating him that well.

"The only people who know the 'Divine Doctor's' identity here are the sect master and the chief steward. So you can live comfortably."

"I understand."

"Then you have to give me the manuscript of the 'Great Soul Spirit Art'."

The 'Divine Doctor', on his way, had transcribed the 'Great Soul Spirit Art' that was in his head. He took out the manuscript from his bundle and handed it over.

"You didn't intentionally write it wrong or anything, did you?"

"What do you take me for? I do not lie."

"I know. The problem is that you don't say the important things."

"I wrote it as I know it. Anyway, the Young Lord can just go to the main base and check, right? Now let me go."

"Alright. You've worked hard."

Baekji put the manuscript of the 'Great Soul Spirit Art' in his bosom and stood up.

"Take care."

"Wait..."

The 'Divine Doctor' called out to the turning Baekji.

"I have something I'm curious about. How is the Young Lord on friendly terms with the sect master of the Yang-Bai Merchant Sect? This is a place where the disciple of the Alliance Leader is the Honored One."

"Shh! Be quiet. No one here knows that I am the Young Lord."

"Ah!"

The 'Divine Doctor' realized what had happened. He must have hidden his identity after his reincarnation.

He lowered his voice and asked in a whisper, "What happened to Hyuk-ryeonhu?"

"That brat will be sent to the main base."

'As expected, that woman in the red dress was a Demonic Cult member.'

The 'Divine Doctor' felt a chill down his spine. To think that a Demonic Cult member was running rampant right in front of the Yang-Bai Merchant Sect, where the disciple of the Alliance Leader was.

'This place is not a place where I can be at ease either!'

Baekji said, "You'll have to watch your mouth. Even if you learn a shocking fact, you have to think twice and three times before you act. You must remember that."

"...What does that mean?"

"There's something like that. The 'Divine Doctor' is too naive because he has lived in the main base for decades. The world is an unknowable place. I'm telling you to be careful."

It didn't seem like something a young brat would say to an old man.

But before his reincarnation, he had been older than him...

The 'Divine Doctor' nodded his head.

"Change your identity too. How about the 'Medicine Hall Master' of the Yang-Bai Merchant Sect? Then no one will suspect you."

"What kind of medicine hall is in a merchant sect..."

"You can just make one. Tell the sect master to create a 'Medicine Hall'. And if you are active, who would know?"

The 'Divine Doctor' was impressed.

"Ah... I feel it every time, but as expected, the Young Lord is brilliant."

"That's just how I am. See you again."

Baekji waved his hand and disappeared.

"See you again? We have no more business..."

* * *

A pavilion not far from where the 'Divine Doctor' was staying.

In the place that had been Baek In-gwang's residence in the past, Baekji sat facing Shangguan Ming.

Baekji's expression was strange.

"...But what am I to do if you bring the Alliance Leader here like this? It's bad for the merchant sect's business."

"If the master is sick, it is right for the disciple to take care of him."

Shangguan Ming was being stubborn. If he was kicked out of here, he had nowhere to go.

"This is really something. They made me their disciple as they pleased... and now they're trying to settle in the main room."

Baekji, upon arriving at the Yang-Bai Merchant Sect and receiving the report that Shangguan Ming had brought the Martial Alliance Leader, had been very surprised.

Although he had known that the Martial Alliance was just a shell, he had not known that it would break apart so easily.

"Is the Alliance Leader still unconscious?"

"..."

Shangguan Ming's face was grave, and he kept his mouth firmly shut.

"I brought a great 'Divine Doctor' this time... shall I show him to you?"

"A 'Divine Doctor'?"

"Do you know someone called the 'Divine Doctor of Life and Death'?"

"You're saying he came here?"

Shangguan Ming, who had been about to stand up in surprise, looked at Baekji with suspicious eyes.

"Isn't he... in the Demonic Cult?"

As expected, the Yang-Bai Merchant Sect is close to the Demonic Cult. As Shangguan Ming was feeling troubled, Baekji said, "He was captured by the Demonic Cult and then made a desperate escape. He was hiding in Hunan, and I met him by chance."

"You met the 'Divine Doctor' by chance?"

Are you telling me to believe that?

Whether he believed it or not, Baekji said, "The Alliance Leader has to wake up for us to either reclaim the Martial Alliance or not, right?"

"I will think about it. The fact that the Alliance Leader is here must be kept a top secret."

Shangguan Ming was thinking of bringing Changseon Jin-in through Dang Tianhui once the group that was chasing them had quieted down.

Although the 'Divine Doctor of Life and Death' was also good, a person from the Righteous Path whom he could trust and entrust was better.

He decided to put it on hold for now.

"Yes... my head hurts."

To think that one of the Four Great Divine Generals of the Demonic Cult was here, and a few buildings away was the Martial Alliance Leader.

'Well... since Demonic Cult members and Martial Alliance members are also living together, what could happen.'

Baekji thought as he pleased and moved on. Besides the Alliance Leader, there were more than one or two things to deal with.

He had established a long front line with the 'Four Hegemons of Shaanxi', the Qinghai Guan, the Yang-Bai Merchant Sect, and the 'Five Dragons Sect'. Since Jin Tiansuo's Four Shrines Heaven had joined in the south, all that was left was for the Zhuge family in the middle to participate...

It didn't seem likely that the Zhuge family, which regarded the Four Shrines Heaven as a thorn in their side, would participate.

Shall I send Shangguan Ming?

"Is the Chief Military Advisor close to the Zhuge family?"

"I believe the Zhuge family is behind the ousting of the Alliance Leader this time."

He's no help. No, if they find out the Alliance Leader is here, they might even become an enemy.

Strangely, the Zhuge family kept bothering him.

Baekji sighed, stood up, and was about to leave, but then he turned around as if he had suddenly remembered something.

"I almost forgot. You brought your assets, right?"

"......?"

"Money, you're not planning to eat and live for free, are you?"

Baekji said with an expression that said 'don't even dream of it'.

"Quan Bai, Seongcheon, Chief Investigator Nangong, and even Zhang Li and the members of the martial force... it's not just one or two. I'll send the chief steward, please discuss it with him."

"Hey..."

He was about to say that it was an honor just to serve the Martial Alliance Leader, but he left without even listening.

* * *

The Demonic Cult members gathered at the Hongmeng Brothel.

"You're saying they are people from the Hyuk-ryeon family?"

Hongyeon asked in surprise.

"Yes, they are the great young master of the Hyuk-ryeon family and his subordinates."

"No wonder he was so handsome..."

Hongyeon's eyes became distant. To a mere branch manager, the great young master of the Hyuk-ryeon family was no different from a prince.

Baekji clicked his tongue.

"Hongyeon, are you not going to come to your senses?"

"Ouch, ah, I'm sorry."

When Menghua poked her in the side, Hongyeon, came to her senses.

"But, why did you capture the great young master of the Hyuk-ryeon family..."

As Hongyeon muttered, the Demonic Advisor clicked his tongue.

"This is why they say you can't plan great things with women. Let's send those two out."

The Demonic Advisor said, looking at Hongyeon and Menghua.

'This brat?'

Hongyeon secretly glared at the Demonic Advisor. While staying at the Hongmeng Brothel, he acted like a master, and because he was difficult to attend to, the complaints of the courtesans were endless.

"Yes... you have to be at a level to go from one woman's arms to another every night to be able to discuss the great affairs of the world."

"Ahem."

The Demonic Advisor let out a loud dry cough.

Tie Yantai roared, "Be quiet. The Young Lord is speaking, and you miscellaneous things... how dare you wag your tongues! If you chatter one more time, I will crush your mouths."

Baekji shook his head.

"Hmm... Elder Tie-du. I'm not the Young Lord. Please call me Honored One."

"Ah, I forgot. It's so ingrained in my mouth..."

"Look at me when you call me. The person is different."

"In my eyes, you look the same. You seem to have gotten a little younger..."

Tie Yantai said with a broad smile.

Sigh. Let's not even talk.

"What about Jian Yi and Hu Geling?"

"A message came saying they had found the whereabouts of the 'Divine Doctor of Life and Death'. They asked for a little more time."

"Those brats... where on earth are they playing?"

The 'Divine Doctor of Life and Death' is in the Yang-Bai Merchant Sect... even if you make an excuse, it has to be a plausible one.

"They must be trying to look good to the Young Lord. Because of the 'Divine Doctor of Life and Death', the Young Lord became like this."

The Demonic Advisor defended them.

Was this motley crew the reality of the Demonic Cult?

Baekji, without realizing it, grabbed the bamboo staff he had placed next to him.

At that, it became quiet.

Why did he beat them so much during his time as the Young Lord... he thought he knew.

"Tell them they don't have to find the 'Divine Doctor of Life and Death'. Send a carrier pigeon saying that if they don't show up in three days, it would be better for them to just die."

"It's near Dongting Lake. It will take at least three days for the carrier pigeon to get there."

"Three days."

Baekji said curtly and then glared at Hongyeon.

"Watch that brat well. If he tries any tricks..."

"I will watch him. How dare that brat challenge the Young Lord. I'll have to touch him a little."

"No! Don't touch him. I have to take him back in one piece."

"Don't worry. I won't touch his face."

Baekji sighed. Both Hongyeon and Tie Yantai... were unsettling.

* * *

The next person he looked for was Mado.

Mado was still having martial arts contests for silver coins. The thousand silver coins she had borrowed from Baekji had already been paid back, and there were rumors that she was rich.

"You seem to have some leeway. Your energy has softened a lot."

At Baekji's words, Mado nodded her head.

"It's because I'm controlling my energy as you said. Because I have to have a martial arts contest."

"What does that mean?"

"It's not easy to have a good martial arts contest. If I honestly raise my energy, the opponent gives up. I have to look like an easy opponent. If I win by a narrow margin, there are also brats who want to fight again."

Hmm. She's even mastered the secret of business. It somehow reminds me of a gambling scam.

"Mado, by any chance, did you form an inner core as soon as you learned internal energy?"

Mado looked at him blankly and then said, "Are there people who don't?"

As expected, she was of the 'Heavenly Vein'. That's why she was able to reach the 'flower realm' at that age.

"Your martial art is the 'Heaven-Shattering Divine Saber'... but your internal energy seems a little different. Is it a family-transmitted heart method?"

"..."

At Baekji's words, Mado looked at him with cold eyes.

"What do you want to know?"

"Yes. I heard that your family was annihilated because the 'White Ghost Sect' and the 'Blue Spirit Sect' attacked."

A blue fire, lit up in Mado's eyes.

"That's right. Not only my family, but everyone in the village died."

"By any chance. Have you ever thought that there was someone who ordered them from behind?"

"...?"

"I looked into it a little, and the 'White Ghost Sect' was quite strong. The 'Blue Spirit Sect' was too. But your family must have also been formidable, so for them to be annihilated. Isn't it a bit strange?"

"...!"

Mado, as if she were shocked, had a dazed expression for a moment. Then she asked in a voice as cold as ice, "Are you saying there was someone behind them?"

A cold energy like an ice storm raged from Mado's entire body. Her momentum was such that she would chase after them immediately if she knew.

Baekji waved his hands.

"Hey, calm down! Calm down. I can't talk more if you're like this."

In an instant, her energy disappeared, and this time she said in a trembling voice, "Tell me. Who was behind them... that's right. There was no way our village would be defeated so easily. Why didn't I think of that... what kind of brat..."

"First, tell me if you remember anything from that time."

Mado, after thinking for a moment, said, "I was too young then. I don't remember much."

"Where did you live?"

Mado's eyes became distant.

"I don't know where... but it was a place like a fairyland. On a moonlit night, the river that flowed through the middle of the village shone with a golden light... I want to go back."

"You're saying you don't even know where your home is?"

"..."

"I'm sorry. You might not know. So? How did you know it was the 'White Ghost Sect' and the 'Blue Spirit Sect'?"

"Originally, the villagers lived among themselves. But from a certain day, people from the 'Blue Spirit Sect' started coming and going. They brought food and goods and took the hides of the animals caught in the village and medicinal herbs. But..."

On a moonless night, the 'Blue Spirit Sect' and the 'White Ghost Sect' attacked.

"A huge roar erupted... and I heard screams from all directions. My father took his sword and told me to hide. But I couldn't just hide. As I was going to the place where the roar erupted, I heard a shout."

―Blue Spirit Sect! Why are you brats doing this? Who are these people?

―Khaha. We are the 'White Ghost Sect'! Hand over the 'Moon Spirit Pearl'!

―Keu-heu-heu. You are already poisoned by a chronic poison. No matter how much of a master you are, what's the use? What are you going to do if you just eat it when they bring it to you? You naive people.

"Fires broke out here and there. I was surprised and ran back home, but I fell off a cliff... and when I woke up, it was morning. Everything was already over. The village was a sea of blood..."

The 'Blue Spirit Sect' and the 'White Ghost Sect' had left the gruesome corpses as they were. Not only her parents and siblings, but everyone in the village had died.

"But that wasn't the end. A few brats were left."

"Why?"

"Those brats knew how many people were in the village. After killing them, they checked and stabbed them one by one. But I was alive. Since one person was missing, they hid and waited."

"They were vicious brats."

Baekji frowned and clicked his tongue.

"When they found out I was alive, they tried to kill me. That's when the 'uncle' came."

"An 'uncle'?"

(End of Chapter)