The Genius Doctor of the Mount Hua Sect - Chapter 31

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Huashan Sect Prodigy Physician — Episode 31

“The Five Great Villains? You’re serious?”
Hwang Ji-ho asked in alarm.
The Five Great Villains.
They were five Demon Leaders who had carved their names in infamy across the Martial Arts World.
So formidable and malevolent were they that for those aligned with the Righteous Faction, they were nothing short of a nightmare made flesh.
“Benefactor, is that really true?”
Cho Woo-jin asked gravely.
Baek Hyeon nodded. It was the truth, after all.
“As far as I know, yes. Though as I mentioned earlier, the odds that it was actually him are vanishingly small.”
“Remarkable. So you’ve witnessed the Poison Technique of Dok Ma himself. When on earth did you encounter such a thing?”
“There are circumstances I’d rather not elaborate on.”
Fortunately, Cho Woo-jin pressed no further.
He was being considerate of Baek Hyeon.
“I’ll go report this matter to the branch director at once. Could you wait here a moment?”
“Of course. We can wait.”
Hwang Ji-ho hurried off, his face clouded with thought.
Baek Hyeon gathered the needles he had used and set them aside carefully.
He intended to treat them later and extract the toxins.
While he was occupied with such work—
“Are you the dragon of Huashan?”
A middle-aged man with a kindly demeanor appeared alongside Hwang Ji-ho.
“I’m Bo Mun-ho, the branch director of the Huayin branch.”
“A pleasure to meet you. I’m Baek Hyeon, a second-generation disciple of the Huashan Sect. This is—”
“Cho Woo-jin, wielder of the Weaponless Sword. I know of him. I never imagined a master swordsman from the Evil Faction would set foot in a Wulin Alliance branch.”
“I came merely to escort my benefactor.”
Cho Woo-jin met Bo Mun-ho’s gaze with an air of defiance. Bo Mun-ho smiled wryly and nodded.
“Whatever the circumstances, so long as no harm befalls our branch, all is well. In any case, I owe you my thanks. Thank you sincerely for treating Inspector Yu.”
Bo Mun-ho bowed slightly as he spoke.
“It’s only natural for a physician to treat a patient.”
Baek Hyeon replied matter-of-factly, and Bo Mun-ho chuckled softly.
“We’ll see that you’re properly compensated for this. Please accept it.”
With that, he handed Baek Hyeon a heavy pouch.
When Baek Hyeon carefully opened it, he found it brimming with silver coins.
“There’s more than I expected?”
“Compared to what you’ve done for us, it’s hardly sufficient. I’ve emptied our branch’s entire reserve fund for this.”
“Well, I’ll accept it gratefully.”
“Haha, do so. But tell me—you said this matter was connected to Dok Ma. Is that truly the case?”
Baek Hyeon shook his head at Bo Mun-ho’s words.
“To be precise, it’s connected to someone imitating Dok Ma’s poison. Dok Ma’s toxin wouldn’t be this crude.”
“I see. Still, that alone makes this a grave matter. I should contact the Shaanxi branch and request their assistance.”
This was a matter involving the Five Great Villains, after all.
It was only natural that the Wulin Alliance would respond with such urgency.
Yet Baek Hyeon had no intention of waiting for the branch’s reinforcements to arrive.
“Before that, I’d like to investigate the poison they used. Which sect was Inspector Yu investigating? And how large is their operation?”
“Surely you don’t intend to investigate them yourself?”
Bo Mun-ho’s face hardened.
“It’s far too dangerous. Didn’t you just see what happened to Inspector Yu?”
“Caution is warranted, of course. But I’m confident I can walk out alive.”
Baek Hyeon regarded Bo Mun-ho with calm, steady eyes.
Bo Mun-ho wore an expression of bewildered resignation.
But that passed quickly.
“Sigh… I can’t stop you, can I? Very well. But you’ll go with me.”
“The branch director himself?”
“Someone needs to be responsible for your safety. I daresay I’m still useful for that much.”
“What are you saying? I’m responsible for the benefactor’s safety.”
Cho Woo-jin cut in with unmistakable resolve.
Baek Hyeon grinned and nodded.
The Wulin Alliance’s branch commander and the Weaponless Sword—together, they made a formidable force indeed.
“Thank you for your help. Shall we go find the ones who did this to Inspector Yu?”

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According to Bo Mun-ho, their organization was called the Nine Snake House.
Their numbers barely exceeded a hundred.
It wasn’t enormous, but still formidable enough that a single Wulin Alliance branch would struggle against them.
“But how do you plan to approach them and extract the poison?”
“We break through head-on and crush them.”
“What, what?”
Baek Hyeon grinned at Bo Mun-ho’s alarm.
“With you as branch commander and Cho as the great master here, what’s there to fear? Honestly, a local evil faction wouldn’t be hiding any supreme-level experts.”
Truth be told, even without Bo Mun-ho, Cho Woo-jin alone would suffice.
That’s what it meant to be a supreme-level swordsman.
But still.
“That said…….”
Bo Mun-ho glanced uncertainly toward Cho Woo-jin.
His expression questioned whether the man would truly cooperate.
Cho Woo-jin answered firmly.
“I will follow the command of my benefactor.”
“It’s not a command—it’s a request. I’d really like to find out what connection the Nine Snake House has with Dok Ma.”
“You’ve taken quite an interest in Dok Ma since earlier. May I ask what your relationship is?”
“I’d say he’s an old grudge of my master’s.”
More precisely, Dok Ma was connected to Hwa Seo-myeong, my master.
True to his title of one of the Five Great Villains, he had committed countless atrocities—but Hwa Seo-myeong had once coincidentally used his Medical Technique to save people Dok Ma had harmed.
After that…….
‘That madman took an interest in me.’
So he began attacking Hwa Seo-myeong’s surroundings with obsessive persistence.
‘The lunatic.’
Dok Ma grew furious each time Hwa Seo-myeong countered his poison.
Yet at the same time, he seemed curious about what method would be used next time, and so he created new victims.
A duel between Medical Technique and Poison Technique waged with human lives at stake.
For him, it was all merely amusement.
Even now, the thought of Dok Ma made my teeth grind.
So if the opportunity arose, I intended to make sure he could never commit such atrocities again.
‘Of course, to defeat him, I’d need to become far stronger than I am now.’
As I walked with that thought, the sign for the Nine Snake House came into view in the distance.
There were no gate guards, and the main entrance was sealed shut. Bo Mun-ho looked at them with visible anxiety, his eyes twitching.
“Are you really going through with this? Wouldn’t it be better to wait for reinforcements from headquarters……?”
“By then they might flee and disappear. This is our chance.”
“But it’s dangerous!”
“We’ve got to try sometime.”
Baek Hyeon spoke decisively and cast a glance toward Cho Woo-jin.
Understanding the intent in his gaze, Cho Woo-jin channeled his Internal Energy and kicked the gate open.
Bang-crash-boom!
The gates swung open in an instant.
“What, what’s this!”
“Who goes there!”
Martial artists from the Nine Snake House came tumbling out in alarm.
There were easily dozens of them. Startled at first that these three had dared such a thing, they soon scowled and shouted.
“What kind of fools would dare pull a stunt like this…….”
“The narcotics you peddle.”
Then Baek Hyeon stepped forward and spoke.
“And the poison. Hand it all over.”
“What?”
“If you cooperate and surrender those quietly, we’ll simply leave.”
“This is…….”
The Nine Snake House martial artists seemed at a loss for words.
A boy scarcely more than a child had just appeared and made such a demand—no wonder they were bewildered.
But they quickly drew their weapons with furious faces.
“I don’t know what nonsense you’re spouting, but you’ll pay dearly for causing a disturbance here!”
“Words weren’t going to work anyway, as I suspected.”
As Baek Hyeon muttered this, Bo Mun-ho looked at him in disbelief.
“Didn’t you decide there was no point in talking the moment you blew down the gate?”
“The thing about men like these is they despise you if you come politely and try to reason with them. So it was necessary to come in strong from the start.”
“Ha…”
“…ha.”
Just as Baek Hyeon said, the Nine Snake House martial artists were steadily closing in on the group. At that, Bo Mun-ho stepped forward reluctantly.
“It’s dangerous—stay hidden in the back. Leave the fighting to me and the Weaponless Sword…”
“I can’t do that. I’m the one who asked to come here.”
“What?”
Regardless of what Bo Mun-ho said, Baek Hyeon stepped forward.
Then he drew several long needles from his Needle Case and spoke.
“I’ve been mainly studying Swordsmanship lately, but truthfully, that’s not my specialty.”
“What do you…”
“This is.”
Baek Hyeon threw the needles in a flash before anyone could react.
Hua Tuo Acupuncture Art.
Whistle-whistle-whistle-whistle!
“Gasp!”
“Ugh!”
And then something extraordinary happened. More than ten Nine Snake House martial artists who had been standing before them collapsed in an instant. It all occurred in the time of a single blink.
“I coated the needles with a highly concentrated Paralytic Poison. By striking the vital acupoints with perfect precision, they won’t be able to get up for quite some time.”
“What…?!”
Bo Mun-ho was aghast at the sight. Could needles really accomplish such a thing?
This wasn’t an ordinary physician—it was like watching the poison masters of the Sichuan Tang Family at work. What’s more, despite executing such an attack, his Internal Energy expenditure seemed barely noticeable.
“Wh-what just happened?”
“What in the world is going on?”
The Nine Snake House martial artists, belatedly panicking, searched for the cause of the disaster. They looked at Baek Hyeon with eyes tinged with fear.
A master of poison and hidden weapons. For martial artists below a certain level, such a person was nothing less than a nightmare. Yet they had never imagined that nightmare would take the form of a mere boy.
“I’ll go deeper inside to secure the Narcotics and poisons. You two subdue all the rest out here.”
“Will you be alright on your own?”
Cho Woo-jin asked with concern. In response, Baek Hyeon grinned and glanced around.
“Didn’t you just see what I can do?”
“True enough. But you don’t know who might be lurking inside. If anything happens, call out immediately.”
“Understood. I have no desire to stake my life against a truly powerful opponent anyway. There’s someone over there who looks like a leader. I’ll leave him to you, Lord Cho.”
Cho Woo-jin nodded and rushed toward the middle-aged man dressed in the most elaborate clothing.
The middle-aged man, startled, swung his sword, but he was clearly being pushed back. The Weaponless Sword technique wielded by Cho Woo-jin was that formidable.
“Well then.”
Baek Hyeon subdued the approaching Nine Snake House martial artists and headed deeper inside. He searched around, looking for what appeared to be some sort of laboratory or research chamber.
But then.
Shwip!
A blade sliced through the air, rushing at Baek Hyeon’s chest.
The moment he heard the sound, Baek Hyeon sidestepped and immediately threw a needle.
However, his opponent was wearing thick leather padding beneath his clothes, so the needle failed to penetrate deeply.
“Who are you?”
“Baek Hyeon, second-generation disciple of the Huashan Sect.”
Having said so, Baek Hyeon quickly surveyed the area behind his opponent.
‘Found it.’
There, neatly stacked, lay the medicinal herbs he sought along with various other items. This was clearly some sort of warehouse or laboratory.
“You’re guarding this place, so you must be the person in charge?”
“…”
The person in charge said nothing and took his stance to kill Baek Hyeon. Baek Hyeon smiled wryly and stepped back slightly.
‘A master in the first rank, fully seasoned. A fairly formidable opponent at my current level.’
But that didn’t mean he had no way forward.
He still had the secret techniques of the Hua Tuo Acupuncture Art at his disposal.
Without hesitation, Baek Hyeon drew out needles and inserted them into various points across his body.
Eight Extremities Opening.
First gate: open.
An enormous force began surging through Baek Hyeon’s body.

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