Chapter 209: We Have Grain

"This young hero, I really am just a useless old man, why must you make things difficult for me!"

"Is that so? Whether you are an ordinary old man or not, won't we know if we try!"

Shen Yu did not waste any more words with him; responding to the old man was a streak of Sword Qi, a streak of Sword Qi sufficient to sweep away everything. After this Sword Qi appeared, the old man could not help but widen his eyes.

He wanted to dodge with all his might but discovered he could not dodge at all. A terrifying Mental Power locked him firmly in place, and he could only watch helplessly as this Sword Qi pierced through him.

However, this Sword Qi did not kill him completely. Under the crisscrossing Sword Qi, the old man's outer garment shattered, revealing muscles underneath that looked like they were cast from steel.

The Sword Qi erupted and rampaged within his body, instantly battering the old man's body until it was riddled with holes.

Originally, Shen Yu wanted to capture him alive, so he did not deal a killing blow, but the scene before his eyes left him somewhat surprised.

"A Puppet? A Living Puppet?"

"That's right, a Living Puppet, an immortal and indestructible Living Puppet. Lord Shen can also call me a Living Dead!"

There was not the slightest expression on his wrinkled face, and the wounds left by the Sword Qi were also constantly repairing themselves amidst the writhing of his muscles.

Even so, the old man still had no joy. From the moment this young man appeared before him, he knew he could not get away.

An immortal and indestructible Living Dead sounds very formidable, but in reality, when facing an expert like Shen Yu who can sever mountains with a single sword, one sword can directly reduce a person to powder.

Even the strongest healing ability is not enough to look at in front of such an expert. As long as the other party wants to, he cannot live.

"Lord Shen has such a powerful sword; no wonder that piece of trash Feng Moli was so impulsive and ruined my grand plan!"

"To be honest, even when I see Lord Shen, I cannot help myself either. An expert like you has truly too great a temptation!"

He threw the cane in his hand to the side, and his originally trembling figure began to straighten its back; the aura of his entire person underwent an earth-shattering change.

But in Shen Yu's eyes, the other party's aura was still the same—without a shred of vitality, only thick death energy entwined around it. A Living Dead who can retain consciousness is truly incredible!

"I think I understand!" After carefully scrutinizing the other party, Shen Yu suddenly understood why he had always felt that something was wrong with the Arrays of the Feng Family and the Xinghai Gang he had seen.

"No wonder, no wonder I felt those Arrays were so eerie; I always felt something was wrong!"

"So you would Blood Sacrifice the entire city not only to obtain greater power, but even more so to use the blood of the city's commoners to help you restore your vitality. You want to live!"

"That's right, I want to live. Who doesn't want to live?" He nodded as if it were a matter of course, a madness beyond the ordinary hidden beneath his calm eyes.

To be able to use the commoners of an entire city—and perhaps more than one city—to restore one's own vitality, this is no ordinary madman!

However, for the person opposite him, what did the Life and Death of others have to do with himself? As long as one can live, what does it matter if more people die? There are many people in this World who kill.

"Do you know that by attempting to Blood Sacrifice so many commoners and creating such a great sin, you deserve to die!"

"I know, but so what? Shen Yu, Lord Shen, I have merely done what I believe to be the right thing."

Facing Shen Yu, the old man had no fear at all. In any case, it was death either way; even if he were to kneel and beg for mercy with snot and tears now, the result would be no different.

Since that is the case, why bother fawning? He had long since experienced days of cringing and bowing, and he did not want to experience them again.

As for this Lord Shen before him, he is indeed very terrifying, but if he didn't even have the courage to face this, he couldn't have done such crazy things.

"I don't think what I've done is wrong. If there is any mistake, the only mistake is that you, Lord Shen, discovered it."

"If it hadn't been discovered, perhaps in the near future, there would be one more world-renowned, powerful expert in the Jianghu, a great hero respected by all!"

"You, someone like you, still want to be a great hero? Can someone like you, whose heart is twisted, really not help but do evil?"

Is my imagination too lacking or what? A person who kills like hemp tells him he wants to be a great hero; you probably don't know how to write those two characters.

"Why is that not possible? Who says a great hero must be clean and self-disciplined, and cannot do evil? Besides, can a great hero be called doing evil? That is called upholding justice."

"Those famous, prestigious families and top sects with great reputations, who can be sure what they are doing behind the scenes? Are they really as bright and beautiful as they look on the surface?"

"Lord Shen should be very clear that the disgusting things those so-called prestigious families do in secret are countless, and who has ever bothered to manage them? Even if people know, so what?"

"As long as you have absolute power, even if you slaughter millions or tens of millions, there will always be people willing to help you cover all of this up, and they can even find sufficiently suitable reasons for you. By then, the fool is also justice!"

Although he did not want to admit it, Shen Yu had to admit that what the other party said was indeed correct.

There are many hypocrites in the world; do they really think everyone can't see it? When it doesn't involve their own interests, such hypocrites cannot be offended—at least, one cannot let them turn into true villains.

Hypocrites are fine; at least they are willing to be hypocrites and care more about reputation and status. As long as there are shortcomings, at least they will have some scruples.

It is those who don't care about anything and act recklessly according to their whims that are to be feared; then they can only be cast into the pile of thugs and villains, and then destroyed humanely by the combined strength of the Jianghu.

If one cannot beat them, at most one will curse a few times behind their backs; if face-to-face, one guarantees that everyone will turn into the biggest sycophants among sycophants.

Counting on them to uphold justice against such top experts? You must have read too many Jianghu storybooks; the stories they write themselves are only worth listening to.

In the end, this World is a world where power is supreme, and fists have the final say. So-called rules are worthless in the face of strength!

For those standing at the very top, even if you point at a black dog and say it is white, others can find a way to make it black, or even directly change the rules and say that from now on, black is defined this way.

This is also the reason why the old man wanted to climb up madly; he not only wanted to live, but he wanted to live well and live at the very top of the food chain.

For this, what does it matter if so many people are sacrificed? As long as he is strong enough, there will be people to clean up after him.

"There should be more than one such Array, right!" After a moment of silence, Shen Yu suddenly spoke.

"Of course there is more than one such Array; one cannot put all one's eggs in one basket. This is also the reason why Lord Shen did not immediately deal a killing blow to me, right?"

"If the Lord wants to know where these Arrays are, that is also possible. Promise me one condition: I want the lives of the Feng Family!"

"What?"

"I want the lives of the Feng Family, everyone, from the main branch to the side branches, not one left!" Looking straight at Shen Yu, the old man spoke again.

"I admit, there are indeed some people in the Feng Family who do not know the inside story of the Feng Family and still think the Feng Family is that kind of benevolent family. Every one of them has a heart to save the world, and each of them has saved countless people."

"If I haven't guessed wrong, the Lord wants to protect this part of the Feng Family, but that won't do; how could I let them live."

"They were born in the Feng Family—that is their greatest mistake!"

"You hate the Feng Family?"

"Of course I hate them, a hatred that goes deep into the bones!" Pointing at himself, the old man's expression was very calm, but Shen Yu was very clear about how crazy this person before him must be.

"The reason I have become like this is thanks to the care of the Feng Family!"

"Presumably Lord Shen has also seen the Living Dead of the Feng Family. The Living Dead that the Feng Family concocts with medicine and poison are just like me—immortal, indestructible, and difficult to destroy. They are the strongest tools and weapons!"

"Lord Shen might not know that the medicinal formula the Feng Family uses to concoct these Living Dead is what I developed!"