Chapter 13. Human Killing Medicine (1/2)

Chapter 13. Human Killing Medicine

Inside the moving carriage.

Cho Ryu Hyang, Um Seung Do, and Jo Gi Chun were all sitting in it.

Um Seung Do opened his mouth.

“Like I said before, we don’t have much time left. So we’ll have to go all the way to the church without stopping.”

Um Seung Do took out a small bottle as he spoke.

“I’m going to tell you this in advance. The trip isn’t going to be very comfortable. We’ll have to go as fast as possible, which will probably strain you both physically and mentally. We’ll still be moving as you two sleep.”

“How are we going to move while sleeping?”

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They were traveling for over 6 hours already.

The carriage did not stop once, unless they had to go do their business. When Jo Gi Chun asked his question with a tired face, Um Seung Do opened the bottle, and answered the question.

“You will have to sleep in the carriage. I wanted to avoid this situation, but this really is urgent. Please, do understand.”

Jo Gi Chun’s face grew dark.

He wasn’t confident of these kind of trips, especially with his old age.

Um Seung Do, as if he had seen what Jo Gi Chun was thinking, said this with a smile.

“That’s why we brought this.”

“What’s that?”

“This is a very special pill that is made only in limited amounts by the church. This is one of our pride and joy, the Heavenly Demon Spirit Pill.”

“Heavenly Demon Spirit Pill?”

The Heavenly Demon Spirit Pill (天魔靈丹).

It wasn’t something really precious or rare.

But it was a pill that outclassed most pills that were made in the Martial World.

It was expensive to make, but it had the advantage of being able to be produced securely at any location. Seeing that the pope of the church controlled the production of this pill himself, one could see how valuable this pill actually was.

But Jo Gi Chun and his student had no way of knowing about this, as they weren’t from the Martial World. A treasure is only a treasure in the hands of someone who knows its value. Jo Gi Chun and Cho Ryu Hyang both stared at Um Seung Do with a dull face.

Um Seung Do’s proud face instantly crumbled. He asked the two a question.

“Could it be…. you never heard of this pill?”

“Yes.”

Um Seung Do bit his lip when he heard Jo Gi Chun’s answer.

“How about you, young man?”

“I never heard of it.”

“Hnn……”

Um Seung Do hummed a little in disappointment when he heard the answer.

It was a little bothersome to tell them all about the pill. He was caught in an annoying situation.

‘I’m not even a drug dealer……’

Um Seung Do took out a small black pill, about the size of a fingernail, from the bottle.

“Well, this is a pill that is very good for you. I don’t really want to get into this, so just try it. The moment you put it in your mouth, you’ll see how good this is for you.”

Jo Gi Chun simply glanced at the black pill laid out in front of him, but didn’t take it. He was suspicious. Taking a pill like this and eating it without knowing its purpose was something only fools did.

Um Seung Do realized what Jo Gi Chun was thinking, and said this with a smile.

“It’s not harmful for your body.”

“…….”

Jo Gi Chun didn’t say anything.

“If the church wanted to harm you in any way, we wouldn’t have done this in this sort of a way. We would’ve done it very silently. So much so that even you wouldn’t realize we did something to you.”

“…….”

Jo Gi Chun still had a suspicious look on his face.

In the end, Um Seung Do shook his head, and said this.

“I’ll have to show you myself.”

Um Seung Do took one of the pills.

He put it in his mouth. The moment it touched his tongue, it melted like water, and flowed down his throat. Feeling the effects of the medicine with his own body, Um Seung Do said this with a proud expression.

“I think I just proved that this isn’t poison. What do you think?”

“……I’ll take it if I really get tired later.”

When Jo gi Chun refused, Um Seung Do looked quite disappointed.

It seemed that Jo Gi Chun really didn’t see the church in a positive manner.

This was very sad for Um Seung Do, as he was a devout follower of the church.

Right then.

“I’ll take it.”

Um Seung Do looked at Cho Ryu Hyang with a surprised expression.

This was a reaction he didn’t expect at all.

Um Seung Do asked a question with a happy face.

“You would take this pill?”

“Yes.”

Um Seung Do glanced at Jo Gi Chun.

Jo Gi Chun was looking at Cho Ryu Hyang with a hint of reproach.

“Aren’t you suspicious of this pill?”

“Yes.”

“It could be poison, you know.”

“Didn’t you just eat it yourself?”

Um Seung Do faintly smiled.

He wanted to tease the boy a little.

“I could have received a special training to resist poison, you know. Aren’t you suspicious of something like that?”

Cho Ryu Hyang fixed his glasses.

He then looked at Um Seung Do with a slightly confused face.

“Do you want me to not take this medicine?”

“Huh?”

“Could it be that this is too valuable for a child….”

“Definitely not.”

“It would be good for me to try the medicine right now, then. Right?”

Of course that was true.

Jo Gi Chun looked like he was about to collapse at any given moment. He should take the medicine before he really gets sick, but it was hard to convince the man.

In this situation, if Cho Ryu Hyang eats the pill now, and shows Jo Gi Chun that the pill was harmless, perhaps that man would take the pill. Um Seung Do thought quite highly of the boy when he realized that.

‘But……’

Does the boy really trust in him that much?

Um Seung Do wanted to show the boy how scary the Martial World could be.

When he was about to open his mouth, Cho Ryu Hyang spoke up.

“Don’t misunderstand. I’m not eating it because I trust you. I would be a fool to trust you when I met you not long ago. I’m not that dumb.”

“…….”

Jo Gi Chun was like this, too, but this boy was also too honest.

When Um Seung Do was insulting Cho Ryu Hyang in his mind, the boy spoke.

“I don’t trust you, but I feel that that medicine is very effective. That’s why I’m saying I’d eat it.”

Um Seung Do was confused.

It sounded logical, but the sentence didn’t make sense at all.

“This is indeed a precious medicine, but how did you know about it?”

Um Seung Do said this as he glared at Cho Ryu Hyang. He tried to search Cho Ryu Hyang with his gaze. Indeed, this boy was suspicious. Um Seung Do couldn’t figure out what the boy was thinking. It felt like the boy was hiding many things.

‘What are you hiding?’

While Um Seung Do was thinking about such things, Cho Ryu Hyang, too, was organizing his thoughts quickly. He was able to know that the medicine was precious, using his unique sight.

But Cho Ryu Hyang didn’t feel like telling the man about it. Like he said earlier, Cho Ryu Hyang didn’t trust the man. Cho Ryu Hyang took off his glasses, rubbed his eyes, and spoke up.

“It’s just instinct.”

“Ins….tinct?”

Um Seung Do made a surprised face. And that soon turned into a tired one. He was looking at the boy with a careful gaze. It seemed that the halo he saw on the boy didn’t leave his mind.

‘It was…. probably an imagination.’

Cho Ryu Hyang stretched out his hand.

Um Seung Do put a pill on the boy’s hand.

“Will you be alright?”

When Jo Gi Chun said this with a worried face, Cho Ryu Hyang nodded.

The pill had a blue glow to it, when seen with his eyes.

When something had a blue glow, it usually meant it was good.

“It’ll be alright.”

Without hesitation, Cho Ryu Hyang swallowed the pill.

“How is it?”

One of the good points of the pill was the fact that the effect was immediate.