Chapter 9

"Master, no...!"

"Mercy!"

Amidst the piercing screams of Bucuanzi, Master Ciyun's words came to an end!

"I'm sorry..."

The word "sorry" was not loud, but visible ripples spread through the air.

With each vibration of the ripples, sound waves like sharp swords swept in all directions. Except for Luoli behind him, everyone present was immediately overwhelmed by the demonic sound, bleeding from their mouths and noses. This was the demonic sound kill of the Seven Kill Sect!

"Buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz~~~"

It was as if someone had struck a copper cymbal next to their ears. Everyone immediately covered their ears, hearing nothing but the continuous ringing.

The entire room trembled and resonated, as if also shaken by the demonic sound, with dust continuously falling.

The eight iron badge killers lost control of their bodies first.

One of them spat blood and fell, while the others, though not fallen, could not move at all.

This was the purpose of the demonic sound kill: to use strange demonic sounds to vibrate the eardrums and disrupt the opponent's counterattack.

However, Bucuanzi, Liu Quezi, and others were also veterans of the Seven Kill Sect. In their shock and fear, they began to counterattack as the demonic sound filled their ears.

Liu Quezi raised his cane, aiming at Master Ciyun. The cane contained 108 fine iron poison needles, which could be instantly shot out with a trigger, piercing through metal and bone within thirty feet.

In front of Bucuanzi, an iron trigram appeared, flying above his head. This was a magical weapon. The trigram emitted light, protecting his entire body in full defense.

Before they could act, Master Ciyun moved again.

He spread his palm, and at some point, he had taken out a three-inch jade talisman. The talisman was shaped like a token, shimmering with silver light, covered in various strange runes.

As soon as the jade talisman appeared, the fat innkeeper, who had been silent, let out a desperate cry:

"Jade talisman! Master, mercy..."

Before he could finish, the jade talisman in Master Ciyun's hand emitted a brilliant light, transforming into a seven-foot-long silver saber. The saber, entirely made of light, slashed towards the crowd.

The 108 fine iron poison needles from Liu Quezi's cane had already been shot out, but under the silver saber, they were all shattered into ashes.

Liu Quezi's face turned pale, and he leaped up, using all his skills to their limit, but it was meaningless. He was cut in half by the silver saber, killed on the spot!

The silver saber then flew to Bucuanzi, and the iron trigram's defense, which he had constructed, crumbled like paper. The magical weapon and Bucuanzi were both cut in half.

Next, a cold light swept in front of the fat innkeeper, who had recognized the jade talisman. Despite the two layers of light that appeared on his body, they were useless, and the light shattered with a "snap"!

The fat innkeeper looked at Master Ciyun and shouted, "Why, why, after so many years of friendship, for..."

A slash, and his head fell.

The silver saber did not stop, sweeping across the ground, and the eight iron badge killers were all dismembered and killed on the spot!

All the wounds caused by the silver saber looked as if they had been branded with hot coals, not a drop of blood spilling.

In the blink of an eye, in less than three breaths, only Master Ciyun and Luoli remained.

The rest were all dead!

The silver saber returned to Master Ciyun's hand, transforming back into the jade talisman. However, the silver light had dimmed slightly, and the talisman had shrunk a bit, indicating that driving the endless silver saber was a form of consumption.

Master Ciyun said, "Why? I'm sorry, brothers. For my son, it had to be this way! You go first, I'll follow soon!"

Luoli, who had been watching in a daze, asked, "What is this?"

Master Ciyun replied, "This is called a jade talisman. This is the power of cultivation. No matter how much you practice martial arts to their limit, you can't withstand a single sweep of this jade talisman!

Unfortunately, I can't pass this treasure on to you!"

Luoli finally came to his senses, looking at the bodies on the ground, his heart aching. These people had lived with him since childhood, and the fat innkeeper and Liu Quezi were like family, treating him very well. How could they all be dead? Why?

Luoli shouted angrily, "Father, why? Why!"

His voice was loud, filled with resentment!

Master Ciyun looked at the bodies on the ground and said, "Why? For you!

Son, to free you from this spiritless cage, they all had to die! And not just them, look!"

As he spoke, a water mirror appeared in Master Ciyun's hand, showing the images of all the killers in the town.

Master Ciyun continued, "They, 1,374 members of the Heaven-Killing Hall, they all have to die!"

In the images, there were the secret agents outside Luojia Village, countless familiar fellow disciples, and Xiaoqi, who had grown up with him.

Luoli couldn't help but ask again, "Why? Why!"

Master Ciyun slowly said, "For you! If they don't die, how can they prove that you're dead!

To escape this spiritless cage is to betray the Seven Kill Sect! Do you think the Seven Kill Sect is a joke? Betray the Seven Kill Sect, and you want to live? Not even a Golden Core cultivator or a Nascent Soul cultivator can escape death!

Seven Kill, Seven Kill, under the Seven Kill, the nine levels of the netherworld, no living being can survive!

So, tomorrow morning, Long Wending will come here to retrieve the supreme blood crystal stone and avenge his son! Everyone will die at his hands, including me! Only by all of us dying can we hide your departure!"

Luoli was stunned, tears streaming down his face, his heart aching, his voice trembling, "Father, father, no! You said we would leave together, forever together!"

Although Luoli was a killer, he had always been under Master Ciyun's protection, his innocent heart still intact. After all, he was just a sixteen-year-old boy. Hearing that his greatest support, his closest person, was also going to die, he was overwhelmed with emotion, tears streaming down uncontrollably.

Master Ciyun shook his head and said, "Sixteen years ago, your mother died for you. She was very lonely there, and I always wanted to find her, but because of you, I had to watch you grow up!

Now you've grown up, and now I'm going to find your mother!"

Master Ciyun carefully touched the thin thread around Luoli's neck with his hand and continued, "Son, let me explain everything to you!

This time, I set up a trap, hiring the Heaven-Killing Hall to kill Long Tianxing, which was the beginning of the entire plan!

Long Tianxing is the beloved son of the Black Dragon Sect's Foundation Establishment cultivator, Long Wending. Long Tianxing has five-element spiritual roots, no future in cultivation, and is arrogant and cruel, so he won't live long in the Central Heaven World!

Long Wending loves this son the most, sending him here where there are no cultivators. Long Tianxing is protected by divine talismans, enjoying a life of luxury. I understand Long Wending's intentions.

But it's really amusing, some people want to enter this cage, some want to leave it!

So we killed Long Tianxing. Long Wending will surely come in anger to avenge him and retrieve the supreme blood crystal stone. When he arrives at dawn, a bloody battle will ensue, and all of us in the Heaven-Killing Hall will die.

Actually, he is my tool. Even a Foundation Establishment cultivator can be manipulated by me. I have three ways to kill him, and I can definitely slay him!

But to erase all traces of your existence, I can only let him destroy the Heaven-Killing Hall. He won't live much longer either!

Son, remember, everyone has weaknesses. As long as you understand human nature, you can easily deceive even a Golden Core cultivator!

When he arrives, I will sever my soul, using a divided soul to replace your soul tether. In fact, I haven't sent any messages to the main hall. After some time, the Seven Kill Sect will send people to investigate. Through the soul tether, they will trace back and conclude that we are all dead.

This way, you will have no connection to the Seven Kill Sect. From now on, you are a free person, just a minor descendant of the Luo family!

Junior Brother Liu, Junior Brother Bu, they are cunning. When Long Wending arrives tomorrow, they will be the first to escape. If they survive, they know your background, and you won't be able to hide your identity!

Xiaoqi must die too. His existence is to replace you. When he dies, they will find your body and believe you are dead!

Similarly, these 1,374 people, some of whom know you, must all die. Even if there's only a one in ten thousand chance, if it endangers my son's safety, they must all die to keep the secret!"

Luoli, hearing this, looked at his father, not knowing what to say!

For his sake, for even a one in ten thousand chance, Master Ciyun decided to let everyone die!

Master Ciyun continued, "Son, I know you are reluctant, but there's no other way. In the end, we are just two small killers, insignificant as ants. The world is like a furnace, and we are the iron being forged. We can only struggle to survive!

If they don't die, you will die! To survive, there's no other way!

Son, your mother died for you sixteen years ago. Now it's my turn. Son, I hope you can live well, freely, and live your own life, not controlled by others, living a brilliant life!"

As he spoke, Master Ciyun began to chant silently, the incantation he had used to refine his prayer beads. As he chanted, the thin thread around Luoli's neck began to glow, dissolve, and merge into Luoli's body!

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