249 Chapter 249 (2/2)
They were clearly too weak to be members of the Limitless Sword Society. Thus he decided to come out here as he was losing too much time tunneling as it was.
He couldn't let this go on for any longer. He could tell that one of the people that got attacked was critically injured. He started to descend towards the group of Qi Condensation cultivators, it was a rare occurrence for him to interact with weak people like them. He could already see the bandits shaking from feeling his suppressed aura.
”G-good day H-honorable Elder, can this lowly junior be of assistance?”
Zhang Dong saw the person with the highest cultivation level going straight down to his knees. He wanted to commend his quick wits, he instantly assumed the subservient position. He was only at the 5th level of Qi condensation but outranked everyone here besides him.
”Just be quiet.”
Zhang Dong didn't really feel like he needed to talk to this man. He already came across many idiots like this. They used the small amount of power to walk all over weaker people but when someone slightly stronger appeared they fled or prostrated themselves instantly.
It was debatable why they ended up like this. Was it bad parenting, maybe lack of them? Did they see someone else living their life like this and just copied their ways?
Zhang Dong didn't feel like people were born evil or that they weren't redeemable. Correcting their behavior would be exceedingly difficult and there was a point of no return. He would never be merciful to people that killed without rhyme or reason.
He reached out his hand and pointed out with his finger. This digit started glowing with a golden hue. A tiny ray of light shot out from it and flew towards the collapsed man. The golden energy seeped into his body while making it glow radiantly.
Everyone here was staying quiet, they weren't sure what this master was doing to this man. They knew one thing, that if he wanted he could slay them with a tiny fart. To their surprise, the man that was on death's door started looking better. In a matter of moments, all of his wounds closed up and he opened up his eyes.
He was now healed. The man looked around confused as he had lost consciousness after getting severely beaten by the bandits. The last thing he remembered was trying to save his daughter and wife before the stomping began.
”W-what?”
”F-father!”
The daughter was the first one to react. She was still young and emotional, while the others were scared of moving while a core formation expert was around, she didn't. She hugged her father while sobbing as he had almost passed away.
”Well then, I don't have much time. Now Choose, a life of servitude or death? Ten seconds should be enough to make a decision.”
The moment Zhang Dong spoke out a massive amount of killing intent washed over all of the bandits. They were pushed into the ground and could only shake with fear. They knew that this man was serious, the reason he was doing this was unimportant as he was someone far above them.
In their minds, they could only blame themselves for being too weak to retaliate. There was not much remorse in their thinking as it didn't even dawn on them that he was punishing them for the attempted murder and ****.
”I… I will swear allegiance to the venerable senior!
”M-me too.”
”Yes, we all swear to serve you!”
Not having much choice they all crumbled under pressure. The moment they agreed to the proposal they could feel something invading their very being. It was some kind of soul shackle being placed upon them and they had heard rumors about such things. If the man wished he could easily destroy their souls.
”Now you three on the other hand…”
Zhang Dong in his demon hunter persona looked at the family of three. It was strange that they were here, how did they end up in the middle of nowhere with bandits? The closest settlement was a few days away on foot for normal people and it seemed that is what they did.
”Honorable senior, please spare my family, I will also swear my life to you!”
”F-father!”
The man also went down to his knees and started begging him for his life. The wife was closely second as she also begged for their daughter's life. It made it seem like he was some kind of evil cultivator trying to use them as some kind of test subjects or resources for pill making.
”Relax…”
He pointed his finger at the group of three. They could feel something being inserted into their dantian, it was some kind of strange energy but it didn't feel malicious.
”I'm not going to harm you. I have given you control of these idiots here, you can do whatever you wish with them. If they try to hurt you, their very souls will rapture and break.”
He quickly explained that these five bandits would be bound to them. He on the other hand started floating up into the sky. He didn't have time to escort these people, with these five bandits they should be fine in this low-level area.
”You there, give them an order.”
He pointed to the daughter that flinched a bit. She complied with the request telling the bandits to stand up on one leg.
”Uh?”
The men found themselves compelled to do it. If they tried resisting a sharp pain would wash over their bodies rendering them immobile.
”Well then, take care and try not to get in trouble…”
He finally took off while looking at his map. He had already placed waypoints on it after looking through the map of the empire. He would go through less populated spots evading large cities and heavily guarded locations. If he was lucky, he would arrive in the Divine Fist Sect territory within a week.
The family of three was left baffled by the occurrence. Even after the man left the bandits found themselves under their spell. It was now on them to decide if these criminals deserved to live or die.