Ch.57Chapter 57 – Three Phoenixes (2)

# “In the end, the Alliance Chief gave up the 10,000-Year Ultimate Blood Treasure.”

After receiving the elixir, I went to the Divine Doctor’s house. Inside the small room filled with the scent of various medicinal herbs and decoctions.

There, the Divine Doctor was tending to sick patients while observing me carefully.

“You say he gave it up in the end. Does that mean you knew this would happen, Divine Doctor?”

“Of course. Who in this world wouldn’t know that you have Severed Nine Yin? Even street children use ‘Bing-yeon’ instead of ‘cripple’ when they curse, you fool.”

The Divine Doctor spoke to me as if he found it ridiculous. So that means the Alliance Chief had intended to give me the Dragon and Phoenix Tournament prize from the beginning.

“Where are those children now? For the crime of insulting my precious master, death will—”

At this moment, Bi-wol, Verdandi Astraia, and Azazel Blackheart were all present with me. After all, the only elixir that could save my terminally ill life was now in my hands.

“Stop it. This isn’t something that will be resolved by your intervention anyway.”

I stopped Bi-wol, who seemed to be letting her emotions get ahead of her. Being ridiculed in the martial world is common. People often mockingly refer to beggars as the Chief of the Beggar Sect.

“Originally, the 10,000-Year Ultimate Blood Treasure is known to burn one to death due to its yang energy if consumed directly. The Alliance Chief must have found it quite troublesome to handle.”

The legendary physician known as the Divine Doctor, said to be able to resurrect the dead, sighed once before continuing.

“While it’s the only elixir that can cure Severed Nine Yin, it’s also a legendary item said to enable Rebirth, so it would be dangerous if it fell into the wrong hands.”

Rebirth.

It’s a phenomenon where a master who has reached a high level of inner power and enlightenment transforms their body to be more suitable for martial arts.

In martial arts novels, there are cases where old people become younger, live longer, or even reach the state of Diamond Invulnerability where the body becomes as hard as diamond.

“But to achieve Rebirth, don’t you need to open the Conception and Governing Vessels and the Life-Death Gate?”

In “Diamond Fist King,” I had established that Rebirth required the opening of the Conception Vessel, Governing Vessel, and the Life-Death Gate.

Originally, I had created this detailed setting for a scene where the protagonist Kim Hyul would achieve Rebirth and heal his injuries after gaining enlightenment when critically wounded in a fight with Bi-wol.

Not everyone could achieve Rebirth in my novel “Diamond Fist King” because it was a low-power martial arts novel.

If it had been an immortal cultivation story where people commit atrocities to become immortals, or one of the newer god-level martial arts novels, my condition might have been easier to cure.

“You fool. The 10,000-Year Ultimate Blood Treasure has the effect of opening the Conception and Governing Vessels and the Life-Death Gate. Normally, these areas are blocked by impure energy and cannot be opened…”

“…So it uses an enormous amount of energy to force them open.”

Bi-wol nodded as if she finally understood. The Conception and Governing Vessels, which are open at birth but become blocked as one grows, normally require tremendous effort to reopen.

There’s even a risk of death in attempting it, which is why I had been avoiding it until now.

“That’s right. But your master has one more important thing to do before that.”

The Divine Doctor extended his index finger toward Bi-wol, who had a hopeful expression, indicating there was something that needed to be done first.

“What is that?”

“…Probably removing the divine body that Shub-Niggurath directly implanted.”

Verdandi asked with a puzzled expression, and Azazel answered in place of the Divine Doctor.

She already knew about my condition since she had contracted with the Outer God Morgidian.

“Yes, like someone with parasites spreading throughout their body, there’s something implanted everywhere, not just the cold energy.”

The Divine Doctor raised his eyebrows in surprise. Then he pointed at the black tentacles writhing behind her back.

“Like that strange mass of flesh behind your disciple. Would you let me dissect it? I’d like to know how to dissolve it…”

The Divine Doctor blinked his eyes as if he had discovered something fascinating. He seemed eager to research Azazel’s tentacles, which he was seeing for the first time.

“No.”

“Tsk, tsk. These children would face death for your sake, yet you won’t even allow me to take a small piece for experimentation?”

“What’s not allowed is not allowed.”

I preemptively refused before Azazel could readily agree.

Born different as a succubus, having been pointed at and denied her position as a Saintess, such words would only hurt her more.

“…Ah, brother, I don’t know how you always say things that touch my heart.”

Azazel cupped her cheeks with her hands and trembled ecstatically. Seeing her excited state, even the Divine Doctor realized something was wrong.

“Sister, you’re making Master uncomfortable when you talk like that.”

Bi-wol calmly checked Azazel, different from before. She seemed to have realized that jealousy alone wouldn’t solve anything.

“Oh my, is it because of that Eastern rule that masters and disciples shouldn’t be together? I thought that didn’t apply to me since I’m from the West.”

Azazel tapped her lips with her fingers, wearing a sly expression. She looked like a purring female cat.

Seeing this, the Divine Doctor’s face turned pale.

There’s even a term “Deceiving the Master and Destroying the Ancestors” for it—a master and disciple forming a relationship is considered a trash-worthy offense deserving death.

“If you’ve become a person of the central plains, you should follow its rules.”

“I think so too! We are all Master’s disciples!”

Bi-wol and Verdandi were the ones stopping Azazel. Bi-wol was probably afraid of losing her position as the favorite disciple, but…

‘…Why is Verdandi checking Azazel too?’

My head spun at the sudden thought. Imagining that this pure, blank-slate child might like me made me unable to predict what she might do.

Originally, it’s most frightening when such a pure person realizes their feelings of love. In Bi-wol’s case, I had ways to control her since we’d known each other for a long time, but not with Verdandi.

I swallowed hard as I sensed the future that was coming.

“Anyway… to remove the strange thing implanted in your master’s body, we need to identify the host that implanted it first.”

The Divine Doctor cleared his throat loudly and spoke while checking my meridians. The host he mentioned must definitely be Shub-Niggurath.

“Then should we eliminate the host first?”

Surprisingly, the one who made this shocking statement first was Azazel, who had been called the devout Saintess. She showed a side of herself that would stop at nothing when it came to matters concerning me, as if she had become a completely different person.

“Yes, and then the person who consumes the 10,000-Year Ultimate Blood Treasure must mix bodies with him, absorbing Yang to supplement Yin. To overcome the Extreme Yin Body, they would need to be at a higher level than you.”

“What…?”

I was dumbfounded by what came out of the Divine Doctor’s mouth. Absorbing Yang to supplement Yin is a martial art technique where a man and woman share a bed to harness the yang energy.

It’s normally considered an impure technique, and those who practice it are called perverts and ostracized.

“Then, at least if I reach the Transformation Realm…”

Bi-wol’s Adam’s apple moved up and down dramatically. She looked like a wild animal salivating.

“But how many people in this vast martial world have reached the Transformation Realm? You would need to be intimate with someone like a princess with dragon’s blood or someone called a fairy.”

The Divine Doctor shook his head as if telling us to give up. Most people who had reached the Transformation Realm had no interest in the martial world.

In the original novel “Diamond Fist King,” Bi-wol’s final level as the final boss was the Transformation Realm, so I couldn’t casually introduce characters of the same level.

“…How does one reach this Transformation Realm?”

“Please tell me too, Master!”

Azazel and Verdandi were asking me how to reach the Transformation Realm, as if they weren’t even considering finding someone else.