The Youngest Daughter of the Hebei Peng Clan Is a Truly a Very Famous Little Heavenly Demon - Chapter 10

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10.

‘Transcendent within a month?’

Ju Sohui spoke as if it were natural, but martial realms aren’t something that just increases rapidly like a territory-grabbing game.

How many elderly people remain at first-rate level until they die of old age, let alone reaching transcendent?

Even if players could eventually reach it by grinding money and time, that’s only when a game is just a game.

Even I myself had been stuck at late-stage peak for nearly a year.

‘Well, that’s because I couldn’t make additional payments!’

The 500 million won in stocks and savings I had carefully accumulated flickered before my eyes.

If I had thrown all of that in, I would have already broken through transcendent and reached transformation realm.

But now that was just a pipe dream.

Advancing in realm was truly distant.

“Um, Mother?”

“What is it?”

“Is reaching transcendent within a month even possible?”

“If you’re my daughter, it should be possible.”

Ju Sohui gestured as she handed over the secret manual.

“You’ll memorize this text alone, and I’ll oversee your qi cultivation training morning and evening. Then you’ll achieve complete transformation in a short time.”

“…By any chance, is my brother who’s currently traveling also at transcendent level?”

“Iya is still at early-stage peak.”

I slapped my forehead.

“Mother. My brother who’s seven years older than me is still at early-stage peak, yet you’re telling me to reach transcendent…”

“Iya takes after his father, so it can’t be helped. But you’re the spitting image of me, aren’t you?”

Ju Sohui smiled kindly.

Even a stranger would want to run up and cry “Mother!” upon seeing such a figure.

But the reality was simply sky-high confidence saying, ‘Your brother doesn’t have much talent because he takes after his father, but you take after the genius me, so won’t you do well on your own?’

“Though I only broke through the wall of transcendent when I reached my prime years, seeing your achievements, it seems you could even surpass me. Even if you fail, it will all be helpful to you in the future, so don’t avoid it beforehand and give it a try.”

“Hmm.”

Why did this remind me of my mom beyond the monitor who made me go to various academies, saying it was all for my own good?

‘I did end up getting into Korean University Pharmacy Department though.’

Huh?

Then isn’t this studying also a good thing?

Come to think of it, there wouldn’t be an opportunity to receive close tutoring from a Hyeongyeong master anywhere else.

Even being born as a child of the Five Great Families was the same. Not every family had a Hyeongyeong master. In fact, as far as I knew, among our parents’ generation, only Ju Sohui of the Peng Family had reached the Hyeongyeong realm.

What about my foster mother, the Heavenly Demon?

She was stronger than Ju Sohui, but I had to consider her age.

She was probably over two hundred years old, though she looked like she was in her mid-twenties.

As if reading my psychology that was gradually being persuaded, Ju Sohui stepped closer and took my hand.

“Moreover, as long as you’re my daughter, you won’t be free from the Blood Sect’s attacks. You’ve managed to avoid them well so far, but after the official announcement to the alliance, you’ll become even more conspicuous. Especially when they learn your age.”

“Huh? Why my age?”

“Excluding the Mad Demon and the Wheel-Turning Demon Witch, the old monsters of the Blood Sect are dullards who’ve only reached harmony realm despite their age. But when they learn that this Sword Emperor’s daughter is on the verge of transcendent in her mid-teens, would they leave you alone?”

Indeed. I understood.

In short, it meant they’d try to eliminate me before I became an untouchable monster if left alone any longer.

As I nodded, Ju Sohui smiled brightly.

“By the way, you’ve learned demonic arts, haven’t you?”

“…What?!”

Startled, I stumbled backward.

Learning demonic arts was a fact I had desperately hidden since right after my possession. I had refrained from using them as much as possible, not only in front of Ju Sohui but also in front of others.

Seeing my reaction, she explained matter-of-factly.

“Once you reach a certain level, you can roughly tell what kind of martial arts a subordinate has learned.”

“!”

I realized what she meant.

In the game too, you could roughly peek at the tendencies and skills of enemies with much lower stats than yourself.

So in Ju Sohui’s status window (though it wouldn’t be a real status window), my stats would roughly appear like this.

[Name: Pengdori (Evil alignment)]

[Main martial arts: Sinister]

Of course, since this wasn’t a game, she probably didn’t know the exact martial arts names.

…I rolled my eyes around.

Cold sweat dripped down.

‘Don’t tell me I’ll be removed from the family register…’

No. If my demonic arts were discovered, it wouldn’t just be removal from the family register.

The demonic arts I had learned were premium (extremely wicked) edition that required real money to obtain.

Learning even one made you a public enemy of the martial world and subject to immediate execution. I wasn’t stupid to have desperately hidden it until now.

‘I’d die even if I ran away.’

Maybe if I were at transformation realm, but running from a Hyeongyeong master was just asking to be killed.

It was at that moment when I was frantically thinking.

“Yes. Sometimes there are times when you must bend to survive.”

“Oh.”

Ju Sohui hugged me.

Tightly.

Affectionately as usual.

“They must have forced you to learn it. That’s the typical method of those Makyō and Blood Sect bastards. Making you learn demonic arts to turn you into a public enemy of the martial world, so you can’t escape.”

Ju Sohui patted my back as if feeling sorry.

“Even in such circumstances, you’ve grown up so upright. …How admirable.”

“Uh. …Uh.”

My mouth broke down.

Forced to learn? By whom?

Me?

‘My conscience hurts.’

I had just thought ‘Wow, I can’t resist a Heavenly Demon who shoots laser beams’ and spent a lot of money (about 10 million won).

I just wanted to become a Heavenly Demon who could shoot action beams while sparking electricity!

Honestly, that’s cool! That is!

The triangle in my heart spun round and round.

Fortunately, there seemed to be corners left to prick me. Though if I stayed next to Ju Sohui too long, it might become round.

“Phew.”

After being held and loved by Ju Sohui for a while, we returned to the main topic.

“It would be best not to get caught if possible, but if you do get caught…”

“If I do?”

“Just kill them.”

“What?”

Does it work that way?

“What’s the point of leaving future troubles? If there’s no one who saw, then you didn’t use it. Right?”

“Uh.”

A drop of sweat rolled down my forehead at this extremely radical claim.

‘This is totally like saying assassination is fine as long as there are no witnesses. She’s crazy.’

Let’s do it right away.

I asked seriously.

“What if I get caught by righteous faction people or someone too strong?”

“If they’re someone I know, they can’t touch you anyway. Your face is already like an ID card, but just in case, always reveal your name to officials and righteous faction people.”

“To officials too? Why?”

When I tilted my head, Ju Sohui burst into laughter.

“Haha! Does our little one not even know her mother’s name?”

“?”

It’s Ju Sohui.

Seeing me blinking blankly, Ju Sohui asked with a slightly flustered expression.

“Do you really not know?”

“Huh? No, I know. But why do you ask?”

“Hmm….”

After letting out a somewhat contemplative sound, she soon made a “hah” sound.

Looking at her expression, she seemed to have entered ‘my poor child’ mode again. She’s definitely having some major misunderstanding.

“Since my child doesn’t know, this mother should teach you. The Ju in front of my name means the bloodline of the Son of Heaven, and the Yellow Dragon Blade is the sword of the great Ming that received the Son of Heaven’s approval.”

My mind went blank at the sudden influx of information.

Son of Heaven?

Son of Heaven means Emperor, right?

‘Come to think of it, I think the game prologue mentioned something about the Ming Dynasty….’

I had no interest in worldbuilding whatsoever, so I had completely forgotten about it.

Startled, I asked.

“Then don’t tell me I’m also an imperial descendant?”

“Strictly speaking, a princess’s descendants aren’t imperial grandsons, but in the sense of having imperial blood, that would be correct.”

“P-p-p-princess?”

Not just a title, but actual imperial bloodline?!

“Th-then my maternal uncle is the Crown Prince, no, His Highness the Crown Prince.”

“He was once. But since my brother is already close to seventy, he should now be addressed as His Majesty.”

Cold sweat ran down my back.

It feels like I’ve been suddenly dragged from a martial arts fantasy world into Ming Dynasty history.

‘Do you interact with royalty if you take the righteous faction route? Did I choose Makyō for nothing? …No, I wouldn’t have known even if I took the righteous route. I would have had to actually read the event dialogue.’

Zero experience reading martial arts novels.

Always skipped the story.

The karma of my complacent laziness is coming back to bite me like this.

But my ignorance—isn’t the game company somewhat at fault too?

I skipped it because they made the story boring. If it had been more exciting and came out as an animation or something, I would have had basic knowledge too.

“Therefore, there won’t be many who would dare touch you, the Emperor’s niece. But if by any chance you were to die at the hands of some old monster….”

Ju Sohui smiled coldly.

“This mother will hunt down the culprit and tear apart ten generations of their family.”

The royalty who would say ‘exterminate ten generations!’ that I’d only seen in history books is right here.

“If necessary, I’ll even tearfully plead before His Majesty. How could His Majesty ignore the resentment of his one and only sister?”

She was even the one and only princess.

This way, even if the Emperor dies and the Crown Prince ascends the throne, she’d become almost the only imperial elder. No, more than that, this means the next Emperor would be my cousin!

‘Terrifying. Protagonist correction.’

My backing exceeds my imagination.

If I had known there was such an amazing hidden piece, I would have looked up story wikis instead of just staring at gacha probability tables.

“Someone your age might not understand the situation, but once you reach the pinnacle level, how could anyone dare lay a hand on you?”

After finishing her words, Ju Sohui erased her fierce expression and instantly returned to a kind face.

She smiled gently with her eyes.

“So you should only think about reaching the pinnacle level as quickly as possible. This mother will take care of the rest.”

“Yes.”

Wow! A righteous faction mom!

Even one of the Five Absolutes!

And a princess on top of that!

She’s incredibly reliable. I nodded vigorously.

“Then first, let me teach you a secret divine art passed down in the imperial family.”

“A secret imperial divine art!”

My eyes sparkled.

When I played the game, I took the Heavenly Demon route so I had no connection with the imperial side.

But now, a ‘secret imperial martial art’ taught by none other than a princess (real) who’s one of the Five Absolutes. My heart was already pounding with anticipation of how amazing it would be.

“First, take this book.”

“Yes.”

I naturally took the book and froze.

Ju Sohui spoke with a slightly excited tone.

“Memorizing all the incantations written there is the beginning. Hmm, it’s only a hundred pages, so three days should be enough, right?”

“…Um. Mother.”

“What’s wrong?”

I held out the book with an expression that was neither smiling nor crying.

“What does this say?”

That’s right.

The proud citizen of the Republic of Korea, Pengdori (not really).

I can’t read Chinese characters.

‘Isn’t that natural?’

← Please let me know in the comments if there are any Koreans who can read all these characters.

I don’t know them, anyway.

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