Return of the Mount Hua Sect [EN]: Chapter 470

That's None of My Business (5)

“Open the door!”

There was no response.

“Open this door right now! Are you all sick?! I’m a physician! I need to see you, so open the door right now! Hurry!”

Still, silence.

Baek Cheon sighed, ready to leave, but then Tang Soso spoke.

“Martial Uncle.”

“Hmm?”

“Smash it open.”

Baek Cheon hesitated for a moment.

“What are you waiting for! Break it open now!” Her voice was sharp.

“Right!” Baek Cheon said quickly.

*Crack!*

Baek Cheon grabbed the door, his muscles straining, and ripped it off its hinges.

The moment the door crashed to the floor, Tang Soso rushed inside. Baek Cheon pushed the broken door out of the way and hurried after her.

“D-don’t come in!”

The two people inside cried out in fear. A woman stood there, clutching a fire poker. She was shaking so much, like a leaf in a storm. And then Tang Soso saw… a child, small and still on the floor!

Fire blazed in Tang Soso’s eyes.

“Get out of the way!”

“N-not my child!”

“I’m not trying to hurt them, so get out of the way! The child is dying!”

Tang Soso shouted, and the woman who was desperately blocking the child flinched. The woman was still scared, but tears filled her eyes, and she looked confused.

“If you don’t move, I’ll have to drag you away. Move if you don’t want to get hurt!”

The woman remained silent.

Even in her fear, the woman’s eyes welled up with tears, and she looked confused. Tang Soso looked straight at the woman and said,

“I am a physician.”

Again, silence.

“I will definitely heal them, so please, let me see the child.”

Tang Soso slowly took out her needle case from her sleeve and showed it. The woman, with hollow eyes, checked the needle case and asked, trembling,

“A-are you really a physician?”

“Yes.”

“R-really?”

“The child is dying even as we speak.”

Only then did the woman lower the fire poker and weakly step aside. Tang Soso hurriedly sat beside the child and took their pulse.

“Weak.”

The child’s pulse was very weak. It felt like it could stop at any second.

With swift hands, Tang Soso pulled back the child’s blanket and began to undress them.

“Soso, what are you doing?”

“I need to check their body!”

“A cold wind is coming in…”

“Then go and block it!”

“Yes!”

Baek Cheon rushed like the wind, picked up the torn-off door, and blocked the entrance. Jo Gul, who was standing far away, was also startled and helped hold the door together.

‘I can’t say a word.’

‘Shhh. Be quiet. You’ll get hit.’

As soon as Tang Soso knew it could be a disease spreading, she became very serious and focused. Her intensity was so fierce that even Yoo Iseol didn’t dare to speak carelessly.

Tang Soso, having examined the child’s body, frowned.

“Red spots…. Small red spots with blood clots.”

Covering the blanket again, she then opened the child’s mouth and examined the inside.

“…The gums have receded.”

The symptoms were almost identical to those of the man she had checked earlier.

“When did this start?”

“…About, about a month ago.”

“Consciousness?”

“They’ve been sleeping more, but they are conscious. But recently, they haven’t been regaining consciousness well…”

“What were they like before they collapsed?”

“B-before they collapsed?”

Tang Soso looked at the woman and said calmly,

“Don’t be nervous, and think slowly. Anything that was different from usual is fine.”

“Yes, yes!”

The woman, seemingly relieved by Tang Soso’s gentler voice, opened her mouth.

“Well… the child suddenly became weak and started sleeping a lot. And… they often had nosebleeds.”

“Nosebleeds?”

“Yes. Suddenly, while just sitting still.”

Tang Soso seemed to be thinking hard about something, then bit her lip.

“Gather the people…”

Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!

But then, someone began to knock violently on the door.

Baek Cheon looked back at Tang Soso with a flustered expression. Tang Soso stared at the door for a moment and nodded.

“Open it.”

Baek Cheon and Jo Gul pushed the door aside, and men clad in fur, with fierce expressions, were aiming spears.

“What are you doing!”

“Daring outsiders causing a disturbance in the village!”

Their eyes were full of suspicion and anger.

Baek Cheon looked at them with a troubled face. Their eyes were sharp, and the spears they held were incredibly sharp, but they were ultimately just commoners.

Moreover, as if they were all suffering from a similar illness, their complexions were extremely pale, and the hands holding the spears were trembling weakly.

“Let me pass.”

“Village Chief!”

“Move aside, I said.”

The men stepped aside to the left and right, and an old man with deeply wrinkled skin, leaning on a cane, stepped forward.

“…What is going on here?”

“Are you the village chief of this village?”

“That is so. You are outsiders. I don’t know what’s going on, but please leave the village right now.”

“I can’t.”

“…You can’t?”

“No, I can’t.”

Tang Soso checked the child’s forehead and stood up from her seat.

“Can’t you see? Everyone is sick.”

“I know.”

“If you don’t get proper treatment, you’ll all die!”

“…It can’t be helped.”

“Excuse me?”

Tang Soso’s eyes widened.

What on earth was this old man saying?

But the old man shook his head as if Tang Soso was the one who didn’t know anything.

“If it becomes known that outsiders are staying, we will all die anyway. If you have any consideration for us, please leave the village right now.”

His attitude was too firm. Baek Cheon opened his mouth to try to persuade him.

“Elder, we are here to treat this disease and help…!”

“Can you handle the demons?”

Baek Cheon was silent.

“If you don’t leave, we will suffer a great disaster.”

Then Tang Soso, who was listening, said with a cold face,

“The disaster has already happened.”

The old man was silent.

“This disease is a demon. If it continues like this, everyone will die soon! Can’t you see? The problem isn’t the Ice Palace or anything else, it’s this disease right now!”

The old man sighed.

“It’s something that can’t be helped with human power.”

“What did you say?”

“There are evil spirits in the Northern Sea right now. It’s a disease spread by those evil spirits, so it can’t be cured with human power.”

Tang Soso was silent.

Then Baek Cheon whispered softly,

“Could he be talking about the Demonic Sect?”

“…The Demonic Sect spread the disease?”

The old man looked at Tang Soso with his wrinkled eyes and nodded.

“This is a disease I have never seen in my life. This disease arose as those evil spirits began to appear more frequently in this place.”

Silence.

“It’s something that can’t be helped with human power.”

“Don’t say such ridiculous things!”

Tang Soso shouted.

“There is no such thing as a disease that cannot be cured by human hands!”

Even if there is such a disease, giving up is not an option. We’re talking about lives here! Don’t talk nonsense about things we don’t understand. A healer does not back down from illness.

Tang Soso’s eyes stared directly at the old man.

The old man sighed softly at the intense gaze.

“We have tried as much as we could. But…”

“Not enough yet.”

“Are you guaranteeing that you can cure it?”

“Even if I can’t cure it, I won’t give up like you, old man.”

Tang Soso and the old man’s eyes locked in the air.

The old man, who had been staring at her for a long time, finally sighed first.

“Are you really confident you can cure it?”

“I will do my best.”

“Your best, you say…”

The old man suddenly turned his head and looked up at the blue sky through the open door. The snow had stopped.

“That’s something I haven’t heard in a long time. Not here in the Northern Sea,” the old man said, looking at the sky with a slightly bitter expression before quietly opening his mouth.

“Eom Hyo.”

“Yes, Village Chief.”

“Tell the villagers to get a diagnosis from this doctor. Tell them to cooperate as much as they can.”

“B-but if we do that…”

“It’s the same if we die doing nothing or if we try something new.”

“…”

“Do as I say. I’ll take responsibility.”

“Understood.”

The old man turned to look at Tang Soso.

“Come to me if there are any problems.”

“Thank you.”

“I beg you. Please save our villagers.”

“I will try.”

The old man, hearing Tang Soso’s answer, quietly nodded and turned to leave.

The disciples of Mount Hua quietly sighed. But only for a moment, soon a firm resolution settled in their eyes as well.

“Soso! What should I do now! Tell me anything, I’ll do whatever it takes!”

“Martial Uncle!”

“Huh?”

“Go get Sajae Chung Myung. Right now!”

Everyone has their role. A farmer must farm well, a swordsman must wield a sword well, and a scholar must be skilled in learning.

And no matter how much he thought about it, this was not right for him.

“So…” Chung Myung muttered with a half-dazed face.

“This is something I absolutely have to do?”

“Yes.”

“Absolutely me?”

“Yes.”

“Really?”

“Ah, be quiet, you’re being annoying!”

Chung Myung, who had closed his mouth at Tang Soso’s shout, looked up with slightly sad eyes. But all he could see was not the blue sky, but a black and grimy pot.

“No!” Chung Myung grabbed the pot on his head and shouted.

“Are you going to save the fire for cooking stew later? Huh? Why do I have to heat this up! Why me!”

“Unlike in the Central Plains, there’s no fireplace big enough to hang a large pot!”

“There are fireplaces all over the house over there!”

“That would require breaking the chimney! And it’s not a place to put a pot!”

“Then just make a fireplace!”

“Ah, you talk too much! Seriously!”

Chung Myung stared at Tang Soso with a dumbfounded expression.

“Y-you disrespectful…”

“What hierarchy are you talking about in Mount Hua, you old man!”

As she pushed him harder, tears welled up in Chung Myung’s eyes. He was upset because she was being disrespectful but also giving him a big responsibility.

‘Sajang.’ This is how I live! This is how I live!

“Kraaak! You old man! Is that what you should be saying?”

“What?”

Chung Myung hung his head. This is worse than fighting a demon!

Tang Soso said, putting the medicinal herbs in the pot.

“A newly made fireplace won’t allow you to control the heat. You’re the only one who can simmer the herbs with the same heat for a day!”

“…”

“It’s about saving people’s lives. Please. You’re the only one who can do it. Otherwise, everyone here will die. This is something only you can do!”

As she continued to speak, Chung Myung’s shoulders subtly lifted a little.

“What… Did I say I wouldn’t do it?” Chung Myung straightened the pot.

“It doesn’t matter if it’s not just a day, but two. So start quickly!”

“Thank you, Sajae! First, please heat up the pot a little more.”

“Alright!” Chung Myung pushed the heat energy into the pot. In an instant, the pot heated up, and the water inside began to bubble and boil.

The group, watching the scene from afar, let out exclamations of admiration one after another.

“He handles it well.”

“She really knows how to persuade him.”

“We should have tried that sooner.”

“Wow! Tang Soso is impressive, but seeing him like that, Chung Myung also seems quite human, doesn’t he?”

“Ah, that’s not true.”

“…”

The method Tang Soso chose was truly not easy, and quite remarkable.

Chung Myung is terribly weak to praise, but once you get to know him, you can’t bring yourself to praise him.

Especially for the disciples of Mount Hua, it was impossible. But to praise him so naturally and make him work…

Jo Gul asked, “But looking at her boiling the herbs, does that mean she already knows what the disease is?”

Yoo Iseol shook her head.

“Not yet.”

“Then…?”

Baek Cheon sighed and answered for her.

“For now, she says it’s urgent, so she has to use tonics to boost their energy. It’s not a fundamental cure.”

“…”

“It’s fortunate that we brought plenty of medicinal herbs from Mount Hua. Otherwise, we really wouldn’t have been able to do anything.”

The disciples of Mount Hua were newly grateful for Hyun Young’s preparedness.

“But… tonics won’t cure it in the end, will they?”

“We need to deal with the urgent problem first and then find out what the disease is.”

“Could it be a disease we don’t know about?”

“Even so, we must do our best.”

Yoon Jong, who had been quietly listening to the conversation, opened his mouth in a slightly subdued voice.

“One who takes saving lives lightly is not qualified to use the sword of Mount Hua. How can one who does not try to save the person in front of them discuss being a good person and doing what’s right!”

“No, it’s not that I’m saying we shouldn’t…” Jo Gul sighed.

“Most of the villagers have symptoms… Isn’t this an epidemic? If we get sick, this trip to the Northern Sea will…”

“That’s enough,” Baek Cheon firmly cut him off.

“You might be right, but let’s not say that in front of Soso. She’s trying her best.”

“Yes, Martial Uncle.”

Baek Cheon poured the medicinal herbs into the pot and closed his eyes, watching Tang Soso working so hard.

‘I hope that child doesn’t get hurt.’ The burden placed on Tang Soso’s shoulders was too heavy.

Return of the Mount Hua Sect [EN]

Return of the Mount Hua Sect [EN]

Status: Ongoing Author: Released: 2019 Native Language: Korean
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[English Translation] Chung Myung, the legendary Plum Blossom Swordmaster of Mount Hua, awakens after a hundred years of slumber only to find his once-mighty sect reduced to ruins. With unwavering determination, he disguises himself as a young disciple and embarks on a mission to restore Mount Hua to its former glory. From training new disciples to facing lifelong enemies, Chung Myung must revive the sect while uncovering dark conspiracies that threaten the martial world. "Return of Mount Hua Sect" is an epic tale of resurgence, sacrifice, and fierce battles that will shake the world!

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