Chapter 431 Accountability
“No, I can’t die now.”

The monk suddenly spoke, and everyone present who was thinking about something was stunned.

Someone mocked the monk, saying, “After all, even though you talk about Buddhism, you are still afraid of death. It seems that you don’t want to pay back the lives of so many people.”

The monk explained: “It’s not that I am afraid of death and don’t want to pay my life, it’s just that I have something important to do this time. If I don’t complete this task, I’m afraid more people will die.”

Everyone had long been curious about the monk’s origins. Elder Mei, who had followed him, asked the monk, “Where are you from, and what school did you come from? What is your business in Beiye County?”

The monk said, “I am a monk from the Little Leiyin Temple. This time I am here to collect the Immortal Sword on the orders of my uncle.”

Everyone was stunned. In the morning, they were still discussing how to capture Shang Yu, and now a monk suddenly appeared.

“Little Leiyin Temple, didn’t Little Leiyin Temple disappear a long time ago?”

Someone questioned the monk, and the monk explained: “Xiao Leiyin Temple left here before Zhongzhou. Although it is no longer in this world, it is still connected to this world.”

When they heard that the visitor was from the ancient immortal sect of the Great Qi Dynasty, everyone became excited.

“Master, are you saying that we can go to another world through the Little Leiyin Temple?”

During the Great Qi Dynasty, this world was already in the Dharma Ending Age.

Although the spiritual energy revived later, this place had already become an abandoned land of the upper realm and had no future at all.

This is not true. Why did those who migrated away from Zhongzhou refuse to come back?
No one knew whether the moon in another world would be rounder or the air would be fresher, but they all wanted to leave and look for the Ancient Immortal Gate.

Especially some people changed their previous attitude of plotting against the monk and said warmly: “Master, please get up quickly. Let’s find a tavern to talk first.”

“The master is a monk, how could he go to the tavern with you?”

Another person also grabbed the monk’s other hand and said to him, “Xiao Ke lives nearby, Master, why don’t you come to my place and be my guest?”

“That’s enough. Someone just died. Why are you arguing here instead of trying to deal with the aftermath?”

After the Sword Sect elder finished scolding, the monk over there also reacted and said sadly again: “I am guilty. I came here to exorcise the demon under the order of my master. I didn’t expect that I would commit murder before the demon was completely exorcised.”

The elder of the Sword Sect said, “Master, don’t be sad. The deaths of the people in Beiye County were all caused by Fu Tianchou. He was the one who opened the bookcase and released the monster inside.”

The monk wiped his tears and said in defense: “The one in the shrine is my sixteenth generation ancestor, not a monster.”

The embarrassment on the face of the Sword Sect elder flashed away, and he said: “The death of the people of Beiye County has nothing to do with you, Master. By the way, where is Fu Tianchou?”

After he finished asking the question, a voice beside him said, “Fu Tianchou was the first one to escape when the cover was opened, and he hasn’t come back yet.”

Fu Tianchou ran away quickly, probably because he knew that this incident had become a big deal. Even if the little monk spared him, other sects and his Xiangxi Sect would not let him go.

You know, the elders of Xiangxi Sect and Beast Taming Sect were killed by the beam of light emitted from the shrine.

He single-handedly killed hundreds of thousands of lives, and that was nothing.

The key point is that he single-handedly destroyed the Beast Taming Sect and the sect’s mid-Nascent Soul powerhouse. No matter how talented he is, no matter how strong his background is, how could the sect possibly let him go?

“Fu Tianchou has escaped, we will settle accounts with him later. Right now, Beiye County needs to resettle the refugees first; you must know that after a great disaster there will be a great epidemic.”

“My Su family will handle this matter properly. Please rest assured, elders and colleagues.” Wang Yanyu had not come to the southern suburbs originally, but the commotion here was so loud that she had no choice but to pay attention.

When she heard the Sword Sect elder speak, she immediately stood up to take charge of the matter!

“This incident was caused by me, so I can’t just sit there and watch the resettlement of refugees. But from the time I was born until now, I have no experience in managing affairs except chanting sutras in the Little Leiyin Temple—”

The monk was halfway through his words when Wang Yanyu, who was standing beside him, said with a friendly smile, “Master, if you don’t mind, please come to my Su family. Master, you can’t take care of worldly matters, so please organize a ceremony and hold a ritual for those dead souls.”

This was exactly what the monk wanted to say, so he put his hands together and said, “Thank you very much, benefactor. I will definitely be at your disposal.”

The monk’s assurance made the people around him envious.

Everyone wants to get close to the monk, but they can’t find a reason.

However, Wang Yanyu gained the monk’s trust with just a few words and was able to get the monk to live in the Su family.

From now on, with the monk in charge, who dares to bully the Su family?

“Not only must this ritual be performed, but it must be done on a grand scale!”

A voice sounded, it was Elder Xue who had returned.

Elder Xue and the monk bowed and said, “Master, do you know that it is not just Beiye County that is suffering from the disaster? The beam of light from the master’s shrine has already extended to the mass grave. From the mass grave to here, it has become a barren land.

Among them, the number of people who died was more than just hundreds of thousands. If snakes, insects, birds and beasts were added, I’m afraid that even trillions of lives would not be able to be contained.”

Elder Xue’s words were almost a rebuke. The Sword Sect elder beside him frowned and said, “Brother Xue, what do you mean by that? Do you think that the fault of this disaster lies with the mage?”

“I am not here to blame the mage, nor am I here to absolve Fu Tianchou of his guilt! What I want to say is that since the mage wants to perform a ritual, how can he limit himself to Beiye County?
Are the souls of Kitano County the only ones who are considered as living beings? Are the souls of other places not worthy of enjoying the ritual? Are the souls of other places not able to be reborn in paradise? “

The monk on the other side looked ashamed and said, “This donor is absolutely right. I will sincerely repent and save every living being to the Pure Land.”

Elder Xue’s face looked much better, and he said, “Northern Wasteland is under the jurisdiction of my Daodao Sect. If you have any difficulties, please come to my Daodao Sect.”

After he said this, everyone finally understood his purpose.

In the final analysis, Wang Yanyu wanted to take a step forward and bring the monk to the Wendao Sect.

In fact, how could Northern Wilderness be the jurisdiction of the Daodao Sect?

Aren’t Xiangxi Sect and Beast Taming Sect also immortal sects in the Northern Wilderness?
But the two elders from Xiangxi Sect and the Beast Taming Sect are both dead. Isn’t it Elder Xue who has the final say in Beiye County now?

The Sword Sect elder laughed angrily and said, “Junior Brother Xue is so calculating! Why must the mage go to your Dao Sect to perform the ritual? Why can’t he go to Xiangxi Sect or the Beast Taming Sect?”

Elder Xue frowned and looked at the elder of the Sword Sect, saying, “Brother, you still dare to say that? Do you really think that all the sins of this incident are on Fu Tianchou? Doesn’t your sect’s Jian Shuang have any responsibility?”

Everyone looked at Jian Shuang at this time. If he hadn’t provoked Tian Lin and Mei Xiangu first, if he hadn’t wanted to argue with Fu Tianchou, how could he have brought out the monk? It was even more impossible for him to bring up the matter of the shrine destroying the world.

When everyone turned their eyes to Jian Shuang, the Sword Sect disciple who had previously provoked Tian Lin and Mei Xiangu turned pale.

He knew that if Jian Shuang was held accountable, he would be the one to suffer in the end.

(End of this chapter)