Dokmaeuiseon - Chapter 28

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Chapter 28

 

 

‘An injury?’

 

A child who appeared small in stature, limping as she approached.

 

‘Her right foot? No. Almost her entire right side is paralyzed.’

 

For some reason, from the outside it didn’t look like she had suffered any particular injury, but her condition was poor. At a glance, there seemed to be various problems.

She didn’t appear to be an ordinary patient,

this young child.

He didn’t know how she had learned about this place and come here, but how difficult it must have been for her to walk all this way with such effort.

 

‘In that case, it would be rude to make her wait until she reaches the medical clinic.’

 

Jung Myeong quickened his pace and approached the child.

Seen up close, the child was a young girl.

 

“You came to the medical clinic, right?”

“Yes? That’s right.”

“Then that’s good. Since you’re my first patient today, let’s take some time to look at you properly.”

“Yes? What do you…?”

“If it’s about money, don’t worry about taking it out. Don’t worry and come here quickly.”

 

For some reason, the child seemed flustered.

It was probably because physicians rarely treated patients so warmly.

Thinking this, he first led the child inside.

The place they entered was the medical clinic’s treatment room.

While he had been organizing his enlightenment, Old Man Jang must have cleaned up, as the inside was neat.

 

“Now, lie down here.”

“I… I am…”

“Hey now. I told you not to think about money first. I need to examine you first to know what’s wrong, don’t I?”

“I didn’t come here for treatment…”

“Patients who visit the medical clinic sometimes say that. Since you’ve already made the trip here. Come now, is it because you’re hesitant about showing your leg?”

“…”

 

Was that it? She was hesitating because of this.

Indeed, in this era, showing one’s leg wasn’t an easy thing to do.

It could be called a kind of cultural difference.

 

“This is for treatment, so don’t worry. And I can tell without looking.”

“Yes? How is that possible…?”

“I can check your pulse, can’t I? Wait just a moment.”

 

Jung Myeong quickly took the child’s pulse before she could pull her hand away.

For some reason,

the child let out a soft sigh

and seemed half-resigned.

As if to say, go ahead and try.

 

‘This child has no expectation that I’ll be able to cure her.’

 

Jung Myeong thought as he observed this.

At a glance, the child’s condition wasn’t very good.

Didn’t she appear to have half her body paralyzed?

Even if it was only half the body and not the whole body, it wasn’t something to take lightly.

In the first place, having paralysis without any particular injury was no ordinary matter.

 

‘Judging by her appearance, she’s not a child from a very poor family. So it must have been even more difficult.’

 

Though the clothes seemed quite old, as if worn for several years,

the material itself wasn’t bad.

In this era, clothing was equivalent to social status.

Seeing that she wore such clothes, he could gauge the family’s wealth to some degree.

From this, the child had clearly surpassed the level of the small middle class in Hangzhou.

 

‘So it must have been even more difficult.’

 

If there had been no hope from the beginning, it might have been different.

Since the family had money, they would have attempted treatment several times. They would have spent quite a lot of money on it.

And they would have failed.

The family fortune would have declined and poverty would have come. The evidence was that this child, despite wearing good clothes, looked like she was wearing old clothes that were several years old.

So the child didn’t have expectations from the start.

 

‘Because she doesn’t want to be disappointed again.’

 

Because she doesn’t want to lose the hope she had held several times again,

she chooses the method of not having hope from the beginning.

He understood.

 

‘Because I’ve seen it many times.’

 

No matter how long he had wandered as a Gangho Physician,

during that time he had seen such patients many times.

Each time, he too had been disappointed along with them several times.

Even though he was a wandering Gangho Physician,

he was sincere about being a physician.

When his medical arts were lacking, he had tried his best to improve them, even using knowledge from his previous life.

It was because he found treatment, and furthermore helping people, rewarding.

So he had held hope together with them and tried,

and each time the result was regrettably failure.

Because his skills were insufficient.

However, this time was different.

 

‘I’ll make you have hope again.’

 

It was different from before.

He had achieved awakening, and

He had achieved growth beyond that.

Yesterday, he had even consolidated his enlightenment.

Now was definitely different from before.

 

“Now, let’s find out.”

 

He tried something new.

 

[Using Pulse Reading Skill.]

[Using Ki Sensing Skill.]

[Using Analysis Skill.]

 

To his original pulse reading method.

He applied the ki sensing he had gained yesterday.

 

[Three skills harmonize at once!]

[First time harmonizing three skills.]

[Tremendous synergy effect!]

 

What he sought to achieve was harmony.

 

‘Good!’

 

Perhaps because they shared similar qualities.

Ki sensing, pulse reading, and analysis never clashed with each other.

They harmonized naturally.

 

[You have gained the title: Skill Harmonizer.]

[The title’s effect increases the probability of successful skill coordination…]

[The title’s effect…]

 

The new title he had gained!

He pushed it aside.

He focused, knowing that what mattered now was not proving his abilities, but treating the child.

Swish-

The effect of such focus was considerable.

As if watching with his eyes.

Through her wrist, he could look down upon the child’s entire ki and blood circulation.

 

‘It seems like all the ki and blood on the right side is blocked. Especially the lower body is in poor condition… Hmm… What’s this? It looks like the dantian is completely blocked, preventing ki and blood from reaching the lower body?’

 

The conclusion he reached.

It was quite unfavorable.

 

[Pulse reading successful.]

[About 100 twisted ki and blood channels discovered.]

[About 20 blocked ki and blood channels discovered.]

[Confirmed as Pulse Blockage Syndrome.]

 

‘This is a living corpse. There are ki and blood channels being blocked right now, aren’t there? This is Pulse Blockage Syndrome.’

 

Pulse Blockage Syndrome.

In modern traditional medicine, it simply refers to when the pulse cannot be felt properly.

But in this era with martial arts and internal energy, Pulse Blockage Syndrome was a serious disease.

As ki and blood channels gradually blocked, circulation disappeared.

Soon the entire body would become paralyzed and die.

That was the Pulse Blockage Syndrome the child had.

 

‘The condition is too poor.’

 

From what he could see, the symptoms wouldn’t stop here either.

It would become more serious as time passed.

The condition would gradually worsen.

The right side was almost completely paralyzed.

The paralysis was spreading to the left side as well.

 

‘Can Pulse Blockage Syndrome occur like this?’

 

This was neither severed meridians nor poisoning.

It was a constitutional problem.

A heavenly punishment!

A constitution of Pulse Blockage Syndrome.

He didn’t know how such a constitution could exist.

What mattered was the fact that it was right before his eyes.

 

“It’s difficult as expected, isn’t it?”

“Yes. It must have been very difficult. You’ve suffered.”

“Suffering? What suffering. I’d rather it was just me who suffered…”

“But it’s fine now.”

“Pardon?”

“You won’t have to suffer anymore.”

“What? What do you mean…”

“I think I can treat it.”

“!!!!”

 

The child didn’t hide her surprise.

Hope appeared in her eyes.

Then disbelief quickly arose.

It was understandable.

It must be because of her past experiences.

It didn’t matter.

He said it was possible because he could do it.

What was needed at times like this was one thing.

A frontal breakthrough.

 

“You can’t believe it?”

 

Nod. Nod.

The child nodded instead of answering.

She looked as if something might go wrong if she said anything out loud.

She probably doesn’t want to harbor false hope.

That’s fine. Didn’t I say I’d break through head-on?

Jung Myeong spoke with confident eyes.

Telling her to trust him.

 

“It doesn’t matter if you can’t trust me. I’ll show you. That treatment is possible.”

“Re-really, will it work?”

“It’ll take time, but. Definitely!”

“Ah… ahhh…”

 

Was this what she had been waiting for?

The glistening tears that had welled up in the child’s eyes.

They finally spilled over.

The hope and anxiety she had desperately held onto.

She was pouring out that great whirlpool of emotions.

How could there be any reason not to understand this?

As the child shed tears,

 

“Now, let’s begin.”

 

Jung Myeong looked directly into the child’s eyes.

As if telling her to trust him.

As if there was no need to waver anymore.

And then immediately.

 

[Performing Ki Healing.]

[Performing Acupuncture.]

[Using Enhancement.]

 

He performed the treatment.

Using a method only he could employ.

 

 

* * *

 

 

The time needed to perform the treatment.

It was about as long as drinking a cup of tea.

However, it wasn’t easy.

 

‘The Internal Energy consumption is severe?’

 

There was a drastic consumption of Internal Energy.

It was enough consumption to be difficult even with the sixty-year cycle Internal Energy that had enhanced natural recovery.

In just one moment, half of his Internal Energy was depleted.

 

‘Incredible.’

 

Even using a secret technique wouldn’t consume this much Internal Energy.

As great as the cost was.

The effect was tremendous.

 

[Treatment successful.]

[Released paralysis from Gokji, Susamnri, and Onyu acupoints.]

[The three acupoints respond to each other.]

[Paralysis dwelling in surrounding acupoints disappears.]

 

‘Just as I thought. When you intensively treat one area, the healing power of the surroundings also increases.’

 

He succeeded in healing the right arm in an instant.

All three acupoints were clustered around the elbow.

Thus the effect obtained was enormous.

 

“The treatment is finished for now.”

“Already?”

“Of course. Don’t you feel something refreshing in your right arm?”

“I do feel it.”

“Then try moving it once.”

 

The child moved her right arm while feeling anxious.

Very carefully.

Afraid that the hope she had desperately grasped might fly away.

However, there was no need to fear anymore.

 

“Will, will it work?”

“Of course. Go ahead and try.”

“Uh…? Uhhhh?”

 

Because her right arm moved.

A smoothness different from when it was paralyzed.

Amazement formed in the child’s eyes at this.

 

“How, how is this…”

“It’s fine, right?”

“It’s more than fine. This! This…!”

 

Joy settled in the child’s eyes.

As if her own arm was miraculous.

She bent and straightened her forearm several times.

Happiness settled in each time she saw her arm moving smoothly.

To think she could be this happy just from moving her arm.

It showed how much mental anguish she must have endured all this time.

 

“This is the first time in years that my right arm has moved like this!”

“How many years has it been paralyzed?”

“I heard it started when I was three. Little by little. The paralysis crept up little by little.”

“Oh my!”

“Hehe. But isn’t it amazing that it’s been released?”

 

Released for the first time in years.

At this, the Child smiled as brightly as sunlight.

Different from before.

It was a bright smile befitting a child.

 

‘Good to see. Yes. A child should smile like this.’

 

Jung Myeong thought this as he watched the Child’s smile.

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