Dark and Light Martial Emperor

Chapter 6. The Return of Tang Ah (5)

Clang!

The person who got up from his seat was surprisingly Yeon Ji Pyeong.

“Don’t you think you’re going too far?”

“What?!”

“No matter how you’re the daughter of the Namgoong family, there are things you should and shouldn’t say!”

Yeon Ji Pyeong shouted angrily.

“Apologize to Yang Woo!”

Namgoong Sang Hwa, who was about to spit out a mouthful of curses, tilted her head.

She thought he was telling her to apologize. But he was telling her to apologize to the fallen brat.

What kind of nonsense is this?

“How dare you slap an innocent person, is that the law of the noble families? Was the etiquette of the Namgoong family so rude to the commoners?”

“…What?”

“Insulting words that violate etiquette and violence without reason! It’s a clear fault of the soldier! Apologize to Yang Woo right now!”

He was confident.

Yeon Ji Pyeong’s posture, as he shouted, reminded them of a bamboo, albeit a bit clumsy.

Yang Woo looked at Yeon Ji Pyeong with trembling eyes. Lee Jeong Hak’s eyes also changed as he looked at Yeon Ji Pyeong.

Namgoong Sang Hwa muttered in disbelief.

“What are you saying, you wretch.”

To her, Yang Woo was no different from a lowly peasant that was common in the martial world.

At least the dogs she raised would wag their tails. But this guy was not only wagging his tail, but also barking impudently.

She thought she had shown enough mercy by not breaking his legs.

“If you don’t apologize, you’ll be humiliated. I’ll say it one last time. Apologize.”

“Humiliated?”

Namgoong Sang Hwa burst into laughter.

Her laugh was high and sharp, and it showed her disdain. Of course, her anger was not subsided by laughing.

“People praise you as the seventh son, and you think your guts are sticking out of your belly?”

“Even if you’re the son of a fallen official, if you learned well, you would have acted like me. Because I learned that it was right.”

Yeon Ji Pyeong’s eyes did not waver.

“You seem to have learned wrong.”

Namgoong Sang Hwa’s laughter stopped.

Woohoo!

“An ignorant bastard!”

Her eyes flashed with killing intent.

The atmosphere of the fourth floor became colder than before.

It was one thing to have a heated argument, but it was another thing to emit such a murderous aura.

Yeon Ji Pyeong’s face also hardened.

“What a bad person.”

“Shut up!”

There was no point in talking any more, it would only fuel the anger.

Namgoong Sang Hwa, who was breathing heavily, yelled at Lee Jeong Hak.

“Bring that bastard to me right now!”

“Me, me?”

Lee Jeong Hak’s eyes widened.

Namgoong Sang Hwa’s cheek twitched.

“Do you want me to make your family unable to set foot on Anhwi land?”

Lee Jeong Hak was truly flustered.

He had tried to avoid taking the blame and shifted it to the Yeon family. But he never imagined that the situation would turn out like this.

“What are you doing? Move now!”

“Sol-soldier! No matter what, fighting with the Yeon family’s child is a problem…!”

Slap!

Blood dripped from Lee Jeong Hak’s mouth. It was a much fiercer slap than when he hit Yang Woo.

“If you touch my nerves one more time, you and your family will taste hell.”

“…”

“Kneel.”

Yang Woo’s face turned pale with shock.

He didn’t expect Lee Jeong Hak to be treated like this by Namgoong Sang Hwa. He was from Anhwi, and although he was not as good as the Namgoong family, he was still a noble family of Anhwi.

How could he not say a word after being slapped in front of people?

Lee Jeong Hak turned his body.

His eyes, looking at Yeon Ji Pyeong, were twisted with shame and anger.

Trudge trudge.

He walked slowly towards Yeon Ji Pyeong.

Yeon Ji Pyeong sighed.

He had a lot to say, but he also closed his mouth.

Namgoong Sang Hwa shouted again.

“Stop dawdling and bring that bastard to me!”

That’s when it happened.

“The alcohol is losing its taste.”

Yeon Ho Jeong got up from his seat.

Namgoong Sang Hwa growled.

“You, I was already annoyed by you too…!”

Bang!

Everyone’s eyes widened.

“Cough!”

Lee Jeong Hak staggered back.

He was punched in the stomach without any defense. His stomach turned upside down and his legs lost strength.

Yeon Ho Jeong’s left hand reached for Lee Jeong Hak’s head.

Crack!

“Ugh!”

He grabbed his hair.

It was an action that only thugs who fought in the back alleys would do. It was not a sight that a martial artist who learned the martial arts of the White Road would show.

Lee Jeong Hak, who was startled, twisted Yeon Ho Jeong’s wrist.

“Can’t you let go of this?!”

Then, Yeon Ho Jeong twisted his wrist.

Lee Jeong Hak’s body spun in the air and slammed into the floor with his back.

Boom! Bang!

“Ugh!”

Yeon Ho Jeong lifted his foot coldly.

Lee Jeong Hak’s face, which was distorted by pain, showed a sign of disbelief.

Crunch!

“Aaaah!”

Lee Jeong Hak screamed and rolled on the floor. His nose was broken and his front teeth were gone.

Yeon Ho Jeong shook off the blood that splashed on his hem and said.

“You shouldn’t try to pass on the things you have to deal with to this side.”

“Gulp! Cough!”

“I’ll consider your sins as paid with this.”

Everyone’s faces were filled with horror.

That was the same for Yeon Ji Pyeong. He was watching from behind, but he couldn’t tell what kind of technique Yeon Ho Jeong used.

It was the first time he couldn’t understand the principle of martial arts that he saw clearly. So he was confused, and surprised by his brother’s harsh attack.

“Bro-brother!”

“Pyeong Ah.”

“Yes?”

“From now on, if something like this happens, unless it’s absolutely necessary, don’t waste time with useless talk.”

“…?”

“Do you think they would act like that in front of people if they were reasonable? These guys are already crooked.”

Yeon Ho Jeong’s eyes shone.

“If you really want to correct them or scold them, it’s not too late to do it after you knock them down.”

It was a rough word.

Yeon Ho Jeong walked towards Namgoong Sang Hwa. He met Yang Woo’s eyes in the middle, but his indifferent gaze proved that he had no interest in Yang Woo.

Namgoong Sang Hwa’s face twisted.

“What have you done now?”

Yeon Ho Jeong remained silent. He just walked towards Namgoong Sang Hwa at the same speed and pace as if he had just come out for a drink.

It was a complete disregard. Namgoong Sang Hwa’s eyes rolled back.

“You bastard! How dare you ignore me?!”

Squeak!

An ominous energy spread from Namgoong Sang Hwa’s body.

It was a different kind of energy from the one that Lee Jeong Hak had. Yeon Ho Jeong’s eyes lit up.

‘It’s the Azure Sky Energy.’

It was one of the inner energy techniques that the Namgoong family boasted of, the Azure Sky Technique. It was a first-class technique that had a high level of skill and could encompass all the martial arts of the Namgoong family.

‘She’s definitely talented.’

Was she eighteen now?

It was a remarkable true energy that was hard to emit at that age. She deserved to be called a first-class.

But Namgoong Sang Hwa had a serious problem.

“Kneel down right now! If you do, I might spare you some humiliation out of generosity…”

Whack!

“Huh!”

Namgoong Sang Hwa was startled.

Yeon Ho Jeong, who had been walking at a steady speed, suddenly increased his speed. It was a movement that would surprise anyone who was not prepared.

Namgoong Sang Hwa’s right hand swung instinctively.

Parararak!

The gesture that tore the air was very fierce. Although she had a haughty personality, she had learned martial arts well.

Yeon Ho Jeong’s hand moved to meet hers.

Namgoong Sang Hwa’s face showed a smug smile.

‘Idiot!’

How foolish to face the Heavenly Wind Palm, she thought. She could split a log with one strike of the Heavenly Wind Palm now.

And he tried to block the Heavenly Wind Palm with his bare hand? His hand and shoulder would be shattered.

Namgoong Sang Hwa poured more Azure Sky Energy into her hand.

That’s when it happened.

Whirr!

‘What?!’

Yeon Ho Jeong’s hand twisted like a snake and climbed up Namgoong Sang Hwa’s wrist.

It was as if he had no joints. His speed was slower than the Heavenly Wind Palm, but it was so timely that she couldn’t pull her arm away.

Yeon Ho Jeong’s fingers pressed hard on Namgoong Sang Hwa’s elbow, the Crooked Pond Point.

Crack!

“Aaah!”

Namgoong Sang Hwa screamed and backed away.

The Azure Sky Energy that reached her hand was cut off. She had no sensation in her entire right arm that stretched out the Heavenly Wind Palm.

“What is this sorcery…!”

Thud!

“…Huh?”

Namgoong Sang Hwa looked down at her leg blankly.

Her left leg was bent inward. It was a position that could not be bent according to the human joint structure.

Then she realized that her leg was broken.

“Aaaah!”

Thud!

Namgoong Sang Hwa lost her balance and fell to the ground.

It was not carelessness or anything. She could have avoided it, but she didn’t dodge Yeon Ho Jeong’s attack.

She thought he would wait for her if she backed away. That’s how the martial arts she had learned were.

But Yeon Ho Jeong’s fight was not so soft.

Once he struck, he would attack until one side admitted defeat or died. That was the way of the Black Road.

“Kuh! You, you bastard! You broke my leg?! You and your family are all dead!”

Thud!

“Aaah!”

Namgoong Sang Hwa screamed again. Her left arm was also broken.

Namgoong Sang Hwa, who was about to curse again, felt her body stiffen.

A cold eye that showed no emotion looked down at her. It was an eye that had no emotion, an eye that no human should have.

It was like looking at an object. Yeon Ho Jeong’s gaze at Namgoong Sang Hwa was like that.

“What are you going to do?”

“Uh, what, what did you say?”

“How are you going to kill me and my family?”

Yeon Ho Jeong smiled.

“You’re an interesting kid. Are you saying you’ll come after me even as a ghost?”

It was a more chilling word than a smile.

Become a ghost? That meant he was going to kill Namgoong Sang Hwa.

Then she realized. She had messed with someone she couldn’t handle.

She stammered.

“I-if they find out what you did to me, my family won’t forgive you!”

“Really?”

“Yes! So let me go right now…!”

Bang!

Yeon Ho Jeong smashed a chair with his foot and picked up a broken chair leg.

“Then I’ll have to kill you and bury you. That way, the Namgoong family won’t know, right?”

Namgoong Sang Hwa’s face turned pale.

“You…!”

Bang!

There was no scream this time. Namgoong Sang Hwa, who was hit in the head, fell to the side.

She was in a situation where fainting would be a relief, but her mind was strangely clear. So the pain was more intense.

Fear crept into Namgoong Sang Hwa’s face.

She realized that this madman could really kill her.

Tssss.

Behind that fearful face, the killing intent of the grandmaster who created the legend of the Black Abyss was rising.

If you smile first, he will smile back.

But if you touch him first, he will smash you so you can’t touch him again.

He doesn’t care if he pushes with his hand or stabs with his sword. If he gets hurt, he will chase until he tears them apart.

That was the Black Abyss Lord, the Black Lord, and the reason why all the factions bowed their heads to the Black Road Grandmaster.

“Now, don’t say what you want to say, say what I want to hear.”

Yeon Ho Jeong smiled and swung the club.

Splash!