The Youngest Member Chapter 113

Cheon Woojin's steps were incredibly light.

It had been a long ti since he had perford his movent technique alone. With no one to worry about, he ran just as he had when he used to play with his masters.

With each step, the scenery beneath his feet flowed backward like a raging river.

'How refreshing.'

It was a wind pressure that an ordinary martial artist wouldn't even be able to open their eyes in, but to Cheon Woojin, it was just a refreshing feeling he hadn't experienced in a long ti.

How long had he run without restraint like that?

He had departed in the morning, and by the ti the sun was setting.

Cheon Woojin arrived at the Sichuan branch of the Black Plaque Star.

"What is this?"

That was Cheon Woojin's first remark upon seeing Cheol Jiak.

The period he had been away at the main headquarters was about seven days.

He had expected the Black Tortoise Unit Commander to have woken up by the ti he returned. Both of his masters had been full of praise for the Divine Doctor's dical skills.

But, it wasn't just a matter of waking up and doing so training.

Just by standing there, he exuded a solid atmosphere like a great tree with its roots deeply embedded in the ground.

Cheon Woojin looked at the Divine Doctor over the Black Tortoise Unit Commander's sturdy shoulder. It was a gaze that asked what on earth he had done.

The Divine Doctor just shrugged. He had only treated Cheol Jiak, who had returned in tatters every day.

However, it was the nature of muscles to grow by repeating damage and recovery.

Ma Yongseok's training thod had torn his entire body to shreds, and the Divine Doctor's dical skills had perfectly recovered it overnight.

He had grown at a truly unbelievable speed. In addition, he had received the teachings of a master who had learned a similar type of martial art.

For Cheol Jiak, those seven days were no different from a fortuitous encounter.

Of course, Cheon Woojin, who had no way of knowing this, just stared with a bewildered face.

"Woojin."

At the sudden voice calling him, Cheon Woojin nodded. Cheol Jiak, who had been looking at such a Cheon Woojin for a mont, said in a low voice.

"I'm sorry."

In Cheol Jiak's heart, apology and gratitude coexisted. But he said so because the apology was greater.

Cheon Woojin, who had no mory of receiving such an apology, made a face as if he didn't know how to react, and then just answered as usual.

"The mission was a success."

"..."

A mont of silence.

Suddenly, Cheol Jiak burst into laughter.

Wasn't it a truly Cheon Woojin-like answer and expression?

"Alright, let's go back now."

Cheol Jiak made a resolution inwardly. When he returned to the Alliance, he planned to ask the Alliance Leader for a favor regarding Cheon Woojin. The kid was too big of a person to belong to a small organization like the Black Tortoise Unit.

How could one contain the sea in a teacup, or even in a large lake?

Cheon Woojin asked for a mont of ti.

He had to see the Poisonous Hand before returning. As promised, he had told the Black Plaque Star Lord about the Poisonous Hand.

The Black Plaque Star Lord had been troubled and had refused. The reason was that he could not accept soone who had poisoned Guard Ma's daughter into the Black Plaque Star.

Cheon Woojin approached the Poisonous Hand, who was squatting in a corner, and told him this. The Poisonous Hand nodded as if he had expected it.

"While staying here, I had a talk with Guard Ma over there, and I found out that his daughter was that woman from back then. If I had known beforehand, I wouldn't have even thought of relying on the Black Plaque Star."

The Poisonous Hand also knew the Black Plaque Star Lord's personality well.

He was not a person who had united the widespread Unorthodox Path of the martial world through fear.

'There's no way he would accept .'

Perhaps it was for the best.

In the past few days, a more important goal had arisen than entrusting his person to the Black Plaque Star.

The Poisonous Hand relayed the story he had shared with the Divine Doctor regarding the Poison King's dentia. Along with a request if he could help later.

The minimum basic condition for treating dentia was a delicate ki control ability. It wasn't just a delicate level; it had to be flawless enough to be called reaching the heavens.

In the Poisonous Hand's opinion, the only such martial artists in that era were the three called the Three Lords of the World, and Cheon Woojin.

Since he couldn't ask the Alliance Leader, the Black Plaque Star Lord, or the Demonic Cult Lord, Cheon Woojin was his only hope.

Cheon Woojin nodded calmly. Before being the head of the Tang family, the Poison King was a junior that the White Master cherished, so there was no reason not to help.

Above all, if the Poison King regained his senses, the Tang family, the pillar of the Orthodox Path, would quickly return to its original state.

It would be sothing the White Master would have wished for.

"Alliance mber Cheon, I can't say co again next ti, but let's et soti. Since you're still young, such a day will co. I hope it's not as enemies."

Ma Yongseok genuinely hoped so. No matter how much he thought about it, he couldn't see a way to protect the Young Star Lord from Cheon Woojin.

Cheon Woojin finished his farewells to Ma Yongseok and the Divine Doctor in turn and prepared to return to the Martial Alliance.

The mission had beco longer than expected. Who would have known that he would et the Green King and the Black Plaque Star Lord while coming to deal with the Tang family?

Above all...

'A day will co when we et again.'

The silver-haired man who had killed the Green King.

He was stronger than anyone he had t since coming to the martial world.

Perhaps even more so than his masters.

* * *

Cheon Woojin, who had left the Black Plaque Star, joined up with the Heavenly Tiger Unit Commander and the Black Tortoise Unit mbers who had originally co on the mission with him.

The Martial Alliance had sent a carriage to Sichuan to praise their hard work. It was because many had been seriously injured while dealing with the Tang family martial artists.

However, Cheon Woojin felt that the carriage was stuffy, so he climbed up onto the roof and sat there.

The one who had been the busiest in this mission was Cheon Woojin. From dealing with the Poison King, to killing Tang Bicheon, to saving the Black Tortoise Unit Commander and then going to the Black Plaque Star.

Everyone seed to have many questions, but they didn't deliberately strike up a conversation, thinking that Cheon Woojin must be tired. It was their own way of being considerate.

Thanks to that, Cheon Woojin could quietly be lost in thought.

When he closed his eyes, in a space filled with black, a being darker than the night sky was standing.

It was the Dark Heavenly Son, imagined based on what his masters had told him in their lifeti. He was an existence like darkness itself. His end was unknown, so even his two masters had felt fear.

The Dark Heavenly Son in his imagination suddenly rotated his body. A deep black full moon was drawn around him.

It was a Dark Sky Full Moon quite different from that of the Black Master and his own.

The full moon soon covered the entire world.

With a rumbling sound, the sky collapsed and the ground soared.

It was truly a disaster that stirred up heaven and earth.

Cheon Woojin just stared at the scene, and then, discovering a gap, he imdiately flew his body.

Swish-!

A calr and more concise blow than ever before.

Cheon Woojin, who had approached in an instant, swung his Crescent Moon Staff.

However, the Dark Heavenly Son just turned his head and t Cheon Woojin's gaze.

The mont he t his pupils.

"..."

Cheon Woojin awoke from his thoughts.

Cold sweat flowed down his spine.

The sight of the Martial Alliance's main headquarters was visible ahead, and Song Yiyeon, who had climbed onto the carriage at so point, was sitting next to him.

"Young Master, what are you thinking about so intently?"

"I was contemplating how to kill the Dark Heavenly Son when he returns."

Cheon Woojin stated the plain truth.

At that, Song Yiyeon's already white face turned even whiter, and he stealthily went down from the roof.

Cheon Woojin also jumped down from the carriage.

Soon, the huge gate of the Martial Alliance's main headquarters opened.

And inside, countless martial artists were visible.

They welcod the return of the Black Tortoise Unit.

The news had already been delivered to the main headquarters.

The fact that Cheon Woojin had killed the Demonic Doctor, a disciple of the Dark Heavenly Son.

The matter of punishing Tang Bicheon, who had colluded with the Demonic Doctor, and the matter of facing the Poison King, a master of the Transcendent Realm.

The martial artists of the Orthodox Path who heard that news felt their hearts grow hot.

The protagonist who had committed the unconventional act was none other than the disciple of the White Flower Sword Immortal.

The disciple of a legendary figure of the Orthodox Path was once again writing a legend. How could their hearts not race at being able to see him by his side?

Moreover, the fact that the Black Tortoise Unit Commander had desperately overworked his body to protect his subordinates also served as a good seasoning to enhance the story.

Soon, the carriage crossed the path that the martial artists had made.

Then, cheers were heard from all sides, and while Cheon Woojin was calm as always, the others had dumbfounded expressions.

It was even more so for the always-ignored Black Tortoise Unit and Song Yiyeon, who had just entered the Alliance.

And so, the carriage headed for the Alliance Leader's Hall without any restraint.

* * *

The Alliance Leader's Hall.

In that place that oversaw the entire Martial Alliance from the highest point, four n sat facing each other with a tea table between them.

The Black Tortoise Unit Commander and the Heavenly Tiger Unit Commander reported the contents of this mission and the facts they had learned through the Tang family's elder without omission.

The Sichuan Tang family, the Hebei Peng family, the Murong family, the Qingcheng Sect, the Zhongnan Sect.

A whopping five factions from the Nine Sects One Union and the Five Great Families had participated in creating the Righteous Heaven Alliance. Moreover, the Ten Thousand Gold Fortress, said to be the richest in the world, had also lent its strength.

Of course, since it was just the one-sided claim of the Tang family elder, a verification process was needed.

The Belil Tian Alliance Leader's gaze sank low.

It was the sa for the Chief Strategist, Sima Hui, next to him. He recalled the sect leaders and family heads of the aforentioned factions one by one and continued to speak.

"Alliance Leader, if Tang Bicheon had joined hands with the Demonic Doctor, we cannot help but suspect the other factions as well. If they say they will establish the Righteous Heaven Alliance, we cannot stop them. That in itself does not constitute a cri. However..."

If they commit evil acts in the process, the story changes.

To secretly create a huge organization like the Righteous Heaven Alliance, they would need resources. Just as Tang Bicheon had, there was a high possibility that they were inevitably committing cris.

The Alliance Leader caressed his teacup.

The remaining three just waited for the Alliance Leader's words.

How much ti had passed like that?

"We must revive the Inspection Hall. Jiak, you will be the Hall Master."

Cheol Jiak and the Heavenly Tiger Unit Commander made surprised faces. However, since the Chief Strategist was calm, it seed they had discussed it beforehand.

Cheol Jiak shook his head.

"How can I take on such a position? A Hall Master. It does not suit my station."

It was extrely rare to beco a Hall Master directly from a Unit Commander, not even becoming a Division Commander. It was truly an unconventional appointnt, and he felt burdened that it was being done to himself, Cheol Jiak, and not to a promising person like the Heavenly Tiger Unit Commander.

"Didn't you say so? That it's too much to keep Woojin as a low-ranking mber of an ard unit? That he's a talent that you can't possibly contain in your vessel."

He had certainly said so before reporting the mission.

But that didn't an he was asking to have his vessel forcibly expanded from a Black Tortoise Unit Commander to an Inspection Hall Master.

Belil Tian continued to speak with a face that said he understood.

"Jiak, I'm not trying to burden you. I'm thinking of placing the Black Tortoise Unit and the Hidden Dragon Unit under the Inspection Hall. You, that child Zhuge Lin, and Woojin. Those with ability must find their proper places, mustn't they?"

Cheol Jiak's eyes narrowed. It was a matter of course that Zhuge Lin would take over the position of the Black Tortoise Unit Commander that he had left.

But, the Hidden Dragon Unit was a na he had never heard before.

To establish a new ard unit under the Inspection Hall ant that...

Cheol Jiak, who had understood the Alliance Leader's words, finally nodded. If that was the reason, he could endure the burdenso position of Inspection Hall Master.

* * *

Soon, Cheon Woojin was called to the Alliance Leader's Hall.

He had been on his way to see the Disciplinary Hall Master, who was a Beggars' Sect elder, to interpret Mangija's letter, so his expression was not pleased.

The Alliance Leader, who knew Cheon Woojin's personality, imdiately got to the point.

"Will you not take on the position of Hidden Dragon Unit Commander?"

"What is that?"

"It is a new ard unit to be established. The Hidden Dragon, as the na suggests, will be operated mainly with successors. I will give you the authority to directly select mbers in agreent with the commanders of other ard units."

Sohow, Cheol Jiak and the Heavenly Tiger Unit Commander, who were listening from the side, made even more overwheld faces. A Unit Commander at that age, and at a ti when it hadn't even been a year since he had entered the Alliance.

"Hmm."

However, Cheon Woojin, the person in question, was impassive.

At that ambiguous reaction, the Alliance Leader hurriedly added.

"I will give you special operation rights. It is the authority to carry out special operations at your discretion depending on the situation."

It was a rather unconventional condition.

All Martial Alliance mbers had to move under the missions given by the Military Affairs Departnt. But, if one had special operation rights, it was no different from gaining freedom.

"I will think about it once. If I suddenly beco a Unit Commander, there will be quite a bit of opposition."

For example, those who were close to the deceased Elder Zhuge Sheng, or those who had conspired with the Tang family in a grand sche.

The Chief Strategist, who had nodded, said in a firm tone.

"That is sothing I will resolve."

"Then I will think about it for a day."

In fact, Cheon Woojin had no intention of becoming a Unit Commander.

The higher ranks of Division Commander or Hall Master.

Perhaps even the Alliance Leader.

He had no particular interest in any position.

It was probably because Cheon Woojin had been raised under two masters with such a disposition.

Cheon Woojin bowed and was about to leave the hall when he suddenly rembered the advice he had heard from the Black Plaque Star Lord and said.

"The Black Plaque Star Lord told

to co to him. If I do that, the White Master would be sad, right?"

One of the people who knew the White Master best was the Belil Tian Alliance Leader. So he had asked without any particular aning, but the faces of everyone in the hall turned pale.

"I guess that's a bit much."

Cheon Woojin left the Alliance Leader's Hall.

At the sa ti, the Alliance Leader, in a low but firr tone than ever before, ordered the Chief Strategist.

"Convene a grand eting of the Martial Alliance at once.”

(End of Chapter)