The Eunuch Regains His Manhood in the Second Round

37. A Flawed Body

With my eyes closed, I returned to Cheongungak with the support of my senior brother.

“Fortunately, the internal injury is minor. If you rest in your room for three days at the shortest, or seven days at the longest, and focus on your breathing exercises, you will recover without any issues.”

“Understood, Master.”

Jeonyeong, who had finished checking my pulse in the room, said to me.

I replied to his words with a pale face.

Next to me was my senior brother, looking at me with teary eyes.

As I looked at them, I secretly moved my hand under the thick cotton blanket and groped around my waistband.

The secret pill that Jeok Sawol had given me was safely near my groin.

If I take this, my internal injury will heal immediately. Then I can continue my hanging exercise training.

‘It’s a top-grade secret pill. There’s no need to use it for a minor internal injury.’

However, I decided not to use the secret pill now.

The secret pill that Jeok Sawol gave me is a top-grade item. Using it just to treat a minor internal injury would be like making spicy fish stew with a stonefish – a waste.

Once the duel with the Black Dragon Clan is over as planned, I will officially enter the martial world. Even though I was a master of the Hyungyeong in my previous life, I don’t know what variables might exist in the martial world of Dosan Geomrim.

Therefore, I need emergency medicine, and this top-grade secret pill will be useful then.

‘Instead of doing the hanging exercise, I should eat plenty of food that’s good for stamina.’

Of course, the stamina loss from not doing the hanging exercise needed to be compensated for elsewhere.

“Is there any food you want to eat?”

At that moment, my master asked me.

“Hicc, hicc!”

Next to me, my senior brother was wiping away his tears.

I couldn’t understand why he was crying as if the world had ended.

There are countless foods that are good for stamina.

Oysters, eel, chives, asparagus, celery, cabbage, tomatoes, walnuts, and so on.

But asking for all of these is realistically impossible. Unlike modern times, the distribution network in the medieval martial world is at a pre-modern level, making it nearly impossible to deliver fresh oysters from the coast to the inland area of Gansu.

‘I need to eat oysters.’

I thought to myself, smacking my lips.

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Oysters are indeed one of the foods richest in zinc. To enhance both the quantity and quality of semen, one must eat oysters three times a day.

Someday, I will go to Gangnam and surely eat oysters. I vowed this as I spoke to my master.

“I want… boiled pork and pig liver…”

Indeed.

Among all the meats, pork was the one that showed the most remarkable effects on vitality.

Pork is rich in an amino acid called arginine. This arginine is a miraculous tonic that modern medicine has revealed to be as effective as any renowned aphrodisiac.

Arginine is known to enhance not only erectile function but also sperm production and testosterone levels, showing effects that surpass even Viagra when taken over time.

‘Pork contains more arginine per gram than eel…’

Pork has a higher arginine content than the famous vitality-boosting eel tail.

Moreover, pork is the most common meat in China and the favorite of the Chinese people.

So much so that simply writing the character for meat (肉) in China typically refers to pork.

Given this, it wouldn’t be difficult to find pork in the inland province of Gansu.

Additionally, pig liver is also a natural aphrodisiac rich in vitamin A and zinc.

Eating a lot of liver in sundae (blood sausage) is said to enhance vitality.

Vitamin A is a nutrient involved in sperm count. Zinc is similar, so consuming both pig liver and pork simultaneously can enhance both vitality and the quantity and quality of semen.

It is indeed a more powerful vitality enhancement than taking both renowned aphrodisiacs at once.

Furthermore, it is an easily obtainable ingredient anywhere in China, making it the perfect choice.

‘Hehe, if not now, when will I ever get to eat pork?’

Of course, to consume pork and pig liver regularly as part of my diet rather than as a special treat, I needed to improve the financial situation of our struggling sect.

Eating only greens like I am now would inevitably slow down both physical enhancement and vitality improvement.

That simply wouldn’t do.

‘To become the king of vitality, this diet won’t suffice…’

To achieve the desired physique, I had to meticulously manage my diet.

I needed to eat a secret low-carb, high-fat vitality diet filled with pork and eel three times a day.

To do that, I had to win this martial arts competition.

What if our humble sect, the Joint Sect, defeated the corporate sect, the Black Dragon Gang, in the competition?

If the planned underdog rebellion succeeded, local sponsors from Gansu, like the Gansu Local Merchant Association and the Gansu Local Post Office, would surely come flocking.

Moreover, it would be a given that the odds would be stacked against the Joint Sect in the gambling arena of the martial arts competition, making it a prime opportunity to go all-in on our victory.

With the money received from those sponsors and the winnings from the gambling upset, I could improve my diet and enhance my vitality and muscle mass more rapidly.

That was my ultimate goal.

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Money is not earned to be saved, but to be spent. And the most appropriate use of money is to enhance vitality.

I will never stop until I buy all the vitality enhancers in the world.

“Pork and pig liver? Got it. Cheolsu, this master will get it for you, so rest well.”

Creak.

The master slid open the door and left the room.

Clack.

Once the door closed, it was just me and my senior brother.

Twitch.

While continuously doing Kegel exercises, I glanced at my senior brother.

He wiped away his tears, wrung out the cloth in the basin, and placed it on my forehead.

“Junior, you need to get up quickly… I’m sorry… I couldn’t protect you…”

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Could it be that my senior brother fell asleep on my thigh after nursing me all night?

That must never happen.

I can’t let my last remaining romantic notion of nursing be trampled by my senior brother.

Thinking that far, I realized there was no weight on my thigh and felt a slight relief as I finally lifted my eyelids.

What greeted me upon waking was the familiar ceiling and the sunlight streaming through the bars.

And the face of my master, Jeon Young, welcoming me.

“You’re awake?”

Jeon Young asked me.

Wait, Jeon Young?

“Master, what brings you here? Where did my senior brother go?”

Surely, my senior brother was beside me until I fell asleep.

Why is he gone when I wake up?

My master stroked his beard and laughed heartily at my question.

“If you’re talking about Hwi-ah, he nursed you until dawn and then went down to the main mountain to get some pork, leaving you in my care.”

He went to get pork?

I thought my master would go, but this is unexpected.

“I understand, Master. Thank you for letting me know.”

“Ha ha. Are you worried about Hwi-ah going down to Hwajeong-hyeon alone? Hwi-ah is a capable child who can take care of herself, so don’t worry about your senior brother and focus on your recovery.”

My master smiled contentedly at my words.

I don’t know what he misunderstood, but there’s no need to correct him.

I closed my eyes and started my morning Kegel exercises, hoping my senior brother would return with the pork soon.

*

Yoo Jin-hwi soared through the morning air.

His, no, her face was hardened.

‘It’s because of me.’

As a reliable senior brother, she had vowed to protect her precious junior.

She had promised herself to live as a man.

But now, after a year of living together and entering puberty, Yoo Jin-hwi’s heart was wavering.

Her junior was precious.

But lately, just seeing her junior made her heart flutter and her pulse race.

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When training, if their bodies even slightly touched, her face would turn red to the point of shock, and her heart would race all day.

So she distanced herself.

Because being near her master made her feel like she was reverting to being a woman.

Because the feelings of a woman, which she had only heard about, seemed to keep surfacing, Yujin Hwi tried to avoid unnecessary contact with her master.

‘I am, I am a senior brother…’

She must protect her master as a senior brother, not as a woman.

Therefore, feelings as a woman were unnecessary.

‘Besides, I am not a normal woman…’

The second reason she decided not to live as a woman.

It was because Yujin Hwi’s body was far from that of a normal woman.

Originally, the Cheonmu Constitution was a physique that had only been born in the bodies of men throughout the thousand-year history of the Murim.

Therefore, all the owners of the Cheonmu Constitution in history were men.

Except for Yujin Hwi, her alone.

Was it because she was born with the Cheonmu Constitution, which was only allowed to men, in a woman’s body? Was it the heavenly punishment given in exchange for the qualities of a grandmaster who would dominate the world?

‘I don’t menstruate. Probably can’t get pregnant either…’

Yujin Hwi did not menstruate. Not menstruating meant infertility.

The fact that a woman, whose greatest virtue was to serve her husband and bear children to continue the family line, was infertile meant that she had no value as a woman.

The price of the heavenly talent given by the heavens was a body that could not become a true woman.

No, Yujin Hwi could not even be sure if she was the same kind of human as others before being a woman.

Thanks to her master, she could turn her guess into certainty. The fact that her blood and bones, endowed with the Cheonmu Constitution, were completely different from those of ordinary people.

She was seeing a completely different world with a superhuman body that was completely different from ordinary people.

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The owners of the Cheonmu Constitution in history must have also been born with bodies completely different from ordinary people like her.

For her, the Cheonmu Constitution and the qualities of a grandmaster were closer to a curse than a blessing.

Yujin Hwi had already guessed since childhood. The fact that her physique and existence were alien.

Therefore, she could not live as a woman, even more so as a person.

So she paradoxically clung to it. To the bond as a senior brother, to the cause of rebuilding the sect, to the value of chivalry. To constantly remind herself that she was not an alien being but a human like others.

But being near him made her want to be a woman, not a person.

She couldn’t allow that. With her flawed body, she had to live as a man to protect her master.

That’s why Yujin Hwi distanced herself from her master. But after the commotion at the inn, when she saw her master injured by the black-masked man,

She felt guilty.

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‘It’s all my fault. Because I failed in my mental discipline… Because I distanced myself from my disciple, I put them in danger.’

If I had been better at controlling my emotions.

No, from the beginning… If I hadn’t distanced myself from my disciple.

My disciple wouldn’t have fought with the black-clad men and gotten injured.

I could have protected my disciple as I promised.

But because I distanced myself, I couldn’t protect my disciple when they fought the black-clad men, or when the masked man invaded the main mountain.

‘It’s all my responsibility.’

Yujinhui bit her lip.

Tears slightly flowed from her eyes.

Thump, thump.

Even now, Yujinhui’s heart, pressed by the bandages, was beating fiercely.

As she descended from the communal mountain, Yujinhui took out a cloth handkerchief from her bosom to wipe her tears.

A year ago, when she was crying because of the illusion shown by the formation at Gwangseongdan, her disciple had given her this handkerchief, which she still cherished dearly.

Yujinhui wiped her tears with the now-treasured cloth handkerchief, calmed her mind, and entered the communal inn.

“Is anyone here?”

“We’re not open today… Oh, Young Master Yu, what brings you here…?”

Inside the inn, Yujinhui faced the innkeeper Seo Daein and his daughter Seo Harin.

Yujinhui explained to Seo Daein what had happened the previous day.

“The masked man and this young master… I see. So you came to get pork for the injured young master.”

“Yes, sir. I know it’s shameless, but if you could possibly spare some meat…”

“I’ll give it to you. In a way, it’s our fault that this young master got injured. We can’t just stand by like ungrateful beasts.”

At Seo Daein’s words, Yujinhui felt slightly relieved.

“Young Master Yu…”

Seo Harin’s empty eyes turned to Yujinhui.

“If it’s alright, may I take care of this young master at the main mountain?”

The moment she heard Seo Harin’s words.

Yujinhui’s face hardened.