He Became the Genius Blacksmith of the Namgung Family - Chapter 87
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Chapter 87
Episode 87
The interior of Sinchung Baekjeop’s cocoon was a mess.
It was filled with enough pale pus to form a swamp, and there were also chunks of chewed and spat-out flesh.
If the inside of the cocoon was like this, what about the Sinchung Baekjeop pupa?
“Oh my, it’s been torn up quite badly.”
It was pitiful to look at.
No wonder it kept saying it hurt.
“At least it’s fortunate this isn’t rated 19+, I suppose?”
I expected to see pieces of intestines and organs.
If it had been devoured like that, there should have been such things.
But all I could see was torn white flesh.
“It looks like something…”
Ah, that’s right!
“It looks like well-cooked pure white chicken breast!”
Oops.
Did I say that too loudly?
What if Sinchung Baekjeop gets emotionally hurt?
[…It hurts.]
Fortunately, Sinchung Baekjeop didn’t say anything other than that it hurt.
‘Judging by the slight pause, it seems a bit shocked though…’
Let’s move on.
That’s not what’s important right now.
“Is it just flesh because it’s the tail section, or is it originally like this?”
Seeing the pure white chicken breast made me suddenly wonder.
I’ve never seen the inside of an insect pupa in my life, so I wondered if it’s normally like this.
“But how am I supposed to fix this?”
Namgung Cheon-gang is a blacksmith.
Well, thanks to Gongmyeong, I learned various things besides blacksmithing work.
“But I don’t have medical skills?”
I’ve never made medical supplies, so I’m at a loss for how to fix this.
“Should I do some sewing?”
For now, if I need to mend the wounds, that seems to be the only option.
[It hurts.]
[Please fix me.]
“…Still, just in case, let me take a look.”
How can I ignore it when it’s saying it hurts in such a young child-like voice?
“Tsk, that bad rat. Tearing up and eating a child’s flesh. Let me see…”
First, I touched the cocoon.
The outer surface was as hard as steel, and the inside was no different.
At this level, you’d believe it if someone said it was a metal container.
“So you were the owner of the steel silk that covered the forest like a net.”
It seems they deployed a primary defensive net, and other Baekjeop protected Sinchung Baekjeop from within.
[It hurts.]
“Yes, yes. I’ll fix you. But how can I understand Sinchung Baekjeop’s voice?”
Understanding and accepting it, well, I suppose that’s possible.
In my previous life, I saw talking cats and lizards, so an insect talking isn’t that strange.
‘Talking animals were either spirits or summoned creatures.’
I heard they communicate mentally.
Is Sinchung Baekjeop the same?
‘But this one isn’t my summoned creature, is it? Does it have special abilities because it’s a Sinchung?’
Or maybe…
‘Could it be because of the Myriad Artifacts Returning to the Origin Technique?’
Myriad Artifacts Returning to the Origin Technique.
The divine technique I gained when I became Mak Noya’s disciple and a successor of Cheongeumjeong.
‘I even lost consciousness when I first mastered this divine technique.’
Thinking about the technique’s formula, it means to benefit all things as myriad artifacts, that is, as tools.
Is it just the formula?
The explanation is the same.
‘Maybe it makes me hear the voices of all things in order to benefit them?’
Since it was said that only the materials of the Heavenly Forge can fully use this ability, I think that might be it.
Of course, I’m not thinking this without reason.
When Sinchung Baekjeop spoke to me, verses from the Myriad Artifacts Returning to the Origin Technique came to mind, and my dantian stirred.
“Then, I might be able to fix you with the Myriad Artifacts Returning to the Origin Technique…”
Should I try it?
Fix the cocoon like repairing a tool?
That’s the only method that comes to mind right now.
“If the cocoon itself is steel-grade, and the silk also has matching strength…”
Thinking about it one by one, it somehow seems right to fix it through repair.
Still, I should ask just in case.
Even in hospitals, when they perform surgery on patients, they explain ‘we will proceed with surgery in this manner,’ right?
Nothing would be more terrifying than suddenly putting someone under anesthesia and starting surgery.
You need to be mentally prepared.
“So, Sinchung Baekjeop. I’m going to try fixing you with hammering… it might hurt? Of course, I’m not sure if this is the right method.”
What can I do? The person you asked to fix you is a blacksmith.
And somehow, I can’t think of anything else besides this.
“So, Sinchung Baekjeop?”
If you want to receive wound healing through hammering, please answer.
[…]
Why are you quiet?
[…Please fix me.]
Although it paused for a very long time, Sinchung Baekjeop eventually agreed.
“Alright, patient. Leave it to me. I may look like this, but I’m a blacksmith with decades of hammering tradition, so my repair skills are excellent. I’ll bill you for the treatment after you’re healed!”
Well, this is my first time repairing a living creature though.
“It should work out somehow. Oh, you do have insurance, right?”
[…]
Sinchung Baekjeop wondered if it should regret its decision.
* * *
To repair a tool, parts of the same material were needed.
If it’s Baekryeon Jeonggang, then Baekryeon Jeonggang.
If it’s Hundred-Year Cold Iron, then Hundred-Year Cold Iron.
Then, for Sinchung Baekjeop?
Sinchung Baekjeop’s epidermis, well.
That epidermis was scattered all around.
What the giant rat had broken and smashed to devour was all there intact.
Even the silk net that Sinchung Baekjeop had spread to protect itself was torn in chunks.
“I said I’d hammer it, but that doesn’t mean I can just keep hammering the flesh itself.”
Try hammering metal against flesh.
Even General Guan Yu would scream like someone watching a horror movie for the first time.
‘At that point, it wouldn’t be strange to be arrested as a crazy murderer, beyond illegal procedures.’
Even he thinks it’s a bit much.
Then, how?
“I’ll have to patch it up.”
In surgery too, when you look at it, they tear and then stitch up the torn flesh.
I have to do the same thing.
So, Namgung Cheon-gang brought the silkworm net, placed it against the torn flesh, and began sewing.
“It’s fortunate that I have the long needles the Namman Brothers used when making cloud-walking shoes.”
He had put the sewing tools in the inner pocket of his clothes.
Thread?
There’s silkworm thread scattered all around.
Moreover, its strength is like steel so it won’t break.
It’s really like thread, so it’s perfect for threading through a needle!
“This alone is already a treasure, isn’t it?”
At minimum, it seems like it could be considered an A-grade crafted item.
The silkworm net too.
“Well, I’ll check that later. For now, let’s fix our Sinchung Baekjeop first. Sinchung Baekjeop, it’s going to sting a little. Bear with it.”
[It hurts.]
“Yes, yes. It will hurt. Healing originally hurts. Goodness, I never thought I’d be doing chrysalis surgery with a hammer in my lifetime. Now, focus.”
Really living long, and seeing things after reincarnation.
“Whew…”
Taking a breath to steady himself.
He concentrated.
He had to prevent any possible secondary infection.
Since the flesh was already covered in rat saliva, there was a high possibility it was already infected.
‘I should disinfect everything while I’m at it.’
How?
With internal energy, of course.
‘This internal energy really is versatile.’
Warriors rarely get sick, and even if they catch something like rabies, they recover faster than expected.
When I wondered why, they said internal energy has purification properties.
‘I learned this at Namgung Baekryeon Hall.’
The higher the grade of internal energy cultivation method, the more excellent this purification ability becomes.
Among such internal energy methods, I’m learning four SSS-grade divine techniques and one EX-grade divine technique, right?
Infection prevention is absolutely perfect.
‘The best one would still be Cheonloe Jaewang Singong.’
How could viruses withstand the power of lightning?
Namgung Cheon-gang raised the power of Cheonloe Jaewang Singong sleeping within Myriad Artifacts Returning to the Origin Technique, focusing it on the needle.
Crack.
Lightning fire burst from his body, and soon the energy concentrated into the needle he was holding.
The needle began to ripple with blue light and lightning energy.
At the same time, he placed his left hand, which wasn’t holding the needle, against Sinchung Baekjeop’s flesh.
The energy of Cheonloe Jaewang Singong gently penetrated the flesh.
This was to temporarily block sensation with lightning energy.
After a brief moment, when the flesh surface began to glow softly with blue lightning energy.
‘Now!’
Namgung Cheon-gang’s eyes flashed as he began patching the torn flesh with the silkworm net.
Pa-ba-ba-ba-bak!
He wasn’t just sewing carelessly either.
The supreme-grade clothing crafting ability he gained through resonance with Namgung Cheonggi.
The advanced sewing he had obtained before.
Plus the Flow form, one of the techniques from Changung Muae Sword Method.
Since these three abilities combined and unfolded, his hand movements reached a truly divine realm.
Even the speed was lightning-fast, finishing in an instant.
“Good. The first process is complete. And, let me check.”
The reason for checking isn’t anything special.
Before entering the second process, it’s just a hopeful thought.
If it’s really A-grade or higher?
He could expand the ‘healing’ ability.
The description was as expected.
I’ll skip the abilities for now.
What I need to check is the grade!
“Keu!”
As expected.
No wonder it seemed extraordinary.
It’s supreme quality.
Supreme quality means three Breath Infusions!
“With this, I can heal even more!”
How?
With the divine technique ability of Breath Infusion!
What to infuse with Breath Infusion?
Ability infusion.
What to choose from here?
The abilities of Primordial Thunder Technique, Primordial Steel Dragon Unity Technique, and Wild Truth Mirror Divine Technique.
‘From among those, I’ll choose regeneration, purification, and vitality…’
Activate!
Internal energy flowing out like a receding tide.
After that, Namgung Cheon-gang’s hands, placed against the silkworm net, glowed in three colors: yellow, gold, and green.
Paaaaat!
“Hueek!”
A scream escaped involuntarily as two-thirds of his internal energy was drained.
Still, it seems to have worked as intended.
He could see the chicken breast-like chewed flesh glowing softly and recovering.
“Wow, no, really new flesh is sprouting rapidly? What is this? Did I not use Breath Infusion but sprinkle an elixir instead?”
[Shell.]
[Shell.]
“Huh?”
While he was admiring it.
Sinchung Baekjeop’s voice could be heard.
“Shell? What shell?”
He wondered what it meant.
“Ah! The outer shell!”
Sinchung Baekjeop’s exterior was still torn open.
Looking at the overall form, it was like a chrysalis.
If new flesh was sprouting?
The chrysalis’s outer shell should also be intact.
For a chrysalis to become an adult insect, wouldn’t that be right?
Moreover, the new flesh sprouting was extraordinary.
The silkworm membrane he had applied to prevent the wound from getting worse was dropping off.
“If I stay here, I’ll become flesh too.”
He hurriedly went outside.
Outside, there’s still a tremendous clash going on with bangs, thuds, and crashes!
But there’s no time to worry about rushing out to fight together.
“Block, block! Our Sinchung Baekjeop’s shell barrier!”
Namgung Cheon-gang was in his own urgent situation.
Mixing the lightness skills of the Beggar’s Sect and Namgung, he gathered up the cocoon shells of the Sinchung Baekjeop scattered around.
There’s no welding solution to attach the shells.
No, it’s still a living creature, so using mineral solution to attach it feels wrong.
‘I said I’d repair it with a hammer, not melt it down like blacksmith work…’
If I pour solution on it, even what I’ve fixed will be ruined.
It’ll become pupa liquid.
Then?
“I’ll have to melt and bond it with internal energy. Phew, my internal energy is barely hanging on right now…”
What choice do I have?
I said I’d do it, so I have to see it through to the end.
“Rather than melting the whole thing, I’ll just melt and weld small parts with internal energy to hold it temporarily…”
I’ll patch the rest using a needle.
A shell restoration plan established in an instant.
I moved immediately.
Because even in that brief moment of thinking, the internal flesh was regenerating.
‘I need to concentrate more than usual.’
More than I’ve ever concentrated before.
I closed my eyes and regulated my breathing.
Then I closed my eyes and moved.
Overlapping the shells, I melted and attached parts with the power of Cheonloe Jaewang Singong.
Gathering internal energy at the needle’s tip, I immediately began patching.
Slowly, slowly.
Keeping it balanced.
Like that, I increased the speed.
Before I knew it.
Pop pop pop pop pop!
Namgung Cheon-gang’s hands were moving so fast they couldn’t be seen.
When the patched shells connected over the torn areas, I picked up the hammer and tapped to check the durability.
If anything wobbled.
“Sorry.”
I removed the legs of the already dead Baekjeop to use as fixing nails.
Their steel nail-like strength was perfect as natural fixing nails.
“Good. Not bad.”
It’s sturdy.
Keep going like this.
I moved frantically like that.
Before I knew it, I had entered a state of selfless absorption.
Nammantae Daehyeolseo and Seo-heung.
Suwang and Hwanggyeon, the Namman Warriors and Namgung Yeong.
I didn’t care that the surroundings were being devastated by each of their martial arts and attacks.
Though dirt and forest debris scattered from their attacks toward each other, grazing past Namgung Cheon-gang’s cheek—
I still didn’t care.
His eyes and his hammering were fixed solely on the Sinchung Baekjeop’s shell.
Like that, at the very end.
When those shell layers perfectly covered the Sinchung Baekjeop’s cocoon.
Paaaaat!!
A light that embraced the entire forest burst forth.
Soon the middle of the repaired cocoon cracked open.
-Piiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiik!!!
Something pure white and cute popped out, moving its adorable front paws and crying out!
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