Dokmaeuiseon - Chapter 128
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Chapter 128
The silk pouch that came out from Jung Myeong’s chest.
Strange Madman’s eyes widened at the fragrance spreading from it.
“This is…!”
Strange Madman was quite expressive with his emotions.
“This is the spirit medicine I mentioned.”
“Huh… You’re giving this to me already?”
Jung Myeong took out all the remaining spirit medicines from his chest and handed them over.
Since the Blood Death Path was finished, he had no need to keep the rest.
“We’re returning now.”
“I’m grateful.”
“I’m just giving you what I promised. And if you need more, please let me know anytime.”
“You mean this isn’t the end?”
“Only the beginning is difficult. Once you’ve given something once, you should see it through to the end. Whether it’s medicine or affection.”
“Hehe. That’s just like you.”
Strange Madman stared at it for a long while before speaking.
“I can’t tell if you have no greed because you possess Divine Power, or if you’re acting this way because you see something even greater.”
“Isn’t it neither?”
“You have no greed, but you do have great desire?”
“Interpret it however you like. Haha.”
“Hmph. If it were someone else, I’d wonder what nonsense this young fool is spouting… but since it’s you saying it, well. I understand. I’ll put this to good use.”
Indeed, how would Strange Madman report about Jung Myeong to the Beggar’s Sect?
Apart from the Bone Transformation that was agreed to be kept secret, there was much to report.
Meanwhile, Geol Gae claimed his share.
“Then, what you promised me…”
“I’ve left five pills here for you.”
“Ohhh!”
“Huh. That fellow is determined to receive his share.”
He had also taken care of Geol Gae a little.
This was a debt.
Later, when he became an official Successor Candidate of the Beggar’s Sect, he would thoroughly collect on this debt.
Even though he wouldn’t be unaware of him, Geol Gae was delighted after receiving the spirit medicine.
“Well then, I’ll be going first!”
“I wish you good fortune.”
“You too!”
Whoooosh-!
Strange Madman’s speed increased instantly as he took his first step.
Geol Gae, who had been looking this way with regret, followed behind him.
“They left right away.”
Yeo Eun-so looked at him with regret. Perhaps because they had shared hardships together. There was sincerity in her expression.
“Still, isn’t it better than when we first met?”
She smiled as if remembering their first encounter.
Back then, it had been absolute chaos.
“Thinking about that time, however he left would be good, right?”
“Haha. That’s true too.”
Everyone who was going to leave had left.
So now it was time to return. Together with Yeo Eun-so’s sect brothers.
Just as he was about to take a step.
[You didn’t get rid of it but obtained it, right?]
Yeo Eun-so’s sound transmission reached him.
It was a question about the Dokgak Secret Manual.
Since he had also gained something from the Quanzhen Secret Manual, she was asking if he hadn’t obtained it.
Jung Myeong had only one thing to answer to this.
[Of course, wouldn’t that be the case?]
[I really can’t stop you.]
[I’ll take that as a compliment.]
Yeo Eun-so was probably laughing at Jung Myeong’s answer.
Yeo Ha-rang was just quietly watching him from the side with an unreadable expression.
* * *
The journey back was peaceful.
Jung Myeong’s reputation was well-known throughout both Anhui and Zhejiang where Hangzhou was located.
Who would dare to challenge such a person?
Even those attempting banditry would quickly flee and escape.
“Finally…!”
And so they arrived at Hangzhou.
Jung Myeong felt as if he had returned to his hometown.
In fact, it was natural since he had been traveling outside for over a month.
‘Good.’
Quite some time had passed.
As soon as he arrived in Hangzhou, various reactions emerged.
[The Provincial Commander wishes to see you.]
[Very well.]
A Centurion who was acting as gatekeeper for the Military Headquarters sent a sound transmission.
The actual Gate Guards protecting the city gate shrank back in surprise upon seeing him.
Though there was mutual non-interference between government and Murim.
The tension arose because someone with such skill could kill them anytime if he so desired.
Though such a thing would never actually happen.
‘I truly feel the passage of time.’
Thinking of how they used to slyly extend their hands demanding money when he passed through the city gate.
It was a moment that couldn’t help but feel remarkable.
* * *
“Huh…!”
“Hmm…”
“Ahem. Isn’t that him over there.”
The reaction from the Murim People was the same.
Though his alias Poison Demon Physician hadn’t evolved further.
That alias itself had spread beyond Zhejiang all the way to Anhui.
During his short journey through the Murim, the Martial Artists he killed alone numbered over a hundred.
In the process, the number of Super Peak Level masters he subdued and killed was also considerable. It was only natural that they cowered more than the Government Officials when they saw him.
It was an unnecessarily created tension.
Meanwhile, in the Residential Area they entered, the complete opposite reaction emerged.
“The Physician has come!”
“Oh…!”
“I should go to Jeongjin Medical Clinic again.”
“Didn’t you go yesterday?”
“Still, maybe the Physician might see me again!”
“Ah. Then I should go too.”
To them, Jung Myeong was a divine physician.
Since such a divine physician had come again, they couldn’t help but be delighted.
‘This is embarrassing.’
Jung Myeong heard this and was scratching his cheek as he walked.
Yeo Ha-rang watched this with a look of wonder.
“Everyone really likes you, Physician?”
“It’s thanks to the false reputation of being a Physician Sage.”
“It doesn’t seem like it’s just a false reputation though.”
For some reason. Clearly, Yeo Ha-rang had long since heard the story that he had inherited the True Transmission of Jeonjin during their return journey.
She had even acknowledged him.
Yet still, her attitude toward him seemed awkward.
A feeling as if something was bothering her. There was definitely something.
Jung Myeong felt it too.
‘She’ll tell me someday.’
He knew well that such matters couldn’t be resolved by forcing them.
Therefore, Jung Myeong left her be.
Nevertheless, his current appearance seemed to look quite good to her.
“Anyway… it looks nice.”
“Does it?”
“Yes. It’s the first time I’ve seen people follow you like this, Physician.”
She was looking at him with a warm smile that hadn’t been there before.
“Haha. I think this is the first time I’ve received praise from Young Lady.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes. Unlike the other Young Lady, you still maintain some distance, don’t you?”
“Sa Mae is… ah, no, it’s nothing.”
“Haha. I see. But there’s still one more surprise left.”
“What is it?”
“It’s right over there.”
Amidst the warm welcome, his medical clinic was finally visible before their eyes.
“Well then, shall we go inside?”
* * *
The medical clinic had undergone a major transformation.
To be precise, it would be more accurate to say it was still transforming even now.
“I’ve told you countless times not to do it that way! You hopeless Senior Brother!”
“Don’t call me Senior Brother!”
“Why not, Senior Brother!”
“I regret every moment I was happy when you called me Senior Brother!”
“Damn it. I don’t like Senior Brother.”
“If you don’t like it, then don’t do it!”
“I don’t want to. Senior Brother!”
“You damn bastard!”
Gal Tae-gyeong was bickering with each other like they were performing a comedy routine.
A Senior Brother who seemed to have a similar personality to him.
These two were the ones making the biggest changes to the exterior of Jeongjin Medical Clinic.
They were overseeing the Mechanism Formation Method they had designed and the buildings constructed on top of it.
Even the buildings being constructed were being managed by the Carpenter they had brought.
In fact, these two knew the inside of the medical clinic more thoroughly than Jung Myeong himself did at present.
Because they had stepped forward, the exterior of the medical clinic was changing at a rapid pace.
In this situation, the first thing he saw was the quarrel between the two Sect Brothers.
‘A Senior Brother? I haven’t seen him before. But their similar personalities are a perfect match.’
Unfairly (?) for the Master of Jinan Manor, Jung Myeong’s first impression of him was decided.
Meanwhile, Jung Myeong quickly stepped forward and went inside, standing behind Gal Tae-gyeong.
“Ahem. Left Minister Gal! I’m here!”
As soon as he called out, Gal Tae-gyeong’s face lit up. He turned around with a smile bright enough to soften his usually stern expression.
“Honestly, Senior Brother is… Huh! Physician!”
“It’s been a while, hasn’t it?”
“It has been a while! But I’m not particularly happy to see you.”
“Huh. Why not?”
“Even when I’m just sitting still, I hear about your reputation, so it feels like you’re beside me every day.”
“Huh. The Left Minister says such things too?”
He’s changed. Before, he only had unpleasant things to say, and instead of earning points with his words, Gal Tae-gyeong would only provoke anger.
To think he could say such pleasant things now. What on earth happened during this past month?
“Hmph… Every day he shamelessly visits information brokers to gather news, then pretends not to be happy to see you.”
“Senior Brother! No, you damn Senior Brother!”
“Tsk… Are you embarrassed?”
“I’m embarrassed by Senior Brother who says such things so bluntly!”
“…Oh my. Even if he dies, he won’t admit he was wrong.”
“Such an immoral Senior Brother.”
“Hey, why does that come up here?”
At the center of that change was definitely that person called Senior Brother.
With him beside him, Gal Tae-gyeong seemed to have relaxed a bit from his usual sword-sharp tension.
‘Not just Senior Brother in name, but an actual Senior Brother, so he’s let his guard down somewhat?’
In truth, Jung Myeong couldn’t help but welcome that change.
Gal Eun-gyeol’s personality had loosened up quite a bit after his healing was completed. But there seemed to be limits.
Jung Myeong had been quite worried about that.
‘As the medical clinic grows larger, there will be more people to deal with, and I couldn’t let him cause incidents every time.’
But hadn’t he changed on his own without any effort?
This was a very good thing.
Especially if that change was something he created himself without Jung Myeong having to struggle!
“Ahem. It’s my first time meeting you. I am this worthless fellow’s Senior Brother and the Master of Jinan Manor.”
“I am Jung Myeong, physician of Jeongjin Medical Clinic. It’s an honor to meet the renowned Master of Jinan Manor.”
“I already know about you. Ahem.”
“Senior Brother. Please mind your manners!”
“Don’t you know I’m a Manor Master before being your Senior Brother? This is quite enough courtesy!”
“Hah, really. I find this attitude of Senior Brother’s…”
“You don’t like it, do you! I don’t like it either! I hate it too! Enough!”
Instead, it seemed as though all of Gal Tae-gyeong’s anger had been transferred entirely to the Master of Jinan Manor.
‘There’s no stopping this, is there.’
Watching these two who were so crude in expressing affection that they got angry instead, they truly were well-matched sect brothers.
Perhaps the Previous Master of Jinan Manor had known this and made them sect brothers.
In any case, it was the Master of Jinan Manor who stepped forward to end this comedy that wasn’t quite a comedy.
“Could we have a private conversation later?”
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