Almighty God of War - Chapter 49

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049

The next day, Guyang Cheongang visited the separate building that Guyang Baek had provided for Shangguan Wana and Yeom Pung.

Unlike their first meeting, the Golden King now got along well with Guyang Cheongcheong and was spending time with the child, not even glancing at Guyang Cheongang.

As he entered the room, he saw Yeom Pung standing beside the bed with a worried expression.

Shangguan Wana lay covered with blankets up to her chest, her complexion pale but looking much better than the previous day, and fortunately her eyes were open.

She and Yeom Pung were still wearing their human skin masks, but as if proving they were rare artifacts, there was no problem discerning the changes in their skin condition.

Seeing Guyang Cheongang, Shangguan Wana tried to struggle to sit up.

Guyang Cheongang quickly raised his hand to stop her.

“Young Lady, your body is not yet whole, so please do not get up. It is sufficient to keep your courtesy in your heart alone.”

He continued in a gentle voice.

“I would like to check your condition once more, so may I briefly take your pulse?”

Shangguan Wana silently extended her wrist.

Guyang Cheongang placed his fingers on her wrist and quietly took her pulse.

After a moment, he frowned and withdrew his hand.

Yeom Pung, who had been watching from the side, asked in a tense voice.

“Young Master, is Wan-a’s condition not good?”

“Fortunately, we have put out the urgent fire, but her internal injuries are deeper than expected, making it difficult to recover quickly with ordinary medicine.”

Guyang Cheongang looked back and forth between Yeom Pung and Shangguan Wana lying on the bed as he spoke.

“Deep within the Young Lady’s heart meridian, an extremely sinister evil energy is coiled like a snake. If this is not completely uprooted, it may one day recur and cause great disaster.”

At his diagnosis, Yeom Pung’s face turned pale.

“Young Master, can you cure Wan-a?”

Guyang Cheongang nodded.

“It is possible. However, to remove this, I must directly inject my qi into the Young Lady’s dantian and draw out that evil energy.”

After seeming to contemplate something for a moment, Yeom Pung made a decision and spoke while giving a cupped fist salute to Guyang Cheongang.

“Before owing Young Master another debt, it would be proper to first reveal our identities.”

Then he revealed his true identity.

“This old man is called Yeom Pung, an elder of Mangeum Mountain Manor known as the Thunderbolt Iron Palm. And this is Shangguan Wana, the youngest daughter of Manor Lord Shangguan Cheon.”

Guyang Cheongang widened his eyes slightly, pretending to be surprised.

‘Elder Hwang was right. The daughter of the Mangeum Mountain Manor Lord… But pretending to be surprised isn’t an easy task either.’

Clicking his tongue inwardly, he looked at Shangguan Wana and asked.

“Since you have heard the explanation, I will ask directly. Will you permit the treatment?”

The dantian was a vital area equivalent to life itself for a martial artist.

Directly accepting another person’s qi into that place was an extremely dangerous act, like entrusting everything to the other person.

Moreover, Shangguan Wana was not a man but a woman.

It was true that women of Murim were freer than sheltered young ladies of noble families.

But that did not mean they would casually expose their dantian to an outside man.

Shangguan Wana silently looked into Guyang Cheongang’s eyes for a moment.

His eyes contained no personal emotions whatsoever.

She nodded calmly and spoke.

“Young Master is my benefactor who saved my life. Moreover, since it is for treatment, even if you demanded something greater, how could I refuse? Do as you wish.”

At her words, Guyang Cheongang also nodded silently.

As he placed his hand on Shangguan Wana’s dantian, a cool and clear energy gently flowed into her body.

The true energy of the Transcendent Impermanence Divine Art traveled up through her meridians and directly confronted the black, sticky evil energy that had been coiled and crouched in her heart meridian.

“Hngh…!”

Shangguan Wana’s body trembled faintly.

However, instead of suppressing or pushing out that evil energy, Guyang Cheongang began absorbing it with the Absorption Formula.

Clear and clean energy filled the space where the evil energy had been removed, gently soothing her injured meridians.

After half a shichen, Guyang Cheongang, with cold sweat beading on his forehead, withdrew his hand.

In contrast, a subtle blush appeared on Shangguan Wana’s previously pale cheeks.

Guyang Cheongang spoke to her.

“I have removed the energy that was gathered in your heart meridian, but you must still take absolute rest and consistently take medicine for the time being.”

Shangguan Wana slowly sat up and looked directly at him as she spoke.

“I do not know how to repay this kindness.”

Guyang Cheongang smiled faintly and replied.

“For now, do not think of other things and focus only on recovering your health. After the Young Lady’s health is completely restored, it will not be too late to discuss matters of gratitude.”

Shangguan Wana nodded and said.

“I understand.”

Guyang Cheongang asked about something he had been curious about.

“But how did you come to be attacked by the masked men?”

Shangguan Wana’s expression hardened as she answered.

“Though I have some suspicions, it is difficult for me to tell you, Young Master. I apologize.”

Guyang Cheongang could tell that she had circumstances she could not speak of.

He said.

“It was merely curiosity, so there is no need to apologize.”

Guyang Cheongang bid farewell to the two and left the separate building.

From that day on, he shut himself away in his father’s training room.

Guyang Baek also strictly forbade the household members from entering the training room, using the pretext that Guyang Cheongang was studying new medical arts he had learned in Nanchang.

The medicine carriage from Bamboo Forest Manor that had departed following Guyang Cheongang arrived as promised two days after his return.

The location was not the main gate of the family estate, but a remote abandoned house more than ten li away that Guyang Baek had secretly arranged through Elder Hwang.

The people from Bamboo Forest Manor unloaded the medicines there and returned, while Elder Hwang moved the massive quantity of medicines to the family estate’s training room several times under cover of night.

The training room had a secret passage that the previous family heads had created for emergencies.

Thanks to this, Elder Hwang could more easily avoid the eyes of the watchers.

It was several days after Guyang Cheongang had begun secluding himself in Guyang Baek’s former training room, which had become his new alchemy room.

He was reviewing the efficacy data of the Dragon Nourishing Pills with Akasha.

[Doctor, I would like to propose a hypothesis.]

‘A hypothesis?’

[Yes. The Dragon Nourishing Pills work by explosively raising yang energy to create vitality, so for women who are fundamentally based on yin energy, only half the medicinal effect may be delivered, or it might actually strain their bodies.]

‘Hmm… So?’

[If we change the ingredient ratios and maximize yin harmony through our special low-temperature aging process, we could create new spirit pills with beneficial effects for women.]

‘You want to create a spiritual medicine for women?’

[That is correct. I think we could call them Yin Dragon Pills.]

In Guyang Cheongang’s mind flashed the face of his stepmother, Dong Yeonhwa, who was always dignified and graceful yet had sadness lingering in the depths of her eyes.

She was certainly Dong Hyeondo’s person, and her purpose in marrying into this house was also to discover the family’s secrets.

But Guyang Cheongang knew what sacrifices she had made over the past dozen years to protect this declining family.

She was an infinitely loving mother to young Cheongi and Cheongcheong, and a woman who could not hide her compassion and worry even for himself when he lay bedridden.

‘The Yin Dragon Pills will be a gift that brings comfort to her heart.’

Guyang Cheongang said.

‘Good, Akasha. Let’s make the Yin Dragon Pills too.’

After more than ten days passed, Guyang Cheongang stood before Guyang Baek and Dong Yeonhwa holding the completed Dragon Nourishing Pills and Yin Dragon Pills.

To convince them of the effects, having the two experience them directly was the best method.

This was after Akasha had already confirmed there would be no side effects from taking them.

Guyang Cheongang gave the Dragon Nourishing Pills to Guyang Baek and the Yin Dragon Pills to Dong Yeonhwa.

Both took the spirit pills without hesitation.

The next morning, Guyang Cheongang was summoned by his father and headed to the study.

Guyang Baek and Dong Yeonhwa were already there waiting for him.

Guyang Baek’s face was overflowing with joy and vitality.

He rose from his seat and firmly grasped his son’s hand.

“Gang-a, about those Spirit Pills you gave me. The fatigue that had weighed me down for decades has vanished like a lie. Hot vitality surges through my entire body, and even the flow of my internal energy feels clearer.”

He was overjoyed as if ready to leap, but Dong Yeonhwa’s reaction sitting beside him was more complex.

Her skin had also become noticeably clearer and more radiant overnight. However, her face showed deep worry alongside joy.

The sensation of the Yin Dragon Pill spreading through her body wasn’t as explosive as the Yang Dragon Pill.

Like soaking in warm spring water, gentle and mild energy flowed through her meridians, releasing blocked qi and blood, awakening each cell anew.

She looked down at the back of her hand.

Her rough skin had become noticeably softer, with clear color returning.

But the miraculous effects of the Spirit Pills brought her tremendous fear along with pride.

She trembled as she thought of her father’s cold face that she would have to confront someday.

Guyang Baek noticed his wife’s pale expression and asked with curiosity.

“Wife, you look troubled. What’s wrong?”

Dong Yeonhwa forced a smile and said.

“I’m just so happy. I can hardly believe Gang-a created something so amazing.”

“Haha, I feel the same way as you, wife.”

Dong Yeonhwa looked at her husband’s joyful face as he gazed at their son, managing only a complex smile, unable to truly laugh or cry.

This miraculous spirit medicine was both hope and deep despair for her.

After that day, a strange routine began at the Guyang Family Estate.

Every night, Guyang Baek would visit his old training room that had become his son’s secret alchemy room, studying the secret manual containing the Five Ultimate Techniques all night long.

Then the next morning, he would listen to Guyang Cheongang’s explanations of the manual when his son came to greet him in the study.

During these brief meetings, secret tutoring sessions took place between father and son that no one could have imagined.

Guyang Baek’s martial arts improved by leaps and bounds, but his stiffened meridians and body were insufficient to fully contain the new supreme techniques.

After pondering, Guyang Cheongang secretly called Guyang Baek to the secret chamber of the alchemy room.

“Father, please take this.”

What he offered was a brilliant golden Supreme Yang Dragon Pill made with Supreme Blood Moss and Dragon Brain Jade Mushroom obtained from Daeyang Mountain Island as main ingredients.

After taking the Spirit Pill, Guyang Baek began circulating the Infinite Return to Origin Mind Method he had recently started practicing.

Soon a tremendous storm of qi raged within his body.

The powerful medicinal effects like lava flowed through his entire meridian system, burning away the impure qi in his body.

When he opened his eyes after one hour, his body had gained ten years’ worth of pure internal energy.

There was no need to describe how delighted Guyang Baek was.

Even amid such hectic busyness, Guyang Cheongang didn’t neglect Shangguan Wana’s treatment.

He faithfully visited the separate building where she stayed every five days.

Each time, he had to play the role of a physician, which wasn’t in his nature.

During this time, the Heavenly Mechanism Pill Furnace was completed, and mass production of Yang Dragon Pills and Yin Dragon Pills began at the Guyang Family Estate.

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