Doctor’s Rebirth - Chapter 357

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Chapter 357
I observed the situation inside the room from outside the door.
As a master of martial arts, such perception had become as natural as breathing.
After confirming Gong Yu-bing’s condition, I stepped back out.
There was no need to intrude while the two of them sorted through their emotions.
“Ah! What a fulfilling day!”
Yeo Ha-ryun was alone in another room, cultivating his inner energy with the Poison Antidote Manual.
Now that he’d achieved his objective, Yeo Ha-ryun would soon depart with the manual.
“Then I should also get some rest… hm?”
Just as I was heading toward the room where Yeo Ha-ryun was training, needing rest myself, I sensed an unexpected aura and stopped.
A very familiar aura.
Someone was approaching with their energy deliberately leaking outward, uncontained.
Surely they were intentionally releasing their aura to announce their arrival.
But what was this person doing here?
“I pay my respects, Patriarch. I am Wang Chae-baek, Vice Master of the Martial Arts Guild under Baekrin Medical Sect, and have just arrived.”
Gungwi Wang Chae-baek.
He now served as the Vice Master of the Martial Arts Guild under Baekrin Medical Sect.
The actual Martial Arts Guild Master, Dokgo Junghu, pestered Jegalling daily to let him retire, but Jegalling refused to grant him that wish.
However, Gungwi showed no particular attachment to the position of Master.
He spent his days teaching the martial techniques I’d devised to the warriors of the Martial Arts Guild, or conducting training to prepare for group combat.
Of course, that wasn’t all he did.
He occasionally ventured outside Baekrin Medical Sect to suppress bandits and water pirates who stole goods without realizing they belonged to the sect, or those foolish enough to attempt fraud against Baekrin Medical Sect.
From Baekrin Medical Sect’s perspective, his presence allowed them to maintain close cooperation with the Gongsun Family.
After all, his daughter, Wang Gak-yeon, worked for the Gongsun Family.
“Ah… what brings you here? I didn’t summon you, Vice Master Wang.”
“The Patriarch sent me.”
‘Master? But you told me to keep my identity hidden, and yet if you do this, the whole neighborhood will know about it…’
“Here. A letter from the Patriarch.”
As Gungwi respectfully offered the letter, I carefully received and unfolded it.
-Hope, you’ve caused quite a stir again. This Master’s heart nearly gave out hearing you challenged the Great Creation Palace’s Sword Formation along with that bug. Word of you treating Tugoe’s Granddaughter will spread soon enough, so I’m sending reinforcements for your protection. Know that you’ll be scolded when you return.
‘Well… true. After such a massive battle, it would be stranger if rumors didn’t spread. Many people thought the earth itself had quaked… sigh… Ha-ryun, why did you have to use that technique for the first time then?’
It couldn’t be helped.
If the protagonist listened to others obediently, he wouldn’t be a protagonist.
If the protagonist had used Kangwhan at that moment, that would have been the correct choice.
I organized my thoughts and looked at Gungwi.
“Master’s judgment seems sound. If word spread that Tugoe, one of the ten greatest masters under heaven, is recuperating here, everyone would come rushing.”
“I heard about the Namgung Family’s position on the way here. They’ve decided neither to lend their hand to either side nor to refuse—a neutral stance.”
“Well, we’re not even allied with them, and there’s bad blood between Tugoe and the Namgung Family anyway. In that sense, their neutrality is fortunate enough.”
Besides, Yeo Ha-ryun is another variable.
I couldn’t know what they thought of Yeo Ha-ryun’s level, but if they mistook him for Hyeongyeong, he’d be at least Three Elite caliber.
There aren’t many madmen who wish to make enemies of the Three Elites.
The Cheonma far away in the Ten Thousand Great Mountains may not be frightening, but the mysterious master of unfathomable skill residing in our guest chamber is something we cannot help but fear.
Jin Cheon-hee sighed softly after thinking that far.
Gungwi opened his mouth as he watched Jin Cheon-hee.
“You’ve overexerted yourself, sir.”
“I suppose I was being presumptuous.”
“Yes. It would be best if you refrained from doing so in the future.”
“But….”
“I understand. Had the Silver Benefactor not possessed such a character, our Gak-yeon would likely have passed away by now.”
Gungwi regarded Jin Cheon-hee with a complicated expression for a long while.
“….”
Silence fell between the two of them for a moment.
Soon, Jin Cheon-hee managed to speak with difficulty.
“It seems Lord Wang has become too rigid. Whether it’s because Gak-yeon left home or for some other reason….”
“You speak strangely, sir. I merely wish to repay the debt of gratitude I owe to the Silver Benefactor.”
“Sigh… I understand. By the way, how many did you bring?”
Jin Cheon-hee changed the subject.
“Four of the Martial Arts Guild’s Twelve Martial Forces have arrived.”
The Martial Arts Guild’s Twelve Martial Forces!
Originally, the Baekrin Medical Guild’s military organization was the Martial Arts Guild, which contained three forces.
They were simply called the First Force, the Second Force, and so on.
However.
Now, beneath that Martial Arts Guild, twelve separate organizations had been established.
Thus, they began to be called the Twelve Martial Forces.
‘Hmm, did I transmit martial techniques too excessively?’
Using the Jegal Family’s Harmonious Origin Technique as the foundation, and reassembling what I had seen in the Imperial Archives, I had weakened and stabilized it to create the Harmonious Origin Energy Technique, allowing more warriors to strengthen their martial power.
Moreover, rumors spread that the martial techniques transmitted by the Baekrin Medical Guild did not require the Five Elements or the Boneless meridians, causing even more warriors to volunteer for the Baekrin Medical Guild.
As a result.
The total number reached a staggering two thousand four hundred individuals.
Each force was composed of two hundred members, with the First Force containing the strongest warriors.
“You brought all four forces!?”
Even Jin Cheon-hee, who rarely showed surprise, was astonished.
Four forces meant a total of eight hundred people!
It was a number that could annihilate any minor or mid-sized sect in a single night, and even major sects would struggle to withstand it.
“The Patriarch commanded that this much was necessary.”
“My Master really… with that many, we could destroy an entire sect and still have forces to spare. But what does the Namgung Family say about this?”
“The Namgung Family stated that after vacating this estate, they would withdraw their involvement. All defense and security of this estate would fall under the responsibility of our Baekrin Medical Guild.”
“That’s actually more convenient. Then I’ll make some adjustments to the estate’s formation arrays. Please ensure good security while the patient is being treated.”
“Leave it to me, sir.”
Gungwi Wang Chae-baek spoke thus, then bowed respectfully and departed.
I sighed as I watched the scene unfold.
“Word will spread no matter what. I wonder how this will turn out….”
I shook my head.
* * *
When I began treating Tugoe at the Namgung Family’s merchant estate in Muho Port.
After completing his strategic calculations, Jegalling immediately dispatched four of the Twelve Martial Divisions with Gungwi—specifically the top four divisions.
The first through fourth divisions in their entirety.
In other words, all of the Martial Arts Guild’s most elite experts had gathered in this place.
Each division master was fundamentally a supreme expert, and in the case of the First Martial Division, both the master and vice-master had reached the supreme realm.
All remaining one hundred and ninety-eight members were composed of peak-level masters—a truly formidable force.
One could gauge just how terrifying this was by examining the composition of small to mid-sized sects in the martial world.
These sects ranged from very small organizations with fewer than ten martial artists to those with as many as five hundred members.
However, sects boasting over five hundred members were actually quite rare, so on average, most small to mid-sized sects consisted of approximately two hundred martial artists.
So then.
What of the martial artists belonging to these small to mid-sized sects?
Typically, the sect leader would be a supreme expert, or perhaps a peak-level master on the very cusp of reaching the supreme realm.
They might wield a bit of sword or fist energy, and use basic sword techniques sparingly.
Of course, that applied only to moderately successful sects; there were countless examples of small organizations assembled from mediocre rabble.
In such cases, the sect leader often failed to even reach the peak level, let alone become a first-rate warrior.
Therefore, the complete mobilization of four of the Twelve Martial Divisions to guard the estate was an extraordinary situation, and the wise men of the martial world understood this well.
“Is it true that the Namgung Family has sent word they will not interfere in the Muho Port incident and will keep their hands completely off it?”
“Yes, Alliance Leader.”
Dokgo Seon, the Martial Arts Alliance’s Chief Commander, had come to the Alliance Leader’s chamber to report this matter.
The Martial Arts Alliance Leader, Changwang.
He read the report and his expression grew solemn.
“Shin Tu stole the Demonic Sect’s Blood Poison Bead, and is currently receiving treatment and protection from the Veiled Madman in Muho Port? And the Baekrin Medical Guild’s elite Twelve Martial Divisions—specifically the top four—have been mobilized? Chief Commander, when did this occur?”
“This is an urgent report transmitted via Thousand-League Hawk. The report was filed when the Martial Arts Guild’s divisions departed two days ago, so by now the divisions should have already arrived in Muho and made contact with the Veiled Madman.”
After saying that much, Dokgo Seon fell silent for a moment.
It was the Alliance Leader who spoke first.
“Tugoe… While there are quite a few who harbor grudges against her, in truth those targeting Tugoe likely use grudges as a pretext to obtain the rare treasures and exotic valuables she possesses. How quickly is the rumor spreading?”
“Both Hao-mun and Gaebang are selling information, and other sects dealing in intelligence are also involved, so by today all the sects in the surrounding regions of Anhui where Muho Port is located—Shandong, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Fujian, and Zhejiang—will know of it.”
“Heh, and in three more days, the other regions will learn of it, and by the tenth day, even the lands beyond will have heard the news.”
He said that much and let out a hollow laugh.
“Hehehe. Everyone’s quite busy, aren’t they.”
Ground-dwelling beasts are not as swift as flying ones.
This principle applies to martial artists as well.
No matter how skilled in lightness martial arts, one cannot outpace a flying beast.
This is precisely why the messenger pigeon has served as an important means of information transmission from ancient times to the present.
With the addition of sorcery and martial techniques specialized in beast handling, they have even come to raise hawks called Thousand-League Hawks.
The Thousand-League Hawk earned its name by flying a thousand li in a single day, and it is said that with such a creature, traveling from one end of the Hua Empire to the other takes approximately ten days.
“Then what would be the proper course of action?”
“It would be best if we do nothing at all.”
“Nothing at all?”
She nodded at his question.
“Yes. Baekrin Uiseon is not our ally, and their power being weakened to some degree benefits our Martial Arts Alliance—it is gain, not loss. Moreover, since they maintain close relations with Hao-mun of Sadoren, it would be wise to leave matters as they stand.”
“We will not intervene… Is that sufficient?”
“Yes, Meng Zhu. In the end, those blinded by greed will move individually, and their justification will be personal grudges. Our Alliance has no legitimate reason to act in this matter either.”

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