The Divine And Demonic Doctor [EN]: Chapter 278

Dan Akseon shook his head with a smile.

“I can’t do that.”

Testing a poison that’s almost complete is dangerous, even for Beom Gyewi, unless it’s just a component of the poison like before.

“You don’t have to worry. It’s not like there’s no way at all.”

The three were startled by Dan Akseon’s words.

“I can just experiment on myself.”

Before the words were even finished, the three shouted at the same time.

“No way!”

“Do it on me instead!”

“Absolutely not.”

Dan Akseon couldn’t hide his embarrassment at the three’s firm refusal.

“I’ll probably be fine. I’ve been exposed to poison since I was young, so I have a stronger resistance than anyone else. Besides, it’s better in many ways for me to control the poison directly…”

“That’s why it’s more dangerous.”

Cho Akryang interrupted Dan Akseon and continued to persuade him with a serious expression.

“You’re the only real doctor here. If we get poisoned, you can treat us, but if you get poisoned and are in danger, we have no way to help you, do we?”

“But…”

“I can’t allow it.”

Dan Akseon sighed deeply because it was a reasonable thing to say.

In the end, the story went back to square one.

It was then that Beom Gyewi tilted his head.

“Wait. Isn’t this a surprisingly simple problem?”

Beom Gyewi pointed outside as if he was frustrated with the puzzled group.

“Why do we have to worry among ourselves? We can just find someone outside to experiment on, right?”

“……!”

Beom Gyewi grinned at Dan Akseon, who was too surprised to speak.

“I’ll go grab a few guys right away.”

“No!”

Dan Akseon hurriedly stopped Beom Gyewi, who was about to use his movement technique [a martial art skill for swift travel].

Beom Gyewi nodded as if he understood.

“I know how you feel, Dan Doctor.”

“Yes?”

“You mean, instead of innocent people, I should grab someone who deserves to die, right?”

“No. That won’t do. Even if there is such a person…”

“It’s okay. I believe in our Dan Doctor’s skills. Anyway, Dan Doctor will do his best to save even those guys, right?”

“That’s true, but…”

“Besides, they’ll get healthier after the treatment process, right? It’ll even cure any illnesses they had.”

“Even so, there will definitely be mental aftereffects. The process of being poisoned and then treated will be incredibly painful.”

“Then I should grab someone who’s a little crazy from the start. Or someone who needs to go crazy.”

“Yes? There’s no way there’s someone like that.”

Beom Gyewi put on a serious face.

“There’s something Dan Doctor doesn’t know.”

“……?”

“Surprisingly, there are a lot of crazy people in the world. And there are even more bad guys than that. So it’s not hard to find them.”

Cho Akryang frowned at Beom Gyewi’s stubbornness.

“Pigs only see pigs…”

“You’re one to talk, Cho.”

“What, you wanna fight?”

Dan Akseon put his foot down firmly as the two glared at each other again.

“I can’t allow that. No matter who it is, I can’t and won’t do dangerous experiments on irrelevant people.”

“Ugh.”

Beom Gyewi groaned as Dan Akseon drew a firm line like that.

At this time, Cho Akryang sighed softly and opened his mouth.

“Let’s think about this a little more. If we put our heads together, we’ll be able to find a way.”

Beom Gyewi burst out.

“Cho! How long have we been with Dan Doctor? If it’s Dan Doctor’s personality, he’ll definitely experiment on himself!”

“……!”

Was he hit right on the mark?

Dan Akseon flinched.

Han Seolhwa looked at such Dan Akseon with worried eyes.

Cho Akryang also smiled bitterly.

“We have to find a way before that happens.”

At the same time as he opened his mouth, Cho Akryang sent a telepathic message.

—I have something in mind.

“Huh?”

Beom Gyewi made a puzzled expression at the sudden telepathic message.

—I’ll explain it separately, so let’s just move on for now.

Beom Gyewi reluctantly nodded because there was no other way.

Still, Cho Akryang was the best at using his head among them.

“Then let’s all think about it together.”

Han Seolhwa cast a suspicious look at Beom Gyewi’s sudden change of attitude.

“It’s forbidden to experiment on yourself until we find a way.”

Dan Akseon sighed softly at Cho Akryang’s words.

“Okay. I will.”

Dan Akseon, who had rummaged through the box Han Seolhwa had brought and packed some medicinal herbs, headed back to the inner palace.

“Then I’ll see you later. I have to continue my research for now.”

Cho Akryang and Beom Gyewi nodded with a smile.

“Don’t overdo it.”

“Yeah, Dan Doctor. Take it easy.”

“…….”

Han Seolhwa, on the other hand, just stared at the two of them silently.

As soon as Dan Akseon’s figure completely disappeared, Beom Gyewi asked Cho Akryang.

—What’s the way?

—There are gnats, aren’t there?

—Gnats?

Beom Gyewi tilted his head and then exclaimed.

—Ah! The small fries who were spying here?

—Yes, that gang of bandits.

—But we decided to leave them alone. They’re not a threat, and they’re not guys from the Demonic Cult, right?

—But now the situation has changed, hasn’t it?

Cho Akryang smiled meaningfully, and Beom Gyewi followed suit.

One word was enough.

Usually, they would growl at each other, but at times like this, the two worked well together.

Han Seolhwa frowned at the sight.

Because she could smell a strong conspiracy in the way the two exchanged glances silently.

“What are you trying to do?”

The two, who had been exchanging conversations telepathically, smiled meaningfully instead of answering.

“I’m counting on you to take care of Dan Doctor. We have somewhere to go for a while.”

“Hehe. I’ll have to spend some money for the first time in a while.”

Cho Akryang and Beom Gyewi used their movement techniques, leaving Han Seolhwa, who was wondering what was going on, behind.

The two returned around dusk when the sun was setting.

But they looked quite different from when they left.

Not to mention that they were wearing expensive-looking accessories, unlike when they left empty-handed, they were accompanied by a large cart.

Moreover, all kinds of things and boxes were piled up like mountains on the cart pulled by a donkey.

“What is all this?”

Cho Akryang and Beom Gyewi smiled awkwardly at Han Seolhwa’s question.

“I think we’ve been living too frugally.”

“I bought this and that to change my mood.”

Han Seolhwa’s eyes narrowed as Beom Gyewi fanned himself, shaking the receipts full of money as if to show off.

“You two are now…”

The moment Han Seolhwa’s eyes turned cold.

“Ah, this is for Han.”

Cho Akryang quickly handed Han Seolhwa a jade hairpin.

“……?”

“Here, here. It’s okay, so take it. It’s my heart and sincerity, so don’t refuse.”

Cho Akryang forcibly handed the jade hairpin to Han Seolhwa, who couldn’t hide her sullen expression.

Meanwhile, at the same time.

There were people hiding on a low hill.

There were twenty of them, and they were watching the old temple that could be seen far away and talking in low voices.

“They’re definitely rich guys.”

“Didn’t I tell you? They must have made a big score in the Central Plains and fled here.”

“I saw them exchanging receipts for silver ingots at the market today. The weight will be at least twenty kwan [a unit of weight].”

“They’re not masters, are they?”

“The big guy seems to be doing something, but one hand can’t beat ten hands. Besides, he kept coughing all the way here, so he must be suffering from an illness. Or he was seriously injured. That’s why he used to buy expensive medicinal herbs.”

“Didn’t he even drop the box containing the silver and spill it? He’s just big, but he’s not strong.”

A one-eyed man who seemed to be the leader of this group nodded.

“Then there’s no need to wait any longer. We’ll execute it when the sun goes down.”

Robsang Sangai, the boss of a bandit gang who made a living by robbing monks in a deserted place, was not the type to refuse an unexpected opportunity.

That night.

A group of people climbed over the wall of the temple where darkness had fallen.

It was a gang of bandits who were looking for an opportunity.

But their faces were soon filled with embarrassment.

“See? Have you ever seen a fly stop eating poop? If you leak the smell of money, these guys will definitely come.”

A giant with sharp eyes curled up a gruesome smile at the words of an old man with sharp eyes.

“Hehe. I have no choice but to admit it.”

“Admit what?”

“That Cho is a much worse guy than me.”

The bandits were momentarily embarrassed.

Belatedly, a sense of unease began to rise as they saw the opponent’s calm appearance even after seeing the weapons in their hands.

“K, kneel! If you hand over the goods obediently, I won’t hurt you!”

Robsang Sangai, the leader of the bandit gang, shouted bravely.

Because it was not Chinese, he could not understand it, but he felt it to some extent through his expression and eyes.

At that moment.

Thud.

Beom Gyewi kicked the pot with boiling poison and knocked it down.

“Oops, that! I was so surprised that I accidentally touched the pot?”

Han Seolhwa frowned at Beom Gyewi’s exaggerated expression.

Only now did she realize why the two had been so strange all along.

It was then that black smoke billowed from the poison that had spilled from the fallen pot.

The ominous poison quickly filled the surroundings.

At the same time, the faces of the bandits turned black.

“Cough!”

“Cough!”

“Ugh…!”

Suffocating groans and gasping sounds erupted from all over the place.

After a while.

Thump!

The bandits, clutching their necks and chests, staggered and fell to the floor.

It was then that Dan Akseon was surprised and ran outside.

“What’s going on?”

Unconcealable embarrassment arose in Dan Akseon’s eyes as he looked around.

Beom Gyewi opened his mouth with delight.

“The test subjects came on their own…”

Whack.

Cho Akryang quickly opened his mouth, stepping on Beom Gyewi’s foot and blocking his mouth.

“Well, these guys suddenly jumped in and shouted something, and then they just collapsed like that.”

“Ah!”

Dan Akseon, who belatedly discovered the fallen pot, shouted urgently.

“We have to hurry. If we delay any longer, even I won’t be able to save these people!”

While hurriedly moving at Dan Akseon’s instructions, Cho Akryang winked at Beom Gyewi.

Beom Gyewi smiled and raised his thumb.

* * *

Fifteen days after being imprisoned in Bukjin Musa’s prison.

Neng Somil carefully observed the man imprisoned in the opposite prison.

Was he in his early thirties?

His arms and legs were strangely twisted, as if he had been severely tortured, and his left ear was blunt, as if it had been cut off a long time ago.

Moreover, his face was full of pockmarks.

But his eyes, which occasionally glanced around, were still flashing coldly.

It was a sharp look that a person whose mind and body had collapsed could not have.

‘Wasn’t he devoted to the Demonic Cult?’

Seo Sechang, the True Lord of Lust.

He was one of the countless masters of the heretical sects who had disappeared without a trace or whose whereabouts were unknown during the Martial Alliance’s subjugation of the Hundred Evils.

In particular, he was skilled in changing his face and body shape because he had mastered the Bone Reduction Technique [a martial art technique to alter one’s physical appearance].

So at first, he just watched, wondering if it was him, but as time went by, Neng Somil was able to confirm his identity.

As he once led the information organization Sinsobang, he was as knowledgeable about the people of Gangho [the martial arts world] as anyone else.

A notorious pervert who had been raping countless women using aphrodisiacs.

The number of ladies who had their chastity violated by him and hanged themselves was countless, and for this reason, he had long been branded as a public enemy in the orthodox martial arts world.

Even the government office, which usually does not interfere with the affairs of the martial arts world, had put a bounty on him.

But to encounter him here.

Soon, Neng Somil, who had made a decision, shouted loudly towards the outside of the prison.

“Guard!”