The Youngest Member Chapter 84

"T-that, that! Isn't he a crazy guy?"

Un Seongjin was enraged and pointed his finger at the door Jin Yun had left through. However, there was no voice that took his side.

Un Seong looked at the faces of those sitting at the round table. They all had a look that said, 'just stop and let's proceed with the eting'.

In the anti, the face of Nangong Jin, who was sitting at the end of the table, ca into his eyes.

'He's laughing?'

That guy was letting out a smirk as if this situation were funny.

For a mont, Un Seong's head heated up, but he could not say anything. Although he had pointed his finger and given advice to the Plum Blossom Swordsman of the Huashan sect, he could not do the sa to the young master of the Nangong family.

Anyway, the Nangong family was a family that vied for the number one family in the world along with the Sichuan Tang family. Unlike the Tang family, since the Sword King was still going strong as the family head, there were many who saw the Nangong family as superior. In fact, the position of the number one family was also a term that referred to the Nangong family.

Un Seong let out a long breath and tried to calm his anger. He cursed Jin Yun, who was not present, with the anger he had not been able to pour out on Nangong Jin.

"He seems to think he's so kind of hero of the world. It's not even funny. They say that a bad on has truly fallen on Huashan!"

It was then.

A cold voice hit his ear.

"Are you perhaps afraid?"

It was Tang Bicheon. Un Seong said, enraged.

"Afraid! Are you saying that I'm afraid of a duel with that brat!"

"If that's not it, then please sit down. The eting is dragging on because of you, Jinren. As a senior of the Taoist sect, you can give your teachings at the duel."

Tang Bicheon's voice was endlessly cold.

Un Seong, who t those cool, dark green pupils, flinched and stealthily sat down.

Tang Bicheon, who had been looking at Un Seong for a mont, let out a short sigh and then continued the eting.

As expected, various opinions ca out, but it was difficult to find a way to properly chase out Cheon Woojin and Song Yiyeon.

Suddenly, the two remaining newcors ca into Tang Bicheon's sight.

His younger sister, Tang Soyeon, was looking at everyone as if they were pathetic. Since she had always been checking him for the position of family head, there was nothing particularly new about it.

Rather, the man who was sneering next to her as if this situation were ridiculous caught his eye more.

"Young master Nangong. Are you so amused?"

"Do I look amused?"

He looked very amused. Laughter did not leave his eyes and mouth. If he were not the young master of the Nangong family, he would have wanted to gouge out his eyes right away.

However, even Tang Bicheon, who boasted absolute power, could not treat Nangong Jin carelessly. Because his family was the Nangong family, and his father was the Sword King.

Of course, he could not just lower his eyes and swallow his anger like that idiot Un Seong. Because he was also the eldest son of the Sichuan Tang family.

"Young master Nangong, why don't you give an opinion? Anyway, Cheon Woojin and Song Yiyeon are your peers. I see a certain responsibility."

"What responsibility do I have?"

Nangong Jin let out a smirk.

As the two eldest sons of the Five Great Families were glaring at each other, everyone held their breath and watched the situation.

Tang Bicheon's words continued.

"When my term ends, the next president to lead the Dragon and Phoenix Society will be young master Nangong. But, that attitude is a little troubleso. Also, if the first place in this selection exam had been young master Nangong instead of Cheon Woojin, this eting would not even have been held."

Tang Bicheon knew well that Nangong Jin felt an inferiority complex towards Cheon Woojin. He intentionally pointed that out and hurt the other's feelings.

However, unfortunately, he only knew one thing and not two.

The bloodline of the Nangong family had inherited a terribly arrogant nature for generations. What Nangong Jin looked down on was not only Cheon Woojin, but also Tang Bicheon, the eldest son of the sa Five Great Families.

No one gets angry when a bug crawls up. They just indifferently wave their hand and brush it off.

"If the position is too much for you, then step down. The owner of the den has changed."

"..."

Tang Bicheon bit his molars hard.

For generations, the head of the Five Great Families eting was the head of the Nangong family.

There had never been a ti when a person from the Nangong family was not the representative at a gathering where the Tang family and the Nangong family were together.

It ant that the fox called the Sichuan Tang family had been acting as the king in the den without the tiger called the Nangong family, but now that its owner had co, it should know its place.

Although Tang Bicheon wanted to say sothing, he could not say anything that would make the Nangong family look ridiculous in this place.

The Nangong family did not check the Sichuan Tang family.

However, the Sichuan Tang family endlessly cared about the Nangong family.

That subtle relationship was clearly revealed even in this small eting room.

"Anyway, I don't have any particular opinion, so let's just continue the eting."

Nangong Jin said so with a smirk.

Tang Bicheon's words were true. This situation was very amusing. The sense of emptiness and frustration he had felt when he had first t the existence called Cheon Woojin.

The sense of alienation that a person who had lived his whole life at the top felt when he faced a higher wall.

The people who were called the Five Great Families and the Nine Sects One Gang and had reigned over the martial world were all feeling the sa thing.

How could it not be amusing?

Tang Soyeon, who was next to him, gave Nangong Jin a thumbs-up from under the table. Because she also did not like the behavior of Tang Bicheon and the Dragon and Phoenix Society.

* * *

After the eting ended.

Tang Bicheon, who was left alone, let out a sigh.

There were many evaluations that this year's class was excellent, to the point that it was difficult to find a precedent in the history of the Martial Alliance.

Cheon Woojin, who showed unconventional martial might and actions.

The Lesser Sword Dragon of the Nangong family, Nangong Jin.

Song Yiyeon, who was the son of a rchant family but had defeated the Plum Blossom Swordsman, and Jin Yun, the genius swordsman who carried the future of Huashan.

And even Tang Soyeon, who, like her older brother, had entered the realm of a poison master before she had even reached the age of twenty.

Because of that, the expectations of those from the Dragon and Phoenix Society were high.

If they could absorb all of them into the society, the power of the Dragon and Phoenix Society would also beco much stronger.

However, two guys had refused to join. One guy had just left. Moreover, the remaining two did not move as he wished.

For that reason, a theory of the incompetence of the current president was secretly circulating within the Dragon and Phoenix Society.

"Damn it."

Tang Bicheon spat out a curse in a low voice. In the end, the eting had ended without coming up with any particular thod.

In fact, it didn't matter what happened to the Dragon and Phoenix Society in the future. However, the Dragon and Phoenix Society was a ans. A ans for the great work he had prepared by laying the foundation and gaining support as the president for the past 8 years.

If that day ca, not only would he not have to watch the expression of the Martial Alliance Leader, but he could also escape from the shadow of his father, who, despite having dentia and being unable to make proper judgnts, would not give up his position because his martial arts were so strong.

But, just before that, a nuisance had appeared.

Because of those insignificant young guys, Cheon Woojin and Song Yiyeon, people who doubted his ability had appeared.

It was truly troubleso. A crack was forming in the great work that should have been carried out at once based on an overwhelming support base.

The mont Tang Bicheon was revealing his anxiousness without hiding it. A voice like rubbing a dull iron ca from the shadow at the end of the eting room.

"Young master. Do you need my help?"

"...It's not a matter of killing them."

Tang Bicheon said with a rare polite attitude.

A chuckle was heard from the darkness.

"Who would think that I am a crazy monk who is crazy about killing? I know a way to solve this matter without seeing blood."

Tang Bicheon gave a strange smile. The one who liked blood more than anyone he knew was the Wondang Dharma Master in the darkness.

One day, the Wondang Dharma Master, who had appeared out of nowhere, was the one who had resolved all of Tang Bicheon's worries and had solved his problems for the past few years.

Also, he was the one who had helped Tang Bicheon to fully awaken the realm of a poison master.

At first, he had doubted him, but the Wondang Dharma Master did not hide his desires. He, like Tang Bicheon, wanted a new sky, not the Martial Alliance.

The two did not trust each other. However, they just trusted the desires that each other had revealed.

Listening to the voice of such a Wondang Dharma Master, his anxious heart naturally cald down, and he even felt a sense of reassurance.

"What is that thod?"

"First, I will ask. Is the Martial Alliance a group of heroes?"

"...Yes, well. That's right."

Tang Bicheon's tongue was rough. He must not have known that he himself was far from a hero.

A laugh as if it were funny flowed out from the darkness.

"Hehe, the young master is truly honest. Anyway, if a disciple of a villain is hiding in a group of heroes, what do you think the Martial Alliance will do?"

Tang Bicheon's eyebrows twitched.

A disciple of a villain?

"Are you saying that that guy Cheon Woojin's master is a villain?"

He had investigated Cheon Woojin countless tis.

However, he could not find out where his sect was or who his master was. He was an existence that had appeared as if he had fallen from the sky one day.

Although he had a reasonable suspicion that the information had been intentionally erased, it was useless if he could not find out in the end.

Tang Bicheon, who had been thinking deeply, soon shook his head with a disappointed expression.

"That's not enough. It's a public fact that the Martial Alliance Leader, Beili Tian, favors that guy Cheon Woojin. I heard that even Grandmaster Fajin of Shaolin favors those two troublemakers for so reason."

The nas of those who were protecting Cheon Woojin and Song Yiyeon were too high. He could not harm the two with so clumsy political maneuvering.

Unless Cheon Woojin's master was the Demonic Cult Leader...

For a mont, Tang Bicheon's eyes widened.

"Don't tell

he's a mber of the Demonic Cult?"

It was a reasonable suspicion. If he were the hidden disciple of the Demonic Cult Leader, Cheon Woojin's incomprehensible martial might and actions would finally be understood.

At that, the Wondang Dharma Master burst into a loud laugh.

"Hahaha! How could that be? Unfortunately, the current cult leader only has three disciples. I know all their faces."

"...Is that so?"

Then it was impossible. Unless he was the disciple of the Demonic Cult Leader, he could not be chased out by political maneuvering.

"But he is the disciple of a person more fearso than the Demonic Cult Leader."

"Yes?"

Now that the Dark Heavenly Son had disappeared.

Was there another such existence in the world?

Soon, the Wondang Dharma Master's words echoed heavily, as if a stone had been dropped into a deep well.

"Black Master."

"W-what...!"

Tang Bicheon jumped up from his seat.

His dark green pupils trembled finely.

How could he not know that na?

Because his father, the head of the Sichuan Tang family of the era, had gotten dentia right after a confrontation with the Black Master.

If Cheon Woojin had been there, he would have let out a sigh and said, 'No, is it my master again?'.

Tang Bicheon, who was blinking his eyes with a surprised expression, soon raised the corners of his mouth.

"Are you really saying that that guy Cheon Woojin is the disciple of the Black Master?"

"Have I ever lied to the young master?"

"No. Not once in the past few years!"

Tang Bicheon felt as if he had seen a single ray of light in the deep darkness.

The Black Master was by no ans inferior to the notoriety of the Demonic Cult Leader.

No, rather, the respected elders who had lived through the era of the Dark Heavenly Son might have despised and feared the Black Master more than the Demonic Cult Leader.

"Young master, let's spread this fact right away. That guy will not be chased out of the alliance, but will be torn to pieces and killed."

Tang Bicheon also had the sa thought.

No matter how much of a genius Cheon Woojin was, how could he face the Martial Alliance alone?

"Right away to the alliance leader..."

"No, that won't do."

The Wondang Dharma Master firmly stopped Tang Bicheon.

As a look of doubt crossed Tang Bicheon's eyes, Wondang continued.

"The alliance leader might already know. Anyway, he must be the man most interested in the Dark Heavenly Son in the world."

"...How could that be?"

The Martial Alliance Leader, Beili Tian, was the enemy of the Dragon and Phoenix Society.

Nevertheless, there was not a single person in the world who doubted his heroism as a martial artist.

Would such a man keep the disciple of the Black Master in the Martial Alliance?

"Hehe, of course, it's a low possibility. But there's no harm in being careful. Rather than reporting it directly to the alliance leader, you should use rumors."

Tang Bicheon nodded his head. He had never suffered a loss by following the Wondang Dharma Master's words.

Tang Bicheon was about to reveal that Cheon Woojin was the disciple of the Black Master to the whole world and persecute him, but he stopped for a mont.

"Wait."

There were already people among the elders from the Dragon and Phoenix Society who doubted Tang Bicheon's ability.

Solving Cheon Woojin's matter was a good thing, but even so, the doubt that had once spread would not disappear.

To achieve his great work, it was better to have more people who trusted and followed him.

Soon, Tang Bicheon, who had been racking his brain, ca up with a plan.

A way to use the fact that he was the disciple of the Black Master to chase out Cheon Woojin and at the sa ti prove his own ability.

"The duel is opening soon. It's a very appropriate ti."

Tang Bicheon said so.

And the corners of the Wondang Dharma Master's mouth in the darkness quietly rose.

(End of Chapter)