Chapter 1440 - 680: Karma and Retribution

Chapter 1440: Chapter 680: Karma and Retribution

The Divine Sect was celebrating some grand festival, singing and dancing joyfully, while the sacrifices did not share this sentiment.

At this moment, inside the cage suppressed under the altar, witnessing such a horrifying and spectacular scene above, Chen Wu’s legs were trembling, his face pale, his back covered in beads of sweat, and he couldn’t inhale a single breath of cold air.

In reality, the Divine Sect had subdued him with just a Heart Subduing Talisman inscribed on his Divine Court, because soon they would perform the major skinning exercise, and to avoid damaging the skin’s texture, they hadn’t pierced the scapula. If he were truly a valiant man, he might still grit his teeth and risk everything, fighting beneath the Mecha’s feet, staining the East with a splash of red.

However, one can’t blame Chen Wu for losing courage now; when it’s time to face the execution ground, how many can remain cheerful and regard death as a return home? It’s a pity that back then he was advised to join the Sword Sect, presented with the chance of Reversing Fate right before him, yet failed to seize it. Now the time has come, the end is near, what’s the point in begging the Immortal through your grandma? Would an Immortal save you?

"Hey, I’m here to save you."

"Woo woo..."

Suddenly hearing Tie Dan’s voice transmission, seeing that Sword Immortal appear in front of him, Chen Wu’s legs went weak, nearly kneeling to the ground.

"Immortal... Immortal, save me..."

Tie Dan was curious,

"How did you fall to this state? Weren’t you told to quickly return to the mountain with your family? What about the sword I gave you?"

"I... I... sword... sword..."

Chen Wu’s teeth chattered, stuttering incomprehensibly.

So Tie Dan comforted him,

"No hurry, take your time to think, speak once you’ve figured it out. No matter what, if fate is miscalculated, it means death anyway."

The altar master waved his hand,

"Come, clean up the place and take the next batch."

Chen Wu knelt down,

"I, I threw away the sword..."

Tie Dan laughed,

"Why, doesn’t my sword catch your eye?"

Chen Wu’s eyes reddened,

"No matter how great the sword, it can’t be exchanged for my son’s life!"

Tie Dan was taken aback,

"Son? Aren’t you the sole heir?"

Chen Wu gritted his teeth,

"She’s about to give birth... things have come to this, why must the Immortal keep pretending! You must have taken a fancy to my unborn son, planning to seize his body, that’s why you accepted me as a disciple! I, Chen Wu, a man of honor, cannot sell my son for glory! Such fate, I’d rather not have!"

Tie Dan calculated again,

"Oh, so you’d rather die just to secure a chance for your son to survive?"

Of course, Chen Wu naturally did not wish to die either. Watching the shrine washing down with bloody water like torrential rain, the stance he barely managed to uphold quickly faltered.

"I, I really don’t want to keep fighting and killing, I just want to live peacefully with my family... Immortal, I’ve made a mistake, please show mercy and spare my family..."

Tie Dan was still calculating, casually mentioned,

"Is it me who won’t spare your family? Is it me who wants to skin you? Does this calamity relate to your son now? Apparently, your Chen family owes an external debt, right? Those guys from the Divine Sect despite their extremism, they all study arithmetic; how could they wrong you? Think carefully, hasn’t your Chen family oppressed the good and harmed the people in Ba County, otherwise where comes such a crowd eager to eat your flesh, drink your blood?"

"I, I’m really unjustly treated... we don’t even have a few acres of land, they’ve all been rented out for others to cultivate..."

Watching those lined up being pulled away one by one, Chen Wu was almost in tears,

"My Chen family has practiced martial arts for generations, relying on our skill in fighting, it’s inevitable to have grudges in Jianghu, but how could we oppress the people? How could it come to this..."

Tie Dan reminded him,

"Doesn’t your Chen family have someone in the court? I see you have a military position, could it be some heinous acts, infuriating both heaven and people, committed in the past? Village slaughter? Family confiscation? Grave digging? Demolition? Being henchmen? Aiding tyrants? Quickly think, what significant immoral act did the ancestors commit, their blood sacrifice rituals aim to inform all beings and enlighten all gods, they wouldn’t unjustly accuse you, there must be a reason for skinning you. No one does something with no gain."

"Woo woo woo but I didn’t... I didn’t..."

"Bang bang bang!"

The Mechanical Demon God Soldiers had already come over, dragging away the row of people tied with Chen Wu. A group of people, like locust strung together, each resembled Chen Wu’s deathly pallor, drained of blood, crying and sobbing, their minds muddled.

Tie Dan remained serene, calculating with his fingers, while walking up to the shrine with Chen Wu. His green robe stood out amidst the bloody scene covering the sky and ground.

Yet the Divine Cult Members around were busy preparing for the upcoming newbie recruitment event, including the altar master, none seemed to notice his presence.

Gradually, Chen Wu’s face regained some color, seeing such a scene, how could he not realize this Immortal’s abilities far surpass those of the Divine Sect Members. As long as he wished to save him, he could truly change his fate.

Or possibly, this person has already saved him once, but it was he himself who failed to appreciate what was good for him, abandoning the protective treasure sword, landing in this predicament. Now only holding onto the Immortal’s thigh remains his path to survival.

"Master! Master! I swear to the heavens! I haven’t committed crimes! Murdered innocents! Joined the army due to court conscription! Battle for life and death in combat, how could it solely be my evil! If my family truly had the power to tyrannize the countryside, oppress the people, how could they fall to today’s plight! Master! Master, I’ve made a mistake! Save my life! I am willing to take my wife and children up the mountain to cultivate! Whatever you say, I will obey!"

When a person is about to die, their words are sorrowful; only after being tied to the pillar did Chen Wu finally call him Master, but it was already too late.