The Heavenly Demon Cult’s Strongest Maid - Chapter 106

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Chapter 106

Dok Gak Hwa-ryong.

These four characters held tremendous power.

Contrary to Jang No-sik’s words that he couldn’t guarantee a meeting, we immediately came face to face with the head of the Tang Clan.

“You said you’re Ryeong-ryeong’s granddaughter?”

“It’s a long story. Let’s treat Elder Am-wang first. I heard time is of the essence.”

Even while asking about me, Dang Jong-ryeong’s gaze never left the box that Eok I-geon was holding.

This meant the situation was that serious.

Though I had fallen into confusion due to Shin Geum’s absence, I decided to ease Grandmother’s worries first and then think about the next problem.

Honestly, I had expectations that if Am-wang’s treatment succeeded, the Dang Family would trust me, and then the reunion with Grandmother would proceed smoothly.

“Then I’ll excuse myself for a moment.”

Despite the significant age difference, Dang Jong-ryeong spoke respectfully to me.

Being mindful of us, he whispered to the supervisor beside him to bring the leader of the Detoxification Hall.

He probably wanted to confirm whether the Dok Gak Hwa-ryong’s inner core was real or fake.

This was something I had fully anticipated.

“Master, you called for me?”

“They say it’s a spiritual pill made from a Dok Gak Hwa-ryong’s inner core. Please examine it.”

“Pardon?”

The hall leader’s eyes looked at me as if asking what nonsense I was suddenly spouting.

“Uncle!”

As if finally realizing Dang Jong-ryeong’s urgency, the Detoxification Hall leader took the box and opened it.

Did he look for about 5 seconds?

“Heo-eop!”

The hall leader was so shocked he nearly fainted and even gasped for breath.

“How is it?”

“Who, who refined this?”

The Detoxification Hall leader’s voice trembled as he asked back.

What was in the box was a spiritual pill made by refining a Dok Gak Hwa-ryong’s inner core.

“This is not an ordinary level. Without deep study of pharmaceuticals… honestly, even if I had done it, it would have been difficult to make it like this. The skill in maximizing the medicinal effect by extremely increasing the purity is, whew, truly amazing.”

Oh!

Is Elderly Ma’s skill being revealed here?

He said he’d work on the inner core a bit, but it wasn’t just “a bit.”

‘Thank goodness.’

At the Detoxification Hall leader’s words, Dang Jong-ryeong also looked surprised as he alternately glanced at me and Eok I-geon.

At times like this, I need to manage my expression well.

As if this much was nothing at all.

“By the way, who are these people?”

You’re asking quite early.

Well, I understand though.

The Dok Gak Hwa-ryong is important, but would I be important?

“I’ll tell you about that separately later.”

It was still a story that Dang Jong-ryeong hadn’t sorted out yet.

“More importantly, can we give this spiritual pill to Father right away?”

“Of course. If this doesn’t work, no medicine in the world will be able to save the Grand Master.”

“Let’s go to Father right away!”

Dang Jong-ryeong looked ready to rush out immediately.

“…Are these people coming along too?”

Isn’t that obvious?

We’re the ones who brought it.

Eok I-geon even got burned while catching it.

“This way…”

When I glared at him, Dang Jong-ryeong nodded, and the Detoxification Hall leader personally guided us.

Why to the rear mountain?

Though he said we were going to Elder Am-wang, the place the hall leader took us to was halfway up a low mountain located behind the Detoxification Hall pavilion.

After climbing a bit, a massive iron door appeared.

The martial artists who saw the master and hall leader showed respect and moved to the edges of the iron door.

The hall leader took out a large key from his chest and opened the iron door.

From behind, it looked like he was simply turning a key, but judging by the sounds, it seemed to be a mechanical formation.

“It’s a mechanical formation.”

Just then, Eok I-geon informed me through voice transmission.

But I know that much too.

How many martial arts novels have I read…

“Yes.”

Look at those raised eyes just because I didn’t respond.

Anyway, he’s sometimes kind in strange ways.

No, wait. No.

Tak Seolha, you decided not to do this anymore.

It was Eok I-geon who had obtained the Dok Gak Hwa-ryong’s inner core even while injuring his own body.

For Grandmother’s sake, I shouldn’t act like this.

‘As a human, one must not forget favors and grudges.’

I pulled myself together and gave Eok I-geon a subtle smile of gratitude.

Grrrr— Thud!

Then finally the iron door opened and the inside was revealed. The interior was a dark cave as expected.

Following Dang Jong-ryeong and the Detoxification Hall leader inside, dried medicinal herbs and poisons with unknown names were placed here and there.

While walking and looking at those things, another iron door appeared.

Unlike before, there were no guards here, and no keys or locks were visible.

Creak!

The Detoxification Hall leader opened the door himself.

Hot heat instantly engulfed us.

I felt like I had entered a steaming cauldron sauna.

It wasn’t long after that.

“Gasp!”

I was so shocked I held my breath. I barely managed to cover my mouth with my hand to avoid committing a greater discourtesy.

It was a scene I couldn’t believe even while seeing it with my own eyes.

The sight beyond the iron door was both bizarre and overwhelming.

A massive iron cauldron reminiscent of a bathtub was suspended by thick iron chains.

Below it, hot flames heated the cauldron, and two workers continuously threw coal into the flames.

Inside the cauldron, a transparent yellow liquid was boiling vigorously, and within it, an old man submerged up to his neck had a face white as frost.

‘That person is Am-wang, Dang Cheol-woo.’

He was Grandmother’s father.

The skin showing between the frost was dark blue, making it look exactly like facing a corpse.

This is what our Shin Geum had seen too.

I didn’t even want to imagine what emotions Grandmother must have felt.

It was a heartbreaking scene even for me, who had no relation to him.

“Please step aside for a moment.”

At the sound from behind, Eok I-geon pulled me toward him.

As the path opened, men dressed in Detoxification Hall clothing approached the cauldron and poured something in.

“These are yang energy medicinal ingredients including ginseng.”

The physicians stirred inside the cauldron with long sticks.

The old man’s white face and the bubbling yellow liquid formed a stark contrast.

“That’s enough, step back.”

At the Detoxification Hall Leader’s command, the physicians moved away from the cauldron.

“Even enduring like this has reached its limit. There’s been almost no improvement for the past few days.”

“It’s fortunate that I’m not too late.”

“Thank you.”

Dang Jong-ryeong wiped the sweat from his forehead and signaled to the hall leader.

“Then I’ll begin.”

With the family head’s permission, the Detoxification Hall Leader opened the box and carefully placed the spiritual pill into Am-wang’s mouth.

The effect was immediate.

Whoooosh—

The spiritual pill that Am-wang held in his mouth instantly turned golden.

That golden energy soon gathered at the crown of his head and burst forth through the Baihui acupoint.

The extreme yang energy of the Dok Gak Hwa-ryong writhed like a thread-like snake, rising and gradually taking shape above Am-wang’s head.

It was the form of a small, agile snake that looked like a miniaturized Dok Gak Hwa-ryong.

The snake coiled around Am-wang’s frozen Baihui acupoint.

As the extreme yang energy settled over his frost-covered face, the frost began to melt.

Like snow melting on a warm spring day, the frost turned to water and flowed down Am-wang’s face.

Drip— Drop— Drip—

As the cold energy gradually disappeared, vitality bloomed on his face.

The moment Am-wang’s life was revived, the golden thread-snake’s form grew even larger.

Then, as if responding to it, the bubbling medicine in the cauldron suddenly froze solid.

From within that ice, a colorful toad emerged.

Its blue and green mixed appearance was unmistakably a miniature version of the Snow White Poison Demon, the extreme yin poison that had put Am-wang to sleep.

The toad leaped up and swallowed the snake’s tail in one gulp.

The snake didn’t remain idle either.

The golden thread-snake bit the toad’s hind leg and held on.

The extreme yin and extreme yang energies began fighting like living spiritual creatures.

They fiercely battled for a long while, each biting the other’s tail and hind legs, until finally both disappeared without a trace.

‘Wow.’

I was mesmerized by this strange spectacle that couldn’t be seen anywhere else.

Hisss.

Finally, Am-wang slowly opened his eyes.

“Father!”

“Supreme Family Head!”

Dang Jong-ryeong and the Detoxification Hall Leader called out to Am-wang desperately, but strangely, his gaze turned toward me and Eok I-geon.

‘Grandmother…’

Now that I looked, he resembled our grandmother’s father greatly.

“Who are you?”

Am-wang Dang Cheol-woo asked me in a voice like thunder.

I bowed deeply, feeling inexplicably nervous.

“Ah, hello. If I may introduce myself, I am Seolha, the adopted granddaughter of Shin Geum… no, Grandmother Dang Yeong-ryeong.”

“Are you the one who brought the medicine?”

“No. That was the young master…”

“So Ryeong-ryeong’s granddaughter is a demon person. It seems we’ll have much to discuss.”

Before I could respond, Am-wang closed his eyes.

“Wait three days.”

The last words were directed at everyone.

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