Ascension of the Heavenly Demon - Chapter 187

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Chapter 187

 

“Please calm your mind. From now on, even the smallest emotional change will greatly affect the treatment.”

 

“…Yes.”

 

Dan Yeonhwa lay down on the bed.

 

Soon her upper garment was removed, revealing the undergarment covering her chest.

 

Whether from the sudden cold air or embarrassment at exposing her skin to a strange man, her face flushed and her fine hairs stood on end.

 

“If your body stiffens, I cannot accurately locate the pressure points.”

 

“…Yes.”

 

Her answer was compliant enough.

 

But her tense muscles wouldn’t relax easily.

 

Her body flinched each time the rough hands of a man touched her for the first time in her life.

 

Good grief, I told her not to move.

 

She’s like a granddaughter to me.

 

No, great-granddaughter? At best, she could even be a great-great-granddaughter.

 

No matter how pretty the women he saw, his heart wasn’t particularly moved, and this was probably why.

 

But even if Zhuge Munhyeon felt that way, would she feel the same? She seemed to be trying to endure, but there are things in this world that don’t go as one intends.

 

‘Hmm… First, I need to help her relax.’

 

Zhuge Munhyeon, suppressing a chuckle, placed his hand on her collarbone area.

 

She was trembling like an aspen leaf.

 

Zhuge Munhyeon kept his hand there and waited quietly.

 

For her to get used to his touch, for her mind to become comfortable.

 

If she couldn’t accept even his touch, she certainly wouldn’t be able to accept his internal energy.

 

The spirit energy would fluctuate according to her emotions.

 

“Whoo…”

 

Zhuge Munhyeon circulated his internal energy to warm his hands.

 

It was an application of the Yang Arts, but he created only enough warmth that she wouldn’t feel heat.

 

“Ah…”

 

As the warm energy spread over her skin, her fine hairs slowly settled down.

 

He could feel her stiffened muscles gradually relaxing as well.

 

He gently stroked over them with a brushing motion.

 

Only after a considerable time had passed did her expression become comfortable.

 

“I’ll begin now.”

 

“…Yes.”

 

The treatment began.

 

Zhuge Munhyeon caressed along her collarbone, slowly examining the pressure points.

 

‘Central Palace pressure point…’

 

When a person breathes, the breath held in the lungs exits through the mouth, and the energy gathers here.

 

Martial artists who have reached Gang Qi typically train this place first, using it as a pathway for energy circulation.

 

Though she hadn’t reached Gang Qi, spirit energy tends to settle in the heart and then spread throughout the body following the blood’s path.

 

So he gently pushed his energy in.

 

Just as with Dang Ihwa, the spirit energy filling the Central Palace point like a small snake reacted.

 

At the same time, Dan Yeonhwa’s brow furrowed and her mouth clenched tight.

 

She was feeling pain.

 

Zhuge Munhyeon quickly withdrew his energy and closed his eyes in contemplation.

 

What should he do?

 

It didn’t seem like it would easily give up its position…

 

Should he crush the pressure point?

 

When he first asked Dan Chuyeong for treatment, if he had said he would do it himself, that’s the method he would have used.

 

Because it’s the easiest and fastest way.

 

But he didn’t feel inclined to do so.

 

When he was doing it himself, it should be different.

 

He didn’t currently have as much internal energy as Dan Chuyeong, and if he crushed the pressure point and the spirit energy went berserk, it could cause other problems in her body.

 

In the end, he had no choice but to restrain it.

 

To prevent the spirit energy from exerting force on her body.

 

‘…Should I use the Heart Sealing Arts?’

 

The supreme technique of the Demonic Path he had used on Mujin.

 

It might be possible.

 

But that required the body of the one being sealed to be sturdy. She, who had never learned martial arts, would likely be unable to endure it.

 

‘Then what about formation techniques?’

 

That was also worth considering.

 

He had only thought about it theoretically, never actually performed it.

 

‘Whatever, I’ll try it first, and if problems arise, I can just crush the pressure point then.’

 

Having made his decision, countless formation techniques flashed through Zhuge Munhyeon’s mind.

 

This one is like this, that one is like that.

 

The pages of books etched in his memory flipped rapidly before stopping at one place.

 

Void Sealing Formation.

 

A method to close space itself, cutting off the air currents inside from those outside.

 

‘The formation alone won’t work. Spirit energy has different characteristics from internal energy… I’ll mix in the advantages of the Heart Sealing Arts too.’

 

Zhuge Munhyeon closed his eyes and thought long and hard with his hand placed on her.

 

Because there couldn’t be even the slightest mistake.

 

Thus, a long time passed.

 

Both Dan Yeonhwa receiving treatment and Dan Chuyeong watching endured that tedium in continued silence.

 

Then finally.

 

“Miss, could you please sit up in meditation posture?”

 

“…Yes.”

 

She followed Zhuge Munhyeon’s words without question.

 

Because she had already sufficiently felt the sincerity contained in his touch.

 

There was no lustful intent.

 

Though he said he wasn’t practicing medicine, the sincerity she felt contained the heart of a physician wanting to save someone’s life.

 

Zhuge Munhyeon went behind her as she sat in meditation and took his seat.

 

Her white, delicate nape was visible.

 

When he brushed aside her hair, her neck bones protruded prominently as she bowed her head forward.

 

‘That she gained spirit sight without cultivation means the spirit energy settled in the Central Palace point must have flowed to her optic nerves.’

 

Simply blocking the spirit energy in the Central Palace point wouldn’t achieve complete treatment.

 

He needed to clean the path through which the spirit energy flowed.

 

Following the spirit energy that would flee in surprise at his internal energy, he would push it all into the Central Palace point and lock the Cloud Gate point, the first gateway of energy.

 

Having made his plan, Zhuge Munhyeon didn’t hesitate.

 

He placed his hand on her crown and instantly pushed his internal energy in forcefully.

 

“…!”

 

For Dan Chuyeong, it was shocking enough to make him unconsciously shift his position.

 

Where Zhuge Munhyeon had placed his hand was Cheonryeongae.

 

The soft spot on a baby’s head that moves like breathing, the fontanelle.

 

Though the bone hardens with growth, it’s a place where one could die instantly from impact.

 

For another person to push energy through that spot was extremely dangerous.

 

Nine times out of ten, one would die or become an idiot.

 

But before he could intervene, Zhuge Munhyeon’s hand began moving rapidly.

 

His hand slid down from Cheonryeongae along the midline (the vertical line dividing the head centrally), reaching Okchim, Abundant Wind, and Amun.

 

Dan Chuyeong couldn’t contain his amazement once again.

 

It wasn’t because of worry for his daughter.

 

She didn’t frown even when he expelled internal energy through her Cheonryeongae, or when he pressed the vital point on the back of her neck.

 

This meant that Zhuge Munhyeon’s energy had no effect on her whatsoever.

 

‘Huh, has her use of energy transcended her realm?’

 

This was truly remarkable.

 

Typically, martial artists cannot obtain energy beyond their understanding of techniques. Conversely, they cannot gain understanding beyond the magnitude of their energy.

 

However, Zhuge Munhyeon was completely defying this conventional pattern.

 

Though he was clearly at a lower realm than himself, his ability to manipulate energy seemed to far surpass his own.

 

On top of being fast and precise, he was even meticulous. His movements were as smooth as playing the guqin using his daughter as an instrument.

 

What on earth is this fellow?

 

He had long known he was remarkable, and also knew he was a peculiar fellow who had accumulated spirit energy in his body.

 

But his hand movements seemed impossible for even himself to imitate.

 

‘This fellow’s order is completely backwards.’

 

It was just as he was marveling repeatedly.

 

Zhuge Munhyeon moved to the front of Dan Yeonhwa while still pressing the vital point behind her neck.

 

Then he pressed firmly on her Unmunhyeol.

 

So hard that his finger sank deep into her flesh.

 

The pain must have been considerable, as Dan Yeonhwa frowned and clenched her teeth tightly.

 

“It’s going to hurt quite a bit from now on. You must endure it.”

 

“….”

 

She didn’t answer.

 

But it was as if he had heard her response.

 

Though her face was contorted, she clenched her small fists tightly without letting out a single groan.

 

How admirable.

 

Even with long cultivation, that pain would have been hard to bear…

 

But there was no time for admiration.

 

He pushed energy through her Cheonryeongae, swept along the vital points, and drove the spirit energy that had spread around her eyes all the way to her Unmun.

 

The resistance was considerable.

 

When Dang Ihwa had touched her, it seemed as if something was blocking her energy from entering, but now it was the opposite.

 

When he tried to drive it into one place and confine it, it felt like it was struggling to open the door somehow.

 

‘You bastard, do you think you’ll win!’

 

Zhuge Munhyeon added more internal energy to block it from breaking through, and began setting up a formation around it.

 

His own internal energy wouldn’t work.

 

Because it would disappear over time.

 

He had to create the axis of the formation technique with her original energy.

 

Moreover, careful calculation was needed.

 

If it twisted even slightly, the formation would have no effect, and the confined spirit energy would rampage even more, affecting places other than her eyes.

 

Time flowed like water.

 

With his finger pressing on her Unmunhyeol, Zhuge Munhyeon forcibly drew out her original energy and built a solid foundation.

 

Before he knew it, the night had passed.

 

Zhuge Munhyeon’s face with closed eyes was full of deep thought, and sweat poured down his forehead like rain.

 

This was the most concentrated moment of his life.

 

Dawn arrived in that state.

 

Dan Chuyeong stood guard beside him without saying a word.

 

He didn’t know exactly what Zhuge Munhyeon was doing.

 

But faith had grown in him.

 

Perhaps he might really cure his daughter’s condition.

 

And.

 

“…Whew.”

 

When the day grew dim again, Zhuge Munhyeon’s fingers lifted from Dan Yeonhwa’s body.

 

Perhaps because it had been two full days of concentration, his head ached as if it would split and dizziness came over him.

 

On top of that, terrible hunger.

 

As he stood up and his feet got slightly tangled, making him stagger, Dan Chuyeong quickly approached and supported him.

 

“Are you alright?”

 

“…Thank you.”

 

“Not at all.”

 

Shaking his head, he seated Zhuge Munhyeon in a chair and looked at his daughter.

 

Though his face was full of worry, he didn’t ask.

 

Whether it was success or failure.

 

Even though he must be extremely curious.

 

It was consideration for Zhuge Munhyeon, who had devoted himself to treatment for so long.

 

Feeling such sentiment, Zhuge Munhyeon chuckled and said to Dan Chuyeong.

 

“My work is finished.”

 

“Th-then?”

 

“We need to see the results. She has lived with her eyes open but never had sight… She’ll probably need time to adapt.”

 

“Hmm….”

 

“Let’s put out the lights for now. When her sight returns, too bright a light wouldn’t be good.”

 

“Understood!”

 

Truly, as soon as the words ended.

 

Told to extinguish the lights, he immediately moved and put out all the candles in the room.

 

“Calm those outside as well. So they don’t worry needlessly about the lights being out.”

 

“Ah, right! Of course!”

 

That too was immediate upon speaking.

 

Dan Chuyeong’s voice could be heard as he flung open the door and went out.

 

“The lights were put out on purpose, so don’t make unnecessary commotion!”

 

Then he hurriedly returned to the room.

 

It was natural since he would be worried about his daughter’s condition.

 

In the meantime, her previously contorted face had regained its peace, and though she seemed somewhat tired, she no longer appeared to be in pain.

 

“Miss.”

 

“…Yes.”

 

“Shall we try opening your eyes now?”

 

“Open my eyes…?”

 

“Yes.”

 

At that answer, her eyelids trembled and slowly opened.

 

“Do you see anything?”

 

“….”

 

She said nothing, and Dan Chuyeong held his breath and swallowed.

 

Dan Yeonhwa’s eyes kept blinking.

 

It wasn’t a failure.

 

The gray tint that had clouded her pupils had grown fainter.

 

But was her sight still not there? Did she need more time to adapt?

 

“Well, let’s rest for today.”

 

“Why? Why is that?”

 

Dan Chuyeong, who had been extremely tense, widened his eyes and asked.

 

He would want to know the results immediately.

 

However.

 

“Lord Dan, hasn’t Miss Dan lived in darkness from birth until now? Even though I’ve removed the spirit energy, it would be difficult for her sight to return all at once.”

 

“Mmm….”

 

Dan Chuyeong’s face filled with disappointment.

 

But then.

 

“…Father?”

 

Dan Yeonhwa, who had stopped blinking, called out to Dan Chuyeong.

 

While gazing directly at where he stood.

 

“Ah….”

 

With a light gasp, tears she had been holding back flowed down from her eyes like a spring.

 

Though her vision hadn’t completely returned yet, it was the moment she faced her father’s appearance for the very first time in her life, amidst the blurry shapes and movements she was encountering for the first time ever.

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