Chapter 161
The Youngest Son of the Silver Sea Trading Company Chapter 161
Chapter 161. The Meaning of Heavenly Signs (2)
The heavenly sign that appeared in my dream and was told to me by Jinmu Daeje as a reward was about the location of the Black Star.
In this life, I had already cured my illness caused by the Black Star, so I wasn't particularly concerned about its location.
He was like the wind.
When Jinmu Daeje told me this, he boasted that he would bow to me in gratitude later.
At the time, I wondered what he meant, but it wasn't what I thought.
It was the heavenly secret that I needed most at that moment.
But why is this heavenly knowledge and not just information?
And why did I forget about it and only remember now?
If I had remembered it from the beginning, I would have gone to find the Black Line.
When I saw where the Blood Cult members were imprisoned, I remembered, but both then and now, it seemed as if I was prevented from remembering because it was heavenly knowledge.
To be honest, even if I'm not as good as Heo Un-gak, I have a pretty good memory.
If that's the case, then there must be a reason.
But now was not the time to worry about that.
I immediately ran to my father.
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My father allowed me to go out.
I got ready to leave right away and set off an hour later.
My destination was Aoyang in Hunan.
After riding at full speed for a while, we took a short break. We were fine because we had trained in martial arts, but the horses were not.
“It's a good thing,”
said Lee Pil, wiping his sweat.
“Our destination is not far.”
“That's true.”
Aoyang is located on the border between Hubei and Hunan, so it's not too far to go.
If it had been further away, it would have been difficult.
It seemed as if Heukjeok had told us his location because it was the closest place to him.
We took a short break and set off again.
This was not a simple business trip or vacation, but a matter of life and death.
We drove without sleep and finally arrived in Aoyang.
We arrived at the inn where Heukjeok was staying.
This was thanks to Jinmudaeje, who had told us which inn in Aoyang Heukjeok was staying at.
“Come in!”
We entered the inn after being greeted by the waiter.
Then, we saw a middle-aged man eating on the first floor.
I smiled at him.
He looked almost exactly the same as when I saw him in my previous life, when I was just 23 years old.
I was now nineteen, so I was seeing him about four years earlier than in my previous life.
I approached him, clasped my hands together, and greeted him.
“What is it?”
“I have come to ask for your help.”
He looked at me intently.
“I see you have urgent patients.”
“Yes, sir.”
“You are very lucky. I was planning to leave this village around lunchtime today.”
That meant that if we had delayed a little longer, we would have missed meeting Heukjeok and our trip would have been in vain.
“By the way, have you had breakfast?”
Hearing that, I scratched my ear and said, “No, I haven't.”
“Not yet.”
We had been rushing to get here and had only eaten one meal a day, and that was just some dumplings on horseback.
“Where did you come from?”
“We came from Songyang County in Hubei.”
“That's not a place you can get to quickly. Let's have some breakfast before you go.”
“We're fine.”
“Tsk, tsk. You already look exhausted. I have to pack my things, so eat something in the meantime.”
“Yes, sir.”
While we ordered noodles that could be eaten quickly, Heuk-jik finished his meal and went upstairs to pack his things.
To be honest, the food didn't go down well, but as he said, they needed to replenish their energy, so they forced the food down.
That was when it happened.
“Huh?”
I sensed something, and soon three men entered the room.
The feeling of nausea was much stronger than before.
They were the Black Dao warriors.
The waiter cautiously ran over and asked.
“What is going on?”
“I heard that the Taoist priest is here?”
“....”
“He's not here?”
“Those bastards said he was here.”
“It doesn't matter if he doesn't come out. We'll just kill you all.”
Then, the black-clad warrior in the middle drew his sword.
What kind of crazy people are these?
I muttered to myself and quickly drew my sword to stop him from cutting the waiter.
Clang!
At the same time, Seo Woo and Jin Yu, who had been warned in advance, pointed their swords at the others.
“Who are you?”
“We're just passing by.”
I calmly replied and assessed their skill levels.
The guy I blocked and the others around him were top-notch. To be precise, they were top-notch warriors on the verge of reaching their peak.
They were skilled for troublemakers, but my group was more than enough to handle them.
I didn't have time to get involved in something like this, but I had no choice but to deal with them.
“Yik!”
The man was enraged that his sword had been blocked, so he knocked my sword away and swung at me again.
Clang! Clang!
I swung my sword in response, parrying his blows and continuing my attack.
After exchanging a few blows, I began to understand his sword technique.
He relied entirely on brute force.
A sword with a curved blade was perfect for this kind of sword technique.
“What...!”
The snowflakes blooming from my sword blinded my opponent, and my sword finally reached his neck.
“I've lost...”
With those words, he took something out of his robe and threw it at me, shouting.
“It's a trick! You bastard!”
How could he not deviate from my expectations?
I calmly blocked the hidden weapon with my sword, and it flew back and stuck into his shoulder.
Puk!
“What?”
Realizing that something was wrong, he trembled from the intense pain in his shoulder.
“No! Dao poison!”
The hidden weapon he threw at me was coated with poison.
It didn't seem to be a deadly poison, but judging from the fact that he couldn't move, it seemed to be a paralyzing poison.
Well, he got what he deserved.
Looking around, I saw that the other bodyguards had also completely subdued the other black-clad warriors.
At that moment, the black-clad warrior who had been watching from above came down and blinked his eyes.
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We handed them over to the police officers and left for the main building with Heukjeok-ui Seon.
In the midst of it all, I realized why Jinmu Daeje had told me Heukjeok-ui Seon's location.
If we hadn't been there, everyone there would have died.
Heokjiksun was not a skilled martial artist, so he would have suffered the same fate.
In other words, it was because of me that not only Heokjiksun but also countless others there were able to save their lives.
If I had known Heokjiksun's whereabouts in advance and brought him here, countless people would have lost their lives at the inn earlier.
Furthermore, judging from their skills and objectives, they would have killed countless people not only there but everywhere.
However, a question immediately came to mind.
I met Heukjeok in my previous life several years after now.
That means I won't die here.
However, my thoughts were interrupted by the words of the warrior Jin-yu.
“The horses are exhausted. We should rest for a while.”
We decided to take a break.
We had to feed and water the horses and let them rest.
Then, Heukjeok-ui Seon looked at the mountains in the distance and said,
“Oh, those mountains look similar to Mudaesan.”
“Now that you mention it, you're right.”
Heukjeok-ui-seon showed curiosity at Yeo-eung-am's reply.
“Have you ever seen Mudae Mountain?”
“Yes. I went to Mudae Mountain earlier this year.”
“I see. I was in Mudae Mountain not long ago before coming here.”
That answered my question.
In my previous life, the Blood Cult Leader, who had been imprisoned by the Wudang Sect, unleashed a bloodbath, killing and injuring countless people.
In my previous life, the chaos broke out around this time of year.
I thought that since I had taken the Bokshiling, which was the catalyst for that incident, it wouldn't happen again, but because of the Martial Alliance, it almost happened in my current life.
Anyway, did Heukjeok-ui-seon, who was there at the time, leave them behind and come to Hunan?
That can't be.
In other words, because of me, the future changed, and Heukjeok-ui-seon left Mudae Mountain and went to Akyang.
Because of me, Heukjeok-ui-seon could have died.
When I realized that, I broke out in a cold sweat.
Heokjiksun is not only a respected physician, but also my master's Palm print.
Even if I tell my master about this, he will tell me not to worry because it was unavoidable.
But I cannot feel that way.
Heokjiksun saved my life in my previous life.
The heavenly message that Jinmu Daeje told me was not simply for my sick nephews.
It was a clue that would allow me to correct the distorted future.
I really must go and bow in gratitude to Jinmu Daeje.
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We arrived at the main hall.
“Your Highness, have you arrived?”
“Yes. I brought Heukjeok-ui Seon. Where are the children?”
The servant who greeted me answered my question.
“They are fine for now, but you must hurry.”
We quickly washed up and headed for Jungho's annex.
“Dao, bring me a couple of bottles of strong liquor.”
Pal-gap immediately headed for the storage room where the liquor was kept at the words of Heuk-jik-ui-seon.
“We have brought Ui-seon.”
At my words, the eyes of everyone in Jeong-ho's private room turned to us.
And I could see hope in the faces of the people there.
Pal-gap brought the wine, and Heuk-jik washed his hands with it, then used his inner arts to dispel the alcohol.
Come to think of it, Heuk-jik was able to use martial arts.
He said it was only second-rate, but he had learned it to treat patients.
Heuk-jik asked, “How are the patients?”
“They're here!”
Jeong-ho quickly led Heuk-jik and Pal-gap to the room where Bo-yeon and Bo-yeon were staying.
Jeong-ho quickly led Hyeon-gyeok and Bo-yeon to their room, and Heuk-jik-ui-seon entered the room.
He quietly looked at the two children.
He was grateful that they had both held on.
He had been worried that he would be too late and have to send them away again.
“Hmm... I guess you had no choice but to call me.”
Heuk-jik-ui-seon nodded, took some needles from his bag, and stuck them into the two children.
He placed the needles in several places and then removed them in the order he had placed them.
The two children began to vomit what they had eaten.
“Doctor. Is it okay that the children are vomiting?”
His sister-in-law asked worriedly, and Heukjeok answered calmly.
“It's okay. They are just vomiting because the cause of their illness has been removed. Their qi and blood are not circulating properly, so they cannot digest what they eat, but they continue to drink milk. How can they not be sick?”
“What? Then what?”
“It's indigestion caused by multiple factors. You probably didn't know the cause or the symptoms, so you couldn't treat it.”
Heuk-jik continued.
“They'll be fine now. Tell the nanny to wait nearby.”
“Yes, sir.”
“And prepare some lukewarm water to clean the children.”
“Yes.”
That is how Gun-hyeok and Bo-yeon's lives were saved.
If the two children had been able to speak, it might have been easier to treat them.
However, they were still newborns, so that was impossible.
Even so, seeing how Hyeok-jeok figured out what was wrong with the children as soon as he saw them, he was indeed a skilled doctor.
Come to think of it, when Heuk-jeok saw me, he said, “Looks like you have urgent patients.”
Usually, you say “urgent patient,” not “urgent patients,” right?
How did he know there was more than one patient?
Could it be?
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A few days passed.
Gun-hyeok and Bo-yeon were now completely healthy.
My father asked me to deliver a reward to him, so I took the reward my father gave me and headed to where Heuk-jeok was staying.
This was because I had given him a small annex as a token of my respect.
Then I ran into Heuk-jeok coming out of the annex.
“Where are you going?”
“I'm just going to visit my daughter who lives nearby.”
I knew where Heuk-jik's daughter lived, but I couldn't tell him, so I kept it to myself.
“If you could tell me roughly where it is, I can show you the way.”
“That would be great. I think it was near a bamboo forest.”
“This way, please.”
I took Heukjeok and headed for my master's house.
But is my master home right now?
He left on a trip shortly before I left for Akyang.
“Excuse me, but there is only one house here.”
“How do you know that?”
“I know because the house of the child I saved is here.”
“Is that so? Is that child a member of the Kwak family?”
“Yes, that's right.”
Heuk-jik looked at me quietly and nodded.
“I see. Thank you for saving my grandson.”
“What? You are Hyung-jin's maternal grandfather?”
“That's right. My eldest grandson's name is Hyung-jin.”
We soon arrived at Master's house.
Instead of going straight inside, Heukjeok asked me, “By the way, young man.”
“Yes?”
“What is your relationship with my son-in-law?”