The Regressed Sword Demon Changes the Future

After Geum Hyeonah entered Mysterious Profound Sect as a secular disciple, Mysterious Profound Sect began to change at a rapid pace.

The first of those changes was that the food became delicious.

It was a simple story.

There was no way that the Geumjo Merchant Guild, the richest in Sichuan, would have sent their daughter as a secular disciple empty-handed.

They must have given her a fortune worthy of the name of the best in Sichuan, and thanks to that, the financial situation of Mysterious Profound Sect, which had become prosperous, was first revealed in the food they ate every day.

"Senior Brother, the food is delicious today too!"

"Yes, the food has certainly been good lately."

Jang Baekseo, who was looking at Sohyun's smiling face as she used her chopsticks with clumsy skill, also continued to eat his much richer breakfast in a good mood.

"Yuhan, you have to eat a variety of foods, not just what you like."

"…I understand, Senior Brother."

Jang Baekseo, who had warned Yuhan, who was a picky eater despite his serious-looking behavior, looked at the silver-haired girl who was sitting next to him with a smiling face and eating with him.

"…Young Lady Geum Hyeonah."

"Yes, Senior Brother?"

"…"

Even in Mysterious Profound Sect, where the distinction between secular and direct disciples was not clear, according to the rules, Geum Hyeonah was a junior sister to Jang Baekseo, the senior brother. But was Geum Hyeonah an ordinary person?

The precious only daughter of the great Geumjo Merchant Guild and the successor who would inherit the Geumjo Merchant Guild in the future!

She was a person who was very awkward for the senior brother of Mysterious Profound Sect, who had not even become the definite best in Gangjeong County, to treat carelessly.

Of course…

'Tsk, it's awkward to treat her casually, and it's also awkward to treat her like a superior…'

It wasn't for the Sword Demon Jang Baekseo, though.

Since the day Geum Hyeonah first came to Mysterious Profound Sect, she had been sticking to Jang Baekseo's side as if it were natural.

He didn't know what Geum Hyeonah was thinking when she acted that way, but it wasn't a bad feeling to have a beautiful girl follow him.

"…Please eat a lot. If you eat so little, it might be hard during training."

"Are you worried about me, Senior Brother? Thank you."

That smiling smile was so dazzling that Jang Baekseo turned his eyes away.

Although his outside was the body of a fourteen-year-old boy, his inside was that of a middle-aged man over forty, so he thought it would be embarrassing if he blushed at a young girl's smile.

While doing so, Jang Baekseo thought that his worries were unnecessarily trivial.

That was because…

***

"Hap!"

"Keuk!"

Crack!

"Stop!"

A wooden sword for dueling was swung, and the opponent tried to block the sword appropriately. However, the wooden sword that was trying to block could not withstand the opponent's blow and broke powerlessly.

Then, the second-generation instructor who was watching the duel in case of an unforeseen situation jumped out and stopped the wooden sword.

"This duel is Geum Hyeonah's victory."

"Haa, haa, I've learned a lesson."

"Ugh… I've learned a lesson."

Geum Hyeonah, who had won the duel, and the third-generation disciple who had lost, exchanged greetings.

Cheongmu and his junior brother, Cheongdo, who were watching it, clicked their tongues.

"No, really, is it true that that young lady has never learned martial arts before?"

"…Cheongdo, call her Geum Hyeonah, not young lady. What are you going to do if we, the second-generation instructors who have to teach the third-generation disciples fairly, single out one person and call her young lady, showing favoritism?"

"No, well, that's… aww, I understand. So how is that child, Geum Hyeonah, so strong?"

Although he said that, it wasn't just Cheongdo who had such a question.

Cheongmu was also surprised by the strength that Geum Hyeonah was showing now.

A month had passed since Geum Hyeonah had entered Mysterious Profound Sect.

In other words, a month had passed since she had started learning martial arts.

A month was a time that was far from enough to even finish the most basic body building, let alone the introduction to internal energy techniques, in learning martial arts properly.

Nevertheless, the reason she had started learning martial arts at the same time as her admission was because of a special request from Geum Gadong, the master of the Geumjo Merchant Guild.

According to Geum Gadong, the reason why Geum Hyeonah had been sick until now was because of Geum Hyeonah's special constitution, and although she had recovered from her sickbed with the help of an unknown master, that did not mean that the constitution that had been the cause of Geum Hyeonah's illness had changed.

So she had to learn internal energy techniques so that she would not get sick again in the future.

That's why Geum Hyeonah had skipped the basic body building and had learned internal energy techniques first.

And the result was surprising.

Geum Hyeonah had learned Mysterious Profound Sect's basic art, the Mysterious Origin Pure Art, and had felt qi in just one day, and had achieved qi accumulation and circulation in just three days.

Normally, after building a basic body and going through various processes, one would enter the internal energy technique and feel qi after practicing for about a month to three months.

And it was normal to be able to barely achieve qi accumulation and circulation only after another month to three months had passed.

But Geum Hyeonah had skipped all those processes and had done it all in just four days.

It was a marvelous and unbelievable result for anyone to see.

So at first, the story that Geum Hyeonah was a genius spread rapidly within Mysterious Profound Sect.

But it didn't take long for that talk to die down.

Geum Hyeonah had shown a very ordinary appearance in the mastery of other martial arts except for the internal energy technique.

As a result, the expectations for her talent had quickly subsided, and it was thought that she would continue to be treated as a precious young lady sent from the Geumjo Merchant Guild…

It didn't take long for the evaluation to change one hundred and eighty degrees again.

About a fortnight after she had entered Mysterious Profound Sect, Geum Hyeonah had her first duel. Her opponent was a female disciple of the third generation with a similar physique to Geum Hyeonah.

And.

The result was shocking.

Geum Hyeonah had won the duel overwhelmingly.

The second-generation instructors had at first thought that she was just lucky and had her duel with someone else as a test, but surprisingly, Geum Hyeonah continued to win!

In the eyes of the second-generation instructors, Geum Hyeonah's movements were ordinary. Although her strength and stamina were strangely good for someone who had not gone through the basic body building process, that was all.

Her footwork and sword technique were just so-so.

Yet, when the third-generation disciples they had taught with great effort for a long time continued to lose, the second-generation instructors gathered the disciples who had lost the duels in one place and asked them the reason.

But…

But the answers that came back were all absurd.

To summarize their opinions…

"She's too strong!!"

"I just clashed swords with her once, but my arm went numb and I couldn't move it properly…"

And so on. The way of expression was different, but what it meant was simple.

That Geum Hyeonah's strength was too great.

Hearing that, the second-generation instructors were dumbfounded.

Geum Hyeonah was by no means of a large physique.

Rather, because she had suffered from a serious illness during her growth period, her physique was quite slender compared to her peers.

But she was too strong?

If the third-generation disciples were all saying that she was strong despite her physique, there was only one reason.

Internal energy!

The second-generation instructors, who had deduced the cause, hurriedly checked Geum Hyeonah's internal energy, and the result was surprising.

Geum Hyeonah's internal energy was considerable!

To what extent? She had more internal energy than some of the second-generation instructors who had little internal energy.

Not only the second generation, but also the elders of the first generation had a meeting about this, and as a result, they came to the half-right and half-wrong conclusion that it was probably the result of the elixirs that Geum Gadong had been feeding her for a long time…

Whatever the cause, thanks to that, Geum Hyeonah was on a winning streak among the third-generation disciples.

One by one, she defeated the skilled disciples of the third generation and eventually came to have a duel with Jang Yuhan.

The duel between Jang Yuhan and Geum Hyeonah that was arranged in that way was very fierce.

Jang Yuhan, who already knew that Geum Hyeonah had an incomparably stronger internal energy than him, unconditionally avoided her attacks and aimed for an opening as much as possible.

Geum Hyeonah, who had also realized that her internal energy was overwhelming compared to the other third-generation disciples, focused on rushing into the opponent's bosom as aggressively as possible and landing a single blow.

But since one side was trying to avoid as much as possible and the other side was blatantly trying to dig in, a winner was not decided, and as the duel dragged on, the second-generation instructors intervened and declared a draw.

When even Jang Yuhan, who was considered to be at the top of the third generation's skill, could not defeat Geum Hyeonah, the self-esteem of the third-generation disciples of Mysterious Profound Sect began to hit rock bottom.

In the end, Cheongmu, who could not bear to watch, asked Jang Baekseo for a favor. At first, Jang Baekseo, who had tried to refuse, saying 'Why go that far…,' had no choice but to have a duel with Geum Hyeonah at his master's earnest request.

And the result was…?

What result?

Of course, Jang Baekseo won overwhelmingly.

Although Geum Hyeonah's internal energy might be enormous compared to the ordinary third-generation disciples, there was not that much of a difference compared to Jang Baekseo.

If there was not much difference in strength, the outcome would naturally be decided by skill, and of course, there was no way that Geum Hyeonah could beat Jang Baekseo in skill.

Jang Baekseo was someone who had toyed with and defeated a first-rate disciple of Qingcheng even when he was at the second-rate level and his body's movements were restricted by the Bone Shrinking Art.

There was no way that Jang Baekseo would lose to a beginner who was just strong in internal energy.

Thanks to that, the third-generation disciples of Mysterious Profound Sect were able to regain their pride, and peace returned to the sect.

"Still, it's a relief. The secular disciple who suddenly came in just beat them all with her internal energy, but there are no kids who particularly hate or dislike Geum Hyeonah. After all, our kids may be a little lacking in skill, but their personalities are good."

"…"

Cheongmu, who was about to refute something at those words, soon closed his mouth. There was no need to spoil a heartwarming remark.

His junior brother, Cheongdo, said that the reason why Geum Hyeonah got along well with the other disciples was because the kids were nice, but Cheongmu did not think so. The reason why Geum Hyeonah was loved by the other children, in his opinion, was…

***

The third-generation disciples of Mysterious Profound Sect were living in a building called the Gyohyeongak, with two people sharing a room.

Except for the senior brother, Jang Baekseo, almost everyone shared a room with another person, so there were their own disputes and grievances.

"Jang Yang! I told you to wash your feet cleanly!! They smell!!"

"Jang Ho!! Stop grinding your teeth when you sleep!!!"

"Jang Yu… how many times do I have to tell you not to walk around naked in the room?"

…Such things were felt as cute, and all sorts of things happened.

But that problem was solved in one fell swoop with Geum Hyeonah's admission.

How was it solved? She bought the land near Mysterious Profound Sect and just built another Gyohyeongak.

To put it simply, since another Gyohyeongak was built, another room was also added, and of course, as this happened, there was no need to fight in a small room with two people!

Then where did Geum Hyeonah, who had solved the grievances of the third-generation disciples with money, live?

***

"This… isn't it too big?"

"…It's big for one person to use…"

"Wow! It's as big as the building I saw at the Geumjo Merchant Guild!"

(End of Chapter)