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The Body Transformation Art.
Just as I had become Chu Dae-gwang to make my smaller frame suitable when embracing Paeng Yuwol,
just as I had disguised myself as the Ice-Colored Demon to play the part of the Lust Demon who kidnapped Dokgo Yeon,
just as I had disguised myself as the almost feminine Yeon Bung with the intent of infiltrating the Paeng Clan to approach Paeng Yuwol again,
the Body Transformation Art is, literally, a dark art that alters the body.
The reason I know this dark art is that the first technique I learned as a Blood Jiangshi was the Body Transformation Art.
As long as you have internal energy, you can modify your outer appearance at will.
The Blood Cult Leader once said that I, most suited to the talents of a 'Blood Jiangshi,' was known then as 'Chu Ma-gwi.' As a living corpse, a hunchback with the qi and blood throughout my body destroyed, no matter how much I learned Profound Realm martial arts, my body was too ruined to use them.
But my fundamental skeletal structure was quite decent.
My master had told me I was far too old to learn martial arts, that my sinews and bones were already too damaged, making it impossible to learn ascension-level martial arts.
Put another way, it meant that if my sinews and bones hadn't been damaged, I could have even aimed for ascension martial arts.
The Blood Cult Leader must have seen the quality of my bones too. The very fact that she chose me, Chu Ma-gwi, over the Nine Dragons and Six Phoenixes, the Ten Demons, was proof that my fundamental structure was in no way inferior to theirs.
-They say not to keep all your eggs in one basket, but life is originally about that one big swing. I'm cashing in all the spirit medicine for one final flip of my life. I can only hope that my eyes, and 'her' eyes, weren't mistaken.
The Blood Cult Leader first instilled the 'Body Transformation Art' into me, the Blood Jiangshi.
The first blood I drank was the Blood Cult Leader's, and she invested in me to the point of even bestowing her own martial arts upon me.
-What if this fails? Hmm... I wonder if the Yangtze River water is warm?
She personally learned the Body Transformation Art herself, and choosing it among the Blood Cult's countless sorceries, she taught it to me.
And the Blood Cult Leader used me to perform 'sculpting.'
I underwent major surgery: my original bone structure was restored, my body was rebuilt to be more receptive to martial arts, my hunched back was straightened, and my ruined bones were reassembled.
One year passed from the time the Blood Cult Leader gathered the materials until she finally presented me as a Blood Jiangshi.
For one year, through the Blood Jiangshi process, my body was sculpted to befit the 'Greatest Martial Artist Under Heaven,' and during that time I became a confidant to the Blood Cult Leader, able to share long conversations with her.
-Hmm? You want me to make you handsome, charming, and broad-shouldered while I'm at it? Heh heh, of course. I'll make it so any woman who gets laid will spill over just looking at the Blood Jiangshi's face.
The Blood Cult Leader conducted all kinds of experiments on me. And she showed a considerable fixation on my 'member.'
-This isn't it! Ugh, it's slightly slanted to the left! The symmetry is all wrong!
Crunch.
As if she were the greatest sculptor in the world, the Blood Cult Leader poured her heart and soul into crafting my member.
By the second month, my body—aside from the member—was sufficient to go out and immediately start a Blood Calamity.
Having created a Blood Jiangshi in a mere two months, the Blood Cult Leader focused on perfecting the phallus for a full ten months.
She summoned several Blood Women like Hyul Somi to test my virility, and after ten months of grand construction, the Blood Cult Leader finally produced a member she considered perfect.
-Ahh, what satisfaction.
The phallus the Blood Cult Leader created was so impressive that even I, a Blood Jiangshi, admired it. It was as thick as a wrist, but not as thick as a forearm, and much longer than a hand, though not as long as an arm.
-Length, girth, rigidity. This level is a triple-special. With this, even a Celestial Maiden will writhe and scream for cock the moment she's pierced. Heh heh heh.
Thus, for an entire year, while watching the Blood Cult Leader handle my body, I came to understand how the Body Transformation Art was used.
During the time I waited at Sam-gu's house to reach adulthood, I had laid the foundation for my body to grow into the 'Blood Jiangshi' the Blood Cult Leader had forged. I poured my heart and soul into using the Body Transformation Art so my body could grow like that of the Blood Jiangshi.
And so, I had no way of knowing where the Body Transformation Art originally came from.
I had heard rumors it was a technique from distant India, but I just brushed it off, assuming the Blood Cult Leader had simply stolen the martial arts of another practitioner of the Body Transformation Art.
That's why this was the first time I was witnessing 'another person's Body Transformation Art' unraveling before my eyes.
The Blood Cult Leader, deeming her own body the most beautiful, never used the art, and I had never seen the Body Transformation Art forcibly undone.
Pshiiiii----.
Smoke poured from the muscles, and the eight-cheok giant's body began to shrink. A chill ran down my spine at the sight of the woman literally withering away.
"...Yeong-hui. Have you ever seen or heard of something like this?"
"No. Not at all. They do say that among the Green Forest King's daughters, the second was so large and broad-minded from childhood that rumors questioned if she wasn't a son born as a daughter...."
Pshiiiii.
The progressively diminishing form of Bang Yeong-hui was, no matter how I looked at it, that of a beautiful woman. Beneath her disheveled tiger furs, her legs, which looked as if they might be muscled, were surprisingly smooth and slender.
"...Hmm."
As I brushed aside her sweat-soaked hair covering her face, my Baby Sex Demon finally poked its head up slightly.
She was a beauty.
She stood shoulder to shoulder with her older sister, Mountain Lord Phoenix Bang Cheol-su, no, she was far more beautiful than her sister.
While a temperament befitting a great leader could be felt, at the same time, a soft and tender-hearted nature, like bamboo, could be glimpsed within.
"My lord."
Sagong Hee's voice came from behind. Her voice, devoid of inflection, swirled coldly in my ear.
"Did you... rise?"
"What do you mean?"
"An erection. ...Did you have one?"
"......."
I couldn't tell a lie.
My Baby Sex Demon, which had grown akin to the Blood Cult Leader's creation, was a guy who would prick up at any moment, at the mere sight of a penetrable woman, and its self-assertion was so strong that it was obvious even when I bent my waist to hide it.
"My apologies. I have indeed risen."
I admitted it readily. Rather than deny an obvious erection, it was better to candidly admit it and ask Sagong Hee's forbearance.
"Hee. My internal energy is a bit depleted because I was just using the Soul-Hooking Technique."
"My lord, is she a virgin?"
Oddly, an electric current began to tingle down my back.
Though Sagong Hee's fingers, gently placed on my back, were clearly positioned to embrace me from behind, they gave the feeling of pressing upon my pressure points.
"Virgins and non-virgins... wouldn't I need to insert it first to know?"
"Oh ho. That's right. After all, if you could tell just by looking, you'd be a ghost."
Not a ghost, but a dragon. I swallowed the truth down with my saliva.
'What should I answer?'
It needlessly worried me. The decision-making power was mine, yet something kept nagging at me, leaving me unsettled.
-Dating, marriage, childbirth. Doing all three with one woman is the natural order, but sometimes, each gives a different feeling. When you look at the women of Murim, it's truly something.
The Blood Cult Leader had said.
-Dating with the Heavenly Demon, childbirth with the Divine Maiden, and marriage with the Sword Empress. Doesn't that sound like it would make living in this world truly entertaining? Hmm? Sigh, why was I born with this kind of body...?
The woman even the Blood Cult Leader said she wanted to marry: Sagong Hee.
"My lord."
Gulp. I couldn't tear my eyes away from the red lips gazing up at me.
"You must be peckish from driving the carriage, yes? How about packing a little snack to freshen your mouth on the way? ...Hng?!"
Dating was Lee Si-a.
Childbirth was Dokgo Yeon.
And the wife was Sagong Hee.
'Blood Cult Leader, you were right after all.'
Unconsciously, I first sought out Sagong Hee's lips.
* * *
The first brother of the Five Heroes of Night Rain, Ya Hyeop-dong, found his steps would not readily move forward.
"What is the matter, Brother Dong."
"Brother Sa, no matter how I think on it, I fear they may be in danger."
"Brother Dong thinks so too? I share your thoughts."
"Brother Seol, do you also think so? Man-i, what of you?"
"I think so as well."
The four brothers of the Five Heroes of Night Rain turned around. The carriage wheel tracks they had passed stretched out before them, and the four brothers nodded gravely.
"Let us go. No matter how powerful a martial artist is, the ruffians of the Green Forest will be a burden."
"There is no fighting the violence of numbers."
"Perhaps their arrogance could ruin everything. If that woman in the carriage were to be taken hostage... Ugh, it is too dreadful."
"Brothers, let us go! It is time to show the might of the Five Heroes of Night Rain!"
The four brothers ran backward along the path the carriage had taken. They had been en route to Hubei for a certain purpose, but they could not pretend ignorance of people who seemed about to fall into danger.
"Hmm...."
From behind the four chivalrous heroes dashing ahead, a smaller-framed boy let out a pensive hum. Unlike the others, this boy had relatively fine features and was beautiful enough to be called a pretty-faced youth.
"What is wrong, youngest?"
"Brothers, will they not be fine?"
"What about?"
"That martial artist clearly seemed strong. Even without us having to help—"
"Enough!"
The second eldest, Ya Hyeop-sa, erupted in a shout.
"Youngest! We cannot simply look upon those in danger and pass them by!"
"Brother Hyeop-seol, can we not be certain they are actually in danger?"
"Youngest! There are Green Forest brigands. And there is a beautiful woman. Do you not know perfectly well what could happen!"
"...Yes, you are right."
The youngest bit his lip hard. The Five Heroes of Night Rain briefly lost themselves, but came to their senses and shook their heads side to side.
"Keuhum! Youngest! How many months has it been since you joined our righteous endeavor?!"
"It has been but three months, Brother Ya Hyeop-seol."
"Indeed! You are still a novice with just three months of righteous wandering! In the Martial World, no one knows when or where anything might happen!"
"That is right, youngest. It may have already happened. The bandits might have already attacked them."
The youngest nodded heavily.
"That is true... after all, a Lust Demon can strike at any time."
"Huh? What do you mean by that?"
"It is nothing. My apologies, brothers."
At the youngest's apology, the four chivalrous heroes of the Five Heroes of Night Rain nodded with benevolent smiles.
"Yes, youngest. Then let us be off quickly."
The Five Heroes of Night Rain swiftly backtracked along the path. Crossing the lush green plains, the moment they entered the mountain path, they groaned at the horrific scene unbearable to the eye.
"Hng...!"
"How could it be so cruel."
Blood, blood, blood.
Blood was spattered everywhere. The brigands lying on the ground were all dead, having coughed up blood.
"Who could have wrought such a brutal Killing Calamity?!"
"Keuk... No matter that they are Green Forest thieves, to be this merciless...!"
"Brothers! Someone is still alive!"
They were groaning, dying in a pool of their own blood. It seemed the brigands would become cold corpses if not treated immediately.
"Hyeop-man, how many Medicinal Pills do we have left?!"
"Only the emergency ones! If we use these, we will—"
"Enough! If now is not an emergency, then when is?! Take out all the Medicinal Pills for internal wounds, quickly!"
The Five Heroes of Night Rain all pushed Medicinal Pills into the brigands' mouths. The youngest also chewed a pill and pushed it into a brigand's lips.
"Uh, uhh...."
Among the many brigands, the one who had swallowed the pill chewed by the youngest regained his senses. The Five Heroes of Night Rain quickly gathered around the brigand.
"Are you conscious?!"
"Lady Hui... agh... the young lady...?"
The brigand muttered in a dying voice.
"......! Black hair! Red eyes! That bastard abducted Lady Hui... Aaaagh!!"
Cough. The brigand vomited blood and turned his head aside. Fortunately, he had not died, but he lost consciousness again.
"A young lady?"
"Black hair and red eyes? Wait, is that not a Demon?!"
"Abducting a woman... Could it be the Lust Demon?!"
"......."
The Five Heroes of Night Rain shuddered at the carnage wrought by the Lust Demon. The youngest also placed a hand on his thick scabbard and exploded with rage.
"Brother Dong, it seems the Lust Demon went north."
"What should we do? Do we chase the Lust Demon, or do we go search for that couple?"
"...Let us tend to this place first, then pursue the Lust Demon."
Grind.
"No matter how much of a lustful Mara he is, surely he wouldn't just touch any woman."
The youngest nodded, repeatedly fidgeting with the saber at his belt as he quelled his fury.
* * *
"Tch. I feel like I forgot something important."
"Do you? Then shall I turn the horses around now?"
Sitting on the coach box, Sagong Hee was grinning happily as she held the reins. Experiencing the act of driving a carriage for the first time ever, she was rejoicing in a novel new experience.
"No. Going back now would likely only double the confusion. For now... huuh, let us just continue forward."
Clatter, creak.
The wheels jolted violently up and down, and I leaned back my head with a languid sigh.
"Oohh, this is good."
"Is it really that good?"
"Of course it's good. Virgins are always novel."
Creak, creak.
I gestured to Bang Yeong-hui, who was straddling me from above. She was seated on top of me with her back to me, her legs spread as she was impaled upon me.
Clatter!
The carriage shook violently. The wheels seemed to have hit a big stone embedded in the ground and bounced.
"Hng...."
Bang Yeong-hui groaned and came to her senses. I embraced her from behind and whispered.
"Are you awake?"
"Where is this... ...Hik?!"
What was it that surprised Bang Yeong-hui: that her Body Transformation Art had been released? That she'd lost her virginity and was being penetrated? Or perhaps the beauty of the woman sitting in front, a beauty so formidable that even pressing both her breasts together couldn't hope to match that cleavage?
"Kyaap, nggh?!"
"You're noisy. Daughter of the Green Forest King, Bang Yeong-hui."
"That's right. The mountain birds will be startled and fly away."
Bang Yeong-hui glared at me and Sagong Hee ahead with eyes full of confusion. I teasingly grazed her erect nipples and clit, then cupped my hands in a martial salute before her chest and whispered once more.
"Nice to meet you. I am the Lust Demon."
"And I am the Wife of the Lust Demon."
Sagong Hee winked one eye and drew the curtain.
"In my place, since I am pregnant, please make my lord happy. Hoo hoo."
Swish.
"Uh, ah...?"
"As you can see, my wife is pregnant, so I cannot be rough."
I grabbed Bang Yeong-hui's hands tightly to keep her from moving.
"So for the duration of this journey, you are my woman."
Clatter!
The moment the carriage bounced violently up and down, my member pierced into the deepest part of Bang Yeong-hui.