Little Demon Reversion to Youth

Chapter 88

"The Blood Fiend!"

Not only Nangong Zhao, but also Quan Bai and Seongcheon were surprised.

The Right Honored One of the Blood Sect.

Could he be caught?

"This is a dinner party. We'll talk later."

Nangong Zhao, while surprised, showed a look of discomfort.

The Wind and Cloud Pavilion and the military affairs department, although both part of the Martial Alliance, had a distant relationship.

The information of the Wind and Cloud Pavilion went to the Alliance Leader.

Since the military affairs department also assisted the Alliance Leader, they were in a competitive relationship.

"What can't be said among family? But there's a condition."

"Later..."

Although Nangong Zhao wanted to avoid the awkward situation, Baekji paid no attention.

"There are records of the absolute masters, right? If you let me read them, I'll let you catch the Blood Fiend."

"If it's that, the Wind and Cloud Pavilion has it too."

As expected, Quan Bai took the bait.

Nangong Zhao flared up.

"Senior Quan! If you backstab me again, I won't forgive you this time!"

"Backstab! The negotiation hasn't even been made yet, so what are you talking about? Besides, it's for the sake of the martial world, so does it matter who steps forward?"

"This is a formal proposal from the Yang-Bai Honored One to the military affairs department!"

"That's right. This is my goodwill towards the Chief Military Advisor."

Baekji summed up the situation.

"Umm... if that's the case. But the Blood Fiend is not a person who can be caught so easily. Do you have a way?"

"You don't need to know the details."

* * *

Hongyan hesitated for a long time and then knocked on Jian Yi's door.

"Come in."

Jian Yi was sitting at a tea table, reading a book.

[History of the Martial Alliance]

It was a book that was available in every bookstore in this place where the Martial Alliance was.

It was essential for those who wanted to become Alliance members.

When Hongyan's gaze turned to the 'History of the Martial Alliance', Jian Yi said, "Do you know why ignorant people are dangerous?"

Of course she didn't. She hadn't thought about it.

"The reason our cult is called the Demonic Cult is because they say we control zombies. It's a misunderstanding that stems from ignorance of the reason why the zombie art was created in the first place. Tsk, tsk."

When Hongyan blinked, Jian Yi's eyes widened in surprise and he asked, "Are you saying you don't know about the cult's zombie art either?"

How would I know?

But she answered politely.

"What would a lowly cult member know?"

"The zombie art is originally a technique that has been passed down in the Zhang clan of Hunan. It originated from making the bodies of those who died on the battlefield into zombies to take them back to their hometowns. A long time ago, the Heavenly Demon applied it to bring back those who had been martyred for the cult to the main headquarters..."

A boring story was about to continue.

Hongyan quickly bowed her head and said, "I'm sorry. Scholar. I should receive your jewel-like teachings, but I have an urgent matter, so I must speak first. I... I think I have been discovered by that brat Baekji."

"Umm... you were discovered quickly. It hasn't even been half a day since we came here. Are you a bit slow in that area?"

It hadn't even been a hundred days, but the effect of the 'thousand-li tracking scent' had run out.

The 'yellow weasel' had been running around on its own from some point.

Hongyan, unable to speak, had considered the Blood Fiend's movements and had guided Jian Yi to the Alliance.

In fact, she didn't have to think deeply.

'The Blood Fiend is chasing Baekji! And Baekji is going to the Martial Alliance.'

Jian Yi and Hongyan had arrived in the evening.

As soon as Hongyan arrived, she had found an inn, had Jian Yi enter, and had scouted the area.

Then, she had run into Baekji, who was coming out to eat dinner.

When Baekji had even waved his hand, she had almost fainted.

"In any case, since that person has noticed our presence, we must leave quickly."

"Why should I avoid him?"

Jian Yi asked a leisurely question.

It's the Demonic Cult.

Hongyan answered inwardly.

Outwardly, she told the truth.

"It seems... we have lost the trail of the Blood Fiend. It seems the 'thousand-li tracking scent' has run out."

Jian Yi slowly shook his head.

"No. The 'yellow weasel' came correctly. The Blood Fiend is chasing Baekji. No, to be more precise, he must have come to save Tang Tian'e."

"Yes...?"

Jian Yi knew that the Blood Fiend had stayed at the Tang family's family head's hall for a long time.

At that time, he had thought the person in the family head's hall was Tang Qianhui, but later he had found out it was Tang Tian'e.

"The fact that Tang Tian'e's rebellion failed was because I was chasing the Blood Fiend. The Blood Fiend will save Tang Tian'e and aim for the position of the Tang family head once again."

Hongyan didn't think so.

Tang Tian'e's evil deeds had already been revealed to the world.

"Who? Who knows the truth about what happened at the Tang family? Those brats are covering it up for the sake of the family's honor. What will happen in ten, twenty years? People will die, memories will fade, and by the time the descendants don't know what's what... Tang Tian'e will aim for the position of family head again. The terrifying thing about the Blood Sect is that they plot such long-term schemes."

"Ah, I see. So you're saying they're looking decades ahead."

Hongyan sighed inwardly.

What does it matter if the Tang family is overthrown or the martial world is turned upside down after I die?

"Their time is different from ours. They can get a new body and become young at any time. To fight against those brats, we must expand our concept of time. When I told the young cult leader that in the past, he was really surprised..."

Jian Yi said with a proud face.

He remembered the young cult leader, who had been shocked by the fresh idea and had trembled.

He had even clenched his fists...

"It was one of my sharp pieces of advice..."

"...Then the Blood Fiend will carry out a prison break."

"Of course. If it were you, how would you break the Martial Alliance's prison?"

I've never even thought about it.

Do I have any reason to break the Martial Alliance's prison?

"What would I know? Please give me your teachings."

"Umm. It seems you are still not used to using your head."

Jian Yi, 'tuk, tuk', tapped his temple with his finger and said, "The only people who can open the Martial Alliance's prison with force are probably the Cult Leader and the young cult leader. The Blood Fiend has no choice but to receive help from the inside."

"Are you saying there is a spy of the Blood Sect in the Martial Alliance?"

"Of course. It's strange that you think there isn't. Do you really not know?"

"Well..."

"The Martial Alliance is a place where all sorts of riffraff gather. It's different from our cult. So it's no big deal for a spy to hide. Even we..."

Jian Yi stopped in the middle of his sentence.

He had almost said that the cult had also planted spies.

Hongyan, pretending not to know, asked, "Then we should watch the prison carefully and follow the spies when they move."

"That's what I'm saying."

"Since my martial prowess is low, it seems difficult for me to infiltrate the Alliance. This time, the scholar will have to go alone."

"Although your experience is lacking, it will be possible if I help you. The more practical experience, the better..."

"No. Rather than being a nuisance to the scholar like last time, I will support you from the outside."

She could not be abandoned alone like at the Tang family.

"Umm. It seems only someone of my level can wander around inside the Martial Alliance."

Hongyan had not thought that Jian Yi would really think of entering the Martial Alliance alone.

She was genuinely worried.

"Scholar, why don't you reconsider? Even without entering the Alliance..."

Jian Yi blinked.

"When did I say I would enter the Martial Alliance?"

"What?"

"I said I could wander around the Martial Alliance, but I did not say I would enter. You have to listen to the end."

Jian Yi said gently, as if instructing her.

"We are not going to catch the Blood Fiend, are we? We should rather help him. That way, the Blood Fiend will take Tang Tian'e and go to his base, right? Since we are just going to watch, there is no reason to enter the Martial Alliance."

'Isn't this why we planted spies?'

Jian Yi finished with an inner thought.

* * *

"Here."

In the darkness, Quan Bai revealed himself.

"There was such a gloomy place in the Martial Alliance?"

"That's how it is where people live. If there is yin, there is yang, and if there is yang, there is yin..."

"Enough with the idle talk... where is it?"

After eating dinner and about to go to sleep, Quan Bai had left a telepathic message.

―I will let you meet Mado.

The place he had told him to come to was the corpse repository in the northern part of the Alliance.

A place where the bodies of Alliance members were temporarily placed before being sent to their hometowns or buried.

Although it was gloomy even during the day, since it was the middle of the night, the atmosphere was even more eerie.

"This way."

Quan Bai was familiar with the geography of the Alliance. He led the way and said, "I will guide you to the place, but you have to meet him on your own. Never say that I told you. And... be sure to keep your promise."

What's so important about the origin of a martial sect that he's doing this?

Baekji could not understand.

Am I not from the righteous path? Is that why I can't understand?

It just seemed ridiculous to be concerned with martial sects, seniority, and blood ties.

'No. There are heretics of the righteous path too. If it were me, I could be a heretic.'

As he was thinking to himself, Quan Bai, who was leading the way, stopped.

―If you enter that valley, there will be a thatched hut.

When Baekji looked, at the end of the forest, there was a small valley shrouded in darkness.

―It is dangerous to just go in. Since a formation is spread, you must get the owner's permission.

'I don't like this...'

To enter an unknown valley in the middle of the night.

And if there's even a formation...

He had thought there would be a hidden estate in the forest behind the Alliance, but that was not it.

He was about to say he would come back during the day, but Quan Bai had already disappeared.

'I have no choice.'

As he was going towards the valley, he stopped at a place where the flow of ki was strange.

'It seems the formation starts from here.'

He, 'tuk', hit a stone at his feet with his bamboo staff.

Whoosh-.

The stone flew and fell without any restriction.

'It seems it's an illusion formation.'

He hated this even more.

An illusion formation where all sorts of evil spirits and hideous monsters run wild.

Although he had no memory, he had a strong feeling that it would be terrible.

Baekji decided to just call out.

"Mado! Come out."

There was no answer.

"I know you can hear me. This is an illusion formation. The sound gets through. Let's see your face."

"..."

"Why are you cooped up in a place like this? You're one of the top ten masters. You were defeated by the Alliance Leader, right? Is it because you're ashamed?"

"..."

"Pathetic. If you're a man, regardless of victory or defeat..."

Quan Bai, who was hiding and listening from a distance, had his expression contort.

'That brat doesn't even know who Mado is, does he?'

It was a matter that he had urgently requested and received permission from the Alliance Leader.

He remembered the Alliance Leader tilting his head when he had heard Baekji's words.

'The Alliance Leader knew. That brat was lying.'

While Quan Bai was tearing at his own hair, Baekji's taunts crossed the line.

"If you're going to turn your back on the world, why don't you just shave your head and become a monk?"

"Perhaps... you're trapped? That could be it. Why else would he be Mado? He killed people indiscriminately, so the Alliance Leader locked him up, right?"

"Yes... grow old and die there. What's the meaning of being one of the top ten masters? From now on, let's say the top nine masters. What's the need for the moniker 'top ten masters' when you're hiding in a valley because you're afraid of the Alliance Leader?"

At some point, a pure white light flew from inside the valley.

"Heo-geok!"

Baekji, as if bouncing, retreated.

Boom!

A pure white saber was stuck in the spot where he had been standing until just a moment ago.

'What? Did he throw a saber?'

To throw one's own weapon.

What strong confidence.

Then, a person flew from the valley.

"Huh?"

Baekji blinked and looked at the person who had appeared.

It was a young girl dressed in a sleek martial arts uniform.

When the girl stretched out her hand, the pure white saber that was stuck in the ground, 'sook', was sucked in.

"You, what are you, making a fuss in front of another's house in the middle of the night?"

He rubbed his eyes and looked again.

No matter how you looked at her, she was a girl who seemed to be in her teens.

'Mado... has he undergone 'rejuvenation'?'

(End of Chapter)