The Heavenly Demon Cult’s Strongest Maid - Chapter 129

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Chapter 129

Thud. Thud. Thud.

Just as I was forcing fake smiles while looking at Eok I-geon.

A carriage stopped in front of us, the door opened, and Cheon-yeong’s voice came from inside.

“Please get in.”

Oh, a savior!

The building had collapsed, and the rain kept falling.

I was already worried about where we should take shelter immediately, but thanks to Cheon-yeong, we were saved.

How did you think to bring a carriage?

‘Your sense is incredible.’

“Hyeon-wol-dang will take care of cleaning up this place.”

“Yes, please make the compensation generous.”

I don’t know how much I worried alone about the owners whenever inns and pleasure houses were destroyed in martial arts novels.

I didn’t want to become a shameless martial artist.

“Will you get in for now?”

I helped Hwangbo Un, who looked like a living corpse, into the carriage.

Having been caught in the falling rain, his condition was terrible.

I wrapped a blanket around him as a temporary measure.

With his already injured body, it would be serious if he caught a cold.

At least until I could prove Grandmother’s innocence, he absolutely had to stay alive.

“Excuse me?”

I bent down and waved my hand in front of his eyes.

“Should I call you Master Yu, or should I call you Master Hwangbo?”

At my question, his unfocused pupils moved ever so slightly.

“Dang Yeong-ryeong, you know her, right?”

I went straight to the point.

Upon hearing Grandmother’s name, Hwangbo Un’s face contorted briefly, then he shook his head violently as if trying to shake off something.

“I don’t know. I don’t know. I don’t know. I don’t know…”

He kept spitting out only words of denial like a madman.

His sunken eyes, pupils shaking aimlessly, hands and feet that couldn’t stay still for even a moment…

To think he was broken to this extent.

I tried to calm down and stay composed while suppressing my boiling anger.

“Master Hwangbo Un. I came here knowing you were the deputy leader of the Dark Four.”

“Y-you’ve got the wrong person. I’m not that kind of person!”

“Don’t pretend you’re not.”

“Really! I’m not the person you’re talking about!”

Hwangbo Un staggered to his feet as if trying to get out of the carriage.

You’re still going to avoid this?

When you said you regretted it until death!

“Do you know how our grandmother lived because of you?”

A thousand fires ignited inside me again.

“Our grandmother!”

When I raised my voice, Hwangbo Un sat down in surprise and looked at me.

“What are you looking at! Dang Yeong-ryeong is my adoptive grandmother!”

Hwangbo Un’s eyes shook greatly.

“C-could it be… i-is she alive?”

“That’s why I, her granddaughter, came looking for you!”

“Uh… that… no…”

Hwangbo Un seemed to have an overload in his brain and couldn’t continue his words.

Why wouldn’t he?

She was once his reliable superior and a comrade who had entrusted their lives to each other, back to back.

Grandmother said that at least their friendship was real.

Grandmother said she understood why Hwangbo Un had no choice but to give false testimony.

“…Is it true? Is our leader really alive?”

Hwangbo Un seemed to belatedly grasp the context and repeatedly tried to confirm with me.

I nodded and answered.

“Yes, she’s alive. Though you couldn’t even imagine what that life was like.”

Tears streamed down Hwangbo Un’s eyes.

He struck his knee with his fist, then finally buried his face in his hands and sobbed. As if writhing in unbearable guilt.

“I need you.”

I spoke to him with desperation.

“Grandmother is heading to the Martial Arts Alliance now. To prove your innocence.”

“…”

“That’s why I need Master Hwangbo’s testimony. Please testify again about the incident from 17 years ago at the Martial Arts Alliance. Only then can our grandmother live.”

“I, I…”

Hwangbo Un’s complexion, which had brightened at news of Grandmother, turned pale for some reason.

“Are you perhaps worried about the Namgung Family?”

“…!”

“Or are you concerned about the Hwangbo Family that would face pressure from the Namgungs?”

Are you surprised because I know everything?

Facing his shock, I continued calmly.

“Shaolin Temple has officially proposed it as an agenda for the Alliance Council. The reinvestigation is already unavoidable.”

“…Even so… I…”

Unable to muster the courage, Hwangbo Un shook his body back and forth, speaking incoherently.

His physical and mental state was currently not normal.

At this time, he was already fighting deep illness.

The family’s prosperity, perjury, the guilt of betraying his colleague Grandmother.

Because of this, he had turned his back on the world.

It was said that mental illness was the root of all diseases.

He had fallen into heart demons and eventually contracted physical illness too.

If not for his son Yu-un, he would have died long ago.

“Are you thinking of running away again?”

But I couldn’t just leave him alone.

Even if not just for Grandmother’s sake, he needed time for atonement.

“Do you know how our grandmother lived? She lived hiding in the Demonic Sect that you people so despise.”

“D-Demonic Sect!”

Hwangbo Un was startled at the word Demonic Sect.

Right, this is the reaction of the orthodox martial arts world.

He seemed to only now realize that I was a demonic practitioner.

“Don’t you feel sorry for our grandmother? She lived like that for 17 years, a whole 17 years! If you’re human, if you have even the slightest conscience, shouldn’t you feel too sorry to act like this?”

You’re regretting it!

Do something before you die!

As my emotions intensified and I raised my voice, Eok I-geon placed his hand on my shoulder as if telling me to calm down.

“Haah.”

How much time had passed?

“You said you’re the leader’s… adopted granddaughter?”

Hwangbo Un opened his mouth with a hoarse voice.

His eyes, which had been hazy all along, were gradually gaining strength.

“Would you tell me? About the leader’s past life?”

As long as you can handle it, by all means.

I conveyed only the truth to him without a single lie.

“They say Yu-un was rescued safely.”

“Yes, Cheon-yeong. Thank you.”

While Cheon-gang and Seo-ryeon brought Yu-un, we stepped aside for Hwangbo Un.

Perhaps due to regret and guilt, he couldn’t stop sobbing as soon as Grandmother’s story ended.

He probably needed time to sort out his thoughts.

Though it was in the past, I wanted to believe he would make the right choice, befitting someone who prided himself as a martial artist walking the righteous path.

Pitter-patter. Pitter-patter.

Rain was still falling in Hang-seong Hyeon. Perhaps because of that, the gloomy streets were sparsely populated.

‘I miss Grandmother.’

Our grandmother likes the rain.

How long will it take to get from here to Wuhan?

“Everything seems to have worked out well, so why are you frowning?”

At Eok I-geon’s question, I immediately returned to reality.

“Why? Because of the prohibition, of course.”

Wuhan was where the Martial Arts Alliance Headquarters was located. Naturally, it would be crawling with countless righteous sect members.

With Grandmother and Eok Grandfather there, nothing serious would happen, but I couldn’t help but worry.

This feeling was like Superman, who feared nothing in the world, returning to being a weak human.

‘How did Grandmother endure for 17 years…’

I found myself respecting Grandmother even more.

“Prohibition?”

“Yes.”

My body already felt weak.

“Should I at least teach you the Hyeonjeong-anmasimp as a last resort?”

Suddenly, Eok I-geon’s muttering caught my attention.

“What?”

“…?”

“What did you just say? Hyeonjeong… what did you say?”

“You mean Hyeonjeong-anmasimp?”

“Yes!”

“Hmm.”

Eok I-geon suddenly let out a heavy sigh.

Why are you suddenly being so frustrating?

Is that some kind of huge secret or something?

But what should I do?

I had a feeling as soon as I heard it.

This was definitely a mental cultivation method that could disguise demonic energy.

“It’s a mental cultivation method that our sect’s demon practitioners learn when sending spies to the Martial Arts Alliance. It’s a method that disguises with righteous energy and hides demonic energy, making one’s energy appear like that of a righteous sect member.”

Just as I thought!

I knew something like this would exist!

I almost grabbed Eok I-geon by the collar.

No, what have you been doing instead of teaching me this earlier? Huh?

“However, it’s a mental cultivation method that’s been half-abandoned. It has one advantage, but too many disadvantages.”

“…Too many disadvantages?”

Let me hear what they are.

“Literally, you can’t accumulate more than twenty percent righteous energy compared to the demonic energy you possess. Also, long-term use can twist the flow and lead to qi deviation. Since they’re opposing energies, it can damage the body and cause heart demons.”

Damn.

The disadvantages are bigger than I thought.

“Moreover, if it’s a master at the Hwa-gyeong level, there’s a high probability they’ll recognize the twisted mental cultivation method.”

Dejected.

“But with Dae Hwan Dan and the Celestial Energy Sealing Acupuncture Technique…”

Eok I-geon’s voice became unclear.

“Instead of circulating righteous energy through the Gi-gyeong Pal-maek…”

His tone gradually became vague.

“If we accumulate it in the Gyeong-oe Gi-hyeol…”

As if forgetting the world and even time, Eok I-geon’s eyes deepened.

Swoooosh—

The light rain turned into a downpour.

I moved the umbrella I was holding a bit more toward Eok I-geon’s side.

After a moment.

Eok I-geon slowly looked back at me. Then he smiled and said.

“I think I’ve found a way.”

Damn!

As expected of a genius!

I almost fell for him for a moment!

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