Chapter 39 (1/2)
“This way.”
Ga Moojin, the head of the guard for the goldenwall clan had a sense of déjà vu as he escorted the honored guest, the single acupuncturist.
Now that he thought about it he had escorted the great doctor like this before.
And a very similar occurrence unfolded.
The single acupuncturist’s gaze was fixated on Danyeong who was standing near Taesan’s pavilion.
“Who is that child?”
Ga Moojin answered the single acupuncturist indifferently.
“He is our prince’s servant.”
“A servant? That boy?”
Ga Moojin quickly replied after seeing the look in the single acupuncturist’s eyes.
“He doesn’t want to leave his side and won’t go anywhere. Even if you ask him to be your apprentice.”
The single acupuncturist made a face of disbelief. It didn’t make sense that anyone would reject his offer to be his apprentice.
But having read between the lines the single acupuncturist’s face hardened.
“Well, I guess the great doctor came first…”
“Yes. He went through the same process. Also, that child is not the only servant serving our prince.”
“What do you mean?”
“Come inside. You will naturally find out.”
Ga Mooji felt proud as he stepped inside the pavilion.
When would someone like him have the chance to talk to someone famous like the single acupuncturist?
Once the single acupuncturist stepped inside the pavilion he would be surprised. Just as the great doctor did before.
As expected, the single acupuncturist stopped walking and came to a standstill as he stepped inside the pavilion.
He looked around at the servants cleaning the interior of the pavilion.
“There seems to be…a lot of servants.”
There were a total of seven servants. If you included Danyeong who was outside it was a total of eight.
And including Soso, a total of nine servants were serving Taesan.
Everyone excluding Soso was from a brothel and had voluntarily come looking for Taesan to serve him.
They all put in their all to serve Taesan. No matter how hard the task they did not complain and did it happily.
Not only that, they were beautiful. So much so that anyone who caught a glance of them would not be able to take their eye off of them.
He felt proud again.
Ga moojin looked at the single acupuncturist as if to show off that all these people were here to serve the prince.
“All these kids came here voluntarily to serve the prince.”
“They came…voluntarily.”
Ga moojin looked at the single acupuncturist and asked.
“Were you interested in them because of their appearance and quality?”
The single acupuncturist nodded.
“That’s right. It’s a waste to leave them here to waste their talents. I must make them my apprentice.”
“That is their choice. Also, you need the prince’s approval.”
The single acupuncturist was about to shake his head but stopped himself.
It would eventually work out. Because he wanted it.
A mere goldenwall clan could not stop his walk of life.
But before that, he wanted to resolve what he had planned and execute it after.
After seeing the great doctor, and the rookie that tied him down to this place.
And he was even willing to give him a consultation and if it was interesting give him an acupuncture session as well.
“Let’s go in.”
Ga Moojin smiled brightly at the single acupuncturist’s reply and escorted him in.
“This way.”
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Taesan looked at the single acupuncturist seated opposite him.
The great doctor was seated next to Taesan.
The great doctor seemed very dissatisfied with the whole situation and glared at Ga Moojin who was seated next to the single acupuncturist.
Ga Moojin could empathize with how the great doctor must be feeling and made an apologetic look.
“I have no excuses for you doctor, I hope you try to understand the thoughts of our head of the clan.”
The great doctor was about to reply when Taesan lifted his hand. He was telling him to keep quiet.
“I understand, head of the guard you can leave now. I will finish things up.”
Ga Moojin looked at the single acupuncturist uncomfortably at Taejin’s words.
“Wouldn’t it be more comfortable if I were around?”
Taesan firmly shook his head.
“It’s more comfortable if it’s just us.”
Ga Moojin bowed politely to both Taesan and the single acupuncturist respectively.
“I…I leave him in your good hands.”
His statement was directed at both of them. To Taesan it was asking him not to offend the single acupuncturist. To the single acupuncturist, it was asking him to treat and cure Taesan.
As Ga Moojin left, the single acupuncturist opened his mouth and spoke eagerly.
“I saw on my way here you have quite a collection of servants.”
The great doctor smiled as his first topic was on the servants first. It reminded him of the past and you could look into the kind of character the single acupuncturist was.
Instead of replying, Tesan tried to assess the single acupuncturist.
He was able to tell a fair bit based on first impressions, but to know more in detail he needed a little bit of focus.
Taesan’s eyes glowed as he finished assessing the single acupuncturist.
He was impressive. His state was much stronger than when he first saw him.
He knew how to properly channel his energy, and he definitely had good control of it.
It was a very difficult thing to control one’s own energy flow.
“So you’re interested in my servants?”
The single acupuncturist’s brow frowned a little at Taesan’s words. He did not like the tone of his voice. How dare he treat him as someone beneath him.
But he seemed to do it naturally so he didn’t confront him.
“Yes. Your servants, they are wasting their talent, I’ll take them and nurture them. Teach them medical and martial skills.”
“I’m already teaching them martial skills though?”
The already single acupuncturist smirked.
“Don’t try to compare your shallow martial skills to my worshipped skills.|
The single acupuncturist had the right to make such a statement.
But that was if his opponent was the golden wall clan. Unfortunately, he was facing Taesan, the former Cheonma.
“You don’t even know what a worshipped skill is so it’s funny you think you can do better.”
The single acupuncturist chuckled.
“I don’t need to know. I am going to teach them Huwawolgong.”
“Huwawolgong?”
Taesan frowned.
“Isn’t that the skill a sex maniac uses?”
He was right. Huwawolgong was the skill a sex maniac evil spirit named the flower and moon spirIt used. But the single acupuncturist was brazen. So what. As long as it was a skill it didn’t matter who had used it, what mattered was that you were good at it.
“It’s a good skill I acquired coincidentally.”
When the flower and moon spirit was famous in his days, it survived combat with one of the Namgoong clan’s warriors.
It wasn’t able to win, but it was a big deal it even survived.
The single acupuncturist looked proudly at Taesan.
“So you had an ulterior motive. Huwawolgong is not a martial art they can learn simply by training. Is it?”
“So what if they did pay a price for learning a great skill! They will naturally end up doing it when they start serving me but it’s just being quickened a little.”
Taesan couldn’t believe his ear so he quickly replied. He needed to suppress his ego.
“The skill I’ve taught them is called Biryoungshingong. I wonder if you’ve heard of it before.”
“Biryoungshingong?”
The single acupuncturist’s eyes enlarged.
“It’s not the Biryoungshingong that I’m thinking of, is it? You better not be faking it with a skill that shares the same name.”
“I don’t know what Biryoungshingong you know of, but the Biryoungshingong I’m referring to is the one used by Biryoung’s new army in the past.”