Little Demon Reversion to Youth

Chapter 76

The people of the Tang family, who looked at Tang Tian'e with expressions of respect, made him feel inwardly pleased.

'My ten years of hardship were not in vain!'

After being kicked out of the family, there was no place that would accept him as he wandered the world. Because he had been so dissolute, despite his status as the young family head, he was only at a level slightly above a first-rate warrior.

Tang Tian'e had hidden his identity and had worked as a bodyguard or had wandered as a ronin.

Then, ten years ago, he had helped the Blood Sect leader who was being chased by the Demonic Cult, and in return, he had joined the cult and had been taught the 'blood and blood demonic art'.

He had raped numerous women and had taken their fresh blood to raise his internal energy, and had only been looking for an opportunity to return to the Tang family.

As time passed and those who knew for sure about his past atrocities had all died, he had devised a conspiracy and had succeeded.

'I have finally found my place.'

Everything had proceeded smoothly according to plan.

If the elder proposed him as the family head, he would refuse appropriately and then accept. He had also thought in advance about what he would say.

―What is the importance of the position of family head now? But since the family is in crisis, I will take charge for now and sort things out. After that, I will have the young family head, Tang Yunlong, succeed to the position of family head and will retire!

'Then everyone will be impressed by my sincerity. Once I ascend to the position of family head, I will first get rid of all of Tianhui's trusted subordinates, no. If I'm going to take over Tang Yunlong's body anyway, there's no need to do that.'

Even the heads of the inner and outer halls, who were being difficult now, would have no complaints if he magnanimously abdicated to the young family head.

The more he thought about it, the more brilliant the plan was.

But...

Baekji's voice was heard from one side.

"So you're saying you raped a woman and framed someone else?"

Thump! Thump!

Baekji, who had approached at some point, was lightly tapping the middle-aged man's head with his bamboo staff.

At that, life returned to the middle-aged man's cloudy eyes.

"Aack!"

The middle-aged man clutched his head and screamed.

"Huh? What's wrong? I didn't even hit him hard."

Baekji spread his hands and looked around. The people also thought it was strange.

Although Baekji had only lightly tapped him with the bamboo staff, the middle-aged man was screaming as if his head had been broken.

In fact, Baekji had broken the 'soul-stealing art' with his bamboo staff. When the 'soul-stealing art' was broken, a tremendous pain washed over him.

The middle-aged man clutched his head and screamed.

"What's wrong? Get a grip!"

Thump, thump.

When Baekji put his ki into the bamboo staff and tapped him again, the middle-aged man came to his senses and looked around.

"Where am I?... Who am I?"

"Ho-oh. You don't remember? You just confessed to what you did. You said you raped and tried to kill a woman."

"What are you talking about? Why would I confess... no, it wasn't me."

The middle-aged man denied it with frightened eyes.

'This brat is not a good brat either.'

Baekji clicked his tongue inwardly.

In fact, Tang Tian'e had climbed over the wall to rape a woman and had caught a brat who had come first and was doing the same thing.

The thought that had flashed through his mind when he was about to beat the brat who had been hit by the 'Tang character mark' to death was to clear his name in the same way as today.

The one who was more surprised than the middle-aged man was Tang Tian'e.

'Oh no! The 'soul-stealing art' must have been broken!'

Tang Tian'e suddenly looked up at the sky and cried out.

"Father! Your unworthy son has returned. But for you to have passed away without seeing your son clear his name! Please watch from heaven as your son repays that deep grudge!"

Then, he asked for a sword from a Tang family warrior next to him, took it, and walked towards the middle-aged man.

He intended to finish him off right away.

But Baekji blocked him.

"Although this brat is a bad brat, you can't just kill him. It's a joyous day when you ascend to the position of family head, so do you have to see blood? Hand him over to the Martial Alliance. A lecher like this should have his head cut off and hung on the main gate of the Alliance. It's a warning. To all the lechers in the martial world."

"What are you talking about? The one who suffered for decades after being framed is me. I have to repay that deep grudge with my own hands to be called a man..."

Tang Tian'e, while speaking, asked Baekji, "By the way, who are you? Why did you come to a meeting of the Tang family?"

Tang Tian'e looked around as if asking someone to explain.

The head of the inner hall answered instead.

"He is the Honored One of the Household. He is also a high-ranking official of the Martial Alliance."

"Honored One of the Household? The Martial Alliance?"

Tang Tian'e looked at the elder, wondering if he had heard wrong.

"That's right, it seems that Tianhui has entrusted him with the position of the Honored One of the Household. Now that Tianhui is in that state, it has become a meaningless matter."

"He's still so young, and he's the Honored One of the Household?"

Tang Tian'e looked Baekji up and down with a face that said he couldn't believe it.

'This brat, he's the medicine boy who was in that place at that time. What's his scheme?'

The elder, worried that Tang Tian'e would get into a dispute with Baekji, hurriedly sent a telepathic message.

―He is the Alliance Leader's disciple and an absolute master. You have to be careful.

Tang Tian'e found it even harder to believe. An absolute master meant he was at the 'transformation realm' level.

He himself had barely reached the 'true realm' with the 'blood and blood demonic art', but the brat in front of him was at the 'transformation realm'?

Since he couldn't believe it, his hands itched to confirm it.

―Don't act rashly and secure the position of family head first.

The elder urged him again.

Tang Tian'e thought so too. The middle-aged man seemed to be in and out of it due to the aftereffects of being held in captivity for a long time and being subdued by the 'soul-stealing art'.

'If I become the family head, I'll have a chance to deal with him.'

Tang Tian'e sent a telepathic message to the elder.

―It would be better to lock up the real culprit for now.

The elder said to a warrior of the council of elders, "Throw that brat in the prison."

While doing so, he secretly sent a telepathic message.

―Kill him as soon as he gets to the prison. If it becomes a problem, say that he died by mistake in the process of subduing him because he resisted.

The elder, just in case, ordered him to be killed to silence him and then said to Baekji, "Since today's meeting is important, let's discuss the matter of that brat's person later."

"Alright. He's a really vicious brat. Lock him up well."

When Baekji spoke, the warriors of the council of elders dragged the middle-aged man and disappeared.

The elder went up to the head seat again and raised his voice.

"Although a crisis has befallen the family, since the previous young family head has returned, heaven is helping the Tang family."

After setting the mood, he cupped his fists to Tang Tian'e.

"As the elder of the council of elders, I ask you to take the position of family head."

"Ah... this is truly... difficult. I am satisfied with just having cleared my name. The family head is still alive, so how can I..."

Tang Tian'e waved his hand as if it were out of the question.

The people gathered at the family head's hall, except for the people of the council of elders, were those who followed Tang Qianhui.

It was true that the Tang family had not been able to expand its power since Tang Qianhui had led it for over twenty years.

But thanks to him, the finances had become solid and the family's unity had become firm, as he had driven all the old men of each faction, who had held various interests and had acted arbitrarily, saying that they were the elders of the family, to the council of elders.

Although many masters had been sacrificed due to the blood calamity of the Blood Sect, it was thanks to Tang Qianhui that they still maintained their reputation as one of the Five Great Families.

The people, except for the elders, acknowledged that Tang Tian'e had cleared his name and had become a member of the family again, but they were not happy that he would immediately succeed to the position of family head in place of Tang Qianhui, so they just watched.

"The elder's words are right. The position of family head cannot be empty for even a moment. It is right for Tian'e to succeed to the position of family head."

The elders of the council of elders supported the elder with one voice.

Although Tang Tian'e refused several times, in the end, he accepted.

"If that is really the case, after overcoming today's crisis, I will hand over the position of family head to the young family head, Tang Yunlong. I will swear to heaven in front of everyone. If I break this, I will be punished by heaven."

When Tang Tian'e spoke as if he had no greed at all, exclamations of 'ah' flowed from here and there.

Even the head of the inner hall had a tempted expression.

Clap! Clap! Clap!

The sound of applause erupted. Baekji clapped his hands enthusiastically and said, "That is a truly noble intention. To overcome the crisis in place of his young nephew and then hand over the position of family head. The Tang family has a very fine family tradition."

At that, everyone nodded.

The fact that Baekji was the Alliance Leader's disciple had spread secretly.

Just the fact that he was the disciple of the Alliance Leader, who was said to have entered the realm of divinity, made Baekji an object of awe.

When he acknowledged it, everyone had no choice but to agree.

"But... the young family head has disappeared, so what should we do?"

The elder said with a serious face.

"We have mobilized the entire martial force to search for him, so we will find him soon."

The elder did not know that Tang Tian'e had borrowed the young family head, Tang Yunlong's body with the 'soul exchange'.

He thought that Tang Tian'e's plan to abdicate was just empty words to smoothly ascend to the position of family head.

So, he had no intention of actively searching for the young family head, Tang Yunlong.

Since Tang Tian'e had already eliminated him, it was better to leave him as missing.

Just then, a gruff voice echoed in the family head's hall.

"The Beggars' Sect will also help. The Tang family's young family head has disappeared, so as a companion, we can't just pretend not to know, can we!"

Then, the 'Eight-Armed Divine Beggar' and the Beggars' Sect's elite 'Dragon and Tiger Beggars' entered, with the Tang siblings in front.

"It's the 'Eight-Armed Divine Beggar'!"

"Isn't the 'Eight-Armed Divine Beggar' the longest-serving chief patrolman of the Beggars' Sect in history?"

The people of the Tang family who recognized the 'Eight-Armed Divine Beggar' murmured.

The Tang siblings had been caught by the 'Eight-Armed Divine Beggar', who had come running like a storm, as they were coming to the Tang family with Go Hyeonggi.

The 'Eight-Armed Divine Beggar', who had heard the situation from Nangong Zhao on the way, had been fuming, saying that he had to catch the young family head and interrogate him right away.

Tang Yunseol had pleaded that they had to find out the details of what had happened first, and the 'Eight-Armed Divine Beggar' had agreed.

Since Tang Yunseol was leading the way, the Tang family's warriors could not stop them, and they had been able to come straight to the family head's hall.

The elder frowned at the Tang siblings and then asked the 'Eight-Armed Divine Beggar', "What business brings the people of the Beggars' Sect to our family without any notice?"

To have pushed their way to the family head's hall without even a visiting card, the Tang family's pride was in tatters.

Tang Tian'e's brow also narrowed for a moment. He had sent Heukgo and Dongcha to kill the Tang siblings, but for them to be alive and well.

'What on earth are those bastards doing?'

The 'Eight-Armed Divine Beggar' roughly cupped his fists and said, "Does it make sense for a beggar to send a visiting card? I, the 'Eight-Armed Divine Beggar', have never used a visiting card in my life. But where is the Tang family head? I came to say hello after a long time."

The 'Eight-Armed Divine Beggar' was acquainted with Tang Qianhui. They had cooperated several times in the past in fights against Blood Sect members.

Of course, he was also acquainted with the elder.

Although they were a group of beggars, the Beggars' Sect was a sect that could not be ignored. The chief patrolman of the Beggars' Sect could be said to be the second-in-command of the Beggars' Sect.

Even as the elder, he could not treat him carelessly.

"The former family head was seriously injured by an assassin sent by the Blood Sect. He needs absolute rest, so it will be difficult to meet him."

"What? My father was seriously injured?"

"The former family head? Are you saying my father has stepped down from his position as family head?"

The Tang siblings were surprised and shouted at the same time.

The elder sneered lightly and said, "Do you have the right to ask? You, who harmed your brother and disobeyed your father's order and ran away?"

"That is a misunderstanding. I will reveal the truth!"

When Tang Yunseol protested, the elder shouted, "A misunderstanding? Weren't you caught in the act of trying to assassinate the young family head? And you still have something to say?"

"Hey. Elder, you shouldn't do that."

Baekji, who had cut in, pointed at Tang Tian'e.

"There's a person here who was kicked out after being caught in the act and has cleared his name after decades. Are you going to make the same mistake? Let's hear what Miss Tang has to say. It's not a difficult thing, is it?"

(End of Chapter)