The World's Greatest Troublemaker

Chapter 54

"Demon Dragon Body?"

The physicians from the Divine Physician Valley let out a hollow laugh and then raised their voices.

"Where are you getting this nonsense? I have read countless medical books and texts, but this is the first time I have heard the words 'Demon Dragon Body'."

"Do you know everything in the world?"

Pyon Juksu retorted naturally and then asked back.

"And what's so dangerous about taking a pulse that you're opposing it?"

"How do we know what this person will do while taking the pulse? That's why we're watching those we suspect like this."

To say he was suspicious right to his face. No matter how great the Divine Physician Valley was, it was a considerable rudeness. Besides, they prevented him from taking the pulse at all. They blocked the way in front of the old lady and pushed Mok Wigun away. As if they were preventing him from harming the old lady.

Mok Wigun was dumbfounded. He was just trying to take her pulse, but for them to come out like this. He was thinking about whether he should grab those two's ears and teach them a lesson, but the head maid's eyes widened and she said firmly.

"What is this in front of the madam?"

"It's not that, we're just trying to ensure the madam's safety..."

The people from the Divine Physician Valley tried to make excuses, but the head maid cut them off and said strictly.

"Do such people raise their voices and cause a commotion in front of a sick person? Everyone, get out!"

Mok Wigun and Pyon Juksu were also unexpectedly led outside. The head maid followed them out, confirmed that the people from the Divine Physician Valley had left, and then said.

"I'm sorry. This happened unintentionally. I will sort out the situation and bring you back, so would you please wait?"

"What can we do? More than that, I'm worried that the patient was not startled by the commotion."

"Exactly. How can those who call themselves physicians act like that?"

The head maid glared at the place where the people from the Divine Physician Valley had disappeared for a moment and then called a person nearby.

"You, guide these people to a place to rest."

"Yes. This way, please."

The head maid confirmed that Pyon Juksu and Mok Wigun were leaving and then went back into the room.

"Madam. Are you alright?"

"I'm fine."

The old lady said as she sat up. The head maid quickly supported her.

"You must get well soon."

"Does a person's life go as one wishes? Open the window a little. It's stuffy."

The old lady had been active. But to be confined inside like this, she couldn't help but feel stuffy. It was obvious that she wanted to go outside, even for a moment. But her illness could worsen in the cold wind, so that was impossible. After thinking for a moment, the head maid asked cautiously.

"Daoist Master Chongun is here at the magistrate's request. Would you like to see him?"

She had asked in the hope that it would be a change of pace, as only physicians had been coming and going. The old lady seemed to be interested in the words 'Daoist Master Chongun'.

"You mean the Daoist priest of Wudang. Yes. Bring him here."

After some time, Daoist Master Chongun arrived. The old lady greeted him while only sitting up.

"Please forgive my rudeness as my body is not well."

"Would a Daoist wish for such a thing? Please be comfortable."

Daoist Master Chongun had just been talking with the magistrate. He had been asked to take a look at his mother's condition.

"What would I know? I don't know much about medicine."

"Would the magistrate have called you, Daoist Master, expecting you to know medicine? He must have called you in the hope that you could be of help in some other way."

The head maid said cautiously.

In fact, martial artists know a certain amount about medicine. Because injuries are a common occurrence. Chongun also had quite a bit of knowledge. The old lady, who knew that, said with a smile.

"If you, Daoist Master, say you have no knowledge of medicine, who can say they know medicine? I have heard of your fame and know it well."

"That is an undeserved compliment."

Daoist Master Chongun had originally intended to refuse appropriately, but his thoughts changed after talking with the Chang'an magistrate. How could he pretend not to know the devoted heart that thought of his mother?

"Then I will take your pulse once."

Daoist Master Chongun examined the old lady's condition.

"Hmm..."

He did not open his mouth easily and took her pulse for a long time before removing his hand.

"How is it?"

"From what I have examined, it seems that a cold energy is causing the problem."

"Do you perhaps also know the reason?"

The old lady asked with expectation, but Daoist Master Chongun shook his head.

"I don't know that well, so it's difficult for me to say anything. To say more here would be a disservice."

"I see."

The old lady's tone was one of disappointment.

"I am sorry that I could not be of help."

"It's alright. I didn't call you as a physician in the first place."

The old lady smiled and changed the subject.

"How are things outside these days? I'm only in my room, so I don't know what's going on in the world at all."

Daoist Master Chongun told her various stories she was curious about. Sometimes he talked about the Tao Te Ching, and sometimes he talked about the world. But after talking for a long time, he asked a question cautiously.

"Have you ever learned martial arts?"

"Is it that obvious? The physicians didn't seem to know."

At the old lady's words, Daoist Master Chongun nodded as if he had known it.

"No. I was also half-convinced."

As he examined her, there was a slightly strange part. He felt a characteristic that appears in people who have learned martial arts. But it was to the point where it was hard to notice. So he had asked just in case. He said that.

"As expected, you are different, Daoist Master. The physicians here are all fools. They only know how to put on airs without any skill. Tsk, tsk."

The old lady, clicking her tongue and shaking her head from side to side. If it were up to her original feisty personality, she would have cursed, but she was sick and in front of a Daoist priest, so she was holding back a lot.

"I also barely noticed. It's difficult for physicians to know. They are also doing their best in their own way."

The old lady thought that Daoist Master Chongun was trying too hard to say only good things. But then something came to mind.

"Do you perhaps know of the Demon Dragon Body?"

"No. Where did you hear that?"

Daoist Master Chongun asked in surprise.

"Oh. You seem to know."

"I have heard that it is a constitution born with a very special talent."

"I see. So it really exists."

The old lady's expression became a little serious. She was about to ask something more, but the door opened and a decoction was brought in.

"Madam. It is time to take your decoction."

At that, Daoist Master Chongun stood up from his seat. The old lady was in a state where her body was not well, so someone had to feed her the decoction. It was not a good sight for others to see. He couldn't just watch from the side.

"I think I should be going now."

"Please come often and say some good words. I'm bored because I have no one to talk to."

"I understand. I will visit often while I am in Chang'an."

As Daoist Master Chongun left, a maid came with the decoction. The old lady frowned at the foul smell.

"Do I have to drink that bitter thing that has no effect again?"

"Madam. Still, you have to drink it consistently for it to have an effect."

"What effect? They don't even know more than the martial artist, Daoist Master Chongun."

She thought for a moment and then gave an order.

"Put down the decoction. And bring that Physician Pyon from earlier. Along with the person who came with him."

When the old lady gave the order, the maids moved immediately without a word. After a while, Pyon Juksu and Mok Wigun came into the room again.

But somehow, the two physicians from the Divine Physician Valley who had come earlier also came in. Seeing that, the old lady said.

"You two, get out."

"Madam. Still, we should watch..."

The old lady's expression hardened.

"Are you going to make me say it twice?"

It wasn't a loud voice, but it was a stern and cold one. The two physicians hesitated for a moment and then finally went out.

"Come closer."

She looked at Pyon Juksu and Mok Wigun and said with a smile.

"You're both young and handsome, so the room seems to brighten up. How did you accumulate such medical skills at such a young age?"

"There's a bit of a story."

Mok Wigun said vaguely.

"Yes. There are many strange things in the world. Go ahead and take my pulse."

Mok Wigun held the old lady's wrist and began to take her pulse. And he performed his own unique diagnostic method, which he had developed through countless treatments and research.

'The cold energy is the cause.'

The old lady's illness was caused by cold energy clumping in various parts of her body, obstructing the flow of qi. That's why the symptom of her body gradually stiffening was appearing.

Mok Wigun examined her more intently than ever before. It was because a person's life was at stake, and the symptoms were unusual. Mok Wigun, who had been examining her for a long time, opened his mouth.

"Have you taken any special elixirs in the past few years?"

"Elixirs? I've never taken anything like that. I was quite healthy."

Hearing the answer, Mok Wigun asked again.

"Have you perhaps learned martial arts?"

"No, how do you know that?"

Daoist Master Chongun had said he had barely noticed. But for this young physician to guess it. It was a surprising thing.

"If I can't know that even after examining a patient, how can I treat the illness?"

"You're better than those guys who just put on airs in good clothes."

Mok Wigun thought she was an interesting grandmother. Her foul mouth showed that she was no ordinary person.

"Then is the martial art you learned perhaps from the North Sea Ice Palace?"

The old lady was truly surprised. She was so startled that she just widened her eyes and couldn't even speak.

"How did you know that? I haven't told anyone."

As the old lady said that, she looked around and then dismissed the people. In the room, only Mok Wigun, Pyon Juksu, the old lady, and the head maid remained.

"Can I hear how you knew?"

"Of course. It is generally impossible for this much cold energy to be clumped in the body."

That's why he had asked if she had taken an elixir. Because this phenomenon could occur if one mistakenly took an elixir that contained a lot of cold energy.

"But since you said you didn't take an elixir, this can only be seen as a side effect of ice art."

"Ice art is not only in the North Sea Ice Palace, is it?"

"That's right. But the internal energy cultivation method that can accumulate this much pure cold energy is only in the North Sea Ice Palace."

Besides, what the old lady was learning was a secret art that the North Sea Ice Palace forbade from being known to the outside. How did he know that? Because he had seen the secret manual and had also learned it. The ice art was very useful because the Demon King used fire. Of course, Mok Wigun didn't say that.

"Hah. You're accurate. You're right about everything."

The old lady said with great admiration.

"When I was young, I took the wrong medicine and was almost in big trouble. It was a situation where my body was overheating and breaking down."

At that time, the old lady's father had searched for all sorts of methods, but it was no use. Then, what he had tried was a master from the North Sea Ice Palace.

"I brought him and asked for treatment, but he refused. Saying he couldn't treat it with his own power. But he said he seemed to be hesitating about something."

Her father had noticed that there was some way and had desperately clung on. And the way he had found out was to learn ice art. But he had not been willing to teach it easily, so he had clung on for a while longer and had barely received his consent.

'I guess so. Since it's a secret art, it's not allowed to be taught to outsiders.'

But somehow, she had learned the martial art, and she had gradually gotten better. But something had happened, and he had left soon after, and after that, contact had been lost.

"Then you must also know how to cure the madam."

The head maid said with a face that was almost crying. Mok Wigun hesitated for a moment and then said.

"There is a way. But."

(End of Chapter)