[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-childhood-friend-of-the-zenith":3,"chapter-childhood-friend-of-the-zenith-childhood-friend-of-the-zenith-chapter-69":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Childhood Friend of the Zenith",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1240045,1667,"Chapter 68: Immortal Healer (5)","childhood-friend-of-the-zenith-chapter-69",69,"\u003Cp>༺ Immortal Healer (5) ༻\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How are you feeling?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Celestial Plum Blossom asked after he was finally allowed to enter the hut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I also snuck in when things had calmed down somewhat inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You shouldn’t come all the way here when you are so busy…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I just happened to stop by, so no need to say that.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Lord.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Plum Blossom Sword then smiled at the Celestial Plum Blossom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Immortal Healer was still glaring at him, but he didn’t speak or say anything else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘The Immortal Healer huh…’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was quite a bit astonished after hearing that the elderly man was actually the Immortal Healer himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was a man who was incomparable in the field of medical techniques.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, he was known as someone who could heal anyone, but due to his wandering nature, it was hard to make contact with him even for the high-ranking clans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But to come across the Immortal Healer here…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘…I didn’t expect him to have such a personality though.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>｢Ever since times immemorial, a master of a specific field has always shown to be weird in their own ways.｣\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘…Oh, so that’s why…’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was definitely credible since he was a reliable example of that trait himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>｢What! What do you mean by that!?｣\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Putting aside the matter of the Immortal Healer, the real problem here was the presence of Zhuge Hyuk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I kept looking at him while he was quietly sitting down while looking up into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Zhuge Hyuk is the grandson of the Immortal Healer?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had indeed heard that he was traveling with his grandfather, but I didn’t expect said grandfather to be the Immortal Healer himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘What is going on here…?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What could have happened for him to change?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If that guy really is the Zhuge Hyuk I know, then what happened to him that drove him to take the Heavenly Demon’s side?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The background he had recounted to me was completely different than the one I am currently witnessing with my own eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, I didn’t believe everything he told me back then, but I never thought that he would actually be the grandson of the Immortal Healer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Does this also play a role in his transformation in the future?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Why is everything getting more and more complicated?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why was it that I could never have anything easy in my life?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I glanced at Zhuge Hyuk and thought to myself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…Can I really kill him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…ild.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or should I even kill him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And if I do, when should I, and would it cause probl—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Child.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>｢Wake up.｣\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I clenched my head at the headache I got after hearing Elder Shin’s voice…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I gazed at the direction the voice – other than Elder Shin’s – had come from, I saw Celestial Plum Blossom looking at me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you feeling ill?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, I’m fine…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tae! The child said he’s sick!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shut up!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Immortal Healer shouted angrily at the Celestial Plum Blossom and continued boiling the medician herbs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slowly and carefully boiling the herbs, he handed the concoction over to the Plum Blossom Sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sleep after you drink this, you’ll feel tired after taking the medicine.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Thank you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A nervous expression floated on Gu Ryunghwa’s face, worrying that her teacher might drop the medicine from her hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the outside, she looked like a weak elderly woman, but both the Celestial Plum Blossom and the Immortal Healer called her a Swordmaster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And my sister, Gu Ryunghwa, was her disciple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now I understood why Yung Pung had said that Gu Ryunghwa was his senior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Probably, that was also the reason behind Gu Ryunghwa being treated as a second-generation disciple even though she joined the sect even after the third-generation students.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Why didn’t I know that she was a student of the Plum Blossom Sword?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We didn’t talk much in my previous life, but I had never heard about Gu Ryunghwa being a disciple of the Swordmaster of Mount Hua from others either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That probably meant that this information hadn’t been spread outside much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How did Gu Ryunghwa even become her disciple?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And what happened for the student of the Plum Blossom Sword to be so unknown to the world?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I just knew that Gu Ryunghwa was a martial artist of the Mount Hua Sect and nothing else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Plum Blossom Sword was a Swordmaster who was respected by many swordswomen of the martial world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And if I had to list the top martial artists of the Mount Hua Sect, the Plum Blossom Sword would be included at the same tier as the Celestial Plum Blossom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A female Swordmaster that never hesitated to run into danger to save others in need.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the true gate of demons appeared in Shaanxi, not only did the Plum Blossom Sword evacuate all the people to safety, but she also became a generational hero after holding off all the demons until the Celestial Plum Blossom’s arrival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, her sudden inactivity and the news of her hiding from the world was a hot topic that was often discussed by many.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Was it because of her disease?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Needless to say, she didn’t look fine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just the fact that she looked older than the Celestial Plum Blossom even though being younger than her was enough reason to reach that conclusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While I kept staring at her like that, our eyes suddenly met.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was surprised by that and flinched, but the Swordmaster merely smiled at me kindly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Nice to meet you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I should have met you much sooner, but too much time has passed away already for that.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You know me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did she hear about me from Gu Ryunghwa?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was nervous, naturally assuming that she didn’t relay anything good about me to her master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the words that left her mouth were totally out of my expectations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You look very much like Cheonhee.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Words that I never expected to hear; a name that I thought I had already forgotten about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How did she know that name?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You… knew my mother?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheonhee— the name of my mother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let alone her name, I have even forgotten that smiling face of hers, and the voice with which she used to call my name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Swordmaster merely smiled at my question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“She was a friend of mine… a really good friend.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My mother was a friend of yours…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was unaware of my mother’s experiences from her younger days, but I often heard that she had lived an ordinary life…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘…I guess it’s not too weird.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since there was a girl like Wi Seol-Ah around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The problem here was that I started learning way too many things around me only now, after my regression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…He doesn’t look anything like her.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Were the words Gu Ryunghwa spoke while being nestled in the Swordmaster’s arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was glaring at me fiercely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ryunghwa…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That guy looks nothing like my… mother. Mother looked like a rabbit, while that guy looks like a human mantis…!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mantis…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>｢See I didn’t just say that you look like a mantis for no reason!｣\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why is it mantis out of all the options…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are so many cute or cool animals in the world but why is it that she only compared me to a mantis?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>｢Why don’t you realize the possibility that maybe you don’t look cute or cool?｣\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘…Elder Shin, you can stop now.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How heartbreaking…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Swordmaster patted Gu Ryunghwa’s head and spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ryunghwa, why are you being so rude to a person that came all the way here for you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…That’s… not…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Now, now… apologize to your brother.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Ryunghwa’s lips curled into a sulky pout at the Plum Blossom Sword’s words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was still a kid, after all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…So… rry.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her expression told me that she was cursing at me, even though her mouth emitted words of apology.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, she still listened to the Swordmaster’s words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Swordmaster smiled after seeing Gu Ryungha’s behavior and continued her words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“4 years ago, when I visited the Gu Clan, I wanted to see you as well… but… you were not in the clan at the time.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>4 years ago?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Oh, is it during then?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The time around which I began to see the darkness of the Gu Clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The time that I slowly started getting destroyed from the inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t a good time for me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Swordmaster gazed at me with that kind smile of hers without knowing about that fact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m glad I can at least see you now…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course, it was very disappointing for me when I couldn’t see you back then.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is it because I am the son of her friend?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It all started to make sense now. The reason why Gu Ryunghwa left for the Mount Hua Sect a year after the Swordmaster visited our clan 4 years ago was probably due to this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, since none other than the Swordmaster wanted to make Gu Ryunghwa her disciple, it was understandable why the father or the elders didn’t refuse the offer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, that decision of theirs was probably strengthened further due to my existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You look very similar to Cheonhee.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I smiled inwardly at the Swordmaster’s words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were words I could never relate to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t remember my mother having such a sharp expression on her face though…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The outside may be different, but you certainly are very much like her, especially the aura of yours.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>｢Even in the middle of this, that woman doesn’t deny the fact your face is indeed fierce.｣\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Do you really have to tease me every time?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aura huh, what does that even mean?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Trying to understand what she meant now was extremely difficult as all my memories of my mother had grown dim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I just vaguely remember my time with her being warm and comforting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the only thing I could remember about her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While I was starting to become engrossed in my own thoughts, I sensed someone next to me handing me something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wondered who it was, and I found that it was actually Zhuge Hyuk; I was slightly surprised at that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘What now…?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Towel? What does he want me to do with it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What is it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even when I asked, the guy just continued to stare at me without even moving his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Ryunghwa had already told me that he was a disabled boy who was unable to talk,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, it was strange to me since I remembered him talking just fine in my previous life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was that also due to the power of the Heavenly Demon?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were even able to make a disabled person talk?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Were they even human at this point?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As I didn’t react or respond much, the boy just put the towel back into his pocket and sat near the Immortal Healer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was he always like that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guy that always had that nasty smile on his face… the guy that led thousands of people just with his words alone without any hesitation,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Were they really massacred by the same kid that was currently in front of me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then just what in the hell happened for Zhuge Hyuk to become a supporter of the demonic cult?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Immortal Healer spoke while gazing at the Celestial Plum Blossom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You fucker… why did you even come here?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Jeez, how could you call the Lord of the Mount Hua Sect a fucker…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Want me to leave?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Call me whatever you like… I came here to see how my disciple is doing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Just shit with your mouth at this point, your face is blatantly telling me that you came here for something else.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ahem…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did you come here for that kid?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Immortal Healer gazed at me as he spoke those words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I mean… you know, might as well kill two birds with one stone since I came here—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Celestial Plum Blossom avoided Immortal Healer’s gaze after being caught red-handed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed like the Immortal Healer was about to spout flame from his eyes after seeing that action of his.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The promise between us ends with the Swordmaster. I’m sure you know this yourself.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Hmm.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was very uncomfortable for me to sit here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I came here when I wasn’t even given a proper explanation, however, learning that we had come to the Immortal Healer for my sake made me feel even worse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uh… What’s—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Jeez! Can’t you just let it pass? That’s what friends are for, you know!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Now you are just being utterly shameless! Do you not know just how much it cost for you to hire me to ask something like that!?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you really gonna be so petty?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Petty my ass, I’m about to drown you in this medicinal herb.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What is this abomination of a conversation I am hearing right now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is this really the conversation between the greatest Taoist, the Celestial Plum Blossom and the legendary healer, the Immortal Healer?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Plum Blossom Sword just maintained that kind smile of hers even while hearing all this bickering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It looked like she was used to it already.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My answer is still no.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Come on now…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s obvious that he’s not in a normal condition, and if I also took care of him, I can’t put all my attention into the Swordmaster, and are you okay with that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My eyes became bigger after hearing the Immortal Healer’s words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not in a normal condition? Who…?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Me?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I ate, pooped, slept, and walked quite well up until now… I couldn’t understand why he said that I was not in a normal condition then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it was anyone else, I would have taken those words as pure bullshit, but the problem here was that they came from the Immortal Healer himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Judging by your reaction, it seems like you weren’t aware of that yourself, but you’re telling me to fix that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey, I never asked you to fix it… Only to check—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Get out of here with that nonsense of yours, Dohwa.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immortal Healer’s voice was tinged with notes of extreme anger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s the responsibility of a healer. Are you telling me to neglect a patient even after me knowing that they are hurt?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Tae.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Plus, I have someone that I have to take care of in front of me—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Would the Leaf of Dragon’s Candle do it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>–Pause\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Immortal Healer stopped moving after hearing those words leak from the Celestial Plum Blossom’s mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was so stunned that even his hand that was boiling the medicine so diligently had stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn’t the only one that was shocked as I was just as shocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘He has the Leaf of Dragon’s Candle?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Dragon’s Candle was a sacred herb that was extremely hard to acquire even if someone had a lot of money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was often said that even one root of Dragon’s Candle was capable of making a good chunk of the greatest medicines that were available in the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…And he offered that to him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t strange to hear that the Mount Hua Sect had possession of Dragon’s Candle,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, a precious thing was not something that should’ve been offered just to get me checked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, he even offered the leaves of Dragon’s Candle…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Dohwa, are you being serious right now?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If it turns out that I am lying, I will bark like a dog in front of you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even so, for a sect leader to bark like a dog is just…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t something that a leader should ever say, but I guess it’s more believable now that he said that—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…You piece of shit, you said that last time and you barked like a dog like it was nothing…!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone froze instantly after hearing what the Immortal Healer just said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Lord of the Mount Hua Sect actually barked like a dog? Surely the Immortal Healer was joking right now… right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking like that I looked at the Celestial Plum Blossom, only to see him standing there with an awkward expression on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey! There are kids watching…!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You idiot, you caused so much trouble that surely it won’t get any worse.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I thought for a second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…Will Mount Hua be alright like this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Elder Shin…’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>｢…Don’t talk to me.｣\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Are you really okay with Mount Hua being like this?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>｢What’s Mount Hua? I don’t know what that is. My memories have been faint lately… Could it be that I have dementia…?｣\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This old man wasn’t normal either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He even used dementia as an excuse even though he’s a ghost already.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Can’t believe this didn’t work.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then if it turns out I was lying, I will step down as the Lord of the Mount Hua Sect.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My Lord!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Swordmaster called out to the Celestial Plum Blossom with utter shock on her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shocked that he even bet his position as the lord of the sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was such a man that even bet the clan’s treasure for a drinking game so…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was really hard to trust someone like him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hearing the Celestial Plum Blossom’s words, the Immortal Healer looked at me again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I assumed that betting his position as the Lord of Mount Hua was enough to make the Immortal Healer believe in him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How about it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Immortal Healer thought for a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is the Dragon’s Candle really that valuable?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, he let out a sigh…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…I’m just going to check him and that’s all I’m doing… Even if something is wrong with him, I’m not going to do anything about it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After musing by himself for a while, the Immortal Healer finally accepted the Celestial Plum Blossom’s request.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh yes, yes! That’s enough.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uh… sorry to interrupt, but what about my opinion?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…I’m never going to accept your requests ever again.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then I’ll just have to come to you over and over again till you do.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Just shut your mouth please.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After speaking those words, the Immortal Healer reached out his hand towards me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Pull up your sleeve and lend me your arm.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I couldn’t help but hesitate at the Immortal Healer’s words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I knew that the whole reason why we came here was because the Celestial Plum Blossom knew about the Qi of the Mount Hua Sect that was swirling inside of me,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, I doubted if he could even figure out the condition of the Qi inside of me. Moreover, if he really was able to figure everything out, I feared him being able to discover my demonic abilities as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>｢Lend him your arm.｣\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Elder shin?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>｢The longer you hesitate, the more suspicious you look. I’ll take care of the thing you are nervous about, so lend him your arm.｣\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I listened to Elder Shin’s words and pulled up my sleeve and reached my arm out to the Immortal Healer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>｢However, I hope you tell me what you are so nervous about as payment.｣\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘…Yes.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Immortal Healer grabbed my arm and slowly checked my pulse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, a very small trace of Qi came inside my body from the tips of the Immortal Healer’s fingers that were touching my arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I guess even if one was a healer, they had some amount of Qi in them at least.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Oh god.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After touching my arm for a while, the Immortal Healer finally spoke in an extremely astonished tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hearing his words, I couldn’t help but feel my mind go blank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You aren’t just abnormal, but you are basically a walking dead.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huh…?\u003C\u002Fp>",3256,"2026-06-05T15:09:38.751Z",1,"novelbin.me","4d16704a22206e24d64998ac9047c774facea3ff236fae9677e21e8afa22c5cf","childhood-friend-of-the-zenith-chapter-70","childhood-friend-of-the-zenith-chapter-68",974,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fchildhood-friend-of-the-zenith-cover.jpg"]