Little Demon Reversion to Youth

Chapter 83

Baekji said to the heads of the inner and outer halls and the gathered Tang family warriors, "You all saw it, right? You are all witnesses. You can't say something different later! Like, the family head was unfairly treated. There's no such thing!"

"..."

"Answer!"

"Yes. We saw it. The new family head, no, Tang Tian'e is indeed a Blood Sect member."

"Good!"

Having received their affirmation, Baekji, 'cheok', stood his bamboo staff up.

"Now is the time for punishment! I've waited a long time!"

Baekji's figure disappeared and then appeared in front of Tang Tian'e. Then, he mercilessly struck with his bamboo staff.

Thwack! Thwack!

It was a completely different speed and destructive power than before.

Although Tang Tian'e swung his hands to block, it was not enough.

Thwack!

In an instant, his entire body was beaten, and with a final blow to the head, he fainted while standing.

The Tang family warriors felt a sense of self-loathing.

The Five Great Families!

The Tang family, a member of the Five Great Families that were always mentioned in the martial world.

Were the martial arts of the Tang family, which had been passed down for hundreds of years, so insignificant?

The 'Thousand Poisons Hand' that they had been so proud of looked like a mere child's play of flailing hands in front of Baekji.

And that, to a young brat.

After the one-sided beating was over.

"Tie this brat up and lock him up."

Baekji, after sticking his bamboo staff in his belt, looked at Nangong Zhao and said, "One more Blood Sect member. This one's head is big. He's a brat who tried to eat the Tang family, right? Calculate it accurately!"

Nangong Zhao sighed inwardly.

Bai Renguang, Mei Zhongjun, and now Tang Tian'e. And the two Blood Sect members who had disguised themselves as the Twin Wing Brigade.

Could it be that he would be returning to the Alliance leading a whole group?

The image of Baekji heading to the Martial Alliance leading a group of serious criminals came to mind.

Suddenly, he was worried about the Martial Alliance's finances.

* * *

By the time the commotion in the front yard of the Twin Wing Hall was over, something fell from the roof of a distant building.

"Keuk!"

A short woman's scream.

Hongyan, who had somehow managed to release the paralysis in one of her legs, had thrown herself to the ground and had released her acupoints.

Hongyan, who had hidden in the darkness while limping, had a vivid memory of the scene she had just seen.

'That brat was such a master!'

It was the first time she had seen Baekji's martial prowess directly.

That night, Hongyan barely managed to escape the Tang family. Cursing Jian Yi, who had abandoned her.

* * *

The next day, at the family head's hall.

Tang Qianhui sat on the head seat and silently looked around the hall.

In the family head's hall, the executive department, including the heads of the inner and outer halls, the elders, and the key personnel of the family, were holding their breath, waiting for Tang Qianhui to open his mouth.

Tang Qianhui's pale complexion showed how serious his injuries were.

Tang Qianhui opened his mouth.

"It has been revealed that Tang Tian'e joined the Blood Sect, ambushed me, and tried to take this position. According to the family law, we must deal with Tang Tian'e, but the Martial Alliance wants to take Tang Tian'e into custody."

"That cannot be, Family Head!"

The elder stood up and said. His face was dark.

Three elders had died and five had been seriously injured by Tang Tian'e's 'blood and blood demonic ki', no, 'blood and blood demonic qi'.

Although the elder himself was seriously injured, he had attended to at least preserve Tang Tian'e's life.

"The affairs of the Tang family must be handled by the Tang family. We cannot hand over a Tang family bloodline to an outsider."

"..."

Tang Qianhui looked at the elder silently. A moment of silence flowed.

Finally, Tang Qianhui opened his mouth.

"Elder..."

Tang Qianhui called the elder in a grave tone.

"It seems you are mistaken about something. The elder has no right to speak."

"What? Tang Qianhui! Are you trying to ignore the Council of Elders?"

"The elder who has betrayed the family will be dealt with according to the family law. Also, the Council of Elders will be disbanded, and the elders who participated in the rebellion will all be confined."

"Y-you... how dare you! Disband the Council of Elders? Do you think the factions will tolerate this?"

The elders of the Council of Elders were the representatives of each faction of the Tang family. The bloodlines that had been divided over many years had formed factions and had gained power.

Tang Qianhui, under the pretext of strengthening the internal stability, had been gathering the power that each faction had held into the executive department.

Tang Qianhui raised his hand.

At that, the door of the main hall opened, and the head of the inner hall's guard, Tang Tiebao, dragged in two people.

One was the assassin who had tried to kill Wu Qingshu, and the other was the elder's confidant.

"What is this?"

When his confidant was brought in, tied up, the elder shouted.

Tang Qianhui, without paying any attention, nodded to Tang Tiebao.

Tang Tiebao cupped his fists and then reported.

"This man is the assassin who tried to harm the invited doctor, Wu Qingshu, who came to the medicine hall. In the process of uncovering the infiltration route, we found that there was an internal accomplice. The internal accomplice was Tang Heqi, who is under the Council of Elders."

"It's a frame-up!"

Everyone in the Tang family knew that Tang Heqi was the elder's confidant.

Tang Qianhui, pretending not to have heard, asked Tang Heqi, "Is it true?"

Tang Heqi, who had already been given a truth serum, had his eyes glazed over.

"The elder ordered me to find out the ambush location and tell the assassin."

The elder collapsed in his seat.

Tang Qianhui asked the elder, "It seems it is time for the elder to take the truth serum. Or will you reveal the truth?"

"I... I... it's a frame-up. Y-you must have plotted this to disband the Council of Elders and monopolize the power... look here. This is all a plot by that Tang Qianhui."

Although the elder denied it to the end and tried to get the people around him to agree, everyone avoided his eyes. Since the tide had already turned, they were worried that they would be swept away together if they took the elder's side.

"Give the elder the truth serum!"

Thanks to the truth serum that Tang Qianhui had personally developed, there was no need for bloody torture in the Tang family.

But there was no one who dared to give the elder the truth serum. The warriors of the Council of Elders surrounded the elder.

"I'll do it. The Honored One of the Household has to do something, right?"

Baekji, who had appeared at some point, was standing behind the elder. The warriors of the Council of Elders had their acupoints tapped and could not move.

Baekji tilted the elder's head back, put a pill in his mouth, and then, 'thwack', hit his Adam's apple.

"Elder, swallow it. This is a really good medicine. To be able to confess everything without terrible torture. How did you make this? As expected of the Tang family."

A moment later, the elder confessed everything.

"Tang Tian'e asked me to kill Wu Qingshu."

"Why?"

"I don't know the reason."

"You just did as you were told without even asking?"

"He is the legitimate heir of the family and the one who will become the family head. I just followed the words of the legitimate heir of the Tang family."

Baekji suddenly remembered what he had been curious about.

"The legitimate heir of the family? Whose son is Tang Tian'e?"

The people who were listening looked at Baekji with eyes that asked why he was asking such a thing. Of course, he was the eldest son of the previous family head...

"Tang Tian'e is..."

As the elder, with his glazed eyes, was about to open his mouth, Tang Qianhui, 'whoosh', waved his right hand.

The elder had his mute acupoint tapped and could not speak.

Tang Qianhui looked at Baekji and said, "Since he has confessed that he was instigated by Tang Tian'e, that is enough."

"Umm. Aren't you curious why he was so devoted to Tang Tian'e?"

"Whatever the motive, since it has been revealed that the elder and Tang Tian'e colluded and plotted a rebellion, all that is left is to deal with it."

Tang Qianhui did not want his father's honor to be tarnished in front of many people.

Tang Qianhui said to the law enforcement hall head, Go Hyeonggi, "Confine the elder and the elders who participated in the rebellion and uncover their other crimes."

* * *

Laughter did not leave Nangong Zhao's face as he walked. It was to the point where the words 'iron-faced young master' were put to shame.

Tang Yunseol had decided to follow him as he was taking Tang Tian'e to the Martial Alliance.

Just thinking about going together made him feel pleased.

"Are you that happy?"

Baekji, who was walking next to him, suddenly spoke. Nangong Zhao quickly composed his expression.

"Ahem. What are you talking about?"

"Are you that happy to be going with Miss Yunseol?"

"Don't talk nonsense."

The Tang family was quickly regaining its peace.

Tang Qianhui, to the heads of the inner and outer halls and other key personnel, personally revealed the reason why Tang Yunseol had given her brother the truth serum and cleared her name.

Tang Yunlong was still unconscious.

Tang Qianhui, while sending a person to Qingcheng to invite True Man Changshan, ordered the head of the medicine hall and Wu Qingshu to create a medicine to treat the blood poison and Tang Yunlong.

Nangong Zhao was on his way to meet the 'Eight-Armed Divine Beggar' at Tang Qianhui's request.

When Tang Yunseol and Yunqing were attacked by Blood Sect members and were in danger, they had received the help of the 'Eight-Armed Divine Beggar' and the 'Dragon and Tiger Beggars'. Tang Qianhui had sent Nangong Zhao to express his gratitude and had wanted to meet him secretly.

As Nangong Zhao was going, Baekji followed.

"It won't help if you go! It will only cause a fight!"

"I have to apologize too. I didn't know that the Beggars' Sect's chief inspector was that high up. Even beggars have ranks... since I told him to wait outside the main gate, his pride must have been hurt."

"You don't have to..."

'He'll be even more furious if he sees you...'

Although Nangong Zhao tried to stop him, Baekji did not pay any attention.

The two entered an abandoned shrine next to a stream on the outskirts of Chengdu.

The young beggars who were playing in front of the abandoned shrine saw Nangong Zhao and Baekji and then, 'whadakdak', ran inside.

Among them was Xiao Ge'er.

"Is this the Beggars' Sect's branch? It's a beggars' den... oh right, the Beggars' Sect is beggars."

When they entered the abandoned shrine site, on one side, a whole pig was being roasted, and on the other side, in a cauldron, a soup of unknown identity was boiling.

A beggar poured what was in a gourd that he had begged for into the cauldron. Looking closely, it seemed that they were boiling and eating everything they had begged for.

Although it was a hodgepodge soup of all sorts, the smell was savory.

"Even beggars eat well. I should reconsider giving them silver."

"The pig was bought with the silver you gave last time. It's because a guest has come... it's not usually like this. Silver... is always needed..."

Hong Gai, who had come out after receiving a report from Xiao Ge'er, scratched his head with an awkward expression and approached.

Lice fell from his head.

Baekji was horrified and stepped back. To Baekji, lice were more terrifying than Blood Sect members.

"Alright. Alright. Don't come close. Talk from there."

The image of Baekji washing his hands in tea water after coming into contact with him flashed through Hong Gai's mind.

His words naturally became blunt.

"What is it?"

"I have come to see the chief inspector."

Nangong Zhao answered.

"Follow me."

Hong Gai, knowing that Nangong Zhao was the chief investigator of the Martial Alliance's military affairs department, obediently guided him.

Behind the abandoned shrine was an old, dilapidated house.

"It seems they gave the chief inspector a house with a proper roof. Since a guest has come, tell him to come out."

Baekji stood in front of the main gate and had no intention of entering.

"The chief inspector is a great senior of the martial world. It is right to go in and greet him."

"I'm not a martial artist. I'm a person who gives alms to beggars, not someone who hangs out with them."

"You said you were going to apologize. You said the chief inspector is not just any beggar."

"But there's no need to go into a beggars' den, right? I'll do it here. Tell him to come out."

When Baekji did not move, Nangong Zhao entered the house with Hong Gai.

A moment later, Hong Gai came out and said, "The chief inspector says he will see you."

"I told you. If he wants to receive an apology, tell him to come out."

Hong Gai frowned.

"I acknowledge that you are a master. But if you continue to ignore the Beggars' Sect like this, I also have a thought."

"What thought?"

"I will send a circular to all the beggars and have them follow you around. The hundred thousand beggars will follow you wherever you go."

"Hmph! How would you know where I am?"

"Does it sound absurd?"

Hong Gai's gaze was so serious that it seemed he would really do it.

"Have you not heard the story of why the rich man, Lord Zhao, left Chengdu? As a price for ignoring a beggar, his house was surrounded by beggars all year round. If the constables came and chased them away, another group of beggars came the next day. Even if they threatened to beat and kill them, they could not handle the beggars who lay down and said, 'go ahead and beat me'."

"!"

"Since the beggars were swarming, the customers stopped coming, and in the end, he went bankrupt and left Chengdu."

"...That's too much."

Hong Gai said with a tragic face, "Did you say you wouldn't know where he is? There are beggars all over the world. The lice-infested beggars will grab at your trouser legs. If one beggar dies, the next beggar... the hundred thousand beggars will gladly die to get a price for ignoring the chief inspector whom they respect."

"Stop! Alright. I'll go in."

Although it was an absurd and ridiculous threat, Baekji, imagining a group of beggars following him around, shuddered.

He couldn't even kill them.

Did I come to apologize for no reason?

"Will you come in?"

"Keung..."

Baekji reluctantly entered the house. Across the living room, on the wall, the 'Eight-Armed Divine Beggar' was sitting and glaring.

Nangong Zhao, who was sitting in the guest's seat, gestured to Baekji to sit next to him.

Baekji had no intention of sitting.

He looked at the 'Eight-Armed Divine Beggar' blankly and then looked around.

"This place is a little better."

Then he said to the 'Eight-Armed Divine Beggar', "I was a bit harsh before. I apologize. But it wasn't right for you to push your way into another's house, was it? As the Honored One of the Household of the Tang family, I couldn't help it."

No matter how you looked at it, it didn't sound like an apology.

The 'Eight-Armed Divine Beggar' said in a hoarse voice, "And you are the Honored One of the Household of the Tang family?"

"That's right."

"Kehehe... and you impersonated the Alliance Leader's disciple? You have a lot of nerve. The Alliance Leader's disciple... just for that, you deserve to die."

(End of Chapter)