The Youngest Daughter of the Hebei Peng Clan Is a Truly a Very Famous Little Heavenly Demon - Chapter 12

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12.

“Wolhae Sword Technique?”

It was a name I’d heard somewhere before.

‘Somehow it sounds like an expensive name.’

Searching through her memories, Dori recalled that one of the rankers had used the Wolhae Sword Technique.

Naturally, a question arose.

“Um, Mother! I have a question!”

“Go ahead.”

“When you say Peng Family, isn’t it usually blade techniques? I thought Mother would teach me martial arts like the Five Tigers Breaking Gate Blade…”

The Five Tigers Breaking Gate Blade was a rough and crude but equally powerful blade technique that represented the Peng Family of Hebei in the game.

Whatever teaching Mother Hyeongyeong gave couldn’t be bad, but it was natural to have questions.

Seeing Dori’s expression, Ju Sohui smiled gently.

“That’s a good question. Of course, if you want, I can ask your father to teach you the Five Tigers Breaking Gate Blade. But haven’t you already reached the pinnacle realm as a swordsman?”

“That’s true.”

Though swords and blades might look similar at first glance, they were completely different weapons.

It would be troublesome to suddenly hand a massive six-foot blade to a child who had been using sword techniques.

“Above all, the Wolhae Sword Technique is a sword method suited to a woman’s flexible body. In many ways, it’s the most advantageous martial art for your current state.”

“Oh.”

“It’s also a secret technique of the Haenam Sect.”

“Ah. …What? A secret technique?”

Dori’s eyes widened.

“Is it okay to just pass on another sect’s secret technique? No, more than that, how does Mother know the Haenam Sect’s secret technique…?”

“Well, since my master is the Grand Sect Leader of the Haenam Sect, isn’t it natural? Though I’m part of a family now, I was once offered the position of sect leader.”

“Whoa.”

What is this. This character with excessive backstory.

A princess who fled to escape imperial court intrigue was taken in by the Haenam Sect leader, devoured the martial world, and became a peerless master? And then married the Peng Family patriarch of Hebei who was twelve years younger?

If I’d known it was such an exciting story, I wouldn’t have skipped it and would have read it properly. Dori scratched the back of her head, thought for a moment, then exclaimed.

“Then I’ll learn diligently!”

“How admirable, my dear child.”

Though she hadn’t really done anything, honey flowed from Ju Sohui’s eyes.

This was treatment she’d grown accustomed to.

After patting her daughter with affectionate hands, she handed over a real sword.

“Let’s start with the first chapter. Take the sword.”

“? Don’t we usually start with wooden swords?”

“An ordinary person would do so, but no matter how much you struggle at your level, could you even graze a thread of my clothes?”

Hearing those words, Dori made an expression full of competitive spirit.

“That’s something we’ll only know after trying!”

And two hours later.

Dori, who had been beaten by Ju Sohui all day, groaned.

“I thought you cherished me, Mother?”

“Because I cherish you, I’m teaching you this strictly. Seeing my child so lacking also tears my heart into a thousand, ten thousand pieces.”

“Sob.”

Dori whined, but Ju Sohui was sincere in her own way.

Would she want to teach her daughter so harshly? If she followed her instincts, she would just wrap her tightly in blankets and protect her for life without a single cut.

Ju Sohui actually had the power to do so.

If she just confined Dori right now, would she dare to even attempt escape?

But that wouldn’t be proper nurturing.

Cherishing a child isn’t just about wrapping them up.

Having spent her youth in the imperial palace and then in the martial world, Ju Sohui knew this fact very well.

That true freedom could never come to the incompetent.

‘That day too-‘

Ju Sohui’s eyes darkened as she recalled the bloody events from over ten years ago.

Her daughter, rolling in the dirt, dirty and covered in scraped wounds.

A treasure she wanted to hide safely away and keep only for herself to see.

…Should I just lock her away for life?

“Mother! Where should I put the sword? Let’s eat together!”

But soon after, a lovely face suddenly came close.

It was a distance she wouldn’t allow anyone else. But since she wasn’t on guard at all, Ju Sohui met Dori’s eyes in a defenseless state.

“? Hehe.”

Dori, who had looked puzzled for a moment, smiled bashfully.

Seeing that innocent appearance, the obsession and dark shadows cast over Ju Sohui’s heart completely cleared away.

“Leave the imperial palace. Since your mother and brother are powerless and weak, that’s the only way for you to survive.”

She remembered the old days when she secretly escaped the imperial palace while holding secret techniques to her chest.

The current Empress Dowager, her mother who was merely a lowly concubine at the time, also had extreme maternal love.

That’s why she sent her daughter away.

Now it was her turn.

Ju Sohui smiled as if she had no choice, taking her daughter’s hand.

‘I should let her be free after all.’

However, there was one thing a parent must do.

Create a safe haven and wait so that the tired child could return anytime.

‘Come to think of it, Iya should be returning from his travels soon.’

Looking at her daughter, Ju Sohui also thought of her son who would be somewhere.

He said he’d return before summer, and it was almost May.

As a mother, she hoped he would return before Dori left so the siblings could reunite.

* * *

“Brother Eon!”

It was a very cheerful tone.

Eon Muhyeok turned his head at the man’s call. He’d been sensing a familiar presence for a while, and sure enough, the person he expected was beside him.

“It’s been a while. It seems your skills have improved tremendously in the meantime.”

“I recently overcame a small barrier and entered the mid-level of the pinnacle realm.”

“Mid-level!”

The man’s eyes widened as he exclaimed in amazement.

“Already mid-pinnacle at seventeen, aren’t you the fastest among the younger generation? At this rate, you might even aim for the title of next Number One Under Heaven.”

“I wonder. Wouldn’t that be difficult?”

“Hm?”

This was someone who had been arrogant and proud of his skills since childhood, his nose reaching the sky.

But seeing him look unconfident unlike usual, the puzzled man raised his eyebrows.

“What’s gotten into Brother Eon? Did you meet some hidden young master?”

“…Don’t you know?”

When he asked this, Eon Muhyeok instead made an expression as if he couldn’t believe the man didn’t know.

“?”

“?”

The two tall men looked at each other and made questioning sounds.

In the end, it was Eon Muhyeok who spoke first.

“Didn’t the Sword Emperor look for this brother’s younger sibling? I understand they’re the same age as me, but they seemed to have already reached the late pinnacle realm…”

“What?”

“Well, the Sword Emperor was an unprecedented case. Even Grandfather yields a point to the Sword Emperor.”

“No wait, say that again.”

The startled man grabbed Eon Muhyeok’s shoulder. The man’s gaze bore down on Eon Muhyeok, who looked like he didn’t understand.

“What did you just say?”

“He’s around my age, but seems to have reached the late stage of perfection—”

“Before that!”

“You mean about the Sword Emperor finding this elder brother’s younger sibling?”

“…Younger sibling?”

The man.

The young master of the Peng Family who had returned from his travels abroad froze.

He asked back as if he couldn’t believe it.

“My younger sibling has returned?”

* * *

At the same time.

In Xinjiang, a remote land far from Hebei and Shanxi, across waters and desolate deserts.

In a religious building situated there, a woman lying with an unpleasant expression opened her mouth.

“What did you say?”

“Th-they say no matter how much they search for the Young Cheonma’s whereabouts, they absolutely cannot find her.”

“Ridiculous.”

Snap!

At the cold rebuke that fell as she folded her fan, the demon head broke out in cold sweat.

It was common for the Young Cheonma to travel abroad for three or four months. But it had already been ten months since she hadn’t returned.

No matter how far Zhongyuan and Xinjiang were from each other, not showing even a trace like this was unprecedented. The atmosphere in the shrine was also sinking day by day, and recently it had become almost like walking on thin ice.

And for good reason.

The so-called Sage God, Cheonma who was the master of the Religious Sect, was scattering killing intent almost daily. In just a few months, the number of sect members who had died could pile up into a mountain of corpses.

With the situation like this, the demon heads serving the sect leader were also tensely frozen.

However, even in the midst of all this, there was one who remained calm alone.

Geum Taewon.

Despite his young age, he was a man called the Demon Brain.

“Excuse me, but Sect Leader, may I offer a word?”

“What is it?”

“Since the Religious Sect’s base is far away, it takes far too long for search parties to go out and return. If we continue like this, we won’t be able to find the Young Cheonma even after several years.”

“What are you trying to say?”

“The Religious Sect’s power has reached a considerable level. Wouldn’t it be alright to extend our hand to Zhongyuan again?”

He reported.

‘If the sect leader’s adopted daughter was harmed and died in Zhongyuan, using this as a pretext for invasion wouldn’t be bad either.’

Since ancient times, the resentment of parents who lost their children had been tremendous justification.

Even the orthodox sect’s Hyeongyeong masters who would mobilize as soon as Cheonma came to Zhongyuan would hesitate if it was a mother’s revenge for losing her child.

Of course, this was entirely the scheme of Geum Taewon, the Demon Brain. That Cheonma extremely cherished her adopted daughter was a fact known to everyone in the Religious Sect.

“…Not a bad idea.”

After hearing the proposal, Cheonma pondered for a moment then soon rose from her seat.

The demon heads standing below the seat also all stood up. Under their attention, Cheonma smiled fiercely.

“If a child has disappeared, naturally as a mother I should search for her, shouldn’t I? That’s what you mean, Demon Brain?”

“…Yes. That’s right.”

“Good.”

Cheonma Doggo Yeon.

The very person who massacred the renowned Doggo Sega with her own hands and had them permanently expelled from the Five Great Families.

The two-hundred-year-old monster looked out the window with cruel eyes.

“Wait just a little longer, Hyeon-a.”

This mother will come to get you.

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