I Was Mistaken for a Coincidence Chapter 62

Chapter 62 – Wu and Yue in the same boat (8)

At a glance, the situation wasn’t good. No, from the beginning, anyone would have noticed something was wrong just by looking at those sharp eyes. And even Dang Baek-ha, the son of the family head, felt the same.

At first, he tried to ignore it. This was his father who had returned after decades. He was a family who needed to be cared for attentively before being the family head. But he was carrying an ominous energy.

Even reaching the level of First-class realm allows one to read the opponent’s internal energy to some extent. Let alone someone like Dang Baek-ha, who is praised for having one foot in the peak realm, or at least incredibly close to the peak.

No, anyone who wasn’t a fool would know. In the past, Dang Baek-seo was the family head who led the Sichuan Tang family during its golden age and one of the peak masters who had perfected the ability to be invincible.

Peak realm.

An absolute wall with nowhere else to climb further. It is both an object of admiration and a figure of fear and dread for martial artists. Even a first-class level falls short of the peak, and is by no means a low level.

“Family Head, no, Father. What exactly are you saying?”

However, there was a world of difference between vaguely sensing something and hearing it directly. No, no, I was mistaken. I had desperately ignored it.

However, when I actually heard it with my own ears, it was immensely shocking. Dang Baek-seo didn’t care about it. He continued to move his tongue and speak.

“What are you talking about? Isn’t it natural for the strong to take from the weak in the world of martial arts?”

“That sounds like something only the Evil Sect would say.”

To be precise, it was closer to the Blood Sect. After all, it seems that the Evil Sect and Blood Sect had formed an alliance. It would be simpler just to call it the Evil Sect.

“Master, that Dang Baek-seo guy. Something seems strange.”

“I think so too.”

The first to notice something was wrong was none other than Sua. To Sua, this Dang Baek-seo didn’t look like a living person at all. Of course, he was breathing.

At least on the outside. No, or more precisely, he was pretending to breathe. Since Sua was sharp and highly intelligent, she noticed immediately.

Meanwhile, Ma Kang noticed from the beginning that Dang Baek-seo wasn’t normal in an entirely different sense. This was closer to intuition. It was a warning from his instincts that were close to that of an animal.

Naturally, Ma Kang’s hand moved towards the great sword on his back. The martial artists of the Sichuan Tang family immediately noticed this movement, but did not try to stop him.

“What are you doing? Aren’t those people plotting some vicious scheme?”

Only one person, Dang Baek-seo, the family head of Sichuan Tang family, pointed directly at Mu-myung and his disciples in anger. However, Dang Baek-ha lowered that hand himself and answered.

“Father, no, Family Head. We cannot do that. Don’t you know?”

“Insolent child! Aren’t you my son? A son should obey his father’s words!!”

“…I see, you aren’t my father after all.”

“Are you thinking of committing an unfilial act right now?”

“How can correcting a mistake and preserving a father’s honor be considered unfilial?”

Pok!!!

Dang Baek-seo blankly raised his hand to touch his Adam’s apple. Where his Adam’s apple should have been, a sharp needle was stuck. It was Sichuan Tang family’s secret hidden weapon technique.

Of course, as the Sichuan Tang family was clearly a righteous sect, they weren’t completely without secret sword techniques, but the best weapon for using poison arts was naturally a secret technique.

Unless one is a fool, anyone would be on guard and try to block when a sword is pointed at them. Of course, if you put poison on the sword and hit it with it, it’ll be effective.

However, there’s no guarantee that it will always succeed. That’s because it’s a battle between masters who don’t allow even a single strike. Even if somehow one strike was allowed.

There would be protective energy supporting from behind that could deflect even swords. That’s why secret weapons are used. No matter how strong the protective energy is, it’s not infinite.

“…Still, it was good to see your face for a moment, Father.”

“You, you… How dare you… to me…!!”

“His body and organs are melting away?!”

“I heard the poison arts of the Sichuan Tang family are formidable, but indeed this is no joke.”

“That’s not what’s important here, Great Warrior.”

Dang Baek-seo, the family head of the Sichuan Tang family who was once called the Poison King, had reached the realm of being invincible to all poisons. What does that mean? It meant that no poison could affect him.

But his skin and flesh melt away like this because of poison? And in such a short time? Even if he wasn’t invincible to all poisons, he should be able to resist to some extent with his internal energy.

“While I wasn’t watching, my child became unfilial.”

The melting body of Dang Baek-seo suddenly began to regenerate perfectly. At that sight, not only Mu-myung but also the martial artists of Sichuan Tang family immediately drew their swords.

“This needs training.”

Simultaneously, a tremendous sound echoed as a huge hole was opened in the ceiling of Sichuan Tang mansion.

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A ghostly spirit. 

A ghostly spirit is refined using the corpse of a deceased martial artist. While a ghostly spirit is already sufficiently wicked, there are specific reasons why a ghostly spirit is particularly more vicious.

This is because they don’t merely utilize the corpse, but summon the deceased soul and implant it into the ghost. Thanks to this, a ghostly spirit can employ all martial arts that the warrior used in his lifetime.

Their internal energy never depletes, and their bodies are extremely sturdy and capable of deflecting most ordinary blades. However, since they are still corpses, they are exceptionally vulnerable to poisons that dissolve corpses.

But, even that is not a big disadvantage as they possess regenerative abilities when injured. Even now, he is rapidly recovering and directly demonstrating the martial arts he showed during its lifetime.

Perhaps fortunately it was impossible for them to fully implement products of enlightenment and effort, such as invincibility to all poisons.

“Kuaaaaak!”

“Aaaaah?!”

Naturally, it was inevitable that the Sichuan Tang Family’s martial artists who had not reached first-class status would be swept away like falling leaves. At this, Dang Baek-ha, who was furious, shouted with all his might.

“How far do you intend to disgrace the name of Sichuan Tang?!!!”

Sichuan Tang once had an infamous reputation. They were called cowardly villains of the world who dealt with poisons, and it was said that including them in the righteous sect’s alliance would only tarnish the name of justice.

However, Sichuan Tang responded resolutely through actions. They looked after common people directly, treating illnesses and injuries, thoroughly studied poisons, and even detoxified them.

Thanks to that, they barely secured their position as one of the Five Great Families and their reputation. And Dang Baek-seo was also someone with great integrity and excellence, to the extent he was the vanguard in the Sword Demon War.

But how could they make Dang Baek-seo into a mere ghost and have him attack the same Sichuan Tang? Dang Baek-ha, his son and current family head, could not help but be furious.

Of course, if Dang Baek-seo had been the only opponent, there wouldn’t have been a problem. There might be some damage, but anyway, there were quite a few first-class and anonymous masters who had reached the same peak.

However, the biggest problem was the chaos of Dang Baek-seo and the people who broke the ceiling and barged in. Instead of Dang Baek-ha, who was distracted by his father Dang Baek-seo, Mu-myung looked into their identity.

“Black Death Sect?!” 

“If it’s the Black Death Sect, aren’t they the villains who attacked before?!” 

“…I heard they were recently expelled even from the unorthodox sect. I never expected them to appear in a place like this.”

Ma Kang could not hide his anger, as if he was dumbfounded. When you’re a hundred-year-old master, you tend to hear unwanted information. Especially when it’s information like that about the Black Death Sect.

The Black Death Sect, expelled from the unorthodox sect, launched a surprise attack on Sichuan Tang? And with Dang Baek-seo who had become a ghost? Anyone could see that the Black Death Sect had joined the Evil Sect.

“Today, I’ll take revenge on the Black Death Sect.” 

“This is the day of annihilation for Sichuan Tang! Fight with all your might!!” 

“This is completely chaotic.”

From the Black Death Sect to the sudden return of Dang Baek-seo as a ghost. Would it be an illusion to say that all of this is making a bad smell?  But in any case, hey had to control the traffic right away.

“Ma Kang, Sua, Namgung-yeon. You protect Seolhwa and stay back.” 

“We want to help too, Master!” 

“It’s fine. Your safety is the top priority.”

From Mu-myung’s perspective, though the Sichuan Tang family was important, ensuring his disciples remained unharmed was clearly important as well. If the opponent had been a decent master, he might have told them to fight.

But, the opponent is the Black Death Sect. They are the only ones who handle poison arts capable of inflicting fatal wounds beyond the realms. Moreover, Sichuan Tang family, their opponent, was also famous for poison arts.

If one were to inadvertently get involved in the fight between these two, it would truly be a case of shrimp getting its back broken in a battle between whales. That is why Mu-myung is going alone this time.

“I alone am sufficient to provide reinforcements.”

With those words, Mu-myung drew his sword. Simultaneously, blue sword energy flowing along the sword appeared again in the Sichuan Tang family. It was such a massive sword energy that everyone gathered here momentarily ceased fighting and turned their gaze in this direction.