The Evil Martial God Chronicles - Chapter 149

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Legend of the Evil Martial God

 

Chapter 149

 

The caravan leader’s complexion darkened after hearing The Man’s words.

 

Because there was a high possibility that things would turn out exactly as he said.

 

The head of the Tang Family was someone who would do anything for the honor of his family clan.

 

The Man who spoke again to the troubled caravan leader was Jeok Wigang.

 

“Even if you say no, do you think the head of the Tang Family will really spare your life? He’ll blame you entirely for the failure of the trading expedition. No, rather, seeing that your body is intact, he might rage even more and feed you poison, saying you abandoned the goods and ran away to save yourself. Isn’t that right?”

 

At Jeok Wigang’s words, Jaun unconsciously nodded his head.

 

Because he was exactly that kind of person and more.

 

Jaun spoke in a tearful voice.

 

“I, I just did the work as I was told… I really just did as the Tang Family ordered me to do…”

 

“Do you think the Tang Family will even acknowledge that?”

 

Jaun shook his head.

 

It didn’t seem like they would acknowledge it.

 

“If you’re really curious, why don’t you go and see for yourself.”

 

Jaun hung his head low and said.

 

“If I don’t go, my family might be in danger. To catch me, they’re the type who wouldn’t hesitate to capture my family as hostages and threaten me.”

 

“Come to me. Then I’ll protect you.”

 

At Jeok Wigang’s words, Jaun raised his head to look at him.

 

“I’m a criminal who failed in the trading expedition. And yet you’re saying you’ll accept me?”

 

“You just said it yourself. That it was beyond your control. That’s right. If the opponent was me, no matter what master came, that trading expedition would have failed.”

 

Confidence overflowed from Jeok Wigang’s voice.

 

“But who are you to say you want me?”

 

At Jaun’s question, Jeok Wigang smiled and said.

 

“Ah, didn’t I introduce myself? I’m the Trading Company Leader of Jinmu Trading Company.”

 

“Ji, Jinmu Trading Company!”

 

Jaun was startled.

 

“If, if the Tang Family finds out about this, they won’t stand for it. Will, will you be alright?”

 

“What if they don’t stand for it?”

 

“War could break out. Can the Jin Mu Sect handle the Tang Family?”

 

“The Tang Family should be the ones worrying about handling us. We have to visit the Tang Family anyway, so we can talk or fight when we get there.”

 

“What?”

 

“Don’t worry and decide. Will you follow me?”

 

“That, that is…”

 

Jaun pondered for a moment, then asked.

 

“Do you really need me?”

 

“Yes. I need you tremendously.”

 

Jeok Wigang’s sincerity struck Jaun’s heart.

 

They say a man risks his life for those who recognize his worth.

 

This was different from the Cheonhwa Trading Company or the Tang Family, who always looked down on him.

 

“Become the head of Jin Mu Trading Company. If you want, I’ll give you an even higher position.”

 

“I am a worthless person.”

 

“Worthless? You’re the one who stepped forward and resolved the crisis every time Cheonhwa Trading Company was in trouble.”

 

“You know about me?”

 

“To face an enemy, you need to know your opponent thoroughly, don’t you? I like talented people.”

 

Even when he saved Cheonhwa Trading Company from crisis, there was no reward.

 

Instead, they asked why he moved so late when he could have solved it earlier, causing damage, and demanded he bring a plan to address the losses incurred.

 

Remembering that time, tears came to his eyes.

 

They had resented him.

 

But The Man before him wanted him.

 

“Can you really protect my family?”

 

“I promise.”

 

At Jeok Wigang’s words, Jaun prostrated himself.

 

“I will serve you as my Lord.”

 

At Jaun’s words, Jeok Wigang smiled and held out something.

 

“You’ve suffered a lot mentally, haven’t you? Here, take this and circulate your energy to regain your strength.”

 

“What is this?”

 

“A gift of gratitude for becoming my subordinate. It’s nothing special, so just eat it and circulate your energy.”

 

“Th, thank you.”

 

Jayun hesitated for a moment before pushing the elixir that Jeok Wigang had given him into his mouth.

 

As soon as it entered his mouth, the elixir dissolved like melting snow.

 

At the same time, hot energy began rising throughout his entire body.

 

“If you don’t circulate your energy quickly, the precious medicine’s effects will dissipate.”

 

At Jeok Wigang’s words, Jayun quickly sat cross-legged and began qi circulation and breathing.

 

How much time had passed like that?

 

Jayun opened his eyes and trembled violently.

 

Didn’t he say it was nothing special?

 

‘My, my internal energy has increased by one full cycle…!’

 

In case he might have felt it wrong, he checked again and again.

 

No matter how many times he checked, it was certain.

 

He could feel one full cycle of internal energy.

 

As his internal energy increased, the blocked realm also opened up.

 

A fortuitous encounter he had never met once in his lifetime.

 

Jayun’s lifelong regret had been his lack of internal energy.

 

Jeok Wigang had solved that problem in one go.

 

More than that, what kind of elixir was it that could increase internal energy by a full cycle?

 

Wouldn’t it need to be something like Shaolin Temple’s Great Return Pill to be possible?

 

Such a spirit pill was a priceless martial treasure.

 

He had casually given away such an incredible spirit pill just for becoming his subordinate.

 

Tears flowed down from Jayun’s eyes.

 

“To bestow such great grace upon this humble servant! I will serve my lord with my life!”

 

“It’s nothing special. If you work hard from now on, I’ll give you even better things.”

 

There were even better things than this?

 

In Jayun’s eyes, Jeok Wigang truly appeared to be a divine being.

 

The reason Jeok Wigang went this far for Jayun was, as mentioned before, because his talent was outstanding.

 

While the Tang family had belittled his talent, Jeok Wigang was different.

 

Jeok Wigang had marked him as the next leader of the Jinmu Trading Company.

 

Jeok Wigang already knew everything about the Cheonhwa Trading Company through Hao Gate, down to the number of chopsticks.

 

Among that information, there was one person who particularly stood out, and that was Jayun.

 

The reason Jeok Wigang had stepped forward personally this time was also because Jayun had come out as the leader.

 

“Please take care of me from now on.”

 

“Yes! I will devote my life to serving you! Lord!”

 

When Jayun became subordinate to Jeok Wigang, the assassins who followed him naturally became Jeok Wigang’s subordinates as well.

 

With this, Jeok Wigang had completely filled all the personnel that the Jinmu Trading Company had been lacking.

 

***

 

“Another failure?”

 

A figure glaring at the prostrated Tang Sang with an expression of disbelief.

 

It was none other than the head of the Tang Family Clan, the Dark Poison Lord Tang Pae.

 

“What the hell did you bastards do to fail!”

 

“I’m sorry. The enemies were stronger than we thought.”

 

“You call that an excuse!”

 

Tang Pae glared as if he would beat Tang Sang to death right then and there.

 

However, Tang Sang was of Tang Family Clan blood.

 

He couldn’t kill him.

 

The Tang Family Clan was a family that stuck together through thick and thin.

 

Bang-!

 

Unable to bring himself to strike, Tang Pae only smashed the innocent desk to pieces.

 

If there had been someone other than Tang Sang present, they would have received the full brunt of Tang Pae’s rage.

 

Knowing this well, Tang Sang had come to meet the family head alone.

 

After breathing heavily for a while, Tang Pae took a deep breath and asked.

 

“Did you at least figure out what kind of bastards they were?”

 

“Like us, they seemed to handle hidden weapons freely and were skilled with poison. On top of that, their martial arts were so advanced that they subdued me in one strike.”

 

“What weapons?”

 

“They seemed to mainly use daggers.”

 

“If they’re skilled with hidden weapons and poison, and use daggers, they must be assassins.”

 

“I think so too.”

 

“What kind of bastards could they be? It wouldn’t be the Black Blood Gate.”

 

Tang Pae fell into thought.

 

Then he soon shook his head vigorously.

 

“Bah! Thinking about it won’t give us answers. The only sure way is to catch those bastards and find out.”

 

Tang Pae said to Tang Sang.

 

“Go out and call Dangjin.”

 

“Do you mean Dangjin, the Dark Blood Corps Leader?”

 

“Well, is there another guy in our Tang family who uses the name Jin besides That Guy? Hurry up and go deliver my message.”

 

“Ah, understood.”

 

***

 

“You called for me?”

 

A figure bowing with a gloomy and expressionless appearance.

 

It was Dangjin, the Dark Blood Corps Leader.

 

The Dark Blood Corps was the Tang family head’s hidden sword and the Tang family’s guardian unit.

 

They gathered only talented Children from a young age, fed them all kinds of Spirit Medicine, and devoted their heart and soul to creating the elite of the Tang family’s elite.

 

Dangjin was the strongest master and leader even within that Dark Blood Corps.

 

“You came? Jin. There’s something you need to do for me.”

 

“Is it a matter of capturing those guys?”

 

“That’s right.”

 

“May I kill them all and bring them back?”

 

“If you kill them and bring them back, we won’t be able to identify who they are. Don’t you have confidence in bringing them back alive?”

 

At Dangpae’s words, Dangjin’s eyebrows twitched.

 

“Should I bring them all back alive?”

 

“You don’t need to go to such trouble. Just bring back a few alive. You can handle the rest as you see fit.”

 

“Understood.”

 

“If necessary, I’ll allow you to use even Heaven-grade Poison.”

 

At Dangpae’s words, an expression appeared on Dangjin’s face for the first time before quickly disappearing.

 

“I may use even Heaven-grade?”

 

“Yes. If we fail to catch those guys, our Tang family could fall into great crisis, so do your absolute best.”

 

At Dangpae’s words, Dangjin bowed his head and spoke.

 

“I will completely erase all those who threaten the Tang family by any means necessary, so please be at ease.”

 

At Dangjin’s words, Dangpae smiled coldly.

 

“Good. Hearing you say that puts my mind much more at ease.”

 

“Then I’ll be going.”

 

“Go ahead.”

 

***

 

Dangjin did not move immediately.

 

He had a cautious personality that only moved after thoroughly completing all preparations.

 

First, he gathered witnesses related to the Jinmu Trading Company incident.

 

He expected that the Jinmu Trading Company was definitely involved in this matter.

 

He told the witnesses to say everything they remembered and had it all written down exactly.

 

He also had portraits made of all the faces the witnesses remembered.

 

One of Dangjin’s eyebrows twitched as he watched the continuously drawn portraits with an expressionless face.

 

“Bring me that portrait over there.”

 

The fire artist quickly brought the portrait Dangjin pointed to.

 

Dangjin, who was carefully examining the portrait, asked his subordinate.

 

“This guy, isn’t he the one who was researching cooking before?”

 

At Dangjin’s words, the subordinate who was carefully looking at the portrait nodded.

 

“That’s right. This is that guy we were looking for. Did he move to get revenge?”

 

“I don’t know. Things will be easier than expected.”

 

Dangjin commanded his subordinate.

 

“You’re still watching this guy’s family, right?”

 

“Yes.”

 

“Go and capture them all.”

 

“What do you intend to do after capturing them?”

 

“We need to draw him out. If he knows his family is being held hostage, there will definitely be some movement.”

 

“Understood.”

 

***

 

In Jeok Wigang’s hand was a public notice with writing along with a portrait.

 

The subject of the portrait was none other than Haejeon from Jinmiryeong.

 

A warning was written on the public notice.

 

It was a notice saying they would kill his family members one by one if he didn’t appear by a certain date.

 

To post such a notice so casually.

 

Yet no one was making an issue of this.

 

They said the Tang family ruled Sichuan, and it seemed to be true.

 

Haejeon, who read the notice, was going crazy.

 

Because he had followed along unnecessarily, even his family who had been living well was now in danger.

 

“Didn’t you evacuate the family members?”

 

“We evacuated them to another place. But I don’t know why they’re back in Sichuan.”

 

Haejeon pleaded to Jeok Wigang with a trembling voice.

 

“Lord! Please spare my wife and children!”

 

Jeok Wigang smiled and reassured Haejeon.

 

“Don’t worry. Nothing will happen to your family.”

 

If someone else had said this, he would still be anxious, but strangely, when Jeok Wigang said it, he felt reassured.

 

“If you say so, Lord, I will put my worries to rest.”

 

“Yes. Don’t worry. They’ll all be released without a single scratch on their bodies.”

 

“Yes! I trust you, Lord.”

 

Watching Haejeon’s retreating figure as he bowed and left, Jeok Wigang’s expression turned cold.

 

“You shouldn’t touch family. Isn’t that right?”

 

Jeok Wigang, who cherished family more than anyone else. That’s why his anger could be felt.

 

Jin Muryang, who had been quietly standing by, asked.

 

“Should I capture them all?”

 

“Yes. If you make other people’s families shed tears, you need to teach them that their own families will shed tears of blood.”

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