Chapter 482: Damned Bastard (6)

The first thing I did was put a Shackle on Nahee when she woke up.

It seemed like she was confused about the situation at first, but she immediately realized what to do after noticing the Shackle on her.

She’s not completely stupid.

It was rather amusing to see Nahee learning why Tang Duk sold her out and betrayed her, and how I was able to change my body.

Was it despair?

At the very least, she was very close to it.

Seeing someone completely crumble made me feel a bunch of emotions.

Not that it matters anyway.

Of course, I didn’t feel any sympathy for her because of it.

I would’ve felt that a long time ago if I were capable of having such an emotion.

I walked up to Nahee, who barely remained conscious, and asked her a question while pulling on her hair.

“I have some business to take care of.”

“…”

Perhaps it was because Nahee had just turned into a Demonic Human, as her eyes were filled with only fear.

I felt a tiny bit bad for her, but I didn’t want myself to be affected by such an emotion.

“You,”

Instead, I continued to speak to her with a smile.

“Do you want revenge?”

Nahee’s expression changed immediately after she heard my words.

I happened to have something to ask her, and I had a task for her as well.

My first destination was obviously the Lord’s room after I made Nahee lead the way there.

There was something I needed to check beforehand, along with informing the Lord about the lake incident.

Swoosh-!

However, the situation became rather violent.

An unbelievable amount of force filled the room, which was decently large.

The Poison King was angered, and his fierce Qi started to take control.

“What did you just say?”

His expression showed just how infuriated he was.

His Qi was enough to make my skin burn.

The Poison King may have fallen behind the other Lords of the Four Noble Clans, but he still couldn’t be underestimated.

However, the strange part of this was the fact that I wasn’t taking back my words when I would have in the past.

“It’ll be the third time of me repeating myself. Would you really like me to?”

Perhaps it was because of how calm I was.

The Poison King’s Qi only grew larger.

“You really are crossing the line here, Lesser King of Hell. I am aware of your outstanding talent, but I didn’t think you were a fool.”

Clang-!

The teacup in front of him shattered.

I had to protect mine as I couldn’t afford to let my cup break.

After all, I didn’t finish the tea.

I took another sip of tea and spoke to the angered Poison King.

“How about you calm down and hear the rest of what I have to say?”

“Calm down? Did you really just say that?”

It was understandable that he wasn’t going to calm down.

Some random kid, an outsider at that, came to his clan and asked to kill all the Elders, so how could a Lord remain calm after hearing that?

While I understood his anger, I observed the slight movement his body made.

I smell blood.

He seemed perfectly ordinary from the outside, but I noticed something.

A very slight smell that passed by my nose, it was the trace of something particular that I was very familiar with.

Did he torture someone just earlier?

It seemed like the Poison King came here right after torturing someone.

Presumably, it was likely…

The Black Dragon?

The prisoners who were brought here.

Hmm.

The thought of it made me curious about something.

Even if he came here in a hurry, I didn’t think a martial artist like the Poison King would come without erasing all the traces.

Yet, I was still able to notice the slight scent and poison around him.

My senses evolved.

This meant that my senses were much sharper than before.

How unfortunate.

It would’ve been nice if I had more time to study the changes in my body.

I was a bit sad that I didn’t get to as I was in a hurry.

Though, of course, I had no choice.

“I was told that you damaged the clan’s treasure, so at the very least, I expected an apology from you instead of this absurd request. Am I wrong to say that?”

I was here because the lake was being completely drained.

This is a bit frustrating.

Damaging the clan’s treasure, huh? Truthfully, it wasn’t just damaging it, as it completely disappeared.

But the lake was disappearing? That technically wasn’t my fault.

It was right to say that Tang Jaemoon, the ancestor of the clan, was responsible for it.

But I’m being suspected of it.

That’s what annoyed me.

“Damage, you say? I’m sure you heard everything. It’s a problem for me too, if you come out like this.”

I stared back at the Poison King with a frown.

I had one reason to be this blatant.

“I really did nothing.”

The Poison King must’ve heard from Nahee, who was there as a witness.

I did nothing, but the lake suddenly drained completely when we arrived there.

“Hah.”

Oh, of course.

“And you expect me to believe that?”

The Poison King didn’t believe that.

I responded to him with a smile.

“Then what, it’s more believable to say that I randomly drained the lake?”

“…”

“Are you saying that I drank the whole thing?”

The Poison King was a little shaken when I spoke with a slightly annoyed tone.

There was no way that he believed that I drank the whole lake to nothing.

I mean, it was unbelievable that such an amount of water disappeared at once in the first place.

Even I don’t understand when I drank the whole thing.

It was a mystery where all that water went after I consumed it.

What about all the poison that was inside?

A few questions popped up in my mind, but I had to argue with the Poison King first.

“What am I supposed to do when you are suspecting me of something I didn’t do?”

Crack.

The Poison King clenched his fist.

Was he regretting that he sent me there with just one girl being Nahee?

At the time, I wondered why he didn’t do a more secure job, but I was able to somewhat figure out the reason after noticing the traces on the Poison King.

I knew he seemed a little busy.

It seemed like he started torturing the members of the Black Dragon Army as soon as they arrived at the Tang Clan.

I’m sure he didn’t do it alone, and that he needed many people, as there were a lot of prisoners.

Or perhaps.

They were trying to gain something from the prisoners?

After hearing the story about the Tang Clan’s past, I didn’t think that they were completely clean.

Well, I guess I knew that already.

I was already well aware of the fact that none of the clans in the Orthodox Faction were clean of sins.

“You should’ve come to check yourself if you really found me suspicious. Then everything would’ve been solved.”

I hit him right in the nerves.

Even putting aside the fact that he was busy, it was possible he didn’t come with me as he wasn’t completely fond of me yet.

Ultimately, it was the Poison King’s fault.

There is no proof that I was responsible for what happened to the lake, and even the one witness there said that it wasn’t my fault.

It would only hurt our relationship if he continued to suspect me like this.

I knew that myself, which was why I was being this blatant.

“In the first place,”

The Poison King then responded with a question.

“Why did you want to go see the lake?”

This was the reason why he kept suspecting me.

The Poison King suspected me because I didn’t have a good reason to go to the lake in the first place.

“I was simply curious.”

“You should know that’s not a good reason.”

“Then are you telling me to come up with a reason that didn’t exist before?”

“If you can, then do so.”

Creak.

The Poison King lowered himself to our eye level.

“Even if I’m being unreasonable without providing evidence, this is still the Tang Clan, Lesser King of Hell.”

The pressure I felt from his gaze was extremely sharp.

He was basically telling me that he could get rid of me even without a good reason if I didn’t give him the answer I wanted.

He was using the Tang Clan’s image to threaten me.

However.

Slide-

With no intention of backing down, I responded to the Poison King with a smile.

“You are right. This is indeed the Tang Clan.”

It was one of the Four Noble Clans that stood at the top when it came to specializing in poison.

Moreover.

“An incompetent clan failing to realize the downfall of their own clan.”

As soon as I spoke, the Poison King’s hand reached out to me.

Kwak-

“!”

I grabbed his hand and stopped him.

The Poison King’s eyes widened like wide circles.

He didn’t think that I could stop him, and I honestly had the same reaction.

Huh… I was able to react to it.

Not only was I able to see his movement, but I was even able to block it.

Was it thanks to me reaching the perfected form of the Fusion Realm?

Though I do feel a little sluggish since I’m currently using the Qi Body Transformation Technique.

I forced myself to become smaller. Because of that and the technique eating up a ton of my Qi, I was slightly handicapped right now.

I wondered what would happen if I stopped using the technique and became serious.

Would I be able to win against the Poison King?

A pointless thought passed by my mind.

Not now.

I was curious just how powerful I had become, but now wasn’t the time to think about such a thing.

After slightly letting go of his arm, I spoke to the Poison King again.

“I apologize for my words just now. I crossed the line.”

“…Lesser King of Hell.”

Despite my apology, the Poison King still seemed very angry.

It was understandable. A young kid insulted his own clan, saying that it was rotting away.

However, I didn’t think that there was a better description than that.

The Tang Clan was rotting to its downfall.

Perhaps it was because it was a clan that specialized in poison, it felt like I was able to smell a rotting stench from its roots.

It was different from the sweet scent I was able to feel from their ancestor.

The Poison King still had a surprised expression as he didn’t expect me to stop his hand.

While staring at him, I asked him the question I’ve been meaning to ask.

“My Lord, do you know about… the Celestial Martial Body Plan?”

“…!”

The Poison King’s pupils shook when I asked him the question.

I became certain after seeing his reaction.

“…How do you…”

It was pretty refreshing to see him react that way, but I still had more to say.

“Furthermore, are you aware… that it’s still happening behind the scenes?”

“How absurd…!!”

Clang-!

The table fell when the Poison King stood up, breaking the teacups that were on it.

Moreover.

“Not only are you insulting my clan, but you are now spreading lies. What’s the reason for that?”

I even felt killing intent from him now.

I thought to myself after.

Was he being honest right now?

Was he reacting this way because he was truly unaware of it?

Not yet.

It was still too early to judge.

For now, I had to think only about the things that Tang Jaemoon mentioned.

“My Lord.”

The Poison King glared at me, seemingly ready to kill me if I didn’t give him a good reason of why I said such a thing.

His killing intent completely filled the room.

While enduring the heavy pressure, I slowly stood up as well.

“Even if you shout at me in anger, what I asked you in the beginning won’t change.”

I asked him if I could kill the Elders of the Tang Clan.

It sounded like I was asking for his permission, but that wasn’t really the case.

“It’s one of the reasons why I came to Sichuan, particularly the Tang Clan at that.”

That was a lie.

Truthfully, I only came here for the secret vault. What reason did I have back then to come here to kill the Elders?

I was lying to him, but I was able to make it sound like it was the truth.

This is what Tang Jaemoon wants as well.

Before I left the secret vault, Tang Jaemoon made a request.

Because of her request, I told the Poison King that I would go kill all the Elders of the Tang Clan.

Told.

Yes, I told him.

“I wasn’t asking for your permission.”

“…What?”

“It’s a deal in a way, and I’m trying to help you.”

“Lesser King of Hell. You seem to be unaware of how much patience I have to not kill you on this spot. Do you really have a death wish?”

“Why did you become so angry when I’m offering to help cut off all the rotten roots of your clan?”

“You little brat…!”

Right as the Poison King was about to swing his fist again without being able to hold in his anger,

Tap.

I threw something in front of the Poison King.

It was a light green orb that had a pretty shine to it.

“…!”

The Poison King became stiff like a rock immediately after seeing it.

Thankfully, he seemed to have noticed what it was.

It was actually kind of surprising.

It was a medicine that disappeared centuries ago, but the Poison King instantly realized what it was. Maybe it was because he was a blood relative of the clan.

“This… is…”

“The Heavenly Poison Orb.”

It was none other than the Heavenly Poison Orb.

The Poison King’s pupils shook crazily as soon as he heard the name.

Nine out of ten people from the Tang Clan would say that this is the most unfortunate treasure that the Tang Clan lost.

It wasn’t even comparable to the medicine that Shaolin had.

It was a medicine that built poison immunity to even those who had none before, and it greatly increased the strength of martial artists who specialized in poison arts.

The treasure medicine of the Tang Clan that was lost centuries ago was now in front of the Poison King.

He completely forgot about his anger and stared at me as if he were charmed by something.

“This… how do you…?”

“Let’s first sit down.”

I slightly pushed the Heavenly Poison Orb towards him and spoke with a smile.

“Now, can you listen to what I have to say?”

“…”

“I will tell you about the Heavenly Poison Orbs as well.”

I wasn’t worried about how the Poison King was going to react.

No matter how rude I was being, the Poison King had no choice but to listen to my words if he saw the Heavenly Poison Orb.

As I expected,

Swish-

The Poison King sat back down, and I was able to let out a sigh of relief.