Little Demon Reversion to Youth

Chapter 193

'Ah, this brat was here?'

He had been putting it off because of the sect's affairs.

At Baekji's indifferent gaze, the Blood Demon's anger exploded. It was a gaze as if he were seeing him for the first time.

He raised his voice.

"Are you mocking me?"

"Me? Did you just say 'me' in front of me?"

At Baekji's cold answer, the Blood Demon, flinched. It was Baekji, who had just killed Hyuk-ryeon Gwang. He had not had time to wash away his murderous intent while thinking about the Hyuk-ryeon family's scheme... and the Blood Demon had felt that faint murderous intent.

"..."

The Blood Demon had met Baekji twice. At the Martial Alliance and at the Yang-Bai Merchant Sect.

It was not the gaze of that time.

'I could really die!'

The Blood Demon, without realizing it, took a step back and then, as if he were embarrassed, let out a dry cough.

Baekji smiled.

"It's alright. I won't kill you."

There was someone else to kill the Blood Demon.

Mado and Jin Tiansuo.

When the 'Silver Moon Territory' and the 'Mysterious Moon Sect' were stained with blood, the Blood Demon had taken the lead. The reason he was letting the Blood Demon live was because of Mado.

The grudge of the 'Silver Moon Territory' was the power that had brought Mado to the 'flower realm', but it was also a limit. To overcome the 'life and death realm', he had to let go of his grudge.

Although it would be a complete revenge only when he had dealt with the Blood Cult Leader... just by killing the Blood Demon, he would be able to relieve a considerable part of his mental burden.

At Baekji's words, the Blood Demon felt fear.

The fact that a being who could kill him at any time was letting him live... meant that he would surely die.

The Blood Demon also knew. That Baekji had passed his life on to Mado and Jin Tiansuo. But he was confident.

If it wasn't for Baekji... those two... if he just completely achieved the 'Blood Demon God'...

"Keep your promise."

A sense of desperation was in the Blood Demon's voice.

"Didn't you realize it while dragging Seomun So?"

The Blood Demon's heart felt heavy. As the Demonic Advisor had said, he had seen the harm of the incomplete 'Blood Blood Divine Art' while dragging Seomun So. He had also realized why he had not been able to achieve a complete 'Blood Demon God'.

But... he could not turn back.

If there was another way...

He looked at Baekji with a hopeful gaze.

"It seems you have found out. If you know, why don't you act?"

The reason he couldn't, even though he knew... was because he had to start over from the beginning.

The years from when he had been taught the 'Blood Blood Divine Art' until now passed through the Blood Demon's mind.

It was a lifetime.

"You also know that if you obtain a new body with the 'Great Reincarnation Art', you can't achieve it at all, right?"

Baekji added out of concern. Because he might enter another's body to buy time.

But if he took another's body with the 'Great Reincarnation Art', the 'Blood Demon God' would be out of the question.

The Blood Cult Leader's 'Great Reincarnation Art' was to change the soul, and since the spirit and the ethereal soul were another's, he could not achieve the harmony of the soul, spirit, and ethereal soul.

"If it were me. I would go somewhere no one knows and start over. But you can't do that. Why? You know the answer well."

Baekji's words hit a nerve.

Since he had buttoned the first button wrong, he had to re-button it from the beginning. He had to let go, but he was holding on.

Because it felt as if he would fall into a distant abyss the moment he let go.

"..."

"I have said all I have to say. Go."

Baekji, as he was walking away, said, "Take Seomun So to the So family."

"He... is dead."

Baekji looked at the Blood Demon. The Blood Demon avoided his gaze.

The Blood Demon had killed Seomun So after finding out the side effects of the 'Blood Blood Divine Art'. Because he was not in his right mind, it was just troublesome to take care of him.

Although he was a Blood Demon who killed people like flies, for some reason, Baekji's gaze was burdensome. As he pretended not to see and looked away, Baekji muttered as if he were looking into his heart, "For just that reason... you killed a person?"

"His reason was already severely damaged, so he could not function as a person."

The Blood Demon said as if he were protesting. Baekji, who was looking at such a Blood Demon, suddenly said as if he were throwing it, "He was your karma."

Baekji spat out and went on his way. The Blood Demon thought for a moment and then hastily followed and asked, "What does that mean?"

"You must have thought you were adding a drop of blood to your karma by killing Seomun So. Because you have killed so many people until now. But... he wanted to live. More desperately than anyone..."

In the eyes of Seomun So, who had lost his reason and was struggling, he had heard the desperate cry of his spirit to save him.

At that time, he could not save him. He had to wait for the soul, which was running wild, craving blood, to subside.

Although Seomun So was a person with a hideous desire, who had nothing to say even if he died. Even if he had lived an ordinary life without learning the 'Blood Blood Divine Art', he would have been killed by someone's hand.

But as his soul ran wild, he had become a different being. If his soul had been broken by the side effects of the 'Blood Blood Divine Art'... he might have lost his memory... and might have lived as a different person.

The Blood Demon had cut off the opportunity to live a different life.

If the Blood Demon had tried to save him and to restore his reason... in that process, he might have realized the action of the spirit and the soul, and might have found another way to achieve the 'Blood Demon God'.

The Blood Demon had cut off the faint opportunity with his own hands.

Baekji flew away and disappeared.

The Blood Demon stared blankly at his figure and then walked away.

* * *

The successors of the twelve guardian families gathered one after another at 'Shi Fortress'.

Weizhi Shouchuan and Shi Fengsheng competitively went to the twelve guardian families and brought back pledges of submission and the heads of the So families or direct descendants.

Unexpectedly, there was no rebellion from each family.

The fact that he had broken Weizhi Shouchuan and Shi Fengsheng and had even killed an elder of the Hyuk-ryeon family spread in an instant, and the attention was focused on So Baek-cheon's movements.

Wu Wen-sheng of the Wu Wen family came on his own, saying he was curious about who So Baek-cheon was.

'Shi Fortress' was busy, giving out separate buildings to welcome the successors of each family.

With Shi Fengsheng bringing the head of the Dongfang family, Dongfang Yao, all the successors and direct descendants of the twelve guardian families had gathered.

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'Shi Fortress' Main Hall.

Shi Fengsheng sat in the seat of honor, and next to him, Dongfang Yao, Tian Wen-you, Shen Yu, and Hong Wu-lie sat in the order of their family's ranking. They were the families that supported the Shi family or had been defeated by Shi Fengsheng. Although the Dongfang family, which had supported the Shi family, was the eleventh in the ranking, since the family head, Dongfang Yao, had ascended to the position of family head at the age of thirty, he sat right next to Shi Fengsheng.

Opposite him, Weizhi Shouchuan sat, and next to him, Bi Jun-hua, Zheng Zhu-wang, Wu Wen-sheng, and Zhu Tian-yang sat.

Since Weizhi Shouchuan had entered the duel for a pledge of submission later than Shi Fengsheng, he had only visited the Bi family, the Zheng family, and the Zhu family.

Wu Wen-sheng, who had come on his own, seeing that Weizhi Shouchuan's side had one less person, readily sat on Weizhi Shouchuan's side, saying that the numbers should be matched.

Coincidentally, there were five people on each side. The successors were all in their prime, from their early twenties to their early thirties.

The seat of honor was empty, and the Hyuk-ryeon family did not attend. Since everyone knew the fact that Baekji had killed Hyuk-ryeon Gwang, they did not look for Hyuk-ryeonhu.

A heavy silence flowed in the main hall.

Wu Wen-sheng, whose nature was cheerful, could not stand it and opened his mouth.

"Older sister Bi, it seems the Bi family has now made a woman the successor."

Bi Jun-hua glared with an expression that said she was not even amused and said, "Wu Wen-sheng, do you want to die? Who are you calling older sister?"

"U-heu-heu..., if I was born a month earlier, wouldn't I be an older brother?"

Pa-at!

As Bi Jun-hua shook her sleeve, a flying dagger flew out.

Wu Wen-sheng caught the flying dagger and feigned injury.

"Aigoo. As expected of the 'Seven Phases Rakshasa', you try to kill me right away. Older brothers, should the friendship of the twelve guardian families be like this? A flying dagger for just one word?"

Although Wu Wen-sheng was being playful, no one responded.

As Bi Jun-hua, 'beoltteok', stood up and was about to go to Wu Wen-sheng, Weizhi Shouchuan grabbed her sleeve.

Seeing Bi Jun-hua reluctantly sitting down at Weizhi Shouchuan's restraint, Wu Wen-sheng smiled meaningfully.

"Oho? By any chance... are the Weizhi family and the Bi family becoming in-laws?"

"That brat!"

The twelve guardian families avoided forming blood ties as much as possible.

As Bi Jun-hua stood up again, Shi Fengsheng first glared at Wu Wen-sheng and then said, "Wu Wen-sheng, do you not know what kind of place this is? Shut your mouth and sit quietly. You shameless brat."

Although Shi Fengsheng had thought Wu Wen-sheng would come to the Shi family, since he had gone to the Weizhi family on his own, his mood was not good.

Wu Wen-sheng, who was the same age as Bi Jun-hua and was the youngest in this place, had communicated with the successors of various families.

"Haha... brother Fengsheng. I am close with all the older brothers here, but I am a little distant with brother Shouchuan. I was just trying to score some points on this occasion. Don't say too much. Anyway, whoever becomes the Young Lord, I will be loyal."

If he couldn't even speak, he wouldn't be so hateful. As Shi Fengsheng glared, Baekji walked out from behind the main hall.

Wu Wen-sheng's gaze turned to Baekji.

"Uh-uh?"

Although he had heard he was young, since he was younger than he had thought, an exclamation of admiration flowed out automatically.

As Baekji looked, Wu Wen-sheng, whose eyes had met his flinched.

'Why is a young brat's gaze like that?'

It was a gaze that could not be read at all.

Baekji withdrew his gaze and sat down.

"Is everyone here?"

He was immediately informal.

'What bad luck...'

Wu Wen-sheng grumbled and sat down. It wasn't just him. A slight anger flashed in the eyes of the gathered successors.

Baekji, that is, So Baek-cheon, had not even stepped forward for the 'Great Successor War'. The people they had given a pledge of submission to were Shi Fengsheng and Weizhi Shouchuan.

Strictly speaking, it was not that they had submitted to the So family.

"Let's get to know each other. I am So Baek-cheon."

At Baekji's words, one by one, they introduced themselves. Since they were all very uncomfortable, the atmosphere was like a thin sheet of ice.

After they had introduced each other, Baekji said, "You know... I was ambushed on my way to the Heavenly Mountains."

Tian Wen-you of the Tian family and Hong Wu-lie of the Hong family lowered their heads. Because it was their story. Especially the Tian family, who had even mobilized Lei Mo and had had a fight with the 'Soul Demon', so the sect was noisy.

Lei Mo and the 'Soul Demon' had fought all day that day and had not been able to see a winner.

"Besides, some crazy brats sent a pledge of submission to the So family."

Shi Fengsheng and Weizhi Shouchuan lowered their heads.

"Think about it. After a long time, I came to the sect... no, I came to offer incense at my grandfather's memorial tablet, and I was ambushed and received an invitation to kneel. How would you feel?"

Of course, not good. It was the same for all the families. So wasn't it that they were watching each other so as not to lose face?

"You know. When I found my identity, I became attached to the So family. It was reassuring to have a family. Isn't that right for everyone?"

"..."

"So I couldn't think of anything else and told everyone to gather. The 'Great Successor War'? I don't care about that."

Bi Jun-hua was inwardly surprised. Since she knew So Baek-cheon's identity, it sounded different from others.

'What is the Young Lord thinking?'

She could not know at all.

"Why? Because the Cult Leader will take care of it."

"―!"

"―!"

At Baekji's words, everyone was greatly surprised. Wu Wen-sheng was so astonished that he stood up and then, seeing Baekji sat down.

"As soon as I came, the Elder Hall announced that the Cult Leader had ascended. You all know, right? That he is my great-grandfather. So I went to the 'Heavenly Demon Cave'."

"..."

"When I went, he was just fine. He said he would be out soon. Who on earth spread the rumor that the Cult Leader had ascended?"

Although they just looked at each other and could not speak, Wu Wen-sheng raised his hand.

"I heard that the great elder of the Hyuk-ryeon family had confirmed it... didn't he announce that he had even heard his last will?"

Baekji smiled.

"No one who has not learned the 'Heavenly Demon Divine Art' can enter the 'Heavenly Demon Cave'. By what means did the great elder of the Hyuk-ryeon family confirm it?"

"..."

Wu Wen-sheng raised his hand again.

"Then... So... what should I call you?"

"Me? I'm So Baek-cheon, right?"

"Yes. So, brother So, can I call you brother So?"

"Whether it's younger brother So or older brother, do as you please. What do you have to say?"

"If brother So has seen the Cult Leader, it means you have entered the 'Heavenly Demon Cave'... how did brother So enter? By any chance, have you learned the 'Heavenly Demon Divine Art'? The 'Heavenly Demon Divine Art' is a martial art that only the Cult Leader and the Young Lord can learn..."

At Wu Wen-sheng's chatter, everyone looked at Baekji as if they were curious.

"Are you curious about that?"

(End of Chapter)