The Genius Doctor of the Mount Hua Sect - Chapter 36

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Huashan Sect Genius Physician — Episode 36

Of course, Baek Hyeon was not there by chance.
Rewinding time to a day before the Allied Forces struck at Jeokdokmun.
“So, you’re really a disciple of Dokma?”
Baek Hyeon regarded Han Akson, whose body was studded with needles, and posed the question.
Han Akson trembled with fear, yet summoned his courage and cried out.
“That’s right! So pull out these needles at once! If my master finds out, you’re all as good as dead!”
Heard in isolation, it was a chilling threat.
Han Akson’s master was Dokma, one of the Five Great Villains.
The implication was that his wrath could easily be provoked.
Anyone in the Martial Arts World would have trembled at such a prospect.
“Ha.”
Baek Hyeon, however, merely scoffed.
“Why would Dokma trouble himself with a failure like you?”
“What, what?”
“Your realm is clearly shallow, and you haven’t sought proper instruction. I suspect you never managed to create a Poison Pill at all, did you?”
“H-how did you—!”
“Without a Poison Pill, you’d never have been initiated into the Five-Color Asura Poison Technique. That means you’re nothing but a foot soldier among foot soldiers—one of countless followers who call him master but have laid eyes on him only a handful of times, if that.”
“That’s not true! I—”
“There’s no need to lie. I’ve seen men like you more than once. I likely know your circumstances better than you do.”
“Who, who exactly are you—”
Han Akson’s face went hollow.
Baek Hyeon had struck precisely where it hurt.
The truth was, while Han Akson called himself Dokma’s disciple, he had seen his master only once in his life.
Back in Dokgoek, he had done nothing but menial labor.
Dissatisfied, he had fled to Zhongyuan and taken to calling himself Dokma’s disciple ever since.
Fortunately, the knowledge of poisons he had learned in Dokgoek, combined with his study of toxins that Dokma had created, made deceiving others trivially easy.
But how could Baek Hyeon know his situation so intimately?
“Now, let me offer you a choice.”
Baek Hyeon smiled thinly as he spoke.
“One: you hand over your information quietly and surrender. In that case, serving your time in prison will be sufficient punishment.”
“And the other?”
“Continuing to resist. Aren’t you curious? Whether someone who knows so much about Dokgoek—someone like me—also knows how to deal with traitors?”
“H-hyeek!”
Han Akson was utterly terrified.
He had evidently concluded that Baek Hyeon was some other administrator from Dokgoek who had gone into hiding, or someone closely connected to it.
‘I deliberately created that atmosphere of dread to make him think exactly that.’
By now, he was surely convinced of his misunderstanding.
“I-I’ll cooperate! Please, please spare my life!”
“Ha, excellent.”
Baek Hyeon nodded, satisfied with Han Akson’s response.
“Then explain everything to me. All of it concerning Jeokdokmun.”
Han Akson began to pour out everything without reservation.
From how he came to be there in the first place, to his work manufacturing high-grade narcotics using his knowledge at Jeokdokmun, to the scale of the organization, the Jeokdokmun Master’s abilities, and his temperament.
‘A man without responsibility, quick to pass the blame to others.’
This was precisely why Baek Hyeon had stationed himself in the alley that connected to Jeokdokmun.
Someone with a character like that seemed unlikely to stand and fight loyally against the Allied Forces.
And indeed, he was fleeing now.
“Damn these bastards! Get out of my way!”
The Jeokdokmun Master swung his Wolf Fang Claw, attempting to escape from Baek Hyeon’s group.
The Wolf Fang Claw resembled a rake, with three blades protruding from above the fist-grip portion.
And those blades glistened with poison.
“Benefactor, stay behind me. He’s no trivial opponent—I’ll handle this.”
Cho Ujin spoke thus and stepped forward.
The killing intent rose from his blade.
Cho Ujin immediately pushed off the ground, aiming for the Jeokdokmun Master’s throat.
“You won’t succeed!”

The creature flailed its arms wildly in resistance.
Clang! Bang! Clang!
The blades of sword and Wolf Fang Claw collided with a thunderous crash.
Cho Ujin’s brow furrowed. Facing the Jeokdokmun Master himself posed no great difficulty, but the real problem lay in the poison smeared across his blade.
It looked perilously deadly—even a glancing touch would likely bring poisoning.
“Haaaaah!”
Boom!
Worse still, the Jeokdokmun Master kept pulling poison medicines from his robes and hurling them.
Cho Ujin defended against them with his sword before they could land, but he couldn’t help feeling the distraction pull at his focus.
Despite the vast gap in skill, this was precisely why he couldn’t subdue the Jeokdokmun Master outright.
‘Perhaps I’ll need to pull out a hidden card and press the advantage.’
It was then, as Cho Ujin deliberated, that—
“Cho, step aside for a moment!”
Baek Hyeon’s voice came from behind.
The instant Cho Ujin heard it, he moved reflexively to the side.
Whoosh!
Three Long Needles, visibly thick even to the eye, embedded themselves in the Jeokdokmun Master.
“Ugh!”
The creature gasped in pain.
“Fire Dragon of Huashan, how dare you—!”
The Jeokdokmun Master, enraged at what had befallen him, charged at Baek Hyeon.
It was a reckless rush that gave no consideration to Cho Ujin behind him.
Perhaps he believed that if he could seize Baek Hyeon, he could negotiate with the other.
But he was sorely mistaken.
“Wh—what?!”
The Jeokdokmun Master froze mid-movement, his body going rigid.
A tingling numbness radiated from where the Long Needles had pierced him, locking his entire frame in place.
“Paralysis Poison!”
“You’re a poison master yourself, so it won’t last long, but this should suffice.”
Baek Hyeon murmured as if the matter were concluded.
The Jeokdokmun Master, his face contorted with fury, yanked out the Long Needles—but immediately felt the killing intent emanating from behind and went rigid.
Swish!
“Gaaaah!”
The source of that murderous aura was, unsurprisingly, Cho Ujin.
The moment opportunity presented itself, he struck without hesitation, his hand coming down hard against the back of the Jeokdokmun Master’s neck.
“This… cannot be…”
As if unable to believe it, the Jeokdokmun Master pitched forward limply.
Thud!
His massive body crashed to the ground.
Baek Hyeon and Cho Ujin locked eyes, then broke into grins. It was a perfect victory.
“You’ve worked hard, Cho.”
“Likewise, my friend. You landed that blow perfectly.”
“We faced this enemy together—it was the least I could do.”
“That was masterful Needle Technique. It reminded me of the masters from the Sichuan clans.”
“That’s quite a compliment. Ah, we should move him now.”
Cho Ujin had deliberately refrained from killing the Jeokdokmun Master.
It was hardly an act of mercy—he needed the man alive to take complete control of Jeokdokmun.
Cho Ujin nodded and hoisted the fallen figure onto his shoulder. Baek Hyeon took additional precautions to ensure the man wouldn’t wake prematurely.
“Come, let’s go.”
It was time to finish Jeokdokmun once and for all.

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The Allied Forces swept rapidly through Jeokdokmun.
But they did so with careful restraint, mindful of heavy casualties.
Jeokdokmun was a sect that wielded poison.
They possessed considerable expertise in large-scale encounters.
A reckless assault risked mounting losses.
“Lay down your arms and surrender!”
Yet when the Jeokdokmun disciples, entrenched within and ready for a last stand, witnessed what was transpiring, their eyes went wide.
“Your sect master is already in our hands! He was caught trying to flee with the treasure.”
From the opposite end of the battlefield, Baek Hyeon of Huashan appeared, dragging the Jeokdokmun Master in chains.
The disciples of Jeokdokmun who witnessed this understood at once that all was lost.
The sect master they’d sent for reinforcements had been captured in such a pathetic state—none of them had imagined it possible.
If that was the case, there was no point in fighting any longer.
One by one, they cast down their weapons and began to surrender.
In the end.
“We’ve won!”
“Roooaaarrr!”
The Allied Forces took control of Jeokdokmun with minimal casualties.
Baek Hyeon and the other leaders of the Allied Forces gathered once more in the Jeokdokmun Master’s chambers.
Everyone present expressed their astonishment at the sight of him.
“So you positioned yourself in advance and waited, then captured the fleeing Jeokdokmun Master?”
“Yes. Though Cho handled most of the fighting, of course.”
“The decisive blow came from my benefactor.”
Baek Hyeon deflected the credit to Cho Ujin, but Cho Ujin turned around and emphasized Baek Hyeon’s role instead. At that, Un Cheon, the leader of the Huashan contingent, broke into a broad grin and embraced Baek Hyeon.
“Hahahaha! Baek Hyeon! You’ve done yourself another great deed!”
Allowing a fleeing leader to escape would have been a threat in itself.
For years there might be quiet, but the Jeokdokmun Master could have founded a new sect or become a subordinate of some rival power, threatening Hwaaum County once again.
But to have cut off that threat before it took root……
It was as though Baek Hyeon himself had written the final period on this war. Truly, this was a remarkable achievement.
“Cho Ujin, I must offer you my gratitude as well. Thank you for protecting Baek Hyeon.”
“Hmph. It’s only natural to protect one’s benefactor according to contract.”
Cho Ujin spoke thus and let out a dry chuckle. Baek Hyeon, seeing this, smiled and addressed the gathered assembly.
“I too must express my thanks. Thank you all for gathering on my behalf. Thanks to you, I’ve escaped the threat to my life.”
“Ha ha. Our open-hearted folk of Hwaaum County simply do not forget a kindness.”
“Indeed so. You treated the investigator of Hwaaum’s Office of Affairs, did you not? We have merely repaid the debt.”
“Hmph. I simply found it distasteful that heterodox sects were trying to exploit our Baekgeom Sect.”
These words came from the Hwaaum County Leader, the Military Affairs Director from the Murim Alliance branch, and Kwak Hyung, the Master of Baekgeom Sect, respectively.
Baek Hyeon set down the medicine box he had been carrying on his back and asked, “Are there any wounded? Let me treat them.”
“Fortunately, no one suffered critical injuries or death. Still, quite a few sustained minor wounds, and I would be grateful if you could attend to them.”
At Un Cheon’s words, Baek Hyeon nodded and headed toward where the patients lay. As expected, since no one had sustained serious injuries, the treatment was relatively straightforward.
“Ah, to witness the medical skills of the renowned Dragon of Huashan.”
“Thank you, Baek Hyeon.”
“Though I did inhale poison gas, I am now at ease thanks to you.”
The people praised Baek Hyeon and offered their gratitude.
Baek Hyeon bowed respectfully to them and returned to where the leadership was gathered.
“I believe we should seize Jeokdokmun’s assets and first use them to aid those harmed by this conflict. Then divide the remainder into four shares. Does this suit you all?”
“Agreed.”
“I concur.”
A merit discussion was now in full swing at that location.
Now that the fighting had ended, it was time to divide the spoils of victory.
But Cho Ujin, who had been separated from Baek Hyeon and searching through Jeokdokmun, called him aside to a secluded spot.
“Benefactor, come this way for a moment.”
It was a storage chamber—a laboratory where Jeokdokmun had conducted research into new poisons.
Since the Allied Forces had been occupied taking the upper levels, they apparently hadn’t discovered it yet.
“I thought you might find this place of interest, benefactor.”
“Cho, you certainly know me well.”
Baek Hyeon grinned and began searching through the storage chamber carefully.
Countless medicinal ingredients, poison raw materials, and manufacturing apparatus……
As he examined these, he soon discovered a box stored deep within.
“Be careful—poison gas could potentially be released.”
“Understood.”
Baek Hyeon placed a poison-resistant bead in his mouth just in case, then slowly opened the box.
Click.
With a crisp sound, the contents were revealed.
“Elixir pills?”
Baek Hyeon’s eyes gleamed at the sight.

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