Trash of the Count's Family - TCF Part 2 - Chapter 96: Blood! (1)

Recap of Elder Ho’s group:
• Ho Song Yi – aka Elder Ho. Elder from the Beggars’ Sect
• Unnamed young sect leader of the Beggars’ Sect
• Jeong Hye – apostate monk from the Shaolin Temple
• Un Seon – female ascetic from the Kunlun Sect
• Un Myung – male ascetic from the Kunlun Sect
• Unnamed guy from the Moon Wolves Corps
(Except for Elder Ho, all of them plus Dokgo Ryeong are called as ‘promising talents’)
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Terms used in this chapter:
Closed Door Meditation – Training done in seclusion, so that there would be no distractions that might cause side effects in their meditation.
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Wi and Elder Ho shut their mouths as they felt the Dominating Aura. Cale was acting laidback despite what had transpired. He then ordered Elder Ho to bring the Sword Saint here, and Elder Ho questioned if that was a good move since there was a Living Jiangshi in the Namgung Clan. Elder Ho thought that this place would turn into a mess if the Sword Saint got angry.
He tried to convince the young master that they should report it to his superior, the Murim Alliance Leader, first. That way, the Sword Saint would not be able to do anything against them. But Cale frowned as he spat out, “Who is above me?” His polite words had turned casual as he fully unleashed his Dominating Aura.
Elder Ho’s hands trembled, and Cale asked Chief Eunuch Wi the question again but in a more polite manner. Wi gulped at the pressure and replied no. Because Wi knew that Cale was not of this world and thus was not under the emperor’s rule. Perhaps he was not even a human. After all, he was the Messenger.
Elder Ho was surprised at Wi’s reply that there was no one. The young master was supposed to be royalty, yet the emperor was not above this man. Elder Ho wondered if Wi was lying, but he was sure that Wi belonged to the Eastern Bureau, a group more loyal towards the emperor than any other group. So Wi should be telling the truth.
Then who was Young Master Kim? He even possessed a golden personal identification plaque that only royalty could have. And there was a dominating aura surrounding him. He also had special abilities and knew about the movement of the Blood Cult that even the Murim Alliance was unaware of. Elder Ho could not see or measure anything from this person.
And the unknown usually led to a greater fear. Elder Ho thought all of these for a while when suddenly, the suffocating air instantly disappeared. Cale tapped the elder’s shoulders and told him to take it easy. He instructed the elder to first bring the Sword Saint here. Afterwards, he should inform the Beggars’ Sect Leader.
Cale said that they should not inform the Murim Alliance as they did not know how many spies the Blood Cult had planted there. Elder Ho agreed, and Cale smiled at his answer. Elder Ho politely said that he was going, unconsciously bowing his head as if Cale was his superior. As he was about to leave, Cale softly said that he should not tell the Sword Saint about the Living Jiangshi when they meet.
Elder Ho instantly answered yes and opened the door. He met eyes with Ron who gently smiled. Elder Ho wanted to leave this guesthouse immediately. But Cale added more words. That the elder should not let the promising talents and the Dokgo Clan members go near when the Sword Saint comes here.
Cale was thinking that if he wanted to rip something off from the Namgung Family, there should be no one around first. Martial art practitioners had good hearing, so Cale wanted to send them away. He ordered Elder Ho that he wanted to reduce the number of people listening. Elder Ho misinterpreted Cale’s words as ‘if you don’t send them away, I can’t guarantee their lives.’
Because for him, the words ‘reduce the number of people listening’ only meant two things – drive out or kill. Elder Ho mentally cursed and wished that he should have just quietly lived as an elder, regretting that he went out and met such a dangerous person. Elder Ho put on a friendly smile, saying yes as he bowed before quickly heading out.
He was met by the young sect leader of the Beggars’ Sect who asked him on what happened. Elder Ho replied that they should do as he say if they wanted to live. He warned the confused promising talents and the Dokgo Clan members that they would be entering a battlefield from now on. But in contrast, inside the room, Cale said to Ron that Raon was demanding sweets. Ron complied with his request, receiving Raon’s thanks. 1
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The Kunlun Sect’s Un Myung questioned Monk Jeong Hye on what exactly was going on, but even the monk did not know. The young sect leader of the Beggars’ Sect kept his mouth shut while Dokgo Chang could not hide his discomfort. The young sect leader suggested to Dokgo Chang that he could go to their reserved tables on the inn’s restaurant.
Dokgo Chang laughed and refused, giving a counteroffer that the others should go there and have a drink. Since no one answered him, Dokgo Chang said that he would not go. Dokgo Ryeong agreed with his uncle. Currently, the promising talents and the Dokgo Clan members were standing in the back of the guesthouse where they could view it in full.
They were all watching the place but keeping their distance from it. Un Seon and the man from the Moon Wolves Corps were sitting. The Moon Wolves guy was confused on what was going on. He recalled their conversation with Elder Ho earlier. The elder had told them that the landscape of the murim world might change.
That they should stay still lest their lives be gone. The group saw the Namgung Clan members heading towards the guesthouse. The Sword Saint appeared to be very angry, yet Elder Ho looked calm as if he was not scared of the Sword Saint. Meanwhile, the Sword Saint clicked his tongue when he saw the promising talents hanging out outside the guesthouse. Elder Ho paused, muttering that he reserved tables for them in the inn, yet they were here.
Elder Ho informed the Namgung Clan that only he and the Sword Saint could enter from here onwards. Sword Saint instructed his two companions to wait here or find a place to rest. Namgung Yoo Hak protested, but shut up when he received the Sword Saint’s glare. He eventually bowed his head and apologized.
Yoo Hak and Tae Wi headed over to where the promising talents were hanging out. Elder Ho and Sword Saint entered the guesthouse. Sword Saint said via Chi Hidden Voice to Elder Ho that he did not know why an imperial royalty wanted to see him. Elder Ho gulped as he found the situation strange. He did not understand why the Sword Saint obediently followed when Elder Ho called for him.
Elder Ho had just told the Namgung Clan that Young Master Kim wanted to see the Sword Saint, and the Sword Saint simply stood up and said that he was coming as if he had no choice but to go. Elder Ho was wondering why the Sword Saint did that.
Meanwhile, the Sword Saint was mentally cursing the trash Yoo Hak. He wanted to send Yoo Hak to Closed Door Meditation the moment they return home. He had heard from Tae Wi on the incident between Yoo Hak and the Dokgo Clan in the inn. He was grumbling about that troublesome trash who even dared touched royalty.
The Sword Saint actually had no intention of meeting with Young Master Kim even if his family’s trash did not touch the imperial family. He had even considered ignoring Elder Ho’s request. But he got curious because of that trash’s description of Young Master Kim. He had also seen Murder Demon’s shocked reactions.
He kept clicking his tongue as he walked. The Sword Saint was mentally screaming at his son, the current head of the Namgung Clan, for spoiling that trash. He thought of rehabilitating that trash and inwardly complained on why such a trash inherited the Namgung family blood.
The Sword Saint planned on giving an apology. He knew that the other side did not want an excessive apology as he was only called alone. So the Sword Saint smiled, impressed at the royalty’s consideration. Ron greeted the two elders when they reached the door, and the Sword Saint simply nodded in greeting.
Elder Ho was still confused on why the Sword Saint was behaving well, unaware of what had preoccupied the Sword Saint’s thoughts. But when Ron opened the door, a huge wave of energy came rushing. The two elders were surprised, and an explosion was soon heard. One wall of the guesthouse broke.
The Sword Saint was shocked at that immense chi/energy. The energy he felt surpassed his own. Despite being one of the most powerful people in the Good Faction, that energy overwhelmed him. The dust settled, so he saw where that energy came from. It was from an old man who was standing and looking down at his hands.
A master could recognize a fellow master. But it was the first time he had seen that old man, so the Sword Saint asked who he was. The man did not look like someone who randomly broke walls, but just appeared like a calm man who had broken his limits in martial arts. The old man replied that he was Mok Hyeon.
It took a while for the Sword Saint to recognize Mok Hyeon as he was still a child when the Fist King was highly popular. The Sword Saint was shocked that the Fist King served the imperial family, and that the Fist King’s martial arts rank surpassed him. He then heard the voice of a young man complaining about the broken wall that would trouble the inn owner.
The Sword Saint saw the young man and recognized him as Young Master Kim. Mok Hyeon greeted Young Master Kim, bowing down and thanking the young master for his teachings. He had done it with such sincerity as if he was greeting a master or great elder in the murim world.