Entomologist in Sichuan Tang Clan Chapter 274

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“Whoaaah···. No···.”

Sister Seol began to shed large tears at the unbelievable reality.

“Oh, sis.”

Then, Hwa-eun looks flustered and doesn’t know what to do.

Hwa-eun had an expression on her face that said she never expected her grown-up sister Seol to cry over something like that.

But it was difficult to see the expression on his face as if it was something like that.

Hwa-eun is good in everything, but the problem is that she lacks the same emotions as Seol-niu and I.

‘You’re so affectionate to your children, but Hwa-eun really lacks empathy in times like these?’

The reason why Sister Seol burst into tears.

That was because I had no choice but to leave behind the biggest of the spirits I had given to him and the one my sister said was the cutest.

It would have been strange if I hadn’t shed any tears.

I too would have burst into tears like that if I had to leave behind one of my children.

‘It’s a hurtful thing, of course.’

Seol’s sister screamed as she hung on the neck of a mountain goat that was slightly larger than a horse.

“Heeeek. Even the cutest one gave up, so why you too!”

The guys I met when I came back from my dream of being a student at Cheongyu.

The subordinates of the guy that the gentleman Jiyoung brought, Hwang, gave my older sister more joy than me.

I’m not interested in anything other than reptiles, insects, and amphibians, so I gave them all to my sister, who was very happy.

“Ryo, Yong-ah, that···. Um···. Can I have just one? I feel sorry since it hasn’t been that long since I received one, two, and three···.

“Yes, Sister Seol.”

“What kind of child am I? Can I, can I choose? Oh, is that a bit embarrassing?”

“No? Do you need to choose anything? Just take them all.”

“What!? All of them? All of these kids? Are you really giving me everything?”

“Yes, well… I have plenty of other children, and they seem more suited to the Beast Palace than me.”

“Oh, thank you! Ryong-ah! I will really do well for the rest of my life! I will really do well! I will not even hold a wedding and will do well by your side for the rest of my life!”

“No, you should get married···.”

There were four animals in total: a mountain goat as big as a horse, a white clouded leopard, a colorful pheasant, and a red bat. They were all suitable for the Beast Palace, so I gave them to my older sister.

Well, I guess I’m just a bunch of other kids and one furry mammal would suffice.

Some say that birds are evolved dinosaurs, and I was interested in the pheasant because it was a fancy looking bird, but since it wasn’t poisonous, it wasn’t my taste, so I just passed on it.

That’s why Sister Seol, who had been looking like she could fly these days, realized that there was a big problem when she was about to leave.

First things first, bats.

I didn’t know, but this guy had a family.

Perhaps because they were lower-class, they lived in groups with other tropical bats.

At night, there were a lot of bats around, so I wondered what was going on, and it turned out to be a family of bats.

The problem is, even if you want to take the guy’s family with you, the guy’s family is tropical bats.

Moreover, since they were just ordinary bats, it was unclear whether they would be able to survive the long ship journey.

Where to live later is also a problem.

But it was not possible to take the boy alone and leave his family behind.

It is said that in the Beast Palace, it is taboo to bring in beasts that are separated from their parents and offspring, or from their family.

“Oh, I guess there’s nothing I can do. I can’t tear my family apart, you know. But there are three of them left, so it’s okay.”

Eventually, Seol decided to leave the guy behind, but the biggest problem was the second guy.

It’s a big mountain goat, like a horse.

The bat didn’t have any great abilities, but it was big enough for my older sister to ride, and it was strong and had great abilities, such as being able to jump up mountain cliffs.

He made his older sister happy by carrying her and jumping between cliffs, and what’s more, he was not picky about people like our children, so everyone liked him.

Because my sister Seol let me test drive them all at least once.

But the problem is the guy’s personality.

I don’t know why, I can only guess that it’s one of the characteristics of a spirit, but the tree couldn’t support it.

No, should I say that it has the ability to destroy trees?

The tree was shattered the moment its hooves touched it.

At first, this phenomenon was discovered in pirate buildings that were left unfinished, and at the time, it was thought to be because the buildings were old.

There was a roof, but the walls were not built properly, so water was seeping in, and it was thought that the wood had rotted.

But the moment he set foot on the harbor, the harbor’s planks shattered.

In the shape of a hoof.

I tried stepping on a tree just in case, and it was as expected.

If only I had known before boarding the ship, the ship would have been destroyed.

I tried making shoes out of fairy thread and wearing them, but it was no use.

“No! Why you too!”

If there was a ship made of iron like in my previous life, I don’t know, but in this day and age, there was no such ship, and for that reason I couldn’t take him with me.

I thought about laying him down and burning him, but since he wasn’t the type of guy who could stay still for days on end like Cheongwol, that wasn’t possible either.

He approached Seol Nui and quietly placed a hand on her shoulder.

Seol-niu looks back at me with a sad look on her face as a hand touches her shoulder.

“Dragon, I’m so sad. Sob.”

“That’s possible, Sister Seol. But I can’t help it, so I’ll come back later to get you. Later, I’ll put a thin layer of iron on the deck and come back again.”

“Is there such a way? But iron is heavy, so wouldn’t it sink?”

“That should be fine. I’ll find a way.”

“Oh, I see.”

Hwa-eun also had an expression on her face that said she didn’t understand our actions, but this wasn’t something she understood.

You have to feel it with your heart.

‘Is Hwa-eun an MBTI E?’

In the end, only the white cloud leopard and the colorful mountain pheasant were allowed to accompany Seol Nui.

***

It was a full moon night, bright as dawn.

Our journey started from Taiwan and continued northward along the Central Plains coastline.

It was headed to Akga in Dongping County, Shandong Province.

If you wanted to go to Dongping, you had to go up from Fujian, through Zhejiang, through Jiangsu, and all the way to Shandong.

“older brother?”

I couldn’t sleep so I went out onto the deck and saw a person.

My brother was also standing on the deck, looking far away towards the shore.

“Ah, it’s a little dragon.”

“How come you are standing here at a time like this?”

“I can’t sleep as the evil spirits get closer.”

Perhaps you can’t sleep because you’re excited about meeting your lover.

He said he wanted to talk to his brother.

“Oh, then, would you like to talk to me? I can’t sleep either.”

“The kids are all asleep, so now you should rest too.”

“Oh, it’s okay. The boat trip has started and the kids are getting more sleepy, so it’s okay.”

One of the great things about starting a boat trip is that the kids sleep a lot.

What is that?

It meant that my mind was not in turmoil.

Normally, they would be busy gathering and chatting, but on the boat, many of the children were sleeping, perhaps because they were seasick or because they were confined.

Cheongwol can’t move, so she spends most of her time sleeping, and Hwayang doesn’t usually do anything other than eating and sleeping, so of course she sleeps.

Since Bin-i and Hyang-i couldn’t go out and were locked in the cabin, they also slept together.

Cheongyu, you’ve always been a sleepy person.

So I found peace.

“Then I guess that’s what it should be.”

“Then, please tell me what kind of place Dongpyeong is. And the story about Akga.”

“I see. Dongpyeong, where the evil one is······.”

Our destination, Akga, is said to be a family founded by the descendants of General Akfei, a famous military man from the Song Dynasty, and they are said to be very famous for their swordsmanship and spearmanship using the Unwoldo.

They say he is also good at martial arts and that he often volunteers for the imperial guard.

I was talking to my brother and I had a question, so I asked him.

“Brother, isn’t that the Unwoldo? The one written by Guan Yu in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms?”

“That’s what it’s known as, but in reality, the Blue Dragon Sword was made during the Song Dynasty, so it’s probably just a story made up by the rich.

In fact, it is known that General Akbi was fond of using it.”

“Ah. The Blue Dragon Crescent Blade was made during the Song Dynasty. But brother, isn’t the Crescent Blade a spear? Why is it called a Crescent Blade? The handle is long, too.”

“That’s because it’s just a large sword with a long handle. The weapon called the Unwoldo is a large sword with a long handle, and was mainly made to deal with the horsemen of the northern barbarians.”

“aha···.”

“By the way, it seems that Soryong is really only interested in poison. Haha. If you’re a martial artist, even a three-year-old would know this story.”

“Is that so?”

My brother’s words made me think of that.

As expected, it seems like we’ve become too close, so why did you say something like three years old at the end instead of just talking about it?

Originally, the closer you got to each other, the better you should be, but when I was feeling a little disappointed, the Taoist priest came over and spoke in a quiet voice.

“Little Dragon, look over there. You can see the yellow mud. If you go a little further, you will probably reach the Yellow River!”

I quickly looked outside the bow.

Then, in the darkness under the moonlight, the place where the yellow water and the blue sea water met was clearly visible.

Dongping County, where the evil spirits live, is where the Yellow River flows through.

Because we had to go up the Yellow River, we were heading towards the lower reaches of the Yellow River where it flows into the West Sea.

I had been traveling along the Yangtze River all along, but now it was the Yellow River.

‘You really have traveled all the famous rivers in this Central Plains landmass?’

While I was watching the yellow mud spreading out in the water, I felt a presence next to me.

When I looked around, Hwa-eun was standing there, her long hair fluttering in the wind.

“Little dragon.”

“Ah, Hwa-eun.”

‘Can’t you sleep, Hwa-eun?’

I wondered if Hwa-eun could sleep, but then I heard my brother’s voice.

“Then I guess I’ll have to yield to Lady Hwa-eun and go in and sleep.”

“No, it’s okay, hyung…”

“I’m not that oblivious.”

As my brother disappeared, saying that he would leave us alone, Hwa-eun looked at me and smiled.

Hwa-eun asked with a smiling face.

“Peng Gongzi is quicker than I thought?”

“Is that so?”

“Of course. By the way, I heard that the Yellow River is nearby, but you don’t look as excited as you did when you first encountered the Yangtze River?”

“ah···.”

What he meant was, why aren’t you expecting as much as the Yangtze River? It couldn’t be helped.

When Koreans think of the Yellow River, they may think of it as a river with naturally flowing yellow soil, but in reality, the Yellow River does not have naturally flowing yellow soil.

The reason why the water of the Yangtze River is yellow is because it causes environmental destruction.

It is said that originally it was a river with very clear water, but when Qin Shi Huang was building the Great Wall of China, he cut down all the trees in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, and the sediment began to flow into the riverbank, turning it into yellow mud.

Environmental destruction starting 200 years ago? Isn’t that really typical of the Central Plains?

‘Environmental destruction since BC is something that would be unimaginable if it weren’t for the Central Plains.’

Anyway, for that reason, there are no creatures in the Yellow River that I would be interested in.

When it comes to the Yangtze River, you might expect to see a variety of animals, such as the Yangtze River dolphin, giant tortoiseshell turtle, giant salamander, and long-legged beetle.

Because the animals that can survive in muddy water are limited.

I know that there are only a lot of fish like catfish and carp.

“I know that the Yellow River has no poison that would interest me.”

“Ah. I see.”

“But what about the boat?”

“I just can’t sleep. I feel a little uneasy, like last time.”

“Are you anxious?”

A feeling of sudden trepidation at the word anxiety.

Because I felt something great about Hwa-eun’s woman’s touch last time.

“I don’t have any reason to be anxious, so why should I be anxious?”

“Is that so? Is it just because I’m excited to be stepping on the land of the Central Plains after such a long time?”

A smile of happiness rising in the moonlight.

It was a time when I was amazed by the sight.

A cry comes from the door leading to my cabin.

-Sia.

Cheong-yu opened the cabin door and came out.

“Oh, I guess Cheong-yu can’t sleep either?”

“Well, Cheong-yu kept sleeping during the day.”

It was the moment when Cheong-yu opened the cabin door and came out and stood on the deck.

-Poem, Sia···.

A long, drawn-out cry of youth.

I looked back with a slight groan, and saw Cheong-yu staggering with her hand on her temple.

“Cheongyuya?”

Cheong-yu leans forward and quickly supports her.

Cheong-yu’s eyes, held in his arms, closed.

“Where does it hurt, Cheongyu?”

“Why is he like this? Cheongyu? Cheongyu?”

The moment when Hwa-eun came running and asked worriedly.

Cheong-yu’s eyes sparkled and opened, and Cheong-yu’s voice was heard in his head.

‘-Sia? Cow, little dragon?’

‘Hey, Cheongyu, where does it hurt? Where does it hurt? Tell me.’

It was not a group call but an individual call, but Cheong-yu’s expression changed to a smile at my question.

Even though he has human form, he is not perfect in expressing emotions, so he tilts his head because he has never shown a smile like this.

At that moment, I felt that something in my heart that Cheongyu was sending me was different from before.

‘?’

Then comes the answer.

‘It’s me. Cheongyu. Cheongyu within Cheongyu.’

‘Gyaak!?’

For a moment, my gaze turned to Hwa-eun, and I felt like I had done something very wrong.

It’s clear that I didn’t do anything wrong.