Entomologist in Sichuan Tang Clan Chapter 349

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Bin tilted his head in confusion at my request.

-Tsurut? “Dad, do you want to dig here?”

“Yeah. I think there might be something like a cave down here. So, could you check for me?”

-Tsrrrr. “Okay, Dad.”

“It’s hot around here, so be careful, okay?”

-Tsurut! 『Yeah!』

Let me explain why I’m digging the ground, Bin answers in a bright voice.

After the answer was finished, Bin-yi quickly tried to dig into the ground, but right before Bin-yi could sink his teeth into the ground, Orange blocked his way.

-Scar!

-Tsurut?

Why are you ordering Bin around when you have yourself?

A look in her eyes that seems to be telling her to leave it to him.

I nodded because I thought that the way he looked at Yeondoo and tapped his chest with his tail seemed like he wanted to show off his cool side in front of that little brat Yeondoo.

It was natural that men of the same age should help each other, and when I thought about it, Bin-i was a rock expert, so Hwang-i was more suited to digging this kind of ground.

Could it be that Orange is a snake that can swim underground?

In this soft ground, oranges were definitely easier to search than beanies.

“So you’re saying you’ll do it instead since Bin is covered in dust?”

-Scott!

“I told you that Orange is a very thoughtful and cool male?”

-S, Skaat.

When Bin-i chose words that would not make Yeon-du feel bad and praised her as if she was trying to listen to her, Orange-eyed, embarrassed, twisted her body around for no reason and patted me with her tail.

The guy jumped up awkwardly and started digging near the bonfire, which was now only a red, glowing charcoal fire.

-Quadduck.

Then, the ground surrounding the orange that had dug into began to ripple like water, sucking up the rest of his body without a trace.

A question that comes to mind when looking at the hole where Orange disappeared.

“What’s under the ground?”

“What’s down there?”

Thinking about it, I smiled and answered because he hadn’t given me a clear answer.

“Yes, it seems that there is one great beauty who can captivate the males of Maluk.”

“beauty?”

“Are you beautiful?”

“Beauty? Over there?”

Everyone’s eyes widened at the word beauty, but Hwa-eun, Seol, and Ji-ryong nodded to their questions and continued speaking.

“Yes, didn’t they say that when the females grow up, they emit a scent that attracts the males?”

“Right?”

“Yeah, that’s what I said, Little Dragon.”

“The village chief said that this area was black and dead, which means that there was a maruk here as well. The maruk ate things like rotten leaves, which turned the area black.

If that’s the case, then there were females here who seduced the males, but if there were only real females, they wouldn’t have been able to seduce the males so far away from the village.

Although the scent that attracts males travels far, it is not strong enough to move males all at once.

So what remains is the story of a special guy who can seduce males from a distance. So the conclusion is that there is a great beauty who can captivate all males with a powerful force.”

“iced coffee···.”

“When you say it like that, it makes sense.”

Yes, if the land here was black and dead, then there must have been a devil here too.

Since they used pheromones, they could have used multiple females, but I strongly suspect that there could be one individual that can so powerfully seduce the others.

What should I say? Is she a beauty on the level of Hwaeun, one of the three martial arts masters of the world of Maluk?

‘I’m looking forward to it. It must be a spirit, right?’

For a short moment, the ground shook and my heart started pounding.

Because I was curious about what kind of beauty she was.

This moment felt like a blind date to me.

It’s a very exciting time, like exchanging contact information with someone introduced by a friend and looking forward to meeting them and finding out what kind of person they are.

‘What would it look like? How big would it be?’

That was when.

Everyone was looking at the ground shaking with anticipation, when suddenly one side of the ground rose up and an orange popped out.

-S, Skaat!

“Oh! So you found it!?”

I guess it must have popped out since it was discovered.

I ran towards Shinna and Orange, but after only a few steps I felt something strange.

The orange one popped out and started rolling around on the ground.

-Skaaaa!

A feeling of crying out in pain.

It was clear that something was wrong.

I quickly ran over to check on the guy’s condition, but I had to stop before I could get very close.

The stench was coming from the guy, the stench was coming from the hole he came out of.

‘Oh my! If it was a cave dug by a songbird, it might stink!’

Come to think of it, if it was a cave dug by a songbird, it might stink.

He shouted straight at the children.

“Hey guys, didn’t you see something like a stream nearby on your way here!?”

He quickly approached the children and asked if they had seen any streams or watercourses.

Then a candle flew over my head and pointed to one side.

-Tsururut! “Dad, over there!”

He shouted at the orange writhing on the ashes.

“Orange! Come here! Kids! Something might pop out of the hole, so watch out! The others need to be careful too! Choya, Dad, show us!”

-Tsrrrr!

Some guy might pop out, but since all the demons were gone, it didn’t seem like he’d be here, but I told them to be on guard for now and headed to the water’s edge.

The first thing to do was to take care of the sick orange.

So, I quickly followed the instructions from Cho and took Orange to the water’s edge.

Luckily, there was a stream flowing not far away, and when he looked into the stream, Orange jumped into it like crazy.

-with a splash.

An orange jumping into the stream and struggling.

I also jumped in and quickly wiped his eyes, nose, and other areas with my sleeve.

“Orange, are you okay? Look at your eyes. Are they okay?”

-Scar.

The smell of the songki is notorious for not going away once it gets on your skin, so at first the smell didn’t wash off quickly, but since the snake’s scales are smooth, I tore off some grass and wiped it off, and the smell washed off faster than I thought.

After a while, when all the smell had disappeared, the orange had calmed down.

But it must have been quite a struggle during that short time, because the guy looked exhausted and slumped down.

He asked in a worried voice at the sight of the guy.

“Why don’t you like it?”

Come to think of it, there are some poisonous ones in the song, so if the one underground had spread poison, it would have been a big problem.

I asked him if he was feeling any discomfort anywhere else, but he just hung his head in a sullen, lethargic manner.

-S, Ska···.

The boy’s body was shaking as if he was crying.

From the look of it I could tell that the guy had suffered a serious, fatal wound.

It’s a man’s pride that should not be hurt the least.

‘This guy’s pride has been hurt…’

I was trying to look cool, but I ended up acting like I was losing my cool in front of Yeondoo.

How many of these will sell?

It was time to pat the guy on the back without saying a word.

A crying sound is heard from the side.

-Char?

When Orange turned his head, Yeondoo was looking down at us from the bank of the stream.

-Scar!?

Orange is embarrassed by the sight.

Even if I don’t have much sense, aren’t I the best at holding hands?

He quickly climbed up the cliff and whispered as he brushed past the green onions.

[Yeondoo, I think Orange likes you and wants to look good for you. She looks so depressed after seeing her ugly appearance earlier. Can you cheer her up?]

-Sha, Sha?

The green guy was taken aback by my words, but as I walked forward a little, leaving the two behind, he slid down with a slick.

I quickly and carefully returned and lay down on the bank to look at the guys. Yeondoo approached Juhwang and started licking his eyes with his tongue.

-Shaya.

Then Orange got embarrassed.

-S, Skaa···.

The tips of the two tails swayed above the stream water and slowly began to coil.

It’s not mating, but it feels like a pair has formed.

‘What an unexpected harvest?’

I thought I’d be able to see baby snakes soon.

***

In the empty lot where the two had left off to have a good time, people and poisonous creatures were taking turns checking down the hole to see if the stench rising from it had subsided a bit.

“Little Dragon, you’re soaking wet? Is Orange okay?”

As I approached, Hwa-eun’s worried voice came closer and examined me.

“Yeah, I think it’s just the smell that’s turned upside down.”

“Thank goodness. I was surprised.”

“It was my fault, I should have warned you.”

“There was no sound inside and nothing came out. Bin tried to go in but said it was difficult because of the smell. What should we do now?”

“Once Orange comes back, I ask him about things like the size of the oyster. That way I can guess what kind of guy it is.”

It would have been nice to chase after the cave, but the smell was so bad that the other children couldn’t chase after it.

In this situation, pursuit is very difficult.

Ji-ryong lit a fire again to dry my clothes, and while the fire was burning and I was drying my outer clothes on the branches, Yeon-du and Ju-hwang came back.

“Orange, are you okay?”

“Orange, are you okay?”

-Ska! Skaat!

The guy used to look like a toy with a dead battery, but now he looked energetic as if he was two hundred percent charged. I thought to myself, “Is that what happened when I was paired with Hwa-eun?” and asked him.

“But Orange, how big is the hole inside?”

-Skaat. Ska.

-Sia. “He said his torso is thick.”

Judging from Cheongyu’s interpretation, the size of the oyster owner seems to be around that of the gentleman Jiyeong, Juhwang.

I had a strong feeling that it was definitely a spirit.

I’ve never seen a songbird of that size before.

But the smell actually made it difficult to chase after him, so the Taoist had to catch the moment when he met him.

When I was in trouble, Ji-ryong said.

“So So-hyeop. It seems like there’s nothing more to find out from this side, so let’s wait for Do-ryong. I told Gyu-seong to chase after the Taoist. Is it possible that he might meet Mar-ryuk or something?”

It’s possible that you might run into the guy who pulled you out here on your way there.

They quickly returned to get all the children on board before the sun set, but there was not much good news waiting on the ship.

My brother and sister-in-law returned to the boat and told me that the Taoist monk was trapped in the ship again.

He was just a guy who was crazy about courtesans.

“They headed straight for Giru in the middle of the night. I didn’t hear anything else. For now, Geomryong and Gwonryong are watching Giru from the guest house next to Giru.”

“It seems like it moves when you spend money on Giru and run out of money, so I guess I’ll have to wait a while.”

As Ji-ryong said, if the money doesn’t run out, the guy won’t move for a while, so I thought I’d have to wait a while, but then I heard a voice next to me.

-Scar.

Orange was bringing flowers from somewhere and giving them to Yeondoo.

‘Just go ahead and take it all out, Orange.’

It was a time when I thought it was a good time.

A fleeting thought.

If money moves when it runs out, shouldn’t it run out quickly?

When a man falls for a woman, he wants to give her everything, including his liver and gall bladder, like an orange, so I decided to take advantage of this.

He said this with a smile to everyone.

“It’s pretty certain that we’ll move when the money runs out, so let’s try dropping the money quickly.”

“Are you talking about money?”

“Money?”

“How is it, Little Dragon?”

“I think I should ask a friend I met recently for some help.”

“ah!”

“Ah! I see!”

Eunbi, the branch manager of Haomun Yeongcheon branch, a friend of mine who was a fellow maniac I dated a while ago, is the branch manager of the Giru Labor Union.

Wouldn’t she be able to exert force on this side too?

What if a Taoist priest sends a courtesan who is so dazzling that he emptys his pockets?

Before the sun rose, I set sail for Geumdo and returned to Yeongcheonbu to find Giru.

That’s because Kiru is open all night.

“What is the small business owner doing at this hour?”

Of course I could have met Eunbi Rouge, but she tilted her head at me who came at dawn.

“I came to ask you a favor.”

“Please?”

“Actually, I am from Shaolin······.”

When I explained the whole story to her, she smiled and said,

“Can you get me moving right away tomorrow?”

“Right away, tomorrow?”

-Exactly.

As Eunbi Rouge snapped her fingers, the door opened and a gisaeng entered the room.

Eunbi Rooju ordered the gisaeng, who was unable to properly see the figure because her eyes were blocked by Hwa-eun and Seol-nu, but who seemed to be quite impulsive.

“Go to the village of Goae and rob the Taoist monk of his treasure.”

“Okay, Rouge.”

So, they brought the gisaeng and put her in the gireum of Goae Village, and that night, the Taoist priest really started to move out of the gireum.

“Gi, Giru is a place you really have to be careful of.”

“Well, that’s what I’m saying.”

Kwonryong and Geomryong were shaking their heads as they watched the Taoist monk heading out of the village.