Doctor’s Rebirth - Chapter 348

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Chapter 348
Humans are naturally wary of things they cannot understand.
I have never believed I could be understood anyway.
That is precisely why I chose the path of the Poison Sovereign—not as a true Poison Sovereign, but as something else entirely.
Namgung Un’s expression grew troubled.
“Because of you, I’ve become rather inconvenienced myself.”
“I see. Still, the fact that you’ve kept it hidden suggests you intended to let this pass without incident.”
“Seeing how you wrote that letter as if to provoke me, I thought there must be good reason. However, it seems the elders of the main family have different thoughts on the matter.”
Whimper—
Perhaps Hwang-gu sensed my solitude.
The beast rubbed its forehead against my hand in comfort.
‘Indeed, this act of going to save Tugoe’s granddaughter is strange.’
If we were righteous like the Namgung Family, killing Tugoe would be correct.
Even if we were demonic, killing Tugoe now would be correct.
Even if we were unorthodox, torturing Tugoe for the treasures she stole and then killing her would be correct.
‘Yes. It is strange.’
Only I alone sought to save both Tugoe and her granddaughter.
A choice only one who knows the future could make.
Namgung Un was simply pointing out that this lay beyond common sense.
I exhaled softly.
“So you intend to block my path to Tugoe.”
“Stay one night at the Namgung Family, Brother Jin. We shall treat you as an honored guest with the utmost courtesy.”
“Is that the way of the Namgung Family?”
At my question, Namgung Un let out a small laugh.
“Then what way would you prefer, Brother Jin?”
I placed my hand on the hilt of the Bing Jeong Sword and took a step.
Thud.
Forward.
“Let us settle this by the way of the Gangho.”
“How curious. I never expected such words from you, Brother Jin. I wonder what scheme lies behind this. However, this is troublesome.”
Rather than drawing his blade, Namgung Un waved his hand dismissively.
“I have no intention of fighting you, Brother Jin. Whatever thoughts the elders of the main family may harbor, my own resolve remains unchanged.”
At those words, I fell into thought.
Or perhaps, Yeo Ha-ryun thought, I was merely pretending to think.
Perhaps I had already decided from the beginning, and was simply making it appear as though I was considering the matter so it wouldn’t seem strange to others.
After a brief pause, I spoke.
“Then what of this?”
“What is it?”
“I shall challenge the Namgung Family’s prized Dae Chang Gung Mu Ae Geom Jin. If I emerge victorious, you shall withdraw from the matter of Tugoe. What say you?”
“Ha. What in the world—”
In that moment, a raspy voice rang out from behind Namgung Un, who was about to refuse.
“I challenge the main family’s Great Azure Boundless Sword Formation! If we exclude the Three Elites, even someone like you or I would know we cannot survive the main family’s sword formation—do you speak with that understanding?”
A stranger approached.
However, Jin Cheon-hee seemed to already know who this person was.
“I bow to the Thunder Force Swordmaster.”
Namgung Cheong, the Thunder Force Swordmaster.
The epithet was given because his sword was said to be like thunder itself.
Jin Cheon-hee immediately sent a transmission to Yeo Ha-ryun.
[The younger brother of the Namgung Family Head, known to have reached Hwagyeong. He’s famous for wielding the Namgung Family’s Imperial Sword technique with magnificent flair.]
At the same time, I continued speaking outwardly.
“Or if you prefer, I’m also fine with a one-on-one duel. If you’re a master of your caliber, I believe we could exchange some excellent moves.”
Yeo Ha-ryun sensed that his brother was deliberately speaking in a provocative manner.
“Hwagyeong at that age… The reputation of Gangho is not without merit. How did you accumulate such martial prowess at such a young age?”
“It is thanks to my Master.”
“I’ve heard that the Blood Crimson Slaughter Monster raised a monster.”
Namgung Cheong deliberately provoked by mentioning my Master’s old epithet, then spoke thus.
“Very well. Then will you accept the Great Azure Boundless Sword Formation?”
In that moment, Namgung Un spoke urgently.
“Uncle…!”
“Don’t try to stop me. I’m curious too. Whether you truly have the skill to warrant mention of the main family’s Great Azure Boundless Sword Formation, or if this is merely youthful arrogance.”
Namgung Cheong stepped forward despite Namgung Un’s attempts to dissuade him.
“Good. If you accept the Great Azure Boundless Sword Formation, I will open the path as you said. However, if you cannot withstand it, you will pay a great price for that arrogance. Are you still willing?”
At those words, I exhaled a small sigh of relief.
A very brief, subtle breath.
Only Yeo Ha-ryun standing beside me felt it.
I continued speaking.
“Very well. However, I would like to attempt to break through it not alone, but together with my sworn brother. Would it be acceptable if one more joins?”
At my words, Namgung Cheong laughed in disbelief.
“Fine. Out of respect for Baekrin Medical Guild, I’ll allow that much. However, the sword has no eyes, so you must each be careful with your own lives.”
It meant that if you died, it would be your own responsibility.
But it also meant he was speaking sincerely.
However, I was not one to decline here.
“Very well.”
Yeo Ha-ryun watched as my eyes were dyed blue once more.
* * *
The Great Azure Boundless Sword Formation.
Naturally, it was a sword formation composed of those who had mastered the Azure Boundless Sword Technique, one of the Namgung Family’s secret supreme arts.
While the Namgung Family’s highest supreme art is known as the Imperial Sword Technique, the family could not have reached its current standing with that alone.
The sword technique that stands as an equal pillar to the Imperial Sword Technique is none other than the Azure Boundless Sword Technique!
If the Imperial Sword Technique embodies the heavy, solemn bearing of a sovereign in the blade, then this Great Azure Boundless Sword Formation is said to embody the vast expanse of the sky itself within the sword technique.
“The Changgunmuae Sword Technique is that kind of method. It’s hard to grasp just from hearing about it, isn’t it? Theoretically, it shares some similarities with the Cheonma Divine Art.”
“What aspects are similar?”
“The Imperial Sword Form actually moves in the same direction as the Cheonma Divine Art. In that it actively utilizes formless qi and pressures the opponent. It’s similar to Cheonma’s Sovereign Dominion.”
“I’ve heard about it during lectures at the Medical Guild when we studied the renowned divine arts and secret techniques of Gangho.”
“The Changgunmuae Sword Technique is the opposite.”
“The opposite?”
“It uses formless qi to control oneself. When you go to the sea, you unfurl sails, right? The wind moves the ship across the water.”
I tried to explain the difficult martial art as simply as possible, but the fundamental complexity remained unchanged.
I worried whether Yeo Ha-ryun could truly understand this explanation.
But it was needless worry.
“I understand what you mean. You’re using formless qi to add power to your sword path.”
“Exactly right. In that sense, it has less versatility than the Cheonma Divine Art. The Cheonma Divine Art can do both, after all.”
“So the Namgung Family’s martial arts can only do one of the two.”
“Correct. But because they focus on one, the destructive power is incomparable.”
“Then I can predict the characteristics of the Great Changgunmuae Sword Formation.”
“Can you? What do you think it would be?”
I became curious about my younger brother’s answer, as the protagonist of this story.
“They transfer their inner force to each other and amplify that power. That’s why the people within the formation are strengthened to their limits. Am I right?”
At that answer, I couldn’t help but laugh.
“Correct. Our Ha-ryun is quite clever, isn’t he?”
“Hmm. Enough with the flattery. So what’s the countermeasure?”
I flicked my fingers briskly.
“Well, it’s like this…”
The two of us quickly exchanged our thoughts through sound transmission.
Then, together with Namgung Cheong, Namgung Un, and the siblings Namgung Yeon, we headed toward the rear garden of the merchant building operated by the Namgung Family on the outskirts of Muho Port.
Though called a rear garden, it was simply a vast, unadorned stretch of land.
The area was roughly about half the size of an ordinary school athletic field.
Sixteen individuals with sharp auras were waiting there.
“Are you ready?”
At those words, I simply smiled gently.
“I am ready.”
“I say this again, but once the formation is activated, there’s no mercy in my hands.”
“Even if I must pay for my arrogance with my life, Master would not question it.”
Would Baek Rin really not question it?
Yeo Ha-ryun thought absolutely not, but regardless, he had no intention of stopping Jin Cheon-hee’s words.
As long as his hyeong was with him, such a thing would never happen.
I spoke.
“However, there is one thing I must say.”
“What is it?”
“I know the Namgung Family is renowned for keeping secrets. I hope that what happens within these walls does not spread beyond the fence.”
“Hmm.”
Namgung Cheong paused at those words.
I considered the situation carefully.
‘It doesn’t concern me directly, but if I witness Yeo Ha-ryun’s martial techniques during our fight, someone will inevitably harbor doubts about Yeon-won.’
True to a martial arts novel with a demonic protagonist, this world treats the Demonic Sect with surprising leniency.
After all, despite openly knowing the Demonic Sect exists in the Ten Thousand Great Mountains, rather than sweeping them away entirely, both sides simply draw their blades and call it even?
If the protagonist had been aligned with the Orthodox Faction, the Martial Alliance would have already cooperated, saying “Let’s sweep away the Ten Thousand Great Mountains!” and mobilized everyone to rush there.
Usually that becomes the novel’s final climax, or alternatively, the protagonist dies, gets reincarnated, or returns to the beginning.
‘If the dead protagonist here happened to be Cheonma, they’d reincarnate into the Orthodox Faction’s camp.’
If it were a heterodox or neutral faction, the Demonic Sect’s position might shift depending on whether there’s a heroine in the sect and whether she’s truly the most beautiful under heaven—which is incredibly important.
Jicheon Cheonma, a protagonist with backbone in the Demonic Sect, exists in a world that’s somewhat lenient toward the Demonic Sect.
That’s why human lives by Demonic Sect standards are somewhat… more like the lives of flies, which is the real problem.
“I would prefer we not inquire about the origins of each other’s martial techniques.”
“….”
Since Yeo Ha-ryun is the protagonist, the Demonic Sect operates more freely in this world, but even so, I couldn’t carelessly burden Baekrin Medical Guild.
I would fight while concealing the Demonic Sect’s characteristic techniques as much as possible, though there was still a chance such traces might leak out.
“The White Divine Dragon is quite thorough. You seem like a different person from the young man who was provoking us to walk the path of tyranny just moments ago. Is that why rumors of madness follow you around?”
“What does the Thunder Blade think? Do I appear mad to you?”
“Saving those whom everyone seeks to kill is certainly behavior befitting the titles of madman or eccentric. Yet it’s strange. Too rational to be called mad, yet too unreasonable to be called sane—challenging the Namgung Family’s great sword technique, the Unobstructed Sword of the Main House. Hmm.”
I clasped my fists in respect.
“Whatever becomes of me, I ask that you overlook it. I make this pledge in the name of Baekrin Medical Guild.”
“Very well. Then, I too shall overlook whatever transpires within these walls. I make this pledge in the name of the Namgung Family.”
Namgung Cheong raised his hand.
At that signal, sixteen warriors took their positions.

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