pjbooks Chapter 163 The Strong, the Weak, and Distorted Justice
Chapter 163 The Strong, the Weak, and Distorted Justice
"Yuanzi, what's wrong...?"
Chen Hao's voice choked with emotion.
I never expected it would happen when I was at my most desperate.
Your best friend will suddenly appear.
Still making that entrance...
"Why are you here?"
"Can't I come? I knew you were doing something stupid again because you didn't reply to my messages, but I didn't expect you to be this stupid! Trading your life for something like this, have you lost your mind?"
Jiang Yuan launched into a tirade of abuse at him.
"I had no choice!! I couldn't see any hope of surviving!!"
Chen Hao clenched his fists and shouted, forcing a sorrowful smile across his tear-streaked face.
"Even if you're the top martial arts student, Yuanzi, can you remove the curse? Can you save us?!"
"Our family isn't even martial artists, what can we do in the face of such a disaster?!"
"Tell me what to do?!"
"I know he's not a good person, but who else can I turn to?!"
"Besides them, who else cares about the lives of ordinary people like us?!"
"Since we can't survive anyway, we might as well stay together as a family..."
Chen Hao's voice choked with emotion, and he could no longer speak.
Jiang Yuan glanced at the dark spots on Chen Hao's face with a complicated expression, then looked at Chen Hao's parents on the bed.
He said slowly, "Why didn't you come to find me?"
Chen Hao cried, "I thought about coming to you, but I was afraid I would be a burden to you... and then they just happened to come knocking on our door. In order for my parents to live a few more days, I... I..."
Jiang Yuan looked at the dark figure that was firmly suppressed and unable to move by his willpower.
"who are they?"
Chen Hao shook his head. "I don't know. I only know that he is a very strong fourth-tier expert from a new organization called the Longevity Society. He trades lifespans with many people."
Only then did he realize what was happening.
"Why isn't he moving? Genko, what did you do?"
"I didn't do anything, he just couldn't break free from the pressure of my will," Jiang Yuan said calmly.
What he said left Chen Hao stunned.
"Intent, the pressure of will?!"
"You can also think of it as martial arts pressure, it's similar."
"Isn't that something you can only awaken at the seventh rank? You..."
Chen Hao's Adam's apple bobbed.
"I'm already at level four," Jiang Yuan said.
Chen Hao was stunned.
Jiang Yuan continued, "In terms of combat strength, it's roughly comparable to a ninth-tier cultivator, and I'm not bragging. By the way, half of the reason the cursed demonic shadows in the sky were eliminated was because of me."
Chen Hao: "……(⊙_⊙)?"
What are you saying?!
Why can't I understand?
He only felt a flash of golden light before his eyes.
Jiang Yuan appeared beside the dark figure, reached out and grabbed his head, lifting him up.
"A fourth-tier martial artist like this is like an insect in front of me."
The Undying Phoenix Flame flashed.
A fourth-tier martial artist was rendered powerless to resist, his body incinerated and turned to ashes in his hands.
Jiang Yuan looked at Chen Hao, who was staring blankly, and said seriously:
"I'm not saying this to prove how great I am. I just want to tell you that I'm not as weak as you think, really."
"You don't need to worry about being a burden to me. I consider you a friend, and if you consider me a friend too, we'll always be friends."
"Although I cannot remove the curse for the time being, I can only delay its deterioration."
"But the Black Curse will definitely be destroyed, believe me!"
"Until then, don't die, live on!"
Before he could finish speaking...
Chen Hao was already in tears, wiping them with his sleeve as he nodded vigorously.
"Um!"
After temporarily helping Chen Hao and his parents slow down the worsening of the curse with a gold-level purification item.
Jiang Yuan also left Chen Hao some potions that could increase his physical strength, food, and defensive items.
Chatted for a while.
Before leaving.
Chen Hao told Jiang Yuan about Guan Xiaoxiao's matter.
"Xiaoxiao was infected with the curse before me, and her condition is very bad. She's not contacting you because she doesn't want to burden or infect you. You should go see her right away."
Jiang Yuan didn't hesitate and immediately set off for Guan Xiaoxiao's house.
on the way.
The scene he witnessed made Jiang Yuan's heart sink slightly.
A fifth-tier warrior who repelled members of the Longevity Society with a heart full of justice was not praised by the people, but instead was despised, insulted, and blamed for meddling.
"My son is dying, what's wrong with me trading my life for his two more days?! What's the point of me keeping my life if he's dead?!" A mother with white hair cried out frantically, clutching her scalp.
"Why? Why are you stopping me?! Ah!!"
"Exactly! You martial arts masters are always so high and mighty, and you're completely unharmed when the Black Curse erupts, but you never care about our lives. Now you're jumping out to show off your justice, ugh!"
"Stop pretending to be a hero! If you're so capable, then figure out a way to break the curse!"
"Can you please let my son (daughter) live a few more days?"
The soldier was speechless and eventually retreated in disgrace amidst a chorus of scorn.
The frenzied crowd chased after members of the Longevity Society, demanding a trade in lifespan.
That's the scariest part.
The vulnerable among the exploited often see their exploiters as saviors.
He said to the watch, "Little Black, help me check the information on the Longevity Society."
[Okay, meow, hacking into the Nanjiang City database...]
Soon, news about the Longevity Society appeared before Jiang Yuan's eyes.
This is an organization that emerged after the outbreak of the Black Curse.
Controlled by a mysterious and powerful figure codenamed "Master of Fate," members of the organization use special items issued by Him to exchange for lifespan with ordinary people or low-level martial artists.
In the patrol division, the martial arts guild was unable to act in its own way.
The Longevity Society, which suddenly appeared before ordinary people, was their last straw.
Many people, like Chen Hao, made deals with them...
"Taking advantage of their martial arts skills to resist the black curse, they took advantage of the moment when countless people were in despair and helplessness to launch their attack..."
Jiang Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly.
This is the most insidious exploitation of the weak by the strong.
They truly squeezed every last bit out of us!
suddenly!
Jiang Yuan paused.
He looked up.
On the rooftop of the building across the street, a strange, dark figure appeared, shrouded in a black robe with a pitch-black face.
"Who are you?" Jiang Yuan asked in a deep voice.
He could sense how terrifying the other person was.
It's even higher than that eighth-tier lord-level hell dragon.
The two faced each other across the street.
"Don't you recognize me...?"
The eerie black figure raised its hand, and a gray barrier instantly enveloped the entire street.
Jiang Yuan narrowed his golden eyes slightly.
next second.
The eerie black shadow lifted its black robe, revealing the figure and face of the evil man, along with a pair of strange, purplish-black eyes.
Gazing into those familiar, eerie purple eyes.
Jiang Yuan's pupils contracted slightly, and alarm bells rang loudly in his mind.
"You are... the Lord of Yin?!"