Chapter 0215 – Join us from now on – Absolute Returns

The later Poison King, said this about his master:

The most powerful poison master in 300 years.

“For the record, I’m not going to kill Yelu Han, I’m just going to see what’s going on.”

“You’re just going to see what all the fuss is about, why are you bringing so much poison?”

“That’s how you can watch the fun in peace.”

That was his character, cautious and meticulous, yet insecure.

“About how long will it take us to complete the mission?”

“I don’t know, I’ll fix it as soon as I can, but it will depend on the circumstances.”

“Let’s finish the mission and get back as soon as we can, okay?”

“If you’ll help, we’ll be able to do it faster.”

“That fellow True Poison Jushi, I must teach him a good lesson.”

The Poison King seems to be angry about this incident.

“If he wants to sell medicine, he should refine it properly, how can he kill people like this? It’s all because of him that the Sect Leader hates me.”

“However, you cannot leave any traces of using poisonous techniques.”

“It’s not like I’m leaving the body on display.”

What he meant was that he would dispose of the body cleanly, without leaving a trace.

If the Poison King is willing to deal with the True Poisoner, then I won’t have to reveal the secret of my invulnerability to all poisons.

“I’ll see you in the morning then.”

I bid farewell to the Poison King and left the Forest of a Thousand Poisons. He was busy checking to see if he had missed any poisons and didn’t even notice my departure.

Xiang Xian sent me outside the Forest of a Thousand Poisons and said in a serious tone, “Lord Poison King is counting on you.”

I know that Xiang Xian is very concerned about the Poison King, and he must be even more relieved this time when the Poison King rarely goes out of town.

“I should be the one to ask you, I will take care of Lord Poison King.”

“This is the last time I’ll lead the way for you, from now on you’ll be on your own.”

Before, he had always intentionally taken me on some remote paths to make me get lost, but today, he took me on the most convenient main road.

After I left the Forest of a Thousand Poisons, I went to the Healing Center.

I was finally able to tell Dr. Ma the news.

“I’m going to kill Jehan tomorrow.”

When Dr. Ma sniffed, he froze and his body swayed, almost falling. I quickly released my inner strength and held him up, then helped him to a chair and poured him a cup of water.

Dr. Ma’s voice trembled as he asked, “How do you know it’s him?”

I only asked him to help me kill someone before, I didn’t tell him the name of that person.

I did not answer his question. Dr. Ma suddenly came to a realization and said, “Ah! I know!” He thought that I had learned Yelu Han’s name from my father; after all, I had requested my father before, but he had refused.

“Is it a promise from the Bishop?”

“Yes, all six Demon Elders support me, and I went to the Thousand Poison Forest this time to convince the Poison King to support me as well.”

“Why didn’t you tell me earlier?”

Dr. Ma’s face was filled with excitement.

“My only purpose in living is to kill him!”

He witnessed the tragic deaths of his family members and lived alone in the world, his heart was filled with hatred, he suppressed all the pain in his heart and paralyzed himself by saving lives in an almost self-mutilating way. He must have had sleepless nights and tasteless food.

I don’t have children, but I can imagine the grief and anger in my heart if my children were murdered.

“I originally planned to tell you the good news after I killed Yelu Han, but the reason I’m telling you now is because I know how important this matter is to you. Therefore, I want you to be involved from the very beginning, and from now on, we will embark on the road of revenge together.”

I know that Dr. Ma will have sleepless nights until I return, but he has a right to know all this.

Dr. Horse was lost in memories, memories of a past that he wanted to forget, but couldn’t.

“It was a sunny afternoon, and I was treating a seriously injured patient when Yelu Han burst in and asked me to treat the man he had brought with him at once. I refused because if I stopped healing, that patient would die. Even when he put a knife to my neck, I did not compromise. In the end, I saved two people, one was the patient who was being treated, and the other was the man that Yelu Han brought in.”

“So why is he ……”

“He said that he never spares anyone who disobeys his orders, that it’s his principle and that he will never go against his principles. He said that I saved his men, so he could spare my life, but ……”

Tears came to Dr. Ma’s eyes.

“I regret it, I wish I had done what he told me to do. I regret it every day, countless times. If I could turn back time, I would have listened to him, even if that patient would have died.”

I did not speak, knowing that no words could comfort him.

He led me to his room, a humble room with only a hard board bed, a small table and a chair, on which lay a few books and an oil lamp, as if telling of his lonely and miserable life.

There was a secret door in the room, which he opened and led me into another room.

It was a secret room, and everything in it was furnished as it had been in his former home.

There was a place where his wife cooked, a place where his son played, and a place where the three of them slept as a family.

He still lives on that day, in that place, and has never left.

“My son always pestered me to play with him, but I always turned him down time and time again on the excuse that I was busy with work, saving lives, and picking herbs. But he never blamed me, he always said to me, ‘Dad, when you’re done working, you’ll play with me, right?’ You work so hard, all for us, right?’ The look in his eyes at that time is something I still cannot forget. My wife also always advised me not to work too hard and to take care of my health. However, I can’t even save my own wife and children, so what qualifications do I have to be a doctor!”

Dr. Ma couldn’t hold it back any longer, and the tears came out like a dike. The more he tried to hold back, the harder the tears flowed. This was the first time I had ever seen him shed tears.

I went up to him and hugged him tightly, patting his back gently. He closed his eyes and cried silently. I didn’t embrace him as Li An, but as an elder brother who had lived longer and experienced more vicissitudes, embracing this weather-beaten brother. Dr. Ma, don’t be sad anymore, I will avenge you.

After a while, Dr. Ma’s emotions calmed down.

We looked at each other, and there was both sadness and relief in his eyes as he was finally able to pour out the pain that had been suppressed in his heart for so many years.

“I’m sorry for making you risk your life for my personal vendetta.”

I said firmly, “I will kill Yelu Han and return safely.”

That was the last time I saw him in tears.

“He’s probably forgotten about me.”

That fact would make him even angrier.

“I’ll make him remember you.”

Though I am indifferent to the life and death of the wicked, this time, I must make an exception.

“I will tell him, before he dies, that this is your response to his ‘principles’.”

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