The Heavenly Demon Cult’s Strongest Maid - Chapter 283

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Chapter 37

It was a room completely surrounded by large bookshelves.

The bookshelves were filled with various books of all sizes, neatly organized by field without a single gap.

The owner of the study, Tam-rang, was turning pages when he suddenly felt a gaze and looked up.

‘Since when?’

An unfamiliar maid had entered his quarters without making a sound.

“Are you lost?”

Hiding his displeasure, Tam-rang spoke in a kind voice.

“This is not a place just anyone can enter. Access is strictly controlled here, so you could get in serious trouble if caught.”

Tam-rang kindly even told the maid which way to leave.

“If you go straight to the left from where you’re standing, you’ll find a small wooden door. If you go out through that door, you can avoid other people’s eyes.”

“…”

But for some reason, the maid showed no movement at all.

If she were lost, she should be flustered, yet her gaze looking at him was strangely calm.

‘Could it be.’

Tam-rang’s eyes trembled slightly.

An unknown sense of unease flowed down his spine.

“Here.”

Then the maid carefully approached and handed him a letter.

“What is this?”

Tam-rang asked, but the maid turned around without answering and quietly disappeared in the direction he had indicated.

Tam-rang bit his lip in contemplation.

Should he chase after the maid or not? He was momentarily conflicted.

But in the end, what he chose was to open the letter.

The First Miss of Maegyo has come to Jungwon.

Kill the First Miss in the name of the Martial Arts Alliance to awaken the Heavenly Demon Star.

It shall become the foundation of the great war between righteous and demonic forces.

Though neither recipient nor sender was written, Tam-rang recognized his master’s handwriting at a glance.

“Damn it!”

Tam-rang’s peaceful mask shattered in an instant.

He tore the letter to shreds in anger.

“How dare you plant a spy without my knowledge?”

The fact that there was someone from The Organization in the Martial Arts Alliance that he didn’t know about wounded his pride.

What made him angriest was the content of the letter.

“Eok Mun, that bastard! He’s going to screw me over like this?”

Though it was his master’s order, that guy was definitely the one who caused this letter to come.

Originally, this was something Eok Mun, planted as a spy in Maegyo, should have done.

“Just because I played around a little, he tattled to master? I’m going to kill you with my own hands soon.”

There had never been any brotherly affection between fellow disciples to begin with. Wasn’t he a foolish guy who constantly eyed his position whenever he got the chance?

“I’ll send you off especially cruelly.”

Murderous intent leaked from Tam-rang as he ground his teeth.

“Grandmother, do I really have to learn this?”

The night before leaving Sichuan, Grandmother woke me up while I was sleeping and suddenly started training me in Gui-sik Daebub.

“I’m sleepy.”

“So you won’t learn it?”

When I showed signs of annoyance, one corner of Grandmother’s eye curved wickedly.

No matter how sleepy I was, once I saw the warning signs of a back smashing, I had to comply unconditionally.

“No! I have to learn! I have to learn to use it!”

“That’s right, everything you learn has its uses.”

“Honestly, I don’t think there’ll be any use for it.”

“What?”

“No, but think about it, Grandmother. What would I need to hide for? This granddaughter has four cycles of internal energy. Have you heard of four cycles?”

When I shrugged my shoulders exaggeratedly, Grandmother smacked my back.

“Oh my, you! Didn’t I tell you not to get cocky just because of your internal energy?”

“Ow! If you’re jealous, just say it with words, why hit me!”

“Pay attention and learn properly!”

“Fine! Since our Shin Geum wants it, I’ll graciously learn it!”

“Graciously learn it?”

I jumped into the incredulous Grandmother’s arms with a bright smile.

“But will there really be an occasion to use it?”

“Don’t be so sure. Even the most trivial things have their uses once you learn them.”

“Is that so?”

“Seolha, you’re not alone anymore either.”

That was true.

Now I also had ten people depending on me.

“Your subordinates aren’t just there for you. There will come times when you must step forward for your subordinates too. Do you understand what I’m saying?”

In conclusion, Grandmother was right.

Who would have thought I’d actually use Gui-sik Daebub, and this quickly at that.

I dug into the ground in the middle of the graveyard, nearly stopped my breathing, and slowed my heartbeat.

Then I calmly waited for Tam-rang or another of his subordinates to come.

As I entered a half-dead state and various thoughts floated through my mind like dreams.

“…!”

Someone was caught in my energy detection.

Thunk!

Shortly after, something was stuck into the ground not far away.

According to Gong Ya-chi’s statement, it would be a wooden grave marker.

The person didn’t leave immediately after finishing their task.

They remained nearby while concealing their presence.

‘Their stealth technique is quite good?’

Gong Ya-chi’s words about feeling watched were also true.

Only after Gong Ya-chi entered the graveyard and confirmed the orders did the person carefully leave the cemetery.

Had the time finally come for me to be active?

This is surprisingly exciting.

For someone like me who had never secretly followed anyone, it felt like filming a movie.

“Whew!”

After breaking through the ground and coming outside, I drew up my internal energy and cast the Dang Scent Soul-Tracking Technique.

When I pressed the acupoints according to the formula and concentrated my internal power, my sense of smell opened and I began to detect a sweet scent at my nose tip.

‘You didn’t know about this, did you?’

Before entering Gui-sik Daebub, I had widely scattered scented powder throughout the entire graveyard.

It was colorless and odorless scented powder made with the Dang Family’s secret technique that only I could smell.

Only two people had that scent on them.

One was Gong Ya-chi, the other was the target I had to follow.

“I have to learn one more thing? Grandmother, I have four cycles of internal energy!”

“You! Stop with that four cycles talk!”

“If you call a forty-year-old a forty-year-old, then what else would you call them?”

“Are you going to keep flapping your mouth like that?”

Grandmother’s eyes flashed fiercely.

I instinctively stepped back to protect myself from Shin Geum.

“How dangerous it is out there! No matter how capable you are, the martial arts world doesn’t go according to your will!”

“Alright, alright! I’ll learn it. Happy now?”

Not wanting to ignore Grandmother’s caring heart, I gave in once again.

“It’s so hard to show some filial piety.”

“I’m doing all this for your sake. In Gangho, unimaginable things happen all the…”

“Shin Geum. You’re saying this because you don’t know the world of a forty-year-old… Yap!”

I quickly raised my hand and caught Grandmother’s flying wrist.

“Did you see that?”

I magnificently blocked Grandmother’s back-smashing attack.

“This is the power of a forty-year-old!”

Smack! Smack!

“Ahhh!”

A moment of carelessness brought disaster.

I momentarily forgot that Shin Geum had two hands.

“Do you think Grandma is joking right now? Stop talking nonsense and learn!”

“Yes!”

I finally learned the Dang Incense Soul Tracking Technique obediently only after experiencing Grandmother’s spicy hand discipline once again.

“But Grandmother, is it okay to teach me this? This is a tracking technique that only direct descendants of the Dang Family can learn.”

“It’s fine. I’m teaching you because you’re worthy of learning it all.”

“Really? Hehe.”

As expected, our grandmother who melts completely for her granddaughter.

In a good mood, I applied myself to learning more earnestly than usual.

“The core of the Dang Incense Soul Tracking Technique is this incense powder. You can’t learn this mixture right away, so you must take the powder with you. Understand?”

Following Gui-sik Daebub, now the Dang Incense Soul Tracking Technique too.

From now on, I should learn whatever Grandmother tells me to learn without complaint.

I had been ignoring the know-how of a true expert too much.

‘Shin Geum, I’m sorry!’

Drawing my beloved grandmother’s face in the night sky, I kicked off the ground and soared up.

‘Wow, this is truly miraculous.’

Though it was just incense powder, when I used the Dang Incense Soul Tracking Technique, my body moved on its own as if drawn by a magnet.

This guy I had marked as Tam-rang’s subordinate was a master of disguise comparable to Gong Ya-chi.

Using transformation techniques, he freely changed not only his face but also his height and build while moving, causing me trouble several times.

His appearance changed dramatically every time he entered a building or turned a corner, which was astounding.

Without the Dang Incense Soul Tracking Technique, I would have lost him a hundred times over.

‘Stop this already and go to the Martial Arts Alliance, please!’

Moreover, he was incredibly cautious, not going straight to Wuhan but taking a roundabout route.

Having to sleep outdoors for days and survive only on jerky and dried food, my anger gauge toward Tam-rang built up tremendously.

Anyway, after going round and round, I finally entered Wuhan, Hubei Province, where the Martial Arts Alliance Headquarters was located, together with him.

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