Chapter 501: It Really Is You!

"Young man, don't you worry, my blade is very fast!"

The sharp short blade descended directly, passed through the Rune Chain, and stabbed into his body, directly breaking Shen Yu's defense.

This blade was not simple; even though he was currently an avatar, he still possessed half the strength of his true body. The terrifying defensive power formed by the Golden Bell Shield was absolutely not something that could be broken by just anything.

"Such hard skin, such strong defense!"

The old man only made a cut on his body and did not go completely deep.

It was not that he did not want to, but that Shen Yu's skin was truly too hard, so hard that even holding a sharp weapon, it was almost difficult to break through.

Afterwards, many tiny black bugs appeared on his hand, following the wound and crazily drilling inside.

Once these Black Ladybugs entered his body, they began to crazily drain his life force, and after they were full, they quickly lay dormant.

After detecting the location of these little bugs, Shen Yu desperately mobilized a sliver of power to kill one of the little bugs, and a surge of life force was fed back as a result.

These bugs are so strange; they should be first draining life force from his own body to hoard it, and then they seem to be able to feed it back to himself at a critical moment.

What is this old man trying to do? Is he afraid that he will die too slowly!

"This is a Black Ladybug; it can save your life at a critical moment and prevent you from dying too early. This is a secret technique of Medicine Valley that is never passed on!"

"Medicine Valley? You mean you are a disciple of Medicine Valley?"

How come he had never heard of this name? Logically, a disciple capable of being taught this skill should not be unknown.

"Medicine Valley, ah, it was destroyed many years ago!" Seeming to recall something, the old man shook his head, a flash of nostalgia appearing in his eyes.

"Back then, I once joined Medicine Valley. Over these many years, I have saved countless people, but my hands have also been stained with countless blood; I have long been unworthy of being a Medicine Valley disciple."

"Some say I do not distinguish between righteous and evil, nor right from wrong. But what is righteous, and what is evil? Who is there to judge what is right and what is wrong?"

Perhaps it was because he had not spoken with anyone for a long time; upon seeing Shen Yu, the old man muttered to himself while working.

His fingers tapped on his body several times in succession, and then a cold, sinister power was controlled by him to surge into his own body.

One after another, White Bugs appeared, following this cold, sinister power to begin constantly corroding and enlarging the previous wound.

Even though Shen Yu's defense was comparable to gold and jade, it was still difficult to resist the corrosion of the White Bugs. This old man has some tricks!

"Young man, do you know? I originally came from a small sect. When I first started out, I personally killed my master and all my fellow apprentices, just because they knew my weakness!"

"This Jianghu is very chaotic; I cannot have weaknesses, so they had to die."

"Later, as I walked the Jianghu, I once met a beautiful woman. We knew and loved each other, and in the end, we even gave birth to a son."

I don't know if it was because he was getting on in years, but as the old man kept using his methods on Shen Yu, he began to recall the past.

Afterwards, he began to sigh with a face full of emotion, and he spoke incessantly.

I don't know if it was because he hadn't spoken to anyone for a long time and was feeling stifled, to the point that once he saw someone, he had to speak his mind.

"Afterwards, when I was walking the Jianghu, my enemies found me and kidnapped my wife to threaten me. It was then that I suddenly realized: beauty, love, wife, and children would disturb my resolve!"

"When I have feelings, my wife and children will become my weakness. So, I sent them on their way together, and this way, no one could threaten me again."

"Without those burdens, I was just like before, without a single weakness, and no one would ever find my weakness!"

"During those years I traveled the Jianghu, I once had a close friend, but I personally buried his entire family, young and old, just to obtain his family's secret treasure!"

"I also once racked my brains to curry favor with a so-called Jianghu heroine, using every means to make her fall in love with me. Then I killed everyone in her sect, just for the Martial Learning within it."

"You really are a talent!" While feeling the old man constantly adding layers of methods to his body, Shen Yu could not help but retort.

Originally, this guy didn't look like a good person, but after making contact, he realized that this damn thing could even be considered a person.

Even his own wife and children were killed just like that; in terms of ruthlessness, I'm afraid there are few people who can compare to him!

"Later on, I fought with someone and was defeated, severely injured and dying. In the end, it was a doctor from Medicine Valley who saved me, allowing me to survive."

"At that time, I was besieged on all sides, with enemies everywhere, and my Martial Arts were completely ruined; I was already a cripple!"

"Medicine Valley took me in. My meridians were all severed, my dantian was completely destroyed, and I could not practice martial arts, so I could only join Medicine Valley and turn to learning how to practice medicine and save people."

"These people from Medicine Valley often say that a doctor has the heart of a parent, wanting to use their medical skills to benefit the world! To be honest, they are truly pitifully stupid."

"They could go without sleep for days and nights just to cure a difficult and miscellaneous disease. They could also live frugally to help those poor families."

"They didn't live well, it was even very hard, to the point that they didn't look like a group of Jianghu experts. But even so, they seemed to be happy every day!"

"You might not be able to imagine the excitement of seeing someone who was clearly going to die being brought back to life by them; they could be so excited that they wouldn't sleep all night."

"I originally thought that I would just spend my life like this, and it seemed not bad to be with them. However, one day, Medicine Valley was suddenly destroyed!"

"The people who destroyed Medicine Valley were the very Jianghu experts and martial arts masters that Medicine Valley had once cured! Do you know the reason?"

Stopping the hands that were constantly moving on Shen Yu's body, the old man paused, as if thinking of something ridiculous, and a look of disdain appeared on his face.

It was as if he were mocking the Medicine Valley of the past, and as if he were mocking himself for almost believing in that set of values.

"The reason is that the medical skills of the people in Medicine Valley were too good; they could even save people who were on the verge of death. Today, they could save themselves, and tomorrow they could save their enemies!"

"They wanted to control Medicine Valley in their own hands; such medical skills that could save Life and Death must be held in their own hands. What a ridiculous reason, very ridiculous, right?"

"Then do you know what was rumored in the Jianghu after Medicine Valley was destroyed? They said that the people of Medicine Valley were not treating illnesses and saving people, but were using Jianghu experts as experiments."

"They turned Jianghu experts into medicine slaves, into Puppets, and experimented with new medicines on them!"

"Medicine Valley saved countless people; out of ten injured Jianghu experts, one had once received the kindness of Medicine Valley."

"These people could have stood up to testify for Medicine Valley, but they dared not speak; instead, too many people chose to bite back and constantly splash dirty water on Medicine Valley!"

"Because they couldn't afford to offend the people who did it, and anyway, Medicine Valley was already dead, so doing this could also curry favor with them! Medicine Valley saved countless people, but in the end, it ended up being shouted at by everyone."

"It was then that I realized that the old me was the one who was right; this is the real Jianghu!"

"The biggest mistake of Medicine Valley was not that their medical skills were too good, but that their strength was insufficient; weakness is the greatest sin!"

"As long as you are strong enough, even if you call white black, there will be countless people who will find countless pieces of evidence to help you prove that it is black."

Picking up the blade that had just cut Shen Yu's skin, he slashed hard at Shen Yu's body, and streams of cold, sinister Qi surged directly along the blood into his bloodstream, infiltrating every part of his body.

"I am not number one, so I still have weaknesses! I want to climb up, climb up at all costs; only by climbing to the very peak can I look down upon the world and do as I please!"

"I began to pick up Martial Learning again, but my Martial Arts had long been ruined."

"But do you know? Within these medical books that seem useless to ordinary Jianghu people, there are hidden endless treasures; inside them lies the possibility for me to recover my power, and even go a step further!"

"From then on, I studied medicine even harder, and I even tested my hypotheses on patients one by one. I save people, and I also kill people!"

"Didn't they say Medicine Valley was using martial arts experts for experiments? I just showed them."

"Medical arts are vast and profound, and the human body is infinitely mysterious. I have too many ideas, too many possibilities, and these possibilities have gradually been realized through repeated experiments and failures!"

"You could never imagine the satisfaction and sense of accomplishment that comes from turning all your hypotheses into reality; only then did I understand what the meaning of life is!"

"I can imagine it!" Shen Yu, who had been silent, suddenly spoke up. Isn't it just taking one's various hypotheses, experimenting on the human body directly, and finally realizing those hypotheses through repeated failures?

He certainly knew these things, only that each one likely cost the lives of hundreds or thousands of people. Every achievement would be forged from piles of white bones.

This is a madman, a thorough and complete madman, and it also made Shen Yu think of someone.

"You are Poison Hand Yi Jiang, aren't you!"

"Young man, you were actually able to guess my name. I thought the world had long since forgotten me!"

"It really is you! The first Valley Master of Cannibal Valley, Poison Hand Yi Jiang. I have long heard of your great name; I never expected that someone like you could still be alive!"

"My life is very tough, so naturally I can stay alive, and I am living very well at that!"