The Youngest Member Chapter 108

"Young Master Cheon, could you please put

down first?"

Song Yiyeon proposed politely. It was a tone befitting a successor of the Orthodox Path. However, since he was speaking while dangling from Cheon Woojin's hand, it wasn't very cool.

After putting Song Yiyeon down, Cheon Woojin looked at the three with narrowed eyes.

Song Yiyeon with an embarrassed expression, Zhuge Lin with a shaful face, and the Poisonous Hand with a sohow triumphant attitude.

"Nephew! We have co to save you!"

"We?"

Cheon Woojin looked at Song Yiyeon and Zhuge Lin.

He was asking if they agreed with the 'we' that the Poisonous Hand was talking about.

The two cleared their throats and avoided his gaze. Cheon Woojin imdiately grasped the situation.

"Senior Poisonous Hand. Did you coax the two of them into coming here?"

"Ahem, what do you an, 'you'! It was just to save you..."

"Answer what I asked."

The Poisonous Hand flinched as he t Cheon Woojin's dry gaze. It was probably because the monster-like image of him exchanging blows with the Poison King was still vivid in his mind.

"Ahem! Rather than coaxing, the two were so worried about you that I just offered to go with them."

"Hmm."

Cheon Woojin's eyes narrowed even more.

He could picture the situation without even seeing it.

Everyone must have been worried about him and the Black Tortoise Unit Commander. But they couldn't just co in carelessly because of the relationship between the Martial Alliance and the Black Plaque Star.

There was a procedure for everything. Especially for an Alliance mber to communicate with the Black Plaque Star, that procedure would be even more complicated.

"Senior Poisonous Hand used the two's anxious hearts to satisfy his own selfish desires. You've wanted to co to the Black Plaque Star for a while now."

The Poisonous Hand, having already been caught, did not deny it.

Cheon Woojin was right. The reason he had specifically used the two was to prepare for a situation like this, where he was caught crossing the wall.

No matter how much it was the Black Plaque Star, they wouldn't kill the eldest daughter of the Zhuge family without asking any questions.

Cheon Woojin let out a small sigh as if he understood, then turned his head. A thin ray of light poured from a distance. There was a man approaching, stepping on it.

He was wearing black armor made by weaving together hundreds of tal pieces shaped like dragon scales, but unlike his rather stern attire, his face was smiling as if he found it truly interesting.

Soon, the approaching Ha Inseong looked at Zhuge Lin and Song Yiyeon and said.

"Well, well, it was a stray cat sent by the Martial Alliance."

Unlike his smiling lips, his eyes were coldly sunken. Since this was the first ti he had seen such an expression, Cheon Woojin also looked at Ha Inseong with new eyes.

Zhuge Lin, who was lightly biting her lower lip, managed to say.

"...I am Zhuge Lin, the Deputy Commander of the Martial Alliance's Black Tortoise Unit."

"I am Ha Inseong, the Young Star Lord of the Black Plaque Star."

"...!"

The three, excluding Cheon Woojin, were startled. They had not expected such a big shot to appear so suddenly.

Zhuge Lin's pupils trembled even more.

"It was not the Alliance's will. It was just my own arbitrary action."

"Is that a relief? I thought the Martial Alliance was trying to start a war with our Black Plaque Star."

At the ntion of war, Song Yiyeon and Zhuge Lin sucked in a breath. It wasn't that they hadn't considered the situation of being caught. Nevertheless, there was a reason why they had committed such a reckless act.

Ha Inseong also thought that, while he didn't know about the slick-looking guy, Zhuge Lin at least wouldn't be that stupid.

So, he asked.

"Why did you do this?"

"Because I was worried about Youngest Cheon and the Black Tortoise Unit Commander."

"I understand. But, are there any Martial Alliance mbers who wouldn't worry about those two? Everyone else would be waiting according to procedure, so why did you act so arbitrarily?"

Ha Inseong's voice was quite different from when he was dealing with Cheon Woojin. It was low and calm, but it contained an indescribable, rough sense of overwhelming pressure.

Cheon Woojin watched such a Ha Inseong with curiosity. Didn't he feel similar to the Black Master and the Black Plaque Star Lord?

Perhaps those who truly held the Unorthodox Path within them exuded this kind of atmosphere.

In the anti, Zhuge Lin's words continued.

"Because I am one of the people who knows Youngest Cheon's personality the best. Everyone said that even the Black Plaque Star wouldn't easily kill a Martial Alliance mber, so we should wait first, but Youngest Cheon is not an ordinary Martial Alliance mber, but a crazy guy."

Zhuge Lin was genuinely worried. She had even imagined Cheon Woojin starting a war with the Sichuan branch of the Black Plaque Star single-handedly after being refused when he asked for the Divine Doctor.

Surprisingly, she felt no sense of incongruity even while having such an imagination. That was how much the Cheon Woojin that Zhuge Lin saw was a man who could smash anyone's head if he didn't like them, regardless of who they were.

So, she had unreasonably crossed the wall. Although there was the Poisonous Hand's coaxing, it was purely Zhuge Lin's own judgnt.

She was prepared to not spare her life if Cheon Woojin and the Black Tortoise Unit Commander were to get caught up in sothing wrong.

In fact, she was sowhat confident that she wouldn't be caught. The Sichuan branch of the Black Plaque Star was the weakest among all the branches in terms of military power. It was only natural, as it was a place where the Ei Sect, the Qingcheng Sect, and the Sichuan Tang family were firmly established.

But, to think that such a huge formation was installed, and that even the son of the Black Plaque Star Lord would be here.

After Zhuge Lin's explanation was over.

Ha Inseong, who had been uncharacteristically calm and dignified, burst out laughing with a "pfft."

He then, without even thinking of holding back his laughter, pointed at Cheon Woojin and said.

"Look at this. I'm not the strange one, am I? Even your colleagues think you're a crazy guy."

"..."

Cheon Woojin looked back and forth between Ha Inseong and Zhuge Lin with a sour face. In the anti, Song Yiyeon said in a small voice.

"Don't tell

a war between the Orthodox and Unorthodox paths is going to break out because of this..."

"Who knows."

Ha Inseong grinned and looked at Song Yiyeon. He already knew a lot about him through information. The eldest son of the Anhui Song family and Cheon Woojin's closest friend.

He had been curious about what kind of guy would be close to a crazy guy like Cheon Woojin, but he was surprisingly clean-cut. No, he was one of the most handso n he had ever seen.

'Almost at my level?'

Thinking so, Ha Inseong, contrary to his inner thoughts, said these words out loud.

"Worrying about a colleague and crossing the border of life and death is sothing to be admired as a fellow martial artist, but the problem is that you got caught. Do you expect to get away with nothing after a Martial Alliance mber fearlessly crossed the wall of the Black Plaque Star and was discovered by the Young Star Lord?"

"..."

Song Yiyeon and Zhuge Lin swallowed hard.

The two had a hunch. At the very least, they would be kicked out of the Martial Alliance. It would be a relief if that was all. This incident could be the starting point for a huge event.

Because justification was originally sothing that was created.

"What do you think?"

Ha Inseong asked Cheon Woojin slyly.

Cheon Woojin, who had been looking into Ha Inseong's pupils for a mont, let out a low sigh.

"I was planning to go see the Black Plaque Star Lord anyway. After all, he was also a close friend of my master. So, that's enough."

"You should have said so earlier. I just put strength in my eyes for nothing."

In the first place, he had no intention of making an issue out of this incident.

If another Alliance mber had been caught crossing the wall, Ha Inseong would have imdiately cut off their wrists and sent them to the Martial Alliance. Since the justification was on his side anyway, the Martial Alliance would not be able to start a war over just that.

It was Ha Inseong's original nature to deliver the strongest punishnt after thoroughly calculating the aftermath.

But they were Cheon Woojin's friends.

That was enough. What was the big deal about letting go of a few anchovies to catch a whale?

However, one thing.

"First, after we get out of here, Senior Poisonous Hand, you and I need to have a talk."

Ha Inseong, who had glanced at the Poisonous Hand, turned his body and went back the way he had co.

* * *

Getting out of the formation was not difficult.

Ha Inseong had arrived by following the strong energy that Cheon Woojin had left behind, and the formation masters had opened the way by following Ha Inseong's energy.

They were able to just walk out through the open path.

Ha Inseong did not ntion this incident to Song Yiyeon and Zhuge Lin anymore. Rather, he even gave them a separate room where they could rest.

'To capture a guy like that who has nothing to lose, it's standard practice to target his surroundings.'

Ha Inseong was drawing a big picture at every mont.

And so, Zhuge Lin and Song Yiyeon, in a daze, sat facing Cheon Woojin in the room that Ha Inseong had given them.

A silence fell between the three for a mont.

The one who broke the silence first was Cheon Woojin.

"The Black Tortoise Unit Commander will be fine. The Divine Doctor himself said so."

In an instant, flowers blood on the two's faces.

They had worried about the Black Tortoise Unit Commander as much as they had worried about Cheon Woojin.

Moreover, to Song Yiyeon, the Black Tortoise Unit Commander was a lifesaver. If it weren't for him, his face would have been mangled by Tang Bicheon and he would have t a grueso death.

As the atmosphere brightened, this ti, Zhuge Lin explained the situation of the Tang family in detail without even being asked.

In any case, she was the superior, but for so reason, it looked as if she were reporting to Cheon Woojin.

Cheon Woojin, who had been listening to the explanation for a while, nodded.

"So, the places that were trying to establish the Righteous Heaven Alliance with the Tang family are the Hebei Peng family, the Murong family, the Qingcheng Sect, the Zhongnan Sect, and the Ten Thousand Gold Fortress?"

"Yes, only what has been confird so far."

Cheon Woojin was lost in thought for a mont.

Three of the Five Great Families.

Two of the Nine Sects One Union.

And on top of that, the Ten Thousand Gold Fortress, which was called one of the four great fortresses in the world.

Wasn't Tang Bicheon's skill quite good?

No, those individual factions might have just been using Tang Bicheon and would have changed their attitude once the Righteous Heaven Alliance was established.

In any case, the important thing was that the factions involved in this incident were quite large.

'If the White Master had seen this, he would have been very angry.'

Would he just be angry? He would have imdiately charged into the Tang family and given a severe punishnt to Tang Bicheon for the cri of sowing discord in the Orthodox Path martial world.

But, thinking about it suddenly, what Cheon Woojin himself had done was ultimately that. He felt a small sense of satisfaction, as if he had unintentionally carried on his master's will.

"Anyway. The one who gave that information was the First Elder, but you shouldn't trust him."

According to Zhuge Lin's explanation, Tang Soyeon was said to have seized power in the Tang family with the support of the Martial Alliance that had co to her aid.

The First Elder of the Tang family had pretended to take the Demonic Doctor's pill, but had later ingested a poison that induced vomiting to get rid of the drug's effects.

Only after the incident was over did he apologize to Tang Soyeon, saying that he had been forced to do so under duress at the ti, and provided all the information he knew.

"In the end, he apologized, saying he had succumbed to threats to save his life. But doesn't that an he confessed to doing such a thing with a clear mind, unlike the others who were drugged?"

During the war caused by Tang Bicheon's tyranny, the First Elder had several opportunities. As a respected mber of the Orthodox Path, it would have been the right thing to do to stop the war by stabbing Tang Bicheon in the back.

However, the First Elder did not do so. He succumbed to Tang Bicheon and just stood by and watched as the young martial artists of the Orthodox Path died.

When Cheon Woojin pointed that out, Zhuge Lin also nodded.

"I think so too. Fortunately, Soyeon seed to think so too, so after getting the information from the First Elder, she imdiately abolished his dantian and handed him over to the Martial Alliance. Since the matter is serious, the Alliance Leader will probably make a judgnt on him himself."

Given the Belil Tian Alliance Leader's personality, the First Elder would end his life in the brain prison without seeing the light of day until he died.

"There's no need to worry about the Tang family."

Cheon Woojin said so. What was most impressive in this incident was surprisingly Tang Soyeon.

When she had first passed the selection test in fifth place, he had just thought of her as a pretty decent successor.

Even after that, unlike Jinun or Namgung Jin, he had no particular contact with Tang Soyeon.

However, in this incident, Tang Soyeon had shown a rather strong-willed side.

From realizing Tang Bicheon's evil deeds and attacking him at the risk of her life, to getting permission for her older brother's death from the Poison King who had co to his senses, to coldly and severely punishing her uncle, the First Elder.

Also, the situation was good.

Once such a big incident occurred, at least ten years of peace would follow.

As the only remaining direct successor, Tang Soyeon would establish herself as the master of the Tang family with the support of the Martial Alliance.

'The Tang family will be quiet for a while. Then next is...'

The Hebei Peng family and the Murong family.

The Qingcheng Sect and the Zhongnan Sect.

And the Ten Thousand Gold Fortress.

Cheon Woojin suddenly recalled the ti he was called to a Martial Alliance eting in the past. At that ti, there was a lot of talk about Cheon Woojin's treatnt for having beaten Elder Zhuge Sheng to death.

The one who had argued with the loudest voice that Cheon Woojin should be severely punished was none other than the Qingxuan Zhenren of the Qingcheng Sect.

(End of Chapter)