The Heavenly Demon Cult’s Strongest Maid - Chapter 95

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Chapter 95

Even though he knew that hand wasn’t the same hand, Gong Pae-cheon’s face burned with heat.

To hide it, he deliberately let out a forced cough.

“Cough! Cough!”

“It would be better for you to lie down again.”

“…Then I’ll excuse myself for just a moment.”

Since he wasn’t in such bad shape that he needed to lie down completely, Gong Pae-cheon compromised by leaning against the wall.

“If my guess isn’t wrong, what you desire, young lady, seems to be punishment for Salmak who defiled Sichuan. Am I right?”

Dang Yeong-ryeong crossed her arms and nodded.

“Salmak won’t just appear on their own, so ultimately you’re telling me to become bait.”

The meaning behind her words about joining hands must have been exactly this.

“Being a strategist, you understand quickly.”

“Hah.”

Gong Pae-cheon chuckled at Dang Yeong-ryeong’s shamelessness.

This woman was trying to use him to send a stern warning to Salmak.

“It would be best not to even think about bringing Maegyo’s military forces to Sichuan for revenge from the start.”

Dang Yeong-ryeong didn’t forget to give Gong Pae-cheon a warning as well.

“…”

In truth, Gong Pae-cheon didn’t need to call the demons from Headquarters all the way to Sichuan.

He could recover his body briefly at a secret branch and then move, or make separate contact outside the Dang Family’s territory.

Realistically, that would be the best method.

Getting involved with the Martial Arts Alliance leader would be the worst choice of all.

“I shall do so.”

Nevertheless, Gong Pae-cheon accepted Dang Yeong-ryeong’s proposal.

By nature, he wasn’t someone who would invite danger by using himself as collateral.

But somehow, this time he wanted to do just that.

It was the first decision in his life made by emotion rather than reason.

‘If it’s just for a moment…’

“Once spoken aloud, words cannot be taken back.”

Dang Yeong-ryeong was inwardly surprised. Honestly, she hadn’t expected him to accept so readily.

Though she called it bait, if he was lucky it would end with just injuries. If unlucky, he might truly die this time.

“A man’s word is worth a thousand gold.”

“…I’ll trust those words.”

“However!”

Gong Pae-cheon’s voice became resolute.

“I will devise the plan.”

“…You will?”

“Your hands will be stained with much blood.”

Wondering what he meant, wrinkles formed between Dang Yeong-ryeong’s brows.

“Because I’m going to kill them all without exception.”

From Gong Pae-cheon, who had seemed like a refined scholar just moments before, flowed a suffocating, thick killing intent.

A moment later.

“Just me alone?”

“That’s right.”

At Gong Pae-cheon’s nod, Dang Yeong-ryeong burst into loud laughter.

“Ahahaha!”

Since she said she’d use him as bait, was he telling her to go to hell too?

“Let me ask again. So you’re saying just Deputy Leader Gong and I. Just the two of us should engage in battle?”

“Do you think Salmak will move alone?”

At Gong Pae-cheon’s counter-question, Dang Yeong-ryeong glared at him fiercely.

Gong Pae-cheon spoke with an unwavering expression.

“Haomun.”

At that single word, Dang Yeong-ryeong’s eyes narrowed.

“Currently, Salmak’s eyes and ears are surely Haomun. Don’t look down on them as lowly people. They are those who are everywhere and nowhere.”

“I know that too.”

“Then it shouldn’t be difficult to understand my plan. Having gone to the trouble of becoming bait, we can’t have Salmak notice and slip away, can we?”

“Continue.”

“I’m thinking of setting the trap at the border crossing from Sichuan to Qinghai.”

“The location aside, is it really possible with just the two of us? The number of assassins who retreated alive that day was at least fifty or more. Considering reinforcements, we should expect easily a hundred.”

Dang Yeong-ryeong continued with emphasis, as if telling him not to show off.

“If we set the trap carelessly, it could become our grave, not theirs!”

“Don’t worry.”

Despite Dang Yeong-ryeong’s concerns, Gong Pae-cheon was relaxed.

“You have poison and hidden weapons, and I have this brain.”

He tapped his head with his finger and smiled.

“The Zhuge Family, who serve as strategists in the Martial Arts Alliance, are called Divine Mechanism Zhuge, and their strange gate formation methods are considered supreme, right?”

Dang Yeong-ryeong nodded.

“How about experiencing the formation methods of Divine Sect Ghost Spirit Hall, which are no less impressive?”

Gong Pae-cheon looked at Dang Yeong-ryeong more confidently than ever.

“I have never once considered the Zhuge Family to be on my level.”

‘A man who can say such boastful things so casually.’

He was a type of man Dang Yeong-ryeong had never encountered before.

Dang Yeong-ryeong didn’t like Gong Pae-cheon’s arrogance, but on the other hand, she thought it suited him quite well.

Rustle.

Gong Pae-cheon spread a large sheet of paper on the table and began drawing geometric lines.

“I’ll use a basic formation called Gwi-rim Jin as the framework and add your poison and hidden weapons to it. So do you have any poison you’re confident in? Preferably small poison pellets.”

Gong Pae-cheon looked at Dang Yeong-ryeong, asking if she could meet the conditions he desired.

“Will this do?”

Then Dang Yeong-ryeong, as if she had been waiting, pulled a bean-sized poison pellet from her sleeve and flicked it with her finger.

“Soul-Chasing Death Poison, my secret poison of the Poison Gate.”

“Ooh!”

Gong Pae-cheon rolled Dang Yeong-ryeong’s poison pellet around on his palm, examining it closely.

“You’ll need to handle it carefully. It’s sensitive and finicky, exploding at the slightest shock when it throws a tantrum. You might end up living as a one-armed man for life.”

Dang Yeong-ryeong glanced sideways at one of Gong Pae-cheon’s arms holding the poison pellet.

“Hah!”

When Gong Pae-cheon was startled, she chuckled and retrieved the poison pellet.

“Ahem!”

To hide his embarrassment, Gong Pae-cheon cleared his throat and explained the formation.

“This formation originally confuses the opponent’s vision and sense of direction. But this time I’ll remove the visual aspect and add your poison instead. It only confuses the sense of direction.”

“Explain in more detail.”

Dang Yeong-ryeong showed curiosity.

It was natural, as formation methods were profound and mysterious studies.

“Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams. Here, I’ll grasp the flow of the Eight Trigrams, twist it, and flip yin and yang to completely confuse their sense of direction. Do you understand?”

“…Roughly.”

It didn’t seem quite right to Gong Pae-cheon, but since Dang Yeong-ryeong said so, he decided to let it pass.

“We’ll fill the positions of the Nine Palaces with poison. Then the poison mist will naturally obscure vision, filling in the lacking parts of the Nine Palaces as well. You could call it killing two birds with one stone?”

Gong Pae-cheon continued his explanation while drawing the flow of poison on the paper.

“Ultimately, the assassins trapped in the formation won’t be able to escape the poison mist and will meet their death.”

Tap.

Gong Pae-cheon pointed with his finger to where the lines intersected.

“The most important thing in all of this is the pulse point. Since we cannot fill all exits of the formation with death gates, we must open a life gate, and you, Miss, will occupy that position with the life gate at the center. In other words, the life gate becomes both an open gate and a closed gate.”

“You want me to stay in the center?”

“Then the opponent will either die trapped in the poison fog, or even if they escape, they’ll die caught by your hidden weapons.”

Gong Pae-cheon finished speaking kindly.

Dang Yeong-ryeong suddenly asked.

“But this formation, is it a Maegyo formation?”

“That’s right.”

“But is it okay to teach it to me like this?”

“Of course not. No matter how unfavorable the situation, I’m not foolish enough to carelessly reveal the headquarters’ secret techniques. As I said before, I just thought of this by adding your characteristics to the Gwi-rim Jin. Ah, I created the Gwi-rim Jin when I was eight years old.”

“Eight years old? You expect me to believe that?”

Dang Yeong-ryeong snorted as if asking where he got such arrogance.

“Whether you believe it or not, does that matter?”

Though she didn’t say it, Dang Yeong-ryeong seemed quite pleased with the formation.

‘In that case.’

“You said the Soul-Chasing Death Poison is your secret poison technique?”

Gong Pae-cheon smiled meaningfully and suggested to Dang Yeong-ryeong.

“The Gwi-rim Jin is my secret formation technique. So, combining your poison with my formation, I’d like to name it the Dok-hwa Gwi-rim Jin… what do you think?”

Huh? Eok I-geon? Young Master?

I turned my eyes toward Eok I-geon, who had suddenly become quiet. Then he pointed toward Grandmother and Uncle Gong Pae-cheon and whispered softly.

“Next time.”

Next time? Why does it have to be next time?

Am I reading some web novel right now?

Why does it keep cutting off at crucial moments!

At least if it were a web novel, I could pay and read it properly.

What kind of irresponsible web novel keeps going between serialization and hiatus!

Argh! So what happens next?

What’s the deal between our Grandmother and Uncle Gong Pae-cheon!

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