Absolute Regression Chapter 512

The old
man was none other than Qiao Tian, ​​the master of the Bloodthirsty Demon and the previous Demon.

He was my master, whom I thought was dead. I never once thought that he might actually be alive.

I thought he was someone I would only see in hell. Now, he’s someone I don’t even see in my dreams.

When he received the message from his master to come to Chongqing, Blood Heavenly Demon was truly surprised.

If I had not written down what only I and my Master knew, I would never have believed that my Master was alive.

“I didn’t know you were alive.”

Kyo-Cheon answered quietly to Hyeol-Cheon-Do-Ma’s words.

“If you knew, you would have come to kill me.”

Despite the age that could be felt in his voice, his voice was harsh on the ears and scratched people’s hearts.

Bloody Cheon Do Ma looked up at him. His eyes, his chin, and his old face remained. However, wrinkles engulfed his appearance, so much so that he thought that if he had met him on the street, he might have passed by without noticing him.

Kyocheon also looked down at his disciple. The appearance of Hyeolcheon Doma from his youth was nowhere to be found.

“You’ve aged a lot, too.”

“Because so much time has passed.”

Standing before his master, Blood Heavenly Sword Master felt as if he had gone back in time.

“Does anything hurt anywhere?”

A strange light flowed from the two eyes amidst the wrinkles.

Blood Heavenly Demon could feel that his master’s martial arts realm had become much higher than when he was a demon lord. Of course, his body had aged and become weak, but he could tell from his eyes that his internal energy had become indescribably profound.

‘Surely you are confident that you can defeat the cult leader?’

Even if you have accumulated the power of time on top of your existing skills, will you be able to handle the cult leader’s Nine Flower Magical Arts? The supreme magical arts, the Nine Flower Magical Arts?

“If you’re sick, will you come and give me a massage?”

Although it was a blunt response, Hyeolcheon Doma knew.

He hadn’t even started yet. He couldn’t even imagine what it would be like when all those years of pent-up emotions started to burst out.

“If you want, I can knead it for you.”

In response to the polite reply, Kyo-Cheon gestured for him to come closer. It was a gesture that seemed to imply that he would dare come.

Surprisingly, the Bloodthirsty Horse walked towards him. Kyo-cheon didn’t tell him to stop, and the Bloodthirsty Horse didn’t stop walking either.

As the two people got closer, the tension grew.

Thirty steps, twenty steps, ten steps… … .

When he had reached ten steps ahead, the Bloodthirsty Horse stopped.

Surely the Master was not alone, but until he got this close, he did not feel the prayers of others around him.

If there was someone there, it meant that he was a master, and if the master came alone, that was surprising in its own way.

“Why don’t you come closer? Are you afraid of me?”

“I’m scared.”

Bloodthirsty Horse answered obediently. And the reason was unexpected.

“If it were me, I wouldn’t have been able to last this long. I wouldn’t have been able to last even ten years and would have come out for revenge.”

But the master endured and endured for over thirty years, just for this moment.

“Why did you come back?”

Then, a soft word from the master is heard.

“Because I’m alive.”

Bloodthirsty Demon let out a long sigh.

“If you survived, just live.”

It wasn’t a joke. He was being sincere.

“Enjoy your old age in a place with good mountains and water. If you find that boring, you can become a dark figure unrelated to the school and seek power and wealth.”

Then an unexpected answer came from the master.

“I tried both.”

For a moment, Hyeolcheon Doma flinched.

“I tried to forget. I went into the mountains and did everything I could to forget everything. But I couldn’t forget what happened that day.”

His voice was hoarse from resting, but his emotions could be felt in every word.

“I realized that revenge was the only meaning in my life.”

Knowing that nothing could extinguish the flames burning in the Master’s heart, a heavy sigh escaped from the Bloodthirsty Demon’s mouth.

“So you want to borrow the power of the sect? You want to start a war and kill the leader? Do you think the leader will die if you do that?”

“If the Jeongpa bastards are the leader of the demonic cult, wouldn’t they try to cut off his head by any means necessary?”

Is this really true? I don’t think it’s true. He wouldn’t have spent all those years trying to create discord with the Jeongpa.

There is clearly something the Master believes in. Something to kill the cult leader and himself. Something to mark the end of his long-standing revenge.

‘What on earth did you bring?’

The person who broke the brief silence was Kyo-Cheon.

“Are you sorry about that?”

Was it because he was so emotional when he remembered that incident? There was a slight tremor in his hoarse, cracked voice.

“Do you regret that?”

Although Hyeolcheondoma did not answer either question, Kyocheon continued speaking.

“If you are sorry and regretful about what happened in the past, why don’t you help me now?”

Finally, Hyeolcheondoma opened his mouth.

“How do you say that?”

Kyo-Cheon looked at the blood-curdling sword as if it was going to pierce through him.

“Kill the cult leader with those hands.”

One surprising addition.

“With the hands that killed me.”

Bloody Heavenly Swordmaster looked down at his hands in silence. Although not as much as his master’s, his hands now bore the deep traces of time, layer by layer.

As the wrinkles on his hand gradually faded and he became younger, that long-ago day came to mind in Hyeolcheondoma’s mind. That long-ago event was vivid as if it had happened yesterday.

“Master, did you call me?”

The person who rushed into the residence was the young Blood Heavenly Demon. As the official successor to the Demon, he was learning the Heavenly Demonic Way and was diligently training.

He was completely different from how he is now. He had a handsome face and a cuteness to it. And above all, he was full of youthful energy.

The master was sitting on the throne and looking down at himself, just like today.

“I called you because I have something to tell you.”

“Please give your order.”

He spoke to him as if he were declaring a proclamation.

“From today, our Namdo Order officially supports the Grand Duke.”

In that moment, Hyeolcheondoma’s expression hardened.

“Go and tell all the demons about this.”

But instead of following the order, Bloodthirsty Demon asked his master.

“Why are you the Archduke?”

This time, Kyo-Cheon’s expression hardened.

“Because it’s my decision.”

Bloodthirsty Horse said something he shouldn’t have said.

“Please give me a reason that I can accept.”

He was the one who had never once disobeyed his master’s words.

He had to hear the answer even if he was prepared to be scolded. This matter was that important to Hyeolcheon Doma.

Indeed, Kyocheon suddenly revealed his anger.

“Are you saying that you will disobey your master’s will now?”

“No, that’s not it.”

“But why are you asking me why? Why are you still standing there?”

The rough magic of Kyocheon exploded towards Hyeolcheon Doma. Hyeolcheon Doma raised his internal energy to resist the powerful magic, but of course it was not enough.

Bloodthirsty Demon gritted his teeth and endured the pain that felt like his entire body was being torn apart. No matter how painful it was, he had to hear the answer.

Kyo-Cheon walked briskly and stood in front of the blood chopping board. I already knew the reason.

“I know that you and the Duke are very close. I also know that the cunning Duke is trying to use you to his advantage.”

Even in pain, Hyeolcheondoma expressed his thoughts.

“Lee Gong-ja is not that kind of person.”

As Kyo-Cheon’s expression hardened as he denied his own words, the magic became even more powerful.

“Ugh.”

Bloodthirsty Doma felt as if his entire body was going to be torn apart. If he held on a little longer, he would suffer serious internal injuries.

However, Kyocheon did not stop his magic. He never forgave the rebellion of his disciple who followed in his footsteps.

“Eeeeeeeeeeek”

The magic grew more powerful and the screams grew louder.

If he continued to disobey, he was going to kill his disciple. He could do that. There was a line of people who wanted to be the next Thomas.

‘Dying like this is a dog’s death.’

In the end, the Bloodthirsty Demon gave in. If he had held out any longer, he would have suffered irreversible internal injuries or died.

“… … I will follow Master’s will.”

Only then did the oppressive magic subside.

Kyocheon gave an order to evict guests with an angry face.

“Go away.”

As I was about to turn around and leave, Kyo-Cheon spoke from behind me.

“Did you ask me to give you a convincing reason?”

The bloodthirsty demon turned to Kyocheon.

“In this fight for succession, Lee Gongja will definitely die.”

At that moment, Hyeolcheondoma felt the determination flashing in his master’s eyes.

‘Master is planning to jump into this succession battle himself.’

I felt that he was determined to kill the Duke himself. There was nothing he wouldn’t do for the Duke.

“Don’t get too close to the scholar-official anymore, or you will die together with him.”

“I will keep that in mind.”

After greeting politely, Hyeolcheon Doma started walking again.

When he left the residence, his fists were clenched.

He returned to the present, with wrinkles forming on his young fist. The current Bloodthirsty Demon was also clenching his fists like back then.

From that day on, he treated his master better. He tried to gain more trust. Just to find out when that time would be.

“I know. Why did the Master choose the Grand Duke over the Second Duke?”

Bloodthirsty Horse said now what he couldn’t say then.

“It wasn’t that the scientist was cunning.”

After a moment, Hyeolcheondoma said.

“The master’s cunning was discovered by the scholar.”

Crunch.

The hand rest of the Taesaui shattered in Gyocheon’s grasp. The broken pieces flew out of Gyocheon’s hand like sand.

It was a move that showed how profound Gyocheon’s power was.

But Hyeolcheon Doma continued talking.

“The cult leader was a person who had clear likes and dislikes since his youth. He disliked what he disliked and liked what he liked. The master knew that he was disliked by the cult leader.”

A growling beast-like sound came from Kyocheon’s neck.

“The master knew that if Lee Gongja became the leader, he would be pushed to the bottom of the Palma Zone. That was absolutely unbearable.”

I didn’t know it then. It would have been better if I hadn’t known. If I had said that in my youthful spirit, I would have probably been killed by my master on the spot.

“You are still as rude and fearless now as you were when you were young.”

“I think your memory is distorted because of your hatred for me. When I was young, I was more respectful to Master than anyone else.”

Kyo-Cheon laughed. It was a laugh filled with both absurdity and deep hatred.

“You betrayed me. You betrayed me, the one who taught you martial arts!”

Bloodthirsty Horse didn’t say anything.

“I’m cunning? Are you as cunning as me? You knew it. If the Grand Duke becomes the leader, you can’t be the next Doma. The Grand Duke couldn’t just leave you alone since you were so close to him.”

Yes, maybe what the master said is right.

At the time, I thought it was because of my heart for the cult leader, but deep down in my subconscious, I might have been struggling to survive.

But at least Master shouldn’t say that, because he didn’t give him a choice.

The look in Hyeoncheon Doma’s eyes deepened and he returned to a moment in the past.

The leader of his youth stands before my eyes.

The leader of the religious sect who was on friendly terms with him during his time as a disciple.

He also had a different atmosphere than now. If you couldn’t read anything in the eyes of the current leader, you could read emotions in his eyes when he was younger.

Blood Heavenly Horse liked him. At least, it wasn’t because he was the next Heavenly Horse. He just liked him. His actions, his words. He was younger than him, but he had a lot to learn from him.

Although he treated everyone with arrogance and pride, Hyeolcheondoma felt that he was actually harboring something hot in his heart.

No, that reason alone is not enough.

Because I liked him enough to say those words to him that would change everyone’s fate.

“The Archduke and my master joined hands to plot to kill you.”

At that time, Geum Woo-jin was different from now. The moment he heard those words, I clearly saw Geum Woo-jin’s eyes tremble.

Bloodthirsty Doma knows that Geum Woo-jin wants to end the fight for succession without killing his older brother.

“The two of them will move on this hunt.”

The shouts of Kyocheon heard at that moment brought Hyeolcheondoma back to reality.

“You betrayed your master, and made your younger brother kill his older brother. That’s what it means to be a human being.”

If it weren’t for that, the leader would have died.

But I didn’t tell my master that. I thought the relationship between me and the leader would mean nothing to him. He didn’t believe in this relationship.

Yes, if you say that you betrayed someone because you purely liked them, it will hurt your master. It would be better for him to say that you betrayed them for the sake of the chopping block.

That’s why Hyeolcheon Doma nodded and admitted it obediently.

“That’s right. That’s the kind of person I am. Selfish and mean, so… … .”

He added softly with his eyes filled with blood.

“If you come with me, you will have great bad luck.”