I Ended Up Becoming The Heavenly Demon’s True Best Friend, Even Though He’s Shy Around Others

Chapter 81

"If we finish quickly, it will be fine."

When Ya Socheong said that, Jeok Soju and Dan Yujong made apologetic faces.

It seemed that they thought that if they could have given a little more trust, they wouldn't have had to give up on Hyeonwol.

And as if to pour out that anger, they poured out their swords.

Even when the two of them attacked together, it was not easy to settle the score.

"Everyone, move aside."

In the end, when Ya Socheong spoke and swung his sword ki at that person, his body was finally cut in two, and he collapsed.

The three of them, as if they had made a promise, shot out like a ray of light.

From now on, there was no other thought in their minds other than to find Hyeonwol and defeat him.

They didn't even think about whether they could do it.

When they stopped, Hyeonwol was standing in front of them.

What was surprising was the fact that the corpses of his comrades who had been with him were next to Hyeonwol.

Their bodies were split, and blood was dripping from Hyeonwol's sword.

He wondered if he had used a strange method to gain strength in a short period of time.

It wasn't strange, as they were people who would not hesitate to use any method to become stronger and to obtain a perfect martial art.

"Come."

A strange red light swirled around Hyeonwol's sword.

"You two, step back."

Ya Socheong said, feeling uneasy.

Dan Yujong and Jeok Soju, thinking that Ya Socheong might be in danger, could not easily follow his words.

"Step back."

Ya Socheong said once more and raised his sword.

"You don't have to fight me."

Although Hyeonwol said that, Ya Socheong had no intention of listening to his words.

"If I hand over the painting of the Demonic God, will you leave this place?"

"Since we already have a grudge, how can that be?"

"It seems you are saying that you must offer your neck to my hand."

Hyeonwol held his sword differently.

"I don't know how you know about the Flawless Nine Swords, but you will be the first sacrifice to offer your neck to the ninth style of the Flawless Nine Swords."

That could be right, or it could be wrong.

Ya Socheong did not know his own fate.

He also did not remember well how the story of Cheonbong Mountain had ended.

In fact, such things might not be important anymore.

It seemed that he had become the new protagonist in this story, and if that many characters had intervened, shouldn't the ending be different?

Hyeonwol's sword, as if he had made up his mind, came down diagonally.

Ya Socheong glared at Hyeonwol without facing his sword.

Hyeonwol's sword, which had been coming down as if it would cut Ya Socheong, was blocked by Ya Socheong's sword.

Ya Socheong put his internal energy into his foot and kicked Hyeonwol.

Hyeonwol, who had expected a clash of swords, staggered as if he had not been prepared for that.

Ya Socheong had no intention of showing the courtesy of a swordsman to Hyeonwol.

If it were just his own problem and a fight with him, he might have been able to fight while thinking about such things, but he had too many people to take responsibility for.

He thought that it was greedy to fight with dignity in a situation like this.

When he stabbed his sword into the waist of the staggering Hyeonwol and turned it, cutting it long, Hyeonwol's mouth opened wide, and a loud groan was let out.

"I'm just trying to be sure."

After speaking, Ya Socheong plunged his sword into his neck.

Bloody tears poured from his widened eyes, but that was the end.

Hyeonwol was a fearsome opponent.

The person who survived here might not have been him.

So he couldn't afford to be leisurely.

"Senior Brother!"

Seeing Dan Yujong approaching, Ya Socheong smiled benevolently.

"It's okay. I'm not hurt."

"It's not that. Shouldn't we have asked this person where the painting of the Demonic God is?"

"..."

Ya Socheong was a little resentful of Dan Yujong, who asked that as soon as he came.

But Jeok Soju also seemed to be more curious about that, just like Dan Yujong.

"Jeok Soju, I'm fine."

When he deliberately said that, Jeok Soju nodded.

"I knew you would be fine, Senior Brother. You're our senior brother. So where are you going to find the painting of the Demonic God?"

The gazes of the two turned to the people who had been with Hyeonwol until then.

They, seeing what had happened to Hyeonwol, were trembling with fear, not even thinking of running away.

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Next to Ya Socheong were Dan Yujong and Jeok Soju.

They could not hide their ecstatic expressions as they looked at the painting of the Demonic God that Ya Socheong had just found.

"It's mysterious. I never imagined a painting like this. The value of the jade alone seems to be considerable. It's hard to see such a large jade, and the jade itself is all of the highest quality."

When Dan Yujong said that, Jeok Soju nodded.

"But in that it is a painting of the Demonic God, it seems that it must return to our sect."

Ya Socheong, after looking at the painting carefully, put it back in the large box it had been in.

It seemed that it would not be possible to store it in a cylinder by attaching jade to the painting for decoration.

Ya Socheong, after thinking for a moment, looked at the two.

"If we take off the jade and store it separately, won't the people who covet this painting for the jade decrease? Then it will be easier for our sect to protect the treasure. I don't think the Demonic God would want disputes and deaths to continue by unnecessarily stirring up people's greed."

At that, Dan Yujong narrowed his eyes and looked at Ya Socheong.

"Are you coveting the jade?"

"No, not necessarily."

Aren't they the same?

"I do covet it."

At that, Dan Yujong laughed.

The three took out the painting again.

The jade attached to the painting was the Demonic God's decoration.

The largest ruby was attached to the forehead, and the others were expressing the jewels attached to the necklace.

"It doesn't seem like it will come off easily. But what if we incur the wrath of the Demonic God by taking this off?"

Although Dan Yujong said it worriedly, Ya Socheong resolutely shook his head.

"If I were the Demonic God, I don't think I would do that. We saved him from being so stuffy in his tomb. So I think he would want to repay us."

"I don't think so."

Dan Yujong, while raising an objection next to him, devised a way to take off the jade.

At that time, Jeok Soju suddenly pushed forward a dagger.

Since he had been quiet, Ya Socheong had thought that he was concerned about taking off the Demonic God's jade and was about to give up, but Jeok Soju's dagger touched the edge of the jade.

"It's coming up like this. Shall I take it off like this, Senior Brother?"

So it wasn't...

When Ya Socheong nodded, Jeok Soju carefully went around and took off the jade.

When the large ruby that had been attached to the Demonic God's forehead finally came off, the three of them held their breath and looked at it.

The problem was from now on.

If the adhesive surface did not come off cleanly, they might have no choice but to reattach the ruby.

"You try it, Senior Brother."

Jeok Soju said, as if he thought that if they messed it up, they wouldn't be able to handle the aftermath.

"It has to come off well. Otherwise, the junior lords will notice, right? If they ask if it was like this from the beginning when they first found it, should we say yes? How about we say that the person named Hyeonwol seems to have already taken off the jade and sold it?"

If they took off the jade, they would be the only ones who knew that there had been jade attached here in the first place.

Dan Yujong was saying such things, even though the junior lords, let alone the Sect Leader, would not have known that there was jade in the painting.

While Dan Yujong was chattering excitedly, Ya Socheong slowly picked up the ruby.

In the next moment, the eyes of the three widened.

A map appeared in the place where the Demonic God's ruby had been attached.

That wasn't what they had wanted.

For some reason, feeling that it would lead them to ruin, the three looked at each other.

"What are you thinking, Senior Brother?"

Jeok Soju asked, even though Ya Socheong was not thinking of anything.

"Are you going to go there?"

"No, we took off the ruby, and this came out from under it. Do you think this will take us to a good place?"

"Couldn't it, Senior Brother? It's been proven that we are brave people."

Dan Yujong said as if his words were right, and Jeok Soju, in the meantime, took out paper and a fine brush from his bosom and diligently traced the map, dipping it in the ink from the bottle.

It seemed that it would be a dangerous thing to draw by looking at the map.

No matter how well he drew, it seemed that it would be difficult to draw it exactly the same, and wasn't it that he didn't know where he would end up if he followed a wrongly drawn map?

"How about we just say that we couldn't find the painting and keep this to ourselves, Senior Brother? We don't know what kind of thoughts the junior lords will have. You said that finding this and handing it over to the Sect Leader was the first gate of the competition."

When Dan Yujong said that, Jeok Soju nodded as if that could really be the case.

Although it was a shame that the young children were so steeped in distrust, it was also a realistic piece of advice.

It didn't seem that the current junior lords would betray them in the middle, but it was better to have a definite countermeasure than to vaguely think that they would.

It was also that you never knew when a person's heart would change.

What solidified Ya Socheong's heart was Jeok Soju's drawing, which was gradually becoming different from the original map.

The drawing that Jeok Soju had drawn was at a level where it was difficult to say that it was the same as the original map anymore.

Seeing that map, Ya Socheong, not knowing what would happen to the person who went to the place, finally made a decision.

"Good. For now, let's just keep this painting to ourselves."

"Then it would be good to take off the other jades, Senior Brother. Then we can roll it up and put it in a small cylinder. This box is too bulky."

The two, wondering if there was something hidden under the other jades, urged Ya Socheong.

When Ya Socheong looked at Jeok Soju and nodded, Jeok Soju took off the jade with a skilled hand.

When they had first taken off the jade, they had only been interested in whether the jade would come off cleanly without leaving an adhesive mark on the painting.

But now, in the meantime, the expectation of what might be under it had grown.

So when nothing came out from under it, the three of them sighed at the same time.

"This is all we've got."

Now, their gazes were focused again on the map under the ruby that had been on the forehead.

"Where is this? It seems that it should be written where it is. If it's written like this, isn't the map useless?"

While Dan Yujong was speaking as if he were disappointed, a small smile appeared on Ya Socheong's lips.

It was because he seemed to know where that place was.

The martial artists of Cheonbong Mountain.

The Flawless Nine Swords they had created.

A map comes out from a place completely unrelated to that.

And the description of that map came to mind.

A map drawn on the forehead of a beauty with her eyes closed.

When he had first heard about the painting of the Demonic God, there had been no basis to connect it with the map that had appeared in the novel.

But now, everything fit perfectly.

The place drawn on the map was the place where the previous Heavenly Demon had stayed before he died, and there were several boxes full of gold hidden there.

While he was thinking that, the outside became noisy, and the voices of his junior brothers were heard.

It seemed that the junior brothers, who had been worried about them because they had stayed here for too long, had come to find them.

When Ya Socheong rolled up the painting, tied it with a string, and put it in his bosom, Dan Yujong and Jeok Soju each followed him.