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Episode 50: The Sword Demon (3)

“Oh, Young Master!”

When Jin Myeong arrived at the residence, Yang Jeon, who had been standing anxiously in front of the door, greeted him with a happy expression.

“What’s going on now?”

“Now is not the time to be so relaxed! Do you know who is here now?”

“Why? Is the Elder Sword Demon’s grandson here?”

“Huh!” Yang Jeon nodded in surprise at Jin Myeong’s question.

“How did you know?”

“Because that’s what I asked.”

“Ah. So that was the favor that Young Master asked for. Why did you ask such an absurd favor?” Yang Jeon approached urgently and shouted.

“I’m already feeling better now that Young Master has come to his senses, but if you suddenly bring in a scoundrel, what am I supposed to do?”

The bad personality of Gu Ja-hong, the grandson of the Sword Demon, was already famous within the Heavenly Demon Sect.

He was buried thanks to Jin Myeong, who had no skills and a bad personality, but not anymore. Since Jin Myeong had come to his senses, Gu Ja-hong could not help but continue to be compared to him.

“Is this our first time meeting?”

The successors of the other Elders all moved to the Central Plains with Jin Myeong, but not Gu Ja-hong.

The Elder was of no help at all, so he asked the Heavenly Demon to exclude him.

“What on earth are you doing?”

As soon as Gu Ja-hong saw Jin Myeong, he immediately asked.

“What did you do for Grandpa to send me here?”

“I just mixed up a few words,” Jin Myeong frowned as he listened to Gu Ja-hong’s irritated words.

“I finally understand why people always frown whenever I speak informally to them,” Jin Myeong was now able to understand the feelings of those he had faced in the Central Plains.

“You must have heard it from the Elder, right?”

“What?”

“The reason you came here.”

“It’s a shame, but not at all. Anyway, since I’ve seen your face, I guess I can go now?”

Although he had come here because of the Sword Demon’s insistence, he had no intention of staying here forever.

“Tell Grandpa you gave up.”

It’s something that even the Sword Demon had given up on.

Gu Ja-hong was confident that he would not change because of Jin Myeong.

“Where are you going?” Gu Ja-hong, who was walking away, leaving Jin Myeong behind, looked at Jin Myeong, who suddenly appeared in front of him, with surprised eyes.

‘When did he move?’ Gu Ja-hong didn’t even see Jin Myeong move. But he calmed his surprised heart and put on a calm expression.

“I’m going home, so don’t stop me,” Gu Ja-hong moved his feet to pass next to Jin Myeong.

Slap!!!

But he couldn’t move more than a few steps and had to fall backwards. He looked dazed at the burning pain in his cheek.

“I’ll stop it, so go if you can.”

“How dare you! You little punk!” Gu Ja-hong, who had never even been hit by his grandfather, was overwhelmed with anger at the fact that he had been hit.

“Get out of the way!” He jumped to his feet and drew his sword.

“Your hands are shaking? How much alcohol do you have to drink to get like that?”

Even though Gu Ja-hong wasn’t drinking at the moment, his hand holding the sword was shaking.

“Shut up!” Gu Ja-hong swung his sword at Jin Myeong.

“Oh my.”

‘Could it be because I just fought the Sword Demon a little while ago?’

Jin Myeong felt that Gu Ja-hong’s sword was too flimsy.

Slap!!!

Jin Myeong easily dodged Gu Ja-hong’s slow attack and slapped Gu Ja-hong on the cheek again.

“Huh!” Gu Ja-hong bit his lip and tried to swing his sword again, but this time he felt pain in his other cheek.

Slap! Slap! Slap!

Jin Myeong slapped Gu Ja-hong’s cheeks without stopping.

“Ugh,” Gu Ja-hong, whose cheeks were swollen from being hit several times, showed no sign of wanting to swing his sword. He just sat there with his eyes wide open, waiting for Jin Myeong to let him go.

“You’ve never even been hit by your grandfather, so don’t you feel wronged when you get hit?”

“……”

Gu Ja-hong, who had been wide awake, suddenly came to his senses at the question and glared at Jin Myeong.

“Grandpa will not stay still…….,” Gu Ja-hong’s mouth, which was screaming, was once again covered by Jin Myeong’s hand. He thought that Jin Myeong would stop if he brought up the Sword Demon, but Jin Myeong didn’t seem to care and just slapped him hard in the face.

“The Elder has given his permission.”

“What? That can’t be true.”

“So, you have to listen carefully.”

Gu Ja-hong’s body trembled. He finally felt like he had been abandoned by the Sword Demon. Rather, the hardship he had endured until now felt amazing.

“So, I’m going to fix your mind and make you the next Great Elder.”

“Huh. Do you think you can do it?” Gu Ja-hong, who had been laughing at those words, hurriedly covered his face with both hands when Jin Myeong raised his hands.

“Don’t speak informally.”

“Why should I listen to you?” Gu Ja-hong blurted out defiantly and quickly retreated.

“But aren’t you ashamed as the grandson of the Elder Sword Demon? You drink alcohol every day.”

“I don’t want to hear that from you.”

‘Wasn’t Jin Myeong like that too?’

‘I heard that he suddenly disappeared for a year and then reappeared, and he became a different person.’

“I didn’t get such great luck as you.”

“Do you really need a chance?”

The truth was incomprehensible. Gu Ja-hong had all the luck he could ever hope for since he was born. Even in the Heavenly Demon Sect, the martial arts of the Sword Demon, who is considered one of the strongest, cannot be weak.

“Besides, the Elder must have given you all the elixirs.”

“Hmm.”

The elixir that Gu Ja-hong ate was clearly more than Jin Myeong’s.

If Jin Myeong had been born in Gu Ja-hong’s body, he would not have gone out to look for fortuitous encounters.

“You’re being so mean, even though you’re not a cursed person like others.”

“Are you kidding me?” Gu Ja-hong became enraged at Jin Myeong’s words.

He was angry that others didn’t even know his worries and just dismissed them as jokes.

“You’re having a hard time. It’s different from how confident you were.”

But their conversation was suddenly interrupted by a voice.

“What brings you here?”

“My father told me to come here.”

Jin Myeong shook his head as he looked at the woman, Shin Ye-hyang, approaching the two of them.

“I think I’ll be staying here for a while.”

“Who the hell did that…….,” Jin Myeong couldn’t finish saying those words.

In the end, it was his guardian, Vice Sect Leader, the Crazy Demon, who made this decision.

“Whew. Okay.”

In the end, Jin Myeong had no choice but to let out a sigh and accept Shin Ye-hyang into the residence.

“Ugh!” Gu Ja-hong moved his sword while letting out a painful groan.

‘The Single Flash Sword is a quick sword, but why do I have to move the sword like this?’

Gu Ja-hong was thrusting his sword very slowly due to Jin Myeong’s orders. He couldn’t understand why he couldn’t use his sword quickly until he had the exact movements engraved in his body.

Thud! Thud!

But Gu Ja-hong couldn’t express his dissatisfaction. It was because of the sparring match between Jin Myeong and Shin Ye-hyang unfolding before his eyes.

‘That’s ridiculous.’

Whenever the small Shin Ye-hyang swung the huge sword, even Gu Ja-hong flinched as he watched.

It was amazing how easily she swung that huge sword, but the sound of it cutting through the wind was eerie every time she did so. With one swing of the sword, it splits the wind, and with another swing, it creates a huge storm.

Even though Gu Ja-hong was just watching from afar, his body started shaking on its own.

‘But he’s taking it just like that.’

What was surprising was Jin Myeong standing there in the middle of the storm. He just stood there with his arms crossed.

Still, the swords were flying by themselves and fighting Shin Ye-hyang.

‘That’s that human’s martial arts.’

‘Five swords.’

Gu Ja-hong had never seen or heard of such martial arts. When he actually saw it, he just thought it was amazing.

“Shall we stop here?” Shin Ye-hyang, who had been continuously fighting against Jin Myeong’s sword, lowered her sword.

Jin Myeong also stopped the sword that was attacking Shin Ye-hyang and put all of his swords away.

“I think it will become more perfect if I do more.”

After Shin Ye-hyang came to the estate, she and Jin Myeong had fought together every day. But when the momentum started to build, Shin Ye-hyang stopped like this.

“It’s a little disappointing, but there’s nothing I can do about it.”

From Jin Myeong’s perspective, it would have been good to stop before they got too excited, but there was no way they could avoid the lingering feeling of unfinished business.

“But this time it was the Plum Blossom Sword.”

“Yes.”

“Didn’t you also use the Purple Cloud Sword Art or the Infinite Firmament Sword Art?”

Even Shin Ye-hyang couldn’t help but be surprised at Jin Myeong’s ability to perform various sword techniques using the flying sword.

“Is it possible to do that just by reading the instructions?”

“Maybe.”

“Surely the real one is…….”

‘I think I know why the Sect Leader and Vice Sect Leader were so obsessed with Jin Myeong.’

‘Who would believe that he could overcome martial arts that he only knows but cannot even perform with his body by using a sword?’

“My power doesn’t come out though.”

Each martial art requires its own unique background. Since Jin Myeong hasn’t mastered the Mount Hua Sect’s Purple Cloud Divine Art, the power of the Purple Cloud Sword was not fully displayed.

“Well.”

Shin Ye-hyang didn’t feel it at all while facing Jin Myeong’s sword. Rather, it may have felt stronger because it surpassed the power that a human being can exert.

“Because of the white flame, it feels like a completely different martial art.”

It was clearly the flying sword, a soft sword technique, but the sword that was used to unfold it was burning so fiercely that it felt like a martial art she was seeing for the first time.

“Young Master!”

While the two were having that conversation, Yang Jeon came over quickly.

“What’s going on?”

Jin Myeong thought something was wrong because nothing good happened every time he came in this way.

“The Sect Leader is calling you.”

“……”

The first thought that occurred to Jin Myeong was ‘again?’

But he couldn’t even complain because he wanted to be noticed by the Sect Leader.

“What’s going on this time?”

“How would I know that? If I were to summon Young Master in the temple, would I be able to tell him the whole reason?”

“……”

That was so true that Jin Myeong had nothing to say.

“Young Master, then please.”

“Yes.” At Jin Myeong’s words, Shin Ye-hyang approached Gu Ja-hong with a short answer.

“Yes?”

“Put your sword in. I need to see how much it has grown.”

“Yes?”

Gu Ja-hong looked flustered at suddenly becoming Shin Ye-hyang’s target. But Shin Ye-hyang swung her sword as if she didn’t care about his flustered appearance.

“Eww!”

A huge storm that started from Shin Ye-hyang’s path engulfed Gu Ja-hong.

Jin Myeong momentarily ignored Gu Ja-hong’s screams and left the estate as he headed towards the Heavenly Demon Hall.

“Please come in.”

As Jin Myeong headed straight to the main gate, the guard at the gate opened it for him.

“I see they all came.”

As soon as the Heavenly Demon saw Jin Myeong, he opened his mouth without even greeting him. It seems that Jin Myeong was the last to arrive.

‘Only the disciples of the Heavenly Demon have gathered here.’

There were no Elders or Vice Sect Leader. There were only the Heavenly Demon and his disciples here.

“The reason I called you here is to give you a mission.”

At the Heavenly Demon’s words, all the disciples remained silent and looked at him.

“From now on, the competition for the Young Sect Leader will begin in earnest.”

“……”

Jin Myeong figured it would start someday, but it feels faster than he expected.

“It’s simple. From now on, I will entrust each of you with a business location in the Central Plains.”

The disciples were speechless when they were suddenly told to take charge. Because they thought he’d order them to start a war right away.

“It’s easy to tell someone to fight right now. But it’s not fun.”

The Heavenly Demon smiled playfully.

“Go out to the Central Plains and try to increase your power.”

“How long will it last?”

“Well, I’m thinking about it.”

In the end, nothing is decided. It is said that they should go to the Central Plains and increase their power just for the pleasure of the Heavenly Demon.

‘I don’t think it’s just that. Is he trying to see operational capabilities?’

Even if it is the Heavenly Demon Sect, strength is not everything when leading a large group.

Jin Myeong thought that the Heavenly Demon was sending his disciples to each branch of the Central Plains to see their abilities.

‘If you have good skills here, you can steal the Elders who support other disciples.’

Perhaps the Heavenly Demon will start right after this mission is over. A war called the competition of the Young Sect Leaders.

“Do we have to go alone?”

“Don’t take too many. Take just the right amount.”

After answering, the Heavenly Demon waved his hand.

“The departure is in ten days, and the destination will be decided randomly. So, you may as well leave now.”

The disciples had to be driven out of the hall with blank expressions on their faces due to the Heavenly Demon’s order to expel them.

Clearly, they also did not fully understand the situation.

‘As expected, that person is… … .’

Even in this situation, Mok Ja-gyeong still had a leisurely smile on his face.

Jin Myeong didn’t know if he had anticipated this situation, but strangely he didn’t like that sense of leisure.

‘Anyway, I should get ready to leave.’

Jin Myeong, who thought there was no need to talk to Mok Ja-gyeong right now, hurried to his estate.

“I’m going to get ready to leave. You too, of course.”

“Huh? What are you talking about all of a sudden?”

“You’ll receive a letter from the Sect Leader within a few days, so you’ll understand when you see it. For now, just get ready.”

Jin Myeong smirked at Yang Jeon, who was pouting, and headed to the bedroom to prepare to leave.

‘That’s good. I’ll be able to move around more comfortably this time.’

He plans to move to find the opportunity he feels he absolutely needs.

‘Is it because you want to reclaim that opportunity?’

Jin Myeong started preparing to leave, even humming a tune, forgetting about the mission.

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