Chapter 280

Episode 280

“Huh!”

After opening the wooden armor and checking the contents, Shinui let out an exclamation.

Just by the flowing spirit, I could tell how precious it was.

As the head of the Shindang, he has been exposed to a variety of elixirs, and even he has never seen this type of elixir before.

I thought that if I took it, I would be able to gain half as much strength.

“I heard from the poison king that it has been verified that it is not toxic. “You can use it as is without further purification.”

“I understand.”

Perhaps because the deceased’s nickname was mentioned, the atmosphere in the barracks calmed down.

Shinui, who was bustling around putting down acupuncture needles and gathering supplies for the actual procedure, suddenly turned around and shouted.

“How long will you be watching! “If you’re bothering me, get out!”

The soldiers, who were watching each other, left the barracks one by one.

Sinui thought to himself as he stared at their backs with disapproving eyes.

‘It certainly seems like the Sacheon branch manager is well-liked.’

The inside of the barracks became quiet.

Only Dokgo Woo-jin, the followers of the Sacheon branch, and Tang Seo-yeon remained behind and quietly observed the treatment process.

One hour passed, then two times passed, then three times passed.

“Whoa.”

Sinui, who was caring for a patient while sweating profusely, leaned against the back of his chair and took a long breath.

He turned his head in response to the stares of the middle school students poking his back and spoke with a reluctant expression.

“It is against my beliefs to report the progress of treatment to others in uncertain situations where the patient’s life or death cannot be guaranteed, but I will make an exception this time. “For now, we succeeded in stabilizing the energy.”

“Is that true?”

“It’s not yet a safe stage. “It’s just a matter of calming down the uncontrollable energy that was boiling over.”

“But doesn’t that mean that the side effects of Geumgong have been resolved?”

“I just passed one hurdle. Just because the bleeding stops, doesn’t that mean the wound heals right away? “It’s the same thing.”

“It means that calming down the surge of internal energy and recovering damaged blood vessels and organs are two separate problems.”

“That’s accurate. No one can know whether the blood vessels and organs that have already been damaged will miraculously recover or whether they will simply die. At least at this point.”

“.......”

“It would be better to move the patient to a place where he can rest. There is a shortage of everything from herbs to equipment needed for treatment...”

“Let’s go to the temple.”

Tang Seo-yeon opened her mouth as if she had been waiting.

The Tang family is a famous family of poisons and medicine.

It had everything God needed.

“I understand that foreigners are not allowed to enter the party house.”

“I will convince my father, or rather the head of the family.”

“Yes, if you give it to me, I’d be happy. Thanks to you, I can have a valuable experience. “I never thought the day would come when I would set foot in the Tang family before I die.”

Shinui, who was laughing lightly, wiped his face with the towel that Hong Seonghyeon gave him.

As I glanced over, I saw Yeon-woon with needles stuck all over his body.

[In exchange for help, I would like to ask you one thing.]

[As I said, I cannot tell you about the martial arts of the Four Masters.]

[I have no intention of forcibly revealing secrets. I don’t have the ability to do that. Instead, I would like to take a look at your body. Could you give me permission?] Having

previously looked at Cheonryong’s body at the Sichuan branch was of great help.

Even though I thought about it at the time, it was an absurdly strong body.

An average person would not have even attempted to stabilize internal energy using the energy of the elixir.

‘To suppress the runaway bet, you’re pouring spiritual energy into a dying body. Even I, who did the treatment myself, feel absurd.’

If it weren’t for Yeon-woon, who had abnormally strong and tough blood vessels, he would most likely have died or become incapacitated during treatment.

Thinking like that, my curiosity rose again.

‘Did you say it was the Thunder Gate?’

I don’t know how shocked I was when I first encountered Dokgo Woojin.

I recognized it the moment I encountered it.

That his body has properties similar to those of Yeon-woon.

In other words, it was highly likely that acquired factors played a greater role than innate factors in the creation of Yeon-woon’s monster-like body.

‘How on earth do I have to train to artificially create a body like this?’

Even if you ask, they probably won’t teach you.

But now, I decided to prioritize her feelings over resolving my curiosity.

Somehow it felt like it had to be that way.

* * *

After hearing from Seoyeon Dang that I had woken up, I was able to hear about the situation from Sinui, who hurriedly rushed to the Medicine King’s Office.

“So you’re saying that you used Naedan’s spiritual energy to calm down the rampaging energy?”

“I see. Do you know how hard I worked to fix my rag-tag body?”

“thank you. “Thanks to you, my life was saved.”

“Why on earth did you do such a reckless thing?”

“I had no choice at the time.”

“Tsk. “If it were me, no matter how dangerous the situation was, I wouldn’t have used a suicide attack that cost my life.”

“.......”

“If that friend, Dokgo Woojin, hadn’t taken appropriate measures, even if it were me, I wouldn’t have been able to save you.”

It was an ironic thing.

I never thought that the elixir I gave as a gift to someone else would save my life.

It was quite an impromptu decision to give Dokgo Woo-jin the inner altar of a spirit item he had acquired in Namman as a gift.

In my own way, I wanted to express my sincerity to my teacher, who made me feel like I was connected to him as a priest, unlike the demonic cult leader in my previous life.

‘I don’t know what happens in this world because my uncharacteristic altruism ended up saving my life.’

If it were me in my past life, I would have shoved every elixir I got into my mouth, no matter how inefficient it was.

It was a time when people thought they had to have all the good things.

When I think about it now, I was a very foolish person in my past life.

The energy that I couldn’t digest and was spreading throughout my entire body reached this level all of a sudden.

How inefficient is this?

I don’t know what on earth I was thinking as I gulped down so many elixirs.

“Where are you now, Master?”

“I heard that you returned to Sacheon with a rescue team not long ago.”

“...You were in Gansu until recently?”

“I heard there was internal chaos for a while because you, the general commander, were away. “It seems like it ended smoothly, with Lord Baekrang transferring command and Dokgo Woojin taking on the role of assistant.”

I smiled bitterly and gathered my thoughts.

Most of the members of the rescue team were forcibly convened by Lord Maeng.

Of course, it was not a group with good internal solidarity.

It seemed like issues related to him had surfaced while I was lying unconscious.

It seems like Ak Yeo-ryeong and Dok-go Woo-jin put in a lot of effort to solve the problem.

“The rescue operation...”

“It ended well. Survivors are currently waiting at the Sacheon branch.”

“Thank goodness.”

“I understand that as the head of the rescue team, you want to know how things are going, but why don’t you start worrying about yourself first?”

“How is it?”

“What do you mean?”

“Can I regain my martial arts skills?”

Even though some time had passed since I regained consciousness, my body still did not move.

Turning my head and twitching my fingers was the limit.

My body couldn’t take it any further than that.

“That depends on your will.”

“......?”

“It’s natural that your body won’t move right now. I was lying unconscious for a month. “In the meantime, the muscles of the whole body must have stiffened.”

“If you do...”

“Don’t worry. Although my strength has been slightly lost, once my health is restored, there will be no problem in my martial arts skills.”

“How long does it take to recover?

“It will take at least half a year.”

Half a year.

After a much longer period of time than I thought, I ended up making a blank expression.

“...Is there any way to shorten it?”

“Even half a year was shortened. “In consideration of your monstrous resilience.”

Sinui smiled and spoke assertively.

I ended up having to struggle with the disease for half a year without moving.