Little Demon Reversion to Youth

Chapter 79

"Thanks to the Poison King cutting off his arm right away, we were able to deal with the remaining poison. The blood poison is really terrible. It wasn't just the 'life and death grass', there were other poisons as well. It would have been impossible for an ordinary person, but it was possible because the Poison King is immune to a hundred poisons and because of my outstanding medical skills."

Wu Qingshu finished with self-praise.

The Poison King, who was lying on the bed, had not regained consciousness, but his complexion looked much better.

Lady Jeonghwa, Tang Yunseol, and Yunqing finally said with relief, "Then how long will it take for him to fully recover?"

"The aftereffects will last for a few months. Since he has lost a lot of blood, I will prepare a medicine to replenish his body."

"The medicine hall will take care of that. We will reward you handsomely, so go and rest for now."

When the head of the medicine hall spoke, Wu Qingshu hesitated for a moment and then opened his mouth.

"Um... can I have the Poison King's severed arm?"

The head of the medicine hall frowned. Although it was a severed arm, it was the body of the family head. It was not for him to decide to give it away.

"You want to study the blood poison, right?"

Baekji interjected.

"That's right... yes."

Wu Qingshu found it awkward to deal with Baekji, who had come as his medicine boy and had become the Honored One of the Household of the Tang family.

Lady Jeonghwa thought for a moment and then said, "What will you do with the arm?"

"I will examine how the poison spreads and collect samples."

"Then... are you saying you will dissect the arm?"

Lady Jeonghwa's eyes narrowed. A killing intent flowed from her eyes.

Wu Qingshu hurriedly bowed his head.

"I was just saying."

Just then, Tang Qianhui's faint voice was heard.

"Do so. Creating an antidote for the blood poison is a very important matter."

Lady Jeonghwa, Tang Yunseol, and the Yunqing siblings were startled.

"Honey!"

"Father!"

Tang Qianhui, who had woken up at some point, tried to get up. Lady Jeonghwa quickly supported his upper body and sat him up.

Tang Qianhui said to Wu Qingshu, "You have saved me."

"Heaven's luck was with us. Fortunately, we had the root of the 'dragon's beard poison'..."

"What is so important about an arm that has already been severed? Instead, you must create an antidote for the blood poison."

Wu Qingshu was moved and exclaimed, "I am seeing a true hero."

After Wu Qingshu left, the head of the medicine hall checked Tang Qianhui's pulse and then he also went to prepare medicine.

Tang Qianhui looked around at his family and then silently nodded. It meant that he was glad they were safe.

"Sob!..."

Tang Yunseol could not even speak and collapsed at the foot of Tang Qianhui's bed, sobbing.

Tang Qianhui's eyes, as he stroked his daughter's shoulder with his remaining hand, were filled with a faint pain.

"I'm sorry..."

If he had dealt with it more boldly... he would have cleared his daughter's name and would have realized early on that the young family head had been possessed by the Blood Sect.

His meticulous nature had rather brought about disaster.

Since the water had already been spilled, he had to at least clean it up well.

Tang Qianhui said to Baekji, "Thank you."

Although Tang Qianhui had regained consciousness long ago, he had not been able to move because he was fighting the poison.

However, he could hear the sounds coming and going.

He roughly knew what had happened at the Yusimjae after he had collapsed.

"What's it for? The situation is a bit serious right now."

"..."

"Tang Tian'e has returned and has become the family head."

"Is that true?"

Lady Jeonghwa gritted her teeth.

"To have put a lecher like that in charge, leaving a perfectly fine family head. The elder is not in his right mind."

Lady Jeonghwa conveyed the situation.

"Umm..."

Tang Qianhui looked down at his severed left arm. Then, a thought flashed through his mind, and he unknowingly widened his eyes.

'Tang Tian'e has returned? Then the one in Yunlong's body? Does that mean it wasn't Tang Tian'e? No... it was definitely Tang Tian'e.'

That fierce gaze and tone were definitely Tang Tian'e's.

'Then...'

As befitting the Poison King, who had studied the Blood Sect for a long time, he immediately thought of the 'soul exchange grand law'. Then, could there be a chance to get his son back?

Seeing the mix of bewilderment and hope on Tang Qianhui's face, Baekji sent a telepathic message.

―That's right. What the young family head was possessed by was the 'soul exchange'. If he is alive, there will be a way to find his right mind.

When a chance to save his son arose, Tang Qianhui became impatient.

"This is not the time."

When Tang Qianhui tried to get out of bed, Lady Jeonghwa stopped him.

"Although the poison has been removed, you still need to recuperate. Recovering your body is the priority. Just give up that paltry position of family head. Let's go to Mount Emei. I will tell my master and have him wipe out the Tang family."

"No, that's not it. We don't have time for this."

Lady Jeonghwa, having heard that Tang Yunlong had been possessed by the Blood Sect, had a grudge that was bone-deep.

Not only the Blood Sect, but she also wanted to strike down the elder and the elders who had driven out her husband right away.

"Honey, calm down. The family head is also..."

Baekji placed his hand on Tang Qianhui's shoulder.

"Family head, it's fine. As your wife said, rest a little. I've taken care of everything, so don't worry."

Although it was an affectionate appearance, as if soothing a subordinate, it was very unfamiliar to Lady Jeonghwa, Tang Yunseol, and Yunqing.

To treat the Poison King as if he were a subordinate. What was surprising was the Poison King's reaction.

He asked Baekji as if it were nothing.

"Do you know how to undo the 'soul exchange'?"

"Probably... that old Taoist will be able to do it. Since he stole my medicinal herbs, he has to make something. If he refuses... he won't be able to make pine needle rice cakes again. Don't worry. I will definitely get it."

He was talking about True Man Changshan. Since he had revived Bai Yandu, he would be able to return Tang Yunlong to his right mind.

Tang Qianhui thought for a moment and then said, "But what is the reason you are going to such lengths for the Tang family?"

"The Tang family? No. I'm doing this because Miss Yunseol and Young Master Yi here asked me."

Tang Qianhui's eyes, as he looked back and forth between Baekji and Tang Yunseol, were filled with suspicion.

'Could it be? He has his heart set on Yunseol?'

Baekji, realizing what Tang Qianhui was thinking, waved his hand.

"No. It's not that. The 'Azure Sky Young Dragon' likes Miss Yunseol. He's completely fallen for her..."

"The 'Azure Sky Young Dragon'?"

"The chief investigator of the Martial Alliance's military affairs department! He is also the second young master of the Nangong family. He is a very reliable friend, which is rare these days."

Tang Yunseol was dumbfounded. Baekji, who was much younger than Nangong Zhao, was talking as if he were an old man playing matchmaker for the two.

Although she also had a favorable impression of Nangong Zhao, hearing Baekji's words made her feel very embarrassed.

But Baekji took it a step further. He looked at Tang Yunseol and said, "It seems Miss Yunseol also has feelings for him. Miss Yunseol, you two have already spent two or three nights together, right?"

"Honored One! It's not like that! Father, we went to investigate the abandoned mansion together."

Although Tang Yunseol hurriedly corrected him, there was already suspicion in Tang Qianhui and Lady Jeonghwa's eyes.

Tang Yunseol was so dumbfounded that she could not speak.

"We got a room at an inn and stayed separately. Although we did camp out for one night... nothing happened."

"If it's my daughter, of course that would be the case."

Tang Qianhui, for the sake of his daughter's honor, quickly sorted it out and changed the subject.

"Then are you stepping forward for a friend?"

In the brutal martial world where comrades stabbed each other in the back for power and profit?

"Well, you could say that. But the most important thing is... I told you. I hate the Blood Sect. And... there is one more reason that is not very important."

"What is it?"

"You know that I opened the Yang-Bai Sect and established the Yang-Bai Merchant Sect with my master, right?"

Tang Qianhui looked at Baekji, wondering what he was talking about.

"Does the Tang family need anything? I'll give you a good price."

"..."

The head of the Tang family, Tang Tian'e, could not have not known what he meant.

Although he had not expanded his power for the sake of internal stability, the Tang family had secured a huge commercial sphere with just its existing territory.

Tang Qianhui looked at Baekji silently.

Loyalty for a comrade, justice for righteousness... and in that process, he also pursues profit?

It could be. If he were an ordinary person.

But for an absolute master who had undergone rejuvenation to be haggling for profit like a commoner in the market was something that Tang Qianhui found hard to accept.

But.

Baekji rummaged through his money pouch and let out a regretful sound.

"This time... I had quite a bit of expenditure... well, it can't be helped. My heart aches... it's good to be for the justice of the martial world, but it costs too much money... it's not something I can keep doing..."

What was this again?

For an absolute master to be so concerned about money.

'He said he lost his memories after undergoing rejuvenation. Was his original character one that was concerned about money?'

Tang Qianhui looked at Baekji's luxurious clothes and had a realization.

'Rejuvenation wouldn't change one's character.'

Tang Qianhui, as befitting his title of Poison King, was very interested in medicine. Since rejuvenation was a rare case, Baekji was a subject of study.

Baekji counted the money he had spent this time, even on his fingers.

"The Yonghua Hundred Delights that Miss Yunseol and Young Master Yi ate... ah, there's the cost of the clothes too... well, I'm not thinking of getting it back pettily... the gold ingots... I spent them so pointlessly..."

Tang Yunseol and Yunqing, who had eaten and dressed well thanks to Baekji, had nothing to say. They had not known that it would all come back as a bill.

"I understand. I am a person who repays what I have received twofold."

Tang Qianhui answered readily. Although it was a short answer, it carried that much weight.

In a word, it meant that he would grant everything.

"Haha. Good. As expected of the head of a family. To repay twofold. I thought from the beginning that it would be a beautiful transaction."

Baekji grabbed his bamboo staff with force.

"Since the calculation is over, let's go. We have to go and reclaim the position of family head. I cannot tolerate a lecherous and stupid brat messing around with my business partner."

* * *

In the darkness, Jian Yi and Hongyan infiltrated the Tang family.

They settled on the roof of a building from which they could observe the family head's hall and watched, crouched.

―Are you not uncomfortable? I will watch, so please go and rest.

Hongyan could not understand why the Western Divine General, one of the four pillars that supported the sky of the Demonic Cult, was personally wearing night clothes and acting as a lookout.

Hadn't she herself sent her subordinates to handle most matters?

―Do you ask, not knowing the reason I have come myself?

Jian Yi asked back.

Again, a Zen riddle...

Hongyan, who was sick and tired of the endless Zen riddles, said, ―How would this foolish girl know?

―Umm... you could know in a moment if you thought about it for a while, but you don't even try. That's why a person must first learn how to think.

Jian Yi, who was speaking in a dignified manner, seemed to hear the voice of the young cult leader in his mind.

'Use your head, use your head. Otherwise, your body will suffer.'

Hongyan bowed her head as if she really didn't know.

―I'm sorry. I really want to hear.

Hongyan, while traveling with Jian Yi, had learned that he was engrossed in the role of a scholar who taught others. He liked it when she asked to learn.

―Since your desire to know is commendable, I will tell you. The Blood Fiend would have finished off the Poison King in an instant. Although the Poison King is outstanding in his study of medicine, his martial arts are only at the 'true realm'. While you were coming to report that the incident had occurred, the Poison King would have been walking the path to the underworld. That's why I had to come myself. The only one who can stop the Blood Fiend is me.

Although Jian Yi had spoken in a roundabout way, the truth was different.

'Matters related to the Blood Sect, no matter how trivial, must be handled personally. If I make a mistake...'

Since the Blood Sect had appeared, the young cult leader would return soon.

When the young cult leader returned.

The day he found out that he had only sent Hongyan to watch...

"What? The Blood Fiend appeared, and you were sleeping soundly at an inn? You ordered a child to go and watch? Is that a word or a fart! Do you want to die? No, just die."

(End of Chapter)