## Chapter 199 – 199. The Ascent To Light
199. The Ascent to Light
I never expected Seong Do-chun to find this cave.
‘Was the rumor that he was holed up in the Elixir Garden a lie…?’
It seems Seong Do-chun has been leading his spirit hounds around every night.
He could have found this cave by chance, or the spirit hounds might have smelled the lingering scent of elixirs, or perhaps the blood of the men. There are many possibilities.
‘The important thing is that he found us.’
I tensed up. I couldn’t let Seong Do-chun take Ryu Yang-mi. I had to kill him here, using everything at my disposal.
“So, it was you! You’re the ones who poisoned the well and stole the herbs and elixirs!”
The two men wearing conical hats immediately moved to either side of Seong Do-chun, creating space and adopting fighting stances, reacting to his murderous intent.
Seong Do-chun’s suspicion was reasonable. The men were hiding their identities with conical hats and dark clothes. They looked suspicious to anyone.
Moreover, the men in conical hats had tried to violate the fallen woman. It was clear to anyone that the men in conical hats were the villains.
“Steal elixirs? You’re mistaken. We have nothing to do with what you’re talking about. Leave. We don’t want to fight you.”
The man with the back wound, the one called the leader, spoke.
Seong Do-chun and the men were all at the Five Qi (五氣) realm. However, the men were not in their best condition. If they fought, Seong Do-chun would likely win.
‘If I’m going to strike, it has to be Seong Do-chun. I have to kill him.’
“Krrr…”
The spirit hound next to Seong Do-chun bared its teeth and growled. The men in conical hats flinched.
“Nonsense! I’ll capture you and interrogate you to find out your purpose and identity!”
Seong Do-chun seemed to have lost his mind in anger. He had been poisoned, died, and come back to life, and all his elixirs had been stolen, so it was natural for him to be angry. Even if he was angry at the wrong people.
“Boss. That guy… he’s at the same Five Qi realm as us.”
“Yeah. He’s not someone we can ignore. And… he saw us, so we have to kill him here.”
“Damn it. Nothing’s going right!”
The men in conical hats began to stir.
Seong Do-chun didn’t stay still either. He glared at the men with wide eyes and began to stir up his energy.
“With that much power, you must have been the ones who poisoned the Elixir Garden and stole the elixirs! Don’t even think about dying peacefully!”
Seong Do-chun, the spirit hound, and the men in conical hats began to fight. Surprisingly, the spirit hound was quite good at fighting. A bluish energy was forming on its front paws.
‘What the hell. Is that dog using sword energy?’
I never thought I’d be jealous of a dog.
Clang! Kaang! Kang! Clang!
The sound of swords clashing filled the cave. They were fighting fiercely, using Gang Qi (罡氣), which could easily cut through steel.
What was strange was that even in the midst of the fierce battle, none of the aftereffects reached Ryu Yang-mi. It was as if they had all agreed not to touch her.
I immediately understood their intentions.
‘Yang-mi has become a prize.’
Ryu Yang-mi had a face that made any man’s groin stir just by looking at her. And now, she was completely defenseless and unconscious. Unless you were a saint who had transcended lust, your desires would inevitably rise.
‘Dream on, you greedy bastards. Yang-mi is mine!’
I watched them carefully, gauging the timing to intervene.
The remaining time for the Illusiter was about 2 minutes. I had to ambush Seong Do-chun within those 2 minutes.
“Kuh… To die here…!”
The conical hat leader left a sorrowful last word as he fell to the ground. The spirit hound rushed over and bit the leader’s neck. The kill was confirmed perfectly.
“Damn it!”
Seong Do-chun quickly grabbed the spirit hound’s tail and pulled it back. He had intended to capture the men in conical hats alive and interrogate them, but it was too late. They had been dead for a long time.
“Haa… haa…!”
The one-armed man who was left alone breathed heavily, watching Seong Do-chun’s movements.
Seong Do-chun wasn’t in normal condition either. His body was cut and torn in several places, blood flowing out and soaking the floor. The sword wound on his thigh was particularly severe. He couldn’t move properly and was limping.
“W-wait a minute! Wait! You’re misunderstanding!”
“Misunderstanding? What misunderstanding?!”
“We’re not thieves! We didn’t poison the well, and we didn’t steal any elixirs!”
“This dog is a spirit hound. The spirit hound smelled the elixirs that were here. And you’re still trying to deny it? We’ll find out if it’s a misunderstanding after an interrogation.”
“We were just following this woman!”
Seong Do-chun’s gaze turned to Ryu Yang-mi. He swallowed hard at Ryu Yang-mi’s beautiful face and figure.
“……That woman is also a subject for interrogation!”
“Do you even know who she is before you say such things?”
“Her identity can be found out through interrogation….”
“The Blood Flower of the Bloodshed City! Ryu Yang-mi is that woman!”
“Bloodshed City…!?”
Seong Do-chun hesitated.
Bloodshed City was a force that couldn’t even be compared to the Meteor Sword Sect. If Bloodshed City wanted to, they could wipe out the Meteor Sword Sect in a single night.
“D-do you think I’ll believe that?”
“Can’t you believe it after seeing her face?!”
“…….”
Seong Do-chun looked at Ryu Yang-mi once and nodded.
“……If you’re gone, no one will know.”
Seong Do-chun, feeling lust for Ryu Yang-mi’s beauty, had decided to kill the one-armed man.
“Damn it!”
The one-armed man, reading the changing atmosphere, threw his conical hat at Seong Do-chun. The hat grew as if it were a wall, blocking Seong Do-chun’s vision. Seong Do-chun swung his sword down, but it bounced back instead.
“A magical artifact! Bite him!”
“Krrr!”
The spirit hound bit the one-armed man’s right ankle.
“Aaaah! You damn dog!”
The one-armed man’s body fell to the ground. He kicked at the spirit hound.
“Yip…”
The spirit hound flew backward.
The one-armed man immediately got up and tried to run out of the cave, but Seong Do-chun thrust his sword into his chest.
“I’ll take the woman, so you can go and give my regards to the King of Hell!”
“Y-you will regret this…!”
“Regret? Heh… What foolish… Ugh….”
Thwack.
I, who had approached in an instant, stabbed Seong Do-chun in the back with the Fire Lotus Dagger. Seong Do-chun spat out blood and turned around.
“A-another one was here…!”
Seong Do-chun didn’t recognize me. He was someone who rarely came out of the Elixir Garden. He hadn’t shown his face even at the initiation ceremony, so he had never met me.
“It’s nice to meet you. I’ve heard a lot about you. Elixir Garden Lord. I’m Seong Yu-jin, a new member of the Meteor Sect.”
“Seong Yu-jin?! Aren’t you the Sect Leader’s son! How dare you do this?!”
Seong Do-chun tried to swing his sword at me, holding it in reverse.
I twisted the dagger I had stabbed into his back, blocking Seong Do-chun’s counterattack.
“Kuh…!”
“Hehehe. Was the poison in the well tasty?”
“…What!?”
“Elixir Garden Lord. The elixirs you made were very delicious. Hehehe.”
“You! You were the thief!”
I put strength into the hand holding the Fire Lotus Dagger and pushed it down.
“I’ll throw your head to my father, so rest assured and die.”
“Aaaah! You unfilial wretch…!”
Hot blood splattered. I pulled out the dagger and cut off the heads of the dead man in the conical hat and Seong Do-chun with my sword. A perfect confirmation kill. I wouldn’t make the same mistake as before.
“Krrr…”
The spirit hound growled at me.
“Ah. You damn dog. You were still here.”
As I took a stance with my sword, the spirit hound immediately charged at me. It seemed to have realized that I was weaker than it, like a true spirit beast.
‘This dog is at least at the Outward Will (出志) realm. But in battle, realm isn’t everything.’
The spirit hound was injured from the previous battle, and I was unharmed.
The spirit hound charged at me. Blue energy was forming on its claws.
‘Instant.’
I moved to the side to avoid the attack and swung my sword. I couldn’t cut deep because its hide was tough, but it didn’t matter much.
‘Thunderclap.’
Pajijijijijik!
Dozens of streaks of red lightning extended from the blade and engulfed the spirit hound’s body. The red lightning burned the spirit hound’s hide, penetrated its body, and destroyed it from the inside. The red lightning had reached the spirit hound’s brain, so there was no way it could survive.
“Kkyaeng.”
The spirit hound fell to the ground. I cut off its head and finished the confirmation kill.
“Hoo….”
I muttered, looking at Ryu Yang-mi lying on the side.
“Miss. Rest assured. I’ve killed all the wicked men. No, this isn’t the time for that. I’ll take care of these bodies and come back. For a patient, hygiene is the most important thing….”
Taking care of them wasn’t a big deal. I put the corpses in boxes and stored them in my inventory. Later, I planned to dump the bodies of the men in conical hats in a remote mountain, and throw the heads of Seong Do-chun and the spirit hound at the Seonggodan’s main hall.
‘The atmosphere of the Meteor Sword Sect will be a mess, but I won’t even be a suspect.’
The Elixir Garden Lord, Seong Do-chun, was at the Five Qi realm. Since he had died, there was no way I, who was only at the Entrance (入式) realm, would be considered the culprit.
‘The Seonggodan will suspect an external attack. Or they’ll suspect the elders. The elders, on the other hand, will suspect the Seonggodan, who didn’t have a good relationship with Seong Do-chun.’
Of course, they would only suspect. In reality, they wouldn’t be able to do anything. They hadn’t found any proper clues, and it was more urgent to fix the sect.
I disinfected the inside of the cave and approached Ryu Yang-mi. Ryu Yang-mi was lying on the floor, breathing roughly. The sweat flowing from her body was no joke.
“Miss. I’ll give you first aid. I’m forced to take off your clothes, but… this is for treatment.”
I swallowed hard and took off all of her red clothes, which were wet with sweat, except for the undergarments that covered Ryu Yang-mi’s private parts.
Beautiful.
For a moment, I couldn’t think of anything.
Her F-cup breasts had luscious pink nipples, and her abdomen below was flawless. However, there was a sword wound on her side. If I didn’t treat it immediately, the wound would fester and become serious.
“The wound is serious. But you don’t have to worry, Miss. I have an amazing medicine made in another world.”
I took out a potion from my inventory. I poured the potion, which I had strengthened in advance with the Ascent to Light, on her side. Her side wound began to heal instantly.
I used a top-grade recovery potion worth over 1 billion won, but I didn’t regret it at all.
‘If I can get a woman like this for 1 billion, it’s a very cheap price.’
I left her internal injuries alone. They weren’t so serious that her life was in danger, and it would be troublesome if I healed all her internal injuries and she woke up right away.
I wiped the blood off her body with a clean cloth and admired her body. Even if I tried to find a flaw, there was none.
“……Miss. Your undergarments are very wet with sweat. They look uncomfortable, so I’ll take them down.”
As if possessed by something, I grabbed her undergarments and pulled them down.
A thick black bush of pubic hair slowly appeared. Below the pubic hair was a tightly closed pink vagina. I didn’t mind the pubic hair. This world didn’t have a culture of removing hair. It was fortunate that they at least removed armpit hair.
…Although it seemed that some older women didn’t even remove their armpit hair, Seong Ji-gon said that even that was hot.
“…Hmm. Miss. Your vagina smells a bit strong.”
She must not have been able to wash properly since she had been poisoned and had been fighting and running away for several days.
I understood Ryu Yang-mi. No, Ryu Yang-mi’s beauty made me understand.
“Don’t worry, Miss. I’ll take care of it.”
First, I activated the auto camera. Then, I wiped her body with warm water and a clean cloth.
I cleaned her hands and feet, and even lifted her firm thighs and slightly spread her buttocks to clean her anus.
“Now you’re a bit cleaner. But….”
I grabbed a handful of Ryu Yang-mi’s thick pubic hair and rubbed it.
“To have this much hair…. It’s not good for hygiene. It would be better to cut it. Is that okay?”
I stared intently at Ryu Yang-mi’s face. Her eyes were closed, and she was just breathing heavily.
“Since you’re not saying anything, I’ll take it as a yes.”
I took out shaving tools from my inventory and shaved off all her hair.
I nodded, looking at her smooth vagina with no hair at all.
“Now your vagina is clean. You don’t need to thank me. Next….”
