Heavenly Demon Cultivation Simulation
chapter-349

Gulp

Jeok Song gulped.

He saw it with his own eyes now, how the masked man moved.

It makes no sense…

A few months back, he had this high level of skill he would have never dared to even recognize. To the extent that Yong Jin, who was showing growth, was down a couple of levels.

“I am sorry about it. they attacked before listening to me…”

Smile

Was he smiling? One of the masked people who came ahead spoke. Jeok Song, trying to be calm, asked,

“What do you want?”

“The woman called Seo Ryeong.”

“…What?”

Jeok Song tilted his head.

What was the reason that they were searching for her? No, how did they even know about her, and was this some Supreme Demon warrior?

“You don’t have to be so curious. Just tell me where she is.”

“…”

“Look here, I guess that I am just being silly, but let us not make things difficult for each other. If we put our minds to it, it will not take us much longer to find her. But it is annoying to do it. Do you get it? Jeok Song.”

“…!”

Jeok Song’s eyes widened.

These people knew them!

Despite changing their faces. Just who are these people who figured that out?

Let’s be calm. If I don’t give in now, it won’t be easy to find Seo Ryeong.

Jeok Song sighed and began to think calmly.

They said that one could find anything if they put their mind to it. In other words, it meant that if one found it out on their own, it would take time.

And judging by their attitude, they were looking for Seo Ryeong, but it seemed like they had nothing to do with Hidden Truth Corps or the Earth Demon at all.

Then the rest—

First Disciple? Or the Second…

Either way, things were bad. And he could not give the location out.

“I remembered it. But…”

Jeok Song, who watched them, nodded.

“But one thing… can I ask you something? Why are you looking for Seo Ryeong? The reason.”

“…”

“That person is someone I had a meal with. If I don’t know the reason why you are looking for her, it will turn too burdensome for me to speak out.”

“I said it earlier.”

“…?”

“There is no need to be curious, I said it.”

“…Then you need to answer.”

Jeok Song’s hand was in his pocket, and he immediately looked around and took his hand out of the pocket.

“See you again.”

Swish — Kwang!

The explosive powder exploded, and thick smoke spread before their eyes.

“Euk? This… it has this poisonous scent.”

Poison? While trying to catch Jeok Song, who caused this explosion, the masked men hesitated and stepped back.

Just a couple of breaths, and they were about to move towards fleeing Jeok Song.

“Hurry up. Just let him go.”

The masked person in front waved a hand, and the other one looked at the leader.

“It is successful.”

“Good.”

They waited for the fog in front of them to disappear, and then the masked man grinned.

“Should we follow him now?’

At that time, Seol-Hwi was resting on the mountain behind his house, sitting in a corner, overlooking the village.

It is already been a year…

Many things have happened since he came here.

He made money through lending, and even sent his subordinates away to make their dreams come true. Then, by chance, truly a blessing from heaven.

And he had a child now.

Maybe this is the actual path.

Suddenly he remembered what Cheon Miryo’s master said.

The saint asked what it would be like to live peacefully in the world, telling him not to go against this huge enemy.

This felt like a good thing. It was not important to stand out through force and rise to the peak. He did not even know that living such a simple life without greed for power would actually turn him into a truly happy person.

And he did not realize it when he was in the system, but seeing it from this far, he gained something else.

Interestingly, because he was not obsessed with martial arts, he was able to look at himself with an objective point of view.

And my level now is…

Although there were no particular level-elevating effects, such as Supreme Demon or something, he was vaguely confident that he was stronger than before.

Body, energy, essence.

This was because that was the starting point for advancing to the stage of ascension, and his world seemed to be spinning smoothly.

“Hmm?”

Seol-Hwi, who was about to think about other things, frowned. Someone was coming up.

Looking at the speed, it looked like they were using footwork and judged that it was toward him, and he seemed to be family.

“You!”

“Captain!”

It was Jeok Song. He had sweat on his face and blood on his clothes.

“What happened?”

“Suddenly… we are in trouble.”

Jeok Song quickly spoke of what happened. Yong Jin was injured at the Mount Hua branch, and those demons were looking for Seo Ryeong.

“Why her?”

Seol-Hwi was confused.

“I don’t know either but it seemed like they didn’t have good intentions.”

“…”

Seol-Hwi felt like his body was slowly getting alert.

Seo Ryeong. Was she involved in anything in the past? He looked back.

And asked Jeok Song, who looked to be in despair.

“Yong Jin?”

“I am sorry. I did all I could but… there was no way to save him. All his organs were damaged…”

“Ah.”

Seol-Hwi held his forehead.

He never dreamed that Yong Jin would have to suffer like that. Even though Mount Hua had good warriors, he did not think it would be like this, and he thought Jeok Song would easily handle them.

“First, we head for Yong Jin.”

“Yes, I unders… what!?”

Jeok Song was shocked.

Kwaang!

An unusual energy flowed out into a huge explosion.

“That place is…!?”

Crack!

At that moment, when Jeok Song was shocked, Seol-Hwi rushed down. To where the house was because Seo Ryeong was in there.

Something has to be wrong.

As he practiced the footwork with all his might, Seol-Hwi felt an ominous feeling rise, and for some reason, he felt that the source of this bad premonition was his own doing.

Was it wrong to change the fate? Was it my mistake to look for a new life?

Was it a mistake to step outside the system?

He was not sure about it all, but somehow he felt like he could guess one thing. All of it was caused by him.

If not, he would not be touched, there was no way anyone would look for Seo Ryeong.

“Please…”

Huh! Huh! Crack!

With this technique, he stepped into the air, and Seol-Hwi reached the house in one go. And when he entered the yard, he went still.

“Ah…”

Blood. The servant who had been brought in had his head cut off and thrown to the wall, and the roof was now bloody. And in front of the inner room was a woman’s body which looked to be the nanny.

There was no one else. It was not that the opponents were angry, but unfamiliar individuals were treated as such. As soon as they saw her, they lunged inside and used sword energy with flame.

The fact that the corpse was charred meant that.

“This, bloody…”

Seol-Hwi gritted the teeth as he walked.

See Ryeong. He had to find her. But no matter how many times he searched, he could not find her.

“Seo Ryeong! Say something! Where are you!?”

Seol-Hwi raised his voice. Still, she was nowhere to be seen. He searched around and found the footprints on the ground.

Tatak

There were traces of movement in different directions where they moved quickly. Seol-Hwi roughly examined the strides movement and realized they were headed towards the mountain.

“C-Captain?”

Jeok Song came running in right then. As soon as he saw Seol-Hwi, he knew something happened.

“Jeok Song please say this to Yong Jin.”

“…”

“I am sorry for not being able to protect you in the end of this time. And when the time comes…”

Seol-Hwi continued holding back tears.

“There will definitely be a day when your wish will come true. Please let him know that I will definitely do it.”

“…I understand.”

They were words which held no deep meaning to him, but Jeok Song did not ask.

Pack!

As soon as he heard the answer, Seol-Hwi rushed ahead, and waves of energy continued.

“…Oh god.”

Jeok Song’s eyes widened at the sight of Seol-Hwi’s body moving like an arrow. He realized that change was not simple.

This is a change more than just enlightenment.

Surprisingly, Seol-Hwi was showing his growth in real time.

Seol-Hwi stepped into the mountains and slowed down. As the traces on the ground began to fade, he began to feel a presence.

Please… please…

Right now, his brain held no other thoughts.

As long as it was confirmed that Seo Ryeong was alive or dead, he was drenched in thoughts of killing all of them in front of his eyes.

As he got closer and closer, the gaze went up to the end of the road. He felt someone climbing a tree and glaring at him.

“Well. Are you following us?”

As expected, they were watching from the three branches.

There were two in total. One masked and the other familiar.

A young woman with a dark look.

“Hoh. This one. He has some odd energy?”

The two of them jumped onto the ground looking at Seol-Hwi.

“You…”

Seol-Hwi was shocked as he noticed this one woman who had the most mesmerizing look.

Si Ah-young—

The leader of the tracking team, who carried a black cat that was said to be able to track a target for a thousand miles.

Why was the person under the First Disciple coming here?

“What are you? you know me?’

Si Ah-young looked puzzled at the other person.

Seol-Hwi glared at her.

“Seo Ryeong.”

“…”

“Where is Seo Ryeong?”

The two people did not say anything in response to Seol-Hwi’s question. While there was this moment of silence, the woman smiled.

“What about that wench? You her owner or something? Hehehe.”

“…”

At those words, Seol-Hwi’s eyes changed. With just one word, killing intent rose.

“Hoo. You want to give it a try? Now that I think about it, it seems like she was pregnant with someone’s child. Could it be that it was….”

Pat

Seol-Hwi did not feel the need to listen further. He rushed to close the distance between her and him.

“Huh!”

Si Ah-young jumped back right then and threw an assassin needle, but she was shocked.

Piccck

He was fast. Seol-Hwi arrived with just one movement, which was a lot more overwhelming than she had expected, and he wrapped a hand around her head.

“That disgusting mouth….”

Thung!

And it exploded.

Seol-Hwi took out his sword and killed her in a single hit.

“Y-You!”

The other masked man was shocked and ran to Seol-Hwi.

Drrrk

An energy shot was released to the abdomen of the masked man.

Tak.

“Kuak!”

“…!”

When two people collapsed like that, Seol-Hwi looked away.

Psss….

From far away, he heard this gentle sound.

“Please!”

Seol-Hwi ran, looking at the surroundings. But for a moment, he saw something which made him stop.

Ah…?

He slowly moved.

The mask of the guy whose body was pierced by an energy shot came off. And Seol-Hwi’s body froze as he looked at the face.

“Ah…”

Thud.

The man on the ground. Seol-Hwi was shocked to see the face of his.

“You… why are you…”

The masked man died by his own hands.

Surprisingly, was the guy he sent away, Yorim.

And as soon as he saw the face of Yorim, he could remember the horror he had been through in the past. This terrible déjà vu.

“Why are you here?”

“…”

Yorim could not respond to the shout of Seol-Hwi. He was no longer a normal person, his eyes said it. Because he was possessed by demonic energy and now turned into a crazy demon.

Like the time when he was once betrayed by Yorim.