Sword God Reborn

Chapter 223 : Are you within my fence?

I'm going to die.

The clear words floated before her eyes.

It was an indifferent voice, with no hint of ridicule or mockery.

The clear smile on his lips was transmitted as a strong pressure, as if a hand was squeezing her heart.

It was a smile that would make anyone exclaim in admiration of its beauty, but it was in perfect contrast to his indifferent eyes.

The moment their eyes met, Yu Seoryeong's body froze solid.

A coldness became a dagger and lodged in her chest.

'It's a warning...'

The clear warning reeked of blood.

That's right. The opponent was the Heavenly Dragon Sword Hero.

A being who stood alone and solely annihilated demons.

And she was.

'I have learned demonic arts.'

As her thoughts reached that point, Yu Seoryeong's body convulsed violently.

Yu Seoryeong knew. Even if she revealed all her demonic arts, she would at best be at the peak.

Of course, considering her age, the realm of the peak in her mid-teens was an enormous level.

But it was a realm achieved only through demonic arts. If it were revealed to the martial world that she had learned demonic arts, Yu Seoryeong would not be able to escape death.

The current martial world had already entered a war with the demons.

From the time the Blood Demon Valley attacked Shaolin, gossips had been chattering that a new Righteous-Demonic War was beginning.

To reveal demonic arts in such a situation? Yu Seoryeong would not be able to return alive.

'The Heavenly Dragon Sword Hero wouldn't leave demons alone anyway.'

The Heavenly Dragon Sword Hero was someone who would pursue a demon to the end.

Recalling the Heavenly Dragon Sword Hero's deeds that were widely spread in the martial world, Yu Seoryeong let out a bitter smile.

How he found out was no longer important. The fact that he had found out was important.

"You're going to kill me anyway, right?"

At Yu Seoryeong's venomous voice, Cheon Mubaeck let out a hollow laugh.

She tried to put on a sharp edge, but she could not hide the tremor in her voice.

'She's terrified.'

She was terrified, but she looked like a small animal baring its teeth at a predator out of desperation. Cheon Mubaeck slowly withdrew his momentum and warned her.

"If you keep pointing your sword at me, I might really kill you."

"......"

"If I had really intended to kill you, your hand and neck would have been cut off before you even drew your sword."

"......!"

Yu Seoryeong bit her lip as if she were resentful, but she could not deny it.

Just the known realm of the Heavenly Dragon Sword Hero was something she could not dare to face.

Moreover, the level she had witnessed firsthand was even greater than what was known.

'Could I even last a single exchange?'

A supreme realm that blocked the surrounding noise with just a qi wave.

How deep must one's internal energy be to make something like that possible?

How freely must one be able to control their internal energy?

It was a realm that even her deeply respected master could not dare to achieve.

Was that all?

The sword strike that she could only recognize after seeing the afterimage left behind, unable to follow it with her eyes, still gave her goosebumps just thinking about it now.

'Can I block it?'

The answer came quickly. Impossible. It would be a different story if she were a complete novice.

If she revealed her hidden demonic arts, Yu Seoryeong was a peak martial artist.

They say you have to try to know how long or short something is, but if the difference is too great, you can't help but know without even trying.

How could she dodge or block something she could not even follow with her eyes?

'He could have killed me long ago. From the first time I saw him outside the ironworks.'

It was as Cheon Mubaeck had said.

If he had really intended to kill her simply because he knew she was a demon, he would have killed her long ago.

He did not. Rather, he showed her kindness. He helped her escape from a difficult situation with Danggye Jeyeom and even yielded a good sword for her to obtain.

There was more than one strange thing.

'Wait a minute. How does he know I belong to the Sword Sect?'

Yu Seoryeong's eyes widened.

The Seven Demonic Sects.

Although the details of each demonic art and the demonic qi they harbored were different, to those who were not demons, they all looked similar.

How did he distinguish and pinpoint the Sword Sect?

Moreover, she had not even demonstrated her demonic arts directly.

Perhaps noticing Yu Seoryeong's gaze.

Cheon Mubaeck chuckled and activated his middle dantian.

Woong, woong, woong, woong.

A resonant sound that was not heard by the ears but was transmitted to the mind.

The pulsation of his heart quickened, and a transparent thread of immortal energy was emitted to the outside.

The transparent thread, visible only to Cheon Mubaeck, pushed away the sword that was touching his throat.

"......!"

Yu Seoryeong's eyes widened as if they would tear.

She was astonished at the sight of the sword being pushed away against her will.

'Internal energy? No. It's not internal energy.'

Yu Seoryeong's pupils vibrated greatly. It was not internal energy. Even if Yu Seoryeong pushed her internal energy into the sword with all her might, it did not react at all.

It was not that she was being pushed back in strength, but a strange feeling that a contest of strength itself was not being established.

Something completely unrelated was pushing the sword away.

It was immortal energy.

'Not bad.'

Although fine adjustment was still difficult, Cheon Mubaeck was inwardly satisfied.

'If I master this, I might even be able to use Sword Control with just immortal energy.'

Of course, fine adjustment would not be as easy as handling a sword with his hands.

Still, Cheon Mubaeck was confident.

It was immortal energy that he could handle like internal energy with the Regeneration Heart Method of the middle dantian.

If he could handle it like internal energy.

Who in the world could follow Cheon Mubaeck in terms of detailed application?

His keen senses and the experience accumulated over countless reincarnations.

Perhaps it was a power that only Cheon Mubaeck could properly utilize.

"So, let's put the sword away first and talk."

At Cheon Mubaeck's smile, Yu Seoryeong just stared at the tip of her sword pointing downwards powerlessly, like a person who had lost her mind.

"My goodness......"

An indescribable sense of helplessness washed over her.

Would it feel like this to be defeated without being able to lift a single finger?

Although it was not a long life, it felt as if everything she had built up so far was crumbling.

"Don't use your demonic arts. It's hard to hide the energy even if you hide the sound. If you don't want to announce to everyone here that you've learned demonic arts."

Only then did Yu Seoryeong become certain. Cheon Mubaeck had no intention of killing her at all.

Then......

"How on earth... do you know?"

"Is that a question?"

Cheon Mubaeck looked at her with an interested eye.

"Alright. Let's take turns asking one question each. First, answer my question. Why did the reclusive Sword Sect come out into the martial world?"

At Cheon Mubaeck's question, Yu Seoryeong flinched.

'He knows everything.'

Although it was called the Seven Demonic Sects, the Sword Sect was in fact a religious order excluded from the Demonic Path.

They were persecuted as traitors within the Demonic Path and despised as demons in the martial world.

Beings condemned by both black and white, both sides. Therefore, they never came out into the world.

Even if they were to carry on the legacy left by the Sword Demon of Defeating Heaven, they would not step out into the martial world.

That was what Cheon Mubaeck was curious about.

'The Escort Agency also has a foot in the martial world, but it's not the complete martial world. So strictly speaking, Jang No is not really living in the martial world.'

But Yu Seoryeong had appeared at the Yukga Ironworks.

The problem was her appearance.

'It's the typical appearance of someone traveling the martial world.'

Cheon Mubaeck's gaze sharpened.

It was not the appearance of someone who had come out simply to get a sword. It was the appearance of someone who had packed for a long journey, prepared to endure sleeping in the open. The typical appearance of a novice who had set out into the martial world.

That was why Cheon Mubaeck had paid attention to Yu Seoryeong from the beginning.

It was certain that the Sword Sect had no relationship with the Blood Demon Valley yet.

But what if.

'What if they start to work with the Blood Demon Valley in earnest?'

Cheon Mubaeck thought that the Sword Sect, which was treated as a traitor and persecuted even within the Demonic Path, would not join hands with the Blood Demon Valley.

'But there is no such thing as an absolute.'

The current Blood Demon Valley had shrunk to half its power.

Cheon Mubaeck had even killed the Poison Demon, and he had also destroyed all the Blood Demon Valley's bases located in each of the four castles and turned them all into a pool of blood.

Would the weakened Blood Demon Valley meekly give up and hide its appearance?

Recently, the Blood Demon Valley had been quiet. It was as quiet as if it had never attacked Shaolin and caused such a disturbance.

What if it was a preparatory stage to build a new force?

What if the purpose was to reorganize their forces by bringing the Sword Sect into their fold?

As his calculations reached that point, Cheon Mubaeck decided to somehow make contact with Yu Seoryeong and dig up information.

However, he had no intention of keeping her by his side for a long time. If his guess was true.

'Jang No...'

Jang No was at the Azure Star Escort Agency.

If so, it was an urgent situation for Cheon Mubaeck.

Therefore, Cheon Mubaeck intended to get a definite answer here and now.

Yu Seoryeong sighed and said.

"It's because of something my master ordered me to do."

"In detail."

"......An outsider came to visit. He seemed to know my master. They didn't seem close. Rather, my master couldn't even move. After the outsider left, he was silent for a long time, and then he told me to deliver a message to my Senior Uncle."

"Senior Uncle?"

"My answer is finished. It's my question. How on earth do you know about the Sword Sect?"

"Because I am the Heavenly Dragon Sword Hero."

"......Is that the answer?"

"I am constantly fighting with the Demonic Path. How could I not know about the Sword Sect?"

"But......"

"I know. That the Sword Sect is excluded from the Demonic Path. Even so, it cannot be denied that you have learned demonic arts."

Yu Seoryeong bit her lip.

"What was the message you were told to deliver to your Senior Uncle?"

"Hoo...... He told me to ask whether to save the religious order or to flee."

"......"

Cheon Mubaeck's brow furrowed.

In an instant, all the pieces of the puzzle fell into place in his mind.

The outsiders who had come to see her master were probably.

'The Blood Demon Valley bastards. They're trying to recruit the Sword Sect.'

But the fortunate thing was that it was before she had sought advice from the person called Senior Uncle.

'That Senior Uncle is probably the current leader of the Sword Sect.'

His choice would determine whether the Sword Sect would join hands with the Blood Demon Valley.

Then.

'I'll have to find that Senior Uncle.'

Finding him was the priority.

Whether to kill him or not would be decided according to his decision.

The Sword Sect was a religious order that Cheon Mubaeck had created himself during his time as the Sword Demon of Defeating Heaven.

Of course, it was not that he had intended to create it. Demons who were fascinated by the Sword Demon's martial power had started to follow him, and a religious order had naturally been formed.

In any case, were they not the ones who had inherited his will?

Cheon Mubaeck had no intention of destroying them as long as they did not join hands with the Blood Demon Valley.

That was the reason why he had left Jang No alone even though he was in the escort agency.

Rather, he was waiting for him to answer.

"Who is your Senior Uncle?"

"I don't know either. It was the first time I knew I had a Senior Uncle. I only know that he is in Henan."

"Henan? Then why did you come to Shandong?"

At that moment, Cheon Mubaeck's expression became strange.

Yu Seoryeong sighed.

"I still have time. In the meantime, I rushed here at the news that I could get a weapon from the Yukga Ironworks."

"So your Senior Uncle is in Henan?"

"I have to find a swordsman with the surname Jang."

"......"

"Now it's my question. Why are you trying to save me? To get information from me?"

"I'll have to think about whether to kill you or not later."

"What?"

"Let's go. To your Senior Uncle."

"What......"

"I have a rough idea of who it is."

"You know who it is?"

"I think it's the gentleman in my house."

"......He's in your house? Is he family?"

At that moment, Yu Seoryeong's voice became cautious. If he was the Senior Uncle's family, she would be acting very rudely.

But at the somehow pure reaction, Cheon Mubaeck just chuckled and turned his gaze away.

"Family...... Well. I don't know if we'll become family."

Cheon Mubaeck's eyes flashed.

Jang No now had to choose.

To the Blood Demon Valley's question of whether to save the religious order or to flee.

It would be decided by what choice he made.

The large fence that Cheon Mubaeck had made, established, and was protecting.

'Are you within my fence? Jang No.'

Cheon Mubaeg's eyes flashed.

(End of Chapter)