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.

one day that a person you know is a jiangshi

King placed the crushed chopsticks on the

Unrestrained Realm will be unable to suppress

clan or sect would

Living jiangshis are stronger

nodded his head

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 without

made sense why the Imperial family would be wary of living

would mean that there would be quite a lot more regular

443 sacrifices for creating the living jiangshis were turned

Wi commented one after the other. Chief Eunuch Wi spoke to

to conduct a major investigation. This, this is something we need to use

a

to protect his Majesty. It looks

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

King

Song Yi about this so that we can get the help of the

As for the Unorthodox faction

is coming from the

“But still, those bastards-”

“There is a way!”

King was starting to raise his voice.

looking confused. The

over here seems to be able 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

a

just have to find them one by one and prepare things so 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

be complicated if the Blood Cult found

Clap!

and the two people stopped their

Cale was

why don’t we all

He was smiling.

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

voice was soft

slowly put the dumpling in his hand

The two old men responded in a slightly more

would say so. We cannot fathom what they might

if we

became even

take things one step

He pointed toward Durst.

first verify whether the smell Noble Warrior Do noticed is truly

"Ah, that is true!”

that he had made a mistake due

need to confirm whether Noble Warrior

sir. And then we can just

“...Hmm?”

up for a bit before blankly asking back

“...Purify?”

sir. Purification.

responded. Chief Eunuch Wi flinched after seeing Durst suddenly

and his jaws dropped after

god I serve has even bestowed a divine

Nod nod.

nodded his head. He had a calm

“Something is weird.”

Toonka mumbled.

“You...are quite sharp?”

looked even more confused after hearing Sui Khan's shocked

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

the Fist King were now seated around the

teacups in front

Chhh.

their teacups

a lot of them, but I do have the power to

“Ho-”

gasp after Cale confirmed the parts that were a bit uncertain after

possible when a

"Excuse me?”

and asked back but the Fist

“No. It’s nothing.”

seemed much calmer as

you tell me what you

“I can explain that.”

see Durst cut in

the center. That smoke is an extremely clean aura of nature that does not harm

Aura of nature.

Chief Eunuch Wi gulped.

young master Kim

His fingertips were shaking.

Purifier-nim purifies the jiangshis with

“...Is that all?”

King, who

to their original appearances. Living jiangshis are jiangshis as well, so

a bit after saying

burden on our Purifier-nim’s

chills as Durst looked at

was why he

not that big of

only enough to get

may

time because it was living

Fire

lead to a greater physical burden

of the Heart is pretty

not be many issues as his

“Ho-”

Fist King gasped

I'm sure that

nodded his head a few times and patted his knee with one

will

his eyes

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

great and mighty of a task

of something else

yourself and protecting others. Basically,

up harming people and causing damage to your surroundings in

to return everything to their original place without harming anybody

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

that is

without any sort of fight. (TL: This is a play on words because martial arts and nothingness are both