Nano Machine

by S.H.A aifu

Until he became the lowest-ranked master, his lonely and luckless life never changed. Suddenly one day, a descendant injected him with a nanomachine, and the machine started ‘speaking’ to him. [I am the seventh generation Nanomachine manufactured by Sky Cooperation, and I am operating as a central nerve connected to your brain.] “What? What are you talking about?” This was beyo

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Chapter 321: Cold blood blockage (6)

Monk Gu Hur told the Godly Doctor that by sending in internal energy to penetrate the blockage, the yin qi reacted to fight back, making Gu Hur increase the energy that was sent in. This was why the two energies colliding with each other grew too powerful for the woman to endure it.

"Then what would be the way? If it isn't possible to send in the energy…"

"There are two other ways. Both have flaws."

"What is it?"

"One way is impossible right now, and another one… I don't think she nor you will like the way it will be done."

What would be the way that he and his sister would not want? Bunwang asked, "And what is that way?"

"It's very weird, but the starting point of energy explosion starts toward the vaginal area."

"V-vaginal?"

Bunwang's face became grim. He was able to understand what Gam Rosu was saying.

"Y-you mean…"

"Yes. It is a way to find a balance between yin and yang to decrease its reaction to have it take yang qi without a fight."

With Gam Rosu's words, Hu Bong became shocked and mumbled, "Huh? Y-you mean the man's hot st…"

"Hu Bong!!"

"Oops."

Mun Ku became red and shouted and Hu Bong grabbed his mouth to stop. Mun Ku became worried. Hu Bong's teasing seemed to turning into reality.

'Ughhhhh! HU BONG!!!!'

Mun Ku glared at Hu Bong. His words had become reality.

"One must have powerful yang qi in order to take the balance…"

Gam Rosu then glanced toward Chun Yeowun as she spoke. The only warrior powerful enough to overpower Yogun who went berserk was Chun Yeowun, so her reaction was natural.

'Hmm…'

Yeowun frowned at the unexpected treatment method and asked, "What is the other way that's impossible?"

"That's…"

That's when Yeowun suddenly got up before he heard Gam Rosu's answer. He was looking towards a place with a grim look. It was toward the outpost.

'It's astounding.'

The astounding power was coming from that direction. If no one here yet realized its power, it meant the enemy was powerful enough that only Chun Yeowun could sense it. It felt more dangerous than when Yogun went berserk.

"What is it, my lord?"

Mun Ku got up with a curious look and Yeowun warned everyone else.

"Everyone, stay here and don't move."

Yeowun then jumped out.

At the outpost, the gatekeepers were bleeding as they fell on the ground. Even the gatekeepers of this outpost were highly-trained warriors, but they were helpless against the intruder. Through the gate, there was a large yard with over forty warriors surrounding the middle-aged man with curly hair and a beard. Outpost leader Jiheng shouted to him.

"You should step back! Do you know where this is?!"

Jiheng felt sweat running down his forehead. The intruder wasn't using any special energy, but his presence was enough to make all the warriors terrified.

'Who is this man?!'

The area had been peaceful ever since the cult allied with the Yulin clan. It was shocking to find this monstrous man coming in here.

"Let me warn YOU instead. If you don't want to end up like this, bring my children that you kidnapped."

There were four warriors on the ground in front of the man. They charged at him when the man came into the gate, but they were quickly subdued in a matter of seconds. Jiheng shouted, "Why are you looking for your children here?! Who are you anyway!"

The man raised his eyebrow disgust. He still felt the cold energy within the buildings.

"So, you will lie. Then I will find them myself."

The man took off his foot and Jiheng signaled his warriors.

"Attack!"

All warriors immediately charged against the man. The middle-aged man then swung his hand and all the swords that the warriors held in their hands got out of their hand.

"Huh?!"

"M-my sowrd!"

Their swords then turned in the air and were aimed back at them.

"A-air sword!"

All warriors became pale. They figured they were against powerful warrior, but they didn't realize they were against a supreme master level warrior.

'W-why is such a powerful warrior attacking our outpost?!'

Even Jiheng couldn't understand what was going on. He was able to barely hold onto his sword from being flown up, but all the other warriors were now being aimed at by their own swords.

'It's hard to control all of them, but this is enough.'

Even if it was a supreme master level warrior, controlling more than twelve swords at once was impossible. But he wasn't using a formation so he only swung and stabbed, and this amount was enough. This was only done to threaten them.

"This is the final warning. I will kill anyone who stands in my way."

The man warned again. He knew that killing this many warriors would have the cult come after him, so he was giving them a chance. But there was no way warriors who always stayed at war would succumb to such a threat. Besides, there was the Sky of the Cult residing inside today.

"Fool! You are underestimating us! Do you think cultists of the Great Dmonic Cult will bend to your threat?!"

Jiheng shouted and the man shook his head. He gave them the choice to leave, but that had been thrown out the window.

"Fools."

The man then raised his hand and the swords were ready.

"You have chosen then. Goodbye."

The man swung and the swords then tried to strike down the warriors. Some closed their eyes while some tried to dodge. But an unexpected thing happened. All swords moved barely an inch and stopped.

"W-what?"

They thought maybe the man had changed his mind, but it seemed that wasn't the case. The man was shaking his hand as if someone was holding onto his hand.

'What is going on?'

He didn't imagine seeing such a thing. The air sword was almost taken away from his control. He tried to bring up more energy to overpower it, but it was no use.

'Someone is infiltrating into my connection to the swords!'

That was the only possible explanation. That's when the man saw someone coming out from the mansion. It was a young man with long black hair with pale white skin. It was Chun Yeowun.

'I..is that him who's doing this?'

The man looked at him.

Yeowun heard Nano speaking to him.

[Completed infiltrating into control system.]

'Strike back, Nano.'

[Initating attack.]

Yeowun's eyes shook and the control of air sword was now on Yeowun. Yeowun then pushed out his sword, and all forty swords immediately turned toward the man.

"Hah… ugh."

The man became dumbfounded. It was the first time he lost control over air sword in the middle of controlling them.

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Chapter 322: Two birds in one stone (1)

Forty swords were aimed at the man, about to fly down and penetrate him.

'This is astounding. Taking over this many swords would require a lot of precision and control of energy…'

The middle-aged man was now very astonished by the action. His air sword was just using vast energy to control objects, but that young man was truly sending his energy correctly to all of those swords.

'He looks like a young man.'

But the power was no less than himself, enough to be considered among the top five warriors of Yulin. If the man walked out from inside, then he must be one of the cultists. That's when the man remembered the information he gathered recently. He heard this when he went to the Hao clan to buy information regarding the Godly Doctor.

'Oh, I heard there's a new young Lord at the Demonic Cult. Maybe…'

His guess was right. When Jiheng and the warriors found out Yeowun that came out, they all knelt with one knee and shouted.

"My Lord!"

"My Lord!"

The middle-aged man narrowed his eyes. So, the young man was truly the Lord of the Demonic Cult. He didn't imagine to find the Lord at the northern border of the Demonic Cult's lands.

'Wait. Is that the one who kidnapped my daughter then?'

The only one powerful enough to do such thing seemed to be Yeowun within this area. There was one superior master level warrior, but the man's level of that man was not enough to outpower the berserk mode of Cold Blood Blockage.

Jiheng got to Yeowun and knelt to report.

"Outpost Captain Jiheng, reporting."

"Talk."

"That man infiltrated our outpost, killed our gatekeepers and a few guards and threatening us to hand over his children."

"Hand over his children?"

Yeowun became surprised. He did expect as such, but his guess was correct. Father of Yogun, and considering the two greatswords that Bunwang used, it was easy to guess the name.

"Martial Dual Sword Wang Jing."

Every cultists including Jiheng became shocked. There was no one in Yulin that would not be shocked when hearing the name. He was one of the top five warriors of Yulin and the infamous killer who killed over three thousand pirates in one night.

"Martial Dual Sword?"

"Were we just up against one of the top five warriors?!"

The atmosphere became frantic. Even if they were courageous warriors of the cult, it was rare that they got to witness a glimpse of the top five warriors. Yeowun then spoke to the man.

"Are you Sir Wang Jing?'

Wang Jing did not reply to the question. It was more of a silent nod. The man was thinking about what was going on.

'If he knows who I am, then it must be the Lord who took my children.'

That was troubling. It was the leader of a giant faction, not comparable to pirates. It wasn't sure why the man took his children, but it was likely that fighting him would cause much trouble.

'Then other superior master level warriors will join in.'

It wasn't going well for him. The man then collected his powerful energy back into him and the air around the courtyard became relaxed. The man bowed lightly toward Yeowun.

"It's an honor to meet the new Lord of the Demonic Cult. I am Wang Jing."

"OH!!"

Chun Yeowun's guess was right. Warriors gasped with astonishment. The man was Martial Dual Sword, Wang Jing. The fact that he was gathering back his energy meant that he wanted to settle things down by talking. Yeowun then pulled his hand and the swords dropped to the ground.

"My sword!"

Warriors quickly went up and picked up their swords. Yeowun then spoke to Jiheng.

"Tend to those warriors that are knocked out."

"Huh?"

Jiheng became confused. He thought the four warriors in front of Wang Jing were dead, but they actually just passed out.

"Thank you for going lightly on them."

Yeowun bowed to show his thanks. Wang Jing actually did not kill anyone, even those gatekeepers because he felt his children's presence within the building. If they died, things would have turned differently but he didn't want to turn against the cult when his children were still alive. But he still showed his power so he could warn the cult to not touch his children, and also bring out those who overpowered his daughter.

'But to think that was the Lord.'

That was only thing that was unexpected. Anyhow, the man who took his children was here, so he had to get into the point.

"I want to pay more respect to the leader of the Demonic Cult, but please mind my manners. I can sense my children's presence here. I want to hear why you took them."

He was talking politely but his voice had every sense of uncomfort in it. After he lost his wife, his purpose now only lied in his children.

'This is a good chance.'

Yeowun then thought this was a chance. The man who he wanted to pay a debt appeared. Yeowun also knew that Wang Jing had been searching for the Godly Doctor.

"I am sorry for any misunderstanding here. Your daughter was in terrible shape, so I had to quickly bring her here to get treated."

"Ah…"

Wang Jing became grim. He was concerned about her daughter going berserk more often even with Gam Miyan's medicine. He didn't think the day would come to this when he hadn't found the Godly Doctor yet.

"I guess I made a mistake. But the doctor that my girl needs to see is toward the…"

Cold energy began to rise at once. The air around turned cold immediately. Yeowun became shocked and turned toward the guesthouse.

'The seals have broken again!'

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Chapter 323: 323 Two birds in one stone (2)

Yeowun sealed her once more just an hour ago. But this amount of coldness meant that the seal was broken. Wang Jing shouted, "Lord!"

"Follow me!"

Yeowun ran toward the guesthouse and Wang Jing quickly followed. As they went to the guesthouse, cold air was storming around the building, freezing everything around it. In the yard in front of the house, Hu Bong was bleeding from his mouth as he protected Gam Rosu, and two others were standing against Yogun who was standing tall with her silver hair fluttering through the wind.

"I… I didn't think it would be this bad."

"We need the Lord or Elder Yang."

They were Mun Ku and Hou Sangwha. This happened when Yogun woke up from her sleep. The terrifying cold energy quickly turned the tide against them.

"Ah.."

Mun Ku's breathing turned white as if it was winter. She was protecting her body through internal energy, but the coldness still made her shiver.

"It's coming!" Hou Sangwha shouted. Yogun stepped on the ground, and white ice needles appeared and thrown upon them.

"No!"

"RUN!"

They both jumped up at once and needles were stuck into the ground.

"Hah!"

Mun Ku then threw an energy bullet toward Yogun, but it disappeared even before it got close to Yogun's body.

'Impossible!'

Yogun then gathered her hands and reached out and a cold storm struck against Mun Ku and Hou Sangwha who were still in the air.

"Kyah!"

"Aaah!"

Both of them quickly protected themselves with energy barriers, but it still threw them backwards. Then they rolled on the ground, but they jumped up to take a stand. But there weren't countless ice needles surrounding them anymore.

"W…what?"

"Sangwha, are we dreaming?"

This wasn't the level that any martial artist they knew. It was as if they were against the legendary Winter Witch or something. Yogun's eyes that glared toward them were now becoming transparent.

Hou Sangwha's large axe became covered with blue force qi over its blade. Mun Ku also readied with her hands with force qi to attack whenever. The two women became tense. Yogun then reached out to them and gestured clenching her fist. Countless ice needles then tried to come down at them.

It was then that the ice needles stopped in the air. Two women then heard the voice from behind.

"That was close."

"M-my lord!"

It was Chun Yeowun. Yeowun was able to arrive in time and defend the attacks from the ice needles. But he didn't come alone this time.

"Ah?"

A middle-aged man with curly hair appeared in front of them and swung his hands toward the ice needles. With that, a powerful energy line was drawn in the air and shattered all ice needles into dust. The person who showed such astounding prowess was Martial Dual Sword, Wang Jing.

'That is amazing. If he can do that, he probably could have blocked my air sword too.'

Yeowun was astonished. Wang Jing was surely worthy to be considered as one of the top five warriors of Yulin.

"Yogun."

Wang Jing called out to his daughter with a concerned look. He knew that his daughter would be in bad shape from the severe coldness, but she was in a terrible state.

'I have to hurry.'

Wang Jing then charged toward the silver-haired woman, Yogun. Yogun began creating thick ice wall by collecting ice dust as she seemed to feel dangered by the appearance of a powerful presence. But it didn't work against Yeowun, so there was no chance it would work against Wang Jing either.

Wang Jing was able to get to Yogun even before ice wall was finished. All ice needles that struck upwards from the floor also turned to dust. Wang Jing was surely very powerful man.

He quickly pressed on Yogun's blood points to seal her down. But the seal that only required him to use 50% before it didn't work anymore. Powerful yin qi defended the interference of energy coming into the body.

'She's gotten worse.'

Wang Jing then increased his power up to 80% and sealed her down. Yogun flinched and with her blood points being blocked from circulation, the coldness around them became to subside. But it was still very cold around Yogun.

Yogun, who was now passed out, was shivering as if she was feeling cold from the energy that was coming from her own body. Wang Jing frowned. Yogun had never been in such a bad state.

'No… what should I do? It will take at least half a day to get down to Yongho village.'

Wang Jing thought he had to take her to Gam Miyan at Yongho village, but Yogun didn't seem to last long against the extreme coldness coming from the yin qi. That's when a muscular old woman walked toward them with Yeowun by his side. The woman was Godly Doctor Gam Rosu.

'Huh?'

Wang Jin frowned at a familiar face when Gam Rosu walked over and checked Yogun's pulse as she was trembling severely.

"A-are you a doctor?" Wang Jing asked and Yeowun nodded instead. After checking Yogun's state for a while, Godly Doctor Gam Rosu became grim and spoke.

"Ah… yin qi has spread all over her body at last… she won't last a day at this rate. My Lord, you have no choice anymore."

"W-what are you talking about? Ma'am!! What's become of my daughter?!"

Wang Jing began to shake at the fear of his daughter's possible death and Godly Doctor Gam Rosu spoke seriously.

"She will need a balance of yin and yang through mating."

"Mat… WHAT?!"

Wang Jing's face turned weird at the unexpected words.

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Chapter 324: Two birds in one stone (3)

Wang Jing was so shocked and furious when he heard that his daughter needed to have sexual intercourse that he almost killed Godly Doctor Gam Rosu. But he had to stop when he heard who the old woman was. And there was no way to reject the idea when the best-known doctor in the entire Jianghu was telling him that that was the only way for her survival.

'But it's something that even the great monk of Sorim failed…'

He was more hesitant when he heard that the procedure was once tried years back, involving a powerful warrior like Monk Gu Hur. Godly Doctor explained the only way to save his dying daughter was to break the yang energy into her beginning at the start of the explosion, which was thevagina.

'I thought this kind of treatment only existed in a book..'

Hu Bong might have agreed wholeheartedly if Wang Jing had said this out loud. He then felt powerless as he couldn't do anything for his dying daughter. And just like Wang Jing, Chun Yeowun was also going through hard times.

"A mating… mating… uh… "

Mun Ku had been repeating the word over and over, looking dumb as she spoke. Of course, there was no woman who would like to see her loved one having a sexual relationship with another woman.

'I don't want this.'

She became tearful as her head dived into her arms.

"Whew," Yeowun sighed. Yeowun was also very depressed to see Mun Ku in such a way. Others might have liked to take this chance and have mysterious and beautiful Yogun for himself, but Chun Yeowun did not want this.

'Another woman…?'

Yeowun decided that he would only love one woman in his entire life. After experiencing the tragedy that revolved around the six clans, Yeowun had learned that having many wives and children only brought chaos.

'My Lord…'

All members who had seen Yeowun from the days at the academy all sympathized with him. Also, Chun Yeowun was a man who always stuck to his morals and decisions. It wasn't easy for him to break his own vows for such matters.

'But it is best that we save that woman, even if that requires him to break his vows.'

Even Hou Sangwha thought as such, although she was very close to Mun Ku. Without considering emotional issues, this was a good chance for the Cult will befriend one of the powerful top five warriors of Yulin. Moreoever, it was also a chance that Wang Jing might become Yeowu's father-in-law if everything worked out.

"We don't have time."

Gam Rosu told them to hurry up when everyone became hesitant.

"Hah… hah…"

Yogun panted as her breath turned white when it left her mouth. She had needles all over her body that were put down by Gam Rosu so that she would be a bit warmer at least. But this in no way would allow her more time in life.

"Father."

Bunwang called out to Wang Jing. As expected, he was the eldest child of Dual Martial Sword, Wang Jing. His real name was actually Wang Bun.

"Bun."

"Father… I don't like the idea, but I think we must focus on saving Yogun's life first."

"Do you think so?"

"…Nothing matters if she dies."

Wang Jing became grim at Wang Bun's words. Even if it was to save his daughter's life, it was hard to admit such behavior as he was still a father. And even if it was to save his daughter's life, he didn't want his daughter to have such a relationship with a man for just a day. That kind of behavior should be followed with the responsibility of lifetime commitment.

'Give my precious daughter to that man?'

Of course, the background was perfect. He was the Lord of the Demonic Cult, one of three factions of the entire Yulin. And also, Yeowun was powerful enough to be considered one of the top five warriors already. But Wang Jing also could see what was going on.

'Hmph.'

He didn't mention it, but he already saw Yeowun being concerned about another woman in the corner, depressed and sad as she sat down by the wall. She seemed to be well trained in martial arts and also very beautiful and elegant, which proved she was from a good family in the cult. It seemed she was the future wife of the Lord.

'My daughter, daughter of Wang Jin, is to become the second wife of the Cult's Lord?'

Wang Jing had many enemies that made him hide, but he was still very proud of being one of the top five warriors. His pride didn't make him comfortable with the fact that his daughter would become a second wife. Wang Jing looked back at Yeowun again.

'But if he's concerned about his future wife, he's not the type to seek women.'

He had heard Lords of the cult historically had many wives, but Yeowun seemed to be different from the way he acted. That was a relief at least.

"Hah… hah…"

As Wang Jing thought things through, he heard his daughter's panting. He then figured there was no time to waste and simplified his thoughts.

'You are fool, Wang Jing. You should only think about saving your daughter's life.'

His daughter's life was at risk, so it wasn't time to think a lot of things. Wang Jing then walked up to Yeowun and bowed, "Lord Chun. I, Wang Jing vowed to never bow or ask favors to anyone in my entire life. But today, I will break that vow."

Wang Jing then went down on both knees. Everyone around became shocked at his sudden action. Wang Jing, Dual Martial Sword and one of top five warriors of Yulin came down on his knees.

"Sir Wang Jing…!"

Yeowun frowned and tried to have him stand up but Wang Jing refused as he shook his head. He then spoke in begging voice.

"Please. Save my daughter's life. I ask you, not as a martial artist, but a father."

Wang Jing then bumped his head down on the floor. He had thrown all of his pride away to beg for his daughter's life.

"Ah…"

Yeowun became troubled. He was given no choice anymore. With Wang Jing begging for his help like this, it was certain that he will turn against Yeowun if Yeowun refused to help him.

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Chapter 325: Two birds in one stone (4)

'That is not the problem.'

Yeowun had became the Lord of the Demonic Cult after going through many hardships. Having one of the top five warrior siding against him was not something that was afraid of. And Yeowun was a cultist of the Demonic Cult, not a member of the Forces of Justice, so he did not bind himself to the fact that he had to help out people in trouble.

'I must keep my own will.'

He vowed that he would only have Mun Ku by his side. It was a shame that he was going to loose the chance of having one of the top five warriors by his side, but Yeowun had to look things further in the future. If he took another woman here, then there was a chance he would see the tragedy that revolved around him with the six clans again. A bloodshed between families in search of power.

'If another woman has my baby other then Mun Ku, it will bring about another tragedy.'

Yeowun had gone through and killed others in revenge, but he didn't want his children to do such a thing. That's when Yeowun heard Nano's voice.

[If user wants birth control, it is possible to go into self-sterilization mode.]

'What?'

Birth control meant preventing pregnancy. But what was sterilization?

[Nano machine will block the vas deferens to prevent the sperm from reaching semen while the user is going through sexual intercourse. This is more effective than actual vasectomy.]

Yeowun became shocked. This meant that he can only make the woman he chooses to be pregnant. Nano had given the information as Yeowun was worrying if he might impregnate Yogun.

Yeowun became wordless at the information. If what Nano said worked, then it was possible that Yeowun could have only Mun Ku be pregnant with his baby.

'But even then…'

But it seemed a bit sad to have the woman not have a baby when Yeowun already had a relationship with her.

'This is troubling.'

That's when Yeowun heard Mun Ku's telepathic message.

[My Lord.]

'Huh?'

He turned and saw Mun Ku. She had raised his head up and was looking at Yeowun with a determined look.

[I am really, really sad and heartbroken.]

Yeowun couldn't respond to Mun Ku's words. Yeowun had promised to Mun Ku on that night at the inn that he would only love her and take her as his only wife.

[Mun Ku…]

[But you know what, business is still business.]

[I am a woman that you love, but before that, I am also cultist of the Great Demonic Cult and the Lord's trusted servant. I see no reason to decline the help which would benefit our cult.]

Her eyes were determined but still teary. Yeowun became sad and apologetic, but he still felt that she was cute in some way.

[…So, take the request and help Sir Wang Jing.]

This was her conclusion. After thinking it through herself, Mun Ku realized that this event would eventually bring benefit to the Cult and Yeowun and the only downside was if Yeowun refused to help. The only thing that bothered her was that Yeowun will not be her only man anymore.

[Mun Ku… if you don't want this, I am not willing to do this.]

[Of course I don't want to! Do you think you'll be okay if I, like, take all those handsome guys and, like… uh, do that?!]

Yeowun became wordless at that. Actually, the only one who could react and speak in such a manner in the entire Demonic Cult was Mun Ku. She was the only one who made Yeowun become comfortable. Yeowun laughed.

[Are you laughing? Are you that excited? Sleeping with that pretty girl, making an excuse that you are helping her and…]

Mun Ku's two large eyes dropped tears as she spoke. It seemed she was still very uncomfortable and heartbroken by the idea. Yeowun smiled softly at Mun Ku and sent back a telepathic message.

[Pretty? The only one I consider pretty is you, Mun Ku.]

Mun Ku then looked back at Yeowun.

[Hmph! I thought you were shy guy. Guess you're not.]

[Huh?]

[…How can you speak such… embarrassing words like that.]

Mun Ku blushed and lowered her head back down into her arms. Yeowun felt like running up to her and hugging her tight at such lovely sight, but there were too many people around and Wang Jing was still in front of him with his head down on the ground.

[You are still the only one in my mind.]

[Hmph! We'll see about that. And… I know this is the wrong time, but you're not allowed any one else other than Miss Wang! Never!]

[…Yeah.]

Yeowun felt more relieved as Mun Ku accepeted it. Mun Ku was a very wise woman, enough to make Yeowun's worries go away. Yeowun then went down and helped Wang Jing up and spoke softly.

"How can I refuse to help a father trying to save his daughter?"

"Lord Chun!"

Wang Jing became brightened up at Yeowun. The only one who could save his daughter around here was Yeowun. Wang Jing had enough power to withstand yin qi, but he couldn't do the required treatment by himself.

"Please… save my daughter."

"I will."

Wang Jing pleaded as he held Yeowun's hand. His only purpose for life after his wife passed away were his children. Gam Rosu then walked up to them.

"Hmph. It's good that we've decided. We should make haste. We might not even get the chance to do it if we don't hurry."

"…So, what should I do?"

"Hmph."

Gam Rosu then glanced around at the question. Wang Jing and members of Yeowun's forces then walked out of the guesthouse with embarrassment. After all of them left, Gam Rosu explained the procedure that Yeowun had to take. After explaining everything, Gam Rosu reminded Yeowun of the most important thing.

"She will resist strongly while you try to mate her. This will be a serious fight, but you must not stop in the middle."

That was hard to even respond to. Yeowun just nodded and took Yogun into by his arms and went into a private room inside the building. After putting down her on the bed, Yeowun took a deep breath.

"Hmmmmm."

'I have to open up her blood point seal first.'

Doing this would make Yogun wake up again. It was likely that the fight will ensue.

'Oh, maybe I should undress her first just in case.'

If Yogun resisted heavily, then it seemed it would be hard to try to force her into intercourse. Yeowun then reached out with shaking hands from nervousness toward Yogun's clothing.

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Chapter 326: Two birds in one stone (5)

Chun Yeowun had learned about women for the first time when he spent the night with Mun Ku, who he was in love with. But that was just once, so even if Yeowun was usually very calm and cold, it wasn't easy for him to undress a woman whom he had met for just a few hours.

Yeowun carefully pulled off the clothes that Yogun had over her. The blue outer robe was pulled off, revealing her underwear. It was very shallow and thin and it showed her pale white skin underneath. Yeowun blushed with embarrassment. But he still had to proceed to make her become naked if he was to proceed with the treatment. Yeowun then reached out toward the underwear slowly.

It was then.

'Huh?!'

Yogun suddenly opened her eyes. It had been only a few minutes that she was sealed with blood point seal before she was taken in here, but she was waking up already. Yeowun clearly heard that her infinite amount of cold yin qi was circulating around her, putting out the blood seals placed by Wang Jing.

'So, even the blood seal won't work against her anymore.'

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Yeowun didn't think she would wake up before undressing her. Yeowun quickly tried to pull her skirt down but cold energy unleashed out from her, sending Yeowun up into the air.

"UGH!"

Yeowun was struck into the ceiling as he was sent upward. The ceiling and its roof shook.

"HUH? What's with the roof?"

Among everyone staying outside the guesthouse building, there were two people who reacted most strongly toward the sound. It was Martial Dual Sword Wang Jing and Yeowun's woman, Mun Ku. Both of them turned toward the roof and while Wang Jing frowned, Mun Ku bit her lips.

"Ugh…."

One was the father, and another one was the lover, so it was obvious that they didn't like how things were going.

"…Uh, I think they are really going wild."

"HMPH!"

Hu Bong mumbled awkwardly as he became dumbfounded and tried to ease the atmosphere, but Wang Jing became uncomfortable and walked away from the building.

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"How can you say such a thing!"

Mun Ku also became teary and glared at Hu Bong as she too walked away.

"UGH!"

Hou Sangwha then slapped Hu Bong on the back of his head. Hu Bong was very loyal, but he sometimes didn't know when to stop.

"Fool!"

That's when they all felt the shivering cold energy and turned back toward the guesthouse. After the crushing sound, they now saw the wall of the guesthouse freezing up.

"What?!"

"The building is freezing!"

Hou Sangwha and Hu Bong realized something wasn't right so they tried to run toward the building but Gam Rosu stopped them.

"STOP!"

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"But Granny Gam, our Lord is in dang…"

"Don't you even think about it! This is happening because that Miss woke up. If you go in now, you will ruin everything!"

It was as Gam Rosu said. If the treatment was to be interrupted, there was no way to save Yogun who now had yin qi spread all over her body. Hu Bong and Hou Sangwha became concerned but they had no choice but to stand and watch things unfold.

The building trembled as if there was a huge fight going on, rather than sexual intercourse. But after a while, the sound of loud banging and explosions went away, and they heard faint moans.

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"Ah…!"

'H-huh? OH!'

Hou Sangwha's face became red from embarrassment as she realized what the moaning of a woman meant. She was taller than most men and had a manlike character, but she felt embarrassed as she heard it and closed her eyes and plugged her ears.

'Finally!'

But Gam Rosu brightened up. This moaning was the sound that showed that the mating had started. If Yeowun now extracted and sent out the yin qi within Yogun's body, it was going to work.

"Hah… Ah…. Aaaaah…"

The sound of heavy breathing and moaning and flesh striking against flesh filled the area. But the cold air coming into the burning yang qi made everything foggy that no one could see anything through it.

Yeowun was focusing on sending out hot yang qi from his body and into Yogun. If he made a mistake, then there was a chance that Yogun's veins would freeze up immediately, freezing her to death.

'I was told to take this yin qi into my body, instead of fighting it.'

Gam Rosu said that if Yeowun tried to fight back or push out, it will only cause the energy within Yogun to go out of control.

'Okay. Now, circulate the yin qi through me and out of my body."

That was the theory that the Godly Doctor had created. She was massively helped by Monk Gu Hur to come up with the idea. Gu Hur said that a warrior at the supreme master level can change the environment's energy into one's own, so it was better to take in the yin qi then send it out.

'Let's try it.'

Yeowun tried the method that Gam Rosu had told him. He focused on the yin qi coming into his body while sending yang qi out of his body. When the yin qi came into contact with Yeowun, the yin qi seemed to be unresponsive.

'There we go.'

Yeowun felt yin qi coming into his body. The huge and powerful yin qi made Yeowun shocked.

'This is amazing. How did she maintain such large energy?'

It was astounding. It was something that no normal human could do. Yeowun then tried to circulate the yin qi around his body, in order to put it out from him.

"HUH?"

That's when something unexpected happened. With the infinite and natural source of yin qi coming in, another power that resided within Yeowun had woken up.

'Sky Demon Energy?'

The terrifying energy had woken up from its slumber. The energy began to grow without being controlled by Yeowun now. It began to suck up the yin qi that was surging through Yeowun's body as if it met some kind of prey.

'W-what is going on…?'

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Yeowun tried to ease the Sky Demon energy down, but the energy kept on absorbing the cold energy and began to grow.

'Ugh. Then I have to send out the yang qi out of my body to have it in balance.'

Even if Yeowun could use energy from the environment, Yeowun couldn't take in energy that he couldn't wield at the moment. He had to sent out the yang qi to make room for the incoming yin qi. It was now past the point where Yeowun was just saving Yogun.

That's when the change began. By taking the yin qi away from her, Yogun's transparent eyes began to return to normal.

"Hah… Hah…"

And when the blockage began to be opened through, her eyes returned to a normal brown and she became like any other normal woman. Her pale white skin also found back some of its pinkish color as warmth returned to her skin.

'It's working!'

Yeowun became surprised. At this rate, it seemed it was possible to ease her from the yin qi inside her that would put her in a rage and change her fate. But now, the problem wasn't with her.

'This is cold. It feels like my blood is going cold.'

Yeowun felt cold air coming out of his mouth. His body temperature was decreasing due to the powerful Yin qi inside his body. Of course, Nano existed to help him in such cases.

[Increasing user's body temperature.]

Millions of nano machines inside Yeowun activated at once to warm himself up. If Yeowun did not have Nano, it could have been very dangerous.

'This is crazy. Too much yin qi came in.'

The Sky Demon Energy greedily absorbed all yin qi so that it wouldn't be sent out, and now, Yeowun had almost same amount of yin qi as his original yang qi within him. And Yeowun began to undergo a change.

It was after about 30 minutes. Martial Dual Sword Wang Jing who went away from guesthouse returned and was waiting for the treatment to be over. He decided he would do anything to save his daughter, but it still felt uncomfortable as he was a father.

'Gayen… what would you have done if it were you?'

He thought about his wife who had passed away. After looking up at the blue sky for a while, Wang Jing felt something within.

'Huh? W-what is that?'

It was a strange, ominous energy that he had never felt. He felt the coldness subsiding slowly, but the energy equal to the cold energy exploded.

'A cold energy? No. What is this terrifying energy?!'

It felt like if a terrifying monster was roaring. Wang Jing figured something had gone wrong and jumped toward the guesthouse. As he got up, Yeowun's members and Wang Bun were already waiting there.

"W-what is going on?!"

"This energy…!"

No one dared to move at the ominous energy coming from within but just kept watching.

"Godly Doctor! What is going on!? What is happening!"

Wang Jing shouted at the Godly Doctor who was looking at the guesthouse dumbfoundedly. But she had absolutely no idea what was going on.

"I-I don't know what's going on either! Aaaah!"

She had never learned martial arts, but the ominous energy even made her realize it as it brought fear upon her. It felt like if she was standing in front of some kind of predator. It was then.

The frozen wall of the guesthouse cracked and was soon destroyed. The entire guesthouse exploded and came down in ruins. And through the destroyed building, two figures appeared through the dust cloud.

"Oh."

Hou Sangwha became shocked and looked away. She knew that these two were within the building, but it was still too embarrassing to watch. Yeowun was revealed with no clothes over his well-built muscular body. The only thing he was wearing was black armguards.

"My Lord!"

Mun Ku who came later after hearing the commotion called out to Yeowun with a concerned look. But Yeowun didn't seem to be listening.

'Why?'

He couldn't hear, and also a ominous energy was being unleashed from within. And toward the back of Yeowun, a beautiful woman with an alluring body and silver hair was lying down naked.

"Yogun!"

Wang Jing became shocked and shouted at his daughter. But his daughter, Wang Yogun, was dead silent.

"Lord Chun! What's going on here?!"

Wang Jing called out to Chun Yeowun, but there was no response. Wang Jing's decision was simple. Wang Jing quickly ran up, trying to check if his daughter was okay. But when Wang Jing came close, Yeowun suddenly reached out to him.

'Oh no!'

It seemed like a simple hand movement, but Wang Jing realized the powerful energy wielded in the hand and deflected it. As Yeowun's hand was thrown to the right, powerful energy was sent out and cut the ground within the guesthouse's courtyard.

"Ugh!"

Wang Jing who stood in the way of energy quickly moved to dodge it. The energy was similar to blade qi, but it expanded outward and even destroyed the guesthouse building. And what was more surprising was…

"I-it froze?!"

The ground that was cut down by energy was frozen solid. It was just like the cold energy unleashed by Wang Yogun after she suffered Cold Blood Blockage. But now, the area around Yeowun was turning icy cold.

And Wang Jin heard the small but clear sound of breathing from Wang Yogun. Wang Jing glanced toward his daughter and was assured that his daughter had gotten better by looking at Yogun's skin color coming back.

'Ah…! So it worked! But what is up with Lord Chun?'

It was hard to explain. Wang Jing then realized that there was the cold energy of Cold Blood Blockage and ominous energy coexisting within the body. But Yeowun's eyes looked out of focus as if he was in a trance.

'Was he sent into circulation failure?'

Circulation failure was something one could suffer while wrongly maintaining qi within the body. The symptoms varied but there were some martial artists that went mad from circulation failure and attacked people around.

"Lord Chun! Wake up!"

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If Yeowun had lost control over himself, he had to awaken. If a warrior at the supreme master level suffered from circulation failure, it was likely that a massacre would ensue afterwards. It was going to destroy everything in the area.

'This is bad. He can't hear.'

Wang Jing then decided and tried to push Yeowun down and away from the building. If he were to fight Yeowun at this moment, there was a possibility that his daughter Wang Yogun might become troubled.

Wang Jing grabbed Yeowun and tried to pull, but Yeowun swung his hands and thrust toward Wang Jing. Wang Jing tilted his head to avoid it.

His reaction was good, fitting to be one of the top five warriors. But avoiding it was not the issue. He had to take Yeowun down from the building so that Yogun can be safe.

"Please excuse me as this will be rough."

Wang Jing gathered his hand and swung across with a powerful attack toward Yeowun. Powerful energy came upon Yeowun and when Wang Jing raised his hands up, Yeowun's body was thrown up into the air.

'That's amazing!'

Mun Ku, Hu Bong, and Hou Sangwha became astounded as they looked at what was happening. There was a possibility that the energy could injure the target, but Yeowun didn't seem to take any damage whatsoever and was just thrown away. Wang Jing was surely a powerful warrior.

'There we go. Let's pull him.'

Yeowun's body was pushed back by Wang Jing's force energy as Wang Jing tried to throw him toward the garden where no one was at the moment.

"What?!"

But the sword energy that tried to move Yeowun quickly exploded and countered. With Wang Jing's efforts being cancelled, Yeowun jumped in the air and charged toward Wang Jing as if Yeowun now was thinking Wang Jing was his enemy.

'Then…'

Wang Jing then took steps to move behind and out of the building. Chun Yeowun then turned and chased after him. When Yeowun reached out, something jumped out behind the building debris. It was one of Yeowun's unique weapons, White Dragon Blade.

Yeowun snatched it from the air and charged toward Wang Jing. What was interesting was that Yeowun's White Dragon Blade was unleashing cold energy coming from within.

"Wang Bun!"

"Yes, Father!"

Wang Bun understood what his father was implying, and immediately took out one of the greatswords from his back and threw it. Wang Jing grabbed it in the air and swung it to defend himself against the White Dragon Blade.

With two moves colliding against each other, the sound of iron clashing filled the area. An energy storm came upon them, and the ground cracked.

"Aaaah!"

It was a pressure that Gam Rosu, a normal old woman, couldn't take. Her body was thrown back and Hou Sangwha ran to receive Gam Rosu.

'Is our Lord really under circulation failure?'

Yeowun's members all thought the same thing that Wang Jing thought. If Yeowun had lost his sanity and was attacking them, circulation failure was an only possible outcome for such symptoms.

Wang Jing narrowed his eyes as he stood against Yeowun. He knew that Yeowun wasn't just like any man from the beginning, but the energy within Yeowun was almost equal to Wang Jing's. What was more troubling was the cold energy.

'I can feel the cold energy through this greatsword.'

The coldness coming through made his greatsword icy cold. Wang Jing was using his energy to melt it down, but Yeowun's coldness seemed infinite just like Yogun when she was under Cold Blood Blockage.

'Wait. Did he absorb the cold energy instead of sending it out?'

Wang Jing then suddenly came up with a guess. He heard from the Godly Doctor that Yeowun was going to send out yin qi coming into his body through mating. But it seemed Yeowun had absorbed it instead.

'Why did he do such a foolish thing?!'

It wasn't something a powerful warrior at the supreme master level could do. Even they were at the stage where they could control the energy of the environment, when a warrior trained in yang qi absorbs yin qi, it was going to create an inbalance within the body.

'There's no choice. If he went through circulation failure because he absorbed it, then I have no choice but to put him down.'

That was the only possible answer. Most warriors would go berserk until they died under circulation failure. But they were against Chun Yeowun, a powerful warrior. Even Wang Jing would have a hard time overpowering Yeowun who was almost equal in strength.

"Wang Bun!"

Wang Jing reached out on his left hand and Wang Bun threw another greatsword toward Wang Jing.

"W-wait! Mister Wang! What are you trying to…"

Mun Ku became shocked and shouted while Wang Jing grabbed the two greatswords in his hands. Wang Jing shouted, "Miss! If we don't stop Lord Chun now, all of us will be in danger!"

And Wang Jing then charged and tried to cut Yeowun's right arm so he would lose the intention to fight.

"Noooooooo!"

Mun Ku and Hu Bong became pale and tried to stop him, but it was too late. Wang Jing's greatsword was already almost upon Yeowun's right shoulder.

'I'm sorry.'

But it was then. Yeowun's black armguards around his arms came apart and got back together as a black sword and defended the attack made by the greatsword.

'Whoa. This is interesting. That was a sword?'

Wang Jing became shocked and jumped way to the back.

"Ah! Sky Demon Sword!" Hu Bong gasped. The Sky Demon Sword moved on its own to defend its master. But this didn't happen because the sword had its own will. The Sky Demon Sword floated in the air as it moved down into Yeowun's right hand. Now, Yeowun had the White Dragon Blade on his left hand, and the Sky Demon Sword in his right hand. Wang Jing became surprised.

'Right Sword Left Blade.'

He too had earned the title of Martial Dual Sword by using two greatswords at once, but Yeowun's seemed weird with two weapons that were different from each other. That's when something amazing happened.

"What?!"

The Sky Demon Sword was soon embraced by ominous, black-colored force qi. That was astounding enough, but something more astounding happened. White blue qi with shivering coldness came out from the White Dragon Blade.

"I-is he using both energies at once?'

Wang Jing had never heard of such a thing. No one had ever controlled such a massive amount of extreme yin and yang energy within the body together.

'That's not circulation failure…!'

Wang Jing had thought so at first, but it wasn't. And Wang Jing became surprised as Yeowun's eyes began to return back to normal.

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Sky Demon Energy. It was the ominous terrifying energy that had been stored within the Sky Demon Sword for ages. It had been now stored within Yeowun's internal energy, but acted as if it was alive and had a will of its own. It was vicious and destructive unlike other energies. This was why Yeowun rarely unleashed them except when he really needed it.

'Aaaargh…!'

Yeowun thought the energy would only expand his own energy, but it was actually an eater. It tried to eat gregariously on the yin qi that came into Yeowun's body, even when it was the opposite type of energy. Yeowun had to send out the yang qi he had in his body in order to control the yin qi that his Sky Demon Energy absorbed, but the infinite amount of yin qi made him lose balance.

After the blockage was opened, Wang Yogun passed out.

'There we go! Argh!'

It was now time to control the yin qi that was freezing himself up. Yeowun meditated through the Sword Force of the Sky Demon so increase his yang qi. It was faster to send the yin qi out of his body, but that was not possible as the Sky Demon Energy absorbed it and stored it within him. The Sky Demon Energy was shaping the yin qi to fit Yeowun's body, but he couldn't wait until it was done as waiting it would cause circulation failure.

"Ugh!"

Yeowun coughed blood as he circulated it. He created energy equal to the amount of yin qi within his body. But with two opposite energies residing within him, the amount now exceeded what Yeowun could maintain. It was obvious that he was going to take internal damage.

[Healing the damage in the user's internal organs.]

Yeowun would have passed out a long time ago if it wasn't for Nano which was healing up his injuries. But Yeowun had to solve it from the root if this were to end. After thinking about it, something popped up in his mind.

'Keeping the balance won't work… I have to unify these two energies.'

If he couldn't throw away the yin qi, then there was only one choice. It was something that no martial artist had dared to try in the past. To mix together extreme yang and yin energy into one.

'If I can't remove either one, then I must make them coexist. If these two energies do not come against each other but exist in harmony…'

After thinking about how to mix these two energies, Yeowun had fallen into trance. And when he came back to his senses…

"Ah!"

The yin qi of Cold Blood Blockage and the Sky Demon Energy were creating harmony, mixed into one like true yin and yang. Black and white force qi each on both sword and blade proved that it worked. Everyone around seemed to be shocked to see it happening.

"L-Lord Chun! Are you okay?!" Martial Dual Sword Wang Jing asked from about five steps away. Yeowun became surprised to see him. He felt someone taking him on when his energy went out of control while in the process of finding harmony, and it seemed that Wang Jing was the one who did it.

'I must thank him.'

Yeowun instinctively looked for someone who could help him unleash his energy. If Wang Jing, one of the top five warriors wasn't here, then the area could have suffered more damage. Yeowun tried to thank Wang Jing.

"Sir Wang Jing. Thank y… Argh!"

But another change began to happen to Yeowun. His white blade force qi began turning into black, and the black force qi on his Sky Demon Sword began to unleash cold air around it.

"How can this be?"

Wang Jing became shocked. Yeowun had used two extreme energies at once, which was already unbelieveable, but it now seemed that the two extreme energies were trying to mix into one perfect form.

"S-Sir Wang! What is happening to him?!" Mun Ku asked with concern. The only one who could truly understand what was happening to Yeowun was Wang Jing. Wang Jing mumbled dumbfoundedly.

"He is creating harmony with two opposite energy."

Sky Demon Energy was wielding coldness from it now. With the blade and sword-wielding unique energy within it, even Wang Jing was awestruck. He wasn't sure how powerful that force of energy would become.

'The energy is expanding rapidly. Is that something that a mere human can wield?'

The energy had increased much more than what Wang Jing had just stood against a while ago. It seemed Yeowun now had more internal energy than Wang Jing.

'He is going to the level I have never set foot upon.'

That was what was happening to Yeowun now. Yeowun dropped the White Dragon Blade and the Sky Demon Sword into the ground and sat down. His body began to unleash black steam and coldness around him.

"Ah-ah!"

Everyone became silent and watched. They all knew instinctively that Yeowun was now going up to a new level. With the sound of explosions and powerful energy, cultists all gathered around. Hu Bong and Hou Sangwha walked out and stopped them from coming near.

"Our Lord is moving up in level. Get back."

"I-is that true?!"

"You must not interrupt him in his process."

"Yes, sir."

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Cultists then backed away so that they would not interrupt their Lord ascending into another stage. When everyone returned, Wang Jing asked Gam Rosu to take a look at Wang Yogun.

"Mr. Wang! WE did it! Her yin qi has subsided!"

"I-is that true?!"

"Yes. We will have to keep an eye on her, but she should be fine. I'll take her down at the medical room and tend to her."

"Ah…!"

Wang Jing became so glad when Gam Rosu told him that she would be fine. His eyes were teary from relief. It felt like all of his hard work to heal his daughter had finally paid off.

"Will you go with me down to the medical room?"

"…I have something else to do first. Doctor, please take care of my daughter. Bun, go help her."

"Yes, Father. How about you?"

"I… have to repay my debt to Lord Chun."

"Ah. I see."

Wang Jing had his son, Wang Bun help Gam Rosu to carry Yogun down to the medical room. Wang Jing volunteered to stand guard for Yeowun who was in a trance as a way of expressing his thanks. The only one left within the guesthouse was now Wang Jing, Hou Sangwha, Hu Bong, and Mun Ku.

The ground at the courtyard froze up in black ice.

'This is terrifying, and the powerful cold energy.'

The entire guesthouse became vicious and full of cold energy, hard for those guards to withstand. The only one who was fine withstanding such energy was Wang Jing.

"Ah!"

That's when all the energy stormed and was immediately sucked into Yeowun's body. It seemed he had succeeded in mixing the energy into one in harmony.

'H-his body-'

'Is cracking up!'

Yeowun's servants became shocked as they stood guard when Yeowun's entire skin began to crack up. Everyone knew what this symptom was.

'Body reconstruction!'

Body Reconstruction. It was a phenomenon where the body changes to fit the new stage of power. Yeowun already went through it once when he reached the end stage of the superior master level. And now, this was the second.

His bones began to change and skin cracked up as the body trembled. Hu Bong, Hou Sangwha, and Mun Ku were witnessing body reconstruction for the first time so they were shocked to witness such an astonishing sight. After a long time, Yeowun's body stopped its movements at last.

'Is it over?'

Mun Ku looked at Yeowun with a concerned curious look. What change came to him now?

'Ah'!

That's when the cracked up skin above Yeowun all turned into powder as it popped out. With his former self disappearing, Yeowun's new appearance was revealed. He now had a smooth white skin with tight, well-built muscles. It was enough to make everyone moan thinking that they were looking at a perfect body.

'Oh!'

Mun Ku, who had already seen Yeowun's naked body before, felt that it was so beautiful that it made her blush. Hou Sangwha had turned away already with an embarrassed look.

'Wow… I can't feel anything.'

Wang Jing was truly astonished. Yeowun had been unleashing powerful energy that exceeded the limit of a mere human. But he now seemed to have energy stored within that even established supreme master Wang Jing could not sense. Yeowun felt like a normal human.

'Origination!'

This meant that the body returned to its original state, which martial artists used when the martial artist went up to the level where it took every energy in and out of its origin. Yeowun's eye didn't have strong will, but he was full of wisdom. Wang Jing became excited and spoke to Yeowun.

"Congratulations, Lord Chun! I never imagined I would see someone achieve the stage that I myself wished to achieve in my lifetime!"

It was a stage that Martial Dual Sword Wang Jing dreamed to reach. The perfect supreme master level. Chun Yeowun had learned the harmony of energy while trying to create a balance between extreme yang and yin qi, and now he had reached the end stage of the supreme master level. Every servant of Yeowun went down on their knees and shouted at once.

"Congratulations on your ascension in power, my Lord!"

Yeowun smiled. A mere act of help to heal the woman had brought him an amazing gift. It was surely a fortunate turn of events.

"Lord Chun."

"Yes, Sir Wang Jing."

"You have taken a step into the new level of power. Don't you want to try it out? If you are okay, I want to help you out with that."

Wang Jing looked very eager to try it out. If he had been a father who wanted to save his daughter until now, he was now a martial artist eager to test out the power against another powerful martial artist. He wished to try dueling with Chun Yeowun, an end stage supreme master level warrior. Chun Yeowun was only one who could help Wang Jing use all of his powers, as he didn't have the chance to use it while he was in hiding.

'Ah…!'

Every servant shivered in excitement. In a way, one of the top five warriors was asking for a duel. They had fought shortly before this, but this was entirely different from the commotion that happened earlier.

'A fight between our Lord and one of the top five warriors!'

'I-I want to see that!'

It was obvious that martial artists would so want to see a legendary fight. Yeowun looked back at Wang Jing for a moment and smiled.

"I understood. I want to ask you for the same thing."

Just like Wang Jing, Yeowun also wanted to try out his new stage of power. Wang Jing bowed in thanks.

"Then we shall move…"

"Sorry, but please wait, Sir Wang!"

That's when Hu Bong suddenly interrupted them. Wang Jing became surprised and turned and Hu Bong spoke seriously.

"We will have to dress our Lord first."

Mun Ku and Hou Sangwha blushed at his words.

Yes. Chun Yeowun was bare naked as they spoke.

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The party chose the Grainsgate Plains, not too far away from the northern outpost of the Honam Region of the Demonic Cult. It was not a large area, but there were no people coming across the region, so it was a fitting place to fight. It was a duel held in secrecy, so warriors of the outpost stood guard with a 3-mile perimeter.

It was a duel of a century that any martial artist would pay to watch. It was a fight between the strongest warrior of the Demonic Cult, Chun Yeowun, and one of the top five powerful warriors of Yulin, Martial Dual Sword Wang Jing. Normally, a simple duel would be done with wooden swords but this didn't work for them anyway. These two strongest warriors of the entire Yulin were weapons themselves even without any weapons on them.

Explosions kept erupting throughout the plains. Those who were watching from afar away turned to where the sound was coming from and were shocked.

"I-is that a fight between martial artists?"

One of the warriors from the outpost gasped in astonishment. The plains were being bombarded by a fight between two powerful warriors. What was interesting was that no one was able to clearly see the fight between these two individuals, and yet they could not pry their eyes away.

"Hah!!!"

Wang Jing's sword formation used by two giant greatswords was amazing. His two greatswords had a much longer and wider range than any other sword. Thanks to this, their distance never closed against each other.

'I was blocked again.'

What was more amazing was that Wang Jing had defended against all of Yeowun's formations in one way or another.

'Those giant swords are in the way.'

Two giant swords covered in force qi made it hard to penetrate through. Any slightest moment of sluggishness would have given Yeowun a chance, but Wang Jing never gave such chance, fitting to be considered as one of the top five warriors of Yulin.

But Wang Jing also felt the same thing. He had to keep creating sword movements with his greatswords constantly to keep Yeowun at a certain distance.

'I can't have him move back. Lord Chun's sword formation is too dangerous.'

Wang Jing had come across the formation of the Sword Force of the Sky Demon for about three times as they started. The bloodstain on his right shoulder was a result of it. He was able to defend against two formations, but the third formation had slightly cut his right shoulder. It was dangerous to collide against Yeowun if Yeowun was using the formation.

'This is getting harder.'

He felt the sword in his hands becoming heavier. He was holding out for as long as he could, but it was obvious that the fight would result in his loss if this continued. He was already lacking in internal energy.

Yeowun jumped up to find an opening and struck down with the Sky Demon Sword that wielded black force qi.

"A powerful attack. Great!"

Wang Jing spoke and defended the attack by bringing up his two greatswords. But when Yeowun struck down, he kicked his foot in the air, and the air pushed him away, disappearing.

'Huh?! He stepped in the air!'

It was the top level of using the Wind Step God skill, allowing one to step in the air to change direction in the air. Wang Jing quickly thought it through as he lost the trace of Yeowun in his eyes.

'My only opening right now…'

The only opening was in back. Wang Jing brought all of his might to twist and swung his greatsword in his right hand toward the back like a shield. His experience did not fail him as Yeowun appeared from behind and thrust his Sky Demon Sword.

"Argh!"

Wang Jing was pushed five steps back after being struck by the Sky Demon Sword. He brought up 100% of his energy, but he couldn't endure it. The astounding power was dangerous.

"Whew…"

Wang Jing took a deep breath and let it out, with his breathe turning white. He had sent out the cold energy that came into him in that one moment. He protected his body through internal energy, but the black force qi covering the Sky Demon Sword easily penetrated his body.

'This is crazy.'

If Wang Jing was to defend against a terrifying power, then the cold energy came into him instead. He didn't imagine using two energies at once would be this frustrating to fight against.

'I have to admit it.'

After fighting for nearly fifty formations, Chun Yeowun was a step stronger than him. They didn't use definitive skills aimed to kill each other, but it was still enough.

'Lord Chun is not using his best either.'

As expected, Yeowun didn't use all of his might in the duel. He still had Right Sword, Left Blade, followed by the Sword Force of the Sky Demon and the Extreme Art of Blade God that would certainly lead the enemy into death that he had not used. It was still a duel after all.

"Wouldn't either one of them get hurt from that?"

"W-whoa. This is terrifying."

Mun Ku was concerned while Hu Bong was excited. Unlike how those two actually fighting thought, others who were looking thought the fight would result with someone dying.

Wang Jing spoke to Yeowun without easing down.

"A powerful warrior can check the opponent's power just by exchanging attacks. I think we have enough exchange of formations, Lord Chun. May I ask for a favor?"

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Chapter 332: Extreme (4)

"Yes, of course."

"Can you show me the understanding you learned by reaching the end stage of the supreme master level?"

They had checked each other's power enough. What Wang Jing now wanted to know was the best power that Yeowun had achieved after reaching the end stage, even if that would result in an injury for Wang Jing. He wanted to feel the power of a martial artist who had achieved the legendary stage.

"…Are you sure it's okay?"

"What do you mean?"

"It can be dangerous."

"Haha. Don't worry. I am weaker than you, but I am still one of the top five warriors for a reason."

Wang Jing reassured Yeowun who seemed to be concerned. Wang Jing had not used his best skill yet. If things turned dangerous, he still had that to defend himself.

"…I understand. If that is your wish."

Actually, Yeowun wanted to check it out for himself, the understanding he found while reaching the end stage of the supreme master level.

Yeowun returned the Sky Demon Sword back into its armguard form. Wang Jing became surprised. Taking the sword back meant Yeowun was showing something that had to do with the form of energy. Yeowun gathered his fingers and aimed at Wang Jing.

'What is he trying to do?'

Yeowun then opened his mouth as if he had read Wang Jing's mind.

"I have learned a total of two things."

It was then. The energy coming out from Yeowun became powerful as it filled the entire area. Its energy was very cold that reached out over 1,000 feet from where Yeowun stood. Then black ice began to form an ice sword. It was just like the skill that Wang Yogun showed when she went berserk.

"What?!"

Wang Jing knew that Yeowun absorbed yin qi, but didn't think such a thing was be possible. He moaned in astonishment. But that wasn't over. The number of ice swords was over 100, floating in the air and they circled around Wang Jing. Wang Jing clenched his greatswords. This was power beyond his imagination.

"…This is unbelievable, Lord Chun."

This was a skill that would make Yeowun be considered a legion of troops with him alone. Wang Jing checked the direction of the ice swords that were aimed at him in the air. Then all the ice swords suddenly shattered. Wang Jing who had been preparing to defend against them became dumbfounded.

"What is this? Lord Chun… are you trying to make fool of me?"

"No, sir."

"Then why did you stop the attack?"

"It's not the best compared to the second understanding I had."

"What are you…"

Then, a blue light appeared around Yeowun. All of those blue lights began to gather and started to shape into a sword. Wang Jing became shocked. His disappointment disappeared immediately and became shocked.

'…This is unbelievable!'

That blue light formed like force qi. But it wasn't just any force qi. It didn't form over sword or a hand, meaning it was energy on its own. A warrior on the level of supreme master could use technique called Air Sword. One that became an established supreme master was then given the ability to use force qi over the air sword.

'H-how is that even possible?'

But what Yeowun was doing was creating force qi over in the air where there was nothing. The number of swords formed was twelve. Yeowun spoke to Wang Jing who seemed to be shocked.

"This is my finding."

With a deep and complicated understanding of energy, Yeowun was finally able to use such a powerful skill.

'I can barely maintain it over a minute, but it's enough.'

"Then, be ready!"

Yeowun reached out his hand toward Wang Jing and all twelve sword force qi immediately charged like lightning toward him.

"Ugh!"

Wang Jing became shocked and swung his greatswords. He tried to keep his distance by swinging his greatswords, but all twelve swords divided up and attacked from all angles, as if they were all used by Yeowun himself.

Wang Jing rapidly moved his swords to defend, but it was too much. It was like he was up against twelve powerful warriors at once.

"Argh!"

Wang Jing's back waist was cut from one of the swords and Wang Jing turned to strike it down.

'No!'

But as a sword was struck down, another replaced it to keep on attacking. Wang Jing became busy just barely defending himself.

"By the gods…"

"What in the world am I seeing it?"

Those who watched close up became shocked. Air sword was already a powerful technique, but it used too much energy and was only effective against weaker enemies. But when it became true force qi, the situation was overturned.

Yeowun was standing from afar as he moved his arms. Wang Jing was being pushed around, trying hard to defend against twelve sword force qi, but he was getting slower.

"S-sir Wang is becoming slower!"

Hu Bong shouted excitedly. It was an unbelievable sight to see one of the top five powerful warriors of Yulin in such trouble.

'Dammit!'

Wang Jing was frustrated.

'Is there no end to the energy?'

It seemed that a slight mistake would result in his death. He merely withstood it for a few seconds but it was just too much. Without knowing when Yeowun would lose all of his energy in controlling the swords, it was hard to defend against them.

'N-No! I can't do it!'

After defending against frantically, Wang Jing shouted, "L-Lord Chun! Stop!"

The swords in the air immediately came to a stop at once. Wang Jing dropped both of his greatswords onto the ground. His face was drenched in sweat.

"Hah… Hah…"

He was really exhausted. Yeowun looked at him and asked, "Will you continue?"

Wang Jing looked back at Yeowun dumbfoundedly and shook his head.

"Hah… hah… I lost. You win, Lord Chun."

Wang Jing declared his loss and Yeowun smiled.

With this, one of the top five warriors of Yulin had accepted a loss against Chun Yeowun.

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Chapter 333: Return to the Demonic Cult (1)

Three Mountains, southwestern side of Kangsoh Castle. This mountain was located near the Yangza River which ran through the middle of the mountain and split into two. With three peaks in the north and south side, that contributed to its name. And near the mountain, there was a large palace-like mansion. The size of the mansion would have the name of something that showed what it was, but it had no name.

Its outer wall was placed like a giant maze, with over 26 small and big buildings scattered over the entire premise. And in the middle of everything, there was the main building. Inside this building, there was an office with a middle-aged man with long hair and narrow eyes listening to a briefing. But he didn't seem too happy to hear what was being told. After listening to it for a while, the man asked, "So, you are saying the centipede for Yi Baek exploded?"

"…Yes, sir."

"And you did not go down there to pick it up?"

The man said 'it' but the one who was reporting understood what it was. It was referring to the treasure that was left by their founder.

"No, sir."

The man answered and the middle-aged man banged on the desk with his fist. The fist wielded powerful energy that shattered the desk immediately. As the middle-aged man showed his discomfort for the first time, the man flinched and became afraid.

"Then you should've at least went down there and picked up the body!"

"I-I'm sorry, sir."

The middle-aged man was angry at the death of the man named Yi Baek. Of course, it was because this middle-aged man was the brother of the dead Yi Baek, Yi Wook.

"We sent agents who were nearby immediately to search, but we couldn't find the Sword Master's body. And we didn't find any of his soldiers' bodies either."

Yi Wook raised his eyebrows.

"What? The entire Sword Group squadron disappeared?"

It was a group of 150 elite warriors, with a superior master level leader. Their power was enough to make three or four clans extinct in just one night.

"Not all sir. There are 105 bodies missing, with 59 bodies that fell into the hands of the Blue Sky Brotherhood."

"Blue Sky Brotherhood? They did this?"

Yi Wook seemed unconvinced. When Yi Baek was ordered to so go down to the Sword Creek, he had investigated the forces residing within Sword Creek already. They found out that one of their officers was staying by the hidden mansion, but other than that, they only had 40 men.

"That's impossible. That's not enough to defeat our entire squadron."

"There were no other signs of any other forces from the Blue Sky Brotherhood making a move, sir. It seems someone else is involved in this."

"Aaaaaargh! Who dares to interrupt our work!"

They had eyes on every faction of the entire Jianghu very closely. Starting with the Forces of Evil, the Demonic Cult and Yulin Forces of Justice and its secret organization Blue Sky Brotherhood were all carefully kept on watch. But none of them made any movements.

"If we didn't even get the book, then my brother just died in vain!"

Yi Wook was more furious that his brother had died without achieving anything. If he was able to find out who was behind this, he wanted to go and rip the culprit apart to kill him. That's when the man who was reporting pulled something out from his back.

"…I know you must be furious, but please keep calm. 'Blade Master' told me to give it to you."

"What's this?"

It was a scroll wrapped with red silk and golden dragon embroidery. Even the rope that tied the scroll was made of gold color.

"This is the letter you've been waiting for."

"Ah!"

Yi Wook quickly untied the rope and opened up the scroll and checked it out. It was a letter with beautiful writing, marked with a dignified looking seal at the end.

"So, the third step of the Grand Plan will now begin."

His eyes shook with excitement. He had been waiting for this time for so long. But it was also sad that his brother wasn't here to walk the same path. After reading through the letter, Yi Wook frowned.

"Tonghu Bay? Isn't this bottom of the place? Aren't we doing it in that place?"

"I heard it's not always there."

"…Well, I guess we don't need to take such risk. It doesn't matter. Whatever the location is, the plan is always the same."

Yi Wook clenched his fist. He had been hungry for blood to ease his anger anyway.

The northern outpost of the Demonic Cult at the Honam Region. An old woman was wailing and mourning while she hugged a baby tightly. She was the muscular old lady, Godly Doctor Gam Rosu. She had been crying so hard that her face was red and eyes were swollen. The baby in her arms was also crying heavily that the 2nd guesthouse was filled with noise.

In front of them, a man with an eyepatch stood. It was Fourth Elder Yang Danwa. Gam Rosu had been crying for over 20 minutes, with the baby crying and sometimes stopping before starting to cry again.

'She must be really sad.'

It was easy to see why Gam Rosu was crying so hard, as she was crying by the body of her granddaughter Gam Miyan. There was no way she would be okay to find her granddaughter, who she wanted to rescue so badly, return with a dead body.

'Hmph.'

Yang Danwa volunteered to do this, but it was frustrating nonetheless. He didn't think the wailing and mourning would last for days. After wailing for a long time, Gam Rosu held the baby in her arms and caressed Gam Miyan's cold face and mumbled.

"How dare… how dare they kill my granddaughter! I will never forgive them!"

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Chapter 334: Return to the Demonic Cult (2)

Gam Rosu was told that the Blue Sky Brotherhood killed her granddaughter. It was a lie, but it was better that way as Yeowun and their group couldn't bring Gam Miyan back alive as it was certain that she would try to get in the way in any way possible.

'It's good that she still has her grand-grandson.'

That was huge in this case, as Gam Rosu grieved the death of her granddaughter, the existence of her granddaughter's son would ensure that Gam Rosu would not make extreme choices. It was likely that she would live to avenge and raise her only family.

"Those devils!" Gam Rosu wailed heavily as she cried vengefully, and Yang Danwa thought as she looked on, 'Keep that anger within you for the Great Demonic Cult.'

It could feel bad to lie and use her like this, but they were not Forces of Justice. This was the way of the Demonic Cult.

At the same time, in the medical room by the main building of the outpost, there was a room with many beds. On one of them, a silver-haired woman was sitting on it while talking with someone. They were Martial Dual Sword Wang Jing and his daughter, Wang Yogun. Her cheeks now had a reddish tint as her condition normalized and Wang Jing seemed to be really happy to see his daughter well. Her hair was still silver in color, but that was okay. Wang Jing had waited to see this moment for so long.

'Gayen. Our child is so beautiful!'

Wang Yogun's beauty doubled as she recovered from being weak and pale. She was already very beautiful while she was deathly pale, but now she was like a flower that any man would be tempted to take. It was likely that she would easily be considered one of three most beautiful women in the entire Yulin.

"Hmph."

Wang Jing had been coughing since while ago.

'It's good that she became healthy but…'

They had been talking and chatting until a while ago, but now they were dead silent. It was time to speak about an important issue that they didn't really want to talk about. Wang Yogun had to sleep with Chun Yeowun for her treatment against her will. Wang Yogun knew this and understood this fact. She actually woke up during the act, and she also vaguely remembered what happened when she went berserk. But even if it was an act of medical treatment, it was man and woman having a relationship so they had to talk about marriage.

'Lord Chun is enough as a candidate.'

Wang Jing asked for the treatment to save his daughter at first, but he came to like Yeowun more as he got to know him. Yeowun seemed like the best son-in-law now that he thought about it.

'He's really powerful too.'

After the duel, Wang Jing now knew that Yeowun was like a monster. Yeowun was still young, but he had defeated Wang Jing. Even if Wang Jing did not use all of his skills, there was no way to deny that he had lost.

'There's a monster in the east, but Lord Chun might be the strongest warrior of the entire Yulin in the end.'

There weren't many who were titled as the strongest warrior in Yulin history. But it seemed very possible that Yeowun might just be the one as he was still very young. And since he was the leader of one of three largest factions of Yulin, it was likely that his daughter would be safe in Yeowun's hands.

'I know you might not like this, but maybe he is your destiny.'

There was a chance that his daughter would refuse, but there was no choice. Wang Jing didn't want his daughter to live in solitude either. Wang Jing decided and opened his mouth to speak.

"Hmph. Yogun…"

"Father."

"Huh?"

It seemed Yogun had something to say too. That was why she had been looking down, not meeting her father's eyes until now. After a bit of hesitation, she spoke.

"I-I heard you lost to Lord Chun. Is that true?"

Wang Jing frowned. He had not talked about this issue to her because of his pride as a warrior and father.

"Who told you that?"

"…A man named Hu Bong told me."

"Hah!"

'That fool!'

Wang Jing became furious when he heard the name. He didn't think that Hu Bong might have told the result to his daughter. It seemed that Hu Bong, when he came to fetch Godly Doctor Gam Rosu, spoke a few things to Yogun. At least Yogun did not talk about the fact that Hu Bong addressed her as 'Lady' as if Yogun had already married Yeowun. That part was omitted in her explanation.

'So, it was true!'

She was really surprised as the reaction of her father confirmed it. His father was not a talkative type, but was very revealing on what he thought from his emotions. The way he was acting was absolute proof that he actually lost to Yeowun.

Wang Jing became angry at Hu Bong who spilled his loss to others like this, but he pushed it down and tried to speak what he wanted to say at first.

"Yogun, I…"

"Father, I've decided. If you allow me, I want to go with Lord Chun."

"W-what?!"

Wang Jing became dumbfounded when his daughter claimed to want to go with Chun Yeowun first.

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Wang Jing became dumbfounded at the unexpected reaction from his daughter.

'W-what?'

Wang Yogun told him the exact thing that he himself wanted her to do, but it didn't feel all that good to hear her say it willingly. As far as he knew, his daughter was not the type to fall in love just because she had slept with a man. She did not have a mother growing up, but Wang Jing raised her well.

"…Are you saying that because I lost to Lord Chun?"

If that was the reason, that could have been very disappointing and sad. Of course, Wang Yogun was a person living in Yulin who might admire a powerful martial artist, and considering the fact that Chun Yeowun was young and handsome with the potential to become the strongest warrior of Yulin, it certainly was possible that Yogun might fall in love. But what she said next surprised Wang Jing.

"No. Do you think I'd fall for him for such a reason?"

"Then why?"

"I heard from that Hu Bong and also from Bun that Lord Chun had a lover and still helped me regardless."

"Hmph."

It seemed Yogun had heard a lot of things in detail when she woke up. Wang Jing was more hesitant on explaining Mun Ku to her rather than proceeding with marriage, but Yogun already knew about her.

"It isn't easy to do something like that when you have a lover, even if you want to save someone's life."

Wang Yogun blushed. Wang Jing frowned from unknown jealousy.

"Don't you mind about that. Men are not as innocent and pure as you might think. I told you multiple times."

Of course, Wang Jing knew that Yeowun was not that type as he noticed that Yeowun was concerned about Mun Ku. But he just said it anyway.

"You are a man too."

"I'm not like any other man."

Yogun smiled at her father's concerning words.

"Of course you are not like any other man. But I think you've made a mistake."

"Huh?"

"I… I'm not saying I will need to marry Lord Chun just because I… did that."

"What?"

Wang Jing frowned at Yogun's unexpected words. If Yogun was not thinking about getting married to Yeowun, then why was she going to follow him into the cult? Yogun continued, "Lord Chun saved my life. I would have died if it wasn't for his help. How can I just ignore that debt?"

"Yogun. Are you saying…"

Something was strange. Her words implied that she wanted to join Yeowun as a servant, not as a wife. And Wang Jing's guess was right.

"Yes. I want to repay the debt for saving my life by entering the Demonic Cult. You always said debts must be paid."

Wang Jing sighed at the unexpected turn of events. He had not expected this kind of reaction from his daughter.

"Yogun. Do you know what you are saying? …I'll be frank. Even if it was to save your life, you and Lord Chun still slept together. …And you do not want to marry him? Instead, you just want to join the cult?"

"Father. I am a woman living in Yulin. I don't want to get married only because I slept with a guy once! Besides, he has a lover."

"Nonsense! Him having a lover doesn't stop you from marrying him! You are the daughter of I, Wang Jing! Why would you just be a servant?!"

He had many enemies and lived in hiding, but he still was one of the top five strongest warriors of Yulin; he had fame and honor. If he chose to join in any faction, then it was likely that he would be welcomed with open arms.

"If you are not happy with becoming a 2nd wife, then I will talk with Lord Chun about that, so…"

"Gosh, it's not about that! Listen to me!" Wang Yogun burst out angrily. Wang Jing became dumbfounded as his daughter who never raised her voice to him started shouting back.

"Father! If you have to marry just because you slept with a guy, all women must be in danger! Everyone will try to sleep with a girl they like so they can marry!"

She was confident and smart. Her point was also logical, and that made Wang Jing be at a loss for words.

"I'm not that kind of woman. Besides, I have to know the person before I can even think about marriage!"

"I-I suppose you are right."

Wang Jing answered and Yogun continued, "And… I want you and Bun to come with me."

"What?"

"You promised that you would protect me and Bun for Mother's sake."

In the end, Yogun was saying the entire family to join the Demonic Cult.

'Ah…'

Wang Jing who was just dumbfounded and shocked by unexpected words, now realized what was going on. He just thought his daughter was having weird ideas, but that wasn't it.

'She was just..'

Yogun was screaming, as if she was fighting her father, but her eyes showed that she had hopes and concerns. Wang Jing finally realized what her goal was from the beginning.

'You always have to look out for us while we hide from Forces of Evil and Justice. It should be safer if we go to the Demonic Cult.'

Wang Jing went into hiding only because he wanted to protect his children. He had to reveal himself because he thought his daughter was kidnapped, but he had never revealed his identity to others until now, even when he was one of the most famous martial artists. That made Yogun sad. Her father had the power and fame to live a life fitting for his position, but he sacrificed everything for his children.

'Father will follow me if I say this much.'

She was raised very well by Wang Jing, and grew up to be very considerate. What she was doing was to give her father a reason to join the cult without bending his will. His father was from the Forces of Justice, so he did not have a good impression of the Demonic Cult, but they realized the cult wasn't much different from the others after all.

'My child has grown to be a very considerate and warm adult. Gayen, our girl has grown a lot.'

Wang Jing felt his heart warm up from Yogun's thoughts. He then realized it was actually stupid to force marriage upon them just because his daughter had slept with Chun Yeowun. It was better that she work for Yeowun to repay the debt.

"Hmph. If that is your wish, you leave me with no choice. If you do not have any feelings for Lord Chun… then do what as wish."

Wang Jing coughed but brightened his face. He was especially glad that his daughter was concerned about him, not the man whom his daughter had slept with. But Yogun's next comment made Wang Jing frown.

"I-I am not sure yet. I might come to like him if given some time," Yogun blushed as she said and looked away.

Wang Jing frowned and soon laughed.

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Chapter 336: Return to the Demonic Cult (4)

On the third outpost guesthouse, Chun Yeowun was talking with Second Elder Yin Moha. She had been out of the post for a full day, and returned just about 30 minutes ago. Before Yeowun went to the Yongho Family's village, Yeowun told Gam Rosu about the patient's symptoms without telling who the patient was. Yeowun already scanned the patient, Chun Yujong before, so he told every detail on the abnormalities he found, and Gam Rosu presumed the condition to be damage in the heart.

'Do you have these herbs in the cult?"

Luckily, Yeowun had a list of herbs stored within the cult when he searched for opium poppy, so he realized what he was missing and told Yin Moha to fetch the missing herbs that Gam Rosu asked for. Herbs on the table were those Yin Moha returned with.

"I was able to gather everything Granny Gam asked for. But… please forgive me for I wasn't by your side when all these things happened, my Lord."

"It's okay. It all worked out."

Yin Moha's presence would not have changed anything as all of it started from the treatment to the duel with Wang Jing that was unexpected. Yin Moha then knelt on one of her knees and bowed.

"And congratulations on becoming one of the strongest warriors of Yulin."

As she said, Yeowun had won against Martial Dual Sword Wang Jing and was now equal to the top five strongest warriors of Yulin. Unlike Chun Yujong who was under the influence of blood reversion art, this duel was a normal duel that both individuals fought the best in. Yin Moha was glad to hear this news.

'We have all that we need. It's time we return to the cult.'

The trip had extended for quite a bit as Yeowun took many detours along the way. The only thing left was to bring the Godly Doctor back to the cult. That's when someone knocked on the door.

"My Lord. There is a guest."

"Come in."

Yeowun permitted and a young man with black clothing came in. He then knelt on his one knee to bow.

"Greetings, my Lord."

"Who are you?" Yeowun asked and the man replied, "My Lord, Elder Huan sends an urgent message."

"Elder Huan!"

The man was an agent of a covert operations group that was led by Huan Yi. If this agent had to come forward, then it meant there was an important message at stake. Covert operations usually used telepathic messages to send messages unless it was an official report being made. After hearing the man's telepathic message, Yeowun frowned.

"…We must return at once."

The information was about unexpected guests heading toward the Mountain of Ten Thousand.

That afternoon, Yeowun ordered to prepare for an immediate return to the Demonic Cult. He went north on horseback, but this time he prepared a horse-led carriage. Originally, they planned to have a funeral for Gam Rosu's granddaughter Gam Miyan before they left, but they had to hurry so Yeowun promised a grand funeral ceremony in the cult and persuaded Gam Rosu to leave now. That required a carriage to carry the coffin that contained Gam Miyan's body.

The coffin was loaded on the carriage with Gam Rosu staying closely by it with the baby in her hands. With all preparations done, it was now time to leave. Yeowun then headed to the medical room along with two elders Yin Moha and Yang Danwa to ask the Wang family on what to do.

'I want to deal with this when we are preparing a funeral.'

Wang Jing mentioned marriage due to the event. Since Yogun was the only person that Mun Ku allowed, Yeowun was to talk things out with Wang Jing and sort out the problem slowly. But with them needing to leave now, the plan had to change. However, the unexpected happened when Yeowun got to the medical room.

'How can this be?'

Yin Moha and Yang Danwa became so shocked that their mouths opened wide. Wang Jing, Wang Bun, and Wang Yogun all went down on their knees and asked to join the cult.

"Sir Wang Jing…"

"Lord Chun, please accept us. How can I repay the debt for saving my daughter's life other than that? Please allow me to so I can repay it."

This was a sight that couldn't be seen anywhere. Yang Danwa was really glad for the unexpected turn of events. He was actually going to ask Yeowun so that he would marry Yogun, which would result in having Wang Jing siding with them. But they were requesting to join the cult voluntarily.

'This is unexpected.'

Yeowun seemed surprised. This was better than the marriage option but it was curious.

'Is it her will?'

Yeowun turned to Yogun. When their eyes met, Yogun became blushed and looked away. She was embarrassed to look at the man with whom she slept with.

'Hmmm…'

The reaction showed that she had some feelings toward him. That's when Yeowun heard Wang Jing's telepathic message.

[Hmph. Lord Chun, we will talk about marriage in the future. Isn't it better for you two to get to know each other better before we talk about marriage?]

And this confirmed that the decision was primarily from Wang Yogun. This was really unexpected.

'I didn't imagine this.'

She was very beautiful, but Yeowun was not interested in other women, so he didn't feel any different until now. But he now became curious about Yogun who seemed to be different from other women, just like Mun Ku. Yeowun the nodded.

[Okay, Sir Wang Jing.]

Wang Jing became satisfied with the response. Yeowun then bowed.

"How can I not welcome the Martial Dual Sword wanting to join our cult? Please join us, and help me and our cult. Welcome."

Wang Jing brightened up and spoke.

"Thank you, thank you for accepting us. My Lord."

With that decided, Wang Jing immediately addressed Yeowun as his rightful Lord.

At the same time toward the southern side of the Honam Castle region, there was a large parade heading toward the Mountain of Ten Thousand. In the middle of the parade, there was a lavish golden carriage guarded by countless soldiers. These people were not martial artists, but real soldiers from the government. The red flag that was hung up high had the Imperial Palace's seal on it.

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Chapter 337: Imperial Order (1)

Mountain of Ten Thousand consisted of hundreds of mountain peaks… There was one man who was shooting through the woods at an enormous speed. It even looked like a hint of wind that just shot through with untrained eyes. The man who was showing this amazing skill of stepping skill was the Lord of Demonic Cult, Chun Yeowun.

Each step that Yeowun took changed the area. After he reached the end stage of the supreme master level, his stepping skill exceeded that of Great Guardian Marakim, who had the nickname of Wind God, as Yeowun became faster and more powerful. It had been about two days since Yeowun ran like this without rest.

'I have to hurry.'

Yeowun was concerned that he might not make it in time. According to the urgent message sent to him two days ago, the unexpected guest was expected to arrive at the Demonic Cult's castle within two days. Yeowun was at a location that would take at least 3 days due to the carriage, so Yeowun had to travel alone.

'My Lord. We'll follow along.'

Two elders volunteered to follow, but Yeowun told them to stay behind and take Gam Rosu with them. Yeowun had to slow down if two elders followed him, so he had to travel alone. Officially, Yeowun was known to be in closed room training, but these guests were those that required Yeowun to come out of said closed room training to greet them.

'Faster!'

Yeowun increased his speed. After traveling through the mountains, when Yeowun was about 10 miles away from the castle, he heard the sound of horse hooves and mild trembling on the ground. He opened his senses and sensed many figures. Yeowun then looked in the direction where soldiers were making a long parade as they moved along.

'Oh?'

Yeowun stopped for a second and stood on a high tree, looking at them. There was a lavish golden carriage in the middle, and the flag that was held high in the front had the seal of the Imperial Palace.

'So, it is from the Imperial Palace.'

Many soldiers were guarding the area. It was a parade of over three thousand people. But Yeowun became curious.

'I heard the government does not meddle with Yulin. But those soldiers learned martial arts.'

There were about 300 soldiers with orange armor guarding the golden carriage. They ranged from top to master level warriors.

'And him..?'

There was one man on a horse in the lead, also with orange armor who had learned martial arts. His level was vastly different from that of his men, as this man was at the superior master level.

'Hmm…. A general at the superior master level?'

It was curious as to how a rare-leveled warrior would be within the Imperial Army. There was a handsome-looking young man with a golden sash standing by him, looking like his lieutenant. He was a bit weaker than the man, but he was at the super master level. These two were very different from the others.

'Nano, zoom in.'

[Zooming in on the target.]

Yeowun's eye zoomed in on those two men. He then found the man to be very dignified and strongly featured. It seemed he must be a general with a very high ranking title.

'This is strange.'

But Yeowun was more concerned about the lieutenant. He had unique feelings that felt like he wasn't from an army, but the son of a wealthy family.

'And who is the man in that carriage that is guarded by such group?'

Yeowun felt one person's presence within the carriage, but the man had no martial art power.

'Well, I will know soon enough.'

After looking at them, Yeowun took steps again to go further south so he can get to the castle faster and prepare to greet these guests.

At the same time toward the northern gate of the castle, cultists were busy preparing to greet the guest coming from the Imperial Palace. A road was covered with silk and the other preparations were being made. On the wall, a man with red silk clothes with butterfly embroidery looked toward the north, as if he was waiting for someone.

"Is he not here yet?"

It was Seventh Elder Huan Yi. He had white make-up on to make him look feminine. He was looking toward north with a concerned look. Someone then climbed up from below. It was Great Guardian Marakim with his unique engraved mask.

"Is Lord not here yet?" Marakim asked and Huan Yi shook his head.

"No. The Imperial Army will soon arrive… this is bad."

Huan Yi already heard that the guest was already within 10 miles. They had to be prepared to greet the incoming guest. If the Lord did not arrive within that timeframe, everyone starting from the Imperial Palace to all cultists would know immediately that the Lord had been absent.

"Hmm… that is concerning."

Marakim also nodded in concern and looked toward the north. That's when he found something in his sight. Something like a dot was coming in their direction at enormous speed.

'It's really fast.'

It was so fast that a mere glance would have made Marakim think it was leaves flying through the breeze. Huan Yi didn't seem to have realized it yet, and Marakim might have missed it if he didn't look carefully. The dot was becoming bigger as it only kicked off the top of a tree to jump across.

'Wait…'

They weren't sure who it was, but Marakim couldn't sense anything. This meant the dot was a man who was stronger than him. If this man was stronger than Marakim, a supreme master level warrior, it could only mean one of the top five warriors of Yulin. And the dot was moving from left to right, trying to hide himself from being caught.

'Is he doing that to hide?'

That would surely hide the man from the eyes of just normal warriors. But there was a large open area between the end of forest and to the castle wall, and that would surely reveal the man.

"Elder Huan. We must be ready to defend."

"Defend? What do you mean?"

"Look."

Marakim pointed at the dot. The dot was now close enough to show that it was a human figure.

"See what?"

"Don't you see that trace?"

Huan Yi concentrated and finally saw something. It was so fast that he had to focus really hard to get even catch a glimpse of its movement.

"W-what is that?"

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"We must activate the defense formation at once."

"Why at this moment…!"

That level surely meant a powerful enemy. Just a bit closer and the face would be revealed. And when Huan Yi was about to order the guards to set the alarm for the intruder, Marakim saw the face.

"Elder Huan! Stop!"

Huan Yi stopped and turned back with a curious look. Marakim then sent a telepathic message.

[It's our Lord!]

[What? Are you sure?]

The one who was coming at an enormous speed was Yeowun. It was very close to making things complicated, but they were able to stop. The reason why Yeowun was creating that trace seemed to be because Yeowun did not want to let others know that he had been out of the castle walls.

'It should be better if he comes from the other gates.'

Huan Yi became concerned. There was a large open area in front of the gate, so that would surely reveal Yeowun. But something unexpected happened. Toward the end of the forest, Yeowun jumped high up into the last tree before the open area.

'M-my Lord!'

'What is he doing?'

Marakim and Huan Yi became shocked as Yeowun jumped even higher than the castle wall. Warriors above the wall were too busy as they were preparing to greet the guest and didn't notice Yeowun in the air. Yeowun took steps in the air, flying across the wall. Marakim and Huan Yi became so shocked that they almost screamed.

'By the gods…!'

'A-Air walking?'

This was the air walking technique, where a man used energy to step on air to fly through. This technique was deemed a legendary stage of the stepping skill that equaled its legendary state to that of Air Sword flying, which all people of Yulin only dreamt of.

'T-the Lord has gone up to an even higher stage!'

This wasn't something even Marakim could do. He could barely turn the direction of a fall in the air, but Yeowun was easily doing something so incredible. However, what Yeowun did next when he was up in the air was even more amazing.

'W-wait…!'

Yeowun pulled out the White Dragon Blade, threw it up, and got up on it to fly through the air. Yeowun flying through at twice the height of the castle wall made him unspotted as he flew across it. Two of them became dumbfounded. Soon, Yeowun shot through the wall and went into the inner palace. Huan Yi sent a telepathic message with a dumbfounded look.

[Uh… Great Guardian. What do you think happened outside?]

[…I want to ask you myself.]

Chun Yeowun had returned as a monster in just a month's time. He had power that equaled that of the top five warriors of Yulin.

Marakim and Huan Yi quickly followed Yeowun to the inner palace. It seemed Yeowun knew they were following him as he was waiting for them near the palace.

"Greetings, my Lord! Great Guardian at your service!"

"Greetings, my Lord. Seventh Elder at your service."

"Was everything alright while I was gone?"

"Of course, my Lord. I'm sorry to say this, but we have to make haste."

"Ah."

They quickly escorted Yeowun so that he could get changed into formal attire to greet the guest. All other elders remaining within the palace were already dressed as they all had to greet the incoming guest. When Yeowun entered the palace, everyone got up from their seats and bowed.

"Glory to the Demonic Cult!"

And with that, Third Elder Mun Yun, the highest-ranking elder at the moment, greeted him. Yeowun became awkward as he looked at Mun Yun.

'Hm…'

Yeowun had slept with his granddaughter Mun Ku while he was out in Yulin. They weren't married yet, so Yeowun felt apologetic toward Mun Ku's grandfather Mun Yun.

'After the guest from Imperial Palace is settled, I should talk with Elder Mun.'

Whatever the case, they had to deal with the guest first. Yeowun took the six elders and three of the remaining Six Swords to the northern gate where preparations complete. All clan leaders were out in line. They all stood ready to greet the guest.

Hundreds of horses stomping on the ground caused mild trembling. Soon, the Imperial Army revealed themselves through the woods. As they got closer, soldiers divided into two rows, opening a row in the middle so that the lavish golden carriage could move up front. A man in orange armor who was in the front got down from his horse and went up to them.

'Ah.'

Marakim and the other elders became surprised. They all sensed, just like Yeowun, that the man was at the superior master level. The man looked at Yeowun and cultists with an arrogant look and shouted, "Citizens of the Great Ming! I am Southern Commander Yon Namgun!"

All cultists became shocked. Huan Yi then sent a telepathic message to Yeowun who did not know much about the Imperial Palace's ranks and titles.

[M-my Lord. That man is from the Imperial Guards.]

The Imperial Guards were a military group entrusted by the Emperor himself. They had the leader, Supreme Commander, and two commanders: the Northern and Southern Commander. These commanders were high-ranking officials of the Imperial Palace. Yeowun did not know, but both of the commanders' power was famous even within Yulin.

'Who is in that carriage that made such a high-ranking general come down here?'

The carriage began to move. It seemed the person inside was getting out.

'That man is from the Imperial… huh?'

With the door of the carriage being opened, the person finally revealed himself. The man was plump with narrow eyes, with a goat-like beard. He did not look like anything that Yeowun had imagined as a person from the royal family.

"Hmph!"

The man then carefully took out something from the carriage over to the small plate, and got down from the carriage.

'What is that?'

On the plate, there was a red silk scroll with golden dragon embroidery. Everyone looked at it weirdly and Yon Namgun became furious and shouted, "How dare you stand straight in front of the Emperor's order?! Get down to your knees right now!"

The purpose of the lavish golden carriage was to bring down the scroll that contained the order of the Emperor.

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Chapter 339: Imperial Order (3)

Three days before the Imperial forces arrived at the Demonic Cult Castle, someone called out to the person outside the golden carriage.

"Southern Commander. Are you there?"

"Yes, Your Highness."

Yon Namgun, who was the lead of the Imperial Guards who guarded the carriage, slowed down his horse to walk next to the carriage. The person then ranted from within the carriage.

"Commander. Isn't it weird for me, King of the Great Ming Dynasty, to go down myself to send the message?"

The man who inside of the golden carriage along with the Imperial Order was the 2nd son of the Emperor of the Great Ming, Zhu Taikhan. Zhu Taikhan was very displeased with the fact that he had to go down to the Mountain of Ten Thousand himself. He did follow the direct order from the Emperor, but he still wasn't happy about it.

"It's an order from the Emperor himself. Please, consider it."

Yon Namgun spoke to Zhu Taikhan. Yon Namgun had been saying this multiple times throughout their trip already but Zhu Taikhan's discomfort did not disappear.

'I don't understand why our First Emperor even promised such a thing.'

Zhu Taikhan didn't say this out loud as speaking ill of the first Emperor of the Great Ming was not allowed even for the son of the current Emperor, especially because of the nonaggression pact between the entire Yulin and the Empire. This was a pact made between the First Emperor of Great Ming and three leaders of the three factions of Yulin. Martial artists of Yulin who had unimaginable power as a single entity was a serious threat to the Empire. There were some dynasties in the past that fought a war against Yulin, but the First Emperor of Great Ming considered a waste to fight within and made a pact with them instead.

'I heard the martial artists helped when the Great Ming first started.'

They were told that from the beginning. But now that was 180 years ago.

"Commander."

"Yes, your highness."

"Who owns this land?"

"It belongs to the Emperor of the Great Ming, your highness."

"Then who are those who live in the land of Great Ming?"

"They are the citizens of the Great Ming, your highness."

The carriage shook as the man inside punched his fist into the carriage.

"Then why are these so-called martial artist thugs disrespecting our Empire?!"

"What are you…"

"They are citizens of the Empire who should come bow in fear when the Emperor orders them to. But why am I, a King, going down to them instead?!"

Zhu Taikhan was furious at the fact that he had to take orders from the Emperor and go down to send these people messages by himself. And he didn't like this Demonic Cult faction, where they considered their Lord to be the 'Sky'. Even the Emperor of Great Ming himself only considered him to be the 'Son of the Sky.' It was very arrogant of them.

"Why are they so different from those who call themselves the Forces of Justice?"

Those from the Forces of Justice considered themselves as citizens of the Great Ming and always paid respect toward the Empire. Zhu Taikhan saw many powerful warriors from the Forces of Justice within the Imperial Palace when they were invited. Some of them even offered to teach warriors of the Royal family in way of the blades. Zhu Taikhan, who was highly interested in martial arts, also took this chance to learn blade art from a monk from the Fire Mountain clan.

"As far as I know, your highness, the cult, and the Forces of Evil have different values."

Commander Yon Namgun had few friends from the Forces of Justice and had heard about the power struggle between the three factions. These three factions were older than the Great Ming itself, and always struggled to keep their values.

"Values? Rubbish. That's up to them, not us. Are only the Forces of Justice considered citizens of the Great Ming Empire?"

"…No, your highness."

Yon Namgun had no objection to that. Even if all these martial artists were fighting against each other, they all were citizens of the Great Empire.

'Emperor ordered it himself, but that's not good. It's better if I can make the Lord come up to the palace himself. If I can do that, it will be a great feat.'

Unlike the Yulin clan of the Forces of Justice, no leader from the Demonic Cult or Alliance of Forces of Evil came to the Imperial Palace. They always sent their messenger to keep the pact in place, arrogantly.

'Hmph.'

If it wasn't for Zhu Taiyun who chose to go down to the Yulin clan, Zhu Taikhan would have chosen to go to the Yulin clan instead. But with the eldest son, Zhu Taiyun, choosing first, Zhu Taikhan had to choose the Demonic Cult as they were known to treat guests from the Imperial Palace with respect at least. As for the Alliance of the Forces of Evil, even his uncle suggested not to go.

"I can't let this go on like this. What do you think, Yuking?" Zhu Taikhan asked and a man who was on a horse left of the carriage, answered under the shadows, "Your highness. I heard the Lord has been replaced recently."

"Hmph. I heard that too."

Before Zhu Taikhan departed for the Demonic Cult, he asked monks from the Fire Mountain clan who were at the palace to teach blade arts to the Demonic Cult. They didn't know the details, but they said the new Lord was very young.

"From what I have heard, the previous Lord had a health problem, and that the new Lord overthrew him and took his place."

"Oh? Is that so?"

Zhu Taikhan became interested in the news that he hadn't heard of. The man continued, "Your highness. It is said the new Lord replaced most of the powerful individuals of the cult and the Lord himself is very foolish. How about you take this chance as your advantage?"

"Advantage?"

"If you teach this ruffian the way of our Empire, this will earn you trust from the Emperor."

Yon Namgun frowned at the man named Yuking. The way the Imperial Order was delivered was entirely in the hands of Zhu Taikhan, but he wasn't sure if this approach and thinking might be beneficial.

"Interesting. Go on."

But Zhu Taikhan seemed to be very interested. After hearing the plan, Zhu Taikhan, unfortunately, decided to do what Yuking told him to do.

'That Yuking… I am worried how the cult will react to this.'

Yon Namgun became concerned but he was an Imperial Guard. He could only take orders from the Royal family.

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Yon Namgun shouted at the cultists standing in front of the castle gate.

"Get down to your knees and take the Imperial Order!"

The loud, dignified shouts wielded energy. Most people would hastily get down on their knees in front of the imperial order, but this time it was different. The air turned cold and while these people seemed to be welcoming up until now, they suddenly turned very cold and grim.

'Hmmm…'

Yon Namgun became wordless at the unexpected reaction. He did guess that cultists would not bow easily, but he didn't imagine the reaction would be this cold.

'They are not like ordinary martial artists. But this is going too far.'

The order seemed a bit much, but when facing cultists not willing to bow, Yon Namgun became furious as he was a commander of the Imperial Guard who protected the Imperial Palace's authority. He then frowned and tried to shout when he heard the telepathic message.

[Enough. You won't be enough.]

It was sent from Zhu Taikhan. The chubby man then frowned and called out to one of the Imperial Guards to hold the plate that carried the Imperial Order scroll. He then walked a few steps up and shouted toward the cultists.

"I am King Zhu Taikhan, under the order of the Emperor of the Great Ming Empire."

The chubby man was Zhu Taikhan. The cultists became shocked.

"King?"

"Is he the son of the Emperor?"

Those who were given the title of a King were only the male relatives of the Empire. They expected the one inside the carriage to be a high-ranking official, but they didn't expect to see a king. Yeowun then heard Huan Yi's telepathic message.

[My Lord. He must be the second son of the current Emperor.]

Huan Yi was the leader of covert operations and intelligence that he knew the names of all the royal families. There was a visit from the imperial palace due to the nonaggression in the past, so they had to be aware. But the atmosphere was different. The way Zhu Taikhan was talking to them was as if he was talking to normal citizens.

"How dare you still stand in front of the Imperial Order and the King of the Empire!"

Zhu Taikhan seemed as if he wanted to see cultists getting down on their knees. The cultists became hesitant. They seemed to be worried if their Lord would become uncomfortable for this turn of events.

'Hm? It must be him.'

Zhu Taikhan found Chun Yeowun with a lavish black robe standing between the cultists. Everyone seemed to be concerned about him, so it was certain that he was the new Lord of the Demonic Cult.

'I can't feel anything from him, but he must be it.'

Chun Yeowun had collected his energy, so it wasn't possible to feel any energy coming out from him. He felt more like an ordinary man rather than a martial artist. That's why all the Imperial Guards and Zhu Taikhan didn't even think Yeowun was the Lord of the Demonic Cult.

'He really is nothing.'

Zhu Taikhan figured the Lord of the Cult might still be a powerful warrior, but he wasn't. Zhu Taikhan then pointed at Yeowun with his finger.

"Are you the Lord of the Demonic Cult?"

Left Guardian Lee Hameng turned cold at the sudden arrogant words being thrown at Yeowun. All other cultists reacted similarly. But Zhu Taikhan did not care and flicked his finger at Yeowun.

"Now I see why all your cultists are so arrogant and foolish. Come down here on your knees and take the order from the Emperor."

His last word enraged all the cultists.

'How dare he!'

'He is insulting our Lord!'

With each of the cultists unleashing their internal energy, a powerful aura spooked all horses, making them neigh and try to turn.

"Ugh! Horses!"

"Wuh!"

But all those from the Imperial Army were able to feel this power being unleashed from the cultist. The Southern Commander who felt this before the others pulled out his sword and shouted, "You dare show your hostility toward the King who bears the order of the Emperor?! Is the Demonic Cult trying to commit treason?!"

Acts of treason against the Emperor and his relatives were not allowed under the law of the Empire. But when these words were spoken, all cultists became dumbfounded.

'Hahaha. You have no choice!'

Zhu Taikhan became satisfied. It was likely that the cultists became arrogant because the Imperial Palace had been treating them with respect until now. But the cultists were still citizens of the Great Ming Empire and there was no way for them to stand against the Empire itself.

'If you are citizens of the Great Ming Empire, then you must act like it.'

It was evident that these cultists had to kneel before them. Will they keep their pride and side against the Empire and face the might an army of a million strong? Or will they throw away their arrogance and bow? Zhu Taikhan assumed it would be the latter. But…

An old man with white hair came out from behind Yeowun and knelt on his one knee to Yeowun, "My Lord. Will it be okay if I speak?"

Yeowun raised his hand to allow him. It was Third Elder, Mun Yun. Mun Yun got out and bowed his head down slightly toward Zhu Taikhan. The Imperial Guard stood next to Zhu Taikhan shouted angrily.

"You dare not kneel before his highne…. UGH!"

But the guard became terrified by the sudden pressure of energy coming down on him. Mun Yun's energy made it painful for him. Mun Yun ignored it and said, "It is an honor to meet the King of the Great Ming Empire."

Zhu Taikhan spoke uncomfortably.

"You dare look straight into my eyes and…"

But Mun Yun cut him off as he glared.

"Sorry to interrupt, your highness. But we cultists of the Great Demonic Cult only kneel to our sky and the Lord and no one else."

Every cultist nodded eagerly at Mun Yun's strong words. All of those from the Imperial Palace became furious. This was treatment that they had never experienced before.

"And we the Demonic Cult are under the nonaggression pact with the Great Ming Empire. We are independent of the Empire and are not related to the Empire in any sense."

Zhu Taikhan frowned. He didn't think Mun Yun would mention the nonaggression pact at this moment.

"The First Emperor of the Great Ming asked for help from our cult, and made a nonaggression pact afterwards. Why do you come now and want us to kneel before you?"

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Chapter 341: Imperial Order (5)

Mun Yun pointed out the fact. He was from a family that had a long history in the Demonic Cult, so he knew many historical pacts made in the past. As he said, Yulin and the Imperial Palace were entirely independent of each other. There were some from the Yulin clan of the Forces of Justice that joined the Imperial Palace, but the Demonic Cult had no interest in that. The cult only served the Fire, Demon God, and the Lord who was a conduit to both of those.

'Hmph. I knew this was coming.'

Yon Namgun sighed as soon as he heard it. There was no way the Demonic Cult will kneel to the King due to the nonaggression pact, nor will they succumb to threats.

'It's better to stop here and then make them become more uncomfortable.'

Carrying out any more of those plans that Yuking asked to do was only going to make cultists more furious. Yon Namgun thought Zhu Taikhan would stop here since things weren't going as planned. But his expectation was wrong.

"YOU DARE!! You dare try to teach the King of the Great Ming?! Guards! Bring this arrogant man down on his knees!!" Zhu Taikhan ordered and even the handsome lieutenant who stood next to Yon Namgun frowned.

"Wai…"

"As you wish, your highness."

Three of the Imperial Guards immediately pulled out their swords and charged at Mun Yun.

"Hmph. You are going too far."

But there was no way Mun Yun would lose to top-class level warriors. Mun Yun easily shattered their swords with a flick of his hand.

"M-my sword!"

"Argh!"

That's when a few clan leaders came in and struck the guards down.

"Protect the King!"

"Treason!"

The Imperial Guards immediately pulled out their weapons and used their steel shields to create a barrier. Yon Namgun became shocked by the situation going south, but Zhu Taikhan smiled as if he wanted this to happen all along.

'Hehehe… they are making things worse for themselves!'

That's when he heard a telepathic message.

[Yuking! What do you think you are doing!!]

Surprisingly, the chubby man who introduced himself as the King was actually Yuking. Yuking looked at the man who sent a telepathic message and responded politely.

[Your highness. I am taking your order to teach these arrogant cultists a lesson.]

[I never told you to do it this way!]

The man who was sending the telepathic message frantically was the lieutenant who stood next to Yon Namgun. He was the true King Zhu Taikhan.

'He said we just need to show the authority of the palace… YUKING!!!'

He disguised himself as a guard and had Yuking be his decoy, but Yuking said something Zhu Taikhan didn't wish to speak about and made things worse. Yon Namgun was now looking at him, thinking that Zhu Taikhan actually ordered Yuking to do such a thing.

[I-it's not me!]

Zhu Taikhan shook his head but it was too late. The Imperial Guards were frantically moving to be ready to fight. Yuking was satisfied with the situation.

'With this, the cult will now side against the Empire. We didn't even need to go down to the third option in the Grand Plan… everything has been done by Yuking's hand…'

It was then when a shadow drew upon Yuking. It was Chun Yeowun who suddenly appeared in front of him.

'H-how did he come through the guards?!'

There was no time to be surprised. Yuking, who was an established master, immediately attacked Yeowun. But…

"Aaaaargh!"

His hand was cut down immediately from the wrist. Yuking screamed and shouted angrily.

"H-how dare you attack the King! This is treason!"

"King? Don't give me that rubbish."

"W-what are you…"

Yeowun then gathered blade qi on his hand and cut down his other arm from his shoulder.

"Aaaaaaargh!"

Yuking rolled on the ground from the pain of losing both his right hand and his left arm. Blood poured out from the wound, soaking the ground with blood.

Yeowun then reached down and picked Yuking's chubby body up with his hand. Guards became shocked to see such strength.

"W-what are you trying to…"

"I'm trying to do this."

"Aaaaaargh!"

Yeowun then threw Yuking toward the gate where the cultists were gathered.

"Ugh!"

Yuking was instantly transferred from behind the Imperial Guards to the middle of warriors of the Demonic Cult.

"H-how dare you!"

"Get him!"

The Imperial Guards charged toward Yeowun with their swords, but Yeowun disappeared, leaving his trace behind. The Imperial Guards learned martial arts so they knew what this was.

"H-he disappeared!"

"It's mirror image!"

They tried to find Yeowun, but Yeowun was already in front of Zhu Taikhan and Southern Commander Yon Namgun, who were surrounded by the Imperial Guards. Yeowun was so fast that no one was able to see him clearly.

"H-how did he get through the barrier?"

"Get him!"

Guards tried to charge at Yeowun, but three figures appeared around Yeowun and blocked them. It was Great Guardian Marakhim, Left Guardian Lee Hameng, and Right Guardian Submeng. Three Guardians at the level beyond their imagination easily broke through the Imperial Guard's defenses.

Lee Hameng drew a line on the ground with his distinct red sword and warned, "If you cross this line, it will cost at least an arm."

"Yeah, yeah. Same here."

Submeng also created a line on the ground with the blade qi from his Crazy Blade. Two superior master levels made all the Imperial Guards stay in their spots in fear. And now, powerful clan leaders were circling around them.

'I-is this the Yulin… no, the Demonic Cult?!'

Zhu Taikhan was shocked. He too had learned martial arts — a barrier created by top-class warriors would be impenetrable. But it was useless against them. And Chun Yeowun, who didn't even seem to have learned martial arts, was a monster beyond imagination. When the area became silent, Yeowun bowed slightly toward Zhu Taikhan and spoke.

"Your highness. That lieutenant armor fits you well."

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Chapter 342: Imperial Order (6)

King Zhu Taikhan was dumbfounded. He had made a decoy and hid between guards, but this demon-like Lord knew that he was the King after all. Then did he play along even when he knew that Taikhan was hiding between the guards? Taikhan became speechless when Yon Namgun walked forward to protect Taikhan with a tense look.

"I know there is the pact of nonaggression, but do you think it can be justified to injure an official of the Imperial Palace and threaten his highness?"

He seemed much more careful with his tone now. But it didn't make him any more comfortable with these cultists. Submeng then scoffed as he said, "Hah. Mister Commander. It's not us, but you people who started this."

"B-but…"

As Submeng said, it was the decoy to the King who started all this in the beginning. The Demonic Cult had its highest officials come out of the castle walls to greet them, paying the utmost respect to the Imperial Palace. But it was the palace who urged the cultists to kneel.

'He is correct, but I can't just say yes to their power or else the authority of our Imperial Palace will fall.'

The commander glanced toward the soldiers and the Imperial Guards. They seemed all tense and fearful of the Demonic Cult warriors.

'This is not right.'

Even if they were at the Demonic Cult, they were still the Imperial Army. The authority of the King, a son of the Great Ming Empire's Emperor, was not to be undermined. Yon Namgun had to stop that from happening at least.

"Hmph. That was Yuking's doing, not our king. And even if what Yuking did made you feel uncomfortable, it doesn't mean you have the right to harm our official like that," Yon Namgun said.

Yeowun scoffed. He then asked Zhu Taikhan who was behind Yon Namgun, "Let me ask you, your highness. Our cult executes those who impersonate the Lord. How does the Imperial Palace take care of an imposter trying to be a king?"

Zhu Taikhan frowned but he couldn't say anything. Yeowun easily countered the words that Yon Namgun had said to him. If it wasn't for the cult, the Imperial Palace would've also punished them heavily by killing the impersonator and their family.

"Let me tell you this: if it wasn't for the pact of nonaggression, that man would not be alive now."

Chun Yeowun, who became the Lord, never knelt to anyone, even if it was in the presence of the Emperor of the Great Ming Empire.

'This man isn't just only powerful.'

Yon Namgun was shocked by Yeowun's monstrous power at first, but now that he saw it, Yeowun was also very intelligent. Yon Namgun had to return to basic reasonings.

"Ugh, okay. Whatever the case, what you are doing is disrespecting the Royal family. Get away from our King right now!"

And with that, Yon Namgun aimed his sword at Yeowun. That's when someone charged toward him quickly and struck his sword. Yon Namgun focused 80% of his energy into it, but the attack had much more power in comparison.

'How can the power be that strong?!'

He once thought that no one would stand a chance against him unless he was up against the top five strongest warriors of Yulin. He even dueled and tied against the elder of the Fire Mountain clan once.

'Who is this masked man?!'

The man who attacked as soon as he aimed the sword was Great Guardian Marakhim. With Yon Namgun's right arm thrown upward, he raised his left foot to kick up Marakim's neck. But Marakim easily dodged the attack by tilting his head back and struck his finger into the blood point on the leg.

"Argh!"

Yon Namgun screamed as sword qi penetrated through his thighs. He then tried to regain balance by pulling his leg back, but Marakim kicked his right leg that held him up. Yon Namgun was then thrown off to the ground. He dropped the sword he had been holding at the time, and Marakim reached out toward it. The sword then moved into Marakim's hand.

"Ugh!"

Marakim aimed his sword at Yon Namgun's neck and warned, "Don't you dare aim the sword at our Lord."

"Ugh…!"

Yon Namgun became wordless with the cold sword upon his neck. His pride that he earned after becoming a superior master warrior had shattered. The masked man was more of a warrior than he could ever be in terms of power.

'Commander is down!'

Yon Namgun was one of the top warriors within the Imperial Guards. With the only one who can protect to be fallen, Zhu Taikhan became shocked. All other guards were too afraid of Yeowun and his guardians.

'He will now threaten me too!'

The only thing Zhu Taikhan now had was his mouth. He wasn't going to win against these cultists anyway. After a slight moment of thinking, Zhu Taikhan spoke.

"How dare you threaten me and show violence toward the Imperial Army?! Are you not afraid of the million soldiers of the Great Ming Empire?!"

Zhu Taikhan chose the most simple way. For a prince who had grown up within the palace, it was not possible to imagine he had to bow down to someone who wasn't from the Royal family.

"You are quite bold."

Yeowun spoke surprisingly. He thought this show of power was enough to make Zhu Taikhan succumb. But Zhu Taikhan didn't back off. He thought there was no way a martial artist, no matter how strong he was, would stand a chance against millions of arrows.

Of course, a real battle against millions of warriors was not something that they could fight against.

"If you harm me in any way, the Demonic Cult will be wiped off the map!"

Zhu Taikhan spoke strongly. He had to use the best weapon he had to threaten his enemies. He figured the Demonic Cult would not be afraid of the giant Imperial Army coming at them. But it was strange.

'What? What's with that look?'

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Chapter 343: Imperial Order (7)

Yeowun, nor any of the cultists seemed to care. Yeowun was even looking disappointed as he shook his head.

"You're not bold, but reckless. I was anticipating seeing someone from the government for the first time… but this is disappointing."

"What?"

"Million armies?"

And with that, Yeowun raised his left hand. That's when something happened to all imperial guards surrounding them.

"W-what?! What's happening!"

"My sword!"

They had been clenching on their weapons but suddenly their weapons began to come alive and move, trying to get out of their grasp.

"Aaaargh!"

They tried to hold onto it by using their internal energy, but their energy was too feeble to resist to the great amount of force unleashed.

"UGH!"

And over two hundred weapons got out of their master's hand, turned in the air and aimed back at them. It was a sight to behold.

"Hiiiek!"

"Impossible!"

Commander Yon Namgun became terrified at the sight of this. He even thought maybe he was dreaming.

'A-air sword? T-this is an air sword?! Is the Lord really a monster or something!?'

Yon Namgun was trained in martial art, so he knew what air sword is and who can use it. He heard that Top Five strongest warriors who were at supreme master level can use air sword. But this was beyond imagination.

'How can this be…'

But it wasn't only the Imperial Army that were shocked. Marakim, who had guessed Yeowun to have become supreme master level, and other high ranking officials all became astonished.

'How did he become so strong in that short amount of time…?'

All of them saw Yeowun's power back at the Great Halls. But controlling over hundreds of swords at once made them have chills.

"Oh… Our Chun Ma is here!"

"Chun Ma has come down upon the world!"

Yeowun's monstrous power even reminded them of Chun Ma – the Sky Demon. While the Imperial Guards were being threatened by their own weapons, Yeowun slowly walked toward Zhu Taikhan.

"Hiiiek!"

Zhu Taikhan became terrified at Yeowun's power and backed up a few steps before he tripped and fell down. There was no authority or dignity in his mind anymore. He was just terrified at the man standing in front of him.

When Yeowun gestured picking something up with his right hand, Zhu Taikhan's body was pulled up in the air.

"Ugh! M-my body?!"

Zhu Taikhan let loose of his body. He knew that resisting would give him internal damage against such powerful energy. When Taikhan was pulled up, Yeowun walked up to him and spoke.

"Do you know why the nonaggression pact was made?"

"W-what do you mean?"

"Do you think the pact was made because the Demonic Cult was afraid of the Imperial Palace's army of a million?"

Zhu Taikhan couldn't answer although he truly thought so. He just thought the reason for the pact's existence was because the Empire didn't want to waste valuable lives and also because they were helped.

"No, it's the opposite."

"Opposite?"

"The pact is made because the First Emperor was afraid of us."

"You DARE! How can the First Emperor of the Great Ming Empire be afraid of a… UGH!"

Zhu Taikhan tried to shout back angrily as Yeowun seemed to insult the First Emperor, but he couldn't finish as his body was sent higher up into the air. He was sent up too high, making him fear the height.

"An army only moves by the order of the Emperor. But what if… that Emperor is gone?"

Zhu Taikhan became shocked. This Lord of the Cult was saying that he could kill the Emperor. Zhu Taikhan wanted to object, but his body was rising up in the air, making him too scared to even speak.

"What if a warrior like me sneaks into the palace at night?"

Zhu Taikhan became shocked. He then realized Yeowun or the warriors of cult easily penetrated through the defense of the Imperial Guards.

"When all members of the Royal Family are gone, whose order will the million-strong army have to take?"

Zhu Taikhan then felt the fear of death for the first time in his life. Yeowun's cold eyes and words proved that he wasn't lying. He implied that he could do it anytime if he wanted to.

'H-he really means it.'

That was the most terrifying part.

"Do you now see why the pact was made in the first place?"

Yeowun smiled as he pulled the terrifying energy back into him, and looked at Zhu Taikhan shivering. Zhu Taikhan nodded frantically at the question. His body was then slowly returned to the ground. Zhu Taikhan slumped down on the ground. He was panting and was drenched in sweat from fear.

'Well… but that's not the only reason.'

If that was the sole reason, the Imperial Palace would have been gone since long ago. It was rumored that there was hidden power within the Imperial Palace that protected the Emperor. An assassination attempt would require power like Chun Yeowun's, or else it wasn't possible. But he didn't need to speak about something that Zhu Taikhan nor the Imperial Guards knew about.

"Ah!"

"T-the sword!"

With Yeowun bringing his hand down, all air swords that were aimed at them dropped to the ground.

"Then shall we read what the Emperor is trying to say now?"

Yeowun reached out toward the plate that dropped to the ground in front of the carriage and the scroll automatically flew into Yeowun's hand. The Imperial Guards had seen so much that they weren't surprised by this anymore. Yeowun untied the golden rope on it and was trying to open it when…

"Aaaaargh!"

He heard a scream and turned. In the distance, Yuking was bleeding from his eyes, nose, and mouth as he screamed in pain. All clan leaders around him seemed to be shocked by the unexpected behavior.

'What's going on?'

Yeowun grabbed the scroll and ran toward Yuking.

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Chapter 344: Imperial Order (8)

The chubby man became painful as he glanced around at warriors of the Demonic Cult with a fearful look.

"Aaargh!"

It was the man Yuking who impersonated Zhu Taikhan. The reason why he was thrown in the middle of cultists was to have this man tied up.

"Y-you! I am an official of the Imperial Palace! Don't come near!"

"Official? Hah!"

"Argh!"

Yuking tried to move back with his feet but he was surrounded by cultists. The atmosphere seemed rough.

'Dammit. I might die at this rate!'

He thought everything had been going well with his plan, but it wasn't.

"Stop for a moment."

That's when one man walked out with a cold look. It was Muk Yen from the Sword Illusion clan.

"I feel like ripping you apart, but I will let you live for now."

Muk Yen ripped his robe over him to tie it over his shoulder and arm to stop the bleeding, and sealed his blood points so that he cannot use internal energy. Yuking had to commit suicide at this point, but he was weak minded so he couldn't even try to do that. It was better to live as a slave than to die. But something unexpected happened.

Yuking realized his body was turning cold. He then felt the excruciating pain of someone stabbing into his organs and screamed.

"Aaaaaargh!"

Clan leaders quickly walked up to him and saw black blood oozing from all of his openings beside his ears. The blood let out a foul stench and smoke when it touched the ground.

"P-poison?!"

"Get back!"

All clan leaders backed away when they realized Yuking was poisoned. Yuking then confirmed that he was indeed poisoned.

'Poison? Yuking? But how? Did the cult do it?'

Yon Namgun first thought if the cult was behind it, but that didn't seem possible. The Lord just showed that he could kill everyone if he wanted to. There was no need for poison.

'Ugh… W-why? Since when…?'

Before he was sent to King Zhu Taikhan for the third part of the Grand Plan, he was planted with the centipede, but that was to activate only when he spilled important information. But he didn't know anything about the poison.

'Aaaargh… the centipede kills by exploding…'

It wasn't the centipede. It was surely a different type of poison. Yuking felt the poison spreading into his body. That's when he thought of someone.

'Master of Blade Poison?'

He then remembered meeting with the Master of Blade Poison two days before he left for the Imperial Palace. This man was considered the most dangerous among the six masters. He was afraid, but the Master provided him money and fed him good food that Yuking was pleased with.

'The food… It was that!'

"Aaaaargh!"

Yuking vomited a large amount of blood and began to flinch. Now, the poison was coming all over his body. That's when Yeowun quickly got up to him.

"M-my Lord! It's dangerous!!"

"Poison is coming out of his body!"

Many clan leaders tried to stop him, but Yeowun's hand was already reaching toward Yuking. The poison kept coming out from it, but with Yeowun at the end stage of supreme master level, there was no way poison could affect Yeowun anymore. The poison evaporated the moment it touched Yeowun's skin.

'The poison won't work against him!'

'Ah… so the Lord has reached the final stage!'

All clan leaders became astonished at the sight. But Yeowun did not care and focused on his hand to check on Yuking's state. He felt the heart beating, but it was slowing down.

"Dammit."

He couldn't let the man die. Yeowun tapped on the telepathic message and found out that the man had disobeyed King Zhu Taikhan and tried to have the Imperial Palace fight against the Cult. Yeowun then figured this man was a spy from another place. Yeowun sent his energy into Yuking to push out the poison.

"Argh!"

But the poison had spread to all parts of the body so it was too late. There was no chance Yuking would survive through the poison.

"What is wrong with him?" Yeowun asked with a confused look and Muk Yen answered.

"I-I sealed his blood points so that he can't use internal energy and he was poisoned."

"Blood point seal?"

Yeowun frowned. This meant the poison spread the moment the body was stopped using internal energy flow. This was surely done to prevent the man from spilling any information.

'Who can do such a thing?'

There was no way to make this man live anyway. Yeowun then needed to search through him so he could find out where the man was from. Yeowun then checked the body.

'This… is Bichu Art?'

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This was an art created from Sorim. The reason why Yuking was chubby was because he was trained in the art. It was famous and well known, but required one to gain weight and made the person slower, so it was unpopular.

'A spy from the Forces of Justice?'

That seemed likely considering the martial arts style. But why would they want the Imperial Palace to fight against the cult?

'This is strange. Wait…'

Yeowun ordered Nano.

'Nano, do the MRI scanning.'

[Understood. Initiating Magnetic Resonance Imaging on the target.]

Yeowun's hand shined with a faint red light, and Yeowun had augmented reality over his eyes. The scanned image popped up.

'Let's start with the head.'

Yeowun touched Yuking's head, as he could now barely move. That's when Yeowun saw something on the image.

'That's…'

Something small was squirming inside the head. Its movement was slowing down as if it was dying together with its host.

'It's the centipede. I'm sure of it.'

This was similar to the centipede that Yeowun pulled out from Yi Baek, Master of the Blade Sword of the Blade God Six Martial Clan. The only difference was that the centipede was dying.

That's when Yuking's head fell. He finally had died. As soon as he died, the white thing in the image assumed to be the centipede exploded and turned into liquid.

Fluid then oozed out of Yuking's eyes. It was the dead centipede.

At the same time, in a dark stone room at the Yellow Mountain by the Jurkang Castle.

Noisy screaming filled the room as a red centipede screamed with a weird noise from within the red wooden box on the table. The man with his face hidden under the shadow was looking down at it. The centipede suddenly shivered and exploded. The man closed the wooden box and mumbled, "The cult again."

The lid of the box read 'Third Grand Plan – Spy on the Demonic Cult'. This time, the man didn't need to get the centipede as the spy was programmed so that he would die from poison the moment he was affected with any potential threat.

"There's no way you will find out what we are doing."

The Second Grand Plan failed recently. If it worked, the cult would have fallen under their hands, but they even lost the spies that waited for so long. At least he worked it so that the centipede would not leave a trace. There was no way the Demonic Cult would find out who was behind it.

…Or so they thought. There was one thing that the man did not know. It was Nano. Yeowun was able to find out the centipede.

'Blade God Six Martial Clan!'

The man was from the Blade God Six Martial Clan.

'It's them again…'

Yeowun couldn't imagine how influential this clan was now. That's when Yeowun became curious about the Imperial Order and opened it.

"Ugh!"

"Imperial Order! Get down on your knees!"

When the scroll opened, all Imperial Guards and two thousand soldiers went down on their knees and bowed. But Yeowun and the cultists stood proudly.

'Ugh… those arrogant bastards.'

Commander Yon Namgun who barely went down on his knees with an injured leg gritted his teeth. But he couldn't say anything.

"Hmmm…"

Yeowun read through the scroll. Unlike Zhu Taikhan's arrogance, the scroll was written very politely, considering the cult as an equal. It was more of a letter rather than an order.

[…I want to invite heroes and many important guests to the place of our renewed nonaggression pact for my successor.]

The scroll was an invitation being made to Yeowun, dated next month. But the message didn't seem to be only aimed at the cult.

"Huh?"

Zhu Taikhan became shocked when Yeowun appeared in front of him again.

"W-what is it?"

Yeowun showed him the scroll and spoke.

"Your highness. Do you know what the scroll said?"

"I don't know by every word, but yeah. Mostly."

The scroll of the Emperor wasn't something that even the royal family could open. But he had heard from the Emperor himself about the invitation already. Yeowun then asked as he gave the invitation to Zhu Taikhan, "Do you know who received these invitations?"

Zhu Taikhan hesitated for a second and responded, since Yeowun would know soon anyway.

"It was sent to all the leaders of each faction."

"The three factions?"

Yeowun frowned. This meant that the Palace will have leaders from all three factions on the same day.

'Gathering them in the same place at the same time?'

It was not something that could easily happen. Up until now, that had happened less than five times.

'Is the Blade God Six Martial clan trying to make the three factions go to war against each other?'

That seemed like a possible plan. But Zhu Taikhan revealed some unexpected details instead.

"No. If you are talking about your cult, the Yulin clan of the Forces of Justice and the Alliance of the Forces of Evil, there is one more faction."

"One more?"

"A new faction called the Blade God Six Martial clan."

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Chapter 346: You will help me (1)

The locations of all factions across Yulin were scattered, so each messenger from the palace arrived at different times within the two weeks. The first messenger to arrive was at the Yulin clan's base, or the Nakeng Region. The one who went there was the eldest son of the Emperor, Zhu Taiyoon. He was known as the most likely successor of the throne. With Zhu Taiyoon's visit, the Yulin clan had been partying for three days straight. Many beautiful women danced while musicians played happy music. As the feast went on, the Yulin clan leader Yen Bukeng sat beside him.

"Your highness. Please drink more."

"Hahaha! I'm so honored to be treated like this!"

Zhu Taiyoon was very pleased to be treated like this by the leader of the giant faction of Yulin. Inside, there were also the leaders of other clans, or the 17 Leaders of the Yulin clan. But not all of them were here. One leader, or the leader of current Sorim Temple, was not here as he was a monk who did not join feasts.

At the same time, outside the hall where the feast was being held, a beautiful woman was talking with one of the monks wearing the Flower Mountain clan's clothing.

"We still haven't got all the spies with us. I'm not sure if it's okay to party for 3 days straight… Miss Jegal."

"I understand your concern, Elder Poong. But it's better to leave a good impression on the possible future Emperor too."

These two were the Second Strategist of the Yulin clan, Jegal Sohi and Sixth Leader Poong Chungwun. After they returned from the Demonic Cult, they had been working hard for the past few months to find spies hidden among them. Unlike the Demonic Cult that was comprised of one giant group, the Yulin clan was a union of countless clans, so it was hard to find all those spies. But Jegal Sohi strategically worked to set up traps and sorted out many spies between them. Surprisingly, those spies were hidden among the main 9 clans of Yulin. But even then, there were still spies to be found.

'Since when they place this many spies within our clan? How long has it been?'

This was the most mysterious part. It wasn't understandable as it hadn't been long since the Blade God Six Martial clan surfaced. Maybe the enemy had been around for quite a long time.

"But Miss Jegal, I am growing suspicious."

"About what?"

"This invitation for the nonaggression pact… I can't shake the feeling that the Blade God Six Martial clan is involved."

Jegal Sohi nodded at Poong Chungwun's words. Actually, this was something that all leaders of the Yulin clan had been predicting already. There was no way they would not be wary of the new faction coming into play, when the event traditionally only consisted of three main factions.

"This really seems obvious. Do you think the Demonic Cult and the Alliance of the Evil Forces will take the risk?"

Unlike the Yulin clan, the other two clans always sent the representatives, rather than their leaders to go with the pact. And with a very high possibility of the fourth faction trying to play tricks, it didn't seem likely that their leaders would come.

"No, they will. At least the Demonic Cult will."

"Why do you say that?"

"Do you remember the Crown Prince… I mean, the new Lord of the cult?"

"Ah, yes of course. He was quite a man."

Poong Chungwun originally thought Yeowun was just an ordinary Crown Prince, but he wasn't. The first one to detect the trap and take care of when they were at the cult was Chun Yeowun. And they heard that Yeowun ascended to the throne not too long after.

"If I were in his position, I would try to use the trap against them. And I'm sure the current Lord will not think of something I can think of."

"So, you think the Lord will come by himself?"

"Yes, as far as I know, he will take this chance."

Jegal Sohi thought very highly of Yeowun. They weren't sure what trap was waiting for them, but it was the first time that the Blade God Six Martial clan was going to reveal themselves in public. If their leader were to appear, then it was their best chance. She was sure that Chun Yeowun would surely try to take this chance to use it to his advantage. It was then.

"Oh, that's good news, isn't it? Sohi."

"Oh!"

Jegal Sohi became surprised as she knew who the owner of the voice was. The man with white clothes, in his early 30s were standing behind Jegal Sohi.

"Buso!"

He was Jegal Sohi's fiancé, and the eldest son of the Yulin clan's leader, Yen Buso. He was called the future of the Forces of Justice by many people.

'Wow… his power increased again.'

Poong Chungwun became astonished by Yen Buso's appreanace. He couldn't feel anything until Yen Buso appeared. If he could stay undetected by Poong Chungwun, a superior master level warrior, they couldn't be sure as to how much he had grown in power.

'But the world is quite fair.'

Poong Chungwun always thought that no one would match Yen Buso in terms of power. But that changed after he returned from the Demonic Cult. It seemed there was always one stronger than others in the world.

"What do you mean?"

"I will finally get to meet the man that you, Elder Poong or Moyong spoke so highly of."

Jegal Sohi became surprised. When she first talked about Chun Yeowun, Yen Buso didn't seem very interested. But it seems he was actually very interested indeed.

"Oh, I didn't know you wanted to meet him."

"Well, he is the man who will live with the next generation."

He spoke as he smiled, but he looked very serious. Jegal Sohi became a bit curious, but just considered it a feeling of rivalry.

"Well, you will get to see him soon enough."

"Haha, I'm looking forward to it."

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Chapter 347: You will help me (2)

Seven days had passed since Zhu Taikhan arrived at the Demonic Cult. He had been staying within the inner palace during those seven days.

At first, Zhu Taikhan was terrified by Chun Yeowun and the cultists that he tried to get the answer to the invitation and leave at once. But Yeowun said he needed time to think about it and offered Zhu Taikhan to rest, so he had to enter the cult without his intention. But unlike his expectation, the Demonic Cult treated Zhu Taikhan with their best.

'What are they thinking?'

He couldn't adapt to their changed attitude at first, but soon got used to the treatment he received and enjoyed his seven days. He even began to hope that maybe the Lord of the Cult would actually agree to the invitation this time around.

'I needed some achievement to be noticed. Maybe this might do.'

When he was first chosen as the messenger, no one from the Imperial Palace, including the Emperor, hoped the Lord of the Demonic Cult would accept the invitation. The Cult and the Alliance of evil forces always sent their representatives, so there was no hope in that. But if the Lord were to accept the invitation, then it was going to honor the name of the current Emperor.

'His majesty said negotiations are powerful tools.'

Perhaps this might even give Zhu Taikhan the chance to be recognized for his skill and become the Crown Prince. It was said that the Crown Prince would be chosen for this event, so Zhu Taikhan had to do whatever he could. That's when someone knocked on the door.

"Your highness. It's me, Yon Namgun."

"Come in."

It was late at night when Yon Namgun came to meet him. Yon Namgun bowed and Zhu Taikhan offered him a seat. He then spoke with a telepathic message.

[Commander. Do you think maybe the Lord of the Cult will accept the invitation this time?]

"Ah…"

Yon Namgun glanced around at the question and unleashed his energy. Zhu Taikhan became confused and Yon Namgun spoke.

"I'm sorry, your highness. I put a barrier around the room. You can speak freely."

"Oh! Good. You know me very well."

Zhu Taikhan then began to speak his thoughts freely. But there was something that they did not know. There was a powerful warrior listening to them speaking on top of the ceiling that Yon Namgun could not sense.

At the same time in the medical room of the inner palace… Demonic Doctor Baek Jongwu and other doctors were watching another doctor doing her treatment very carefully. The bald man with a pale face lying on the bed was former Lord, Chun Yujong. And on his hairless head, an old woman was putting needles on it. It was Godly Doctor Gam Rosu.

'She's been putting down needles for over 2 hours already. It's amazing.'

Baek Jongwu was astonished. Gam Rosu had been working on both herbal and needle techniques to heal Lord Chun Yujong's damaged heart, and it shocked all doctors in the room.

'She sure is the best doctor of Jianghu.'

Baek Jongwu had pride in his skill as he was trained in the practice for his entire life, but Gam Rosu's technique was at a much higher level. Her well-developed muscle proved to be real as she didn't seem exhausted even after two hours of continued treatment. It was hard to believe that she was an old lady.

'Haha… I should not slack off in training physically.'

Baek Jongwu did learn internal energy, but he had not trained physically as much. Now, he learned the need for it. After working on it for a few more minutes, Gam Rosu finally stepped back.

"Demonic Doctor, you said?"

"Yes, Godly Doctor."

"Hmmph!"

"Oh, I mean, Granny Gam."

Gam Rosu insisted everyone address her as Granny Gam, except Yeowun. Gam Rosu gave Baek Jongwu a golden needle bottle.

"I need these needles to be taken out after 2 hours, but can you do that for me? I am too exhausted. I need to get some rest."

"Of course. We will take care of the rest."

It was the Demonic Doctor's responsibility to look after the Lord's family anyway. He was satisfied to have watched Godly Doctor's treatment from close up. When Gam Rosu came out of the room, Yeowun was waiting outside with the Left and Right Guardian.

"How was it?"

"The damage has persisted for a while, but he will be okay. We will have to keep watch, but he will wake up within two weeks."

"Ah!"

It was surely amazing. Gam Rosu had done something that Nano, even with the vast knowledge of medical information and MRI couldn't do. But maybe this was natural as injuries from martial arts had many mysteries that were not known in the future.

"Thank you, Doctor."

"It's nothing. I just did what I had to do."

Gam Rosu seemed very exhausted, so Yeowun offered her to take a rest. When she returned, someone frantically came over to him. It was Huan Yi.

"Huhuhu… My Lord, I found it."

Yeowun immediately showed interest.

Next day afternoon, the Imperial Army had finished preparing to leave. All soldiers were lined up by the northern gate, and they were now only waiting for a signal to depart. Countless cultists came out to say farewell, and even Chun Yeowun came out to bid farewell to Zhu Taikhan.

Zhu Taikhan bowed and thanked him.

"I was treated very nicely, thanks to you. I will tell his majesty that I was treated well."

"It's good that you had a good time."

The first impression had been the worst, but Zhu Taikhan was pleased nonetheless. The only thing he would hope for was Chun Yeowun's acceptance to the invitation. A female servant was waiting by Yeowun with a scroll sealed with the Lord's seal on the plate she was holding.

"So, have you decided, Lord Chun?"

Zhu Taikhan asked with an anticipating look. It was going to give him a great boost in reputation if the Lord of the Demonic Cult joined as it had not been possible in history.

"I'm sorry, but I will have to send a representative."

"W-what?!"

Zhu Taikhan frowned. He was so disappointed as he had been very hopeful. Yon Namgun and other Imperial Guards also became disappointed. They were treated nicely, so they hoped maybe the Lord of the Cult was willing to accept the invitation.

Yeowun bid them farewell until Zhu Taikhan got up to the carriage, but he was so disappointed that he did not want to look at the cultists anymore.

"Your highness, shall we leave?"

Yon Namgun asked from outside and Zhu Taikhan answered grumpily.

"Yeah, whatever."

"Depart!"

"Yes, sir!"

Two thousand soldiers began to leave for the Imperial Palace. Inside the carriage, Zhu Taikhan annoyingly looked at the scroll that had Yeowun's answer. He kicked the scroll and mumbled.

"Dammit! Why did he treat me so nicely if he wasn't even going to come? Ugh."

He wanted to unleash his annoyance, but he couldn't do it as he had been the center of embarrassment too much recently. All he could do was to cuss in a small voice.

"Damn bastard. What does he think he is? If the Emperor invites him, then he should come right away and…"

It was then.

"W-what!"

Zhu Taikhan became so shocked that he had to stop cussing out the Lord of the Cult. He couldn't feel any presence for quite a while after they left, but someone dropped down from the top of the carriage like a feather.

"L-Lord Ch- NNGH!"

He tried to call out the name, but a powerful energy made him close his mouth. Zhu Taikhan looked at the man with disbelief. The man was Chun Yeowun.

'Since when did he enter the carriage?'

It was unbelievable. And Zhu Taikhan was actually talking ill about him.

Yeowun smiled coldly and sent a telepathic message to Zhu Taikhan.

[You must have been very mad about me, your highness.]

'Hiiiiek!'

Zhu Taikhan became pale and shook his head side to side frantically.

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Chapter 348: You will help me (3)

It was unbelievable. Chun Yeowun was left behind at the northern gate, but it seemed like he had been hiding by the carriage all along. It was hard to believe that Yeowun came in when Zhu Taikhan entered the carriage.

"NNNNNGH!"

[Can you use telepathic messages? I suppose you can.]

Zhu Taikhan nodded. His mouth was forced to close, so his jaw was hurting. That's when the energy that forced him to close his mouth disappeared.

"Ha… Hah…"

He could have breathed with his nose, but he was too fearful that he became pale and panted through his mouth.

'Dammit. I guess there's no point in screaming for help.'

He saw Chun Yeowun's monstrous power by his eyes. Yeowun was a monster who could wipe out the entire Imperial Army if he wanted to. Taikhan had to play along.

'What have I done to go through such trouble…'

He didn't think he would suffer such an event when he left for the Demonic Cult. He was, after all, a King who had enormous political power.

[S-since when did you get in the carriage?]

[It's not been that long.]

Yeowun answered vaguely and Zhu Taikhan misunderstood the truth.

'His power is like a god. He got on the carriage while all that people were watching?'

Zhu Taikhan thought Chun Yeowun got on his carriage when he opened the door to get on. But that wasn't true. Yeowun actually got in when the Imperial Guards were preparing to leave.

[S-so, why did you get in my carriage?]

Zhu Taikhan was afraid of getting on Yeowun's nerves, but he couldn't figure out why. Yeowun had declined to participate and the carriage was now going toward the Empire's capital so there was no possible explanation. Yeowun answered.

[Of course, I'm going to the Imperial Palace with you.]

[Im-Imperial Palace?]

Zhu Taikhan became shocked. He couldn't even guess why a leader of one of the three largest factions of Yulin suddenly wanted to go to the Imperial Palace. And Zhu Taikhan was just too afraid of Chun Yeowun himself.

'I-is it because he heard me cussing him out?'

It was possible that Yeowun had become angry at Taikhan who had been cussing ever since the carriage departed. Zhu Taikhan spoke assuringly.

[L-Lord Chun. If you are saying that because of what I said… don't be too mad. I was just too sad since you cannot come with me.]

[I see, that's good. I almost got mad because I thought you hate me.]

'Ugh!'

Those were just simple words but it was enough to make Taikhan afraid. The words seemed to threaten that Yeowun might have done something if he felt hostility. Zhu Taikhan became lost for words.

[I'm sorry for spooking you by getting in the carriage, but I will consider it excused.]

[O-of course!]

Actually, it was Yeowun who was the rude one for sneaking into the carriage. But Zhu Taikhan was so concerned that his cussing would have made Yeowun uncomfortable that he agreed excitedly.

"Whew."

Maybe he was quite naïve. Yeowun then went into his purpose.

[Let me cut to the chase. You will help me, your highness.]

It wasn't a request for help. It was a disguised threat. Zhu Taikhan became dumbfounded but he was afraid of Yeowun, so he just frowned and did not reply.

'I am afraid of him, but the word of the Royal family should be heavy.'

That's what Taikhan had learned every time from his father, the Emperor. The word of the Emperor and the Royal family was above the law, so the Emperor always made sure that all of the Royal family should watch their words.

[W-what do you want me to do?]

Yeowun became surprised at Taikhan who didn't just agree even when he was afraid.

'So, he still is in the royal family.'

Yeowun needed to persuade him. He needed Taikhan's help at the palace.

[I will need an explanation. Do you remember the person who impersonated you?]

Of course he remembered. It was that incident that made Taikhan afraid of Yeowun. The cult explained that Yuking was poisoned before they arrived at the cult and Yon Namgun agreed also, but no one was sure why the poisoning had been done.

[Your highness, you said the Blade God Six Martial clan will join this ceremony too?]

[…Yes.]

[That dead man was a spy from the Blade God Six Martial clan.]

[W-what?!]

Zhu Taikhan frowned at the unexpected piece of information from Yeowun. He was curious as to how Yuking was poisoned, but he still couldn't believe that a low-ranking official of the palace was actually a spy.

[I will explain about what happened at the cult first.]

Yeowun then began to explain a simplified version of how the Blade God Six Martial clan appeared in Yulin, and the incidents that happened at the cult. Yeowun also told him the existence of a centipede that was embedded in the person to avoid spilling information.

[By the gods… they do that kind of thing just to prevent the information from being leaked?]

Zhu Taikhan became shocked to know about the centipede. It was quite effective, but it seemed to be on the very extreme side.

'They are extremists.'

After an explanation, Yeowun went into the important issue at hand.

[I asked you to help me, but this will help you too, your highness.]

[Help me? How?]

[Actually, there is still a spy remaining within your forces here besides that Yuking.]

"What! Y…"

[Quiet!]

Zhu Taikhan almost spoke out loud but quickly grabbed his mouth to stop. He was so shocked to hear that there had been a spy and that spy still remained within his forces.

'Is he lying?' he thought, but there was no need for such a powerful man to lie about such a thing. If that was true, then Zhu Taikhan had to thank him.

[If what you say is true, then we must arrest them!!]

Taikhan didn't want to play on top of the hands of these spies any longer. Yeowun shook his head.

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[Why?]

[If we do that, we won't be able to find spies within the palace.]

That was Yeowun's true purpose. The reason why Yeowun got in the carriage was to find spies among the palace. The Blade God Six Martial clan had placed spies among all factions of Yulin to proceed with their plans. If the Imperial Palace was to be involved, it was going to be more complicated. That's why Yeowun wanted to get rid of them first before that happened.

'Hm… this man wants to get the roots out from it.'

Zhu Taikhan truly felt afraid of Chun Yeowun. Zhu Taikhan only thought about the spies that he can see, but Yeowun wanted to remove the roots. He was going to be a terrible enemy to have.

'Is it right to bring him to the palace?'

Helping Yeowun sneak into the palace like this was a very complicated issue. If things went that way and Taikhan was revealed of doing so, it was bound to anger the Emperor. And this man was none other than the Lord of the Demonic Cult. Maybe it was an act of setting a monster loose in his backyard. Yeowun then continued to seal the deal.

[Don't you want to become the Crown Prince?]

Zhu Taikhan became shocked.

'How did he…'

Yeowun knew something that Taikhan only spoke about to Yon Namgun. Yon Namgun said no one was listening, so Taikhan became shocked to hear it from Yeowun.

[If we get those spies within the palace, I will hand it over to you so you can claim all the glory.]

[A-are you serious?]

[Of course. My goal is to remove them, not be awarded by the Emperor.]

Zhu Taikhan became hesitant. This was a very tempting offer. If he really found the spies hidden inside the Imperial Palace, it was going to be a very huge achievement indeed.

'If I can do that, then maybe I will truly become closer to the Crown Prince.'

There was a month left until the ceremony. Taikhan needed something big to appease the Emperor. Taikhan then asked Yeowun,

[What will you do if I refuse your request?]

[Well, I will leave that to your imagination.]

Zhu Taikhan felt a chill running down his spine. This meant Yeowun was going to do what he wanted even if Taikhan refused. Taikhan then nodded.

'Well, I have no choice. Let's just think that I'm using him for my own benefit. I won't lose anything,' Zhu Taikhan thought to himself. Yeowun smiled.

[Great. Hope we have a great time while we go then.]

'Huh?'

Zhu Taikhan frowned. He couldn't think of this when he accepted. The two of them had to stay together for the remainder of the trip.

'…Oh no.'

Imperial City of Kaifeng… It was the city with a population of over 500 thousand people, one of largest cities in the Empire. The giant outer wall of the city wall was about ten times large as the Demonic Cult's castle, and it took 2 hours to get to the center of the city. At the center, there was the lavish Dragon Palace, built with golden roofs that showed authority of the Royal family.

Zhu Taikhan's Imperial Army was now passing through the southern gate of the Dragon Palace. Palace Guards raised their spears high up into the air to welcome Taikhan's carriage entering the palace. After they entered, the carriage had to stop at one point. The carriage was no longer allowed from this point on.

Zhu Taikhan got out of the carriage. He looked very wary and exhausted after the two weeks of long travel.

'Finally… I'm finally here!'

He had wished to arrive sooner while on the trip. They had to stay together for almost seven days until they got to the Habuk Region.

'It's astonishing however.'

Zhu Taikhan glanced at the Imperial Guard standing behindYon Namgun. He was Chun Yeowun, who had the skin mask of Imperial Guard Yi Han.

'We will keep him in the northern region of Honam until we are done with our business at the palace.'

Real Yi Han was now staying at the Demonic Cult's outpost in the northern Honam region. Yeowun had prepared for everything for seven days while Zhu Taikhan stayed in the Cult.

'Nobody noticed…'

Even Yon Namgun didn't notice that the man was Yeowun. That was natural as Yeowun used Nano's ability to mimic Yi Han's voice.

"Other than ten to guard his highness, all of you are dismissed. Standby for further orders."

Yon Namgun ordered the soldiers to be dismissed.

'That's good.'

Yeowun, who had been walking by Yon Namgun, was smoothly chosen to be within the ten members to guard. It was good that he stayed close. Zhu Taikhan had to go over to the Emperor's palace to report while he was only allowed a few Imperial Guards to guard him.

'He tags along without me having to worry about him.'

Zhu Taikhan became astonished. He was thinking if he should assign him to stay by him, but that was not needed. Zhu Taikhan then headed toward the Emperor's palace.

'It sure is the Imperial Palace.'

As they walked in, Yeowun became astonished by the lavish decor and buildings. The Demonic Cult's inner palace was nice, but it was no match for this place. There were many decorations and landscaping done all over the place and there were even small ponds to look at.

'Is it that place?'

Yeowun then saw a large palace in front. In the gate of the yard wall around the building, there were thirty men with blue robes, with one man with more lavish ornaments over him with heavy make up standing in the front.

'He reminds me of Elder Huan.'

It seemed like this group of men were eunuchs.

"Hah… East Spear."

Yon Namgun sighed at the sight of these men. These eunuchs were one of strongest organizations along with Imperial Guards within the Imperial Palace, called East Spear.

'How come eunuchs all learned martial arts?'

All of these eunuchs learned martial arts, with their leader at the superior master level.

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