The Demon Swordsman 2
Ch.136 - The Invisible Side
"Who are you daring to put your sword like that?!" One of the members of the Sacred Sword Alliance snapped out loud, he thought that the bum was poor enough to be unable to buy a quality sword like the one in his hand.
Xin Chen could hear Yuan Chao's heart beating so fast, even to catch his breath Yuan Chao was already trembling. He did nothing and was still standing where he stood.
In the end Yuan Chao dropped his sword, then kowtowed for forgiveness. She was so scared, her cries sounded soft.
"I have absolutely no intention of hiding this from you, only if Master Xin's son knows the truth then it's over. You will definitely kill us all without exception..."
Xin Chen was still curious about the smell of blood and the little scream earlier, rather than ignoring the frightened Yuan Chao he chose to go to a rickety house from the smell of blood.
Puddles of blood gathered under the still-very-new body, Xin Chen checked his still-warm body. Clearly this man had just killed himself by slashing his neck. The man's chest was adorned with a strange tattoo engraving that matched the engraving on his red sword. The male's eyes were still open before Xin Chen closed them quietly.
"Actually, this village that you see is not part of the Empire. We're just a bunch of people who lost everything from the war ten years ago." Yuan Chao was already standing before the door, regret clearly drawn on his face. In the end the man explained the secret he had been hiding.
Xin Chen approached the man. "You guys are the rest of the Blood Devil group aren't you?"
Yuan Chao was slightly stunned.
"That's exactly second Young Master Xin, if you decide to end our lives all. I will honorably accept it. Better than my friend's fate, he killed himself for not wanting to kill his other friend.."
Hearing the words seemed to present another question, "Killing his own friend?" he murmured, as he remembered when passing through a village opposite the Ghost Village, he had briefly met the rest of the Blood Devil group and they said that the people who stayed here at night would come out to kill others.
When explaining it to Yuan Chao, the man let out a bitter laugh. "The person you're talking about is the one who stole all the money and possessions we saved to survive here. We can't live quietly like ordinary people." The man lowered his head, touching the demon tattoo on his chest.
"This devil needs a collision so we can survive. In the beginning our number reached 300 people, and continued to grow. But because not taking human lives drives us crazy, then to overcome it we will kill our colleagues who really do not want to live anymore. In another sense, our friend who wants to be free from this torture..."
For the first time that Chang Wei and Ho Xiuhan were known, not a single Imperial Pillar or warrior knew of this. While others felt happiness after the great war ten years ago, a few others felt immense suffering.
"To know if you go to the Lotus Temple you'll be released from the demon inside of you. They can perform the exorcism ritual." Xin Chen interrupted, of course he knew enough of this.
Yuan Chao smiled weakly, "You think they will actually perform a ritual that can even last for months for one person? While our numbers back then were still hundreds." He said, "Only a few pastors know about this Exorcism Ritual are they old enough, the technique was taught to later generations and people had the view that cracked glass, willing to be put together however would remain broken. Helping us is a futile act."
Upon hearing the truth Xin Chen fell silent, seeing Yuan Chao's face from either side was obvious he was not hiding anything. With the evidence of this body, and some of the bones that dried up around here and the circumstances he was told about were exactly what he saw.
Now the heavy decision was in Xin Chen's hands, killing or letting them live. Because from the very beginning he had been planning to finish off these people.
"Young Master Xin second, let me have an opinion," Chang Wei ambushed. "We might still be able to heal these people by taking them to the Lotus Temple."
Xin Chen watched one by one their faces, having absolutely no life expectancy. Finally came the words out of his mouth.
"Are any of you still wanting to move on?"
Chang Wei's jaw seemed to fall to the ground, he could not understand why the sentence came out.
Asked as soon as everyone fell silent. Until finally one of them said, "Young Master Xin second, if you don't mind please end this suffering of mine. Dying in your hands will at least make my life honorable as a human being." The frail man said wistfully, his body just like a bone wrapped in skin. Anyone would feel pity when they saw him standing in such a desperate face.
"It is with pleasure that I will accept your request. I'm saying this because I saw your friend kill himself just because I didn't want anyone else to get killed."
Meanwhile one of the men said, "Young Master, indeed when you asked earlier, did any of us answer yes?"
Xin Chen shook his head.
"Nobody of us wants to be tortured any longer, even if we have to endure it just so we can be together until the end."
This situation left Chang Wei at a loss for words, he could not imagine what would happen. After that the man did not listen anymore, just sitting on a rock while daydreaming.
These people should still be able to be brought to the Lotus Temple. But what he did not know is that this Exorcism Ritual has a high level of difficulty and must be done by more than five experienced warriors if they do not want to fail.
And some experienced swordsmen are many who have died so many of their positions are empty and have no substitute until now. It used to be that to stop the growth of demons within Xin Fai, Tao Wei and the other senior priests would even take up to 6 months to be able to perform the sealing formation.
Perhaps that calculation went into Xin Chen's decision. Chang Wei let out a rough breath. A red-patterned sword was thrust upon him.
"With all due respect, I beg the Sacred Sword Alliance Chief to take my head." Chang Wei was startled as Yuan Chao pleaded with him, he traced around in great shock, there already lined up neatly the alliance members with each one kneeling before him. Like mass murder, his heart was slipping.
For now he is trying to calm down, if you think again these people are on average 40-60 years old so that even dead no one has a problem.
That night became a bloody night, a situation very different from the one they had ever felt. Not the blood of battle, but the blood of sacrifice. Xin Chen said he had to leave immediately after finishing doing the final salute and bury their bodies properly.
Chang Wei understood him, perhaps in Xin Chen's mind killing was one thing that was painful. Kids are not used to it.
If only Chang Wei knew how many lives had been lost in that little hand.