Surviving as the Villainess’s Servant in a Martial Arts Novel - Chapter 82

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Episode 82

“…!”

In an instant, Lee Yeon clutched her chest.

It was another seizure.

Her heart pounded as if it would burst, and convulsions began in her arms and legs.

‘Of all times….’

The pain came in an instant.

Whether it was because her body had weakened considerably, or because another seizure had occurred in such a short time.

Unlike before, the pain that seized her body in a flash rampaged through Lee Yeon’s insides. It was indescribable agony, as if dozens of swords had pierced her body simultaneously.

Lee Yeon couldn’t even let out a groan and could only gasp. When she came to her senses, she had collapsed on the ground.

“Child, child.”

Someone’s voice reached her faintly.

That person shook Lee Yeon a few times to call her, then soon lifted Lee Yeon up and muttered something.

“Oh my, it seems my true energy suppressing it had the opposite effect. I didn’t expect the yin energy to grow this much….”

“Huh, uh….”

“First, this place could be dangerous, so it would be better to move locations. You mustn’t lose consciousness. You might never open your eyes again.”

Lee Yeon couldn’t understand even half of those words. Because the voice kept growing more distant.

For a while, Lee Yeon had to endure the pain.

Eons of time passed. No, it might have been a short time. With all her senses gone, Lee Yeon couldn’t distinguish anything.

All she could feel was that she was going somewhere. Even that wasn’t certain.

As her consciousness gradually grew hazy.

‘…!’

Suddenly, she felt a cold energy from the crown of her head.

It was an energy that was cold yet pure, as if thousand-year-old snow accumulated for hundreds of years was melting and flowing.

The energy flowed from the crown of her head to the back of her head, then to her spine, cervical vertebrae, tailbone, anus, and toward her perineum.

The energy that had stayed at the perineum moved again toward her navel, traveling along the front center of her body, passing under her chest, through her chest, jaw, lower gums, and entering her eyes.

The energy steadily opened her blood vessels, neither too fast nor too slow.

Feeling the cold energy gradually taking over her body, Lee Yeon had a strange experience. Sometimes her whole body would become freezingly cold, then suddenly become hot as if she had entered a blazing furnace.

Her heated body would become cold again, then hot again… As this phenomenon repeated, the pain gradually subsided.

‘What on earth is this…?’

The energy started again from below her ankle bone and began circling her body up and down.

After the energy that had been moving like this several times finally made one horizontal circle around her abdomen, it gradually retreated.

When the energy finally disappeared completely, the pain had also vanished without a trace.

Only then did Lee Yeon open her eyes.

“….”

Before she knew it, she was sitting inside a cave.

She was sitting cross-legged on the stone floor, when suddenly she felt another presence behind her.

It was probably the person with that cold energy. That person was surely….

“Benefactor, you saved me again….”

Lee Yeon tried to turn around but staggered. In an instant, strength drained from her body and her vision shook.

Thud.

What caught her was a white hand. A familiar voice was heard.

“Be careful.”

Lee Yeon raised her head.

She saw Okseol Sannin with her stern face.

“I opened your eight extraordinary meridians to calm your energy, but your body’s strength is depleted, so you’ll be weak for a while. If you rest well for a few days, you’ll quickly regain your strength, so be careful.”

Lee Yeon silently caught her breath, then immediately bowed her head.

“Thank you so much. Not just once, but twice you’ve saved my life. I feel ashamed for troubling you, benefactor….”

“Yes, this time I also consumed quite a bit of true energy, so it was troublesome. But didn’t I tell you before?”

“Pardon?”

“That it’s because of your good luck.”

Looking at Lee Yeon who was staring in bewilderment, Okseol Sannin suddenly asked.

“What do you think is the reason I saved you?”

“That’s….”

Lee Yeon couldn’t continue speaking for a moment.

Of course, she thought that a master like Okseol Sannin wouldn’t save her purely out of goodwill, but she didn’t expect such a direct question.

Unexpectedly, Okseol Sannin provided the answer to the question first.

“It’s because of your constitution.”

“My constitution… you mean?”

Only then did Okseol Sannin begin her story.

Originally, Okseol Sannin was not someone who lived in the Central Plains.

She was someone who lived on Great Snow Mountain in Tibet, and was the sect leader of a martial arts sect.

At this part, Lee Yeon wasn’t surprised. Judging by Okseol Sannin’s skills, she was certainly comparable to any sect leader.

However, she was surprised at the next part.

“You came to find a disciple?”

Okseol Sannin had personally come all the way to the Central Plains to find a disciple.

Okseol Sannin’s sect originally only took a small number of disciples, and she had not taken any disciples until now. But as she aged, she felt the need to take a disciple.

Okseol Sannin had wandered the Central Plains for quite a long time.

But nowhere was there anyone who caught Okseol Sannin’s eye. To inherit Okseol Sannin’s martial arts, one needed a special constitution filled with yin energy.

Having heard rumors that the only daughter of the Seo Family was suffering from yin energy, Okseol Sannin headed to Boluo County.

However, the Seo Family had already suffered complete destruction. Eventually, while crossing the mountain to go elsewhere, she discovered Lee Yeon who had collapsed.

“You really have a strange constitution. While there are countless people in the world with abundant yin energy, your case is the first I’ve seen. Your yin energy keeps accumulating as time passes.”

“….”

“Especially since this kind of constitution usually appears in girls, but it appeared in a boy. It’s remarkable that you’ve survived without dying until now.”

At the word ‘boy,’ Lee Yeon involuntarily flinched. Even though there was no longer any need to hide being male.

Okseol Sannin continued speaking without concern.

“Of course, when I saw you, you were collapsed. At that time, I put true energy into your body. I temporarily suppressed the rampaging yin energy with true energy.”

“….”

“At first, I thought it was effective. But when you collapsed and I examined you again, I realized that wasn’t the case. The true energy that had suppressed the yin energy was almost gone, and only your yin energy had greatly increased.”

“Increased…you say?”

“Yes, my guess is that your energy and my energy have similar properties, so it was absorbed. Your body couldn’t withstand the suddenly increased yin energy and collapsed.”

Even to Okseol Sannin’s muttering, ‘But how could one absorb another’s true energy,’ only one thing reached Lee Yeon’s ears.

‘The yin energy increased again?’

It felt like her heart was sinking to the bottom.

What suffering had she endured because of that dense yin energy? Father and Master Yeong-ro had gone through all kinds of hardships to extract the yin energy, and most importantly, it was only resolved when Seo Dan got hurt.

But to return to how it was before overnight.

Then would she have to live like before again? Enduring pain daily while writhing, counting down the days until death?

‘I don’t want that.’

When Lee Yeon’s hands began to tremble.

“But thanks to that, I was able to treat you.”

“What do you mean…?”

“I too have learned martial arts of extreme yin.”

Okseol Sannin continued calmly.

“Originally, I cannot help others with their energy circulation. That’s because my true energy contains extreme yin energy.”

“But for me.”

“Yes, ordinary people would have their blood vessels freeze from the cold energy if they received my true energy, and would eventually die. In other words, it’s no different from extreme poison. But you survived intact.”

“….”

“That’s because your energy is similar to mine. Because you absorbed my true energy, you became more similar, so there were no problems with your body. When opening your eight extraordinary meridians, I could naturally guide your energy as if it were my own.”

While listening to Okseol Sannin’s story, Lee Yeon suddenly recalled a memory.

Right before going to the Namgung Family Estate.

It was during a conversation about future plans with Father that I heard this story.

“When we go to Namgung, I’m thinking of finding a master for you.”

“Pardon?”

Lee Yeon was inwardly flustered. Though her body was in this condition now, Lee Yeon was undoubtedly the heir to the Seo Family. If there were no particular problems, it would be proper for her to inherit the family’s secret techniques.

But suddenly being told to learn different martial arts… Lee Yeon couldn’t understand, so she asked.

“Is it because my body is weak? That’s fine now. I’ve become much healthier than before and have no trouble moving. If you just wait a little longer, I’ll soon…”

“That’s not it.”

Father smiled gently as always and patted Lee Yeon’s head.

“You’re already doing well. You don’t need to try to do more.”

“…Then why?”

“It’s because of your illness.”

Father suddenly let out a deep sigh.

“Thanks to that child, your body has improved remarkably, but the danger hasn’t completely passed. Even now, the yin energy in your body continues to grow. If left alone, the same thing will happen again.”

“…”

“Master Yeong-ro said this. You need to take a master skilled in extreme yin martial arts and learn his mental cultivation methods. If you can learn how to circulate the yin energy within you, you’ll become much freer from illness…”

Father paused for a moment, then smiled bitterly.

“If only you can live long, this father would ask for nothing more.”

Recalling those cherished old memories, Lee Yeon looked ahead again.

There he was.

‘A master of extreme yin.’

Right there, in front of her.

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