Of course, Jin Cheonhee was human too.
He disliked people he didn't like.
But when it came to achievements, he thoroughly suppressed his emotions and lived.
He had to perform better surgeries.
He had to write better papers.
Achievements never lied.
Even though he hated golf until his dying day, he still had the coldness and shameless sociability to take care of himself.
Being able to get along with anyone led to quite good results when he met someone with decent skills.
Even the former professor cherished him like his own child.
Jin Cheonhee slowly opened his mouth. 'Smiling is good.
After all, laughing makes you less nervous.' Even in the face of death, it was the same.
Smiling was truly good.
Jin Cheonhee spoke to Yooho the words he had once said to his arch-enemies in the past.
"In the end, I have to save my master."
"What?"
"No matter how much I rack my brains, there's no better card than you."
The words filled with sincerity echoed in the cage.
Yooho's body stiffened at the words that held not a shred of falsehood.
"I tried to kill you."
"Yes, you did."
"I haven't made a decision yet."
"Yes, for the sake of your master. By any means necessary."
"......"
"That's the same as me. I also risked my life by any means necessary."
Why was it? Yooho realized he was being overwhelmed by this boy.
Jin Cheonhee continued to speak.
"First, become a nurse. Yooho, and keep me alive until we save the master. If you can't save him, then kill me."
"What kind of sophistry is that?"
The boy replied nonchalantly.
"Oh, right. Once this is over, there won't be many chances to kill me. My loyal servant has reached the Flower Realm, after all."
The boy suppressed his trembling insides and smiled calmly.
Then he approached without hesitation.
"Either become a nurse obediently, or kill me here."
As the boy's face drew closer, Yooho clenched and unclenched his fists repeatedly.
It was strange.
It was even refreshing.
The boy's sincerity was frightening.
The boy was simply pursuing the life of a patient to the end.
It was closer to madness than obsession.
Yooho felt as if this small boy was holding his life in his hands.
A pigeon flapped its wings and perched on the perch near Yooho.
Yooho realized that he no longer exuded even a hint of murderous intent.
That's why...
"I've lost, young master."
...he had no choice but to admit defeat.
"You're asking someone who tried to kill you to become a warrior in white, I mean..."
"It's not a soft emotion like mercy or forgiveness. It's just because it's the best option."
"That's even scarier."
Yooho laughed bitterly.
He had staked Jin Cheonhee's life.
On the other hand, Jin Cheonhee had embraced everything he had and dug into Yooho's space.
Fearlessly, yet nonchalantly.
It was a fight he couldn't win.
Jin Cheonhee said, "In front of others, I'll treat you properly. It's comfortable to be the cute Jin Cheonhee in the medical hall."
"When we're alone, you're saying you'll work me hard?"
"Did you forget? You're the guy who said you'd kill me. Why should I go easy on you?"
'I will show you something that surpasses the workload of nurses in Korea.' Jin Cheonhee thought to himself.
He decided to make him a true warrior in white.
"I will keep saving and will continue to save. You will have to learn a lot by my side from today."
Jin Cheonhee said that and then left the pigeon cage.
He left one last word carelessly.
"If you have any complaints, kill me now. Before it's too late."
Yooho watched Jin Cheonhee's back for a long time. 'I think I understand a little.
Why the loyal servant swore allegiance.' He thought it was simply because he was deceived.
But today, he realized it wasn't that.
There was a vessel that approached fearfully yet slyly and even recruited enemies.
In the place Jin Cheonhee left, Yooho stood in the empty cage and couldn't leave for a long time.
The boy was a strange adversary Yooho had never encountered before.
It didn't take long for the news of Jin Cheonhee's treatment to spread.
Rumors travel faster than words.
Moreover, since it spread through the medical bulletin, there was no one in the martial world who didn't know about the rumors regarding Baekrin Medical Hall.
"What? You say he treated severe internal injuries?"
"They say the liver and spleen were crushed."
The medical bulletin reveals new treatments conducted at the medical hall.
Although it doesn't describe the treatment methods in detail, as is typical in the martial world, it provides a fairly detailed account of the patient's condition and the general flow of treatment.
It's about the level of information between an academic journal and a magazine.
"Although it doesn't mention the patient, it seems to be Gung-gwi's daughter, Wang Gakyeon."
She had already visited numerous medical halls asking for her daughter's treatment.
There were few doctors who didn't know.
"They said the medical hall on the side of Hwajoo Medical Hall took charge?"
"They treated her for ten days but couldn't find a solution, so they abandoned the patient."
"The reason?"
"Because she wasn't a member of the orthodox faction, the medical hall didn't accept her."
"Ugh..."
The information quickly passed from mouth to mouth among the numerous doctors in the martial world.
The recently published Baekrin Medical Bulletin brought quite a significant impact.
"I think I understand why Baekrin Medical Sage cherishes his disciple so much."
"They say he's a young child not even past his twenties."
"To think it's possible to treat the five viscera and six bowels with severe internal injuries... I want to go back to Baekrin Medical Hall and learn directly..."
It was only natural that curiosity about Jin Cheonhee grew.
The medical hall owners who had already opened their own practices began sending letters to see if they could return to the medical hall to learn the new techniques.
Even the sects that had previously entrusted their medical needs to other medical halls were looking into whether they could switch contracts to Baekrin Medical Hall.
The reason was simple.
"Although Gung-gwi did a lot of work for the unorthodox faction, didn't he also work for the orthodox faction? If Hwajoo Medical Hall tried to accept him, it wouldn't be impossible to accept him."
"Isn't it because Hwajoo Medical Sage's skills couldn't treat him, so they made such an excuse?"
The doctors were speechless at those words.
It was a shocking matter.
But there was no way to refute it.
Holding onto a patient for ten days and then rejecting them from the medical hall was an act that went against the principles.
The medical hall owners affiliated with Hwajoo Medical Hall were burning with anxiety.
"What nonsense! Are you saying Hwajoo Medical Hall's skills are inferior to Baekrin Medical Hall? Gung-gwi is Gung-gwi for a reason! Although he accepted the orthodox faction's work, wasn't it also for money? Rather, accepting him for ten days was purely out of Hwajoo Medical Sage's goodwill, not for any other reason!"
The martial artists from quite prominent sects shrugged their shoulders at the anger of the medical hall owners affiliated with Hwajoo Medical Hall.
"That's the rumor going around these days. Anyway, everyone knows that holding onto a patient with severe internal injuries for ten days isn't the way of a doctor, right?"
Other martial artists also nodded.
"If Gung-gwi couldn't be accepted because he was from the unorthodox faction, they should have informed the patient of that fact promptly."
"What nonsense! I rather think this mess was perhaps a scheme created by Baekrin Medical Hall. Medicine isn't a competition, but doesn't it seem like a competition in the medical bulletin?"
Nowhere in the medical bulletin was there any mention of Hwajoo Medical Hall.
In the first place, there was no mention of the patient's personal information anywhere.
Only the minimum information necessary for sharing was written about the patient's condition.
"I will report all of this to Hwajoo Medical Sage!"
The medical hall owners affiliated with Hwajoo Medical Hall snorted and fumed with anger.
"Did they really treat that?"
The medical bulletin from Baekrin Medical Hall arrived at Hwajoo Medical Hall even before this matter spread, when the first letter arrived.
It wasn't espionage or anything like that.
It was simply an old custom for medical halls to exchange medical bulletins with each other.
Sharing and competing in medical skills was a significant motivation for the medical hall members.
"Through the Beggars' Sect, it has been secretly confirmed that it is indeed Gung-gwi's daughter, Wang Gakyeon."
Hwajoo Medical Hall's chief, Ma Jinchu, suppressed his rising irritation.
"Why on earth would they take the risk of treating a patient with a high chance of failure and create such a mess? Does the head of the hall know?"
"Yes, he is aware. Due to this incident, quite a few medical hall owners are agitated, and several sects are showing interest in Baekrin Medical Hall's new treatment methods."
Chief Ma Jinchu didn't have the courage to meet the head of the hall, Hwajoo Medical Sage. 'If I go up in this state...
Oh dear.' The chief tapped the table with his fingers.
Getting scolded was inevitable.
But there was a difference between getting scolded after at least pretending to do something to fix the situation and just getting scolded.
The medical hall member continued speaking.
"Ah, also, Baekrin Medical Hall has been weak in surgical techniques until now, but they said it's strange how they managed to treat it. Although the medical bulletin highly praised the disciple Jin Cheonhee, they suspect he might have used unverified surgical methods."
At those words, Ma Jinchu's eyes sparkled.
"You're saying they played with the patient's body using unverified surgical methods?"
"They didn't go that far, but..."
The medical hall member's words trailed off.
From those words, the chief grasped the intentions of the medical sage.
"Send some of our medical hall members to Baekrin Medical Hall. Send those who won't lose in a verbal battle."
"Under what pretext should we send them?"
"Isn't it possible that they endangered a patient we could have treated in twenty days by using unverified surgical methods?"
With Hwajoo Medical Sage's skills, it was impossible to treat.
However, the chief shamelessly wagged his tongue, claiming that if they had been given ten more days, they could have treated it.
The medical hall member immediately understood the intention.
"Yes, after all, it was a patient who could have been treated at the medical hall level even if they hadn't been accepted into the medical hall. Gung-gwi couldn't wait and left."
"Yes, well said. Tell them you came because you were worried about the patient. Then they won't be able to turn you away."
"What if they do turn us away?"
"Isn't that a good pretext for spreading rumors? Either way, if we can tarnish their reputation, it will prevent the sects we trade with from leaving."
The chief grinned as he spoke.
"We must prepare thoroughly."
The medical hall member bowed deeply and left.
At the same time, Jin Cheonhee was training himself.
His master's condition was worse than expected.
So he had to become stronger even faster.
Jin Cheonhee currently lacked the internal energy to maintain surgery alone and the understanding of formations.
Jin Cheonhee operated the fire energy, water energy, and wood energy according to the mnemonic.
Wind began to rise around Jin Cheonhee, who was sitting cross-legged.