Chapter 224: Forgive Me for My Impudence!
“I was old and couldn’t accumulate any credit for a chance to enter the Godfiend Blood Pool. Therefore, I chose the Body Tempering Godfiend lineage,” said Meng Dajiang. “Archean Mountain’s inner sect disciples are forbidden from becoming Body Tempering Godfiends. However, outer sect disciples can choose to do so. I felt that, though this cultivation system has only been established for a few centuries, it was bound to be perfected in the future.
“I believed that I could shock the world and make the Bai family think highly of me if I could soar past the limits of this cultivation system and become a Marquis Godfiend. Perhaps your mother and I would be allowed to be together openly...”
Meng Dajiang laughed self-deprecatingly and said, “After decades of hard work, I’m only an Indestructible Godfiend. I haven’t even reached the Great Solar realm—the Body Tempering lineage’s limit—much less soar past the limits.”
“You colluded with the Skydemon Sect just to cultivate?” asked Meng Chuan.
Meng Dajiang nodded gently. “Yes, I did everything to become stronger. I chose to become a Demon Annihilate Guild assassin and collude with the Skydemon to obtain all sorts of resources to make myself stronger.”
“I don’t believe you,” said Meng Chuan.
“Chuan’er, regardless of whether you believe it or not, the evidence is there. What’s the point of denying it?” asked Meng Dajiang. “Back then, I only wanted to become stronger. I wanted to be with your mother and did something wrong. Although I snapped to my senses later and stopped colluding with the Skydemon Sect, it was too late.”
“I don’t believe it.” Meng Chuan stared at his father. “I don’t believe that my father—who served in the military for so many years at a city pass—would collude with the Skydemon Sect. I refuse to believe that you colluded with the Skydemon Sect since you were the one that made me who I am today.
“I don’t believe you. Mother chose to expose her identity and leave us just to kill demon monarchs and save 100,000 people! You loved her so deeply, so why would you do something she is completely opposed to by colluding with the Skydemon Sect?”
Eyes red, Meng Chuan looked at his father. “I believe my eyes. I believe my heart! My eyes and my heart tell me that my father will never collude with the Skydemon Sect. Never!”
“I...” Meng Dajiang looked at Meng Chuan.
“I will prove everything.” Meng Chuan grabbed Meng Dajiang’s arm. His Quintessential Essence wrapped around his father, preventing him from resisting.
“Chuan’er, what are you doing?” asked Meng Dajiang immediately.
Meng Chuan grabbed his father’s arm and left the cell. He continued walking out.
In the dark dungeon, they could see light coming from the distant entrance.
“Chuan’er, don’t be silly,” said Meng Dajiang immediately. “I have no complaints about how they punish me. By doing this...”
Without a word, Meng Chuan circulated his Great Solar Quintessential Essence and sealed his father’s mouth. His father, Meng Dajiang, was immediately rendered speechless.
As the father-son duo walked out, a tall, purple-robed figure suddenly appeared at the entrance of the dungeon. He glared coldly at the father-son duo.
“Uncle-Master.” Meng Chuan grabbed his father’s arm and stopped.
“Meng Chuan, where are you taking your father?” asked Marquis Gong Xu indifferently.
“Since Uncle-Master has already sentenced my father to death and has reported to Archean Mountain, you are just waiting for Archean Mountain to verify his crimes, right?” asked Meng Chuan.
Marquis Gong Xu said, “The evidence is irrefutable. Your father has admitted to it as well. Naturally, he will be dealt with according to Archean Mountain’s rules.”
“The evidence is irrefutable?” Meng Chuan sneered. “Uncle-Master, you are also a Marquis Godfiend. There are many mystic techniques in this world. Controlling the hearts of people? Changing memories? Don’t you know of such methods?”
“There are such means,” said Marquis Gong Xu. “However, your father is an Indestructible Godfiend. Even if someone had altered his memories, they would have to be an existence that has reached the Realm of Dao in illusions. How rare is it for one to reach the Realm of Dao in illusions? Would they deliberately frame your father?”
“The possibility is relatively low,” said Meng Chuan. “But... there’s such a possibility. In that case, can it be considered as irrefutable evidence?”
Marquis Gong Xu said, “This is how Earth Net does things for cases regarding ordinary Godfiends! If every case had to take into account the possibility of tampered memories, it’d be too difficult to find out the truth. Every case requires a powerful Godfiend to investigate carefully. How much effort does it take?”
“Ordinary Godfiend cases? However, my father isn’t an ordinary Godfiend!” refuted Meng Chuan. “He’s my father! Meng Chuan’s father! I suspect that the Skydemon Sect deliberately framed him.”
“A Skydemon Sect plot?” Marquis Gong Xu frowned.
Meng Chuan was certain his father had been framed. His father’s identity was naturally extraordinary since his wife was a Grand Yin Holy Maiden, and his son was a famous Archean Mountain Godfiend.
“Regardless of whether it’s a plot or not, you should report it to Archean Mountain. I believe Archean Mountain will investigate it,” said Marquis Gong Xu.
“Since Godfiends are busy fighting all the time, who would have the mood to investigate cases slowly? Let’s take you as an example. You let Archean Mountain make the final decision. Do you think Archean Mountain will investigate my father’s case carefully?” Meng Chuan shook his head. “I don’t trust other Godfiends. I’ll bring my father to Archean Mountain personally. I’ll keep an eye on this case.”
Marquis Gong Xu frowned. “How can you do that?”
“He’s my father,” said Meng Chuan angrily. “Uncle-Master, don’t stop me today.”
“You’re too impudent.” Marquis Gong Xu was a little angry.
“Then, please forgive me for my impudence!” The moment Meng Chuan finished his sentence—
Boom!
With his father in tow, he transformed into a bolt of lightning and shot into the sky. He left a huge hole in the dungeon’s ceiling as Meng Chuan soared up with his father.
“How dare you!” Marquis Gong Xu transformed into a stream of light and chased after them.
The Godfiends outside the dungeon were somewhat frightened when they saw Meng Chuan and Marquis Gong Xu at odds with each other.
On one side was their Senior Brother Meng Chuan—one of the three most dazzling geniuses of Archean Mountain’s younger generation. In recent years, he had killed countless demon monarchs and demons. Many Godfiends in the Wu State and the Qian State were indebted to him.
On the other side was Marquis Gong Xu. He presided over Wu State! His fame spread far and wide.
The two were now butting heads. How could they, Indestructible Godfiends, dare to make a sound?
“They rushed out?”
“Heavens, he smashed his way out the dungeon?”
Dumbfounded, the Godfiends looked at the huge hole in the dungeon ceiling. Through the huge hole, they could see a bolt of lightning—a distance away—flashing as a stream of light streaked across the sky, clearly much slower than the bolt of lightning.
...
On a tree crown outside Wu State Capital, Meng Chuan grabbed his father’s arm and looked at Marquis Gong Xu—who stood on the city wall without pursuing him. Marquis Gong Xu clearly realized the difference in their speed. Disciple-Nephew Meng is faster than me despite carrying another person?
“Meng Chuan, you are too reckless. There are rules for everything,” roared Marquis Gong Xu through a voice transmission.
“Uncle-Master.” Through a voice transmission, Meng Chuan said, “I know that there are rules for everything, but this matter concerns my father’s innocence and life! I can only be willful in regard to this matter. When I arrive at Archean Mountain, I’ll personally beg Master for forgiveness! However, my father’s case has to be investigated clearly. If my father really colluded with the demons, he deserves death. If my father is innocent, I will definitely clear my father’s name!
“Uncle-Master, it’s my fault. After this matter is settled, I’ll definitely come and apologize personally.”
Swoosh.
Meng Chuan immediately transformed into a bolt of lightning and disappeared into the horizon with his father in tow.
Frustrated and helpless, Marquis Gong Xu stood on top of the city wall as he watched them leave. What could he do? He could not catch up!