Chapter 137
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 137
Chapter Title: The Mad Demon and the Lust Demon (2)
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The requests the Mad Demon Dongtanwoong had received from the Blood Lord were two in number.
One was to help the Lust Demon achieve his secret wish if he failed, or at the very least to save him.
Well, that wasn't such a difficult task.
But any man born into the jianghu with a single fist to his name had to resolve his own affairs by himself.
So he wouldn't lend a hand, but he would save him.
Of course, since Yeon Hongun hadn't managed to achieve his goal on his own, the Blood Lord's second request and purpose had oddly overlapped with his own.
- Eliminate the Green Forest Bandit King Seo Dohee.
This was a most welcome request.
The reason he'd first pledged himself to the Demonic Cult was because he liked its atmosphere of the strong dominating all.
And the reason he'd left the Demonic Cult was his rebellious urge against the Cult Leader who sought to eradicate that very principle of the strong ruling.
Well, it wasn't strictly necessary for the strong to rule.
But if the Yaksha Band vanished, he wouldn't have other powerhouses to fight anymore.
The Green Forest Bandit King was undoubtedly a Fire Realm expert.
She had to be a worthy opponent to whet his appetite for battle.
"Hah hahat, she'll be here soon."
According to the Blood Lord's intel, they were heading down the official road through Henan, ultimately bound for Hubei where the Martial Alliance was located.
To do that, they had no choice but to pass through here.
Dongtanwoong closed his eyes and sank into quiet meditation.
A short while passed in waiting like this.
Then, in his qi sense, he detected the aura of a stranger powerhouse unlike any he'd ever felt before.
"She's here!"
Dongtanwoong's eyes snapped open, and his form shot forward at a speed no ordinary eyes could track.
Kuuuung!
His foot crashed into the center of the official road like a comet, sending out a massive shockwave that scattered dirt and dust everywhere.
"Hahaha! Is the Green Forest Bandit King here?!"
As if answering his mad roar.
A battle qi-wreathed axe cleaved through the dust, flying straight for Dongtanwoong's forehead.
"Good, good!"
Wrapping his fist in soft qi, he casually parried the axe-shrouded fierce qi, letting out a cry of admiration.
No words, straight to action—what a wonderful attitude!
Though he wasn't thrilled about her using a weapon, he didn't mind.
Once they truly clashed in earnest, weapons would mean nothing anyway.
And.
Through this first exchange—
he could tell his opponent possessed the level of skill he'd hoped for.
"...So you're the Mad Demon?"
Even after the sudden ambush, the Green Forest Bandit King's voice remained calm.
"What, you're a woman? Yeah, I'm the Mad Demon. Unlike that lecherous fool of a Lust Demon tied up over there, I show no mercy even to women, so rest easy!"
"They said you were the scum expelled from the church for committing the Knight-Slaying Sin by attacking your master, and sure enough, manners are nowhere to be found even if you scour the earth."
"Hahahat!"
Even when she brought up his old past, Dongtanwoong merely puffed out his chest and burst into maniacal laughter instead.
"I've always wanted to punch the heavens! So I just punched my heaven-like master! What's wrong with that?!"
"...A madman."
With the Green Forest Bandit King Seo Dohee's sigh.
Druruk—
"Still full of vigor as ever, Mad Demon."
The escort carriage's window slid open, and the Poison Demon poked his face out.
Seeing Dang Woolyang's face, Dongtanwoong grinned brightly.
"Oho! If it isn't the Poison Demon! You've been caught too, huh! I was just missing you! My back's been killing me lately—I could use some acupuncture! Wait just a bit! I'll save you!"
Dongtanwoong's enthusiasm surged even higher.
He wasn't particularly close to the Lust Demon, but he'd owed the Poison Demon quite a few favors here and there.
The Poison Demon's expression wasn't great, but he'd probably been through hell captured by those righteous faction bastards without him knowing.
"That's enough talk! Come on, let's play!"
The moment Dongtanwoong assumed his stance, thrusting his fist forward.
Druruk—
One of the two coffins loaded in the carriage's cargo hold creaked open on its own.
And from within.
"You slipped away nicely last time."
"?!"
Chugwi Eunhyeong, lying there channeling the Ghost Devouring Great Method, burst out with a Mind-Image Sword Debate device around his neck.
"Kwaaaang! My tail! My taiiiil!"
"Eek."
It was a peaceful day.
At the front yard of the Beast Hall, the first building completed at the Golden Mystery Sect.
Watching Luri yanking on Myo Narang's fluffy tail from the Flower Fox Book...
Hm.
This is healing.
Such a thought suddenly crossed his mind.
"Boi tea is the best after all."
"Hm, that stuff?"
"Insolent pup."
Ignoring Mirinae slurping her tea, her hand and tail hidden away.
The Mad Demon has appeared.
A smile crept across his face at the news that the Mad Demon had taken the bait.
Well.
Predictable.
Before, he'd guessed that the Mad Demon showing up in Xi'an meant he was after him or Luri.
But after hearing testimony from Coffin Master and Elder Dang Woolyang.
If he assumed the guy was a battle-crazed maniac, his goal wouldn't be that complicated.
The most likely was...
Aiming for the Academy Head or Chicken Bro.
It was a perfectly logical conclusion from the common urge among strong fighters to smash dojos.
The problem was.
His Chicken Bro was the youngest in the Fire Realm, so in a 1:1 against the Mad Demon, the odds of losing were high.
So.
Master.
Please help me out a bit.
Heh heh...
Mind-Image Sword Debate... for a round...? ^^
After investing his precious time to get thoroughly beaten like a dog in Mind-Image Sword Debate until Coffin Master was satisfied.
He'd tucked Coffin Master into a coffin and placed him nicely next to the Lust Demon for the burial.
The Mount Wudang warriors nearby had agreed to take custody from Wudang Mountain all the way to the Martial Alliance, so he'd knelt and begged him to just hold out that long...
"Good thing."
"Hm?"
"Nothing."
If the Mad Demon hadn't shown up there, his life would've been physically at risk, but anyway, it was a happy ending.
2:1, he'd win for sure.
Even if some Hong Sundok type went after Luri, he could just drop Darami and Mirinae on him.
"Young master! No, Sihyeon! Hehe, eat the lunchbox! Luri, come eat together!"
Narangi's clear voice snapped him from his reverie.
And soon spread across the table were delicacies fit not for a lunchbox, but a feast of land and sea...!
Cooking like this even in winter.
Narangi was a goddess, and Narangi's food was invincible.
It seems we can subdue him without much trouble.
The Green Forest Bandit King has impressive prowess too.
Plus, real-time updates on the situation over there were coming in.
So he could wait comfortably without too much worry.
Amid the massive qi waves constantly shaking the earth.
Yeon Hongun focused his mind.
Though most of his body's acupoints were sealed, there were still some through which qi flowed.
Guan Yuan Acupoint, Central Pole Acupoint, and Curved Bone Acupoint.
They might have avoided them fearing they'd destroy his dantian if touched wrong, or perhaps because they weren't part of standard inner arts qi circulation anyway.
But.
The Cloud-Rain Lewd Art was a lewd art through and through.
Those acupoints closest to the body's core were the key to operating the lewd art!
'I can do it, I...!'
Raising his concentration further, Yeon Hongun fell into a trance.
In the process of maximally circulating the Cloud-Rain Lewd Art qi to relentlessly hammer at the blocked acupoints.
A fragment of memory suddenly surfaced in his mind.
Why had he ended up in this situation?
Why had he become obsessed with the Jade Transformation Preservation?
He'd lusted after virgins from the start because the Cloud-Rain Lewd Art's power lay in physical and mental communion with them.
But learning of the Jade Transformation Preservation and burning with desire and grand purpose for it wasn't that long ago.
Two years prior.
In Yeon Hongun's mind, where paintings meant only ink washes, a single 'manhwa' from the Central Plains Arts Gallery delivered a tremendous shock.
Martial World Outing.
The immortal masterpiece from the unknown artist Geum Soso.
Though that artist never appeared again after.
Yeon Hongun always cherished deep gratitude for the one who gave him new enlightenment.
For the initial spark to reach Super Peak had come from Geum Soso's Martial World Outing.
The scene unfolded in his mind like a folding screen: the protagonist, caught in an unfortunate incident, learns Jade Transformation Preservation and becomes a woman, then reunites with old friends.
The Melancholy Swordsman Angunggeum, who lost his wife.
The Left-Handed Swordsman Chuwanggo, who lost his left hand.
The touching tale of love they unfolded...!
"Haaaaat!"
From Yeon Hongun, who concentrated all the emotion and enlightenment in his lower body, a massive qi wave erupted.
Beyond Sword-Unity, becoming the sword itself—Self as Sword.
Yeon Hongun swung the mid-sized sword he'd forged from himself, severing the acupoint seals that had bound him and the paulownia coffin that had imprisoned him.
Savoring the first sense of liberation since being locked in the thunder prison throughout his body.
"...I, I did it! Hahat...!"
"...Yeon Hongun. Have you finally lost it?"
"What, Elder Poison Demon? You haven't run yet? This isn't the time. Hurry, let's go."
"No, first your pants—urk."
Yeon Hongun grabbed Dang Woolyang by the collar as he peeked out the carriage window and bolted at full speed.
Though the Poison Demon, unlike him, had been comfortably escorted in the carriage.
A man was loyalty itself.
Escape together, or not at all...!