Little Demon Reversion to Youth

Chapter 51

"You have to earn your keep."

"I'll do the firewood."

"It's not enough. Do you know how expensive a cook Zhong Jia is?"

"..."

"If you don't like it, you can leave."

After Baekji found out that Hongyan, Menghua, and Tie Yantai were members of the Demonic Cult, Tie Yantai's value as a hostage had dropped significantly.

His initial interest had been to find his own identity, but Baekji thought that his martial arts were far from demonic arts.

Rather, it had become a situation where Tie Yantai was clinging to Baekji to find out his identity.

"What do you want me to do?"

"A bunch of trash has gathered outside. Sort out the leaders and bring them."

"Bai Renguang and Mei Zhongjun are not trash. They are brats who have their names on the list of the top one hundred masters."

"I've beaten them. They're trash."

"They are the brats who came looking for you. Why should I step forward?"

"I don't like dogfights."

"..."

Tie Yantai gritted his teeth.

* * *

Thwack!

"Keuk!"

Swish, swish, swish!

Thwack, thwack, thwack, thwack!

Although Bai Renguang, Mei Zhongjun, and Wu Ziqing attacked Tie Yantai together, they were beaten up repeatedly instead.

Even with the addition of Wu Tai, the situation did not improve.

If Bai Renguang and the others were the top one hundred masters of the martial world, Tie Yantai was one of the top ten masters of the Demonic Cult.

The martial force brigade leaders watching from behind did not even dare to interfere in a fight of a different dimension.

They couldn't even see Tie Yantai's figure.

As time went on, Bai Renguang, Mei Zhongjun, Wu Ziqing, and Wu Tai's entire bodies became tattered.

Tie Yantai deliberately did not knock them down at once.

He vented the anger that had built up from being beaten by Baekji on Bai Renguang and the others to his heart's content.

"Keo-heuk!"

Mei Zhongjun and Wu Tai were thrown out at the same time and eventually could not get up.

It was proven that those two were the weakest in martial arts.

Thwack, thwack, thwack!

The next one to be thrown out was Wu Ziqing. Although Wu Ziqing had tried to hold on longer than Bai Renguang, it was not enough.

'This brat is the strongest? The righteous path brats' martial arts rankings are a mess.'

When Bai Renguang, who was at the very bottom of the top one hundred masters' rankings, resisted to the end, Tie Yantai beat him even more excitedly.

Creak.

Senior Oh opened the main gate, stuck his head out, and shouted, "My master says to stop playing and bring them."

Tie Yantai's anger rose to the top of his head.

He had unknowingly unleashed his secret technique, the 'Empty Spirit Demonic Fist'.

It was Tie Yantai's secret art of striking the opponent through the empty air.

Thwack!

The Empty Spirit Demonic Fist battered Bai Renguang's entire body.

"Keuk!"

Bai Renguang slumped down like a kite with its string cut.

* * *

"What on earth is that fist technique? Is it the Shaolin's 'Hundred Steps Divine Fist'?"

Quan Bai clicked his tongue. Even he, with his wide knowledge, could not recognize Tie Yantai's Empty Spirit Demonic Fist.

That was to be expected, as it had been a hundred years since the Demonic Cult had appeared in the Central Plains.

The expressions of the two men hardened.

It was a martial prowess they had never seen before.

"It doesn't seem to be a martial art of the righteous path. But it doesn't seem to be a heretical art either."

Nangong Zhao said.

"The Blood Sect?"

Quan Bai shook his head.

"No. The martial arts of the Blood Sect are tinged with a blood-red light."

"There must be martial arts that are not like that."

"No. Unless it's the 'Blood Blood Demonic Art', it can't produce that much power. If it's the Blood Blood Demonic Art, a blood-red light will surely flash."

Nangong Zhao had only heard about the martial arts of the Blood Sect and had not seen them directly. It was because he had entered the martial world after the Blood Sect's rebellion had ended.

"If my guess is right..."

Quan Bai trailed off.

He couldn't bring himself to say his prediction.

"Let's go in first."

Nangong Zhao flew.

The fight ended, and the leaders were dragged in.

The seven hundred or so martial force members just stared blankly. To them, it was like a war of the gods.

Even though their leaders were being beaten, they didn't even dare to interfere.

Quan Bai and Nangong Zhao, who had been watching from a distant forest, went around the back of the estate and climbed over the wall.

In the front yard of the White Hall Great Light, Bai Renguang, Mei Zhongjun, Wu Ziqing, and Wu Tai were sprawled out.

Tie Yantai was nowhere to be seen, and Baekji, holding a bamboo staff, was squatting and examining their condition.

"He beat them severely. Is this a human face? They're the heads of their sects, isn't this too much?"

"It was truly amazing skill. Almost on par with my master..."

Senior Oh was chattering when his mouth was hit with a bamboo staff.

"Shut up."

Thump, thump.

Baekji hit Bai Renguang's head with his bamboo staff to wake him up.

"Umm."

As soon as Bai Renguang came to his senses, he vomited blood.

Grind.

"You still haven't fixed that habit of grinding your teeth?"

"Just kill me."

"How can you always say the same thing?"

"..."

"If you want to die, die on your own. Why do you keep showing your face?"

Bai Renguang staggered to his feet.

Wu Ziqing, Mei Zhongjun, and Wu Tai also came to their senses.

"Why do you ask for a beating? I don't like seeing people get hit anymore. Look at your faces. Do you want to be beaten at an age where you have sons, daughters, and even granddaughters?"

"This bastard..."

Thwack!

Tie Yantai was nowhere to be seen, and when the young brat said something, Wu Ziqing opened his mouth and was immediately hit with a bamboo staff.

"You're not coming to your senses, are you?"

Baekji said, twirling his bamboo staff.

"Don't test my patience. If it weren't for my master, you would have already been in the court of King Yama."

Since Yang Soryeong had asked him not to kill as much as possible, Baekji had not stepped forward himself.

"Still, it's a relief that you consider me your master."

Yang Soryeong's voice was heard from behind.

Baekji looked at Yang Soryeong and the Ajok and Jang Sam standing behind her with a reluctant expression.

Ajok had brought Yang Soryeong because he was afraid that Baekji would kill Bai Renguang and the others.

"Huh? Master. What brings you here?"

Yang Soryeong frowned as she looked at the blood-soaked Bai Renguang and the others.

"I didn't do it."

"I didn't ask. Why? Are you feeling guilty?"

"No. There's nothing wrong with my feet."

"Don't joke..."

Yang Soryeong looked at Bai Renguang and Mei Zhongjun, sighed, and then said, "I was thinking of giving back the White Mountain Sect. Even without this..."

Bai Renguang glared at Yang Soryeong with eyes dripping with resentment.

At the terrifying gaze, Yang Soryeong was at a loss for words.

Although he was inferior to Baekji and Tie Yantai, Bai Renguang was still a member of the top one hundred masters.

When he harbored killing intent, Yang Soryeong's chest tightened.

"..."

Seeing that, Baekji shook his head.

"Master."

"...Why?"

"There are irreversible things in the world. Now that things have come to this, one side has to break."

"Just a little, can't we just compromise a little?"

Yang Soryeong's gentle eyes became mournful.

'Being kind is also a disease. A very scary disease.'

Baekji muttered inwardly and turned his gaze, and his eyes met Mei Zhongjun's. Mei Zhongjun quickly averted his gaze.

'...?'

Baekji knew that Mei Zhongjun was hiding something.

Mei Zhongjun's eyeballs moved restlessly.

Baekji went to Mei Zhongjun's side and, pretending to help him up, stuck his fingers between his ribs.

'Keuk!'

Although Mei Zhongjun tried to scream, his 'dumb point' was already blocked.

Baekji's fingers swept across his ribs.

Mei Zhongjun felt like he would faint from the pain he had never experienced in his life, but he couldn't because of the energy that rushed into his head.

Ah-heu-heu-heu-heuk!

Although he had not experienced 'muscle-splitting and bone-crushing', the pain would not be greater than this.

Mei Zhongjun was instantly out of his mind.

Baekji sent a telepathic message into Mei Zhongjun's ear.

-Confess everything.

Mei Zhongjun nodded at the pain that felt like he would die.

Baekji released Mei Zhongjun's 'dumb point' and said, "Master, this person seems to have something to say."

"Ugh..."

Although Mei Zhongjun was about to speak, he just let out a groan.

-Do you want to die?

Baekji's fingers grabbed his ribs. It felt like he would pull them out.

"I, I have committed a mortal sin. I only told him to take a look..."

At Mei Zhongjun's unexpected words, Yang Soryeong stared.

"I didn't know he would kill him. I just told him to make sure he didn't come back..."

Baekji couldn't understand what Mei Zhongjun was saying. He had just pressed him because he seemed to be hiding something, but the words that came out were not ordinary.

-Tell me in detail.

"Guild Master Yang's matter... that was an accident."

Yang Soryeong's face turned pale.

"Father?"

Only then did Baekji realize what Mei Zhongjun was saying.

'This bastard?'

Baekji had heard from Yang Soryeong that Yang Jongu had said he would hand over the Yang Merchant Guild to the Meixian Fang.

It seemed Mei Zhongjun had 'cut the grass and removed the roots'.

'Ha, I didn't think of this.'

He hadn't known that the Meixian Fang, which was a secular branch of Huashan, would kill their son-in-law.

At the unexpected words, Yang Soryeong's face turned ashen.

"F-father, how..."

Her heart trembled, and she couldn't continue.

Yang Soryeong slumped down.

Her face turned white.

Jang Sam jumped out and punched Mei Zhongjun's face with his huge fist.

"This bastard? To our grandmaster's father?"

Thwack, thwack, thwack!

Ajok and Senior Oh also rushed in and stomped on him.

"Spit it out properly!"

"You're a hypocrite wearing the mask of a righteous sect!"

They had also eaten Yang Jongu's food at the Yang Merchant Guild.

The arm bends inward.

"Stop hitting him! We have to leave his mouth so we can find out what happened, don't we?"

Baekji swung his bamboo staff and pushed Ajok, Senior Oh, and Jang Sam back.

"Confess calmly."

* * *

Mei Zhongjun had not forgotten the resentment of his daughter's mouth being torn. Moreover, he also knew that Bai Renguang had killed the Twin Swords of Meixian.

And yet, the reason he had pretended not to know and had joined hands with Bai Renguang was to kill him with the most cruel method at the end.

"That bitch and her mother must also be killed."

Mae Yeoncheong, with only malice left, thought that all of this was because of Yang Soryeong.

She also harbored resentment towards Yang Jongu, who had not been able to stop her from the side.

Mei Zhongjun had planned to kill Bai Renguang, Yang Jongu, Yang Soryeong, and Baekji.

He had begged and pleaded with the Huashan Sect and had received the support of the Ten Plum Blossom Swordsmen.

The main Huashan sect rarely interfered in the squabbles of its secular branches. Even if a request came, it was their principle to investigate the circumstances and handle it fairly.

The Huashan Sect Master, Shangye Zhenren, had sent the Ten Plum Blossom Swordsmen but had limited them to dealing only with the unidentified master, Baekji. He had also ordered him to be captured alive and sent to Huashan.

It was to confirm the death of the Twin Swords of Meixian, but Mei Zhongjun could not leave it at that.

So, he had left the Ten Plum Blossom Swordsmen far away.

Mei Zhongjun had judged that if Wu Ziqing joined, he could handle Baekji.

If the situation became unfavorable, Wu Tai was to shoot a signal flare. When the Ten Plum Blossom Swordsmen saw the signal flare and came, it would be in the midst of a fierce battle. The Ten Plum Blossom Swordsmen would not be able to grasp the situation and would immediately join the fight.

Mei Zhongjun was confident that if he could just drag the Ten Plum Blossom Swordsmen into the fight, he could catch Baekji.

Who were the Twenty-Four Plum Blossom Swordsmen?

They were the masters that Huashan had chosen and chosen.

Mei Zhongjun thought that if ten of them attacked together, even one of the top ten masters could not handle it.

Mei Zhongjun's meticulous arrangement had been ruined because Tie Yantai had suddenly appeared, and the fight had started immediately, and even Wu Tai had been swept up in it.

'Such a mistake!'

He had been so beaten by Tie Yantai that he had been out of his mind for a while.

When he saw Baekji, he had a guilty conscience and had unknowingly averted his gaze, and then, unable to withstand the rib torture, he had confessed a secret that he should have kept for the rest of his life.

Yang Jongu had not left the Yang Merchant Guild because he wanted to.

'He ruined my daughter's life and still has the nerve to set conditions?'

Yang Jongu had said he would hand over the Yang Merchant Guild in exchange for guaranteeing Yang Soryeong's life. That fact had made Mae Yeoncheong go even more wild.

Mei Zhongjun also thought that Yang Jongu had to pay the price.

He had said he would accept Yang Jongu's proposal and had told him to leave the merchant guild immediately instead.

When Yang Jongu had left alone, Mei Zhongjun had ordered the general manager, Wu Ping, to follow him and kill him on a secluded road.

It was common for a merchant to be attacked by bandits while crossing a mountain.

"I just told Guild Master Yang to warn him not to come back if he abandoned his wife and child and left like that. But I didn't know that Guild Master Yang had learned martial arts. He suddenly attacked, and the subordinate who had gone to warn him was injured and died. A fight broke out without warning, and he just died from a stray sword. If you think about it, Guild Master Yang brought the disaster upon himself."

Mei Zhongjun, who had come to his senses, mixed the truth with lies.

He also hadn't known that Yang Jongu was hiding his martial arts. The general manager, Wu Ping, had been injured in the shoulder, and the two warriors who had followed him had both died.

Wu Ping had said that Yang Jongu had taken one warrior with him.

Although Mei Zhongjun had spoken cunningly, no one in this place believed his words.

'He killed his son-in-law to take over the merchant guild!'

(End of Chapter)