The Evil Martial God Chronicles - Chapter 181
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Legend of the Evil Martial God
Chapter 181
Jeok Wigang asked.
“Now you’ll listen well to Father’s words, right?”
“Yes!”
“You’ll dress properly too?”
“Yes!”
“You’ll study hard and take the civil service exam too.”
“Yes!”
“Promise me.”
“Yes! I promise!”
He answered Jeok Wigang’s questions vigorously while standing at attention.
“If you break your promise and I hear strange things again, let’s have another conversation then.”
At the mention of having a conversation, the son’s complexion turned pale.
“I will absolutely keep it!”
At his son’s words that he would absolutely keep it, Jeok Wigang smiled brightly.
“It seems he’s completely healed.”
“Huh…”
It was unbelievable.
So many physicians had tried their best to cure him but couldn’t.
“How on earth did you do it?”
Jeok Wigang pondered for a moment, then looked at his son.
“You tell him.”
At Jeok Wigang’s words, the son hung his head low and opened his mouth.
“Actually… I wasn’t insane.”
“Huh?”
Jihyeon was shocked by his son’s shocking confession.
“Wh-what are you saying? You weren’t insane?”
“I pretended to be mad because… I hated Father.”
“Wh-what do you mean?”
“Because of Father, Mother… passed away. So I was in anguish. I was suffering, but Father seemed completely fine, which I hated. So… I acted that way to make Father feel even a little of this anguish.”
It was shocking.
“Your mother’s death wasn’t my fault. It was because of her chronic illness…”
“I know. But you could have stayed by Mother’s side. You were always saying you were busy with official duties and barely showed your face properly.”
“Th-that was… because state affairs were busy…”
“If you had cared for Mother even half as much as you cared for me when I was mad, Mother wouldn’t have passed away so lonely.”
“I’m sorry…”
Seeing his father apologize, the son seemed to have calmed down a little.
“It’s fine… Actually, seeing Father suffer didn’t make me feel very good either.”
“Then you should have stopped back then.”
“I don’t know… At some point… I became confused about whether I was pretending to be mad or if I was actually mad. After that, if I didn’t pretend to be mad for even a day, I felt anxious.”
“Hah…”
“Even though I knew I was causing harm to people, I couldn’t stop.”
“But what about now?”
“After getting hit, my mind became crystal clear.”
“Huh? Wh-what do you mean? You got hit?”
“That person over there hit me.”
At the mention of hitting, Jihyeon glared at Jeok Wigang with frightening eyes.
Then his son stepped in to stop him.
“Please don’t. He’s my benefactor who cured me.”
“What do you mean? Didn’t you say he hit you?”
“It hurt, but I felt refreshed inside. No one had ever disciplined me like that before. He truly disciplined me with sincerity.”
At his son’s words, he turned his glaring gaze away from Jeok Wigang, but his heart still wasn’t at ease.
How dare he hit the child he had raised so preciously like gold and jade.
Just how hard did he hit him for the boy to come to his senses?
In his heart, he wanted to use his power to teach him a lesson.
Guessing his expression, Ye Yahyeon smiled coldly and showed the plaque at his side.
“You’d better give up any thoughts of using your power.”
Jihyeon was startled when he saw the plaque.
“Dragon, Dragon Insignia Token!”
“As expected of Jihyeon, you know it well.”
“Imperial Guard Commander, Great Person, how did you come to be here?”
“Consider yourself lucky. If you had abused your power and treated the people carelessly, your position would have ended today.”
Jihyeon bowed his head.
“Thank you! Great Person!”
It really could have been a disaster.
“And consider it an honor. Do you know who educated your son?”
“What?”
Someone that the Imperial Guard Commander uses extreme honorifics for?
“His Highness the Grand Tutor, who is above ten thousand but below one.”
“Grand, Grand Tutor Your Highness?”
An imperial decree had been issued.
A new official position called Grand Tutor was created, and that position was said to be directly below the Emperor.
Moreover, he was given an Imperial Command Plaque, so the imperial decree was to treat the Grand Tutor as one would treat the Emperor himself.
Jihyeon quickly prostrated himself before Jeok Wigang.
“Magistrate of Baekri County! Gyeong Taeseung! I pay my respects to the Grand Tutor!”
“Please rise.”
“Yes!”
Jeok Wigang spoke to Gyeong Taeseung, who quickly rose from his position and stood in a respectful posture.
“Aside from your son’s matter, you are honest and implement good governance for the people, so I will let this pass quietly.”
“Thank, thank you!”
“Please ensure that such things never happen again in the future.”
“I will keep it in mind, keep it deeply in mind! Your Highness!”
Leaving behind the magistrate who was bowing deeply at the waist, Jeok Wigang spoke to his son.
“Tomorrow, dress properly and come to the fabric shop.”
“I understand.”
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Jeok Wigang resolved the conflict and headed straight to the Heavenly Sound Sect.
When he arrived at the Heavenly Sound Sect, Jin Muryang came running out.
“You’ve arrived, Dae-hyeong.”
“You said there’s something interesting?”
At Jeok Wigang’s words, Jin Muryang smiled and said.
“I knew Dae-hyeong would be interested. Let’s go inside first. I had the kids prepare a drinking table.”
“Anyone who sees this would think this is your sect.”
“I just gave them a little education.”
“Let’s go in.”
The Heavenly Sound Sect disciples were shocked to see Jin Muryang bowing and scraping.
That terrifying man was bowing to someone.
Then how strong must that person be?
Following Jin Muryang into the room, he saw a huge table densely packed with food.
“Why did you prepare so much?”
“I tried it and it was delicious. So I wanted Dae-hyeong to try it too, that’s why I had them prepare it.”
At Jin Muryang’s words, Ye Yahyeon and Baek Ryeongso also chimed in.
“He’s right. It really is delicious.”
“Really? Then shall I try some?”
At the mention of it being delicious, he took a seat.
Just then, the Heavenly Sound Gate Master, Blood Death Light, entered the room.
“I’ve brought the White Mountain Famous Wine!”
He set down the wine jar in front of Jin Muryang and smiled proudly.
Jin Muryang pretended not to notice Blood Death Light and smiled as he spoke to Jeok Wigang.
“Dae-hyeong! This alcohol is really delicious! Please try it.”
Jin Muryang lifted the wine jar and filled Jeok Wigang’s cup to the brim.
A sweet wine fragrance tickled his nose.
“Oh! It smells good?”
“Right? Try the taste too. It’s amazing.”
“Is that so?”
Jeok Wigang emptied his cup in one gulp.
“Ah! Good!”
Jin Muryang was pleased to see Jeok Wigang’s satisfied expression.
Meanwhile, Hyeolsagwang, who had been watching this scene, was shocked.
Who was Jin Muryang?
He was an absolute master who toyed with not only himself but also the protectors of the Four Heavenly Demon Sect.
Such a supreme expert was now constantly bowing and serving alcohol to a young man who appeared to be around twenty years old.
“Hey!”
Hyeolsagwang came to his senses at the sound calling him.
“What are you doing? Come quickly and greet Dae-hyeong!”
“What? Dae-hyeong?”
“He’s the one I serve. What are you doing?”
“What? Ah, yes!”
Hyeolsagwang, unable to grasp what situation this was, ran to Jeok Wigang as instructed and prostrated himself.
“Ch-Cheoneum Gate Master Hyeolsagwang greets the Great Person!”
Jeok Wigang asked.
“How did you come to know the Four Heavenly Demon Sect?”
“They contacted us first. They said they had good news to share.”
“Good news?”
“Yes. They said the reason the Four Heavenly Demon Gods disappeared was to pioneer a new realm. Soon those beings would descend upon the world again to turn Heavenly Martial City where the Heavenly Martial Emperor resides into ashes, and make the world into the Four Heavenly world.”
Jeok Wigang chuckled.
“Interesting. Tell me more.”
“Th-they said there would be great benefits for sects that joined early. Later, when the Four Heavenly Demon Gods emerge into the world, they would personally mention the sects that followed them and give them the power to rule the Central Plains.”
At Hyeolsagwang’s words, Ye Yahyeon asked Jin Muryang.
“Will you give it?”
“Are you crazy? I don’t even have enough strength to feed myself until I die.”
“Hahaha.”
Hyeolsagwang tilted his head at the conversation between the two.
Was his pride hurt by the talk of the Four Heavenly Demon Gods?
Come to think of it, he seemed to act like this before too.
Jeok Wigang asked Jin Muryang, Ye Yahyeon, and Baek Ryeongso.
“Do you guys really not know?”
At Jeok Wigang’s question, the three people jumped up.
“We really don’t know! If we had known, we would have been the first to rush over and smash them to pieces!”
“That’s right! What is this…? A cult that serves us? We’re so embarrassed we can’t even hold our heads up!”
At Ye Yahyeon’s use of the word “us,” Hyeolsagwang looked at him with a bewildered expression.
What?
That tone of voice, as if they themselves were the Four Heavenly Demon Gods?
Come to think of it, even when the Four Heavenly Demon Gods were mentioned, they remained indifferent.
Ordinary Central Plains people would be horrified and try to cover their mouths or refuse to listen.
Could it be?
No way, right?
While he was looking at them with such eyes, Jin Muryang noticed that gaze.
“Why are you looking at us with those eyes?”
“Huh?”
Hyeolsagwang was startled.
He was suddenly afraid that his thoughts might be correct.
“What you’re thinking is probably right.”
When Jin Muryang said this with a grin, Hyeolsagwang was horrified.
“Wh-what am I thinking?”
“You’re thinking we’re the Four Heavenly Demon Gods, aren’t you?”
Hyeolsagwang gulped and asked cautiously.
“N-no, right?”
Jin Muryang chuckled and said.
“I just told you. What you’re thinking is right.”
“F-F-Four… Heavenly Demon Gods?”
Jin Muryang nodded his head.
Hyeolsagwang’s gaze turned toward Ye Yahyeon.
Ye Yahyeon grinned wickedly and waved his hand as he spoke.
“Nice to meet you. I’m called the Poison Life Demon God.”
Poison Life Demon God.
Not a single living creature exists in the places he has passed through…
Baek Ryeongso spoke indifferently.
“I’ll pass.”
“Why? You’re leaving behind the cool alias of Jin Myeol Shin Ma.”
“J-Jin Myeol Shin Ma!”
A terrifying figure who burns souls alive in mountain strongholds.
“That bastard who has the deepest connection with you is Gwimyeol Shin Ma.”
He no longer had the energy to be surprised.
Hyeolsagwang’s gaze turned to Jeok Wigang.
Then that person must be Paecheon Shin Ma, the remaining one.
Just as he was thinking that.
“That person over there is not Paecheon Shin Ma.”
Is he a ghost?
Can he see through my inner thoughts?
“He’s the one who took us Four Heavenly Demon Gods under his wing.”
Took them under his wing?
Jin Muryang went in front of Hyeolsagwang who was sitting collapsed on the ground, crouched down, and met his eyes.
“How is it? Now that you’ve seen us for real?”
“A-are you really them?”
“Of course? Would we be fake? Ah! This appearance is disguised, so should I say it’s fake?”
“Disguised?”
“That’s right. It would be troublesome if there were people who recognized us, so we’re living with changed appearances.”
“Then you’ve been continuously active?”
Jin Muryang nodded his head.
Hyeolsagwang got goosebumps.
The Martial World had been completely deceived all this time.
Now he finally understood why they looked down on the Four Heavenly Demon Sect and weren’t afraid of the Four Heavenly Demon Gods.
“By the way, when are these guys going to come?”
“It’s frustrating. If I knew where they were, I’d go find them directly.”
“They’ll come if we wait.”
Speak of the devil and he shall appear?
Jin Muryang grinned.
“Looks like they’re here?”
Ye Yahyeon also smiled.
“Their energy is quite something?”
“Kekeke. As it should be. They’re impersonating us, so if they brought some ragtag bunch, no one would believe them.”
“I wonder who this sect leader guy is? Someone we know?”
“Could be someone we know.”
“Our questions will be answered soon.”
Jin Muryang spoke to Blood Death Light.
“What are you doing? We have guests outside. Go out and see them quickly.”
“What? By, by myself?”
“Why? Are you scared?”
When Blood Death Light nodded, Jin Muryang sighed.
“Sigh. Fine. Let’s go out together.”
“Thank you.”
“Thank you.”
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