Chapter 37 (Abandoned Disciple of Heavenly Demon)

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Episode 37: Encounter (1)

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When someone asked when they would move again, Neung Byeok-mun simply said this, “it’s not time yet.”

In the end, people had no choice but to wait until Neung Byeok-mun announce it in the Cloud Escort Agency.

‘Looking at it this way, I think I can see the general power structure.’

Meanwhile, Jin Myeong was able to get a rough idea of the relationships between the all disciples of Heavenly Demon.

One disciple, Mok Ja-gyeong, always moves alone.

‘Not even a noble wolf.’

It must be because he is the most overwhelmingly strong among the disciples of Heavenly Demon.

Because joining hands with him would ultimately mean handing over the position of the Sect leader to Mok Ja-gyeong

‘The rests are all similar.’

‘The second disciple, Jang Hoo, the third disciple, Yeong Soso, and the fourth disciple, Gye Bu-il. These three are indeed allies. Their skills seem similar.’

Of course, Jang Hoo is a little ahead, but he is not as overwhelmingly strong as Mok Ja-gyeong.

‘So, the three of them are going to take down Mok Ja-gyeong and compete again.’

They will look at each other and think that they can do it. So, they formed an alliance.

‘Not to mention Bi Yeong, the Fifth Disciple. Although she seemed to not doing anything, she is most ambiguous among all.’

‘She does not get along well with Mok Ja-gyeong, nor does she maintain good relationships with the other disciples. It doesn’t seem like she’s on bad terms, but … it just seems like she’s keeping a reasonable distance.’

‘Is it because she doesn’t seem to have any greed for the position of the Sect Leader?’

‘Maybe Bi Yeong hiding her true nature. However, she seemed to have no real desire for the position of the Sect Leader, unlike the other disciples. Otherwise, Mok Ja-gyeong would not have spared her.’

Jin Myeong couldn’t tell if Bi Yeong had given up from the beginning or if she had given up because she thought it was hopeless.

However, it was true that she was far behind the other disciples in the competition for the position of the Sect Leader.

‘Maybe that’s the best way to understand the situation.’

Excluding Jin Myeong, who used to be the weakest in martial arts among the disciples, perhaps because she became youngest Heavenly Demon’s disciple before Jin Myeong.

‘So that’s why she ended up sticking with Mok Ja-gyeong’

In the original, Mok Ja-gyeong became the leader, and among the disciples, only Bi Yeong survived.

The three allies must have decided that they couldn’t defeat Mok Ja-gyeong.

‘It could be that they could have won by joining forces with Bi Yeong.’

If it had been the original, Mok Ja-gyeong would have won in the end and become the leader of the cult, but now things were going differently.

Jin Myeong, who should have been dead originally, was alive.

‘Should I go to a nearby inn today?’

Unlike Jang Hoo and Gye Bu-il, who continued to head to tavern, Jin Myeong spent most of his time in The Cloud Escort Agency.

However, since he came to Shaanxi, he wanted to try the local cuisine, so Jin Myeong ended up going outside of The Cloud Escort Agency.

“Hmm.”

Jin Myeong frowned as he entered one of the guest houses near the signboard.

‘There are no seats, but I guess I can join them.’

The guest house was so crowded that there were no tables left.

Among so many people, there were two women who stood out. It was Yeong Soso and Shin Ye-hyang.

The two women who were eating at their own tables also seemed to have discovered Jin Myeong.

‘Hmm. I don’t want to go there.’

Unlike Shin Ye-hyang, who was eating again, Yeong So-so was gesturing toward him. But Jin Myeong headed towards Shin Ye-hyang without any hesitation.

‘I want to eat quietly. I had a feeling that it would be really noisy if I joined Yeong Soso.’

Yeong Soso’s face hardened as Jin Myung ignored her and turned to Shin Ye-hyang.

“Can I sit down?”

“As you wish.”

Shin Ye-hyang glanced at Jin Myeong and answered nonchalantly. Waiter immediately approached Jin Myeong, who was sitting down.

“One like that.”

“Yes. It’s our signature dish.”

Jin Myeong pointed to what Shin Ye-hyang was eating. Waiter glanced at it, nodded, and headed to the kitchen.

“Does it taste okay?”

“I think it’s okay.”

Shin Ye-hyang nodded slightly and began to focus on eating again.

‘There’s something peculiar about it.’

Jin Myeong quietly looked at the food that waiter had brought.

A soup made with lamb.

‘I thought it was noodles, but it’s bread.’

Jin Myeong tore the wheat flour-based product, which was either rice cake or bread, into small pieces and put it into the soup.

‘Not bad.’

Jin Myeong nodded at the cleaner taste than expected.

‘I think I understand why the Head of Cloud Escort Agency recommended that I try this food.’

“Youngest, are you ignoring me?”

While Jin Myeong was eating, Yeong Soso approached him. She sat down in the remaining seat without even asking Shin Ye-hyang.

“Would you please bring the dishes to my table?”

At Yeong Soso’s request, waiter nodded absentmindedly and quickly began carrying her dishes.

“Will that work?”

She said while looking at the food Jin Myeong was eating.

“You can share it with me.”

“This is also pretty good.”

Yeong Soso smiled at Jin Myeong’s words.

“They say that the youngest is always talking sharply to everyone these days. I guess it’s true.”

“I know.”

Jin Myeong nodded honestly.

“I find it interesting too.”

“Is it because you lost memory or is it because that’s your original personality? But it’s changed so much that I can’t adapt to it.”

“I see.”

Jin Myeong, who returned after being missing for a year, was in a state where he had learned martial arts, unlike before.

He gained martial arts skills, but lost his memories.

“Judging by your current state, it seems like you don’t care about losing your memories.”

“It’ll be back someday.”

Yeong Soso quietly looked at Jin Myeong, who spoke casually, “I find that strange, too. I heard that you were a shy person, but you’re not.”

The original Jin Myeong, that is, Jin Myeong before being possessed, did not have this kind of personality.

He wasn’t an extremely timid person, but he wasn’t the type of person to carelessly ignore others.

“I guess that’s the kind of personality I originally had.”

Even killing people is taken for granted. Moreover, he speaks informally to the other Senior Martial Brother too easily and gets on their nerves.

‘Clearly, the original Jin Myeong must have had this kind of personality. However, because he was weak because he can’t properly learn martial arts, he probably hid this personality and lived like that.’

‘And I’m gradually becoming more and more like that person…’

‘But there was no resistance to it.’

No, if being honest. Jin Myeong was also enjoying his changed personality.

‘If I hadn’t acquired martial arts skills or become stronger, I would have lived my life worrying about what other people thought.’

“I never would have thought that would happen to Mok Ja-hyeong.”

Yeong Soso couldn’t help but be surprised at how Jin Myung treated Mok Ja-gyeong and talked down to him.

In any case, Mok Ja-gyeong was the most overwhelmingly strong among Heavenly Demon’s disciples.

“You have the skills, so no one can say anything to you.”

Yeong Soso also saw Jin Myeong’s in action with her own eyes.

Even though he had been working with Shin Ye-hyang next to him, she couldn’t help but be surprised when Jin Myeong managed to take down one of the two Gongdong Twin elder.

“After seeing that, didn’t Brother Mok step forward and say he’ll fix Jin Myeong’s bad habits?”

“Aren’t you constantly making me out to be such an arrogant and cocky guy?”

“No?”

Rather, it was so obvious that Yeong Soso asked back in a puzzled tone.

“That’s not necessarily the case.”

Jin Myeong said that and glanced at Shin Ye-hyang.

Anyway, he treated her differently from the other disciples of Heavenly Demon.

Jin Myeong thought it might be because other Martial Brothers had ignored and tormented him, the trauma still remained in his body.

In reality, he only showed such arrogant behaviour to Heavenly Demon’s disciples and his enemies.

“By the way, why did you come here? You didn’t come here to talk about such trivial things, did you?”

“Of course not.”

Yeong Soso smiled captivatingly at Jin Myeong.

“You rejected Jang’s offer of alliance?”

She knew that Jang Hoo and Jin Myeong had met separately. It is clear that Jang Hoo suggested to Jin Myeong to follow him.

And looking at the current situation, Jin Myeong’s answer was too easily predicted. If Jin Myeong had accepted it, he should have been with Jang Hoo.

“There is no reason to accept it.”

“Really? Then what about me?”

Jin Myeong looked at Yeong Soso quietly.

‘She’s pretty.’

Jin Myeong found her eye smile very captivating. It feels different from Shin Ye-hyang.

Unlike Shin Ye-hyang, who was very cold and difficult to approach, Yeong Soso was the kind of woman who you would find yourself approaching without even realizing it.

Woof!

At that moment, the Heavenly Demon Divine Art that had been sleeping in Jin Myeong’s dantian began to move.

“Tch!”

Jin Myeong, who had come to his senses, clicked his tongue.

‘That’s ridiculous.’

Yeong Soso’s main weapon was the Hwangeom (Illusions), but she was also well-known for her Soul-taking technique.

‘That’s why I was always on guard, I almost fell for her seduction spell.’

“Huh?”

Seeing Jin Myeong, regained his senses, his eyes opened up widely, even after Yeong Soso used the ‘Spell of Seduction’, which shocked her.

‘I never thought that my boasted sorcery would not work on Jin Myeong.’

“How about we stop?”

“…….”

“It won’t work anymore. The offer is rejected.”

Yeong Soso jumped up with a red face and glared at Jin Myung, then quickly turned around.

“You will regret it, Youngest.”

“I’ll take care of that.”

Jin Myeong frowned as he watched Yeong Soso’s back as she walked out.

“Could it be that she didn’t even pay her bill?”

“…….”

She ordered a ton of expensive, fancy food and left without even paying.

“I guess I’ll have to get it all back later.”

Jin Myeong was staring at the place where Young Soso had gone, and soon after, he looked at Shin Ye-hyang with a serious face.

“That was a seduction trick just now, right?”

“That’s right.”

‘It was extremely rare to find a man who was immune to Young Soso’s magic. If Jin Myeong couldn’t break the spell on his own, I might have had to step forward’, Shin Ye-hyang was surprised when she saw him breaking through the spell on his own.

“It felt strange.”

“How was it?”

It seems that Shin Ye-hyang, who had never been subjected to a magic spell, was also curious.

“What should I say? I think I just blankly stared at her.”

To be exact, nothing was visible except the Yeong Soso. It felt like the world was spinning around her.

“Even though I was on guard, it still got to this point. Otherwise, it would have been dangerous.”

If Jin Myeong hadn’t remembered Young Soso’s sorcery, he might have accepted her offer without hesitation.

“It’s amazing to meet such a master in a place like this.”

Jin Myeong and Shin Ye-hyang were about to resume their meal. Suddenly a loud voice pierced my ears.

In this noisy guest house, only that voice could be heard clearly.

‘Who is it?’

Jin Myeong suddenly stopped eating and started looking around.

“The world is truly vast, and there are many masters in the world. It is just as the Master said.”

It’s a line that sounds like it came out of a novel.

‘You are saying out loud what you should be thinking inside.’

Jin Myeong was eventually able to find the owner of that voice.

‘Why are you here?’

And Jin Myeong frowned when he discovered the owner of the voice. A young man who looks about the same age as him.

“Do you know him?”

“No, not yet.”

As Jin Myeong did not take his eyes off the young man, Shin Ye-hyang asked.

“Not yet?”

“I have a feeling that I will find out later.”

Jin Myeong didn’t take his eyes off the young man.

‘I never thought I’d see him here.’

Jin Myeong’s hands, looking at the young man, began to become wet with sweat.

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