The Divine And Demonic Doctor [EN]: Chapter 347

The Divine Doctor of Primacy (347)

A few days later.

Bum Gye-wi, having secured the Great Initial Purple Pill, boarded a ship leaving Hainan Island.

Of course, Byeok Hwa-ryeong was with him.

It was their first trip together, doubling as a honeymoon, and she looked incredibly excited.

Bum Gye-wi felt the same.

The anticipation of seeing Dan Ak-seon again filled his heart.

Everyone from the Hainan Sect saw them off with bright smiles.

However, unlike them, there were those who couldn’t smile.

Byeok Hwa-ryeong’s confidants and the Hainan Sect’s representative swordsmen, known as the Azure Wave Twin Swords.

They were Jang Cheol-woo and Jongri-chu.

Like cows being dragged to a slaughterhouse, they reluctantly forced their heavy steps onto the ship.

Their expressions were as gloomy as mourners at a funeral.

In fact, the Hainan Sword Sect had to go through a tumultuous time regarding this trip to Muwi.

Due to Byeok Hwa-ryeong’s position as Deputy Sect Leader, someone had to accompany her.

But a problem arose.

No one volunteered to follow Byeok Hwa-ryeong.

Eventually, the matter was reported to the Sect Leader, Byeok Dae-gyeong, who designated Jang Cheol-woo and Jongri-chu as Byeok Hwa-ryeong’s escorts.

This was because they had experience escorting Byeok Hwa-ryeong before.

The two refused vehemently, their faces grim.

They even threatened to be expelled from the sect and tried to persuade their fellow disciples to give others a chance to experience the Central Plains, but nothing worked.

“Those traitors!”

“Wow! Look at them diligently turning their heads, trying not to make eye contact with us!”

Jang Cheol-woo and Jongri-chu inwardly cursed at the sight of their fellow disciples desperately avoiding them.

Regardless.

Flap.

The sail, filled with wind, began to move the ship.

The ship quickly gained speed and soon began to cut through the waves, disappearing beyond the horizon before long.

The Hainan Sect disciples silently guarded the harbor until the ship completely vanished.

How much time had passed?

“Did they leave?”

“Yeah.”

“They really left?”

The Hainan Sect disciples, who had been anxious that Bum Gye-wi and his wife might change their minds, burst into cheers.

“They left! They finally left!”

“Ahhh!”

The overwhelming joy soon turned into a wave of emotion that spread throughout the entire Hainan Sect.

Among those who hugged each other, sharing the emotion of the moment, were the elders and Byeok Hwa-ryeong’s brothers.

* * *

After arriving on land, Bum Gye-wi’s group began their journey to Muwi by land.

Bum Gye-wi and Byeok Hwa-ryeong walked side by side, whispering affectionately.

Behind them, Jang Cheol-woo and Jongri-chu followed at a distance with sullen expressions.

Behind those two, a man with his entire body bound by thick ropes trailed behind.

He was a survivor of the Demonic Sect who had infiltrated Hainan Island.

“Why did they bring that guy along?”

At Jongri-chu’s question, Jang Cheol-woo spat out the grass he had been chewing and retorted gruffly.

“How would I know?”

“Deputy Sect Leader’s idea?”

“No, Senior Bum’s.”

“Hmm, is he bait?”

“Bait? What bait?”

“Those Demonic Sect guys are notoriously ruthless. He probably figured they wouldn’t confess even if we interrogated them.”

“So?”

“So what? If that guy has some important information, someone will definitely show up. Either to kill him and silence him, or to rescue him.”

“What if no one shows up?”

“That means he’s worthless to them.”

“So, is that why they’re moving so slowly on purpose?”

The two glanced at Bum Gye-wi and Byeok Hwa-ryeong walking ahead and frowned.

The weather was getting hotter, but seeing the two of them stuck together and giggling made them inwardly resentful.

“Looks like they’re just enjoying their honeymoon?”

“I wish they would do that somewhere out of sight…….”

The two, disgusted by the sickening sight, could only blame their unfortunate fate.

How much time had passed?

“Ah! I got it!”

Jongri-chu, who had been silently walking, suddenly stopped and exclaimed.

Jongri-chu said to Jang Cheol-woo, who was looking at him questioningly.

“Remember that Dal-ja guy who attacked us last time?”

“That guy who was the Blood Cloud Corps Commander?”

“Yeah.”

“What about him?”

“Don’t you remember what he blurted out right before he died?”

“Ah!”

Only then did Jang Cheol-woo belatedly remember something.

“So that’s why they’re taking him.”

The two nodded, recalling the guy who had revealed everything like a sleepwalking patient.

No matter how strong one’s will might be, it was meaningless in the face of Dan Ak-seon’s acupuncture.

“Hope nothing goes wrong.”

“We can only hope so.”

The two glanced at the Demonic Sect member and began to walk again.

It was the eighth day of their journey by land.

Thump. Thump.

Jongri-chu and Jang Cheol-woo exerted superhuman patience to maintain their composure as the heavy vibrations shook the ground.

The area around Bokwoo Mountain, the border between Sichuan and Gansu, was suffering from an untimely earthquake.

The problem was that the epicenter of the earthquake was not naturally occurring.

“How can there not be one every other day?”

Jang Cheol-woo grumbled irritably, unable to bear it any longer.

Jongri-chu patted him on the shoulder.

“Hey, hey. Look over there.”

Jang Cheol-woo followed Jongri-chu’s hand pointing somewhere and chuckled.

A tiger was seen lumbering out of the forest.

It was a massive tiger, almost the size of a house, and it was clear at a glance that it was a divine creature.

But the tiger’s behavior was strange.

It stared silently into the forest, then shook its head once as if bored and disappeared in the opposite direction.

Tigers were creatures that strictly guarded their territory.

So much so that they were called the Mountain Lord.

Even the tiger couldn’t stand it and left, so how much worse would it be for other animals?

Sure enough.

Startled birds fluttered and flew from all over the forest, and monkeys screamed and scattered in all directions.

“What sin did they commit, and what sin did we commit?”

Jang Cheol-woo also shook his head at Jongri-chu’s complaint.

“It’s a disaster, a disaster.”

“There was a time when we wished for the Deputy Sect Leader’s happiness.”

“But not to this extent……. No, we didn’t want this kind of happiness.”

“Haa……. Should we just run away?”

The two looked at each other for a moment and sighed simultaneously.

“Wouldn’t work, would it?”

“Probably wouldn’t.”

It wasn’t that they hadn’t tried at all.

But the conclusion they had reached through this was that it was impossible to escape Bum Gye-wi’s senses.

It was then.

Jongri-chu, who had been preparing for camp while sighing deeply, paused and stared at one place.

Jang Cheol-woo also shifted the position of his sword scabbard and prepared to draw his sword at any moment.

How much time had passed?

They saw a man running towards them in a hurry.

As the distance between them decreased, the two men’s eyes flashed with surprise.

That was because the clothes the other person was wearing looked familiar.

It was clearly the uniform worn by the merchants belonging to the Shinma Merchant Guild who frequented the port.

The man who found the two waved his hand with a delighted expression.

“Huff, huff. I’ve been looking for you for a while.”

Jongri-chu asked the man who was panting and out of breath.

“What business does the Shinma Merchant Guild have with us?”

“Ah! There’s a message from Muwi, so I came to deliver it in person.”

Jang Cheol-woo tilted his head.

“How did you know we were here?”

“In case we missed each other, we’ve stationed people from nearby merchant guilds at every intersection. Haven’t you met anyone else?”

“No, you’re the first.”

“Whew. Anyway, I’m glad to see you like this.”

The man, taking out a letter from his pocket, approached without hesitation.

At that moment, Jongri-chu suddenly opened his mouth.

“Stop. Stay there.”

“Yes?”

The Shinma Merchant Guild merchant asked back with a puzzled expression, but Jang Cheol-woo was already rushing towards him.

In Jang Cheol-woo’s hand was the blue Cheonggang Sword.

Clang!

A cold metallic sound echoed in the air.

The merchant, who had knocked away Jang Cheol-woo’s sword with a dagger he had taken out from his sleeve, hurriedly retreated.

The friendly smile that he had shown was nowhere to be seen, and he had the expression of a fierce demon.

Jongri-chu sneered at the opponent.

“Did you think that clumsy act would work on us?”

The man who had been disguised as a Shinma Merchant Guild merchant gritted his teeth.

“How did you know?”

Jongri-chu and Jang Cheol-woo looked at each other and smiled bitterly.

How long had they been under Bum Gye-wi?

Both of them had improved their martial arts skills compared to the past.

They wouldn’t have known before, but now that their senses were heightened, they could easily feel the unique energy of the Demonic Arts that the other person was subtly emitting.

Pee-pee-peeing.

It was then that a sharp sound that tore through the air filled the area.

Jongri-chu and Jang Cheol-woo’s faces were filled with embarrassment at the sudden sound.

At first, they thought they were being targeted, but they weren’t.

The throwing stars in the form of shurikens were concentrated on the Demonic Sect’s henchman who was being taken to Muwi.

“Damn it!”

The two hurriedly flew into action.

Kaka-kakang!

They swung their swords to deflect the flying shurikens, but the real challenge was from then on.

That was because the attacker who had been disguised as a merchant was rushing towards the two of them.

Kaga-ga-gak.

The two swords and the dagger clashed violently.

Jongri-chu and Jang Cheol-woo became anxious.

The opponent’s martial arts skills themselves were not that great.

It was a level where they could be confident of winning within twenty moves if they fought properly.

But the situation was not easy.

Unlike themselves, who had to protect the hostage at all costs, the attackers were openly throwing weapons to kill the hostage.

Moreover, shaking off the opponent who was stubbornly sticking to them was not as easy as they thought.

As a result, they soon began to feel dizzy.

Woojigeun.

It was then that a person burst out as a nearby large tree exploded and shattered.

It was Bum Gye-wi.

“Senior Bum……!”

Jongri-chu, who had been delighted, froze on the spot as if he had turned to stone.

Jang Cheol-woo was the same.

Even the attackers who had been attacking the two and the hostage were wide-eyed.

Everyone was speechless in shock at the sight of Bum Gye-wi, who had burst out of the forest in perfect nudity, without a single thread on his body.

Peo-eok!

The heads of the men who had been attacking the hostage exploded like watermelons.

“……!”

Jang Cheol-woo and Jongri-chu, who belatedly came to their senses, rushed towards the man who had been disguised as a Shinma Merchant Guild merchant.

The opponent, as if he had given up everything at the appearance of Bum Gye-wi, did not resist.

He simply raised a bitter smile with his hand holding the dagger hanging down.

“Stop!”

Jongri-chu, who had realized something, grabbed the opponent’s chin.

But it was already after the opponent had bitten down on the poison hidden in his mouth.

Jureureuk.

The blood that flowed from his mouth stained his chin, but the attacker smiled palely.

“There’s not much time left…….”

Leaving behind incomprehensible words, the attacker trembled.

Then, he rolled his eyes back and died.

The two were frowning as they looked down at the attacker who had stopped breathing.

“Couldn’t you stop even one of them?”

The two flinched at the voice that suddenly came from behind them.

“I’ll see you guys later.”

“…….”

“…….”

Leaving behind those chilling words, Bum Gye-wi flew back into the forest.

How much time had passed?

Jongri-chu, who had glanced and confirmed that Bum Gye-wi had disappeared, unknowingly opened his mouth.

“What did I just see?”

Jang Cheol-woo was also unable to hide his bewilderment.

“Isn’t that a…… weapon?”

“He really has everything but hair.”

The two looked at each other for a moment and sighed deeply.

Muwi was now just around the corner.