Doctor’s Rebirth - Chapter 133

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Chapter 133
Half a day.
That was how long it took me to find the secret technique that hadn’t been discovered in over a decade.
The synergy between Hwang-gu and Cheonryeong was so overwhelming that calling it “cheating” didn’t even do it justice.
Hwang-gu tracks by scent, then Cheonryeong flies over to verify!
“What? It was there all along?”
Pant pant – Absolutely certain, Master! Now where’s my reward?
Chirp chirp! – What an amazing smell. You cooked this for us, didn’t you?
I distributed premium lamb jerky roasted with the Five Elements Divine Art to everyone.
The moment Hwang-gu bit into it, his entire body went rigid.
Whimper, howl! – This… this is… incredibly delicious!
Chirp chirp chirp! – The fire essence is alive in it!
‘As expected, spiritual creatures prefer food infused with qi.’
The jerky roasted with the Fire Generation Technique became a feast of happiness for the spiritual creatures.
After feeding everyone until they were satisfied, I headed toward the cliff base that Hwang-gu had indicated.
Rumble rumble rumble—
It was right beside a waterfall.
The moss created by the waterfall made the cliff itself treacherously slippery, and the upward air currents generated by the waterfall made descending by rope extremely difficult.
Even if I tried to dig down using my inner energy to drive my fingernails into the rock, the geological characteristics of this region demanded enormous internal power.
‘What madman would willingly climb down beneath a waterfall? No one but me.’
I stretched my body thoroughly.
“Cheonryeong, can you hold onto me and glide down?”
Chirp? – I can’t ascend. I can only slow the fall a bit.
“Right, I’m not in a child’s body anymore.”
I pulled out a rope and tied it securely to a tree.
“Hwang-gu, you must guard this rope at all costs.”
Bark! – Leave it to me, Master!
“And Cheonryeong, follow me and guide me to where the cave is. It shouldn’t happen, but if I slip, grab me immediately.”
Chirp! – Don’t worry.
I grasped the rope and began descending smoothly into the valley below.
Chirp? – Come to think of it, couldn’t you just dig down with your fingernails? You have plenty of inner energy.
“I could, but that would hurt.”
Humans are creatures who use tools.
While that method might look impressive, the training benefit isn’t particularly great, and there’s no reason to force it.
With Mannyeonhwari, it helped with inner energy cultivation, but for something as simple as descending a cliff, I can do it far more safely another way.
In my previous life, I treated quite a few injured hikers.
The human body can be destroyed in countless ways.
Some of those injuries became permanent disabilities, becoming a burden for the rest of their lives.
‘Leisure activities should be done safely. Always be mindful of health and follow safety protocols!’
From a modern person’s perspective, hardship was sufficient during actual training.
If I wasn’t cultivating, I simply wanted to live a peaceful life.
How far down had I descended by then?
I’d reached the point where the rope ran out, yet still no cave appeared.
Chirp – I need to go deeper.
“Good heavens, no matter how deep this valley is, I never imagined the rope would be insufficient.”
In the end, I had to undertake the additional labor I hadn’t wanted to do.
Thud!
I had to descend with my bare hands, carving marks into the cliff face as if using a chisel.
“This is quite slippery.”
Chirp chirp – Almost there! Just a bit more!
“Hwang-gu, you really managed to find this place. How on earth did you discover it?”
Finally, I could spot a very small cave.
It was positioned at such an angle that it was nearly invisible even from a short distance, let alone from afar—practically impossible to find with the naked eye.
“That’s right. This is exactly the kind of place where a villain falls and powers up nicely. This qualifies as a stroke of fortune.”
Chirp?
“Just thinking aloud.”
Finally, my feet touched the edge of the cave.
I acrobatically balanced myself and slipped inside.
“Phew, I’m alive.”
Inside the dark cave.
Without me even needing to summon fire energy through the Five Elements Divine Art, Cheonryeong deliberately drew lightning to illuminate the space.
‘This is quite convenient.’
Thinking about it again, choosing to throw myself into protecting Cheonryeong’s inner elixir rather than coveting it was the best decision.
How long had I walked through the winding cave?
Sunlight appeared.
I moved toward it.
There sat a skeleton in lotus position, and before it lay an old book.
My heart raced at a sight I’d only seen in martial arts films and novels.
A landscape I’d longed for all this time, one I thought I could never witness with my own eyes.
A stroke of fortune.
‘It’s exactly as I imagined.’
I realized it.
It was no different from what I had envisioned.
The stroke of fortune in Gangho carried weight in its very appearance.
I approached as carefully as possible, so as not to disturb the eternal rest of the deceased.
On the ground there lay the final testament of the Elder of the Mudang Sect.
Like words written while awaiting life’s end, it was quite a lengthy passage.
In summary, it said this:
‘The secret manual may be learned by whoever finds it, but please cremate the remains and deliver them to the Mudang Sect?’
Though I had become a wanderer with no return in life’s final chapter, my heart remained always with the Mudang Sect.
Within it lay the earnest desire to return, if only as the remains of the departed.
I gathered the secret manual and bowed deeply toward the skeletal remains.
“May you find eternal rest in a place of peace….”
Then, using the Fire Generation technique of the Five Elements Divine Art, I cremated the remains.
Whoosh—
I collected the ashes and placed them into an empty urn I had in my pouch.
Suddenly, I noticed characters inscribed on the stone wall directly behind where the skeletal remains had been sitting in lotus position.
“What…?”
There, written in careful strokes, were my own insights gained through practicing the Dual Thought Technique, along with crucial precautions to remember before learning it.
A location I would never have discovered had I not respectfully prepared the remains.
‘How meticulous. Elder.’
Had I simply taken the secret manual and left, I would have obtained only a dangerous, incomplete version.
‘You truly wished for this technique to pass into virtuous hands.’
Thus ended a modest yet solemn funeral ceremony.
‘Since I’m already here, I should master it completely.’
Besides, no one would disturb me here, and even if I temporarily lost myself to demonic influence, there was no one to strike me back to sense.
I withdrew more dried meat from my pouch.
“Noeji, share this with Hwang-gu. Once I’ve completely mastered the technique, we’ll leave. Cut the rope above as well.”
Squeak? – Are you erasing the traces?
“Yes. Stay nearby and play. If you get hungry, you can hunt with the young ones.”
Cheonryeong nodded like a human and called to the offspring, then fluttered away with a flutter of wings.
Now only I remained in this cave.
I began to slowly practice the Dual Thought Technique.
The safest form of the Dual Thought Technique—refined through the Elder’s own insights and improvements.
Its true effects could only be known through experience.
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-The Dual Thought Technique refers to two states of mind. Yet this signifies not division, but harmony.
Sitting in meditation, I recalled the contents of the secret manual I had just memorized.
-Yin and Yang interact through mutual generation and mutual restraint, harmonizing all things under heaven and earth. The same principle applies to the microcosm within the dantian.
The Jegal Family’s Five Elements Divine Art interprets the world through five categories.
The Five Elements.
Water, Wood, Metal, Earth, Fire.
These five constitute the elements composing all things, and through them, the dantian is constructed. The Dual Thought Technique, by contrast, is created through only two: Yin and Yang.
Certainly, some might think it easier compared to the Five Elements Divine Art.
Yet Yin-Yang and the Five Elements were different matters entirely.
I envisioned the Tai Chi symbol.
-The world harmonizes the light with the heavy, light with darkness, cold with heat.
-The world keeps the light separate from the heavy, light apart from darkness, and when cold meets heat, it loses its nature.
‘Two contradictory statements. Yet neither is entirely false.’
Could one interpret the Tai Chi through the Five Elements?
If I had only read this secret manual, it would have been impossible. However, because the Elder of the Mudang Sect left behind written passages, I carefully cultivated my inner energy using them as clues.
A thread-thin enlightenment passed through my mind.
I boldly threw myself into the swamp of thoughts to grasp it.
I harbored no regrets about the life I had lived.
My hands, unstained by blood, continued to grasp others and lead them toward life.
It was strange.
My life resembled that of a Taoist sage spoken of in Taoism.
I helped patients, performed righteous deeds, and though I sometimes troubled myself, I always moved toward what I believed was the most correct choice.
Never lazy, never wavering, never stopping—this life became selfless and enveloped me.
Because there was no contradiction in my life, the inner demons did not come.
My inner energy began to move according to my mental state.
It was fierce yet gentle.
Suddenly a question struck my mind: “What kind of life have I lived as a physician?” Yet I had no trouble answering it.
Uuuuung—
I slowly felt myself dividing into two. Yet that was merely the sensation of my left and right hands, not the sensation of another person.
It was simply me.
“….”
When I opened my eyes halfway, considerable time had passed.
“I have gained enlightenment.”
Not only had my Dual Thought Technique advanced, but my inner energy had also increased.
‘Is this how Elder Gungwi felt?’
Though I had not entered the state of supreme cultivation, this alone was considerable progress.
‘A full sixty years’ worth of inner energy.’
From this enlightenment alone, my inner energy had increased by sixty years.
But that was not all.
I extended both hands and drew the two swords I had released using only the power of will.
The Frost Blade came to rest in one hand, while the Black Pine Cloud Blade flew into the other.
“Wow!”
The old me could have summoned only the Frost Blade.
Two intentions allowed me to use two different thoughts and two different martial techniques.
‘Then let me verify one more thing.’
The Dual Thought Technique is the core martial art of the Mudang Sect, a supreme technique of the mind that uses two intentions to conduct offense and defense.
Two intentions, in modern terms, are like a computer’s dual core.
Simply put, it allows one to perform multiple tasks simultaneously.
However, if explained only this way, some would ask what difference it has from the Jegal Family’s Heavenly Origin Elixir Divine Skill.
The Mudang Sect’s fundamental concept is the Supreme Ultimate, and by using both yin and yang energy together, its power is greatly enhanced.
Thus, scenes of Taoist practitioners of the Mudang Sect using two different martial techniques at once have frequently appeared since the old days of martial arts.
There is the disadvantage of potentially falling into inner demons and risking mental fragmentation, but beyond that lies an entirely different world.
I needed this Dual Thought Technique.
‘I will combine the Five Elements Divine Art with the Dual Thought Technique.’
I attempted an approach that no ordinary martial artist would have dared to try.
The reason was simple.
No matter how I considered it, this seemed like the most rational course of action.
The two streams of consciousness moved stably according to my will.
The Five Elements true energy emanating from my dantian created two distinct inner forces.

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