The Youngest Member Chapter 10

Changan County, Shaanxi Province.

Although it couldn't be compared to the provincial capital, Xi'an, it was a city of considerable size.

In particular, the black path of Shaanxi Province was famous for its rough and vicious montum despite its size, because they were the ones who had survived against the Huashan and Zhongnan sects of the Nine Sects One Gang.

To bring trade goods from the Western Regions to large provinces such as Beijing, Anhui, and Hubei, one had to pass through Shaanxi, so the flow of money was naturally active.

In other words, it ant that there was a lot to eat for the black path as well.

For that reason, even though two of the Nine Sects were located there, the black path had stubbornly established itself.

And in that Shaanxi Province, the hegemon of the Changan black path, which boasted the second largest scale after the Xi'an black path, was the West Heaven Society.

The fact that its existence was maintained despite claiming to be the sky of the western black path in its na also ant that there was no black path nearby that could touch them.

Now, the atmosphere of the West Heaven Society was sowhat chaotic.

In the large office of the society leader, n of the black path were lined up on both sides.

The man sitting at the end, Nam Ilcheon, the leader of the West Heaven Society, said with a firm expression.

"What was the last mission of the Tiger Hunt Team?"

"...It was the assassination of a Martial Alliance selection exam applicant."

Boom-!

When Nam Ilcheon slamd his fist down, the armrest of the chair burst.

"What! Who's responsible!"

The general manager of the West Heaven Society, while trembling, quickly racked his brain and said.

"I-it's the Red Snake Unit Commander."

At that mont, the Red Snake Unit Commander, who was mixed in with the martial artists, squeezed his eyes shut.

The mont he had feared since communication with his subordinate Tiger Hunt Team was cut off had co.

"Co out."

Nam Ilcheon's cold voice echoed throughout the office.

The Red Snake Unit Commander cautiously took a step forward.

Clang-!

At the sa ti, a teacup flew and hit the Red Snake Unit Commander's head. Blood trickled down, but the Red Snake Unit Commander did not move an inch. Because if he further displeased the society leader, a sword, not a teacup, would fly at him.

Nam Ilcheon, who was exuding a rough aura, said with sunken eyes.

"Why did you accept a request related to the Martial Alliance?"

"..."

The Red Snake Unit Commander shut his mouth.

Because he couldn't possibly say, 'The client offered a large bonus for my share.'

"Reason."

Nam Ilcheon's aura beca even more ferocious.

His expression was calm, but his montum was roughly pressing down on the Red Snake Unit Commander's entire body.

The Red Snake Unit Commander instinctively felt it.

That the society leader might really kill him.

Thud.

The Red Snake Unit Commander knelt and bowed his head to the floor.

"I-I'm sorry! The client said he would give a large bonus, so I thought I could please the Society Leader if I handled it well..."

"Enough."

Soon, the aura that had been constricting the Red Snake Unit Commander disappeared as if washed away.

The Red Snake Unit Commander inwardly let out a sigh of relief.

'I-is he believing ?'

However, Nam Ilcheon looked at the Red Snake Unit Commander intently and then said to the general manager.

"The ledger."

Then the general manager took out a book he had prepared in advance from his robes.

Seeing this, the Red Snake Unit Commander's eyes widened like lanterns.

Because it was the ledger where the details of this request were written.

Nam Ilcheon, who was slowly reading down the ledger, said in a voice as cold as ice.

"Five silver taels."

"..."

"The request fee doesn't seem to be much different from usual."

The Red Snake Unit Commander trembled while prostrated.

Nam Ilcheon's words continued.

"You said you received a bonus? Why didn't you record it in the ledger?"

"..."

Naturally, he had no words to answer.

Nam Ilcheon, who had stood up from his seat, strode over.

A shadow fell over the prostrated Red Snake Unit Commander's head.

"P-please spare ."

"Why."

"That's..."

He had nothing to say.

Nam Ilcheon, who was looking down at that pathetic sight, soon raised his fist high. A red energy shimred on his fist.

He was one of the foremost fist masters in Shaanxi.

He was also called by the nickna Hundred Killing Red Fist because the number of martial artists who had died by his fist was said to be over a hundred.

Soon, Nam Ilcheon's fist fell to smash the Red Snake Unit Commander's head.

The Red Snake Unit Commander squeezed his eyes shut, clutching his head.

For a mont, his fist stopped right above the Red Snake Unit Commander's head.

"No."

"...?"

"Co to think of it, I can't let you die comfortably alone after you've caused trouble as you pleased. Get up."

The Red Snake Unit Commander shot up from his seat as if bounced.

Whatever the previous words were, he only heard that he would be spared in the end.

"T-thank you!"

"Shut up. Take responsibility and clean up the ss you made. If things go wrong, I'll definitely tear your suckling son to pieces, even if it ans I'm chased by the Martial Alliance."

"..."

The Red Snake Unit Commander felt his breath stop for a mont.

He had an unknown child. It was a child born from a light one-night stand with a woman he didn't particularly love, but he had taken responsibility because it was his child anyway.

It was a fact he had never told anyone because he thought it was shaful. But the West Heaven Society Leader already knew.

A chill ran down the spines of all the martial artists present.

Because it ant that the society leader was monitoring his subordinates' every move.

The Red Snake Unit Commander bowed his head.

"...I have already taken asures. I sent the subordinate Howling Fang Team and the Execution Team to grasp the situation, and just in case, I asked for help from the Silent Bear Unit Commander and the Black Stone Unit Commander to build a guard."

Although the Red Snake Unit Commander had made a mistake once, he thought his handling of the matter was quite good.

He expected that the society leader's anger would be sowhat appeased by reporting after taking asures first.

However, the result was the exact opposite.

"These sons of bitches!"

"...?"

The Red Snake Unit Commander looked at the society leader with a dumbfounded face.

The society leader's roars erupted one after another.

"Does it make sense that sothing three unit commanders know only now reaches my ears! You bastards who deserve to be torn to pieces!!"

The Red Snake Unit Commander hurriedly bowed his head.

The West Heaven Society Leader was engulfed in the impulse to smash his head right away.

It was then.

"Society Leader, why are you making such a fuss over sothing that's not a big deal."

A calm and old voice echoed softly in the office.

At the sa ti, the office door opened and an old man with a benevolent face appeared.

However, unlike his impression, as soon as he appeared, the atmosphere of the office completely changed.

The presence that blood even without intention completely dominated the vast office.

Soon, the West Heaven Society Leader's attitude suddenly changed.

"Ahem, I'm sorry. I showed a shaful side of myself."

"It's fine. Since you're helping , shall I help you a little this ti?"

The West Heaven Society Leader's eyes flashed for a mont.

"Aigoo, I'm very grateful for your words, but how can I ask the Demon Lord for such a trivial favor. In the first place, my actions were not done with the expectation of sothing in return."

He ant the act of kidnapping won full of yin energy for the Asura Demon Lord.

The Asura Demon Lord replied with a slight smile.

"Is my help uncomfortable?"

"...H-how could that be."

The West Heaven Society Leader hurriedly bowed his head.

Even if he was the Hundred Killing Red Fist or the master of the Changan black path, his opponent was a direct descendant of the Dark Heavenly Son.

There was not a single one of his disciples who had not made a na for himself in the world. The Dark Heavenly Son had disappeared, but his dark shadow still lood over various parts of the martial world.

The Asura Demon Lord, who burst into hearty laughter, said.

"I'm a person too. It's inevitable that I feel uncomfortable just receiving. I'll take care of this matter, so don't worry too much."

"Thank you, Demon Lord."

The West Heaven Society Leader paid his respects with utmost sincerity.

That sight ca as even more of a terror to the martial artists of the West Heaven Society. Since the society leader they feared was such a devoted man, they couldn't even fathom how great an evil he was.

The Asura Demon Lord smiled benevolently and patted the Red Snake Unit Commander's shoulder. The Red Snake Unit Commander flinched greatly, but the Asura Demon Lord said as if he was pleased by that sight.

"My boy, everyone makes mistakes. It's sothing that can be forgiven. However, a guy who makes the sa mistake doesn't need to be treated as a human. I think you're a person."

"...I-I'll try."

"Just trying is not enough."

"I will definitely keep it in mind!"

The Asura Demon Lord smiled with utter satisfaction.

Looking at him now, he looked like a benevolent scholar who had devoted his life to learning.

The Asura Demon Lord said.

"It seems you've taken your own asures... If anything unusual happens, don't tell the society leader, but tell

directly. I'll step forward myself."

"...Yes, I understand."

It was then.

The door of the society leader's office burst open.

At the sa ti, everyone's attention turned to one man.

It was the deputy commander of the Silent Bear Unit, whom the Red Snake Unit Commander had personally asked to help clean up. His clothes were torn here and there, and his face was covered in blood.

"S-sothing terrible has happened..."

At his shout, everyone felt a sense of foreboding.

The Asura Demon Lord said with a sowhat sunken gaze.

"Speak."

The deputy commander, who flinched at that sight, caught his breath and said.

"The subordinate Howling Fang Team and Execution Team, and the Black Stone Unit, who were in charge of cleaning up this matter, have all lost communication. The Silent Bear Unit, who found this strange, stepped forward ourselves..."

He trailed off.

Then the West Heaven Society Leader roared.

"Speak quickly. You worthless bastard!"

The flinched deputy commander hurriedly continued.

"...They were annihilated."

"What?"

The West Heaven Society Leader had a dumbfounded face.

Even if it was the Martial Alliance, they had annihilated two action teams and two ard forces in that short ti?

It was absolutely impossible. Unless the Martial Alliance Leader or the commander of the ard forces stepped forward...

"A monster. That guy was a monster..."

"What are you talking about? Who are you talking about?"

The deputy commander of the Silent Bear Unit began to tremble all over, as if he had just woken up from a nightmare.

The West Heaven Society Leader grabbed him by the neck.

"Did you run away alone? Did you see with your own eyes that the Silent Bear Unit was definitely annihilated!"

The deputy commander shook his head with effort and said.

"...I didn't run away, that monster let

go."

"What kind of nonsense is this? Why would a master like that let you go?"

"That's..."

"This son of a bitch keeps stopping in the middle of his words."

The West Heaven Society Leader raised his fist as if to smash the deputy commander's head right away. Then the Asura Demon Lord, who was next to him, grabbed his arm and clicked his tongue.

"Stop it. We have to hear the story to do anything."

Soon, the Asura Demon Lord smiled gently at the deputy commander and said.

"Calm down. Speak slowly. Nothing will happen from now on. I'm here, aren't I?"

Only then did the sowhat cald deputy commander open his mouth, watching the expressions of the Asura Demon Lord and the West Heaven Society Leader.

"That guy let

go and told

to tell the Society Leader."

"Yes, what did he say?"

"He said it's annoying to go around looking for them one by one, so gather in one place in advance..."

Thwack-!

The Asura Demon Lord blew off the deputy commander's head with a light gesture. Soon, the body, with only the torso remaining, collapsed to the floor.

The Asura Demon Lord, who was looking at this nonchalantly, said.

"Hahaha, it seems I've gotten involved with a very interesting guy."

It was around that ti that the commotion started outside.

Everyone, including the Asura Demon Lord and the West Heaven Society Leader, looked at the closed door. The commotion was getting closer. Screams erupted, and the sound of sothing breaking and being crushed was heard continuously.

When they thought the commotion had approached the office.

Crack-!

A burly man of the black path was thrown forward, smashing the office door. Thanks to the broken door, the vast courtyard of the West Heaven Society ca into view at a glance.

It had already beco a sea of blood, and a young man with a cold impression was walking with a dark iron staff hanging down.

Seeing this, the Asura Demon Lord burst into hearty laughter.

"Hah, the young brat is quite sothing. His martial talent is good, and he has a temper, so if I make him my disciple..."

The Asura Demon Lord trailed off.

Because he had only then realized the identity of the dark iron staff the man was holding.

"C-Crescent Moon Staff!"

Cheon Woojin let out a smirk.

"Seeing that you recognize it, it seems I've co to the right place."

"You, who are you! Are you the rejuvenated Black Master? No. You look similar, but strangely different. Fuck, who are you!"

The Asura Demon Lord was rambling with a pale face. The mont he saw the Crescent Moon Staff, nightmare-like mories kept coming back to his mind.

At that reaction, everyone, including the West Heaven Society Leader, looked at the Asura Demon Lord with a dumbfounded face. Because it was the first ti they had seen him lose his composure like that.

The West Heaven Society Leader, who was sizing up the situation to grasp it, discovered Hwang Byeok walking leisurely behind Cheon Woojin.

"Team Leader Hwang?"

The West Heaven Society Leader's head spun quickly.

Everything had started with the Tiger Hunt Team's assassination request.

But, while all sorts of action teams and ard forces were being smashed and a mysterious man was coming here.

Team Leader Hwang was perfectly fine.

The West Heaven Society Leader, who had made a decision in an instant, his face turned into that of a fierce god of evil.

"Hwang Byeok, you son of a bitch, how dare you betray ?"

The blatant killing intent that blood from the West Heaven Society Leader's entire body poured towards Hwang Byeok. However, Hwang Byeok just scratched the bridge of his nose with a comfortable face.

At first, when he had guided Cheon Woojin to the Annihilation Team.

He was scared. He was afraid that Cheon Woojin would be killed by the Annihilation Team and that he would be next.

However, Cheon Woojin had slaughtered the Annihilation Team as if to show off.

That was the beginning.

When Cheon Woojin had killed all of the Execution Team and the Howling Fang Team, he had hoped that he might be able to live.

Also, seeing Cheon Woojin slaughter the Silent Bear Unit and the Black Stone Unit without a care, Hwang Byeok was sure.

'This monster is far stronger than the West Heaven Society Leader.'

Soon, when they arrived at the West Heaven Society...

"Hey, Society Leader Nam. Have you eaten?"

He had completely lost his fear. It was natural. In front of him was Cheon Woojin, and there was no one in the world who could beat this monster. At least, that's how Hwang Byeok felt.

The West Heaven Society Leader and the black path martial artists looked at Hwang Byeok with dazed faces.

Then Cheon Woojin's Crescent Moon Staff lightly cut through the air.

Thwack-

Hwang Byeok's head burst.

Cheon Woojin, who was looking down at the fallen Hwang Byeok who had not even recognized his own death, muttered to himself.

"He has served his purpose."

In the first place, he was a guy who had thrust a sword at him to kill him. He had never even said he would spare him.

The Asura Demon Lord, who was watching this, narrowed his eyes and said.

"...You, are you the Black Master's disciple?"

"Black Master?"

Zhuge Lin tilted her head.

She also knew the na of the Black Master.

He was a villain who had dominated an era as a special-class public enemy of the martial world, but a strange existence who had disappeared without a trace about thirty years ago and at the sa ti disappeared from the list of public enemies of the martial world.

'I looked it up because I was curious, but I didn't have the authority to view it...'

Even a deputy commander of the Martial Alliance could not carelessly access information about the Black Master.

Zhuge Lin's gaze turned to Cheon Woojin.

'He didn't seem like the disciple of such a villain...'

However, Cheon Woojin's answer was clear and firm.

"Yes, I am his disciple."

Cheon Woojin, who said so, cupped his fist towards the Asura Demon Lord.

The Asura Demon Lord looked around with wary eyes and said.

"...Where is the Black Master?"

"He has passed away."

"What?"

The Asura Demon Lord's eyes widened like lanterns.

The Asura Demon Lord, who realized that those words were true from Cheon Woojin's calm gaze, soon burst into laughter.

"Haha... Hahaha!! Serves him right, that son of a bitch!"

"..."

"He's finally dead, finally! So, what is the reason you ca to find ."

"Yes, I rembered sothing my master often said."

"What is it?"

"He said to smash the heads of the disciples of the Dark Heavenly Son when I et them."

Cheon Woojin raised the Crescent Moon Staff with a gentle smile.

The atmosphere in the room froze rapidly.

(End of Chapter)