The Chairman of Pharmaceutical Company is a Poison King - Chapter 202

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Chapter 202: Kim Tae-ju’s Journey Across Gangho (4)

Dang Family’s Spacious Training Ground.

Tables were set up and chairs were placed.

Family members, warriors, and workers all gathered together.

And from the subspace bag that Tae-ju took out, food endlessly poured forth.

When delicious food that was still hot and steaming appeared from thin air, people were startled in amazement.

“Huh!”

“My, my goodness!”

“As expected, the Grand Family Head is truly an ascended Immortal.”

“Shh! Did you forget he told us not to call him an Immortal?”

“Oh right! He’s Young Master.”

The training ground filled with the food that Tae-ju had brought.

Chicken, pizza, tteokbokki, various types of bakery bread, and even cool canned drinks like cola, cider, and coffee.

“…Are all of these edible?”

“How do we eat them?”

“They look like food that Immortals eat.”

“Of course. I’ve never seen any of this before.”

Chicken, pizza, tteokbokki are food from the Immortal Realm?

It’s not entirely wrong.

Since the Immortals mainly eat them, it’s correct.

Tae-ju spread both arms wide and shouted.

“Come on, eat up before it gets cold.”

Then one of the Dang Clan elders hesitantly said.

“Grand, no, Young Master should eat first…”

“I’ve eaten plenty. I’m full. Please eat quickly.”

Only then did people reach for the food.

When they opened the chicken box, a savory aroma filled the air.

Thinking they might not know how to open canned drinks, he personally demonstrated.

Pop, hiss!

At first they hesitantly looked around, but the moment someone put a chicken leg in their mouth and bit down!

Crunch!

Their eyes widened.

How could there be such a taste?

From then on, they didn’t stop eating.

The food disappeared in an instant.

They devoured it greedily like beggars.

Ah!

How heartbroken Dok-seon would be if he saw this sight.

This is all because of those bastards camping outside.

The Mo-yong Family and Hwangbo Family bastards, along with the Namgung Family and Paeng Family too.

The Dang Clan’s merit of saving Gangho by subjugating the Demonic Cult vanished like bubbles.

The grace of helping the Five Great Clans who nearly faced annihilation was discarded like old shoes.

When weakness was shown, instead of repaying kindness, they were eager to bite.

Could this really happen?

But ridiculously, it’s a very natural phenomenon in Gangho.

The Righteous Faction, Evil Sects, and Black Dao are no different.

In fact, one shouldn’t approach Gangho Murim from an Earthling’s perspective.

This place has a completely different social system, a jungle law dominated only by survival of the fittest and the logic of power.

If you’re weak, you get devoured.

The strong take everything.

The Sichuan Dang Clan was driven to this point because they became weak.

Now he planned to show them.

Clearly demonstrate what kind of place the Dang Clan that produced Dok-seon truly is.

‘How should I handle this?’

He decided.

Tae-ju stood up abruptly and walked toward the main gate.

“Yo, Young Master! Where are you going?”

“Now that we’ve eaten, I need to clear out those things.”

“We’ll follow you too.”

“Just finish your meal. It’s something that’ll be done in one hour.”

Ilisambaeyi casually started to follow.

“You stay here too.”

“Meow!”

“Follow me if you want to get poisoned.”

“…Myang?”

So he went out alone.

Creak.

Opening the closed main gate and going out.

‘Quite a lot came.’

Currently, nearly 3,000 warriors were camped outside the Dang Family Compound.

It was a number that included not only the full strength of the Mo-yong Family and Hwangbo Family, but also hired ronin mixed in.

Meanwhile, the Dang Clan’s people numbered less than 200.

What good does having many numbers do?

Just poison them all at once and it’s over.

Because the Dang Clan’s poison is so famous, antidote methods are also widely spread.

Of course, the time it takes to detoxify differs depending on the strength of the poison.

But what if it’s a poison that’s absolutely impossible to detoxify?

‘I’ll make them unable to move.’

In Gangho, there’s something called internal energy dispersing poison.

A representative example is Gunjashan (Gentleman’s Powder).

It makes internal energy disappear and makes circulating qi impossible.

However, it has no effect on masters above the pinnacle level, and if you’re prepared, you won’t fall victim to it.

He would poison those guys with an internal energy dispersing poison that even pinnacle masters couldn’t avoid.

With a poison they had never experienced before.

Toxic Spirit stirred.

Poison generation.

He enhanced the poison of Jirisan’s mutant three-striped mosquito with Toxic Spirit.

He also changed its properties so it wouldn’t temporarily stay and then disappear.

Into a vicious and sticky permanent poison that would remain in the danjeon like a virus, continuously gnawing at internal energy and stamina.

Thus, Earth-style mutant three-striped mosquito internal energy dispersing poison was created.

Now to release the poison.

Tssssss…

Poison rose from Tae-ju’s body.

Whoooosh…

At the same time, wind blew.

The mosquito poison rode the wind and rose straight up.

One of the Immortal abilities, summoning wind and rain – the power to call forth wind and bring down rain.

Originally, he couldn’t do this.

Unless he had completely ascended to become an Immortal, since it was temporary ascension, Tae-ju was actually a half-Immortal.

But by possessing the Dragon Orb, he became able to use the power of summoning wind and rain.

The wind carrying poison transformed into clouds.

Fluffy clouds billowing forth.

Poison clouds containing mountain valley poison.

In English, poison cloud.

The clouds slowly moved over the Dang Family Compound.

And a light drizzle began to fall.

* * *

A location where the large halls of the Dang Clan could be seen at a glance.

Mo-yong Cheong, head of the Mo-yong Clan, and Hwangbo Jang-ung, head of the Hwangbo Clan, were chatting inside a tent they had set up to block the sunlight.

The two had each brought the elite warriors who could be called the core of their families to Sichuan.

Blockade of the Sichuan Dang Clan and Dang Family Compound.

They spread a dragnet so no one could enter or leave, blocking the main roads and side paths leading outside.

And taking advantage of the deep night, they threw oil jars at the Dang Clan’s food storehouse and shot fire arrows to burn it down.

The food storehouse burned fiercely – now they would have nothing to eat.

“They’re persistent. At this point they should either surrender or come out and charge at us with everything they’ve got.”

“I’d prefer the latter. Then we could massacre them all without worrying about appearances.”

“Hehe, I feel the same way.”

Mo-yong Cheong laughed coldly.

To think that terrifying Sichuan Dang Clan had come to this state.

The Sichuan Dang Clan, synonymous with poison and hidden weapons.

There’s an old saying not to even drink water with people from Dangmun.

Because you never know when you might be poisoned.

But he wasn’t afraid at all.

Did they think he’d come prepared for a decisive battle with Dangmun without any preparations?

They had provided the warriors with iron-plated armor and shields to block hidden weapons, and antidotes and detoxification pills to counter poison.

Most importantly, the Dang Clan’s fatal weakness.

They had no powerful masters who could reverse the tide of battle.

Jeoldaedokma had disappeared, Dang Clan head Dang Cheol-hwi was on his deathbed from qi deviation, and young master Dang Yeong-chan was still just a youngster.

“Brother Hwangbo, what do you plan to do if they come out saying they’ll close their gates in seclusion?”

“I don’t like leaving future troubles behind.”

Mo-yong Cheong agreed.

Especially the Sichuan Dang Clan – they needed to massacre every single one, men, women, young and old.

They were persistent bastards.

Hadn’t they shown the entire Gangho their resilience by rising like weeds from near-extinction under the Demonic Cult’s assault to rebuild their family?

He hadn’t even considered letting them close their gates.

Even if they came out with their hands up, he planned to kill them all.

“But Mo-yong brother, do you really think that Poison Demon bastard ascended?”

“Brother Hwangbo, do you believe that? Ascension my ass! He’s dead.”

“True, he’s not even a Daoist sage, and after killing so many people…”

Suddenly!

Crash bang!

A loud commotion came from the Dang Clan mansion.

“Noisy. Did something happen inside Dangmun?”

“Leave it be. Looks like internal strife broke out.”

“Makes sense. They must be split between those wanting to fight and those wanting to surrender.”

“Hehe, whoever wins, the result is already decided.”

As time passed, the commotion soon quieted down.

But then?

“Hmm?”

Hwangbo Jang-ung sniffed and said.

“Don’t you smell something? Something oily and… savory.”

Were they holding a feast?

Something like a last supper.

“My body’s getting so restless I can’t stand it. Mo-yong brother, we should attack right now.”

“Tsk tsk, why take the difficult path? If we just wait, they’ll destroy themselves.”

“No. Something doesn’t feel right. That smell coming from over there too.”

“It’s probably just bluffing to lure us into the Dang Clan compound. So going in now wouldn’t be good. We need to draw them out to our battlefield.”

There was no need to rush.

They had surrounded the entire Dang Family Compound so no one could leave or enter.

They had burned the food storehouse too, so they just had to wait until they starved to death.

The reason they only surrounded but didn’t directly enter the Dang Clan.

There would certainly be thorough defenses prepared.

Places where buildings were clustered together rather than open plains were advantageous for those who used hidden weapons.

“If we rashly enter their lair, we’ll have to prepare for tremendous casualties.”

“Hmm, if Mo-yong brother insists.”

So they continued waiting.

Time passed.

The sky was already growing dark.

“Has the sun already set?”

“It just seems like the day has grown overcast…”

That’s when it happened.

Pitter-patter, tap! Pitter-patter, tap, tap…

Rain falling on the tent.

The sound of rain created quite an atmosphere.

“Being under this tent while it rains feels strange.”

“Mo-yong brother knows romance too.”

“Since it’s raining, let’s have a drink.”

“Hehe, I’m the type who can’t enjoy alcohol without a woman pouring it beside me.”

“Do you need a courtesan?”

“I don’t like worn-out hags. They say the Dang Clan daughter Dang Yeong-ryeong is exceptionally beautiful.”

“Hahaha, you’ll have her by your side soon enough.”

Suddenly!

Thud!

“Huh?”

One of the warriors who had been watching the Dang Clan’s movements in the rain collapsed with a thud!

Looking closely, it was a ronin.

“Tsk tsk, how weak. We paid good money to hire him.”

“Well, we brought him as cannon fodder anyway.”

Hwangbo Jang-ung gave orders to his subordinates.

“Move that thing somewhere out of sight!”

Rumble.

The warriors rushed over.

They were trying to drag him away by his arms and legs.

Thud!

Another one.

“…Huh?”

From then on, they fell like dominoes.

Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud…

“Urgh!”

“…Why?”

“Wh, what? My strength?”

“My internal energy won’t flow….”

.

.

.

Here with a thud, there with a thud.

All those many warriors had collapsed.

Whether third-rate, second-rate, first-rate, or even peak masters – it made no difference.

They couldn’t overcome the Toxic Spirit-enhanced Sangong poison that even eliminated physical strength.

The only ones still standing on their two feet were Mo-yong Cheong and Hwangbo Jang-ung inside the tent.

“Wh, what in the world?”

“Could it be this rain…?”

Drip drip! Drip drip drip! Drop! Drop! Drop!

It was ordinary rain.

Yet they collapsed helplessly just from being soaked by mere raindrops?

Mo-yong Cheong and Hwangbo Jang-ung were family heads of great clans and masters of the Transformation realm.

But even they didn’t dare venture outside.

And then they saw him.

A man walking toward them, completely drenched in the rain falling from the sky.

“Who is that person….”

Why is he completely unaffected?

Right at that moment!

Whooooosh!

A terrifying whirlwind blew.

“Gasp!”

Flap!

The tent went flying.

Simultaneously, rain concentrated on the two men.

They had to take the rain directly without even a chance to raise their protective energy.

Patter patter patter patter!

Their entire bodies were soaked through.

“Urgh.”

“D, damn it!”

After being hit by the rain, they understood.

The true energy inside their bodies began to disappear.

It vanished in chunks.

‘It was Sangong poison.’

Still, they didn’t collapse.

They were masters who had reached the Transformation realm, after all.

The man had approached close before they knew it.

Though blurry, he looked very similar to someone’s face.

No, identical.

If that person had grown young again through rejuvenation, this would be exactly how he’d look.

“…Jeoldaedokma?”

“N, no! Th, that can’t be!”

Mo-yong Cheong’s knees trembled.

Hwangbo Jang-ung also stepped backward with his mouth agape.

It was Jeoldaedokma.

He was here.

The rain had stopped before they knew it.

The sky had cleared up brightly.

But!

Swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh!

Clouds formed once again.

“G, good heavens!”

“…Aaaaah!”

Clouds made of hundreds of thousands of hidden weapons.

How could they not recognize this?

Manceon Hwau.

The Dangmun martial art of Jeoldaedokma Danggumak that had massacred hundreds of thousands of Cult Members in the past.

It had been reassuring when facing the Demonic Cult, but now it was aimed at them.

Overwhelming despair and terror rushed in.

How could they handle Manceon Hwau?

Tae-ju simply muttered one word.

“Kneel.”

As soon as the word fell.

Thud, thud!

Mo-yong Cheong and Hwangbo Jang-ung quickly knelt and pressed their heads to the ground.

“Please! Sp, spare our lives….”

“We, we have committed a mortal sin.”

The Dang Clan members watching this scene from afar.

Manceon Hwau, the secret technique of Dangmun they thought had been lost, unfolded in the sky above the Dang Family Compound.

The return of Jeoldaedokma, no, Jeoldaedokseon.

There wasn’t a single person who wasn’t moved.

* * *

Rumors spread throughout the Immortal Realm.

“What? Kim Tae-ju is in Gangho Murim?”

“I heard Jeoseungsaja even received filtered cigarettes as a gift.”

“Ooooh! Those precious things?”

Price wasn’t the issue.

They were rare because the shopping mall didn’t sell them.

There were many such items.

Things shipped from Earth that Dok-seon had put in Infinite Space and absolutely refused to release.

However, unlike the stingy Dok-seon, Kim Tae-ju was a person with a heart as vast as the ocean.

A Santa Claus who gave gifts just by making eye contact, a golden goblin that occasionally appeared in games.

That person was in Gangho.

It was a hard place to reach, but at least easier than Earth, wasn’t it?

“Let’s go too.”

“How?”

“We should go to Hwangcheon-gye and ask them to open the door.”

“Right. We can’t just sit still.”

“In the end, Yama will monopolize everything. Sending Saja to Gangho to butter up Kim Tae-ju with all sorts of flattery.”

“Damn it! We can’t let that happen!”

The Immortals rushed across the gate leading to Hwangcheon-gye.

Meanwhile.

Yama removed the plastic from the filtered cigarettes, took one out.

Click, lit it with a Zippo lighter, then took a deep drag.

It had been so long.

‘As expected, tobacco has better impact than electronic cigarettes.’

He felt his remaining stress completely melt away.

But right at that moment!

“Yama! Where are you? Yama!”

“He’s meeting Kim Tae-ju all by himself and hogging all the gifts!”

“He’ll go to Hell for this!”

“Send us too!”

“Let’s start by opening the door.”

It was the Immortals.

‘Haah! Damn bastards!’

This was driving him crazy.

Stress came flooding back again.

He really felt like creating an Immortal Hell just to throw them all in there.

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