The Genius Doctor of the Mount Hua Sect - Chapter 35

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Hwasanpa Prodigy Physician Episode 35

“Wh-what on earth…!”
Han Akson gasped, his face twisted in shock.
Could all of this have been a trap from the start?
“Even if it was a trap, you still ingested the poison—that much is undeniable! So how could you possibly be unscathed…?”
“In my case, I used the Blood Poison Antidote and took an Antidote Pill beforehand. Master Cho here underwent acupuncture work in advance to prevent the poison from spreading, and then also took an Antidote Pill. Given his profound Internal Energy, he said this measure would be sufficient.”
“…!”
“You’re the assassin sent from the Jeokdokmun, aren’t you? Bold of you to make it this far.”
“The Dragon of Hwasan!”
Han Akson shrieked and thrashed against his bonds.
“Give it up. You’re in our hands now. It would be wise to surrender quietly.”
“Never! Never, I say!”
In that instant, Han Akson hurled Throwing Blades that had been concealed on his person in all directions.
Whistle-whistle-whistle-whistle-crack!
“Master Cho!”
“Tch.”
Cho Wujin clicked his tongue lightly, then hurled Han Akson away before the Throwing Blades could spread.
Simultaneously, poison-coated Blades embedded themselves throughout the space. In seconds, the chamber descended into chaos.
“Aaaaagh!”
Han Akson did not stop there—he immediately rose and detonated Poison Gas.
Whoooosh!
Dense Poison Gas flooded the sealed chamber, so thick it was nearly impossible to breathe.
Han Akson threw himself forward, desperate to escape.
‘This will buy me only a moment! I have to flee from Mujeonggeom!’
He had harbored no illusions of victory from the start.
His opponent was a supreme master—a foe too far beyond his reach no matter how hard he struggled.
Flight was his only option.
If he could just escape back to the Jeokdokmun, he could plot revenge or anything else he wished.
But then.
“Where do you think you’re going?”
Schwick!
A razor-sharp blade flashed directly before Han Akson’s eyes.
“…!”
Han Akson felt danger instinctively and threw his head back.
In that moment, the figure before him swung a kick at his belly.
Thump!
“Hhhhgh!”
Han Akson cried out as waves of pain flooded through him.
He looked up with a face contorted by fury and shock. The one who had kicked him was none other than Gwak Hyeong, the Lord of the Baekgeommun.
“You treacherous dog! Have you betrayed us!”
“Betrayed? I was never on your side to begin with. No matter how much I dislike the Hwasanpa, I would never join hands with filthy Sapa scum like you!”
Gwak Hyeong sneered as he spoke.
His refutation was absolute, without a shred of hesitation.
“Such insolence…!”
At that, Han Akson drew a Poison-Coated Dagger from his pocket.
But in that very instant.
Thunk!
“Wh…?!”
He gasped as a sharp pain shot through his left thigh.
A thick Acupuncture Needle Strike had buried itself deep within.
“One must not use poison in a place where patients are present.”
The owner of that calm voice was none other than Baek Hyeon.
He slipped another Acupuncture Needle Strike onto his finger and flicked it—then hurled it with tremendous force.
Thunk! Thunk! Thunk! Thunk!
The Acupuncture Needle Strikes embedded themselves with perfect precision into each of Han Akson’s Vital Points.
The accuracy was nothing short of remarkable.
Han Akson felt his body freeze in that moment, and he went rigid.
“Master Cho.”
“Yes.”
And then Cho Wujin approached and knocked Han Akson unconscious.
“…….”
Han Akson didn’t even manage a scream before he crumpled to the ground.
Baek Hyeon watched him fall and exhaled slowly.
“It’s over, then.”
“You’ve done well, benefactor.”
“You’ve also done well, Cho. And Gwak, you’ve worked hard.”
“Hmph.”
Gwak Hyeong snorted in response.
“Remember this. We acted because those Sapa dogs displeased us—not because you pleased us. Don’t mistake that.”
“Ha. Of course, of course. But surely there’s merit in our cooperation, wouldn’t you say?”
Considering the usual distance between Hwasanpa and Baekgeommun, it would have been unthinkable mere days ago.
Gwak Hyeong said nothing in reply, only turned his head away with studied indifference.
“Is it finished?”
At that moment, the man they’d posted as a final safeguard outside returned.
It was Hwang Jiho, an inspector from the Hwawum Jiso of the Murimmeng.
He clicked his tongue at the lingering traces of poison gas in the air.
“Quite the spectacle, I see. You’ve all labored hard.”
“It was nothing much. More importantly, you’ve grasped the situation, I take it?”
Hwang Jiho nodded.
“That the Jeokdokmun Lord plotted with Baekgeommun to kill you, the Dragon of Hwasan; that Baekgeommun refused the proposal and instead set a trap with you; and that as a result you captured an assassin sent by the enemy. The Hwawum Jiso of the Murimmeng has confirmed all of this. It will be reported precisely to the Seomse branch.”
“Then that’s sufficient. With this much evidence, it seems the Seomse branch will have grounds not merely for surveillance, but for suppression.”
Had they merely exposed the plot, it wouldn’t have come to this.
Without direct action, evidence would have been scarce.
But this time they sent assassins to kill directly.
And that killer was captured at the scene.
No evidence could be stronger than that.
A situation had emerged where the Murimmeng’s intervention was not only justified but expected.
“Very well, then…….”
Baek Hyeon spoke with sharp clarity.
“Now we erase the Jeokdokmun.”

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Baek Hyeon moved with remarkable speed.
First, he spread the rumor throughout Hwawum County that he’d narrowly escaped assassination—that he’d nearly been poisoned to death.
The ripples were predictably large.
Many people in Hwawum County had either received treatment at the Hwasan Medical House or been healed by Baek Hyeon themselves.
“Those bastards deserve to be torn to shreds!”
“Who else were they going to touch? They dared lay hands on the physician?”
“I hear they tried to poison him. Tsk, tsk. The Murim may be merciless, but not like this—not a good man like him…….”
“And the physician isn’t even fully grown yet—he’s still at the Regional Studies level, isn’t he? They attacked someone who’s barely come of age!”
The common people of Hwawum County burned with fury. Their collective opinion naturally coalesced: the Jeokdokmun must be driven out.
And then there was the Gaebang.
“Heavens, those Sapa dogs have lost their minds. What grievance could they possibly have against a man who simply practices medicine?”
“It appears to be revenge for the Gusabang, which the Dragon of Hwasan destroyed. Perhaps they regretted the value of the bird nests they burned in that campaign.”
“Tsk, tsk. Fitting for drug dealers—petty and vile. In any case, the Dragon of Hwasan is a benefactor to our Gaebang’s Hwawum division. Our benefactor nearly died. We cannot stand idle.”
“That’s right!”
“We must crush the Jeokdokmun!”
The beggars of the Gaebang joined in this chorus.
They had received kindness from Baek Hyeon, and felt honor-bound to repay it. Dozens of Gaebang disciples who’d recently acquired martial skill gathered with urgency.
But the most fierce reaction came, as expected, from Hwasanpa itself.
“Those…… those accursed wretches!”
Bang!
The atmosphere of Jasogung, where the sect leader of Hwasanpa dwelled, burned hot as a roaring flame.
The sect leader Unam had summoned the elders and his prominent disciples to deliberate on this crisis.
“Those filthy dogs of Jeokdokmun dared lay hands on a disciple of Hwasan! On Baek Hyeon! On that child left behind by Cheonggin!”
In Hwasanpa, the name Cheonggin was a reverse scale—a subject none dared touch without peril.
Yet now Jeokdokmun had touched his disciple.
The very child who had recently brought widespread renown to Hwasanpa through countless exploits!
“Can we simply remain idle and accept this?”
“Never, sir!”
“We must sweep away those villainous Sapa dogs!”
“How dare they lay a hand on one of our Hwasanpa!”
Of course, not just Unam but all the other elders were seething with rage. These were the very men who had sworn only recently never to lose Baek Hyeon.
In a situation like this, their fury could not be contained.
It was then that Cheongwoo, the senior disciple and leader of the Maehwageomsu, spoke.
“Sect Leader. Please grant the Maehwageomsu permission to march forth.”
With those words, the atmosphere in the hall grew slightly more subdued.
For the entire Maehwageomsu to engage in conflict with an outside sect meant Hwasanpa was prepared to annihilate the rival organization.
It was not a decision the Sect Leader could make lightly.
Yet in the end, Unam made his choice.
“So be it. Uncheon!”
“Yes, Sect Leader.”
Uncheon, the War Minister who commanded Hwasanpa’s military strength, stepped forward. Unam regarded him with a grave expression and issued his order.
“Lead the Maehwageomsu with Cheongwoo and show them the wrath of Hwasanpa. Can you do this?”
“Of course. We will not disappoint you.”
Uncheon spoke with conviction and clasped his fist in salute.
All the other senior disciples bowed in turn. Unam watched them and spoke in a chilling voice.
“Go now and show them.”
Unam’s eyes gleamed with menace.
“What becomes of those who dare to touch Hwasanpa.”

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Thus the coalition against Jeokdokmun was formed.
With Hwasanpa at the helm, the Seomse branch of Murimmeng, Gaebang, and Baekgeommun united, their numbers swelled to several hundred strong.
This was a force potent enough to wage a war to the death against all but the mightiest sects.
Naturally, the Jeokdokmun Lord was beside himself with fury.
“How did things come to this?! Han Akson! You incompetent, stupid wretch!”
He raged, cursing Han Akson, whose capture had so ruinously undone their plans.
But no amount of cursing changed anything.
Then, in that moment.
Bang!
“Lord! Disaster strikes!”
A subordinate came rushing through the door as if to shatter it with his momentum.
Gasping for breath, he reported what he had witnessed.
“Hwasanpa and several other sects have pressed to our very gates! What, what should we do—”
“Silence! How would I know?”
The Jeokdokmun Lord snapped, then immediately began gathering valuables worth fleeing with.
“L-Lord?!”
“I will go to Heukryonghoe and request their support! You hold them off until I return!”
The subordinate called out in bewilderment, but the Jeokdokmun Lord, uttering only those words, fled.
He spoke of summoning reinforcements, but he had already recognized the hopelessness and abandoned his own sect.
‘As long as I live, Jeokdokmun can be rebuilt! But if I’m captured here, it’s finished!’
He slipped through back alleys, avoiding any encounter with the coalition. They might search the perimeter or spread a siege; he had to escape in haste.
“The Dragon of Hwasanpa, is it? That whelp. One day I shall certainly kill him…”
His face twisted with vengeance as he muttered this. But the Jeokdokmun Lord had not gone far.
“You dare speak of killing whom?”
“—!”
A chilling sensation coursed through his entire body, rooting him in place.
Before the Jeokdokmun Lord stood a man with a cold, ruthless expression.
“M-Mujeonggeom Cho Wujin!”
“Bold words to spout before me.”
A thin, piercing sound.
Cho Wujin fixed him with an unmasked killing intent.
The Jeokdokmun Lord stared at him, cold sweat beading on his brow.
Then he glimpsed a handsome youth standing beside Cho Wujin.
And the identity of that youth was, of course—
“The Dragon of Hwasanpa!”
It was Baek Hyeon.
The Jeokdokmun Lord felt as though he might scream.
What in the world were these men doing here?

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