Little Demon Reversion to Youth

Chapter 145

Mado, having lived in the mountains since she was young and having only learned martial arts, was naive for her age.

"He wouldn't be an 'uncle' now... anyway, he's like a master to me. He killed those brats and taught me the 'Heaven-Shattering Divine Saber'."

Ma Deng!

Baekji naturally thought of the Northern Divine General, Ma Deng. The 'Heaven-Shattering Divine Saber' was his saber.

So Ma Deng had found the Silver Moon Sect.

He had heard that the Northern Divine General, Ma Deng, had gone to find the Extreme Middle Path and that his whereabouts had been unknown since.

Ma Deng had been looking for the Four Great Heavenly Veins for a long time.

'Did I also know that Ma Deng was looking for the Four Great Heavenly Veins? No, did I order him to?'

Since he had no memories, he couldn't know.

Mado continued, "I followed the 'uncle' to the mountains. And I learned martial arts. I wasn't in my right mind for a while. It was only after a few months that I realized what had happened. The 'uncle' told me to learn martial arts if I wanted revenge. I trained like crazy."

"..."

"The 'uncle'... at first, he stayed with me and taught me, but when I grew up to a certain extent... he would go down the mountain and come back after a few months. He didn't come after he brought Chohye for the last time. I trained alone while taking care of the young Chohye."

Although Mado's words were indifferent, they somehow dug into a person's heart. Listening to her, tears welled up.

'Wow, she lived a sad life.'

Although asking about the past was like digging up a wound, he still had to ask.

Baekji, wiping away his tears, asked, "Did that person also teach you the heart method?"

Mado shook her head.

"As you said, it's a family-transmitted heart method. Does that have anything to do with the disaster?"

"As I guessed, it seems Mado's village was a mysterious sect called the Silver Moon Sect. The mysterious sects are the descendants of the Four Great Heavenly Veins. It wasn't a place that the 'White Ghost Sect' or the 'Blue Spirit Sect' could dare to covet..."

"..."

"Looking at the circumstances, it seems the 'Blue Spirit Sect' used poison in advance... but it probably wasn't to the extent that the villagers would be annihilated."

Even Mado thought so. After learning the 'Heaven-Shattering Divine Saber', it had not been that difficult to slaughter the 'White Ghost Sect'. And since she had risen to the ranks of the Ten Great Masters in one breath...

A blue cold light formed in Mado's eyes again.

"Then... who was behind them?"

"Looking at the circumstances, it seems to be the Blood Sect."

"The Blood Sect?"

Mado tilted her head, as if she found it unexpected.

"I heard the 'White Ghost Sect' fought the Blood Sect. The 'Blue Spirit Sect' also disappeared in the calamity of the Blood Sect."

"They were killed after they had served their purpose."

"...!"

Baekji told her the story he had heard from Jin Tiansuo. Mado listened attentively. It was the first time she had heard the story of her family.

"Our village is the Silver Moon Sect, and I am of the 'Heavenly Vein'?"

"Because you are of the 'Heavenly Vein', you reached that level at an early age."

"..."

Mado's eyes grew colder and colder.

"Are you saying the Blood Sect killed the descendants of the Four Great Heavenly Veins?"

Mado was naive and trusted Baekji. She believed Baekji's words.

The cold air around them seemed to freeze from the cold light that poured out of Mado's eyes.

"Yes. I also thought it was strange. The 'White Ghost Sect' or the 'Blue Spirit Sect' could not covet our village..."

"Calm down. There's no Blood Sect here now. I'm freezing to death."

When Baekji grumbled, Mado, 'ah', withdrew her energy.

Baekji asked, "Then... is Chohye also of the 'Heavenly Vein'?"

Chohye also had a very strong internal energy for her age.

"Chohye? Chohye also formed an inner core as soon as she learned the heart method."

"Then that means Chohye is also of the 'Heavenly Vein'... but according to Jin Tiansuo, the 'Heavenly Vein' is very rare. Where did that 'uncle' bring Chohye from?"

Even Mado didn't know that. She shook her head and asked back, "I don't know either. But where is the Blood Cult Leader?"

"He's hiding somewhere. He'll appear in the world soon... and by then, he'll be a terrifying monster."

"I will split him in two with the 'Heaven-Shattering Divine Saber'."

Mado said, gritting her teeth.

"It won't be easy. It's difficult for me to deal with him too. They say that brat's realm has surpassed the 'natural realm' and has reached the 'harmony realm'."

"The 'harmony realm'...?"

"As I see it now, Mado seems to be in the process of moving from the 'flower realm' to the profound realm. You have to pass through the profound realm, the life-and-death realm, and the 'wall-breaking' stage to reach the 'natural realm'. After that is the 'harmony realm'."

"..."

"In a word, he's a super master. If you clash now, there's a high possibility that Mado will be the one to be split in two. This is not the time to be having leisurely martial arts contests. You have to improve your skills."

"..."

Mado listened silently with a cold face.

"You've earned quite a bit in the meantime. Focus on your training. It takes an ordinary person a lifetime to just pass the profound realm... but Mado is of the 'Heavenly Vein'. You'll be faster. As it happens, there's a good place to train in the back mountain."

Mado nodded her head.

"I understand. If I am overwhelmed by his power now... I will train for the rest of my life to get revenge."

* * *

There were eyes watching Baekji as he parted with Mado and returned to his residence in Songhwa Hall. A sturdy monster with red hair... the Blood Demon tilted his head.

"What on earth is that brat doing, why is he wandering around like that?"

He had been busy all day chasing after Baekji.

He had come to the Yang-Bai Merchant Sect to find Baekji, but he had just left for the Four Shrines Heaven. While that brat was gone, he had thought of taking over the Yang-Bai Merchant Sect and had looked into the situation, but there was no other tiger's den like it.

The second-ranked of the Ten Great Masters, Mado, and the third-ranked, Tie Zhangshenbian, were staying there.

If you added his past nemesis, Tie Yantai, there were three masters of the 'flower realm'.

Moreover, the martial prowess of the martial force was also at a level that could not be ignored.

A short while later, the Martial Alliance Leader came to the Yang-Bai Merchant Sect, and the martial force increased even more.

He had given up and decided to wait, but Joga-hyeon was teeming with masters who had come to have a martial arts contest with Mado, so he couldn't go.

The Blood Demon's red hair was too conspicuous. In the end, he had to hide deep in the back mountain.

He had been watching the Yang-Bai Merchant Sect from a distance for over a month.

Finally, that brat had returned.

But what he was doing, he was wandering around here and there without rest, so he was busy chasing after him.

"Where did a brat like that pop out from... is he really the disciple of the Alliance Leader?"

He was a brat he had left alone in case he failed to achieve the 'Blood Demon God' and had to take over his body with the 'Great Soul Reincarnation Art'. Before he had kidnapped Baek Yeon-do, he had already finished checking his identity.

He was a servant from Xi'an... of course, he hadn't believed it as it was. A servant could not have such high martial arts.

Although he had guessed it was a disguised identity, he could not find out his true identity. Since there was no reason to go so far as to check his background when performing the 'Great Soul Reincarnation Art', he hadn't dug any deeper...

When he had broken into the prison of the Martial Alliance's Elder Hall, he had heard the Alliance Leader call him his disciple.

He hadn't believed it... but seeing the Alliance Leader come to rely on him, it seemed to be true...

He was a truly unknowable brat.

"What on earth is he planning, going back and forth so busily? Besides, I'm giving him hints like this, but he's not even looking. Is he perhaps ignoring me?"

The Blood Demon had come to negotiate with Baekji. He was thinking of giving information about the Blood Cult Leader and getting advice on the 'natural realm'.

Or he was thinking of fighting to the death. Because there were cases where one gained enlightenment and broke through a wall in the process of fighting.

So he had taken the risk and had approached him, but Baekji was not noticing his energy.

'No, there's no way that brat doesn't know... is he perhaps intentionally ignoring me?'

The Blood Demon, who had been following him for several days, could not bear it any longer and shot a stream of energy.

Baekji, who was entering Songhwa Hall, flinched, stopped, and then looked back.

The Blood Demon flew away.

Believing that Baekji would follow, he used his 'Blood Shadow Thousand Li Divine Step' to its fullest. He flew over fifty 'jang' at once.

But.

Baekji did not follow. The Blood Demon stopped and looked back, but not only Baekji, but no one was chasing him.

"What? Did he not see? There's no way he didn't see when I shot my energy like that."

The Blood Demon, who had been loitering for a while, went to the Yang-Bai Merchant Sect's Songhwa Hall again. He had already figured out that the lower building of Songhwa Hall was Baekji's residence.

Although he was uneasy because Tie Yantai was also staying there, now that he had achieved the 'Blood Demon God', that brat was no match for him.

As he was cautiously approaching Songhwa Hall, someone spoke to him from behind.

"Why do you keep loitering?"

The Blood Demon, in that moment, flew away just like that. When he had gone about thirty, he stealthily looked back. Baekji was just looking at him blankly and was not chasing him.

"Isn't that the Blood Demon? I must have seen wrong. Why would the Blood Demon come here?"

Baekji tilted his head and then went inside.

'What. Is that brat not recognizing me?'

The Blood Demon was dumbfounded. He decided to return to his residence for now.

On his way, he looked at his reflection in a stream.

Red hair, a strong body that had achieved the 'Blood Demon God'... why doesn't he recognize me?

Even though he had beaten him so much.

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Quan Bai and Seongcheon were waiting in front of Baekji's door in Songhwa Hall.

The expressions of the two were very grave.

It had not been long since they had heard the news that the Wind Cloud Pavilion Master had been found as a corpse in a nameless mountain valley.

A considerable number of the Wind Cloud Pavilion's masters were dead or missing. So it was natural for Quan Bai and Seongcheon to be gloomy.

Baekji comforted them.

"I heard the news. I'm sorry. To think that such an absurd thing would happen in the Martial Alliance..."

"..."

After a moment of silence, Quan Bai said, "The moment we entered the martial world, the life of a martial artist is one where we don't know when or how we will go. We will strive to ensure that their sacrifices were not in vain."

"Is there anything I can do for you?"

"I have a favor... to ask of the Honored One."

"A favor? Let's go inside and talk."

There was not even a common tea table in Baekji's residence. Although the lower building of Songhwa Hall had been renovated when he became the Honored One, the room was not large as it had originally been used by servants.

Although Baekji spent money like water when he went out, he did not spend much on his own residence.

Baekji sat on the bed, and the two sat side by side on the chairs attached to the wall.

Quan Bai hesitated and then opened his mouth.

"Are you going to leave the Martial Alliance as it is?"

"Why are you asking me that?"

Baekji asked back, dumbfounded.

"To confine the Alliance Leader because he has entered meditation and then to immediately elect a new Alliance Leader. This is a rebellion."

"Since the position of the Martial Alliance Leader cannot be left vacant, it must be so."

"The Alliance is now on the verge of splitting into three."

"Three?"

"The nine great sects, the five great families, and the alliance of small and medium-sized sects are vying for power. It is clear that it will split like this."

"If they don't want to be together, they should split. Isn't that natural? Those who leave must return, and those who meet must part... isn't that the eternal truth?"

At Baekji's indifferent words, Quan Bai was hurt, but since he was in a desperate situation, he continued, "The Martial Alliance was built with the blood of countless martial artists. The Blood Sect has appeared, and the Central Plains martial world is in a crisis like a candle in the wind... we cannot just stand by and watch it split due to the power struggle of the great sects and the noble families."

"Yes, you knew that the Central Plains martial world was in a crisis?"

Quan Bai, with a serious face, lowered his voice and said, "According to the information gathered by the Wind Cloud Pavilion so far, we must assume that the evil hands of the Blood Sect have already spread to each sect."

"Oh dear... are you saying they are repeating the same mistake even after suffering so much during the last calamity? If so, they deserve it."

"No. This time it is more serious. If the Blood Sect targeted the small and medium-sized sects in the past, this time it seems they have focused on the great sects. The fact that a considerable number of the real power holders of the great sects and the noble families have changed in recent years is proof of that."

In the past, the Blood Sect had either won over the leaders of the small and medium-sized sects or their close associates, or had entangled them with evil arts. But this time, they were targeting the great sects and the noble families.

"Hey, surely... you can't just suspect someone because they've changed. The great sects and the noble families are not blind... they'll take care of it themselves..."

"Didn't the Honored One also see what happened at the Tang family?"

"That's..."

Baekji was about to speak but then closed his mouth. He had nothing to say as he knew nothing about how the great sects and the noble families were run.

"The last ten years! Strangely, the leaders of the great sects and the noble families have grown old or sick and have retired, and new figures have come in. Of course, we cannot suspect all of them... but the Wind Cloud Pavilion has been watching carefully in the meantime, and there are more than one or two suspicious points."

Although Quan Bai was a chatterbox, he was not a person who made things up.

Baekji somehow felt a chill.

If the Blood Sect had infiltrated the leadership of the great sects and the noble families... it was not a matter that would end lightly.

"If that's really the case, it's a serious matter. Go and consult with Chief Military Advisor Shangguan right away. Since he's a smart person, he'll come up with some countermeasure."

"Do you know what the first thing the Elder Hall did was? It was to cut off all of Chief Military Advisor Shangguan's limbs that were left in the Alliance."

"Then there's no way."

As Baekji spoke as if it were someone else's business, Quan Bai raised his voice.

"Young Alliance Leader!"

Baekji jumped.

"Who are you calling the Young Alliance Leader?"

(End of Chapter)