The World's Greatest Troublemaker

Mok Wigun also checked his body condition. He felt a faint tingling sensation in his body.

"How is everyone's condition?"

Dan Bulseok's expression was not good.

"There's some pain."

Some of the Light Wind Unit members also had pain. Mugwang also said it was a little strange. But the Hwangbo siblings were fine. Among the Light Wind Unit members, two were also fine.

'Strange. If it were a normal poison, there's no way I or Pyon Juksu wouldn't have noticed.'

It was a special kind of poison. Since there were people who were affected and those who weren't, a clue would emerge if he checked why.

'First of all, it's not the kind that's sprayed in the air and inhaled.'

If it were that, he would have known right away. Then it had to be put into the body in some way, so there was a possibility that it was mixed in the food.

"Ah. The food we ate at the manor."

That was also a clever trick. Since the Divine Physician had checked it, there was no way there was a normal poison in it. Besides, he also hadn't felt anything strange when he ate the food.

Then they had used a poison that showed its effect when two or more things were mixed. Then what came to mind was water.

"Did they bring food and water at the manor?"

"Yes. They came out and gave it to us right after the representatives went in."

"Just in case, the physicians from the Divine Physician Valley inspected it and said it was fine, so we ate it."

Mok Wigun asked if they had also drunk the water. Most had drunk it, but the Hwangbo siblings said they hadn't.

"I wasn't very thirsty."

And the two members who had no symptoms also hadn't drunk it. Mok Wigun checked the symptoms. A tingling sensation, and a stinging pain when moving internal energy.

He checked the condition of the Light Wind Unit members. As expected, similar symptoms.

"It's a poison, but it's not fatal, so you don't have to worry."

"Really?"

Mok Wigun nodded his head.

"It makes you lethargic and unable to use your internal energy for a while..."

As he was speaking, he guessed why they had used this poison.

'They were trying to attack us in the Folding Snow Valley too.'

They wouldn't have gone to such lengths to use a poison just to incapacitate them for a short while. They were trying to massacre them while the people gathered here were lethargic.

"Interesting. They were thinking of backstabbing each other."

The fortunate thing was that the Mok family's side had attacked first and killed all the people who were inside the manor. Why had the people who were inside the manor remained? Of course, they would have remained to attack when the time came. But they had been ambushed first and had died.

"First, come this way. I'll give you first aid."

Since there were no medicinal herbs, it was not easy to detoxify. The best he could do was to make it so that there was no problem in using internal energy for now.

Mok Wigun placed needles on the members, and the group from Hamyang, who saw that, was fidgeting. It seemed they wanted to ask for a favor but were hesitating to speak up.

"Come this way. I'll give you first aid."

"Ah. Really? Thank you."

About thirty people bowed to Mok Wigun, thanking him. The group from Hamyang was not just composed of warriors. There was also a hunter and an herbalist, and they said they had brought them because they knew the geography of this area well.

"It will be over soon, so you don't have to worry. You just have to wait a little."

Mok Wigun took the needles and began the first aid again. It was a treatment method that Mok Wigun had improved from a method in a medical book of unknown authorship.

While Mok Wigun was treating them in a corner of the open space, on the other side, there was also a commotion because of the poison.

"The things put in the food and water mixed and the effect came out. This is really..."

The Divine Physician said with a slightly annoyed expression. To be honest, it was nothing to be ashamed of. How could one know in advance about a poison that shows its effect in this way? But he was in a bad mood because he was being pushed as if he was being reprimanded.

"Then it would have been difficult to notice."

Baek Seokhu saved the Divine Physician's face.

"That's right. Even if it were a great immortal, he wouldn't have known."

"I see. Besides, what can we do about what has already happened? But is there a cure?"

Baek Seokhu asked while gently soothing him. At that, the key figures of the Baek family and the Huashan Sect looked at the Divine Physician's face.

"Ahem. It's possible. And in the first place, the effect doesn't last that long. Half a day to a day?"

Half a day to a day. It's a short time if it's short, but it can be a fatal time for a martial artist. Baek Seokhu suddenly reprimanded the Divine Physician.

"You have to treat them quickly."

"No, why..."

"What will happen if the enemy attacks at a time like this?"

Only then did the Divine Physician's expression harden.

"I understand. Tell everyone to come this way."

The Divine Physician called the skilled physicians and said.

"What I'm about to say is a secret of the Divine Physician Valley, so it should not be performed in front of other physicians."

"I will keep that in mind."

The Divine Physician said that he was not originally going to pass on this content to them, but he was telling them now because the situation was urgent, and he showed them a demonstration. The subject was Protector Bang So-eung. After finishing the treatment, the Divine Physician asked.

"How is it?"

"Oh! The stinging sensation when I used my internal energy is gone."

Bang So-eung had a surprised expression. One might say, 'What's the big deal about a stinging sensation?', but such a small thing can bring about enormous results in a real battle. Because you can't use your techniques properly, and your qi and blood can flow backwards.

"As expected of the Divine Physician. You're amazing."

"It will be troublesome, but please take a look around."

"Of course."

The reason he had treated the master, Bang So-eung, first was to prepare for a possible attack. As he was treating them, a group from the Mok family came to the Divine Physician Valley. Mok Sonkwang bowed his head to the Divine Physician and asked.

"We would be grateful if you would also treat us."

The Divine Physician was about to speak. That he would do it after he had treated everyone here. But Baek Seokhu stepped forward and talked with the Divine Physician.

"How about you leave dealing with the Mok family to me?"

"Why, do you have some idea?"

"We can't just treat them, can we?"

The Divine Physician glanced at the Mok family group and then nodded lightly. They were in a relationship of competing over the thousand-year-old fire carp anyway. There was no need to do them a favor. But Baek Seokhu went one step further.

"Wouldn't it be okay to get rid of the Mok family on this occasion?"

The Huashan Sect and the Baek family are treated, and the Mok family's side is not treated. It takes half a day to a day for natural healing. With that much time, a lot of things can happen.

"Haha. I'm just a physician, so how would I know about the affairs of the Jianghu? Do as you please, Lord Baek."

The Divine Physician slyly stepped back. Since it was a matter where many people could die, he was trying not to get deeply involved. But that was enough for Baek Seokhu. He stepped forward and said to Mok Sonkwang.

"Let's have a talk."

Baek Seokhu called Bang So-eung and then headed to his tent with the key figures of the Mok family.

"What is it?"

"As you well know, we are not that close, are we?"

Close? They were in a relationship where they were in a frenzy because they couldn't kill each other. But Mok Sonkwang, who was in a difficult position, could not come out strong.

"As fellow martial artists, shouldn't we help each other in difficult times like this?"

"That's true, but the timing is the timing."

Baek Seokhu slowly changed the subject, because the more time passed, the more advantageous he would become. There was no way Mok Sonkwang didn't know that.

"If there's something you want, say it. Then the conversation will progress, won't it?"

"I'll treat you, so how about you go back from here?"

Mok Sonkwang thought about it. The answer was set. Just go back from here? How could he accept such a condition? The opponent probably didn't think he would accept it either. Then he had to make a proposal that the opponent would accept. After thinking for a moment, he made a counter-proposal.

"We also suffered various damages on our way here, so how can we just go back? If you treat us, we will stay here for three days and then leave. How about it?"

Baek Seokhu smiled slyly. It was a ridiculous statement. He thought there was no way he would keep that promise.

"That's troublesome. It seems a deal between us will be difficult."

When Baek Seokhu refused flatly, Mok Sonkwang had a bad feeling. Baek Seokhu was a good negotiator. He was not a person who would cut things off with a single stroke like this.

"Don't be like that, lower the conditions a little. Isn't it a bit too much to just go from here?"

"That's why I'm saying a deal will be difficult. I won't see you off, so please go carefully."

Baek Seokhu's words were pushing him out. Mok Sonkwang had no choice but to come out. If he clung on any longer here, it would become ugly.

"Where is Wigun?"

"Over there."

Jin Jaryun pointed to a corner.

"Let's go quickly. Physician Pyon is there, so let's ask him for treatment."

Jin Jaryun was also a person who had rolled around in the Jianghu for a long time. He knew well that the current situation was not good. So he hurriedly headed to the tent where Mok Wigun was.

"Huh?"

But Mok Wigun was not there, and the people from Hamyang were resting.

"No. Isn't this where Young Master Mok's party was?"

"Ah. Young Master Mok treated us and then left a little while ago."

Jin Jaryun tilted his head.

"Left? Where did he go?"

"He said he was going to the Flame Pond."

Jin Jaryun hurriedly went out and looked around. But Mok Wigun's party was nowhere to be seen. The absence of Mok Wigun's party meant that Physician Pyon was also not there.

"This is a disaster..."

Mok Sonkwang and Jin Jaryun looked at each other with blank faces.

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"This is a hut that hunters sometimes use."

Mok Wigun's party did not head directly to the Flame Pond. Pyon Juksu also had to join, and there were things to find out before that.

"Let's rest here for today."

"But I haven't seen Physician Pyon since earlier."

Dan Bulseok asked.

"He has something to see to for a moment, so he'll be back."

"Pardon?"

This is not the detached villa on Mount Yakwang, but the Folding Snow Valley on Mount Xiaohua. Where did he go?

"There's just something like that."

Dan Bulseok just thought, 'I see.' At first, he was very curious about strange things, but after experiencing them endlessly, he had become numb.

"But what kind of place is the Flame Pond?"

Mok Wigun asked the hunter, partly to change the subject.

"I also couldn't get close and only saw it from afar. There are almost no animals in that vicinity."

The hunter said that the Flame Pond was a pond where the water was boiling.

"The smell is also very strong. If you go near it carelessly, people can faint. It's very dangerous, so we also don't go there often."

He had experienced something similar.

'I think the place where the red dragon bathed was like that.'

But at that moment, a message suddenly came from Pyon Juksu.

- Hey. Hey. I'm in. Wow, this is a completely different world.

(End of Chapter)