The Youngest Daughter of the Hebei Peng Clan Is a Truly a Very Famous Little Heavenly Demon - Chapter 51

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51.

 

“Four wives?”

 

Ancient China practiced polygamy with concubines, so it wasn’t particularly strange.

 

In fact, among the current Five Great Families, only the Peng Family of Hebei had just one legitimate wife. In this case, it was more due to Ju Sohui being a princess than their marital harmony.

 

Of course, even when married to a princess, there were no legal issues with taking concubines.

 

Only no legal issues.

 

Which meant you shouldn’t do it.

 

“Hmm, the Eon Family didn’t seem to have such problems.”

 

“The eldest son of the Eon Family is overwhelmingly superior and has good character. On the other hand, the Dang Family’s sons are close in age and similar in martial prowess, making things complicated in various ways.”

 

Indeed, Eon Muhyeok had quite an age gap with his younger brothers.

 

“Besides, those two families have different traditions. Sacheondang doesn’t follow primogeniture but decides the young patriarch through competition, and what’s important here is…”

 

“What’s important?”

 

“They consider scheming as part of one’s ability too.”

 

My sword technique faltered at Yeonhwa’s explanation.

 

“Sacheondang is essentially a renowned assassination family, right? If you can’t win in a fair fight, using ambushes or poison is also considered skill.”

 

“That’s a rather unpleasant family.”

 

“Haha, each family pursues different things. That’s why I prefer those from the Peng Family or Nangung.”

 

True to being a Huashan disciple, she seemed to prefer the type that tears through schemes and whatnot with pure strength.

 

‘Wait. Come to think of it, Ju Sohui too?’

 

She was someone who’d rather just draw her sword and cut things down than scheme.

 

Looking at it this way, despite not being from the Peng Family, she was quite Peng-like, making her seem like a perfect match for Peng.

 

She was also that Peng’s mother.

 

“Anyway, aren’t you planning to visit the Dang Family soon? When you meet the young masters directly, you’ll be able to tell what kind of people they are.”

 

“That’s also tr…! Yes!”

 

Clack!

 

I grinned as I parried Yeonhwa’s wooden sword that came striking at my waist.

 

“Weren’t you going too easy on me?”

 

“I can’t go all out against a patient.”

 

Yeonhwa who said this seemed genuinely disappointed.

 

“It’s such a shame. If only you, Dori, would stay at Huashan a little longer and become my training partner. Why are you thinking of leaving as soon as your arm heals?”

 

“Ahaha, we can meet again later in Henan.”

 

The Wulin Alliance holds the Dragon Phoenix Assembly once every three years to promote friendship among the younger generation of orthodox sects.

 

The Dragon Phoenix Assembly held in Henan, where the Alliance’s headquarters is located, gathers promising youngsters for a month of joint training, with the final week featuring a tournament with randomly drawn matches to determine a champion.

 

The criterion for being a promising youngster was age.

 

Tournament participants were limited to youths between fifteen and thirty years old.

 

“I’ll be an instructor though.”

 

Yeonhwa, being thirty, was out. (The next Dragon Phoenix Assembly is next year.)

 

Still, she had won twice and earned the Divine Dragon title.

 

“Who was the winner two years ago?”

 

“Someone from Shaolin. The young monk who became the Divine Dragon then was twenty-eight, so he’ll probably participate next year too.”

 

Having participated in exchanges with other sects and families as Huashan’s senior disciple, Yeonhwa was surprisingly well-informed about rumors.

 

“If there are no major upsets, I expected Shaolin to produce the Divine Dragon next year too, but if you participate, Dori, victory would be a sure thing. Other sects and families must be in a panic, right?”

 

“Hehe.”

 

Indeed, being at the late stage of the Transcendent realm at my age would be catastrophic.

 

‘Though my sword techniques are still subtle.’

 

Forget sword energy, even freely manifesting sword intent was still difficult.

 

Still, with some training, I should be able to firmly establish myself as a late-stage Transcendent before the Dragon Phoenix Assembly.

 

…Participating in the Dragon Phoenix Assembly itself feels somewhat like cheating.

 

‘Actually, Peng is above average too.’

 

Twenty-two years old at the early stage of the Peak realm.

 

For someone from the Five Great Families, that was considered a decent achievement.

 

If Peng trains without incident, he’ll reach the late Peak stage or early Transcendent stage around thirty, so participants who stand out at the Dragon Phoenix Assembly are generally around that level.

 

However, the Divine Dragon.

 

Past winners were mainly in their late twenties, around the middle stage of the Transcendent realm.

 

Don’t underestimate it just because it’s only one stage difference.

 

As one’s realm increases, the gap between each stage becomes vast. I was an extreme exception, growing rapidly with the system’s help.

 

“Hmm.”

 

Anyway, the Dang Family.

 

‘I guess I have no choice but to go see for myself?’

 

From what I heard, Sacheondang has over ten direct children alone.

 

Then one of them must be a protagonist.

 

Of course, no options appeared even in front of Eon Muhyeok, who I suspected was a protagonist, and Yeonhwa hasn’t shown any changes since that day, so it’s not certain.

 

Still, there’s a world of difference between seeing with your own eyes and not.

 

“Thank you for everything.”

 

After cleaning up the training ground with Yeonhwa, I took Dangsoso and entered the Sect Leader’s Residence.

 

“Come visit anytime. Oh, and give my regards to Hero Ju.”

 

“I will.”

 

She offered kind words with her characteristically sharp eyes.

 

I hope there’s no misunderstanding.

 

She’s just scary-looking but a good person.

 

“Dori, I’ll escort you. Let’s go to the village entrance together.”

 

Yeonhwa volunteered to see me off.

 

“Sister Dang! Take care!”

 

“Sister Soso! You must come visit next time! You must!”

 

“Sister, do you really have to go?”

 

As we were leaving with Yeonhwa, the third-generation disciples swarmed around Dangsoso like magnets.

 

While I was deeply investigating Yeonhwa (though no new options appeared in the end), she seemed to have become Huashan’s popular figure during my neglect.

 

“I’m going.”

 

Dangsoso flatly rejected their pleas to stay longer with a completely drained expression.

 

She seemed desperate to escape this children’s hell as soon as possible.

 

“Now that we’re parting, I feel reluctant.”

 

Fortunately, thanks to Yeonhwa knowing shortcuts, the descent took less than an hour.

 

She helped us procure various supplies in the village so we could resume our journey.

 

Since no merchant had the guts to cheat Huashan’s senior disciple in Huashan’s territory, we were able to obtain many good items at good prices.

 

“If it weren’t for my intensive training period, I would have followed you on your martial world journey, Dori.”

 

“Haha… Sister, please accept this.”

 

I handed Yeonhwa a golden plaque from the Peng Family as she kept expressing regret.

 

The golden plaque with a powerfully running tiger engraved in the center was something I only had three of, making it difficult to distribute carelessly.

 

“This is…!”

 

Yeonhwa, with her extensive knowledge of the great families, seemed to recognize this fact.

 

“Is it okay to just give this away?”

 

“This is the first golden plaque I’m giving away, you know? Keep it safe and return it when we meet next time.”

 

“I’ll consider it an honor. Thank you.”

 

Yeonhwa carefully put the golden plaque in her bosom and truly saw us both off.

 

“See you again, Dori! Lady Dang too!”

 

“Sounds good!”

 

“Yes.”

 

Thus ended our Huashan tour.

 

I departed on the journey with Dangsoso, who was strangely subdued.

 

Our destination was Chengdu in Sichuan Province, north of the Yangtze River, crossing Zhongnan Mountains and passing through Zhongyuan.

 

It was Dangsoso’s birthplace, the Sichuan Tang Family.

 

* * *

 

The road to Sichuan is far.

 

I’m not joking—it’s really, really faaaar.

 

From Shaanxi to Sichuan, even calculating just the straight-line distance, it’s a whopping 2,400 li.

 

Converting this to modern distance, it means walking an incredible 1,200km. (One li in ancient China is about 500m.)

 

However, the path from Shaanxi to Sichuan is treacherous terrain covered with dense mountains and gorges.

 

—I experienced this fact firsthand while traveling with Dangsoso.

 

“Soso.”

 

“Yes.”

 

“This is weird! The mountains never end!”

 

It was definitely manageable at first.

 

From Mount Hwa to Guanzhong was a vast plain, with villages and government offices along the way, so there was little chance for travel fatigue to accumulate.

 

The six days that passed like honey flew by quickly.

 

The problem came after that.

 

The Jinling Mountain Range.

 

A natural barrier separating Chūan from its southern regions—as soon as we entered, all traces of human presence vanished.

 

Endless mountain ridges stretching on forever.

 

Due to the dense trees, it was damp and dark even during the day. Add to that the thick fog and clouds that lingered year-round, and I couldn’t even tell if I was going in the right direction.

 

“S-shall we rest here for today? We need to check our direction too.”

 

It had been two weeks since we last saw a human dwelling.

 

Was I even making progress? Where was this place? Who was I?

 

Without proper washing, let alone a decent place to sleep, Dangsoso and I quickly became beggars.

 

I tried to untangle my matted hair with my fingers (it didn’t work well) while joking around with Dangsoso.

 

“Ahaha. At least it’s not raining, so that’s fortunate. If it started pouring here, it would be absolutely terrible—”

 

Rumble.

 

As soon as I finished speaking, thunder rolled in the distance.

 

“Oh.”

 

Soon, water drops began to fall.

 

“Well… at least it’s not a downpour, right? We were running low on drinking water anyway, so this works out! Let’s collect some in our water bottles.”

 

However, before long, the drizzle turned into a downpour so heavy you could barely keep your eyes open.

 

“At least there’s no lightning! It’s something that we won’t die from being struck by lightning!”

 

CRACK! Flash!

 

Lightning struck a large tree right next to me. The instantly blackened tree fell with a thud.

 

“…”

 

“…”

 

Everyone fell silent.

 

Dangsoso, soaked like seaweed in the knife-like rain, declared expressionlessly.

 

“Lady Peng, please don’t open your mouth.”

 

“Uuung…”

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