Dokmaeuiseon - Chapter 86

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Chapter 86

 

 

That was medical treatment.

 

“Next patient, please come in.”

“Physician! Please save me!”

“You don’t need to be so tense. From what I can see, it’s an internal injury. The acupoint around your solar plexus is damaged. Hmm… let me see, you’ve been training your lower body too intensively, haven’t you?”

“H-how? Did you know that just by looking?”

“I can tell at a glance.”

“My goodness…!”

 

He took charge of treatment as soon as he entered.

Since he specialized in treating patients with internal injuries.

Even while he was away visiting the archipelago, patients had been flooding in.

There wasn’t the same chaos as before.

There were standards he had established.

The remaining physicians had treated urgent patients with internal injuries according to those standards.

 

‘This too is an achievement I’ve made.’

 

That’s right. He was utilizing those he had gained through the previous conflicts between medical clinics in this manner.

There were more physicians at this medical clinic than at the branch office.

Those medical practitioners were conducting treatments using their respective specialties.

A more specialized approach than before!

Even this alone was certainly a tremendous achievement different from the past.

It meant he no longer needed to perform all treatments at Jeongjin Medical Clinic himself.

Even amid all this, he didn’t abandon medical practice. His identity as a physician was also one of his essential natures.

 

“There, you’re treated. How do you feel?”

“My chest feels comfortable. Breathing is much better than before too.”

“With this treatment, seventy percent has been healed.”

“An internal injury healed seventy percent in an instant? How…?”

“It’s possible. I am an Internal Injury Specialist, after all.”

“Internal Injury Specialist. So such specialties exist.”

“For now, I’m the only one. Haha.”

 

And that essential nature had been strengthened more than before.

 

‘Reaching Super Peak Level makes treatment easier.’

 

It was thanks to his level rising higher, making more perfect healing possible than before.

Even just reaching Super Peak Level allows one to treat simple internal injuries with Acupoint Pressure Technique.

He had gone beyond that level and learned medical arts, making him even more specialized.

Especially since he treated special patients with internal injuries, the results couldn’t help but be better.

 

“Then the next treatment is…”

“Let’s meet once more tomorrow. You should be completely cured by tomorrow. Please go in and rest today.”

“Thank you! Thank you!”

“I only did what I should as a physician.”

 

He could perform treatment faster than before.

More perfectly.

His eyes as he practiced medicine were filled only with satisfaction.

In truth, this sight was quite bewildering.

Just moments before.

After speaking grandly to Gyeom Gwang-ja about the Third Zone, the very first thing he did upon returning was treat patients at the medical clinic.

However, for him, this was natural.

 

‘Now my heart feels a bit more at ease.’

 

As a physician, by healing patients.

It felt like he was washing away the somehow tainted version of himself from outside affairs.

Just as performing good deeds returns as joy.

Performing treatment returned to him as healing.

 

‘This is good.’

 

Therefore, he performed treatment for quite a while to calm his mind.

Rather than hardship, it was a welcome time for him.

It also became a time of meditation to strengthen his resolve for the future.

Then, at the final hour of treatment.

He met a special patient.

 

“Young Master, is it my turn now?”

“Yes. You’ve waited a long time.”

 

The identity of the special patient was Ju In-hye.

She had stayed by his side throughout, helping him as he conducted treatments.

Even among those who occasionally admired her beauty, she remained by his side without showing any reaction.

She never once showed pride even beside Gal Eun-gyeol, who was younger than her.

Instead, she showed respect for Gal Eun-gyeol, who was learning from him first.

It meant her personality had no rough edges.

 

‘She’s adapting faster than I thought.’

 

Since she was Ju Tae-gong’s granddaughter, it was fortunate for him who had been half-worried.

Therefore, he could comfortably take her pulse.

The pulsation felt from her pulse was clear. At the same time, he felt deep tension.

 

“How is it?”

“I think you already know the answer.”

“Me?”

“You should feel it in your body too. Your pulse is more vigorous than before. It would have been even better if you weren’t so tense.”

“Ah…! My being tense is…”

 

Such tension in a patient is unavoidable.

Am I really being healed? What if I feel pain again?

Various anxieties prevent the patient from being at ease.

Relieving this was also his job as a physician.

 

“I understand. It can be like that at first. Even Eun Gyeol here had such a tense pulse during her second medical treatment that it was difficult. Right?”

“…You shouldn’t go around talking about that kind of thing. Physician.”

 

He naturally included Eun Gyeol to help relax the tension.

There was no way the clever Gal Eun-gyeol wouldn’t notice this.

 

“Puhaha. I understand. I’m sorry.”

“Still, if it helped the patient get better, then it’s fine.”

“My. Our Eun Gyeol has become quite the physician. Already considering the patient.”

“I learned well thanks to someone. Though for some reason, Uncle seems to dislike it?”

“Your uncle originally dislikes everything.”

“Well, that’s true.”

 

Eun Gyeol shared recent news through small talk, helping to lighten the atmosphere together.

 

‘How admirable.’

 

Unlike her uncle Gal Eun-gyeol who disliked everything he saw, she was a good child.

Perhaps thanks to such considerate small talk.

Thump- Thump-

Fortunately, the tension in Ju In-hye’s pulse had completely relaxed.

She showed a faint smile that would captivate any man who saw it.

It meant her tension had eased.

 

‘Good.’

 

As her tension relaxed, her pressure points relaxed as well.

This made treatment much easier.

He placed acupuncture needles and applied moxibustion.

 

‘Tomorrow I should prepare medicine suitable for Young Lady Ju.’

 

He also thought of a way to treat her energy with medicine.

He might not have known before.

But now he had figured out how to approach that treatment method.

 

‘Next, I should study the next part of the alchemy I obtained this time. I should also organize the martial arts I acquired. This is quite a lot of work, isn’t it?’

 

On top of this, there were other tasks as well.

Jung Myeong immediately came to mind.

 

‘Well now, I’m quite the hopeless case. As soon as I return, I give treatment and… when my mind relaxes again, the next thing I think of is work?’

 

While feeling absurd at how quickly he had returned to daily life.

 

‘Well, this is good.’

 

He considered it good in itself.

This kind of peace was the daily life he pursued.

However, for some reason.

A sound loud enough to make his physician ears pound reached him.

 

 

* * *

 

 

The identity of the sound.

Finding it was quick.

Ju In-hye. It was her heartbeat.

That sound was getting louder and louder.

To him as a physician, it was sudden noise and could only be a great mystery.

 

‘What is this!?’

 

The treatment had been going smoothly.

For her heart to suddenly start pounding like this.

As if this wasn’t enough, she was suddenly sweating as if her whole body had heated up.

It was cold sweat.

 

“Huh?!”

“Ugh…”

 

This was an unexpected symptom.

Seeing her moan softly, he checked her pulse.

 

‘What on earth is happening?’

 

The treatment had been going smoothly.

Releasing the blocked energy throughout her body had progressed even further than before.

Though he hadn’t told Ju In-hye, he had been secretly confident he could cure her completely in less than a month.

Tssssss-

But those energies were now raging wildly in Ju In-hye’s body.

It was an incomprehensible phenomenon.

 

‘Has the treatment reversed…!?’

 

But it wasn’t as if the energy was clumping together again.

It was simply raging wildly throughout her body just as he had released it.

 

‘What is this?’

 

What kind of symptom should this be called?

Medicine has no end.

But at least regarding Ju In-hye’s illness, he had thought it was going in the right direction.

It was bewildering.

Nevertheless, his hands didn’t stop.

After checking her pulse, he took measures to help her regulate her breathing again.

He removed the moxibustion and took out acupuncture needles, thinking to place them again.

It was at that moment.

Ju In-hye said something unexpected.

 

“It’s dangerous!”

“Pardon?”

 

Looking around, there was nothing to be felt.

Where could there be any danger?

Ju In-hye, with unfocused eyes, spoke of the identity of the danger.

 

“Young Lady Yeo Eun-so. She has fallen into danger…!”

“??!!”

 

Suddenly saying that Yeo Eun-so had fallen into danger.

 

‘What kind of nonsense is this…’

 

Just as he was thinking whether he should add mental illness to her diagnosis.

A thought flashed through Jung Myeong’s mind like lightning.

 

“Divine Power?!”

“…Dangerous… It’s dangerous…!”

 

There was no answer.

However, he could find the answer.

 

[Initiating Analysis.]

[Strange mana flow detected.]

 

A flow that couldn’t be easily felt even with Ki Sensing at the Super Peak Level.

He could only catch it after deploying Analysis as well.

 

‘That’s right!’

 

It was Divine Power!

This wasn’t the time to discuss whether there was evidence to support this or not.

Confirmation could come later.

The problem was the method of confirmation.

 

“Where?”

“…”

 

Point!

She answered with action instead of words.

She was clearly pointing in one direction with her finger.

What good would knowing just the direction do in the vast city of Hangzhou?

 

‘That’s enough!’

 

For Jung Myeong, this was sufficient.

He had to go north!

 

“Please rest for a moment.”

“Ahh…!”

 

Tap. Tap tap. Tap.

Jung Myeong quickly moved his hands to put Ju In-hye to sleep.

He gestured to the surprised Gal Eun-gyeol to keep the secret.

Gal Eun-gyeol tactfully nodded his head.

As soon as Jung Myeong saw this, he got up and rushed outside.

He had to move quickly.

 

“Oh!”

“Physician!”

 

Many people were surprised to see him like this.

Among them, there was also an unexpected person.

 

“A moment to talk…!”

 

It was Namgung Yeon from Baekyang Escort Agency.

It was clear she had stopped by because she had business.

Normally, he would have welcomed her warmly.

However, not at this moment.

 

[I’ll see you next time!]

 

He gave his final courtesy through Sound Transmission, then immediately increased his speed.

His direction was north, where Ju In-hye had pointed!

Not caring about anything blocking his path, he rushed forward quickly.

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