Little Demon Reversion to Youth

Chapter 179

In the north of the So family village, there is a large estate.

At the very top of the seven-story stone pagoda in the center of the estate, a person was standing. It was a pure-looking old man of about seventy, and he was watching the chaotic battle that was taking place outside the So family village.

"To think that even the 'Ten Demonic People' have stepped forward..."

He had almost regretted telling them to do so when the demonic person and the 'Silent Saber' had come and had conveyed Baekji's words that there was no need to come out to meet them.

A moment later...

A person came up and stood next to him.

"I report to the old family head. They say the young master's party has entered safely."

The old family head, So Jeong-hu, just nodded his head without a word. The So family's strategist, Zhong Yue, opened his mouth again.

"Will you see them right away?"

"No. Tell them to rest for now. I will see them before the evening banquet."

"I understand. But what should we do about the one who claims to be the descendant of the Young Lord?"

So Jeong-hu thought for a moment and then said, "Send him out."

"Yes?"

"I cannot believe it. My older brother never went near women his entire life. But a descendant..."

"Then how about we catch him and interrogate him?"

"The 'Yin Wind Twin Ghosts'... he is the one who caught the 'Little Ghost'. Although it is hard to believe, isn't he at the 'flower realm'? There is no need to make a strong enemy ahead of the 'Great Successor War'."

Zhong Yue nodded his head.

"Then it is worth considering trying to win him over..."

So Jeong-hu shook his head. His gaze was on Baekji, who was entering the So family village in the distance.

"I do not know what his intention is in claiming to be my older brother's descendant, but he is a very sinister brat. Didn't you see just now? He hid his martial prowess and came in. Since he is skilled in schemes, there is a high possibility that we will be caught up if we give him an opening."

At So Jeong-hu's words, Zhong Yue cupped his fists.

"I understand. I will send him out and have him followed."

"There is no need for that. If he is a master of the 'flower realm', he will notice if you attach any ordinary person. I will take care of the matter of that person myself... we must first find out the circumstances of how the 'Little Ghost' became a 'soul jiangshi' and came out into the world."

"I understand."

As Zhong Yue retreated, So Jeong-hu muttered as he looked at the scene below the stone pagoda, "The grandson of the Young Lord... what kind of brats are planning what?"

So Jeong-hu did not believe Baekji's identity. The only woman of the Young Lord he knew was Bi Yun-seol.

Someone was surely playing tricks.

So Jeong-hu's complexion hardened coldly.

"How dare... they try to mock the So family... they will have to pay the price dearly."

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"Are you hurt?"

Oh Jeong-ri was surprised to see Seomun Jeong-ha's arm and asked. A flying saber had grazed her, tearing her clothes and soaking them with blood.

Seomun Jeong-ha looked at her own arm and then said as if it were nothing, "It's nothing. It seems a hidden weapon grazed me during the chaotic battle."

"What if it was poisoned? Let's see the wound quickly."

"If there was poison, I would have known by now. Don't worry."

As his lover was hurt, Oh Jeong-ri was not in a good mood.

"The mission is over, so let's get out of here."

As the two were about to go to their residence, Baekji called them.

"What are you going to do, leaving me alone?"

Wu Ha had been taken by the So family's strategist, Zhong Yue.

Oh Jeong-ri tilted his head.

"The demonic person must have told them that Young Hero So was coming..."

"Wouldn't it be troublesome to be called 'Young Hero' in a den of demons?"

Oh Jeong-ri, who was from the Righteous Path, had unconsciously called Baekji 'Young Hero'.

"That's right. Young Master So... I forgot."

"Did you hear them call me 'Young Hero So'? Why do I feel like I'm being given the cold shoulder?"

They had brought him to the guest hall and no one was looking in on him.

The quick-witted Oh Jeong-ri said, "It seems they are going to verify your identity first."

"Is that so?"

Baekji took out the monkey carving from his bosom. He intended to thrust it at them if someone came and asked for his identity.

Oh Jeong-ri said with a troubled face, "My wife is injured, so I must go and treat her."

"Alright..."

After Oh Jeong-ri left, he was really left alone in the guest hall.

After a long while, Zhong Yue came.

"You claim to be the descendant of the Young Lord, but can you prove it?"

Baekji held out the monkey carving.

"They say... my grandfather used this."

Zhong Yue shook his head.

"The Young Lord and the old family head of the So family were cousins. The old family head said he had never even heard of a monkey divine object."

"If they weren't close, they might not know."

"The two were very close. The old family head still believes that the Young Lord is alive."

"Even if they were close... if they hadn't been in contact for a long time, they might not know."

Since he had been wandering outside, chasing the Blood Cult Leader before his reincarnation, he must have been away from the So family as well.

"Although the Young Lord was often away, when he returned, he would always stop by the So family and would talk about the outside world with the old family head. But... he said he had never heard him say he had met a woman."

"That's... no matter how close brothers are... they're not in a relationship where they talk about matters between men and women, right?"

"The Young Lord and the old family head were in that kind of relationship. Because they grew up together in a family where descendants were precious and were like one brother."

Baekji rolled his eyes and then stood up.

"I don't know why I have to prove that I am me. If you are so suspicious, I have no intention of staying. Where is the Young Lord's shrine? I'll go and offer incense and then I'll go back right away."

"If you go to the main headquarters and ask, they will guide you."

Zhong Yue acted as if he did not even consider that Baekji was the descendant of the Young Lord.

The So family's response was something Baekji had not expected. He had thought they would do a thorough identity check, but they had ignored him as if to say it was absurd.

"Alright."

As Baekji said sullenly and was leaving the guest hall, Zhong Yue said, "I will not see you off far."

Baekji, who had come out of the So family village, trudged towards the main headquarters. He could feel the gazes of the twelve guardian families hiding here and there.

'Should I shake them off?'

As he was thinking and walking, there was no movement of those who were hiding following him.

'I see.'

Their object of interest was Wu Ha, not Baekji.

However...

Kwang―!

A sound of thunder was heard from a distance.

"Aigoo. It seems they are still fighting."

Lei Mo and the 'Soul Demon' were still fighting.

'Where did that brat, Oh-ryong, run off to?'

He had seen Oh-ryong run to the opposite side when he had fled from Lei Mo's grasp. When the black smoke had spread, he had been scared and had instinctively fled.

'He must be somewhere.'

Since he would be wandering around, looking for grasslands, he could find him when he went back later.

Baekji went up towards the foot of the mountain, avoiding the battlefield of the two.

He intended to take a long detour.

'He said to go behind the Cult Leader's hall, right?'

The Demonic Advisor had said that there was the Cult Leader's hall in the main headquarters and that behind it was the path leading up to the 'Heavenly Demon Cave'. He had drawn a map and had explained the location of the So family, the Cult Leader's hall, and the 'Heavenly Demon Cave'... but no matter how he looked, there was no path.

"I'll just cut through."

He went straight up the mountain where there was no path. When a cliff appeared, he jumped over it.

It was a path that no one could follow, even if they were following him.

'It's over there.'

On the distant cliff, in Baekji's gaze, who was looking at the Cult Leader's hall, a staircase was visible behind it.

The staircase leading into the valley went up along a steep cliff.

The stairs were narrow and steep, and there was no railing to hold on to. It was a staircase that an ordinary person could not even walk up.

Then, in the middle of the cliff where the stairs ended, a great hall, with large stone pillars lined up on the left and right, was stuck.

It was the 'Heavenly Demon Cave'.

'How am I supposed to go up there?'

Unless he flew, there was no way to go up, avoiding the surveillance network here and there.

'Fly?'

Baekji looked at the hawk circling above his head in the distance and then smiled with satisfaction.

Hwik!

Baekji's figure disappeared.

A moment later, in Baekji's hand, who had appeared in the grassland where the hawk was circling, a mouse was caught, and a thin string was tied to its leg.

Baekji tied the string to a wooden stick and then crawled under a bush a little distance away.

Jji-i-ik! Jjik!

The mouse, which was tied to the string, could not run away and just circled around.

A moment later...

'It's coming!'

A hawk came down as if it were being stuck into the ground.

'It's too small!'

Baekji flicked a small stone and hit the hawk's head.

Kki-i-ik―!

The hawk, which had been hit on the head by a stone that had flown out of nowhere, was startled and fled.

Baekji's gaze turned to the sky again.

A hawk that was quite large, even at a glance, took an interest in the commotion that was taking place below.

Shwi-i-ik!

The hawk, which had found the mouse tied to the string, flew quickly.

Jji-i-ik!

Although the mouse screamed, it was caught in the hawk's sharp talons in an instant.

In that moment―.

Kka-ya-yak!

The hawk also screamed. A large human had appeared from somewhere and had grabbed the back of its neck. The hawk hastily flapped its wings and flew up.

Kki-i-ik!

The hawk, which had flown up into the empty air, let out a cry of relief.

But something was strange. It felt as if something were attached to the back of its neck. The hawk shook its head quickly to shake off what was attached, but it did not fall off.

"Hey. You just have to suffer once."

Baekji, who was flying, holding on to the back of the hawk's neck, gently twisted his hand and turned the hawk's head to one side.

The hawk, which could not move its head, had no choice but to fly in the direction it could see.

"Keu-heu-heu. Good, good. As expected, I'm a genius."

Baekji laughed with satisfaction. It was possible because he had circulated his internal energy and had created a wind pressure around his body, making his body as light as a feather.

How many people could do this?

Besides, if he were to fall from the hawk, it would be like falling from a place higher than a thousand-foot cliff.

Even if they knew, no one would be able to imitate it.

"This way!"

"That way!"

Baekji controlled the hawk by twisting its head this way and that. The surprised hawk flew like crazy, but it could not shake off Baekji.

"That's enough. Let's go down."

Baekji turned the hawk's head downwards. The hawk, as if it had no intention of going down, buried its head and tried to go up.

Having no choice, Baekji, with his other hand grabbed one of the hawk's wings.

The hawk struggled and then fell to the ground. As the ground got closer, the surprised hawk's eyeballs seemed about to pop out.

Kki-ya-ak―!

Just before colliding with the ground, Baekji created a huge wind pressure and hit the floor.

Ku-kung!

Baekji and the hawk landed safely on the ground. Baekji tied the hawk's legs with a string and then let it go. The freed hawk was angry and tried to peck Baekji's eyeballs.

Thwack!

When Baekji hit the back of the hawk's head with his palm, it fainted.

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'Mingjiao Tianxia' (The Demonic Cult Rules the World)

After passing through a tall gate with a large plaque hanging on it, it was the village outside the fortress where the main headquarters was.

When Baekji appeared, carrying the limp hawk on his shoulder, he drew the attention of the people.

Baekji, who was following the main street, stopped.

"Oh-ryong!"

The horse tied in front of the inn was clearly his own horse, Oh-ryong.

The luggage on its back was also the same.

It was clear that it had fled to a village where people lived, avoiding the chaotic battle. Then it must have habitually gone to an inn.

As Baekji was stroking Oh-ryong's neck, a man with a ferocious impression approached and pushed him.

"This brat! How dare you touch someone else's horse, you've lost your nerve!"

"What? This is my horse."

"Is this brat crazy? To suddenly appear and say it's his horse."

As the man shouted, people gathered. The man said to the waiter who had come out, wondering what was going on, "You also saw, right? Me, dragging this horse and tying it up. You saw, right!"

"Yes. I saw."

The waiter nodded his head.

Baekji sneered.

"Why would you drag a horse? Because you can't ride it."

"What?"

As the man glared, Baekji got on Oh-ryong's back.

"Can you ride like this?"

"Hmph!"

Although the man snorted, he was inwardly pricked.

He had been dragging Oh-ryong because he couldn't get on its back.

'If it doesn't work, I'll just... push him down with force.'

The man made up his mind and said, "Get down. I'll show you."