The Academy’s Unrivaled Professor - Chapter 63

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Academy Absolute Professor Episode 063
Not Just a Dragon, but Spirit Medicine Too?
Kang Hyeon tucked the Spirit Bottle—which rattled softly—into his robes.
‘I’ll use this later.’
It would certainly prove useful when he hunted down Sim Deung-gwi in the future.
That creature’s strength came with a homing instinct.
The Spirit Bottle had tried to emit an ominous sound continuously, but once he poured his energy into it and applied pressure, it fell silent.
As a result, the piercing stares were inevitable.
Batar in particular still hadn’t closed his mouth—no doubt stunned by the spectacle of gathering blood from thin air with a mere flick of the hand.
‘I was in a hurry; I couldn’t control my strength properly.’
Kang Hyeon’s brow furrowed.
“What are you all staring at?”
Then he gestured with his chin toward Kasar.
“That one’s going to wake up soon—aren’t you going to watch?”
The moment those words left his mouth—
“Gahhhhh!”
Kasar’s eyes snapped open wide as he gasped for breath.
Like a person who had been drowning, suddenly breaking the surface.
“Kasar!”
Batar sprang forward, and every eye in the Infirmary shifted back to the patient.
“Just—give me a moment! Let me check his condition first!”
Hwang Ye-rim checked the monitor and took hold of Kasar’s wrist.
“……Vitals stable. Blood pressure returning to completely normal levels.”
She couldn’t believe it.
It was nothing short of a miracle.
Just moments ago, his condition had been so critical that modern medicine couldn’t have resolved it—yet he’d been saved with only a few acupuncture needles.
“Ha!”
Only then did Baek Yu-yeon release the tension she’d been holding, and her legs gave way.
Thump.
She crouched into a nearby chair, staring down at her own two hands with hollow eyes.
‘Did I… save someone with these hands?’
Until now, she had only practiced on injured students; this was her first time saving a life on the brink of death.
The psychological weight was immense.
“How do you feel?”
Kang Hyeon, who had drawn near without her noticing, asked quietly.
Baek Yu-yeon lifted her head to meet her teacher’s gaze.
“Dizzy.”
It was an honest answer.
“And scared. If the needle had gone even slightly wrong, I would have severed his Heart Meridian entirely.”
“Is that all?”
At his piercing gaze, Baek Yu-yeon’s lips parted slightly.
To speak truly?
“It was exhilarating.”
……
“And my chest feels full. Knowing that I saved someone with my own hands.”
Satisfied with her answer, Kang Hyeon let out a soft laugh.
‘Born to be a physician.’
Those people who taste the sweetness of saving lives.
“That is the path you must walk from now on.”
For some reason, Baek Yu-yeon felt her chest tighten.
Was it because she’d received her teacher’s approval?
She ventured a careful question.
“Master, how far have I come?”
“How far in what?”
“How much of the medical knowledge you possess have I absorbed?”
Kang Hyeon answered without hesitation.
“You’ve barely crossed the threshold.”
Baek Yu-yeon swallowed hard.
“You’ve saved one person and you speak of your level? Keep striving.”
Only once she had mastered the Yeokgeun Gyeong and the Cheonui Bogam in their entirety would she step into the beginning stages of the Suyojin.
Baek Yu-yeon couldn’t even imagine what lay at the end of medicine as her professor would teach it.
That’s why she felt such anticipation.
She couldn’t wait to see how much she would grow in the days to come.
While Baek Yu-yeon was still conversing,
“Hrgh…”
Kasar had already braced himself against the bed and was pushing his upper body upright.
“Professor Batar.”
“Yes, speak. How are you feeling?”
“I feel as though… my body might float away.”
“What?”
“I’ve always felt like I was carrying an iron weight whenever I got up, but now breathing comes easily, and the exhaustion seems to have vanished entirely.”
Batar’s eyes widened.
“Truly?”
“Yes, sir. How did this happen? I was certain I fell asleep at camp, and isn’t this the Infirmary?”
For Kasar, it was like something miraculous had occurred.
Batar didn’t answer immediately, composing himself first.
His eyes were flushed red with emotion, such was the depth of his gratitude.
‘Coming to Korea was heaven’s blessing for us!’
Batar spun around and approached Baek Yu-yeon.
Then,
Thud.
An S-rank Hunter knelt on one knee before a mere student from a foreign land, placing his fist over his heart.
It was the highest form of respect shown by Mongolian warriors.
“Ah—no, wait! Professor Batar, why are you doing this? Please, get up.”
A flustered Baek Yu-yeon tried to stop him, but he remained unmoved.
“Thank you. I cannot thank you enough. I cannot let this pass. Tell me what you wish for. On my name, I will grant it, whatever it is.”
“No, sir. When there are patients in pain, saving them is simply the natural way. I merely did what I have learned.”
When the interpreter relayed her words, Batar’s gaze grew even deeper.
Not only skill, but such noble character as well!
He was thoroughly impressed.
“A Mongolian does not live in debt.”
Batar continued,
“Before we return to Mongolia, you must think of something. If you don’t, I won’t go back—I’ll stay in Korea and chase after you every day to torment you!”
Batar, insisting on repaying the favor, stood and turned his gaze toward Kang Hyeon.
“Professor Kang.”
“Yes.”
“You were right.”
Batar bowed his head.
“I never imagined Korea possessed such formidable talent in Martial Medical Arts.”
“I told you. The choice was yours to make.”
“Ha-ha-ha! I’m very much looking forward to it now. How far Korea will grow with someone like you here. Let’s make the most of the remaining training.”
Batar laughed heartily and supported Kasar as they left the Infirmary, and shortly after, Kang Hyeon disappeared as well.
Soon the Infirmary stood empty.
Hwang Ye-rim clenched her fists tightly.
‘Teaching Yu-yeon?’
That was no longer possible.
The medical skill she had displayed today shattered the very paradigm of modern Martial Medical Arts.
‘I’m the one who needs to learn from her.’
More precisely, she needed to absorb Kang Hyeon’s medical system.
Only then would she not fall behind in the evolving medical field!

* * *
Two weeks had passed since the Mongolian students arrived.
At first there was tension, but before long the students had grown fond of one another.
“Hah!”
“Hey, friend! Shouldn’t your lower stance be even lower there?”
“You’re right? Let’s try again!”
With no contempt between them, tangling together and working up an honest sweat, they naturally became close.
Above all,
Boom!
“Ugh!”
A massive man flew through the air in the center of the Practice Grounds and crashed to the floor.
“I yield!”
The fallen man was none other than Bakhmund, the top Student of the second year.
And standing over him, breathing easily with perfect composure, was.
“Well fought, Bakhmund.”
Kasar of Red-Eyed himself.
“This monster’s back!”
Bakhmund clicked his tongue and took Kasar’s hand to rise.
“Just days ago you couldn’t dodge my fists.”
“I told you—I was exhausted back then.”
Kasar had heard the full story.
The Korean professor had brought him when he’d lost his mind, and a Student named Baek Yu-yeon had saved him.
Turns out he’d been infected by the aura of some strange beast.
‘A shame.’
If not for the Exchange Program, he’d have wanted to stay longer.
Especially to face the ones called the Five Talents here.
Six of them, including Do Jeong-hyeok!
When he sparred against them, it felt like fighting Students from the world’s top-ranked nations.
‘Korea is changing.’
Professor Batar had said so.
And at the center of that change was Professor Kang.
After training ended and he’d finished showering, Batar summoned him.
“You called for me, Professor?”
“Yes, sit.”
Batar’s expression looked graver than usual.
“Tomorrow is the day we return to Mongolia.”
“Yes, sir. This experience is something I’ll never forget in my life. Thank you for all your effort, Professor.”
“My effort? Credit Korea for that.”
Batar exhaled a short sigh and met his student’s eyes directly.
“Kasar.”
“Yes, sir?”
“Tomorrow we return to Mongolia, but you are not going.”
“I… what?”
Kasar’s eyes widened.
What did that mean?
He was staying behind?
“You will remain here. Stay and learn under Professor Kang Hyun, however you must.”
Batar had been wrestling with this decision for some time.
If he brought Kasar back to Mongolia, the boy might become Mongolia’s greatest Hunter—but never the world’s.
He himself lacked that depth of teaching.
But Kang Hyun?
He had already proven himself.
How shocked Batar had been when he first heard that a Student named Seo Hae-in had been called dead last just six months before.
‘Professor Kang is someone of exceptional quality.’
“B-but……”
Kasar’s pupils wavered.
He understood that he owed Professor Kang a debt, but there were practical concerns.
“I don’t know Korean, sir.”
An interpreter might stay, but how could he receive proper education without a real grasp of the language?
“Then learn it.”
“Sir?”
“When you study abroad, learning the language of that country is obvious. Devote yourself to their words even more than to martial arts—let Korean tongue become your own.”
Batar’s eyes gleamed with intensity.
“From this moment forward, your second language is Korean.”
“…!”
Kasar was stunned.
For even a proud man like Batar to go this far—could this Professor Kang really be that exceptional?
And then there was the matter of—
“But will Korea accept me?”
“Don’t worry about that part. I’ll find a way to sort it out.”

* * *
“Heh heh heh.”
Seo Il-hyun’s mouth curled up so wide his grin nearly touched his ears.
“Is it true? That Kasar from the Red-Eyed is coming to study with us?”
A global prodigy abandoning his own nation’s premier institution to choose the Korean Academy?
If word of this got out, it would elevate the academy’s standing immeasurably.
‘He’s completely smitten with Professor Kang.’
“For our academy, it’s cause for celebration.”
Seo Il-hyun cleared his throat and composed his expression.
“There’s one concern, though.”
“What might that be? If it’s a matter of language or tuition, we can cover everything on our end——”
“It’s not that sort of problem. The question is whether Professor Kang will even accept him as a student.”
“I’m not certain I understand.”
Batar’s brow furrowed.
“Surely once you approve it and assign him as the supervising professor, it’s a settled matter?”
“He’s not the type of professor who obeys because the rector commands it.”
“I beg your pardon?”
As expected.
Even Korea’s S-rank Seo Il-hyun couldn’t control that professor.
“So there’s only one path forward. You’ll have to go persuade Professor Kang yourself. If he agrees, I’ll have the enrollment processed by day’s end.”

* * *
“You want me to take on Kasar?”
Kang Hyun heard Batar’s proposal with indifference.
“Why would I?”
“Kasar is exceptional material. Under your tutelage, he would surely shake the world.”
“And how does that concern me?”
“Your former student making a name for himself globally — surely that’s a source of satisfaction?”
“I don’t care about such things.”
Kasar was a fine warrior, but not someone destined to inherit the Chilyo Formation.
He preferred not to invite needless complications.
“Find another professor. Jin Myeong-hun can teach well enough, can’t he?”
“Don’t say things you don’t mean!”
Rather than be taught by that shriveled professor from the welcome ceremony, Kasar would sooner not come at all!
“Huh.”
Batar released a quiet sigh and tried once more.
“There’s the matter of Baek Yu-yeon.”
“Yes?”
“I told her to name her wish as repayment for my debt, but she wanted nothing at all.”
“That’s how she is. Too kindhearted for her own good.”
“Which is precisely why——”
Batar’s voice carried new weight.
“The Mongolian Academy intends to present her with the Taeeum Jade Marrow, a Spirit Medicine we’ve kept in our vault.”
“……?”
In that instant, curiosity kindled in Kang Hyun’s eyes.
Taeeum Jade Marrow.
While perhaps not a legendary Spirit Medicine of the rarest caliber, whenever it appeared in the Martial World, blood invariably flowed — it was that precious.
“Is this the condition for accepting Kasar?”
“Not at all. We Mongols don’t speak from both sides of our mouth. I’ve already contacted the homeland and made arrangements for transport. The gift stands on its own; I’m simply asking you to view this favorably.”
Kang Hyun stroked his chin thoughtfully.
‘Well, well.’
He’d set out to catch a mouse and ended up delighted with a dragon — now the Spirit Medicine was coming along too?
‘Batar’s nature isn’t bad either.’
The way he repaid his debts cleanly, without trying to leverage them for negotiation, had a certain appeal.
All right, then.
Having assembled a team but only a team leader felt incomplete, anyway.
Might as well add one more member.
Could be useful when tracking down Sim Deung-gwi later.
“All right.”
“Truly?”
“But I don’t teach just anyone.”
“I know. Your students mentioned it—you have to pierce through Qi pressure and cross the line, they said?”
“That’s right. Tell him that.”
The corner of Kang Hyun’s mouth lifted.
“Have him come to the back of the New Training Hall this evening.”

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