kvmb Chapter 226 The Truth
Chapter 226 The Truth
After saying that, Ji Chang directly called Mu Changsheng to leave and went to Qi's house in the direction pointed by Qian Kun.
On the way to the Qi family, Mu Changsheng asked anxiously: "Brother, how are you going to deal with those people from the Qi family?"
When Mu Changsheng thought of what Ji Chang had just said about handling it according to the old rules, he felt very uneasy.
This time, Ji Chang did not answer Mu Changsheng's questions. Instead, he smiled mysteriously and said, "Hehe, you will know in a moment."
Soon, Mu Changsheng and the other person arrived at the Qi family.
But in Mu Changsheng's eyes, this place is more like a small town with a large population than a family power.
From the residential buildings to the architectural layout, as well as some low-level cultivators working in the fields, this place is almost no different from Qingliu Town where Mu Changsheng was born.
However, Ji Chang didn't care about these at all. He just stood proudly in the air and shouted loudly: "Where is the person in charge of the Qi family?"
Someone in the Qijia town below immediately responded, "I am Qi Mian, the old man, greet you two fellow Taoists."
As he spoke, an old man with a hunched body slowly walked towards him. Judging from the fluctuations of spiritual energy around him, he was a cultivator at the Nascent Soul stage. However, judging from his condition, this cultivator at the Nascent Soul stage had already reached the end of his life.
Seeing this, Ji Chang lost interest in taking action and said casually, "You are short of 10,000 middle-grade spirit stones. According to the old rules, find a Jindan realm cultivator to replace the 10,000 middle-grade spirit stones."
Qi Mian knew why Ji Chang came as soon as he heard it, and he complained immediately: "Please forgive me, my two lords, our Qi family has long lost its talents. In order to pay the tribute every ten years, no one dares to use spirit stones for cultivation. Over the years, no Jindan realm cultivators have been born. I beg you two lords to give me a year's grace. After a year, when the spirit grains are ripe, I will definitely pay back the 10,000 middle-grade spirit stones."
"One year. Do you want me to wait for you here for a year just for your few spirit stones?" Ji Chang said dissatisfiedly: "If there are no Jindan cultivators, then find five foundation-building cultivators. If there are no foundation-building cultivators, there should be Qi-refining cultivators. Twenty-five Qi-refining cultivators can be worth ten thousand middle-grade spirit stones."
Upon hearing this, Qi Mian bowed down and begged bitterly: "Please, sir, give our Qi family a chance to live. Over the years, those people you took away have never come back."
Ji Chang snorted coldly and said mercilessly: "Hmph, don't play the victim to me. If you piss me off, I'll use you to pay off the 10,000 mid-grade spirit stones."
"Brother Ji, why do you have to do this?" Mu Changsheng finally couldn't help but speak up: "I'll pay for the 10,000 middle-grade spirit stones."
Although Mu Changsheng didn't know what Ji Chang wanted the Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining cultivators to do specifically, he could probably guess it, and he really couldn't tolerate such behavior.
"Oh." Ji Chang turned around, put away the arrogance and impatience on his face, and said with a strange smile: "I have been waiting for you to say this for a long time."
Mu Changsheng frowned, and asked with a bad feeling: "Brother, what do you mean by this?"
Ji Chang continued to laugh and said, "Junior brother, have you ever thought about why you encountered such a thing on your first mission?"
Mu Changsheng's heart skipped a beat. The reason why he encountered this incident was because he followed Gao Chong's order and came to carry out the mission. Doesn't Ji Chang's implication mean that all this was arranged by Gao Chong?
Ji Chang looked at the change in Mu Changsheng's expression and said excitedly: "Yes, yes, yes, it's this expression as if he saw a ghost. When I was on my first mission, I must have had the same expression as you."
Then, Ji Chang said with a nostalgic look on his face: "I remember when I first entered the sect, I had the same ideals and ambitions as you, pursuing some bullshit fairness and justice. Now it seems so ridiculous. You know, I have been acting with you for so long just for this moment. Along the way, I have been thinking about what your expression would be like after you knew the truth. It is so exciting."
Mu Changsheng looked extremely unhappy, and asked in a deep voice: "What do you mean?"
Ji Chang opened his arms as if embracing the world, closed his eyes and said with enjoyment: "I want to tell you the truth about Lingshan Sect, which is also the truth about this world."
Then, Ji Chang opened his eyes and said excitedly: "Do you know? You are now facing our Lingshan Sect's initiation ceremony. Every disciple who has just entered Lingshan Sect must do one thing when performing the first mission, that is, to kill a person, and then you have to refine that person into a blood pill and eat it."
"The sect does this to make you truly understand the cruelty of this world. Big fish eat small fish, small fish eat shrimps. This world is so cruel. If you don't kill people, you will be killed by others. The sect's external purpose is to learn from heaven and earth and help the world, but its internal purpose is: Heaven is ruthless. If you want to kill demons, you must first become a demon. Only if you are more evil than those evil people, can you be stronger than them and help the world."
Mu Changsheng didn't know what to say at this moment. He just felt a chill all over his body. Is this the real Lingshan Sect? Is this the so-called righteous leader?
Mu Changsheng even thought of Mo Lianyue. Mo Lianyue must know the truth but did not tell him. It was obvious that she had evil intentions and deserved to be killed!
At this moment, Mu Changsheng felt as if he had been deceived by the whole world. He wanted to escape from here, but his remaining sanity told him that Ji Chang was sent by Lingshan Sect to monitor him. With the other party's cultivation level at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, he had almost no chance of winning.
Ji Chang found Mu Changsheng's expression very interesting and laughed wildly: "It's this expression, it's really interesting."
Mu Changsheng's face was as gloomy as water, and he asked: "If I am unwilling to carry out this mission, how will the sect punish me?"
"Punishment?" Ji Chang laughed sarcastically, "You think too much. Let me tell you this. Two years ago, I once taught a new junior fellow apprentice. That junior fellow apprentice was much more righteous and resolute than you. He refused to 'eat people' no matter what. Then I refined him into a blood pill and ate it."
As he spoke, Ji Chang extended his scarlet tongue, licked his lips, and continued: "Do you know? The blood pill refined by the Supreme Yuanying is very nourishing."
After saying that, Ji Chang stared at Mu Changsheng, like a wild beast ready to eat anyone at any time, as if as long as Mu Changsheng dared to say "no", he would pounce on him and kill him immediately.
Mu Changsheng understood Ji Chang's eyes and knew he had to make a choice.
Eat or be eaten, this question does not seem to be a difficult choice, but this choice is madly torturing Mu Changsheng's heart, making him extremely tormented.
Ji Chang did not give Mu Changsheng too much time to think. He just stretched out his hand and fiddled with it gently. There was a flash of inspiration between his fingers, and he looked like he was ready to take action at any time. He asked, "Brother Mu, have you made up your mind yet? I think this old Nascent Soul in front of me is very good. Although he is a little old, he is still a Nascent Soul cultivator after all, so he is still very good."
Upon hearing this, the old Yuanying Qi Mian had a panic expression, as if the gods were fighting and the mortals were suffering. He knelt down in the air and begged for mercy: "I beg the two young masters of Lingshan Sect to spare my life. I am willing to offer five foundation-building monks."
In order to save his life, the old Yuanying was finally willing to sacrifice five foundation-building cultivators. At this moment, the ugliness of human nature was played to the extreme, and Mu Changsheng finally made up his mind.
"Senior Brother Ji, I am willing to obey the sect's orders." Mu Changsheng said respectfully to Ji Chang with a fist clasped.
"Alas, junior brother, you are not strong enough." Ji Chang shook his head in disappointment, as if he regretted that he could not eat Mu Changsheng.
Then, Ji Chang put away the magic that he was fiddling with his fingertips, and said with a lack of interest: "Then do as you please, Junior Brother. You can eat whoever you want within a hundred miles. If you are full of energy, it is okay to eat more. The sect will cover you."