She killed my father..!
“Looks like this is it…” Jotu murmured upon witnessing the barrier’s dissipation as he turned his gaze towards the rock from where his sons were peeping at him.
He gave them a smile before looking at Feng Xue as he said weakly: “I’m ready!”
Feng Xue gave him a look of disgust before gushing out fire from her palm, burning him into ash.
In his last moments, Jotu only looked
towards his sons with a smile before fading away.
“No, Father!” The younger son, couldn’t help but shout out in agony, attracting the gazes of everyone from the carriage.
Feng Xue instantly appeared infront of the two sons who were hiding from her.
Flying in the air above them, she asked: “You two are that vile bandit’s son?”
Hearing her call their father a vile bandit, the sons roared out in fury: “How dare you call him a vile bandit? Our father was an honorable cultivator and you killed him so mercilessly. You… We will take revenge for our father’s death! As filial sons, it is our duty to enact revenge upon you!”
Feng Xue revealed a puzzled expression hearing their out-roar: “Huh? You don’t know about your father? He was a bandit who committed evil deeds and I have just brought justice to him!”
“Stop making lies… Our Father was
honorable and gentle, how could he be a bandit?”
The sons shouted in pain and anger as their throats began to turn soar and their eyes turned red.
“Sigh… looks like it’s no use talking to you two. You both are just nascent soul realm cultivators despite being above 40. How can you ever hope to take revenge on me? Since you both are innocent cultivators and don’t know about your father, I’ll let you go. Go and live righteous lives!”
Saying that she returned to the carriage calmly.
“You… I’ll kill you!” The younger son shouted before,
Chop!
The older son knocked him down
unconscious with a chop at the back of his
neck.
“She is right… We need to become stronger if we ever want to have a chance of revenge..” He murmured to himself before leaving with his younger brother in his
arms.
After getting far from the carriages, the older brother spotted Ashen sitting on a rock, waiting for him.
He rushed to him: “Sir, we are here. Please take us to the place you were talking
about!”
Ashen looked at them before asking: “So, what is your plan now?”
“Sir, we plan to take our revenge, but first
we need to become stronger to be able to do so!” He answered with fire in his eyes.
“Huh? Why do you need to become stronger to take revenge?” Ashen asked with a confused expression.
The older Brother was even more puzzled
by his obvious question: “What do you mean? Don’t we need to be stronger than her to take revenge?”
Ashen shook his head in denial as he
explained: “See, let me ask you a question. What did she do to you to make you want
to take revenge?”
“She killed my father…” The older brother answered with doubt in his voice, not being able to understand Ashen’s words.
“So you should simply give her the same
pain that you are feeling, wouldn’t you call that revenge?” Ashen questioned in an obvious tone.
The older brother’s eyes widened in
realization as he instantly answered: “You mean I should kill her father? But wouldn’t her father be stronger than her? How can I
do that?”
Ashen facepalmed himself at this man’s
stupidity as he clarified: “No, I meant you
should kill someone close to her. She
should cry at their death, someone like that!”
“Huh? But how would I find out someone
that close to her?” He asked, scratching the back of his head in confusion.
Ashen smiled confidently as he assured:
“You don’t have to worry about that. I’ll follow her and keep an eye on her from
afar and as soon as I find someone like that, person
I’ll tell you. Then, you can kill that when that woman is away!” The older brother’s eyes shined: “Yes, that’s
a good idea.”
Then his eyes shined more brightly as he
asked: “Sir, why don’t you kill that woman
instead? You are surely more powerful than her, right?”
Ashen shook his head, rejecting his
proposal: “I cannot do that. This is your
revenge, how can you ask someone else to take it?”
“You are right sir, sorry for my rudeness!”
The older brother apologized sincerely.
“Don’t worry about that. Let’s take family to a safer location!”
your
“Yes sir!” The older Brother nodded happily
in gratitude.
Ashen took them to the nearest
guesthouse and provided them with the
highest security available in that guesthouse.
It was easy with the Shang Clan token that
he displayed.
Leaving Jotu’s family there, he returned to
the carriage.
“So Feng Xue, what do you plan on doing
with these people?” Ashen asked with
amusement.
He knew that Feng Xue hated these people
at this point after what they were planning on doing to her.
He wanted to see if her righteous judgement that she prided herself on could
sustain itself.
Ashen again continued: “You should know
that I won’t interfere in whatever you think
is the right punishment for them. Even if
you
kill them here, No one will know and
no one will care. So, will you forgive them or will you punish them?”
From the moment, Ashen had given her
control of her full power, she had been
thinking about what to do with these hypocrites.
From a personal point of view, she wanted
to tear apart these people who changes
their colors like chameleon, but from a human perspective, it wasn’t wrong to sacrifice one to save the majority.
That’s what she had been taught, but now
that she experienced the pain of being the one sacrificed, she didn’t find it so easy to simply forgive them, especially that old
man.
But when she looked at him from a
different perspective, he was just an old
man who was carrying out his duty. He needed to make a choice there of sacrificing her or sacrificing everyone, so it wasn’t a wrong choice to sacrifice her.
She just didn’t know what to do. Her personal and objective judgement were clashing and she didn’t know what to do. She clenched her fists and gritted her teeth
as she answered Ashen: “I-I’ll f-forgive t-them!”
She stuttered at each word, showing how difficult it was for her to make that decision.
She bit her lower lip before turning around
and rushing back into her chambers. Ashen followed her back as a huge sigh of
relief resounded from almost every direction.
Soon after, the carriage began to move forward and the journey continued to the
Xue Mo Tribe.
