Chapter 221 – 221. Difficult Treatment

It’s the first time I’ve heard of such a case. A parasitic monster.
Looking at it with Hwaan Geumjeong, they were parasitic to Danjeon and sucked up internal energy. If this is the case, the true spirit will deteriorate and the body will inevitably deteriorate quickly.

If they go through a recovery period over time, they will be restored to their original state, but if it gets worse here, their lives cannot be guaranteed.

“Why didn’t you request help from Jungwon? I’m not ignoring Haenam, but Jungwon has a much more advanced medical system. You could have left Haenam for a while and returned to Jungwon to receive treatment?”
“Look, Danju. We are not absolute adherents like you.”
“…”

Seonyu smiled bitterly. It was not a tone of criticism, but a tone of self-reproach.

“Even though Haenampa is a bit inferior to other Bangpas and Munpas, it is clearly a part of the old Bangpa, and it is not bad. But the absence of absolute adherence means a painful lack of strength. Even more so than you do.”
“However, it was not at a level that we could not cross if all Haenam crossed over despite the damage.”
“…Danju, have you ever encountered one of the marine monsters that looks like a Demon Racer?”

Oh A sigh broke out among us. Come to think of it, they were annoying and troublesome guys, but there were only a lot of them, and there was no individual that was presumed to be a horse racer.
The appearance of monsters due to the opening of the demonic world is an event that inevitably accompanies the demonic race. But it was obviously strange that we didn’t meet the guy who was supposed to be a horse racer.

Seonyu pointed out what we were missing and smiled bitterly.

“I can assure you, Danju, an absolute master, would have been able to kill him even if he fought in the sea. Even if he was beaten well, he was at the level of a hwagyeong play, and if he fought in the sea, he would be on par with the Great Yo-kai, but there is no comparison with a true absolute master. But we are is, not Haenam. We couldn’t drive a boat and pass through Daepalchoeo, who must have been a horse racer.”

Great octopus. To put it simply, it is a very large octopus. It’s just that it has twenty-four legs and is the size of a large ship, so it’s just a headache.

“Then, shouldn’t we just ask the absolute master for help? Just like we came here.”
“At first, I made a letter to do that. That’s probably what the Murim Meng received.”

She put the designated request we handed over next to her and said with a gloomy expression on her face.

“But by then, it was already too late. It was too late for me to notice as I only cared about the beach blocked by marine monsters. They were parasitized from the beginning. So all the Seoncheonjigi were sucked to death. They all starved to death.”

Her eyes were dry as if she had no more tears to shed as she calmly recounted the horrific story.

“The disciples of Haenam started with children who lacked internal energy and gradually died. They were unmanned, so they lasted a little longer. It’s the same as when the energy of the Danjeon runs out, it moves to the heart and the natural energy is faster. You guys, no matter how much Haenam is. Don’t you think it’s too quiet even for an island? That’s why. Look at our faces.”

Seonyu spread her arms from side to side and showed her own lamentable face. Uncharacteristically for a warrior, her limbs were bony and aged.
I doubted whether the sword wielded with that bony arm would be able to wield its own power, and I had no idea how long my skinny legs would last.

“Even I, a long-time scholar who must have been the most inexperienced in Haenam, is now in this state. Even if the absolute adherent comes, we will die of starvation on our way across the sea again to Jungwon.”
“Then what happened to the letter requesting rescue from the Moorim Maeng?”
“Probably, it was sent by one of my disciples who was afraid of waiting for death without even hope. It seems like it, but that’s what it is.”
“…Okay.”

Now everything makes sense.

‘So was it? The reason why everyone was looking dead.’

How did they feel as they watched one by one die of starvation from being sucked in by a parasitic monster? Just as sea water erases footprints by sweeping the sand on the beach, those who had to admit that only their traces remained to be erased were the same as those who sought death, claiming that there was no hope in the future.
After all the people died, they waited for their turn and watched the disciples from the alumni starvation beside them one by one. It wasn’t strange even if it was crazy.

“You guys, did you get enough supplies?”
“There is a space expansion pouch that Shin Ki-hwan has painstakingly made. There is plenty of food. Even if everyone in the Uicheondan eats this week to their heart’s content, there will be enough left over, so you don’t have to worry about that.”
“It’s fortunate. Seafood is all that’s left in Haenam right now… Whoa.”

A long sigh escaped Seonyu’s mouth. She spat out a complex mixture of her many negative emotions, still looking at her dead eyes.

“I’ll give you a room, so when you’re sufficiently tired, you can leave Haenam.”
“Still, we will try to deal with or cure the monster. We have enough food, so we will stay for a week, and if there is no progress during that time, we will return.”
“There’s no use trying to do that… No, do whatever you want.”

Seonyu accepted my proposal surprisingly coolly. It is just because of her youthful spirit, so it may be an adult’s consideration to see the reality of their despair and become aware of the reality.

***

The person who guided us was, surprisingly, a great disciple from Haenam. Like me, a person who has a relationship between the teacher and the teacher, who has heard all the criticism of the midfielder.
Master and I were at least absolute masters, so there weren’t many people to talk to in front of us, but Hwagyeong and the Priests of Transcendence were perfect targets for criticism. There was no feeling of sorry for making all of us end up in a pile of insults.

When we said we would be staying for a week, he frowned, but in the end he sighed and politely guided us.

The reason why a great disciple of one sect takes on the role of guiding guests is because they are the only ones with energy left.

It’s not that the other great disciples don’t have energy.
They are those who have already had a nail called despair driven deep in their hearts to the point that they want to give up their lives. Whether others come or not, they give up everything and just wait for death.

It was when the great disciple Hu Jin, who guided everyone to the guest room and guided me last, was about to turn around.

“Wait a minute, Hujin Dojo.”
“Do you have anything to say?”
“Will you be my companion for a moment?”
“…”

Momentary silence.

The trouble was short-lived.

“I don’t have the heart to eat anything because of the guy in my stomach, but if it’s just a companion, I’ll be there for a while.”
“Thank you.”

Entered the room with Hujin. They each picked up a chair and sat down, facing each other.

He asked me with a malty babble.

“What subject can we talk about?”

Even just by looking at it, it was Hujin who seemed prevalent with thoughts of going after hearing it with one ear and letting it go with the other. As the situation was the situation, there was nothing she couldn’t understand.
But what I wanted wasn’t to make him feel better, so I asked straight away.

“How about discussing a cure for that parasitic youkai?”
“…Did you intend to do this from the beginning?”

Recognizing that there is a membrane around the room, Hujin, who frowns, exhales a seething breath like a wounded beast.

It looked like it wanted to leave the seat right away, but it didn’t look like it had any intention of using force considering my inaction. Is it fortunate? My conscience was a little pricked when I used my strength against patients to subdue them.

“Tsk. They say that the recklessness of absolute adherents is no different from a natural disaster. Uicheon Danju, can I ask one thing?”
“As long as you listen to my request.”
“Why is it me?”

He was putting on the impression that he really didn’t like the situation.

“Isn’t it just a matter of taking someone from among the weak priests and sisters? Why is it me? Is it because I’m the guide?”
“That’s why I chose the backward dojo.”

That was simple.

“It’s because you had the strongest will to live.”
“What do you mean? I’m living because I can’t die.”
“Then why are you still alive?”
“…”

After being asked why he was still alive, Hu Jin’s expression twisted grotesquely. It was a face that did not know that he would hear such a sound in front of his face.

But I know that I have already seen the real one in the future. Because they longed for death, they left the survivors’ fence and died fighting the monsters. On the other hand, how strong is the will to live that he is still doing his job?

“If you want to give up everything like that, you can throw yourself out the window right now and stick your head to the ground. Nevertheless, he guides us and even becomes my conversation partner. It’s probably because the dojo’s lover, Jang Mun-in, passed away. I think it’s because I don’t want it to happen. I can do anything for my lover and teacher, so I can understand that feeling.”
“…What nonsense is that?”
“If you’re going to deny it, at least take your sword and kill Jang Moon-in and then commit suicide. If you kill him now, he will die horribly to a parasitic youkai, not immorality. Instead of being nourished, let him die as a soldier and as a human being. It’s filial piety.”
“…”

Hujin looks at me like a madman.

“Damn it. You got it wrong.”
“It’s nice to see you being honest.”

Soon after, it was Hujin who exposed his true feelings. He spoke half-heartedly, so I responded with half-words.
After glaring at me for a while, he asked me with a puzzled face, perhaps realizing that it was meaningless in the end.

“So? What are we going to discuss? A cure for parasitic youkai?”
“Right. I’ll have to try something.”
“We tried everything, but to no avail. When we tried to carefully pull the dantian out of the dantian, it went mad and died along with the host. Those who received acupuncture from the best doctor in Haenam also failed, and it was the same when they ate the inner dantian of the monster. At least, the dantian His Majesty coveted the Seoncheonji, and in the end, he became Moknae and died. In this situation, even though you are an absolute master, you, who are not even a doctor, know what you do.”
“That’s right. I’m not a doctor. My medical knowledge is only basic and I can only do simple treatments. But I’m also exceptional in unexpected areas.”

I learned a lot of stable color balls that can be performed only when yang and yin are harmonized.
When I was an academician, I had to study about him because I created a strange club saying that I would massage a ghost or a peculiar constitution.

If it was simply a treatment for injuries, my knowledge was that there was such a thing as infinitely humble and thin, but unexpected.

Startle.

Was it an ominous feeling? Seeing my twinkling eyes, Hu-jin trembled.

“So, what are you going to do?”
“Look at the back first.”

It may hurt a little, but I don’t have to say that. If you are rejected for a clinical trial, you will be bothered.