The Genius Doctor of the Mount Hua Sect - Chapter 12

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Hwasan Sect Genius Physician — Episode 12

“How dare you!”
At Baek Hyun’s words, Yu Won’s face darkened with fury.
His cheeks had flushed crimson—genuine anger, then. Likely he’d never expected to be spoken to this way by someone so much younger than himself.
But Baek Hyun paid no attention to his outrage, regarding him with open mockery.
“Or are you planning to keep blocking our path indefinitely? Do the disciples of Baekgeom Sect have nothing better to do in broad daylight?”
“How dare you speak to your elders that way!”
“You block the road and pick a quarrel first, then immediately invoke your age. Isn’t that rather pathetic?”
“He’s got a point. Is this how Baekgeom Sect teaches its disciples?”
Yu Cheong-ah, who harbored no love for Baekgeom Sect herself, spoke with cutting precision.
At that, Yu Won whirled on his companions, his voice cracking with indignation.
“You fools! What are you doing just standing there? Our sect master’s honor is being insulted and you do nothing!?”
“No, no! We were just about to force these arrogant wretches to their knees!”
“Then do it now!”
The younger disciples of Baekgeom Sect drew their weapons and leveled them at the two.
Some semblance of composure returning, Yu Won twisted his mouth into a sneer.
“Bow your heads now and beg forgiveness. Otherwise——”
“Sigh.”
Baek Hyun exhaled loudly, making certain everyone could hear.
Then he spoke, his voice ringing sharp and clear.
“So! Blocking our path wasn’t enough—now you’re threatening us as well!”
“What are you——”
“We’re in a hurry because we need to treat the young master of Cheonghua Trading Company!”
“……!”
Understanding his intent, Yu Won’s eyes widened in alarm, and he glanced hastily around them.
But it was already too late.
The pedestrians lining the street were already staring and murmuring amongst themselves.
‘Idiots.’
Why pick a quarrel so publicly, in front of all these witnesses?
Now they had only two choices left.
Either step aside, or attack while being watched by a crowd.
Common sense would dictate the former——
“These fools! Teach them a lesson!”
But the world is often governed by anything but common sense.
Baek Hyun let out a hollow laugh.
‘Hwasan has truly fallen.’
Even ranked among the Nine Great Sects and One Exceptional Sect, yet they picked quarrels in broad daylight like common street thugs.
This would never have happened when Cheong Jin was alive. Everyone feared him too much to risk bringing conflict down on Hwasan.
This present chaos was the doing of ambitious sects that had emerged after Cheong Jin’s death, now clawing to dominate Hwain County.
They harbored the crude notion that if they could suppress Hwasan through such provocations, their own standing would rise accordingly.
Baek Hyun drew a breath.
“I’ll take the three on the left.”
“Then I’ve got the ones on the right!”
Yu Cheong-ah smiled brightly and drew her sword with lethal grace.
Shing.
The ring of steel was notably sharp.
He felt no concern for her.
Yu Cheong-ah had never received formal Sect Protection status, but she was nonetheless ranked among the top five Inner Sect Disciples in skill—a master by any measure.
Such rabble hardly posed a threat to someone of her caliber.
The question was himself.
“Attack!”
As he was thinking this, the Baekgeom Sect fools came rushing in.
Their movements were clumsy and uncoordinated—clearly they had never trained together properly.
In that moment, Baek Hyun understood.
This would be worth his effort.
No—beyond that. This would be a complete dominance.
He did not even draw a weapon, simply extending his fist.
Thud!
Hack!
Baek Hyun’s fist drove straight into one man’s philtrum, sending him flying.
The others hesitated for a moment, but soon drew their weapons and came at him.
Swinging blades at people like that.
There was no murderous intent, perhaps, but they could still do serious damage. Baek Hyun had no intention of being lenient with men who wielded sharp steel against him.
Whip!
Spinning in a complete circle, he drove his elbow up into the arm of the man on his left.
Ugh!
The man flinched reflexively, losing his balance.
He seemed to be struggling to regain his footing, but it was already too late. Baek Hyun unleashed the Plum Blossom Fist Technique, his knuckles whipping across the man’s cheek.
Crash-bang-bang!
The rotational force sent him tumbling across the ground multiple times.
One remained.
Eek!
Terrified, the man began wildly swinging his sword in desperation.
He’d exhaust himself soon enough, but Baek Hyun wasn’t in the mood to wait.
Tap.
He reached into his robes, drew out a Needle Pouch, and selected a Long Needle.
Then, with all his strength, he hurled it toward the man’s Numbing Acupoint.
……!
The needle struck true, and the man froze mid-swing, sword still raised.
This was not a Hwasan Sect technique, but a secret art from the Hua Tuo Acupuncture Technique that the Divine Physician Hwa Seo-myung had mastered.
According to Cheong Jin, despite being a martial art derived from medicine, it rivaled even the assassin’s techniques of the Sichuan clan.
Of course, the truly terrifying aspect of the Hua Tuo Acupuncture Technique lay elsewhere…….
In any case, this was more than enough to subdue a raging pup.
Baek Hyun approached the man, withdrew the Long Needle, and kicked him away.
Crash-bang-bang!
The man went flying, limp as a rag.
What… what was that……?
Yu Won’s jaw dropped.
He couldn’t believe what he’d just witnessed.
Baek Hyun paid him no mind and turned to check on Yu Cheong-ah.
Kyahahaha!
As expected, there was nothing to worry about.
She was thrashing enemies with the flat of her blade, clearly enjoying herself.
It seemed she was deliberately dragging it out, not finishing anyone in a single blow…….
Well, at least she was staying within bounds. He could let it play out.
After a moment.
Her display was finished.
Every young disciple from Baekgeom Sect who had rushed the two of them lay sprawled across the ground.
Now only Yu Won remained.
He gnashed his teeth like an enraged man, drawing his sword.
You wretches……!
Master, be careful.
Yu Won seemed to have a filthy, impatient temperament, but the aura he projected was that of a first-rate master.
That meant the two of them would have a hard time against him now.
‘Of course, if I use that, I could win.’
Baek Hyun found himself hesitating—did he really need to deploy Eight Extremes Opening Yuan against an opponent like this? Though if the man genuinely intended to kill him and Yu Cheong-ah, he wouldn’t hesitate to respond in kind.
How dare you pull such a stunt?
That’s funny. Who started this?
Baek Hyun twisted his lips into a smirk as he spoke to Yu Won.
Besides, it seems the Baekgeom Sect doesn’t teach its disciples very well. Six of them against just two of us, and look how that turned out.
Shut your mouth! These are merely Outer Sect Disciples, not the true strength of Baekgeom Sect! If Inner Sect Disciples had faced you, you’d be crushed to pieces by now.
Isn’t that just you, then? Looking at your skills, I’d say even that’s questionable.
You bastard…….
What in blazes is going on here?!
That was when.
A heavily built man arrived with a retinue of guards, his voice ringing out loud and clear.
Eyes blazing with barely contained fury, the man was none other than Wang Ho, the master of the Cheonghua Trading Company. He glared at Yu Won and roared:
You dare threaten the benefactor of my son?!
“Wow, Merchant Master Wang, that was…….”
“I don’t want to hear it! What in the world is this supposed to be? A grown man drawing his sword against children barely old enough to hold one? I can hardly believe it!”
Wang Ho pressed forward with a booming voice, leaving Yu Won flustered. The onlookers, who had been holding their breath and watching the scene unfold, began to murmur their agreement.
“That’s right. Does the Baekgeom Sect have no sense of decorum?”
“The way they were looking for trouble earlier made their true intentions obvious! Everyone knows they’re desperate to crush the Hwasan Sect.”
“Still, for someone past thirty to bare steel against mere children still learning the fundamentals…….”
“Pfft. Calling them an orthodox sect is too generous.”
“……!”
Yu Won’s face flushed crimson as he absorbed every word of the crowd’s condemnation.
It wasn’t shame—it was fury.
But with Wang Ho’s martial artists and countless commoners bearing witness, there was nothing he could do.
All that remained was to back down.
“I, I truly meant no harm. It’s simply that those whelps showed such disrespect to their elders, I thought they needed disciplining…….”
“I said I don’t want to hear it! I will lodge a formal complaint against the Baekgeom Sect for this, and you can mark my words on that!”
“Merchant Master Wang, please!”
Yu Won called out desperately after Wang Ho, but the merchant master didn’t even acknowledge him.
Wang Ho walked past Yu Won’s hollow expression and approached Baek Hyun to speak with him.
“Young Master Baek Hyun, are you unharmed?”
“Thanks to you. I’m grateful, Merchant Master.”
Baek Hyun offered a gentle smile and bowed respectfully to Wang Ho.
Yu Cheong-ah, reading the moment, followed suit. Wang Ho let out a sigh and spoke.
“It grieves me that such an incident should occur in Hwain County. Hereafter, I shall arrange for someone to meet you when you arrive, so you needn’t suffer such entanglements.”
“That won’t be necessary. It was nothing, really. Isn’t that so, Elder?”
“Right. They weren’t much of a threat at all.”
At their words, Yu Won’s eyes blazed even more intensely.
Of course they were saying this for his benefit. Wang Ho chuckled at Baek Hyun’s response.
“Truly, you are worthy Taoists of the Hwasan Sect. To regard such an encounter as beneath consideration…….”
“It would have been embarrassing to even call them enemies. Wasting emotion on trash like that would be foolish.”
“Your words are absolutely right. Come now, let us depart for the trading company. I shall escort you.”
Wang Ho courteously guided the two toward the Cheonghua Trading Company.
Surrounded by his guards, Baek Hyun winked at Yu Won as he left. Yu Won ground his teeth and glared after him.
‘I wish I had enough Inner Power to use Telepathic Transmission.’
Unfortunately, his Inner Power reserves were still too shallow to manage such a technique.
‘But it’s not as if I merely defeated them—I made a fool of him in front of everyone…….’
This ought to be sufficient. That was Baek Hyun’s thought as he headed toward the Cheonghua Trading Company.
He had already set aside the matter of the Baekgeom Sect. Now he needed to focus on something far more pressing—the treatment of Yu Won’s heart affliction and the matters concerning the Restorative Pill venture.

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The rumor that two young Second-generation Disciples of the Hwasan Sect had humiliated the Baekgeom Sect spread like wildfire through the streets.
It could hardly have done otherwise.
After all, the incident had taken place on a main thoroughfare in the very heart of Hwain County.
There were dozens of witnesses to the spectacle, lending the account an almost unimpeachable credibility.
“You’re telling me two people subdued six?”
“That’s what they’re saying. And apparently the younger of the two didn’t even draw his sword.”
“So even a fallen sect is still a great sect? The quality of their disciples is remarkable.”
“The Hwasan Sect is, no matter what anyone says, part of the Nine Great Sects and One Exceptional Sect. A place like the Baekgeom Sect was never fit to stand against them.”
“Oh, and I heard that young master of theirs actually cured the Merchant Master of Cheonghua’s son?”
“What? Is that true?”
“Absolutely true. A friend who works at the trading company told me, so it must be reliable. The thing is…….”
And so, as the rumors circulated through the streets of Hwain County, the fame of the Hwasan Sect rose while the reputation of the Baekgeom Sect plummeted to the ground.
“Blast it all!”
Naturally, someone was consumed with rage at this turn of events.
It was none other than Gwak Hyung, the sect master of the Baekgeom Sect.

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