The Youngest Daughter of the Hebei Peng Clan Is a Truly a Very Famous Little Heavenly Demon - Chapter 65

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65.

“Run, run?”

“This isn’t the time to be leisurely sitting around here! No, you should have told me from the beginning that she was late-stage Hwa Gyeong!”

I’m so scared my body is trembling violently.

Late-stage Hwa Gyeong?

Late-stage Hwa Gyeooong?!

I had prepared myself for her to be somewhat strong from the title “Majon,” but I thought it was just a name steeped in the typical arrogance of the Blood Sect or Sapa.

But if she’s a late-stage Hwa Gyeong master, that’s a different story.

The Ten Great Masters of the Martial World called Hyeongyeong, just one level below those distant supreme masters.

A monster who freely manipulates strong qi, performs aerial steps with ease, and is gradually finding clues to the art of qi sword techniques.

‘I absolutely can’t win!’

If Chojejung is the pinnacle of humanity, then Hwa Gyeong masters shed their human shell as they approach the later stages.

For reference, the patriarchs of most sects including Huashan and Zhongnan belong here.

“Sosso! Pack up quickly! Let’s run!”

“You’ve suddenly become very urgent and crude.”

“Well, that’s because I didn’t know Hyeollu Majon was that strong earlier!”

Honestly, I was a bit overconfident.

Even though it was close, I had defeated an early-stage Hwa Gyeong master.

With three Chojejung levels plus me having triple luck with Northern Enlightenment Skill, Ghost Path, and Heavenly Demon Divine Technique, wouldn’t it work out somehow?

‘Time to revise the plan.’

My life was precious.

A fight I might barely win was one thing, but jumping into a game I’d lose one hundred percent was out of the question.

I instantly stamped out the campfire and gathered my belongings. Then I threw half to the bewildered Cheonwoo.

“Lady, this is…?”

He reflexively caught the travel bag and asked.

“Several days’ worth of provisions and spare bandages! Just in case we get separated.”

“That means you’re suggesting we move separately after all-“

“Stop making statements that sound so lacking in self-esteem and just move! You said you were returning to Wudang, right? You have to avenge your senior brothers!”

When the topic of his senior brothers came up, Cheonwoo’s face immediately darkened.

Clenching his fists tightly, he leaped after me and said.

“Lady, truly this debt-“

“Save that for later too. You roughly know which direction Hubei is, right?”

His head nodded.

Dangsoso still muttered in a tone that suggested she found something disagreeable.

“I really don’t understand what Lady Peng is thinking when she lives.”

“What about me?”

“…”

No answer came back.

Instead of pressing further or forcibly rummaging through Dangsoso’s mind, I had Cheonwoo, who knew the way, take the lead while I followed using lightness skill. At the same time, I spread my internal energy widely to detect nearby presences.

‘Having abundant internal energy is definitely reassuring at times like this.’

The amount of natural true qi accumulated through Northern Enlightenment Skill was truly enormous compared to masters of the same level.

Thanks to this, I had a detection range as wide as that of late-stage Chojejung masters, comparable to decent Hwa Gyeong masters.

In terms of diameter, roughly two li.

In modern terms, it meant I could confirm an area with a radius of 500 meters even with my eyes closed. This became a very powerful detector in situations like this. (Of course, it was useless if I was asleep.)

‘Hmm?’

Then suddenly, I thought I might be able to adjust my detection range.

I consciously lowered the density of my qi very thinly and spread it further.

Originally, making such delicate manipulations while moving was quite difficult. Especially since I hadn’t slept properly in the middle of the night.

But strangely, perhaps thanks to my sharply honed senses, the detection range gradually expanded. It wasn’t to the extent of feeling every bug in the space like before, but it was enough information to detect the presence of moving beasts or roughly grasp the terrain.

The range was roughly 700m.

Overall, the radius had increased by a whopping 200m.

Dangsoso, who noticed my change, glanced back at me. She didn’t say anything special since she was concentrating on her lightness skill.

“We need to cross the river.”

Running at full speed, we soon re-entered the gorge area.

It was the upper reaches of the Yangtze River called the Three Gorges. Though relatively narrow, it looked to be about one to two hundred zhang wide.

*One zhang is about 3m, so the width of the Three Gorges upstream is roughly 300-500m.

Moreover.

“This is a cliff.”

Where we were positioned was a high cliff.

The opposite side was made of relatively low stones and rocks, but the fact remained that we’d have to jump into the river.

The problem was that even the river wasn’t particularly manageable. Seeing the turbulent reverse current swirling below, I thought that no matter how skilled a master was, they wouldn’t be unharmed if they fell in there.

“…If we go up along the riverbank, we should find a section where the width narrows. I’ll hurry to find it so we don’t get swept away by the rapids.”

“Hmm.”

Looking at this, he didn’t seem to know the way particularly well. I sent him a suspicious look but there wasn’t much else I could do.

It was while the three of us were going upstream for quite a while.

“Cheonwoo Sohyeop.”

I stopped abruptly and spoke. The called Cheonwoo asked back in the silence.

“Yes.”

“You definitely said Hyeollu Majon was searching for Hyeolhon Chong, right?”

“That’s correct.”

“Then normally, would she be likely to chase after something like demonic qi?”

“? Yes, probably so. Originally, demons have ways of recognizing their own kind.”

“…”

Silence again.

The presence of a demon approaching at terrifying speed.

“-Jump!”

With my shout, Dangsoso and I used lightness skill to dash out at full speed. Then the bewildered Cheonwoo increased his pace to follow us.

“What’s happening?!”

“Someone’s coming!”

I clicked my tongue looking at Cheonwoo, who was relatively slow-footed.

If I were to attempt survival alone, I had the excellent escape movement technique called Danhaebinju. But it was so fast that it would be difficult to take care of two people, and direction control wouldn’t be easy either.

‘At this rate, we’ll be caught.’

I didn’t know about Cheonwoo, but I couldn’t abandon my companion Gangsi and run away.

=Lady Peng. Hyeollu Majon probably mistook my energy as a blood Gangsi for that of Hyeolhon Chong and followed. …So.

Dangsoso, who read my thoughts, sent a telepathic message.

=Run away first. Lady Peng’s escape skills are first-rate, so if this man and I become decoys, you can reach Hubei Province in an instant. From there, the Alliance is right away.

=What? Then what about you?

=It’s fine. Lady Peng can find my corpse later and breathe consciousness back into me. Even if my dantian is broken, I have a rice pot, don’t I.

This bastard just called her sister a rice pot.

=Then what about Cheonwoo Sohyeop!

=Do I need to worry about that too.

Truly a cold statement.

=Go quickly. There’s no time.

But contrary to that cynical attitude, anxious thoughts flowed into my head. It was because emotions usually blocked were slowly overflowing.

500m, 400m, 300m.

No matter how fast we ran, the gap kept narrowing. I had hoped she was simply moving with lightness skill, but apparently the opponent had completely identified us and was pursuing.

Now 200m.

If not for the dense trees, the enemy would have already entered our field of vision at such a close range. I reduced the range of my internal energy and increased its density to clearly confirm the opponent.

Glittering clusters of stars scattered with each step. An unfathomably skilled master.

150m.

Having given up on escape, I came to a screeching halt on top of the cliff.

“Lady Peng!”

“Screw that!”

I shouted at Dangsoso.

“Abandoning your little sister and running away alone disqualifies you as an older sister! Do you think I’d go?!”

“I’m the older sister! And what do you mean screw that! There’s nothing to screw! Lady Peng, you screw off!”

“Do I have one?! And I’m the older sister! Me!”

Hearing my outcry, Dangsoso shouted with a choked-up face.

“Lady Peng, if you die, you really die! Do you even know that?!”

“-I know.”

But I won’t die.

“My lady.”

Cheonwoo, who had heard our argument, bit the inside of his mouth.

“I’m truly, sorry-“

“There’s nothing to be sorry about.”

Although I hadn’t mentioned it initially, as a result, as long as Dangsoso was with us, there was a high probability that the Hyeollu Majon would track us down eventually.

‘I should rather consider it fortunate.’

If it weren’t for Cheonwoo’s appearance, we might have been ambushed at night without knowing anything about the Hyeollu Majon’s existence.

“Phew…”

I open the Demon Path.

[Main martial art will switch to ‘Heavenly Horse Divine Technique’. (23:59)]

Crackle!

I began circulating my qi with the mental cultivation method most familiar to me, and looked back at Cheonwoo.

“Instead, what you’ve seen today stays secret until the grave. Understood?”

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