Dokmaeuiseon - Chapter 18
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Chapter 18
Early morning.
From that time on, people began flooding into the medical clinic.
“One Clear Intestine Decoction, please!”
“Me too! I’ll buy three bottles!”
Not everyone was a patient.
The patients he needed to treat.
They were already standing in line elsewhere.
These people hadn’t come because they were sick right now.
Instead, they were people who came because they needed medicine.
“You came too?”
“Yes, Elder. It’s been a while.”
“Right, right. You came for the Clear Intestine Decoction?”
“Yes.”
“News travels fast.”
“Haha. It would be strange not to hear about it, wouldn’t it? I heard about it at the bookshelf.”
“Hmph. I see.”
People who came after hearing news about the medicine from the bookshelf.
They treated Old Man Jang comfortably.
Because they were all familiar faces.
The rumors spread by Old Man Wang from the bookshelf were still at a local level.
Even with just that, this many people had come.
It was a glimpse of Old Man Wang’s capabilities.
“Give me three bottles of Clear Intestine Decoction.”
“Two bottles per person maximum.”
“What…! Two bottles.”
“It can’t be helped.”
“But how…!”
“Otherwise, not everyone can buy some. You see those guys behind you staring? What do you think will happen if they can’t buy any?”
The gazes looking at him were fierce.
“…Then please give me two bottles.”
“Right, two bottles.”
“How much is it?”
“Twenty copper coins per bottle, so forty coins total.”
“…Forty coins?”
He was startled upon hearing the price.
“Why? Is it expensive?”
“No, how could that be. I’m surprised because the price is cheaper than I thought.”
“It is cheap, isn’t it?”
It was too cheap.
At this, Old Man Jang let out a deep sigh.
“What can I do? The doctor told me to charge that price.”
“Wow… Is that really okay?”
“What do you mean. It’s not even half the price of other digestive medicines… He must be doing it because it’s fine. Our doctor is such a good person, right?”
“That’s certainly true.”
“Right. Make sure to greet him properly when you see him later. If you get food or something valuable, bring it and offer it to him.”
“I’ll keep that in mind.”
“Here, two bottles.”
“Th-thank you!”
The young man carefully held the two bottles of Clear Intestine Decoction in his arms.
He repeatedly expressed his gratitude and left the medical clinic.
-Did you hear? Forty coins?
-Wow. Medicine for that price?
-Incredible… It’s cheap.
-Since the divine doctor made it, the effects must be certain, right?
-Exactly! But at that price. Hehe…
The other customers had the same expressions.
There was gratitude and admiration.
Each time, Old Man Jang never failed to mention it.
To take care of the doctor.
Even though his mouth must have been sore, he repeated it constantly.
It wasn’t something he did without reason.
That’s how local communities work.
There are relationships that form not necessarily through money.
The fact that these people came here so quickly.
Wasn’t it thanks to Old Man Wang using his influence to spread the word?
It was the result of him acting as an elder of this village in his own way.
The current situation was the same.
If you bestow favors like this, they’re bound to come back someday.
I’m not sure if Jung Myeong calculated this far when he did it.
‘Hmm… If the doctor won’t take care of it, at least I should.’
Old Man Jang meticulously built relationships.
The relationship between the medical clinic and the people of Hangzhou Market.
* * *
Time flew by like an arrow and another ten days passed.
During that time, Jung Myeong’s smile bloomed deeply.
“Hehehe. This is a huge success.”
“Are you that pleased?”
“Of course I am. With this much, I won’t have to worry about running the medical clinic.”
“With your skills as a physician, were you really worried about that?”
“I had to be. I have my people to think about.”
By accepting On Yang-ja’s proposal, he had reached a favorable position.
But now that Jung Myeong had established his residence, he had no intention of doing things half-heartedly.
He wanted the medical clinic to operate properly from the start.
The reason was simple.
“Am I also one of your people, physician?”
“From the moment you entered the medical clinic, you became one of my people. Do you dislike that?”
“Hehe. How could I dislike it? To be one of your people, physician. That’s wonderful.”
“I’m glad you’re happy about it.”
“Of course I’m happy.”
Hadn’t he gained his own person like Old Man Jang?
That’s why he had pondered ways to properly run the medical clinic.
And created the Clear Intestine Decoction.
Since it was a liquid medicine rather than pills,
it was a medicine that allowed for greater production.
He succeeded in mass production, making 100 bottles per day.
The profits he earned were considerable.
Even after deducting treatment income, 2,000 copper coins per day!
That’s 20 silver coins!
In a month, that would be an enormous 600 silver coins.
An incredible monthly profit of 6 gold ingots.
‘Even after subtracting costs, I’m left with about five gold ingots.’
Considering that a family’s living expenses in Hangzhou with its high prices were about two silver coins,
6 gold ingots would be enough for 300 households to live comfortably.
In his previous life, before his awakening, it was an amount he never thought he could even touch.
6 gold ingots.
That’s what kind of money it was.
Yet Jung Myeong, who had earned such a large sum, was not satisfied.
Instead, he felt deep regret.
‘This is nowhere near enough.’
It was because of the sense of crisis that was drying him up.
* * *
The sense of crisis and regret.
These two feelings remained even after sending Old Man Jang away.
It would be more accurate to say they kept rising.
[Using Alchemy Method.]
Swish- Swish-
It was the same throughout brewing the herbal decoction.
‘The problem of making a living is gone now. If I were just living, that is. But I’m not going to just live.’
Should it be called a kind of instinct?
The sense he possessed was constantly ringing alarm bells.
That he shouldn’t be satisfied here.
That he must go further.
‘Hunter’s instinct… Combined with the instinct as a martial artist, this isn’t something to ignore.’
A signal sent by a kind of instinct.
Even in his previous life, such instincts should never be ignored.
Because the senses of martial artists and hunters were different from ordinary people.
Actually, even without instinct, the situation itself was problematic.
‘On Yang-ja… I still haven’t figured out what he wants from me.’
It had been over a month since he started operating the medical clinic.
Jung Myeong moved around constantly, doing various things.
Among them was investigating Black Point.
He needed to understand On Yang-ja’s intentions.
Yet he couldn’t figure out those intentions.
What he learned instead was the true nature of Black Point.
Should he say that what he knew intellectually and reality were completely different?
Black Point was larger and stronger than he had thought.
“Even what I discovered is probably just a part of it.”
At least he could guess On Yang-ja’s level.
By his estimation, On Yang-ja’s level was transcendent peak, or perhaps even higher.
‘That’s an insane level.’
Just reaching peak level was enough to claim the position of sect leader in most sects.
Even if they were small regional sects,
that alone was remarkable.
But this man was estimated to be at transcendent peak level himself,
and seemed to have several peak-level martial artists under him.
With multiple peak-level fighters, there were countless first-rate and higher martial artists.
Considering Black Point’s nature of being able to mobilize various martial artists like wandering warriors,
their power was on the level of a decent great sect.
‘Even though evil sect forces are said to be strong in Hangzhou, this isn’t the kind of power a mere branch should have. It shows how remarkable On Yang-ja’s capabilities are.’
That Black Point.
On Yang-ja of that Black Point is using him.
No, trying to use him.
He could only guess it was because of the other sects entrenched in this Hangzhou.
Beyond that, even he didn’t know.
“Hmm…”
When he thought about him.
Naturally, his sense of crisis grew.
It was the biggest reason Jung Myeong felt thirsty.
[You have successfully manufactured medicine!]
[Skill: Alchemy Method experience increases.]
[Experience increases.]
“I am growing too. Growing… But this isn’t enough.”
Trickle-
The daily increasing production of herbal decoctions.
The increasing profits of the medical clinic.
Meanwhile, his skills were also improving.
He consumed part of the gold ingots he’d obtained to purchase spirit medicines in between.
Thus, his internal energy had grown to 25 years’ worth.
Through the bookshelf, he was also gathering as many martial arts manuals and medical texts as possible.
All of these were methods to become stronger.
He definitely wasn’t sitting idle.
However, this alone wasn’t enough.
‘Someday I’ll be able to survive alone. But to protect the entire medical clinic, I need to become more than that.’
He wanted to protect himself and those who followed him.
Since such thoughts had suddenly grown within him.
The regret he harbored continued to grow in size.
In the end, he had to think efficiently.
For that, he needed a strategy to face giant opponents.
Only with efficiency could he face such massive foes.
“Hmm… What strategy should I go with?”
The first thing he thought of was the hedgehog strategy.
Even if he couldn’t win, a vengeful operation of dying together.
This was the essence of the strategy he’d immediately conceived.
Realistically.
He couldn’t defeat Black Point right now.
So he thought it was priority to possess enough power that Black Point couldn’t touch him.
Enough power to cause damage even if Black Point won.
That was the core of the hedgehog strategy.
‘To match that, I still need to strengthen my forces…’
It was just as he was thinking about how to increase those forces.
“Huh?”
Rumble-
[Intruders have been detected in your territory.]
His concentration was broken.
* * *
‘Intruders? Who?’
Even while pondering.
Jung Myeong’s body moved without rest.
He gathered some medicinal herbs from the alchemy room.
Almost simultaneously, he went outside.
‘Over there.’
He quickly spotted where the intruders were.
From the looks of it, the intruders seemed to have come with a plan.
Without hesitation, they headed straight in one direction.
That direction was where Jung Myeong’s bedroom was located.
A place they wouldn’t know without prior reconnaissance.
Heading straight there meant they had a plan.
‘They have a plan, but they don’t seem to have noticed me yet?’
Swish-
Stealthily.
He slowly approached and observed his opponents.
‘The total number of intruders is eleven.’
He could see their levels too.
One martial artist, first-rate.
‘His level itself is similar to mine though.’
He himself had reached first-rate level with his increased internal energy.
But that was only his internal energy at first-rate level.
‘I still lack real combat experience.’
If he pushed with Internal Energy and skills, one-on-one would be possible.
However, there was a problem.
The subordinates that the first-rate had brought.
There were about ten subordinates following him.
‘Ten of them are third-rate. They’re at Scoundrel level, but.’
Numbers meant power.
This wouldn’t be easy.
Even if he won, getting injured would only result in his own loss.
The worst.
However, if there was something fortunate in all this.
‘It’s fortunate that Old Man Jang went home today.’
At least he only had to face them alone.
If that was the case.
There were methods available precisely because he was alone.
Jung Myeong’s eyes gleamed secretly.
[Martial Art: Using Earth Movement Technique.]
Thud thud thud thud-
He dug into the ground and went down below.
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