Dokmaeuiseon - Chapter 141

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Chapter 141

 

Treatment.

 

Whoever they were referring to, it was clear they meant someone who had suffered quite severe injuries.

 

Any ordinary physician could be mobilized from Baekyang Escort Agency as well.

 

For Heon-ang Sword, it must be troubling to take up Jung Myeong’s time.

 

However, treating whoever it may be was one of the principles Jung Myeong held.

 

“That’s not help, it’s something I should naturally do.”

 

He spoke to Heon-ang Sword with a bright smile, as if to ease his burden.

 

“…Thank you.”

 

Heon-ang Sword responded sincerely to that consideration.

 

* * *

 

“Here it is.”

 

A private room prepared in the escort agency.

 

Upon entering, it was filled with the thick scent of medicinal herbs. As if treatment was in progress, there were two physicians inside.

 

“You can’t suddenly enter during treatment!”

 

“This person is… Oh! It’s the Physician Sage!”

 

Though startled by Jung Myeong’s sudden appearance.

 

These two recognized him and welcomed him warmly.

 

“Physician Sage, you say. Haha. I’m just Heo Myeong.”

 

“Just Heo Myeong, you say!”

 

“My goodness. This worked out well.”

 

“That’s right! We were troubled about what more to do here… Thanks to you, it feels like a weight has been lifted. You came for treatment, correct?”

 

“For now, it is for treatment.”

 

“Then that’s settled!”

 

“I’ll have to do pulse reading first to know for sure.”

 

“Oh. If it’s the Physician Sage, we know you’ll do excellently. We trust you.”

 

“Then we’ll withdraw now!”

 

Should I call it the expression of throwing off a burden they couldn’t resolve?

 

Even though they were entrusting everything to Jung Myeong, they showed not a trace of shame.

 

Their attitude was ‘what could be the problem when leaving it to such a person?’

 

It was also a passage that clearly acknowledged Jung Myeong’s abilities.

 

‘Am I at that level?’

 

For Jung Myeong, it was like newly realizing his own position.

 

His reputation as a martial artist was rising.

 

But this was the first time he received such recognition as a physician.

 

‘This is a bit burdensome now?’

 

The medicinal energy felt amidst the thick herbal scent indicated that those two physicians were proper practitioners.

 

Yet such physicians couldn’t properly treat the patient.

 

Jung Myeong couldn’t help but feel pressure inwardly.

 

If he was entrusted as a Physician Sage but couldn’t even properly resolve it, wouldn’t that be a big problem?

 

It wasn’t about caring for appearances.

 

But Jung Myeong still had ambition as a physician.

 

For him, it was difficult to bear the burden.

 

So it was the moment he approached for pulse reading.

 

“Hmm?”

 

“What’s wrong?”

 

Before even grasping the wrist for pulse reading, he had already realized.

 

‘Wait, this is too easy?’

 

This was an easy treatment for Jung Myeong.

 

* * *

 

Visual diagnosis. Though commonly understood as seeing and reading the pulse.

 

Among physicians, it was considered one of the highest realms – diagnosing just by looking.

 

Jung Myeong was able to glimpse that realm, if only briefly.

 

‘Is this an effect gained from the body being strengthened through bone transformation? Or has my realm risen? Or am I mistaken?’

 

Either way, he had to prove it himself.

 

He approached the patient.

 

A woman whose entire body had turned white as if all color had drained away.

 

She who must have originally had fair skin looked pale like a corpse due to illness.

 

She was in such a haggard state that even her outstanding beauty couldn’t cover it.

 

Swoosh.

 

He approached her and felt her pulse.

 

‘I hope what I saw was correct.’

 

Pulse reading begun hoping his visual diagnosis had succeeded.

 

And thus he was able to gain certainty.

 

“Hmm…”

 

Gaining certainty that his visual diagnosis was correct, Jung Myeong gained great confidence.

 

“How is it?”

 

“It’s an internal injury.”

 

“As expected. We knew that much.”

 

“Yes. I see the physicians were having difficulty with treatment because the blood meridians damaged by the internal injury run deep.”

 

“Exactly! They said we need to help the circulation of qi and blood, but it’s blocked from the very start. The starting point is too deep.”

 

“Yes. That appears to be the case.”

 

With this, he could give a firm answer to Heon-ang Sword’s question.

 

At that, Heon-ang Sword smiled brightly, pleased that his choice had been correct.

 

In the midst of this, Jung Myeong harbored a small doubt.

 

‘The cause of the injury is more unexpected than I thought.’

 

From the moment Heon-ang Sword said he wanted treatment, he had expected something.

 

He thought he would see someone injured during combat.

 

But what do you know.

 

The woman before his eyes had not been hurt during battle.

 

“From what I can see, it seems she was poisoned during training, not combat. Thanks to the physicians’ efforts, even traces of the poison have disappeared, but… internal injuries remain.”

 

“You can tell even that?”

 

“I should be able to figure out at least that much.”

 

“!!!!”

 

Heon-ang Sword was greatly surprised.

 

‘An attempted poisoning.’

 

Regardless of this surprise, Jung Myeong thought.

 

‘A poison of this caliber would have cost quite a bit.’

 

There’s one reason why poisoning is surprisingly rare.

 

The cost of killing!

 

Killing by poison is more difficult than stabbing someone to death with a sword. Considering that such a precious poison was used in the midst of this.

 

‘This woman doesn’t have an ordinary status.’

 

This woman’s status exceeds the ordinary.

 

This had been his question all along.

 

“Where are you from?”

 

“Hmm…”

 

When he asked directly, an answer didn’t come immediately.

 

Finally, after much deliberation, Heon-ang Sword spoke.

 

“Since you’re my sworn brother, I’ll tell you. She’s a Young Lady from the Jegal family. Her name is Jegal Yeon-ha.”

 

“!!!!!”

 

This time, Jung Myeong couldn’t help but be surprised.

 

Jegal Yeon-ha of the Jegal family. A woman known to be from the direct lineage.

 

‘Ah… so this is why Elder Brother was troubled.’

 

I wondered why he was so troubled by just the Beggar’s Sect.

 

Now I understand.

 

It seems he was more concerned about the situation in Hangzhou being shaken than about his sword wavering.

 

‘Namgung and Jegal. Here with the Beggar’s Sect, the Four Blood Alliance, and some other forces are moving too?’

 

Looking at it now, Hangzhou had become a battleground for all the Central Plains Murim forces without him knowing.

 

It’s more complicated than expected.

 

‘I came to help and ended up obtaining unexpected information.’

 

In the midst of this, it was fortunate that he learned about one aspect of this battleground in advance.

 

Therefore, Jung Myeong could answer the question that followed more easily and positively.

 

“Can you treat her?”

 

“Haha. Of course. Please wait a moment.”

 

* * *

 

Internal injury treatment after poisoning.

 

‘The depth is so deep that it would have been difficult for physicians without martial arts to treat.’

 

It was a difficult treatment for ordinary physicians.

 

It’s hard to untangle the twisted qi and blood itself, and when the depth is deep, it becomes difficult to even touch.

 

‘For me, it’s an easy treatment.’

 

For Jung Myeong, it was rather an easy treatment.

 

He just needed to reach the deep depths and untangle the twisted qi and blood.

 

‘The rest will be resolved by this woman’s level of cultivation. Her energy is pure too. Her body is solid, as if she’s been diligent in her usual training.’

 

He just needed to untangle it.

 

Therefore, he immediately began the treatment.

 

He loosened and opened her front lapel.

 

He placed his right hand on her dantian.

 

Swish swish swish swish-

 

Thus, he emitted his energy.

 

‘Now, now, just bear with it a little.’

 

He suppressed the woman’s energy that was repelling the qi entering from outside.

 

He penetrated deeper inside.

 

As if in pain, he suppressed her body that was trying to convulse by inserting acupuncture needles with his remaining left hand.

 

‘Found it…!’

 

The moment he found the twisted qi and blood.

 

He mobilized double the energy he had been projecting and shot it toward the twisted qi and blood.

 

A method that looked tremendously crude!

 

However, this was something Jung Myeong could do because he was confident in his control over his own energy.

 

Tuhwa-aak-!

 

He released his qi and blood, allowing the suppressed woman’s energy to pass through, taming the twisted qi and blood once more.

 

‘There was still some poison power remaining. I’ll take care of this.’

 

He absorbed the remnants of poison that were trying to overflow like fury.

 

He made it part of the Three Origin Poison Art.

 

Thus, the moment he absorbed all the poison power and released all the qi and blood.

 

“Mmm….”

 

With a deep moan, the woman opened her eyes.

 

* * *

 

Indeed, was she a descendant of the Jegal Family?

 

Upon opening her eyes, she looked down at her body, then looked around her surroundings.

 

When her eyes met Jung Myeong’s, a brief flinch was the extent of her surprise.

 

“You saved me. Physician… No, are you the Physician Sage?”

 

“You recognize me right away?”

 

“It’s a simple matter. I already learned about the key figures when coming to Hangzhou.”

 

“Would I be considered such a key figure?”

 

“If not the Physician Sage, then who would be?”

 

“Hmm….”

 

“Excessive courtesy is also improper. If someone of the Physician Sage’s stature does so, you’ll now be criticized.”

 

“I’ll keep that in mind.”

 

“I only said it out of concern, so if perhaps….”

 

“I’ll take it as advice, so don’t worry.”

 

“…Thank you.”

 

A simple matter, she said.

 

Is this truly something for someone who was just subjected to a poisoning attempt to judge?

 

Meanwhile, she even managed to hold a conversation with clear reason.

 

Her way of attempting fact-based conversation was quite peculiar.

 

But if one considered this a characteristic of the Jegal Family, it wasn’t particularly strange.

 

For Jung Myeong, rather than feeling bad about the sudden conversation, he was filled with admiration.

 

‘Indeed, the Jegal Family?’

 

Seeing one thing reveals ten others.

 

The woman Jung Myeong saw was full of wisdom, and reason could be glimpsed rather than emotion.

 

Who could have poisoned such a seemingly solid woman?

 

Even he couldn’t know that yet.

 

For a moment, she composed herself.

 

She refastened her front lapel that had been loosened for treatment.

 

Swish-

 

She regulated the energy inside her body.

 

Instantly, her pallid complexion disappeared.

 

‘Remarkable.’

 

Jung Myeong admired as he read an aspect of the Great Heaven Star Divine Art that she, a direct descendant of the Jegal Family, would have learned.

 

The energy she possessed seemed to represent the temperament of the woman before him.

 

The energy he felt was extremely cold and also solid.

 

‘Indeed, this is Jegal.’

 

The Jegal Family, whose martial arts aptitude was not outstanding, but who competed with wisdom enough to overcome that.

 

It would be strange not to admire such befitting energy.

 

As he was quietly observing this, she completely composed herself and said.

 

“I owe the Physician Sage a debt.”

 

A debt, she said.

 

Jung Myeong’s response to this quite surprised her.

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