Dokmaeuiseon - Chapter 67

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Chapter 67

 

 

Seol Mae-geom Yeo Eun-so ran desperately.

 

“Huff… gasp…”

 

Cuts all over her sweat-soaked body and rapidly depleted internal energy.

 

“Hng…”

 

The dizziness she felt from it was overwhelming.

From Anhui to Zhejiang, she couldn’t rest for even a moment.

 

“There! Catch her there!”

 

She couldn’t. There were those chasing her from behind.

 

“Hangzhou is near!”

“Damn! So much for handling this quietly. Hurry up even more!”

 

Even in the endless pursuit.

She didn’t know how to stop.

 

‘I have to go.’

 

The reason she kept stepping forward despite her dizzy state.

Was because there was one last hope she could cling to.

 

‘If I can just reach Hangzhou… there I can…’

 

If she could just reach Hangzhou, then she would be able to hide.

 

‘I heard there’s a secret place hidden there.’

 

Though she had no idea where the secret place was located.

 

‘It doesn’t matter.’

 

Her mind art would react to show her the location.

So first, she had to go.

Holding onto that hope, she focused on executing her Golden Goose Steps.

 

‘There it is…!’

 

She could see Hangzhou City Center in the distance.

Hangzhou, forming a city that never sleeps late into the night.

She ran toward those lights as if entranced.

 

“She’s entered.”

“Damn…!”

“It’s still just the outskirts!”

“Orders!”

 

The pursuer and the pursued.

There was no one to stop their chase.

 

-Wh-what’s going on!

-What’s all this commotion again!

-Over there! It’s Martial Artists!

-Eeeek!

 

The Common People of Hangzhou were the same. Those living in the sleepless city were quick to flee as soon as they saw the chase, afraid of getting involved.

They scattered like a receding tide at the mere sight of her.

This put Seol Mae-geom at a disadvantage.

 

‘Damn…!’

 

She had thought that once she entered Hangzhou City Center, she could at least hide.

But as the people around scattered, her figure became even more exposed.

The moment she panicked at this.

 

“Kugh…!”

 

Stab-!

A sword came in, targeting that opening.

A sword that stabbed her right shoulder blade from behind.

The sword slashed downward, slicing through her upper body with a ripping sound.

Tremendous pain overwhelmed her.

 

‘At this rate…’

 

Was this failure? Her mind seemed to grow hazy.

 

‘Huh…?’

 

In her confused state, she succeeded in sensing the energy of the place she had been searching for.

She could feel the energy of the secret place she had been looking for nearby.

What need was there to hesitate any longer?

 

‘I have to get in!’

 

There was no time to weigh the pros and cons.

She raised all her remaining internal energy as if burning it up. Drawing up even her hidden potential, she put more strength into her foot pressure points.

Whoooosh-

Her body shot forward.

 

“Chase her! We’re almost there!”

“Wait…! Over there!”

 

In response, the pursuers were about to give chase when.

A group of people poured out from the place she was heading toward.

 

“Hey, what’s going on there!”

“Intruder! It’s an intruder!”

 

These people, who seemed to be martial artists holding swords, instantly confronted the pursuers.

In that brief gap.

As if waiting for that moment, Seol Mae-geom instantly concealed her ki.

Swoosh—

She gathered the last remaining ki and executed her stealth technique.

A gamble-like move!

She succeeded in momentarily escaping from the sight of the guards.

It was a stroke of luck created because the defenders’ attention was focused on the pursuers.

The pursuers who saw this succeeded in guessing the direction she had gone.

But her actions were faster than they could react.

She headed toward where she felt the ki without hesitation.

 

[She seems to be heading toward the medical clinic. What should we do?]

[We retreat for now.]

 

Things had gone wrong.

Feeling this way, the pursuers chose to retreat first.

They knew their situation wasn’t favorable for causing trouble in this Hangzhou.

 

“We’re retreating.”

“What were those guys?”

“Hmm… looks like trouble broke out somewhere again.”

“A conflict?”

“It has been quiet lately though. Anyway, this damn Hangzhou never has a peaceful day.”

 

Seeing those retreating, these people also let them go peacefully.

They knew well there was no need to get unnecessarily involved in conflicts.

 

Just as the confrontation and chase ended in an instant.

Swoosh—

Seol Mae-geom approached toward the familiar ki detected by her ki sensing.

 

“You are…”

“Who are you to intrude here… hm?”

 

She encountered someone unexpected.

And realized that things had gone wrong.

 

‘This wasn’t the secret place? Then the ki I felt was… what exactly…!’

 

The ki she had felt as a secret place. The ki that had led her was being felt not from a location, but from some person standing before her.

Something that should never happen!

Her pupils shook greatly at this.

 

“…Kugh.”

 

The shaking soon led to a mental demon.

 

‘Everything… everything was in vain…’

 

The spirit that had struggled to endure even during the terrible chase collapsed.

When the mind that had endured with superhuman will wavered, the body had no means to hold on either.

 

“Ah…!”

 

Thud—

Her body, which had barely been holding on, swayed and collapsed toward Jung Myeong who was right in front of her.

Jung Myeong instinctively caught her.

 

“What is this… huh?”

 

His eyes also shook as he held her.

A notification that followed immediately after catching her.

 

[You have discovered traces of Quanzhen.]

 

Because the content was something he had never imagined.

 

 

* * *

 

 

‘This is unexpected.’

 

Quanzhen.

Weren’t they the ones who had tried to find traces when he first obtained the alchemy manual?

That’s why he had looked into the Quanzhen Sect quite a bit whenever he had time.

 

‘It was quite a fascinating place.’

 

Its founder was Yeo Dong-bin, one of the Eight Immortals.

Unlike other Taoist sects, Quanzhen Religion and simultaneously the Quanzhen Sect was a place that combined the teachings of all three religions.

Unlike other sects, the Quanzhen Religion, which appeared late around the Tang Dynasty, spread widely immediately after its founding.

 

‘Then it disappeared in an instant. Actually, it’s unclear if Yeo Dong-bin really founded it in the first place.’

 

For some reason, it had vanished instantly.

The current him knew this very well.

Also.

 

‘I heard that the Quanzhen Religion prohibited alchemy. It’s strange that what came to me was alchemy, isn’t it?’

 

He knew better than anyone that the secrets contained within were more complex than expected.

Still, if there was one thing he was certain of.

 

‘I knew I would meet them someday.’

 

From the moment I first obtained the alchemy manual, would it be too much of a leap to think I would be connected to them someday?

Though there was no evidence whatsoever.

He had known that such a day would come.

Beyond the System telling him about the Quanzhen Religion, he had felt something profound.

 

‘Would it be too exaggerated to feel that some kind of thread connected us?’

 

Anyway, even without such a connection, he would have met them eventually.

There was no other place that could properly satisfy his thirst for martial arts like the already-destroyed Quanzhen Sect.

 

‘The martial arts of those who were comparable to the Nine Sects and One School have no owner. It’s natural that I can’t stand it, right?’

 

However, the timing was the problem.

This was much earlier than expected.

 

“I didn’t expect to meet like this.”

 

The method was also completely unexpected.

Jung Myeong held her in his arms and headed inside before others could notice.

He secured an empty treatment room where no one else was staying.

 

[Performing Pulse Reading.]

[Performing Analysis.]

[Enhancing Ki Sensing.]

 

Immediately, he began the medical treatment.

And then the conclusion was reached.

 

“Hah… This is serious.”

 

Jung Myeong’s expression became deeply furrowed.

 

‘Most of the cuts scattered around don’t matter. Judging by how the energy is already moving, there won’t even be scars left.’

 

There was no problem with the external injuries.

The problem was the much more severe internal injuries.

Just how much had she overworked her pressure points?

The pressure points throughout her body were beyond torn—they were on the verge of shattering.

Her dantian was also in poor condition. It could burst at any moment.

 

“Is she barely holding on because the Heart Method she learned is excellent?”

 

Her well-trained dantian was barely enduring.

If left like this, it was certain she would enter the stage of Qi Deviation beyond just inner demons.

 

‘If I could just provide some catalyst, treatment would become easier… What should I do?’

 

Surprisingly, the treatment method for Seol Mae-geom before his eyes was simple.

Skip the cuts. The dantian needed to be strengthened with internal energy.

The problem was the method of strengthening that internal energy.

Since his only connection to the Quanzhen Sect was the Alchemy Method, performing True Qi Guidance on her with the same energy would be difficult.

If so, there was only one remaining method.

 

“I need to feed her powerful spirit medicine. Hmm…”

 

Feed her medicine without regard for consequences.

Inject powerful internal energy, and use it as a catalyst to guide her true qi for recovery.

In the end, he had to make a choice.

 

“Should I give up this precious thing just because I suddenly discovered traces of the Quanzhen Sect?”

 

The Hundred-Year Ginseng was now grasped in his hand.

Whether or not to use this on her, whom he had met for the first time today.

Finding the method took long.

The choice was short.

 

“Ah, whatever. When have I ever calculated profit and loss when treating people? I need to save the person first.”

 

The action was even shorter.

 

[Extracting the energy of Hundred-Year Ginseng.]

[Enhancing the energy.]

 

The Hundred-Year Ginseng in his hand scattered like powder.

He immediately enhanced the extracted components.

Now all that remained was pill crafting.

There was the option of going to the Alchemy Room to craft it.

But he chose a different method for the first time in a while.

 

“Pill Crafting.”

 

[Performing Pill Crafting.]

[Using a large amount of internal energy.]

 

Just like when he first saved Old Man Jang, he used the Pill Crafting Skill to immediately craft the medicine.

 

‘There’s no time to worry about efficiency now.’

 

This was the fastest crafting method he knew.

 

[Pill completed.]

 

The result was grasped in his hand.

 

“Phew…”

 

Before he knew it, a pill was grasped in his hand.

The jade-colored pill.

Swish—

The pill, infused with Hundred-Year Ginseng and Internal Energy that had surpassed sixty years, was so excellent that its fragrance alone purified the surroundings.

After taking a deep breath, he immediately brought the Spirit Medicine to Seol Mae-geom’s lips.

 

“….”

 

The medicine instantly melted and flowed down her throat.

Shortly after, in less than a single breath, her body reacted.

 

“Cough…!”

 

Her chest, while she remained unconscious, suddenly rose up.

Swish swish swish—

The energy of the Hundred-Year Ginseng that had entered her dantian swept through her entire body like a whirlwind.

Her Internal Energy swirled as if rejoicing at the priming water that had filled her.

 

“Cough!”

 

In an instant, her consciousness awakened.

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