Chapter 89: Chapter 89
“Of course I know him.”
Cheon-hwi nodded.
When one spoke of the Holy Hand Divine Physician, they referred to the one called the current greatest physician in the world, a figure considered to be the reincarnation of Hua Tuo.
“So that person called the Holy Hand Divine Physician is looking for me?”
“That is correct.”
“Why?”
“I do not know.”
The Sect Leader wore a bitter smile.
He had also asked the Divine Physician several times why he wanted to meet Cheon-hwi, but he could not hear an answer.
The only answer was a single phrase.
Just that he wanted to meet him.
“He simply said he wanted to meet you.”
“Hmm. Is that so?”
As he spoke, Cheon-hwi scratched his head.
“But was there a need to make such a fuss because the Divine Physician was looking for me?”
He recalled the letter he had received.
A letter stamped with the Sect Leader’s seal, as if some critical event had occurred in the Mount Hua Sect.
“You could have just told him to come back later.”
“He was so stubborn, saying he would not return until he saw you.”
“Then you should have told him to keep waiting.”
“How could I tell the great Lord Holy Hand Divine Physician to keep waiting?”
The Sect Leader let out a bitter smile.
The reputation of the Holy Hand Divine Physician cast a shadow not just over the Jianghu, but over the entire world.
Not only the Jianghu, but even to the imperial family.
The people he had treated were no ordinary figures, so no matter if he was the Sect Leader of the Mount Hua Sect, he had no choice but to be mindful of the Divine Physician’s mood.
“He is in the Medical Pavilion, so go see him.”
“Understood.”
Cheon-hwi answered readily.
‘It’s convenient to have a physician in the Mount Hua Sect.’
Physicians were precious individuals.
Especially physicians who were involved in the Jianghu were hard to find, so it was a good thing if he came here on his own two feet.
‘And he’s a Divine Physician at that?’
* * *
“It is a cold. If you rest well today and decoct and drink these leaves, you will get better.”
The very first thing Cheon-hwi heard when he entered the Medical Pavilion was an unfamiliar voice.
“How is this medicine made?”
Following that, a familiar voice was heard.
The voice of the Medical Pavilion Lord, if so, then the voice from before?
His steps quickened slightly.
Soon, he arrived at the main hall of the Medical Pavilion.
The Medical Pavilion, which was usually extremely uncrowded, was bustling with people for some reason.
It was because the Taoists who had tasted the Divine Physician’s miraculous medical skills had spread rumors, causing them to continue flocking here.
At that time, the sound of conversation was heard again.
“How is it?”
“It is just a lack of energy, so it will be enough if you do some Qi circulation breathing and rest.”
Cheon-hwi’s gaze shifted.
And at the center of that commotion existed old Taoists and two figures.
‘Is it there?’
Cheon-hwi’s eyes headed toward the Medical Pavilion Lord holding a box neatly containing needles, and the old man examining patients next to him.
That guy is the Divine Physician?
He looked over the old man inserting long needles.
The old man, who had a long beard with a slightly grayish hue rather than white, was taking the pulses of the patients while narrowing his glabella.
“Leave your martial arts training aside and lie down and rest well for a few days.”
“Can I not even do Qi circulation breathing?”
“Did I not tell you to rest?”
“I understand.”
The Taoist scratched his head as if embarrassed, then shook his hands once and stood up.
“Immeasurable Life Buddha. Thank you.”
“There is no need for thanks.”
The Divine Physician tapped his waist and stood up.
‘They take a lot of work.’
He felt it was a waste to just stay at the Mount Hua Sect, so he had added a little bit of treatment.
But was it because he was too outstanding?
People flocked in endlessly.
‘It has become a self-imposed trap.’
The Divine Physician shook his head.
He could not take it back now.
He had told the Sect Leader that he would show off his medical skills, so he asked him to call him as soon as possible.
“Then next…”
“Eh?”
At that time, the Medical Pavilion Lord, who had been following the Divine Physician around, discovered Cheon-hwi.
“Junior Brother Cheon-hwi!”
The Divine Physician’s thick eyebrows twitched.
“Cheon-hwi?”
Soon turning his gaze, he saw Cheon-hwi in the distance and opened his eyes wide.
“You are Cheon-hwi!”
Shouting as he sprang up, he waved his hand.
“Today’s treatments are over!”
At the sudden notification, the Taoists were flustered and gasped.
“Y-Yes?”
“So suddenly?”
Around the time words mixed with complaints were about to come out.
“What are you all doing instead of leaving at once?”
The Divine Physician frowned and began to chase away the flustered Taoists.
“Get out at once!”
A moment later, Cheon-hwi and the Divine Physician, and the Medical Pavilion Lord sat in a room of the Medical Pavilion.
“You were looking for me?”
The Divine Physician’s gaze headed toward Cheon-hwi.
His pupils were wavering.
‘Such a young brat accomplished that?’
He was young, too young.
‘I thought he would have at least passed the age of thirty…’
As distracting thoughts continued to increase, the Divine Physician shook his head largely.
“Do you know Danmok Rin?”
The expression of the asking Divine Physician was serious.
The reason he had thrown everything away and come was because he had taken Danmok Rin’s pulse and heard about the circumstances up to that point.
Cheon-hwi chuckled.
‘I wondered why he came.’
Only now were all the questions resolved.
‘She said she was going to meet the Divine Physician after we parted, right?’
He nodded.
“I know her.”
The Divine Physician thrust his face forward.
“I heard that you were the one who informed her about that child’s constitution. Is that true?”
“By constitution, do you mean the Extreme Yin Foundation Body?”
The Divine Physician’s body heaved.
“Yes. That is it.”
Unable to hide his excitement, the Divine Physician let out rough breaths through his nose and asked.
“What exactly is the Extreme Yin Foundation Body?”
The Divine Physician emitted a burdensome gaze.
‘That’s the look I have when I see martial arts.’
As if that thought was not wrong, the Divine Physician spat out words like rapid fire.
“In my entire life, I have never heard of something called the Extreme Yin Foundation Body.”
Cheon-hwi nodded.
‘Of course you haven’t.’
The Extreme Yin Foundation Body was a body constitution written only in the World’s Number One Medical Book authored by the Life and Death Eccentric Physician, a figure who was no longer even mentioned.
So one could say that in the current world, he was the only one who knew about the Extreme Yin Foundation Body.
The Divine Physician’s pupils hardened.
“Where did you find out about it?”
“From a book called the World’s Number One Medical Book.”
“The World’s Number One Medical Book?”
The Divine Physician’s glabella furrowed.
It was a medical book with an arrogant title he was hearing for the first time.
“Can I see it too?”
“No.”
Cheon-hwi spoke firmly.
‘How can you see something that is in the Heavenly Demon Cult?’
But he could not say that.
Unbowed by those words, the Divine Physician asked in a cautious tone.
“……Do you have to become a Taoist of the Mount Hua Sect to be able to read it?”
At the question showing his will to read it no matter what, he shook his head.
“It burned up and is gone.”
“I-It burned?”
The Divine Physician’s eyes turned round.
“Such a precious medical book, sigh…”
Looking at the understanding Divine Physician, Cheon-hwi wore a faint smile and immediately erased it.
At that time, the Divine Physician asked softly.
“If so, the treatment method for the Extreme Yin Foundation Body must have been written there as well.”
That was not the case.
Even though he knew it was the Extreme Yin Foundation Body, the treatment method was not written.
‘There’s no need to tell him.’
He didn’t particularly nitpick.
It was out of the thought that it would be more comfortable to just let him misunderstand like that.
Meanwhile, the Divine Physician’s expression became serious.
He had visited to know where he had heard about the Extreme Yin Foundation Body.
But.
‘The World’s Number One Medical Book…’
His curiosity was piqued.
But since it was already burned.
“Can I know what kind of medical book it is?”
“It’s just a medical book.”
It was simple.
Were any other words needed?
However, as if he could not believe those words, the Divine Physician’s face was full of doubt.
“……I understand.”
The Divine Physician spoke as if he was suspicious, then let go of the hand gripping his shoulder and opened his mouth.
“If so, could you tell me how you treated the Extreme Yin Foundation Body?”
“That’s easy.”
Cheon-hwi nodded.
“Taiji.”
“Taiji?”
The Divine Physician tilted his head.
Then, as if he realized something, shock began to settle on his face.
“C-Could it be that you balanced the Yin and Yang?”
Cheon-hwi naturally nodded his head looking at the Divine Physician who understood immediately.
‘They call him a Divine Physician, and seeing him understand right away, he must still have quite a deep knowledge of medical skills.’
“That’s right.”
“How did you get the Acquired Qi to…”
“I guided it myself.”
“That is impossible.”
The Divine Physician swallowed his saliva and spoke.
Had he not been unable to escape from the shock for several days when he took Danmok Rin’s pulse?
‘He guided that Qi?’
Danmok Rin’s body condition was strange.
A ferocious Qi that made one’s mind dizzy flowed out from her entire body.
It was hard to believe how she could walk around with that Qi in the body of a fragile woman.
However, that was not the only surprising thing.
The Qi was maintaining balance and coexisting within her body.
Too naturally.
Harmonizing with her mind and body as if she was born with it from the start.
It was rather protecting her.
“It is impossible to withstand that level of Qi with that child’s body.”
Cheon-hwi nodded.
Just as he said, the Yin Qi accumulated inside was so intense that it was threatening.
To the point that a single mistake would end her life.
“So I let it flow according to the natural order so that it wouldn’t shock her body.”
“According to the natural order?”
The Divine Physician’s glabella furrowed.
“You moved the Acquired Qi according to the natural order? But in order to do that, you must know the blood vessels of the entire body… and have a detailed internal energy operation, plus the eyes to see it.”
The Divine Physician, lost in deep thought, muttered, and Cheon-hwi waited quietly.
Meanwhile, the Medical Pavilion Lord, who was listening to their conversation, shook his head with a face showing he had no idea what this situation was at all.
‘Taiji? Natural order? Acquired Qi?’
They seemed light, but their conversation was far too profound in knowledge.
‘What on earth are they talking about?’
Around the time he was looking at the two with unfocused eyes.
“Gasp!”
The Divine Physician swallowed his breath and sprang up.
“C-Could it be that you grasped the Primordial True Qi and melted it?”
Cheon-hwi’s eyes widened slightly.
‘It’s surprising he figured it out right away.’
The method to cure Danmok Rin’s Extreme Yin Foundation Body was a method that was only possible if one had knowledge of martial arts as well as medical skills.
“That’s right.”
“Are you saying you didn’t drive out the accumulated Qi, but rather infused Qi into it so that it could circulate the whole body and completely melt into it.”
The Divine Physician let out a groan.
‘To think of such a method.’
It was a truly astonishing method.
Unless it was innate Qi, other Qi could not mix with the Primordial True Qi.
Since from the beginning of time, Primordial True Qi and Acquired Qi were meant to be divided.
‘But to break down the boundary between Primordial True Qi and Acquired Qi and build it up.’
It was a method that would turn one into a madman if one made a slight mistake, but if one balanced the Taiji just as he said, it was possible.
But right now, Cheon-hwi in front of him spat out words that ignored such laws.
No, he didn’t just speak, he succeeded.
Through Danmok Rin’s body.
‘It is an unprecedented method.’
But.
“It is hard to believe with just words.”
“Then don’t believe it.”
Cheon-hwi spat out the words bluntly.
The Divine Physician was flustered by that action.
Had he ever experienced someone grumbling like that or ignoring his words?
“That is not it. It is just that you would not have been able to do such a treatment without any medical skills. I wish to know if you have learned medical skills to that extent.”
“It’s annoying.”
Around the time Cheon-hwi blatantly showed his annoyance.
“Junior Brother.”
The Medical Pavilion Lord, who had been watching absentmindedly all this time, hurriedly approached and whispered in his ear.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about right now, but listen to the Elder Divine Physician’s words.”
“Why?”
“The Elder Divine Physician is being of great help to our sect.”
Cheon-hwi stared into the Medical Pavilion Lord’s eyes.
‘Help, you say?’
He recalled those who were in the Medical Pavilion.
How those suffering from muscle pain left feeling refreshed after receiving a few acupuncture needles.
“I have no choice.”
He looked straight into the Divine Physician’s eyes.
“What should I show you?”
“Show me what you are confident in.”
“What I’m confident in.”
Cheon-hwi snatched the Divine Physician’s hand.
The Divine Physician was slightly surprised by that elusive and unpredictable technique, but he hid that trace and asked.
“Are you trying to take my pulse?”
“It’s similar, but a bit different.”
Along with the words, he immediately spread his Qi sense.
“Huh?”
The Divine Physician widened his eyes at the warm Qi stretching out from his hand in an instant.
“……Are you checking the blood vessels?”
“I’m looking at the parts that have no abnormalities.”
Cheon-hwi immediately withdrew his Qi, then moved his index finger to press the Divine Physician’s acupoints.
“You have a bit of a chill.”
Pababak!
In an instant, he pressed eight acupoints.
“Heo-eo!”
The Divine Physician burst out in astonishment.
Needles were not inserted, but he could feel something pressing on his acupoints.
“It is an acupuncture technique that raises body temperature.”
“You know it well?”
“Of course I know that much.”
“It’s nice because I don’t need to explain.”
Cheon-hwi lightly shook his hand off.
Then, the Divine Physician felt the thing pressing his acupoints disappear and turn warm.
“It is good.”
“Are we done now?”
The moment Cheon-hwi was about to pull his hand away.
Grip!
The Divine Physician forcefully grabbed Cheon-hwi’s wrist that he was trying to let go of and his eyes sparkled.
“Do you have more to say?”
“I do.”
The speaking Divine Physician gave strength to his words and said.
“Do you have any intention of becoming my disciple?”
Disciple? What kind of bullshit is this?
“I don’t.”
Cheon-hwi spoke in a dumbfounded tone.
The Divine Physician, who had never thought for a moment that he would be rejected, was flustered.
“W-Why?”
“I am a disciple of the Mount Hua Sect.”
The Divine Physician lost his words.
He was blinded by Cheon-hwi’s talent and had forgotten for a moment.
That he was a disciple of the Mount Hua Sect.
“If you learn the medical skills of my sect now, even Hua Tuo would have to concede a move. But how can you… teachings…”
“I don’t need it.”
Cheon-hwi refused.
‘What medical skills.’
Right now, he was interested in martial arts and had absolutely no interest in medical skills.
The reason he learned medical skills was only because there were no more martial arts books at the time, so he just read them.
‘With how many martial arts I haven’t seen in the Jianghu right now.’
To him, whose interest in martial arts had reached its peak after witnessing the martial arts unfolded by the Zhongnan Sword Saint recently, learning medical skills was an act tantamount to luxury.
But the Divine Physician, not knowing that, thought he was refusing because he was a disciple of the Mount Hua Sect and urgently added.
“T-Then I will only give you teachings. The medical skills of my sect are medical skills that can truly be called Divine Art Peerless Learning, so if you learn them, even an immortal…”
It was an unconventional proposal.
However.
“No.”
Not to Cheon-hwi.
“T-Then I will just inform you.”
Cheon-hwi, looking at the persistently speaking Divine Physician, stood up from his seat and spoke.
“I said I won’t learn it.”
“If you learn it, it will definitely be good.”
“I don’t want to.”
At the time the two were squabbling.
Hiiing-
A luxurious carriage, even at a glance, arrived at the mountain gate of the Mount Hua Sect.
‘Who is it?’
As Jeok-geom, who was guarding the mountain gate, was looking at the carriage, the door opened and three men and women got out one after another.
A beautiful woman with a cold impression.
A young man who could be called a noble youth.
A young girl who naturally brought a smile to one’s face when looking at her.
They were the party that had been attacked by assassins just a few days ago.
“Immeasurable Life Buddha.”
Jeok-geom chanted a Taoist title and opened his mouth.
“For what matter have you visited?”
“We came to find the Sect Leader.”
“Whom should I say is calling?”
Jeok-geom asked in a polite tone.
The appearance of openly seeking the Sect Leader, and no one else, must be saying that they were no ordinary people.
And that thought hit the mark perfectly.
“Tell the Sect Leader that Commandery Princess So-hui has visited.”
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