Into the Creations 1538

Chapter 1538 – 1538. Ascending To The Light

While diligently accumulating good deeds as required by the Reformation System, Baek Mu-han also kept a close watch on the strangers who had come to the village.

There were three martial arts masters in this small village. He was extremely concerned about what they might do.

If even one of them went crazy and started rampaging, the village would be helpless and massacred. That was the extent of the difference in power.

‘Especially that Choi Kang-ji-gon guy, was it? That bastard! Why is he hitting on someone else’s grandmother?!’

The person Baek Mu-han couldn’t understand the most was Seong Ji-gon.

His grandmother, Bi Wol-ryeong, was said to have been the most beautiful woman in the village when she was young. Yes, she was quite a beauty in her prime. But not now. The flower that had made the village men’s hearts flutter had already withered. Not a trace of her beauty remained.

‘What if that guy isn’t hitting on my grandmother? What if he has other intentions?’

Baek Mu-han racked his brain. He desperately tried to figure out Seong Ji-gon’s purpose.

‘I don’t know. What could a master of that level possibly want? It’s not like he wants this old, run-down inn.’

Not knowing made him even more wary. He continued to monitor Seong Ji-gon.

『It is not good to monitor others. If you are curious about something, you should ask directly.』

“You stupid system! Do you think I’d get a proper answer if I asked directly? That bastard… Ugh!”

Baek Mu-han grabbed his head and crumpled to the floor. The system had inflicted terrible pain on him.

『Use kind and polite language. And love knows no time or age. They may be purely in love.』

‘Bullshit!’

If Seong Ji-gon were an old man like Bi Wol-ryeong, Baek Mu-han would have understood. But Seong Ji-gon was young. He was a young and handsome master. No matter how he thought about it, there was no reason for Seong Ji-gon to love Bi Wol-ryeong. It wasn’t like Bi Wol-ryeong had a lot of wealth either.

‘He’s definitely after something!’

Thus, Baek Mu-han’s surveillance continued.

It was evening, three days after Seong Yu-jin and Seong Ji-gon had arrived. Baek Mu-han, who had gone to fetch water from the well, witnessed a shocking sight. He saw Bi Wol-ryeong and Seong Ji-gon kissing behind the inn.

‘This is insane!’

This time, it wasn’t an accident like before. They were holding each other tightly and kissing.

『Love knows no age. It is a beautiful sight.』

The Reformation System was provoking Baek Mu-han. It claimed to have no personality, but at times like this, he doubted if the system was even human.

‘No! That must be a trick too! In my past life, there were guys in the Demonic Cult who would do anything for their goals! Those bastards would even eat poop! Kissing an old hag is nothing for them….’

As Baek Mu-han continued to spew out random thoughts, his mind went blank.

Their display of affection wasn’t just kissing. They were taking off each other’s clothes….

‘Ughhhhh!’

Baek Mu-han watched for a while before running away. His brain was rotting from seeing his grandmother’s actions, which he didn’t want to know or see.

‘This is crazy. It’s crazy!’

『Support your grandmother’s beautiful love.』

“Shut up, you bitch!”

『Use kind and polite language.』

“Ughhhhh…!”

Baek Mu-han spent the night writhing in pain.

Early in the morning, Baek Mu-han entered the kitchen and encountered Bi Wol-ryeong. Bi Wol-ryeong was preparing breakfast with her usual wrinkled hands.

“Are you awake? Prepare some dough.”

“Grandma….”

“What is it?”

“No…. It’s nothing.”

Baek Mu-han shut his mouth. Seeing Bi Wol-ryeong smiling happily, he couldn’t bring himself to mention what had happened yesterday. He thought it would be better for Bi Wol-ryeong to pretend he didn’t know.

‘…I might have a young grandfather soon.’

『A new family is being born. Congratulations.』

‘Shut up!’

Baek Mu-han began to tail Seong Ji-gon. It was to find out exactly what kind of person Seong Ji-gon was.

‘Even if he’s a master, I have the Demonic Divine Art.’

Demonic Spirit Step.

Baek Mu-han completely erased his presence and moved like a ghost.

And he learned a terrible truth.

‘This is insane! That old hag is the old hag from next door!’

She was an old hag who was slightly senile. Sometimes she thought she was a rich young lady. Seong Ji-gon treated the old hag from next door like a rich young lady. And then he went into a secluded alley….

‘Crazy, crazy, he’s a crazy bastard!’

Baek Mu-han stroked his arms, which were covered in goosebumps. He had seen all sorts of crazy people in his past life. The Demonic Cult was a den of crazy people, and Baek Mu-han was even called the king of crazy people. But he had never seen a crazy person like that before.

‘He’s openly doing that to the old hag’s… Ugh, damn…!’

The tailing continued.

Seong Ji-gon met all the old hags.

‘That’s the old hag who runs the fabric store! That one is the old hag who gathers herbs! The old hag from the pharmacy!’

No, it wasn’t just old hags he was meeting.

He was even meeting Shin Mu-ra, the woman who was rumored to be a monster in the village. Shin Mu-ra, who always said, “You’re full of it,” to the villagers, said the same line to Seong Ji-gon.

“You’re full of it.”

“You’re very perceptive.”

The two went inside the house.

Baek Mu-han ran away. He couldn’t see any deeper into the abyss. When he returned to the inn, he witnessed another dizzying sight.

Bi Wol-ryeong and the old hag from next door were fighting, grabbing each other’s gray hair.

“You bitch! How dare you flirt with our Ji-gon?!”

“Eeeeeeek! You’re just running an inn!”

The old hags, who were known to be close friends, were fighting over one man.

Baek Mu-han felt that the village was starting to become strange.

『Human relationships are truly complex. Stop them before something terrible happens.』

After stopping the old hags, Baek Mu-han called Seong Ji-gon out behind the inn.

“What… what are you doing in the village? Stop it! Don’t play with our village any more than this! Break up with all the grandmothers too!”

“Why should I? I haven’t committed any crimes.”

“…I saw you having relationships with numerous old women. You’re saying that’s not a crime?”

“They didn’t reject me. I love them, and they love me too. It’s none of your business.”

“Love…? That kind of thing?”

“Do you think you shouldn’t love just because you’re old? That’s all prejudice and discrimination.”

“……”

Baek Mu-han was speechless. He was reminded of his grandmother’s face, which had been smiling happily lately.

The system’s words that love knows no age kept echoing in his ears.

•••

Myung-wol and I continued our patrol of the village. Seong Ji-gon was busy meeting old hags one after another, like a fish in water, and swinging his lower body around.

We discovered traces of the Blood Fiend.

The corpses of three chickens.

“At first glance, it might seem like wild animals killed the chickens, but if you look closer, you can see holes in their bodies. It’s the trace of the Blood Fiend’s unique martial art, the Blood Hole Poison Hand.”

“There are holes in their bodies, but no blood.”

“It sucked the chickens’ blood. The Blood Fiend is a demonic cultivator who trains by drinking blood. The chickens haven’t been dead for long. I think the Blood Fiend is hiding in that mountain. What do you think?”

“We’ll find out if we search the mountain.”

We decided to climb the mountain.

“Young Master Yu-jin. After finding and killing the Blood Fiend, give me his corpse.”

“What do you intend to do with his corpse?”

“I intend to burn it. Do you know the Four Kings Alliance?”

“Surely, as a martial artist, I know the Four Kings Alliance. Is the Four Kings Alliance involved in this?”

The Four Kings Alliance.

It was a coalition of evil sects led by the Mountain King, the Sea King, the Fist King, and the Kill King. Even though their power was weaker than the Martial Alliance or the Demonic Cult, they were a force that could not be ignored.

“The Blood Fiend is from the Four Kings Alliance. I know he ran away after stealing a treasure from the Four Kings Alliance. The wounds the Blood Fiend sustained were also from the Four Kings Alliance’s pursuit team. I saw the pursuit team and the Blood Fiend fighting with my own eyes.”

“Are you going to hand over the Blood Fiend’s corpse to the Four Kings Alliance?”

“No. I plan to burn the Blood Fiend’s corpse myself. The pursuit team initially tried to capture the Blood Fiend alive. Then, they decided it was difficult to capture him alive, and they said they had to take his corpse no matter what.”

“So, they were annihilated by the Blood Fiend? There must be something on the Blood Fiend’s body.”

“That’s right. I believe burning the Blood Fiend’s corpse is the best course of action.”

As we talked, we walked through the mountains and stopped.

It was because we found the corpses of birds that had died in droves. The birds had all died vomiting blood.

“There’s still poison left.”

I remember when Dang So-so took it. I still miss the exhilarating poison that invaded my body.

‘It’s not as pleasant as Dang So-so’s poison. It’s like mud clinging to my body, which is unpleasant.’

Myung-wol and I circulated our inner energy. The poison couldn’t penetrate and fell to the ground.

Myung-wol looked up at the trees.

“The branches are broken. These birds must have been hit by the poison while flying and fallen to the ground. The Blood Fiend must have been testing his power.”

“It seems like we’ll meet him soon.”

About an hour passed.

We found the Blood Fiend. The Blood Fiend was dead. His lower body was nowhere to be seen, and half of his upper body was cut off. I looked at the cut surface of the corpse. It was rough. It wasn’t cut cleanly with a sharp blade.

“It’s the work of a monster.”

I said. I was a little taken aback. In the original story, Myung-wol fights the Blood Fiend, gets injured, and runs away. Then Baek Mu-han steps in and deals with the Blood Fiend. It was the beginning of Baek Mu-han’s entanglement with the Four Kings Alliance.

“…That’s not the important thing. The Blood Fiend was a powerful man, even if he was injured. The fact that there is a monster in this mountain that could kill such a Blood Fiend. It would be best to take the remaining corpse and burn it. If we burn the corpse here, we might be spotted by that monster… Wait, what are you doing?”

I had drawn my sword and was pointing it at Myung-wol. Sparks were flying from the blade.

“Myung-wol, the first disciple of the Wudang Sect, the Light Sword. You will die here fighting the Blood Fiend.”

“……Were you an assassin who came to kill me? You don’t seem to be from the Four Kings Alliance… Are you from the Demonic Cult?”

“Draw your sword. Wudang Sect’s Yin-Yang Divine Art and Yin-Yang Sword. I wanted to see them for myself.”

Myung-wol’s eyes sank. He held his sword and moved his inner energy. The sword glowed. It was a little different from creating a sword aura. It felt like the sword itself was glowing. Literally a Light Sword.

“I am only half-complete. The Yin-Yang Divine Art should originally handle both yin and yang energy, but I can only handle yang energy. It is because of my constitution, the Extreme Yang Body. Light Sword. It sounds like a good title, but it is a humiliating title for me.”

“I heard that you are the best of the first disciples of Wudang. Don’t disappoint me.”