Chapter 81

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The ongoing music lesson was quite enjoyable.

“Please, just once more, just one more time. Okay? You have to master it within a month. Please.”

“Ah, there! That calf! Just now! Ahh……”

Qing made a strange sound.

But it couldn’t be helped.

Lady Kang’s main specialty was the seven-stringed instrument.

Her finger strength was extraordinary.

Lady Kang was pleading as she squeezed Qing’s calf.

The instructor, no, the maid So-young, watched with a look of amusement.

“Ah. This feels great. Our teacher is truly the best. Massaging the legs of a disciple who’s having trouble. I’m getting soft-hearted again. So, shall we try playing another melody?”

Only then did Qing slowly get up and put the magic flute to her lips.

Then, she blew as hard as she could.

Lady Kang gritted her teeth inwardly.

She couldn’t let that show outwardly.

There’s no age in front of a falcon.

Lady Kang’s insides were boiling at the sound of Qing’s performance.

The heavenly melody was supposed to be a sorrowful and delicate tune meant to relieve a lover’s grief.

But Qing delivered such a swift and powerful rendition that it sounded like a march of an army.

What was even more infuriating was that she played it well!

They say the flute’s sound mirrors a beauty’s lament.

Playing it like that would be absolutely wrong!

So why was it so good!

And why did it sound so nice!

It was as if rotten meat and rancid oil were being turned into a culinary masterpiece.

Fifty-five years of the artisan’s musical prowess were being blatantly dismissed right in front of her.

“S-stop! You shouldn’t play that piece like that……”

“What? Did I get it wrong again? Oh my! It seems like our teacher’s skills are lacking if the disciple is in the wrong. So, I guess it’s the teacher who should take the blame?”

Qing clapped her palms together energetically.

Lady Kang flinched but held her ground, saying,

“What I meant was, you played it well! Excellent!”

“Really? I feel like there was something wrong.”

“Oh, no. It was flawless.”

Qing nodded with a satisfied expression.

“Right? Seems like I have a talent I didn’t know about. It’s all thanks to my amazing disciple, right? I guess I should practice the danso more during music class.”

Lady Kang was internally crying tears of blood.

Truly a wicked creature in this world.

There are children who disobey their parents, but there’s no one who beats their teacher.

But the law is far and the fist is close.

A timeless principle that transcends time and space.

Lady Kang finally couldn’t bear it any longer.

“We’ve already learned two phrases today, so let’s end today’s lesson here.”

“Ah, I was just starting to have fun.”

Qing clicked her tongue in disappointment.

“No. Anything excessive isn’t good, you need time to absorb what you’ve learned today, so don’t be greedy…”

“Okay, okay, I got it.”

Qing waved her hands in resignation.

Then she crossed her legs and straightened her back, saying,

“Now, please show your respect to your disciple and leave.”

“……?”

“What are you doing? Without the disciple, there’s no teacher. Don’t you realize that I am the reason for your existence?”

“Um, the magic flute……”

“What about the magic flute?”

Qing smirked with a mischievous grin.

“What’s wrong with me holding what’s mine? Ah! I must have made a mistake again, right?”

“Oh, no. I just meant to say that it’s precious, so take good care of it……”

“Of course. Now, please say your goodbyes and leave.”

In the end, Lady Kang awkwardly bowed her head and fled in a hurry.

After getting smacked down a few times and going through a massage and flattery, she managed to teach two phrases.

If Lady Kang, with her strict personality, had held onto her pride, she would’ve split like bamboo.

Instead, she secretly smiled while concealing her true feelings and achieving her goal, however slightly.

One shouldn’t carelessly insult someone as foolish and weak-hearted as her; she was a true teacher of the times.

Qing stretched out.

“Ah. That was fun.”

Only after that did Qing call upon the task panel that was flickering in the corner of her vision.

[Divine Sect’s Chaos, Martial Arts Conflict. Mid-ranking threat. (Unknown) crisis]

[You are the key to opening the Heavenly Demon Sect. Help the Divine Sect find or destroy the Heavenly Demon Soul to eliminate the most powerful force of the Demonic Sect forever.]

Master the heavenly melody to qualify for entering the Heavenly Demon Sect. Decide the fate of the sect within.

*(Optional) Destroy the Heavenly Demon Soul*

*(Divine Sect) Deliver the Heavenly Demon Soul to the Divine Sect’s Supreme Being*

*(Heaven’s Kill) Eliminate everyone*

[This choice may impact the world.]

Qing was starting to get a grip on the mission conditions.

The main thread was always when facing a major incident.

And before meeting it, if one gathers certain information about what’s about to happen, they sort of get a heads-up.

Last time it was an early threat, and now it’s a mid-level one.

There’s probably a late-level one behind it.

Maybe even a final chapter waiting to be uncovered.

But this time, she didn’t feel particularly agitated.

Why?

Because those Demonic Sect bastards are the bad guys.

An icy glare flashed in Qing’s eyes.

Now, the general goal was set.

First, she aimed to shake down those with good martial techniques, learn all she could, and boost her combat stats.

Since more inner strength is always better, she would also raid those with decent inner strength meditation techniques.

And then, she would head to the Heavenly Demon Sect and smash whatever it was—be it the Heavenly Demon Soul, the horn, or the hoof.

“Hehehe……”

Qing chuckled to herself.

It was a top-tier joke using the homophones for ‘soul’ in the Western dialect and the translated term in the Central Plain dialect.

Wow, what a hilarious joke.

But who could she share it with?

What a waste.

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The Heavenly Demon Sect serial murder case.

Written by Investigator Seok Hoom Hoom.

Day one victim.

Windstormer Oh Soo-hun.

Cause of death was heart rupture. Examination revealed the heart was crushed with bare hands.

Special note: multiple fractures throughout the body.

The perpetrator had tortured the victim alive.

Demon King’s disciple in the area, Pounjak.

Cause of death was asphyxiation. Autopsy showed the victim was strangled with their own intestines.

Special note: multiple fractures throughout the body.

The perpetrator had tortured the victim alive.

Day two victim.

Divine Instructor Yang Yeong.

Cause of death was hemorrhage. Autopsy showed the perpetrator split open the victim’s stomach and filled it with stolen goods—mainly women’s underwear—before stitching it up and hanging it upside down.

The victim survived for about two hours afterward but ultimately succumbed.

An elite assassin from the Bi-jak faction, Code 11.

Cause of death was poisoning. The perpetrator skinned the victim and alternated pouring poisons and antidotes onto them before leaving them unattended.

Day three victim.

Patrol Captain Ja Jang of the Xinshi Inspectorate.

Cause of death was shock from ruptured blood vessels.

**Important: Signs of Supremacy Hand-to-Hand Combat were found on the body.

So far, all victims have confirmed ruptured blood vessels due to Supremacy Poison infiltration.

Given the circumstances, it’s presumed that the Supreme Demoness of the Blood Sect invaded the Heavenly Mountain City, requesting cooperation from higher authorities.

Also, today there was only one victim, leading to speculation that there may be another victim somewhere.

A missing person’s report was then received for Gangnam’s notorious pervert, Bang Do-jun.

*Bang Do-jun was confirmed dead by Gyeon Pohee, a third-generation disciple of Hwanhui Palace.

Gyeon Pohee testified that Bang Do-jun attacked first under the pretext of teaching him about space-warping arts, judging it to be a fair duel due to his usual behavior.

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Qing checked the new martial arts she had learned.

From that Oh Soo-hun guy, she got a red technique called Wind Tremor and a few other random martial arts.

But why on earth was she learning some white inner strength technique?

If it were me, I’d be too embarrassed to even touch it. Seriously.

The successor of the Demon King’s faction was truly something else.

After messing around for a long time, she had a fantastic time.

She nearly collapsed from exhaustion after losing her focus about three times, almost failing to return to Hwanhui Palace and passing out instead.

It was just too much fun. She needed to hold back……

In a rush, she raised the Bing Cheonsu Ramagong to the upper realm.

True to her status as a successor, she spit out two golden techniques, but only one was effective.

The inner strength technique was Heavenly Demon Kings’ Divine Work.

The other was a half-sword technique called Blood Ghost Thunder Strike.

Why even use a half-sword that has half the power with just one blade?

Qing just registered it for now.

The underwear thief gave her a golden technique called Thousand Li Flight.

A sad little brat who can only steal underwear with such a precious golden technique.

When she sneaked in, he was wide awake, washing women’s underwear and waving a stick around.

Just as he wished, she fed him a whole lot of underwear.

There was a ninja-like guy too, almost letting him slip through because of some ninja-like tricks.

When he spread poison everywhere, she boomeranged it right back, and he was so touched that he taught her a red divine technique called Shadow of the Black Ghost.

Last night, Seolga’s intel was off.

He claimed the previous owner of the supreme lightness technique, the Combine of Infinite Spirits, was still learning it.

But when she asked, he confessed that he sold a fake technique after the rumors spread.

All that came out were just some white and blue techniques.

Out of frustration, she failed to manage her strength while giving him a blow.

No, my happy charging time!

Having lost that, she felt a bit empty inside.

Perhaps she was just worn out.

Not sleeping at night is just too tiring…….

To boost her spirits, she offered the perverted one to the support figure.

Wow!

Intuition was off the charts!

Wow, how could this even be expressed.

It wasn’t even on the same level as any adult content, since the actual levels of existence were a tier different.

Wow, how could I, oh wow, express this in any way.

I must catch another one next time.



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