18: A villain should look like a villain!

Ji Kong's arrival created a huge stir.

“Is that… the Ji family patriarch? He’s a big shot! What is he doing?”

“What’s that on his back? A black coffin! Coming to Chongxuan Pavilion with a coffin on his back, there must be a story behind this.”

“The Ji family patriarch is shouting for the Saint to punish them? Could it be that the Ji family committed some heinous crime and offended the Saint?”

“…”

From a distance, many Xuan Realm powerhouses gathered to watch, seven parts confused and three parts shocked.

Meanwhile, inside Chongxuan Pavilion, numerous rainbow lights flew out.

Each rainbow light exuded a king's aura; these were the Elders of Chongxuan Pavilion, glaring angrily at Ji Kong.

Xu Elder stepped forward and shouted, “Ji Kong! Your Ji family helped Gu Yan enter the Two Realms Passage, allowing Gu Yan to escape the Xuan Realm. This crime deserves death, yet you still have the audacity to come to Chongxuan Pavilion to beg for forgiveness?”

The news that Gu Yan used a Ji family token to leave through the Two Realms Passage could not be hidden at all!

What’s more, the Ji family didn’t even try to hide it!

When Ji Kong arrived, carrying the coffin to beg for forgiveness, the news of Gu Yan’s escape into the Two Realms Passage had already reached Chongxuan Pavilion.

Ji Kong looked distraught and said loudly, “It’s all my fault for not teaching my son properly, which led to him making such a grave mistake!”

“I have already punished him personally; I beg the Saint for leniency!”

He waved his arm.

The black coffin on his back was supported by a powerful force.

With a crash!

It smashed onto the ground outside the Chongxuan Pavilion mountain gate, creating a deep pit.

What’s in this coffin…

The Elders of Chongxuan Pavilion looked at the coffin on Ji Kong’s back, their hearts stirring.

The Ji family patriarch is a ruthless man!

He even killed his own son.

They had heard that Ji Kong doted on Ji Wenfeng immensely, yet now he had brutally killed him, carried a black coffin for a hundred thousand li, and personally came to beg for forgiveness, showing great sincerity.

The Elders exchanged glances, their gazes turning towards Chongming Palace.

They were not qualified to make decisions for the Saint.

Inside Chongming Palace, Chongxuan Pavilion.

Chu Feng glanced at the System panel.

“Many help the Dao, few help the unrighteous. Heavenly Mandate Protagonist Gu Yan’s Luck is damaged, Destiny Value decreased by three thousand points. You have obtained heavenly fate treasure chest * 1.”

“Many help the Dao, few help the unrighteous. Heavenly Mandate Protagonist Gu Yan’s Luck is damaged, Destiny Value decreased by three thousand points. You have obtained heavenly fate treasure chest * 1.”

“…”

His eyes held a playful look. In the past few days, every time Gu Yan hit a wall, his Destiny Value would decrease, and another heavenly fate treasure chest would appear in his God Ocean.

It was a pity that Gu Yan only had so few friends left; he had almost ruined them all.

And now, Gu Yan only had a pathetic thirty-six thousand Destiny Value remaining.

He shifted his gaze from the panel, casually sweeping it towards the Chongxuan Pavilion mountain gate, sensing Ji Kong’s arrival.

He did not step out of Chongming Palace. The Ji family was not worthy of him revealing his Saintly presence.

He already knew the whole story. Seeing the Ji family personally come to beg for forgiveness after helping Gu Yan was quite unexpected.

This Heavenly Mandate Protagonist seems to be having a rather miserable time now.

“Actually, I have no real opinion about the Ji family, but I’m sorry, a villain must act like a villain, and being a bleeding heart is absolutely out of the question.”

He murmured to himself softly.

He pointed a finger at random.

A purple light appeared at his fingertip, flying like a comet towards the Ji family's direction.

The Ji family's assistance to Gu Yan was already known throughout the Xuan Realm.

If he remained indifferent at this moment and chose to forgive them, it would make people think he was weak and easily bullied, and it might even cause a butterfly effect, leading more people to secretly help the Heavenly Mandate Protagonist.

The Heavenly Mandate Protagonist’s Luck cannot be judged by common sense.

Now that the general situation was set, he was just waiting to harvest Gu Yan’s Eternal Gate. He did not want any more complications or to be overturned.

Furthermore.

If apologies were effective, then this world would have been peaceful long ago.

They are all adults; if they make a mistake, they must take their beating properly.

Rumble, rumble, rumble!

The Ji family, a hundred thousand li away from Chongxuan Pavilion, was struck by an unprecedentedly terrifying purple star descending!

A tremendous sound reverberated!

The vast Ji family ancestral land instantly collapsed, and countless Ji family powerhouses died tragically!

A bottomless pit appeared where the Ji family ancestral land once stood.

The Luck of the transcendent Ji family plummeted!

Outside the Chongxuan Pavilion mountain gate, many Xuan Realm powerhouses saw the purple light flying from within the pavilion and falling, their eyes filled with deep fear.

“It’s over.”

As the Ji family patriarch, Ji Kong immediately felt the destruction of the Ji family ancestral land. He instantly collapsed to the ground, his eyes vacant.

He knew it was over!

Without their ancestral land and a large number of Ji family powerhouses, the Ji family’s Luck would plummet, instantly falling from a transcendent force to a second-rate force.

“This matter ends here.”

Before Ji Kong could even grieve, Chu Feng’s faint voice echoed outside Chongxuan Pavilion.

“Thank you, Saint, for your compassion.”

Ji Kong’s body trembled upon hearing this. He immediately forced himself to regain his senses, kowtowing in gratitude.

He knew that all of this was their Ji family’s own doing.

If Ji Wenfeng hadn’t courted death, they wouldn’t have reached this point today.

A Saint’s wrath leads to countless corpses.

He knew that if the Saint truly wanted to settle scores with him, then the Ji family, including him, would have already been wiped from the Xuan Realm.

The reason the Ji family was still here was because he had decisively come to beg for forgiveness, earning a glimmer of hope for the Ji family.

The Saint had already shown him extraordinary mercy.

Thinking of this, Ji Kong was both terrified and relieved!

The surrounding Xuan Realm powerhouses also finally realized, belatedly, the impact of that purple light.

Although they had already guessed it, the power of this Saint was truly terrifying.

However, the Ji family’s plight also made the Star Plucking Tower, Wanfa Nature Sect, and the Li family, who were secretly watching, secretly rejoice.

Thank goodness!

Thank goodness they weren’t so foolish!

If they had secretly helped Gu Yan before, their fate would have been the same as the Ji family’s.

“Wait.”

Just as Ji Kong was about to turn and leave to deal with the Ji family’s current predicament.

Chu Feng’s indifferent voice suddenly sounded in his ear: “Go to the Xiao Zhu Realm again. Hang Ji Wenfeng’s corpse in that place, and put this thing there as well.”

As his voice fell.

A deep, swirling tunnel suddenly appeared beside Ji Kong.

At the same time, a faint red light appeared out of thin air and landed in his hand.

A wild Two Realms Passage?

Where is the Saint hanging Xiao Wen’s corpse?

The moment he saw this passage, Ji Kong’s body trembled, and his expression turned ugly.

This thing is…

Ji Kong looked at the object in his hand, his pupils contracting.

He dared not think further and stepped into this wild Two Realms Passage without hesitation.

…

Xiao Zhu Realm.

It was dead silent; this was the mouth of a long-dead volcano.

A small black hole suddenly appeared in the gully.

Gu Yan, covered in blood, fell out like a dying stray dog.

“I’m back, finally back.”

“I’m temporarily safe.”

Gu Yan’s breath was as faint as a thread. This journey back to the Xiao Zhu Realm had cost him nine out of ten lives.

Although he had fortunately obtained the token to enter the Two Realms Passage from Ji Wenfeng.

However, the Ji family reacted instantly and did not let him go!

Soon after he entered the Two Realms Passage, a large group of people came to pursue him.

To shake off his pursuers, Gu Yan, in the Two Realms Passage, gritted his teeth and jumped into a turbulent, unexplored passage gap.

If his Luck wasn't good, he could have been torn apart by a Void Realm storm!

Fortunately, his Luck had always been good!

Although severely injured, Gu Yan finally returned to the Xiao Zhu Realm!

“Brother Ji, I will never forget your kindness.”

“Just wait. Your good days are still ahead! I will definitely repay you handsomely.”

Gu Yan healed his injuries while keeping Ji Wenfeng’s kindness in his heart.

He had always been a righteous person; if others helped him, he would repay them twofold, and this was absolutely not just empty talk!

Half a day later, Gu Yan’s injuries gradually recovered.

“The Spiritual Qi in the Xiao Zhu Realm is truly far inferior to that of the Xuan Realm.”

He casually complained, then stepped off the ground and left the dead volcano.

Clutching the intelligence scroll Ji Wenfeng had given him, he hurried towards Wu City.