bookbashuk Chapter 155 Regretful, but unrepentant to the death!
Chapter 155 Regretful, but unrepentant to the death!
Chapter 155 Regretful, but unrepentant to the death!
The entire mountain gate fell down, and the tremors stopped.
Once everything was back to normal, Si Chong looked at Zuo Ruotong with shock in his eyes, as if he were seeing his senior brother for the first time, and said in a trembling voice:
"Senior brother, you—you are—"
"I have reversed my innate nature."
Zuo Ruotong spoke calmly, but her words were like thunder rolling over the mountain gate.
Si Chong, Lu Jin, and the other three members of the same sect were instantly shocked.
Lu Jin asked in confusion, "But Master, didn't you say that reversing one's innate nature cannot be reversed, and that the reversible body constructed will be broken by the divine spirits and returned to its original state of nothingness?!"
This is what they saw, and what their master personally acknowledged.
Zuo Ruotong looked up at the heavens:
"I have a different destiny with the immortals."
Then, his gaze swept past the stunned crowd and landed on Li Muxuan, who was still kneeling on the ground.
"Li Muxuan, I apologize to you here."
Upon hearing this, Li Muxuan was stunned, and many of the disciples of the Sanyi Sect were even more unable to understand.
Seemingly puzzled, he asked, "Senior brother! What are you doing?! Since you've already reversed your innate nature, you should be an immortal who has ascended to heaven! Why are you apologizing to a Quanxing demon?"
"You didn't kill him when he broke into the mountains; that's already a huge favor. Why should you apologize to him?!"
Zuo Ruotong did not answer, but looked at Li Muxuan and said:
"It was my mistake to not discipline you properly when you were young. But you, Li Muxuan, do you acknowledge the mistakes you've made over the years?"
"You just need to say that you know you're wrong and repent, and whether you stay or leave, I'll let you have your way."
Upon hearing this, Li Muxuan did not reply, and this scene made the Sanyi team frown.
An immortal who has reversed his innate nature and is close to ascension apologizes to you, and all you have to do is admit your mistake. Is that so difficult?
He really is a demon of the Quanxing Sect!
Lu Jin watched as his master apologized to the person in front of him, but the person showed no remorse whatsoever, and immediately clenched his fists.
boom!!
An incredible sonic boom erupted!
Before anyone could react, *smack!*
A sharp slap on the face suddenly rang out, echoing through the deathly silent mountain gate!
By the time everyone reacted, Li Muxuan had already fallen to the ground like a kite with a broken string.
The force was so great that it even shattered the bluestone bricks several meters beneath him!
Li Muxuan raised his head. Even with his life and cultivation, five finger marks were clearly etched on half of his cheek. The area where the palm prints were attached was almost a pile of rotten flesh. Blood mixed with saliva spilled from the corner of his mouth and dripped onto the bluestone slab, spreading a small patch of dark red.
Lu Jin's eyes widened instantly, while the other members of the Sanyi Sect were stunned.
It was simply because Lu Jin hadn't delivered that slap.
The seat that Li Muxuan was originally standing in was now occupied by Zuo Ruotong.
Si Chong's pupils contracted sharply, while Lu Jin and the other disciples, who had originally wanted to teach Li Muxuan a lesson, all held their breath in concentration.
They didn't even dare to breathe loudly.
They had never seen their sect leader beat people like that.
How could the Great Ying Immortal, who was always gentle and kind and rarely spoke harshly when reprimanding others, have become so violent?
At this moment, Zuo Ruotong's eyes were filled with a melancholy they couldn't understand as she looked at Li Muxuan and said:
"Li Muxuan, I'll ask you one more time: do you realize your mistake?"
Li Muxuan lay on the ground, half of his face burning with pain, as if it had been branded with a red-hot iron.
He could almost feel his brain vibrating, his ears ringing, and even the sound of the mountain wind was blurred.
But Li Muxuan could still hear Zuo Ruotong's questioning.
It hurts, my face is in excruciating pain.
He thought that if he heard this as a question, he would get angry, jump up and argue back, and say harsh words like he used to.
After all, he is Li Muxuan, a "bad boy" who made a name for himself in Quanxing. How could he be slapped and questioned like this without daring to refute?
But at this moment, lying on the cold stone slab, looking into Zuo Ruotong's eyes, he couldn't say a word. His body trembled, and he instantly turned his head away and shrank to the side.
Zuo Ruotong looked at him as he turned his head away, and simply shook her head.
It all started with Li Muxuan.
He could still see a layer of moisture in Li Muxuan's eyes, which is why he was thinking about whether he could win him back.
After a moment of silence, Zuo Ruotong spoke:
"Li Muxuan, I can see that you have regrets."
"But what good is remorse if there's no repentance whatsoever?!"
Li Muxuan's body trembled, but he still did not speak.
Seeing his appearance, a complex look appeared in Zuo Ruotong's eyes.
The regret in Li Muxuan's eyes was impossible to hide, but he stubbornly refused to utter a single word of apology.
Zuo Ruotong sighed inwardly.
How could he not see through it all?
He caused a ruckus at Qingzhu Garden, spouting arrogant words at the disciples of prestigious sects, and even stripped naked, wantonly trampling on the dignity of these righteous disciples.
And because of this, he caused the death of a person without any remorse, and even went to the Trinity Gate to try to prove that he was not wrong.
But those seemingly arrogant and domineering actions were simply a result of his indignation at being looked down upon.
However, Li Muxuan neither dared to stand squarely in front of him, nor could he swallow his resentment.
Like a neglected child, afraid to rebel against their parents, they can only express their dissatisfaction by throwing things.
But this behavior is too stupid; even Zuo Ruotong cannot tolerate it.
This behavior of venting one's dissatisfaction and regret on others without communicating with anyone is the most detestable.
Especially the matter at Qingzhu Garden, where lives were at stake, is not a trivial matter.
Zuo Ruotong could recall the face of the deceased disciple as soon as she closed her eyes.
He also knew from the memories given to him by Pavilion Master Xu that Li Muxuan was terrified at the time, but even now, Li Muxuan has never admitted to any wrongdoing.
What doesn't get dyed?
It's nothing but stubbornness; they'll only get themselves killed. Even knowing it's wrong, they'll still make the same mistake.
It's like drinking boiling water and insisting it's not hot, but no matter how you say it's not hot, the fact remains that the boiling water will scald your skin and flesh.
Wrong is wrong, that's a fact, but Li Muxuan just couldn't understand it.
Most importantly, Li Muxuan couldn't understand who was good to him, nor could he understand who was bad to him.
Wang Yaozu devoted himself to teaching him with all his heart and soul, but he couldn't earn a single word of respect from him: "Master."
Even though Wugensheng's actions backfired, causing Li Muxuan to be exiled overseas for decades, even after he turned one hundred, Li Muxuan would still say that he would spend the rest of his life serving Wugensheng, and he never repented even after being beaten to death by Lu Jin for it.
They speak to you kindly and treat you with good intentions, yet those who should be filial to you fail to do so.
They treat you with ill intentions and make you take the blame, yet they frantically kowtow to you, acknowledging you as their father, even offering their lives.
ridiculous.
Seeing this difference made Zuo Ruotong feel a little ridiculous.
Looking at Li Muxuan's current state, and recalling how Li Muxuan would rather die than change his words for Wugensheng, he clenched his fists.
He originally thought that Li Muxuan would realize his mistake later, so it would be easy to get him to repent.
But now it seems I misunderstood.
It's possible to get Li Muxuan to repent, but it also seems unlikely.
That's really asking for a beating.
But Zuo Ruotong then loosened her clenched fist.
He sighed inwardly. Although Li Muxuan had gone down an incurable path, could all of this really be blamed on Li Muxuan?
He couldn't help but wonder if he had seen through the Immortal Bu Ran's temper earlier, slapped Li Muxuan twice, and tied him up and beat him for a day, would things have turned out differently?