Chapter 235 (1/2)

Chapter 235

Long Chen and the core disciples were gathered atop one huge flying Magical Beast .

Long Chen took out an animal hide page and pointed to a spot . “This time the Corrupt path has invaded us from here .

“Their invasion occured eighteen hours ago, and with our current flying speed, it should take us around six hours to get there .

“The Corrupt path’s disciples are incredibly blood-thirsty, and will slaughter the innocent commoners as a kind of trial .

“In a bit, once we arrive, we don’t have any time to adjust ourselves . Each moment we wait, countless commoners are dying . ”

They nodded . This time it had happened too suddenly, and they hadn’t had the slightest time to prepare . Originally they should have been the ones to initiate it, but the result was that their enemy had already taken the initiative .

“These idiots from the Corrupt path, just what are they thinking? Why are they so evil? Do they not care about the lives of others?” Li Qi couldn’t help hatefully demanding .

The others also didn’t understand . Even the experts from the Corrupt path still had to have a mother and a father who raised them . How could they be so devoid of any humanity?

Long Chen replied, “You just don’t understand what they’re thinking . The people from the Corrupt path have their own belief and conviction . Their belief is very simple: natural selection .

“They think that a person must be strong, and the weak are just stepping stones for the strong . The weak are just accessories, ornaments to let the strong stand out .

“And so, the thing they believe in the most is strength . Strength is everything to them . As long as they have strength, they can unless all their desire without limit, regardless of any morality . ”

“How could there be such wicked people?” exclaimed Tang Wan-er . They were all humans, but how were their ideologies so different?

Long Chen lightly said, “That’s just because you don’t understand how formidable having a belief is . A conviction in a belief means that your whole mind and spirit is devoted .

“The people from the Corrupt path firmly believe that their actions are the most correct . They believe the rules of the Heavenly Daos make this world a survival of the fittest . And so their actions are in accordance to the Heavenly Daos .

“As for our Righteous path’s actions of guarding and helping each other, that is in contrary to the Heavenly Dao’s natural elimination rules, and so they believe we are disrespecting the heavens .

“And so they treat killing disciples of the Righteous path as taking the place of the heavens to punish us . Furthermore, they won’t feel the slightest bit of guilt . Killing people is sacred to them, and they are willing to commit all kinds of things we would consider crimes .

“Even once they die, they believe that since they fought for the Heavenly Daos, the Heavenly Daos will bless them and care for them . And so true Corrupt path disciples do not fear death much at all . ”

Long Chen’s words caused a chill to run through them . They had all heard the Corrupt path’s disciples were savage and cruel; so this was the reason .

“They really are a group of madmen . ” One of the core disciples shook his head .

“And this is also the reason why you absolutely cannot show any mercy against them once the fighting starts . Don’t try to act with some kind of n.o.ble character, humanity, forgiveness, or hope of reforming them .

“That’s just foolishness, a foolishness that will cost dearly . Not only will you end up killing yourself, you’ll end up implicating those behind you, causing them to die with you . That is what it really means to die with your eyes wide open in grievance,” solemnly warned Long Chen .

In particular, he was looking at Tang Wan-er and Ye Zhiqiu . He knew those two women were more softhearted, especially Tang Wan-er .

If they ended up feeling pity for their opponents and ended up restraining themselves, then they really would be done for . And once core disciples died, those disciples behind them would have their morale plummet to rock bottom .

“Don’t worry, I definitely won’t show any mercy . ” Tang Wan-er took a deep breath .

Long Chen smiled slightly and nodded . Tang Wan-er’s soft heart also had its good points . She cherished her subordinates, and for them, she would definitely not show any mercy .

Sweeping his gaze over everyone, Long Chen solemnly said, “We still have quite a few members here who haven’t awakened their ancestral marks . Do you want to awaken them?”

The hearts of those core disciples began to pound . Previously they had heard that Long Chen had used some kind of secret technique to help Song Mingyuan, Li Qi, and Luo Cang awaken their ancestral marks, causing them to be filled with envy .

But Long Chen had kept that technique secret, and he hadn’t shared it with everyone . Now their hearts were pounding with excitement .

“If senior brother Long Chen can help awaken our ancestral marks, we’d be willing to even do a dog’s work for you,” excitedly said one of the core disciples . His family had already begun to decline . By his generation, his ancestral blood had already become extremely faint . If he couldn’t awaken his ancestral mark, their bloodline inheritance would end with him .

The others were also fervently looking at Long Chen . Awakening the ancestral mark was just too important to them, even maybe more important than their own lives . It was a mission their family had given them, and also a kind of glory .

“I can’t help you awaken your ancestral marks . Everything will have to rely on you . Li Qi, you tell everyone about how you guys awakened your ancestral marks . ”

Li Qi nodded and told them about what had happened that day . He didn’t omit everything, even telling them how he had felt absolute despair when facing death .

Those people listening were dumbstruck . They were just like how Song Mingyuan and them had been at the beginning . None of them had thought that this was the correct way to awaken their ancestral marks .

“Now that Long Chen mentions it, I remember back when I awakened my ancestral mark, it was because of my little sister . I had secretly brought her out deep in the mountains to do some hunting .

“But we ended up running into a powerful Magical Beast . I was unable to defeat it, and I saw that my little sister was about to be killed .

“At that moment, I felt as if I had gone insane, and some unfathomable power burst out of me, and I somehow managed to kill that Magical Beast . Only later did I realize I had somehow awakened my ancestral mark . ” Gu Yang suddenly realized why he had managed to awaken his ancestral mark .

“When you feel your life is in danger, you’ll be able to explode with ten times the strength . But when you feel someone precious to you is about to die, you’ll be able to explode with a power that surpa.s.ses your imagination .