Entomologist in Sichuan Tang Clan Chapter 238

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“Ouch, oh, oh, oh.”

I’m happy to be in Hwa-eun’s arms, so I tried to make a joke again.

Hwa-eun asked me with a worried voice, stroking my forehead from behind.

“Little Dragon, are you sick? Should I apply more of the gold medicine? Or should I use more of the paralytic? If you get a big wound, your body may get a fever. Don’t you have a fever?”

And the children scared the head of the chief of the Blood Cult, who was caught in my joke, by tapping it with their tentacles and forelegs.

-Tsrrrr!

-Kissit!

Hyang-i is wrapped around the two like a rope, with her mouth wide open as if she’s about to bite them both.

The fairy was resting its pointed forelegs on the woman’s head.

A drop of blood flowing from the forehead of a woman named Bu-dae-ju.

“Heeeeek!”

The kids took turns scaring the two guys for no reason, as if they were upset that they had hurt me.

“Kids, you shouldn’t ask when you’re angry? Well, there’s nothing you can do about it, but… We have to keep them alive until your father-in-law, that is, your grandfather, comes.”

‘Don’t ask, just scare me.’

I told them not to kill or bite, so they won’t bite me, but just in case, I giggled inwardly and warned the kids again. They responded with a smile.

‘-Tsurut! Got it. Dad!’

‘-Tsk tsk. Got it. Dad! Until I pee?’

-Tsurut!

-Tsururut!

The two women were startled by the children’s angry cries.

“Eek! Please, save me. Spirits.”

“Okay, I was wrong!”

These two women are said to be the leader and vice-leader of the Blood Flower Corps of the Blood Cult, and they were so shocked by the sight of their subordinates being swept away in an instant by the poison that they remained in that state after coming to their senses in the midst of their own subordinates who had turned to blood.

I was really scared.

It is said that the Blood Cult had a strong military force, but it was swept away without even being able to catch a single low-ranking Golden Mobongwang, so the shock must have been considerable.

The poisonous creatures rushed at them from the sky and the ground, so they must have been scared, but they really couldn’t put up a proper fight and were easily taken down.

It was so futile that my sister was shocked.

“Are these guys really blood relatives?”

Grandfather Mandokshin’s response to that question was similar to my thoughts.

“The martial arts of the Blood Sect may be of some use against humans or animals, but they don’t seem to be of much use against Chung. They are encased in a hard shell, making it impossible to injure them, and their red blood doesn’t flow.”

That’s what martial arts are, they were created based on the assumption that people would fight each other, so things like vital points and blood vessels apply to everyone.

The points of attack that martial arts teaches also apply to humans.

But there’s a seven-meter-tall fox in front?

A spider over a meter tall?

A five-meter-long scorpion?

How can we deal with this?

Even if you extend your fist, it will cut through the air, and when you kick, you can’t tell where to kick.

Furthermore, the martial arts of the Blood Cult are lethal to those with red blood, but our children are of the arthropod or insect family.

Since it has a hard shell as its base, it is difficult to wound it with the Blood Cult’s martial arts, and even if it were to be wounded, red blood would not flow out, so it was not very fatal to the Blood Cult’s children.

And that’s not all? A reflex speed far superior to that of a human who has mastered martial arts, a tough shell, and even poison.

It was all just swept away after a while.

After checking the two guys’ appearance with tears in their eyes, he turned his head and answered Hwa-eun in an affectionate voice.

“It stung a little for a moment, but I’m fine now.”

“Can I stop using Mabisan? Why do I always get hurt like this… It’s so frustrating.”

Lately, I’ve been having a hard time trying to keep my distance, but it’s clear that it’s because the distance is ambiguous.

It was perfect because it was just stuck together like this without being ambiguous.

‘The problem with anything is that it’s ambiguous. Ah, I just don’t want to fall.’

A nice scent and a hug from behind that makes you feel like you’ll never leave again.

Although the sudden attack left him with a fatal wound to the sole of his foot, it was worth it.

Because Hwa-eun is hugging me from behind.

For the time being, training has been put on hold.

The gains were considerably greater than the pain.

‘Ugh… I want to have a coming of age ceremony soon.’

They say there were child grooms during the Joseon Dynasty, but what’s so important about coming-of-age ceremonies? I’m already an adult.

While I was thinking about that and occasionally joking, I heard a commotion coming from the entrance of the martial arts studio, and then the master and the martial artists from Sacheon came running in.

“Sa···. Above?”

And then he checked on me and Hwa-eun, who he was holding, and froze in place.

As times change, I feel a sense of hesitation at our close contact.

I fell backwards as Hwa-eun, startled, jumped backwards.

“Ugh···.”

“Oh my.”

“So, So-ryong, are you okay?”

As I was sitting on the stone steps, I rested my head on the edge of the stone steps and tears welled up in my eyes. While I was rubbing my head, Hwa-eun rubbed my head and made excuses to my father-in-law and the martial artists of Sacheon.

“So, So-ryong was injured, so I was taking care of him.”

The martial artists turned their heads away, pretending not to see.

Hwa-eun’s face turned red at that action.

It seemed like the better course of action would be to just stay still, but anyway, as if trying to draw the attention of those martial artists, the craftsman quickly approached me and touched my leg while asking.

“Oh, I see. By the way, is your son-in-law okay? Where are you hurt so badly!? Where did you hurt yourself that your leg looks like this?”

My feet were covered in the ointment that Seol and Hwa had applied, almost like rice cake dough, and were even bandaged, so it seemed like it was hard to tell exactly where I was injured.

He stuck out his foot with a slightly exaggerated expression in response to the craftsman’s question.

“The sole of my foot got pierced by the rain, but the rest of my body is fine. Ugh.”

“What! The sole of my foot got pierced by the rain!?”

The craftsman is shocked to hear that the sole of his foot was pierced.

Behind him, the martial artists also made impressions.

“Did you get treatment!?”

“Yes, as you can see.”

The craftsman looked at the scent of the golden elixir and the bandages on my feet.

The craftsman paused for a moment and looked at Hwa-eun.

“Hwa-eun? Take less later. Too much medicine can be bad for you.”

“Yes. Oh, father.”

And then he asked again what had happened.

“Yes, what on earth is going on? I received a report that you were attacked by two hundred Blood Cultists, so I came running in surprise, but how did you manage to repel them? And how did they attack you, not the Dang family?”

The martial artists of Sacheon nod their heads to the craftsman’s question.

He looked at them and made a suggestion to the craftsman.

“There are guests here, so should I go inside and explain? It’s a long story, and I can’t have the guests standing.”

“Oh, right. Okay, let’s go in.”

First, he ordered Xiang Yi to bring in the two prisoners, and then he invited all the guests into the guest house.

And then, supported by Hwa-eun, I went inside the house and explained to the two women what I had found out.

“First of all, these two are said to be the leader and vice-leader of the Blood Flower Corps, the military force of the Blood Cult.”

“Bloodline!”

“If they’re the Blood Flower Clan, aren’t they the evil women who were notorious during the Blood Cult Rebellion thirty years ago?”

“They are known as very evil women who are active in the martial arts world, luring people into drinking their blood and increasing their skills!”

The martial artists of Sacheon opened their eyes wide in surprise at the name of the Blood Flower Alliance.

Somehow it seemed like everyone’s faces were half and half.

I never knew there was such a secret hidden there.

“They were such vicious women, but you don’t have to worry anymore. The Blood Corps is gone now.”

“It was there and then it disappeared?”

“What is that?”

It was a popular catchphrase from a previous life that had been around for a while and then disappeared, but since it was new to this martial arts world, people blinked and didn’t understand.

He continued with a smile.

“Listening to their story, the two hundred or so people who attacked me today are all of the Blood Corps. With the exception of two, all of them are dead, so the Blood Corps of the Blood Cult is no longer around.”

“Are you saying that I was wiped out!?”

“Oh. So it was there and then disappeared? This just feels like it’s a word that sticks in my mouth.”

“It was there, but it’s gone? How funny.”

After all, a trend is something that is common in the past and present, and it is people who immediately follow it.

The craftsman’s question continued among the people’s voices.

“Yes, how about the repulsion? Were there any casualties in the party? Did your father come out himself? But why was the scene he saw on his way here so gruesome? Was your father very angry?”

He must have seen the tragic scene on the road today, but he must have taken a quick look and thought that the Mandok Shingun grandfather had come out, so he shook his head and said.

“No, Master. There used to be a bloodline, but it was my children who made it disappear.”

“If they’re children, then they’re spirits!?”

“Yes, when they realized I was in danger, they all came running out···.”

“I see. It was kids… Good job, kids.”

-Tsrrrr.

-Kissit.

The craftsman came up to me and patted the children on the head while praising them.

The craftsman asked while stroking the incense.

“So, did you find out how these guys attacked you?”

“Oh, they said they kidnapped me to get the unemployed group.”

“Unemployed flower group?”

When the word “Mugyo-yonghwadan” was mentioned, questions were raised by the martial artists of Sacheon.

“Amitabha. If it’s the medicine that melts away the innocent, isn’t it? How could the Blood Sect be after that?”

It was a question from the head of the Amipa faction. It seemed that he was curious as to why these guys were trying to obtain the Mugoyonghwadan, which was not even the poison of the Tang family.

“Ah, that is···.”

I was just about to tell you the reason.

“It’s because of this.”

As Grandfather and Sister Seol were entering the family home, something like a large pot caught his eye.

“It’s been a long time, Mandokshin-gun.”

“It is an honor that Your Majesty has come to visit us at Dan-ga.”

-Dalgrak.

While the two were greeting each other, Seol’s sister put down the pot she had brought to the center of the round table.

Jahee asked, tilting her head in confusion.

“What is that?”

In response to her question, Seol-nu opened the lid of the bowl.

Then, what popped out from inside was a black larva.

Black larvae, still with blood still present here and there on their bodies, were writhing among themselves in the bowl.

“What, what is this!?”

“It’s Go.”

“As expected! Where did this ugly thing come from?”

“There was one in each of their heads.”

The gaze turned to the two blood relatives who had been caught by the grandfather’s words.

“Are you saying they were carrying a gun?”

“Yes, every single one of them.”

“How can they choose?”

Everyone was surprised at the fact that the Blood Cult guys were harboring a grudge and were waiting for Grandfather’s answer.

My grandfather answered with a very serious face.

“Perhaps, the blood sect existed and then disappeared.”

The sight of our grandfather using the joke that the Sacheon martial artists had told us about before they arrived, that it was there but then disappeared.

The story of my grandfather, who wanted to become an MZ martial artist, continued.

“It seems that Odokmun has absorbed the Blood Cult.”

The Odokmun and Hyulgyo, known as the Allies.

However, when it was revealed that the Blood Cult, which had obvious weaknesses, had been absorbed and merged into the Odokmun, the inside of the cult began to become turbulent.

“The Blood Cult is in the Odokmun!?”

“If it’s a misreading, then definitely···.”

It seemed that the confrontation between the Blood Cult and the Central Plains martial arts world had now turned into a confrontation between the Odukmun and the Central Plains martial arts world.

***

The meeting that was held in Sacheon Seongdo moved to Sacheon Dangga and continued, and Hwaeun and I moved to Hwaeun’s residence while the guests and elders of the family continued the meeting.

I must have been surprised and was considerate enough to tell him to rest because he was sick, so I had to go back to my quarters, but as you know, my quarters were just rags.

It was because Hwa-eun gave up her bed so that she could sleep with her older sister.

He said that he could never sleep on a rag when he was sick.

“Dad needs to get some rest today, so you shouldn’t bother him?”

-Tsurut!

-Kissit!

-Kkuku!

The guys who licked each other’s balls once after being told not to bother each other and then went outside.

Since Hwa-eun’s place had a lot of furniture, they couldn’t sleep there, so the children all headed to my place.

It’s quiet and deserted as there’s no one around for once.

Hwa-eun said in a displeased voice, putting some ointment on her feet as the craftsman had said.

“I was so upset when I saw Soryong get hurt earlier.”

“I’m sorry. I keep getting hurt.”

“No. All the kids heard the dragon’s scream, but I was the only one who didn’t, which was really disappointing.”

I thought it was because I was hurt, but the kids heard my desperate cries, and I felt upset that I was the only one who couldn’t hear them.

At Hwa-eun’s words, I unconsciously grabbed her wrist and Hwa-eun tilted her head slightly to the side.

As if he were embarrassed.

Let’s look around. For once, there are no children.

Although I’ve practiced artificial respiration a lot, I’ve still never had a proper kiss.

When he gently pulled Hwa-eun closer, Hwa-eun pretended not to be able to resist and came into his arms.

I wondered why Ji-ryong kissed me until I got mercury poisoning, but once I did it, it was a kiss I couldn’t stop thinking about.

So that’s why people do this until they become addicted, he thought, pulling Hwa-eun into his arms.

-Tch.

It was the moment when her lips and mine met.

Before I knew it, I remembered what Hwa-eun had said earlier.

‘No. All the kids heard the dragon’s scream, but I was so upset that I couldn’t hear it.’

What he meant was that he was upset because he couldn’t hear the sound of his heart.

Thoughts follow one another and reach the depths of a wild beast.

Something like this popped into my head without me knowing.

Originally, the Beast Heart Technique was a martial art created to share one’s heart with beasts.

Beasts are a general term for wild animals, wild beasts, and birds, and if we go by the classification of previous lives, it includes mammals. If that’s the case, then humans are also mammals, so this… I wonder if this applies to humans too? That’s the thought that came to my mind without me knowing it.

And at that thought, the beast’s heart suddenly reacted and the sight before his eyes turned white.

‘uh!?’