Little Demon Reversion to Youth

Chapter 182

Although only one 'shichen' (2 hours) had passed, the front of the inn was a sea of people.

Hearing the news, people had run not only from the main headquarters but also from the outlying villages.

They were the Demonic Cult members who had been grieving over the death of the Young Lord. But at the news that his grandson had come, they had flocked blindly without even verifying the truth.

The Demonic Cult members' reverence for the Young Lord was amazing. Although there was no way they would know that Bi Jun-hua had rented the entire inn, no one dared to enter.

It was because they dared not enter the same space as the grandson of the Young Lord. They just set up camp outside and waited.

The owner of the inn came and prostrated himself, saying, "It is an honor. We will escort you to the best room in our inn."

"There's no need for that... 'heuk'! The grief of being turned away at the door by the So family seems to be easing a little..."

Baekji had just come for a meal. He was thinking of catching a hawk in the evening and flying to the 'Heavenly Demon Cave'... but the excessive hospitality was burdensome.

"How could the So family do that? Please come this way. I will prepare a private table. I will serve the best dishes."

The owner of the inn was more angry and blamed the So family. At the words 'best dishes', Baekji's ears perked up.

'Well, I can go to the 'Heavenly Demon Cave' anytime, right?'

If he didn't eat the delicious food now, that would be the end of it. A missed meal would never come back in his lifetime.

"Hey. I told you I rented this entire inn."

As Bi Jun-hua frowned and argued, the owner of the inn returned the silver coins.

"The grandson of the Young Lord has come... then isn't he the great-grandson of the Cult Leader? Since a blood relative of the Cult Leader has come... the 'Xianzi' must understand."

Although he was a 'Seven Phases Xianzi' whom he would not normally be able to make eye contact with... the owner of the inn had overstepped.

Bi Jun-hua was so dumbfounded that she couldn't even say anything...

"Please come this way."

The owner of the inn personally guided Baekji to a separate building.

It was a very large and splendid detached house.

"Please take a bath first."

The separate building even had its own bathroom.

"Yes. My horse and a hawk are outside..."

"Don't worry. We will take good care of them."

The hawk that had been caught by Baekji tasted fresh beef at an inn in the human world. To the hawk, it was a heavenly taste.

Baekji, after washing cleanly and changing into new clothes, received lavish hospitality.

In the meantime, the rumor had branched out. Those who had seen the grandson of the Young Lord in front of the inn boasted to the people who came later, and those words were greatly exaggerated and went around, stirring up the crowd.

"They say the So family pretended not to know because they didn't want to give up the position of family head."

"They even ambushed him on his way to kill him."

"They say Lei Mo and the 'Soul Demon' stepped forward, but he broke through and came."

"Oh-oh... as expected of the grandson of the Young Lord. To deal with two of the 'Ten Demonic People'."

"Is there a need to have a 'Great Successor War'? Can't the grandson of the Young Lord just become the successor?"

Bi Jun-hua, who was sitting in the inn, blankly lost in thought, suddenly came to her senses at the story of the 'Great Successor War'.

'The 'Great Successor War'!'

Although the Bi family was highly renowned in the ranking of the twelve guardian families, after the Hyuk-ryeon family and the Weizhi family, in terms of actual martial power, they were close to the bottom.

That was because, strangely, the martial talent of the male descendants of the Bi family was lacking. On the other hand, there were many female descendants who showed their talent early on.

Was it for nothing that there were even talks that Bi Jun-hua should succeed to the position of family head?

But she could not challenge for the 'Great Successor War'.

Just because she was a woman.

In fact, the reason she had come to the main headquarters today was because she had heard the report that a torch with Hyuk-ryeonhu's name engraved on it had been placed next to the Young Lord's sacred fire.

Bi Jun-hua wanted to place a torch with her own name engraved on it and to participate in the 'Great Successor War'. Then what would happen? Although any sect member could participate in the 'Great Successor War'... 'anyone' did not include women.

A female Heavenly Demon?

Even Bi Jun-hua herself could not imagine it. Just becoming the female head of the Bi family was a matter that would turn the sect upside down. That was why she had not been able to place a torch and had been wandering around the village outside the fortress.

'If Hyuk-ryeonhu becomes the Young Lord in this 'Great Successor War'...'

The Hyuk-ryeon family and the Bi family had a long-standing grudge. Although he had been controlled by the Blood Cult Leader, the fact that Hyuk-ryeonjong had harmed Bi Yun-seol was an unmovable fact.

Even after Bi Yun-seol's death, So Ya-hu had treated the Bi family with special care, and thanks to that, the Bi family's position within the sect was solid.

But after the death of the Young Lord, the atmosphere had changed. The twelve guardian families openly ignored the Bi family. It was because there was no man in the Bi family to step forward for the 'Great Successor War'.

Instead, marriage proposals poured in.

Although Bi Jun-hua was indignant, she could not help the reality. The Bi family was considering Weizhi Shouchuan of the Weizhi family and was persuading Bi Jun-hua.

The elders of the family thought that the only one who could deal with Hyuk-ryeonhu was Weizhi Shouchuan.

Of course, Bi Jun-hua had not the slightest intention of being pushed into a marriage. She had a dream that she had secretly cherished.

The legendary love of the Young Lord and her great-aunt, Bi Yun-seol.

She had wanted to have a love like that, which she had heard about to the point of her ears hurting since she was young.

And she had thought that the other person should at least... be someone who would become the Cult Leader...

If Hyuk-ryeonhu became the Young Lord, her dream would also disappear, and the future of the Bi family would become bleak. That was why the atmosphere was pushing for a marriage with Weizhi Shouchuan even more.

'If that brat is really the grandson of the Young Lord... and so he becomes the Young Lord right away... there's no reason for me to marry Weizhi Shouchuan. It's a chance to become the first female head of the Bi family.'

Bi Jun-hua stood up.

This was not the time to be like this. First, she had to go back to the Bi family and find out how the 'Great Successor War' was going. And she had to push that brat... into the 'Great Successor War'.

"Let's go."

Bi Jun-hua took the hesitating Bi Jun-ye and left the inn.

Chi Gang, who was sitting opposite, also came to his senses. When he looked out the window, it was a mess.

'Deol-keok', his heart sank.

'This is not the time. They say the grandson of the Young Lord has appeared...'

The face of the 'Heavenly Demon Squad' leader, who would nag him to death, asking what he had been doing without even reporting until all the sect members had flocked, flashed through his mind.

"You all guard the inn well. In the name of the 'Heavenly Demon Squad'!"

Chi Gang, after instructing the 'Eight Wind Mad Saber' and the members, hastily ran towards the main headquarters.

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"The grandson of the Young Lord, please come out!"

"The 'New Sect' welcomes the grandson of the Young Lord!"

Baekji, listening to the shouts calling for him from outside, paced back and forth in the room.

"It's not a complete lie. I just pretended to be my own grandson..."

Honestly, it didn't make sense. To pretend to be his own grandson.

He felt a pang of conscience. Although there were cases where he had told only a part of the truth and the other person had misunderstood... had there ever been a time when he had lied so openly?

There might have been. The problem was the repercussion. So many people had flocked and were asking to see his face, and even the shameless Baekji felt a little guilty.

'Shall I sneak out?'

How could he get through the crowd that was filling not only the road but also the area around the inn? People were sitting on the walls of the inn, waiting for Baekji to come out.

Unless he flew into the sky... there was no way to get out...

As he was muttering, he thought of the hawk.

When he looked outside, darkness was already falling. The flocked people seemed to have no intention of leaving, and the torches formed a sea of fire.

Baekji packed his luggage and went outside. Those who were sitting on the wall cheered.

"He's out!"

When Baekji waved his hand, they were even more enthusiastic. The waiter, who was waiting outside the separate building, pushing back the crowd, ran and asked, "By any chance, is there anything you need?"

"Where is my hawk?"

"Ah, the hawk is here."

The hawk was tied to the pavilion in the garden of the separate building. After eating a lot of beef, it had been going back and forth, and when it saw Baekji, it hid under the pavilion. It seemed it remembered being hit a couple of times.

Baekji said to the waiter, "I'm going out. Take good care of my horse."

"There are a lot of people, so it will be difficult for you to go out..."

Baekji, without answering, untied the string that was tying the hawk's legs and then grabbed the back of its neck. The hawk just flapped its wings.

'Ah! It can't fly right away!'

A hawk can only fly when it catches the wind. Then...

Baekji rolled on the ground and then soared into the empty air, holding the hawk. After soaring about five 'zhang', he stealthily grabbed the back of the hawk's neck and then, with his other hand, he emitted a palm force.

With the aftermath of the palm force, the hawk and Baekji floated up.

The hawk instinctively spread its wings and flapped.

Baekji flew, holding the hawk.

"Oh!"

The people were all impressed. The sight of him soaring into the empty air in the light of the torches was as if a heavenly god were ascending to the sky.

"First, that way!"

Baekji gently twisted the hawk's head. The hawk flapped its wings and flew in the direction its eyes were facing. Baekji followed, holding on to the back of the hawk's neck.

From a distance, the black hawk in the night sky was not visible. So it looked as if Baekji were flying.

"Wa-a! It's 'riding the air and flying'!"

"It's the Heavenly Demon!"

'Riding the air and flying' was a legendary realm that only the Heavenly Demon could achieve.

An absurd rumor even spread that the grandson of the Young Lord had already reached the realm of the Heavenly Demon despite his young age.

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Baekji rode the hawk and went south, then circled around and flew to the cliff where the 'Heavenly Demon Cave' was in the north.

Coincidentally, because the grandson of the Young Lord had appeared in the village outside the fortress, all the attention was focused there.

The Demonic Cult members who were guarding the stairs leading up to the 'Heavenly Demon Cave' were also looking at the wave of torches in the village outside the fortress below.

Thanks to that, Baekji was able to land safely on the stone pillar of the great hall at the entrance of the 'Heavenly Demon Cave'.

"You can go now!"

When Baekji let go of the hawk, it, 'kki-ya-yak', flew into the night sky.

The 'Heavenly Demon Cave' was a forbidden place among the forbidden places of the Demonic Cult. Although there were all sorts of mechanisms and ambushes up to the cliff below, since no one could get close to the 'Heavenly Demon Cave' itself, it was quiet.

The great hall was a shrine to enter the 'Heavenly Demon Cave'.

As he entered the shrine, large stone statues lined up on the left and right came into view. All sorts of demonic gods, reaching a height of five 'zhang', were looking down with fearsome faces, holding weapons such as swords, sabers, and spears.

But the stone statues... did not have the patina of time, as if they had been newly made. Now that he thought about it, the great hall also seemed to have been newly built.

There were even piles of stone materials here and there.

"Ah, he said I broke it."

He had said that he had broken the entire shrine when things had gone wrong while performing the 'Great Reincarnation Art'... and they were rebuilding it in the meantime.

The Demonic Cult members are also very diligent.

On the north wall of the great hall, there was a high platform, and in front of it, a huge brazier was placed.

The fire burning in the brazier was a sacred fire that was said not to be extinguished even in a thousand years.

Baekji looked around.

He had to go through somewhere in the shrine to get to the 'Heavenly Demon Cave', but he could not find the entrance.

The only ones who could enter the 'Heavenly Demon Cave' were the Cult Leader and the Young Lord. So even the Demonic Advisor did not know exactly what was in the 'Heavenly Demon Cave' and what kind of devices there were.

Although Baekji had looked everywhere, and had even climbed on top of the heads of the stone statues one by one, there was no way to find a mechanism or a door leading to another place.

"I must have been here before... but I have no memory of it..."

Baekji, who had become dejected, was circling around the sacred fire and then stopped and looked at the burning fire. It felt as if something in the flickering fire were calling him.

'......?'

In the blazing fire, a transparent sphere was visible. Baekji, as if he were possessed by something, put his hand into the fire and touched the sphere.

Hwi-ri-rik!

A fire energy soared from Baekji's arm and joined the fire of the sacred fire. The moment his hand touched the transparent sphere, an energy that he had never felt before awakened from his entire body as if a wind were rising.

'Heavenly Demon Qi!'

The 'Heavenly Demon Divine Art' that only the Cult Leader and the Young Lord could learn.

Surprisingly, the energy of the 'Heavenly Demon Divine Art' was left in Baekji's body. When the 'Heavenly Demon Qi' touched the transparent sphere, a light spread, and then.

Seu-reu-reung―!

With a heavy mechanical sound, the wall that formed the upper part of the great hall, moved, and a door large enough for one person to enter was created.

"Oho?"

Go-o-o-o.

An unknown energy flowed from the darkness beyond the door.

(End of Chapter)