Chapter 2644: Chapter 541:
"So, they forcibly captured people."
Cao Zhen nodded gently, his face looking grimly at the Sect Leader Dian Feng, and said coldly, "Earlier, the Elder of the Sky Clan deliberately delayed time, allowing you to capture people before us and then hide them away, right?
I can understand why you would do that, but if you’re going to capture them, just capture them. Why did you have to kill people? Why destroy their home?"
Sect Leader Dian Feng inwardly cursed, wondering which of those fellows acted so recklessly and just had to encounter Cao Zhen.
He naturally couldn’t claim ignorance, unsure of what Cao Zhen might do to him if he did, so he forced himself to say, "Yes, we did indeed receive orders to capture people, but I truly do not know who directly started killing! Today, I did not massacre a single mortal."
He spoke as if afraid Cao Zhen wouldn’t believe him, continuing to add, "We’ve just established the Four Great Doctrines, and as you know, we come from various major doctrines, with some cultivators not even knowing each other."
"Regardless of whether you know each other or not, these actions were yours, and you must answer to me, to the Human Clan, and even to all clans!"
Cao Zhen cast a cold glance at Sect Leader Dian Feng before looking gently at the elder and saying, "I already know what has happened. Although the tragedy is irreversible, I will find the scum responsible and avenge them!
Right now, why don’t the three of you enter the Flying Boat? This city is already destroyed. Why don’t you come with me to the Eastern Province? It will be safer there."
Upon hearing this, the elder shook his head in refusal, saying, "No, I can’t leave. I need to see my home, and beneath the city, there are our clansmen. I don’t know if my child is among them, their parents, our relatives. Are they still alive..."
"They’re all already dead." Cao Zhen sighed deeply. With his current cultivation base, he could easily discern whether there were any living beings left in the city.
Currently, he couldn’t sense any life in the large city, indicating that the mortals crushed beneath the city gates were all dead.
"They are dead, they should indeed be laid to rest."
Cao Zhen sighed, raising his hand to wave forward, and instantly, a torrential Qi Wave burst out, shaking away the rubble from the collapsed city gates and revealing bodies underneath.
These bodies were pressed by an abundance of stones and wood planks, with their shapes distorted, though some faces still retained some integrity.
The elder showed no fear upon seeing the exposed bodies, immediately stepping forward to search among them.
To facilitate the elder’s search, Cao Zhen raised his hand again, flipping the bodies over directly.
In the next moment, a startled voice rang out.
"Dad, Mom!"
A little girl cried out, quickly running towards two bodies almost crushed into pulp, though their faces remained somewhat intact due to being wedged.
She dashed to the bodies, lowered herself, and embraced one of the corpses, sobbing bitterly.
Beside her, the little boy and the elder rushed over upon hearing, and soon, agonizing cries echoed continuously.
Amidst the wreckage of the collapsed city wall, the two children held each other tightly, staring at the bodies on the ground.
Their eyes were filled with sorrow, and memories of the past emerged incessantly before them.
It was their foundation, offering them warmth and love. Now, their parents would never rise again, protect them from storms, or even open their eyes.
Tears flowed silently from the two children’s eyes, wetting their cheeks, with waves of grief surging in their hearts.
They knelt quietly beside their parents, gently touching their cold hands.
They hoped it was all a nightmare, that their parents would again open their arms to embrace them, but it was all an unattainable dream.
Cao Zhen turned and looked at Sect Leader Dian Feng with a bitter expression before suddenly shouting to the rear, "Hei Xun, I know you’re following us, come here, come here and tell me what this is!"
His voice reverberated in all directions, resounding into the distance.
As the voice resonated, the surrounding air visibly rippled.
Not long after, a figure quickly descended from the void, appearing before them.
Elder Hei Xun looked at the ruins before him and the three mortals on the ground. He was about to speak when Cao Zhen’s voice, filled with anger, rang out.
"Elder Hei Xun, didn’t you say the Human Clan left here, our human traitors, would teach mortals cultivation techniques, help them in cultivation, and ensure their safety?
Then take a look, what’s this all about? They’ve directly exterminated their own kin!
This is how they protect the safety of fellows?"
Elder Hei Xun glanced at Sect Leader Dian Feng, who quickly briefed him on everything that had transpired here.
Immediately, Elder Hei Xun’s face darkened completely.
Useless, these human traitors are truly useless!
He had ordered them to act early and capture people, capture them swiftly without error, but killing was inconsequential. Yet why leave traces, why not eradicate everyone!
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