Doctor’s Rebirth - Chapter 195

Jin Cheonhee first received the spiritual pills made by his master and the Medicinal Herbs Hall Master Man Pagok.

He chose two pills for himself before sending the rest to his siblings.

One was the Taiqing Sacred Pill.

It was given to Jin Cheonhee by the Wudang Fist Emperor.

‘I wonder if Cheon-woo took it well?’

He had given one of the two to Cheon-woo.

He decided to consume the remaining one himself.

This would please the Wudang Sect as well.

That’s how people’s hearts work.

It’s not that they don’t care after giving a gift.

If the birthday gift you gave today appears on Carrot Market^[1] tomorrow, it’s only natural to feel bad.

‘I should practice social skills too.’

Being a surgeon isn’t something you can do well alone.

It’s about saving lives together with numerous staff members, be it nurses, anesthesiologists, or consultants.

This habit of considering others bit by bit had remained for a long time.

He didn’t forget to send a letter stating that he had made good use of the Taiqing Sacred Pill, along with a White Dragon Divine Pill as a return gift.

“Young Master, don’t you find it bothersome?”

“Bothersome? These things always come full circle, Yoo Ho.”

“No, I mean, it’s the first time I’ve seen someone send a spiritual pill they made as a return gift for receiving a Taiqing Sacred Pill from the Wudang Sect. Of course, the White Dragon Divine Pill is inferior to the Taiqing Sacred Pill, but still.”

“Inferior! The White Dragon Divine Pill is for medical use in the first place!”

“Medical use or not, if it doesn’t rapidly increase internal energy, martial artists undervalue it, you know? They’re people who dream of becoming the world’s greatest master rather than living long, what do you expect?”

“That’s too harsh, Yoo Ho. I didn’t expect you to disparage the White Dragon Divine Pill we made together like our child.”

At Jin Cheonhee’s words, Yoo Ho briefly looked at him with an expression that said he wanted to kill him.

Young Master Jin responded to his assistant’s gaze with a warm smile.

“Let’s work hard and have a second child.”

Streptomycin.

The assistant wondered if there would ever be an end to this labor.

And for 3 seconds, he thought of hundreds of ways to kill Young Master Jin.

“If I just break that neck half the size of my palm, this labor would end…”

“Thanks to Yoo Ho, my external strength increases every day. Hahaha.”

Jin Cheonhee finished writing the letter and sealed it.

Usually in martial arts novels, when one eats such a spiritual pill, there’s a scene where they greatly express gratitude for the opportunity and rush towards a bigger enemy.

Originally, an ordinary martial artist would have no way to repay this.

Defeating the benefactor’s archenemy would be the best repayment.

But Jin Cheonhee was different.

‘It’s not like I can’t make White Dragon Divine Pills. There’s no need to be stingy.’

This was possible because he was a doctor.

In an era where swords reign, medicine for internal injuries has considerable value.

Moreover, this wasn’t the mass-produced version with lowered costs that Jin Cheonhee usually made, but a prototype version of the White Dragon Divine Pill that ignored cost-effectiveness and extracted only the medicinal properties. From the Wudang Sect’s perspective, this would be a very welcome return gift.

For the remaining one, he chose the one containing the most metal qi.

In the past, he had eaten White Ginseng with the spiritual beasts and filled the wood qi among the five elements, but he had never fully filled the metal qi.

Originally, spirit herbs containing earth qi, wood qi, or fire qi were relatively easy to find. However, among the level of spiritual medicines Jin Cheonhee wanted, those containing metal were even rarer.

It’s only natural that as one grows rapidly through spiritual medicine, weaknesses also emerge.

Jin Cheonhee’s chronic problem was that among the five elements, only metal qi was particularly lacking.

Yet, metal was also what he used excessively when fighting.

This was because it had good compatibility with the lightning qi used by Noe-jin.

‘Finally, I’m going to resolve that.’

In front of Jin Cheonhee was the Black Iron Spiritual Pill made jointly by his master and the Medicinal Herbs Hall Master.

The Black Iron Mushroom grows in gold mine areas, specifically in the deepest parts of the earth veins, and is saturated with metal qi to the extreme.

However, its drawback is that it only contains metal qi and nothing else, making it selective about constitution, person, and martial arts.

Moreover, since gold mine areas are constantly frequented by miners, it was naturally difficult for these mushrooms to grow.

To harvest this mushroom, one needs to know the location of future gold mines.

‘Master, your unworthy disciple has bought up all those mountains with his pocket money.’

It would be more accurate to call them silver mines as they contain more silver than gold, but they are still sufficiently profitable.

However, if he suddenly shouted, “A silver mine has been discovered!” now, the Demonic Cult’s finance department might swarm in like bees, so he plans to develop it with Wangya Ju at an appropriate time.

“Hehehehe…!”

Jin Cheonhee picked up the Black Iron Spiritual Pill with an evil smile.

The pitch-black spiritual pill was studded with gold dust like stars.

“After eating this, I’ll create a proper fusion technique with Noe-jin.”

Woof! Woof woof!

“No, no. We can’t leave out Hwanggu. I’ll create a fusion technique with Hwanggu too.”

Now they understand each other perfectly.

Only then did Hwanggu seem to feel better, wagging its tail.

Gone was the chubby, round body; now Hwanggu had a fairly muscular physique.

Watching the series of processes where the body is completed as internal energy accumulates and martial arts are mastered, it’s no different from humans.

Still, the plump body amidst the majestic appearance is cute.

Jin Cheonhee pulled Hwanggu’s cheeks and then immediately swallowed the Black Iron Spiritual Pill.

Taking a deep breath, he began to accept the metal qi.

The metal qi spread throughout his body.

If left alone, it would either cause problems through qi deviation or scatter the medicinal effects.

The internal energy that started from the danjeon began to circulate throughout the body.

‘This is called the Greater Heavenly Circulation in qi circulation when it makes one round like this and returns to the danjeon.’

But not only for qi circulation, this Greater Heavenly Circulation is also used to dissolve the spiritual pill in the body, extract its medicinal properties, and absorb them.

The flow created in this way becomes a current, swirling around the body, swallowing the energy of the Black Iron Spiritual Pill, and continuously advancing.

Originally, metal qi was always lacking among the Five Elements True Qi, but as it combined, the power of the five elements began to balance completely.

A different, heavier circulation began along the danjeon.

Not fast, but stable and correspondingly massive circulation.

No, rather because it was slow, qi began to circulate sufficiently along the meridians.

In the infinite circulation.

‘This is…’

Jin Cheonhee felt a massive flow.

As if his body wasn’t his own, an uncontrollable massive river flows nobly inside him, swallowing and purifying many things.

‘River… no. Is this a microcosm…’

The flow and consciousness gradually become one.

For a moment, the teachings of the five elements and yin-yang begin to arise. But even that was swept away by the river.

As he enters a moment of unity between self and object, he begins to feel as if his body is changing somehow.

However.

Something is lacking.

At that moment of unity between self and object, he felt something lacking, which gradually grew larger.

It was a wall.

‘Ah. I see.’

That is the wall of the realm.

Only by crossing that can one truly ascend to the realm of Transformation.

At that moment, Jin Cheonhee snapped out of his immersion and came to his senses. His whole body was full of vitality.

His internal energy had also increased rapidly, and he could tell that the Five Elements True Qi was harmoniously balanced.

Regrettably, he couldn’t cross the wall.

Still, having faced that wall, he would be able to overcome it someday.

When he opened his eyes, his whole body was covered in pitch-black waste.

“You’ll soon reach the Transformation Realm.”

“Master, have you been standing guard all this time?”

“What guard is needed in this White Dragon Medical Pavilion? I merely watched over my disciple’s growth.”

When did he arrive?

Zhuge Rin was looking at his disciple, Jin Cheonhee, with warm eyes.

“Though I should raise you like a weed, the desire to raise you like an orchid always torments this master.”

He was agonizing.

He felt torn between himself as a master and himself as family.

Zhuge Rin knows too.

That whenever Jin Cheonhee grows, it’s always after seeing something bigger from afar.

The process of growth where the body becomes ragged, the mind reaches its limit, and through clashing, breaking, and recovering again.

Master Fist Emperor said that a proper master should watch over and cheer for this.

But Zhuge Rin wished for his first disciple to always be safe in his embrace.

At the same time, as a master, he wanted his disciple to grow.

Did he read his complex feelings?

Jin Cheonhee said,

“Thank you, Master.”

He was a strange child.

Whenever Zhuge Rin agonized like this, he would effortlessly adjust the distance.

Whether he would approach or move away varied each time, but he had never once made him upset.

“I look forward to when you cross the wall of the Transformation Realm.”

Zhuge Rin spoke as a master with complex emotions.

And Jin Cheonhee responded to such a Zhuge Rin with the words of a disciple.

“I will definitely reach it.”

That appearance made him worry again, feeling the urge to confine him for another year or two.

Zhuge Rin forcibly suppressed his feelings.

“Yes. You must strive forward.”

“Yes. And I need to take a bath. The smell is too strong.”

Jin Cheonhee exaggeratedly sniffed his sleeve.

“Hahaha. Yes. I should tell Yoo Ho to prepare bath water.”

Might as well brag about my disciple to the Medical Protection Guild.

Even this agony is futile in the face of disciple bragging.

“Is there anything you want to eat?”

“Hmm. Anything is fine.”

I should pass down delicious things too. Zhuge Rin rolled up his sleeves.

“I’ll prepare some medicinal cuisine, so hurry and wash up.”

***

That day, Zhuge Rin picked up a kitchen knife after a long time.

His skill of deboning a cow with sword qi had truly reached a divine level.

The Realm of the Mind Sword.

Using such a realm merely to prepare a meal for his disciple was a crazy act rare in martial arts history, but the cooks of the White Dragon Medical Pavilion had given up thinking about it.

‘As long as the Pavilion Master is happy.’

Compared to the old days of the White Dragon Medical Pavilion before Little White Dragon came, this was heaven.

Jin Cheonhee, who had finished bathing, happily ate the medicinal cuisine made by his master.

And while at it, he discussed with his master about improving kitchen utensils to enhance the taste.

Cooking, in a way, can be considered chemistry created by heat.

Humans discovered fire and learned cooking.

Cooking, after all, began with capturing living beings and applying heat to aid digestion and absorption.

Depending on what chemical reactions are induced here, the flavor and taste change.

Heat can be applied greatly, or not used at all, like in raw meat dishes.

Either way, if one can freely use heat, the range of cooking expands.

‘If we could just increase the firepower a bit, it seems we could add more menu items…’

Zhuge Rin gladly listened to Jin Cheonhee’s various ideas.

Jin Cheonhee also greatly enjoyed such conversations with Zhuge Rin.

His internal energy was now at the three-star level. He had mastered the Flicking Heaven-Penetrating Finger to a five-star level.

Direct shot, spinning shot, consecutive shot, shattering shot, explosive shot.

All were evenly mastered.

The two realized it was time to start moving to the Martial Righteous Alliance.