Chapter 906 - 270: Now This Is Revenge!
Chapter 270 [This is Called Revenge!] (8200)
Chen Yan coldly shouted:
"The so-called benevolence of a gentleman fades after five generations!
Whether it’s the fame of one’s ancestors or their accomplishments, the influence on future generations can only last up to five generations. After five generations, there’s no influence left.
That person from the Sun Family who died at your hands was already the eighth generation!
What benefits did he receive from his ancestors? Born in the Dragon Country, from a laboring background! You could say that, concerning the so-called hatred from eight generations ago, he’s now a completely innocent person.
And you, all for the sake of so-called revenge, went and got him killed!
Is this what you call revenge? Bullshit!
You’re just driven by your own obsession, by the Heart Demon within you!"
As Chen Yan spoke, a furious voice echoed in the air: "You, you’re talking... nonsense..."
"Fine! You’re not convinced, are you!"
Chen Yan sneered and continued to shout, "Let’s not even talk about the Sun Family!
Back then, when you plotted against this generation of the Sun Family, you set fire to his factory, killing and injuring several workers in the process!
Ridiculous!
With your level of cultivation, you had plenty of methods to discreetly harm the Sun Family!
You could have directly used a Curse Technique to kill the Sun Family members!
But why did you set fire to his factory and harm the workers?
I understand, I completely understand! Because when your family was destroyed, everyone died, so you not only wanted the Sun Family dead, but you also wanted their wealth annihilated, the legacy they painstakingly built ruined, just to vent the hatred in your heart.
So, you set the factory on fire, causing the death of several workers!
Let me ask you, what did those workers in the factory ever do wrong?!
Those workers had no enmity with your Li Family!!
Those workers also had elders to care for and children to support! They were all in their prime, pillars of their families! Those people were someone else’s sons, husbands, wives, parents!
And you, for the sake of so-called revenge, wanted to harm the innocent?!
Li, what kind of revenge do you call this? It’s nothing but an excuse for indulging your obsessions and Heart Demon!"
The voice in the air breathed slightly, very agitated, seemingly stirred by Chen Yan’s interrogation, unsure how to respond.
Gradually, however, the breathing calmed, and the voice cackled coldly.
"...So what... if that’s the case!"
"Hmm?" Chen Yan frowned.
"So what!!"
The voice carried a hint of madness, shouting hoarsely: "Do you know how much I sacrificed for revenge, how much I endured!!"
His voice echoed like the wails of ghosts and wolves.
"To gather the yin bones, I don’t know how many graves and skeletons I dug up, for the refining of yin bones, I dealt with ancient corpses day after day, year after year, with corpse-like energy invading, I became neither human nor ghost!
With the invasion of corpse energy, my flesh rotted, countless nights I lay in the tomb wailing in agony, rolling on the ground!
After initiation, I refined my flesh with corpse energy, turning myself into a creature like a zombie!!
Five generations and then cut off?
Ha! Haha! Hahaha!!!
What of five generations? What of eight generations!!
What if some innocents die!!
I’ve paid so much, done so much!
If I don’t do something, then, wouldn’t my hundred-plus years of effort, sacrifice, and endeavor have gone to waste?
If I don’t do something, wouldn’t my whole life be just a joke?!"
Chen Yan sighed.
"So, don’t talk about avenging your family.
The hatred of your family has long been buried by time.
You acted against the innocent purely for yourself, to make sure all your years of effort don’t seem like a waste, for your own obsession, for those absurd reasons you hold on to.
You did it to satisfy yourself."
So, ultimately, it wasn’t really about revenge.
It was just about what he said:
If I don’t do something, wouldn’t my whole life be a joke?
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After a moment of silence, the voice in the air seemed somewhat indifferent, softly said: "It’s all meaningless now..."
"What do you mean?"
"I said, it’s all meaningless now.
For this revenge, I’ve poured out everything—whether for revenge or for obsession, I’ve become neither human nor ghost.
In achieving this current form, I am no longer a normal person. I have refined my whole body to become like a zombie, and I will no longer have descendants...
With me, the Li Family line is already extinct.
Li family, it’s over!
Sins or blessings, without descendants, it all doesn’t matter anymore."
Chen Yan heard the hidden sadness in this voice and nodded: "So, you still hold onto memories of the Li Family’s past grandeur.
That’s why you created that fake Li Mansion.
Gathered snakes and rats, captured souls, and used Talisman Art to impersonate servants in that fake Li Mansion.
—It’s just to play house, to satisfy that longing inside you, to see that fake Li Mansion thriving, letting you reminisce about the Li Family’s prosperity in your childhood.
Hmm, and then there was the housekeeper, that house servant..."
"It was when I was hiding to practice, met a scholar. He was impoverished, failed the imperial examinations, beset by illness, and had no money to worship at his ancestral tomb.