109 A Beautiful Jasmine Flower (1/2)
”Did you want the proof? Now I have proven the Old Ones have both good and bad people, and many different schools.”
Wei Chenzi looked at Liu Shisui emotionlessly. ”You can choose to stand on our side, or to die,” he said.
They had actually identified themselves in front of Liu Shisui.
An elder of the Center Sect in the Yuanying State and an elder of the One-Cottage Sect were in fact the members of the Old Ones.
If Liu Shisui didn’t go with them, he would be killed for sure.
A dead person couldn’t reveal this secret to anybody.
Liu Shisui still couldn’t put two and two together. Why did they suddenly kill the disciple of the Mysterious Dark Sect? Just to prove there were some good guys in the Old Ones?!
”Our orders are to bring you back, and it has to be voluntary on your part. So we had no choice but to use this method to persuade you.”
”Our Center Sect has simply killed an evil demon,” said Wei Chenzi. ”Is there a problem with that?”
”I don’t think I’m that important,” said Liu Shisui.
”You are of excellent quality,” said Wei Chenzi, ”and already in the middle state of the Golden Pill at such a young age. You could be ranked top ten in Chaotian Land. Since the Green Mountain Sect didn’t cherish you much, there are many other sects that will cherish you. If those sects didn’t care about offending the Green Mountain Sect, all of them would have come to see you.”
After a moment of silence, Liu Shisui spoke. ”Let me think about it. Come back tomorrow.”
”I know you’re not afraid of dying, but don’t even think about suicide,” said Wei Chenzi. ”Otherwise, all the villagers will be buried with you, including your parents.”
Liu Shisui stared into Wei Chenzi’s eyes. ”All that good people and bad people talk is just a lie!”
”Those are the reasons and excuses you wanted to hear. Regardless of lies or truth, you simply need to ask yourself one thing: ‘Do I really want to accept this fate?’.”
Having said that, Wei Chenzi and the elder scholar left.
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It was late night, and the sky was full of twinkling stars.
Liu Shisui looked through the window at the night sky. Was he pondering that question?
Suddenly, he got out of bed, and went in the kitchen next to his room.
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His mother held his hand, and didn’t know what to say.
His father sighed, took out a small box from deep within the cupboard, and handed it to Liu Shisui.
He took the box and opened it. Inside was a jasmine flower.
The jasmine flower must have been sealed by magic. It looked as fresh as when it was first placed in the box.
”It was left here by your Young Master Jing Jiu a year ago.”
”He told us to give this flower to you if you insist on leaving,” said Liu Shisui’s father.
Liu Shisui couldn’t figure out what this meant.
His mother sewed the jasmine flower onto the collar of his clothing. It looked rather nice.
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Liu Shisui disappeared from the small village. The villagers knew about his disappearance, but the outsiders had not noticed.
At that time, the most important event in Chaotian Land was the Plum Meeting, which was soon to take place. Many Cultivation practitioners were on their way to Zhaoge City.