Entomologist in Sichuan Tang Clan Chapter 240

240
“Is there anything wrong?”

At my cautious question, my grandfather’s hand, which had finished observing my body, fell from his danjeon.

Then the grandfather nodded quietly.

My grandfather explained the results with a smiling face.

“It seems that Hwa-eun is not poisonous, so it doesn’t seem to affect the O-dok-gwi-won-shin-gong. Perhaps it’s because there is no poison… I’d ask Seol-sa-don for more accuracy, but it seems like it only connected to your mind through the Beast Heart Gong.

And of course, it is non-toxic and doesn’t even have one of the ten poisons, so there is no need to worry anymore.”

Only then did my grandfather’s words calm my mind.

“Phew… That’s a relief.”

“That guy too.”

That’s understandable. When I came to my senses and thought about it, it seemed like a very serious situation, but it wasn’t.

There was absolutely no problem with my body or mind.

The problem was with Mu-gong.

To be exact, it was the poison slot that formed the basis of the poison technique of the martial arts master.

As you know, my body is a fragile body that can only hold about ten types of poison, and the poison currently held is three types.

Cho, Hyang-i, and Bin-i combined for one slot, Hwayang-i for one slot, and lastly Cheongwol-i for one slot.

This is not something that was just accepted without any thought, but it is the first filling of three of the five poisons that form the basis of the Five Poisons: scorpion, toad, lizard, fox, and snake.

In order to master the Five Poisons and the Five Toxins, one must first accept the poison of the five poisons that make up the Five Poisons.

Then, there are seven left, but these cannot be filled at will. They must be filled in order up to five.

In order to complete the Odokguiwonsingong, the remaining snake and lizard venom had to be filled first.

But, the situation is that Hwa-eun took one of the slots with an unexpected kiss.

Since Hwaeun, who is not even a poison, was registered, I was in a state where I could no longer learn the O-Dok-Gwi-Won-Sing-Gong or the Ten-Dok-Ssang-Won-Gong.

Why did I grit my teeth and endure it even though I was addicted to Hwayang’s poison?

Isn’t it all to avoid damaging the O-Dok-Gwi-Won-Sing-Gong and the Ten-Dok-Ssang-Won-Gong that you’ll learn later?

But it was shattered.

My mere ten slots had their limits, so the moment Hwa-eun took one, the order of the five poisons would be broken, and the ten poisons would become impossible to achieve.

Collecting all the Central Plains teenage poisons was my life’s driving force and wish, but it was stopped.

The situation where the identity of this man, Xiaolong, who lives in this martial arts world, has been destroyed.

Capturing all the named poisons of the Central Plains Ten Poisons and filling my own poison potion with their poison was my identity and driving force, but that has now become impossible.

That is why, as soon as I realized that fact, I asked my grandfather to look into it.

It seems that this is because the order of the O-Dok-Gwi-Won-Sing-Gong is broken and it is a useless item that cannot achieve the Ten-Dok-Ssang-Won-Gong.

But my grandfather, who checked my body, said that Hwa-eun is not poisonous and is not taking up any slots, so how could I not feel relieved?

I was so lucky.

“And there are good things too.”

The voice of my grandfather is heard while I am still rejoicing at the fact that I can still collect all of the teenage poisons.

“Is that a good thing?”

When I asked with a tilt of my head, Grandfather Mandokshin nodded.

“I don’t know if it’s because of Hwa-eun, or because of the teenage poisons or spirits, but your ability to fill the ten poisons has ‘slightly’ increased.”

“Huh!? Your qualifications have improved?”

My eyes widened when I heard that my qualifications had improved.

Originally, ten poisons were not just ten poisons. Depending on the person’s personality, there were slight differences such as eleven poisons and nineteen poisons. However, in the Tang Dynasty, both nineteen poisons and eleven poisons were considered ten poisons.

Because there isn’t much difference in the martial arts that can be learned.

But I am a true poisoner among the poisonous ones.

It is said that the body can only accept exactly ten poisons, no more, no less, and that is what has been said.

I knew that adding poisons to the Odokshin Gong would slightly change the body and increase the side effects, but it’s just an increase in slots.

I don’t know if it was because of the anger or the poison, but he asked with wide eyes.

“So, how many poisons did you have?”

“Well? Excluding Hwa-eun, there would probably be about twelve poisons···.”

“Twelve Poisons!”

I was thrilled at the fact that my body was now able to accept the Twelve Poisons.

Wouldn’t the number ten be a perfect number?

Jesus’ disciples were twelve, and there were twelve months in a year, and that’s all, a day was just a series of twelve hours.

In this era, the time is the twelve zodiac signs, and aren’t there twelve constellations?

‘There are twelve gods in Olympus, you see.’

Now the insignificant body of the ten poisons was at peace.

I am a man of twelve poisons.

It was a tremendous growth.

‘Gyaaaaaaah!’

***

But if you gain something, you also lose something.

What I traded for the Twelve Poisons was freedom.

It was mental freedom.

As soon as I finished contemplating the body with Grandfather Mandokshin, the voice of my wife’s elected official rang in my mind.

‘So-ryong, did you have a good talk with Grandpa? Did he say everything was fine?’

‘···.’

I flinch at the sudden sound, and as soon as I answer late, I hear the urging again.

‘Little dragon? Little dragon, are you listening?’

‘Yes, yes, yes.’

When I answered in surprise, I felt slightly disappointed.

I don’t know if my feelings were conveyed to Hwa-eun, but like the other children registered in the Beast Heart, Hwa-eun felt a sense of resentment.

‘I’m sorry for the late reply. I thought you were asleep.’

‘Oh, no. I was talking to my grandfather…’

‘Oh, really? My mother is right next to me. I’m embroidering with my mother, and I’m so happy that I can talk to So-ryong like this without anyone knowing. Isn’t So-ryong the same?’

‘Yeah, of course.’

I thought my heart was being conveyed to Hwa-eun, but after a few seconds, I was convinced.

It was clear that my feelings were conveyed as well.

‘That’s strange. Why do I feel like the little dragon is hesitating to answer?’

I was embarrassed after answering Hwa-eun’s question awkwardly, so I had to immediately answer with a serious expression.

‘Sir, no way! I, absolutely not!’

‘Hmm… Is it because this is your first time conveying your feelings to someone? Anyway, are you saying that there’s nothing wrong with your body?’

‘Yes, he said there was nothing wrong.’

‘Phew… That’s a relief. I was worried that I might have affected Little Dragon’s martial arts skills.’

But then, I felt really worried.

I immediately answered with an apologetic heart.

‘No way. On the contrary, there is good news.’

‘Good news?’

‘Yes. This time, Hwa-eun said that with the connection to the Beast Heart, the number of poisons I can learn has increased by two.’

‘Oh my! Really!?’

‘yes.’

‘Congratulations! Little Dragon! This can’t be happening. I have to tell my sister quickly and tell my mother to congratulate me! I’ll talk to her again!’

‘No, not to that extent···.’

I had that thought a little bit when I saw Hwa-eun’s reaction, which was more joyful than anyone else’s.

The most important thing in love is understanding a woman’s heart, but I don’t think you need to worry about that.

Since it had come to this, I decided to just think positively.

They say that even slaves are slaves, so if she’s the only daughter of a family, she’s a decent slave.

***

After talking with Hwa-eun, I went to the darkest place in the house with Cho’s help.

Since the family was a religious family, they even ran a religious facility at home, so I went there.

That’s right, Brain Jade.

“I guess it’s over there. It’s a field.”

-Tsrrrr.

On the other hand, Danggasan Mountain was found by asking around while being surrounded by grass.

A hollow cave with warriors standing guard came into view.

The warriors who were standing guard well, as soon as they saw me, they started giving me a lottery ticket.

“Are you here, Little Dragon?”

“Thank you all for your hard work.”

“This way.”

As I entered the cave, my feet still sore and slightly floating in the air, lanterns lit here and there were illuminating the dark and gloomy interior.

Moving further in, several empty prison cells passed by on either side of me.

“Are you here, Little Dragon!?”

Two warriors who were sitting at the end of the aisle, checked on me and jumped up to hand me a lottery ticket.

“Yes, my grandfather said that my father-in-law told me to go.”

“This way.”

As I turned my gaze to the direction the warriors were pointing, I saw two women crouching inside a brain prison.

They were the leader and deputy leader of the Blood Corps who came to attack me and were captured.

I couldn’t see his face because he was crouching, but even though his clothes were a bit dirty, his body looked fine.

Because the two women weren’t tortured or anything like that.

It’s not that my family is humanitarian, but that the two of them were too cooperative.

The Blood Cult guys hate the Central Plains people so much and are very loyal to the Blood Cult, but the leader of the Blood Cult we caught this time was mentally unstable because of our children, so he was very cooperative with us and was not tortured.

Should I say, to be exact, that they were not cooperative but rather scared of the kids?

The story was that while I was out of my mind and Hwa-eun, the kids would take turns going to the brain prison, either bored or having fun. Whenever they saw the kids, they would start a fight and confess everything they knew.

He also confessed the location of the Blood Cult headquarters and the locations of all Blood Cult factions spread throughout the martial arts world.

It could be that the Blood Cult has become meaningless because it was absorbed into the Odokmun.

“Get up!”

A woman who had been crouching at the words of the warrior and then raised her head.

The two women raised their heads, checked my face wrapped in a blanket, and then fell flat on the floor in shock.

“Oh, you poisonous master!”

“solo?”

‘Master of Poison, what does that mean?’

As I tilted my head at the two people calling me by a title that sounded like a cult leader, a woman who seemed to have a high position explained.

“Tao, you are the lord of poison and spirits, so you are the lord of poison.”

The reason the craftsman had me come here was to further check if these two were hiding anything.

I’ve been interrogating them for the past ten days, but they’re afraid of children, so I took them there and scared them to see if they were hiding anything.

First, he said while patting Cho’s head.

“Is there anything else you are hiding from us?”

Then the woman raised her head, met Cho’s eyes, and trembled.

The two women said, bowing their heads.

“Oh, there isn’t. We have already told everyone in the Tang family what we know. The location of the headquarters of the religion. The hidden prison in the Central Plains. We have told everyone, including the members of the religion, without exception. We have no regrets about our lives since we will die anyway.”

“Yes, yes. That’s right. Poison.”

“Hmm···.”

‘Try to scare the little girl.’

-Tsrrrr!

“Heeeeek!”

“Father, please, let me die in peace! I have nothing more to say! I really have nothing to hide!”

I do it because my father-in-law told me to, but since I’ve never interrogated them in the first place, I don’t know if they’re telling the truth or not.

That thought occurred to me when I heard the woman’s words.

I’ve given up on everything because I thought I was going to die anyway, so should I just vomit out everything I know if you keep scaring me?

I heard you have a high hope in your head, but wouldn’t you tell important information when you have some hope rather than when you are in a hopeless situation?

‘Hwaeun?’

‘Your little dragon?’

‘Oh, that’s a surprise!’

‘Why are you so surprised, Little Dragon?’

No, you answered immediately as soon as I called.

He was startled for a moment, then came to his senses and asked Hwa-eun.

‘Are you with your father-in-law by any chance?’

‘Yes, Little Dragon. Why?’

‘Oh, that’s good. I came to the brain prison on the orders of my father-in-law. Could you please ask what happened to the Blood Cult women who were captured this time?’

‘Okay, just a moment.’

Let’s wait a moment and then hear the explanation.

‘So-ryong, Father hasn’t made a decision yet, but he said that we’ll handle it. Anyway, we’ve already found out all the information and sent it to the Murim Alliance, and the one who caught it was So-ryong.’

According to Hwa-eun, the treatment of women was decided by our family.

‘Then, would you please come over here with just two unemployed flower beds?’

‘An unemployed flower bed?’

‘Yes, I am currently interrogating the two women as instructed by the craftsman, but I don’t think those who have given up on life will tell what they have hidden.’

‘Hmm… I guess that might work, but I know what you mean. Just wait.’

Hwa-eun arrived a little later.

“Little Dragon, come here.”

“Thank you.”

He waved the flower arrangement he had received from Hwa-eun and asked the two of them.

“If you happen to remember something, and it’s valuable information, I can help you survive, even if you can’t use your martial arts for the rest of your life. What do you think? This is the jobless flower arrangement that the two of you have been hoping for.

“The information about the Blood Cult is good, and the words leaked by the Odokmun guys are also good···.”

As soon as I finished speaking, the two of them opened their eyes wide and the leader of the two who had been rolling his head like crazy shouted urgently.

“Snake King! Father, I clearly heard one of the Odokmun guys say something like that in passing!”

“The Four Kings? Could it be the Golden Crowned Snake King?”

A name that seemed to have something to it came out of Hwa-eun’s mouth.