Chapter 0166 – Fighting Poison with Poison – The Absolute Return

by GreatBrother(위대한 다오 형제)

The poisonous insect in the bug doctor’s hand flapped its wings and made a buzzing, creepy sound.

It seemed like it would pounce on me and bite me hard at any moment, but I looked at her with a calm expression and said slowly, "I have a henchman who I regard as a treasure, she was abandoned by her parents at a young age, but she is optimistic, strong, and lively."

The insect doctor’s fingers exerted a slight force, and the wings of the poisonous insect, flapped even more violently.

"She must have encountered many forks in the road in her life as well. If she had chosen a different path in the beginning, perhaps, she would have been consumed by hatred and lived a life of agonizing pain."

"Why are you saying this to me?"

"Because, You are the one who is at the fork in the road of her life, showing her the way."

"!"

The bug doctor froze.

"You …… you know?"

"I know, I know you have been quietly helping the homeless kids."

I know that the reason she is so greedy for money is because she wants to use that money to help the abandoned children.

She provides them with food, sends them to school, sends them to the martial arts school to train in martial arts, and paves the way for them to find their own place in the world. Although she was known as the "Money Bug", she was the patron saint of the orphans, and she spent her life guarding them.

This matter was not known to the world until after her death. The reason I gave her half a million taels of silver was that I hoped she could use the money to help more children.

She looked at me quietly, then, slowly, crouched down and tore the wings off the varmint, eating them one by one.

"I am invulnerable to all poisons, and ordinary medicines can no longer suppress the toxins in my body. I can only fight poison with poison to barely stay alive."

As she spoke, she rubbed her injured shoulder, arm and leg, which seemed to be in excruciating pain.

"How did you know about me?"

I walked over to her and sat down beside her.

"I am the second son of the Demon Sect’s Sect Master."

There are still benefits to having a devil sect leader father. As long as my identity is honorable enough, even if I know some secrets, others won’t suspect me.

"Then why did you give me so much money?"

She was not surprised by my identity, nor did she deliberately try to please me. Only a person of her character could endure the world’s misunderstanding and abuse and devote her life to helping those lonely children.

"I just want to make a small contribution to your good deeds. In my mind, you are not a ‘bug doctor’ but a ‘great healer’."

Hearing the words "Great Divine Doctor", a trace of imperceptible emotion flashed through the bug doctor’s eyes. For a healer, the words "Great Divine Doctor" were the highest praise.

"The reason I’m anonymous is that I don’t want to be sung to."

With that, she took the corpse of the poisonous insect, stuffed it into her mouth, chewed it hard, and then, with great difficulty, swallowed it.

Though she says she doesn’t care, I’m sure, deep down, she longs for recognition as well.

She must have hoped, too, that someone would see her dedication, that someone would understand her pain, that someone would give her a sincere compliment.

Even if it’s just once.

In my previous life, I learned the truth that sometimes a simple greeting can dissolve years of pent-up resentment and sadness in a person’s heart.

A "thank you", a "hard work", a "sorry", a "thanks to you". ……

These are simple words that are often difficult to say.

Because of the lack of a simple greeting, many people’s hearts, are left with a scar that can not be healed.

I hope that what I have just said can heal the hurt in her heart and make her life, no longer full of regrets.

You have lived a truly wonderful life.

The bug doctor turned her head to look at me, and I looked at her.

"You …… you grabbed my wrist."

At some point, she actually grabbed my wrist. I could have ducked, of course, but I didn’t.

"Ah, sorry, I’m used to seeing people and wanting to check their pulse."

Although she said that on her lips, she was watching me carefully, and she wanted to confirm that what I just said, was true or false. She was not judging my truth or falsehood through my words, but through my physical reactions. She could tell if I was lying through my pulse, my breathing, my eyes, my subtle movements.

A martial artist, would not easily let someone check their pulse. By not stopping her, I was telling her, "I trust you."

"You …… you actually practiced the ‘Heavenly Pulse Strengthening Technique’?" The Bug Doctor suddenly exclaimed in shock.

Worthy of being a divine doctor, she discovered my secret in just a few moments of checking my pulse. Thanks to the Blood Heavenly Demoness’s henchmen, the Poisonous Ghosts, I was able to cultivate the Heavenly Pulse Strengthening Technique to its full realization.

"Exactly."

It was the first time I had ever seen, such a shocked look in her eyes. I knew why she was so surprised.

Xu Dalong had a dream.

He dreamed that he, in the final four, was stabbed through the heart and died in the ring.

Sword Wuji stood beside his corpse and said coldly, "After spending half a million taels of silver, you die like this? It’s too uneconomical, isn’t it?"

Hearing these words, Xu Dalong’s heart was filled with aggression.

"You’re the one who’s not bargaining! I’m dead! I’m dead!"

"People are bound to die, it’s just that, very few people will die immediately after spending half a million taels of silver on a cure."

"That’s why I said not to cure it!" Xu Dalong shouted sadly.

"I said not to cure it, too."

Unlike in the dream, Jian Wuji’s tone, was much gentler, which caused Xu Dalong to breathe a sigh of relief.

"I dreamt I was killed in the Final Four."

"The dreams are all backwards, so, you won’t die."

"You also said that you would be heartbroken about the five hundred thousand taels of silver if I died!"

"Then it looks like the dream wasn’t the other way around, and you’re 80% going to lose in the Final Four."

"Don’t you crow about it!"

Xu Dalong wanted to sit up, but realized that his body, could not move.

"Huh? I …… I can’t move!"

He looked down and was startled, his body was, in fact, full of silver needles.

"Did you stab the wrong acupoint? My whole body is numb and I can’t move!"

"Don’t worry, it’s the ‘Bug Doctor’ sealing your acupuncture points."

Hearing Jian Wu Ji’s explanation, Xu Dalong then put his heart down.

"I’m sorry, it’s my fault for costing you so much money."

"Investigator Xu, at this time, this is what you should say: ‘Your Excellency, it’s all your fault that you had to let me participate in the competition, causing me to suffer such a serious injury! Even if you spend five million taels of silver, you still have to heal me!’"

"You should stop upsetting me and get out."

Jian Wuji turned around and prepared to leave when Xu Dalong suddenly said, "To be honest, I actually want to be treated. Although I said on my lips that it’s too expensive, in my heart, I hope that you can cure me and allow me to continue participating in the competition. That’s why I pretended to agree to receive the treatment. If this money, were my own, would I accept the treatment?"

"Will."

"How can you be so sure?"

"If a man, who can’t afford to spend other people’s money, is willing to spend his own, he won’t hesitate at all."

"Maybe, I’m just trying to play nice? Trying to be kind and generous in front of you."

"What do you have to gain by playing nice in front of me? Name one reason."

"……"

"Look, you can’t even say it."

"It seems …… like it."

I walked out of the room and into the backyard.

The bug doctor was sitting under the window, basking in the sun. I walked over to her and sat down beside her.

"What about you? Why are you pretending to be a good person in front of me? Could it be that the hallowed young master of the Demon Sect would still care about the deaths of those orphans from the Central Plains?" As she spoke, she grabbed my wrist once again.

My life, once again, has come to a fork in the road.

"You are right, I am the young master of the Demon Sect, and I could die at any time. So, of course I have to please you, the divine doctor who ‘raises the dead’." I said frankly.

"And?"

"What else?"

She let go of my wrist.

She looked at me quietly, and suddenly, she pulled something out of her pocket and handed it to me.

It was a poisonous bug, the kind she had eaten earlier.

"Want a taste? It tastes good."

"As long as it won’t kill me if I eat it, I’m certainly willing to try it."

"Do you want me to detoxify you?"

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