The Regressed Young Master’s Guide to Living on Easy Mode

Chapter 119 : Learning the Correct Way to Use the Profound Other (6)

The law enforcement officer of the Black Heaven, Sa Cho-hon, was paying his utmost respects to someone.

His knees and head were on the ground, and his eyes were looking down.

Sa Cho-hon, who was prostrated before his opponent, opened his mouth.

"I apologize for my failure. Master of the Black Heaven."

A reply came from a place hidden by a black curtain, where the inside could not be seen.

"What happened to your arm? Were you careless?"

The moment the question ended, a dark, powerful energy shot out and wrapped around Sa Cho-hon's body.

Sa Cho-hon suffered the pain of his bones twisting on the spot, as if his whole body was being crushed by a giant snake. But he did not let out a single scream.

"I apologize."

The energy that had been strangling his body scattered into the air. But the voice from inside the black curtain had become even colder.

"The law enforcement officer of the Black Heaven failed to kill a mere Sword Empress. You should have just died there. Rather than coming back like this."

Thud!

Sa Cho-hon immediately slammed his head on the ground. His forehead broke, and blood soaked the floor, but he didn't care. Sa Cho-hon just did his best to appease the anger of the being in front of him.

"I will never make such a mistake again. If I do, I will surely succeed in the mission with my life."

"I'm giving you a chance only this once. Know that there will be no next time."

"Yes, sir!"

Sa Cho-hon waited until the presence behind the black curtain disappeared, and even after it disappeared, he remained in his initial posture for a long time before finally getting up and leaving.

His face was covered in blood as he came out.

The people around quickly bowed their heads, lest they make eye contact with Sa Cho-hon. Those who were blocking his path quickly made way.

This scene was the same as the reverence Sa Cho-hon had shown to the person in the black curtain inside the building, and the behavior those people were now showing to Sa Cho-hon.

Because he was the second-in-command of the Black Heaven, the law enforcement officer.

Except for the Lord of the Black Heaven, the one with absolute power was Sa Cho-hon.

Sa Cho-hon headed to his residence, the Black Night Hall.

A servant girl spotted him and quickly bowed her head in respect.

"Greetings to the law enforcement officer of the Black Heaven."

Sa Cho-hon tried to ignore the servant girl and pass by as usual. He had no reason to pay attention to such insects, and he was in a rather bad mood right now. But the servant girl's expression was different from usual.

Sa Cho-hon asked.

"Is something wrong?"

"A-A guest is waiting."

"Who is it?"

"The Master of the Blue Heaven."

Sa Cho-hon tilted his head and looked up at the top floor where his room was.

"So that's why."

He said something incomprehensible and went up the stairs. On the top floor, there was a long corridor, and there was only one door there.

Creak.

As he roughly opened the door, Sa Cho-hon saw someone, to be precise, the Master of the Blue Heaven, the Blue Heaven Lord, sitting peacefully in his seat and drinking tea.

As if he were the master of this space.

Sa Cho-hon paid his respects to the Blue Heaven Lord.

"The law enforcement officer of the Black Heaven greets the Blue Heaven Lord."

However, there was a slight difference from the utmost respect Sa Cho-hon had shown to the Black Heaven Lord earlier.

"I came to see the Black Heaven Lord and dropped by to see you, so don't just stand there, come and sit here."

"Yes."

As expected, the reason the Black Heaven Lord was in a worse mood than usual was because of the bastard in front of him. That blue guy must have come and turned his stomach upside down.

Swoosh.

Pushing the tea away, the Blue Heaven Lord asked with a grinning face.

"So, how does it feel to be a one-armed cripple?"

At that moment, Sa Cho-hon's pupils transformed into slits. And an indescribable aura emanated from him. The change did not end there. Sa Cho-hon closed and opened his eyes. Blink. A vertical line was drawn through the center of his pupils.

Crack.

It opened, and a completely new pupil was revealed.

That appearance was not like a snake's eye, but like a complete human's. However, it held a mystery that made it hard to call it human.

The realm of the complete third stage of the Profound Manifestation.

The aura he was emitting now was more than what he had fought with in Hainan.

The Blue Heaven Lord, who received that aura with his whole body, still asked with a smiling face.

"For you to show all your emotions, it was worth coming here. So, I didn't hear the answer to my question earlier, how does it feel to be a one-armed cripple?"

Without erasing his aura, Sa Cho-hon answered.

"If you're going to tease me, please stop. I am well aware of my mistake."

The Blue Heaven Lord pulled the tea he had pushed away back in front of him and took a sip.

"Tsk! No fun. I thought you would at least charge at me."

"I know my place."

"Hehehe. Why does that sound to me like you'll charge at me as soon as you become stronger than me?"

"There's no reason I can't."

He had heard that the Blue Heaven would take over what he had failed.

Sa Cho-hon stretched out his arm, poured tea into his cup, and added.

"You'll get a big surprise if you underestimate them."

He didn't tell anyone the truth of what had happened that day.

At that time, he had felt fear.

The final blow that cut off his arm.

It was an incomplete attack, and the opponent's realm was lower than his.

Nevertheless, he was hit.

And he ran away.

Why didn't he kill the guy?

Even though he had plenty of time to kill him.

Because the Emperor's dogs were swarming?

Because he was afraid of the Imperial Family that would follow?

He knew that the Imperial Family was not a threat to him.

Looking back after going around in circles, in the end, he was afraid of the guy, of his eyes.

That day, he was not the predator.

"Are you saying I'll be hit like you?"

At that moment, the Blue Heaven Lord's pupils underwent a change. A single character clearly appeared.

Wind (風).

All the windows in the room were closed.

There was no gap leading from the room to the outside.

But now, everything in the room was flying in the air.

Crack.

The bed broke.

Crash.

The ornaments shattered.

The only things that were fine in here were the chair and table where the Blue Heaven Lord and Sa Cho-hon were sitting, and the teacups on top of them.

"Why, do you want to lose your other arm too?"

Sa Cho-hon immediately withdrew his aura and bowed his head.

"I apologize. Please calm your anger."

At that moment, the things that had been flying in the sky all fell down at once.

"Tsk! You've become no fun since you lost an arm. It was fun when you used to snap back at me. Tsk, tsk. I'm leaving."

The Blue Heaven Lord left the room as if he had finished his business.

Sa Cho-hon bit his molars as he watched the retreating Blue Heaven Lord. But what he had said to the Blue Heaven Lord just now was sincere.

-You'll get a big surprise if you underestimate them.

A new master of the Profound Other who had appeared in the martial world.

A wind that had blown into the martial world, which had been quiet for a while.

The Blue Heaven moved.

Besides him, several other heavens that had been quiet in their own domains began to move.

Will this new wind be a gentle breeze, or a typhoon that will swallow everything?

Well, the result will come out soon.

And Sa Cho-hon was certain.

If the guy survives this time too.

"The martial world will experience a new upheaval."

"Young Master, just now the Blue Heaven... gasp!"

The servant girl who had come up to report was startled by the sight of the messy room. Sa Cho-hon said as if it were no big deal.

"Clean it up."

* * *

There was a small change in Shaolin Temple.

First, women were now staying in Shaolin Temple, which had been a forbidden area for women.

And there were three of them.

One of them was someone no one could dare to make eye contact with.

The Sword Empress walks through Shaolin Temple. She seems to be displeased with something. Such a Sword Empress hovers in front of a certain room and then returns alone. Then, the Sword Empress, who has reached the Divine Monk's room, opens her mouth.

"I request a spar."

The Divine Monk, who was looking at his work, quickly answers.

"I'm busy right now."

The Sword Empress says indifferently.

"Aren't the kids below doing it anyway? It would be more helpful to the kids if you just disappeared from there."

The elderly monks next to the Divine Monk nod their heads enthusiastically. At this, the Divine Monk could only let out a groan and get up from his seat.

"You, didn't we spar yesterday too?"

There was a reason why the Divine Monk was trying to avoid sparring with the Sword Empress like this. Right now, there were several small cuts on the Divine Monk's body, and all of them were from sparring with the Sword Empress.

"Then, should I spar with the other children? They'll die. Come out now."

"Amitabha. Can't you just control your strength?"

"Isn't that why I came to find you, because I don't want to?"

The Divine Monk trudged towards the training ground like a pig being dragged to a slaughterhouse.

He had to do his best today too if he didn't want to die.

* * *

Namgung Mu-gwang's muscles had not had a day without soreness lately, thanks to his new friend.

"When doing push-ups, it's just right to put 100 roof tiles on your back."

Why does this bald bastard keep talking to him? Isn't training usually done alone? It was like that in the Namgung Family. Both his brother and his father trained alone. He wanted to complain, but Namgung Mu-gwang looked to the side helplessly.

"Bald brother! It's really just right!"

The kid who ran away from the Hainan Sect. Nam Ji-hyuk was doing push-ups with 100 roof tiles on his back.

"Amitabha. Almsgiver, let's just do a light warm-up for one shichen."

"Yeah! It's just right!"

The two of them look at him. Then the kid opens his mouth.

"I'm telling on you to sister."

That's right. This was the reason why he couldn't leave these abnormal people.

The young one is very vicious. Once he gets a hold of a person's weakness, he never lets go. Anyone would think he was a wicked demon of the Demonic Path.

Or that the Hainan Sect was a branch of the Demonic Path.

Otherwise, it didn't make sense.

"I'm telling on you."

"I was just about to do it."

"Right? You try it too, brother! After doing this, your body feels really refreshed!"

"I get it, so stop rushing me. I'm not running away."

"Yeah!"

Namgung Mu-gwang picked up a roof tile.

Why are there so many roof tiles in this Shaolin Temple?

* * *

There is a saying that if you know yourself and your enemy, you will win a hundred battles.

It meant that if you know your enemy and yourself, you will win a hundred times in a hundred battles.

Murong Seryeong was with Eun Ga-young.

"Want to train together?"

At Eun Ga-young's question, Murong Seryeong readily nodded her head.

"Sure."

Eun Ga-young's eyes widened slightly.

"You're not using honorifics anymore?"

"You didn't from the beginning either."

"That's right!"

As she warmed up, Murong Seryeong asked.

"You, do you have a type of man you like?"

"A man?"

"Yeah."

Eun Ga-young, who had finished warming up, took a sparring stance. Murong Seryeong also took a stance on the opposite side.

Thump, Eun Ga-young lightly kicked forward. The distance between the two disappeared in an instant, and Eun Ga-young's figure arrived in front of Murong Seryeong. Kicking her left foot towards Murong Seryeong's face, Eun Ga-young answered.

"I've never thought about it."

Murong Seryeong raised her arm to block the kick and then rotated her body to throw a roundhouse kick.

"Think about it."

Eun Ga-young also responded with a roundhouse kick. Thwack! Their feet met in the air and they moved apart.

Eun Ga-young pulled her arms into her bosom.

Murong Seryeong also pulled her arms in and clenched her hands.

The two simultaneously opened their palms and extended their arms.

Thwack!

This time too, their attacks collided in the air.

"Hmm... the only man I know is the Captain."

Murong Seryeong looked at the ground she and Eun Ga-young were standing on.

She was three steps back.

Eun Ga-young was in the same place.

Shing.

Murong Seryeong drew her sword.

Smiling slyly, Eun Ga-young also drew her sword.

"Who did you learn martial arts from?"

"The Heavenly Emperor. He died a long time ago."

As expected, it was more than she thought.

But that didn't mean she was being pushed back.

Murong Seryeong raised her sword.

"Huh?"

It was no exaggeration to say that Eun Ga-young knew all the martial arts of the Orthodox Faction. But the stance of the move Murong Seryeong was taking now was something Eun Ga-young was seeing for the first time.

It was only natural, because Murong Seryeong had combined the Sword Empress's unique martial art, the Sea Wave Sword, with her own unique martial art, the Heaven and Earth Style, to create a completely new martial art.

Its name was the Sea Wave Style.

Sea Wave Style, First Form, Hegemon's Flash.

In response, Eun Ga-young also performed her sword art.

The best sword art that the Wudang Sect prided itself on.

The Wisdom Sword.

Now that the Wudang Sect's Sect Leader and first-generation disciples were dead, Eun Ga-young was the only one in the martial world who could perform the Wisdom Sword.

Murong Seryeong's powerful energy was twisted and went up into the sky.

Murong Seryeong stared at it blankly and opened her mouth in a low voice.

"Strong."

Eun Ga-young was a strong opponent.

* * *

A message came from the Demonic Brain.

"Shasha!"

This time too, a white snake came. Seeing the snake for no reason reminded me of Sa Cho-hon, whom I had met in Hainan, and goosebumps broke out on my arms.

Moreover, it was a little bigger than when I had seen it before. There was nothing on the snake's tail. Instead, the snake suddenly began to open its mouth wide. Then it vomited out a single tube.

"Ugh!"

A tube that anyone would think contained a letter.

It was covered in the snake's stomach acid and looked a bit gross to touch.

"Can't you do it the normal way? Like tying it to a hawk's leg!"

"Shasha!"

"No. I'm not blaming you, but that method is a bit... you know."

At my words, the snake shows me its 'that place'. It wasn't there.

"Sorry. I didn't know you were a female. I'll refrain from using the word 'that place' from now on."

"Shasha!"

This situation where I'm talking to a snake, is this real?

I quickly unfolded the letter. Inside, there was information about the New Five Great Families. Even the Divine Cult did not have detailed information about the New Five Great Families. It was not much different from the information I had heard from the Divine Monk.

However, there was a part in the Divine Cult's information that was different from what I knew before my regression.

[Head of the Yong Family, Divine Star Yong Ma-pae. Martial arts level, upper-middle Transformation Realm.]

Yong Ma-pae was a master of the Profound Realm who had taken the Divine Monk's place.

Why was he hiding his identity?

The question remained unanswered, but I lowered my gaze.

Because there was more important content.

[Tianzhu - Lesser Leiyin Temple, Greater Leiyin Temple confirmed to be destroyed. No survivors. However, a variable exists. Detailed circumstances are unknown.]

They say that bad things happen in succession.

A while ago, the Medicine Saint examined my body.

He had said in a serious tone.

-The imbalance in your body is accelerating. You must find a countermeasure as soon as possible. Otherwise, you will die in two months.

As I always say, I'm really fucked right now.

(End of Chapter)