Doctor’s Rebirth - Chapter 569

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Chapter 569
And so, for over an hour, I continued inserting needles—again and again.
“Huh…?”
At that moment, the Anesthesiologist spoke up.
“The patient is waking. No, the pulse… Huh?”
“It’s natural for the body to activate during the Bone Reconstruction Acupuncture Method, so it’s still fine. Rather, it’s a preliminary reaction of bone transformation. However…”
My eyes narrowed.
The moment I stopped my hands to check the pulse.
Crack—
Something snapped unnaturally somewhere in the body. The five Medical Staff recognized it from that sound alone.
“The carotid artery got stuck, and it’s heading toward demonic qi possession, isn’t it?”
The Granite Stone Doctor asked.
I immediately took the patient’s pulse and answered.
“Yes. This patient’s carotid artery is indeed the problem.”
“Plan 1?”
“Yes. That plan.”
“I knew it. When the letter instructed us to secretly prepare for artificial blood vessel replacement, I had a feeling it would come to this.”
It was a peculiar sight.
The patient’s carotid artery was
blocked,
yet everyone’s expressions remained composed.
But the five Stone Doctors’ hands were different.
The Anesthesiologist quickly sealed the acupoints, while the other physicians rapidly withdrew the inserted needles.
I spoke.
“Then, given this emergency, we proceed with carotid artery artificial blood vessel replacement surgery.”
“If this gets out, will the five of us be turned upside down?”
“You’ve been working in the imperial palace for years now. You all know how it is.”
“Ah, what is it with these royal and imperial bloodlines—they threaten the physicians’ lives even while we’re saving theirs… Tsk. And here I thought I was drawing a salary for this.”
“Well, you already know all this anyway.”
At my words, the Basalt Stone Doctor nodded.
“The artificial blood vessel is made from ice essence and thousand-year binding, correct?”
“Yes. I mixed two spirit pills instead of just one. Given the nature of the Nine Yang Severed Pulse, ice essence alone would be incomplete. For now, I’ve forcibly halted the bone transformation that was beginning to occur.”
“We can only hope a cerebral infarction doesn’t happen.”
“Ha… Whether it fails, succeeds, or half-succeeds.”
“With the brain, even half-success becomes a disaster. Either memory loss or the body becomes paralyzed.”
I nodded.
“It’s fine. I don’t think I’ve ever been that lucky, so I called you five—the disciples I trust most among all the physicians in the imperial palace—to prepare for every contingency.”
In other words, the five most trusted disciples among those drawing salaries from the imperial palace.
“Wow, this is driving me crazy. Our Patriarch.”
The five physicians pulled their facial muscles tight and laughed with all their might.
That meant he was nervous.
It was also a habit of my master, Jin Cheon-hee.
“Ah, so if things go wrong with this, the Patriarch will take responsibility?”
He’d even picked up that flawless demeanor that seemed relaxed yet left no openings.
“Anyway, you’ve learned well. Whoever taught you even instilled this kind of thing. Good grief. This won’t be easy.”
“But you said I could leave once there was nothing left to learn?”
The five stone doctors grumbled at Jin Cheon-hee.
Yet their hands moved swiftly.
“Patriarch. How much time do we have?”
“Well, judging by the current condition, it will become critical after about an hour.”
“Can we possibly finish in that window?”
Saying so, he began to hurry even more.
“We’ll start from the femoral artery, correct?”
Normally, a carotid stent procedure begins with the femoral artery—the thigh artery—and inserts the catheter from there.
However, in the current situation, the vital energy was twisted, making the femoral artery difficult to use.
Jin Cheon-hee answered.
“Normally, that would have been the standard all this time, but… in this situation, we’ll enter through the left radial artery.”
The artery that runs continuously from the arm to the wrist.
Normally, if the femoral artery proves difficult, the procedure is sometimes performed using the arteries around the neck instead.
However, after carefully observing the patient’s current condition, Jin Cheon-hee determined that starting from the left radial artery at the wrist would be more advantageous.
“We’ll inject through the left radial artery and proceed past the subclavian artery.”
The procedure began.
* * *
Han Bing was dreaming.
It was a dream of crossing a river of boiling blood lava.
Even as his entire body burned and melted away, there was nothing he could do.
‘My body feels like it’s cooking…’
Strangely, the sensation of boiling blood was familiar.
Though his blood wasn’t actually boiling, the dizzying heat was something no pain could mask.
Hadn’t he lived this way since childhood?
‘Am I dying?’
He instinctively sensed that crossing this river meant there would be no return.
Yet he also knew that crossing this river would end this suffering.
‘There’s no need for me to carry everything alone.’
A life spent moving slowly, ever slowly, to become even slightly less hot.
It was like living with weights attached to every part of his body.
Even stepping outside was difficult. Was this truly a life as a human being?
The moment that thought struck him, he moved forward even more.
There was no reason to live.
The fact that my two younger siblings were trash remained unchanged, but what did it matter.
If I could just escape this bondage….
That was when it happened.
The noose, as if snatching a beast by the throat, seized his neck and began dragging him back toward the shore.
“Ugh?!”
The blue noose showed no sign of slowing, no hint of laziness—it simply pulled and pulled relentlessly.
I didn’t want to go back.
Wouldn’t death bring me peace?
A lifetime spent merely fulfilling the duties of the firstborn son.
Was there any value in such an existence?
The noose offered no answer.
It simply pulled again. The moment I was dragged toward the shore.
Magma forged from blood surged upward all at once, sweeping down in violent currents.
Then a voice reached me.
[Patient, didn’t we agree to fight this through to the end?]
With those words, consciousness began to return.
Strangely, my body no longer burned with fire.
‘Is this what a life without pain feels like?’
I slowly opened my eyes.
The first thing I saw was Jin Cheon-hee’s shameless face.
“Whew, thank goodness you’re alive. Our patient.”
I immediately understood what that blue noose around my neck was, what its true nature was.
“…I abandoned life. How could this be?”
“What are you talking about? Do you know how hard I worked to save you? I even embedded my soul into a luxury item and lodged it in your neck.”
Wondering what he meant, I tried to move, but felt a slight pain.
My wrists were wrapped in bandages.
“Surely you didn’t break…?”
“Not break—a procedure. A procedure. Well, it’s fine now anyway.”
Saying so, he simply sliced through the bandages with a wave of his sleeve.
Tsssk!
My wrists were clean and unblemished.
“The artificial rebirth was successful. All scars have disappeared.”
“Did you plan this from the beginning?”
At those words, Jin Cheon-hee shook his head.
“I did use the Revised Golden Needle Bed Method that my Master once employed, but naturally there was a chance of failure. I was genuinely worried about what to do if heaven didn’t favor us at the end.”
“Were you thinking of breaking me then?”
“Well… if heaven won’t help, then people must. And you said it yourself—you’re not alone.”
Jin Cheon-hee exhaled softly.
Only he knew what the future would look like after this man’s death.
“Thank you for living, patient.”
Jin Cheon-hee gripped his hand tightly.
“What about my body then…?”
“When the King arrives, I’ll explain it the same way. But you should know this first.”
“Hmm.”
“You’ve undergone Bone Replacement and Rebirth, but it stopped midway. Since I artificially induced the transformation without sufficient enlightenment, it seems to have ended incompletely. Perhaps my Master could explain this better.”
After all, my Master is the person who has researched Bone Replacement and Rebirth more deeply than anyone.
I continued speaking.
“During the Bone Replacement and Rebirth, your carotid artery became blocked and nearly led to a cerebral infarction. That’s a vascular issue, and there were also signs of Demonic Qi Deviation from the vital energy. For the blood vessels, Han Bing and I extracted a special elixir we personally possess to create an artificial vessel, which I implanted. And the signs of Demonic Qi Deviation caused by the rampaging yang energy were calmed as the artificial vessel made from Han Bing’s ice cooled down.”
“So yin and yang didn’t collide and explode.”
“If you hadn’t cultivated both the Solar Divine Technique and the Glacial White Divine Technique together, Water would have overcome Fire. Ju Wang-ya taught you well. Or perhaps the patient’s talent was simply that exceptional. Normally, cultivating both simultaneously is dangerous. It could be as risky as the Shaman’s Dual Thought Technique, but when the right person practices it, it seems to bring corresponding rewards.”
I spoke faster, pleased that the patient had awakened.
“Although the Bone Replacement and Rebirth essentially stopped, your body itself was constructed well.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes. Later, the artificial vessel couldn’t withstand the yang energy and dissolved along with it, but even as a half-measure, the blood vessels were properly repaired during the Bone Replacement and Rebirth. This way, there’s no evidence left of the destruction. A perfect crime!”
“So what is my constitution now?”
“You’ve become Nine Yang Severed Meridian Body from Nine Yang Severed Meridian. It’s not the Solar Body we originally aimed for, but this constitution is quite excellent nonetheless. It’s good for martial cultivation.”
Han Bing wiped his forehead.
“My body is already healed—would I complain about that?”
“Your body temperature will remain elevated, but even so, you’ll be able to move around comfortably during the summer in the Aisha Kingdom.”
I muttered quietly, wondering how martial arts novel characters with such unique constitutions even survive—whether this was biologically possible at all.
“I can’t explain it, but even with elevated body temperature, your body will endure it. Ah, but your brain won’t be able to. You’ll need to constantly keep your head cool using the icy energy from the Glacial White Divine Technique among yin-yang techniques. You have plenty of inner energy, so you should manage it easily.”
“Then….”
“Yes. Daily life is entirely possible for you.”
“…!!”
At those words, the Prince’s eyes widened.
He looked down at his own arms. A body no longer wracked with pain.
Soon after, he spoke.
“Is rapid movement also possible?”
“Yes.”
In that instant, this man’s sleeve billowed outward.
Crack!
The wall caved inward.
Remarkably, even I couldn’t see his fist.
I could only follow the afterimage just before it struck.
“…Wow?”
“Mm, certainly impressive. I’ve wanted to throw a punch like that at least once.”
“Patient… you’re really fast?”
“When you cultivate the Glacial White Divine Technique with a Nine Yang Severed Meridian body and repeat the same slow movements, this is what happens. When you truly execute a strike, your fist becomes faster than your intent.”
‘…This is insane.’
Then the door burst open.
“What on earth was that sound! Oh, Your Highness! Was that strike just now from you?”
“The servants have caught on.”
He laughed hollowly.
* * *
A banquet was held.
Needless to say, the King was delighted.
After staying for so long, I, Jin Cheon-hee, had finally begun to understand the language of the Aisha kingdom.
But the reason I continued to pretend not to understand was simple.
“Master, it’s obvious you’re feigning ignorance because you expect troublesome tasks ahead, isn’t it?”
“Transparent, isn’t it? A physician of your caliber would make any ruler pull out all the stops to keep you here even one day longer.”
“But we’ve all noticed you’ve been pretending not to understand Aisha this whole time. Kehehehe.”
These five stone doctors clung to my side like leeches, taking turns pouring and receiving drinks.
“Now that you’ve left their care, they’re crawling all over you.”
“Hehehehe. We missed you, Master.”
“The funny thing is, when you were with us, we cursed you so much. But now that you’re gone, I keep thinking about you.”
“And they keep saying they cursed you behind your back too. What do these people think of their master?”
Overwhelmed by the shameless pressure of my disciples, I found myself languishing.

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