Visitors to the Dang Family (2)
I could somewhat agree that Eon Sisi was not the type to go down easily.
Right. Back then, Black Sisi had two escorts trailing her.
Their martial arts had not looked weak either. So Eon Mimi’s words were not complete nonsense.
“Is that so? Then why did all word from Sister Sisi cut off after that?”
“That’s exactly why I came. Because it doesn’t make sense.”
“So you’re going to look for Sister Sisi?”
“Of course. I have to go to Mianyang and find her.”
“Mimi alone?”
“Hmph, why alone? Are you looking down on me? I’m Eon Mimi, the True Heavenly Flower. Even in the Jinju Eon family I’m considered skilled. I handle both martial arts and jiangshi techniques just fine.”
“I know that. But you said Sister Sisi and both escorts have gone silent too.”
“Hmm. Yeah. That part is strange.”
“Young Lady Eon, you’re really going to Mianyang to search for Young Lady Black Sisi?”
“Yes. I have to.”
Eon Mimi was heading to Mianyang?
I could not let this chance slip by.
“Then I’ll come with you.”
“Hero Hyun?”
Dang Juju’s eyes went round the moment I said I would follow Eon Mimi.
“Yeah. You’ll need a guide. And when it comes to guides, I’m the best. When Young Lady Dang went to the Poison King Valley, I was the one who guided her and found Chief Dang Ducheon so we could bring him back.”
“That’s true. Thanks to Hero Hyun’s guiding we found Father and saved him.”
“Ah, I heard the Chief had returned alive. So Hero Hyun was the one who guided you through the Poison King Valley.”
“Yes. Hero Hyun is the best guide there is. But… Hero Hyun is going with Mimi? Why?”
Dang Juju still could not understand why I would follow Eon Mimi. Of course she couldn’t; the decision had come out of nowhere.
I can’t exactly answer ‘because of the heroine quest.’ I need time alone with Eon Mimi if I’m going to take her.
I had gone with Dang Juju to the Poison King Valley precisely to create that kind of private opportunity, and in the end I had taken her there. To take Eon Mimi this time, I needed as much time alone with her as possible. She was conveniently heading to Mianyang, which meant shared travel time. I had to use every second of it. So I offered a reasonable excuse.
“I have to pass that way anyway. Once I leave the Dang Family I’ll be returning to Xi’an through Mianyang. Might as well guide Young Lady Eon while I’m at it.”
“I-is that so? That’s the reason?”
“Yeah. Traveling together on the same road is better, right?”
“Fine by me. Having Hero Hyun, who knows the roads so well, come along can’t hurt. Juju already said he’s the best guide.”
Eon Mimi seemed to feel no particular burden about my company.
“Well… that’s true, but…”
“What? Why the face, Mimi?”
“Hm? Oh… just hearing that Hero Hyun is leaving.”
“Huh? Wow, this is actually shocking.”
“What is?”
“The girl whose alias is Poison Heart Flower is making a face like she’s sad Hero Hyun is leaving.”
“D-did it look like that?”
“Isn’t it? You look disappointed.”
“W-well, I am a little. I want to keep him here.”
Huh? Dang Juju was actually saying she was disappointed out loud?
“What? Don’t tell me Juju likes Hero Hyun?”
“Heh. I do like him.”
“What? Really?”
Eon Mimi looked startled by the open confession. So was I.
Dang Juju likes me? Well, we’ve had sex more than a few times. Once you’ve mixed flesh, some attachment is natural.
Still, I never expected her to put it into words in front of Eon Mimi.
“Yes. I like Hero Hyun. That’s why I’m sad he’s leaving.”
“Wow, no way. Poison Heart Flower likes a man? I can barely believe my own ears. What exactly do you like about him? He’s a guest martial artist, right? His status is ordinary.”
“There are… things.”
Dang Juju did not explain why she liked me. She could hardly say it was because our bodies fit so well together.
“Hmm. Truly astonishing. Poison Heart Flower falling for a man. Now I’m curious.”
“About what?”
“Exactly what about Hero Hyun captured Poison Heart Flower’s heart.”
“Don’t try to find out.”
“Heh. The man who stole Poison Heart Flower’s heart. Interesting either way.”
The two women exchanged looks whose subtle meaning I could not decipher.
I had already been due to leave the Sichuan Dang Family; Eon Mimi’s visit simply made the departure natural.
Command: Activate Lust God’s Heavenly Eyes!
Lust God’s Heavenly Eyes
You may use Lust God’s Heavenly Eyes for 10 minutes.
I activated Lust God’s Heavenly Eyes to check Eon Mimi’s information.
- Name: ?
- Alias: ?
- Occupation: ?
- Level: 4-star
- Inner Energy: ?
- Sex satisfaction with you: 1-star
- Suspects sex between you and Dang Juju.
- Has no interest in sex with men.
- Sex partners: 0
- Sex count: 0
- Sex types: —
Sex partners and count both showed zero. That meant she was a virgin.
What? No interest in sex with men?
She had never even masturbated. Ah, this was going to be difficult. I would have to conquer an Eon Mimi who had zero interest in sex. As always, heroine quests were never easy.
In any case, my second target was set.
When I announced I was leaving, every woman connected to me wore a regretful expression. Dang Juju said it outright; Jeon Yeo-jin and Jong Yak-hui also looked sorry to see me go. But for me, leaving the Dang Family—which was little better than a demon-subduing battlefield—felt like a weight lifting from my shoulders.
The distance to Mianyang was not great, yet nothing particularly useful happened between Eon Mimi and me. It was hard to make a move while traveling, and we slept in separate rooms at the inns, so physical closeness never came easily. Eon Mimi’s martial arts were stronger than mine; forcing anything was out of the question. Thus nothing of note occurred until we reached Mianyang.
“This is Mianyang.”
“It is. Let’s rest tonight and head to Turtle Rock tomorrow. Sister Sisi’s last letter said she was going to deal with the Jiangshi Poison Demon at Turtle Rock, so we should start there.”
“Agreed.”
At last we arrived in Mianyang, the place where I had parted from Eon Sisi. Now that I had left the Dang Family and was traveling with Eon Mimi, the quests would have changed as well.
Command: Display Quest List!
As expected, the quest contents had changed.
Obtain Peak-level martial arts? Hmm. Third-rate manuals can be bought at bookstores or black markets, but Peak-level arts are hard to purchase with money alone.
Yet I needed Peak-level martial arts to advance to 5-star. From 5-star onward one entered the Peak realm. So I had to acquire Peak-level arts to level up.
Wait—Black Sword Emperor? That was one of the Sword Gods of the past. If I can obtain the Black Sword Emperor’s arts, they won’t merely be Peak; they’ll be Transcendental-level.
The only quest I absolutely had to complete for a level-up was the level-up subquest. Regional quests, heroine quests, and bonus quests could all be skipped if necessary. In the past I had simply wandered around at 1-star, dodging every quest. Now I needed martial power, so I had to level up, and that meant completing quests. For a level-up, the dedicated subquest was mandatory. In Mianyang, finishing the Black Sword Emperor quest looked likely to clear the subquest automatically as well.
So completing the Black Sword Emperor quest is the priority.
As for the heroine quest—once upon a time I would have skipped every single one. Now there was not a single quest I could afford to skip. I had to complete them all if I ever wanted to log out.
A sister sandwich, huh. Is that even possible? Just finishing Eon Mimi’s heroine quest already looks tough, and now Eon Sisi on top of it? That prickly woman?
The bonus quest was still high difficulty. Still, these were quests I had to clear one by one. I would give it everything I had.
The next day we set out to find Turtle Rock. Locating it was not difficult. Finding the cave behind Turtle Rock was not difficult either. After we entered the cave, the interior gradually brightened.
— Whirrrk— thuk—
“Hmm. Visitors again. And the most beautiful woman under heaven, no less. I don’t even have to move and treasures walk right in.”
A man suddenly appeared before us.
“Jiangshi Poison Demon?”
A gaunt frame, hawk-like eyes, a scar beneath one eye. The moment Eon Mimi saw him she recognized who he was.
“Oh? You know me? Then you came looking for me.”
“Hmph. That’s right. There should be one more person who came looking for you.”
“Someone who came looking for me?”
“Black Sisi. Have you seen her?”
“Black Sisi? Heh heh heh. So you’re another bitch from the Eon family.”
“Hmph. Have you seen my sister or not?”
“Have I seen her? Oh, I’ve seen her. More than seen her. Thanks to your sister I haven’t been bored at all. Hahaha!”
“You vile bastard. What did you do to my sister? I will not forgive you.”
“Hmph. Do you even have the skill for that? By the Master’s order—kill the man, bind the woman’s limbs.”
— Grrraaah— krrraaah—
At that moment a strange sound rose, and six shapes emerged.