Episode 329
The Darkness Returns (4)
“How do you feel?”
“yes?”
Mukbi asked with a smile.
“Uiseongak medical students. “Wasn’t it inconvenient to handle?”
Ki Woo-hee also smiled.
“yes. “They treat me much more comfortably than I expected.”
Zhuge Munho gathered the lawmakers who would work at Uiseongak, focusing on character and sincerity.
If the Murim League had immediately needed qualified lawmakers, such appointments would have been impossible. Zhuge Liang believed that the growth of Uiseongak depended on the sincerity and uprightness of the members, and he had no doubt that Ki Woo-hee would serve as a stepping stone for that growth.
Moreover, most of them did not have formal education due to lack of connections, so they studied and gained experience on their own.
Of course, there is no needless conceit or pride like the Uisinhoe that boasts that Jungwon’s medical technology is the best. Even though Ki Woo-hee was from the western region, he was a person with little prejudice regarding his skills or personality.
“Handling people won’t be easy.”
“It really is. Even though they are such good people, they have a lot of worries. Now that I think about it, the Mortal Army soldiers follow Director Mook very well, right?”
Mukbi smiled sheepishly.
“It started well. The practitioner had a good grasp of it from the beginning. “It’s not because I did well, but because the trainee built a good relationship from the beginning.”
“okay.”
Ki Woo-hee’s smile became a little awkward.
Mukbi stood up from his seat.
“I’m going to go to the base for a while. “Please rest comfortably.”
“Ah yes!”
Just like that, Mukbi left the room.
Ki Woo-hee, who was left alone, sighed softly.
‘Kiteungja.’
For her, Yeon Ho-jeong was bound to be special.
There is no personal relationship, and we did not meet between a clinician and a patient. However, Yeon Ho-jeong saw right away Ki Woo-hee’s identity and forced her to make a choice.
Yes. It was a compulsion. However, the problem was that it came at a very opportune moment.
So Ki Woo-hee was thankful to Yeon Ho-jeong. To put it in a bad way, it was because he betrayed his father, but in a good way, it allowed him to pursue the greater good.
In any case, a person named Yeon Ho-jeong had a great influence on Ki Woo-hee’s life.
Ki Woo-hee let out a soft sigh.
‘What kind of life has he led?’
A few days ago, she was able to fully feel Yeon Ho-jeong’s emotions through the difficult-to-explain ability called spiritual eyes.
Anger like an active volcano, sadness reminiscent of a dark deep sea, worries that have not faded, etc.
It was a list of all the emotions a person can have. Emotions that could not be combined were all tightly packed together in a person’s chest, turning into an explosive ready to explode, and he was only breathing heavily.
‘I’ve seen many people’s emotions, but I’ve never seen such rich emotions. He is a person who has experienced the extremes of all emotions that humans can feel.’
Spiritual eyes can feel people’s emotions and distinguish between truth and lies.
But you can’t read thoughts. This was the reason why Ki Woo-hee did not know Yeon Ho-jeong’s identity or his past.
It was a time when Ki Woo-hee was lost in thought for a while.
thud. thud.
Someone knocked on the door.
Ki Woo-hee was not embarrassed. This was because I already knew whose popularity it was.
“Come on in.”
The door opened and Yeon Ho-jeong entered.
Ki Woo-hee tried to smile.
“What happened… gasp!”
She jumped up.
“Commander Yeon. “Are you hurt badly?”
Even if there is nothing wrong on the outside, you can tell if there is an internal injury at a glance. It was indeed a great skill.
Yeon Ho-jeong shook his head.
“It’s no big deal. “It will get better on its own in a few days.”
“But that’s not it. Please sit here for now. For an accurate diagnosis, let’s start with Mac…”
“I didn’t come here to get treatment.”
“But sit down!”
It was an uncharacteristically strong voice.
Yeon Ho-jeong, who was watching Ki Woo-hee quietly, sat down on a chair without saying a word.
“I’ll take a moment to check your pulse.”
There is no pulse in the medical techniques of the western region. It was clear just by looking at him that he had learned both the central and western medical techniques without any bias.
Ki Woo-hee caught Yeon Ho-jeong’s pulse.
‘…!’
As soon as she felt her pulse, what surprised her was Yeon Ho-jeong’s powerful blood flow.
The flow of blood circulating through the blood vessels is very powerful and powerful. I have never seen such a powerful pulsation before.
‘It really is amazing.’
Although his energy was low, his body was in extremely healthy condition.
Either he was born with an excellent body or, if not, it was due to training and incredible power that could transform even his natural body.
Whatever it was, it was an extraordinary body. Ki Woo-hee took over his surprise and focused on his pulse.
After a while.
“It’s just as you said, Commander Yeon. I suffered quite deep internal injuries, but it improved significantly within a few days. Even if you leave it like this, natural healing will be possible.”
“That’s right.”
“Still, there is a doctor who will take care of your body, so there is no need to endure any inconvenience.”
Ki Woo-hee took out a needle case from his arms.
“I’ll make the energy flow a little more smoothly. “It will cut your recovery time in half.”
Yeon Ho-jeong shook his head.
“It’s really okay.”
“Commander Yeon.”
“I said I didn’t come for treatment. “Put the needle in the needle.”
Having said this, it is also ambiguous to recommend treatment.
In the end, Ki Woo-hee put the needle box back in his arms.
Yeon Ho-jeong asked.
“How are the kids?”
“yes?”
“The Uiseongak kids. “Isn’t this your first time having so many people under your command?”
Ki Woo-hee said with an awkward expression.
“This is my first time. But everyone is good, so it’s okay.”
“I heard your skills are below average.”
“Honestly, it’s not at a good level. So, the textbook work is in full swing. “So that you can see and learn for yourself.”
“okay.”
You probably didn’t come here to ask this. In other words, it was a greeting before getting into the main topic.
And Ki Woo-hee’s judgment was accurate.
“A few days ago, I captured the Twelve Warlords of the Shinhwa Church.”
“…!!”
“know? “What kind of people are the eighteen warlords?”
Ki Woo-hee swallowed his saliva.
‘It’s that time.’
It must have happened early in the morning when she felt Yeon Ho-jeong’s emotions with her spiritual eyes.
“Before he died, he spewed out some information. “There were quite a few things I didn’t know.”
Ki Woo-hee swallowed again and asked.
“Do you believe what he says is true?”
“Yes.”
“Why? The rank of eighteen warriors is not something that can be achieved simply by being strong in martial arts. “If you do not have absolute faith in the religion, you will not be able to obtain the position of military commander no matter how excellent your martial arts skills are.”
“Still, I think it’s true.”
Yeon Ho-jeong’s eyes became dull.
“It was a torture that I couldn’t withstand, even worse than that. “The probability that it is false is extremely low.”
“…!!”
Ki Woo-hee’s complexion turned pale.
Is it because I felt Yeon Ho-jeong’s emotions once? Even though I couldn’t see it with my eyes, I could imagine how terrible and terrible the torture he must have been.
“The important thing is this. I am a person who is quite familiar with evil religion. But I don’t have that much knowledge about the Shinhwa Church or the Gwanghyeol Church.”
Yeon Ho-jeong lowered his upper body and clasped his hands.
Just with that slow movement, it felt like the atmosphere had changed. A darker and heavier atmosphere tightened around Ki Woo-hee’s neck.
“Originally I wasn’t going to ask you any more questions. “From what I heard before, it seemed like you didn’t know much, and I heard everything there was to hear, so even if you had something to hide, I thought it would be better to wait for you to say it with your own mouth.”
“….”
“Is there one thing you didn’t tell me?”
“yes?”
“Mythological bloodline.”
“…!”
“I haven’t heard anything about your siblings except you. Furthermore, I have not heard in detail what kind of person the Shinhwa cult leader is and why you are suffering because of your blood.”
“…Is this important?”
“okay.”
“Can I find out which parts are important?”
“I had some idea when I caught a guy named Jamyeong Ilho before. And this time, I was confident when I caught the Twelve Commanders. “The Shinhwa Church is trying to take over the imperial palace and government offices.”
Ki Woo-hee’s eyes wavered.
Yeon Ho-jeong continued speaking in a monotonous tone.
“But no matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t understand it. One of the reasons why an empire that lost its power was able to maintain itself until now is blood legitimacy. “No matter how corrupt they are, they are not easy enough to be taken over by people from the western regions.”
“To that extent… those in power may be corrupt.”
“My thoughts are a little different. If the people in power in the empire were that corrupt, the empire should have collapsed long ago. “It means that we are fighting beyond the line.”
“….”
“A line that cannot be crossed even if one lives as a traitor. Both white and black have their own lines. So what is the line of the politicians who run the country?”
“…It’s orthodoxy.”
“There are probably many things. But the biggest thing among them is, as you said, authenticity.”
Yeon Ho-jeong’s eyes lit up.
“Whether you are bribed or oppressed by force, there must be a minimum of legitimacy. And the greatest legitimacy of imperial politics is blood legitimacy.”
“….”
“say it. “How is the Xinhua cult connected to the empire in the central plains?”
Ki Woo-hee, who was looking at Yeon Ho-jeong, sighed in frustration.
“Commander Yeon is really sharp.”
“….”
“that’s right. I didn’t tell you all the information about Shinhwaism. To be exact, I wasn’t even thinking about telling you. “I also forgot about it.”
Yeon Ho-jeong smiled coldly.
“Recall the memories you had forgotten. And tell me that.”
* * *
“what?!”
Dong-gak’s eyes widened as if they were torn.
“The Twelve Commanders haven’t arrived yet?”
“That’s right.”
The old man swallowed.
“If you have the skills of the Twelve Commanders, you should have already overcome the barrier and reached the opening. “But he hasn’t been seen yet.”
Dong-gak’s face distorted.
“What on earth happened…?!”
Gyukjeok is a thorough person.
Regardless of his skills, he is a person who is certain about getting things done. He wasn’t the type of person to evaporate like this without saying anything.
then?
“Could it be that you were harmed by someone?!”
The old man unconsciously refrained from saying that it couldn’t be possible.
‘I don’t know.’
This place is close to the Murim Alliance. And the Murim Alliance is like a sacred place for the Baekdo Murim people. This means that it is a place where many experts come and go.
It is not strange no matter when and where something happens. There may not be many masters who can catch as many as twelve warriors without even realizing it, but it is still something you never know.
“I have one suspicion.”
“Something?”
“I saw it on my way back and there were signs of a forest fire not far from here. “After a brief investigation, there were many people saying that the fire was caused by lightning or that it was a bonfire started by an unknown traveler.”
Dong-gak’s eyes grew cold.
“fire?”
Shinhwa religion worships fire.
Naturally, Shinhwa believers also learned Yeoyanggong. Among them, the Eighteen Armed Forces learn the highest level of Yeoyanggong.
It is not difficult to start a forest fire if you put your mind to it. The problem is why the Twelve Commanders started the forest fire.
“Are there any signs of a fight?”
“I didn’t recognize it until then.”
“Go and find out right now. “If by any chance we find traces of someone fighting…”
Dong-gak gritted his teeth. He rather hoped there were signs of a fight.
If Gyukjeok evaporated without saying a word, the higher-ups would not leave him alone as the last witness.
“At that time, report it to the higher-ups. A higher-ranking military officer must be summoned.”
