Chapter 334: Keeping One's Word

"Lord Shen, is it really all right now?"

It was just a butterfly fluttering before their eyes, and then Shen Yu told them the toxins were neutralized; no matter how they looked at it, it felt somewhat unreliable.

When it concerned their own lives, such casualness made it hard for them to feel at ease. Thus, they all looked at Shen Yu with eager eyes, hoping for a definitive answer.

"Rest assured, it has already been taken care of!"

After the Seven-Colored Star Butterfly circled Shen Yu twice, it easily absorbed all the leaking toxins, leaving not a trace behind.

Meanwhile, the young man beside them had just recovered from the shock; he found it hard to accept that his father had been the one to break his word back then, yet he had to admit that all of this was very likely the truth.

Could his hatred of so many years just be a joke?

"Why, why would it be like this? Did my father commit suicide out of self-reproach back then?"

"No, you are wrong!" Stepping forward, he sealed the young man's Qi apertures to isolate him from direct contact with the outside world, preventing the toxins from leaking.

"I suspect the reason your father committed suicide back then was because of you!"

"Because of me? How could it be because of me?"

"I think it is because you disappointed him!" He shook his head; just how desperate must a father be to poison his own family and end it all at once?

Perhaps only in the deepest despair would one do such a thing; what else could drive a father to such despair?

"Your father must have come from a humble background, a scholar from a poor family who only knew a few shallow Martial Arts and saw no hope of ever getting ahead."

"So he needed a Cultivation Method, he needed resources, which is why he broke his word. After the matter was exposed, he crippled his own Martial Arts and broke his own arms; since he had no hope for himself, he could only pin his hopes on you."

"But your aptitude must not have been high, and coupled with the fact that you were never fed enough, your progress must have been negligible, leaving your father unable to see any hope; disappointment after disappointment turned into despair."

"Later, you even stole someone's steamed bun just to fill your stomach. It was one thing that your strength wouldn't improve, but now you had even discarded the most basic moral bottom line; this act likely shattered your father's dreams completely."

"Or perhaps it reminded him of his own past betrayal, which sparked his desire to die. So, looking at it this way, you were the final straw that broke the camel's back!"

"This, this..." Shen Yu's words made the young man's heart flutter with panic, but everything Shen Yu said about him was spot on.

His aptitude was not high, and he was never fed enough, so how could his strength improve? Furthermore, even though his father was strict, he still found ways to be lazy. Over time, all that remained in his father's eyes was disappointment.

Could it really be, as Shen Yu said, that all of this was because of him?

"Of course, there is actually another possibility: that your special constitution was discovered long ago, so the poison was not administered by your father, but by someone else."

"Those people told you that the Changwei Escort Agency caused your family's ruin so that you would remember the hatred, and so that you would survive the experiments with various toxins."

"Hatred can stimulate a person's potential, make them unwilling to die just like that, and make them find ways to survive. Only with hatred in your heart could you become a qualified Poison Person after being soaked in ten thousand poisons."

"Take the toxins in your body, for example; once these toxins erupt, they will quickly spread throughout the entire city. Their goal is likely to slaughter every single citizen in this city!"

Speaking of this, Shen Yu looked up at the sky with concern: "These people have no bottom line. I fear that there is more than one Poison Person like you; if so, that would be troublesome!"

"Of course, he is not the only Poison Person; or rather, he is just a test subject. They have created several such Poison Persons and released them into different cities."

Just at this moment, a melodious voice drifted over, and immediately after, a beautiful figure came walking gracefully toward them.

Her skin was fair and translucent, and her features were as flawless as a work of art, as if all beauty had been gathered into one person.

Under the sunlight, her whole body seemed to radiate infinite brilliance. With just one glance, infinite reverie surged into one's heart. She was breathtakingly beautiful, beautiful enough to make one obsessed and unable to extricate themselves at a single look.

Beside her, a fierce-looking, burly man over two meters tall followed step by step. His body looked as if it were cast from steel, the kind that one could tell at a glance was not to be trifled with.

"Lord Shen Yu, I have long admired your name!" Walking up to Shen Yu, the woman bowed slightly and offered a polite smile. This smile was like a hundred flowers in full bloom, making everyone around almost completely mesmerized.

This was not a charm technique, but pure personal charisma, merely people's obsession and yearning for beautiful things.

"And you are..."

"This humble one is Su Ningxue, greetings, Lord Shen!"

"Looks are decent, name is average, sounds like a supporting character at first listen!" He quietly sized her up; he had to admit, in terms of appearance alone, the person before him could absolutely crush a crowd.

There are millions of women in the world, but few can compare to her, especially that ethereal aura about her, which added a unique charm.

"You just said that there are several of these Poison Persons released in different places. Do you know where they have been placed? And who are these people?"

"This humble one knows all of this, and I can tell you, Lord, but I cannot help for free!"

As she spoke, Su Ningxue looked at Shen Yu, her gaze somewhat strange, seemingly carrying a hint of shyness.

If one didn't know better, they would think there was something going on between them; was there really a need to show such an expression?

Shen Yu always held reservations about this person; not only did her Cultivation Method seem different, but his Mental Power could not penetrate her Spiritual Sea, nor could he pry into her memories.

In this Great Contention Era, there were more and more people like this whom he could not see through.

"Miss, if you have any conditions, feel free to state them."

"It is very simple: I want you, Lord Shen, to marry me. We shall become husband and wife, we can live together, and I can bear your children!"

"Big sister, are you serious?" Although Shen Yu considered himself somewhat handsome now, he was definitely not the type to make someone fall in love at first sight and go crazy for him.

He did not believe that this woman before him was so desperate to marry that she wanted to wed him just upon meeting; she must have an ulterior motive!

Who doesn't like a beautiful woman? But a beautiful woman with ulterior motives makes one somewhat wary.

Shen Yu did not want to be sleeping and having a sweet dream, only to have a knife suddenly stabbed into him from the side.

Meanwhile, the people around were filled with envy, each wishing they could take Shen Yu's place and agree to it.

Such a woman was someone they couldn't even dream of, let alone see in their daily lives. For her to throw herself at him like this—he was a winner in life, and they were envious enough to drool!

Just to look at such a woman from afar would be enough.

"Lord Shen, rest assured, I have no ill intentions. It is just that our sect's Cultivation Method is special; at my current realm, mere bitter cultivation yields no progress, and I need to experience the mortal world."

"My master said that I must pick it up and then let it go to achieve success!"

"Yet there are billions of men in the world, and at this age, the only one who catches my eye is you, Lord Shen!"

"So, you just want a tool to help you break through?" After all that, she just treated him as a tool for cultivation, making him feel like he had been overthinking things.

The so-called experiencing the mortal world, to put it bluntly, was just living like a normal person, getting married, and having children.

Once all this had been experienced and they were stained with the smoke and fire of life, their cultivation would break through, and they would choose to cut off the past, then turn around and leave without a shred of attachment.

In short, they were a bunch of scumbag men who abandoned their wives and children, or scumbag women who abandoned their husbands and children. These actions were perfectly normal to them.

Any talk of love and affection was merely a tool for them to achieve their goals; once used, it was discarded.

Perhaps the only benefit is that they won't mind if you find another after they leave; that is up to you, as they have already made a clean break from you emotionally and have no connection to you whatsoever.

"Lord Shen, I only wish to experience the emotions of the world and do not require Lord to take responsibility. I wonder if Lord Shen could agree to this?"

"And you don't even need me to take responsibility? Is there really such a good thing in this world?"