The Heavenly Demon Cult’s Strongest Maid - Chapter 310
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Chapter 64
With the appearance of Bloodsky Sect spies and Ho Jeon No Yeom-baek, the Martial Arts Alliance was in a state of consecutive heaven-level emergencies.
Because of this, Wolf Fang Blade Choo Gwang-saeng was spending incredibly busy time as the leader of the Black Tortoise Unit.
“It’s not an extravagant place. Unit Leader Choo knows this, don’t you?”
At this very time, Baek Ri-jong-do, an elder of the Baekri Family, had invited him to lunch.
As he said, it wasn’t a place that served high-end cuisine. It was a relatively inexpensive restaurant with good food that even Choo Gwang-saeng occasionally visited with his subordinates.
However, knowing the underlying intentions, his heart wasn’t entirely at ease.
“I hear our Clan Leader Soo has some good friends, so since you’re coming anyway, how about Unit Leader Choo exchanges greetings with them? I’ll say this upfront – this isn’t a request to recruit them. Just a few words of encouragement to these newcomers to Gangho would be sufficient.”
This had been a constant occurrence since becoming the leader of the Black Tortoise Unit. Though he wanted to avoid such occasions, they were also unavoidable.
It would be nice if there were useful talents among those being introduced, but the probability of that was almost slim.
‘I should finish early and return.’
Choo Gwang-saeng lightened his heavy heart and hurried toward the promised restaurant.
Crash!
Whoosh!
“…?”
Just as he arrived at the restaurant entrance, sounds that didn’t belong in this place came from the upper floor.
‘Could it be?’
Choo Gwang-saeng circulated his internal energy and leaped to the second-floor window in one bound.
As he expected, a fight was in full swing on the upper floor.
One side was Baek Ri-jong-do, whom he was supposed to meet, and the other was a young-faced boy.
Surprisingly, both dense demonic energy and Buddhist power could be felt from the boy.
‘Cheon Shin-mun!’
If not for that golden aura, the fierce momentum would have been enough to call him a demon.
‘So that’s the Demon-Buddha technique!’
This morning, Chief Strategist Jegal Mun-gi had urgently summoned the leaders of the Alliance’s four major military units, the Martial Soul Party composed of lower-ranking warriors, the Guard Unit, and the Patrol Unit.
He thought it was because of the clash between Ho Jeon and the Dark Elder that occurred in the night, but in reality, it was to give special warnings about Cheon Shin-mun.
Seolha of Cheon Shin-mun, who gained the prestigious name of Heavenly Divine Bodhisattva in just one day through battle with Bloodsky Sect spies.
The fact that her great-grandfather was the Dark Elder of the Sichuan Dang Family and her grandfather was Ho Jeon of Sa Do-ryeon was conveyed through Chief Strategist Jegal Mun-gi.
Not only that.
Venerable Gak-yeon of Bul-jon from Shaolin, the greatest elder of the current orthodox martial world, had personally taken Seolha as his granddaughter.
Choo Gwang-saeng, as well as all the leaders gathered there, were so shocked they couldn’t speak for a while.
The very existence of someone who had three of the Ten Martial Supremes as grandfathers was shocking.
In the midst of this, Chief Strategist Jegal Mun-gi said:
Since a formidable dark force called Bloodsky Sect had appeared, an agreement with Sa Do-ryeon was unavoidable. Therefore, the Alliance intended to secretly proceed with talks with Sa Do-ryeon.
The hidden mediator would be Seolha of Cheon Shin-mun, who had grandfathers on both sides, so absolutely no unfortunate incidents should occur – that was the gist.
‘Damn it!’
Choo Gwang-saeng quickly came to his senses and rapidly surveyed the surroundings.
Four people were injured and collapsed, one of whom was Baek Ri-hyeok, the Clan Leader Soo of the Baekri Family whom he knew well.
Though he didn’t know what had happened, he roughly understood the situation.
A dispute had arisen between Cheon Shin-mun and Baek Ri-hyeok, ending in Cheon Shin-mun’s victory, and Baek Ri-jong-do, who arrived late, became enraged upon seeing Baek Ri-hyeok’s condition.
Fortunately, the Cheon Shin-mun disciple fighting Baek Ri-jong-do wasn’t seriously injured yet.
‘Remarkable.’
Though slightly pushed back defensively, the fact that someone so young was fighting evenly with an elder of the Baekri Family demonstrated Cheon Shin-mun’s strength.
Swoosh—
Choo Gwang-saeng shook off his idle thoughts.
Right now, separating those two was most urgent.
Whoooosh!
When Choo Gwang-saeng suddenly jumped between them, Eok Hwi-gyeom and Baek Ri-jong-do hastily stepped back.
“…Unit Leader Choo!”
Recognizing Choo Gwang-saeng, Baek Ri-jong-do welcomed him enthusiastically and shouted.
“You’ve come at the perfect time! A demon dares to appear on Wuhan soil… Hup!”
However, Baek Ri-jong-do couldn’t finish his words.
Contrary to his expectations, Choo Gwang-saeng had kicked him in the chest, pushing him away.
Though there was no major physical damage, the mental shock Baek Ri-jong-do received was considerable.
But what happened next was even more surprising.
“I am Choo Gwang-saeng, leader of the Martial Arts Alliance’s Black Tortoise Unit.”
Despite Eok Hwi-gyeom appearing much younger, Choo Gwang-saeng cupped his fists and showed proper courtesy.
“I am Eok Hwi-gyeom of Cheon Shin-mun.”
“I’m Yang Ha-rin.”
Recognizing Yang Ha-rin, Choo Gwang-saeng was momentarily surprised but held his tongue.
“First, on behalf of our Alliance, I deeply apologize to Cheon Shin-mun. I regret that you experienced such an incident in Wuhan.”
“I’ll accept that apology.”
Yang Ha-rin smiled and poked Eok Hwi-gyeom’s back with her index finger.
“What are you doing? If you want to end this quietly, say something quickly!”
For Yang Ha-rin and Eok Hwi-gyeom, the most important thing was that today’s incident didn’t reach Seolha’s ears.
Understanding Yang Ha-rin’s meaning, Eok Hwi-gyeom immediately responded.
“There seems to have been some misunderstanding between us. I’m fine, so please don’t worry too much. Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva.”
His posture of putting palms together was completely different from when fighting – the appearance of a true Buddhist.
“Now see here, Unit Leader Choo! What kind of behavior is this!”
At that moment, Baek Ri-jong-do could no longer hold back and intervened.
“Please excuse me for a moment.”
Choo Gwang-saeng barely suppressed a sigh and asked Yang Ha-rin and Eok Hwi-gyeom for understanding.
Then he persuaded the red-faced Baek Ri-jong-do and led him to a corner of the restaurant.
“I’m doing this all for Elder’s sake.”
“What? Unit Leader Choo, are you joking with me right now? That bastard is a demon! That bastard did this to our family’s Clan Leader Soo!”
Baek Ri-jong-do clutched his head and shouted, pointing at Baek Ri-hyeok who was barely managing to get up.
“I heard there was a misunderstanding.”
“Misunderstanding? Look here, Choo Gwang-saeng! Are you really going to act like this?”
Baek Ri-jong-do’s tone completely changed.
‘I really shouldn’t have come here.’
Though Choo Gwang-saeng felt regret, the incident had already occurred.
“Immediately arrest that demon…”
“Elder Baek!”
Choo Gwang-saeng infused his voice with internal energy as if telling him to listen carefully.
“Those people are not demons but disciples of Cheon Shin-mun. Don’t you truly know about Cheon Shin-mun’s Demon-Buddha technique?”
“What nonsense! Of course I know well about the Demon-Buddha technique. But that bastard was emanating pure demonic energy!”
Yang Ha-rin poked Eok Hwi-gyeom’s back once more.
Then Eok Hwi-gyeom quickly struck his wooden gong and recited Buddhist invocations.
Tap! Tap!
Rattle—
“Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva!”
Whooooo!
The Buddhist power of Gyeong-oe Gi-hyeol responded, emitting golden aura.
It was Buddhist energy filled with holiness, completely different from the demonic energy from before.
“How, how can such…! No, no! It can’t be! This is trickery! Unit Leader Choo, it’s really not true. When he fought me, there was nothing like that!”
While the flustered Baek Ri-jong-do was rambling incoherently, Baek Ri-hyeok, who had finally come to his senses, glared at Choo Gwang-saeng and shouted.
“Unit Leader, you’re making a mistake right now!”
“Did you say mistake?”
Choo Gwang-saeng was dumbfounded.
No matter if he was the young clan leader of one of the Five Great Families, he was the leader of the Black Tortoise Unit.
The way this young fool was already treating him like a subordinate made it obvious what the future held for the Baek Ri Clan.
“Even if we generously acknowledge them as Cheon-sin-mun, how dare a mere outskirt sect challenge the Baek Ri Clan, one of the Five Great Families…”
“Silence!”
Choo Gwang-saeng could no longer tolerate Baek Ri-hyeok’s immature babbling.
“Young Clan Leader Baek Ri, shut your mouth! And Elder Baek Ri! Do you remember what I said about doing all this for your sake?”
Choo Gwang-saeng looked at Baek Ri-jong-do with cold eyes and transmitted his voice.
“It’s still classified, but you’ll find out soon anyway, so I’ll tell you. However, you must keep silent until the Alliance Council meeting.”
Baek Ri-jong-do frowned at the sudden voice transmission.
“You must know Miss Seolha of Cheon-sin-mun. It’s well known that her grandmother is Cheonsu Dokhwa Dang Yeong-ryeong and her great-grandfather is the Dark Elder. But there’s one more fact that isn’t widely known.”
“What is it?”
“Ho Jeon of Sado-ryeon. He is Miss Tak’s paternal grandfather.”
“Th-that’s impossible…!”
At this unbelievable news, Baek Ri-jong-do’s face turned deathly pale in an instant.
“Have you forgotten that a heaven-level alert was issued to the Alliance last night due to Ho Jeon’s appearance?”
“Then… does that mean Ho Jeon came to Wuhan to meet his granddaughter?”
Choo Gwang-saeng nodded and added.
“Therefore, Cheon-sin-mun must never be touched. If you go any further, you’ll have to face both the Dark Elder and Ho Jeon.”
Making enemies of two of the Ten Greatest Martial Artists?
That was unthinkable even for the Baek Ri Clan.
“…Unit Leader Choo saved my life.”
Baek Ri-jong-do finally acknowledged this fact, albeit belatedly.
“Uncle!”
Just as Baek Ri-hyeok shouted angrily at these incomprehensible words.
Eok Hwi-gyeom suddenly walked over with determined steps, bringing Yang Ha-rin along.
“You! Apologize!”
“Wh-what?”
“Apologize for speaking rudely to our Ha-rini!”
Eok Hwi-gyeom wrapped his arm around Yang Ha-rin’s shoulder, pulled her close, positioned her in front of Baek Ri-hyeok, and boldly demanded.
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