The Youngest Daughter of the Hebei Peng Clan Is a Truly a Very Famous Little Heavenly Demon - Chapter 83

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83.

“Th-this is a medicinal herb called sanqi.”

Dori looked at the medicinal herb that Imhaewo had handed her.

Sanqi .

This medicinal herb, which had a form very similar to Jerusalem artichoke, belonged to the same Araliaceae family as ginseng and had exceptional effects on blood supplementation.

It was an extremely precious medicinal herb that grew in humid mountainous areas around 1,000 meters altitude or in well-drained soil. In the Ming Dynasty’s medical record Bencao Gangmu, this sanqi was called geumbulhwan , meaning it was a precious medicinal herb that could not be exchanged even for gold.

In modern terms, it would be described as a plant of the Panax genus like ginseng, containing saponins and chemical substances with anti-inflammatory, hemostatic, and blood flow-related effects.

How do I know this?

Because I learned it in university.

Of course, I’m not this knowledgeable about all traditional medicinal herbs.

If I had known I would be possessed, I should have chosen traditional Korean medicine instead of Western medicine.

“Sanqi is perfect for reducing ankle swelling. Ah, that is, wait a moment, may I examine the young lady’s leg?”

Dori nodded her head.

‘This must be incredibly expensive.’

Yet he’s generously giving it to a woman of unknown identity.

Meanwhile, Imhaewo carefully cut off a portion of the sanqi and ground it in a small mortar.

Then he handed some powder to me.

“You can swallow it all at once.”

I had seen it in photos a few times, but this was my first time actually eating raw sanqi.

Gulp.

As I poured it into my mouth, a somewhat bitter taste spread around.

However, not long after, a subtle sweetness layered over it. It wasn’t a stimulating and intense sweetness like sugar or honey, but rather a heavy taste mixed with earthy scent and root fragrance. It was subtly astringent and bitter, with a pungent aroma as well.

In a word, the worst.

It really tastes awful.

“Ugh.”

But I couldn’t complain since I received something too expensive for free.

While Dori was grimacing, the man applied sanqi powder little by little around her swollen ankle.

Seeing that treatment method, Dori thought to herself.

‘This won’t have much effect.’

The hemostatic mechanism of sanqi is the interaction between notoginsenosides and platelet & vascular reactions.

Simply put, the natural saponins contained in sanqi, namely notoginsenosides, affect vascular constriction mediators and smooth muscle to reduce local blood flow and inflammatory reactions. Saponins contribute to anti-inflammatory effects and decreased capillary permeability.

However, to see the effects of notoginsenosides, the powder must be directly contacted through open wounds or the anti-inflammatory medicinal herb must be absorbed through the digestive system via ingestion.

This means that sprinkling it on swelling where the skin is intact but the leg is several times swollen would be difficult for the active ingredients to penetrate deeply due to the skin barrier.

“All done!”

He even carefully wrapped bandages around Dori’s leg.

His method of using medicinal herbs seemed somewhat inexperienced, but his bandaging technique looked familiar. It made sense since bandaging and hemostasis were the skills most independent martial artists learned first.

Of course, Dori was also familiar with it to the point of being sick of it, but expressing gratitude for another’s kindness was natural.

She gratefully accepted it.

“Thank you. By the way, may I ask your name? I will definitely repay this kindness.”

“Im! Imhaewo! That’s my name!”

“Yes, Sohyeop Im.”

Although she received expensive medicinal herbs for free, Dori would also be treated as a noble lady when she returned to the Peng Family.

Even just going to Makyō instead of the Peng Family, she would be tremendously wealthy.

Dori’s personal asset ranking was among the top levels even in Zhongyuan.

‘If I received kindness, I should repay it.’

Well, strictly speaking, even if she hadn’t met Imhaewo, she would have eventually succeeded in escaping on her own.

But his contribution was significant in dramatically shortening that period.

Since time is more precious than gold, she had essentially received geumbulhwan worth more than sanqi.

‘Huh? Ah, right!’

Dori, who was searching inside her clothes to give him the Peng Family’s gratitude token, soon realized that she had lost all her belongings. Feeling quite embarrassed, Dori blushed and explained.

“I was going to give you at least our family’s token, but I’m currently caught up in other matters and don’t have a single penny.”

“I didn’t do this expecting repayment. How could I call myself a chivalrous person if I abandoned a woman alone in distress in the mountains?”

With his tension relieved, Imhaewo stuttered much less than before.

“Walking seems- difficult.”

His gaze turned again toward the bandages he had just finished treating.

Still a beauty whose upper body alone made hearts skip and faces turn red just by looking. He kept wanting to look but couldn’t because it might be rude.

But humans are creatures of adaptation.

His focus, which had been wandering in the air not knowing where to rest, gradually turned toward Dori’s entire figure.

It wasn’t in a strange sense. It just meant that previously he had only repeated glancing at Dori’s face, then looking at the air, then staring at her purple-bruised legs for emergency treatment.

That was the reason.

The reason he only now discovered the wave pattern on the robe Dori was wearing.

“Gasp!”

It was a familiar color.

To be precise, it wasn’t familiar from seeing it with his eyes. But anyone from the Guangdong and Guangxi regions would know the meaning of that robe.

‘Sword Master!’

An outer disciple who learned from Gong Haelyeong, the patriarch of the Haenam Sect, the Sea Ghost.

Unlike the other eight sects that had severe discrimination between inner and outer disciples and were closed off, the Haenam Sect had so many members that there were also many outer disciples who learned the sect’s swordsmanship to a reasonable degree.

This was similar to Geobang but had clear distinguishing points.

Geobang accepts all personnel as long as they are beggars, even if they are penniless beggars. The saying “one hundred thousand Geobang members” didn’t come from nowhere.

On the other hand, the Haenam Sect required entrance exams to join the sect.

Basic physical fitness, compatibility with internal energy cultivation methods, character, academic ability, other practical talents, etc.

They accepted children over five years old who passed at least three of the six subjects with excellence as sect members.

Moreover, once you entered, you belonged for life until you left on your own feet.

This was why being a member of the Haenam Sect was treated like a guaranteed check in southern Zhongyuan, equivalent to a major corporation elite or a 7th-grade civil servant in South Korea.

But returning to the point.

Most members became third-generation disciples by passing such tests in childhood, but there were exceptions.

A privilege allowed to the patriarch, elders, or some first-generation disciples with sufficient influence.

Parachuting in based on talent.

Sword Master Ju Sohui, who was called Gong Sohui at the time after inheriting Gong Haelyeong’s surname, became a legend even among such Haenam Sect ‘special recruits.’

First, she was pretty.

Young.

But she even reached the Transcendent realm at the youngest age, solidifying the Haenam Sect’s prestige once again.

Gong Haelyeong’s selection wasn’t a parachute but an airborne unit.

Therefore, the blue wave-patterned robe that Ju Sohui wore became a very significant symbol in Guangdong and Guangxi.

Gong Haelyeong and Ju Sohui.

This was because there were only two women in the Haenam Sect who could wear blue robes.

“What’s wrong?”

“Th-th-that…!”

“Please speak.”

Dori, who couldn’t know this cultural background, kindly urged him.

On the other hand, from Imhaewo’s perspective, it was enough to make him faint.

‘Thank goodness I’ve been speaking respectfully all along.’

No wonder she seemed too pretty for a human.

It wasn’t that a fairy descended from heaven was more beautiful than the famous greatest beauty under heaven, the foremost flower of the martial world.

This person was the foremost flower of the martial world herself!

‘The rumors weren’t for nothing…!’

Indeed, a deadly beauty.

According to rumors, she was especially kind to children under ten, but that was from an outsider’s perspective.

From Imhaewo’s position as a second disciple of the Haenam Sect, encountering the Sword Master gave him the same pressure as a corporate manager meeting alone with a group chairman.

Fairy-like and whatnot.

It’s the Married Woman Chairman.

Imhaewo swiftly bowed his head.

“I apologize for not recognizing you! I will escort you to Haenam immediately!”

Thanks to this.

“?”

Only Dori, who knew nothing, was left confused.

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