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, but... They

King placed the crushed chopsticks on

jiangshis overload, even experts in the Unrestrained Realm will be unable to

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

Living jiangshis are stronger than I

nodded his head

Realm, explodes. In addition, living jiangshis don’t feel pain from the moment they awaken. Basically, they

family would

living jiangshis would mean that there would

the 443 sacrifices for creating

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

major investigation. This, this is something we

out a large number of Embroidered

Embroidered Uniform Guards need to protect his Majesty. It looks like we will need to

bastards. We will only put the lives of the poor common soldiers in danger. No, this is not

King

immediately go tell Ho Song Yi about this so that we

the Orthodox faction help us? As for the Unorthodox faction and

listen since it is coming

“But still, those bastards-”

“There is a way!”

starting to raise

standing there looking confused.

to 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 or

looked a bit

of damage possible going against those Unrestrained

complicated if the Blood Cult found out. We can't

Clap!

was a light clap and the two people stopped their

that Cale was looking at

don’t we

He was smiling.

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

voice was

his hand down after seeing

that, Chief Eunuch Wi and the Fist King... The two old men responded in a slightly more serious

cannot fathom what

We can suppress them if we decide

became even

things one step at

He pointed toward Durst.

whether the smell Noble Warrior Do noticed is truly the scent

"Ah, that is true!”

he had made

Warrior Do really can distinguish the

we can just purify

“...Hmm?”

bit before blankly asking back while looking

“...Purify?”

Purification. Isn't

Eunuch Wi flinched after seeing Durst

his jaws dropped after hearing what Durst said

living jiangshis. The god I serve has even

Nod nod.

He

“Something is weird.”

Toonka mumbled.

“You...are quite sharp?”

after hearing Sui Khan's shocked voice,

smile on his face as he offered seats to Chief Eunuch Wi and the Fist

Wi and the Fist King were now seated around the

placed teacups in front of

Chhh.

as their teacups were

of them, but I do have the power to purify living

“Ho-”

gasp after Cale confirmed the parts that were a

something like that possible when a person gets to your

"Excuse me?”

back but the

“No. It’s nothing.”

much calmer

you tell me what you

“I can explain that.”

to see

is an extremely clean aura of nature that does not harm us at all. In fact, it

Aura of nature.

Chief Eunuch Wi gulped.

is young master Kim truly in the

His fingertips were shaking.

jiangshis with the

“...Is that all?”

Fist King, who still

hurt! The jiangshis return to their original appearances.

a

there is a burden on our Purifier-nim’s body

Durst looked at him with teary

why he

big of a

only enough to get

that may not be the

because it was living jiangshis compared to

a significant portion of the Fire of Destruction is sealed

greater physical burden on his

of the Heart

as his regeneration and healing

“Ho-”

Fist King gasped

that is the

a few times and patted his knee

will burden his

Hyeon closed his eyes and

an expert in the Unrestrained Realm would 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 purify such an existence back to

great and

something

yourself and protecting others. Basically,

people and causing damage

in martial arts is to return everything to their original place without harming anybody in the

use the power of nature to return the living jiangshis to their natural

is

was to return things to nothingness without any sort of fight. (TL: This is a play on words because martial