The Strongest Prodigy Doctor

Ye Tianfan followed behind the Turtle Shell Maiden, and in no time, the two of them arrived outside the cave.

The Turtle Shell Maiden walked straight in, while Ye Tianfan hesitated slightly before following her inside. He wasn't afraid of the Turtle Shell Maiden setting up an ambush because Ye Tianfan's decision to come was spontaneous, leaving no time to prepare an ambush. Besides, Ye Tianfan didn't believe the girl would harm him.

So Ye Tianfan followed the girl into the cave.

Once inside, the cave was larger than Ye Tianfan had imagined, and it was very clean.

The Turtle Shell Maiden, upon entering the cave, sat down on the ground, picked up a cup, and downed its contents in big gulps.

Then, without waiting to see if Ye Tianfan was ready, she began to speak about her origins.

Seeing this, Ye Tianfan also sat on the ground. Even if he wanted to sit on a table or chair, there were none around—only a barren bed and a cabinet, nothing else.

Once seated, Ye Tianfan began listening to the girl's history.

"I was once a happy and lively child without worries, but one day — I can't remember exactly when — my entire village was slaughtered by a group of people, leaving only children, including me. After they captured me, they started training me to kill and become stronger."

Hearing this, Ye Tianfan immediately felt sorry for the young girl. So young, yet trained as an assassin, such a difficult life!

Ye Tianfan then continued to listen to what the Turtle Shell Maiden had to say.

"I thought I had come across the legendary place for training assassins, but I was wrong. Emerging as the top performer, I was greeted by an even harsher reality."

Ye Tianfan quietly listened to the Turtle Shell Maiden's story.

"In the following months, I couldn't be out of their sight for even a day, an hour, or a minute. At first, they made me take small pills daily, and things escalated to the point that they began injecting some liquid into me. I never knew what was in those injections, but every time after the injection, they would lock me up and wait until the next day to inject again.

It wasn't until my body showed no reaction to the injections that I was moved to the next phase. When I no longer reacted to several doses, they then operated on me, first peeling off the skin of my entire back, taking apart my bones, and finally, when I regained consciousness, I found this turtle shell attached to me, becoming one with my body.

After that, they used me as a case study to experiment on several other half-human, half-beast creatures like me.

I wanted to die, but my survival instinct saved me time and again. So now, I simply drift along with life, not bothering with revenge. An eye for an eye, when will it ever end?

I decided to give up, but they never did, continuing to experiment on me. Outraged, I killed the guards and researchers holding me and even killed the other children like me before escaping. The big stupid snake you saw earlier came to capture me, but I didn't want to go back. I want to die, but my instinct stops me from doing so.

And when I'm hungry, I can't control myself, which is why I went to Huo Rong Town to steal food. If I could, I'd rather starve here than steal.

I've said everything, go ahead and do what you must. I'll cooperate to help you kill me, but if I sense danger, my instincts force me to retaliate, so only a truly powerful person can kill me. Before that, I hoped the townsfolk would kill me, but my instincts made me fight back, harming and killing so many of them in the process."

Hearing this, Ye Tianfan felt pity for the Turtle Shell Maiden, but pity aside, she had killed so many innocent townsfolk and consumed their poultry; there had to be a price for that.

"Do you know where the place you escaped from is located?" Ye Tianfan asked.

Though Ye Tianfan was determined to end the Turtle Shell Maiden's life, he could still help her seek vengeance.

"It's useless. With your current power, you can't possibly avenge me," the Turtle Shell Maiden discerned Ye Tianfan's intention.

"I don't know your precise strength, but seeing how young you are, it can't be very high. And that place, I've heard them say, their Leader is at the Baihui level, which they claim is an incredibly high and invincible level. In front of their Leader, I don't even have the courage to raise my head. Every time I see the Leader, my instincts tell me he could kill me in an instant!" the Turtle Shell Maiden shook her head.

She saw that Ye Tianfan was a good person and didn't want this good person to perish so unjustly, which to her seemed terribly unfair.

Hence, the Turtle Shell Maiden decided not to reveal her former prison's location.

Even if she did, the Turtle Shell Maiden couldn't clearly explain it. With her limited understanding, she had only navigated unwittingly to this location after getting lost soon after escaping.

Ye Tianfan heard this and didn't pressure her further. After all, if the person involved didn't want revenge, there was no need to insist. He would simply go with the flow; act when the chance arose, or inquire more if it didn't.

"Alright, if you don't want me to go, then I won't. Now, I'll do what I must," Ye Tianfan said. The truth was, he didn't want to kill the Turtle Shell Maiden.

If the Turtle Shell Maiden hadn't killed a townsperson, merely knocked them out or injured them, Ye Tianfan would have let her go without a second thought. But she had crossed Ye Tianfan's line; she killed, and it was innocent people she killed.

So Ye Tianfan couldn't let the Turtle Shell Maiden go. Though he felt reluctant, it had to be done; otherwise, if in the future, the Turtle Shell Maiden encountered someone trying to stop her from stealing livestock while she was starving, she might go on a rampage in Huo Rong Town.

Therefore, whether for the past or the future, Ye Tianfan had reasons that left him no choice but to kill her!