Almighty God of War - Chapter 33

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Heavenly Fragrance Fairy spoke.

“While Bamboo Forest Manor’s victory is certainly worth celebrating, I’m more interested in the miraculous spirit medicine called ‘Dragon Nourishing Pill’ that Young Master Guyang is said to have created.”

‘…!’

Guyang Cheongang barely managed to suppress his expression from hardening.

‘How…? The fact that I made the Dragon Nourishing Pill is something only the Heo father and daughter, Elder Hwang, and I know!’

He suppressed his surprise and asked in a deliberately calm voice.

“How did you know that I made it?”

A mysterious smile appeared around Heavenly Fragrance Fairy’s eyes.

“There are very few things happening around Nanchang that I don’t know about. What’s important is that someone capable of creating such a miraculous spirit medicine must surely have medical knowledge that reaches the heavens.”

The playfulness disappeared from her voice, and a desperate tone seeped through.

“I need your medical arts to help me.”

“It seems you have circumstances. Please tell me in detail.”

Heavenly Fragrance Fairy sighed softly and opened her mouth.

“I have a junior sister who is as precious to me as life itself. Her name is ‘Nokju’.”

She began telling the story of her junior sister.

Her junior sister, who had been healthier and brighter than anyone, had suddenly collapsed several months ago for no apparent reason and had been unable to wake up, as if fallen into a deep sleep.

“I sought out and summoned all the famous physicians under heaven. Even a retired former imperial physician from the Imperial Palace came. But none of them could even identify Nokju’s illness.”

Deep sadness and helplessness appeared in her beautiful eyes.

After hearing the entire story, Guyang Cheongang had no more reason to delay.

He rose from his seat and said respectfully.

“I would like to see her right away. Would you guide me?”

His voice contained not just simple curiosity, but the strong intellectual curiosity of a scientist facing an unknown condition.

Of course, Heavenly Fragrance Fairy couldn’t even guess at such feelings.

Heavenly Fragrance Fairy guided Guyang Cheongang to a room located in the most secluded part of the hall.

When she quietly opened the door, a neat and cozy space revealed itself.

The furniture was modest but elegant, and moonlight gently seeped through the thin paper-covered windows, softly illuminating the room.

And bathed in that moonlight, a woman lay sleeping on the bed.

Lying in light jade-colored sleepwear, she appeared to be in deep sleep.

Though she clearly showed signs of illness, there was no indication of suffering.

She was beautiful enough to make even Guyang Cheongang’s eyes widen, and her pale skin seemed to enhance her doll-like beauty even more.

She was Heavenly Fragrance Fairy’s junior sister, Nokju.

“As you can see, there are no external injuries, internal injuries, or traces of poisoning. All the famous physicians under heaven gave up treatment and left.”

Guyang Cheongang silently approached the bed and placed his hand on Nokju’s wrist to check her pulse.

‘Her pulse is steady and calm. The flow of internal energy also appears normal without obstruction. What exactly is the problem? Akasha, conduct a detailed examination of this woman’s body.’

An invisible nanobot silently emerged from Guyang Cheongang’s fingertip and seeped into Nokju’s blood vessels.

And began a precise scan.

Guyang Cheongang pretended to continue checking her pulse while waiting for Akasha’s analysis.

In the suffocating silence, a minute passed like an arrow.

[Doctor, analysis complete. All other vital signs of the subject are normal, but extremely subtle foreign energy interference waves are detected at the synaptic connections between the cerebral cortex and spinal nerves.]

‘Is that why this woman can’t regain consciousness?’

[Yes. This is… traces of an evil technique called ‘Soul Slumber Thread’ recorded in the Life and Death Medical Classic. Soul Slumber Thread is a wickedly evil method that gradually severs the neural signal connection between soul and body, ultimately turning the subject into a living corpse, a soulless person.]

Guyang Cheongang’s eyes turned cold.

He realized this condition was a highly calculated ‘bioengineering’ attack that could never be resolved with ordinary medical arts or martial arts.

‘Soul Slumber Thread… an evil technique recorded in the Life and Death Medical Classic that separates soul and body. Then… if I reconnect that link….’

In his mind, the contents of the Life and Death Medical Classic inherited from Divine Physician Hwata combined with the Transcendent Impermanence Divine Art, continuously drawing new treatment methods.

‘If I stimulate the paralyzed neural network with the Life and Death Soul Revival Acupuncture from the Life and Death Medical Classic, absorb and remove the evil energy of Soul Slumber Thread with Transcendent Impermanence Divine Art, then reconnect the severed synapses with nanobots… there seems to be a possibility of treatment….’

He turned to look at Heavenly Fragrance Fairy who was watching him and said.

“I think I can treat her.”

“…!”

Heavenly Fragrance Fairy’s beautiful eyes shook greatly as if she couldn’t believe it.

“…Really?”

“I also have something I want from you, so why would I speak falsely?”

“All the famous physicians under heaven shook their heads… How can Young Master be so confident about treatment?”

Her voice was mixed with thread-like hope and anxiety.

“It’s a secret technique of my master’s sect, so it’s difficult to explain.”

“Ah… I see.”

Prying into a sect’s secret techniques is taboo in Murim.

Guyang Cheongang sensed Heavenly Fragrance Fairy’s anxiety but didn’t explain the treatment method.

In fact, there was no way to explain Akasha and the nanobots.

He said.

“Miss, because the procedure is very delicate, I’ll need about two days to complete the treatment.”

“Time doesn’t matter, however long it takes.”

Guyang Cheongang continued.

“I heard through Uncle Heo. The condition for obtaining information about the Ten Thousand Year Cold Jade I’m looking for was treating this person, right?”

“…That’s correct.”

“Good. Then after I treat her, I’ll receive that information as payment.”

“Let’s make that agreement.”

There was no hesitation in Heavenly Fragrance Fairy’s answer.

Guyang Cheongang said.

“I need one hundred and eight fine needles, sea needles, fire needles, and round needles. And during the procedure, I need someone to assist me by attending at my side.”

At his words, when the nearby maid tried to step forward, Heavenly Fragrance Fairy raised her hand to stop her.

“No, I’ll do it, so you go immediately obtain the needles Young Master Guyang mentioned.”

Her voice contained deep affection that wouldn’t allow her to entrust her junior sister to someone else.

A moment later, the maid returned with the needles needed for acupuncture.

After receiving and checking the needles, Guyang Cheongang nodded and gave his next instruction.

His voice had become even lower and more serious than before.

“Then, first please remove all of her clothes.”

“…Pardon?”

Heavenly Fragrance Fairy’s beautiful eyes widened with surprise for a moment.

Guyang Cheongang explained calmly.

“The procedure I’m about to perform is not simply acupuncture that stimulates blood points. It’s an extremely precise process where I must directly sense and correct the flow of subtle energy through the meridians and neural networks throughout the body.”

“Ah….”

“Even the subtle friction sounds of fabric or the faint energy of accessories could interfere with that delicate flow and cause fatal problems in the procedure.”

At his explanation, Heavenly Fragrance Fairy nodded.

“I understand. Let’s do that.”

Rustle- Rustle-

With the sound of silk clothes brushing, Heavenly Fragrance Fairy carefully removed the sleeping Nokju’s clothes with gentle hands, leaving her naked.

Her body bathed in moonlight was as beautiful as a sculpture carved from white jade.

Guyang Cheongang’s eyes unknowingly wavered slightly.

It was the discord between a thirty-eight-year-old’s reason and a seventeen-year-old’s body.

At that very moment, Akasha’s voice rang in his mind.

[Doctor, slight instability detected in heart rate and hormone levels. For the precision of the procedure, shall I block unnecessary visual information and show only enhanced biosignal and meridian flow data? It will help maintain concentration.]

But Guyang Cheongang shook his head inwardly.

‘No, it’s fine. I’m a doctor right now. The woman lying before me is just a patient who needs to be saved.’

He sat in the chair beside the bed where Nokju lay and took a deep breath.

All personal distractions disappeared from his eyes as he composed his mind.

‘Akasha, if it looks like I might make a mistake, immediately control the muscles in my hands.’

[Understood, Doctor. From now on, I will synchronize nanobots to all muscle fibers and neural networks in your hands and arms. If any deviation of 1 micrometer or more is detected during the procedure, I will immediately intervene to correct the movement. Please don’t worry and focus solely on the treatment.]

Akasha’s words put Guyang Cheongang’s mind at ease.

The moment he drew a thin gold needle from his needle case, the aura flowing from his entire body changed.

Heavenly Fragrance Fairy, who had been watching with bated breath from the side, unconsciously swallowed her saliva.

Guyang Cheongang’s aura was not something that could be dismissed with mere words of strength.

It was an intense presence that inspired even reverence, combining the noble concentration of one who handles life with cold intelligence.

Guyang Cheongang’s hands began to move.

From the tip of the gold needle that left his hand and pierced Nokju’s pressure points, a subtle energy flowed out and entered along her meridians.

Starting from the Baihui point and reaching the Yongquan point on the sole of her foot, needles were inserted into a total of one hundred and eight important pressure points.

Guyang Cheongang’s touch was mechanically precise, without even an inch of trembling.

After placing the last needle, he stepped back one pace.

A bead of sweat that had formed on his chin dropped to the floor with a ‘plop.’

His face was already drenched in sweat.

The Life and Death Soul Revival Acupuncture was a secret technique that consumed tremendous mental strength and internal energy even when performed by a martial artist with a normal body.

Moreover, though he now possessed fifteen years’ worth of internal energy, he was still a patient (?) suffering from the incurable Nine Yin Severed Meridians.

Extreme fatigue pressed down on his entire body.

Guyang Cheongang closed his eyes for a moment and practiced Qi circulation with the Transcendent Impermanence Divine Art.

Meanwhile, an amazing transformation occurred within Nokju’s body.

The gold needles connected the energies scattered throughout her body into one, like stars in the night sky finding their place and shining.

The needles continued to form a subtle but powerful energy field within Nokju’s body, spreading an invisible massive net.

The dark, faint energy scattered like spider webs throughout her brain, spinal cord, and entire nervous system—the evil energy of the Soul Slumber Thread—began to writhe and gather in one place.

It struggled like a living creature, but could not escape from the elaborate and massive prison of qi created by the gold needles.

How much time had passed?

All the evil energy that had been scattered throughout her body, severing soul from flesh, condensed into a single point near the Mingmen point at the center of her back.

From what looked like a small bead the size of a fingernail, an ominous black light flowed out.

Now the source of the disease had gathered in one place.

What remained was the question of how to deal with this evil mass.

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