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

placed the

Unrestrained Realm will be unable

someone who was at least at the Elder-level in a clan or sect would be able to take on a

Living jiangshis are stronger than

his head at Cale's

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 without caring about

sense why the Imperial family

that there would be

for creating the

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

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

out a

Majesty. It looks like we will need to bring some people from

military is not enough when dealing with those bastards. We will only put the lives of the poor common soldiers in danger.

Fist King

go tell Ho Song Yi about this so that we can get

Orthodox faction help us? As for the Unorthodox faction and the Demon Cult-,

since it is coming from the

“But still, those bastards-”

“There is a way!”

to raise his voice.

looking confused. The Fist King pointed at

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

looked a bit

of damage possible going against those

the Blood Cult found out. We can't

Clap!

light clap and

that Cale was looking at

don’t we all calm

He was smiling.

on what the two of you said, these living jiangshis are a source of fear and trepidation

voice was soft and

put the dumpling in his hand down after seeing Cale

The two old men

cannot

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

became

we take things one step at

He pointed toward Durst.

Do noticed is truly the scent of

"Ah, that is true!”

he had made a mistake due to

We need to confirm whether Noble Warrior Do really can distinguish

we can

“...Hmm?”

King stiffened up for a bit before blankly

“...Purify?”

Purification. Isn't that

Chief Eunuch Wi flinched after seeing Durst

wide and his jaws dropped

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

Nod nod.

quietly nodded his head. He had a calm

“Something is weird.”

Toonka mumbled.

“You...are quite sharp?”

more confused after hearing Sui Khan's

benign smile on his face as he offered seats to

and the Fist King were now seated around the

placed teacups in front of

Chhh.

gently spoke as their teacups

do a lot of them, but I do

“Ho-”

Fist King couldn't help but gasp after Cale confirmed the parts that were

when a person

"Excuse me?”

but the Fist King waved him

“No. It’s nothing.”

much calmer

what you mean

“I can explain that.”

was rare to see Durst cut in

out with our Purifier-nim at the center. That smoke is an extremely clean aura of nature that does not harm us at all. In fact, it

Aura of nature.

Chief Eunuch Wi gulped.

master Kim

His fingertips were shaking.

with the aura within that

“...Is that all?”

to the Fist King, who still seemed

Without any damage or anybody getting hurt! The jiangshis return to their original appearances.

scowled a bit after saying

burden on our Purifier-nim’s body

looked at him with teary

was why

big of a

is only enough to get me

may not

time because it was living jiangshis compared

of the Fire of Destruction

greater physical burden

Vitality of the Heart

his

“Ho-”

King

that

nodded his head a few times and patted his

it will burden his

closed his eyes and

knowing that at minimum, he will be injured, and at maximum that he might die.

imagine how great and mighty of a task

of something else in his

end, martial arts is for defending yourself and protecting others. Basically,

causing damage to your surroundings in order to save those

to return everything to their original

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

that is true

(TL: This is a