19: Slaughter in public

"The above are the new decisions and arrangements for the Family. I hope the Lin Family will complete the assessment on time. This concerns your future treatment and resources to Cultivate, and the Family is doing this for your own good..."

"You must know, what is the main purpose for a Cultivator to Cultivate? Isn't it to possess greater strength so as not to be bullied by others? Isn't it to possess a longer lifespan, and so on."

"If you do not work hard, even if your talent is exceptional, it is useless. Your cultivation base will not grow on its own; everything relies on ourselves!"

"Also, think about it: are you willing to be stepped on by others forever, reduced to a mere foil, and only live for those short tens or hundreds of years?"

"This Clan Chief has said enough. Those who are usually lazy, slack, or even arrogant and domineering, reflect on yourselves. In short, when the time comes for you to be punished, or even crippled and expelled from the Family, do not blame the Family for being heartless!"

As Lin Tianhai spoke, his gaze slowly swept over the crowd.

His sharp and majestic gaze seemed to carry endless pressure, making those members of the Lin Family who usually exhibited such behaviors tremble with fear.

How could they dare to meet Lin Tianhai's gaze? One by one, they hurriedly lowered their heads before his gaze could sweep over them, terrified of being targeted by Lin Tianhai.

However, those members of the Lin Family who had always been diligent and hardworking showed no fear. They calmly met that majestic gaze, their expressions remaining entirely composed.

It was as if they were proving their clear conscience and steadfast determination to Lin Tianhai.

There were also some members of the Lin Family who had originally been lost in Chaos, who now seemed to be suddenly awakened by Lin Tianhai's words, a burning fighting spirit igniting within their hearts.

Filled with gratitude, they gazed at Lin Tianhai with burning, earnest eyes, seemingly wanting to express their respect and thanks through this gesture.

At this very moment, the atmosphere of the entire scene became unusually peculiar.

Some were panic-stricken, some were calm and composed, and some were filled with gratitude... various emotions intertwined, causing the atmosphere of the scene to instantly become somewhat strange.

...

The entire scene continued in this manner for dozens of breaths, until Lin Tianhai's voice rang out again, breaking the silence...

"That was just a small interlude. Now, returning to the main topic, I will announce the Family's punishment for these scourges..."

Lin Tianhai's gaze became incomparably cold, and his frigid voice echoed throughout the entire square.

Upon hearing Lin Tianhai's words, the crowd instantly cast the matters of the monthly and yearly assessments to the back of their minds, turning their gazes once again toward the hundreds of Family scourges kneeling on the ground. Endless anger surged into their hearts once more.

"These individuals have betrayed the Family, harmed the Lin Family, and caused the Family irreparable, grave losses. Their sins are monstrous, and their crimes are unforgivable!"

"By the Family's decision, these individuals will all be expelled from the Family registry and will no longer be part of the Lin Family. Furthermore, they will be publicly beheaded today, and after death, they shall not be permitted to enter the Lin Family ancestral graves or the Lin Family ancestral hall!"

"Moreover, a Family Sin Stele will be erected today. These individuals will all be recorded upon it, and in the future, those who commit grave sins will also be inscribed on this stele, serving as a constant warning to the Lin Family!"

Lin Tianhai's ice-cold voice felt like a razor-sharp sword, piercing directly into those Family scoundrels kneeling on the ground.

This voice seemed to emanate from the depths of Hell; it was so frigid that the bodies of these individuals trembled violently and uncontrollably, as if they were trapped within a ten-thousand-year glacier, every inch of their skin eroded by the cold.

The Family's decision was undoubtedly the cruelest punishment for them.

Even in the afterlife, they would not find a moment of peace.

Because this decision meant that even after death, they would become objects of hatred and contempt for the Lin Family for generations to come, forever bearing eternal infamy.

Their names would be treated like a plague, deeply loathed and detested by everyone, and their actions would serve as cautionary tales for future generations, subjected to endless condemnation and criticism.

One can imagine that in the long years to come, whenever the Lin Family speaks of them, they will gnash their teeth, glare with rage, and use the most vicious language to curse and vilify them.

This kind of mental torture is far more agonizing than physical pain, and there is no escaping it.

"No... no, Clan Chief, I was wrong. I am a beast! I deserve to die! Please, I beg you, do not inscribe me on the stele..."

"Clan Chief... Clan Chief, give me another chance! I don't want to die!"

"Clan Chief, I am willing to atone for my sins... I only beg the Family not to inscribe me on the Sin Stele..."

The hundreds of people kneeling on the ground began to beg for mercy one after another...

They were utterly terrified! And they regretted it... they regretted why they had gone astray in the first place...

Unfortunately, there is no medicine for regret in this world, and the Lin Family would absolutely not show mercy. Otherwise, how could the Family provide an explanation to the members of the Lin Family who had been killed by them? How could they provide an explanation to their relatives and friends?

What awaited them was only death, along with the condemnation and contempt of the Lin Family for generations to come!

"Where is the Law Enforcement Team?"

Ignoring the pleas of those individuals, Lin Tianhai shouted coldly.

"Law Enforcement Team 008 greets the Clan Chief!" (xN)

"Clan Chief, please issue your command!" (xN)

A squad of Law Enforcement members clad in black armor suddenly appeared before Lin Tianhai and shouted.

With a stern expression, Lin Tianhai shouted: "Execute!"

"By your command, Clan Chief!"

The squad of black-armored Law Enforcement members let out a loud shout, drew their longswords, and turned to walk step by step toward the hundreds of people kneeling on the ground. Like grim reapers, they steadily approached them!

Seeing this, the faces of those kneeling on the ground turned ashen!

They knew that their death today was inevitable, so they did not offer the slightest resistance, merely waiting for the arrival of the grim reaper with vacant eyes.

Moreover, resistance would be futile. Not only had their cultivation bases been abolished, but they were also facing a Law Enforcement Team whose members were all at least in the King Realm; they could not resist in the slightest. Even if their cultivation bases had not been abolished, they would absolutely have had no chance of survival.

Because if the Old Ancestors in the Void Realm so much as blew a breath, they would be dead beyond any hope of revival.

Crack! Crack! Crack!... The members of the Law Enforcement Team raised their hands and swung their swords. One by one, heads began to roll to the ground. In less than a minute, all hundreds of the Family scourges had been executed!

Faced with this bloody scene, the crowd felt no discomfort, nor did they look away; instead, they felt a sense of immense relief.

This is a world of Cultivation. If one cannot even bear to witness such slaughter, then that person is simply unworthy and incapable of becoming a qualified Cultivator.

Slaughter is all too common in this world, and that is the rule of this world. No matter who you are, if you find yourself in such a world, you must learn to accept it, otherwise the one who dies will be you.

"Good! Well executed!"

"...Father, the one who harmed you has finally paid the price he deserved... It is only a pity that I only found out who the murderer was today, and was unable to avenge you with my own hands... *sob*..."

"Brother... you can finally rest in peace..."