Chapter 125 Zeng Shujin, you hypocrite, you really are a hypocrite...
“Zeng Shujin, Zeng Shujin, you are such a hypocrite. You used to think that Zeng Shuqing had taken away all of Master’s care, so in the winter, you deliberately took her to the pond under the pretext of taking her out to play.”
"You didn't kill her with your own hands, but you knew she was young, very curious, and especially fond of the koi in the pond. So..."
"You left under the pretext of getting her some candy, leaving her there alone. And when you returned, Zeng Shuqing had indeed fallen into the pond, just as you had wished."
As she spoke, her smile grew increasingly sinister. "Tell me, you're neither good enough nor bad enough. Seeing her on the verge of death, you couldn't bring yourself to jump into the pond and save her."
Li Chen looked in Zeng Shujin's direction and subconsciously took a step back.
She couldn't even tell what she was thinking. All she felt was that she should leave this place as soon as possible, leave this suffocating place.
But before she could take a second step back, Shen Zhengyuan grabbed her hand.
When she turned to look at Shen Zhengyuan, she heard him say, "She is indeed not Zeng Shuqing."
Zeng Shuqing looked at Shen Zhengyuan this time, and then smiled sweetly, "I am indeed not Zeng Shuqing. It's just that Zeng Guyi couldn't bear to see the daughter his wife risked her life to leave behind die, so he went around begging for help, and in the end, he came to me for help."
"As it happened, I was also coming to the world of sword cultivators, so I naturally took over Zeng Shuqing's body, devoured her primordial spirit, obtained all her memories, and lived on in her place. Speaking of which, I have to thank our Sect Leader Zeng. If it weren't for Sect Leader Zeng's help, how could I have obtained such a good identity so easily?"
As she spoke, her gaze shifted and then fell on Li Chenjin, "Also, those rumors outside are all true, and I secretly had them spread."
"However, Xianghuan did indeed fall at the hands of Shujin. After all, he was such a hypocrite. As long as he saw someone's glory overshadow his own, his evil thoughts would begin to surge. And then, just like when he killed Zeng Shuqing, he plotted to kill Xianghuan as well."
"It's just a pity that he has absolutely no talent for doing bad things. He's perfect at doing good deeds, but when it comes to doing bad things, he always starts strong but ends weakly. This has forced me not only to spread the news, but also to clean up the mess for him. After all, some news, if confirmed too early, is not good for me."
As she spoke, she smiled again, and with a gentle wave of her hand, Zeng Shujin's primordial spirit returned to her body. "Speaking of which, you really should thank me. Because I have a good habit, which is to hope that when a person dies, he or she can die knowing the truth."
“Originally, I wanted you all to live, but it’s a pity. Xianghuan, you have disappointed me too much. You can never return to your original form, so I have given up. Now, I will directly extract your primordial spirit and put it into my body. Perhaps only in this way can you return to your original form.”
In the ensuing silence, Han Shannan suddenly approached Wen Riwan, who had walked up to him, and whispered, "Is she sick?"
Wen Riwan leaned close to Han Shannan's ear, lowered her voice, and whispered, "I think it looks like it too."
Li Chenjin: "..."
Two idiots.
Shen Zhengyuan said coldly, "Do you think you can leave now that you've shown up?"
A faint smile slowly appeared on Zeng Shuqing's lips as she said, "Of course I know that this peace talks are a trap set for me by Sect Leader Shen. But why can't I leave? Sect Leader Shen, the souls of your beloved parents, teachers, and fellow disciples are all in my hands."
"Although I won't die, I can't guarantee that if I get injured, I'll need to absorb some of the primordial spirit's power to replenish it. At that time, I can't be sure whose primordial spirit I'll absorb, or whose primordial spirit will dissipate because its power has been drained."
Shen Zhengyuan: "..."
Shen Zhengyuan: "Words are no proof. If you really have them, you might as well take out their primordial spirits."
Upon hearing this, Zeng Shuqing chuckled lightly, "But I can't afford that many. After all, Sect Leader Shen, you have quite a few relatives and friends. Besides, if I were to take them out now, what if Sect Leader Shen used some kind of magic to snatch them away from me? I can protect one or two, but thousands upon thousands, I really don't have the strength to do so."
"Of course, Sect Leader Shen, you can take a gamble. Bet that the primordial spirits of those you care about have already been completely devoured by me, and everything I'm saying now is a lie. So, are you willing to gamble, Sect Leader Shen?"
After another long silence, Li Chenjin suddenly spoke up: "What exactly do you want?"
“It’s very simple,” Zeng Shuqing said with a smile. “As long as you are willing to give me your primordial spirit, I will release Zeng Guyi and the people that Sect Leader Shen cares about.”
Before Li Chenjin could give an answer, Han Shannan hurriedly said, "No! Who knows if she's telling the truth or not? Maybe she's just trying to trick you into committing suicide so she can kill everyone in the sword cultivation world!"
As soon as Han Shannan finished speaking, the others chimed in, "That's right, Sword God! Maybe the demons were just bluffing us, waiting for you to die so they could wipe us all out!"
"Don't listen to the demons, Sword God!"
"Whether that primordial spirit just now truly belonged to the former sect leader is another matter. The demon race is known for its deception and deception; who knows if that primordial spirit was real or not?"
"Sword God, this is truly unacceptable!"
"Sword God, please reconsider!"
"Sword God..."
"Sword God..."
………………
Li Chenjin: "..."
Seeing that Li Chen remained silent for a long time, Zeng Shuqing was not in a hurry and slowly said, "I know that people are always reluctant to part with themselves before they die. So, I can give you a month. If you cannot give me a satisfactory answer after a month, then..."
"I will make everyone die with you."
After Zeng Shuqing finished speaking, she turned into black and red mist and disappeared.
Along with the corpses of the puppets and monsters on the ground, they also turned into a black and red mist, which disappeared into the world in the blink of an eye.
If it weren't for the bloodstains on the ground and the corpses of the cultivators, their experience would have seemed like a grand dream.
After Zeng Shuqing left, the people looked at each other in bewilderment, and one of them timidly asked, "What... what that demon said, was it true or false?"
"Do you care whether she's telling the truth or not? If what she said is true, do you really want the Sword God to commit suicide?"
"But in truth, this matter has nothing to do with us. If she only wants the Sword God's primordial spirit, then aren't we, and those who died because of the demons, all suffering an undeserved calamity?"
"You old man, you're at it again! What 'unjust calamity'? Does that mean she wouldn't kill people if the Sword God weren't around? The calamity that struck the cultivation world hundreds of years ago—the Sword God wasn't there either, and the cultivation world still almost perished!!"
"But if it were truly possible to exchange one person for the lives of countless others... if it were me, I would certainly be willing..."
"You old codger, it's easy for you to talk when you're not the one suffering. If it were you, you'd probably be just as afraid of dying."
"How dare you! How dare you, a junior, speak to your elders like that?!"
“That’s how I’ve always talked to old folks like you.”
"you!!"
As they argued, Shen Zhengyuan suddenly spoke up: "Han Shannan, tell me, if you were the Sword God, how would you deal with an ungrateful person?"
Han Shannan was about to speak when he heard Li Chenjin cough lightly, so he instinctively stopped talking. After a moment, he said, "I don't know."
As soon as Han Shannan finished speaking, Wen Riwan instinctively retorted, "What's there to not know? Of course we should kill them! What else would we do with them? We can't be like pigs, fattened up and then slaughtered."
"Don't look at me like that. Anyway, this is how my father always deals with these kinds of people. Without rules, there can be no order. If everyone can be tolerated, wouldn't all the spiritual artifacts in the artifact cultivation world be looted?"
“The cultivator is right, he truly deserves to die,” Shen Zhengyuan said calmly. “And what does the Sword God think should be done?”
Li Chenjin: "..."
Li Chenjin: "If you ask me, I think we should just let bygones be bygones."
Shen Zhengyuan stared at her for a long time, as if trying to understand what she was saying.
After a long while, he suddenly smiled and nodded, saying, "It's true that past grievances should be put aside."
Li Chen never expected that Shen Zhengyuan would agree to her words. Before she could even praise him for being "kind-hearted," she saw him suddenly raise his hand, and the magic array under the feet of those people not far away suddenly changed into another, more complex magic array.
At the same time, countless chains extended from the magic array and quickly wrapped around the bodies of those people.
Immediately afterwards, nearly half of the people in the magic array were lifted up by an invisible hand and suspended in mid-air.
Then, as his hand fell, it slammed heavily to the ground, producing a dull thud of flesh hitting the ground and the sound of bones breaking.
The stench of blood that couldn't be blocked by the magic array instantly dissipated at that moment, carried by the evening wind towards Li Chenjin, covering her head and face, making her feel somewhat uncomfortable.
After confirming that those people were no longer able to fight back, Shen Zhengyuan slowly walked into the magic array.
Meanwhile, the disciples of the Dharma Cultivation Realm, who had been secretly observing from somewhere for a long time, appeared in the formation without Shen Zhengyuan's command. Following Shen Zhengyuan's actions, they lifted up those who were half-dead from the fall.
Then, following Shen Zhengyuan, they dragged those people all the way to Li Chenjin and threw them down heavily.
Li Chenjin: "..."
Li Chenjin: "...?"
Is this the "never mind" she meant?
Li Chen stared at Shen Zhengyuan, hesitant to speak, then smacked his lips but remained silent.
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