Chapter 668: Is There Such a Good Thing?

"Lord Shen, is it over now?"

But it was just a butterfly flying in front of them, and then Shen Yu told them the poison was neutralized; no matter how they looked at it, it felt somewhat unreliable.

When it concerns one's own life and safety, being this casual makes it hard for people to feel at ease. So, they looked at Shen Yu with eager eyes, hoping to get 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 leaked 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 is it like this? Did my father commit suicide out of self-reproach back then?"

"No, you are wrong!" He walked up and sealed the young man's Qi apertures, isolating him from direct contact with the outside world to prevent the toxins from leaking.

"I suspect your father committed suicide back then 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; how desperate must a father be to poison his own family and end it all at once?

I fear only in the most desperate of times would one do this, and what could make a father that desperate?

"Your father must have come from a humble background, right? A youth from a humble family, knowing only a few crude Martial Arts, seeing that there would never be a day of success."

"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 his own pursuit was hopeless, 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 full, your progress must have been negligible, leaving your father unable to see any hope; disappointment after disappointment turned into despair."

"Later, you 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 thrown away the most basic moral bottom line; this act likely shattered your father's dreams completely."

"Or perhaps it reminded him of his own past when he broke his word, which is what gave him the will 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 panic, but everything Shen Yu said about him was spot on.

His own aptitude was not high, and added to the fact that he was never full, how could his strength possibly improve? Furthermore, even though his father was strict, he still found ways to be lazy. As time passed, 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 wasn't 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 will stimulate a person's potential, make them unwilling to die just like that, and make them try every possible way to survive. Only with hatred in your heart could you become a qualified Poison Person after being soaked in ten thousand poisons."

"Take the poison in your body, for example; once these toxins erupt, they will quickly spread to the entire city, and their goal is likely to slaughter all the people in this city!"

Speaking of this, Shen Yu looked up at the sky with worry: "These people have no bottom line in what they do; I fear that there is more than one Poison Person like you, otherwise it 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 was seen approaching gracefully.

Her skin was fair and translucent, and her features were as impeccable 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 type that one could tell at a glance was not to be trifled with.

"Lord Shen Yu, I have long admired your name!" Walking over to Shen Yu's side, the woman bowed slightly to him and revealed a polite smile. This smile was like a hundred flowers in full bloom, making everyone around almost completely dazed.

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

"And you are..."

"I am Su Ningxue, greetings to Lord Shen!"

"Looks alright, name is average, sounds like a supporting character at first listen!" He quietly sized the other person 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 the 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?"

"I know 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, as if it even carried a hint of shyness.

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

Regarding the person before him, Shen Yu always maintained caution, not only because the other's Cultivation Method seemed somewhat different, but also because his Mental Power could not penetrate the other's Spiritual Sea, nor could he pry into her memories.

In this Great Contention Era, there are more and more people like this whom one cannot see through.

"Miss, what are your conditions? Speak freely."

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

"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 didn't believe that this lady was so desperate to marry that she wanted to marry him just after meeting; she must have an ulterior motive!

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

Shen Yu didn't want to be sleeping and having a beautiful dream, only to have a knife stabbed in from the side.

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

A woman like this, let alone thinking about it, they couldn't even see one in their daily lives. For her to throw herself at him like this, he was truly a winner in life; they were so envious they wanted to drool!

Just such a woman, even if one could only watch from afar, it would be good enough.

"Lord Shen, rest assured, I have no ill intentions. It is just that our sect's Cultivation Method is special; once I reach this 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!"

"But 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, causing him to be sentimental for nothing.

The so-called experiencing the mortal world, to put it bluntly, is to live like a normal person, marry, and have children.

Once all this has been experienced and they are stained with the smoke and fire of life, their cultivation will break through, and they will choose to cut off the past and walk away, without any lingering attachment.

In short, they are a bunch of scumbag men who abandon their wives and children, or scumbag women who abandon their husbands and children. To them, these operations are nothing out of the ordinary.

Whatever love and affection there is, it is merely a tool for them to achieve their goals; once used, it is discarded.

Perhaps the only benefit is that they won't mind if you find someone else after they leave; you can do as you please regarding that, 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 your responsibility, Lord. I wonder if Lord Shen could agree to this?"

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