“‘You have keen eyes, Cheon Woo-ya. Moreover, you are naturally gifted in mastering and channeling energy. That’s an advantage that surpasses anyone else. In fact, you could say you’re the closest to the Transformation Realm and the one who can see the farthest. That’s why the Wudang Master chose you.’”

So, let’s make the most of your strengths.

In his mind, the voice of his Hyung echoed—a voice he had heard during the bizarre and grueling training sessions. It was as if it had been etched into his soul.

“‘Reason, cause, contemplation, and… Taiji…’”

His Hyung told him to see it through to the end.

He said that Cheon Woo was someone who could see.

His entire body’s muscles began to spasm from fatigue. Yet, his mountain-like physique never collapsed, repeating the movements over and over again.

Inside Cheon Woo, the trivial things he had thought were trash began to stick together, one by one.

The training his Hyung had given him was never in vain.

The fragmented pieces started to cling and intertwine with each other.

They began to form a shape, as if they had been one from the beginning.

Cheon Woo began to watch the falling raindrops.

For some reason, these tiny droplets started to appear immensely large in Cheon Woo’s vision.

Tong—

Even the way they shattered and scattered at the tip of his sword was vividly clear, each and every one.

Cheon Woo didn’t even realize that he was finally witnessing the end of the rain.

As he entered the state of selflessness, he began to notice his field of vision expanding.

It was an immense pleasure.

The narrow wall that had been touching the tip of his nose now retreated to an unseen distant place.

‘No, I’ve crossed it.’

Cheon Woo realized that he had taken a step beyond.

Cheon Woo followed the trajectory of the water droplets. Naturally, they fell from the skies (Heaven) and hit the ground (Earth), scattering, imprinting on his retina.

Soon.

He realized that the water droplets were not disappearing when they shattered.

They simply became water, seeping into the ground, flowing beneath the earth to become a river again.

And then, they became the sky again.

The moment he realized that Heaven and Earth were connected, the Taiji in Cheon Woo’s danjeon began to leap greatly.

Cheon Woo’s only eye captured all the water droplets.

And all the water droplets stopped.

Swish—

The sword split the water droplets.

If it were sword energy, the circle would have been shattered by the sword wind.

This time, it remained intact until it touched the sword.

Sword aura.

Having realized Taiji and with his world expanded, now the sword responded.

Cheon Woo’s sword drew yin and yang.

Why does yin and yang form a circle when they harmonize?

What is a circle, after all?

The man with the single eye continued to draw his sword path.

It was a sword dance containing the mysteries of Taiji.

Suddenly, Cheonhee, who was bringing snacks, saw his younger brother Cheon Woo’s sword dance.

What was condensed at the tip of Cheon Woo’s sword was undoubtedly sword aura.

He put down his umbrella and decided to stand guard until this enlightenment ended.

After the smooth Taiji sword dance ended and Cheon Woo opened his eyes, his Hyung, soaked in rain, was clapping.

“Congratulations, Cheon Woo-ya! In the martial world, they usually say, ‘Congratulations on your great achievement.’ Isn’t that right?”

To Cheon Woo, his Hyung was still a person who said strangely odd things.

“Hyung, you’ll catch a cold like that.”

“I won’t. My internal energy…”

Pretending to be strong again, Cheon Woo immediately retorted.

“Even Master, the Wudang Master, catches colds, you know?”

“Haha, you got me.”

A cold is, in a way, a symptom that lumps together various viruses.

Martial artists may catch them less than ordinary people, but they are not supernaturally immune to colds.

If that were possible, the elders of the great sects wouldn’t get sick and seek the medical pavilion.

Rather, there were many cases where they stubbornly refused treatment until it developed into pneumonia.

“Let’s eat some celebratory snacks… Oh, they’re all wet.”

He had covered the basket with an umbrella, but it had been outside for too long.

“Hyung, how long have you been here?”

“I just arrived.”

He said that, but his Hyung’s hair was completely wet.

Then, a cough finally burst from Jin Cheonhee’s mouth.

“See? You’ve been here too long, and now you’re coughing!”

He’s incorrigible.

“Hehehe. More importantly, you’ve reached the Transformation Realm.”

“Enough, let’s go quickly, Hyung!”

Cheon Woo lifted the umbrella to cover his wet Hyung.

His body was already completely wet, so it was meaningless, but still, it was heartbreaking.

“Hehehe… Cheon Woo has reached the Transformation Realm.”

The smartest Hyung in the world smiled like a fool today.

Seeing that, Cheon Woo was at a loss for words.

Jin Cheonhee, in his joy, went around all day repeatedly saying that Cheon Woo had reached the Transformation Realm, smiling like a simpleton.

The strangest Hyung in the world.

It was an unforgettable day in Cheon Woo’s life.

***

Arc 30: That, I Couldn’t Steal the Lingering Attachment

Cheon Woo and Sama Hyeon returned.

Since both had reached the Transformation Realm, they now had to learn their own sect’s divine arts.

Also, Jin Cheonhee succeeded in reducing the loss rate of streptomycin.

The papers he had read on Earth before falling to the martial world planet were quite helpful.

‘Hmm, it would be nice if I could use formations here…’

Sorcery rides on people.

The disadvantage is that it’s not something that improves with training, but only those with innate talent can do it.

If he ordered Yoo Ho to mass-produce it alone, Jin Cheonhee would be a bloody mess the next day.

Even now, having reached the Transformation Realm, Yoo Ho’s fist still hurts quite a bit.

‘If I could just make him work, I could take about twice as much as now.’

Days of being grabbed by the collar, beaten, cursed at, grabbed again, beaten again, and cursed again.

In this crazy relationship with nothing but violence, Jin Cheonhee did not let go of Yoo Ho like a leech.

Rather, Jin Cheonhee thought about the next step.

He planned how to mass-produce it.

‘I did look for those with talent in sorcery in the medical pavilion… but there are too few. Far too few to commercialize.’

It’s also impossible to find among ordinary people.

Just as the Five Elements Divine Technique plays the role of the motor for the penicillin culture tank, streptomycin also requires proficiency in the Five Elements Divine Technique.

‘When mass-producing penicillin, it was hard to find medical pavilion members who reached the ice (氷) stage of the Five Elements Divine Technique, and now I need to find someone with talent in sorcery as well… where can I find such a person?’

Should he try to find among the tight-lipped martial artists and attempt thorough division of labor?

Then, the management would fall to Yoo Ho and himself, and while it’s okay for Jin Cheonhee’s work to increase,

Yoo Ho wouldn’t stand by and watch his work increase.

‘It would be fortunate if he were the type to compromise with a raise in salary.’

The problem is that Yoo Ho moves out of loyalty to his master and some kind of contract between the two, not caring about salary.

It’s a miracle that recently, with Jin Cheonhee’s cooking skills having leaped to another level, he has started to compromise a little with food.

‘He likes raw meat… Yoo Ho does.’

On modern Earth, cattle are raised with good quarantine, so it’s okay to eat raw meat (though the probability of problems is not zero, and some parts are dangerous), but considering the hygiene and distribution process of this era, it’s a bit risky.

But for some reason, this guy has no worries about parasites.

Perhaps it’s similar to how Hwanggu or Noejin eat raw meat without worrying about parasites.

Anyway, since Yoo Ho doesn’t seem to be human?

So, he likes raw meat made from beef liver the most.

Of course, not only in the martial world but also on Earth, it’s a part that can be dangerous for humans if eaten incorrectly.

‘Raw meat is best eaten with pear. And with fresh egg yolk.’

If you slaughter a cow and cook it right away, he eats a piece of raw meat with a glass of alcohol slowly, with a reluctant face.

I was worried that he might get tired of eating only raw meat.

So, I once cooked it by slightly searing the surface using the Fire Life Technique while keeping the blood inside, and he ate that well too.

Of course, that doesn’t mean he stops grabbing Jin Cheonhee by the collar, but if he continues to work, that’s satisfying enough.

‘Hmm, Yoo Ho is still scary.’

It’s important not to show it.

In front of Yoo Ho, it’s better for Jin Cheonhee to appear as someone who has completely lost the function of fear.

Even the four great hall masters are cautious around Chief Yoo.

He has been pretending to have lost his sense of fear from the first meeting until now.

Otherwise, an equal relationship would be forever impossible.

No. Perhaps it wasn’t acting.

Because he thought that cultivating bacteria was more important than fear.

If fear had been the priority, he wouldn’t have offered himself as bait during the Heavenly Commander Yeo incident.

Let’s save people. In front of that proposition, Jin Cheonhee acted surprisingly boldly.

‘For now… let’s not increase the work. It would be better to reduce the workload for a while.’

Even setting Yoo Ho aside, he needs to take care of the work-life balance of the medical pavilion members.

Thus, Jin Cheonhee began to adjust the workload.

‘I should slaughter about three cows and feed him.’

Since he likes raw meat, he will surely like it.

Thus, peaceful days continued.

The medical pavilion members took care of their health, and Jin Cheonhee did too.

Yoo Ho didn’t particularly say a word of thanks to Jin Cheonhee for eating the cow.

But seeing him eat well to the end, unlike his usual self, it seems he liked it.

Thanks to that, the cook also felt rewarded.

In the meantime, Yeo Ha-ryoon came to see his Hyung.

***

“Ha-ryoon-ah!”

Jin Cheonhee waited for Yeo Ha-ryoon from the entrance.

From down there, Yeo Ha-ryoon looked like just a dot, but he waved his hand enthusiastically out of joy.

‘Hmm, since Ilkana went out for external work, it’s perfect timing for him to come.’

It’s not yet time for Yeo Ha-ryoon and Ilkana to meet.

For her to become Yeo Ha-ryoon’s right arm, she needs to become stronger.

From afar, Yeo Ha-ryoon, who looked like a dot, raised his hand and waved.

He seemed to have seen Jin Cheonhee too.

At that moment, Yeo Ha-ryoon, who was a dot, quickly grew larger. Incredible lightness skill!

“Hyung.”

“…Are you using the Ground Shrinking Technique?”

“…Hmm?”

He’s still ignorantly strong.

Jin Cheonhee greeted him in Korean style.

“So, have you eaten?”

“I think my last meal was dinner yesterday? But I’m not particularly hungry.”

“You’ve skipped two meals. That’s not good. Let’s eat first.”

I marinated beef in seasoning the day before to give to this guy, so it’s time for a charcoal-grilled ribs party after a long time.

***