Dokmaeuiseon - Chapter 1
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Chapter 1
Jung Myeong was born as the child of a poor farming family.
He had a special secret that he never told anyone.
Namely, memories of his past life.
Since he possessed memories of being born in South Korea and living as an alchemist hunter from the moment of his birth, it was natural that he was extraordinary.
Though his hunter abilities didn’t carry over.
Thanks to his past life memories, Jung Myeong had a mature way of thinking.
His parents, seeing this, scraped together what little money they had to teach him to read.
They hoped for his success.
The desire for one’s child to achieve fame and honor was a natural value of this era.
One day when Jung Myeong turned eight years old.
An epidemic swept through the village.
His family was no exception.
Jung Myeong lost his entire family at an untimely moment.
He became an orphan at a young age and wandered about begging for food.
This was when his intelligence truly shone.
Using his past experiences and knowledge, he somehow managed to survive.
Then he met his master, who was working as a wandering physician.
Lee Heon-seon, the wandering physician.
Medical arts learned through observation and miscellaneous martial techniques.
A master who posed as a traveling doctor with these skills.
Jung Myeong served him and learned martial arts and medical techniques.
After his master died of old age.
Jung Myeong took over his work on his own.
Meaning he became a wandering physician.
It had already been three years since he began traveling the martial world.
He was now in Hangzhou, eating a meal when he stopped mid-bite.
He was looking at something very familiar.
[You have awakened.]
“Huh?”
He awakened while eating lunch.
* * *
Amidst the bustle of Hangzhou.
Jung Myeong suddenly recalled his past life.
His past life was special.
A hunter in a world where monsters emerged from gates.
He was in a specialized profession that used alchemy instead of hunting.
Based on alchemy, he had enjoyed a fairly comfortable life.
Then he died.
The cause of death was an explosion from a failed experiment.
In other words, an accident!
Unlike that past life, he was now living as a wandering physician.
Jung Myeong was fairly satisfied with his current situation.
Though it was regrettable that he couldn’t use alchemy.
It had been nearly twenty years since he lived without it, so he had adapted, one could say.
He didn’t mind not having any special awakening.
By combining his past life knowledge, he was doing quite well as a physician.
But suddenly, an awakening?
It wasn’t strange that he looked surprised.
“Status window?”
Name: Jung Myeong Profession: Alchemist(1) / Martial Artist(2) / Physician(3) Internal Energy: 6 years
Jung Myeong’s mouth fell open at the status window that appeared.
‘Oh. I expected alchemist. But martial artist and physician are there too?’
Who would have thought all professions would be there.
This is unexpected.
Even physician, which he was most confident about, was only about seventy percent.
Because he had never properly learned medical arts. Even that was mixed with modern medical knowledge, so it wasn’t even half-baked.
He thought even physician wouldn’t be recognized, but who knew he’d qualify as a martial artist too.
He had learned the Three Origin Poison Art, which sounded impressive.
But both Three Origin Step and Three Origin Kill based on it were third-rate martial arts with only grandiose names.
He heard that the foundation of martial arts was supposed to be supreme techniques, but many had been lost.
Anyway, they were third-rate.
Who knew that would be recognized as a profession.
‘Three professions. That’s good, right?’
No matter how he thought about it, these were things that would help him.
The skills that followed next.
Alchemist Skills: Analysis(1) / Extraction(1) / Combination(1) Martial Artist Skills: Three Origin Poison Art(3-star) / Three Origin Step(2-star) / Three Origin Kill(2-star) Physician Skills: Acupuncture(3) / Medicinal Knowledge(4) / Pill Crafting(2) / Pulse Reading(1)
The alchemy basics: Analysis, Extraction, Combination.
These were intuitive skills.
Analyzing materials was Analysis, extracting needed components was Extraction, mixing them was Combination.
These were the most basic of basics.
Based on these three, one gradually builds technique.
Going deeper and developing alchemical abilities was the core of being an alchemist.
Though he had just obtained these three, they were at a level he could understand.
As they say, starting is half the battle.
Just obtaining them gave him many immediate uses.
‘The other two aren’t lacking either. Being recognized as skills is something, isn’t it?’
Three Origin Poison Art was at least 3-star.
The rest were mostly 2-star.
‘From this I can deduce that martial arts treat 12-star as mastery. It’s different from other skills. Interesting.’
For medical skills, there were Acupuncture, Medicinal Knowledge, and Pill Crafting.
None of them were properly developed. They were crude.
However, it didn’t matter.
Since they were recognized as skills, he was confident he could grow them quickly.
What did it matter if his current level was low?
‘I just need to do well from now on.’
He had possessed memories from his previous life since he was one year old.
Though he said he had adapted.
For over twenty years, his regret had been great.
How to utilize alchemy skills in this world.
How to develop martial arts through alchemy.
He had thought about it over and over again.
That regret was finally being fulfilled now.
‘Now I can develop rapidly.’
All that remained was to climb higher.
Jung Myeong smiled faintly at this thought.
Just as that smile was about to deepen.
“Aaaahhhhh-!”
A scream pierced through his ears.
* * *
A sudden scream.
Commotion erupted around him.
“Someone collapsed!”
“Oh my! What should we do!”
Even on Market Street, someone collapsing wasn’t a common occurrence.
There was no chaos quite like this chaos.
At the commotion, Jung Myeong got to his feet.
Perhaps it was due to his instinct as a physician.
“Ugh…! Why Mina!”
“Wait a moment. I’m a physician!”
“A, a physician! Please make way!”
“Thank you. Thank you. Please clear a path. Heave…!”
The crowd that had gathered, pushing forward and back.
He squeezed through them.
He could see an old man who had fainted, foaming at the mouth.
‘This doesn’t look good.’
Even a young person would be in danger if they fainted. But this was an old man.
His condition didn’t look good at all.
White foam was floating in his mouth, and his skin color was poor.
He was emaciated, as if he hadn’t been able to consume proper nutrition for a long time.
It was obvious without even checking his pulse.
‘Accumulated fatigue, plus overwork on top of that. The biggest problem is malnutrition.’
Accumulated fatigue from overwork. Built-up malnutrition.
These were two conditions that any modern person would have.
To say that a life-threatening crisis would come from this would be too much of an exaggeration.
However, this era was different.
These two things alone were the worst.
If malnutrition was added to this.
Death would immediately draw near.
Still, he couldn’t give up.
‘Let’s try.’
He approached right next to the old man and felt his pulse.
[Pulse Reading skill is being activated.]
The skill immediately activated on its own.
Thump- thump-
He could feel a faint pulse.
‘As expected, it’s malnutrition. His vitality itself has declined. What should I do?’
The pulse reading was successful.
It was as expected.
He had correctly identified the symptoms.
But this alone wasn’t enough.
It was difficult to suddenly come up with any solution.
However, something unexpected happened next.
[Analysis skill is being activated together.]
[The two skills are creating a strengthening effect.]
“Hmm…? Huh?”
Following Pulse Reading, the Analysis skill was activated.
More things began to appear than before.
The old man’s deeper condition.
Particularly weakened blood vessels.
Even where to supplement for improvement!
What is seen becomes knowledge.
Once you know the problem, solutions become easier to obtain!
‘This might actually work?’
An angle emerged.
He could see a way to treat the old man’s body that seemed ready to breathe its last at any moment.
‘If I know it, I have to do it. I can’t just stand by and watch someone die.’
He pushed the consequences aside for later.
Swoosh-
He immediately began to act.
[Using Acupuncture.]
‘First, I’ll block the further weakening of his energy.’
Block the weakened blood vessels, especially those that were leaking away what little vitality remained.
It was no different from plugging a leaking dam.
Jianzheng, Jianyu, Qishe acupoints.
Nine needles penetrated around the three acupoints.
[Successfully prevented the patient’s energy from weakening.]
[Profession: Physician experience increases.]
‘Good.’
He had successfully plugged the dam.
It was a temporary measure, but.
Being able to prevent the situation from worsening meant he was halfway there.
Now that he’d stopped it from getting worse, what came next.
‘I need to add energy itself.’
He needed to replenish the energy.
How?
Using internal energy would be pushing it.
The internal energy he possessed was at most six years’ worth.
Internal energy that matched exactly the day he learned martial arts.
Using this to replenish weakened energy would be difficult.
It would take twenty years of internal cultivation to barely manage such a feat.
‘If teeth won’t work, use the gums.’
This was different from before.
There were plenty of other ways to supplement energy.
He took out Astragalus, Licorice Root, and Jujube from his bundle.
Medicinal herbs easily obtainable just by going to Market Street.
Being easy to obtain also meant they weren’t particularly special herbs.
Even when properly combined to make medicine, they only provided minor energy supplementation.
Originally, using these to save someone dying was.
Clearly impossible.
‘But I’m different now. Currently, there’s a method only I can use.’
However, Jung Myeong was confident.
He had the confidence to do better than anyone.
‘Extraction!’
[Extracting components from medicinal herbs: Astragalus, Licorice Root, Jujube.]
[Extraction successful!]
In modern terms, one would speak impressively of saponins, polyphenols, vitamins, and such.
‘But alchemy itself is subtly different from that sort of thing.’
The alchemy he possessed didn’t extract only specific components.
It extracted entire ‘desired properties’ as a whole.
Of course, if he wanted, he could maximize and extract just one component.
But right now, there was no need to go that complicated route.
‘I’ll extract everything needed.’
Sssss-
The herbs remaining after he extracted their components crumbled into powder and scattered.
Only a very small portion of the original herbs remained.
These were herbs with their components compressed to the maximum.
‘Now straight to the next step!’
The remaining skill was Combination.
Using this Combination skill, he could mutually enhance the properties of the three herbs.
It would produce one supreme pill.
But this alone was slightly insufficient.
‘I need to add one more thing here. Combination. And…’
[Using Combination skill.]
[Using internal energy.]
Sssss-
He applied the internal energy of Three Origin Poison Art to these herbs.
Six years of internal energy!
Originally, this internal energy alone wouldn’t be enough to completely save a person.
But it was more than sufficient to enhance small medicinal herbs.
When these two are mixed, the medicinal effect will be multiplied several times.
This theory was something he created while thinking about how to use it when he regained his abilities from his previous life.
This is the first real test, but it doesn’t matter.
He’s confident.
This will work!
[The materials’ abilities are enhanced!]
It actually worked!
And suddenly, even more!
An unexpected step that even he hadn’t anticipated automatically proceeded further.
[Pill Crafting is being used together.]
[The Pill Crafting skill enhances the power of the pill.]
The Pill Crafting skill.
It activated automatically.
And raised the level of the medicinal components he had created once more.
Once with Combination. Twice with internal energy.
Three times with the final pill!
[The pill has been completed.]
Shaaa—
As soon as it’s completed, a clear fragrance spreads around the area.
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