The Youngest Daughter of the Hebei Peng Clan Is a Truly a Very Famous Little Heavenly Demon - Chapter 36
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36.
After finishing a brief sparring session with Dangsoso, I devoted myself to training the Moonlight Sword Technique.
‘It might be a matter of proficiency.’
Unlike the Heavenly Demon Divine Thunder Sword Technique that I had consistently used since my character days, I had only learned the Moonlight Sword Technique for barely half a year. Excluding the time I spent with Cheonma, it was about five months.
It was too short a time to master a martial art. I now keenly understood that learning and mastering were completely different things.
“Peng Soxiong, the Patriarch is calling for you.”
From the first form to the ninth form.
As I was continuously practicing the Moonlight Sword Technique to build proficiency, the servant I had seen earlier came to find me. I immediately sheathed my sword and nodded.
“I’ll go now.”
Since I was visiting another family’s house, I should show proper courtesy to the Patriarch.
Dangsoso’s thoughts, following behind me, flowed into my mind.
=Isn’t the Eon Family Patriarch the one that the Sword Master hung at the castle gate before? This should be interesting.
=…Just in case, I’m telling you this, but you can’t talk about that in front of him.
=Of course.
When I gave the warning, she answered refreshingly.
Since she’s such a bouncy character, I’m secretly worried.
‘Honestly, that anecdote was amusing.’
But that’s something only Ju Sohui could say as the speaker. I cleared my throat in front of the Inner Courtyard and said.
“This is Dori of the Peng Family. May I come in for a moment?”
After a brief silence, permission was granted. When I carefully opened the door, I saw an old man trying to look dignified.
It was Eon Family Patriarch Eon Taehyeok.
“I greet the Eon Family Patriarch. Thank you for providing Cheonbindan.”
“Hmm, it’s nothing.”
Eon Taehyeok seemed to be trying hard to produce a solemn voice.
I was slightly disappointed.
‘I heard he was a scoundrel.’
I had been excited thinking he might have courtesans around him as the rumors suggested, but he didn’t seem to be that much of a mess.
However, his martial realm was a bit…
‘He’s at the same Chojejung level as me?’
I could understand why Eon Yeonhyeok constantly clicked his tongue.
“Stay comfortably during your visit.”
“Ah, yes. I will do that.”
“And there… Ahem, when is the Sword Master returning to the Peng Family?”
I blinked my eyes.
“Probably a few more days? She said she would play Go with Elder Eon.”
“…Go?”
Eon Taehyeok’s expression turned sour.
He seemed somewhat frightened. With a reluctant face, he issued an order for me to leave.
“I understand. Now go on.”
“Yes. Thank you.”
I bowed with cupped fists and quickly withdrew.
‘I thought he would ask to see Dangsoso.’
He had called me simply for courtesy’s sake, but didn’t seem particularly welcoming. Dangsoso, who had been waiting outside, sent me a telepathic message.
=I heard that Patriarch Eon is afraid of both the Grand Patriarch and the Sword Master.
=Really? Why is that?
=He might have a timid nature to begin with. He only became Patriarch because all his brothers died.
“Difficult.”
I had heard that the Jinzhu Eon Family suffered the greatest damage from the Righteous War that occurred a generation ago.
Thanks to that, the firmly established bloodline was almost severed, and the family’s power declined dangerously.
=Come to think of it, didn’t you say the Jinzhu Eon Family joined the Five Great Families last?
=That’s right. They filled the vacancy left after the Doggo Sega was exterminated two hundred years ago.
=…And it was Cheonma who exterminated that Doggo Sega.
“Golden answer.”
Dangsoso, who had learned my catchphrase, gave a thumbs up.
‘Without even Eon Yeonhyeok, the current Patriarch would have become a puppet of the Council of Elders.’
That’s how the Chojejung realm is.
If you reach it before thirty, you’re called a genius, but if a direct descendant of the Five Great Families can’t break through Chojejung even in their seventies, they’re frankly below mediocre.
The reason is simple.
Direct descendants of the Five Great Families are beings who live their entire lives for martial arts alone.
From birth, they receive marrow cleansing and consume all kinds of spiritual medicines while learning divine techniques from masters of Huajing and Hyeongyeong levels. Their starting point is dimensionally different from other wandering martial artists who struggle their entire lives to obtain even one proper martial technique.
But a person who bears the title of Patriarch can’t even reach Huajing by the age of seventy?
*Seventy years old
This is a serious problem.
In fact, even the management of the Eon Family is mostly handled by the Council of Elders. It seems to be a precarious family in many ways.
It was when I was lost in thought, heading toward Cheonbindan.
“Child, did you see that fool Taehyeok properly?”
A familiar voice was heard. When I turned my head, Eon Yeonhyeok was strolling over in comfortable clothes.
Ju Sohui beside him rolled her eyes.
“She’s my child.”
“Hey! Who said Dori was my daughter? To me, all youngsters under forty are children!”
“Ah, yes.”
Receiving suspicious looks, Eon Yeonhyeok beat his chest.
“Oh my, since your mother dislikes it so much, I’ll just call you Dori. Anyway, did you see him properly? That fool Taehyeok didn’t say anything strange, did he?”
“Not at all. He treated me very well. Oh, and Mother asked when you would be staying until.”
“Hmm.”
Ju Sohui let out a sly smile.
“Seeing how much he detests it makes me want to stay for several months.”
“Wait, don’t do that. My son’s weak heart won’t survive.”
“I’m joking. Though I do want to see Doa more, His Majesty has given me a task, so I must go to Beijing.”
Beijing?
My ears perked up at this interesting story. Seeing me like this, Ju Sohui gently stroked my head.
“Doa, you should also come to see His Majesty and the Empress Dowager later. Her Majesty should see her grown granddaughter’s face at least once, shouldn’t she?”
“Huh. …Understood!”
I answered with slight nervousness.
‘I’m going to enter the Forbidden City that I couldn’t even visit in my previous life.’
I really can’t get used to this.
* * *
It had already been seven weeks since staying at the Jinzhu Eon Family.
After Ju Sohui left, Eon Yeonhyeok’s earnest teaching began. He came directly to Cheonbindan and looked alternately at me and Dangsoso before speaking.
“It’s been about two months since you became Miss Dang’s master. Have there been any particular changes recently?”
“The bond seems stronger than at first. Maybe it’s because Soso has become closer to me?”
“It varies by type, but usually that’s not the case. Well, blood jiangshi that retain so much of their living appearance are also rare…”
I straightened my posture. He, sitting across from me, stroked his rough chin.
“First, it would be good to build up the basics step by step. You said you learned jiangshi techniques separately before?”
“That’s right.”
For two months, I couldn’t train properly because Ju Sohui strongly insisted on stability. Hearing my answer, Eon Yeonhyeok suggested with interested eyes.
“Then I’ll give you the corpse of my beast, so try to recreate it once.”
“You have a corpse?”
“The Eon Family’s warehouse always has them. Being resurrected as jiangshi even after death is the fate of the Eon clan.”
For that being the case, I hadn’t seen any jiangshi since coming to the Jinzhu Eon Family.
‘Were all the jiangshi made as vanguards during the Jeongsa War completely destroyed?’
No matter how sturdy jiangshi are, they’re still corpses.
If their entire body is shattered to pieces, it can’t be restored. Dangsoso was a unique specimen who could become perfectly fine just by absorbing essence even when broken.
“Come in.”
I followed Eon Yeonhyeok into the building marked Guijindang (Hall of Returning to Truth).
As soon as I opened the double doors, I felt a sharp chill. For some unknown reason, my steps became somewhat lighter from the comfortable feeling.
“There are many coffins.”
Dangsoso, who was looking around inside Guijindang, spoke.
“It’s kept cool even in midsummer so the corpses don’t rot. Let’s see, this should be appropriate for the first attempt.”
It was a small wooden coffin about the size that could fit a newborn baby. Eon Yeonhyeok, holding the box, came out of Guijindang and showed me the inside.
Inside was a white pigeon.
When I touched it, it was cold and stiff. It seemed to be frozen solid in a state of rigor mortis.
“If you need a brush or paper, just say so. I’ll lend them to you.”
“It’s fine.”
Gangheolryeonhongong doesn’t require much preparation. I bit my thumb to draw blood.
Gangheolryeonhon (Stiff Blood Soul Refinement).
Reclaiming the soul through blood.
A soul dwells in the flesh of every living creature. After death, that soul departs and heads to the underworld.
Gangheolryeonhongong was a technique that used the caster’s blood to refine souls that remained only as fragments. When I applied a few drops of blood around the pigeon’s neck and summoned my inner energy, the dead bird began to move before long.
The bird that fluttered up flew right out through the open door, cooed, and buried its head in the ground. The pigeon, having successfully hunted a small insect, soon flew up and perched on my shoulder.
“Huh!”
Eon Yeonhyeok, seeing this, exclaimed in admiration.
“Wing movement control shouldn’t be easy, yet you’re so skilled.”
“What? It’s not control, it’s just moving on its own.”
How could I possibly control wing movements?
When I tilted my head in confusion, his expression changed to one of shock.
“You’ve breathed self-awareness into a jiangshi?”
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