Chapter 190

Episode 190

‘Honorific?’

I narrowed my eyes and looked at the old man.

I thought it was a greeting to Dang Sang-jin, but it wasn’t.

The old man was pointing his hand straight in my direction.

I felt slightly embarrassed.

It was reasonable for him to greet me first, as the leader of the group.

However, it was a completely different problem for a person who was a long-time member of a large literary sect to use an honorific term for someone who was a distant junior.

Jang Moon-in is the face of the sect.

Of course, Jang Mun-in’s actions were directly related to the prestige of the clan.

“Thank you for your hospitality.”

“Please come this way.”

“Please be comfortable with me. “I feel burdened by my juniors.”

“Don’t feel so pressured. “I am not a long-time writer.”

“......yes?”

I narrowed my eyebrows slightly at the unexpected story.

Dang Sang-jin, who was watching, nodded and spoke to the old man.

“I asked who it was and it was you. “It’s been a while.”

“Do you remember me?”

“Isn’t it the Cheongmyeong seal? “Was the last time I saw you twenty years ago?”

It seemed that Dang Sang-jin and the old man were old.

When I asked for an explanation with my eyes, the old man introduced himself with a kind smile on his face.

“My name is Seo Yu-won, an elder of the Jeomchang faction. The provincial name is Cheongmyeong. “I am currently serving as Jang Moon-in’s agent.”

Cheongmyeong.

It was a name I had heard of before.

He was the master of the Changin Dojo that I researched through Hao Wen.

‘On the outside, he only looks like an old man.’

According to the contents of the letter sent from Hao Wen, he was a person of similar age to Tang Sang-jin.

In terms of distribution alone, he was a person who was ranked higher than the long writers of the time.

‘But you’re taking over the role of Jang Mun-in?’

Something strange was going on.

The face of the Changin Dojang who guided me here instantly flashed through my mind.

‘He looked strangely restless. Was that because of this?’

I thought that maybe he was acting like that simply because of his bad relationship with me.

When I think about it, it was strange that he, not anyone else, came out to the mountain gate to meet me.

I sat down at the seat recommended by Cheongmyeong Dojang and asked for detailed information.

The Cheongmyeong seal, who glanced sideways at Tang Sangjin, sighed and said.

“Jang Moon-in is currently away.”

“What’s going on?”

“...Please keep what I say from now on a secret.”

Seeing the serious expression on his face, it seemed like something big was going on in the Jeomchang faction.

The Cheongmyeong seal glanced sideways at Dang Sang-jin again and continued talking with difficulty.

“Currently, Jang Moon-in is suffering from illness.”

“By illness...”

“It is a demon that enters the fire.”

“...!”

I looked slightly surprised.

It is said that a member of a literary faction fell into the habit of coining a coin.

“What is Jang Mun-in’s condition?”

“...Didn’t I tell you just a moment ago?”

“I’m not asking because I don’t remember that Jang Mun-in was addicted to the magic trick. What I’m curious about is how far the disease has progressed.”

“Why are you asking that?”

“Maybe I can help.”

“......?”

* * *

A bedroom located on the top floor of the main building.

An old man who looked to be in his seventies was lying dead on the bed.

Two disciples of the Jeomchang Sect were standing like folding screens on both walls.

-I hope there are no eyes watching.

A message was sent to Cheongmyeong Dojang, and he instructed his disciples to wait outside.

The two disciples, who glanced at me and Dang Sang-jin with puzzled expressions, disappeared outside the room.

I pulled up a chair next to the bed, sat down, and took the patient’s pulse.

“It looks like it’s still in the early stages.”

“yes. The problem is that he has not regained consciousness to this day...”

“I think it will work out somehow.”

“Is that true?”

“I’m not brave enough to come all the way here and spout lies.”

I put a confident smile on my face and reassured the Cheongmyeong seal.

The Cheongmyeong seal looked at me and the patient in turn with a skeptical expression.

[Is that really possible? It is possible to treat a warrior who has fallen into a poisonous state.]

[That’s right. If the disease is deep, you may not be able to use your hands, but if it is mild, it may be possible to make it better.]

[Huh.]

There were two main reasons why the Cheongmyeong Dojo gave me, an outsider, the opportunity to examine Jang Mun-in.

Guaranteed by our company.

History of treating people who fell into mental demons due to demonic cults.

It was generally known that horseradish was not a disease that doctors could treat.

Symptoms can be temporarily alleviated, but in order to be completely cured, the patient has no choice but to overcome the disease himself.

Nevertheless, the Cheongmyeong seal gave me a glimmer of hope in my seemingly vain assurances, thanks in large part to the reputation of Cheonryong that had spread throughout the central plains.

Simma and Juhwaipma had many similarities in many ways.

This was especially true because it was a disease that occurred during the process of practicing mental techniques.

I looked back at Cheongmyeong Dojang and Dang Sangjin in turn and said.

“The treatment itself is possible right now. However, since this is a task that requires concentration, no one should be around. So, I would like to ask you two to protect the law, is that okay?”

“I can stand as long as I can to protect the law.”

“Please vacate the room and prevent the disciples from accessing this place.”

“I will.”

Dang Sang-jin and Cheongmyeong Dojang leave the room.

I laid the patient on his side and placed my hand on the Myeongmunhyeol.

What had to be done was simple.

Juhwaipma was a condition that occurred when the qi and blood became distorted due to a mistake in the movement of internal force while practicing qigong.

As the qi and blood become distorted, the circulation of qi does not occur smoothly and the internal energy that the patient has built up becomes poisonous and causes continuous internal injuries.

What is the treatment?

‘All you have to do is correct the distorted energy and blood.’

A needle of condensed brain energy is injected to burn the debris and waste matter that is blocking the bloodstream, and then the patient’s internal energy is forcibly used to untangle the tangled threads.

I had learned all the necessary tricks.

The trick of using the needle of brain energy was learned while treating patients suffering from mental demons, while providing a gift to people around them and the trick of forcibly operating the patient’s inner energy.

Although this was my first attempt, the symptoms were still mild, so this alone would be enough to treat the problem.

‘An unexpected opportunity has come to pay my debt to the Jeomchang faction.’