The Divine And Demonic Doctor [EN]: Chapter 285

The sight of Cho Ak-ryang’s group hardened Tang Gok’s face.

Just meeting them was enough for him to realize who they were in an instant.

‘Mangsan Choja [Mangsan Hermit] and Bingok Sonja [Ice Valley Hermit]!’

There couldn’t be many people in Kangho [martial arts world] with a spirit that rivaled Cho Ak-ryang.

‘That means…’

The fledgling among them, whose downy feathers hadn’t even disappeared yet, must be the Shinma Uiseon [Divine Devil Physician] brat who’s been the talk of the town among Kangho’s luminaries lately.

Regardless,

Cho Ak-ryang and Beom Gye-wi began to bicker as if Tang Gok was beneath their notice.

“That guy is mine! You just watch!”

Beom Gye-wi grumbled at Cho Ak-ryang’s words.

“Why should I?”

“Because he’s my grudge!”

“What about Dan Uiseon?”

“Th, that’s…”

Cho Ak-ryang was momentarily speechless.

If they were to prioritize, Dan Ak-seon came first.

Tang Gok, as the person in charge, needed to be alive to investigate the connection between the Demonic Sect’s poison used in Potala Palace and the Tang family.

Cornered unexpectedly, Cho Ak-ryang’s gaze naturally turned prickly.

“I can understand you, but why did you bring Dan Uiseon?”

“I was only going to come! But what could I do when she insisted on coming along?”

“Still, bringing Dan Uiseon to this dangerous place?”

“Don’t you know Dan Uiseon’s stubbornness? And whose fault is it? It’s all because of you, Cho-hyung [older brother figure].”

“What?”

“Dan Uiseon has been anxious because Cho-hyung keeps getting beaten up.”

Not only did he retort to everything, but he also blamed all the reasons on himself, leaving Cho Ak-ryang speechless.

Beom Gye-wi smirked at Cho Ak-ryang, who was momentarily at a loss for words.

“Humph! And with me around, what danger is there? Besides, Cho-hyung knows very well that no poison can threaten Dan Uiseon.”

That was true.

In fact, Cho Ak-ryang had made all the preparations in advance before coming here.

Having stayed with Dan Ak-seon in Seojang [a place, possibly a hermitage or retreat] and experimented, he had already developed resistance to most poisons.

Moreover, Dan Ak-seon had manufactured and administered in advance a medicine that could block all of the Tang family’s deadliest poisons, using records left by her parents.

It was called Gyeokdoksan (隔毒散) [Poison Barrier Powder].

Although its effects were temporary, lasting only about half a day, it had the ability to completely block even the Golden Bee Venom and the Ten Great Poisons.

In addition, in preparation for any unforeseen poisoning, she had completed antidotes for each poison and had them carry them separately.

Tang Gok’s eyes wavered as he listened to the two men’s conversation.

‘No poison can threaten her?’

At first, he couldn’t believe it.

The use of the Golden Bee Venom wasn’t forbidden for nothing.

For hundreds of years since its creation, neither the Tang family nor anyone else had found a way to block or detoxify it.

The only way was to use the Tang family’s sacred artifact, the Pidokju [Poison Deflecting Pearl], to deflect the poison.

But even that had the limitation of being a one-time use.

‘How on earth…!’

Even the Tang family had only recently been able to create an antidote for the Golden Bee Venom.

It was an achievement made possible only by having all the leading poison experts dedicate themselves to it, and even then, they had to seek external cooperation.

But how could they have created an antidote?

The sight of them still being calm even after the poisonous fog created by the Bushidok [a type of poison] had swept through the area was even more shocking.

None of them showed any signs of poisoning anywhere.

‘Was what those scoundrels were babbling about not a lie after all!’

Shin-ui [Divine Physician] and Ma-ui [Devil Physician], who were now dead and gone.

Throughout history, no one had troubled and tormented the Tang family as much as that couple.

Shin-ui, who was unmatched in detoxification.

Ma-ui, who was as skilled in using poison as they were, was no different.

Although they didn’t openly antagonize them, their actions always troubled the Tang family.

Poisons were the Tang family’s last resort to protect the family from threatening forces.

But they began to be neutralized one by one because of them.

As the Tang family’s poisons were deciphered one by one, the sense of crisis escalated.

There was no point in developing new poisons in response to this.

Eventually, the Tang family resumed research on the Golden Bee Venom.

They believed that if they could complete the antidote to the Golden Bee Venom, which no one had ever been able to do, it could be transformed into a perfect weapon to protect the Tang family.

Toward such a Tang family, the couple once warned.

―We have already completed the antidote to the Golden Bee Venom.

They also added that the moment the Golden Bee Venom was used, the Tang family would turn the entire Murim [martial arts alliance] against them.

At the time, they didn’t believe it.

They only thought it was proof that even the couple feared the Tang family’s Golden Bee Venom that much.

But to think that their words were true.

Otherwise, the situation before their eyes could not be explained.

That brat before their eyes!

What he inherited was not only the blood of the two scoundrels.

He inherited their progress and the long-standing evil ties of his ancestors.

Tangled in chaotic thoughts, Tang Gok suddenly came to his senses.

He felt a gaze on his face.

As expected.

Tang Gok turned his head and met Dan Ak-seon’s gaze, who was staring at him intently.

It was then that Dan Ak-seon, who had been silent, opened his mouth.

“Doesn’t the Tang family have a line to protect?”

“…?”

At first, Tang Gok was puzzled, wondering what he meant, but his face turned red at Dan Ak-seon’s next words.

“The poisonous fog from just now will cause irreversible damage to the people in the vicinity.”

Dan Ak-seon raised his hand and pointed down the slope.

Even at this moment, the Bushidok’s fog, moving along the slope, was forming a widespread poisonous fog and spreading at an uncontrollable rate.

“Did you really have to go this far?”

Dan Ak-seon was genuinely angry at this moment.

Tang Gok was more versed in poison than anyone else.

There was no way he wouldn’t know that innocent people would be caught up in terrible damage.

“How dare you…!”

Tang Gok snarled, his face contorted in anger.

At this moment, Tang Gok shuddered at the tenacious cycle of evil ties.

That look of contempt!

He had seen it many times and was familiar with it, and in front of that look, he lost his reason for a moment.

“Shut up! You little brat! What do you know to spout nonsense!”

“……”

“This is the Tang family! The greatest family in Sichuan!”

Tang Gok screamed as if he was screaming, and blue blood vessels stood out on his neck.

“We will do anything to protect the Tang family! Even if blood overflows to form a river and corpses pile up to form a mountain!”

Dan Ak-seon frowned without realizing it at Tang Gok’s eyes, which even felt like madness.

However, a look of reproach was meaningless to Tang Gok, who had once lost his reason.

“Since you have antagonized this family, you will also pay the price!”

Tang Gok’s curse crossed the line at some point.

“You too will follow in the footsteps of your father and mother! A fair death to all enemies of the Tang family! That is this family’s tradition and law!”

It may have been just a curse he spewed out without much thought.

However, with those words he uttered inadvertently, he crossed a river from which he could never return.

Kwaang!

“Keuk!”

With a thunderous roar, Tang Gok spewed a fountain of blood and fell more than ten feet away.

He couldn’t even think of retaliating.

He just saw something white in front of his eyes, and then a huge shock exploded on his chest.

Koo-oong.

Tang Gok, who had been spewing a fountain of blood from his mouth, flew away and crashed into the wall of the building.

Cho Ak-ryang sighed at the sight.

“What are you doing? You.”

“Huh? Uh, that’s…”

Beom Gye-wi awkwardly hid the Daechojagon [a type of weapon, possibly a staff or club] he had wielded behind his back.

“I’m sorry. I did it without realizing it…”

Numerous Tang family warriors were gathered here, but no one in the hall opened their mouths.

They were overwhelmed by the force of Beom Gye-wi, who had revealed his power for a moment.

Tang Gok, who could be said to be the best among them, was knocked out in a single move without even responding!

“Keuk…!”

It was then that Tang Gok, who had been lying like a corpse, groaned and raised his body.

However, Dan Ak-seon’s eyes, which were watching him, had already turned cold.

“How did you know?”

“What?”

“That my parents had passed away.”

“…!”

Tang Gok, who had been shedding venomous eyes filled with resentment, suddenly came to his senses at those words.

It felt like he had been doused with cold ice water.

On the other hand, Dan Ak-seon gritted his teeth, his eyes flashing coldly.

Even Dan Ak-seon had only recently learned of his parents’ death.

And no one but those close to him knew about it.

Knowing this was undeniable proof that the Tang family was in contact with the Demonic Sect.

“Wh, what are you doing! Strike them!”

Tang Gok, cornered, shouted at the warriors of the family.

But no one was willing to move.

It wasn’t that they didn’t hear the words of Tang Gok, the head of the family.

But they couldn’t move as they pleased.

They had already lost their will to fight due to the overwhelming presence of the monsters with eyes that made their limbs tremble just by facing them.

Tang Gok urged them again.

“Take the Cheongeuk Sin-dan(天極神丹) [Celestial Zenith Divine Pill]!”

At Tang Gok’s order, the Tang family’s warriors flinched.

“Hurry!”

Even as phlegm was boiling, Tang Gok shouted once more as if squeezing his lungs.

“Annihilate the enemies of the Tang family!”

At those words, a determined resolve began to settle in the eyes of the Tang family’s warriors.

Without anyone taking the lead, the Tang family’s warriors took out blood-colored pills from their pockets and brought them to their mouths.

Dan Ak-seon frowned at the sight.

“It seems they got more than just poison by cooperating with the Demonic Sect.”

In an instant, their atmosphere changed.

The eyes that had been filled with fear had disappeared without a trace, and a thick murderous aura was replacing them.

It wasn’t just their eyes that had changed.

Their very nature had changed significantly.

“Yeokhyul Daegong(逆血大功) [Blood Reversal Great Art]?”

Cho Ak-ryang showed embarrassment as he noticed their change.

A heaven-defying martial art that temporarily pushes martial arts to the limit at the cost of the caster’s life.

It becomes possible to use martial arts several times greater than one’s usual martial arts by detonating innate energy and potential.

However, this was at the cost of the caster’s life.

It can show tremendous divine power for a short time, but eventually, it leads to death due to reverse blood flow.

“It seems they’ve used poison to implement the Demonic Sect’s Yeokhyul Daegong! So be careful.”

As soon as Dan Ak-seon’s words were finished, the Tang family’s warriors flew out all at once.

Dan Ak-seon’s face turned pale for a moment at the overwhelming wave of attacks that surged in like a huge wave.

The hundreds of murderous intentions filled with madness had something terrifying about them.

However, Cho Ak-ryang and Beom Gye-wi were calm.

“Humph! Madmen.”

Beom Gye-wi showed a contemptuous look.

The dignity of a martial artist.

Those who were running wild in front of them didn’t have such things.

No, they didn’t have the dignity that a person should have.

They were just demons crawling up from the bottom of hell.

Cho Ak-ryang nodded.

“From the moment they used Bushidok, they have given up on being human.”

Cho Ak-ryang and Beom Gye-wi exchanged glances and nodded.

It was right after that that the two men jumped out at the same time.