The twenty-four poisons 1
‘If it’s the Odokmun, isn’t it the place where the Sacheondangga and the Namman Yasugung joined forces to destroy it a hundred years ago?’
If it’s Odokmun, it’s the origin of the Ogok Gwiwon Shingong and martial arts that I learned, and it was a name I had already heard once through my grandfather.
So, when they looked at their grandfather with a surprised expression on their face at hearing that he was alive, the murderous intent exploded right next to them.
“Those, extremely evil guys!”
I turned my head in a hurry, startled by the dense murderous intent, and saw the princess of the Beast Palace spraying murderous intent around with an angry expression.
“Father, calm down. You have benefactors and guests.”
The dense murderous intent that made the hairs on each side stand on end barely calmed the Beast Princess down.
Then the princess approached the queen ant again, checked its head, and said while chewing on its teeth.
-Sudden.
“If it’s related to the Odokmun, then it must have been done using the Beast Explosion Submersion Technique of the main palace···.”
“Beast Bomb Submarine Method?”
As everyone in the Tang family looked at the Beast Princess at the name of the amazing technique, Seolpyo came out from the side and explained.
“It explodes the potential of beasts and makes them go crazy and run wild for a while. After using it, you have to be sick in bed for a while, and if you do it wrong, children can die, so it is not allowed to be used unless your life is in danger.”
“Then, by using the improved Tang family’s gold needles and poison, you were able to bring out some potential of the Queen’s magician?”
I cautiously told my opinion to the old man, who was deep in thought, clutching his chin, and to the angry Beast Princess.
“I think it was probably because they kept eating and laying eggs. The ants don’t eat their own kind, but when they discovered the queen ants, they were eating their own kind and their own children.”
The queen ant of the army ant colony is not that big.
Since they are moving ants, they usually look a little more nimble than the queen ants of other ants.
But the bloated body, gluttony, and too many eggs that seem out of the norm.
Moreover, if such large ants had swept through the central plains, there would have been nothing left behind and there should have been many instances of them being discovered. If everyone was seeing them for the first time, I thought that their normal colony would be only a few dozen to a few hundred at most.
At that, the people of the Beast Palace looked incredulous at my words.
However, the surprising point was a little strange.
“Are you saying that the queen ants were eating her own children?”
“You were my child!?”
“You’re making me eat my own child!”
The beast princess, the snow leopard, and the elders who followed opened their eyes in surprise at the news that they were eating their own children.
Perhaps because they didn’t know anything about ants, they didn’t realize that the queen ant was eating her own children.
He nodded cautiously in bewilderment and answered.
“Yes, all the ants that Queen Ma-ui carries around are actually her children.”
Then, this time, even the snow leopard who was trying to stop the Beast Princess shouted with an angry expression.
“Such a heinous act!”
“They are truly cruel, just as our ancestors recorded!”
“Aren’t they really evil? How could they do such a cruel thing as make parents eat their own children…?”
I wondered why everyone was so angry, but when I moved to the palace and listened to the explanation, I found out that there was a fact that was not known to the Tang family behind the destruction of the Oduk clan.
“I don’t know about the Tang family, but our Beast Palace decided to destroy the Oduk clan not only because of martial arts. Since we live in the jungle, we sometimes take in sons-in-law or daughters-in-law from minority tribes in Yunnan, and sometimes we marry them off, so as long as you keep your oath, they are tolerant.”
“If it’s an oath?”
“They don’t pass on their martial arts to the next generation. If they’re the only ones learning them, they don’t care. Furthermore, if they greatly develop something using our martial arts, they acknowledge it as theirs. That’s why the Oduo clan was able to establish itself in Yunnan in the first place.”
Indeed, as the Beast Palace Master said, the Beast Palace was more lenient than the Tang family when it came to martial arts.
‘It’s generous for the original author to allow modifications to his work.’
“Then why?”
“Because they broke the taboo of the Beast Palace.”
“Taboo? If it’s taboo?”
“Do not treat the animals you raise cruelly. Treat them as if they were your own family and blood relatives.”
Since they are people who care about animals, it was a taboo that could happen.
Aren’t you the ones who praised me when I showed you poisons and called them companion poisons?
‘But for that reason, you tore a whole family apart?’
But it’s true that it’s a bit excessive.
Even though I love animals so much, I wondered if this was right, but after hearing the explanation, as a lover, it didn’t make sense.
“They melted the beasts and poisons they raised to make spirits, or made them lose their sense of reason and made them obey orders like zombies, or fed their young to their mothers to make them stronger. That’s why we helped the Tang family destroy the Odok clan.”
You’re melting down what you’ve grown and making a slurry.
Aren’t they really bad kids?
The very thought of melting our candles, incense, beans, snow, ice, or fire to make medicine is horrifying.
After the Beast Princess finished her explanation, I could understand why she was so angry that the mother had made her child eat her.
This was unethical.
Even in Islamic culture, cooking a baby in its mother’s milk is prohibited by law.
“Do we have to repeat what happened a hundred years ago once more···”
Finally, the Beast Princess spoke with a serious expression, and the Mandok Shingun grandfather also had a serious expression at the Beast Princess’s words.
Because he is an enemy of both families.
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The conclusion was that the military ant incident was a case of false accusations and that the whole thing was planned.
The conclusion was that they captured the guys in the poison valley and made them breed like crazy, and since they had no choice but to come down the river because of the blocked terrain above, they came down the river and built up their forces to attack the Beast Palace.
Even I, an expert, can nod my head in agreement with this reasoning.
And since the evil spirits had spread to the Beast Palace, something big could happen to the Tang family soon, so the grandfather and the Beast Palace Lady promised to work together closely again.
The Beast Palace and the Tang family were enemies from a hundred years ago, so they formed an alliance again.
Since the relationship between the two forces has improved because of me, a quick decision is needed.
“I hereby swear that our party will assist the Beast Palace as the head of the household.”
“The promise from a hundred years ago has not yet been fulfilled, so our Beast Palace will definitely help the Tang family.”
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As soon as the political talk was over, talk about my reward began.
“This time, we have received a great favor from you, so of course we would like to express our gratitude to you, and we will also grant you whatever you wish. Is there anything else you need?”
In this culture, it feels like such a generous offer is standard when doing something helpful.
As I was wondering what to ask for when he said he would listen to anything, I heard my grandfather’s voice.
[Little Dragon, ask about the Five Poisons and Five Heavenly Kings. Ask about the Four Kings. No matter how important it is, the princess will not be able to refuse.]
‘Odokguiwonshinkong? Oh! That’s right! There was a herb!?’
My grandfather’s words reminded me of something from the past.
When I first confirmed that Choga understood what I was saying, I asked my grandfather if I could get some information from the Beast Palace.
At that time, my grandfather mocked my question by saying that he would not have granted such a request if he had not saved the Beast Palace from destruction, but now that he has saved it from destruction, it seems he is asking me to ask.
‘Haha, you didn’t know it would turn out like this, did you?’
After nodding slightly at his grandfather’s words, he asked the princess of the Beast Palace in a cautious voice.
“I have a difficult request, but I’m not sure if it’s possible.”
“This guy saved the palace from destruction! Is there anything I can’t listen to? Speak clearly!”
His hearty answer made me call the candles to the table.
‘Hey, come out.’
A creature that wraps its body around my command and then sticks its head out between my chest and crawls forward.
-Tsurut?
When Cho looked at me from the table and asked why I called him out, I asked Cho to demonstrate some basic movements.
Things like going around in circles on the table, running up my arm and then the other arm, and then going up over my head.
I call this the three basic tricks of a beginner, and the beginner followed the shout in my heart and performed the three basic tricks in front of people.
The first one to quickly circle around the table, waving its antennae, then climbing up one arm and then the other, and finally climbing up onto the head, poking its head out and asking if it was okay.
-Tsururut?
Then the Beast Princess and the Snow Leopard shouted in surprise.
“You, can’t you believe that!?”
“So-hyeop, that!?”
I nodded and answered, feeling like I knew the source of something.
“Yes, unlike other members of the Tang family, I learned the martial arts left behind by the Five Poisons a hundred years ago. It is called the Five Poisons’ Ghostly Source. And through the great law, I absorbed the poison of the Five Poisons into my body, and since then, I have been able to give orders to this child.”
“Haha, was there a group of Beastly Heart Gong there? I’m sure I confirmed that when I was sharing the martial arts of the Odokmun with Dangga a hundred years ago…”
The Beast Princess clutching her chin with a serious expression.
I told him what I wanted to ask him.
“So I would like to ask why this happened and whether it is possible for other children.”
The princess and Seolpyo looked at each other’s faces at my question.
Then the princess spoke with a very serious and grave expression.
“Do you remember when I said that my palace is not stingy with martial arts?”
“Yes, of course, Your Majesty.”
I nodded, remembering that it felt like a limited use permission, even if it wasn’t copyright free use, and the princess of the Beast Palace nodded her head.
“But there is an exception. That is the Beast Heart. The ultimate secret technique of the main palace that allows you to share your heart with a beast. This is a secret technique that is only passed down to the Beast Palace’s direct lineage, so it is forbidden to take it outside.”
If you forbid taking it out, you might end up spitting out what you learned.
I suddenly started to hate my grandfather.
‘No, tell them to find out and ask···.’
It was at a time when I was worrying about what to do if I was told to spit out even the martial arts I had learned.
A question that comes in cautiously.
“You said you were the son-in-law of the Tang family. Then, what about your family?”
He tilted his head in confusion at the unexpected question about his family.
This is the orphan of the Weisorong.
“I am single and have no place to go.”
-match!
Then the sound of applause is heard.
When I turned my head, I saw the snow leopard clasping its hands together with a satisfied expression.
‘What? Why do you like me when I’m an orphan?’
When I looked around, the Beast Princess also nodded with a bright expression.
“Really? Then, that’s great! Your name is Soryong, right? Even the name suits you perfectly! You don’t even need to change the name. Your feelings toward the poison you raise are probably truer than those of anyone in our Beast Palace.”
“That’s right, Father. That’s exactly right.”
The two nodded as if they were a perfect fit, and then the Beast Princess suddenly made an unexpected suggestion.
“Would you like to be my son? If you become my adopted son, you will learn not only the martial arts you have learned, but also all the martial arts of our Beast Palace. Furthermore, since the enemy from a hundred years ago has appeared, we need to become closer to the Tang family. Would you like to be the bridge between us?”
“Hey, are you talking about quantum!?”
“I think it’s a good idea, too, Father. I like the little dragon, too.
“A kind younger sibling who loves the children he raises. There are so many things I wanted to do when I had a younger sibling! So-ryong, please, won’t you be my younger sibling?”
I looked at my grandfather and older sister with bewildered expressions at the sudden and unexpected quantum suggestion. As expected, they were also a bit flustered.
“How about you, Elder Mandokshin-gun? Two hundred years ago, you failed once, but if you are a child who is sincere in raising him like So-ryong, wouldn’t you be able to correct the failures of our Nanman Yasu Palace and Sacheondangga and make the two have a good relationship?”
However, my grandfather thought about it for a while, as if he thought the Beast Princess’s suggestion was not a bad one, and then said that it was not a big problem.
“It’s not a bad suggestion, as long as the son-in-law is maintained…”
“Then it doesn’t matter to the family, and you just have to decide, right?”
“So-ryong, what do you think?”
The two of them quickly told him to answer, saying that even his grandfather wasn’t that bad.
The Beast Princess and the Snow Leopard explained to me the various benefits I would receive if I became the Beast Princess’s son.
“You said you were only sharing your heart with Wukong right now, right? If you become my adopted son, I will let you share your heart with all three. No, that’s not all. I will make the other landowners and stone guardians like that too. What do you think?”
“Little Dragon, wouldn’t you like to talk to me about the children you raise while staying up all night with this older sister? And if you have any more babies, you can share them with them?”
But since this was something that suddenly happened to his father and older sister, he hesitated and couldn’t answer, and Seolpyo and the princess started discussing something.
“I guess you don’t really like this. Is there anything that might move Little Dragon’s heart?”
“Ah! Father, it’s a flying snake! Since you said that the little dragon likes poisonous things, then it’s a flying snake!”
“Oh! That’s right, Visa!”
‘If it’s a visa, is it a flying snake?’
When I tilted my head at the mention of a snake flying out of nowhere, Seolpyo explained.
“There’s a flying snake called Bisha in that jungle. It’s really amazing, and I heard it likes poison, so what do you think? If you become this older sister’s younger brother, I’ll help you catch Bisha.”
That was when.
The grandfather, who had been listening, opened his eyes wide and asked.
“By any chance, are you talking about the flying snake that has two horns on its forehead and is the same color as the grass?”
“That’s right, sir! Do you know what it is!?”
I feel like I know what my grandfather is like.
My grandfather spoke straight to me.
“Little Dragon, below the Ten Poisons, there are twenty-four poisons, which are selected from the top poisons. Among them, the flying snake is definitely the best one, the Flying God Snake!”
“Gentleman of the underworld!”
‘The name is crazy.’
It feels like it’s flying in the sky and even its name is awesome.
I immediately bowed my head to my father and older sister.
“Greetings to Father and Sister Wisolong!”
‘I couldn’t stand this.’
