Chapter 179. Ill-fated Relationship (4)

Momentarily, it felt like my vision turned white.

The pent-up anger I had barely kept locked deep inside my inner self shook violently as if breaking down a barrier immediately.

To think Aenoe Sect bastards were even leading human sacrifices?

It was a fact I was completely unaware of.

Right. In the past life, there was almost no occasion to come to Yunnan here.

So I put off the matter of the Aenoe Sect for later.

Although I died at their hands, my priority wasn’t that.

Those who tormented more people. Those who dyed the sky of the Central Plains black.

Chasing the Seven Evils was the top priority.

Because I didn’t know exactly about the Aenoe Sect.

Although they showed appearances blinded by divine arts and absolute studies in the Sun Moon Divine Sword secret grotto, at least these were guys pretending to be orthodox.

Guys who didn’t cause that much harm to the world.

At least I lived thinking so.

The face of the girl tied hand and foot forms in my eyes.

The face of the woman who informed us of this place a moment ago came to mind.

Is she that child’s mother?

Or the mother of a child already sacrificed before?

At that time, the crazy horse-hair hat Taoist bastard shouted.

“What! What kind of way of speaking is that to the Dragon King now! What do you intend to do if the Dragon King rages because of you!”

Watching that sight, the barrier built inside starts melting in flames.

I felt like I would fall into a mental demon and go crazy if I didn’t cut off the heads of those Taoist bastards right now.

Just as I was about to draw my sword and rush in, a terrible sight entered my eyes.

“Wh, what terrible things is that crazy Taoist saying!”

“If, if a drought occurs, will you take responsibility!?”

“What about floods!”

The village residents were siding with the Aenoe Sect Taoists.

Sparks flew in my eyes.

Should I kill even the residents all together?

The moment I thought such a thought. Some warmth was felt riding the back of my hand holding the Master’s Blade.

Turning my head with bloodshot eyes, Junior Sister Baek Hyang was holding my hand.

Did she read my thoughts?

The Junior Sister opened her mouth with a tone suppressing anger.

“Senior Brother. I have a good method. Please trust and leave it to me.”

Saying so, the Junior Sister stepped forward with confident steps.

“Then, can you Taoists converse with the Dragon King staying in that Yongcheon River?”

At the Junior Sister’s question, the Aenoe Sect Taoist bastards answered confidently.

“Hmph. What obvious words!”

“That we can calm the Dragon King by offering a bride is also because we conversed with the Dragon King!”

“Then would you please converse once again now? Please call the Dragon King out.”

“Wh, what nonsense is that!”

“I do not know where this young lady came from, but if you interfere with us further, we will not sit by!”

“Looking at it, it seems you have already offered brides a few times, so shouldn’t you try conversing again now? Ah. If calling out is difficult, how about going inside once, conversing, and returning?”

Asking so, the Junior Sister turned her head and shouted to the residents.

“If you keep offering young virgins, later women to bear children will disappear! When that time comes, eventually you won’t be able to offer girls! So shouldn’t we try talking to the Dragon King again?”

At the Junior Sister’s question, some of the residents blinked their eyes and stepped forward as if agreeing.

“Li, listening to it, that young lady’s words are right.”

“Indeed! To offer wives, children must be born, but there must be women to bear children!”

“Uh, Taoists. If, if it is not rude, w, would it n, not be possible to try talking to the Dragon King once?”

The residents’ gazes turned toward the Taoists.

While the Aenoe Sect Taoist bastards looked at each other and whispered for a moment. They drew their swords all at once.

“Those guys are all devils sent from outside!”

“Do not fall for those devil bastards’ nonsense!”

“You bastards! How dare you try to interfere with the ritual serving the Dragon King!”

“Good! You bastards will also be used as living sacrifices offered to the Dragon King!”

Watching the plight of the murderous Taoist bastards, the corners of my mouth twitched.

Because the time to release the soaring anger had finally come.

Drawing the Master’s Blade, I gave orders to my companions.

“Capture them without missing a single one.”

“Didn’t you speak wrong? Isn’t it killing without missing a single one?”

“Shouldn’t we keep them alive to tie their limbs and send them to the Dragon King. Shouldn’t we watch how well they persuade the Dragon King?”

Only then did the Dang Clan guy nod as if understanding.

“Offer those devil bastards to the Dragon King!”

“Grand Supreme Elderly Lord!!”

Taoist bastards shout all at once and rush in.

As if releasing the suppressed anger, I also rushed toward the Aenoe Sect Taoist bastards with full power.

Boom!

The ground explodes and the distance decreases rapidly.

“Wh, what?!”

The faces of the startled Taoist bastards come closer.

I wanted to cut those faces as is, but I held back once.

I stabbed the Taoist bastard’s paralysis point repeatedly with the Master’s Blade.

Thud!

The Taoist bastard whose paralysis point was pierced bleeds and sprawls on the ground.

Dealing with one guy, my mind cleared a little.

They were guys not even worth using a sword on.

I threw my body with the mindset of just getting a feel of my hands.

After digging into the gap of Taoist bastards. I moved both hands at random.

With my left hand, I suppressed the Taoists’ acupoints using fingers, and with my right hand, I struck the Taoist bastards with the back of the Master’s Blade.

Thwack!

The battle ended in an instant.

It wasn’t that I subdued everyone alone.

While I subdued a few guys. My companions also stepped up and subdued the Taoists.

Some were fallen with needles stuck all over their bodies, and some were fallen with one or two limbs twisted strangely as if beaten by Nam Geon.

Taoist bastards who suffered clean sword wounds only on acupoints as if handled by Junior Sister Baek Hyang and Junior Sister Choyeon were also seen often.

While examining the fallen Taoist bastards. Someone’s voice dug into my ears.

“Truly thank you.”

Turning my head, the middle-aged Taoist who was arguing with the Aenoe Sect until a moment ago was taking a clasped hands greeting to us.

“It is not over yet. How about exchanging greetings later.”

At my words, that Taoist also nodded.

I turned my head slightly and looked at the residents.

Was it because of the one-sided flow of battle? The residents were looking at us with frightened faces.

Turning my head again, I spoke toward the Aenoe Sect Taoists.

“Now. Try proving it. Whether you can really converse with the Dragon King.”

I lifted the nearest Taoist bastard and threw him into the river as is.

That Taoist whose paralysis point was suppressed sank under the river water as is.

At this, one of the Aenoe Sect Taoists spouted nonsense.

“E, even if he converses with the Dragon King, how can he return when his limbs are tied!”

“Then why did you tie that girl’s limbs?”

When I said pointing at the girl who almost was used for human sacrifice, momentarily the Taoists shut their mouths.

But trash was different as expected.

“Th, that girl will become the Dragon King’s bride, so sh, she doesn’t need to return!”

“The guy who went first is late returning. You go and help him come back.”

I threw the Taoist bastard spouting bullshit into the river as is.

“Didn’t you say you can converse with the Dragon King anyway? Try tattling to the Dragon King. That some bastards kidnapped the bride on that river. Tell the Dragon King to punish those bastards.”

Since anger soared, I threw another guy into the river as is.

“Let’s see if that kind Dragon King unties your tied limbs and punishes us too.”

I threw a few more guys, but as expected, no change occurred.

“It seems the guys who went ahead lack divine power. You go and try persuading him and come back.”

Like that, around the time I threw about half of the Taoist bastards.

The old Taoist bastard who seemed to be their leader shouted with a face full of malice.

“Do you think you will be safe after doing this!! Our Aenoe Sect’s martial brothers will absolutely not forgive you bastards!!”

“Do not worry. Since I will send all those martial brothers of yours to the underworld soon. Hang out together in hell.”

Then I abruptly threw that old Taoist bastard into the river too.

“Gurgle. Cough!”

That guy, even while his paralysis point was seized, puckered his mouth with his face lifted up trying to live somehow.

It looked exactly like a crucian carp struggling to eat bait floating on the water surface.

But even he didn’t last long.

Trying to breathe, he swallowed water a few times and sank as is.

Watching the sight of him drowning, I turned my head as is.

The remaining Taoists who met my eyes suddenly burst into tears and shouted.

“P, please save us. Great Hero!”

“W, we were wrong.”

“P, please save just our lives!”

My forehead frowned automatically.

“Why do you beg me for lives? Isn’t that high and mighty Dragon King in that river? Try begging the Dragon King to save you.”

Those guys whose paralysis points were suppressed rolled only their eyes looking for a way out.

Then one guy abruptly shouted loudly.

“It, it was a lie!”

Starting with that guy’s shout, Taoists shouted all at once.

“Th, there is no such thing as a Dragon King!”

“W, we also just did the work as o, ordered!”

“Please save us!!”

I nodded at their shouts and approached them.

Perhaps expecting I would release the paralysis points, they let out sighs of relief.

I lifted those guys as is and threw them into the river water.

“Hiek!?”

One of the startled guys shouted urgently.

“W, we were also used!”

It was bullshit.

“Is it the end just with one word that you were used? What about the girls who died innocently because of your lies? What about the girl’s family?”

“Th, that is…….”

I threw the guy trying to spit out something more into the river as is.

If I listened more, it seemed my ears would rot.

I threw all the Taoist bastards into the river, but as expected, nothing happened.

I turned my body as is and looked at the residents.

“Look. I threw so many Taoist bastards into the river, but nothing happened. That the Dragon King is whatever was a lie of those Aenoe Sect Taoists.”

The residents were all making devastated expressions.

“Th, that can’t be.”

“Wh, what on earth have I done…….”

Those who offered their daughters, nieces, and village girls with their own hands deceived by the lies of pseudo horse-hair hat Taoist bastards.

Someone slumped down as is and wailed, and another muttered to himself with a dazed face.

Turning my head to the side, the middle-aged Taoist was looking at the residents with a complex expression.

Then, perhaps feeling my gaze, that middle-aged Taoist looked at me.

“Greetings were late. I am called Yuseong of the Jin family. I have no separate sect.”

“I have abandoned my secular name. Please call me Cheongheo. Thank you truly for helping like this.”

“I just did what had to be done.”

“What had to be done…….”

Taoist Cheongheo made a complex expression.

“Hah. Saying I would cut ties with the secular world, I lived stuck in Mount Diancang focusing only on the Dao. But I never dreamed such things were happening in the secular world.”

“……Do you regret intervening in secular affairs?”

Taoist Cheongheo shook his head.

“Not only did they deceive ignorant people in the name of the Dao, but they were also committing the terrible act of human sacrifice. How could I ignore this?”

It was an answer I liked.

Because he didn’t ignore even such a horrific event just because he was a Taoist, just because he had to cut ties with the secular world.

“Then I have one request for Taoist Cheongheo.”

Taoist Cheongheo looked at me with a puzzled expression.

“How about you teach the true Dao to those ignorant people?”

“Hmm……. That is not a bad idea. Above all, if it is for such a reason, it seems it will be easy to persuade the sect elders. Since it is not intervening in the secular world but teaching the Dao.”

Listening quietly, curiosity arose and I asked.

“If it is a sect, is it perhaps a sect located in Mount Diancang?”

“That is so. Although it is a small Taoist gate, for now, it is called the Diancang Sect.”

It was a name I heard for the first time.

Maybe in the past life, it disappeared because of those Aenoe Sect bastards.

Due to the incident where Aenoe Sect Taoist bastards and Taoist Cheongheo got into a dispute here.

“Then rather it is good. Moving across Yunnan, I felt there were various cultures mixed here. But it felt like they were mixed randomly without foundation. Besides here, there were not just one or two who would be deceived by false teachings.”

“Hoh. You mean it is not just a problem of this village. It seems I must try to persuade the sect elders well. Since the help of sect elders will be needed to preach proper Dao throughout Yunnan.”

Taoist Cheongheo, who was speaking like that, soon tilted his head and asked me.

“By the way, why are you suggesting such a thing to me instead of stepping forward yourself, Great Hero?”

“Because there are things I have to do. For example.”

Turning my head, I looked south and said.

“Aren’t the Taoist bastards who led the human sacrifice still remaining in Mount Aenoe?”

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