The Divine And Demonic Doctor [EN]: Chapter 196

It wasn’t just the Demonic Sect that practiced Might Demon Arts.

Even Sa Musim, one of Jinwoo’s closest allies, was an example.

He, too, was learning Might Demon Arts.

However, that didn’t automatically classify it as Demonic Sect martial arts.

These martial arts sacrificed stability for the sake of rapid mastery.

The resulting unstable flow of internal energy felt sinister and threatening to ordinary people or those who practiced orthodox martial arts.

This was often referred to as Demonic Energy.

On the other hand, Jin Youngsan’s Blood Jade Hand was fundamentally a martial art of the Demonic Sect.

It was also a core martial art that sustained the Demonic Sect’s power.

“I’ll have many questions to ask.”

No sooner had Cho Akryang spoken than a terrifying chill swept through the room.

Crack.

“Kuaaak!”

In an instant, Jin Youngsan’s limbs began to freeze.

Han Seolhwa, having assessed his martial prowess and wanting to prevent him from causing further chaos, used her extreme Yin energy to restrain him.

Han Seolhwa strode towards Jin Youngsan, who had noticeably slowed, and reached out to grab his neck.

“Keok!”

With a suppressed groan, Jin Youngsan trembled.

The terrifying chill penetrated through Han Seolhwa’s hand.

Even the Demonic Energy that had been raging within him yielded before the massive True Energy that surged in like a tidal wave.

It was then that Dan Akseon stepped forward.

“Please hold him there for a moment.”

With those words, Dan Akseon took out Sun Ang Needles and inserted them into several of Jin Youngsan’s vital blood points.

As if by magic, the madness began to fade from Jin Youngsan’s glazed eyes.

“Kuhuk…….”

Regaining consciousness, Jin Youngsan began to shed tears.

Dan Akseon cast a pitiful gaze at the sight.

The pain of succumbing to Demonic Possession, which had truly begun, was an indescribable hell.

It was a bottomless pit of torment that consumed not only the body but also the mind and spirit, pushing one into the abyss of despair.

“There’s no time. Maintaining his consciousness is only temporary.”

Dan Akseon hurriedly spoke to Jin Youngsan.

“I believe you’re aware of your condition. Has your decision changed?”

“…….”

Jin Youngsan remained silent, his eyes 불안하게 [uneasily] darting around.

“I’ll tell you one thing.”

At Dan Akseon’s words, Jin Youngsan’s eyes widened as if struck by lightning.

“You can be cured now.”

Dan Akseon said firmly, staring straight into Jin Youngsan’s eyes.

“But you must answer everything I ask, without hiding anything.”

A light of desperate hope flickered in Jin Youngsan’s eyes.

Since Demonic Possession had already begun, death seemed unavoidable.

However, what he feared more than death was the terrifying pain that would soon return.

“Plea, please… Please…….”

Jin Youngsan pleaded, tears and snot streaming down his face.

His mental fortitude was at its breaking point.

“Please save me.”

Nodding, Dan Akseon turned to the others.

“Would you mind stepping outside for a moment?”

“Huh?”

Bum Gyeowi, surprised by the unexpected request, 반문했다 [asked back].

“Weren’t you going to use the Wei Hua Therapy to treat the Demonic Possession?”

Wei Hua Therapy was a unique treatment method originally developed to heal severed meridians [energy pathways in the body].

In the past, Dan Akseon’s parents had worked together to save a patient who had fallen into Demonic Possession.

This led them to discover a treatment for severed meridians with similar symptoms, and Dan Akseon was able to use Wei Hua Therapy to treat Namgoong Hyang based on this knowledge.

Bum Gyeowi and Han Seolhwa had been present each time Dan Akseon treated someone with this method, including Sa Musim, who had once succumbed to Demonic Possession.

So, they naturally assumed they would be needed.

Dan Akseon nodded with a wry smile.

“If it’s the early stages of Demonic Possession, that’s the best method, but it’s impossible now. The situation is already too precarious. The speed of treatment with Wei Hua Therapy won’t be able to keep up with the progression of the Demonic Possession.”

“But you said you couldn’t treat Demonic Possession alone?”

“I couldn’t before, but I can now.”

Dan Akseon walked towards the bookshelf.

He picked up a long wooden case that rested there.

The instrument created by Mook Bi, the head of the Mook Clan Blacksmiths, using Scarlet Flame Iron and Ten Thousand Year Cold Iron, was revealed.

It was the Great Needle that Dan Akseon had named Mookryongah (Silent Dragon Fang).

“Using this requires considerable concentration, and there are some side effects.”

“Side effects?”

At Bum Gyeowi’s question, Dan Akseon hesitated before speaking.

“It hurts a lot.”

“It hurts?”

Cho Akryang suddenly became curious.

“Compared to the Demonic Spirit Needle?”

Dan Akseon didn’t answer.

But it seemed they had already received their answer.

His hesitant demeanor and shifting eyes spoke volumes.

It was then that Han Seolhwa suddenly spoke.

“How did you know there were such side effects?”

“Because I tested it.”

At Dan Akseon’s answer, the three were momentarily speechless, exchanging dumbfounded glances.

It wasn’t hard to guess who the test subject was.

As expected.

“But the effect is certain!”

At Dan Akseon’s following words, their suspicion quickly turned into certainty.

Dan Akseon himself had already confirmed it.

“I’m sometimes scared of Doctor Dan,” Bum Gyeowi said, his true feelings slipping out unintentionally.

Cho Akryang and Han Seolhwa silently nodded in agreement.

“Anyway, we need to hurry, so would you mind leaving?”

At Dan Akseon’s eviction notice, the three went outside.

“Will everything be alright?”

Han Seolhwa replied nonchalantly to Bum Gyeowi, who was glancing worriedly at the door.

“The Demonic Blood Points are firmly sealed, so there won’t be any problems.”

Cho Akryang and Bum Gyeowi nodded silently.

Han Seolhwa’s unique blood point sealing technique had reached 인정할 만큼 대단한 경지에 이르러 있었다 [a level that even they acknowledged as remarkable].

A little later, a faint groan began to leak from the room.

Then, at some point, the groan turned into a scream.

“Kkeuaaaak!”

Bum Gyeowi was horrified by the desperate scream that seemed to 울부짖는 듯한 처절한 비명에 범계위는 그만 모골이 송연해졌다 [to be a wail from the depths of hell, sending chills down his spine].

Cho Akryang and Han Seolhwa were also visibly affected.

Cho Akryang swallowed dry saliva.

He wondered what one could do with a needle to elicit such a scream.

How much time had passed?

“You can come in now,” Dan Akseon’s voice called from inside the room, and the three opened the door and entered.

The first thing that caught their eyes was Dan Akseon, whose whole body was drenched in sweat.

With a pale face and heavy panting, Dan Akseon lifted his sleeve and wiped away the sweat that poured down like rain.

But his expression was brighter than ever.

“I succeeded.”

“You worked hard… Huh?”

Bum Gyeowi, who had spoken without thinking, belatedly noticed something and shuddered.

‘That all went into someone’s body?’

Jin Youngsan was lying flat.

Something dark and murky could be seen near the top of his head.

It was the end of the Great Needle.

Then, Jin Youngsan slowly opened his eyes.

His eyes were so peaceful that it was hard to believe he was the same person who had been screaming so terribly just moments ago.

The Demonic Energy that had surrounded him had also vanished without a trace.

Dan Akseon asked cautiously.

“Are you conscious?”

Jin Youngsan’s pupils trembled.

Regardless of his grateful heart, the fear deeply ingrained in his body and mind was beyond his control.

He had already experienced the pain of Demonic Possession enough.

But he never imagined that there could be pain that far surpassed it!

“Then shall we have a conversation now?”

At Dan Akseon’s words, Jin Youngsan replied politely.

“First, I will tell you how I fell into Demonic Possession.”

Jin Youngsan began to explain the situation he had experienced.

“After the Red Tiger Gang was dissolved, I wandered the Jianghu [martial arts world] for a while and was lucky enough to escape the pursuit of the Murim Alliance [martial arts alliance] and join the Green Forest [a group of bandits and outlaws].”

As he was one of the top experts in the Red Tiger Gang, he naturally began to gain recognition within the Green Forest.

At first, he took on menial tasks for several years, but soon his neat work was highly praised, and he caught the eye of Ak Hogun, the Chief Bandit.

“But there was a limit to the position I could rise to.”

It was because of his background as a member of another sect.

Moreover, his martial arts had also reached a plateau.

“Ak Hogun is a suspicious man. He would never pass on their martial arts to me, someone not from the Green Forest.”

Aiming for higher positions is an innate human desire.

But to do so, he needed martial arts to match his ambition.

The repeated frustrations led to a sense of 회의로까지 이어질 무렵 [disillusionment], a man came to visit him.

“It was a colleague who had once been with me in the Red Tiger Gang.”

He asked him to keep a secret manual as if he was being chased, and then disappeared immediately.

“Was that the Blood Jade Hand?” Cho Akryang asked.

Jin Youngsan sighed.

“That’s right.”

The longing and obsession for martial arts overpowered his conscience and will.

Moreover, the Blood Jade Hand was a 절학 [supreme martial art] that had terrified the Jianghu every time the Demonic Sect appeared.

Besides, the former colleague who had entrusted it to him was nowhere to be found.

The temptation of the secret manual within reach was too great.

In the end, Jin Youngsan, unable to 끊어 낼 수 없었던 진영산은 혈옥수를 익히기 시작했다 [resist, began to learn the Blood Jade Hand].

“You got the Blood Jade Hand so easily? Are you expecting us to believe that?”

Cho Akryang was inwardly dumbfounded.

It was a secret manual that would cause a storm of blood just by appearing in the Murim.

But the fact that a mere warrior of the Red Tiger Gang had left it behind as if passing it on was absurd.

“You die if you lie?” Bum Gyeowi growled with murderous intent.

But even with that threat, Jin Youngsan’s eyes did not waver.

“It’s the truth, without an inch of falsehood. Why would I hide the truth now?”

Bum Gyeowi looked at Cho Akryang with a dumbfounded expression.

No matter how he looked at it, Jin Youngsan’s eyes seemed sincere.

“The owner of the 기연 [serendipitous encounter] is 따로 있다더니 [another],” Han Seolhwa said, laughing at Bum Gyeowi’s words.

“Can we really call a 기연 that ends with Demonic Possession a 기연?”

Cho Akryang stopped the two and asked another question.

“With that level of martial arts, you could have aimed for a high position, so why did you betray the Green Forest?”

“I never betrayed them,” Jin Youngsan said with a wronged expression.

“There was a recent fight with the Hwangbo Family.”

Behind that was the Murim Alliance.

탈퇴한 뒤 오대세가로 주축을 이뤄 세가의 연합으로 체제를 새롭게 정비한 그들은 당장 무림맹 존속을 위한 명분이 필요했다 [After reorganizing the system with the Five Great Families as the main axis after secession, they immediately needed a justification for the Murim Alliance to survive].

So, they targeted the Green Forest.

“Jirangridapgun [a tactic of attacking under the guise of peace].”

Cho Akryang nodded.

In the current situation, there was no better enemy than the Green Forest.

It not only aligned with the Murim Alliance’s banner of 파사현정 [upholding righteousness and eliminating evil], but also allowed them to prolong the conflict.

Above all, it was advantageous to use an external enemy to unite internal solidarity and 벗어나 자신들의 입지를 공고히 하는 데 이만한 수단도 없었다 [consolidate their position].

“Then, on one occasion, I fell into a trap set by the Hwangbo Family.”

The 천라지망 [net of heaven and earth] they 펼친 천라지망은 지독하리만치 견고했다 [laid out was incredibly strong].

In the end, to survive, Jin Youngsan had to use the Blood Jade Hand, which he had never revealed until then.

“After barely escaping the 천라지망, I reported the truth to the Chief Bandit. But suddenly, the Blood Wolf Squad raided the safe house where I was hiding.”

“Ah, those guys?” Bum Gyeowi said, pretending to know.

The Blood Wolf Squad was a special task force within the Green Forest, composed of those with excellent martial arts skills, skilled in escorting and tracking, and no different from Ak Hogun’s direct subordinates.

He knew them well because he had clashed with them several times in the past.

“They said I was a spy for the Murim Alliance.”

“Why?” Cho Akryang couldn’t help but be puzzled.

Nowhere in Jin Youngsan’s actions could he find any connection to the Murim Alliance.

It was then that an unexpected name came out of Jin Youngsan’s mouth.

“Seven Severing Demon Lord No Danyang. It’s because of him.”