Chronicles of the Mad Demon - Chapter 38
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Chapter 38. Having Too Much (3)
“Wouldn’t it be better to go out and check right now?”
Seok Woong’s face was filled with undisguisable anxiety.
“If they came from Ten Sword Gate, they wouldn’t have sent just anyone. Moreover, the sounds of combat we heard until just now… a fight has definitely broken out.”
“…”
“Family Head Deputy.”
Moyong Su Jeong, who had been sitting in lotus position, opened her eyes.
She hadn’t been cultivating energy until now. If she had been, Seok Woong wouldn’t have spoken to her.
“Bi Ah will be safe.”
“That’s not the problem, is it?”
“Body-Separated Energy Transmission is a secret art that even veteran masters from great sects with history and tradition cannot easily perform. I’ve heard that unless you’re a late-stage expert called a genius, it’s nearly impossible to find someone in the younger generation who can use it.”
“…”
“Bi Ah single-handedly destroyed the Black Tiger Gang. That means he’s somewhat accustomed to fighting, even before considering his internal energy techniques. With that level of skill, he won’t be defeated unless the Ten Swords Sect Leader comes personally.”
Her words carried a cold rationality.
Seok Woong wanted to say that he wasn’t doubting the Young Master’s martial prowess.
As Moyong Su Jeong said, though his body was emaciated, if he could perform such internal energy techniques, there would be nothing to fear regardless of the opponent.
However…
‘The problem isn’t the Young Master, but Ten Sword Gate itself.’
Unless the Young Master was at a level where he could single-handedly crush Ten Sword Gate, this was truly the family’s greatest crisis.
And even Moyong Su Jeong wouldn’t be unaware of this.
Finally, Seok Woong sighed and said.
“I apologize. It seems that with age, I’m only developing unnecessary worries.”
It wasn’t a matter of age. It was a situation where anyone would be tense and worried.
After a moment of contemplation, Moyong Su Jeong spoke.
“Chief Administrator.”
“Yes.”
“Honestly, I’m worried too. But I won’t take a single step out of this place.”
“…”
“Because Bi Ah asked me to trust him and wait.”
It was strong trust.
Though anxiety was unavoidable, she still believed in her younger brother to the end.
Seok Woong understood her feelings.
‘She still hasn’t shaken off her sense of debt.’
The older sister’s regret and guilt toward her younger brother.
Moyong Bi had proposed that they both cast aside such feelings and move forward for the future, and Moyong Su Jeong had agreed.
But human hearts don’t change easily. Moreover, their opponent was a sect competing for the top position in Wuhan.
Her determination and trust in enduring that anxiety and persevering to the end was truly remarkable.
‘Young Master, please dispel the worries of the Family Head Deputy and myself.’
A moment later.
“I’m coming in.”
When Moyong Bi’s voice was heard from outside the door, Moyong Su Jeong jumped up.
Creak.
The door opened and Moyong Bi entered.
Seok Woong instinctively hesitated, and Moyong Su Jeong immediately approached Moyong Bi and touched his face.
“Are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere?”
She had pretended to be composed, but had to suppress the urge to run out hundreds and thousands of times.
“Is, is this blood? Are you hurt? Where are you injured? Did you get cut?”
Moyong Bi shrank his neck like a turtle.
Her affection was nice, but he wished she would just express it with words.
“I’m not hurt anywhere. What great people came, you ask.”
“It seemed like an elder-level expert came. The Ten Swords Sect Leader’s daughter too.”
Moyong Su Jeong, who had learned the Internal Energy Cultivation Method, had been listening to most of what happened outside.
That’s why it must have been even harder for her to endure.
Moyong Bi took Moyong Su Jeong’s hands and lowered them, then sat in a chair and said.
“The eldest daughter and an elder named Lee Jeong came.”
Seok Woong unconsciously let out a gasp.
“You don’t mean Flame Sword Lee Jeong?!”
“Well, it seems so. His eyes moved faster than his sword-drawing speed, didn’t they?”
“How, how did it turn out?”
“I killed that guy and the escort warrior.”
He said it so casually that Seok Woong momentarily couldn’t understand the meaning.
“You killed them?”
“Yes.”
“I see. Well, killed…”
“…”
“You killed them?”
“One from excessive bleeding, one from full-body fractures. I buried them in the back mountain.”
Seok Woong’s mouth fell wide open.
“You, you killed an elder of the Ten Sword Gate?!”
“I’m a bit thirsty, could I trouble you for some tea?”
“Young Master!”
It was a tone rarely heard from Seok Woong.
“What have you done?! Killing an elder!”
“But I couldn’t just die for them, could I?”
“That, that’s not the point!”
“Even if I could die for them, making a hundred concessions, what about the other household members?”
“…!”
“Those guys came to crush the Main Family House with their reputation and words. That Lee Jeong fellow was ready to start a bloodbath from the get-go. Should I have stuck my neck out in front of such people and begged them to cut it cleanly?”
Seok Woong opened and closed his mouth like a carp. He had nothing to say.
Moyong Su Jeong picked up the tea kettle.
“Is cold tea alright?”
“As long as it quenches my thirst. Actually, I prefer it.”
Moyong Bi, who received the tea, emptied the cup refreshingly.
“Now I feel like I can live again.”
Moyong Su Jeong, sitting across from him, asked with a serious face.
“You killed an elder and escort warrior?”
“Yes. You must have heard everything already?”
“Seeing it directly is different.”
“That’s true.”
“You said the eldest daughter? Then what about Hwang Ji Hwa?”
“I knocked her unconscious and tied her up in Su Hyang’s quarters storage.”
Seok Woong looked like he was about to faint completely.
Moyong Su Jeong’s expression remained unchanged. But her breathing grew deeper. She was steadying her mind.
“Bi Ah.”
“Speak.”
“The opponent is Ten Sword Gate. Not just their military force, but their influence spread throughout all of Wuhan is truly tremendous. If they set their mind to it, the Main Family could be ruined overnight.”
It meant they had the capability to either pressure with money or crush with force.
“That’s true.”
“Ten Swords Sect Leader Hwang Gyu is evaluated as quite a cold-hearted master. His business acumen is also extraordinary. But once he explodes, he doesn’t consider consequences…”
“When it comes to exploding without considering consequences, people and beasts are the same.”
“Bi Ah.”
“But people who truly don’t consider consequences aren’t as many as Elder Sister thinks.”
“What do you mean?”
“I mean it’s just one daughter, one elder.”
Moyong Su Jeong’s eyes wavered.
“Just?”
“When you reach the level of Ten Sword Gate, you have many things spread out. Besides, Ten Sword Gate hasn’t been building its power for that long, right?”
It was a question he could ask because he had the Martial Alliance Leader’s memories.
Seok Woong nodded his head. Each time he nodded, it seemed like cracking sounds came from his neck bones.
“That’s correct. Ten Sword Gate is a sect that opened its doors near the end of the war with Sacred Blood Palace, so its actual history is only about thirty years – it’s a young sect.”
“In just thirty years, it became a sect representing an entire region. That means they’ve been successful without failure, rising triumphantly. Those who grew rapidly while gaining much can’t easily give up what they’re holding.”
It was a cold analysis.
Actually, it was closer to prediction based on experience rather than analysis, but when someone had accumulated experience like Moyong Bi, that should be considered closer to foresight rather than mere prediction.
“It’s literally just a possibility, but most people are like that. Their thought processes often deviate from common sense.”
“Deviating from common sense means…?”
“It means they won’t stake their sect’s survival on one child. Children can be born again, but rebuilding a sect is difficult.”
Moyong Su Jeong’s face was colored with shock.
“How, how could that be!”
“I think Chief Administrator would know better about this part than Elder Sister. Isn’t that right?”
Seok Woong nodded with a complicated expression on his face.
“That’s right. There are too many such powerful people in the world to count them all.”
“The fact that most powerful people are like that means the hearts of those who possess power are all similar. That’s why they say power is a demon.”
“How does Young Master know so much about this?”
He might have heard it somewhere.
But just as a person with all the knowledge in the world doesn’t become the wisest person, it’s hard to find someone who can perfectly apply the knowledge I have to their life.
Moyong Bi was looking at Ten Sword Gate more coldly than anyone else.
Much more so than himself, who prided himself on knowing the world better.
“Anyway, what’s done is done. What matters is what happens next.”
“We need to clean up this mess.”
Moyong Bi asked Seok Woong, who was looking serious with gleaming eyes, as if he found it absurd.
“What do you mean?”
“Pardon?”
“Clean up what?”
“Of course… we need to clean up today’s incident.”
“The cleanup Chief Administrator mentioned wouldn’t happen to mean covering up this incident somehow, would it?”
That was exactly what he meant.
Though it would be extremely difficult, they had to find a solution whether by sweet-talking or bribing with money. In fact, Seok Woong was prepared to even serve as an envoy himself.
“Fortunately, since Young Master only tied up the sect leader’s eldest daughter, if we handle it well…”
“Chief Administrator, do you happen to know about the Low Temperature Cooking Method?”
“Pardon? I, I don’t know about it.”
“Instead of boiling meat in rapidly boiling water, there’s also a method of cooking meat for a long time at a lower temperature. If you cook it sealed at low temperature for an extended period, the meat becomes tender, they say?”
One of the Martial Alliance cooks had prepared dishes using that cooking method a few times.
“Why do you suddenly mention that?”
“This incident is the same. If we only try to clean it up, we’ll become delicious boiled meat.”
“What?!”
“People who can’t give up power even if it means abandoning their children. Do you think their power is just ordinary power?”
“…?”
“It’s face.”
“…!”
“Power and face are one. Quietly return their child? That’s when the counterattack begins. They’ll start cooking us slowly over low heat, but surely.”
Seok Woong’s face turned red.
‘Damn…’
Moyong Bi was right.
Living a life frantically trying to solve immediate problems, he had panicked and couldn’t think that far ahead.
‘You fool, you stupid scholar.’
He had taught the Family Head Deputy various things, thinking he had some worldly experience, but now it seemed it was all for nothing.
Knowledge that cannot be integrated into one’s life and reality is ultimately nothing but empty talk.
In the past, when he was in Liaoning Province, he was praised as being smarter than anyone, but he didn’t know how he had ended up in this state.
And his curiosity was equally piqued.
“Then how should we resolve this problem?”
“We should devour them.”
“D-devour them?”
“If they don’t want to become cooking ingredients, they should become skilled cooks, shouldn’t they? The cooking will be handled on this side.”
Moyong Bi said while looking at Moyong Su Jeong.
“You said you trusted me and would leave this matter to me, right?”
“I did.”
“Leave it to me. Those bastards who looked down on the Main Family, I’ll tear off all their limbs and mix them with herbal medicine to make tonic soup.”
Moyong Su Jeong unconsciously smiled.
The current situation was no ordinary crisis. If things went wrong, it wouldn’t be strange if all the Family Members died.
But why was it?
When her Younger Brother spoke with such playful words, her heart felt at ease instead.
It truly felt like they could somehow escape this crisis. No, following her Younger Brother’s words, she even thought they could cook Ten Sword Gate.
Of course, it would be difficult to actually do so, but her heart was proud from this first feeling of reliability.
It was the moment when an Ultra-Luxury Eight-Horse Carriage appeared beneath the feet of her who had worried alone for a long time about how to lead the Family Clan.
“Yes, you’ll handle it well on your own. I’ll trust you.”
“Good.”
“But before that, I have something to tell you.”
“Hmm? What is it?”
Moyong Su Jeong’s face suddenly became serious.
“You need to receive the delegation of the Family Head position.”
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