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

placed the

will be unable

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

Living jiangshis are stronger

Fist King nodded his head at

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,

family would be

the Blood Cult has living jiangshis would mean that there would be quite a lot more regular jiangshis. Jiangshis

443 sacrifices for creating the

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

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

need to send out a large number of Embroidered Uniform

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

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 doing right

Fist King stood

to immediately go tell Ho Song Yi about this so that we can get the help

help us? As for the Unorthodox faction and the Demon

is coming from the Imperial

“But still, those bastards-”

“There is a way!”

King was starting to raise

standing there looking confused. The Fist King pointed at

We can use that!” He should be able to quickly find

a bit

possible going against those Unrestrained Realm experts! We also need to

if the Blood Cult found

Clap!

a light clap and the two

Cale

don’t we all

He was smiling.

the two of you said, these living jiangshis are a

was soft and

slowly put the dumpling in his

The two old men responded in a

would say so. We cannot fathom what they might

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

smile became

we take things one step at a

He pointed toward Durst.

Do noticed is truly the scent of a

"Ah, that is true!”

made a mistake due

confirm whether Noble Warrior Do

And then we can just

“...Hmm?”

bit before blankly asking

“...Purify?”

sir. Purification.

responded. Chief Eunuch Wi

eyes subconsciously opened wide and his jaws dropped after hearing what

has the power to purify living jiangshis. The god I serve has

Nod nod.

quietly nodded his head. He had a

“Something is weird.”

Toonka mumbled.

“You...are quite sharp?”

Sui Khan's shocked voice, but... Sui Khan

on his face as he offered seats to Chief

Eunuch Wi and the Fist King were now

in

Chhh.

teacups were

lot of them, but I do

“Ho-”

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

possible when a person gets

"Excuse me?”

back but the Fist King

“No. It’s nothing.”

then 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 us at

Aura of nature.

Chief Eunuch Wi gulped.

master Kim truly

His fingertips were shaking.

Purifier-nim purifies the jiangshis with

“...Is that all?”

the Fist King, who still

or anybody getting hurt! The jiangshis return to their original appearances. Living

a bit

is a burden on

looked

why he

not that big of

only enough to get

that may not

purify this time because it was living jiangshis compared to the regular jiangshis

a significant portion of the Fire

to a greater physical burden on his

the Heart is pretty much at

be many issues as his regeneration and healing

“Ho-”

Fist King gasped

I'm sure that is

a few times and patted

course it will burden

closed his eyes and

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

how great and mighty of

he thought of something else

is for defending yourself and protecting

you would end up harming people and causing damage to your surroundings in

training in martial arts is to return everything

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

is

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