Chapter 98 - Shin Xuanjis Choice (2/2)
While all this was going on, a male youth with intelligent black eyes, long black hair, and a countenance that seemed to hint his long-gone handsomeness was bound heavily in a metal cage. He wore a set of qi diffusion cuffs, and his body was filled with laceration marks indicating torture. His eyes were filled with intelligence, but severely dim in light and overwhelmed with exhaustion.
This was Shin Xuanji!
His decision to join the Earthly Titan Sect backfired greatly. Three years ago, when he joined, they immediately captured him and interrogated him with extreme prejudice. For three full years, he was constantly tortured by the sect for information about Han Genji. The only reason he wasn't killed had to do with him revealing subtle hints that he knew the location of the piece of mid-grade essence crystal in Han Genji's possession.
He would never fully tell them, but simply that it was hidden somewhere that only he knew. He was hoping, praying, that as long as he breathed, there was a chance to overcome the situation. In truth, he's been given every torture method possible. From the pulling off one's nails, the breaking of the fingers, and even castration, and yet he refused to break.
His personal hatred for the Earthly Titan Sect now exceeded the Yan Clan by thousands of times. People he trusted betrayed his master and himself for wealth. It was disgusting. However, that was the cruelty of the cultivation world. If you do not possess strength and backing, you're nothing more than fish on the chopping block for those higher up the pyramid.
How could he contend when his cultivation was only at the peak-Qi Revolving Realm? He was insignificant. However, he was filled with a drive to change his fate. To go against what the heavens demanded of him!
He understood that the moment they felt he was no longer a source of information, they would immediately exterminate his life. How could they let Han Genji's disciple survive in this world? Why would they leave a ticking bomb so close to them?
”I swear, I'll kill them all!” He silently swore. If one looked closely, he had no teeth in his mouth and his tongue held countless lacerations. His skin was sickly pale, he was beyond scrawny as if he hadn't eaten for weeks, and his lifeforce was like a flickering flame unwilling to be exhausted by the cruel gust of the world.
POP!
A tall, handsome youth appeared like a ghost within Shin Xuanji's cell. His eyes revealed a profound realization as he stood behind the bound Shin Xuanji. ”So...I figured this would be your fate after learning of their betrayal.” He silently thought, his eyes staring at Shin Xuanji's pathetic appearance. Initially, he was going to sweep all possible threats to his aunt and uncle, including this Senior Brother of his. However, the world was truly too cruel.
”How come...we all have such unfortunate fates.” Yan Zaizen muttered, realizing that the lives of himself, Shin Xuanji, and Lin Feilin were horrendous. They either had their clan eradicated or treated like slaves at one point in time. However, out of the three, Shin Xuanji truly had the worst of it.
Shin Xuanji was constantly mumbling his sworn oath to himself, attempting to keep himself sane. With a quick spiritual sense examination, Yan Zaizen could see all that was done to him during these past three years. He took a deep breath, gathered his thoughts, and decisively decided.
”Three years ago, you didn't act against me during my weakest hour because of our relationship, our bond as fellow disciples. Today, I'll repay that kindness. I'll give you another choice, your fate will be your own to decide.” His body was covered by a silver-blue light, disguising his features.
Slowly, he appeared within Shin Xuanji's line-of-sight. This startled him greatly, his eyes looking at this silver-blue silhouette, not with fear, but filled with hatred and unyielding will.
”You have a choice.” Yan Zaizen's voice boomed within his soul.
”You can forget your hatred with the Yan Clan. If you do, you'll be given a chance. You'll be given freedom, wealth, protection, and the ability to grow. The chance for vengeance.” His words entered directly into Shin Xuanji's soul, ”or, you can choose to stay. Await your fate, whatever that may be.”
When Shin Xuanji heard those choices, his eyes glowed with a long-forgotten radiance. In truth, he thought he was having delusions, that this was a manifestation of his will to fight on. If he chose the path to wait, wouldn't it be the same as accepting death?! The choice was obvious.
”Yan Clan? Compared to the Yan Clan, the Earthly Titan Sect deserves a thousand deaths!!” He said, but due to his lack of teeth, it came out a little incoherently. However, Yan Zaizen understood it all. ”The Yan Clan killed my family, but if it means getting my revenge on the Earthly Titan Sect, then I can forgive it all!”
Indeed.
When one experiences tragedy from afar, the reaction isn't nearly as intense as experiencing it yourself. Yan Zaizen didn't understand the full story of the Shin Clan, but that didn't mean Shin Xuanji knew it either.
”Swear on your very soul!” Yan Zaizen voice boomed.
Shin Xuanji thundered with a chaotic roar filled with anger and hatred. ”I SWEAR ON MY SOUL!! LET ME GET REVENGE!” Traces of blood leaked from his mouth as the scabbed lacerations on his tongue started to bleed. It gave him a very horrendous and malicious appearance.
”Then, so be it.”
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