Childhood Friend of the Zenith – 515 (Part 1)



515 (Part 1)

”’Chapter 516 – Just Give It to Me Once.

As time passed it was around noon.

The incident that erupted during the night had caused quite a stir.

For now it was only noisy within the Tang Clan.

But how long could this last?

If the Poison King couldn’t control the public opinion within the clan it wouldn’t be long before it spread throughout Sichuan and even the entire Central Plains.

It was a matter worth such a reaction.

‘Rather… it couldn’t be helped.’

How could it not?

The fact that the Tang Clan had been conducting human experiments in secret.

The truth about that incident had come to light.

If rumors couldn’t be contained it was only a matter of time before it spread everywhere.

The captured Elder confessed everything while repenting for his sins.

He spoke of the evil deeds committed over the past century to make the Tang Clan the most powerful clan.

The long-discussed plan for the birth of the Celestial Martial Body.

The details of this plan had been properly revealed.

‘It was far worse than I had imagined.’

When I checked in my previous life it was already erased and only remnants remained so I had only seen a small fragment.

Now I could understand that truth by looking at the underground of the current Tang Clan.

I remembered the corpses of demonic beasts piled up like a mountain.

There were so many that the basement was quite spacious yet it was completely filled.

That part didn’t matter much.

Experiments using demonic beasts? That was something I had heard of before.

Just looking at the Moyong Clan they had demonic beasts trapped underground to extract silk for their silk business and the Murim Alliance was also continuing experiments using demonic beasts.

So it wasn’t something that would cause such a stir.

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Naturally there was no need to carry out such work secretly from the Clan Head.

Then what was the problem here?

It was precisely.

‘Human experimentation.’

That was likely the issue.

When I subdued the Elder and retrieved the unconscious Celestial Lord.

Ah by that time the fire that had been clinging to the Celestial Lord’s body had gone out.

Strangely it extinguished just as the Poison King arrived.

I wondered if my father had controlled it but I couldn’t be sure.

Anyway.

When the Poison King delved deeper into the Tang Clan’s underground a scene unfolded that made even him and my father frown.

The thick scent of blood was so intense it made my nose tingle; I wondered where it was coming from and it turned out to be from a space tightly sealed beyond a door.

When we forcibly opened the door and infiltrated the space everyone covered their mouths at the sight inside.

Something was piled up to the point where the floor was not visible.

It took a little time to realize that all of it was human flesh.

Rotting and decayed bodies.

They were in such a state that it was difficult to discern their shapes.

The blood had dried and hardened.

Chunks that could not be identified as any specific part were rotting and emitting a foul odor.

“Uuugh…!”

One of the martial artists behind me suddenly retched.

If they were the Poison King’s guards they must have experienced a lot yet they couldn’t hold it in.

It was that disgusting.

At that moment.

Swish.

My father suddenly placed his hand on my back.

Just as I was wondering why he was doing that I felt a thin barrier forming around my body.

Only then did I realize.

That there was a thick poison permeating this space.

Whoosh-!

At the same time a gust of wind blew.

I could see the poison that had spread in the room being sucked somewhere.

It was the Poison King’s hand.

The Poison King was gathering the poison floating around into one place.

‘How fascinating.’

Was it a martial art of the Tang Clan? Like how the clan’s techniques manipulate heat perhaps this was a way to control poison.

Before long the poison in the space completely disappeared revealing the stench of the corpses left behind and some devices that hinted at experiments having been conducted.

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I already knew what those meant.

I had heard it from the Elder long ago.

Moreover even if the bodies were piled up like this I felt no particular shock.

I had seen worse in my previous life.

This was nothing.

Of course this was from my perspective. It wouldn’t be the same for the Poison King or others.

Creak.

As evidence a rough sound came from the Poison King’s hand.

It felt like he wanted to smash everything but was forcibly holding back.

I could also hear the sound of him trying to control his breath filled with emotion.

After a few seconds the Poison King having calmed himself down.

“Could you… please step aside…?”

He spoke while looking at my father and me.

I had to be quite startled internally at those words.

‘He’s trying to let this go.’

It was clear to anyone that the Tang Clan had been up to something in the underground.

Whether the Poison King was involved or not trying to send away witnesses could lead to problems.

The Poison King couldn’t possibly be unaware of that. Had he lost his mind?

As I looked at the Poison King with a strange expression.

“Very well.”

My father did not say much and nodded in agreement with the Poison King’s words.

I felt a bit uneasy but since my father said it was fine I had no further objections.

Thus I began to follow my father as he turned to leave glancing briefly at the Poison King’s back.

Most of those from the Tang Clan had relatively small physiques due to their characteristics.

Perhaps that was why the Poison King’s back looked particularly small.

It bothered me.

After that I couldn’t go straight to my quarters.

Given the situation I had to wait in the main hall.

After that things progressed at a rather rapid pace.

“… Elder One and Elder Four are involved in the matter.”

The captured Elder One had been spilling the truth about the situation without pause.

“Everything is for the will of Lord Poison…”

“So that the Tang Clan can become the best clan….”

They had proceeded to make the Tang Clan the best.

The current Tang Clan was not a proper clan.

How could a clan that had lost its power become the best?

The words that Elder One spoke with sincerity were like that.

Right after the Tang Clan began to handle and sell iron.

At the point when they had turned away from their original intentions.

Elder One said that was the problem.

It was the flow that had begun to change chosen by the Poison King’s father and the previous Clan Head.

The Elders who opposed this had decided to take action and that action had now erupted.

That was roughly the meaning.

It wasn’t particularly interesting.

‘He said to speak sincerely so it doesn’t seem like a lie.’

Since there was a restriction placed on Elder One the words he spoke wouldn’t be false.

However to call it sincere it seemed rather futile.

That part was somewhat acceptable.

Even when I heard that the missing persons cases that had occurred in Sichuan over the past few years were the work of the Tang Clan.

Even when it was said that they had used that to conduct human experiments.

When Elder One babbled that the Clan Head’s abilities were lacking and he tried to take over instead.

The Poison King who had been barely holding back his words finally said.

“Right after the medicine was completed…. through the princess….””’