Ascension of the Heavenly Demon - Chapter 290
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Chapter 290
Around a fire made from broken crates, those who had just emerged into the world sat in a circle.
Crunch, crunch.
Jin Yalim couldn’t speak and just chewed on the radish that had been packed together in the crate.
He must have been terribly hungry.
Since radish was the only thing to eat, his mood probably wasn’t very good either.
Still though.
“Let’s watch those eyes of yours.”
When I gently admonished him, Jin Yalim subtly turned his gaze away and pouted.
Such a young brat.
Always speaking informally.
But I know from experience.
How badly rebellion can turn out.
“But Young Master, where is this place?”
Cheonsu, one of Han Bulhae’s subordinates, asked cautiously.
“I don’t know either.”
“Ah… you don’t know either.”
Even though he didn’t get an answer, he nodded and didn’t question further.
They too knew from experience.
That there was nothing good about needlessly provoking Zhuge Munhyeon’s mood.
“It seems like some kind of underground space…”
“Underground?”
“Yeah, the walls are damp.”
“Ah…”
While Han Bulhae’s subordinates were nodding, Jin Yalim, who had filled his stomach with radish, asked with an irritated expression.
“So, what are you going to do now?”
Despite his expression, his tone was polite.
What a strange fellow.
For his words and actions to be so obviously inconsistent.
“First, let’s save the people.”
“The people?”
“I can’t just leave them to die. I’m supposedly the son of a prestigious family.”
“Tch.”
I’d believe you were from the Demonic Sect or evil faction with how you beat people.
Though Jin Yalim had built up resentment equal to the bruises on his body, he immediately followed the order.
“How long are these bastards going to keep stuffing their faces? Are you cows? Break open the crates and save the people! The descendant of a prestigious orthodox sect commands it!”
“Yes? Yes!”
When Jin Yalim suddenly burst into anger and shouted, Han Bulhae’s subordinates threw down the radishes they were holding and began pulling people out of the crates.
“Yalim.”
“What!”
“For someone who was kidnapped, your tone is quite… something?”
“…It was just because you called me suddenly.”
Jin Yalim forced a smile as he answered.
It seems I’ll need to lay hands on him a few more times to make him obedient. But given the situation, I’ll have to be satisfied with this much.
“Come here.”
“…Ah, I told you my voice was just a bit loud because you called me suddenly, right? I’m serious. I swear on a bandit’s honor.”
“Pfft! What honor does a bandit have? I’m not going to hit you, so come here.”
“Really?”
“I said so, didn’t I?”
“You really won’t hit me?”
Just moments ago he was full of irritation, but now watching him approach while being cautious is quite cute.
It’s like watching a grandchild’s antics?
For someone who’s supposedly a master of Gang Qi and one of the Green Forest’s Heavenly River Stars…
Does he lack fortune with people?
I don’t know why every guy I try to take in is like this.
There’s that demonic Taoist who hides his sinister nature behind refinement, that brat who slaps people with an innocent face… and now this Green Forest hope with inconsistent words and actions.
The moment I shook my head and waved my hand, Jin Yalim trembled with a startled expression.
It was because his blocked internal energy had returned.
“I’ve released the seal on your internal energy for now.”
“…”
“Leave extracting the people to Han Bulhae’s subordinates, and you release their pressure points and demon pressure points. From the looks of it, they’ve been trapped much longer than us, so they must be hungry. We need to feed them something.”
Though I explained calmly, Jin Yalim said nothing.
He just stared blankly, but his eyes were quite challenging.
As if he was looking for an opening.
He probably thinks he might have a chance now that he’s regained his internal energy.
“Yalim.”
“…”
“Cut it out, you’ll really die if you keep this up.”
Though I said it lightly with a chuckle, from Jin Yalim’s perspective it was anything but light.
‘Damn it…’
Why does that light laugh give me chills?
The memory of being thoroughly beaten came back, making my body ache.
Right, do you avoid shit because it’s dirty?
You avoid it because you’re scar… damn it.
“Why are you doing this to me anyway?”
“What did I do to you?”
“Then you didn’t do anything?”
“So what if I did something?”
“What?”
“I didn’t bring you here for this, but how I use someone I kidnapped is up to me.”
“…”
What kind of bullshit logic is that!
Is this what someone who was just talking about prestigious families should say?
“I’ll go look around outside, so release the people’s pressure points and demon pressure points first.”
“…”
As he got up and headed outside the warehouse, Jin Yalim ground his teeth.
Why did I, the hope of the Green Forest and a Heavenly River Star, have to meet such a bastard…
But that was only in his heart, as he went about releasing the demon pressure points and pressure points of the people Han Bulhae’s subordinates had laid out neatly.
“Mmm, gasp! Who…”
“Don’t ask questions and go eat some radish.”
“…”
“Get lost!”
While Jin Yalim was venting his anger on innocent people, Zhuge Munhyeon leisurely surveyed the outside.
The ones who had opened the warehouse door earlier were definitely guards standing watch outside.
But those people had fallen and there’s been no reaction until now?
It means the warehouse is quite far from the main base.
“There wouldn’t be much need for many guards in the first place.”
Those who were captured were vagrants and slash-and-burn farmers, essentially those belonging to the socially weak.
Even if their demon pressure points and pressure points were somehow released and they escaped the crates, they probably thought two martial artists would be enough to subdue them.
Moreover, this place is definitely underground.
“There’s only one passage leading upward as an entrance.”
Zhuge Munhyeon, who had come outside, looked at the passage that slanted upward.
Torches were installed on the walls, making the interior bright.
“That means we have to go outside and see for ourselves.”
A smile formed on Zhuge Munhyeon’s lips.
His curiosity was growing more and more about where this place was, who the kidnappers were, and why they were doing this.
“I’ve freed them all.”
“Already?”
“Something like pressure point strikes is nothing to me.”
At Jin Yalim’s words as he approached with heavy steps, Zhuge Munhyeon nodded.
“Good, then let’s go out.”
“Taking everyone with us?”
“No, we don’t know what the situation is like outside, so we can’t take everyone. Just you and me for now.”
“Why me?”
“What if enemies appear? You need to protect me.”
“…Me? When you’re much stronger than me?”
“Have you ever seen a leader go out first?”
“…”
“Subordinates should handle what subordinates should handle. Above all, my power isn’t the kind I can just use carelessly anytime.”
Jin Yalim scowled but didn’t offer any rebuttal.
He was starting to understand Zhuge Munhyeon’s personality now.
‘Damn it, now he’s treating me like a complete subordinate. I’m not even his guard…’
It was pitiful.
How did someone who was always treated with respect end up in such a situation…
“Hey, if you’re going to grumble, do it loud enough for me to hear. Don’t speak with expressions or looks.”
“…It’s a misunderstanding.”
“A misunderstanding, fine. Then lead the way.”
“I have to lead?”
“Of course. What if hidden weapons suddenly come flying?”
“…”
At Zhuge Munhyeon’s words, Jin Yalim looked at him with incredulous eyes.
So it’s okay if I get hit by hidden weapons?
Though he thought this, Jin Yalim gritted his teeth and walked ahead.
‘Just let one bastard cross me. I’ll make them die young.’
* * *
Rays of light fell through long grooves carved in the ceiling, brightly illuminating the massive cavity.
At its center were several cauldrons made of steel.
They were large enough to cook rice for hundreds of people at once.
“The fire is weak. Add more firewood.”
“Yes.”
At the old man’s command, a man threw firewood into the flames beneath the cauldrons, though his clothes were soaked with sweat.
The old man who approached one of them was so emaciated he looked like hide stretched over a skeleton.
“Open it.”
“Yes.”
At the old man’s command, the man pulled the rope tied to the cauldron lid.
Clatter.
Beneath the lifted lid.
A foul-smelling liquid bubbled and boiled.
“Hmm, it seems we need to add more ingredients and reduce it further. Go to the warehouse.”
“How many should I bring?”
“Three should be enough. Make sure to check their freshness.”
“Yes.”
At the old man’s order, six men opened an iron door in one corner of the cavity and went inside.
A passage leading underground wound its way down.
The passage was narrow enough for only two people to barely pass through, but the men moved in single file as if accustomed to it.
How far down had they gone?
“…?”
The man at the front raised his hand to stop the group’s steps.
It was footsteps.
Since the space was no different from a cave, the echo of sounds came through clearly.
There were two of them.
‘Are they the guards watching the warehouse?’
But they should never leave the front of the warehouse before their shift change.
But why?
Had some problem arisen that needed urgent reporting?
That couldn’t be.
If such a thing had happened, both wouldn’t have come together.
As he pondered in confusion, the footsteps suddenly stopped.
Why?
The man pricked up his ears and focused on the sounds again.
Whoooosh…
‘Wind?’
His brow furrowed.
Wind?
Since this was an enclosed space, wind couldn’t blow…
Tension spread across his face.
Something was strange.
Changes must always have a reason.
And the man, feeling uneasy because he couldn’t guess the reason, tried to turn around to quickly retrace his steps.
“Where are you going?”
“…!”
A young man who approached at tremendous speed like a sudden gust of wind.
The moment he saw him wearing an extremely joyful bright smile, the man’s face contorted violently.
It was too late to retreat.
Then he had no choice but to subdue him!
The man quickly reached for his dagger to attack the unidentified young man.
He didn’t use a sword or blade because of the narrow space.
It would restrict his swinging.
However, the dagger couldn’t be drawn.
The unidentified young man had grabbed the hand trying to draw the dagger as if he had anticipated it.
“You had bad luck today.”
“…!”
The young man’s foot shot out as he smiled broadly, showing his even teeth.
Crack!
The man who was hit in the jaw fell backward.
Rather than his jawbone breaking, his entire jaw was torn off and blood splattered everywhere.
“Oh no!”
Before the startled man’s companions could overcome their panic, the unidentified young man had already slipped between them.
“Hehehe, it’s good that there are so many bastards to vent my anger on!”
It was Jin Yalim.
I can’t tell you how good this feels.
There are still five left to take out my frustrations on from what Zhuge Munhyeon did to me.
“I’ll thoroughly crush you all!”
A bluish energy condensed in his crossed hands.
It was Gang Qi.
Blood Wolf Fang , a fist technique containing the Wood Pulse Submersion Flow developed from Green Forest’s Blue Forest Blood Submersion technique.
His hands filled with Gang Qi spread wide and shattered the chest bones of two men.
Craaack!
With their bones crushed, they crashed into the passage wall and coughed up blood.
The entire space trembled finely from the impact.
Jin Yalim even ran along the wall like a raging wolf before they could fall, swinging his claws raised like beast talons.
Riiiip!
Their necks were torn away and blood gushed like a fountain, staining the walls.
The remaining two met the same fate.
Unable to put up any real resistance, they collapsed with their flesh torn by Jin Yalim’s Gang Qi-infused touch.
As if they had been attacked by wild beasts.
“Hehehe.”
Jin Yalim, covered in blood, looked back at Zhuge Munhyeon with a satisfied expression.
Did you see that?
This is my…
Thwack!
An answer came to his prideful expression.
“Argh!”
It felt like his head was splitting open.
This damn bastard always hitting my head…
“What a fine job. What are you, a cat that caught a mouse? Want me to praise you?”
“A, a cat?”
“And why is someone who claims to be Green Forest’s successor so frivolous and lacking in composure?”
It’s because of you.
Kidnapping and beating…
Could you stay composed if you were in my shoes?
Of course, he couldn’t retort like that. He could only purse his lips.
“Think a little. Is it okay to handle things this noisily? Don’t you think the guys outside will notice? And what if the Gang Qi causes the passage to collapse? If you kill them all, who are you going to ask about what we’re curious about?”
“…”
Jin Yalim’s anger built up layer upon layer from the relentless scolding.
You don’t avoid shit because it’s dirty.
You avoid it because it’s scary…
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