Little Demon Reversion to Youth

Chapter 74

Go Hyeonggi led the law enforcement hall warriors towards the Yonghua Inn, but a young beggar came running.

"What is it?"

"Gasp, gasp! You are the warriors of the Tang family, right? Young Master Yi... Young Master Yi is being attacked by Blood Sect members."

"What? The Blood Sect has appeared here in Chengdu? How many of them?"

Go Hyeonggi asked urgently.

"Thirty? No, more than that. Let's go! He might have already been defeated!"

"Th-that's right! You, go and request support from the martial force. The rest, follow me."

Go Hyeonggi told a subordinate next to him to call the martial force and was about to fly towards the Yonghua Inn, but the young beggar waved his hand.

"That's not the way. To the west gate... gasp, gasp! The Martial Alliance's safe house on the west gate! They're there."

"The Martial Alliance's safe house? There's a Martial Alliance safe house on the west gate?"

Although it was a fact he didn't know, this was not the time to ask for details.

If the young family head had disappeared, Tang Yunqing at least had to be safe.

Go Hyeonggi led the law enforcement hall warriors and ran to the west gate.

When they went to the Martial Alliance's safe house that the young beggar had told them about, the sound of weapons clashing was loud.

In the darkness, the sight of Blood Sect members and beggars engaged in a fierce battle came into view.

"Huh?"

The young beggar, who had followed in a hurry, was surprised.

"Has the master gone mad?"

It was only natural that he was surprised, as there were no masters among the beggars of the Chengdu branch who could handle the Blood Sect members.

To risk their lives to save the people of the Tang family.

But when he looked again, they were beggars he had not seen before.

The beggar with flying white hair who was pushing back the two leaders of the Blood Sect had very fast hands, and the shadows of his hands flashed in all directions.

"Oh! The Chief Patrolman has come!"

The young beggar, who knew that the Beggars' Sect's Chief Patrolman, the 'Eight-Armed Divine Beggar' Zhong Liang, was coming from the main sect, shouted.

The sturdy beggars who were pushing back the terrifying Blood Sect members must be the Beggars' Sect's elite 'Dragon and Tiger Beggars'.

The young beggar's master, Hong Gai, was also fighting a Blood Sect member on one side.

As soon as Go Hyeonggi saw Nangong Zhao, who was blocking the Martial Alliance's safe house, he did not hesitate and jumped into the battlefield.

"Strike!"

* * *

Wu Qingshu, who had come with the head of the medicine hall, was mixing the 'dragon's beard tree' root and medicinal herbs with a tense face.

"This is my first time doing this... I can't guarantee detoxification."

"Amitabha! Life and death are up to heaven! I will not blame you, so hurry."

When Lady Jeonghwa urged him impatiently, Baekji said, "You said life and death are up to heaven, so why are you so anxious? Come here and let's talk."

Baekji took Lady Jeonghwa to a corner.

Lady Jeonghwa was half out of her mind. It was understandable, as her husband was on the verge of death and even the young family head had disappeared.

Moreover, Yunseol and Yunqing were also nowhere to be seen.

"You have to get a grip. First, let's grasp the situation."

Baekji clapped his hands and, after getting Lady Jeonghwa's attention, said, "The family head was hit by the Blood Sect, and the young family head was also hit by the Blood Sect's demonic arts. And now his whereabouts are unknown."

"Yunlong was hit by the Blood Sect's demonic arts?"

"It seems you didn't know that either. Tang Yunseol and Yunqing are being chased by the people of the Tang family. Of course, I am protecting them well..."

"Why are they?"

"Hey, you don't know anything, do you? You only took care of the Buddha and didn't care about your son and daughter?"

Lady Jeonghwa's once beautiful face turned dark.

Baekji's reprimand did not even enter her ears.

Tang Qianhui had ordered her to be completely silent about the affairs of the family so as not to disturb Lady Jeonghwa's devotion to her Buddhist practice.

That was why Lady Jeonghwa was even more bewildered by the sudden turn of events.

When Lady Jeonghwa stood up and was about to rush out, Baekji caught her.

"Where are you going?"

"I have to find the children!"

"Miss Yunseol and Young Master Yi are fine!"

Baekji, who did not know that they were in danger of dying at the Martial Alliance's safe house, spoke calmly, and Lady Jeonghwa also hesitated.

Although her temper was originally short, she could not even breathe properly at the shocking news and panted heavily.

"Breathe! Calm down. If you're not careful, you'll lose the position of family head. You can't lose your mind!"

"Amitabha!"

Lady Jeonghwa chanted the Buddha's name, gathered her senses, and then asked, "Is it true that Yunlong was hit by the Blood Sect's demonic arts?"

Since she had heard that Baekji was a high-ranking official from the Alliance, she felt a sense of despair, thinking that it might be true.

"Umm. Probably...? Because of that, Miss Yunseol is being framed and chased."

Baekji explained the situation.

Lady Jeonghwa gritted her teeth.

"The Blood Sect! I will kill them all!"

A harsh sound of wanting to annihilate the Blood Sect members came from the mouth of a devout Buddhist.

"But, why is the elder like that? He brought a legitimate heir of the family named Tang Tian'e and is trying to put him on the position of family head. Is the elder not on good terms with the current family head?"

"Hmph! The legitimate heir of the family? That lecherous brat, Tang Tian'e, dares to aim for the position of family head?"

Lady Jeonghwa told him about Tang Tian'e.

Tang Tian'e was the eldest son of the previous family head and had been appointed to the position of young family head early on, but his character was arrogant and he was lecherous.

In the end, he had been caught raping and even trying to kill a young lady from a good family, and had incurred the wrath of the previous family head and had been kicked out.

The previous family head, who had kicked out Tang Tian'e, had brought Tang Qianhui, who had been treated poorly as the offspring of a maid and had left the Tang family to wander the martial world, and had had him succeed to the position of family head, but at that time, the opposition from the executive department had been severe.

The one who had opposed the most was the current elder of the council of elders.

He had been close to Tang Tian'e's maternal family and had cherished Tang Tian'e himself as if he were his own son.

"Did he oppose him just because he was the offspring of a maid? He's better than a lecherous brat, isn't he?"

"The fact that I am from Emei also played a role."

When the people of the Tang family had come to find him under the order of the previous family head, Tang Qianhui had met Lady Jeonghwa on Mount Emei and had just given birth to Tang Yunlong.

"The Emei Sect? Ho-oh. You're from a prestigious sect. But why is that?"

"Don't you know that the Tang family and Emei are not on good terms?"

Lady Jeonghwa asked back with an expression that said, 'How could you not know that?'

"Really? Are Emei and the Tang family enemies?"

"Not to the extent of being enemies, but they are not on good terms."

At that time, the executive department of the Tang family could not accept the fact that someone from the Emei Sect would become the family head's wife.

Tang Qianhui had insisted that he would not return to the Tang family if he could not be with his wife, Lady Jeonghwa, and the previous family head, who had seen his grandson, Tang Yunlong, had acknowledged their marriage.

"Hmm. So that's how it was. Tang Qianhui, who had ascended to the position of family head, must have purged all the executive department members who had opposed him. The elder had a reason to be resentful."

"The elder is a man with an extraordinary desire for material possessions. He wanted to expand the territory of the Tang family and take his share. The family head has been focusing on internal stability rather than expansion. Since quite a few Tang family masters had been sacrificed during the calamity of the Blood Sect, the family head had no choice."

"Honor, power, and even material desire? He has it all. Such a person is easy to handle."

"...?"

"He bites the bait well."

Baekji waved his hand as if fishing.

Just then, the first and second shadows entered the Yusimjae with drooping shoulders.

"What about the culprit?"

When Baekji asked if they had caught him, the first shadow shook his head with a grave face.

"The secret passage was too complicated."

'Then it must be that young family head brat...'

If he knew the complicated secret passage, the young family head must be the culprit.

'But where did he go? Since Tang Qianhui is like that. It's almost a success. No?... What if the goal was to set up Tang Tian'e from the beginning?'

Then, Tang Tian'e, the elder, and the Blood Sect had joined hands.

When Baekji had grabbed the elder's hand, he had stealthily stolen his ki and had examined it. He had not felt the ki of the 'blood and blood demonic art'.

'When Tang Tian'e returns, the young family head will be abandoned... it doesn't add up. The Blood Sect wouldn't set the table for someone else. I need to look into it more.'

As Baekji was rolling his head for a long time, the voice of the head of the inner hall was heard from outside.

"Lady Mother! How is the Family Head's condition?"

Since even the first and second shadows had entered, it was not right for him, the head of the inner hall, to be outside indefinitely.

'That's right. There were those brats.'

When Tang Tian'e returned, the current executive department members would all be purged, so of course they would oppose it with their lives.

Baekji said to Lady Jeonghwa, "Tell them I'm the Tang family's 'Honored One of the Household'."

"Honored One of the Household? There is no such position."

"If there isn't, we can make one. I need a just cause to interfere. I'll take care of everything."

Lady Jeonghwa said to the first shadow, "First Shadow, you go and get the appointment letter stamped."

"What?"

"The family head's appointment letter appointing this young hero as the 'Honored One of the Household'."

"Ah! I understand."

As the first shadow was about to leave, he asked, "But his esteemed name..."

"It's Baekji. Yang Baekji. The date... make it yesterday's date. Let's say I received it yesterday afternoon."

The first shadow nodded.

"As you leave, tell the hall heads to come in."

After the first shadow left, a moment later, the two heads of the inner and outer halls came in.

Baekji said to the two, "I, you see... am actually the Tang family's 'Honored One of the Household'..."

* * *

Heukgo and Dongcha could not hold out and fled.

The Beggars' Sect's Chief Patrolman, the 'Eight-Armed Divine Beggar', and twenty 'Dragon and Tiger Beggars' had attacked, and Nangong Zhao had reappeared, and a moment later, even the Tang family's law enforcement hall warriors had joined in, so they could not handle it.

Only a few of the subordinates who had fled with them were left.

The 'Eight-Armed Divine Beggar' led the 'Dragon and Tiger Beggars' and pursued the fleeing Heukgo and Dongcha.

Go Hyeonggi sighed in relief when he saw that the Tang siblings were safe. Although there were bloodstains here and there from the fierce battle, there were no injuries.

It was all the result of Nangong Zhao running wild like a madman and protecting Tang Yunseol, but Go Hyeonggi thought that it was as expected of a direct descendant of the family.

―We must return to the main family at once. The family head is in critical condition.

Go Hyeonggi said via telepathic message, conscious of the Beggars' Sect and Nangong Zhao.

Tang Yunseol's face turned even paler.

When Heukgo had threatened her, she had guessed that there was trouble at the Tang family, but for her father to be in critical condition.

Tang Yunseol immediately cupped her fists to Nangong Zhao and said, "Thanks to you, I have saved my life. I will not forget your life-saving grace. Since people have come from the main family, I must go."

Although she had a favorable impression of Nangong Zhao, he was an outsider after all. She could not reveal the fact that the Tang family's family head was in critical condition, and it was not a situation where they could go together.

Go Hyeonggi nodded once again at Tang Yunseol's quick judgment.

'She's so clever, so why did she make such a mistake?'

Nangong Zhao, as if guessing Tang Yunseol's intentions, also cupped his fists and bowed his head, saying, "I will stop by as soon as the situation here is sorted out. Since we are comrades who have fought together, you will give me a cup of tea, right?"

Although he didn't know the circumstances, it meant that he would help.

"I will contact you. Please tell the Chief Patrolman of the Beggars' Sect that I will greet him separately."

Since Tang Yunseol did not know the situation, she politely refused.

She had originally intended to meet the 'Eight-Armed Divine Beggar' and thank him, but since he had gone chasing the Blood Sect members, she did not know when he would return.

As Nangong Zhao watched Tang Yunseol's retreating back with regret, a gruff old man's voice was heard from behind.

"What is it? That gaze. Are you in love with the Tang family's daughter?"

When he turned, the 'Eight-Armed Divine Beggar' Zhong Liang, who had come at some point, was frowning.

When the 'Eight-Armed Divine Beggar', with his fierce face and long, flowing white hair, frowned, even a crying child would stop.

Nangong Zhao had received the help of the Beggars' Sect several times while carrying out his duties as the chief investigator and was also acquainted with the 'Eight-Armed Divine Beggar'.

He bowed his head and said, "Thanks to you, I have survived. Did you catch the brats?"

"You rat-like brats! It seems there was an escape route. They suddenly disappeared in a dead-end alley."

Zhong Liang, who was furious that he had missed Heukgo and Dongcha, panted.

Zhong Liang's grudge against the Blood Sect was very deep.

His younger brother, whom he had raised while being a beggar, had been swept away and had died in the calamity of the Blood Sect.

That was why, as soon as he had heard that the Blood Sect had appeared in Sichuan, he had rushed over with twenty of the Beggars' Sect's elite 'Dragon and Tiger Beggars'.

"But what is the Poison King doing? His children almost died..."

The 'Eight-Armed Divine Beggar's' generation was extremely high. Although he was a generation above the Beggars' Sect leader, he had not put down his position as the chief patrolman, saying that he would catch the Blood Sect members.

Nangong Zhao hid the thought that had suddenly occurred to him and said gravely, "It seems the Blood Sect has infiltrated the Tang family."

"What?"

The 'Eight-Armed Divine Beggar's' fierce impression became even more ferocious.

"Let's go. If the Blood Sect is there, we have to go."

"It is still dawn. Let's go when the day breaks."

"Is there a separate day and night for catching the Blood Sect?"

The 'Eight-Armed Divine Beggar' waved his hand as if telling him not to say something so ridiculous and then summoned the 'Dragon and Tiger Beggars' and went to the Tang family.

Nangong Zhao followed with a satisfied smile inwardly.

If the 'Eight-Armed Divine Beggar' ran wild, even the Alliance Leader would yield a step. There was no one in the Tang family who could stop him.

'No. There's that brat, isn't there?'

For some reason, it felt like he had done something wrong.

(End of Chapter)