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.

that a person you know is a jiangshi is scary and dangerous,

placed the crushed chopsticks on the

even experts in the Unrestrained Realm will

clan or sect would be able to

Living jiangshis are stronger than I

Fist King nodded his

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 without caring about

sense why the Imperial family

the fact that the Blood Cult has living jiangshis would mean that there would be

sacrifices for creating the living jiangshis

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

a major investigation. This, this is something we need

send out a large number of Embroidered Uniform

need to protect his Majesty. It looks like we will

feel pain. The military is not enough when dealing with those bastards. We will only put the lives of the poor common

Fist King

go tell Ho Song Yi about this

Orthodox faction help us? As for the

it is coming from

“But still, those bastards-”

“There is a way!”

raise

there looking confused. The Fist

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

a bit

see! We 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

if the Blood Cult found out. We can't let them hide all of the living

Clap!

clap and the two people

noticed that Cale

why don’t we all

He was smiling.

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

was soft and

his hand down after

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

so. We cannot fathom

would not say fear. We can suppress them if we decide to catch them. However, they are indeed

became

take things one step at

He pointed toward Durst.

we first verify whether the smell Noble Warrior Do noticed is truly

"Ah, that is true!”

made a mistake due to his

whether Noble Warrior Do really

sir. And then we can just purify

“...Hmm?”

for a bit before blankly asking back while looking at

“...Purify?”

sir. Purification. Isn't

Chief Eunuch Wi

subconsciously opened wide and his jaws dropped after hearing what Durst

god I serve has even bestowed a divine

Nod nod.

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

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

were now seated around the

placed teacups in front

Chhh.

as their teacups

lot of them, but I do have the

“Ho-”

King couldn't help but gasp after Cale confirmed

like that possible when a person gets

"Excuse me?”

but the Fist

“No. It’s nothing.”

calmer

you tell me what you

“I can explain that.”

see Durst cut

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

Aura of nature.

Chief Eunuch Wi gulped.

young master Kim truly in

His fingertips were shaking.

purifies the jiangshis with the

“...Is that all?”

to the Fist King, who still seemed to

their original appearances. Living jiangshis are jiangshis as well, so the process should be

face scowled a bit after

burden on our Purifier-nim’s body

Durst looked at him with

why

not that big

is only enough to

but that may

it was living

a significant portion of the Fire of Destruction is

would lead to a greater physical burden on his

of the Heart is pretty much

be many issues as his regeneration

“Ho-”

Fist King

sure that is

times and patted his knee with one

will

Hyeon closed his

at maximum that he might die. To be able to use only an

how great and mighty of a

something else in

for defending yourself and protecting

you would end up harming people and causing damage to

in martial arts is to return everything

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

is true

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