Chapter 99. Cho Ryu Hyang Finds a Clue (1/2)
Chapter 99. Cho Ryu Hyang Finds a Clue
ED: Chrysanthemum
Pian Mu became quite bored as he waited for Cho Ryu Hyang.
The boy really was taking his time.
But at that precise moment, Pian Mu’s ears twitched.
Cho Ryu Hyang’s body began trembling for some reason.
At the same time, a mysterious aura flowed from the boy’s body.
Vuun-
“Hoh? Finally awake?”
The aura that surrounded Cho Ryu Hyang had a purple tinge and was extremely strange.
Pian Mu looked at this with an interested face, but then Cho Ryu Hyang’s trembling heightened even more.
Something was wrong.
‘What’s going on?’
It looked like Cho Ryu Hyang was waking, but something was different.
A little while later, Cho Ryu Hyang opened his eyes.
Pian Mu frowned when their eyes met.
This wasn’t the person he had been waiting for.
“What the hell? How did you get in here?”
“…….”
Cho Ryu Hyang did not respond. Instead, he looked around for a moment.
His eyes emanated with a purple light.
A glint of maturity and age could be seen from those eyes.
“I will ask you again, human. Zhuge Liang, was it? How did you get in here?”
Zhuge Liang did not respond.
He simply looked at his own body with a curious gaze.
Then, he smirked.
“I was wondering what you two were doing…… what a fun game you’re playing, Pian Mu.”
“Answer my question. How did you get in here?”
Pian Mu gripped his pestle with a big frown.
He didn’t understand.
This was his world.
The world he made for Cho Ryu Hyang.
And he had specifically designed the place to block out that old man.
How did he get in?
Pian Mu’s eyes were filled with surprise and suspicion.
“You must be quite surprised.”
“That’s an understatement. You are a strange being. Not even gods can ignore the natural laws like you do. Who the hell are you?”
“There’s no need for me to tell you.”
“You should, if you don’t want to die. This is my world, you know?”
“How interesting.”
Zhuge Liang was taunting Pian Mu.
Pian Mu grinned.
“There are those who only regret things after death.”
Pian Mu gripped his pestle even harder.
Come to think of it, he had something to give back to this this man, didn’t he?
It would be good to pay the man back now.
But at that moment, Zhuge Liang flinched and looked back at his body. He spoke with a regretful voice.
“Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like I’ll be able to play with you today.”
“Why? Feeling scared now?”
“Unfortunately, it looks like this child is about to wake up.”
Zhuge Liang pointed to Cho Ryu Hyang’s body and smiled.
Pian Mu, in return, made a disappointed face.
Before he went back, Zhuge Liang opened his mouth.
“Is it alright to give you an advice before I leave?”
Pian Mu tried to wave him away.
“Just leave. Do I seem that laughable to you? I just lost last time because I underestimated you.”
Right.
He only lost because he underestimated his enemy.
The same thing won’t happen twice.
Zhuge Liang simply nodded in response and spoke.
“You seem to be misunderstanding something. I never looked down on you.”
“Shut your mouth, human.”
He didn’t like him.
He didn’t like how the man spoke as if he knew everything.
Did this man even know how great of a being he was?
As Pian Mu scrunched up his face and twitched his ears in annoyance, Zhuge Liang spoke.
“Aren’t you curious why you got chased out into the human world?”
“……?”
Pian Mu’s eyes shook.
He then glowered at Zhuge Liang with suspicion.
“How would you know anything about that?”
How dare a human try to talk of the matters of heaven.
It was outrageous.
Zhuge Liang simply smiled when he saw Pian Mu’s face of distrust.
“Be careful of your arrogance. You are only going through hardships like this because you have a great role in the future. You will ascend to the heavens according to the laws of nature, so you do not need be so rushed to return.”
“…….”
Pian Mu’s eyes shook slightly.
At first glance, these words simply seemed nonsensical and fancy.
But as these words strangely fit into Pian Mu’s current situation quite well, they had a great power of persuasion.
This made Pian Mu confused.
‘Who is this guy?’
What was this person?
Pian Mu was extremely confused, and he did not know what to do.
At that time, Zhuge Liang crossed his arms and spoke.
“It’s time. You should be able to see what you have wanted once the child wakes.”
Pian Mu made a complicated face as Zhuge Liang left Cho Ryu Hyang’s body.
The man had left before he could confirm anything.
And at that moment, Cho Ryu Hyang’s body began to tremble slightly.
This time, the trembling was extremely stable and seemed comforting.
Pian Mu opened his mouth when the boy’s eyes opened.
Finally, he got the person he had wanted to see.
“You made me wait too long, child.”
Cho Ryu Hyang nodded.
He immediately tried gathering power in his fingers and smiled.
He felt a satisfactory amount of power from it.
“I’m sorry for making you wait, Maksu.”
“Damn it! I told you not to call me by that name! I’m really pissed right now too!”
Pian Mu swung his pestle several times and opened his mouth.
“You might as well just serve to be my stress relief.”
Vuun-
There were no warnings whatsoever.
Pian Mu’s pestle simply cut through the wind towards Cho Ryu Hyang’s skull.
Baang-!