Chapter 44: Cuckoo Life (1)
Chapter 44: Cuckoo Life (1)
"Ha ha. It's been a long time, Physician Geum."
"Sword Saint, have you been in excellent health? I'm sorry I haven't come to see you since I treated your back last time."
"Not at all. If anything, I'm the one who should be grateful. You and my wife have been focusing on Bo-a's treatment. Welcome to my home."
Wi Ji-ja welcomed me with a good-natured smile. Seol Yu-ran, on the other hand, stood a little behind her husband, fidgeting. Anyone could see she wasn't at all pleased with this situation.
She had been against my coming to this house from the start.
Even if I was her disciple, there was no way she could be entirely comfortable bringing her lover—her own master, no less—into the home where her husband lived.
But in the end, she had no choice but to accept it. I had persuaded her by saying it was all for Wi Ji-bo's treatment.
I'd chided her, asking if she really thought the Nine Yin Severed Meridians could be treated so easily, and told her that, unless we opened a path in advance through the increased Yin and Yang energies and gradually eased the condition, it would be too difficult for a child's body to endure.
It wasn't wrong—but only if Wi Ji-bo really had the Nine Yin Severed Meridians.
Not knowing that she actually had the Great Yin Severed Meridians, and believing that she truly had the Nine Yin Severed Meridians because she trusted only what I'd told her, Seol Yu-ran had no choice but to accept my visits to her home.
"You'll be coming to our house every day starting today?"
"These will be house calls. Thanks to my master's help, the Yin Cold Qi is growing faster than expected, so enough Yin and Yang energy has accumulated for us to begin treatment. It won't be a complete cure yet, but if we start preparing in advance, we can gradually ease her condition—and it will greatly improve our chances of curing her completely later on."
"I see. That's such a relief."
Wi Ji-ja looked relieved, as though he truly felt that way. A smile spread across his lips, as if to show just how precious his daughter was to him.
The fact that Wi Ji-bo was finally beginning treatment seemed to make Seol Yu-ran happy, too. For now, at least, she wore a broad smile.
No parent could dislike the idea of their child receiving treatment for a meridian condition that was practically incurable.
"I'll begin treatment right now. Is that all right?"
"Of course! Then I'll go bring Bo-a down from the second floor. Please wait just a moment."
Wi Ji-ja said that, turned around, and went up the stairs. He was out of sight in no time.
As soon as he disappeared, I placed my hand on Seol Yu-ran's butt and stroked it.
I'd rather have touched her breasts, but if I did that, I wasn't sure I'd be able to hold back...
Even I wasn't quite shameless enough to suddenly fuck someone else's wife in her own home without laying any groundwork first.
At least, not unless I was disguised as the Thousand-Faced Lust Demon.
Smack.
Seol Yu-ran's hand slapped the one I'd been using to stroke her butt.
"Ow."
"It doesn't even hurt, so don't be such a baby. And no cheating in the house! Got it?"
"We'll see, depending on the situation."
"Oh, you...!"
Seol Yu-ran, who had been performing the strange feat of speaking loudly in a tiny voice, suddenly pressed her lips shut.
She'd sensed Wi Ji-ja coming back down the stairs.
To her, who treasured her family, even the slightest opportunity for her affair to be discovered was something she wouldn't allow.
[Just you wait.]
Seol Yu-ran sent me a warning through Voice Transmission, but I wasn't particularly afraid. It might not be impossible, but a milf pussy that had learned the taste of a one-foot King Cock wasn't going to give up her relationship with me so easily.
So I had to seep into this family and stain their everyday life with my own colors.
Until it became only natural that she couldn't give me up, until not being able to do so became the only right answer.
I had to make every other option disappear, until there was only one path left.
"Hello."
"Hello, little miss."
Wi Ji-bo came downstairs with the Sword Saint and gave us a little bow. She was so cute that a fatherly smile came naturally to my lips.
My true nature might be that of a Lust Demon, but I had no taste for the madness of seeing a five-year-old toddler as an object of sexual desire.
My dick compass should only point toward adults.
There was a reason I'd once gone around killing other Lust Demons, after all.
"Would you sit down?"
"Yes. Should I sit cross-legged?"
"You can sit however you like."
When I told her to sit comfortably, she folded her knees and sat down neatly, like a young lady.
The demure way she sat made her seem rather graceful, much like her mother.
Though she was still only a five-year-old toddler, so all I could feel was that she was cute.
"Now I'm going to start working on melting the cold inside you. But today, you might feel yourself getting warmer more strongly than usual, so there's no need to be startled. Understand?"
"Yes."
"Then I'll begin."
I placed my hand on Wi Ji-bo's back and began to channel Yang Energy into her.
I circulated the infused energy throughout her entire body. Whether it was due to the rising heat in her body, her skin flushed visibly just like her mother's.
After cycling it several times, Wi Ji-bo, whose cold energy had partially melted away, seemed to regain vitality as she exhaled a deep, steady breath.
Now came the crucial part. I guided the energy toward the perineum acupoint, a sensitive area for women.
I focused intently—messing this up wouldn't end well. It was still a hundred times better than accidentally damaging the Baihui acupoint and turning her into an idiot, but becoming a wanton woman wasn't exactly ideal either.
Using Yang Energy, I gently peeled away the blocked meridians sealing the perineum.
The mass of Yin Energy, hard as ice, chipped away bit by bit under the tapping of Yang Energy.
But the improvement was so minimal—barely the tip of the iceberg—that it might as well have been negligible.
Hmm. It's not the Nine Yin Severed Meridians, just the Great Yin Severed Meridians... but the energy growth rate isn't bad, is it?
The melted Yin Energy mixed with the Yang Energy.
Normally, such opposing energies should repel each other, but since it blended with the Yin Cold Qi I had already absorbed from Seol Yu-ran, it could be converted into Yin-Yang Energy.
The Yin-Yang Energy, formed through the circulation of the Yin-Yang Sexual Art, acted as a power source that reinforced the Lightning Qi of the Thunder Heaven Divine Art. This meant the output of True Thunder had grown even stronger.
Despite having the Thunder God Body, the burden of manifesting Lightning Qi was amplified yet simultaneously cooled as the Yin-Yang Energy absorbed the heat.
Originally, the Thunder Heaven Divine Art boasted an output so intense it would burn the user's body as a side effect. The Yin-Yang Energy serves as both an engine and a cooler.
At this point, I found myself looking forward to fully curing Wi Ji-bo's severed meridians.
Just how much would my Yin-Yang Energy grow once she was healed? Even now, my True Thunder alone was only slightly weaker than Chi-chi's Holy Fire.
The fact that it could already be compared to the Holy Fire of the Heavenly Demon Divine Art was absurd in itself—what if it grew even stronger?
If I considered sheer power alone, it might just become the strongest energy in existence. The thought made me giddy.
Was it because, despite my roots as the Lust Demon, I still had the essence of a martial artist? Or was it just the immature excitement of a man?
Either way, it didn't matter.
I'd just keep getting stronger and enjoying women along the way.
Huuu...
I withdrew the Yin-Yang Energy. Thanks to the energy extracted from the Great Yin Severed Meridians, the Yin-Yang Energy had multiplied and now piled up neatly in my dantian.
Though the Yin-Yang Sexual Art was an exceptional martial and erotic art, meticulously working to ensure no aftereffects remained in a young girl with Great Yin Severed Meridians was exhausting.
"Phew... That's it for today. If we continue like this—once every three days for a full month—she'll be completely cured."
Wiping away cold sweat, I removed my hand from her back and spoke. Wi Ji-ja cautiously asked his daughter,
"Bo-a, are you all right? How do you feel?"
"Daddy!"
Wi Ji-bo beamed, stretching out both arms to proudly show she was fine.
"My hands are warm now!"
"Bo-a!"
Overcome with emotion, Wi Ji-ja shed tears of relief and scooped her up into his arms. Holding his daughter, he laughed joyfully, as if finally convinced of her recovery.
Though, come to think of it, was he so certain because he could feel her warmer body temperature now?
Even with his dantian shattered, the Sword Saint was still the Sword Saint. His sensitivity was nothing to scoff at.
But right now, he simply wore the brightest smile as he cradled Wi Ji-bo, rocking her gently. Was this his way of celebrating?
If I were in his place, I'd probably do the same, so I understood completely.
"Physician Geum, thank you so much!"
Still holding Wi Ji-bo with a look of utter happiness, as if he owned the world, Wi Ji-ja expressed his gratitude to me. His thanks were so sincere, like a martial artist whose dantian had been restored, that I smiled faintly.
"It was only natural. How could I be careless when I've learned the Ice White Divine Art, an Ultimate Art, from my master? Besides, a child like her should be running around and playing outside. Even if I'm just some shady energy healer, treating a child is the least I can do."
"Physician Geum...!"
When I brushed it off as mere courtesy, he looked at me with even deeper emotion.
Behind him, Seol Yu-ran, who had been just as overjoyed, now wore a puzzled expression, as if thinking, Did he always have this side to him?
Seeing them this happy is a relief.
I genuinely thought so.
Because now, I was about to fully execute my plan—to slowly corrupt Seol Yu-ran and drag her into an affair.
Since I've given you your daughter, taking your wife in return shouldn't weigh on my conscience at all.
This was, in other words, the Cuckoo Life.