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Chapter 7
I’m doomed.
Baek Seon opened his eyes and clenched his teeth, curling up in pain.
Did this body… eat something like snow ginseng?
It was freezing.
So cold it felt like he would lose his mind.
Holding his forehead, he slowly got up. His body felt stiff, like he was forcing it to move.
Why is this happening all of a sudden?
Since possessing this body, the only mistake he had made was one—using a demonic cultivation method with Dang Baek Seon’s body.
But even then, his energy might get twisted, not frozen like this.
Let’s see…
Baek Seon sat cross-legged and examined his body.
He couldn’t circulate his inner energy, so he only checked if his body felt different from yesterday.
And yes—it did.
It’s cold. Really cold.
Not only that, he felt short of breath despite little movement. His limbs were stiff, and it was hard to move.
This could only mean one thing.
…Broken Meridian Disorder (Jeolmyeokjeung).
A rare disease where parts of the body’s meridians are cut off, stopping internal energy from flowing properly.
If Dang Baek Seon really had this disease, then his body’s balance of yin and yang was completely destroyed.
So… that’s why I didn’t feel this while sleeping next to Rang last night?
Cheon Rang had a body overflowing with yang energy.
But still—it didn’t make sense. Broken Meridian Disorder was supposed to be congenital.
So why was it showing up now, all of a sudden, after possession?
Even stranger, he had never heard of this disease making someone feel so cold.
‘Dang Baek Seon’ can still use martial arts, so I can’t say for sure this is Jeolmyeokjeung. But it’s the most likely…
For now, he needed a solution—fast.
There were two ways to cure a severe yin-related Broken Meridian Disorder.
The first was the method used by rich families—eating powerful yang-infused medicines in excess, then absorbing the energy through cultivation.
But Baek Seon couldn’t cultivate right now.
Nor could he afford expensive medicines.
Which left the second method.
Sharing a bed with a man who had strong yang energy—not once, but until the yin was fully suppressed and yang settled stably in his body.
And not just lying beside him—he would have to fully receive the man’s yang essence into his body.
I hate the thought of being intimate with a stranger… but…
It was better than slowly wasting away and dying young.
“Cheon Rang.”
The young man flinched when Baek Seon called his name. His shoulders trembled slightly.
“…What?”
He looked wary, which made Baek Seon slowly get up.
“I… I’ll be stepping out for a bit.”
“…Alone?”
“Huh? Yes. Alone.”
“And where are you going?”
Cheon Rang’s gaze swept up and down his body.
He looked fine on the outside, but Cheon Rang knew he must be hiding something.
“Uh… well… it’s kind of a private matter…”
“Private matter?”
Baek Seon hesitated, then decided to be honest.
“Since last night, I’ve been feeling an intense chill. If I don’t take care of it, I might freeze to death before we even reach Sichuan.”
“And how do you plan to fix it? Do you even know the cause?”
“From the symptoms, I think it might be Broken Meridian Disorder.”
Cheon Rang frowned. Baek Seon wasn’t even certain—‘might be’?
It sounded like he was talking about someone else’s body.
As Cheon Rang thought this was odd, Baek Seon continued.
“So I’m going to handle it. You can’t come along to… that kind of place.”
“Where… exactly… are you going?”
Cheon Rang suddenly stepped forward, closing the distance.
He grabbed Baek Seon’s wrist tightly, his voice low and sharp.
It almost felt like his dark eyes were glowing red with anger.
“…C-Cheon Rang? D-Did I say something wrong…?”
Before Baek Seon could finish, Cheon Rang twisted his wrist and yanked him toward the bed, pushing him down without hesitation.
“Cheon Rang!”
Why was he so angry? Did he have a bad memory related to this kind of thing?
While Baek Seon sat frozen in shock, Cheon Rang climbed on top of him and growled:
“You don’t need to go to someone else. There’s someone with strong yang energy right here—me.”
“W-What…?”
“If you’re going to spread your legs for some other man, just spread them for me.”
Baek Seon’s eyes widened. Had he heard that right? Did Cheon Rang really just say that?
He grabbed Cheon Rang’s arm in a panic.
Cheon Rang frowned. “Why not? If it’s just to absorb yang energy, there’s no one more suitable than me. What’s the problem?”
He wasn’t wrong. Cheon Rang did have plenty of yang energy—enough to drive away the chill spreading in Baek Seon’s body.
But Baek Seon couldn’t possibly—
“C-Cheon Rang. P-Please calm down!”
Honestly, he never expected this reaction.
He thought Cheon Rang would sneer or show contempt.
This was still a martial world, after all. Men were supposed to lie with women, not other men.
This? He had not seen coming.
“Let go.”
Cheon Rang looked down at Baek Seon’s hand gripping his wrist. He didn’t push further, but bit his lip hard.
Baek Seon swallowed nervously. He still couldn’t understand Cheon Rang’s behavior.
“Why… are you doing this…?”
“Why?”
Cheon Rang fell silent for a moment, looking strangely confused—like even he didn’t know.
Ah… maybe…
Maybe he was angry because Baek Seon didn’t think of him first.
Maybe he felt… useless.
Cheon Rang always wanted recognition. Even when Baek Seon had been Yu-gang, Cheon Rang would come running to show off his progress, asking for praise.
‘Maybe he feels like I don’t need him.’
Cheon Rang hated being left out. He hated being unneeded.
“Then…”
Baek Seon slowly moved Cheon Rang’s hand down, placing it on his lower abdomen—where the cold qi was centered.
He looked up at him cautiously.
“Will you… help me?”
“…What?”
Cheon Rang blinked, and then—
His face flushed bright red.
Later, Baek Seon lay sprawled on the bed, warm energy spreading through his body.
“So warm…”
The chill was gone, replaced by pleasant heat.
Cheon Rang, however, didn’t look pleased.
“What’s with that face?” Baek Seon asked, tilting his head.
Cheon Rang, lying sideways beside him, clicked his tongue.
“You asked me to help… I thought you meant to… give you my essence. But all you wanted was me to pour qi into your belly.”
Baek Seon’s face turned scarlet, all the way to his ears.
“H-How could I possibly do something like that with you?!”
