บท 106: Disciple?

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--- Chapter 104 ---

"Heavenly Demon's Artillery Arts: Genesis Qi."

Hayate hovered in his inner universe with a gray-colored aura coating his palm. He slowly clenched his hand and caused a rupture in the air, causing a chaotic storm filled with light and darkness energy.

He smirked and added, "Genesis Thunder Qi."

BOOM!

A lightning bolt suddenly flew across the air and blew the storm away. The entire inner universe echoed with booming thunderclaps, leaving some clouds in the corner.

Jasmine watched this scenery with a weak smile because Hayate was an absurd monster that shouldn't belong in this world. She has read the Heavenly Demon Arts and concluded even a talented person needs at least ten years to achieve admirable progression. However, this mad guy did it in a day.

Now that Jasmine was thinking about it, Hayate mastered her Star God's Broken Shadow in a day and combined it with other profound movement techniques to create 3000 Lightning Movements. That day was painful because he made her use Star God's Broken Shadow excessively.

"Hmph! What a nut guy," Jasmine commented while shaking her to the left.

Koro sat beside her and said, "Jasmine, You should be honest with my boss. Being Tsundere is good, but I think you'll be cuter when being honest."

Jasmine looked at Koro with disbelief and questioned herself as a small dog just gave her love advice. Just what kind of world does she live in, really?

She sighed and picked a box of cakes from Sky Poison Pearl's space, eating it with a satisfied smile.

"You'll get fat-." Koro was about to say that, but the red-haired princess glared at him with killing intent.

"Koro, What did you say?" A gentle smile appeared on Jasmine's face.

The dog kaiju lowered his round head slowly and whispered, "N-Nothing..."

...

Hayate tested the Heavenly Demon Arts for several hours inside his inner universe and excitedly grinned when finding that Heavenly Demon's Artillery Arts matched with [Mystic Art of Body Cultivation] and [Eternal Eclipse of Universal Void].

It's not a 100% match because some inefficient inputs appeared between the profound arts. Hayate currently combined both Light and Darkness, Primordial energies, into Genesis Qi, so adding any element would enhance further. Thunder Qi is not part of Hayate's cultivation system, but [Zinogre]'s core granted that ability passively.

Hayate confidently assumed he could defeat anyone in the same range of realms or even higher stages like Divine Soul Realm with this combination alone. He doesn't even need God's inheritance in those scenarios.

"Well, that's enough testing." Hayate yawned while stretching his body. White smokes come from his skin, recovering his stamina with everlasting vigor. He needed some nutritious food after this.

He ate a pill from his spatial ring and added, "This will do for now. Let's go outside."

"Bye, Jasmine."

"Bye." Jasmine waved her hand lazily and kept eating cheesecakes on her lap.

Hayate appeared inside a bedroom immediately and frowned because someone was standing outside. He brushed his wet hair slightly and walked to the door, finding the Little Demon Empress in her purple dress.

"Err, Demon Empress... Do you need something?" Hayate asked while leaning on the door frame. However, Huan Caiyi didn't open her mouth and just silently stared at him for some reason.

"..."

...

"Thank you." Huan Caiyi suddenly lowered her head. "Yun Canghai said you saved my life by feeding a few drops of your blood."

Hayate sighed inside because Golden Crow's bloodline was too savage for the Little Demon Empress's body. Her Yin Nature as a woman makes things worse, causing her to suffer burns days and nights.

He knew this fact because the [Miracle of Life] recorded how women who inherited Golden Crow's bloodline survived back then. They needed Yang's nourishment from Phoenix or Vermilion Bird's heir to negate the side effects.

Huan Caiyi was lucky Hayate's Phoenix Blood is not only pure but also carries the purest Yang element in the entire Primal Chaos through [Mystic Art of Body Cultivation, making him the best suitable partner/donor for her.

It's a coincidence but also not a coincidence because Evil God was involved in this case. He befriends Phoenix and Golden Crow to solve this exact problem. Even though the Golden Crow is prideful, the divine beast knows how to repay goodwill quite well.

"You're welcome, Demon Empress," Hayate responded with a smile. "You shouldn't have felt the burn inside your body for a while. Though I advised you to rest a few days, considering some injuries couldn't get healed instantly."

He checked the bruises on Huan Caiyi's face and chest where he hit her yesterday. He didn't attack with full power, but those attacks must have been painful.

"That martial art you used yesterday... Can you-, never mind. I'm here to take you away to the meeting hall." Huan Caiyi clenched her hand slightly and turned around weirdly. She couldn't clearly say to this young man that she wanted to learn Ssamsu Taekkyeon.

It's shameful. Huan Caiyi released a small sigh and walked naturally to the corridor.

Huan Caiyi could only hope. Or maybe it would happen sooner than she expected.

"You wanted to learn my martial art? Sure, I don't mind." Hayate suddenly blurted, which halted Huan Caiyi's steps. He could see the Little Demon Empress have a solid posture to be a martial artist. Her overall senses are better than anyone on this continent.

Huan Caiyi frowned and questioned, "Are you really going to teach me? Isn't that kind of martial art supposed to be secret?"

"Pfft..."

Hayate couldn't help but laugh at Huan Caiyi's dubious reaction because he was the one who created this version of Ssamsu Taekkyeon. It's up to him to teach it to others or not. He doesn't mind teaching two or three disciples, considering Hong Guan also learns Ssamsu Taekkyeon.

After all, People with fire elements are somewhat suitable for this martial art. Hayate hasn't explored Ssamsu Taekkyeon as much as Renewal Taekwondo because this was another branch of it. By teaching it to others, he desired to see a variation or evolution of the current techniques.

"Demon Empress, my view is clearly different from yours and anyone in this world." He grinned at Huan Caiyi. "Well, I defied logic most of the time."

"However, if you wish to learn, I won't deny your request because martial arts has to be improved. You can't improve everything by yourself and need someone else's views to find a weakness within every move."

Hayate stood beside Huan Caiyi and casually added, "There are no perfect martial arts. As there will always be a weakness, you can only fix it by filling that one gap."

"This applies to everything because nothing is perfect."

Huan Caiyi quietly stared at Hayate's back with a solemn look on her beautiful face. She didn't expect such wise words from a young man like him. So for the first time in one hundred years, she felt an emotion she hadn't experienced again.

Curiosity.

The Little Demon Empress wondered how such an odd young man could attain a level like that. She followed him silently from behind and unknowingly lifted her lips. The emotionless ruler finally smiled after one hundred years.

A few servants who maintained the manor witnessed this scenery and couldn't help but rub their eyes in disbelief. They couldn't believe their eyes for a moment.

"This is...??"

"Little Demon Empress is smiling?"

"How long has it been? One hundred years?"

They moved their gazes to the young man beside Huan Caiyi and connected the dots, gossiping with each other about this bizarre event.

And In just a week, so many people somehow believed the Little Demon Empress had a love interest for a "Certain." young man.

...

Hayate and Huan Caiyi arrived at the meeting hall, finding Yun Canghai, Cheon Ma, and the three craft masters.

They kneeled immediately and greeted, "Young leader/Little Demon Empress."

Huan Caiyi nodded and chose the farthest seat in the meeting hall. When the Little Demon Empress sat on the chair, her eyes focused on Hayate, like telling him to sit beside her.

"This meeting has nothing to do with me. You should settle the Illusory Demon Realm's problem by yourself." Hayate stated naturally. He shrugged his shoulders while standing on the side, noticing a disappointed look on Huan Caiyi's face.

Yun Canghai shook his head and responded, "Nope, you're involved in this, Hayate. You saved me through Luna and defeated the Traitor of Illusory Demon Realm. And you think you're out of this?"

"Sit on that chair." He added, which left Hayate speechless.

The Kaiju user could only sigh inside and sat on the chair beside the Little Demon Empress, making a little smile bloom on her face.

They began the meeting about what actually happened in the Profound Sky Continent. Yun Canghai explained everything to the Little Demon Empress, causing her expression to change several times. Anger and sadness is the emotion shown by Huan Caiyi.

"Duke Ming..." Huan Caiyi's eyes become colder under everyone's gazes. "Where is he right now?"

Hayate snapped his finger, and a dark portal appeared in the room, spitting Duke Ming and his followers out.

"What?" He smiled at them.

"Never seen magic tricks before?"