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Episode 45: Heading to the Heavenly Demon Sect (1)

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The demons of the Heavenly Demon Sect moved quickly to escape from Shaanxi. They continued to move without getting enough sleep and proper rest.

It was to escape the Mount Hua Sect’s territory of Shaanxi before Mount Hua Sect stopped them again.

Is that why?

It was possible to avoid encountering the Mount Hua Sect until they left Shaanxi and entered Gansu.

“It’s nice to see you again.”

But the relief was short-lived.

Eventually, they met the Gongdong Sect, that stopped them.

“I can’t sleep because the place you hit me still hurts,” the old Taoist with a large body stepped forward, glaring at Jin Myeong.

“It looks like you recovered well.”

“You…”

Gok Yang, one of the two Twin Elder of Gongdong Sect.

He was in critical condition after being stabbed in the stomach by Jin Myeong, but he recovered and stopped them again.

“I have been treated badly, so I must return the favour.”

A smile appeared on Gok Yang’s face. But unlike that smile, there was murderous intent dripping from his voice.

It wasn’t just the voice. The energy emanating from him seemed to chill the surroundings.

“Tsk. Isn’t that when you finally gave up?” Neung Byeok-mun clicked his tongue and asked.

“That’s right. That matter is over.”

When they first headed to Shaanxi, the Kunlun and the Gongdong failed to achieve their goal.

‘I don’t think those people had a purpose, though.’

The Kunlun Sect hated the Heavenly Demon Sect, and there was a dispute in Qinghai.

Even though they had their reasons, the Gongdong Sect had no reason to stop the Heavenly Demon Sect.

In the end, it was said that they fought because of the rewards from the Kunlun sect.

That is why, at that time, they were afraid of clashing with the main group of the Heavenly Demon Sect and were unable to do anything, so they retreated.

Among the two top players in the joint faction, only Gok Yang was injured.

“But things are different now. I can’t say I don’t have any resentment from back then, but that’s not why I stopped you.”

“Did the Mount Hua ask you?”

“That’s right. They say that the young demons of the Heavenly Demon Sect attacked the Mount Hua Sect’s escort agency and stole the treasure.”

Since when did the escort agency founded by a disciple of the Mount Hua Sect a long time ago become the escort agency of the Mount Hua Sect?

‘Now it’s not even a Taoist sect.’

Jin Myeong thought that the Mount Hua Sect was too obsessed with the affairs of the Yukga Escort Agency.

‘Didn’t they even go so far as to abandon the Tao in order to surpass the Wudang Sect?’

‘But I don’t understand why they are so concerned about the escort agency established by a lay disciple when it was a Taoist sect.’

‘Oh, is that why they received so much money for that agency?’

If you think about it, sects like Nine Sects are a group of unemployed people.

Rather than doing business like the Noble Families, Nine Sects maintained its sect by receiving money from its disciples’ homes.

‘Or you can help the sect of the lay disciples and receive money.’

The Yukga Escort Agency was the largest escort agency in Shaanxi.

It may be that they received support from his disciples by donating a lot of money to the Mount Hua Sect.

‘We must get through here before the Mount Hua wave arrives.’

‘Didn’t the common wave already break through once?’

‘Of course, it won’t be as easy as before.’

In the past, Mount Hua Sect was unable to exert all their power because they thought they could not receive support from the Orthodox Alliance because they had no justification, but not anymore.

If the Mount Hua finds evidence, the common people will not fear the Heavenly Demon Sect as they did before.

“Commander Neung, what should we do?”

“…….”

Commander Neung couldn’t answer Jang Hu’s question.

No matter how much he racked his brain, he couldn’t come up with a proper answer.

They were so short-staffed.

He had asked other branches for help, but it didn’t seem like they would be able to arrive in time.

Even if they come, they won’t be able to defeat the Mount Hua and the reinforcement.

“It seems like there is no answer. After everyone disperses like before, we have no choice but to head to the main sect on our own…….”

“Tsk. After calling us a burden like that…….” Jang Hu clicked his tongue when he saw Commander Neung like that.

It was impossible for Commander Neung, who had ignored them so much, to look good when they were faced with a crisis and decided to save themselves.

It was the same for others.

“…I have nothing to say,” Commander Neung had nothing to say even if he had ten mouths.

‘Did you ever think things would turn out like this?’

‘Didn’t the Shadow Demons mutilate the bodies so much that no trace could be found?’

“It was mistake, I didn’t think that the Mount Hua faction would ask for reinforcements,” Commander Neung honestly admitted his mistake.

He never thought that the proud Mount Hua Sect would ask for reinforcement from other old sects.

“No. I should have thought back when Kunlun Sect requested reinforcement, so why can’t the Mount Hua Sect do it?”

Jin Myeong was shocked to see such naivety.

There was no way he could say anything good to Commander Neung, who had offered him to Purple Cloud Sword God.

“The Mount Hua and Kunlun Sect…….”

“They going to be here anyway.”

‘Even though the Mount Hua Sect is a bit stronger than the Kunlun faction, they are ultimately considered to be the same old faction.’

‘If Kunlun could do it, it should have known that Mount Hua Sect could do it too.’

“What’s important now is not that, but how to solve this problem.”

Jin Myeong looked at Commander Neung and smiled, “If we give them Commander Neung’s head, won’t they let us go?”

“Young Master, you speak a bit harshly!”

The ones who reacted to those words were the members of The Shadow Demon Squad who were standing nearby.

But Jin Myeong frowned, “Why? Isn’t it safe for you to hand me over to the Purple Cloud Sword God?”

“That…….”

Jin Myeong turned his head away without listening to the Shadow Demons’ words.

“That’s not what’s important.”

It feels like the ground is shaking.

Jin Myeong felt a large crowd of people running from afar.

“Mount Hua Sect…….”

Those who appeared were none other than the disciples of the Mount Hua Sect.

It wasn’t just a few disciples like before, but a large number of warriors, as if the entire Mount Hua Sect had moved.

“They came sooner than I thought,” Jin Myeong sighed.

Even though the Gongdong Sect tried to block it, the Mount Hua Sect was catching up to them too quickly.

In the end, it means that they have been chasing after them since before.

“You said we’d see each other again soon, right?”

And Purple Cloud Sword God, Mae Jin-pung, who was standing at the very front of the Mount Hua group, smiled slyly at them.

“Tsk. How long has it been? I’m going to get attached to you like this.”

“Haha. You still have some extraordinary tongue.”

Purple Cloud Sword God burst into laughter as he watched Jin Myeong clicking his tongue.

But his face quickly hardened.

“Let me put it simply. I have discovered evidence that the Heavenly Demon Sect attacked the Yukga Escort Agency and killed the disciples of Mount Hua Sect.”

“I never did anything like that, so what is the evidence?”

‘Shadow Demons even mutilated and burned the body. It was so difficult to recognize that it was hard to tell if they were the disciples’ bodies.’

“But you know what? In the end, traces of the martial art will remain.”

The bodies were bound to bear traces of martial arts.

In particular, the Nine Sects, which were mostly of the Taoist or Buddhist sect, was extremely sensitive to Demonic Arts.

Even though Mount Hua Sect is not currently a Taoist sect, its origins have not disappeared.

“Phew. Who can’t say something like that?”

Jin Myeong sighed as he looked at the Purple Cloud Sword God.

“Tsk. You’re acting cocky just because you took one attack.”

The expression on Purple Cloud Sword God’s face as he saw Jin Myeong began to grow colder.

Even though Jin Myeong was able to block his attacks, he was not a master of the same level as Purple Cloud Sword God. His patience for a young warrior mocking him was reaching its limit.

“Traces of the Mad Wind Sword art were found on the corpses.”

‘That’s nonsense.’

‘A master like Shin Ye-hyang would not have needed to use the Mad Wind Sword art to kill the six Commander of Yukga Escort Agency or the two great disciples of Mount Hua Sect.’

And in fact, no traces of the Mad Wind Sword art were found.

However, the wounds created by the sword that Shin Ye-hyang was holding could be discovered.

“Are you saying that now? Do you know what you’re saying now? Someone died in the Shinto cult, and there was evidence of a Mount Hua there.”

“Gibberish.”

“Is that what it sounds like to me?”

“Bring solid evidence that everyone can acknowledge.”

Even though Purple Cloud Sword God said he had evidence just now, it was all just his words.

If it were modern times, Purple Cloud Sword God might have retreated at Jin Myeong’s words.

But this was not the modern world, but the world of martial arts.

A place where power speaks louder than words. A place where power becomes truth even without evidence.

“No more words are needed. Strike.”

Purple Cloud Sword God, Mae Jin-pung gave up on talking to Jin Myeong.

Because it felt like he was nitpicking and being unreasonable.

“Tsk.”

Before anyone knew it, five swords were floating around Jin Myeong, who was clicking his tongue.

“So, this is what happened in the end.”

Shin Ye-hyang, who had already pulled out the sword, approached.

“I don’t think I can protect Young Master Jin this time.”

“Are you kidding me?”

“Well.”

A faint smile spread across Shin Ye-hyang’s lips. Jin Myeong blankly looked at her smile.

“Why is that?”

“No, it’s nothing.”

Her smile soon disappeared, and Jin Myeong shook his head and looked away.

“Then let’s see if we survive. If we’re lucky.”

“…is it so.”

Shin Ye-hyang’s voice was slightly trembling as she answered.

Even she couldn’t help but feel nervous in this situation.

‘You’re not nervous even in this situation.’

In comparison, Jin Myeong still showed no signs of tension.

Rather, he felt a strange excitement.

‘How can we overcome this crisis?’

Jin Myeong did not think that the situation, surrounded by the Mount Hua Sect and the Gongdong Sect, was serious.

The reason for this, of course, is that this situation is not mentioned at all in the novel.

Even though it certainly looked like a crisis on the surface.

“Whoa!”

“Damn it! Die, please!”

“Ugh!”

But contrary to Jin Myeong’s thoughts, the situation was extremely chaotic.

The hollow and Mount Hua were engulfing them, and the warriors of the Heavenly Demon Sect were somehow moving to avoid being surrounded.

Shouts, curses, and screams began to be heard here and there.

“Ugh!”

“If only I could somehow get through those swords…….”

And the warriors that were attacking Jin Myeong were not able to approach easily because of the flying swords that attacked on their own.

“Haat!”

Jin Myeong quickly turned his head at the sound of shouting coming from the side.

Then he saw the smiling face of the disciple of the Gongdong Sect swinging his sword at him.

Clearly, he couldn’t hold back his laughter at the thought of killing the new master, the Divine Demonic Fang.

Phew!

But before his sword could reach Jin Myeong, a flying sword pierced his head.

‘Why are you yelling like this?’

‘Of course, if you give it your all, you can’t help but show your spirit.’

‘But doesn’t that shout render all surprise attacks useless?’

‘Is this more appropriate?’

The more Jin Myeong saw people entangled and fighting desperately, the more he thought that this situation would not end easily.

‘Is it because of me?’

‘In the original novel, we weren’t attacked by the Mount Hua Sect like this, right?’

‘I thought that this situation was created when Jang Hu, unable to control his anger due to Jin Ming’s actions in Shaanxi, clashed with the disciples of the Mount Hua Sect.’

“We finally meet again. I’ve been waiting for the day to meet you again.”

It was at that time that Jin Myeong felt that this situation was perhaps more serious than he thought.

A voice full of anger pierced Jin Myeong’s ears.

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