The Divine And Demonic Doctor [EN]: Chapter 500

Divine Physician of the New Demonic World (500) (Final Episode)

“So-sang?”

A hoarse, cracked voice echoed from the depths of Yoo Bu.

Tak Yeo-sang flinched and took a step back without realizing it.

Sa Jong-ak, who was glaring at Tak Yeo-sang with madness gleaming in his eyes, suddenly shouted.

“Why do you keep running away like that?”

From his entire body, a terrifyingly eerie blood-colored mist began to surge.

Then, in an instant.

Sa Jong-ak’s figure disappeared from the spot.

By the time Tak Yeo-sang realized it, Sa Jong-ak’s hand was already reaching out from close range.

However, Sa Jong-ak’s hand could not reach her.

A streak of dark light pierced between the two.

Kwaang!

With an explosion that shook the area, Sa Jong-ak was knocked away violently, just as he had charged in.

“Kuek!”

Sa Jong-ak, who vomited a mouthful of black blood, realized that the identity of the dark light that had struck near his chest was the Dark Axe Line wielding the Dark Bong.

It was then that he saw the figure of Dan Ak-seon standing between himself and Tak Yeo-sang.

Sa Jong-ak stared blankly at Dan Ak-seon and gnashed his teeth.

“She’s mine…….”

Then, suddenly, he screamed like a madman and rushed towards Dan Ak-seon.

“Give me back my So-sang!”

At that moment.

Sa Jong-ak’s time stopped, and the space between him and Dan Ak-seon was erased.

At first, Sa Jong-ak did not realize the situation he was in, but it was immediately after that he discovered a streak of lightning falling on his shoulder.

Instinctively sensing the danger, Sa Jong-ak waved his hands to ward off Dan Ak-seon’s attack.

However, it was already after the trajectory of the Dark Dragon wielded by Dan Ak-seon had crushed his chest and dug in.

Udeuduk.

A chilling sound erupted from Sa Jong-ak’s chest.

But unexpectedly, Sa Jong-ak did not fall.

“Keuheu.”

Rather, he let out a bizarre laugh and grabbed the Dark Dragon that had broken his collarbone and dug in.

For the first time, bewilderment settled in Dan Ak-seon’s eyes.

He had believed without a doubt that he had cut off the opponent’s breath with the previous strike.

Then, suddenly, he realized something.

“Just how much True Origin Energy did he absorb…….”

The realm of transforming essence into energy through refining essence and transforming energy into spirit, and further reaching the realm of refining spirit to return to emptiness.

That ultimate stage of breaking free from all the constraints of the flesh and leaping into a realm of transcendence was the realm of refining spirit to return to emptiness.

Of course, an unstable achievement made only by plundering the True Origin Energy of the opponent without going through the proper process could not be perfect.

Nevertheless, one thing was certain: Sa Jong-ak in front of him could not be underestimated.

Compared to a while ago, he had already become a completely different being.

Even now, that was the case.

Kwaduk.

The Warrior’s Scripture, filled with all its power, was embedded in Sa Jong-ak’s side.

Sa Jong-ak’s figure soared into the air as if bouncing from the impact.

However, Sa Jong-ak, who had been flying like a kite with a broken string, suddenly stopped in the air.

And after a while.

Sa Jong-ak, who slowly raised his figure in the air, grinned at Dan Ak-seon.

It was a clear mockery.

Dan Ak-seon frowned, realizing that something was unusual.

Because the blood-colored aura surrounding Sa Jong-ak had become even thicker.

The eerie energy, undulating like blood-soaked silk threads, cast a red shadow over the area.

“He has become something that is no longer even human.”

Although he had the form of a human, Sa Jong-ak was no longer something that could be called a person; he had become something else.

Nevertheless, Dan Ak-seon approached Sa Jong-ak, who was still smiling, and opened his mouth.

“What’s so joyful that you’re smiling even in that state?”

Was it because his mind had returned after the previous strike?

Unexpectedly, an answer came back.

“Because even this is possible.”

For the first time, a proper voice flowed from Sa Jong-ak’s mouth.

A subtle surprise appeared in Dan Ak-seon’s eyes immediately after.

Jjeoeong!

With an impact sound like a pot breaking, Dan Ak-seon’s figure was pushed back.

However, before he could even regain his posture, Sa Jong-ak, who had already reached close range, was already continuing his attack.

Kwaang.

Despite the fact that it was a collision between people, an unbelievable impact sound erupted.

At the same time, the shockwave created by the clash of the two swallowed the surroundings, and a fierce aura swirled.

“Dan Physician!”

Beom Gye-wi, who belatedly realized that the situation was unusual, tried to fly his figure.

Just before being swallowed by the huge cloud of dust created by the storm of energy.

It was because he had clearly witnessed the blood-colored aura undulating along Sa Jong-ak’s hand wrapping around Dan Ak-seon.

However, Cho Ak-ryang and Han Seol-hwa blocked such Beom Gye-wi.

“Get out of the way! At this rate, Dan Physician…….”

The moment he tried to shake off the two with a burst.

Beom Gye-wi’s heart sank.

He could not know the exact situation inside because the hazy dust was obscuring his vision, but one thing was certain.

The unique energy wave that only Dan Ak-seon possessed.

His unique energy based on the Divine Art of the Jade Maiden was shaking rapidly, and then it began to dissipate at a rapid pace.

Conversely, Sa Jong-ak’s presence was becoming incomparably larger than before.

Then, in an instant.

“……!”

Beom Gye-wi widened his eyes.

His two eyes, staring intently at the cloud of dust, were shaking violently with shock and confusion.

“Why do I feel that damn Demonic energy of the Heavenly Demon from inside there?”

Since he had directly broken Jong Geuk-jin’s head and killed him, the bewilderment that Beom Gye-wi faced at this moment was even greater.

In response, Cho Ak-ryang replied with a calm look.

“You’ll know if you look.”

Eventually, as the dust that had soared high into the sky subsided, the scene inside was revealed.

* * *

“Keukeuk.”

Sa Jong-ak curled up a smile of satisfaction.

The aura that tightly bound Dan Ak-seon’s entire body.

In front of the Bukmyung Divine Art [a technique that absorbs the opponent’s inner energy] at its peak, even the most outstanding divine art was useless like this.

It was truly a stroke of luck that he had regained consciousness at the last moment.

Since the first clash, he had always been afraid of Dan Ak-seon.

No matter how shameless he was, he could not deny that.

Still, he finally shook off the fear that was deeply ingrained in his bones.

Thanks to that, he was now able to enjoy the overflowing power that was truly uncontrollable.

But that joy did not last long.

“……?”

Suddenly, an inexplicable ominous feeling began to creep up his spine.

And it did not take long for him to realize the reason.

“I knew it.”

The calm voice heard right in front of him.

Sa Jong-ak felt goosebumps all over.

“This is ridiculous…….”

Sa Jong-ak could not continue speaking.

He did not know what was going on, but the True Energy he had absorbed from Dan Ak-seon suddenly escaped his will.

To make matters worse, it began to reverse its original flow.

It was then that the uncontrollable True Inner Energy began to ebb like a tide towards Dan Ak-seon.

It was also at the same time that he felt something eerie touching his skin.

Sa Jong-ak raised his eyes without realizing it, and he froze on the spot.

“……!”

A gaze that stared at him without wavering.

Sa Jong-ak’s breath caught in his throat just by meeting his eyes.

Never experienced before…….

An intense sense of oppression that was so strong that he could not even guess the end was pressing down on his entire body.

It was from that moment that a formidable force began to surge from Dan Ak-seon’s entire body.

Sa Jong-ak’s figure trembled as if struck by lightning.

Thud.

Sa Jong-ak, who had been trembling like an aspen in the wind, knelt on the dirt floor.

It was beyond his will.

The Demonic energy undulating before his eyes!

That alone was already overwhelming violence itself.

But the real problem was something else.

Even in that situation, he could not take his eyes off the cold eyes that were staring at him.

“Just how……?”

Dan Ak-seon, who was looking down at Sa Jong-ak with an expressionless face, opened his mouth.

“It means that the person who the Bukmyung Divine Art chose as its true master is not you.”

“What does that…….”

He was puzzled by the incomprehensible words for a moment.

“Kkeuaaa!”

A desperate scream erupted from Sa Jong-ak’s mouth.

The blood-colored energy that had been writhing around his entire body began to be sucked into the black mist that was swirling around Dan Ak-seon at a terrifying speed.

Expressions of shock, fear, and disbelief settled on Sa Jong-ak’s face.

His face, with sunken eyes and cheeks, and pale without a trace of blood, had changed so horribly that it was impossible to look at with open eyes.

That fleeting moment that felt like eternity ended like that.

Thud.

Sa Jong-ak’s figure sprawled helplessly on the dirt floor.

At that time, Dan Ak-seon, who was looking down at such Sa Jong-ak with indifferent eyes, smiled.

“Dan Physician!”

Dan Ak-seon, who discovered Beom Gye-wi running towards him, smiled brightly.

It was immediately after that the Demonic energy, which had been raging fiercely with the momentum to swallow the entire area, disappeared in an instant.

Beom Gye-wi could not help but be amazed at Dan Ak-seon’s ability to quickly manage the formidable Demonic energy that had been so chilling.

“What the hell happened?”

The person who answered Beom Gye-wi’s question was someone else.

“Wherever you are, be the master; wherever you stand, be true.”

“Cho, you!”

Beom Gye-wi, who was already upset because he was worried about Dan Ak-seon, sincerely rebuked Cho Ak-ryang, who was spouting meaningless words again.

In response, Cho Ak-ryang laughed in vain.

After all, there was no way Beom Gye-wi would understand the Dharma words left by Linji [a Zen Buddhist master], a high priest from the Tang Dynasty.

“It means that if you realize the truth where you are now, you will become the master wherever you are.”

Cho Ak-ryang, who started like that, continued to explain.

“The Heavenly Demon’s Iron Soul Youma Mind Skill is the supreme skill that possesses absolute dominance over Demonic skills. The Bukmyung Divine Art is also a Demonic skill in the end, so it cannot escape its influence.”

“Oh? Then Dan Physician is…….”

“Anyone who has mastered Demonic skills, no matter who it is, can no longer resist Dan Physician’s will.”

Only then was Beom Gye-wi able to understand this whole situation.

Sa Jong-ak, who had tried to plunder Dan Ak-seon’s True Origin Energy, had ended up digging his own grave.

Unlike Beom Gye-wi, who was relieved, Dan Ak-seon wore a bitter smile.

The experience of fighting the Heavenly Demon while trapped in a formation in Shinji.

Afterwards, through ten years of asceticism, he was able to fully make the Iron Soul Youma Mind Skill, which he had unconsciously acquired, his own.

To be exact, he had come to understand the principle and be able to apply it.

Still, he sealed the Demonic energy deep inside out of anxiety.

But when his inner energy was taken away by Sa Jong-ak, the Demonic energy, whose seal had been released, burst out regardless of his will.

In the end, he fought with Sa Jong-ak over the leadership of the Bukmyung Divine Art, but it was meaningless in front of the Heavenly Demon’s Mind Skill, which could be said to be the progenitor of all Demonic skills.

Dan Ak-seon smiled at Cho Ak-ryang, Han Seol-hwa, and Beom Gye-wi.

“I’m glad you guys are here. If it weren’t for the three of you, I might have become a monster like him.”

“Hey, Dan Physician is still Dan Physician no matter what. Even if he falls into the abyss, he wouldn’t be like that.”

“That’s right.”

For once, Han Seol-hwa acknowledged Beom Gye-wi’s words.

“We believe in you.”

“I also have the same heart as Han.”

Dan Ak-seon shook his head with a smile.

It was because he knew better than anyone that no matter what he said, their belief in him would not be broken.

And that was the same for Dan Ak-seon.

“It’s finally all over.”

“Then what do we do now?”

Dan Ak-seon responded with a bright smile to Beom Gye-wi’s question.

“We have to go back. To our home, Shinma Valley.”

And time flowed like water, and several years passed.

* * *

One day in early summer, when the sun was particularly good.

A girl in front of a cute boy who looked like he was enjoying luxury just by looking at him, who was about four or five years old, opened her mouth.

“Listen carefully, Ah-myung. I’m going to tell you a very important story from now on.”

“A very important story?”

Bum Ryeo-hwa almost hugged Cho Goon-myung as it was because the eyes of the boy who was questioning with a tilt of his head were so cute.

However, she, who had turned fourteen this year, resisted the terrible temptation with the patience that had increased as much as her age.

“Yes. You’re four years old now. So it’s time to seriously think about the direction of your life.”

Cho Goon-myung nodded at Bum Ryeo-hwa’s words.

“Your parents, Cho Uncle and Han Aunt, are very wonderful people. Our dad sometimes causes strange problems, but he’s still a wonderful person who is respected by the people of Gangho [a community of martial artists]. And our mom, there’s no need to even talk about her.”

“Yeah, I know.”

Bum Ryeo-hwa, who was smiling along without realizing it at the sight of Cho Goon-myung smiling bashfully, belatedly put on a serious expression and made a firm expression.

“But!”

Bum Ryeo-hwa, who looked around for a moment, lowered her voice and whispered softly.

“The person we should resemble is Dan Brother.”

“Ak-seon Hyung?”

“Yes. Apart from liking your parents, everything else should be like Dan Brother. That’s the realization I’ve gained from living for fourteen years.”

“But what if Mom and Dad get upset?”

“You idiot. That’s why we have to keep it a secret.”

Cho Goon-myung pondered for a moment and then nodded.

“Okay. Nuna [term for older sister] is pretty, but she always says the right things.”

“Oh, our cute little one.”

In the end, Bum Ryeo-hwa couldn’t help but hug Cho Goon-myung tightly.

“But Nuna.”

“Yeah?”

“Why do our dad and Nuna’s dad fight every day?”

Bum Ryeo-hwa paused at the unexpected question and then let out a soft sigh.

“That…… the two of them are playing.”

“Really?”

“Yeah. At first, I thought the two of them had a bad relationship like you? But when I kept watching, I realized it. Ah, the two of them are just playing like that…….”

“I see. Nuna is smart after all.”

“But let’s not do that. Let’s keep getting along well like we are now and keep resembling Dan Brother. Okay?”

Bum Ryeo-hwa stroked Cho Goon-myung’s head, who was smiling brightly and nodding.

Then, as if suddenly thinking of something, Bum Ryeo-hwa asked.

“But you said you wanted to become a doctor later?”

“Yeah! I want to be as great as Ak-seon Hyung!”

“That’s unexpected? I thought you’d want to learn martial arts first.”

“Dad said so. Medical skills are the best.”

“Why?”

“I don’t know. He just said it was the best?”

He tilted his head with an ambiguous feeling that he seemed to know but didn’t know.

“Ah! Brother!”

Bum Ryeo-hwa, who discovered Dan Ak-seon coming out of the pavilion, grabbed Cho Goon-myung’s hand and ran as if flying.

Dan Ak-seon smiled and hugged the two people who rushed into his arms.

“You woke up earlier than usual?”

Bum Ryeo-hwa smiled brightly.

“It’s the day you’re going to the Shinma Medical Family today. We were waiting to follow you. Hehe.”

“There’s a place I need to stop by briefly before that, would that be okay?”

“Of course. It doesn’t matter where it is as long as it’s with Brother. Right, Goon-myung?”

“Yeah!”

Dan Ak-seon, who smiled and nodded, began to move his steps while holding the two people.

“Oh? It’s Dad!”

“Mom!”

At this time, Bum Ryeo-hwa and Cho Goon-myung waved their hands towards somewhere.

Dan Ak-seon let out a soft sigh.

It was because Cho Ak-ryang and Han Seol-hwa, and Beom Gye-wi and Byuk Hwa-ryeong, who were talking with serious expressions in the distance, were staring at him intently.

The moment he smiled, greeted them, and turned around.

The voices of the four people flew from behind.

“You’re very late.”

“You’re way too late. It’s been two years since you passed the age of thirty.”

“What’s the point of being the best expert in the world and the best doctor in the world? He’s still an old bachelor at the age of thirty-two.”

“That’s why I told you at that time. You should have caught Chun-ui.”

“It’s a pity, but what can we do? He says he’s going to wander around the Jungwon [Central Plains] for the rest of his life and atone for his sins by saving people.”

Dan Ak-seon kept moving his steps as if he didn’t hear, but Beom Gye-wi, who had followed him, suddenly spoke.

“Dan Physician. I know a strong and cool young lady. You know the Iron Blood Sect? She’s the daughter of the sect leader there, and I heard she’s going to be promoted to sect leader this time, succeeding her father? Isn’t she great as a woman? Above all, she’s amazing at using an axe, you know?”

Dan Ak-seon showed a troubled look.

“Uncle.”

“Yeah?”

“Wasn’t that story over last time?”

As if he had been waiting, Cho Ak-ryang stepped up this time.

“I met the Grand Scholar of the Hallim Academy [a prestigious academic institution] through Yeom-ga’s introduction a while ago. I heard that he has an unmarried daughter, and I heard that she’s called the most beautiful woman in Bukgyeong [present-day Beijing].”

Dan Ak-seon closed his eyes tightly.

At this rate, it was obvious that he would be caught by the four people all day long and suffer from nagging again.

“I’m grateful that you’re concerned, but if there’s such a thing as fate, wouldn’t I naturally meet my destiny? Like our parents.”

Beom Gye-wi asked back with a flustered face.

“Oh? Don’t tell me, are you waiting for a woman to kidnap you?”

“Excuse me?”

“Hey, if that was your taste, you should have said so sooner. I’ll contact the Iron Blood Sect right away.”

“No, that’s not what I meant…….”

Cho Ak-ryang clicked his tongue and glared at Beom Gye-wi.

“Who in the current Gangho can kidnap Dan Physician?”

“Wouldn’t it be okay if we helped a little?”

“What?”

“If it’s just to get Dan Physician married off, what’s so important about putting down that face a little?”

Cho Ak-ryang was speechless for a moment.

Even though he seems to live without thinking, he sometimes hits the nail on the head like this.

“Well…….”

Just as Cho Ak-ryang was reluctantly nodding his head.

“Oh! Dan Physician is running away again!”

Cho Ak-ryang was startled by Beom Gye-wi’s exclamation and looked towards Dan Ak-seon.

But Dan Ak-seon had already taken the children and was far away.

* * *

“Yahoo!”

Cho Goon-myung, who was hanging on Dan Ak-seon’s arm, shouted with excitement as he faced the headwind that was constantly hitting his face.

Dan Ak-seon quietly smiled at the sight.

“When I was young, Cho Uncle and Beom Uncle also rode me like this.”

“Really?”

“Yeah. So you can ask me anytime. I still owe your parents a lot.”

“Oh? Last time, our mom said that there’s no such thing as debt between family members?”

“Haha. That’s right. That’s right. I misspoke.”

Dan Ak-seon, who looked around, nodded and slowed down the speed he was running.

Then, after a while, Bum Ryeo-hwa, who had appeared from somewhere, narrowed the distance and followed like an arrow.

It was a level of lightness skill that was hard to believe considering her age of fourteen.

The place where the three people arrived after running for a long time was the hill with the best scenery overlooking the entire Muwi.

And there, two carefully decorated burial mounds were located.

It was the graves of Dan Ak-seon’s parents, Shin-ui and Ma-ui.

Although they could not find the remains of the two, they dug up the soil from the place where the two had died and prepared a resting place here.

Dan Ak-seon, who burned one incense stick each, took out a thick book from his arms and placed it in front of the tomb.

“It’s a medical book that I completed recently. I hope the two of you like it.”

Then, he was silently looking at the tombstone.

How much time had passed like that.

Wheeing.

A gust of gentle breeze that blew from somewhere as if to comfort his complicated heart swept over Dan Ak-seon’s hair.

The wind, which lingered near his shoulder for a while and stroked Dan Ak-seon’s cheek, chased the sound of a mountain bird heard from afar and soon disappeared over the mountainside.

“I’ll come again.”

Dan Ak-seon, who bowed to his parents, hugged Cho Goon-myung and flew his figure down the hill.

It was then that Bum Ryeo-hwa, who had been silently following behind him, asked a question.

“Brother, but why do we always have to go over the roofs like this instead of the road?”

“Is it strange?”

“Yes. If we do this, I’ll have no face to face Ga Doo-dal Uncle.”

Dan Ak-seon burst into laughter.

“Come to think of it, Ga Uncle said he would take you as his disciple last time, right?”

“Oh, don’t even mention it. Do you know how angry Mom was at that time?”

Because of that, Ga Doo-dal was temporarily banned from entering Shinma Valley.

Bum Ryeo-hwa let out a deep sigh.

“Even though he did that much, if I go over the roofs secretly like this, I wonder what’s different from Yangsang Gunja [a thief or burglar].”

“If I stand out, I’ll interfere with people’s work.”

Bum Ryeo-hwa, who was staring up at Dan Ak-seon, suddenly asked.

“Aren’t you upset?”

“Upset? About what?”

“Brother is a hero who has saved Gangho several times. But the person in question is hiding to avoid the people who praise him, so I mean, aren’t you upset?”

At those words, Dan Ak-seon smiled and stopped on a high roof.

“If you look down from here, there are so many people, right?”

Dan Ak-seon continued to speak to Bum Ryeo-hwa and Cho Goon-myung, who were nodding their heads.

“I hope all those people are as happy as you guys.”

“Oh? Why only us? Brother should be happy too.”

Dan Ak-seon nodded at Bum Ryeo-hwa’s words.

“Of course I’m happy too.”

Bum Ryeo-hwa and Cho Goon-myung also smiled brightly at Dan Ak-seon’s continued words.

“Because the life I’ve been longing for so long is right now.”

《Divine Physician of the New Demonic World》 ends