Doctor’s Rebirth - Chapter 192

The place Hwanggu guided them to was a cave.

The entrance was narrow and difficult to see from the outside, but as they approached, the opening became visible.

Woof! – Master, I smell roasting meat! It’s fragrant.

Entering the cave, they smelled burning firewood and roasting meat.

“Wow. Did you bring a tiger?”

Jin Cheonhee put down the tiger he was carrying on his back.

Thud-

“Would you like some tiger meat?”

“Oh, excellent. As expected of you, young hero. You have taste. Thanks to you, the red sorghum wine won’t be lonely.”

In front of the bonfire sat a tall woman.

Her hair, which had been cut short before, now reached her shoulders, and she laughed heartily.

Three Seasons Tiger Do Baekha.

Her body was still thin, almost to the point of emaciation, but she had gained more muscle than before, and her eyes were even more vivid.

Could it be the influence of the demonic skills and Taiji Fist she had learned?

Her gaze, which could be described as both dark and clear, was clearly not that of an ordinary person at first glance.

“You’ll still have tea, young hero? So I prepared some. Snow Flower Tea. Perfect for a day like today.”

Jin Cheonhee went to Do Baekha’s side and sat down across from her.

Glug glug glug-

Wine and tea were poured into cups simultaneously. The rising warm steam heated the cave pleasantly.

“A toast to meeting an old confidant after a long time.”

The wine cup and tea cup clinked together.

They both took a sip at the same time.

“You’ve been through a lot too, young hero. No, didn’t you ask me to call you little brother next time we met?”

At those words, Jin Cheonhee laughed heartily.

“Yes.”

“Right. I won’t refuse. I heard about the blood incident you experienced at Wudang. How did you manage to survive so well?”

“I was lucky.”

“Can that be done with luck? I heard you fixed Wudang’s formation, improved the sword formation, and defeated the jiangshi.”

She even knows that much.

Not only is the speed surprising, but it’s amazing how detailed her knowledge is.

“Well, this sister has many friends, you know.”

“Do you have friends in Wudang too?”

“I have friends, and friends of friends.”

I understand friends, but what does she mean by friends of friends?

Jin Cheonhee just smiled.

“Actually, I called you here because I wanted to see you after a long time, Sister.”

“If it was just wanting to see me, I don’t think you’d call me to this deserted mountain? A gourmet like you calling me to this mountain instead of a good inn must have a good reason.”

“Because walls have eyes and ceilings have ears. I thought a cave like this with no walls or ceiling might be better.”

At those words, the Three Seasons Tiger sensed something was amiss.

She narrowed her eyes and tried to pour another cup of red sorghum wine.

“I’ll pour it.”

Glug glug glug-

Jin Cheonhee took the bottle and poured the cup. Three Seasons Tiger said,

“Strange. Your pouring feels like offering a poisoned cup.”

“…”

Jin Cheonhee took a deep breath.

Then, finally sighing, he began to speak.

“I think I’ve found your younger sister.”

“…I see.”

She downed the alcohol in one go. The hot burn of the red sorghum wine seared from the tip of her tongue, down her throat, and into her stomach.

It was the same heat as usual, but this time it was different.

“But you called me for another reason, didn’t you?”

“Yes.”

Lord Golden Heavens.

The face revealed when half the mask broke was someone who looked very much like Do Baekha.

The sisters looked so alike that if they became lost on the street, you could grab them and return them to Do Baekha.

“She had a similar face with two moles under her eye.”

“Hmm. That’s my Eun alright.”

Jin Cheonhee explained in detail what had happened at Wudang.

The masked person in splendid robes he met there. Though their manner of speech was frivolous, their martial arts didn’t lose to Fist Emperor.

That means not only extraordinary martial arts but also at least four-star internal energy.

How much blood they must have shed to obtain that internal energy didn’t need to be said.

“They call themselves the Blood Immortal Sect. From what I’ve found out, that was their name.”

“…”

Three Seasons Tiger had finally uncovered the name of her mortal enemy entirely by her own power.

However, without showing any pride or despair, she just closed her eyes and sat there for a long time.

“So my sister Eun is Lord Golden Heavens. Lord Golden Heavens. Not just a lowly member of the Blood Immortal Sect, but an executive. She caused the blood incident at Wudang.”

The bonfire crackled as it consumed the firewood.

It was the sound of a person’s resentment burning.

“Even though I learned demonic skills, I can’t catch up. How interesting life is. Don’t you think so, little brother?”

The older sister spoke in a calm voice. But that slightly trembling voice was unmistakably the taste of despair.

Jin Cheonhee sipped his tea.

He knew that whatever he said now wouldn’t reach her.

Finally finding her sister’s whereabouts, even reaching out to demonic skills, uncovering the name of the kidnapper.

And. And…

The sister she had longed for so much was causing numerous blood calamities in an unreachable place.

A small groan escaped from deep within Three Seasons Tiger’s chest.

The kidnapped sister. Lord Golden Heavens.

This world was so strangely and filthily connected that nothing could be clearly delineated, whether on Earth or in the martial world.

‘A mind demon?’

But at some point, even that sound stopped.

She had endured the mind demon that surged for a moment with her own strength.

It was the obsession that had kept her alive until now.

The pride of one who called herself an ordinary person, taking one step at a time.

“I’m a ruffian. A wanderer.”

“I know.”

“My hands aren’t clean either. I’ve dipped my hands into the dark side while handling numerous matters in the martial world.”

“…”

Three Seasons Tiger spoke, containing the karma bubbling up.

“No matter what happens, I will catch my sister and pull her out of there.”

She opened her eyes.

What her pitch-black pupils contained was the bonfire in front of her.

The finely burning flames.

“I won’t seek atonement. I don’t expect my sister to do so either. She’ll probably resent me for life. Hate me. I’ll destroy her danjeon, and we’ll live as sisters in a secluded temple.”

“Will you be alright?”

“What wouldn’t be alright? It’s either save my sister or die trying. At least I’ve found her now.”

A deep resonance colored the cave. Three Seasons Tiger continued.

“It probably won’t be easy for me to defeat that child. Honestly, isn’t that right? I’ve just broken through one wall with demonic skills, but that child is comparable to the top ten masters in the world.”

Three Seasons Tiger looked up at the ceiling.

“Do you despise me for this?”

“Not at all.”

“Hahaha… Thank you. I was worried because the wine you gave me somehow tasted like blood. How is it that bad omens never fail to come true?”

She spoke calmly, without shedding a single tear.

“Didn’t I say before? There are people like the Blood Bat King or Azure Dragon Sword in this world, but there are also people like sand or wild grass like me. That thought hasn’t changed. But…”

Three Seasons Tiger paused briefly in terrible pain.

Eventually, she took several deep breaths again.

“…I have no intention of stopping here.”

“I understand. If that’s your decision, Sister, this little brother will do what he can too.”

Jin Cheonhee nodded and then placed something in front of her.

It was a pitch-black flower.

Surprisingly, its roots were so white they seemed transparent.

The fragrance wafting from it was extraordinary.

It was clearly no ordinary item at first glance.

“This is the Black and White Life Herb.”

Black and White Life Herb!

Three Seasons Tiger’s eyes widened.

It was a spirit herb that contained both yin and yang energy simultaneously, one of the most renowned spiritual medicines in the martial world.

“Why this…”

“I think it would be good for you to take it, Sister. Since it contains both yin and yang energy, you should be able to consume it by circulating your internal energy as you do with Taiji Fist.”

“…”

Three Seasons Tiger couldn’t answer. Nor could she easily place her hand on the spirit herb.

Jin Cheonhee smiled softly.

“It will be a long journey. I hope you’ll think of it as your little sister’s goodwill.”

“…No, goodwill is one thing, but I’ve never seen someone bring a Black and White Life Herb and call it goodwill. No, and you know that even if I eat this precious thing, I have no chance against that child.”

At those words, Jin Cheonhee also sighed.

“What can we do? Still, dying in two strikes instead of one is a profitable business, isn’t it?”

“Hehehehehe! My goodness. I’ve never seen an eccentric like you, little brother, in all my life.”

Eventually, she seemed to make up her mind and picked up the Black and White Life Herb.

“I will definitely pull my sister out of there. And even if I have to live a lifetime hearing her hatred and resentment, I will live together with her.”

“…This little brother just wishes for your happiness, Sister.”

“That seems difficult.”

Three Seasons Tiger felt like her bones were burning.

The flames that bloomed in every joint penetrated her marrow and burned her soul.

So what of it?

A life lived like grass and trees anyway.

She wanted to see it through to the end.

“I will definitely meet Eun.”

Even if what awaited at that end was hell.

At least, as an older sister, couldn’t she hold hands with that child so she wouldn’t be lonely?

‘If we’re going to hell anyway, two is better than one, right? Isn’t that so, Eun?’

Even going together on that hell path required qualification.

To embrace her blood-soaked sister

Crunch.

The older sister swallowed the spirit herb just like that.

Jin Cheonhee stood guard over such a Three Seasons Tiger.

In the deserted mountain.

In the bone-chilling cold, only the sound of the bonfire was vivid.