Entomologist in Sichuan Tang Clan Chapter 409

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Western Region 1

He approached the needle that Changcheon had put down, picked it up, placed it on his palm, and asked.

Tell me where this came from.

“Where did this come from?”

It felt familiar, but I wanted to check the source first.

-Whisper. Whisper.

‘-Tsurut. 『Ah, that’s something I picked up from the floor a little while ago. Do you know what it is? I don’t know what it’s used for, but it looks like it was made by humans···.』’

At the boy’s words, I remembered something he had picked up from among the swarm of locusts that had dug into the ground earlier and put in his mouth.

At the time, I thought it was something I had picked up and eaten, but I forgot about it for a moment because the guy suddenly flew towards us.

Now that I look at it, it looks like he found it and put it in his mouth.

‘Ah! Earlier, Changcheon was biting something shiny on the floor. It looks like it was this silver needle.’

That means the one who carried this saliva was a yellow worm.

The needle now has more than just familiarity; it has also become circumstantial evidence.

A familiar needle has been stuck in the yellow worm?

This is 99 percent.

I don’t know why they didn’t make the locusts into artificial creatures like they did with the army ants.

Then, as I was about to turn my gaze back to the needle to fill the remaining 1 percent, the interpretation of the first thought continued.

‘-Tsuru. 『There were always one or two of them among the flock of fellow countrymen who flew in and held these things. But I didn’t think much of it until now. Oh, and what was it···.』’

The cry that came out of the wings was long, but the interpretation was short, which made me wonder on the one hand, but judging from the stuttering, it seemed that the words were too long to be interpreted all at once.

Cho, who cutely scratches his head with his antennae as if he can’t remember the long story.

As I patted the guy’s head, he spoke in a bright voice as if he remembered.

‘-Tsurut! Tsuru. 『Oh, that’s right! I thought it was something like the ones shot from the curved trees that humans use to hunt animals.

But when I think about it, it’s strange. There’s no reason to hunt small yellow insects like this.”

Perhaps King Huang Zhong of Changcheon thought that these needles were similar to the arrows used by the people of this mountainous region.

Like an arrow, this needle seemed to have been thought of as a projectile for a tool used to hunt yellow insects.

Jeokwol also lived alone and didn’t have much knowledge about humans, and Changcheon was similar to her.

But that’s not the important thing. What’s important now is the fact that this was discovered in every swarm of locusts.

Now the circumstantial evidence has gone from 0.9 percent to 99.9 percent.

First, I turned my gaze back to the needle placed on my palm.

To fill in the remaining 0.1 percent to make it 100 percent.

‘Where should I look···.’

The needle was long and thin and was made of silver, and the material was different from what I was used to.

Because all the needles I’ve seen so far were made of gold.

Also, the size was very different from the needles I had seen so far.

The needle stuck in the body of Lady Cheongyu was also a long needle. The needle stuck in the queen of the army ants was also a long needle, and the one found in the camel spider was also a long needle.

But now, this was the smallest needle among the needles.

It seemed to be due to the size of the subject being treated, but there were also some points that matched what I had seen.

It was exactly the same as what we had seen so far, made so that the inside was empty so that drugs could be put in.

‘This is certain.’

Now all the evidence points 100 percent to the culprit.

The culprit was none other than Odokmun.

It was clear that these Odogmun guys were up to something again.

Because in the Central Plains, they were the only ones who would stick a needle into an insect like that.

And with the fact that the culprit was O Dok-moon, I felt that Chang-cheon was destined to become one of our family members.

‘This is destiny!’

He shouted “Nice” in his heart and spoke to King Huang Zhong with a solemn expression.

“Hmm… Perhaps we have a common enemy.”

-Huh?

‘Tsurut. 『Enemy?』’

‘Oh, you don’t know the word ‘enemy.’

As he seemed not to know the meaning of the word enemy, he spoke while holding the mushroom he had just pulled out from the interpreter’s neck.

“It means that the evil men who made your people like that are the same bad men I was chasing.”

-Clang!? 『What do you mean!? You’re making my own people look like that?』

From what the guy said, I realized once again that he had definitely never seen his own kind in their true form.

I changed my expression at the guy’s questioning, and answered his question in a slightly sad voice.

“Those children you think are your own kind. They were originally very cute children with bodies as green as the grass on the plains.

“They graze quietly, and at night they rub their wings and legs to announce the peace of the world. In the fall, they announce abundance.”

The expression is faintly reminiscent of the peaceful sound of grasshoppers chirping at night.

“When the sorghum is abundant in the fall, people say, ‘A good harvest has come.’ The sorghum is abundant, which means that there are many grains in the fields in the fall, and that is called a good harvest. It means that for a while, you will live in abundance without worrying about food.

That’s why people love bookworms, and so do I.

But if such blindness arises for some reason, it can change into the form you saw, and that is a natural thing, like rain falling from the sky and cold in winter.

When something like that happens, people think, “Heaven is punishing me for some reason.”

The heavens must be angry, for the locusts that herald a good harvest have become so scary.

But judging by that needle, it doesn’t mean that it changed naturally for some reason. It means that someone has touched the blind. Someone has clearly made your kind into that kind of person for bad reasons!”

When I finally emphasized that it was clear that he had laid hands on his own kind for bad reasons, the guy’s antennae stood on end.

The sound of angry flapping wings continued.

-Whoosh!

‘-Tsurut! ‘What kind of people made me and my people into such a state!”

It was almost as if they were spitting fire, no, it was a rough sound as if their wings and legs were rubbing together to create smoke.

He answered, clenching his fist.

“Odokmun. I’ll have to check it out, but that’s their identity. They’re the only ones who use that kind of spit.”

-Chor···.

‘Tsuru. 『Odokmun···.’

The sky looking west, where the locusts flew from.

When the guy started flapping his wings, I grabbed him and asked.

-Crunch. Crunch.

“Are you planning to go alone?”

-Choo-choo···.

‘Tsk tsk… ‘You have reduced my people to lowly beings who have no self-respect. I cannot forgive you!’

He also has a short temper.

I looked at the guy and shook my head.

“There’s a good chance that there are guys down the mountain, but you can’t find them alone. And even if you find them down there, they’re just part of them.

“Their base. No, their nest is somewhere else. And there are too many of them for you to deal with alone.”

-Cheers!

‘Tsurut! 『Even so, an element of the same race? Ah! Enemy! Don’t stop me!』’

The boy struggled and tried to get out of my hands, but I calmed him down and said,

“I’m not trying to stop you. They hurt your people just like they hurt my family.”

Then the guy flinches and freezes.

Perhaps he was also shocked that I had lost my family to those guys.

‘It’s a saying that ‘the common denominator is sympathy.’

It wasn’t that I lied to Changcheon.

Because now, several warriors of the Sacheondang family have been killed by the Blood Cult guys who are now under the command of the Odokmun.

If they are warriors from my wife’s family, they are like family, and if they die from the blood sect under the command of the Odokmun, they are no different from dying from the Odokmun.

‘The calculation is a bit complicated, but it’s not wrong.’

When the boy seemed to have stopped struggling, I let him go and continued speaking.

Now it was time to conclude.

“If you want revenge for your people, won’t you join me? I am moving to wipe the Odogmun bastards off this land.

“We are in the same situation, having lost our own people and families.”

Then the guy looked at me and froze again as if thinking about something.

It seemed like he was reviewing my proposal, but soon he looked up at me and nodded.

-Clang!

‘-Tsururut! ‘Good! I’ll be with you until we root those bastards out!”

“Okay! Then now we are friends and family!”

As Changcheon and I held each other’s hands and front legs and exchanged glances with the men, the interpreter, who had just woken up, blinked and asked.

“Excuse me, what are you talking about all of a sudden?”

“What do you mean? It’s about the Ryong family growing. Ryong is excited again.”

The interpreter looked even more confused at his sister’s words.

***

People who returned a while later asked urgently.

“What happened!?”

“What happened?”

“With the help of King Huang Zhong, the treatment has already been completed.”

“Phew. That’s a relief.”

“That’s true.”

But when I saw the interpreter and the words being awkwardly smiled at me, saying that I had been cured, everyone’s attention quickly shifted to the silver needle I had held out.

The dog glared at the interpreter for a moment, but there was much more important work to be done.

“So you’re saying this silver needle was found on Huang Zhong? It looks like it was used by Wu Duwen?”

“yes.”

After I answered Ji-ryong’s question, my brother, who was looking back at the silver needle I had handed him, asked.

“Are you sure it was made from Odokmun?”

“Yes, bro. I’ve seen them a few times and they’re similar.”

“The dragon is right. It is similar to what was found in the Beast Palace.”

“It feels similar to what was found on Lady Cheongyu’s body.”

“Then it is certain.”

“Then it must be true?”

The question was whether the silver needle of the Odokmun was correct, and when Seol Nui and Hwa Eun also supported my opinion, everyone agreed.

Because everyone who has seen Odokmun’s saliva says so.

And after that, everyone’s faces became stern.

I didn’t know the Odogmun guys would attack in this way.

If only Huang Zhongwang, Changcheon, had stopped it in the middle, but if he had made a mistake, it wouldn’t have been strange if this had poured into the Central Plains and caused chaos there already.

“Those Odogmun bastards are now even going to create and send yellow bugs. Then we have to move quickly.”

The idea of ​​moving right away came out of Ji-ryong’s mouth, and he nodded his head.

“Yes, but you’ll have to wait a bit. If you’re going to type in the Odokmun, there’s a spirit or person who can’t be missed, so I sent you some green onions and a spoon.”

“Oh, so you sent me to pick up Lady Cheongyu?”

“That’s right. Hwa-eun. Since you’re Lady Cheong-yu, I think I can get some advice on the O-dok-mun.”

As everyone was returning, the green and purple ships were quickly dispatched.

If you are looking for and practicing the Odokmun, you cannot do it without Miss Cheongyu.

There might be some at the bottom of the mountain, but it won’t be easy to find their hideout.

But since she was from the Odokmun clan, it wouldn’t be that difficult to find her.

When everyone nodded to my explanation, Hwa-eun’s voice was heard.

“And Soryong. You should introduce him.”

When I turned my head to look at Hwa-eun, I saw her looking at Cho, who was introducing Chang-cheon to the children, acting friendly and saying that she was an interpreter.

-Tsuru. “This is Uncle Changcheon. From now on, you’re Daddy’s friend.”

-Clang.

-Tsurut. “You’re not an old man? I didn’t know.”

-Kuu 『So you decided to become friends with your father?』

-Scar.

Before everyone arrived, I had already given Hwa-eun a rough outline of the story in my head, and it seemed like Chang-cheon was the one who wanted me to introduce myself to everyone.

It seemed like the children had introduced themselves first, so they introduced Changcheon to other people.

“Oh, right. This is King Huang Zhong. His name is Changcheon, and he has decided to join us. He wants revenge on the Five Poisons who turned his people into Huang Zhong.”

“Oh, Changcheon, what a wonderful name. Please take good care of me. Changcheon.”

“Please take good care of us. We and Odokmun are mortal enemies.”

-Wow, wow.

-Tsuru. “Okay, please take care of it.”

“He said he would take good care of me.”

“As expected of the King of the Yellow Corruptors, he is very polite.”

It was after I finished exchanging greetings like that.

A cautious voice is heard from the side.

“excuse me···.”

As everyone turned their heads, the interpreter was scratching his head.

“Why are you doing that?”

“So, am I all better then?”

I told you earlier that it was all better, but you seemed curious about the details.

“Yes, they said that if you make a cut on your neck and pull out the mushroom, the fungus that spread inside your body will be absorbed into your body.”

“I see. I apologize for causing you any inconvenience.”

The interpreter’s expression became relieved when I explained it to him.

As I was about to turn my head back to Changcheon, he pointed to the mushroom he had taken off his seat and asked.

“But is it okay to eat that?”

It seemed like this kid still had a long way to go before he came to his senses.

***

Two days later, at dawn, Lady Cheongyu arrived.

-Sia. “The silver needle of the Odokmun is right.”

As soon as I arrived, So-Jeong Cheong-Yu checked the needle I handed her and confirmed the kill.

She also explained to me the effectiveness of the silver needle of the Odokmun.

-Sia. Ishii. 『Unlike the gold needle, this isn’t used to turn spirits into spirits or brainwash them. It’s used to give simple commands to the insects.

It’s to make one person recognized as the leader and give directions for movement. This time, the order was to move toward the east where the sun rises. Since the blind men were said to have come from the west.

“ah···.”

He nodded and asked at Sojeong Yu’s words that since they had flown in from the west, it must have been an order to fly east to the central plains.

“But can you find any trace of them?”

Then, Lady Cheongyu smiled brightly at my question.

-Shi. “Of course. He probably doesn’t think I’m dead and that I’m next to Soryong, so he’ll just use the signal.”

‘Then should I throw a surprise party for those Odogmun guys?’

A smile formed on my lips at the thought of surprising the Odogmun guys, but then I heard Lady Cheongyu ask a question.

-Sia. “But if it’s to the west, I might have to go all the way to the West. Is Soryong okay?”

It seemed like the question was whether people in this day and age are worried about leaving their hometowns and traveling to another country, something they never imagined possible.

What are you worried about? Honestly, I was so excited.

If it’s the West, it’s India.

India has cobras and many unique venomous species.

This is another strange world.

Because there might be other spirits.

‘Let’s go to the West!’

My heart was pounding with excitement at the thought of what kind of spirits I might encounter in the West.