Little Demon Reversion to Youth

Chapter 188

Seven days passed, and the candidates for the Cult Leader's successor were confirmed.

Five torches had been placed next to the Young Lord's sacred fire, and in the meantime, two had disappeared, leaving three.

Hyuk-ryeonhu of the Hyuk-ryeon family.

Weizhi Shouchuan of the Weizhi family.

Shi Fengsheng of the Shi family.

Normally, the successor duel should have been held after seven days, but it was postponed for a month.

The reason was that it was the mourning period for the Cult Leader.

* * *

"A-ham..."

Baekji, who had been going in and out of the 'Heavenly Demon Martial Library' every night, was short on sleep. Although he had entered the 'harmony realm', so it was not a strain at all...

Just the thought that he had not slept made him yawn automatically.

"...Are you ignoring my words? Isn't it polite to at least pretend to listen?"

Wu Ha finally raised his voice.

"Oho? It seems our cute younger brother is really angry. What did you say?"

"Don't call me younger brother. I said I would challenge you."

Wu Ha would come frequently and pester him to have a duel.

"Yes... younger brother... your older brother is a little tired, so will you come later? I will definitely play with you then."

"I told you not to call me younger brother!"

As Wu Ha spoke with a serious face, Baekji suddenly reached out, grabbed his cheek, and shook it.

"Eo-eo-eo... don't do this... what rudeness is this!"

"An older brother can do that."

"You've become strange."

Wu Ha shot back like a child.

"I've become strange?"

"You've become greasy. The fact that a person's personality changes frequently means they have no center. Martial arts are also like training, so you must have a center to reach the ultimate realm..."

"In terms of martial arts, I think I am above you."

"That's because you're older! If I were your age, I would have reached a higher realm."

As Baekji treated him like a child, Wu Ha's childish side also came out.

"Oh... is that so? Then let's see then. I'm busy now. Go and play with the 'Silent Saber'. He'll be a perfect match for you right now."

"Ugh..."

Without thinking that he had acted like a child, Wu Ha's face turned red and blue when Baekji treated him like a child until the end.

After glaring at Baekji for a moment, he went out.

Seeing Wu Ha's back as he went away, stomping, he smiled, and he saw the So family's strategist, Zhong Yue, coming.

"What is your business?"

Baekji, after So Ya-hu's memory had come in, had become somewhat serious. Although Wu Ha had felt it, since Zhong Yue had only seen that side of him from the beginning, he had just thought it was so.

Zhong Yue held out three invitations.

"What is this?"

"They are from the Hyuk-ryeon family, the Weizhi family, and the Shi family, respectively. It means they want you to make a pledge of submission. The old family head has told Young Master So to handle it."

Zhong Yue could not understand the reason why So Jeong-hu was pushing the pledge of submission onto Young Master So. Although he was the grandson of the Young Lord, he had just entered the sect and would not know the ways of the world.

Anyway, since it was an order, he had brought it.

"A pledge of submission? These brats have lost their minds."

A cold energy of So Ya-hu flashed across Baekji's face. So Ya-hu had given up a lot to succeed his father and to ascend to the position of Cult Leader.

He had not been able to do any of the things that children his age should have done. He had lived, only training from morning until he was exhausted and collapsed at night.

Because of that, his human relationships were extremely clumsy.

Perhaps it was not because of Jian Yi that he had developed the habit of hitting... but because he was clumsy at normal conversation, he had hit his subordinates?

Although he was clumsy at human relationships... with the addition of a status where he did not bow his head to anyone other than his father, the Cult Leader... he had lived as a very arrogant person.

Now So Ya-hu's temperament was revealed without filtration.

How long has it been since the Cult Leader ascended, and they are already crawling up?

"It's fun... it's fun. To send a pledge of submission to the So family..."

A ferocious light flowed from Baekji's eyes. Zhong Yue, who saw this, felt a chill down his spine.

Although he knew he was at the 'true realm'... this kind of energy? It was an unprecedented energy that he had not even felt from So Jeong-hu.

Zhong Yue felt as if his breath would stop, overwhelmed by the energy.

"?"

Baekji, who saw Zhong Yue's pale face, realized that he had unconsciously raised his 'Heavenly Demon Qi'.

When he released his 'Heavenly Demon Qi', Zhong Yue let out a sigh of relief.

"I will go and see for myself."

"Then I will be on my way."

As Baekji took the invitations, Zhong Yue hastily came out and looked back.

'What on earth was that energy?'

* * *

The Shi family was in the outskirts, quite a distance from the main headquarters. Unlike the territories of other families, which were usually villages like natural settlements with the family's estate, it was made up of a fortress.

It was a position to block the very front line in case the sect was attacked.

So it was also called 'Shi Fortress'.

Kki-ik.

When Baekji stood in front of the fortress gate, the gate opened. Since he had seen ambushes hidden here and there on his way, he had thought they would have delivered the news.

As expected, a group of warriors were lined up beyond the gate. Their dignified appearance was as if to say, 'kneel before the majesty of the Shi family'.

The middle-aged man at the front politely cupped his fists.

"I greet Young Master So of the So family."

Baekji, with an indifferent look, looked at the middle-aged man, the chief steward of the Shi family, and then lightly nodded his head.

"Young Master Shi is waiting."

"Tell him to come out."

At Baekji's words, the chief steward hesitated for a moment and then said, "A seat has been prepared in the guest hall. Please come in."

Baekji approached the chief steward and then suddenly raised his foot and kicked his shin.

Thwack!

"Keuk!"

At the unexpected attack, the chief steward was hit. That was also understandable, who would kick the shin of a person who had come out to meet them? Besides, to kick the chief steward of 'Shi Fortress' in 'Shi Fortress'.

Baekji's eyes scanned the warriors who were lined up behind.

Although the chief steward had been hit, the warriors did not even flinch. They were well-trained warriors. They would not move unless an order was given.

"Don't make me say it twice."

Baekji said as if it were nothing, after kicking his shin.

Although the chief steward glared, his status was the enemy.

The grandson of the Young Lord.

Rumors were rampant that he might become the next head of the So family.

If he made a mistake and the Shi family and the So family became enemies... that would bring a result worse than not coming out to meet him.

'This brat. He's gotten a sudden promotion and he can't see anything.'

Although the chief steward was cursing inwardly, on the outside, he composed his face and said politely, "Please wait a moment."

The chief steward hastily went inside.

Baekji's visit today was a very important matter for the Shi family.

Among the three families that had come out for the 'Great Successor War', the Shi family's power was the most disadvantageous. The Hyuk-ryeon family was the second in the ranking of the twelve guardian families, and the Weizhi family was the fourth.

Although the twelve guardian families originally had no ranking, at some point, it had started to be talked about, and now, they even arranged seats according to the ranking.

'Shi Fortress' was the fifth in the ranking.

If the head family, the So family, were to support the Shi family... they would be able to overtake the Weizhi family right away.

The chief steward swallowed his humiliation and crossed the middle gate, and the great young master of the Shi family, Shi Fengsheng, was coming out from inside.

Shi Fengsheng was belligerent, hot-tempered, and impatient.

He had been sitting in the guest hall and waiting, and he had not been able to stand it and had come out.

Shi Fengsheng, who saw the chief steward coming in hastily, frowned.

"Uncle Bu, why are you coming alone?"

Chief Steward Bu went in front of Shi Fengsheng and then said with a telepathic message, ―It seems he has not come with good intentions. Even if he provokes you, you must endure and coax him well.

At Chief Steward Bu's words, Shi Fengsheng frowned. Then he went through the middle gate and to the square without a word.

In front of the warriors who were lined up in the square, the figure of Baekji, who was standing with his hands behind his back and was leisurely looking around, was visible.

He looked to be about fifteen or sixteen.

'He was that young. So he couldn't step forward for the 'Great Successor War'.'

Shi Fengsheng strode and went in front of Baekji.

"Are you the child who came to the So family?"

Baekji looked at Shi Fengsheng. His expression was as if he had heard something he shouldn't have.

"You... did you just call me a child?"

At Baekji's dumbfounded question, Shi Fengsheng laughed loudly.

"Hahaha. If I don't call a child a child, then what should I call him? You say you are the grandson of the Young Lord... do you think there is no hierarchy in our sect?"

If you think about it, Shi Fengsheng's words were also right.

Although the twelve guardian families had a ranking, they were essentially on equal terms. Among those of the same generation, the ranking was decided by age.

It was similar to how the Righteous Path decided on senior and junior brothers.

Baekji's eyes drew an arc.

"It's fun..."

Because of So Ya-hu's memory, he had forgotten for a moment how his current appearance would be seen by others. The memory of So Ya-hu in Baekji's mind now was in his early twenties.

"Wasn't the hierarchy decided by martial arts?"

At Baekji's words, Shi Fengsheng tilted his head.

"Did you come to challenge me? I know you didn't put your name on the 'Great Successor War'."

"I'm not interested in the 'Great Successor War'..."

Baekji took out the invitation that Shi Fengsheng had sent.

"You sent something like this, right? If you want my support, show me your skills."

"Haha. Alright. Follow me!"

Shi Fengsheng's personality was cool and refreshing.

"I will have a one-on-one match with the younger brother of the So family. No one follow!"

He must have said that to show that he had no intention of pushing his numerical advantage.

Baekji had originally intended to catch Shi Fengsheng in the square and to beat him. But since the other party had come out so refreshingly, he could not beat him in front of his subordinates.

'Anyway, they are the brats who guard the very front line of the sect, right?'

The blood of the Shi family flowed with a simple loyalty to the sect. That was why they had set up their base in the outermost area.

Baekji followed Shi Fengsheng, who was going ahead.

Chief Steward Bu, who saw the two going to have a duel, was inwardly relieved.

From what he had found out, the martial arts of the Young Lord's grandson, So Baek-cheon, were now at the 'true realm'. Although Shi Fengsheng was at the same 'true realm', his mastery was looking at the 'flower realm'.

It was also the reason why the Shi family had jumped into the 'Great Successor War' after hundreds of years.

The two went to Shi Fengsheng's training ground.

A moment later.

Kwa-kwang!

Kung!

The sound of sharp energy clashing and a loud sound echoed from outside the training ground.

Chief Steward Bu, who was listening to this from outside the wall, became anxious.

If it was that much sharp energy... wasn't he at the 'true realm'?

Unlike his expectation, the fight was dragging on.

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.

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"U-heuk!"

Shi Fengsheng forcibly swallowed the groan that was erupting.

'A monster!'

If this wasn't a monster, then what was it? He was taking his 'Blue Demon Sharp Energy' with his body. He was approaching in a defenseless state, as if to say, 'hit me as much as you want'.

Shi Fengsheng, who was hitting, was actually avoiding.

So if someone had seen it, they would have said they had seen a very strange fight. The one who was hitting was running away, and the one who was being hit was approaching, neither in a hurry nor slowly.

'Isn't this a 'jiangshi'?'

He even thought of the 'Living Spirit Jiangshi', which was passed down as a legend in the sect.

Kwang!

Again, the 'Blue Demon Sharp Energy' exploded on Baekji's chest.

Baekji shook his head left and right, cracked his neck, and then said, "Hmm. It's usable. The eighth stage of the 'Blue Demon Sharp Energy'... it's a great achievement for your age. The Shi family has put in a lot of effort."

"Ugh... what is your identity?"

"That's not what you should be curious about right now."

What Shi Fengsheng was really curious about was Baekji's martial arts.

"What on earth... what kind of 'protective energy' is it that... it can block sharp energy?"

"You will realize it if you are hit."

Baekji's two eyes drew an arc, and then he threw a punch. It was a momentum that was neither slow nor fast. It seemed like an empty punch, with no strength in it.

Just in case, Shi Fengsheng retreated and tried to deflect it with his left hand.

Peo-eok!

In that moment, Baekji's fist, which had approached as if it had teleported, was stuck in Shi Fengsheng's stomach.

"Kku-we-ek!"

A sound like a pig being slaughtered finally erupted from Shi Fengsheng's mouth.

(End of Chapter)