Doctor’s Rebirth - Chapter 943

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Chapter 943
“Ah, Hwang-gu. You’ll smash the gate.”
Coming to help only to destroy the front gate—what kind of rampage was this?
I immediately released my qi, using my qi threads to pull Hwang-gu’s massive frame backward.
Hwang-gu’s four paws pressed firmly against the ground. His posture resembled a cat more than a dog, yet he came to a stop with remarkable ease.
Screeeech—
Only after his body sank into the earth up to his knees did he finally halt.
“Whew.”
I descended with a sigh.
Seeing the distance Hwang-gu had covered in an instant was enough to inspire awe.
‘So Hwang-gu wasn’t running with his full power all this time.’
Now, for the first time, he was actually drenched in sweat and panting heavily.
‘Remarkable.’
Looking around, everyone appeared terrified.
They watched me approach leisurely and asked again.
“C-could you be an immortal?!”
“That’s not human speed!”
“A-a demon?!”
The main gate of the Moshan Sect was firmly closed.
Standing before it were six individuals who appeared to be disciples of the Moshan Sect, guarding the entrance.
The gatekeepers were trembling as they gripped their weapons, clearly still shocked by Hwang-gu’s missile-like arrival.
“Ah, please be at ease. We’ve come from Baekrin Medical Guild.”
I quickly produced my identification tablet and showed it, whereupon they finally seemed reassured and lowered their weapons.
“A-a human, you say?”
“….”
They rubbed their eyes and looked at me again, their faces flushing red.
“C-cough. The situation was so urgent that we became confused.”
“We were too flustered and momentarily misperceived things.”
“This has never happened before—why did we see it that way for a moment?”
They all looked embarrassed, their cheeks reddened.
I understood.
‘Hwang-gu came flying with the sun behind him, making his features difficult to discern, and combined with that transcendent speed, they naturally panicked.’
In such circumstances, even the disciples of the Moshan Sect could be forgiven for their momentary confusion.
However, I faced a far more pressing problem.
The Moshan Sect’s main gate was completely sealed.
Could it be a sect closure?
‘What? So suddenly?’
Just as the Bota Clan had once enacted a sect closure, such a practice existed in Gangho—during a closure period, a sect would lock its gates and refuse visitors.
Of course, the disciples also refrained from leaving during such times.
Except for the bare minimum of necessities, all external contact was strictly forbidden.
Typically, a sect closes its gates only when facing a major crisis, external pressure, or decline.
In a way, it resembles a bear entering hibernation.
They seal the gates to survive winter, yet the hibernation itself becomes a process where death is possible.
It goes without saying.
Many martial artists viewed gate closure as shameful in itself, and those who lived and died by honor considered it the ultimate disgrace.
‘I’ve never heard of any crisis befalling the Moshan Sect, yet they’ve sealed their gates.’
The sect members approached the bewildered Jin Cheon-hee.
“It’s an honor to meet you, Sojakju of Baekrin Medical Guild. We are disciples of the Moshan Sect, guarding this place. What brings you to visit our main sect?”
They threw the question directly at him.
In that case, Jin Cheon-hee had no need to hide anything.
“As Sojakju, I’ve come to deliver a message from my Master and Uigakju, Baek Rin-ui-seon. However… is entry possible?”
After all, the martial world was still a place where people lived.
Even with the gates sealed, in truly urgent situations, they would sometimes let visitors through if one spoke persuasively.
Even if the gatekeepers refused entry citing the gate closure, with the Master’s orders, I had planned to slip in through the back entrance regardless.
The gatekeepers spoke.
“We’ve heard tales of the reputation of Jin Sojakju, the White-Eyed Divine Doctor. Indeed, we were amazed to see you commanding two such magnificent spiritual creatures. However, what can we do? Our sect is currently dealing with urgent matters and cannot receive outsiders.”
“Is it perhaps a gate closure…?”
“It is not a gate closure. It’s simply a matter we cannot discuss with outsiders…”
That was when it happened.
A thunderous rumble echoed from behind.
“What?!”
The gatekeepers turned to look back.
There, a black aura surged skyward like a dragon.
Then talismans scattered chaotically through the air, grasping at the shadow dragon that had formed—or rather, attempting to restrain it.
Crash! Crackle!
White lightning danced across the sky.
The shadow dragon trapped within trembled, its mouth opening wide.
[KUOOOOOOOOOOOO!]
Zzzzzt!
The shadow dragon unleashed a roar.
The eerie spiritual pressure woven into that cry carried malevolent and sinister power.
‘What… No. What on earth is that? A demon… doesn’t seem to be one. Is it an anomaly? It’s not Hae-seon level, but…’
Demons were essentially a race.
However, anomalies were closer to corrupted entities gathering together without achieving true racial status.
Things that had not yet become demons.
Things that had not formed proper shape.
And yet.
They brought harm to people.
Those were anomalies.
Talismans continued to fly in, while the dragon twisted its body, scattering black aura in all directions.
Soon, the Shadow Dragon twisted its body and began plummeting from the sky toward the ground.
The problem was that its trajectory led directly toward the main gate of the Moshan Sect where I stood!
“The demon is coming this way! Stop it!”
The sect disciples cried out in alarm and drew forth talismans and wooden swords.
They also produced hexagonal wooden tablets and similar objects.
“We beseech the Great Emperor of the Eastern Peak, the Lord of Mount Tai! May evil be instantly destroyed and annihilated, and may goodness guide the affairs of mankind!”
The Great Emperor of the Eastern Peak was one of the highest deities in Taoism.
He was known to guard the boundary between the afterlife and the living world, overseeing the cycle between the present realm and the underworld.
He was the mountain spirit of Mount Tai, foremost among the Five Sacred Peaks, and simultaneously presided over the Celestial Boundary that connected heaven and earth.
A spell invoking the power of such a great deity!
The incantation meant to instantly destroy and kill evil, while beseeching that goodness be guided through human effort.
With the spell spoken, talismans poured forth from the disciples’ hands.
The talismans flew like hidden projectiles cast by a master assassin, rushing toward the charging Shadow Dragon and colliding with it.
Crackle!
An explosion of brilliant blue flames erupted.
Yet the Shadow Dragon showed no sign of weakening and crashed its head directly into the gate.
Whoooosh!
Boom!
‘So the main gate has a special incantation woven into it!’
The gate glowed brilliant blue and hummed with power.
‘That’s it. It can’t escape because of that gate. A sealing formation has been deployed with the gate as its focal point.’
The Shadow Dragon leaped into the air and collided with empty space.
An invisible barrier blocked the dragon.
The Shadow Dragon roared and hurled itself at the gate again.
In the meantime.
The six disciples continued to deploy their various tools and techniques.
Even I had never witnessed such things before.
Plants sprouted from the earth to bind the Shadow Dragon, while a burning bird appeared in the sky, raining down flames.
These were tangible entities that even ordinary people could perceive.
I had never seen such sorcery and mystical arts before!
‘Because the heavenly energy has grown murky… the power of these techniques has been amplified as well….’
I reasoned this to myself, and I felt certain my deduction was correct.
It was an intuition rising from within!
Perhaps.
It was possible because I had nearly reached Hyeongyeong.
Meanwhile.
I could see people rushing down from higher up the mountain like the wind.
They must be the Moshan Sect disciples who had lost track of the dragon.
However, the power of the main gate was beginning to weaken far more than before.
I had the feeling the gate would be destroyed before they could arrive.
‘This won’t do. But among all the sorceries I’ve learned, there’s nothing that can strike that creature….’
At that moment, my Master Jegalling’s teachings naturally came to mind.
-Why do you hesitate, Hope? This is the true Five Elements Divine Art.
-The Five Elements are boundless and infinite, are they not?
-Yes. Did I not teach you that you had grasped Heaven and Earth Boundless? This is Heaven and Earth Boundless.
-Heaven and Earth Boundless means filling the world with the Five Elements.
Filling the world with the Five Elements.
That could naturally affect even such a foreign entity as this.
All things under heaven and earth carry qi within them.
‘Then…. It’s possible. I haven’t reached Hyeongyeong’s realm like my Master, but I can mimic form itself.’
I steeled my resolve and used sound transmission.
-Hwang-gu. Stay here. Noeji, keep watch and if that thing tries to escape, unleash a lightning strike.
After instructing the two spirit beasts, I poured my inner force into both legs.
And I ran.
Boom!
Cheongi Miribu erupted at its peak.
In an instant, my body soared more than ten zhang high, clearing the gates of the Moshan Sect entirely, reaching a height where I could look down upon the Shadow Dragon below.
Drawing the Bing Jeong Sword, I deployed Transcendent Martial Arts Benevolence upon myself.
Transcendent Martial Arts Benevolence.
I gained complete awareness of my entire body.
Then I employed a new Transcendent Martial Art.
Transcendent Martial Arts Five Elements Genesis.
Within my body, the Five Elements qi repeated cycles of generation and destruction, then exploded.
This time, I released that power through my entire body, spreading it outward.
This was my own unique insight.
Heaven and Earth Boundless Corner.
Manifestation!
A partial unfolding of Heaven and Earth Boundless.
As a result, the surroundings filled with Five Elements qi, swirling around me as the center.
‘I’ll gather this into the sword!’
An intention identical to Transcendent Martial Arts infused the blade.
The surrounding Five Elements qi frosted upon the Bing Jeong Sword, becoming strong qi that compressed further and seeped into the blade.
Fire qi, earth qi, wood qi, water qi, metal qi.
The unified Five Elements strong qi became Five Elements strong rings, coating the sword.
The completion of Five Elements Sword Qi Strong Rings!
‘Now…. Taeul Danseonggeom!’
And Transcendent Martial Arts.
Taeul Danseong unfolded.
Flash!
The intention I created, carrying the Five Elements, shot toward the Shadow Dragon.
A flinch—
Without even making contact, that person instinctively sensed the danger and opened his mouth, spewing forth a pitch-black aura.
However, the Five Elements Forceful Ring shattered it instead.
“!”
It struck the Shadow Dragon’s head and torso directly.
The fierce energy began to explode, shattering the Shadow Dragon into fragments.
Craaaaaash!
“W-what in the world is happening!”
Even those guarding the gate gasped in shock, their mouths falling open wide.
“How can a martial artist possess such power against an anomaly?”
“Was the reputation of Cheonhailgwang’s unnamed technique not mere rumor? No, this surpasses even that.”
Jin Cheon-hee, for his part, observed with calm eyes that the Shadow Dragon’s power had diminished by roughly half.
However, it did not appear to have been completely annihilated.
‘Still, I can inflict definite damage with the Forceful Ring. After all, qi is ultimately the source of all things, so there’s no way it could withstand the Five Elements Forceful Ring compressed so densely.’
In that moment.
My eyes turned toward the heavens, and almost simultaneously, a streak of lightning began to pour down from the sky.
Flash!
The lightning began to sear the remaining fragments of the Shadow Dragon.
Shrieeeek!
However, unable to annihilate everything in a single strike, it descended repeatedly several times over.
Lightning continued to pour down and down until the Shadow Dragon was completely obliterated.
‘This is a different kind from what Noe Jin-i uses.’
The thickness of that lightning was beyond description, and its purity was on an entirely different level.
In that single moment, I grasped the hidden power of the Moshan Sect.
‘This isn’t Noe-gong—it’s closer to sorcery. So the Moshan Sect does possess such sorcery!’
I began to understand why they did not emerge into the Gangho.
Like water and oil, martial arts and sorcery were something that could not be intertwined.

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