Evil's End Martial God Chronicle Chapter 78

Gongsun Cheongi and I traded lines of verse back and forth, talking so long we lost track of ti.

Maybe we truly clicked—before we knew it, we even dropped formalities and beca friends.

“COUGH! COUGH!”

Having too much fun, Gongsun Cheongi didn’t even realize he was burning through his strength, and he began coughing hard.

His escorting martial artists hurriedly took out a bowl of herbal decoction, ward it with blazing-yang internal energy, and held it out in front of Gongsun Cheongi.

“Young Master. Please drink.”

“Thanks.”

“You seem to be enjoying yourself, so I couldn’t bring myself to stop you, but you must be careful.”

“I know. It’s just... I t my first true kindred spirit and got carried away, so I must’ve overdone it. Sorry.”

At Gongsun Cheongi’s apology, the martial artist shook his head as if he didn’t deserve it.

“W-what are you saying? This subject only spoke because I was worried about you. An apology to is... unthinkable.”

It was obvious how dearly they cherished Gongsun Cheongi.

Watching that with a pleased look, I asked carefully.

“What kind of illness is it, that a few lines of verse do that to you?”

At my question, Gongsun Cheongi hesitated for a mont, then sighed and spoke.

“Gang Wi... do you know about Nine-Yin Severed ridians?”

“I do. A disease where nine ridians slowly freeze from intense yin energy, and in the end you die. Don’t tell ... you have it?”

“That’s right. You know Nine-Yin Severed ridians well.”

“I do. Because I’ve treated it before.”

At my words, it wasn’t just Gongsun Cheongi—every martial artist nearby stared at in shock.

Gongsun Cheongi asked back in a trembling voice.

“W-what... what did you just say?”

“I said I’ve cured Nine-Yin Severed ridians before.”

“I-is that really true? You really cured Nine-Yin Severed ridians?”

Saying I’d cured it before was a lie ant to calm him down.

I hadn’t cured it before, but I can cure it.

All I have to do is engrave a mantra that radiates strong yang energy into the ridians freezing from intense yin energy.

Then the ridians won’t freeze anymore—rather, yang energy will overflow, and he’ll be able to unleash martial arts that use blazing-yang internal energy as much as he wants.

Of course, since I’d never tried it even once, I’d need to be extrely careful... but I didn’t think I would fail.

“H-how?”

“I learned sorcery. If I engrave a mantra that emits yang energy into the ridians where yin energy leaks out, the yin energy won’t be able to run rampant anymore, and Nine-Yin Severed ridians will naturally disappear.”

“You-you can fix Nine-Yin Severed ridians... with sorcery?”

I nodded.

Gongsun Cheongi stared at blankly for a mont, then climbed down from the chair, dropped to his knees, and prostrated himself, begging.

“Th-then please, heal ! I’ll do anything you want! So please—heal !”

“Co on. What conditions do we need between us? If a friend is sick, of course I should fix him. Honestly, I knew you had Nine-Yin Severed ridians from the mont I first saw you. I didn’t think you’d believe if I acted like I knew... and you might even dislike it, so I kept quiet.”

Gongsun Cheongi looked at with trembling eyes.

No wonder he’d felt strangely compelled to co here today.

Maybe it was to et a benefactor like this.

In truth, Gongsun Cheongi’s body was reaching its limit.

He was barely controlling the yin energy, but even that was about to collapse because his stamina couldn’t support him anymore.

He was living day to day in a state of resignation.

“Young Master! He’s an unverified person! You must be careful!”

At the martial artist’s words, Gongsun Cheongi said,

“If this friend, Gang Wi, hard , what would he gain? And he’s my friend. Don’t speak carelessly about my friend.”

“Th-that is....”

Then Gongsun Cheongi apologized to .

“I’ll apologize for their mistake. Sorry. But they didn’t say it with bad intentions. They’re only doing that because they’re worried about , so please understand with a generous heart.”

I grinned and nodded.

“I know. You’ve really kept good people at your side.”

“That’s right. They’re more than I deserve.”

At that, the escorting martial artists rubbed their noses awkwardly and looked away.

“Live a long, long ti, and show those people a good sight, too. I’ll heal your Nine-Yin Severed ridians.”

“Thank you! Really—thank you. Is there anything I need to prepare?”

“First... it’s not a good idea to treat you here, so it’d be best if there’s sowhere quiet, like a secluded hall.”

“Our family has a mountain lodge. Let’s go there.”

“You really believe that much?”

At my question, Gongsun Cheongi grinned.

“I believed you from the mont I first saw you.”

At that, I let out a small laugh and said,

“Then I have to repay that trust. Let’s go.”

*****

Gongsun Cheongi and his people arrived with at Greenwood Mountain Lodge, the Gongsun Family’s mountain estate.

The staff managing the lodge flustered at the sudden visit as they rushed to receive us.

Gongsun Cheongi told them he’d co to recuperate, so they were not to make a fuss, then went into a room with .

When the escorting martial artists tried to follow, Gongsun Cheongi said,

“It’ll be just the two of us.”

At that, the martial artists made troubled expressions.

“Young Master....”

“If you co in, my friend will be uncomfortable.”

At Gongsun Cheongi’s words, I grinned and shook my head.

“No. It’s fine. They can stay. It won’t interfere or anything.”

“Really? That’s okay?”

“Yeah. Their job is to protect you. You should consider their position, too.”

At my words, the escorting martial artists relaxed their wariness toward a lot.

Not completely, though.

They held themselves ready so they could respond instantly if I tried anything.

Honestly, I liked that better.

“Must be nice, having escorts like that.”

“You probably have them too.”

“I do. I suddenly miss them. Maybe I should’ve brought them.”

“Show later.”

“Sure. Let’s start. First, take off all your clothes and lie down.”

He did as I said, undressed, and lay on the bed.

Maybe because he hadn’t been able to eat properly, Gongsun Cheongi’s body was gaunt.

“It’s not a great sight, is it?”

To the embarrassed Gongsun Cheongi, I said,

“So what? Once you’re cured, you’ll have a body worth looking at soon.”

“Do you really think my illness can be cured?”

“Up until now, you tried everything you could to cure it, didn’t you?”

“Yeah. Even a Heavenly Physician shook his head and left. He said my condition is too severe—beyond a level that can be treated.”

“But you haven’t tried sorcery.”

“Th-that’s true.”

“Why? Now that we’re actually doing it, are you nervous?”

“Yeah. I’ve never heard of healing the body with sorcery.”

“Ah. It’s sorcery, but it’s not the kind of sorcery you’re thinking of.”

“Then what is it?”

“There’s sothing like that. I’ll tell you once you’re healthy. You might be able to understand.”

“Okay.”

“Alright. Then I’m starting.”

“...Yeah. I’m counting on you.”

I nodded, then murmured an incantation.

“Open the eyes, observe the soul; illuminate the qi, observe the ridians.”

As I murmured the incantation, my eyes turned white.

Gongsun Cheongi watched that with fascination.

With White Eyes, I could see every ridian in Gongsun Cheongi’s body clearly.

His qi wasn’t flowing smoothly, and I could see ridians that had turned bluish from vicious cold.

There were nine in total.

‘Let’s start with the Kidney ridian.’

Still in that state, I murmured another incantation.

“Open the eyes, observe the soul; illuminate the qi, observe the ridians.”

My white eyes abruptly contracted, turning as if white had appeared atop black pupils.

The sight was grotesque enough that the escorting martial artists tensed up as they looked back and forth between and Gongsun Cheongi.

I was stacking two incantations at once.

If a mage of the Pasa Kingdom saw this, they’d be horrified.

But it wasn’t over.

After magnifying the spot where cold energy was leaking out, I brought my finger to it and began focusing so intensely that veins bulged on my forehead.

I was attempting a secret technique I’d never tried before.

So I was focusing and focusing, more than ever.

A secret technique that engraves mantras into an extrely tiny ridian.

It was the Mantra Qi Engraving Art.

Sun rises, heavenly yang; qi floods in, spirit engraving.

I was casually attempting sothing insane—stacking three mantras at once.

If the mages of the Pasa Kingdom saw this, they’d foam at the mouth and pass out.

A faint, delicate qi gathered at my fingertips and began engraving a mantra into Gongsun Cheongi’s ridian.

A first attempt.

A thin line of sweat ran down my forehead.

DRIP—.

The instant a drop of sweat wet the floor—

“Hoo!”

I exhaled and lifted my finger.

“One down!”

“Huh? What’s down?”

“I cleared one. Now it’s Eight-Yin Severed ridians.”

“A-already?”

“Isn’t it warm here?”

“Huh? It—it is? I-it’s really warm!”

“Right? Co on. Let’s do the rest too.”

“Mm!”

With a choked, emotional expression, Gongsun Cheongi nodded hard.

The escorting martial artists saw it clearly.

Color was returning to the spot where I’d pressed my finger, then lifted it.

*****

After engraving mantras into seven ridians, I looked at the remaining two.

The last two were the Conception Vessel and the Governing Vessel.

If I made even a small mistake here, it could an instant death.

Even the people who’d watched treat the other ridians tensed up when I reached my finger toward the Conception and Governing Vessels.

But I was smiling like it was nothing as I extended my finger.

At this point, it felt like I could engrave mantras with my eyes closed.

Still, I had to be careful—so I focused again.

That was when it happened.

Maybe startled by the yang energy rising from the other ridians, the Conception Vessel and the Governing Vessel suddenly began releasing an enormous amount of yin energy.

If this continued, Gongsun Cheongi—weak-bodied—wouldn’t endure it and would die.

Not one place—two places had to be blocked at the sa ti.

‘Seriously... you keep forcing into new attempts.’

Stacking three mantras at once was already unheard of—now I had to split those mantras into two sets and deploy them simultaneously.

I clicked my tongue.

Nothing had tested like Nine-Yin Severed ridians.

But I couldn’t stop here.

If I did, Gongsun Cheongi would die.

The °• N 𝑜 v 𝑒 l i g h t •° problem was I needed to chant in two layers, but I only had one mouth.

Was there any way?

As I thought, a clone ca to mind.

There was no rule that said I had to summon a full clone.

Summoning just a mouth should work, right?

That was the insane choice I made—stacking a fourth mantra on top.

The rings around my heart were spinning at an incredible speed.

A normal human would’ve exploded and died on the spot.

But I’m Jeok Wigang.

Another mouth ford inside my own mouth.

After taking a deep breath, I stretched out both hands, brought them to the Conception Vessel and the Governing Vessel, and chanted dual mantras.

From the two mouths, the mantras flowed at the sa ti, and white light stread from my fingertips into the Conception Vessel and the Governing Vessel.

The Conception and Governing Vessels were also called the Gate of Life and Death.

It ant a mysterious gate where life and death crossed.

The deathly energy inside the Gate of Life and Death violently pushed back and resisted.

GRRRT—.

Gongsun Cheongi’s body shook hard.

PUK—!

Thick blood burst from his nose.