Trash of the Count's Family

“A l, living jiangshi?!”

Chief Eunuch Wi became extremely shocked at Cale’s words and dropped the fan in his hand.

Plop.

Raon saw the fallen fan, looked back at Chief Eunuch Wi, and did that over and over before causing a gust of wind with his magic to cool the dumplings. Toonka's as well.

However, Chief Eunuch Wi could not pay any attention to that.

“A l, living jiangshi, that-”

He looked to be in shock.

Cale thought deeply after seeing this.

‘Did I ever mention the living jiangshis to Chief Eunuch Wi before?’

He realized that he had not.

Cale’s gaze moved to the old man, who had been eating dumplings next to Toonka until moments ago.

Fist King Mok Hyeon.

“…….”

His eyes were wide open as he looked at Cale.

His gaze was extremely vicious.

His clenched fist was bending the chopsticks, as if to show the reason he received the title of king.

‘...Let's not look at him.’

Cale just turned away from the Fist King.

“Young master-nim, could you please explain in detail?”

Chief Eunuch Wi asked urgently, unable to properly control his shock.

“Mm.”

Cale debated for a moment before deciding to tell them what he knew. These were his allies.

“You know little Central Plains, right?”

“Yes, yes sir.”

Chief Eunuch Wi knew that Cale had called the young monk Central Plains.

“He told me.”

“...That there is a living jiangshi?”

“Yes sir. The Blood Cult created living jiangshis and planted them in each of the Orthodox faction, Unorthodox faction, and the Demon Cult.”

“Ho.”

The Fist King gasped.

“It is the end of the world, the end of the world indeed.”

He shook his head as if in disbelief.

“Oh my, this is very bad.”

Choi Han asked after seeing Chief Eunuch Wi unable to hide his concern.

“Are living jiangshis that dangerous?”

“In this world, there is something called death arts in addition to martial arts. There are Alchemy and Magic arts as well, but... Anyway, there are some dangerous methods called death arts.”

Chief Eunuch Wi continued explaining with a stiff look on his face.

“Jiangshis have appeared in the world a couple times throughout history. The Blood Cult as well as the Demon Cult have created them multiple times. However, the living jiangshis-”

He closed his mouth for a moment.

He then asked the Fist King.

“It should be okay to tell them, right?”

“Do you remember what his Majesty said? He said give them whatever they need.”

“That’s right.”

Chief Eunuch Wi started talking to Cale again.

“The Imperial family has documents on living jiangshis. The approximate method of creating living jiangshis is written in there.”

‘The method is written in there?’

Chief Eunuch Wi continued to speak as Cale scowled.

“In order to create one living jiangshi, you need one living person and 443 lives as sacrifices.”

Silence filled the room.

Chief Eunuch Wi broke the silence he had created.

“However, there is also a medicine that is required to turn a human into a living jiangshi. Even the Imperial family does not know much about the medicine. How to make it as well as what it is... All they know is that it takes the form of a black liquid.”

Black liquid.

Cale thought about 'dead mana’ as soon as he heard that word.

Mana did not exist in this world.

That was why dead mana should be even less of a concept in this world.

“In the Central Plains, the creation of living jiangshis is considered taboo.”

The Fist King sighed.

“Furthermore, according to old records, living jiangshis think they are alive and have no idea that they are being controlled.”

“I know that as well, sir.”

“Really? Then do you know about their overload as well?”

“No, sir. I don't know.”

The Fist King was able to tell Cale a bit more details about the dangers of living jiangshis.

person you know is a jiangshi is scary and dangerous,

King placed the

Unrestrained Realm will be unable

someone who was at least at the Elder-level in a clan or sect would

are stronger

his

this world if that living jiangshi, who is an expert in the Unrestrained Realm, explodes. In addition, living jiangshis

why the Imperial family would be

would mean that there would be quite a lot more regular jiangshis. Jiangshis are apparently easier to make

presume that the 443 sacrifices for creating the living jiangshis were turned

Wi commented one after the other. Chief Eunuch

the Imperial family right away to conduct a major investigation. This, this is something we need to

we need to send out a large number of Embroidered Uniform

looks like we will need to bring some

jiangshis are Unrestrained Realm experts who do not feel pain. The military is not enough when dealing with those bastards. We will only put the lives of the poor common soldiers in danger. No, this is

King stood

go tell Ho Song Yi about this so

the Unorthodox faction and the Demon

since it is coming from the Imperial

“But still, those bastards-”

“There is a way!”

Fist King was starting to raise his voice. He turned

standing there looking confused. The Fist King pointed

We can use that!” He should be able to quickly find them all if

a bit

that we end up with the least amount of damage possible going against those Unrestrained Realm experts! We also need to pay attention to the Blood Cult since we have to do it stealthily so they

Blood Cult found out. We can't

Clap!

a light clap and the two

Cale was looking at

we all calm

He was smiling.

you said, these living jiangshis are a source of fear and trepidation for everybody

was

slowly put the dumpling in his

Fist King... The two

would say so. We cannot fathom what they

can suppress them if we decide to catch them. However, they are indeed a

became even

things one

He pointed toward Durst.

the smell Noble Warrior Do noticed is truly the

"Ah, that is true!”

realized that he had made a mistake

confirm whether Noble Warrior Do really

And then we

“...Hmm?”

a bit before blankly asking back while

“...Purify?”

sir. Purification.

turned toward Durst, who immediately responded. Chief Eunuch

his jaws

esteemed Purifier has the power to purify living jiangshis. The god I serve has even bestowed a divine item to the

Nod nod.

just quietly nodded his head. He had a calm

“Something is weird.”

Toonka mumbled.

“You...are quite sharp?”

confused after hearing Sui Khan's shocked voice, but... Sui Khan just shrugged his

going on, Ron had an extremely benign smile on his face as he

and the Fist King were now seated around

placed teacups in front

Chhh.

spoke as their teacups were being

cannot do a lot of them, but I do have

“Ho-”

couldn't help but gasp after Cale confirmed the parts that were a bit

possible when a person gets

"Excuse me?”

asked back but the Fist King

“No. It’s nothing.”

then seemed much calmer as he continued to

me what you mean by

“I can explain that.”

rare to see Durst cut

Purifier-nim at the center. That smoke is an extremely clean aura of nature

Aura of nature.

Chief Eunuch Wi gulped.

young master Kim

His fingertips were shaking.

jiangshis with the

“...Is that all?”

the Fist King, who still seemed to find

their original appearances. Living jiangshis

a bit after saying

a burden on our Purifier-nim’s body when he

Durst looked at him with teary

was why

that big

is only enough to get me a

may not be

because it was living jiangshis compared to the regular

Fire of

would lead to a greater

Heart is pretty much at full

issues as his regeneration and healing abilities had not

“Ho-”

Fist King

that

a few times and patted his knee with

will burden his

Hyeon closed his

maximum that he might die. To be able to use only an aura of nature

great and mighty of a task

something

end, martial arts is for defending yourself and

causing damage to your surroundings in

is to return everything to their original place without harming

to how young master Kim would use the power of nature to return the living jiangshis to their natural

that is true

any sort of fight. (TL: This is a play on words because martial arts and