Reincarnation of the Demon - Chapter 34



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Yongbong Branch (3)

The guesthouse in Hanam is not as fancy as the guesthouses in other cities. It is the front yard of Shaolin, the holy place of the sect. It would be more strange for those protected by Shaolin to decorate the guesthouse in such a cumbersome manner according to their worldly desires.

However, even so, since this was a world in which humans lived, there were bound to be luxurious guest houses that pursued beauty, and of course, the most expensive of these guest houses were occupied by people from prestigious families.

“Please, Brother Tang!”

The one who was begging and shouting in a loud voice was Hwangbo Jinheon. In the private room of Dang Huihan, the Poisonous Dragon. In front of Hwangbo Jinheon, who was sitting alone in the most splendid room, was indeed the Poisonous Dragon, with an arrogant expression.

The circumstances were obvious. Hwangbo Jinheon, who had the wonderful nickname of Amusong (兒武松), was branded as a peeing prince because of a single entanglement. Hwangbo Jinheon could not help but feel wronged.

Because it was clear that he had been subjected to some strange sorcery. It was clear. Does it make sense that he would faint just by looking at the eyes of a guy who had just handed over the terms and conditions?

But… I couldn’t just barge in and beat him up. I was barely trying to use the power of the Hwangbo family to stop the rumors. If I went to see Yongwoon here privately, the rumors would only spread even more.

So the method of blocking it was decided. It was easy to manipulate the match of Yongbongjihoe. If you give a silent bowl right from the first match, all the rumors will disappear.

Hwangbo Jinheon had no doubt that he would win. The basis for his belief was his life as a prince of Shandong and the subtle pressure and flattery of his vassals.

Twenty years of pride couldn’t be destroyed by one fainting.

It was definitely so. However… Hwangbo Jinheon himself would never admit it, but whenever he imagined himself standing unarmed with Yongwoon, a corner of his heart would flutter and his body would stiffen.

So the conclusion was to go find the poisonous dragon.

As the head of a prestigious family, it was extremely humiliating to ask for help from others… but isn’t it the right thing to do as a member of a prestigious family to deal with the evildoers who entered the Yongbongjihoe while using sorcery?

It was the same self-justification that always comes out.

The poisonous dragon laughed. It was because Hwangbo Jinheon’s mind was obvious, and his stupidity was so funny.

“I understand what Hwangbo Au is saying. But, you didn’t come to me to find the poison of Sacheondangga, did you?”

“uh…”

Hwangbo Jinheon swallowed hard. Poisoning the Yongbongjihoe, and moreover, the Bimu. It was not something that could end with the nickname of the pee prince.

Even if they didn’t get caught, it was still a problem. Why would two prestigious families step forward just because they couldn’t handle a single nameless guy?

If it gets caught.

Not only the Hwangbo family, but also the Sacheon family’s reputation would have fallen to the ground.

However, Hwangbo Jinheon’s head was filled with shameful thoughts as he thought about it. He could not answer, and Dokryong sighed.

‘As long as this guy is the head of the household, the Hwangbo family will never be included in the Ten Princes.’

“I’ll pretend this never happened. Prince Gwisu… I hope that none of the wild people in the Central Plains who couldn’t solve a problem will come to me.”

As a poisonous dragon, it was advice that came out of regret. The Central Plains was divided into the Jeong and Sima factions, and even within the Jeong faction, the Se-ga, Tao-mun, and Shaolin were not completely mixed.

It was a warm word that came out compared to Dokryong’s original personality because the people of the secular world and the Sega had to stick together, and Hwangbo Sega could not completely ignore himself, but Hwangbo Jinheon’s pride did not listen to it that way.

He clenched his teeth. At the moment when his eyes were about to narrow slightly, the poisonous dragon noticed this and let out an ominous aura, and Hwangbo Jinheon’s face turned pale.

Only then did Hwangbo Jinheon realize what his father had said. It was not for nothing that the ten provinces were divided. It was to never think of the Central Plains as the Shanxi.

‘This is the ninth level of the sleeping dragon room…!’

Hwangbo Jinheon avoided the dragon’s eyes. For some reason, the room seemed to be filled with a sweet scent.

“…There will be no second time.”

The order to banish the invaders. Hwangbo Jinheon gritted his teeth.

“We apologize for any inconvenience caused to you, Dokryong Daehyeop.”

The words came from outside the door. Hwangbo Jinheon flinched, and Dokryong’s gaze turned to that place.

“Come in.”

The door opened and the one who came in was Hwangbo Chung, one of the elders of the Hwangbo family. He was the elder of the family that the head of the household, concerned about his son, had given to Jinheon.

Hwangbo Chung’s eyes looking at Hwangbo Jinheon were extremely cold. However, leaving it like that would not be good for the Hwangbo family’s reputation.

“It’s just that the Lord Soga is still young and doesn’t know much about the world.”

Hwangbo Jinheon couldn’t say anything this time. Dang Huihan tried to laugh and shake his head, but

“So, why don’t we talk about the principles of how the world works?”

As he said that, Hwang Bo-chung took out a wooden box from his bosom. Tang Hui-han’s eyes lit up.

When I opened the box, there was a red larva wriggling inside, trapped in a glass bottle.

Hwangbo Jinheon was greatly surprised.

“That, that!”

“It’s a bloodworm.”

Dang Hui-han’s eyes widened. Blood Insect. A secret art of the Blood Sect created by the Blood Insect Monster of the Blood Sect five hundred years ago.

All the members of the Blood Cult ate blood worms, and in exchange for increasing their internal strength through their blood, they offered their power over life and death to the Blood Cult leader.

When a Blood Cultist was caught and tried to be interrogated, this blood worm would burst their heart, so the Blood Cultist could not betray or leak information. This blood worm is a typical example of the Blood Cult’s wickedness.

Dang Hui-han muttered in surprise. That red caterpillar was definitely the bug he had seen in the book.

“How could a microbe from five hundred years ago…”

“In the past, Hwangbo Se-ga saved the life of a warrior from Bukhae Ice Palace, and this is the bloodworm that the warrior gave me as a favor. It was frozen, but I thawed it yesterday and saved him.”

It was a gift prepared in advance, a gift that was intended as a ‘favor’ to Dang Hui-han even if it wasn’t for this occasion.

‘In fact, this could be seen as better. If it’s a transaction, it’ll be more memorable.’

Indeed, there was greed in Dang Hui-han’s eyes. If it was that bloodworm-

“Although it is not a poisonous insect, isn’t it a treasure that the Poisonous Witch would be interested in?”

“…under!”

Dang Hui-han nodded. Dang Hui-han was the son of the current head of the household, Dang Ho, and the head of the Sacheondang family. However, no one in the Central Plains chose his father as the real power behind the Sacheondang family.

The Poison Witch Dang Hye. She is the one who unites heaven and man, so she gave up her position as head of the household and lived alone in the Dang family, never passing on her poisonous skills to anyone.

It was not that there were no poisons in Sacheondangga, but Dang Huihan wanted her poisons. How could he not want the martial arts of a woman who was the best in the world in poisons?

“The elder is indeed different. This would be a different story.”

Hwangbo Jinheon clenched his fist tightly. However, his words were not wrong.

They did not hope for nirvana like Shaolin, nor did they have the determination to rectify benevolence like Taoism.

In the end, Sega’s revival and its own prestige were the driving forces that kept Sega going.

‘In the end, the question is whether it is profitable…!’

Hwangbo Chung, who read Hwangbo Jinheon’s gaze, let out a sigh of relief.

But it’s not a long one.

Once the poisonous dragon appears, problems like Yongun and the likes can be easily dealt with.

‘The Poison Dragon won’t kill him. It’s okay to kill him after the Dragon Phoenix Association is over.’

Any worries about Yongwoon completely disappeared from Hwangbochung’s mind.

**

“What does the prince’s arrival have to do with me?”

“Of course it matters! Aren’t you a martial artist? It’s a matter of the honor of the martial arts world!”

“What about honor? It’s just funny how they keep talking about openness in such a dirty way.”

“What did you just say?”

Dokgo Guwol was convinced after seeing the scene before his eyes. He had made a mistake.

Abok (child moth), plum blossom sword, and silence.

The next generation of the Open, Volcano, and Mudang factions were now talking about one person in front of me.

“Why are you bothering me when you have the best review index right next to you?”

“When did we become so close that you brought me out?”

“Huh! Yong So-hyeop! We’ve been together for more than a few months! I came to Hanam with such a warm heart, so why are you treating me so coldly?”

“What did I do to treat you coldly? I was so grateful that I even paid for your meal.”

“Um, that’s true, but…”

“Aren’t you going to share a secret with me?”

“Ha…haha! No, no, it’s not the Sword Master! I, um, well, I did something wrong…”

“Ha! I remember that too. The young beggar who sneaked into the volcano to see Gyu-rin’s face. Be thankful that your nickname is Abok. There was a rumor even in the shamanist sect that the next Yongdubangju would be a sexy child.”

“Eeeeek…!”

Dokgo Guwol wiped his face with his hand. There was no one around them as they sat in the middle of the guest house, but everyone there was looking at them.

‘Oh my, the first, second, eleventh place in Jamryongbang… and even a disciple of Poonggae. How can such a meeting take place in such a shabby place?’

‘Who on earth is that nobleman standing there?’

‘It’s not that I’m stuck. It looks like everyone has come to find that noble prince. Could it be that he’s one of the current disciples?’

‘That makes sense! If it were you, you would have secretly put my disciple in the Yongbongjihoe!’

Dokgo Guwol’s mind became complicated. What the hell is that brazen bully…

‘Is this the real present-day lord’s funeral?’

A thought suddenly occurred to me. Each of the disciples in existence learns different martial arts. The Venerable One who travels around the Central Plains brings a young disciple to Pocheonbang once every few years. Could it be…

Dokgo Guwol and Yongwoon met eyes. Yongwoon’s face had a completely resigned, bored expression.

Dokgo Guwol shook his head.

‘…If he is the disciple of the present master, he must be ignorant of the ways of the world.’

As Dokgo Guwol let out a sigh, a spark of hope suddenly bloomed in his heart.

If there are people who talk nonsense as if they don’t care about the stares of others right in front of you, then maybe…

I quickly erased that thought. It was a vain hope. No matter how many of the Ten Courts there were, they could not intervene in the affairs of one family.

Moreover, isn’t their loyalty directed towards Yongwoon and not towards themselves?

Mukseong, who had been distorting his face while looking at Yongun, suddenly turned his head and scolded Dokgo Guwol.

“Why do you look like you’ve chewed shit? I’m probably the one who feels the worst here.”

“…Why you?”

“Why, why? This… evil spirit bastard, and even though I’m happily training at Mt. Wudang, you’re trying to kill my momentum by wearing something that’s not in my fortune, so do you think I’ll feel good?”

“Tsk,” muttered Mukseong, leaning back on his chair.

“If it was going to be like this, I should have joined the Yongbong branch. I wanted to take off those guys’ masks and see for myself.”

There was no way I didn’t know who they were. The four black-clad men the prince had brought with him.

They were all living like mice in the accommodations prepared by Jeongpa-maeng with the prince. News of the prince calmly walking around Hanam and enjoying the scenery could be heard from anywhere in Hanam.

Yongwoon snickered and spoke to the indifferent Mukseong.

“Do you really think you won’t draw your sword in Hanam?”

Mukseong chuckled at those words. It wasn’t like his actions were like a Taoist at all… but that was why it was like him.

“Of course not. But wouldn’t it be better if they came to us in person rather than wasting time?”

Mukseong continued speaking as if he was losing his mind.

“But all the people who come here are just idiots…”

After those words were spoken, the door to the guest house opened for a moment.

The eyes of those around them grew even wider at the sight of a new visitor entering the inn.

“Poisonous dragon…!”

“Does the poisonous dragon also belong to that group?”

Poisonous dragon, Dang Hwi-han. He tried to hide his embarrassment and smiled.

Prince Yongun of Gwisu – Of course, Dang Huihan also knew about his strange rumors.

Putting aside the rumor that he had threatened Hwangbo Jinheon, there was also the rumor that he was close to Maehwageombong and Mukseong.

Even though there were rumors that he and Geom Bong were lovers, Dang Hui-han only heard about it and laughed it off, not even thinking about finding out more about it.

but…

‘I thought it was just nonsense…’

When the subordinate who had been sent with the poison explained the reason why it was impossible, Dang Hui-han thought that the subordinate was crazy.

But when I saw it with my own eyes, it was just astonishing.

‘…change the plan.’

There was no need to bother fighting with the unknown. Since I had already put in the effort, I could just get a blood feud and be done with it.

Mukseong just raised his head from his seat and looked at him absentmindedly.

“Do you have any business with this evil spirit?”

Dang Hui-han tried to control the twitching corners of his lips. There was no way he hadn’t heard the word ‘jjukjeong’.

‘How dare you insult me ​​like that…’

Even with such anger, Dang Hui-han couldn’t properly meet Muk-seong’s eyes.

Five years ago, at the Yongbongjihoe where Mukseong first showed his face in the Central Plains, Dang Huihan had a memory of being treated harshly by him.

The Tang family was the most powerful family in the world. After the downfall of Nakga and Namgung, the Tang family was the only family that had united heaven and man. Indeed, the head of the small family, Tang Huihan, was just as arrogant as Hwangbo Jinheon, or even more arrogant.

So… I looked down on the silence that came out after finishing the prayer. I could see it as an insult. The price for it was severe.

Mukseong snickered at his appearance. Dang Hwi-han put strength into his eyes, but it was impossible.

He gritted his teeth and looked at Dang Hui-han, who was furious at his indifferent expression, but he smiled and said to him.

“I came here because I have something to propose to you.”

‘I need to get out of here quickly.’

Tak, Dang Hwi-han placed a small bottle of elixir on Yong-un’s table.

“I’m not a sworn brother… but I’ve been on friendly terms with Hwangbo to some extent. But didn’t Hwangbo get into a fight with Yong So-hyeop a while ago?”

Dang Hui-han shook his head as if he felt sorry and said.

“Hwangbo Aah has come to me for help. However, as a member of a prestigious political faction, I cannot harm Yong Sohyeop for such a thing, and I cannot ignore my close friend’s request, so I will only make the offer to Yong Sohyeop and then step down.”

Dang Hui-han said with a wonderful smile.

“This is a poison I made. It is a poison that causes only a little dizziness and vomiting, as I made it for fun. I swear on my honor that it will not last until tomorrow.”

Yongwoon looked at the elixir bottle with a trembling expression. There was no way Dangwihan could know what was inside.

“If you drink this poison now, I will consider all your favors as if they were nothing. If you drink it, I will give you ten nyang of silver.”

There was an explosion of laughter.