Chapter 25 (Abandoned Disciple of Heavenly Demon)

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Episode 25: Conflict (1)

The atmosphere that was about to blow up, began to cool down rapidly again.

“Junior Brother certainly has a knack for making people angry.”

The relation between Jin Myeong and Mok Ja-gyeong was definitely not good.

Perhaps because of the aura released by both of them, the people watching felt a tingling sensation all over their bodies.

Mok Ja-gyeong was always smiles, no matter where and what situation is, so much so that he was called the Blood Laughing Demon.

But when he talked to Jin Myeong, his face keeps getting distorted.

“Have you decided to treat me like that now?”

“Hmm. I’m thinking about it.”

It was something that Jin Myeong couldn’t even understand.

Anyway, he was a man who lived in modern times and always showed respect when necessary. When living in society, there were many instances of being respectful to people younger than oneself.

‘But it’s really going well here.’

The only people whom he had to showed respect were Heavenly Demon and Mad Demon.

The rest of the people actually had to earn his respect. It was the same when talking to Shin Ye-hyang as well as Mok Ja-gyeong.

“What on earth happened? Did Junior Brother’s amnesia had changed him?”

Mok Ja-gyeong asked, looking at Jin Myeong with a puzzled expression.

“What on earth happened in a year? You disappeared and now changed like that?”

“Or is this your true personality? You must have been fooling the world up until now.”

“This again… If I was that smart, wouldn’t I have already gathered a lot of power around me.”

When Jin Myeong said this, Mok Ja-gyeong sighed deeply and lowered her head.

“So, this is your original personality.”

Although Mok Ja-gyeong muttered softly, his words were clearly heard by others as well. And others agreed with that statement.

And it was the same for Jin Myeong.

‘If I were really timid and shy, I wouldn’t have spoken informally to him so easily.’

‘Rather, it would have been more difficult to speak informally.’

In the end, previous Jin Myeong timid personality must have due to him unable to use martial art. For survival, he had to looked like that.

“I guess you’ve become stronger which makes you arrogant.”

Mok Ja-gyeong thought that Jin Myeong’s original personality had emerged because he had become stronger after learning martial arts for a year.

And Jin Myeong had no intention of denying it either.

“If that’s what it looks like.”

If Jin Myeong had not learned martial arts and did not know that his martial arts were strong, he would not have acted like this.

Rather, like the previous Jin Myeong, he would have bowed down to everyone and tried to survive somehow.

‘Although I’m not that powerful, but it’s enough to not get killed easily.’

Although Jin Myeong had also defeated his fourth martial brother, and had been acknowledged by the Mad Demon.

That’s what made Jin Myeong confident in himself.

“Yes. In our sect, strength is justice. If you are strong, it doesn’t matter what you do. This is what the leader, Heavenly Demon, also said.”

“Where should we check, whether Junior Brother is qualified to do so?”

“Hmm. Here?”

Only then did Mok Ja-gyeong look around and sigh at Jin Myeong’s question.

‘You were so excited.’

Everyone else was looking at them.

In addition, the corpse of a Kunlun sect Taoist monk who had lost his head was lying on the floor.

‘It’s not good to keep standing out’, Mok Ja-gyeong realized belatedly.

‘I think this happened because I was excited by Jin Myeong’s aura.’

In past, Mok Ja-gyeong would never have gotten this excited, but now, he got excited easily because of Jin Myeong.

It’s because the youngest martial brother, who was obviously too weak to care, suddenly became arrogant before him.

“Tsk. Then I guess I’ll have to go back and check. Even the Lady can’t interfere with that. As the ambassador, I’m trying to correct my Youngest’s bad habits.”

Shin Ye-hyang nodded at Mok Ja-gyeong’s words. She was also curious about Jin Myeong’s current abilities.

‘The skill that my father praised so much.’

‘I wish I could have experienced it myself, but I thought it wouldn’t be a bad idea to just see it with my own eyes.’

“Of course, if the brother Jin is in danger, I have no choice but to step forward.”

“Don’t worry. Even so, would I really kill youngest?” Mok Ja-gyeong answered with a smile.

But that smile felt very cold.

“We are fighting amongst ourselves over other people’s property.”

At Jin Myeong’s words, a vein appeared on Mok Ja-gyeong’s forehead.

“Master, please come here.”

However, Mok Ja-gyeong suppressed his anger and called out to the innkeeper who was watching them while fidgeting.

“Huh?”

“You can come; I won’t harm you.”

The innkeeper seemed frozen to the ground at the call of Mok Ja-gyeong who had been killing people and getting angry at each other.

But, thinking that if he didn’t go right away, he might lose his head as well, he held onto his trembling legs and headed towards Mok Ja-gyeong.

“I’m sorry, about what happened. Please accept this small compensation.”

Mok Ja-gyeong gave a considerable amount of silver to the innkeeper. The face of the innkeeper who received it brightened in an instant.

“Please also take care of the corpse. And if the Kunlun Sect says anything, tell them that the people who did this are in the Woo Clan Estate.”

They left the inn, leaving the owner, who nodded absentmindedly, behind.

‘That went well.’

In the cold atmosphere, a smile appeared on Jin Myeong’s lips as he walked behind Mok Ja-gyeong. He was trying to make the most of this situation.

‘I can now accurately determine the current level of my martial arts skills. Anyway, among the current disciples of Heavenly Demon, the strongest was Mok Ja-gyeong.’

Jin Myeong wanted to see how effective his martial arts would be against him. After all, his biggest obstacle at the moment was Mok Ja-gyeong.

‘And I have to try out the Ashura Sword Form.’

Jin Myeong wanted to see if he could use the Ashura Sword Form in real combat. He was ready to use it against the Kunlun Sect’s Taoist priests, but unfortunately it ended in failure.

So, he thought about trying it out on Mok Ja-gyeong.

‘Because Mok Ja-gyeong must be sincere.’

Jin Myeong kept muttering because he had to compare it to when he fought sincerely. Of course, he planned to continue fighting when he returned to The Woo Clan Estate.

“If it got dangerous, I’ll help you”, Shin Ye-hyang said to Jin Myeong.

‘It’s something that could easily lead to death’, she thought.

It’s not like Jin Myeong just walking along the line, he’s crossing it completely. If Mok Ja-gyeong was stronger than he expected, he could lose his life too.

For some reason, Shin Ye-hyang doesn’t want him to die.

‘Everything worked as I thought’, Jin Myeong thought about this because he could see it when Shin Ye-hyang blocking Mok Ja-gyeong’s attack.

‘I didn’t think it was possible to create a better situation than this.’

“Tsk. Follow me, Youngest”, Mok Ja-gyeong spoke, as soon as they arrived at The Woo Family Estate.

‘I thought that Mok Ja-gyeong’s anger might have subsided while we come to The Woo Clan Estate, but that’s not the case at all.’

Rather, when they arrived at the Woo Clan Estate, Mok Ja-gyeong voice became even lower.

“Don’t raise your voice.”

Jin Myeong chuckled.

“Please, guide me.”

At Jin Myeong’s words, Mok Ja-gyeong nodded slightly and started walking.

“Oh, Young Lords?”

‘Did he hear about conflict?’ Mok Ja-gyeong thought, when he saw Woo Clan Head running towards them.

“Clan Leader. Excuse me, but I need to use training ground.”

“Yes? Yes. Okay.”

“And also, would you keep people from coming here?”

Mok Ja-gyeong kicked out everyone in the training ground and prevented others from coming here.

“I wish my Junior Sisters don’t come either…….”

“I think Senior Brother might get excited and make a mistake.”

However, Shin Ye-hyang shook her head, and Mok Ja-gyeong had no choice but to agree with her words.

“Is the life of the Youngest that important?”

“Well, if he dies like this….”, Shin Ye-hyang thought she should protect him since he was the person her father, Mad Demon, had promised to help. While she often wondered if it was worth helping him if he was that weak.

“Also, I want to see his skill just once.”

“Okay.”

Mok Ja-gyeong nodded and allowed Shin Ye-hyang to watch, then immediately looked at Bi Yeong.

“I want to see it too, Senior Brother.”

“Whew. Well, that wouldn’t be so bad.”

But it was only these two people. Mok Ja-gyeong didn’t want anyone else to come. Fortunately, for him other marital brothers had not yet returned.

“Commander?”

And when the four people arrived at the training ground, they were able to find the Commander of Sadow Demon Unit, Neung Byeok-mun, waiting for them there.

“As I heard, you are all here.”

Commander Neung, who heard from Woo Clan Leader that the Mok Ja-gyeong was little unusual, and he was going to training centre.

“Is that an order from the Master or Vice-Sect Leader?”

It seems that Mok Ja-gyeong was mistaken in thinking that Heavenly Demon or Mad Demon had ordered Commander Neung to protect Jin Myeong’s life.

“That’s not the case.”

“Is it because someone might get hurt?”

Anyway, if either of two gets hurt, they won’t be able to leave tomorrow. Thus, Mok Ja-gyeong assumed, maybe Commander Neung had come to stop it because it would interfere with the mission.

“No.”

But what Mok Ja-gyeong’s thinking was completely wrong.

“I would leave the injured person alone.”

“If someone is injured, I can just leave him behind, and if someone dies, that’s the end of it.”

“But I think, I need to properly excess the true strength of the Young Master Jin. Only then I could give Young Lord Jin a role that suits him. Of course, for that, he had to survive the confrontation with you, Young Lord Mok.”

“…Okay, I understand”, in the end, Mok Ja-gyeong nodded.

Commander Neung was the leader of this group, appointed directly by Heavenly Demon. Even though Mok Ja-gyeong was direct disciple of Heavenly Demon, he could not continue to refuse Commander’s words.

“Okay, then get ready.”

Finally, Commander Neung clarified, he would not interfere with the killing of Jin Myeong. But clearly, Shin Ye-hyang will prevent Jin Myeong from being killed.

And Mok Ja-gyeong thought that it would not be easy to break through Shin Ye-hyang and kill Jin Myeong. To be exact, it would be difficult to withstand the combined attack of Jin Myeong and Shin Ye-hyang.

‘It doesn’t matter if I can’t kill him’, Mok Ja-gyeong thought. Even if he can’t kill Jin Myeong, but he can break one of his arms, and instil enough fear in him.

‘I need to fix that habit.’

‘Even if it wasn’t as good as before, I am confident that I could make him listen to me obediently.’

“Good.”

Jin Myeong put the wooden box he was carrying on his shoulder down on the floor. Then he just pulled out the sword that was on his waist.

“Hmm. Wasn’t that the Youngest’s weapon?”

According to what Mok Ja-gyeong had heard, Jin Myeong uses a special martial arts technique. Although it is not as powerful as The Yigi Sword*, he can handle five swords freely.

“That’s true, but right now I have something I want to try.”

“I see. The Youngest is now looking down on me.”

Mok Ja-gyeong, who thought that Jin Myeong was ignoring him because he was only holding one sword, immediately ran towards Jin Myeong.

It was a move that showed no intention of yielding the initiative to Jin Myeong like other people.

Shhh!

Mok Ja-gyeong stretched out her hand toward Jin Myeong without a moment’s hesitation.

Bang!

And then, the pure white energy-filled sword of Jin Myeong and the crimson-tinted hand of Mok Ja-gyeong clashed.

T.N.

The Yigi Sword-

YIGI means Shifting Qi(energy)

So maybe it meant, Qi-shifting Sword Art or The Extraordinary Sword Art. If you guys have any good recommendation mention it.

Its something similar to using Internal Energy to manipulate sword, similar to how MC use his skill.

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