I Became the Hidden Chapter 71

Baek Yoonjun recalled the numerous requests to be a disciple he had received so far upon hearing Cheon Suhye's request.

'Every single one of them caused troublesome things later on.'

He didn't regret taking on disciples.

It was just that the things that happened because of it were very troublesome.

That's why he refused as soon as he heard the request to be a disciple.

"I refuse."

Hearing those words, Cheon Suhye looked at Baek Yoonjun with a devastated face.

'What's with the face like she's lost the whole world?'

Although Baek Yoonjun had done nothing wrong, he felt a strange sense of guilt.

'It leaves a bitter taste in my mouth.'

Although Baek Yoonjun had done nothing wrong, he immediately thought of an excuse.

"A third-rate like me has nothing to teach others."

"How can you say that, Great Hero Baek?"

"What?"

"Do you truly believe you are a third-rate?"

"Yes."

Baek Yoonjun answered immediately as if she were saying something obvious.

But Cheon Suhye seemed to have taken it differently.

"You're too much."

Tears streamed down Cheon Suhye's eyes.

'Wh-what? Why is she crying?'

Although Baek Yoonjun didn't show it on the outside, he was panicking like crazy on the inside.

'What did I do?!'

Baek Yoonjun felt wronged.

Whether he felt wronged or not, Cheon Suhye continued to shed tears.

"I can understand if you refuse because you don't trust me, but you don't have to refuse for a reason that doesn't make sense, do you?"

"What?"

"There's no way a high-level martial artist like Great Hero Baek is a third-rate!"

The words 'I am a third-rate' almost came out of Baek Yoonjun's mouth, but since Cheon Suhye's face looked so sad, he couldn't bring himself to say it.

Cheon Suhye turned around like a tragic heroine and ran out.

"You're really too much!!"

If he were the male protagonist, he would have caught her, but since Baek Yoonjun was not the male protagonist, he did not catch her.

And so, Baek Yoonjun, who was watching Cheon Suhye, who run away in a dumbfounded manner.

'But isn't that a cliff?'

He confirmed that Cheon Suhye was running towards a cliff.

The problem was that the location of the cliff was cleverly hidden by grass and trees, so it was difficult to notice.

It was a place that even Baek Yoonjun had not been able to confirm with his naked eye, but only with his senses.

Cheon Suhye, as if she had not noticed the existence of the cliff, was running towards it.

'Damn it!!'

Baek Yoonjun had no choice but to move his feet.

At the same time, Cheon Suhye reached the cliff and missed her footing.

"H-hyaaak!!"

And so, just before Cheon Suhye fell off the cliff.

Grab.

Baek Yoonjun, who had approached in no time, quickly caught Cheon Suhye.

Although it was close, fortunately, he was not too late.

Thud, thud.

Cheon Suhye stood precariously at the edge of the cliff, and the stone that her foot had touched rolled down the cliff.

Since the sound of the stone hitting the ground did not reach Baek Yoonjun's ears, which had superhuman hearing, it was estimated that the height of the cliff was considerable.

'Wow, the mountain wasn't that high, but why is the cliff so high?'

Although Baek Yoonjun didn't show it on the outside, he flinched inwardly.

Although he was trembling, since the edge of the cliff did not look very safe, Baek Yoonjun first pulled Cheon Suhye to a safe place.

"What are you doing, being so dangerous?"

"I-I'm sorry."

At Baek Yoonjun's scolding words, Cheon Suhye lowered her head as if she were discouraged.

That appearance was so pitiful that Baek Yoonjun forgot for a very short time that he was holding Cheon Suhye.

'Ugh?!'

Of course, he noticed that he had been holding her and quickly let go of her hand.

Whether Baek Yoonjun was making such a fuss or not, Cheon Suhye was just bowing her head as if she were digging into the ground.

Since he was also a person, that appearance was a little pitiful.

'Sigh, well, it's not like she's asking to be my disciple, but a request for teachings, so it should be okay if I just fix her posture.'

Having made up his mind, Baek Yoonjun carefully opened his mouth towards the bowing Cheon Suhye.

"I will look at your posture."

"Yes?"

"You said you needed teachings, right? I said I would look at your posture."

At Baek Yoonjun's words, Cheon Suhye raised her head and stared at him blankly with wide eyes.

That gaze was very burdensome to Baek Yoonjun, so he quickly turned his head.

Cheon Suhye, as if she had come to her senses, bowed her head to the back of Baek Yoonjun's head.

"Th-thank you! Great Hero Baek!! No, M-master!"

She was about to kneel and bow her head.

"Don't do that. We are not in a master-disciple relationship, so the title of master is also not necessary."

"Th-then what should I call you?"

"Just call me something appropriate. And the title of great hero is also burdensome, so stop that too."

At Baek Yoonjun's words, Cheon Suhye stared at him blankly while kneeling.

An appearance as if her thoughts were not organized.

And so, after about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.

"Th-then..."

Hesitating greatly, Cheon Suhye struggled to speak.

"H-how about older brother?"

"What?"

Baek Yoonjun could not understand at all how the title had come to that.

"How did you come to that conclusion?"

"You said you didn't like master or great hero, but since you are giving me teachings, I can't just call you anything, so what other title is there besides older brother?"

Although Baek Yoonjun felt that something was not right no matter how he thought about it, he couldn't think of anything to refute.

"Uh... older brother?"

When Baek Yoonjun said nothing, thinking he was angry, Cheon Suhye carefully looked up at him.

Baek Yoonjun's mind was dizzy.

'Uh, um... when you think about it, isn't it not much different from the title of brother?'

In his dizzy state, he just accepted the word 'older brother'.

Since his social skills were at the bottom, he didn't think there was any deep meaning to it.

'I look older than her, and it's less burdensome than great hero or master, so it should be okay.'

Having accepted the title, Baek Yoonjun carefully opened his mouth towards Cheon Suhye, who was looking at his face.

"Do as you please."

"Yes! Older brother! Uh... you can speak informally to me..."

"I'll take care of that."

"Yes..."

Although Cheon Suhye looked slightly discouraged, the matter of speaking informally was a problem that even Baek Yoonjun could not do anything about.

The only types of people Baek Yoonjun, whose self-esteem was at the bottom, could speak informally to were children or evil people who were not even treated as people.

And so, Baek Yoonjun and Cheon Suhye's strange training life began.

The time was before.

Baek Sowol, who had just torn apart a jiangshi.

-Kueooeoeoeo.

She frowned at the sight of the surrounding corpses rising.

"Damn it."

Baek Sowol first retreated from her spot.

Although she could tear apart one or two jiangshi like before, the number of jiangshi she could see was at least several dozen.

No matter how much Baek Sowol didn't look before she leaped, it was impossible to face that many head-on.

On top of that.

'Where is the Sichuan Divine Doctor?'

Since all the corpses in the village had risen, it didn't seem like there was a safe place, so Tang Yuhwa, who seemed to have weak martial power, came to mind.

And so, Baek Sowol, who was retreating and running through the village, was able to find Tang Yuhwa quickly.

-Keoeoeoeo!

Tang Yuhwa was jumping over roofs, avoiding the jiangshi that were chasing her.

Although her own martial arts did not seem very high-level, perhaps because her body was small and light, she was jumping over the roofs like a small bird.

At the same time, she was occasionally throwing needles and sticking them in the parts that corresponded to the jiangshi's vital points.

Although it was a fatal vital point that would have killed a real person dozens of times, since it was not a person, Tang Yuhwa's needles did not seem to have much effect.

Although her attacks were not working, and although it looked thrilling, since she was running away well, it didn't seem like there was a need to worry.

"Sichuan Divine Doctor!"

"Heavenly Demon."

At Baek Sowol's call, Tang Yuhwa turned her head and looked at Baek Sowol.

The two whose eyes met for a very short time.

Although it was a brief exchange of glances, for some reason, they could tell what they had to do next.

Tang Yuhwa twisted her body and jumped towards a roof that was near where Baek Sowol was.

-Keoeoeoeo!!

At that, the jiangshi that were chasing Tang Yuhwa jumped after her.

At that moment, Baek Sowol took a step.

Kuuung!

Baek Sowol, who had stomped her foot so hard that the ground cracked, jumped up.

Baek Sowol, who had jumped between Tang Yuhwa and the jiangshi in an instant, drew her Black Iron Azure Jade and swung it.

Kwajik!

The blade of the Black Iron Azure Jade was stuck in the jiangshi.

A sound of bones and flesh being crushed, not a clean cutting sound, echoed, and the aftermath was passed on to the jiangshi that were following behind.

The jiangshi that were hit by Baek Sowol's sword fell in all directions.

Among them, some were so shattered that they seemed unable to even move.

And so, Baek Sowol, who had taken care of the jiangshi that were chasing Tang Yuhwa, landed near Tang Yuhwa.

"Are you okay?"

"I'm okay."

Hearing Tang Yuhwa's short answer, Baek Sowol immediately turned her head.

The direction was outside the village, where the carriage they had been riding in was coming.

Around the carriage, Baek Sowol's subordinates would be faithfully coming this way as ordered.

Although they were people who would move without even considering their own lives at a single word from Baek Sowol, objectively speaking, they were not enough to deal with the jiangshi.

Baek Sowol immediately moved her feet.

"For now, let's get out. Can you follow?"

"I can."

As Tang Yuhwa's toneless answer came back, Baek Sowol immediately moved.

She quickly ran towards the village entrance, performing her lightness skill, and Tang Yuhwa followed behind her.

"Get out of the way!"

Baek Sowol and Tang Yuhwa, who were running, kicking away the jiangshi that were blocking their way, safely got out of the village.

Having left the village, Baek Sowol quickly reorganized her posture and looked towards the village.

-Geoeoeoeo.

The jiangshi did not follow Baek Sowol's party but wandered around the village.

Although she didn't know why, it was a relief.

"That's a relief. For some reason, they're not following."

"Yeah."

After confirming that the jiangshi were not following, Baek Sowol caught her breath for a moment and was about to move in the direction of the carriage.

"Wait."

Tang Yuhwa called out to Baek Sowol.

Tang Yuhwa, who had called out to Baek Sowol, looked towards the village.

What Tang Yuhwa was looking at was a single jiangshi that was playing separately from the village.

Tang Yuhwa pointed at that jiangshi with her index finger.

"Catch it."

"What? Why?"

Although Baek Sowol understood Tang Yuhwa's words, she asked because she couldn't understand the intention at all.

"Treatment. We can't do anything about the dead, but if a living person gets infected, we have to treat them."

"Treatment..."

At those words, Baek Sowol nodded her head.

A woman with outstanding medical skills, enough to be called the Sichuan Divine Doctor.

Then she might be able to find out something about the jiangshi.

"It's okay if it doesn't have arms and legs, right?"

"If possible, in a sound state."

"That seems difficult..."

"Then it should be okay even without them."

Having understood, Baek Sowol immediately moved her feet.

Lowering her posture, she rushed towards the lone jiangshi.

A stealthy and fast movement, unlike before.

Baek Sowol, who had arrived before the jiangshi could show a reaction, quickly drew her Black Iron Azure Jade.

Baek Sowol, who had snatched the jiangshi whose arms and legs had been separated in an instant, immediately returned to where Tang Yuhwa was.

At that moment, the jiangshi in the village all turned their heads towards Baek Sowol.

To be precise, it was towards the jiangshi that Baek Sowol was holding.

-Keoeoeoeoeoeo!!

The jiangshi that had turned their heads all began to rush towards Baek Sowol.

"Damn it! Weren't they not coming out of the village?!"

Baek Sowol was startled.

The movement of the jiangshi was so fast that it was beyond common sense, and it seemed difficult to even escape.

Tang Yuhwa, who was next to Baek Sowol, muttered with a blank face.

"Is it connected by some sense? Since one moved, they all move..."

Baek Sowol looked at Tang Yuhwa, who was analyzing the current situation without any agitation, with a dumbfounded face.

"Is that important right now?!"

"It is important."

Baek Sowol grabbed the back of such a Tang Yuhwa's neck, threw away the jiangshi she was holding in her other hand, and moved her feet.

Although she had thrown away the jiangshi she was holding, the jiangshi all chased after Baek Sowol.

"I threw it away, so why are you following me!"

Baek Sowol immediately performed her lightness skill and moved.

Tang Yuhwa, who was being dragged by the back of her neck by Baek Sowol.

"Pick it up."

"What?"

She was pointing at the jiangshi that Baek Sowol had thrown away.

"It seems it's too late even if you throw it away, so pick it up."

"No! Is that important right now?!"

"It is important."

Although Baek Sowol frowned greatly, she quickly approached the jiangshi she had thrown away and picked it up.

"Good job."

"You really!!"

Baek Sowol, holding the praising Tang Yuhwa and the jiangshi in both hands, performed her lightness skill to its fullest.

Behind her, a horde of jiangshi chased after her.

(End of Chapter)