Childhood Friend of the Zenith - Chapter 191

Chapter 191: Old Dog

Old Dog

Rustle.

Black ashes scattered away.

It was because my purposely uncontrolled flames swept through the surrounding area.

KKill Me

After hearing the bastard beg desperately, I granted his wish.

Crack.

The bastard died as I twisted his neck.

Even if I had left him be, his demise was inevitable.

Its not so easy for me to control my power since its been a while.

If it were the old me, I would have used just enough strength to torment slowly, not kill.

However, that was too difficult for me at this time.

[Youve turned this place into a small battlefield.]

Elder Shin spoke, surveying the aftermath.

A battlefield, huh?

It does somewhat feel that way.

Lingering flames, tinged with a peculiar green hue, flickered, casting an eerie glow.

And the stench of the unknown emanated from the corpses claimed by the fire.

One of them had completely disintegrated into dust when I absorbed all its energy and the remaining five guys had their life ended by becoming ashes.

Moreover, since there was another guy that I met earlier which I turned into dust, there were a total of seven of them.

How many guys like these are there?

I knew that it wasnt just one, but to think that there were more than two bastards who were able to change their appearances into whoever they wanted.

This was a fact that I did not know of in my past life.

Did I get rid of them all, at least for now?

The fiery demise I bestowed upon them was far from a peaceful end.

Yet, my furrowed brow betrayed my lingering discontent.

It wasnt because I felt bad that I killed them with my own hands.

Too much time had passed for me to feel any emotion from that.

I didnt get much out of this.

That was why I was still upset.

There were five mouths that I was able to get information from, but the details that I got out of them were barely anything.

Its not that they didnt speak at all, rather, they failed to provide the specifics I sought.

Though its more likely that they couldnt speak about it at all.

That annoying Shackle.

I knew that the ones who had important secrets were basically required to have it on them.

As such, the complexities of the situation made it impossible for me to get any information out of them.

The only thing I got is that they are indeed from the Gu Clan.

I didnt recognize their faces when I looked at them, but that wasnt the important part.

Because it wasnt like I knew the faces of all the martial artists of my clan.

However, that unique energy around them definitely belonged to Gu Sunmoon.

It was the unique Qi of Gu Sunmoon that Gu Jeolyub and the First Elder had.

It differed from the Destructive Flame Qi unique to the direct bloodlines of Gu Clan.

This was the information I got from the third guy after I burnt the second guy alive.

This was also something I expected, so it wasnt actually that helpful.

But, why were they working together with other strange bastards?

The reason why I wasnt able to get information on this was because they themselves did not know as well.

They were mere pawns following orders from higher authorities, believing they wore masks to conceal their identities.

And there is also the possibility of this being a lie.

It wasnt completely impossible, but the prospect held minimal credibility.

My focus wasnt on deciphering why I, a direct blood relative, was treated as such.

After all, there was no way that I had trust in that man in a world where it was hard for anyone to even trust their own blood relatives.

The important thing, in the end, is that I couldnt get any real information out of them.

I did get some useful information, but I wasnt able to get the most important parts of it.

I wasnt able to confirm that all of this was caused by the First Elder.

It would be so much easier if I could get rid of their shackle.

To break the shackle cast on another person, the one breaking it had to have a higher martial realm than the one that had put it on them.

And one also needed to have an extremely precise use of Qi.

I couldnt even think of attempting such things at my current level.

And because I had a habit of using an absurd amount of Qi in fights since my past life, I wasnt good at using it precisely.

That bastard is better at this stuff than me.

The crazy dog of the Wudang Clan who showed interest in the Shackle.

The Water Dragon of Wudang seemed more fitting to break it than me.

Tsk.

I got up after clicking my tongue.

At the same time that I got up, I retrieved all the Qi that I had scattered out to the nearby area.

Whoosh!

Along with a light breeze and Qi entering my body, the flames around me disappeared.

I wasnt able to get any excuse I could use from this, but it didnt matter.

I could just make up one if I have to.

The important thing, in the end, was that he had finally started to show his fangs to me.

Even though I gave him a pretty clear warning.

I remembered telling the old fox what happens to a pet showing its fangs to its owner, but it seemed like he didnt get the message.

[Are you thinking of getting rid of him? That old man?]

To answer Elder Shins question, I had to think for a bit.

As soon as we returned, Wi Seol-Ah ran toward me and embraced me.

And because she ran at me at a very fast speed, I had to catch her carefully so she didnt get hurt.

Are you okay?

You can see that I am.

After catching Wi Seol-Ah, I looked around.

It was to see if anything happened here, but thankfully, nothing seemed to have happened here as I expected.

However, everyone seemed more alert than before.

Its most likely because Namgung Bi-ah told them about it.

The escorts of my clan, and even those from the Tang Clan, seemed to have heightened senses.

Tang Soyeol, noticing me from a distance, approached.

Young Master Gu. I heard you were ambushed You are okay, right?

It wasnt really dangerous. Nothing much happened here, right?

Yes, we only heard the news, and no problem occurred here. And the ones that ambushed you

I killed them all. I tried making them speak, but it wasnt easy because they had shackles on them.

I stated plainly, causing those around me to flinch in shock.

It seemed like they were taken aback by the fact that I, at my young age, had taken lives.

Damn it.

Then, Tang Soyeol frowned with concern.

Whats wrong?

It wouldve been easier if I was there so Im a bit sad about it. If you have the chance to catch them next time, please bring them to me.

What will you do if I bring them?

Pardon?

I asked her because I found her request strange, but she just responded with a smile.

Jeez How could you ask such a thing! Its a secret secret.

Her shy smile, combined with that response, made her appear oddly scary.

I couldnt ask any further because Tang Soyeol insisted it was a secret.

Was it because Id been close to her for a while? I totally forgot what clan Tang Soyeol was from.

The Tang Clan of Sichuan, one of the Four Noble Clans, was one of the Orthodox Faction that specialized in poison, steel, assassination arts, and torture.

While it was said that such practices had diminished in the era of peace, martial artists knew otherwise.

After all, even Tang Soyeols older brother, who was the Young Lord of the clan, was doing some inhumane things for the sake of peace.

Is Tang Soyeol also like that?

I didnt know much about Tang Soyeol in the past, but now I couldnt dismiss the possibility that she might share traits with her clan.

I first put aside Tang Soyeol, who was sad that she couldnt be there to make them talk.

Right as I was about to think of how I should continue this trip,

Young Master!

Hmm?

Muyeon hurriedly ran towards me.

It was the real Muyeon this time.

As he appeared in the camp, those around us drew their swords and remained on high alert.

It seemed like Namgung Bi-ah had informed them about the earlier incident.

!

And Muyeon seemed to be shocked at what just happened.

Then I walked toward Muyeon without any concerns.

Young Master, wait!

An escort, who was on guard, tried to stop me, but before the escort could get a hold of me, I went toward Muyeon first.

Thankfully, Muyeon didnt seem to have been ambushed like Namgung Bi-ah did.

I asked Muyeon.

Where were you?

Huh?

Muyeon wore a confused expression in response to my question.

Why was he making that face?

As I stared at him for an answer, Muyeon began speaking in a bewildered tone.

Young Master said that you had something to say to me, so we climbed the mountain together.

I did?

I frowned after hearing Muyeon.

After all, I obviously didnt ask him such a thing.

Yes However, you told me to wait for a bit, then disappeared and never came back So I was wandering around looking for you.

Ha.

I couldnt help but burst into laughter upon hearing Muyeon.

Because now I felt like I understood a little why the First Elder did such a pointless thing.

Wow, this crazy old man.

Young Master?

The fact that someone with my appearance pulled Muyeon away from me.

The fact that they tried to harm me with Muyeons appearance

And the fact that they tried ambushing Namgung Bi-ah when it was guaranteed to fail

I began to feel more annoyed as I grasped why he resorted to such methods.

It seemed he aimed to sow seeds of mistrust among those around me.

And if my hunch was correct, the First Elder was a far more cunning and devious man than I had thought.

But thanks to that, I felt more relieved.

Because the tiny lingering hesitation disappeared after that.

Im going to kill him.

I had to take the old dog out myself since he dared to show his fangs to his owner without understanding his place.

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