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 Chapter 171 - Second approval (2) Chapter 171: Second approval (2) AT the same time at guesthouse of the Ghost Illusion clan, Chun Yeowun was standing with grim face, with his members by his side. All of them were sullen, seeming to not have slept over night. Chun Yeowun told his member to go take rest, but they couldn’t let his master stay awake while they go to sleep. ‘Hm… he would be very tired from what happened yesterday.’ But they couldn’t dare tell Yeowun to go take rest. Chun Yeowun stayed up all night, as Guard Jang was in dire state. Lee Hameng called Baek Jongmeng to look after Guard Jang. They wanted the Demon Doctor, Baek Jongwu, but he was doctor of the Lord and went together outside the cult. Chun Yeowun was grim after he heard that Guard Jang might not make it through the night. ‘Jang…’ Many memories made him more painful. If even Guard Jang dies here, then every ties he had with his childhood were lost. ‘Prince Chun…’ Mun Ku felt sad from watching Yeowun’s pained expression. She wanted to cheer him up, but she knew that nothing would help when they did not hear any result. All she could do was to stay together. And after a long time… “Whew… I’m exhausted…” Door of the room opened and Baek Jongmeng walked out with exhausted look. He too looked tired from staying up all night to tend to the patient. “Huh?” Baek Jongmeng found Chun Yeowun and bowed. Yeowun was now an Elder, so he couldn’t speak to Yeowun like before, but it was still glad to see Yeowun outside the academy. “Elder Chun. Why are you here?” Chun Yeowun walked up to Baek Jongmeng quickly and asked. “D-doctor Baek. How is he? How is Guard Jang?” “Guard Jang?” Baek Jongmeng was dragged out of his dorm room and was taken here, so he didn’t know who his patient was. “H-he was my guard.” “Oh- OH!” This was reason why Left Guardian Lee Hameng told him to take especially good care of the patient. Baek Jongmeng looked at Yeowun’s shaking eyes, and spoke hestitantly. “I’m sorry to say…” Yeowun turned grim. Jongmeng then thought maybe Yeowun had mistaken what he was going to say, so quickly continued. “Oh- what I’m saying is that all of his teeth are pulled so he might have to live with soup for rest of his life.” “H-huh? You mean…?” Baek Jongmeng smiled. “He is now in stable condition. He’s a strong man.” “Ah-ah!” Chun Yeowun’s face brightened up instantly. All of his concern over night flew away. And by looking at Yeowun’s joyous look, his members came up to him and congratulated. “G-great! Master!” “You were worried so much!” “Prince!” Hu Bong and Mun Ku were even teary as they rejoiced. They were worried so much from looking Chun Yeowun in such pain. It was fortunate that Guard Jang had survived. “Hmm… but it’s better we stay away. Patient needs time to rest.” “Ooop!” “I-I’m sorry!” All of them then quietly walked out, away from the room. Guard Jang was now in his sleep after taking medicine that Baek Jongmeng had made for him. Chun Yeowun thanked Baek Jongmeng multiple times. “It’s okay. I just did what I have to as a doctor. Oh, but look at the time! I have to go back to work now.” “Now?” It looked like Jongmeng was going to collapse from exhaustion, so Yeowun offered him to take some rest, but Jongmeng shook his head. “It’s okay. I’ll go to the medical room and take some sleep there. You’re not at the academy anymore, so I don’t think I will be busy anymore.” “Huh?” “U-uh, nothing. It’s nothing.” The medical room at Demonic Academy was always busy when Chun Yeowun was there. But without him anymore, Baek Jongmeng felt bit sad that he won’t be getting any more patient. ‘Well, it’s just few more month.’ After few months, the academy was going to be over and Baek Jongmeng thought maybe he will see more patients once he gets out. The thick smell of blood coming from Chun Yeowun was proof of that. And after Baek Jongmeng returned to the academy, members from Chun Yeowun’s group offered him to rest. But Yeowun had different idea. “We don’t have time for rest.” “Pardon?” “Lord will return to the cult in a while.” “Oh…” Return of the Lord. Everyone heard what the 11th Elder Huan Yi spoke while ago. He said that Lord was on his way back and was probably five days away. Yeowun needed to move to achieve the goal. He needed two more approvals. ‘I was able to get rid of Lady Mu from Wise clan since Lord and elders from six clans were missing. But when they return, the fight will only get harder.’ If they return, it was apparent that they will do everything in their power to press on Chun Yeowun. He needed to be ready for anything before that. There was Mun Yun, 8th elder and grandfather of Mun Ku, but there was no way to ask if he will approve Yeowun as the heir, so he needed to prepare for the alternative. ‘I need to contact two others.’ Within current four elders who were left behind, Baek Oh was killed by Chun Yeowun and Huan Yi already have approved Yeowun and swore an oath to serve Yeowun as his master. Yeowun then needed two other elders’ approval. “At least we can persuade 9th elder easily.” “Yes, I think so too.” Hu Bong spoke and Ko Wanghur nodded agreeingly. They had Sama Chak within their group, so it was likely that his father, Sama Yi the 9th elder will approve Yeowun. “Will you go visit 9th elder first then?” “No. We’ll meet him once Sama Chak is healed.” Sama Chak was meditating to heal his internal energy, together with Bakgi at another room. “Then our destination is set.” “We’ll go to Demonspread Sword Clan.” Next destination was set to Demonspread Sword clan, to meet the leader Yin Moha. Along with the 4th leader Hang Soyu, she too was a woman who were an elder. Only thing that was concerning was that she was known to have certain connection with the Sword and Wise clan. It wasn’t sure what effect that might have. Chapter 172 - Second approval (3) Chapter 172: Second approval (3) Before coming out of the Demonic Academy, Yeowun was briefed of information about various clans through Left Guardian Lee Hameng, especially of those from 12th elders. It was information that Lord’s palace gathered and kept. Lee Hameng also talked about 10th elder Yin Moha. ‘There are two elders who even the Lord himself consider them difficult to deal with, due to their characteristics. One of them is 10th elder Yin Moha.’ Another was Huan Yi, the leader of Ghost Illusion clan. Yin Moha’s Demonspread Sword clan claimed itself as a clan but there was no warrior aside from the leader herself. There was only the minimum number of staff in her mansion to keep it maintained. What was more weird was that unless there was a direct order from the Lord, or there is an elder meeting, she never came out of her mansion. ‘Elder Yin is known to stay within her home and never meet anyone. She even hates visitors from what I’ve heard. But it is known that she meets the leader of Sword and Wise clan once every few years for an unknown reason.’ ‘Huh? Meet them?’ ‘Yes. They always meet on a mountain peak outside the castle, where there is no one. We wanted to send someone to spy on them, but there is no one who can sneak behind the three elders.’ It was impossible to spy on supreme level warrior. Three people meeting definitely looked suspicious but she never made any other movement besides that, so the Lord even stopped having eyes on her after 7 years. ‘That is weird.’ ‘She is stubborn and hard to persuade, so I wouldn’t recommend. But if you do get her to join you, she will be of great help.’ ‘Is there any special reason for that?’ ‘…Her power… exceeds mine.’ And when he said that, Lee Hameng seem to be uncomfortable to acknowledge there was someone stronger than him. ‘She’s more powerful than you?’ She had no forces or achievement that followed, making her lower rank elder but her power equaled to that of leaders from six clans. It was known that Hang Soyu, leader of the Lust clan, always avoided meeting eyes with Yin Moha every time there was an elder meeting. Lord’s palace found out that two elders dueled unofficially and Hang Soyu lost miserably on that. This meant that Yin Moha was a top female warrior within the cult. ‘Aside from her weird personality, she is certainly powerful. But to have her join… it would be faster to persuade the other elders.’ Lee Hameng didn’t like the idea of going to her, but Yeowun decided to receive approval from her anyway. As he thought about what he heard as he walked, the group was already at the mansion of the Demonspread Sword clan. The mansion was bit southeast to the Demonic Academy. “Huh?” Hu Bong became curious. The gate of the mansion was locked, but there were no guards standing guard like other clans. The mansion was also very small that it didn’t have multiple buildings like other clans mansions were. “No guards. And very quiet too.” “I can sense people inside. Check on it.” “Oh.” Ko Wanghur spoke to Hu Bong. Hu Bong opened his senses and found a few people inside the mansion. It seemed there were only about 10, and most of them were ordinary people who have not learned any martial art. “Master, I think we should call them.” Yeowun nodded and Hu Bong knocked on the gate and shouted. “Is there anyone there? EXCUSE ME?” And when Hu Bong shouted few more times, someone ran over to the gate and opened. A middle-aged man, looking to be staff who takes care of cleaning, appeared with a broom. “Oh, Uh, how can I help you sirs?” It was clear that this man was not martial artist even from the way he talked. It was true that Yin Moha didn’t have any martial artist around. Hu Bong spoke to the man. “This here, is 12th Elder, Prince Chun Yeowun. We are here to meet with 10th Elder. Please let her know.” “W-what! 12th Elder?!” Man’s eye turned wide and looked at Chun Yeowun. It was surprising to see a sudden guest, and it was even more shocking to find out that the guest was Elder of the cult. But the Demonspread Sword clan was not keen to outside news, so they didn’t know the name of Chun Yeowun. ‘Huh? This young man is elder?’ The middle-aged man seemed hard to accept that young man like Yeowun was an elder, and looked back suspiciously. Yeowun then took out a medal that proves himself as an elder, and the man quickly ran in to report to the master. “Hmm… this doesn’t feel good.” Mun Ku spoke, and she was completely right. The man, came out not too long after and spoke hesitantly. “A-are you sirs from Lord’s palace?” “No, we aren’t.” “Oh…” The man moaned and bowed deeply and spoke. “I’m sorry, Elder Chun! My master says she will not meet you if its not an order from the Lord.” “What!? She wouldn’t meet another elder?!” Hu Bong shouted angrily. It was totally up to the owner of the mansion to meet the guest or not, but they didn’t expect she will refuse to meet another elder. “Hmmm…” Yeowun moaned. He thought she would at least show her face, but that wasn’t the case. It seemed it another method was needed to meet with 10th Elder, Yin Moha. ‘Should I provoke her as a martial artists’ way?’ Chapter 173 - Second approval (4) Chapter 173: Second approval (4) He wanted to leave a good impression for the first time, but with the person refusing to meet with him, it seemed it was better to go this way than to charge in through the mansion. The mansion was small, so the distance was enough. “I will have to excuse you.” “Yes?” Chun Yeowun then brought up powerful energy and exploded out toward the mansion. Yeowun’s energy at the supreme level was enough to provoke equal level warrior. “M-master?!” Ko Wanghur, Mun Ku and even Hu Bong were shocked by the power. Ones with weaker internal energy felt their legs shaking from powerful energy pressing down on them. “Nnnnnahhhh!” The man, who was just an ordinary man, became pale and slumped down to the ground. With such powerful energy focused on the mansion, it was sure that Yin Moha will react in some way if she is interested as a martial artist. ‘Huh?’ But there was no reaction from inside. Yeowun became dumbfounded. ‘Is it as Left Guardian said?’ He didn’t think she would be this much uninterested in outside affairs. He had to at least meet her to see if he can persuade, but this was no use. Yeowun thought for a while and decided to check on something before he left. ‘Left Guardian said she has some ties to the Wise and Sword clan.’ If she is their supporter, then Yeowun needed to strike her down sooner then later. If Yin Moha, powerful martial artist equaling to those of elders from six clans support them, then it only meant Yeowun’s forces will be in trouble. “Can you send my message to the 10th elder then?” “Y-yes! Of course!” The staff answered quickly with a frightened voice. “Tell her I asked ‘Do you walk the same path with Wise and Sword clan?’” He decided to ask directly. If she is truly their supporter, she will react and if not, she will not show any response. “W-wait a second.” The man grabbed his shaking leg and walked back into the mansion. Ko Wanghur then asked Chun Yeowun with a curious look. “Master, are you not here to receive approval from the 10th elder? Why do you ask such a thing?” It was natural as only Yeowun was the one who heard about the connection of the 10th elder with Sword and Wise clan. Yeowun then answered to Wanghur. “I’m checking to see if she’ll remain as an observer, or become an enemy.” “…So, you’ve given up on her medal.” If she was this stubborn, then it seemed impossible to persuade her to join them anyway. The best scenario then was to have her remain as neutral in the fight between six clans. And it was not long after the staff went back into the mansion. Yeowun turned to the inside of the mansion. Sharp energy began to rumble from inside, and Yeowun became grim. ‘So, she’s the latter.’ From the energy, it was sure that she wasn’t going to be an observer. “W-what is with this energy!?” “Ah-ah!” Ko Wanghur and Mun Ku also felt the energy bit after Yeowun, and became shocked. This was as powerful as the energy that unleashed from Chun Yeowun just a moment ago. It was certain that this energy was coming from the owner of this mansion. That’s when the staff ran out in a pale face and spoke to Yeowun and his members. “M-master wants you to come in.” 10th Elder Yin Moha invited them in. Yeowun nodded and walked into the mansion. As he walked over the gate, there was a large yard that was filled with sand and the building that Yin Moha lived. ‘Oh! She’s the 10th elder!’ Mun Ku looked at the mansion intriguingly. On the inside of the building, at the terrace, there was a woman looking to be in her 50s, with white clothes. She stood tall and proud, and thick eyebrows and wrinkles over her forehead that showed that she was not an ordinary woman. ‘Sword?’ And on her right hand, there was a sword. It seemed she didn’t invite for hospitality. Yin Moha got down from the terrace and before Yeowun can bow, she pointed at his face and spoke. “So, it’s you.” “??” Ko Wanghur and Hu Bong became angry at such rude gesture. Even if both of them were the same elders, Chun Yeowun was the son of the Lord and candidate of the heir. At least basic manners were required, but she was pointing at Yeowun and acting rudely. ‘So, she sure is strange.’ She looked like a noble woman at first, but she was very rough. It was possible to see why even the Lord considered her difficult. Even to her attitude, Yeowun did not mind it and bowed. “12th Elder, Chun Yeowun here to meet 10th Elder, Yin Moha.” “Bah! I don’t care if you are from Chun, or the elder. I pay no respect to anyone other than the Lord of the Cult.” It was merely an introduction, but she was hostile. Yeowun became grim. ‘So, she’s with the Wise and Sword clan.’ If that wasn’t the case, there was no reason for her to react in such a way. That’s when Yin Moha suddenly pulled out her sword. ‘W-what?!’ ‘What is she doing?!’ Yeowun’s members became grim at Yin Moha’s sudden movement. The sword revealed its dark cold steel blade, and she charged against Yeowun with a hostile look and shouted. “You said what? Same path!? You dare consider me as those despicable betrayers?! I will teach you a lesson!!!” And with that, Yin Moha charged like a lightning and unleashed powerful sword movement at Yeowun. Mun Ku shouted with shock. “Prince! Watch OUT!” And in that short moment, Chun Yeowun’s eye grew large. This powerful sword formation, that increased its power by having 18 sword movement combining itself, was the formation that Yeowun very well knew. ‘True Demon Sword?’ This was the True Demon Sword, the sword skill created by Sword Demon, that 10th Elder Yin Moha was using. Chapter 174 - Second approval (5) Chapter 174: Second approval (5) True Demon Sword, is the sword skill left by Sword Demon, legendary swordsman from 500 years ago. It is a sword skill that is told to be two top most powerful sword skills along with the Sword Art of the Sky Demon. But Sword Demon did not have any apprentice before he died, so it was known to be lost. But in truth, there were three people who Sword Demon taught his skill. Kingchun, Mu Jurang, and Yin Hongsu. Three of these geniuses were trained to appoint them as loyal servants and supporters to Chun Muhwa, but the result was a failure. Kingchun and Mu Jurang used their identity of being apprentices of the Sword Demon to force a marriage with the Lord Chun Muhwa. Sword Demon was then disappointed and banished them from apprenticeship. Sword Demon thought that his title of World’s strongest man, had tainted his apprentice for greed and never taught the true martial art until he died. And with that, it was known that Sword Demon’s one-man clan, Sword Family was said to be finished. But here was now the True Demon Sword that was known to have gone. Yin Moha’s powerful sword formation that was combined with 18 sword movement charged toward Chun Yeowun. ‘Second formation…!’ Chun Yeowun who had the book of True Demon Sword transferred already, acknowledged the formation right away. The power was amazing. But Yeowun knew what this formation was in every detail. Yeowun took out the cold steel sword from his waist, and without even doing any special formation, Yeowun thrust his sword into the middle of 18 sword movements coming at him. And with pushing the force qi into the sword to create reflective energy, the sword formation was instantly countered. “What?!” Yin Moha became shocked. The place Yeowun had thrust was the sole weak point of the formation. ‘He countered True Demon Sword’s formation in just once?!’ IT was hard to believe. She had never had one to counter her sword formation ever since she learned it. She quickly took steps to get some distance and shouted at Chun Yeowun. “What are you! How did you counter my sword formation!?” “What am I? I’m the one who’s curious. How- where did you learn that sword skill?” Yin Moha became shocked at Yeowun’s question. She thought nobody would recognize her sword skill that was known to have been lost 500 years ago, but it seems Yeowun knew very well of what it was. ‘He knows the True Demon Sword? But how can’t he?’ Yin Moha was shocked but didn’t show her shock and shouted. “It’s sword skill from my clan! What are you talking about?” “True Demon Sword is the sword skill of Demonspread Sword clan? That is the most absurd thing I have ever heard. I didn’t know Sword Demon had an apprentice.” “True Demon Sword?!” Ko Wanghur, Mun Ku and Hu Bong became shocked at Yeowun’s word. Every cultist of the Demonic Cult knew about the legendary swordsman Sword Demon, and his unique True Demon Sword skill. It was also famous that the skill was lost in history. Cultists who weren’t told of the truth didn’t know much detail, and we’re ashamed that one of two powerful sword skill was lost. ‘The sword formation just now was True Demon Sword?’ ‘Is that real?’ ‘Sword skill of the Demon Sword!’ They all just thought Yin Moha’s supreme level power was behind such powerful sword formation. If what she just used was truly the True Demon Sword, then it meant they just witnessed the legend. What’s more surprising was Chun Yeowun, who had countered such legendary formation in just one sword thrust. Yin Moha frowned and asked at Yeowun. “You… are you the successor of the Anonymous?” “Anonymous?” It just meant it can be anyone, but she spoke as if she was talking about specific someone. Yeowun asked back confusingly and Yin Moha became more confused. ‘So, he’s not related to Anonymous? Well, he will never teach one who is not related to the Sword Family. But how does he know about the True Demon Sword?’ And just as Yin Moha became confused, Yeowun also was deep in thought. Yeowun was able to learn every martial art that Sword Demon left after passing the sixth test and gained access to the underground treasure vault. ‘I thought Elder Yin had learned it through the same route, but it’s not. She doesn’t know about the place.’ That was certain. Only ones who knew that there were skillbook left by Sword Demon at underground treasure vault of the Demonic Academy, were three guardians that kept Sword Demon’s will for 500 years. Chun Yeowun was only one who passed the sixth test in 70 years, so even Chun Yujong, the current Lord did not know its existence. ‘There’s something more.’ Yeowun figured out there was something he didn’t know and asked. “How did you learn that sword skill?” “Fool. How do you know the True Demon Sword?” Yin Moha did not hide that what she used was True Demon Sword anymore. She understood that the counter-attack that Yeowun did was only possible when the one knew the formation to every detail. It wasn’t just happened from talent or luck. “True Demon Sword skill belongs to the Sword Family. I need to hear your secret.” She sure was stubborn. She did not answer to Yeowun’s question and kept on asking her. There was no need for further respect. Chun Yeowun shook his head and spoke. “And you are not from the Sword Family either, are you not?” Chapter 175 - Second approval (6) Chapter 175: Second approval (6) Yin Moha greeted her teeth. It seemed Yeowun had angered her much, so she frowned and shouted. “WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE TALKING TO! Hah! Okay. We are martial artists, so we talk with swords. I’ll beat you and find out myself.” Yin Moha claimed strongly and Yeowun narrowed his eyes. She should have understood that True Demon Sword will not work, as Yeowun just countered it. Then where was her confidence coming from? “Hah!” Yin Moha then charged again, with sword formation unleashed at Yeowun. It was the same sword formation from the True Sword Demon, but it had some alterations and fixed its weakness. ‘It’s different.’ Yeowun quickly swung his sword and defended himself. He would have been struck if he did not know original sword formation. But with its weak point removed, he only could defend through each sword movement. “Let’s see how long you can defend against!” Yin Moha’s sword became faster. She had trained in True Sword Demon for a long time, so the sword formation was now evolved in her hands. This showed that just knowing the sword skill wasn’t enough. ‘Then…!’ Chun Yeowun then changed his method to counter. His stance became equal to that of Yin Moha’s. ‘Huh?’ Sound of swords clashing filled the area. Yeowun was now reacting with the same sword movement to that of Yin Moha. “Huh? He’s using the same movement!” Yeowun’s members gasped in astonishment. It was already astonishing to see Yin Moha using her sword, but it was even more astounding when they saw Yeowun doing the same. ‘This is incredible. So, Master knew the True Demon Sword too?’ If that wasn’t the case, then it wasn’t possible for Yeowun to do the same movement like that. When Chun Yeowun quickly copied the changed sword movements, Yin Moha’s eye turned colder. ‘He truly learned the True Demon Sword!’ She felt Chun Yeowun’s enormous power every time she clashed her sword with him. She was certain that if she spends more time dueling, it will not bring her victory. Then she needed to go for the weak point. ‘Will it be possible?’ She had a secret weapon. It was just one look at the shocking sword formation, and she spent all her life in trying to learn it. And after three full years of training, she had perfected just this one formation. ‘I was saving it so I can use it against those fools.’ She had a goal on who to use this, but she also wanted to test this out. Yin Moha then decided and jumped back to put distance between Yeowun. She then readied a different stance. It wasn’t the True Demon Sword. ‘Hmm…’ Yeowun turned grim. It was astounding when Yin Moha used the True Demon Sword, but it wasn’t as much as now. She jumped out and charged with ordinary sword movement. ‘Huh? Where did I see that from somewhere?’ ‘Seven Demon Sword?’ Ko Wanghur and Mun Ku also recognized the sword movement. That was the same as the Seven Demon Sword. It was an unexpected sword formation. Yeowun quickly changed the way he held on the sword and defended the attack. Yin Moha’s sword movement was just the start. As she moved onto the second and third, the power began to grow exponentially. Yeowun began to be pushed back. ‘Hmph! You think you can defend against this sword formation?’ Yin Moha’s eyes became filled with arrogance. But that arrogance didn’t last long. ‘Huh?’ She didn’t know as she had to focus on the formation she was using against a real enemy for the first time, but Yeowun’s sword movement that she first thought it was just for defense, was similar to the sword movement that she was using. ‘W-what is going on?’ And with the seventh sword movement being unleashed equally, she was able to acknowledge correctly. The attack was just turned upside down in order it was used. Her sword movement that powered out on Yeowun, was now being pushed back as Yeowun began to move forward. “Ah!” And when the 10th movement struck against each other, she was pulled in. Yeowun’s sword movement stormed like a giant tornado and struck against Yin Moha’s sword movements and scattered her power away. “H-how do you know this formation?!” She became pale and shouted in shock and tried to use force qi over the sword movement to defend, but it was no use. The sword formation used by Chun Yeowun was a much higher level than the one she used. Her formation was already countered even before she can barely use, and she couldn’t pull out her sword from the torrent that Chun Yeowun’s sword formation created. ‘N-no! I can’t defend it!’ It was shameful, but she tried to let go of the sword and jump back, but that moment, she was sent high into the air. “Kyaaaaaah!” She screamed in shock. That’s when Yeowun’s last sword movement shoot through against Yin Moha’s head, who was pulled up in the air from the energy. “N-no!” Yin Moha instinctively blocked her face with her two hands, but the energy that held her up over the air suddenly disappeared and she dropped to the ground. “Ugh!” She was pale from fear of death that could have come to her in just a while ago. And at her neck, Yeowun put his sword close to it and asked coldly. “Will you continue?” Chapter 176 - Second approval (7) Chapter 176: Second approval (7) ‘I… I wasn’t wrong.’ But having fear of her life was removed instantly and Yin Moha looked up to Yeowun with shocked look. ‘It was that. The latter part of the sword formation that Anonymous showed me.’ She was certain. The power of the sword formation that was created with twenty-four same sword movements was more powerful than hers and the power created from the formation was also much more powerful. “Will you continue?” Yeowun spoke and Yin Moha frowned and shook her head. The result was already set. She knew that she was behind power, as Yeowun was a higher stage in the supreme level, so she tried to use a powerful sword skill to close the gap, but Chun Yeowun was stronger even in that, so the result was already decided. “It is your victory. I lost.” Yin Moha accepted her defeat. Yeowun was worried what she might do, as she seemed to be a stubborn type so it was fortunate that she accepted her loss willingly. “So, can you tell me where you learned those sword skills?” What made Yeowun most shocking was the sword formation Yin Moha used at the last. The sword formation comprised of twenty-four movements, was the first formation of the Twenty Four Demon Sword that Sword Demon created after fighting against Blade God. But it seemed she had not learned it to its fullest, so it was unstable. ‘Ugh! I’m the one who wants to know!’ She wanted to know about how Yeowun learned that also. She thought for a while with a frown and spoke. “That is a separate matter. I can’t tell you.” The answer was no. Yeowun raised his eyebrow and spoke. “Didn’t you say martial artist speak with sword? And weren’t you trying to make me talk by force?” “I can’t tell you even if you insist on that.” “Even if I try to find out by using force?” “I attacked you first, so if you try to make me pay the price, I’m ready to lose my arm.” “…” If Yin Moha, a martial artist, claims that she can even give her arm, which was a lifeline of martial artist, then it was sure that she had a serious reason for not telling him. It seemed it was related to that ‘Anonymous’ she spoke of. ‘What should I do?’ Yeowun began to think. He came here to persuade her to become the second supporter, but came with a different problem. If he doesn’t solve this problem well, then the time he used here was going to be wasted. ‘Master…’ This was solely on Yeowun, so his members had nothing to do but to watch. Yeowun then looked at Yin Moha and spoke. “Let me change the question. I heard that you have a relationship to Wise and Sword clan, so I thought you may have a connection with them.” “Connection?” “Yes. It is not possible for us to go together.” ‘Ah…’ Yin Moha became surprised at Yeowun’s word. Even if she locked herself in the house and stayed away from outside affairs, she too had heard about rumors of the 7th prince of the cult. The prince’s birth was mentioned multiple times in the elder meeting a long time ago. ‘Was it to see if I side with those two clans, that he asked me such question?’ It seemed Yin Moha had mistaken from the question that her staff brought her. She figured that Yeowun was asking of Sword and the Wise clan is the same Sword Family as her, which made her become furious. ‘My temper got me again.’ She tried to fix this, but she couldn’t. And with her misunderstanding being solved, she answered dumbfoundedly. “Connection… yes, a bad one at that.” It seems Yin Moha was becoming angry even to think about those two clans. Yeowun realized that she was considering her as the lost Sword Family of the Sword Demon. He wanted to know why. “Elder Yin. What connection do you have with the Sword Family?” “Hah…” Yeowun asked seriously and she sighed deeply. She wanted to be asked of this question ever since she became the leader of the Demonspread Sword clan. The cult was under control of six clans for long time. Even the Chun family now had blood of these six clans — no matter how hard Demonspread Sword clan tried, its claims were shunned. ‘Prince not from any of the six clans…’ Maybe it was a chance to talk to the prince who had no relation to them. She hesitated for a long time and spoke. “We, the Demonspread Sword, clan is the only clan that succeeds the will of the Sword Demon. We are the descendant of the Sword Family.” “Descendant of the Sword Family?” As far as Yeowun knew, the Sword Demon did not take any apprentices, resulting in the loss of his entire clan. Then what did this mean? Yin Moha began unveiling her story, starting from how she was told of this through her clan. Five hundred years ago, there were three apprentices to the Sword Demon. Kingchen, Mu Jurang, and Yin Houngsu. Three of them were from ordinary soldier families that had good muscles and talents that the Sword Demon chose himself. He wanted to train them and take one best sword genius to succeed his Sword Family and have the other two to be the guards of the Lord. The Sword Demon was a genius in his sword skills, but he was also a genius in teaching. Three of these students learned martial art very quickly and showed promise among many warriors from their same age. The problem arose from there. Sword Demon considered loyalty to the Cult as the most important trait required. But unlike his wish, Kingchen and Mu Jurang began to grow in greed and were helped by other clans to force their marriage with the Lord. And with approval from the elder meeting, it was decided quickly. This greatly disappointed the Sword Demon. “The Sword Demon thought that his achievement and feat have clouded their judgment and drove them into greed.” Chapter 177 - Second approval (8) Chapter 177: Second approval (8) Sword Demon shunned them from his apprenticeship at once. But that anger also came to Yin Hongsu, who wasn’t involved in the greed. Yin Hongsu was also shunned. He had tried so hard in trying to learn the sword so he can succeed the Sword Family, but that wish was gone due to the other two men. “My ancestor, Yin Hongsu was banished like that but he never forgot about Sword Demon.” And when Sword Demon died without taking any further apprentice, the Sword Family was lost forever. Yin Hongsu did not want the legend to be gone forever, so he claimed that he was the successor and created the second Sword Family. But that wasn’t approved. “Yin Hongsu was not approved only because he was banished in the middle from Sword Demon! But then!” Yin Moha bit on her lips in anger. The elder meeting that did not approve Yin Hongsu, approved that Sword clan created by Kingchen, and Wise clan created by Mu Jurang to be the successor of the Sword Family. “Hmm…” Yeowun moaned. Yin Moha’s anger was just. After receiving the approval, Yin Hongsu became angry and complained to two leaders of each clan but Yin Hongsu was then imprisoned for 10 years because he ashamed members of the Lord’s family. “Yin Hongsu was furious and thought to fix things right.” And after he got out of prison in 10 years, two clans had become so powerful that there was no way to do anything anymore. Yin Hongsu thought Sword Demon would be ashamed, so he decided to continue to the will and keep Sword Family’s name clean. “And from then on, we, the Demonspread Sword clan, focused to restore the True Demon Sword of the Sword Demon for generations.” They thought with their internal energy formed from that of Sword Demon, recovering the True Demon Sword was going to be enough to find the honor of Sword Demon and Sword family back. But restoring the sword skill that he just saw few times when Sword Demon used, was hard. And Yin Hongsu, who thought it was impossible to restore the sword skill by himself, took in apprentice to succeed his will. And 500 years had passed. There was a total of three grand goals for the Demonspread Sword clan. “One, is to succeed the will of Sword Demon and restore his honor. Second, is to recover perfectly on his Truer Demon Sword.” ‘But that wasn’t the recovered sword skill.’ Chun Yeowun was curious. If it was only True Demon Sword that Yin Moha used, that was explainable. But that didn’t explain Twenty Four Demon Sword. “What is the last one?” ‘Can I trust him? He isn’t from six clans…’ Yin Moha hesitated for a bit at Yeowun’s question and answered. “Find the true cult back, back from the hands of these scum Wise and Sword clan. And restore the order and loyalty that belongs to the Lord.” “Ah…” Loyalty. That was only one thing that Sword Demon wanted from his apprentice. The Demonspread Sword clan chose to have only one person continue on the tradition just like how the Sword Dmeon did, and thought of the future of the Demonic Cult. But six clans became too much powerful for one man clan to deal with. ‘It’s amazing.’ Yeowun was astonished. He thought that Sword Demon’s apprentices were only filled with greed, when he first heard from Lee Hameng at the underground treasure vault. But there was actually an apprentice who succeeded true will of the Sword Demon. “…You did this for 500 years. It is truly astonishing. So, the Demonspread Sword clan is the true descendant of the Sword Family.” “Ah…” Yeowun spoke sincerely and it brought tears to Yin Moha’s eyes. Her entire clan wanted to hear this for generations and she did not expect to hear it from candidate of the heir. ‘How great it would have been if my father, or Yin Hongsu, heard this?’ She became silent from being touched, and Yeowun spoke to her. “I see no reason not to have the Demonspread Sword clan to continue the will of the Sword Family.” “Of course. I can’t have those scumbags to pretend that they succeed the will of the Sword Family.” She gritted her teeth again as she was reminded of the two clans. Yeowun then bowed at Yin Moha. “I ask 10th Elder, and the true member of the Sword Family Yin Moha. Please approve me as the Heir of the throne.” “Approve? Is that why you have come to me in the first place?” Yin Moha had not imagined this was the reason for the visit. Yeowun continued, “If you approve, then I will promise you… that Wise, Sword… or any other six clans will never take control of this cult, ever again.” “Hah! You think you can do such a thing?” She spoke dumbfoundedly. The Demonspread Sword Clan had tried so hard for the past 500 years, so it wasn’t likely that Chun Yeowun who had no power like other clans to do such thing. “If that was easy, we would have…” But before she can finish her speaking, Hu Bong jumped in. “We are not lying! The Poison clan is already gone, and all of the people of the Wise clan that remained in the cult are dead, including Lady Mu.” “What?” “Didn’t you know?” She had cut ties from outside and sent back the messenger who brought the news from the Lord’s palace. She was shocked to hear this from Hu Bong. Six clans had kept its power for the past 500 years. ‘I-is that true?’ Yin Moha became shocked and Yeowun spoke to finish seal the deal. “Let me cut to the chase. If you approve me and swear an oath to be my servant, I will help you succeed the Sword Demon’s will officially.” “…What do you mean?” “As a man who officially succeeds the teachings of the Sword Demon, I will teach you his martial art.” Yin Moha’s eyes grew large. She was curious as to how Yeowun had learned these sword skills of Sword Demon. And what Yeowun just said was shocking indeed. “Y-you succeeds his teachings? B-but how? How can you succeed his teachings?!” She shouted in disbelief and Yeowun smiled. “With the skill book.” Chapter 178 - Second approval (9) Chapter 178: Second approval (9) “S-Skill book?” Yin Moha became dumbfounded. Everyone knew that Sword Demon had left no skill book of any kind before he died. And if there was any left, then Wise and Sword clan, most powerful clans at the time would have taken it for themselves. “B-but there’s no way Sword Demon would have left a book…” She became confused and Yeowun spoke to her. “Do you know why the Demonic Academy was built?” “?” She became confused and Yeowun explained the story he heard from Lee Hameng, with the shortened version. The point was this. Sword Demon had created the Demonic Academy in order to find the true successor to his will. He then prepared so that the ones that pass the sixth test of the academy are allowed to retrieve the skill book that contained every martial art of the Sword Demon. ‘I guess she doesn’t need to know about the underground treasure vault.’ If the existence of that room spreads, then it was sure to create another problem. It was better to have only one that passed the sixth test to gain access to the place. “S-Sword Demon had created such a thing…” None of the members from the Demonspread Sword clan had passed the sixth test in 500 years, so they had no way of knowing this truth. “It’s better to see it then hard.” Yeowun then pulled his sword and walked to the yard. As everyone looked at him with a curious look, Yeowun unleashed the sword formation with his cold steel sword. ‘True Demon Sword…’ He was proving the sword formation by showing it. It was truly the True Sword Demon skill itself that was created with every powerful sword moves. Its power was unmatched as the legend said. “Whoa!” Nano had transferred this to him, so Yeowun’s formations were accurate to the last inch as what it was written in the book. Yeowun’s members and Yin Moha were astounded. When Yeowun’s sword formation of True Sword Formation was finished, Yeowun changed the way he held on the sword and began to use another sword formation. The sound of the sword slashing through the air was tighter. Its power was much more than that of True Demon Sword, and the sword formation was so powerful even by just looking at it. ‘By the gods… what is this sword skill?’ ‘Look at that powerful sword movements!’ They saw this already when Yeowun used it against Yin Moha while ago, but it was still astounding to see it again. ‘Twenty Four… Demon Sword…!!’ Yin Moha became reddened from excitement. She knew the first formation as she had trained in it for ten years, but it was the first time she was looking at other formations. “Ah-ah…!” She gasped and moaned. As she watched Yeowun using formation by formation on the Twenty Four Demon Sword, her eyes became teary. ‘That is… the true Twenty Four Demon Sword…!’ The Demonspread Sword clan had used 500 years in restoring sword skill of the Sword Demon. She then felt something breaking her seal that tied her down at her house, in fulfilling that goal. And when she saw the light coming into that dark barrier… “Huh? M-master!” Yin Moha fell to the ground, and the staff that was still around tried to run up to her in shock. Mun Ku stopped him. “Wait.” “Y-yes?” It would have become a serious problem if Mun Ku had not stopped him. Yin Moha wasn’t just dropped to the ground. She was meditating. A light in varying color began to shine from her and powerful torrent began to unleash from her. “W-what is going on?” Workers inside the mansion became shocked and looked at her. Yin Moha’s body was shining in five colors of light. Ko Wanghur mumbled in astonishment. “Five qi unification…!” Yin Moha had entered Five qi unification. It was the last stage to become at the end stage of the supreme level. ‘She received understanding.’ Yeowun retrieved his sword and looked at Yin Moha. Yin Moha was shining brightly as she went through. When this is over, she will go through body reconstruction. ‘So, I went through that?’ Yeowun almost laughed when he saw his three members looking at Yin Moha with the envious look. It was then. With something flying in heard through his ears, Yeowun reached out. Something was stopped at about five steps away from where Yin Moha was meditating. “T-this?!” Hu Bong snatched it on the air and spoke in shock. It was a sharp needle with red feathers. It had a dark poison at the end. “Poison?” Where did it come from? “Ugh!” It was a small sound, but Ko Wanghur, a super master level warrior, heard it clearly. He bolted out like lightning toward the sound and found a staff trying to run away at the corner of the building. “Aargh!” Ko Wanghur grabbed the man on the neck. The man tried to get out of the grasp, but there was no use. Soon, the man began to tremble. Chapter 179 - Second approval (10) Chapter 179: Second approval (10) “What?” Wanghur then saw the man having bubbles over his mouth as he died. Wanghur tried to make him vomit it out, but the poison spread quickly over to the man’s body and killed him. “No…” Wanghur then turned to try to let Yeowun know, but Yeowun wasn’t there. Chun Yeowun was at the roof of the building and dragging another man down. ‘Oh, there was one more!’ The man was being held by his neck, with his chin distorted in a weird way. He was sealed of his movement by blood point before he chewed on the poison. On his hand, there was something shaped like a flute. It seemed that was the weapon used to shoot this projectile. “Stand guard for her.” Yeowun ordered at his members. Three of them nodded and stood guard in three ways around Yin Moha. Yeowun threw the man down inside of the building and reached out toward the man’s mouth. He seemed he didn’t understand what Yeowun was trying to do. ‘W-what? What is going on?!’ He felt strong pain coming from his left lower part of the mouth. The pain came over to him, but he couldn’t do anything but to cry in pain as his blood points were sealed that stopped him from moving or scream. And with the sound, something was pulled out from his mouth. IT was his molar tooth, that had small wire wrapped around with small medicine ball. “Did you try to kill yourself with this?” Yeowun flashed the ball at the man, and man’s eye shook terribly. It seems Yeowun’s action of reaching out, was using the force energy to pull out the teeth. ‘Dammit! He took out the poison!’ The man lost way to run and lost the way to kill himself. Yeowun looked at him coldly and spoke. “Who sent you?” There was no more poison in his mouth, so Yeowun unsealed the blood point so the man can talk. The man knew that Yeowun was not someone he can even imagine to resist, so he spoke in shaking voice. “I-I won’t tell you.” “Oh?” Yeowun then sealed the blood point again. The man frowned as Yeowun only asked once and silenced him again. Yeowun whispered to the man. “10th Elder will be delighted to hear that you tried to assassinate her.” The man turned pale. What he did was to kill Yin Moha while she was in trance. There was no way she will kill the man easily. “I guess you will never spill it out, wouldn’t you?” And without warning, Yeowun snapped one of his fingers to the back. “Nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnngh!” He couldn’t speak, so he moaned in pain. He thought Yeowun will ask few more times, so he didn’t expect Yeowun will start torturing right after. Yeowun then looked at the man and whispered like a demon. “I will break your bones one by one, so if you change your mind, roll your eye upside down. But I guess you won’t give in, won’t’ you?” ‘N-no!’ The man thought he had to change his mind right now and quickly rolled his eyes, but Yeowun wasn’t looking at him anymore. ‘Nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnaaaaaargh!’ It was about hour later when Yin Muha’s bones and muscles began to enter the reshaping process. After about 10 minutes of trembling, her skins began to crack. Mun Ku’s eye turned wide from shock. ‘Body reconstruction!’ She didn’t know that five qi unification resulted in body reconstruction, so she and other members were shocked to see it. Even Chun Yeowun who was inside the building was now out of the room and watching it happen. ‘It’s amazing to see.’ The crack started from one place soon spread toward the entire body. It looked like if it will shatter even with the slightest touch. And it was then. Yin Moha moved and the cracked shell over her shattered and turned to dust. She had finally reached the true supreme level. ‘What!’ ‘Whooooooaaaah! What is that!’ Unlike Mun Ku who was shocked by the body reconstruction itself, Ko Wanghur and Hu Bong was shocked in a different aspect. Yin Moha, a middle-aged woman who looked sophisticated and noble, was entirely different now. Her skin had found the youth again, and she now looked like woman in her mid-20s. Her sharp eyes and thick eyebrow now made her look like a cold, intelligent woman. “Ah…” Yin Moha opened her yees. Being at the end stage of the supreme level, she trembled in achieving her accomplishment and soon jumped out. She quickly got down to the front of the building and bowed toward Chun Yeowun. She then shouted in a large voice. “Leader of the Demonspread Clan, and 10th Elder Yin Moha, swear an oath of allegiance to the true successor of Demon Sword, Chun Yeowun.” Mun Ku looked at her with blush and quickly sent a telepathic message to Hu Bong and Ko Wanghur who were looking at Yin Moha with mesmerized looks. [Stop… LOOKING!!] Yin Moha was naked. Chapter 180 - Unexpected Offer (1) Chapter 180: Unexpected Offer (1) With 10th Elder Yin Moha going through body reconstruction, for the first time in his life, a naked woman was bowing to Chun Yeowun in allegiance. Yeowun also became embarrassed and looked away. “…Elder, you should get dressed first.” “Oh!” Yin Moha was weird, but when she realized she was naked, she blushed and quickly ran into the building. She looked like in her 20s now, but she was still in her 50s so she didn’t scream or anything like that. “Haha, it’s hot. Isn’t it?” “Yeah, I know.” Ko Wanghur and Hu Bong flapped their hands at their face. It was cold winter, but they were hot for some reason. And with this, Yeowun was able to acquire the second approval, and the powerful servant who was at the end stage of the supreme level. It was as Lee Hameng said. She was going to be a valuable asset to the member. After about ten minutes, Yeowun and his members were gathered in the office of the mansion. 10th Elder Yin Moha, now looked about as same age as the others. But Mun Ku didn’t look so happy. ‘Ugh, look at them, they’re fooled by her naked body!’ She seemed to think all of the boys here were fools. But only one who knew her as a girl was Yeowun, so only Yeowun knew why she was being uncomfortable. “Is that true?!” Yin Moha was looking down at the man kneeling at the office. The man had all of his fingers snapped backward and begged, but the anger didn’t go down. Yin MOha gritted her teeth as she growled in one clan’s name. “Sword Clan…!” She didn’t think the staff that worked for over ten years were spies of the Sword clan. She didn’t even become suspicious as the staff did not have any internal energy. ‘The Sword clan told him to watch over me?’ The staff spilled everything he knew to Chun Yeowun. They were told that if she finds any progress in restoring the Sword Demon’s sword skill, then they were ordered to bring it out. But they couldn’t see Yin Moha in training, as she always trained in a locked room and she didn’t leave any tracing so it was no use. “You dare tried to kill me…!” And with no findings, that’s when they saw Yin Moha going under body reconstruction and thought they had to interrupt it at all cause. This betrayal was as terrible. The man begged as hard as he could. “M-master! Please! Please don’t torture me!” He wasn’t begging for his life. He was a trained spy, so he didn’t fear death. But after being his fingers snapped and nails pulled out, he had gone through so much pain that he wanted to die. ‘Master… Y-you still haven’t changed.’ Hu Bong felt sweat running through his forehead. It was long memory, but he was reminded of his first meeting with Chun Yeowun at the medical room. Chun Yeowun’s torture was that of a trained torturer. “Hah!” “UGH!” Yin Moha angrily created sword qi over her finger and thrust it into the staff’s heart. She did not intend to let the man live who tried to kill her, even if the man served her over 10 years. When she seemed to ease her anger, Yeowun asked her. “Elder, can I ask you what is going on?” Yin Moha did not speak the important part that Yeowun was being curious on. Yin MOha thought for a moment and spoke. “Okay. I decided to serve you as my master, so I will tell you everything.” Leaders of the Demonspread Sword Clan were powerful, as their root was from the Sword Family itself. So even if they weren’t from six clans, they often took important roles within the cult. The reason for them to take such important roles were to compete against six clans, but also to continue the true will of the Sword Family. “We wanted to be approved of what we restored over 500 years, but Sword and Wise clan always rejected the idea.” They always emphasized that they were the true successor to the will and did not approve True Sword Demon that the Demonspread Sword Clan restored. And that continued through history down to Yin Moha. “It was 8 years ago…” She still remembered the day. She was training her sword in her mansion when someone infiltrated in. “He had masked his face, but his eyes were not from any ordinary attacker.” She didn’t let the intruder to just walk freely in her mansion, so she fought against the man. And the result was her loss after just one formation. ‘One formation?’ Yeowun was surprised. It was powerful move. Yin Moha was angered at her loss, when the masked man offered her unexpected offer. ‘You restored True Demon Sword to some extent. If you want to succeed the will of the Sword Family, come to the peak of the Five Wise Peak at the southwest of the Thousand Peaks Mountain in three days.’ This made her become very confused. “I was so confused and I couldn’t find out who he was since he changed his voice.” If the man knew about Sword Family, and appeared here in the castle, then he must be cultist. But Yin MOha had never seen such powerful martial artist. She was also shocked when the man recognized the True Demon Sword. After hesitating for a long time, she had to go down to the Five Wise Peak. She couldn’t just ignore it when the name of Sword Family was mentioned. “And when I went up the peak, there was ones that weren’t expected.” It was Kingbonki of the Sword clan, and Mu Jinwon of the Wise clan. All of them didn’t expect each other to be here and readied to fight, but they stopped when the masked man appeared. ‘Who are you to mention the name of Sword Family and gather us here?!’ Kingbonki shouted angrily, as he was most hot-tempered one. But he didn’t attack the man at once, so it seemed he too had lost against this masked man. ‘You don’t need to know who I am.’ ‘Then how should we address you?’ Mu Jinwon asked and masked man answered. ‘you can call me Anonymous, if you need the name.’ This was the Anonymous that Yin Moha spoke earlier. After gathering all of them in the same place, the man went into the subject. ‘With all members that succeeds the Sword Family here, I will teach you the lost True Demon Sword to you