“So that person has finally co.”
“Yes. Moreover, people from the Hwaju dical Pavilion have been sent. Wang Gak-yeon, Phantom Archer’s daughter. It seems they were greatly embarrassed when we treated a patient they had given up on.”
“I had uneasy dreams, and now unwelco guests are arriving all at once.”
Zhuge Rin sighed. Yoo Ho continued.
“They say they ca out of concern to see the patient Wang Gak-yeon. But she’s already in the final stages of recovery, so they won’t find anything.”
Wang Gak-yeon. Phantom Archer’s daughter.
It had been several months since she received treatnt.
Because it was a major surgery, she had to stay in bed and rest afterwards, but now she had regained her health and could be considered fully recovered.
In fact, for an ordinary person, it would have been an injury requiring more bed rest, but the innate true energy her father had given her greatly enhanced her recovery ability.
“They’ve co to find fault. If we refuse, they can use that as a flaw against us, so it’s not a bad move on their part.”
“So I showed them. They should be taking her pulse with our dical Pavilion mbers now. I also gave Phantom Archer a heads up.”
“Well done. But it will be a burden on our dical Pavilion mbers.”
“They’ll try to find fault any way they can, and our side will have to block them. However, there’s no need for you to step in, Master. On the surface, it’s just a visit from other dical Pavilion mbers, so we should respond accordingly.”
Zhuge Rin took a sip of tea.
“That’s a minor issue. I’m more worried about the person our Hee is eting now.”
“Yes. I didn’t expect ‘that person’ to co in person.”
“They must have been curious about the word ‘surgery’.”
“Should we continue to pretend not to know?”
“When has that person ever been soone we could stop if we tried? It seems they want to be left alone, so let’s do that.”
Yoo Ho nodded.
However, there was sothing even these two hadn’t anticipated.
The misbehavior of the Hwaju dical Pavilion mbers was worse than expected.
***
“What, is a patient so kind of toy?”
“How can you say such harsh words!”
“Treating a patient with unverified dical techniques, what else is there to compare it to? If you had left her with us, she would have been cured in twenty days!”
“What are you…”
The White Dragon dical Pavilion mber was speechless.
They hadn’t expected them to pretend they could have treated her after abandoning the patient.
‘My, the shalessness of the Hwaju dical Pavilion is infuriating.’
The Hwaju dical Pavilion physician continued speaking.
“I can understand the patient’s guardian choosing the White Dragon dical Pavilion. It’s because our Hwaju dical Pavilion’s virtue was insufficient to earn such trust… However, how can you justify playing with a patient using unverified dical techniques!”
“The patient was on the brink of death. Watch your words. Without that surgery technique, the patient wouldn’t even be alive.”
“What nonsense is that? Our Hwaju dical Pavilion’s techniques could have easily saved her.”
“The patient’s guardian already showed us your reply saying you couldn’t accept her. Why do you keep lying?”
“We said we couldn’t accept her, not that we couldn’t treat her. Our hall master personally took her pulse and said he was looking for a way!”
‘Lying through their teeth…!’
It seems the upheaval among the martial sects due to this Phantom Archer incident was greater than expected.
The resentnt harbored by the Hwaju dical Pavilion was no small matter.
“Then call them.”
“Who are you talking about? Our hall master isn’t soone who would co for such a matter.”
“How could I, a physician from another dical Pavilion, summon the great Divine Doctor Baek Rin? Just bring that disciple of his.”
“Hmph.”
“If you have nothing to hide, there’s no reason you can’t call him, right?”
Just as those words finished, the door burst open explosively.
KWANG!
“Well said! You Hwaju dical Pavilion bastards!”
It was Phantom Archer. White Dragon dical Pavilion guard warriors were hanging from each of Phantom Archer’s arms.
The guard warriors had thrown themselves to stop Phantom Archer, who was charging like a bull after hearing the news, but Phantom Archer was a master who had reached the Transformation Realm!
Naturally, they had failed.
Phantom Archer’s face, flushed red, was literally like that of a yaksha.
“Because of these bastards, what hardships my daughter went through!”
The Hwaju dical Pavilion mbers’ faces turned pale at the killing intent emitted by a master who had reached the Transformation Realm.
It seed like Phantom Archer might smash their heads at any mont.
The Hwaju dical Pavilion mber hurriedly said,
“D-don’t you know that killing is strictly forbidden within the dical Pavilion? Calm down!”
“Calm down? What calm down! If it weren’t for our benefactor, you would have already seen in the Yellow Springs! Alright! Since you’ve co asking to be killed, why should I refuse?”
If murder occurs within the dical Pavilion, the martial artists staying there will leave.
Because they can’t trust a dical Pavilion where the agreent to abstain from weapons isn’t kept.
The reputation of the White Dragon dical Pavilion would end with that.
There could be no greater calamity. But to Phantom Archer, these bastards were enemies who had nearly killed his daughter.
The dical Pavilion mbers began to faint one by one under the aura emitted by a master who had reached the Transformation Realm.
At that mont, a child’s voice rang out. It was small and calm.
“Please calm down.”
Surprisingly, Phantom Archer’s killing intent wavered at that voice.
“Benefactor.”
“This is a dical Pavilion. Resolve your martial world grudges outside.”
It was Jin Cheon-hee, who had just finished treating the grandmother.
At Jin Cheon-hee’s order, Phantom Archer finally withdrew his killing intent.
As the air returned to normal, the Hwaju dical Pavilion mbers hurriedly exhaled.
Jin Cheon-hee said,
“I heard you wanted to see .”
***
The Hwaju dical Pavilion mbers were at a loss for words at Jin Cheon-hee’s calm deanor.
They had heard he was young, but this wasn’t just young, it was childlike.
Looking down at the tiny hands that seed barely able to hold an acupuncture needle properly, a Hwaju dical Pavilion mber asked,
“By any chance, are you a master of the Half Old Return to Youth technique?”
Half Old Return to Youth.
It refers to reversing ti and becoming younger.
Not only does one beco younger, but the body is reconstructed to fit martial arts, and any impurities in the body are purified.
Regardless of age or gender, one’s gaze deepens and appearance becos extrely beautiful, and since Jin Cheon-hee’s beauty was not ordinary, that’s probably why they asked.
Jin Cheon-hee smiled and replied,
“No, I’m not. I’m just a novice who has just started learning martial arts.”
Judging by the aura emanating from him, it didn’t seem to be a lie.
Although his gaze was too deep for a child, which was a bit concerning, all the Hwaju dical Pavilion mbers seed relieved.
Phantom Archer said,
“If you try to slander my benefactor even a little, I swear by my title ‘Phantom Archer’ that I won’t let it slide!”
“Don’t do that.”
“Benefactor.”
Phantom Archer, who had been roaring like a tiger, softened again at Jin Cheon-hee’s single word.
“These people just ca out of concern for the patient. Don’t be like that.”
It was strange. His manner of speech was unmistakably that of a young child, but the aning behind it was that of an adult.
It felt as if an old veteran who had been through everything was deliberately pretending to be a child.
Phantom Archer sighed.
“If that’s what you say, please at least allow to stay by your side until the conversation is over. Benefactor.”
“…”
Jin Cheon-hee was at a loss for words and looked around.
That appearance was truly that of a pure child concerned for the Hwaju dical Pavilion mbers.
In fact, Jin Cheon-hee was thinking:
‘The stage has been set nicely. Phantom Archer acted out well.’
The upper hand that the Hwaju dical Pavilion mbers had been holding had now passed to Jin Cheon-hee.
Jin Cheon-hee furrowed his brow as if he had no choice.
“Alright. Hero Wang worries about too much.”
“I don’t deserve to be called a hero by you, benefactor. Please just call Phantom Archer like others do.”
After speaking so respectfully to Jin Cheon-hee, he berated the Hwaju dical Pavilion mbers.
“Know that you’re alive today thanks to my benefactor! If you try to tarnish my benefactor’s honor even a little, I won’t stand idle, I’ll cut your throats the mont you leave the White Dragon dical Pavilion!”
The master of the Transformation Realm let out an emotional roar.
The resounding montum made goosebumps rise on everyone’s arms except Jin Cheon-hee’s.
Jin Cheon-hee lowered his eyelashes and smiled at the Hwaju dical Pavilion mbers.
“So, you said you had sothing you were curious about?”
“Th-that…”
The Hwaju dical Pavilion mbers looked at each other, swallowing hard.
They had only thought of it as a normal patient-doctor relationship, but they hadn’t heard at all that this Phantom Archer bastard was staying behind and serving him as his lord.
Moreover, Phantom Archer’s martial power seed to have increased beyond what they knew.
‘We thought he would have beco a toothless tiger after using up his true innate energy, but…’
‘The herb master said that if he moved his daughter and treated her, he would have had to use up not just his true innate energy but even his innate energy to endure, so how is this possible?’
It was the opposite of what they had gathered, compiled, and predicted through dical intelligence and various associations.
Phantom Archer was still formidable. In fact, he seed even stronger than before.
***
Questions continued.
Jin Cheon-hee slowly sipped his tea as he continued the conversation.
“I can’t say more than that because it’s related to the secret techniques passed down from our ancestor.”
Why are there so many secrets? But in the martial world where techniques are passed down through unofficial lineages, it wasn’t particularly strange.
Jin Cheon-hee let out a small sigh.
“Our ancestor was soone who ca from a distant continent, and his na is not known.”
“But we should know it, shouldn’t we?”
“Alright. His na was Hippocrates.”
“Hippo… what?”
“Our sect is not only very difficult to enter, but we go through very, very harsh trials before becoming a physician. When we are recognized as a physician, we take an oath.”
It sounds like nonsense, but half of it was true.
“We heard that you had amnesia…”
At those words, Jin Cheon-hee smiled bitterly.
“That’s right. I’ve lost most of my mories, but the mories of our ancestor and sect still remain. It’s truly fortunate.”
What can you do if I say I rember?
Jin Cheon-hee moved his facial muscles calmly with a straight face.
“I’ve revealed even our ancestor to you. I’ve done all I can.”
It was confusing.
Sohow it sounds like nonsense, but it also feels sowhat plausible.
“Can you swear on your parents’ nas about your ancestor and sect?”
At those words, Phantom Archer berated them.
“Your liver has co out of your belly. How could you think my benefactor would lie about his sect and ancestor!”
For martial artists, the sect and ancestor that form the roots of their school are the most important elents.
Usually, this is sothing they are reluctant to disclose even to mbers of the sa sect.
Jin Cheon-hee was taking the risk of disclosing this.
In fact…
‘Should I have used a na like Xylitol Whee-ba Whee-ba instead of Hippocrates? No, no, well, at least so of it is true.’
Jin Cheon-hee said,
“How could I lie when swearing on my parents’ nas?”
Jin Cheon-hee doesn’t even know who his parents are. But whether in Korea or the martial world, isn’t it a deeply Confucian society?
If you swear on your parents’ nas, it’s half-believed no matter what.
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