'This isn't Severed ridians.'
The reason Namgung Hui said it wasn't Severed ridians was that he had seen soone suffering from it in the past.
Not only that, but he had vividly watched the entire treatnt process perford by the Divine Physician Sect's head from two generations ago.
He knew the symptoms and the cure.
First, Severed ridians, as the na suggests, was a condition where the body's ridians were cut off, preventing the smooth flow of qi.
As a temporary asure, one could take ergency action with spiritual dicines or by clearing the ridians, but there was a clear limit if the ridians themselves were not opened.
That was why most patients with Severed ridians died before reaching the age of twenty.
Of course, those suffering from Severed ridians sotis exhibited genius-level talent.
But that was all.
No matter how short and impactful a life one lived, what was the use if one couldn't even live past twenty?
It's better to be alive, even if it ans rolling in a dog-dung field.
"Young Master. Have you been briefed on the matter?"
At the maid's question, Namgung Hui shook off his thoughts.
"I heard a rough summary on the way. That if the Heavenly Strategist guided here, I would know what to do."
Jegal Geon wouldn't have passed on any specific ssage, yet the Heavenly Strategist had apparently spoken as if everything could be left to Namgung Hui.
It was puzzling, but it wouldn't be strange for the Heavenly Strategist, who was said to see into the secrets of heaven, to have noticed sothing.
However, what puzzled Namgung Hui was that the woman before him, the Young Guild Mistress, did not have Severed ridians.
It was...
'Ice Soul Poison. The poison of the North Sea Ice Palace was here too.'
It was a symptom Namgung Hui knew well, having suffered from it at the hands of Ouyang Yeonhui.
Severed ridians had the property of making the hands and feet cold, but it couldn't freeze the entire body like this.
White frost had settled on the Young Guild Mistress's body.
This was despite her being bundled up in thick fur clothes and the room being sufficiently heated.
'Did the Heavenly Strategist foresee this and guide here?'
If it had truly been Severed ridians, soone else might have been able to treat it.
But for the Ice Soul Poison, which had no specific antidote, there might be no one other than Namgung Hui who could currently treat it.
In the first place, one had to recognize the symptoms, and since the current head of the Divine Physician Sect had only recently created an antidote, it was safe to assu that almost no one knew about it.
The Heavenly Strategist probably didn't know this either.
If he had known, he would have called it Ice Soul Poison, not Severed ridians.
Namgung Hui decided to begin treatnt imdiately, as the Young Guild Mistress's condition seed critical.
He didn't have the antidote with him at the mont, but he knew the principle of detoxification better than anyone.
Fortunately, he had also brought the decoction and pill that could withstand Thunder Energy.
Namgung Hui quietly spoke to the maid behind him.
"To concentrate on the treatnt, I think it would be better to be alone. Would you mind stepping out for a mont?"
"You're not planning any funny business, are you?"
"Do you think that's possible in her current state?"
Shake shake.
Even the maid could see that wasn't the case.
Excessive loyalty was good, but there was no ti.
"If not, please leave quickly. There is no ti."
The maid, reluctant to leave the Young Guild Mistress alone, left with an unwilling expression.
Namgung Hui, without even a mont to click his tongue at her, imdiately began the treatnt.
'First, I need to take off these thick fur clothes.'
To channel Thunder Energy, there could be no cumberso obstacles.
Thunder Energy was an extrely tricky energy, and if there were any obstructions in the way, even Namgung Hui would have difficulty controlling it.
That was why the Thunder Sect had no martial arts that used weapons in the first place.
When the thick fur clothes were removed, a slender woman's body was revealed.
She had an extrely thin body, a testant to how long she had been fighting her illness.
It felt similar to when Namgung Hui had just risen from his sickbed not long ago.
Perhaps because of that, a feeling of shared suffering arose in him.
'This asly Ice Soul Poison. I'll detoxify it in no ti.'
Steeling his resolve, Namgung Hui poured both the Gwanjeon-tang and the Nine Yang Pill into the Young Guild Mistress's mouth.
A slight mistake could block her airway, so he made sure to secure her breathing path as much as possible while feeding her.
-Goooo...
The dicinal energy was successfully spreading throughout her body.
Fortunately, there seed to be no interference from the Ice Soul Poison.
'If you look at the Ice Soul Poison itself, it's a poison similar to a spiritual dicine.'
Should it be called a symbol of "too much of a good thing is a bad thing"?
It was said that among ice, there was sotis ice that could cause burns.
Namgung Hui was not a scholar, so he didn't know the exact principle, but he figured the Ice Soul Poison was of a similar context.
'Now that the dicinal energy has started to circulate, I will begin the treatnt imdiately.'
From what Namgung Hui had experienced, the Ice Soul Poison settled in the middle dantian, that is, the heart.
To infuse Thunder Energy, he had to touch her bare skin.
No matter how much of a patient the other person was, she was still a woman.
It could be called a truly awkward mont.
But he didn't panic.
Normally, when channeling qi, one would place their palm on the back.
Moreover, since the Young Guild Mistress was so thin, he should be able to send the Thunder Energy straight to her heart from her back.
Namgung Hui turned the Young Guild Mistress's body over.
She was already unconscious, and her body was so light that she rolled over like a log.
Namgung Hui then tore a hole in her clothes and placed his hand on her bare skin.
A powerful internal energy flowed through her back.
The Young Guild Mistress, despite being unconscious, trembled once.
It was because she had subconsciously felt a huge energy enter her.
Still, there was no rejection.
On the contrary, she pressed her back firmly against him, as if indulging in the warm Thunder Energy.
-Shudder...
The frost that had been clinging to her lted away.
A little color returned to the Young Guild Mistress's frozen body.
It seed her breathing had eased, but he couldn't be relieved yet.
Ice Soul Poison was not a simple poison, but an energy of extre yang.
It was not a poison that could be purified with Thunder Energy.
Then how did Namgung Hui plan to treat it?
'Just as a wolf herds a flock of sheep, I will drive out the yang energy with Thunder Energy.'
That was how Namgung Hui had driven out the dicinal energy with his fingertips before.
But that was inside his own body, so it was a relatively easy task.
To do it in another person's body was a rather tricky matter.
Still, unlike then, his current cultivation level was much higher.
Namgung Hui focused his mind to the extre and sent the Thunder Energy to her heart.
The energy of extre yang was located in the heart.
He couldn't carelessly drive out the yang energy.
Wipe them out in one fell swoop.
He created a rough net with Thunder Energy.
After enveloping the heart, he gently tapped it to herd the yang energy to one side.
The term 'herding' was almost an understatent, as the yang energies obediently followed the Thunder Energy and entered the net.
Perhaps because Thunder Energy was also an energy of extre yang and possessed a magnetic property, the herding was easy.
Now that he had trapped it in the net, all he had to do was take it out.
However, the Young Guild Mistress's body was not that of a martial artist, so her ridians were excessively narrow.
It wasn't Severed ridians, but perhaps due to her long battle with illness, her entire body, including her ridians, was a complete wreck.
If such a condensed energy were to pass through in one go, her ridians would surely be torn to shreds.
Therefore, Namgung Hui carefully pulled the net.
If the net were to tear and the yang energy were to head back to the heart, all his efforts would be for naught.
'A little more. Just a little... Done!'
Namgung Hui succeeded in completely pulling out the net.
He could clearly feel the energy of extre yang rampaging inside.
If he left it like this...
'Wait. I think I can absorb this.'
He might not have been able to at his previous level, but now that he had reached the 8th star of the Divine Thunder Art, it seed possible.
Moreover, it felt slightly different from the Ice Soul Poison he had suffered from before.
'It's a bit weaker, but more tenacious.'
That must be why it had tornted the Young Guild Mistress for so long.
The Ice Soul Poison Namgung Hui had suffered from was much more potent and had driven a person to death in an instant.
Namgung Hui began to compress the yang energy trapped in the net.
Pulverization.
The finely crushed yang energy still coveted the heart, but it was completely absorbed by Namgung Hui's Divine Thunder Art.
Now that his upper dantian was also fully open, it felt even easier.
'Hoo...! Is it over now? I should dress her before she wakes up...'
"Ugh...!"
How could a patient wake up so quickly?
Could it be because of the spiritual dicines she had been fed all this ti?
It seed that thanks to Namgung Hui removing the Ice Soul Poison, the dicinal energy that couldn't be absorbed before had finally taken effect.
The Young Guild Mistress, now fully conscious, looked at Namgung Hui.
Currently, Namgung Hui had removed her thick fur clothes and even torn her garnts.
It was a situation ripe for misunderstanding.
Namgung Hui was about to cover his ears for the impending scream, but...
The words that ca out of the Young Guild Mistress's mouth were unexpected.
"I am in the presence of my benefactor."
"!!!"
Was this truly the Young Guild Mistress of the Myriad Gold rchant Guild?
Her insight was not ordinary.
Anyone else would have surely misunderstood in this situation.
"How is your body feeling? Your complexion has certainly returned."
"I feel so light, as if I could fly if I only had wings."
"That's because your body is so thin... Ahem. Anyway. I'm glad you seem to be okay."
Hearing the sound of conversation, the maid who had been waiting outside quickly opened the door and rushed in.
"Young Guild Mistress! Are you alright?"
"I'm fine, Sowol. So, please stop shouting."
The woman nad Sowol, realizing her mistake, replied in a subdued voice.
"I'm sorry..."
Since she had just woken up, the loud noise must be giving her a headache.
The Young Guild Mistress gave Sowol a gentle smile and then introduced herself to Namgung Hui.
"My introduction is late. This girl's na is Eun Seolrin. Though it is an undeserved title, I am the Young Guild Mistress of the Myriad Gold rchant Guild."
"You may already know, but I am Namgung Hui from the Namgung family. But how did you know that I was the one who treated you?"
"It was faint, but I was actually conscious. I felt everything my body went through as you treated , Young Master. Thank you once again."
"By any chance, Young Guild Mistress..."
"Would you please call Eun Seolrin, not Young Guild Mistress? You are not a mber of our guild, after all, Young Master."
Namgung Hui, nodding his head, posed a question to her.
"Miss Eun. Who diagnosed you with Severed ridians? And who was the one who prescribed the dicine?"
Eun Seolrin definitely did not have Severed ridians.
It was only natural, as she was poisoned with Ice Soul Poison.
He had even checked her pulse just in case, and her body, if not for the Ice Soul Poison, was well within the range of a perfectly normal person.
That ant soone must have poisoned her.
Namgung Hui guessed that the person who had diagnosed her with Severed ridians was most likely the culprit.
"Is it because I was poisoned?"
At the word "poisoned," Sowol cried out in surprise.
"Young Guild Mistress. Poisoned? Didn't you say it was Severed ridians? Could it be Physician Hwang..."
"No, Sowol. Physician Hwang just went along with our story."
"What reason could there be for that?"
"That is because."
Eun Seolrin suddenly stopped talking and took out a very small cylinder from her bosom.
At first, Namgung Hui thought it was a simple trinket, but the mont she touched it slightly...
-Click!
With a clicking sound, sothing shot out from the cylinder.
It was an extrely thin, hidden needle.
In an instant, it lodged itself in Sowol's neck.
"Gurgle...! Y-Young... Guild Mistress..."
-Thud.
And just like that, Sowol breathed her last.
(End of Chapter)
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