Doctor’s Rebirth - Chapter 54

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Chapter 54
“So he’s finally come.”
“Yes. And the Hwaju Medical Guild sent someone as well. Wang Gak-yeon, the daughter of Gungwi. It seems their pride was deeply wounded since we treated a patient they had abandoned.”
“My dreams have been restless lately, and now uninvited guests arrive all at once.”
Jegalling sighed. Yoo Ho continued.
“He said he came to check on his patient Wang Gak-yeon out of concern. But since she’s already in the final stages of recovery, there’s nothing for him to find.”
Wang Gak-yeon. Gungwi’s daughter.
Several months had already passed since she received treatment from me.
Since I had performed major surgery on her, she needed to rest and recuperate afterward, but now she had fully recovered and could be considered completely healed.
In truth, for an ordinary person it would have been a critical injury requiring longer recovery, but her father’s innate qi cultivation that he had transferred to her greatly accelerated her healing.
“They’ve come to find fault. If we refuse, they’ll use that against us, so it’s not a bad move from their perspective.”
“That’s why I showed them. By now, they should be taking her pulse alongside our medical assistants. I also gave Gungwi a heads-up.”
“Well done. But our medical assistants will be under considerable pressure.”
“They’ll try to find fault however they can, and we’ll need to prevent it. However, this is not a matter for you to personally handle. On the surface, it’s merely a visit from other medical guilds, so we can respond accordingly.”
Jegalling took a sip of tea.
“That’s a minor matter. What concerns me is who our Cheon-hee is meeting right now.”
“Yes. I didn’t expect ‘that person’ to visit directly.”
“They must have become curious upon hearing about the surgical technique.”
“Should we continue to pretend we don’t know?”
“That person has never been someone we could stop anyway. Since they seem to want us to leave them be, let’s do so.”
Yoo Ho nodded.
However, there was something neither of them had anticipated.
The Hwaju Medical Guild’s misconduct was far greater than expected.
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“What, a patient is a plaything?”
“How can you say such harsh words!”
“Treating a patient with unverified medical techniques—what else could you call it? If you had left her to us, she would have been fully cured in twenty days!”
“That’s not…”
The Baekrin Medical Guild member’s words caught in his throat.
He hadn’t expected them to abandon the patient and then pretend treatment would have been possible.
‘This shamelessness of the Hwaju Medical Guild makes my blood boil.’
The Hwaju Medical Guild physician continued speaking.
“I understand the patient’s guardian chose the Baekrin Medical Guild. Perhaps our Hwaju Medical Guild’s virtue was insufficient to earn such trust… However, how can you justify experimenting on a patient with unverified techniques!”
“The patient was dying. Speak truthfully. Without that surgical technique, the patient would not be alive.”
“What are you saying? Our Hwaju Medical Guild’s medical skills would have been more than sufficient to save her.”
“The patient’s guardian already showed us your written response declining to treat her. Why do you keep lying?”
“We said we couldn’t accept the case, not that we wouldn’t treat her. The Guild Master himself took her pulse and said he was seeking a solution!”
‘Lying without even moistening your lips…’
The upheaval in the martial world caused by the Gungwi incident had been greater than anticipated.
The poison the Hwaju Medical Guild harbored was no ordinary malice.
“Then bring him here.”
“Whom do you speak of? Gakju would never come for such a matter.”
“How could I, a mere Medical Assistant from another guild, presume to summon the heavenly Baekrin Uiseon? Simply bring his disciple.”
“Heh.”
“If you have nothing to hide, there’s no reason you cannot call for him, is there?”
Before the words even finished, the door burst open violently.
Crash!
“Well said! You wretched dogs of Hwaju Uiseon!”
It was Gungwi. Baekrin Uigak’s escort warriors clung to both his arms.
Upon hearing the news, Gungwi charged forward like a water buffalo, and though the escort warriors threw themselves in his path, Gungwi was a master who had reached the Hwagyeong realm!
Naturally, they had failed to stop him.
Gungwi’s face, flushed crimson with rage, resembled a yaksha demon itself.
“What torment has my daughter endured because of you wretched bastards!”
The killing intent radiating from a master of the Hwagyeong realm drained the color from the Hwaju Uiseon members’ faces.
Gungwi looked ready to shatter their skulls on the spot.
The Hwaju Uiseon member spoke urgently.
“D-don’t you know that killing within the Medical Hall is strictly forbidden? Calm yourself!”
“Calm? What calm! If not for our benefactor, you dogs would already be greeting me in the Yellow Springs! Yes! Since you’ve so kindly come seeking death, why should I refuse?”
If murder occurred within the Medical Hall, the Gangho masters staying for treatment would leave.
They could not trust a Medical Hall that did not uphold the Covenant of Healing.
Baekrin Uigak’s reputation would be finished.
There was no greater calamity. Yet to Gungwi, these men were the enemies who nearly killed his daughter.
The aura emanating from the master of the Hwagyeong realm caused the Medical Assistants to lose consciousness one by one.
Then, a young child’s voice rang out. It was small and calm.
“Please, calm yourself.”
Remarkably, Gungwi’s killing intent wavered at that voice.
“My benefactor.”
“This is a Medical Hall. Settle matters of the Gangho outside.”
It was Jin Cheon-hee, who had just finished treating the grandmother.
At Jin Cheon-hee’s command, Gungwi finally withdrew his killing intent.
As the air returned to normal, the Hwaju Uiseon members gasped for breath.
Jin Cheon-hee spoke.
“I hear you wished to see me.”
* * *
The Hwaju Uiseon members were left speechless by Jin Cheon-hee’s composure.
They had heard rumors of youth, but this was not merely young—this was a child.
Looking down at hands so small they could barely hold a needle properly, one of the Hwaju Uiseon members asked.
“Could it be that Sohyeop is a master of Banrowhwandong?”
Banrowhwandong.
The art of growing younger by reversing the flow of time.
Not only does the difficulty increase, but the body is reconstructed to align with martial arts, and any turbid qi within the body is purified.
Regardless of age or gender, the eyes deepen and appearance becomes remarkably beautiful, and since Jin Cheon-hee’s visage was already exceptional, it seemed they were merely asking about that.
Jin Cheon-hee smiled and answered.
“That’s not the case. I’ve only just begun my training in martial arts as a complete novice.”
It
“He’s just a greenhorn who’s just starting out.”
Judging by the aura emanating from him, it didn’t seem to be a lie.
Though it was slightly concerning that a child’s eyes were unusually deep, all the Hwaju Uiseon members appeared reassured.
Gungwi spoke.
“If you dare to slander the benefactor in any way, I swear by my name Gungwi that I will not let it pass!”
“Please don’t do that.”
“Benefactor.”
Gungwi, who had been roaring like a tiger, immediately calmed at Jin Cheon-hee’s single word.
“These people came only out of concern for their patients. Please don’t speak that way.”
It was strange. The manner of speech was unmistakably that of a child, yet the meaning behind it was that of an adult.
It felt as though a seasoned veteran who had experienced everything was deliberately pretending to be a child and playing around.
Gungwi sighed.
“If that is the case, I beg you to allow me to remain at your side at least until this conversation concludes, Benefactor.”
…
Jin Cheon-hee fell silent and quickly glanced around.
In that moment, he was the very picture of a pure child concerned for the Hwaju Uiseon members.
In truth, Jin Cheon-hee was thinking to himself.
‘The board is laid out perfectly. Gungwi performed splendidly.’
The initiative that the Hwaju Uiseon members had been holding now shifted to Jin Cheon-hee.
Jin Cheon-hee furrowed his brows as if he had no choice.
“I understand. You worry too much about me, which is the problem.”
“I have no face to be called a great expert by you. Please call me Gungwi like everyone else.”
With those respectful words to Jin Cheon-hee, he then issued a sharp command to the Hwaju Uiseon members.
“Know that you live today because of the benefactor’s grace! If any of you dare to tarnish the benefactor’s honor in the slightest, I will not overlook it, and the moment you step outside Baekrin Uigak, I will sever your heads!”
The master of Hwagyeong unleashed his angry roar with emotion.
At the resonant force of his declaration, goosebumps rose on the arms of everyone except Jin Cheon-hee.
Jin Cheon-hee lowered his eyelashes and smiled toward the Hwaju Uiseon members.
“So, you said you had questions?”
“That is… well…”
The Hwaju Uiseon members swallowed hard, their throats bobbing as they looked at one another.
They had only thought of this as a simple relationship between patient and doctor, never having heard that Gungwi remained here serving as his lord.
Moreover, Gungwi’s martial prowess had grown higher than they had known.
‘I was certain he had become a toothless tiger after expending his true divine qi…’
‘If he moved his daughter and even treated her, he surely would have needed to expend his innate divine qi beyond true divine qi to endure it, according to what the Medicine Master said, so how did this come to be?’
The situation was the complete opposite of what they had gathered, compiled, and predicted through the Medical Records and various intelligence networks.
Gungwi remained formidable, and she seemed even stronger than before.
* * *
The questions continued.
Jin Cheon-hee slowly sipped his tea as he continued the conversation.
“Anything beyond that relates to secret teachings passed down from my sect master, so I cannot speak of it.”
Why were there so many secrets? Yet in the Gangho of the non-martial world, it wasn’t particularly strange.
Jin Cheon-hee sighed softly.
“My sect master is someone who came from a distant continent, and their name is not widely known.”
“Still, shouldn’t we know?”
“I understand. My sect master’s name is Hippocrates.”
“Hippo… what?”
“Entering our sect is extremely difficult, and becoming a doctor requires very, very harsh trials. When one is recognized as a doctor, we take an oath.”
It sounded like nonsense, but it was actually half true.
“I certainly heard that Sohyeop suffered from amnesia…”
At those words, Jin Cheon-hee smiled bitterly.
“Indeed. I’ve lost most of my memories, but my recollections of my sect master and sect remain intact. Quite fortunate, really.”
I remember, so what can you do about it?
Jin Cheon-hee kept his face expressionless and moved his facial muscles calmly.
“I’ve even revealed my sect master to you. I’ve done all I can.”
It was confusing.
Somehow it sounded like nonsense, yet also oddly plausible.
“Can you swear by your parents’ names regarding your sect master and sect?”
At that, Gungwi interjected sharply.
“You’ve lost your mind. Surely you don’t think the benefactor would speak falsely of their sect and sect master!”
For martial artists, the sect master and sect are the most fundamental elements that form the root of a school.
Normally, such things were something even sect members hesitated to reveal.
Jin Cheon-hee was disclosing it regardless.
The truth was…
‘Should I have just said some random name like Xylitol Whimsical instead of Hippocrates? No, no, well, it’s at least partially true anyway.’
Jin Cheon-hee spoke.
“How could I speak falsehood while invoking my parents’ names?”
Jin Cheon-hee didn’t even know who his parents were. But wasn’t both Korea and the Gangho deeply rooted in Confucian society?
When you swear by your parents’ names, half of anything goes through without question.

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