Chapter 274 : The Crisis of Bukri Sehee (2)

Chapter 274: The Crisis of Bukri Sehee (2)

Bukri Chang skimmed through the secret manual with greedy eyes.

In his hand was the Nine Chapters of Azure Desolation Fist.

Until now, he had endured humiliation cooperating with the Heavenly Demon Sect to obtain six chapters. He had agreed to offer Bukri Sogun for one night in exchange for receiving the final twelve chapters.

While scanning the ninth chapter, Bukri Chang asked with a gleam of madness in his eyes.

“When will you give me the remaining twelve chapters?”

Sitting before Bukri Chang, one of the Three Grand Elders, Lee Kangmin, smiled faintly.

“I shall give them to you after I’ve absorbed the energy of the spiritual medicine.”

“Can’t you just give it to me now? We’re allies after all—there’s no need for such reservations, is there?”

“If someone interferes while I’m taking in the spiritual medicine, I might fail. That’s why I’m saying I’ll give it to you after I succeed.”

This was a precaution in case the Bukri Clan tried to steal the spiritual medicine once he had obtained the secret manual.

Bukri Chang seemed to ponder for a moment before opening his mouth.

“Fine. I understand your position, Grand Elder. If you stay at Yeongbingak, I’ll send Sogun to you.”

The Grand Elder rose and said,

“I’ll be waiting.”

Outside, Lee Yung and two of the Three Loyal Guards of Hua were already waiting.

They followed their guide toward Yeongbingak.

Inside the room, Lee Yung asked the Grand Elder,

“How did it go?”

“He said he’ll send Bukri Sogun to my quarters in one sijin.”

“But if they acquire the entire Azure Desolation Fist secret manual, do you think they’ll still heed our Sect’s command?”

“There’s nothing to worry about. Our Sect holds an even more advanced higher martial art than the Azure Desolation Fist. We’ll use that to lure Bukri Chang in. Once someone begins to train in advanced martial arts, it’s in a martial artist’s nature to crave even greater power. Bukri Chang’s obsession has grown to the point that he’ll follow our lead.”

At Lee Kangmin’s words, the others simply nodded.

As he had said, one sijin later, someone approached the Grand Elder’s residence.

“Grand Elder, I am Chief Administrator Bukri So.”

“Come in.”

Lee Kangmin couldn’t suppress the excitement rising within him.

It was because he was about to meet the human spiritual medicine that the Bukri Clan had been secretly raising, and absorb its energy.

With that, he could dissolve the Self-Revolving Inner Qi and break through the wall that had halted his cultivation.

Bukri So brought in a young boy.

It was Bukri Sehee, who had used the Bone-Contraction Technique to shrink his body.

“We finally meet.”

Grand Elder Lee Kangmin murmured with a satisfied smile.

No matter how thoroughly the spies combed through the Bukri Clan, they hadn’t been able to locate Bukri Sogun’s whereabouts.

Of course not—within the clan, he had been living under the identity of Bukri Sehee. Naturally, the spies would never have found Bukri Sogun.

Bukri So said,

“As agreed, please only absorb the medicinal energy within the limits that won’t damage his vitality.”

“Don’t worry. All I need is about one gapja’s worth of energy.”

“Then I hope you attain your great work.”

As Bukri So left the quarters, the Grand Elder spoke in a gentle tone.

“Child, come here and sit.”

A kind smile, never seen before on Lee Kangmin’s face, floated to the surface.

But Bukri Sehee shivered, feeling that twisted smile reflected the man’s true intentions.

Bukri Sehee forced himself to stay calm and said,

“I heard I only need to give you some blood.”

“Yes.”

Bukri Sehee brought over a bowl and placed it on the table.

He was planning to cut his forearm and collect the blood.

But as he picked up the dagger, the Grand Elder grabbed it.

“No. You’re not giving me however much blood you want. I’ll be taking as much of your blood as I want.”

Bukri Sehee asked,

“How much do you want?”

“Child, that’s the point. I’ll be deciding that. You just need to entrust your dantian to me.”

Grand Elder Lee Kangmin wasn’t satisfied with just a bowl of blood.

That wouldn’t be enough to increase his cultivation by one gapja.

At minimum, he had to absorb half the spiritual energy from the boy’s dantian to achieve that.

To do so, he needed to directly extract the spiritual energy from Bukri Sehee’s dantian.

“Don’t be afraid. You just have to fall asleep for a little while.”

Lee Kangmin smiled and tried to soothe Bukri Sehee.

“No. I heard I only need to give you blood.”

Bukri Sehee recalled what his father had told him.

“This is the last time. If you give that old man the spiritual medicine, I’ll grant you what you want.”

He had followed, believing those words.

But Grand Elder Lee wasn’t interested in just a bowl of blood.

A creeping fear that this man might take all of his inner energy rose within him.

‘It doesn’t make sense for someone like him to walk away from a spiritual medicine. If I mess up, I could die here. I have to run.’

Bukri Sehee turned on his heels and bolted.

But before he could even open the door, he was horrified to find his body floating in the air, slowly drifting toward Lee Kangmin.

He was pulling me toward him with Void Manipulation.

“Child, there’s nothing good that’ll come from provoking my temper. Especially since my patience isn’t that long.”

Though his tone was calm, there was a viciousness lurking beneath it, and I, Bukri Sehee, felt a chill crawl up my spine.

Sam Taegong pulled me toward him with Void Manipulation and, while floating in midair, sealed dozens of my acupoints.

His hand, which had been sealing the area around my chest, suddenly hesitated.

The Yugun Point he touched was soft.

The Yugun Point was an acupoint located beneath the breast.

Sam Taegong scowled and pulled open my chest.

“What is this? You were a girl?”

Since I had deployed the Bone-Contraction Technique as Bukri Sogun, even my chest had appeared modest.

Seeing that, Sam Taegong Lee Kangmin suddenly burst into laughter.

“Wahahahaha! What a ridiculous situation. I didn’t even know you were a girl!”

Lust glimmered in Sam Taegong Lee Kangmin’s eyes.

“In that case, I’ll have to change my plan. I know a very delicious way to absorb your true qi. Do you know what that is?”

As I blinked in fear, perhaps finding it adorable, Sam Taegong stroked my cheek with a palm that felt like tree bark.

“You may be too young to understand, but there’s something called Spirit Leeching Ghost Art—a method of absorbing vital essence through a woman’s genitalia. Since it is closest to the Lower Dantian, it’s an excellent method of qi absorption. The heavens are clearly aiding me.”

My body couldn’t move at all, as the acupoints had been sealed.

“I-I’m still too young, so I won’t be of much help…”

I said it, thinking that Sam Taegong wouldn’t violate someone as young as me.

“Wahahaha, don’t worry so much. I’ll kindly introduce you to the world of pleasure a little earlier than most.”

I was plunged into despair.

With my acupoints sealed and my body paralyzed, there was no way for me to escape.

Her mind conjured up one face.

‘Ah, Orabeoni, what should I do?’

Tears gushed from Bukri Sehee’s eyes.

Sam Taegong Lee Kangmin chuckled lewdly as he looked her over.

His perverse taste for young girls made Bukri Sogun all the more to his liking.

Right now, Lee Kangmin’s head was filled with lustful thoughts of possessing Bukri Sehee, and his aged loins stirred with desire.

“It’s been a while since I’ve had such a treat. Just wait a moment. I’ll go prepare the bed.”

Hearing those words, Bukri Sehee was swallowed by utter despair.

She wanted to bite her tongue and die.

But though she could speak, she no longer had the strength to bite her tongue, and couldn’t even take her own life.

Sam Taegong had calculated even that when sealing her acupoints.

Sam Taegong Lee Kangmin entered the bedroom to check the bed.

That moment was Bukri Sehee’s only chance to escape.

Struggling in desperation, Bukri Sehee realized one crucial fact.

‘You idiot. How could you forget something like that in a panic? If I release the Bone-Contraction Technique, the position of the acupoints will shift, and the sealed points will break. Why didn’t I think of that sooner?’

With that, she undid the Bone-Contraction Technique.

Her body quivered, bones gradually stretching, and her frame began to grow.

As a result, the clothes that fit Bukri Sogun became too small and now looked laughably tight, like a child barely squeezing into baby clothes.

But now was no time to care about such things.

‘Ah, thank goodness. I can move again.’

Sure enough, as she released the Bone-Contraction Technique, the position of the acupoints changed, and the sealed points came undone.

Bukri Sehee didn’t even glance back. She flung the door open and ran.

Yong Hwarin had infiltrated the Bukri Clan.

At first, driven by the urgent need to rescue Bukri Sehee, he had charged in recklessly, but once inside, he was at a loss about where to go.

Though he succeeded in sneaking in easily by concealing his presence with Dragon Concealment Heavenly Art, the sheer scale of the Bukri Clan made it impossible to locate her.

He couldn’t wander about aimlessly either—there was the risk of exposing his presence.

Yong Hwarin began thinking carefully about where Bukri Sehee might be.

‘I can’t let myself be flustered like a clueless fool. Bukri Sehee is someone extremely important to the Clan Head. They wouldn’t place someone like her far away. Which means she must be kept somewhere near the Cult Leader’s Hall. And that hall must be the most heavily guarded place in the Bukri Clan.’

His destination was now clear.

Yong Hwarin expanded his senses and located the pavilion with the greatest number of concealed martial artists.

It was the tallest pavilion in the entire Bukri Clan.

A four-story structure that stood a level taller than the surrounding two- and three-story buildings.

‘If I go there, I’ll definitely sense something.’

Yong Hwarin moved toward the Cult Leader’s Hall.

He climbed onto the roof of a pavilion opposite the hall and hid his body.

Then, quietly opening his true qi, he synchronized with Nature’s Energy and gradually expanded the reach of his senses.

But he couldn’t detect anything unusual.

As his theory started to collapse, he paused to gather his thoughts—when he suddenly spotted a swiftly moving silhouette on the right side of the Cult Leader’s Hall.

‘Hm? That…!’

It moved with such stealth that no ordinary person could have noticed it in the dark of night.

‘A black-robed individual sneaking around in a situation like this?’

Yong Hwarin immediately raised the level of his Dragon Concealment Heavenly Art and pursued the figure.

The black-robed person leapt across five massive pavilions and landed on the roof of a secluded structure.

Their Movement Arts were clearly refined—the flow of their body was natural and fluid.

But they didn’t notice Yong Hwarin tailing them.

With his presence fully masked by Dragon Concealment Heavenly Art, there was no way they could.

The black-robed person was looking down at a small pavilion.