Little Demon Reversion to Youth

Chapter 191

The head of the Bi family said with a displeased expression, "There is still time. If you had waited, we would have taken care of it ourselves. Did you really have to come like this?"

"Can I receive the pledge of the Bi family while sitting down? The one who is in need must come and receive it."

As Weizhi Shouchuan raised the prestige of the Bi family, his expression finally softened a little.

In giving and receiving a pledge of submission, the pride of both families came into play. If the successor candidate came to receive it, depending on how one looked at it, it could be seen as succumbing to coercion.

So the sending side would often take the form of pushing it on their own accord. There was also an order in sending. Families with declining power would send it in advance on their own. It was customary for those with more power to send it later.

The case where a successor candidate went to receive it was usually when the other party had no intention of giving the pledge.

The Bi family was the third in the ranking of the twelve guardian families. Although the Bi family had no clear successor, because it was the family that had been engaged to the Young Lord, it was higher than the Weizhi family, which was the fourth in the ranking.

Nevertheless, they had intended to send a pledge of submission to the Weizhi family, which was one step lower.

Although he was displeased that Weizhi Shouchuan had come running as if he were coming to collect a debt without waiting, since he had saved his face with words, the head of the Bi family could not say any more.

"Of course, we will give you the pledge... but what do you mean you have to take our family's successor? Don't you know that our family has no successor yet?"

"I know, but I have a reason. If there is no successor, I would like to go with a direct descendant."

"Wa-un is currently out of town."

Weizhi Shouchuan's gaze turned to Bi Jun-hua.

"Wouldn't it be alright if older sister Bi went instead?"

Bi Jun-hua's eyes went up.

"Who is your older sister? Besides, where on earth are you asking me to go?"

As Weizhi Shouchuan smiled, his white teeth were revealed. If it weren't for his bruised eyes, it was a smile that a woman could really fall for.

"From the first time I saw you, for some reason, I didn't feel like you were a stranger, so I must have been rude. If you don't like it, I will call you Miss Bi."

Unlike his appearance, Weizhi Shouchuan was smooth. As he apologized politely with a smiling face, Bi Jun-hua could not argue any further.

"Actually... hoo..."

Weizhi Shouchuan let out a deep sigh. Although he did not want to say it with his own mouth, it was something that would be known to the world anyway.

Weizhi Shouchuan was not foolish.

He guessed that the Bi family already knew.

"Actually, I... lost to So Baek-cheon of the So family."

"Yes?"

Although Bi Jun-hua had already heard and knew, she pretended to be surprised.

"Are you saying that Young Master Weizhi, who is the top master among the later generation, lost to the Young Lord... no, to Young Master So Baek-cheon?"

"That's... what happened. If you go to the Shi family, you will find out."

"The Shi family?"

"Young Master So has told me to bring the pledges of submission of the twelve guardian families, including the Bi family, and the successors of the families to 'Shi Fortress'."

Bi Jun-hua doubted her ears. Then she covered her mouth and laughed.

"Hoho. So you are saying that Young Master Weizhi, who has no one to match him in the sect, is acting as Young Master So's subordinate?"

Weizhi Shouchuan's face turned red. The head of the Bi family, who saw this, scolded his daughter.

"Jun-hua, watch your words. To say he is acting as a subordinate, you must also consider Young Master Weizhi's position."

The head of the Bi family had a subtle grudge. Although he was scolding Bi Jun-hua with his words, he had given a blow to Weizhi Shouchuan, who had come to receive a pledge of submission.

"It's not just anyone... since Young Master Weizhi is asking like that, Jun-hua, you will have to go to the Shi family."

The head of the Bi family knew So Baek-cheon's identity. He was sure that the Young Lord would not do anything to Bi Jun-hua, so there was no need to hesitate. Rather, he readily accepted and tried to put Weizhi Shouchuan in his debt.

"Young Master Weizhi. I am sending her because I am looking at you. Not even a single hair should be harmed."

"Of course. I will return her safely, even if I have to put my own neck on the line."

Weizhi Shouchuan's face brightened. Although the matter of taking a direct descendant could, depending on how one heard it, be a matter of life and death, since he had accepted so readily, he even thought that there might be another motive.

"Hmm, hmm... well. If older brother Weizhi is even putting his neck on the line... if such a moment really comes, you won't hesitate, right?"

As Bi Jun-hua slyly called him 'older brother Weizhi', Weizhi Shouchuan's eyes narrowed. For some reason, it was ominous.

"I swear on the honor of the Weizhi family!"

"Alright. Let's go."

Bi Jun-hua also knew So Baek-cheon's identity, so there was no need to hesitate. No, she was so curious about what Baekji was thinking that she wanted to run to the Shi family even if the head of the Bi family had stopped her.

As things went well, Weizhi Shouchuan smiled brightly. But the ominous feeling became even stronger. It seemed there was something... but he could not know what it was now.

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Weizhi Shouchuan did not go directly to the Shi family.

"This is the way to the Zheng family. Did he tell you to get the pledge of the Zheng family as well?"

As Bi Jun-hua asked, Weizhi Shouchuan nodded his head.

"Zheng Wu-ji's personality is very violent, will he follow obediently?"

Bi Jun-hua did not even want to meet Zheng Wu-ji. He was an arrogant brat who liked women. He had already hit on Bi Jun-hua several times.

"I will go to 'Shi Fortress' first."

Weizhi Shouchuan nodded his head. There was no reason for her to follow.

Bi Jun-hua parted with Weizhi Shouchuan and went to 'Shi Fortress'.

Chief Steward Bu of 'Shi Fortress' was surprised to see her. He also knew that Shi Fengsheng had gone to get the pledges and successors of the other families.

Looking at Bi Jun-hua's expression, it seemed she had come voluntarily.

Bi Jun-hua smiled and said, "The Weizhi family asked me so much, so I came to see. Where is Young Master So?"

"That person is still..."

* * *

When Baekji reached the main gate of the Hyuk-ryeon family, the gate guard asked, "What is your business?"

"Tell them someone from the So family has come."

"What is your esteemed name?"

"So Baek-cheon!"

The gate guard went in and then came out with a person who seemed to be his superior.

"You say you are Young Master So Baek-cheon of the So family? Can you confirm your identity?"

Baekji's eyes narrowed.

'Look at these brats?'

The Hyuk-ryeon family must already know the situation. But to come out like this meant that they intended to press him down from the main gate.

They intended to show off that even the So family, the top family of the Demonic Cult, had to go through an identity verification process to cross the threshold of the Hyuk-ryeon family.

Baekji, without a second word, struck the chin of the person who was his superior.

Thwack―!

The brat, who was quite large, rolled three times and then collapsed, and he did not even move.

"Th-this... what is this?"

The gate guard, who had not known he would throw a punch so suddenly, was surprised and stammered.

Baekji did not even answer.

Thwack!

Peo-peok!

The five or six gate guards were knocked down without even having time to draw their swords.

Baekji kicked the slightly open main gate with his foot.

Kwa-ang!

The huge main gate, which was one 'ja' thick, was knocked down as if it were a piece of paper.

Baekji walked through the main gate, where the door had been knocked down. As if he were on a stroll, he walked in with his hands behind his back, and a bustling movement arose from behind the inner wall.

When he went around the inner wall, it was a wide square.

As expected of the Hyuk-ryeon family. In an instant, a martial force was lined up in that wide square.

"Move aside!"

As the martial force split to both sides, several people came out from between them.

The middle-aged man, who looked to be about fifty, had broad shoulders, and his body type was no different from a young man's.

"Where is the illegitimate child of the So family causing a ruckus?"

Hyuk-ryeon Gwang, an elder of the Hyuk-ryeon family, shouted. From the beginning, he had come out with the attitude of not acknowledging the identity of So Baek-cheon.

Although the So family had acknowledged So Baek-cheon's identity, there were still many who were suspicious.

"Huh..."

Baekji was dumbfounded. After a part of So Ya-hu's soul had come in, even his temperament had been mixed in.

Although it would gradually assimilate into Baekji's original character and would subside as time passed... for now, So Ya-hu's temperament was coming out first.

"The Hyuk-ryeon family... has grown a lot?"

For some reason, it was not something Baekji's current appearance would say, but there was no one who listened carefully. No, their thoughts had not reached that far.

To come into the middle of the Hyuk-ryeon family and to openly mock them...

"You must want to die!"

Hyuk-ryeon Gwang's face hardened gloomily. A gloomy energy soared from his entire body.

The 'Dark Soul Sharp Energy' of the Hyuk-ryeon family.

The 'Dark Soul Sharp Energy' that was unfolded by an elder-level was a strange energy that seemed to dry up and to kill a person just by touching it.

Baekji said as if he were annoyed. He did not want to drag on for a long time against Hyuk-ryeon Gwang.

He just wanted to go back quickly and to receive the lavish hospitality of 'Shi Fortress'.

However, the problem was that he could not reveal his own realm as it was. When he had dealt with Shi Fengsheng or Weizhi Shouchuan, since they were alone, he could use all his energy as it was.

Of course, he had made them keep their mouths shut, and he did not want to make an issue of the fact that Shi Fengsheng had hinted to his father, Shi Tal-in.

"Where is Hyuk-ryeonhu?"

Baekji waved the pledge of submission.

Hyuk-ryeon Gwang's eyes contorted. He had not thought that the So family would have handed over the pledge of submission to So Baek-cheon.

The family that received the pledge of submission could send the successor or a member of the family to have a duel with the one who had sent the invitation. Since they had to kneel if they lost, they had to be careful. But to have sent the pledge to So Baek-cheon, whose origin was unclear... it was the same as acknowledging that he was really the grandson of the Young Lord.

"The name on this invitation is Hyuk-ryeonhu... tell him to show his face."

The rules of the 'Great Successor War' were strict, and no one else could interfere.

Hyuk-ryeon Gwang frowned.

"Did you bring the pledge?"

"Of course not. There's no way the So family would kneel to the Hyuk-ryeon family, right?"

"If that's the case... you're saying you want to have a duel."

"Of course."

Hyuk-ryeon Gwang looked Baekji up and down. He had already examined his energy and was sure that he was at the 'true realm'. Because Baekji was circulating just that much energy.

Hyuk-ryeon Gwang knew that it was a realm that Hyuk-ryeonhu could win.

But...!

"He is currently in closed-door training."

"Closed-door training? He sent an invitation and is in closed-door training? It seems he didn't even think of having a duel."

"He will go and find you before the 'Great Successor War'. Go and wait."

"That's a bit troublesome."

Baekji flicked the invitation with his fingertips.

Hwik.

The invitation fell at Hyuk-ryeon Gwang's feet.

"Kneel!"

The rules of the 'Great Successor War'. If the one who sent the invitation lost in a duel, they had to make a pledge of submission in return. Although there had been no such precedent until now, so it was a dead letter... since it was strictly remaining, they had to follow it.

"You brat, you are crazy! Are you telling the Hyuk-ryeon family to make a pledge of submission?"

"Of course. Or Hyuk-ryeonhu can come out."

Since Hyuk-ryeonhu did not come out, Baekji guessed what had happened. The aftereffects of the truth-telling pill had not been completely cured.

He thought he knew the reason why the successor duel had been postponed for a month, on the pretext of the Cult Leader's death.

"Th-this brat..."

Hyuk-ryeon Gwang clenched his fists and trembled, and then he made up his mind.

"Alright! Follow me."

As Hyuk-ryeon Gwang gestured, the warriors scattered.

Baekji, along with Hyuk-ryeon Gwang and a few guards, entered the inner garden.

After passing the square, a tall inner garden wall appeared. After passing the inner garden gate, a large wall blocked the way, and alleys continued on both sides. It was a maze structure to block external attacks, just like an imperial palace.

As Hyuk-ryeon Gwang gestured, the guards stealthily fell behind and then disappeared at some point.

Now only Baekji and Hyuk-ryeon Gwang were walking through the narrow alley.

Hyuk-ryeon Gwang, who was going ahead, suddenly stopped, turned around, and then said in a gloomy voice, "Do you know?"

"What?"

"That this is the place where you will die."

At Hyuk-ryeon Gwang's words, Baekji's lips curled up slightly.

"Oho? That's fun?"

(End of Chapter)