Chapter 590

Chapter 590 - Side Story 24

Yeon Family Sect was surrounded. About five hundred Green Forest bandits surrounded the entire estate and climbed onto the walls to set up camp.

Yeon Family Sect and Tang Yu-jeong's group came out to the courtyard.

One Green Forest bandit was coldly looking down from the roof of the main Sect at those who came out to the courtyard. He wore a headband with eagle feathers stuck in it.

"It's an Eagle Scarf! Guangdong Green Forest's stronghold master, Soul Destroyer Kill!"

And beside him were four Sparrow Scarves.

Soul Destroyer Kill arrogantly looked down and said.

"Which bastard dares to casually call out this stronghold master's illustrious name?"

Family head Needle Snake Sword Yeon Ryang came out with his bent back, supporting himself with a staff.

"Bandits coming down from the mountain in broad daylight, your liver is swollen."

"It's your livers that are swollen. How dare you touch our Green Forest brothers?"

"Why shouldn't we touch you bastards?"

"Hehehe, hoping the government troops will come if you hold out? But you'll all die before that."

"Soul Destroyer Kill, I've heard of your infamy, but it won't work here. Get lost before you get hurt."

"Within one hour, our Guangxi brothers will also come here. Will you still be able to talk big then?"

Not just Guangdong Green Forest but Guangxi Green Forest too?

In truth, even the Guangdong Green Forest bandits alone weren't easy for Yeon Family Sect. If Guangxi Green Forest joined in, the tide would turn instantly.

The people of Yeon Family Sect stirred anxiously.

Soul Destroyer Kill spat phlegm into Yeon Family Sect's courtyard and shouted loudly.

"Listen well! I'll tell you what you need to do now."

Soul Destroyer Kill raised his finger.

"Release our Green Forest brothers you captured and hand over one hundred taels of gold as an apology. If you don't like that! We'll kill you all and strip everything ourselves."

The Green Forest bandits laughed uproariously.

"The second option is better!"

"The stronghold master is too kindhearted. The first option is too generous for those who touched our brothers."

But one hundred taels of gold wasn't an amount a single estate could produce. Handing over such money would ruin the estate, and with rumors spreading that they submitted to bandits, they'd be finished as a martial arts sect too.

The people of Yeon Family Sect shouted angrily.

"Don't talk nonsense!"

"Where would we get such money!"

Soul Destroyer Kill waved a piece of paper.

"Stupid fools. There's something called a promissory note."

Everyone at Yeon Family Sect felt even more indignant, thinking they'd been mocked. Wasn't he saying to make it look like borrowed money and pay it back! It was even more humiliating than having money stolen since they'd have to offer it themselves.

"Ah right, come to think of it, I heard something interesting. If you follow my words, this elder will open a way to live just once out of generosity. How about it?"

Yeon Ryang refused.

"No need to listen."

Soul Destroyer Kill ignored him and said.

"Hand them over and I'll let you live."

"Who? The Merciless Twin Axes?"

"No."

The Poison Dragon's brats.

Instantly, everyone at Yeon Family Sect fell silent. The atmosphere sank in a flash.

The Green Forest bandits sneered.

"The orthodox sects are full of cowards!"

"The Poison Dragon who became a scarecrow, they're still afraid just from hearing his name!"

***

The Fist Commander said.

"The Poison Dragon is a scarecrow. He bound his own limbs."

The Headdress Commander, wearing a headdress made from the scales of a burning red fire dragon, said.

"But we prefer the non-scarecrow side. The moment he undoes the chains binding his limbs, all the achievements he's made will be denied."

"When it's revealed that the justice he cried out for is a pretense, the unjust infamy of Lord Wang, wrongly labeled as a Great Evil, will also be removed."

The Fist Commander held up a small medicine bottle made of jade.

"The only way to catch the Asura, Heavenly God's Tears."

The Fist Commander held the medicine bottle up to the sunlight and said.

"An antidote made from the medicine used to neutralize Shaolin Temple's Great Buddha and blood taken from Unbreakable Heavenly Sword who became immune to Asura Blood. Though it was regrettably an unfinished medicine at the time, the completed version eventually ended up in our hands."

"It's the greatest legacy Lord left behind. Without it, we couldn't have dreamed of such a great undertaking."

"When mixed with the Poison Dragon's blood, it repels the Asura Blood, making the blood boil, the dantian burn and shrivel, causing a painful death."

"Come to think of it, the Poison Dragon's blood applies to his children too, right?"

The Headdress Commander lifted the leather covering on his hand. On the back of his hand was also a small unhealing hole.

When he clenched his fist tightly, drops of blood formed and flowed out.

"Poison Dragon. Please don't undo your self-imposed prohibition. That way you too will lose all your children and shed tears of blood."

***

"The Poison Dragon's children."

Yeon Ryang asked.

"What do you mean?"

Soul Destroyer Kill said.

"We received reliable intelligence that the Poison Dragon's brats are mixed in among you. If you capture those bastards and present them before the elder, I'll forgive everything and leave as if nothing happened."

The people of Yeon Family Sect murmured.

The Poison Dragon's children are mixed in? If that was true, it was an enormous matter. For Yeon Family Sect, it wouldn't end with just fighting the Green Forest.

"Ahh, can't speak because you're afraid of the Poison Dragon's wrath? That's fine. Then bring out the Merciless Twin Axes. He'll pick them out for us."

"We refuse!"

"Do I look like I'm asking you?"

When Soul Destroyer Kill gestured, the Green Forest bandits pulled out bows and flint. They were ready to shoot fire arrows all at once from the walls.

A retainer quietly called Yeon Ryang.

"Family head."

It meant the household members hadn't evacuated yet. Yeon Ryang agonized, then nodded.

"Bring him."

The Merciless Twin Axes was carried in by Yeon Family Sect's warriors, bound tightly.

"Hey, Merciless Twin Axes. Good work."

But the Merciless Twin Axes shook his head left and right, pretending not to know.

"Who are you?"

"That bastard is acting crazy again. It's a complete habit. Stop fooling around and tell me. Who is it, who are the Poison Dragon's brats?"

"I don't know."

Soul Destroyer Kill's expression changed.

"Are you joking now? Don't you see how many people are here because of you alone?"

The Green Forest bandits looked at the Merciless Twin Axes with an ominous air.

"Wait. You coming out like this means..."

Soul Destroyer Kill made a sound of admiration.

"They're definitely here."

The Merciless Twin Axes shouted in surprise.

"They're not! They're not here!"

"Shut up and wait. I'll find them myself."

Soul Destroyer Kill carefully examined those standing in the courtyard with sharp eyes.

It didn't take even a moment to look over several dozen people.

Like a crane among chickens, there were some who stood out among the Yeon Family Sect people from earlier.

Moreover, they even looked similar.

Soul Destroyer Kill's eyes settled on Tang Yu-jeong and the others. His lips stretched long as he smiled.

"Hehehehe."

The people of Yeon Family Sect looked nervously between Soul Destroyer Kill and Tang Yu-jeong's group.

"What. I wondered how impressive the Poison Dragon's bloodline would be, but they're just ordinary little brats."

Soul Destroyer Kill raised his finger and pointed at Tang Yu-jeong, Tang Gyeong, and Jin Heon in turn. Then he smiled coldly with thin lips.

"It's you, isn't it? The Poison Dragon's three children."

The people on Yeon Family Sect's side flinched. They thought there must be a story, but who would have thought they were actually the Poison Dragon's children! Had they just been talking to and eating with the Poison Dragon's children?

But at that moment.

Jin Heon answered seriously.

"I'm not."

"...Huh?"

The atmosphere became strange.

Soul Destroyer Kill was also bewildered.

"Are you denying your father because you're desperate?"

Jin Heon shouted with his face scrunched up.

"Who's my father! I'm not, I said!"

"...Well, if you're not, you're not. Why are you angry, you little brat. I'll need to have a separate interview with this elder later."

Soul Destroyer Kill looked at Tang Yu-jeong in disbelief.

"What about you?"

Tang Yu-jeong looked around, then answered along with the others.

"I'm not either."

Even Yeon Gi-sang and Yeon Woong were puzzled at Tang Yu-jeong's denial. Especially Yeon Gi-sang was completely confused.

"Do you think I'll believe you're not if you say you're not!"

Tang Yu-jeong answered again with emphasis.

"But I'm not."

Soul Destroyer Kill looked at the Merciless Twin Axes with an incredulous expression.

The Merciless Twin Axes also answered.

"They're not."

"What. What's going on here. Merciless Twin Axes, you bastard, what's going on!"

"I told you they're not. You saw wrong."

"Will it end with just that one word..."

Soul Destroyer Kill stared intently at the last suspect. Among the similar-looking three, there was still one suspect he hadn't asked. Moreover, he seemed restless and was trying to avoid Soul Destroyer Kill's eyes.

It was Tang Gyeong.

Soul Destroyer Kill called quietly.

"Hey."

Flinch.

Tang Gyeong avoided eye contact.

Soul Destroyer Kill asked very carefully.

"You're not the Poison Dragon's son either?"

Tang Gyeong made a groaning sound and grimaced completely. He had hoped he wouldn't be asked.

He couldn't bring himself to deny the person he respected, wanted to follow, and wanted to become.

With a face like he'd given up on the world, Tang Gyeong sighed.

"Hoo. I am."

Tang Yu-jeong, Jin Heon, and even the Merciless Twin Axes shouted.

"Hey!"

Soul Destroyer Kill's face turned bright red.

"You little brat bastards... dare to mock this elder? You still think the world is a joke!"

Tang Yu-jeong put her hands together apologetically toward Yeon Ryang, Yeon Gi-sang, and the people of Yeon Family Sect.

"I'm sorry. I really didn't want to cause trouble."

"No, well... it's okay. Things like this can happen in life..."

"So the Poison Dragon really is your father..."

"Yes, that's right."

The people of Yeon Family Sect just blinked their eyes. The young lady and youths they'd been talking casually with were the children of that terrifying former alliance leader!

Jin Heon stepped forward immediately, as if he didn't want to waste time.

"Since it's come to this, I'll take that leader."

Jin Heon gestured at Soul Destroyer Kill with his chin. He hadn't forgotten what Soul Destroyer Kill said earlier.

Even that resembled Jin Ja-gang, giving Tang Yu-jeong slight chills.

"Got it."

Soul Destroyer Kill, full of rage, raised his dagger and commanded.

"Shoot! Kill them all!"

The archers lit fires with flint, and the remaining Green Forest bandits jumped down from the walls to attack.

Yeon Ryang also immediately ordered resistance.

"Show them that our Yeon Family Sect is not to be trifled with!"

"Waaaaah!"

The Green Forest bandits and Yeon Family Sect clashed.

Tang Yu-jeong shouted.

"Gyeong!"

"Got it!"

Tang Gyeong started running late but had already overtaken the Yeon Family Sect people and was at the very front. Then he flew up toward the archers on the wall in one bound. The archers hastily nocked arrows and shot. Tang Gyeong spun in multiple directions in midair, dodging all the shooting arrows.

Thwack! Pow! With each punch and kick, archers fell down from the wall. Later, some descended on their own, but Tang Gyeong followed them all the way down, beat them down, and climbed back up. Seeing that, it seemed Tang Gyeong also inherited Jin Ja-gang's blood after all.

Jin Heon walked straight toward Soul Destroyer Kill. Yeon Gi-sang tried to step forward instead.

"It's dangerous!"

"That one is mine."

Killing intent radiated from Jin Heon's eyes.