I Will Become a Phoenix More Noble Than the Emperor - Chapter 22

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22.

“Yes, I’ll bring it right away.”

The server carefully picked up the empty bowls while stealing a glance at the woman.

The woman with long, straight hair that seemed to shimmer with a dark blue tint and sharply upturned eyes was a beauty who could make one’s heart skip a beat at first glance.

However, her expressionless face that hadn’t changed once since entering the tavern, her tightly sealed lips, and the sword sheath placed beside her overshadowed that beauty.

Moreover…

‘Eek.’

Those eyes that seemed expressionless yet held a subtle hint of madness.

Based on the server’s ten years of experience in this tavern in Eumyakji, where Yin Energy was strongest in Geumhwi Kingdom and demons swarmed, and having encountered all kinds of people, this woman was absolutely the type that should never be provoked.

A so-called mad dog that would destroy you if you touched her. Of course, to those without such keen insight, she would just look like a sullen beauty.

“Haha, please wait just a moment. I’ll bring it to you quickly.”

The server spoke as kindly as possible, but the woman showed no interest in his kindness and simply burped while leisurely observing the first floor.

A new man had just entered the first floor.

“Hey, Yo-jung! You’re here! Ha, perfect timing! You’re on your way back from the capital, right?”

“That’s right, but?”

“You tell them! You must have heard about those guys who enslave and sell superhumans, right? Huh? Please prove to these stupid people that what I’m saying is true!”

Then all eyes in the inn focused on the man called ‘Yo-jung’. The woman’s subtle gaze was also fixed on that man, unmoving. Yo-jung was a stern-looking man who seemed like he wouldn’t understand jokes. Soon he opened his mouth.

“It’s true.”

At that serious answer, the tavern fell completely silent.

“Yawol Sect caught those guys. I still don’t know how it’s possible, but it’s serious. Ah, and Kang Seon-o, a candidate for the Phoenix Competition, is also involved in this matter.”

“What? Kang Seon-o… you mean the sixth candidate?”

“That’s what they say.”

“What? No, what exactly does that person do?”

“I don’t know that. They might have gotten involved by chance. The detailed circumstances don’t seem to have been shared yet. Anyway, be careful everyone. Some superhumans have already been sold and their life or death is unknown. At times like this, it’s fortunate that the Phoenix Competition is being held.”

As the man sighed with a troubled expression, the men’s faces turned pale. Most of those staying at this inn in Eumyakji were all superhumans and demon hunters.

However, the expression of the woman on the second floor, Heukmwolbi, who was likewise a superhuman, demon hunter, and one of the Seven Super Gods, remained unchanged and still expressionless.

“Customer, here are the noodles and dumplings you ordered. I added extra dumplings as service!”

Only then did Wolbi’s gaze turn to the noodles and dumplings. Her eyes showed no interest in the server who was still smiling as kindly as possible, so Jeom So-i quickly set down the noodles and dumplings and hurried away.

After waiting briefly for the steaming noodles to cool down, Wolbi soon picked up her chopsticks again. Then she began eating aggressively as if she had forgotten about the news from earlier.

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A vast space where gorgeous precious stones were piled up everywhere.

In front of the throne at the end of the long carpet in that place, a man was prostrated flat, trembling all over.

The man sitting on the throne decorated with gold and precious stones looked down at that sight while stroking his chin. The man who flaunted sickeningly gorgeous precious stones and, as if that wasn’t enough, wore a crown studded with diamonds everywhere was someone called Yu Yu-an.

“So, you dared to steal and sell superhumans…?”

When Yu Yu-an asked in a sweet, whisper-like voice, the man prostrated at his feet startled and buried his face in the floor. He was a man who had succeeded in escaping from Yawol Sect superhumans during the recent Maehwagak incident, only to be captured by an even more vicious place.

“I’m, I’m sorry. Please have mercy…!”

“How did you come to do such a thing?”

“That is…”

“It’s alright, so tell me. You can confess everything to me. Shh. Look into my eyes.”

Yu Yu-an personally leaned forward and whispered in an affectionate voice. The man mustered courage and glanced at his face. Then he saw a handsome man with gorgeous features that didn’t pale in comparison to his insanely lavish decorations.

His long hair of light brown with a purple tint was maintained like silk and flowed softly, and his light brown eyes with the same purple tint sparkled subtly like water-soaked gems. Deep double eyelids, a straight nose bridge, and moist lips.

The man wearing large rings on all ten fingers and three earrings dangling from each ear seemed somewhat excessively gaudy and cloying, but was nonetheless an undeniable handsome man.

That handsome man smiled benevolently at the man. It was a smile that seemed like it would forgive anything.

‘They say Yu Yu-an of the Yin Cult is like a human made of precious stones. Indeed, his reputation is well-deserved.’

His glossy, smooth skin didn’t seem human.

“Come on, quickly?”

Encouraged by his smile, the man stammered and opened his mouth.

“The… the superhumans that the rift recognizes… are not determined by youth and age, beauty and ugliness… What the rift wants is only… superhumans with higher Yin Power… But before they use their Yin Power… there’s no way to measure their Yin Power… so we can’t distinguish them… so… superhumans with market value… it would be better to use them as slaves… if we pioneered a superhuman slave market… it would be an enormous money-making venture…”

“So you brainwashed young and beautiful superhumans and sold them as slaves?”

“Yes, yes… That’s right…”

“You would have needed sorcery?”

“The, the master was in, in collusion with someone from the Yin Cult. That person and his subordinates cast, cast the sorcery.”

Aha. Yu Yu-an nodded as if he finally understood. So there was a rat inside?

Then, as if another question occurred to him, he tilted his head.

“But where did the drugs come from? What we provided wouldn’t have been enough…”

“That is…”

“It’s fine, so tell me.”

“…The…the seeds were stolen…”

“The seeds? Even so, without that power, they wouldn’t have been able to grow them, would they?”

“With those, they succeeded in growing one tree…”

“How strange indeed. How did they manage to succeed with that?”

“They…they used a superhuman as fertilizer.”

At that, Yu Yu-an paused for a moment, then immediately burst into laughter.

“Hahaha! How clever! A superhuman as fertilizer!”

Finding something so amusing that he even grabbed his belly and chuckled, the mysterious man’s face turned pale with an eerie fear.

After laughing for a while, Yu Yu-an soon wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes and looked at the man.

“Hah. Yes. I’ve been had. I must admit it. It’s because I failed to anticipate that there would be such audacious ones who would dare steal from the Yin Cult.”

Even as Yu Yu-an said this, he looked down at the man with a lingering smile.

Seeing the sinister light glinting in his eyes, the man immediately prostrated himself flat and began to beg.

“Please spare me! Please show mercy!”

“Shh. I’ll ask just one thing.”

“Yes, yes. Anything…I’ll answer anything!”

“Who is the most beautiful in the world?”

“Yes…, the most beautiful in the world…what?”

Flustered by the unexpected question, the man looked at Yu Yu-an with a dumbfounded expression.

What the hell is this nonsense?

However, Yu Yu-an was looking at the man with sweet eyes and smiling, as if telling him to give the predetermined answer.

The man was stunned for a moment, then quickly came to his senses and immediately answered.

“Of, of course the most beautiful person in the world is Yu Yu-an, sir! I have never seen anyone so beautiful in my life! It’s an honor!”

At that, Yu Yu-an smiled brightly.

“Correct.”

Hah, at those words, the man’s face brightened.

“Since you got the correct answer, I shall show you mercy.”

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