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.

a person you know is a jiangshi is scary and dangerous, but... They

King placed the crushed chopsticks on

Unrestrained Realm will be unable to suppress them without

at least at the Elder-level in a clan or sect

are stronger

nodded his head at Cale's

would be beyond this world if that living jiangshi, who is an expert in the Unrestrained Realm, explodes. In addition, living jiangshis don’t feel pain from the moment they awaken. Basically, they charge at you

why the Imperial family would be wary of living

would be quite a lot more

the 443 sacrifices for creating the living jiangshis were

and Chief Eunuch Wi commented one after the other. Chief Eunuch Wi spoke to Cale with a

to conduct a major investigation. This,

need to send out a

Guards need to protect his Majesty. It looks like we

those bastards. We will only put the lives of the poor common soldiers in danger. No, this is not what we should be doing

Fist King

go tell Ho Song Yi about this so that we can

As for the Unorthodox faction

is coming from

“But still, those bastards-”

“There is a way!”

starting to raise his voice.

confused. The Fist King pointed at

using their smell. We can use that!” He should be able to quickly find them all if he spends the next year

looked a

them one by one and prepare things so that we end up with the least amount of damage possible going against those

yes, it would be complicated if the Blood Cult found out. We can't let them hide all

Clap!

a light clap and the

that Cale

why don’t we all calm

He was smiling.

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

was soft

the dumpling in his hand down after seeing

Eunuch Wi and the Fist King... The two

so. We cannot fathom what they might

can suppress them if we decide to

became even

shall we take things one step at

He pointed toward Durst.

we first verify whether the smell Noble Warrior Do noticed is

"Ah, that is true!”

realized that he had made a mistake due to his feeling

We need to confirm whether Noble Warrior

And then we can

“...Hmm?”

a bit before blankly asking back while looking at

“...Purify?”

sir. Purification. Isn't

Eunuch Wi flinched after seeing Durst suddenly smiling

wide and his jaws dropped after hearing what Durst said

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

Nod nod.

his head. He had a calm

“Something is weird.”

Toonka mumbled.

“You...are quite sharp?”

Sui Khan's shocked

benign smile on his face as he offered seats

Eunuch Wi and the Fist King were

in

Chhh.

gently spoke as their teacups were being filled with

them, but I do have the power to

“Ho-”

but gasp after Cale confirmed the parts that were

when a person gets to your

"Excuse me?”

and asked back but the Fist King waved him

“No. It’s nothing.”

then seemed much calmer as he continued to

what you mean by

“I can explain that.”

to see Durst cut in

smoke is an extremely

Aura of nature.

Chief Eunuch Wi gulped.

master Kim truly in the

His fingertips were shaking.

the jiangshis with the aura within

“...Is that all?”

sternly responded to the Fist King, who still seemed to

sir. Without any damage or anybody getting hurt! The jiangshis return to their original appearances. Living jiangshis are jiangshis as well, so the process should be

a

burden on our Purifier-nim’s

got chills as Durst looked at him

was why

not that big

enough to get me a

that may not

purify this time because it was living jiangshis compared to the

a significant portion of the Fire of Destruction is sealed right

would lead to a greater physical

Vitality of the Heart

many issues as his regeneration and healing

“Ho-”

Fist King gasped

sure that is the

few times and patted his knee with

it will burden

closed his

have to go into battle knowing that at minimum, he will be injured, and at maximum that he might die. To be able to use only an aura of nature to

great and mighty of

something else

arts is for defending yourself and protecting others. Basically, it is

would end up harming people and causing damage to your surroundings

martial arts is to return

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

that is true martial

of fight. (TL: This is a play