Chapter 95
"Yes, so I gave it to you."
"I, I don't know martial arts well... y-you, teach me this."
"You want me to teach you martial arts?"
"Y-yes!"
Jiang Ziya, seeing Nezha nodding his head vigorously, fell into a dilemma for a moment, not knowing what to answer.
Although he had acted as if he would chase him away at any moment when he had first seen him, now he was not pleased that he was going back.
"I have never taught anyone martial arts."
"I... I haven't learned it properly either... if, if you go back, there's no o-one to teach me..."
Even if he had a body that would not be seen again in all of history, the ability to learn martial arts was a separate matter.
The probability that Nezha, who had not even learned the basics because he had not been able to learn martial arts until now, would be able to learn martial arts right away just because he had obtained a martial arts secret manual was very low.
Moreover, since the Heaven and Earth Fist was a supreme martial art, its difficulty was on a different level from ordinary martial arts.
Jiang Ziya also, if he had not had the guidance of the Tongtian Cult Master when he had learned the Heavenly Demon Hand, would have been impossible to display a proper Heavenly Demon Hand.
"Hmm..."
As Jiang Ziya seemed to be contemplating, Nezha stealthily raised his finger.
"Y-you don't have to come often... for a while... just for a while, can't you visit this, this place?"
"It's not that I don't want to help you... but I'm doubtful if I will be of any help."
"Y-you will definitely be of help! Thank you!"
Nezha hurriedly accepted Jiang Ziya's visit as a definite thing before Jiang Ziya's mind could change.
Although Jiang Ziya thought that it would not be easy to visit Nezha because the situation outside was complicated, seeing the happy Nezha, he could not bring himself to say that he would not come here again.
"I will visit this place about once a week. Since there are people looking for you outside, you should not leave this place and to concentrate on the training of the Heaven and Earth Fist."
"Y-yes!"
"Do you have anything to eat while you stay here?"
Nezha, instead of answering, pointed to the bags of medicinal herbs that were hanging from the ceiling.
"You eat that?"
"If I get tired of it, s-sometimes... the things outside are also delicious."
Jiang Ziya felt a chill run down his spine, recalling the poisonous things that were encamped outside.
No matter how much, the fact that a young child could not even eat proper food and was living was too tragic.
"Next time I come, I will bring you some snacks."
"Ah...! Yes... I'll look forward to it."
Although Nezha answered unclearly, he nodded his head without hesitation.
In fact, since the food that ordinary people ate had a fire qi in it, if Nezha were to consume it, a poisonous qi would often be emitted around him.
Tang Yizheng, for the sake of a more perfect management of his body, had ordered Nezha to eat food without a fire qi, such as grain pills, medicinal herbs, and the raw food of poisonous things, as his main food, but he had already broken his father's command too many times.
"Then I'll see you next time."
"Yes, please..."
Although Nezha's eyes were full of disappointment, since it was already too late, he could not delay here any longer.
Xi Xichang, who had gone back to her chamber, was also a concern, and if Wu Guang, who was so excited that he could not distinguish right from wrong, were to turn the arrow of suspicion on Jiang Ziya, this place might also be in danger.
Nezha followed Jiang Ziya, who was turning his body, and took one or two steps.
"Please..."
Nezha stood there, frozen like a stone statue in front of the mansion's gate, and stared at the disappearing Jiang Ziya.
* * *
Meanwhile, it was not only the Sichuan Tang Clan that had been hit by a sudden storm.
An unusual air was also blowing in the Black Contemplation Fortress, which called itself the hegemon of Sichuan.
Bustle!
In front of the huge outer gate of the Black Contemplation Fortress, the supreme of the evil path, a huge crowd had gathered.
In front of the huge castle gate of the Black Contemplation Fortress, where not even a single ant could usually pass, for some reason, a lot of people had gathered, and the commotion was like that of a marketplace.
"Hey, please take care of that quickly! Our goods are food, so if they don't go into the ice storage quickly, they will spoil!"
The carts and horses loaded with goods were forming a sea of people beyond the road, and the escorts and merchants who were transporting them were mixed together, causing a confusion.
Although it was clear that they were all trying to enter the Black Contemplation Fortress, the process of passing through the castle gate was proceeding slowly, unlike their hearts.
This was because the martial artists of the Black Contemplation Fortress, who were guarding the outer gate of the castle gate, were blocking the huge crowd and were checking their faces and identities one by one.
On the one hand, the martial artists of the black path were visiting the Black Contemplation Fortress in a line, and they were all famous people of the evil path or renowned masters or demonic heads of the martial world.
The reason why the merchants and the martial artists were gathering like this was to watch the birth of a new master in the Black Contemplation Fortress.
The Twelve Honored Ones of the World, Mo Guangdi, was finally stepping down from the throne of the Black Contemplation Fortress, and his son, Jejeong, was succeeding him and was sitting on the throne of the Black Contemplation Fortress.
The grand coronation ceremony of the Black Contemplation Fortress, which would take place in a fortnight, would surely be a meaningful place to announce the continued existence of the Black Contemplation Fortress and to introduce the appearance of a new supreme of the evil path.
Although it was a generation change that had been made in a hurry after Jeshin had been pushed out of the succession fight, it was also a decision of Mo Guangdi to quickly seal the internal strife of the Black Contemplation Fortress, which had been dragging on for a long time, and to consolidate the dominance of the new supreme one.
"Is this a marketplace or the Black Contemplation Fortress?"
Thump!
With the sound of something hitting the earth, the arena, which had been noisy for a long time, became as quiet as a dead mouse.
Huang Feihu, who had appeared at the entrance of the castle gate, looked over them with a displeased expression, and then grabbed his beloved weapon, the Lion Saber, and walked into the castle.
Huang Feihu's nerves were on edge due to the big event that was about to happen.
At his appearance, the noisy merchants shrank their necks and firmly closed their mouths, and began to keep order.
And on the high pavilion of the Black Contemplation Fortress, there were people watching that sight.
"...What are you going to do with that person?"
The man, who was covered in a black robe, pointed at Huang Feihu, who was striding into the castle, with his long and thin fingers.
"What do you mean? For now, we have to leave him alone."
The owner of the beautiful voice was holding a teacup in one hand with a movement like a butterfly, and with the other hand, she was moving her small lips and was savoring the tea.
Every single movement was graceful, and with just a short jade-like voice, she could captivate a person, so she could be called a beauty of a nation.
Daji was watching the crowd lined up outside the castle gate with an interested expression by the Black Mage's side.
"He is one of the subordinates around Young Master Jeshin who must be guarded against... since his character is upright and he is not easily corrupted, it would be better to eliminate him..."
A man who spoke of eliminating Huang Feihu, a famous martial artist and a supreme master of the Black Contemplation Fortress, as simply as taking a candy from his pocket.
Daji frowned her beautiful eyebrows, as if she did not like his words.
"Aren't the master's subordinates, including the mage, already guarding the young master's side? Do we have to care about a dog that has lost its master...?"
"The one named Shiyue and Huang Feihu are the young master's closest aides. We cannot occupy that position without completely pushing them out."
"Not now... above all, we cannot waste our full strength before we carry out the great cause."
"What help are those guys..."
"Black Mage."
At the Black Mage's repeated retorts, a hint of anger was mixed in Daji's voice.
The Black Mage, seeing the red light of a demon flowing in Daji's two eyes, hurriedly bowed his head.
Although they were not related by blood, she was his master's flesh and blood, born from his master's hand.
Although she was a young girl, she was not an opponent he could dare to face.
"If you forcibly separate them or to eliminate them, Young Master Jeshin will never be able to forget them. In this case, it's best to use Young Master Jeshin's hand to deal with those people."
"So you're saying..."
"There's a good saying here."
Daji dipped her finger in the remaining tea in the teacup and wrote four characters on the silk that was spread on the wall.
To the Black Mage, who was bewildered because he could not read the language of the Central Plains, Daji personally recited its meaning.
"It means to eliminate the enemy with a borrowed sword."
The Black Mage showed a sign of obedience, as if he had agreed.
'A chilling person.'
Although Daji did not like the Black Mage, she never showed her feelings on her face.
Although the Black Mage was her subordinate on the surface, and all ten people who had infiltrated the Black Contemplation Fortress with Jeshin were following her, fundamentally, she was also a subordinate of So Ho, just like them.
The Black Mage was a person who was in charge of watching and to monitor whether she was carrying out her mission well.
Daji also knew well that he was reporting her every move to So Ho using a strange animal called a familiar.
As So Ho had expected, Jeshin was completely smitten with Daji.
It seemed that if you excluded the Black Contemplation Fortress and the struggle for supremacy in the world from Jeshin's head, the remaining part was all filled with Daji.
But Daji found such a favor and goodwill from Jeshin burdensome and painful.
Although her destiny had already been decided since she was born, to have a different heart for Jeshin, who was craving love with his two eyes and was pouring his affection on her, was a suffocatingly guilty thing.
Guilt.
If So Ho were to find out that she felt guilt, it would be a matter of being severely punished.
This was because, in the first place, her character should have been perfectly adjusted in the Hermit's Valley.
Although Daji did not know it, the human feelings that Daji was feeling had been born while she had met and had interacted with a human before her character was completely completed.
'My first subordinate...'
Although they were now a relationship that could not be met, and should not be met, Daji briefly recalled the sullen face of Agong, who would have remained in the Hermit's Valley.
A boy who had grumbled whenever he saw her, but had never once refused her request.
Although she wanted to erase the chilling fake smile right now and to stop this disgusting act, So Ho's anger was more frightening than anything in the world.
Moreover, even if she were to give up, So Ho would not give up.
He had two more daughters.
Xiangyi and Tangyi...
Two younger sisters who had been named after the first letters of the two pipas that Agong had given her.
Especially the second, Xiangyi, had been born with a very weak character due to So Ho's mistake.
If Xiangyi were to take on this task instead of her, she would suffer a tremendous pain.
"Miss Daji?"
The Black Mage quietly called Daji, who was staring into the distance, lost in thought.
Although Daji felt displeased with him for having disturbed her thoughts, she did not show it this time either.
"I will handle the disposal of the two as Miss Daji has ordered. But..."
"What is it again?"
"What are you going to do with 'him', whom the Lord ordered to be eliminated no matter what?"
Daji recalled the short words of So Ho that she had heard before she had followed Jeshin from the So family manor.
—Kill the Black Qilin.
(End of Chapter)