Entomologist in Sichuan Tang Clan Chapter 325

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〈Would you like to take a spin?〉

As I prayed in my head, a raccoon that had been climbing onto my finger circled around on my hand.

The guy climbed back onto my palm and wiggled his tentacles as if asking if it was okay.

I put the guy who had been patting my head down on the floor, smiled, and repeated my message in my head.

〈You can all go back. Thank you for coming.〉

Then the martens that had been swarming around us began to scatter in all directions.

The guys scattered and quickly hid in the cracks in the walls or in the houses where they were originally located.

“Ugh. It smells like Wukong.”

The distinctive scent of a fox as the children disperse.

Our children are spirits and don’t come out, but when the foxes gathered and disappeared, the area was filled with the distinctive scent of foxes.

My sister Seol was sensitive to the smell of the fox, but to me it felt like perfume.

Because it contained pheromones that indicated happiness.

‘You can now read pheromones!?’

The realm of the five poisons of the Five Poisons Returning to the Origin Spiritual Art.

It wasn’t just about being able to figure out where the guys were, be loved by them, or communicate in their heads.

I can communicate with my head, but the ability that I find most special is the ability to understand guys’ pheromones.

The sense of smell was now able to read the pheromones of the foxes.

The stems tremble with fear at that fact.

My heart pounded and my face flushed with the rapid blood flow.

Because it was a technique truly befitting the world’s most poisonous poppy.

As the father of all poisons in the world, isn’t it basic to be able to communicate with poisons and read their thoughts?

It’s just Wukong, though.

‘Wow. That’s crazy. You can read guys’ emotions from their pheromones.’

As I was admiring the abilities I had gained, I heard Lady Cheongyu ask me a question.

It was a question that brought a huge smile to my face.

『-shiiia? (So-ryong, do you like it?)

‘I’m going to listen!’

I like it.

I could see why the Qing Yuso had not responded to my persistent requests to know what would happen if the Qing Yuso were to be poisoned.

If I had known about this amazing ability in advance, it would have been less fun.

It might have been fun to wait, but it certainly wouldn’t have been a tsunami of emotion.

‘If I had known in advance, it would have been a flat carbonated drink.’

Her explanation continued when she thought that So-Jeo Cheong-Yu was a more sensible and decent person than she thought, or rather, a poisonous one.

『-Sia. (I still like it a lot. The five poisons of the Five Poisons of the Five Poisons of the Five Poisons of the Five Poisons are not the end, but the beginning.)

‘Is this the beginning?’

-Shi (Now we have to open five doors. They are called O-mun (五門))

‘Mistake?’

-Sia. (Yes. Soryong has now chosen Wukong and opened a new gate.)

‘Then, no way!?’

-Shishii. (Yes, when you reach the realm, you can open the doors to other poisons.)

‘Gyaaaah!’

I could see why she mentioned next time a little while ago.

My grandfather and I thought that if we reached Odok with Odok Gwiwon Shingong, that would be the end of this martial art, but according to Lady Cheongyu, this is not the end, but the beginning.

It was said that if you register all the poisons in the Odokguiwonsingong, one gate will open, but you must open all five gates to achieve great success.

This means that if you fall into one of the five poisons categories, you will also be able to communicate with those children.

A state where one can have perfect communion with the five poisons.

That seemed to be the exact same mistake as the Odokguiwonsingong.

‘This is crazy.’

After a while, when my trembling heart calmed down again, Lady Cheongyu explained in detail the abilities she had gained while reaching the Odokji Realm.

『-Sia. Sia. Being able to give orders to children in your head, being able to understand what they say, and being loved by children. That is the power that comes from gathering the five poisons of the Odokguiwonshinkong.

It is impossible with ordinary poisons, and only possible with spirits.

First of all, everything I had guessed was correct.

What followed was a bit unexpected, though.

『-Sia. (So, Cho, Hyang, and Bin’s hearts will deepen.)

‘It’s getting deeper?’

-Sisi. (Yes, even the unrelated Wukongs all love and follow Xiaolong like a friend, and the children who already have a relationship with her will have their feelings deepened even more, right?)

‘aha···.'”

Wouldn’t it be nice if fathers and daughters got along well?

As he nodded, he heard Hwa-eun ask a question, having been quietly listening to Lady Cheong-yu’s explanation.

『’But I don’t understand it a little. It’s an ability that I can’t think of as a martial art created from the Odokmun. It’s a bit strange that they’re loved and not like they’re turning children into puppets.’』

‘Oh, come to think of it, that’s true?’

Thinking about Hwa-eun’s question, it was clearly an incomprehensible martial art that Odokmun, who specialized in turning poisons into puppets or grinding them into medicine, could create.

Your specialty is using poison in an inhumane manner, so it felt different to be loved by poison.

As I nodded, Lady Cheongyu nodded and explained.

『-Shi. Shiia. (Yes, Hwa-eun is right. Isn’t it strange? That’s because the martial arts of Odok-Gwi-Won-Shingong failed.)

‘A failed martial arts feat?’

‘failure?'”

Hwa-eun tilted her head at the word failure.

I also wondered how I could attach the word failure to such a perfect martial arts skill, but when I thought about it from the perspective of a reader, I could understand why the word failure was included.

Judging from the nature of the poison, it seems like he wanted complete control of poison or something like that.

Based on what they’ve shown so far, it was obvious that they were expecting something like them completely controlling the poisonous creatures.

As expected, Lady Cheongyu’s explanation continued, saying that my guess was correct.

『-Shishii. (Originally, the Odokguiwonsingong was a martial art created to perfectly control poisonous creatures. It was created to make poisonous creatures absolutely obey, but if the poisonous creatures feel like friends, wouldn’t that be a failure?)

‘Is that so?’

‘Ah, so that’s why it failed.’

-Sia. (Yes, it seems that the original Beast Heart Art was created for communication with beasts, so it seems that it was not able to escape from that.)

Certainly, the Beast Palace’s Beast Heart skill is a martial art that makes animals your friends.

That could be said to be the core function of the Beast’s Heart, but it was said that it was not possible to escape from it because it was based on that.

That’s like the bean paste of the beast’s heart, so if you take that out, would you be able to obtain martial arts?

As I nodded, I heard Lady Cheongyu’s words that made me happy.

『-shii. (Ah, and now that you’ve reached the state of Odokji, the functions of Ogong Dokajo (蜈蚣毒牙爪), Doksa Tammyeongsu (毒蛇貪命手), Heolmi Keuksok Toe (蠍尾快速腿), Seokcheok Byeok Hosinbo (蜥蜴壁虎身步), and Shaanxi Bokryeoljang (蟾蜍爆裂掌) should all be activated. Check it out starting tomorrow morning.

(Now that your internal energy has increased, you will be able to contain Hwayang’s poison in the Seomseo Explosion Field.)

‘Oh!’

‘Oh, that’s right. You haven’t checked out Little Dragon’s martial arts until now?’

After the Samdokjigyeong, various things happened one after another, so I neglected my martial arts skills.

First of all, when he used the Insect Poison Claws (蜈蚣毒牙爪) that he had already mastered as his grandfather had expected, it seemed that in addition to the ability to spray poison from his fingernails, he was also able to contain the poison of Hwa Yang Yi in his Insect Explosion Palm (蟾蜍爆裂掌).

‘Is it Manaburn after all?’

A strong wind that burns the opponent’s internal energy!

I was also very excited to see what other abilities he would gain.

***

It’s already dawn outside.

Even though the story about martial arts was over, I couldn’t sleep because of Young Lady Cheongyu who had come out after two weeks, so we talked until dawn.

-Jack jack jack.

I could hear the chirping of mountain birds in the dimly lit surroundings.

『-Shia. (Thank you for staying with me until dawn. Everyone. I guess it’s time to go back. Then, I’ll see you in two weeks.)

‘Good night, Miss Cheongyu.’

‘good night.'”

After sending off Cheongyu Sojeo, I lay down to sleep with the children in the barn for the first time in a long time, when I heard my sister Seol’s voice outside.

“Did Soryong take a bath for you?”

“What is a worldly desire?”

I sniffed my body and it definitely smelled a little bit.

That’s understandable, since he had been sitting cross-legged wearing the same clothes for over ten days.

“Oh, by the way.”

“My sister boiled some hot water and prepared a bath for you. Take a bath and then go to sleep.”

“Really? Thank you, Sister Seol.”

I was so excited by my sister Seol’s words that she had prepared a bath, and a hot bath at that, that I decided to run over quickly.

Because it was difficult to do without a hot water bath.

“I washed my clothes here too.”

“As expected, Sister Seol. Kids, Dad is going to go wash up. You go to sleep first.”

-Tsrrrr.

-Keep going!

-Beep.

Sister Seol, who even gives me clean clothes.

After telling the children to go to sleep first, he ran straight to the well.

When I arrived at the well, holding the clothes my sister Seol had given me, there was a large water jug ​​prepared in the space surrounded by bamboo screens.

The sight of hot steam rising.

I put the clothes my older sister had given me on the bamboo mat and put my hands in the hot water.

“Okay. Good.”

A warm feeling that fits comfortably in your hand.

I quickly took off my clothes, soaked my body in the water for a while, and scrubbed my body thoroughly with the cloth I had prepared.

After finishing my bath, it was time to head back to the barn.

As I passed by Hwa-eun’s residence where I had practiced the Odokji-gyeong, I heard the sound of the door opening.

-Squeak.

When I turned my head, Hwa-eun was sticking her face halfway through the slightly open crack of the door.

“Little dragon.”

“Oh, Hwa-eun, you still can’t sleep?”

He said he was going to go to bed right after saying hello to Lady Cheongyu, but it seemed like he hadn’t fallen asleep yet.

You must be quite tired since you were chased by those Odokmun guys yesterday.

“Yes, I’m a little sleepy. So… So-ryong, do you want to come in for a bit and then go?”

“You came in and then left?”

“Yes···. That, that is.”

I wondered what he meant when he suddenly told me to come in for a moment.

As he spoke, looking down at his feet and not making eye contact, for a moment I thought I had been a little indifferent.

‘Oh! Really? How scared must you have been alone?’

How scared must you have been yesterday, being chased by those Odogmun guys?

When I lay down to sleep, I couldn’t sleep because of that thought.

Because I’ve had experiences that were on the verge of life and death.

So what that means is, come in and stay with me until I fall asleep.

I thought I was a little careless, so I quickly approached Hwa-eun’s residence and said.

“You don’t have to say that. I was a bit indifferent, wasn’t I? Go in.”

“Oh, thank you, Soryong.”

“Thank you.”

Hwa-eun is a person of no means, so wouldn’t it be embarrassing if she said directly that she couldn’t sleep because she was scared?

I thought that I should hold her hand and sing her a lullaby until she fell asleep next to me.

As I entered the room, a fragrant smell wafted in.

I don’t think I’ve ever smelled this way when I’ve used it for training, so I thought it was strange and followed Hwa-eun to the bed.

As they sat down on the bed next to each other, Hwa-eun tried to say something.

“So I···.”

I smiled and said, thinking that maybe she was scared and wanted to say something like, “Please hold my hand.”

“It’s okay, lie down. Hwa-eun.”

“Lie down? Oh, yeah, that’s right. Oh, I understand.”

Hwa-eun, whose face turned red from embarrassment, went inside the bed and lay down looking at me obliquely.

Now that I think about it, it was before bedtime so my clothes were a bit light, but when Hwa-eun lay down at an angle, I noticed her slightly exposed shoulders and her skirt that went up to her calves.

Maybe it’s because I originally specialized in finding chitin in insects and scales in snakes, but flesh color really caught my eye.

‘wow.’

The word “Oura” almost came out loud.

Hwa-eun was already beautiful, but this light outfit and posture that I had never seen before made my heart race like when I discovered a new species.

But I decided not to think about useless things, and decided to lift the blanket that was crumpled in front of her and cover it up to Hwa-eun’s neck.

Hwa-eun couldn’t sleep because she was scared, but now wasn’t the time to be thinking about such things.

As I reached out and grabbed the blanket on the floor and approached Hwa-eun, she slowly closed her eyes.

“You should keep warm and sleep well.”

He covered Hwa-eun’s exposed legs and neck very carefully with the blanket.

And since it was a mountain and a bit chilly here, I was praising Weisorong in my heart for doing a good job.

I noticed Hwa-eun’s eyebrows twitching.

He was so tired that he probably had twitching sensations in his eyes.

Hwa-eun’s cold question is heard at that moment.

“Little Dragon, do you know why I called you?”

He answered with a bewildered expression, feeling that the atmosphere had somehow changed.

“Hey, I was attacked by the Odokmun today. I’m scared and can’t sleep, so please stay by my side until I fall asleep.”

Then, Hwa-eun, who had quickly gotten out of bed, laid me down on the bed with an angry expression on her face.

Hwa-eun looked down at me and said, holding my shoulders.

“The little dragon drives people crazy. Why did you call me? I can’t do this anymore. I’ll give you Lily’s answer today. Since I’m being chased by the Odukmun guys today, it would be better to postpone it.”

Hwa-eun kisses Baek-heop out of the blue, saying she will give him the answer.

When the scent of Hwaeun filled my nostrils, I could tell what scent it was even if it wasn’t the pheromone of a fox.

Exciting scent!

‘Gyaaaah! Is today the day this Weisorong becomes a man!?’

I thought that women are older and that I have older tastes, and if this is my fate, I should happily accept it.

That’s why, in response to Hwa-eun’s actions, I put my hand on Hwa-eun’s waist.

-Squeak.

Suddenly the sound of the door opening was heard, followed by the voices of children.

-Tsururut. “What are you doing here, Dad?”

-Tsurut. “You said you were going to wash up, but why are you here?”

Hwa-eun, who was startled, flinched and retreated to the seat next to me.

Let’s quickly look at the children who are approaching, wiping their lips. They are Hyang-i and Bin-i.

He made excuses to the two children.

“Oh, oh, oh, Mom had a big problem today, right? She said she couldn’t sleep alone because she was scared, so I held her hand until Dad fell asleep.”

-Tsurut. “You’re scared?”

-Tsururur? “Are you scared of Mom?”

Word that Hwa-eun was scared spread to the other children through Bin-i, and soon all the other children gathered in the room.

The children sat around me and Hwa-eun as they lay on the bed.

The hawk looked at us and said.

-Tsrrrr. “Mom, if we all do this together, it won’t be scary, right?”

At those words, Hwa-eun pinched my side.

It didn’t seem like it would be easy to become a man.