0p0 Chapter 157 I was not wrong; everything I did was out of necessity.
Chapter 157 I was not wrong; everything I did was out of necessity.
In the Eastern Region, in a remote village that is not even marked on any map.
Li Mingyan slowly woke up from a simple wooden bed that smelled faintly of mildew.
Looking at the unfamiliar scene around him, made of mud and thatch, he was filled with doubt.
"Shouldn't I...be dead already?"
His memory was still stuck on how he was relentlessly hunted down by the sect's higher-ups for secretly learning the Tang Sect's supreme martial art, "Tang Sect Hidden Weapons."
Ultimately, he was forced to jump off a precipice when he had no other choice.
That's a sheer cliff that could drive any cultivator to despair; it's said that even Nascent Soul stage experts perished there.
If he jumped down with his mere Qi Refining stage strength, he would definitely die and be smashed to pieces.
However, just as he was wondering...
"Squeak—"
A pretty young girl, dressed in simple linen clothes, walked into the room carrying a bowl of steaming rice porridge.
Upon seeing Li Mingyan, who had already awakened on the bed, a look of "surprise" flashed in her clear, mountain-spring-like eyes.
"Great! You're finally awake! You've been unconscious for a whole day and night."
Upon hearing this, a hint of surprise flashed through Li Mingyan's mind.
Only then did he realize that he had been rescued.
However, a flood of doubts followed.
He jumped off a bottomless cliff; his Qi Refining stage body would have been shattered to pieces.
How could she have been saved by this seemingly helpless mortal girl?
Moreover, he had never heard of any mortal life living beneath that towering cliff that the Tang Clan considered a forbidden area.
Is it...
Could it be that I've been transported to another world, just like in those popular novels?
Li Mingyan did not immediately ask questions that might expose his identity.
Instead, he first expressed his sincerest gratitude to the person who had saved his life.
After that, he quickly built a closer relationship with the other person through casual, one-off conversations.
He also took the opportunity to find out the general situation of the surrounding area from the other party.
It turns out he didn't actually travel to another world.
Instead, for some unknown reason, they ended up in a small village in a remote mountain range, tens of thousands of miles away from Tangmen.
He was able to confirm this because of the sect called Mountain Sect that the other party mentioned.
He had some impression of this Mountain Sect from his time within the Tang Sect.
Because this sect is one of the affiliated sects of the Tang Sect.
The small village he is currently in, called Xiyun Village, is an inconspicuous little village within the jurisdiction of the Mountain Sect.
The residents here know of the existence of the Mountain Sect, or perhaps the Mountain Sect once came here to recruit disciples.
Upon learning this news, a chilling sense of crisis instantly surged into Li Mingyan's heart.
You should know that he is now a wanted criminal with the highest level of manhunt order issued by the entire Tang Clan!
The consequences would be unimaginable if they discovered our presence.
And he is still wearing that disciple's attire, which is full of the Tang Clan's signature.
Moreover, this outfit was witnessed by many people in the village.
Although these ordinary people living in a remote corner may not know that these are the robes of the disciples of the Tang Clan.
But what if?
In case someone with ulterior motives reports this matter to the Mountain Sect.
Finally, the Mountain Sect reported this to the higher-ups, informing the Tang Clan...
Then he will face the pursuit of the Tang Clan again and will surely die without a burial place!
Thinking of this, Li Mingyan's eyes, which had been filled with gratitude and gentleness, instantly turned icy cold when he looked at the back of the girl who was turning away to fetch him medicine.
Without saying a word, he sprang up from the wooden bed and appeared behind the girl in an instant with a terrifying speed far beyond that of ordinary people.
Then, without the slightest hesitation, he snapped the girl's snow-white and fragile neck.
The kind-hearted girl who had saved his life not long ago died on the spot before she could even let out a scream.
Looking at the girl's delicate face, which had lost all its luster and was filled with fear and confusion, Li Mingyan sighed slowly.
"Don't blame me."
"Everything I did was to protect myself."
"I was forced into this situation..."
Li Mingyan muttered to himself.
These words sounded like they were being spoken to the deceased girl, but also like they were a form of self-consolation.
After calming himself down, he was thinking rapidly about how to kill all one hundred-plus people in the village.
With his peak Qi Refining strength, even if he hasn't fully recovered, killing these mortals who haven't even entered the Qi Refining stage would still be a piece of cake.
But the key question is how to get everyone together.
If he were to take direct action, these people would scatter and flee, and there's a real possibility that some might escape.
This is something he absolutely cannot allow.
Soon, after a brief moment of thought, he came up with an excellent idea.
He could use the pretext of a celestial master taking on disciples to gather all these people together.
Once they all gather together, it's just a matter of using a few area-of-effect spells, which is incredibly easy to handle.
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Afterwards, Li Mingyan successfully used this method to gather all the simple and honest villagers of Xiyun Village who were full of longing for cultivating immortality in the village's ancestral hall.
Among them were elderly people in their sixties and babies just a few months old.
Li Mingyan showed no mercy and used area-of-effect magic to cruelly kill them all.
This once peaceful and tranquil village was suddenly transformed into a hellish place littered with corpses!
Before leaving, Li Mingyan unleashed several more Fireballs, using his already mastered Fireball Technique to completely erase all traces of the place.
Looking at the village completely engulfed by raging fire, Li Mingyan couldn't help but feel a strange mix of emotions.
But he soon realized that it was all Tang's fault.
If only the Tang Sect could allow me to come into contact with that supreme martial art sooner!
If Tang Men could be more magnanimous and not pursue his own responsibility!
He didn't have to be forced to kill all the innocent people in the village.
"I did nothing wrong! It's all Tang's fault!"
"I did all of this out of necessity!"
"It's all the Tang Clan's fault for not letting me learn their secret techniques! I clearly have the talent; it's their prejudice, their outdated thinking!"
Li Mingyan seemed to have gone mad, constantly muttering these words.
It feels like I'm brainwashing myself.
……
In the sky.
Lin Hanzhou, who had just arrived at the scene, couldn't hold back his anger when he saw Li Mingyan rambling incoherently below.