Chapter 147: “Everyday Life” in the Cultivation World, Hands Covered in bl**d
With the scent of iron and sweetness wafting through the morning breeze, Chen Changsheng got up and stretched.
The distant battle had finally ceased, but the lingering smell of bl**d in the air was hard to disperse.
At that moment, Su Tian and others, covered in bl**d, walked over.
Out of one thousand and eighty Purple House Disciples, only six hundred remained; the other four hundred and eighty would forever sleep on this land.
“Sir, the mission is complete.”
“Good. How many did we k*ll?”
“Eighteen high-level cultivators, one thousand three hundred and ten mid-level cultivators, and tens of thousands of low-level cultivators.”
“Very well. Achieving such a casualty ratio, Heavenly Prodigy truly lives up to the title.”
“Go gather the corpses and tally the spoils of this mission. Also, leave the leader behind.”
Hearing Chen Changsheng’s command, the outer disciples of the Purple House quickly departed, leaving only Ye Hensheng and a few leaders.
After glancing at the silent few, Chen Changsheng smiled and said, “How does it feel to k*ll with your own hands?”
“Among you, aside from Su Tian, I doubt anyone has experienced such large-scale slaughter.”
In response, Ye Hensheng raised his bl**d-streaked face and asked, “Sir, will there be such slaughter again?”
“Of course, and it will be larger and more frequent than this.”
“So you must get used to the feeling of having your hands soaked in bl**d, and understand what it means when war breaks out.”
“This is the path you chose; the consequences are yours to bear.”
“In the future, you will lead many people, and when you have to make a decision, I hope you remember how you feel today.”
“Now go do your own tasks. Once you’re done, we’ll head home.”
With that, Chen Changsheng waved his hand, signaling the others to leave.
Seeing this, Su Tian and the others departed, but Gongsun Huaiyu and Ziling remained standing quietly.
Biting her slightly cracked lips, Ziling softly asked, “Sir, can we sit with you for a while?”
“Of course!”
Saying this, Chen Changsheng found a clean spot to sit, with Gongsun Huaiyu on his left and Ziling on his right.
Looking at the corpses in the distance, Gongsun Huaiyu hugged her knees, feeling low.
“Golden Light Cave was the first place I led people to attack. I split one of their elders in half with a whip.”
“After killing that elder, a young man rushed at me like a madman.”
“That young man was only sixteen; his cultivation was trivial to me, so I didn’t want to k*ll him.”
“But he relentlessly attacked me.”
“At the time, the team I was leading was surrounded, and if I didn’t intervene, many of my subordinates would d*e.”
“To save my team, I broke that young man’s legs.”
“Later, Su Tian brought people to support us, and we finally caught our breath.”
“I found that young man; I wanted to spare his life, but I was terrified by the look in his eyes.”
“Because I didn’t know how to respond to that gaze. I had no enmity with Golden Light Cave, but I caused his family to be broken apart.”
As she spoke, Gongsun Huaiyu paused and then turned to Chen Changsheng.
“Sir, do you know what I did afterward?”
“What did you do?”
“I personally twisted his neck, and ordered the extermination of all the remaining people from Golden Light Cave.”
After saying this, Gongsun Huaiyu continued to look down in silence.
Noticing this, Chen Changsheng turned to Ziling and smiled, “What about you?”
“What did you do?”
“After we attacked Mad Dragon Fortress, I struck Wan Tong in the face three times in front of everyone, seriously injuring him.”
“Back then, he was constantly bowing to me, pleading for me to spare his father and Mad Dragon Fortress, saying he was willing to d*e for atonement.”
“And then?”
“I agreed, and after they dissolved the Array Formation, I killed those who didn’t beg for mercy.”
“As for those who begged for mercy, I had others k*ll them, and right before they died, their eyes were filled with resentment and confusion.”
“Tsk tsk!”
“You two girls look so proper, yet when it comes to doing things, you’re so ruthless.”
“If anyone were to marry you, they’d be in for a tough time!”
Facing Chen Changsheng’s teasing, Ziling quietly stared at him.
“Sir, have you killed so many people?”
“I haven’t counted carefully, but it should be quite a few.”
“Once, a living being spat at me, and then that entire race disappeared.”
Gongsun Huaiyu and Ziling: “……”
Wait, do you have to be this ruthless?
Wiping out an entire race just like that?
Chen Changsheng’s calm tone left the two girls feeling somewhat disjointed.
Hearing this, Gongsun Huaiyu spoke up, “Sir, did you ever regret wiping out that race?”
“Regret?” Chen Changsheng looked up and thought for a moment before saying, “I do have a bit of regret when I think about it now.”
“I should have found a better reason to exterminate their entire race.”
“After all, wiping out a race because of something as trivial as being spat on adds some guilt to my heart.”
“And I shouldn’t have killed their entire race right in front of their leader; that was too cruel.”
After hearing this, Gongsun Huaiyu and Ziling twitched their lips.
You really are a ‘great benefactor’!
If the race you exterminated heard this, they would definitely thank your whole family.
Seeing that the two girls’ moods had improved, Chen Changsheng smiled and patted their heads.
“In this cannibalistic cultivation world, having a few people d*e isn’t really a big deal.”
“Many people died at the Heavenly Heroes Conference, yet I didn’t see you feeling sentimental then.”
“I think you two are too comfortable, leading to you thinking too much.”
“Such a first experience is always like this; the more you go through, the more accustomed you’ll become.”
“That’s not the same!”
In response to Chen Changsheng’s words, Gongsun Huaiyu started to argue.
For Gongsun Huaiyu’s argument, Chen Changsheng rolled his eyes.
“How is it not the same? In essence, they’re all dead; what’s the difference?”
“Also, I remember when we were at the Purple House Sacred Ground, you still wanted to signal the Seventy-two Smoke Signals to eliminate Mad Dragon Fortress.”
“I want to ask, if I really signaled the Seventy-two Smoke Signals to wipe out Mad Dragon Fortress, would you be in such a situation now?”
“Is it just that you wouldn’t feel guilty unless you saw rivers of bl**d in person?”
Gongsun Huaiyu was left speechless by Chen Changsheng’s words, as the essence of the matter truly seemed to be this way.
The only difference was that she personally participated in the extermination mission this time.
“Now do you understand why those big forces prefer to resolve matters through negotiation?”
“Because they have killed too many people; they clearly understand what it feels like to k*ll many.”
“I know you two aren’t very fond of the elders’ ‘indecisive’ personalities, as you believe.”
“When facing enemies, one should strike with thunderous force to eliminate them.”
“But the world is so absurd; with your two personalities, you will ultimately become what you hate.”
