Blue Spotted Snail 2
“What!? Really?”
“Do you think you know where it is?”
Two men ask back with surprised voices and expressions of disbelief.
If it was a past life, it was a question and an expression that he would never have asked me, but I really thought that Fabre’s spicy past life and fame were all dead.
I am a man who has been called a walking encyclopedia of poisonous snakes, venomous insects, and poisons.
‘Ha, this never happened in my past life… Now that I think about it, it wasn’t Myeongseong who died, it was me who really died… Damn it…’
It’s not that my fame is dead, it’s that I’m really dead.
I escaped from the bleak reality and answered the two men.
“Yes, that is… If it were a big raccoon, I would definitely know where it would be.”
“Oh, where do you think that is!?”
“Yeah, where would it be!?”
The men seemed to want me to tell them quickly where he might be, but I decided to just ask them which direction they had searched.
I thought I had confirmed where I had guessed.
Because there are many different types of foxes, each species has slightly different habits and preferred environments.
“Could you please tell me which side you searched and when?”
The old man looked at me and nodded his head in response to my question.
The old man described the place they had been searching for several days.
“I searched the north and east from here. I searched mostly during the day. In the north, mainly around the river······.”
If it’s north of the dojo, it’s the river, if it’s east, it’s the jungle.
I thought I knew why they had been wandering around for days.
A giant civet would never like a place like that.
Moreover, if it is a weekday, it would not be easy to even see the tip of a fox’s nose.
“Then of course you wouldn’t have discovered it.”
“What? Is that obvious? Or is there a reason for that?”
There are dozens of reasons why, but I will keep it simple.
I’m not here to explain any specialized knowledge right now.
“Yes, at first glance, you might think that foxes are found in dark and damp places, and are easy to find in grassy or overgrown areas. But not all foxes like such places.”
The fox is a rather unique animal.
A civet is an arthropod belonging to the civet class of the arthropod phylum, Diptera.
As cold-blooded animals, civets are unusually territorial and require shelter.
Another interesting fact is that most insects have smooth bodies and that their smooth bodies have a waterproof membrane, so when it rains or water droplets fall, they naturally shed water droplets from their bodies.
However, the marten does not like places with a lot of water because its waterproof membrane is weak and it has breathing holes on the surface of its shell.
Although they need a place with high humidity, they dislike places with a lot of water.
On the other hand, it is an animal that cannot survive for long without water, perhaps because it has many legs.
So, the probability of it settling down in a jungle or riverbank where its large body cannot be hidden was low.
“Aren’t the places that they like to live, like the crevices of rotten trees or something like that?”
The voice of an old man is difficult to understand.
Well, it seems like you know a little bit about foxes, so you decided to explain why you can’t find them in such places.
“Some small raccoons are found in such places, but you clearly said they were large raccoons?”
“yes.”
“It is true that martens like damp places, but places that are too humid are not good for martens. Furthermore, martens like to hide, and if they are large, fallen trees in the jungle or small rocks by the river are not suitable for martens. They have nowhere to hide.”
It is easy to think that civets are creatures that love damp places, as they are usually found on damp soil, but that is only true in well-ventilated outdoor environments.
In fact, when raising raccoons, if the humidity is too high, they can become infected with fungus and die.
“Okay, then where would he be!? If I find Qingban Wukong in the place you told me about, I will reward you greatly!”
People looked at me expectantly, as if they now thought my explanation sounded plausible.
I answered, pointing west with my finger.
“I think it would be a good idea to look for the western rock mountain.”
This is because martens are the type of creatures that rest under warm rocks during the day and roam around at night.
***
The red sunset was burning away, and the heart of Dang Cheol-san, the head of the Sacheon Dang family and a bookworm, was also burning away.
Because the sun was setting today too.
“Your Majesty, is it possible that what the young Sohyeop said is not wrong?”
Dang Cheol-san stared blankly at the cautious question from the leader of the Poisonous Blood Squad.
It’s already been twenty days since I arrived in Haenam Island.
Four days after leaving the strange small-scale cult.
Dangcheolsan came out of the collapsing canal and barely had any rest, and for several days he searched Dolsan during the day and the border between Dolsan and the river at night with the warriors of Sacheondangga.
This was because everyone had pinned their last hope on the story told by the young Sohyeop.
“Since it is a large civet, it will definitely need a lot of water, so it would be a good idea to check between the rocky mountain and the river at night when the civet is active, and to check under the large rocks on the rocky mountain during the day.
“Because during the day, the foxes warm themselves under hot rocks, and at night, they move around using that warmth.”
‘Are the young thief’s words wrong…?’
The warriors with tired expressions lined up behind the Great Leader.
The warriors, covered in sweat and dirt, had eyes that desperately wanted to rest.
He must have been extremely tired and worn out, but he didn’t complain even once.
Perhaps because he knows his own mind.
Dangcheolsan decided to allow the warriors of his family to rest for the time being.
They had to eat dinner and it seemed impossible for the family’s warriors to search any further today.
“Let’s stop for today. I need to eat dinner too. Send a letter to Father.”
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“Okay, let’s go.”
-Beep.
Soon, as instructed, the rockets were fired, and the warriors began to lay down their tired bodies here and there on the hillside.
“Oh my. I’m going to die.”
“I can finally rest. I hope the young thief is right. Why can’t I see that damned fox?”
“That’s true. That little guy seemed pretty smart.”
The reason Dang Cheol-san led the family’s armed force, the Dokhyeoldae, and even brought his father, Mandokshin-gun Dang Museong, all the way from Sacheon to this faraway Haenam.
It was all because of his daughter, the Golden Branch and Jade Leaf.
Dang Hwa-eun, the daughter of Dang Cheol-san, was considered one of the most outstanding writers in the history of the Tang Dynasty.
This was because the boy who had become a first-class student at the age of eighteen became obsessed with studying alone and fell into a state of obsession with money.
Due to the nature of poison, the possession of the spirit is a mental demon and is also an addiction.
Her father, who had the nickname of Mandokshin-gun because of the addiction he had suffered from, was unable to cure his daughter of her addiction, and so now in Sacheon, his daughter was slowly dying from addiction.
The elders of the family and even his wife came out to block the blood vessels with their internal energy and breathe in real energy to slow down the progression of the poison, but it was only enough to delay death.
His daughter was dying moment by moment from the poison that was slowly seeping into his bone marrow.
The last method he found to save his daughter was to obtain the poisonous substance and forcibly raise the level of his daughter’s martial arts.
So, I needed a poisonous substance that would raise my daughter’s martial arts level and neutralize all the poison in her body.
For that reason, the Sacheondangmun asked the Gaebong and Haomun to purchase information on the poisons scattered throughout the Central Plains.
And he dispatched his men to search all possible places.
I searched the jungles of Yunnan Province where it is said that a double-headed snake was seen, and I also searched the forests of Guangxi Province where a human-faced spider was said to have appeared.
But all in vain.
In the end, the last place we found was Haenam Island, which seemed to have the highest possibility so far.
Several years ago, information came in that a herbalist had seen a large civet with blue spots on its body in the jungle of Haenam Island.
If it was a large civet with blue spots on its body, it would not be included in the ten major poisons of the Central Plains, but it was clearly a poison that formed internal toxicity, the blue-spotted civet, and its description was consistent with what was recorded in the Tang Dynasty’s secret book, the Secret Record of Poisons under the Heaven.
After entering Haenam Island and obtaining testimony from a herbalist, he ended up searching around the abandoned pipe.
Then, listening to the strange boy’s advice, he searched the rocky mountain during the day and the border between the rocky mountain and the river at night as the sun went down, but his heart was burning because he had not found any traces for three days.
‘Is Heaven abandoning Hwa-eun, who is considered the greatest writer in the history of the Tang Dynasty?’
After a while, the remaining half of the warriors and father, who had confirmed the filial piety, gathered at the place where Dangcheolsan was, and Dangcheolsan’s father, Mandokshingun (萬毒神君) Dangmu Seong asked with a longing expression.
“You didn’t find it today either?”
“Yes, Father… You couldn’t find it either?”
“···.”
Even though they already knew from each other’s expressions that there would be no achievements today, the meaningless question continued with their longing hearts.
My daughter’s addiction symptoms were at a point where it would be difficult to endure even three months at most, so these questions had to continue.
If you count the days until the day of return, you have to find it within at least ten days, but as each day passes by, both Dangcheolsan and his father, Mandokshin-gun, are anxious.
“Father, how about we look south tomorrow? Since we haven’t found any traces, let’s change the search location…”
Dangcheolsan decided to give up his expectations on the young Sohyeop’s words and asked cautiously.
To explore as many places as possible during the remaining days.
It seemed difficult to find anything further in the western stone mountain, so we decided to check the south, which had not been searched so far.
“I haven’t found anything… Definitely nothing so far… Huh!? Nothing!?”
Mandokshin-kun, who was shaking his head while answering, then answered in a joyful voice as if he realized something.
“Yeah! That’s it! You didn’t notice that! Yeah! That’s right here!”
No trace of the Blue and White Gong was found, but my father shouted that he was definitely here.
Dangcheolsan quickly asked back, wondering if he had sensed something he didn’t know.
“Hey, did you happen to discover or feel anything?”
“No, just like you said, I didn’t feel any trace or anything.”
But what I heard was a strange answer.
I felt nothing and found no trace.
“Why one?”
“That’s why I feel like I’m here.”
“yes?”
When I tilted my head at the incomprehensible answer, my father asked me a question instead.
“What traces have you found on this rock mountain in the past three days?”
“No. No traces. No traces of animals or anything… No way!?”
A thought that suddenly occurred to me as we were talking.
“Yes. How can there be neither rat droppings nor bird feathers on this wide rocky mountain? It occurred to me just now!”
Thinking about what my father said, there was definitely no trace of any beast on this rocky mountain.
There was not a single trace of any animals such as deer, roe deer, or wild boar.
Not even a single rat was visible.
And then.
Just as the fire was being lit and the warriors were about to prepare a meal.
-Thump thump.
The flat rock on which the warriors had made a fire suddenly shook and was thrown far away.
-Kkuadduk! Kkudangtang!
And then, from the hole that appeared as the rock disappeared, a strange sound that sent a chill down people’s spines began to be heard.
-Tsrrrrrr.
Under the sun that has completely set.
A strange sound coming from a hole that is barely large enough for a person to crawl through.
Soon, something slowly poked its head out from under the rising moonlight in the dark hole.
A huge torso and numerous legs.
A blue dot on the back that sparkles in the moonlight.
“That’s it!”
That is the Qingban Wukong recorded in the Secret Record of Poisonous Things under the Heaven, written by the Tang Dynasty’s secretary.
-Tuk, tuk.
-Chiiik···.
When he saw the green grass turning black from the poison drops falling from the poisonous claws of the Qing Ban Wukong, Dang Cheol-san immediately shouted at the Dang family’s warriors.
“Everyone, be careful! It’s Qingban Wukong!”
As Sohyeop said, Cheongbanwukong was really under the rock.
“”Really on a rocky mountain like that?”
“I am an expert in this area. I am sure of it.”
“expert?””
The absurd answer that the young thief had given somehow flashed through my mind.
