Dokmaeuiseon - Chapter 63

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Chapter 63

 

 

Creak—

The unoiled door opened with difficulty. The interior looked even more shabby than it sounded.

 

‘What a mess this place is.’

 

It wasn’t messy from laziness, but from being unable to make a proper living.

Rather than being neat, it was a place where insufficiency was evident.

The middle-aged man inside asked Jung Myeong with a weary expression.

 

“Who are you to visit at this hour? If it’s for medical treatment, come tomorrow morning. I need to rest for a while too…”

 

So he was also a physician.

He mentioned medical treatment first.

At this, Jung Myeong shook his head sideways.

 

“I didn’t come here for medical treatment.”

“If not for treatment, then what? Don’t tell me you’re sent from another medical clinic again?”

“It’s true I came from a medical clinic.”

“Then get lost!”

 

Sudden anger. His previous weariness had completely disappeared.

 

‘As expected. They must have extended their reach here too.’

 

Jung Myeong wasn’t surprised by this.

He simply moved his mouth to remedy the situation.

 

“While it’s true I came from a medical clinic, it’s not from the place you’re thinking of.”

“What nonsense is that? If you’re trying to play word games…”

“A formal introduction would be faster. I am Jung Myeong from Jeongjin Medical Clinic.”

“Jeongjin Medical Clinic? Jung Myeong… Huh…!”

 

Jeongjin Medical Clinic. Currently the place spreading the biggest rumors at the western entrance of Hangzhou.

Even someone with the dullest ears would have heard something about it.

The physician before him was no different.

 

“Are you really… a physician from that medical clinic?”

“That’s correct.”

“Huh… My apologies, no. I’m truly sorry. How could I be so rude to such an esteemed person… Huh…”

 

He bowed his head several times in apology.

He must have heard the rumors about Jeongjin Medical Clinic.

Not the rumors about Jung Myeong pushing out other medical clinics, but the rumors about him taking care of patients.

 

‘He’s not someone who should be treating me this way.’

 

Jung Myeong stopped him from continuously bowing and immediately brought up the main point.

 

“Would you perhaps be interested in joining our Jeongjin Medical Clinic?”

“Pardon?”

 

It was a proposal to join forces.

Surprise was added to his expression.

 

“I’m looking for someone who shares the same purpose.”

“Purpose, you say…”

“Isn’t there only one place where a physician should focus their purpose? Patients.”

“Patients!”

 

Even though he stated something so obvious, the person before him was delighted.

He must have been that spiritually starved.

 

‘This man is also a righteous physician.’

 

The person before him was the owner of a very small medical clinic.

Unlike other medical clinics in Hangzhou, this was a place that prioritized patients first.

The person before Jung Myeong was someone who, like him, provided treatment at low costs.

Perhaps because of this.

The medical clinic couldn’t operate properly, and having fallen out of favor with Hangzhou’s medical clinics, his clinic had long been pushed to the outskirts.

It was such a shabby place that proper patients couldn’t even find their way here. Yet he remained steadfast, protecting his medical clinic like bamboo.

Though he may have hit the wall of reality, his intentions remained noble.

 

‘He’s a gem hidden in the mud.’

 

The person before him was one of the few who could share Jung Myeong’s purpose.

 

“Yes. Examining and treating patients. Isn’t it a simple matter? I’m trying to correct the fact that this simple thing isn’t happening nowadays. I want you to join me in this.”

“It’s a good intention. I also sympathize with it. But… would it be possible?”

 

However, perhaps because that wall was too thick.

The physician before him briefly showed fear.

 

“Possible, you ask?”

“For a while… a few months. No, a few years would be possible for you. But… would it be possible for a lifetime?”

“A lifetime.”

“Yes. A lifetime. Even the Uiseon Sect in the distance wasn’t like that in the beginning. It was created with compassion for patients far and wide.”

“That’s right. It was a place with purpose.”

“But what about now? That purpose has changed and faded.”

“That’s correct.”

 

The Uiseon Sect.

As the physician said, it was once a brilliant place.

Now its influence had grown even greater, but whether its purpose still lay with patients remained to be seen.

Speaking of this seemed to leave a bitter taste as he closed his mouth and asked again.

 

“That’s why I’m asking. Do you have confidence that you won’t change?”

“Hmm…”

 

It was an extremely idealistic question.

Its meaning was noble.

 

‘Do I have the qualifications to answer this?’

 

Jung Myeong felt doubt rising within him.

The meaning of what he was doing was good. It was benevolent.

However, if asked whether there was no self-interest within it.

 

‘It’s far too clearly present.’

 

What was the reason he had started his current endeavors in the first place?

It was because he wasn’t satisfied.

With punishing the physicians who had crossed him.

True to his nature of being strong against the strong and weak against the weak, he wanted to pay them back more than what he had suffered.

 

‘Even if I distribute emergency medicine, it’s only temporary. Those physicians will continue their tyranny forever. I’m gathering people to fundamentally reform the root of the problem.’

 

That’s why he was taking time to meet with the physician before him now.

If asked whether his intentions were purely good, the answer was no.

That’s why he had doubts.

Doubts about whether he might be corrupting this selfless person before him.

 

‘What should I do?’

 

He himself wasn’t entirely clean either.

He would surely witness dirty deeds someday.

No, he definitely would.

Because he sometimes didn’t discriminate in his methods.

Was it right to keep such a precious person by his side?

There was no need to go as far as the chivalry that martial artists spoke of.

 

‘What matters is simply whether it’s right or not.’

 

It was an unexpected topic of contemplation.

This was also a crossroads.

A crossroads about whether it was right for such people to join his path.

And also a crossroads about whether that choice was correct.

Whatever choice he made, he wouldn’t receive criticism from others.

Because regardless of Jung Myeong’s current purpose, his actions were clearly filled with good intentions.

However, what was important was.

 

‘Whether I can be confident.’

 

Whether he could be confident as himself, before being a physician and martial artist.

That was important to Jung Myeong. Confidence was one of the essences of the chivalry he possessed.

As he was deeply contemplating this.

Suddenly, an answer came from a completely different place.

 

“Do it! You must do it!”

 

 

* * *

 

 

A sudden intrusion.

When he turned his head to look, he saw a woman.

The woman, who appeared to be in her prime years, resembled the physician.

 

‘Was her name Ban So-hye?’

 

He knew her name without being told.

Before coming here, he had heard about the personal details of those in this medical clinic.

The physician Ban Gun-hak.

The Ban So-hye before him was his daughter who helped with the clinic’s affairs.

Like the physician, she was shabby, but she possessed such deep spiritual light in her eyes that it could cover even that shabbiness.

Unlike Jung Myeong who had wavered momentarily, she possessed an upright nature.

 

“Are we not in the middle of a conversation? For you to tell us to do…”

“No. Why can’t I? I’m also a person of this medical clinic helping with its work!”

“Even so…”

“I can speak. Especially since you’re saying such nonsensical things.”

“Nonsensical?”

“A lifetime? What does it matter if it’s not a lifetime? Why are you saying such things!”

“What, what? What you mean is…”

“Meaning? It’s noble and good!”

“Then…”

“But a lifetime? What if it’s not a lifetime?”

“Values are things that change…”

“No. You’ve pointed out that intentions can’t be forced.”

 

Her voice was filled with conviction.

 

“And what does it matter if it’s not a lifetime, or if it’s just one day? Even one day of helping patients is something.”

“Isn’t that incomplete?”

“It doesn’t matter if it’s incomplete. Even if those intentions aren’t entirely benevolent. In the end, don’t we become a little more complete within our incompleteness?”

“!!!!!”

 

Jung Myeong, hearing this. His seated body flinched as if springing up.

When the father and daughter who had been arguing looked at Jung Myeong in surprise.

Swoosh-

He had already sunk deep into contemplation.

 

 

* * *

 

 

‘An unexpected topic of contemplation!’

 

Perfection within imperfection.

Imperfection could instead become a stepping stone toward perfection.

He realized this belatedly.

 

‘Could it be that Gang Qi also couldn’t be reached because I pursued only perfection?’

 

This naturally led to the topic he had been contemplating.

Gang Qi!

That which spread beyond Sword Energy to incomplete swordsmen.

The realm that could never be connected because he tried to contain only perfection within it.

What would happen if he pursued completion within imperfection rather than seeking only perfection in that realm?

 

Whoooosh-

The answer was already manifesting in his hands.

Hand Gang Qi formed in his hand, not his sword.

This was the result of his understanding of Gang Qi rising dramatically!

 

“!!!!”

 

Crackle-

Just by unfolding, the completed Gang Qi devoured the natural energy of the atmosphere. When it spread, Jung Myeong was surprised by his own power.

When the mountain ends and water runs out, there are dark willows and bright flowers.

The path to Super Peak Level that seemed open had been blocked in an unexpected place, but who would have thought it would be resolved like this.

 

‘This is beyond imagination.’

 

Having gained unexpected enlightenment, Jung Myeong was dumbfounded.

Amid the intersection of surprise and joy.

That surprise was broken not by Jung Myeong himself but by others.

 

“Ugh…”

“Mmm…”

 

Ban So-hye and Physician Ban Gun-hak, who had brought him enlightenment.

Both unconsciously let out groans.

For the two who had not learned martial arts, these were groans from being exposed to the Gang Qi Technique that spread right in front of them.

 

“Ah…!”

 

Swish-

Jung Myeong quickly dispersed his Gang Qi.

Only then did the two show more comfortable expressions.

It was unexpected enlightenment and good fortune.

As Jung Myeong was thinking about how to handle the changed atmosphere.

 

“…I think I have no choice but to acknowledge my daughter’s words.”

“What do you mean by acknowledge?”

“Wouldn’t it be good if she gets better even for one more day? Even if it’s not for a lifetime. Aren’t those words worth giving enlightenment to a physician? Even this inadequate person briefly gained something.”

“Those words…”

 

Ban So-hye’s outcry. It seemed to have reached not only Jung Myeong but also her father.

 

“If this inadequate luggage is acceptable, I will join. Would that be alright?”

“Of course it’s alright!”

“I look forward to working with you.”

“I will do my best so you won’t regret it.”

“Don’t leave me out either!”

“Of course! I will serve you well.”

 

Along with unexpected enlightenment, new connections joined.

That was the beginning.

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