Chapter 4: 4.第4章 江湖适合坏人

Luo Yu did not speak; instead, she pulled up a small stool and sat beside Duan Tianao, listening quietly to his narration. This time, she intended to record every piece of useful information so that when she eventually entered the Jianghu herself, she could navigate it with ease and avoid any trouble. Although this goal was still far off, she would study hard to achieve it as soon as possible.

With her intelligence and wit, there was nothing she couldn't learn. In fact, after staying in this godforsaken place called Wuya Residence for only a month, she had already learned how to take care of herself. In truth, this "self-care" consisted merely of doing her own laundry, while all the cooking and cleaning were done by Duan Tianao. She could truly be called independent.

"The reason I left the Jianghu back then was simply because I had grown accustomed to its blood and storms. I didn't want to destroy the last bit of tranquility I had left, so I departed." Duan Tianao's voice was distant, carrying an indescribable sense of vicissitude.

"Master, is the Jianghu really that bad?" Yun Luo Yu asked innocently, though how much innocence was actually involved was hard to say.

Duan Tianao looked at Luo Yu kindly and shook his head before speaking: "The Jianghu isn't necessarily bad; it's just not suitable for good people." He wasn't wrong about this; the Jianghu—the Jianghu of today—was truly not suitable for good people. Perhaps they were merely too full of themselves to realize they might be tainted.

"Not suitable for good people? Why?" This time, Luo Yu was genuinely a bit bewildered. Weren't the Jianghu depicted in television dramas full of heroic women and young swordsmen righting wrongs? Why was this old man saying the Jianghu wasn't suitable for good people?

What kind of logic was this? It was truly strange, but such a Jianghu piqued even more of her curiosity. She considered herself not to be a good person; if the Jianghu wasn't suitable for good people, then it must surely welcome someone like her.

"With the rise of various factions, the Jianghu has lost its original order. The current Martial Arts Alliance Leader is completely incapable of suppressing them. Meanwhile, those factions swallow one another one after another, constantly expanding their power and leaving the Jianghu in a state of panic." This was the point Duan Tianao found most intolerable—damaging the interests of others just for the sake of one's own profit. He simply could not accept that.

Although he himself was a peculiar master of medicine and poison, with principles and requirements regarding whom he would save, he would never take the opportunity to rob people. He had only three "non-treatments": first, he would not treat those who wished to die; second, he would not treat those steeped in evil; and third, he would not treat members of the Imperial Family.

These three rules had been established since he first entered the scene. The first two were easy enough, but as for the last one—why he would not treat the Imperial Family—it remained a mystery to this day.

Seeing that Luo Yu was listening with great interest, Duan Tianao reached out to rub her hair and continued, "Currently, the greatest power in the Jianghu should be the Demon Domain. This faction is both righteous and evil; even the Martial Arts Alliance Leader is wary of them, let alone the other factions."

He had not stepped foot in the Jianghu for a long time, so this was merely the situation as it stood when he had left. As for what the current landscape looked like, it was difficult to say, though he suspected the changes wouldn't be massive.

"Master, then who established this Demon Domain?" Luo Yu was quite interested in the Demon Domain—or more accurately, she was interested in the "Demon" aspect. If someone dared to name their territory after demons, one could imagine their strength was absolutely formidable. With such a powerful and mysterious place existing, how could she not be curious?

"To this day, no one knows who the master of the Demon Domain is. It is only known that whenever he appears, his face is always covered by a silver snake mask; no one has seen his true face." Duan Tianao sighed with emotion. This person was quite a marvel, though he wondered if he would ever have the chance to meet him.