Chapter 129: Mo Liushu’s Installment Penitence
Mo Liushu became anxious, as she saw a glimmer of hope and recklessly rushed toward the Little Demoness.
Upon witnessing this scene, Xia Hongxiu grew anxious as well.
She had been enjoying herself, listening to Mo Liushu’s screams, which she considered the most beautiful melody in the world.
Now that her opponent wanted to save herself, it was simply too greedy.
After all, she was already a worthless person; wouldn’t it be better to just die obediently?
At this thought, her malice surged, and she threw the powder in her hand.
It was the essence of a calamity-inducing incense she had carried with her, and now it could finally come in handy.
This was the final straw that broke the camel’s back; Mo Liushu was suddenly struck as if by lightning, and the last vestige of strength she had accumulated completely dissipated.
Originally, You Jingfeng had prepared to strike hard, but unexpectedly, this woman plunged to her knees before the Little Demoness.
“Please… help me just this once, just once! Let me borrow that jade tablet!”
She tilted her face up, her eyes filled with pleading, reaching out to the Little Demoness.
This humble appearance made people unable to suppress their laughter, constantly making “tch tch” sounds.
“Look at that woman, she looks like a dog!”
The harsh voices came, but Mo Liushu could only pretend not to hear.
Now, she just wanted to live; living was more important than anything else, including dignity!
“No way!”
The Little Demoness directly refused and turned away.
“No!!”
Mo Liushu let out a desperate wail, and at that moment, it felt as if her world had collapsed.
Qian Miaoyu watched this scene with great interest and poked Zhou Tong, prompting Chen Ling’er to become alert.
Could it be that this Empress also had her eyes on her junior apprentice brother?
Qian Miaoyu ignored her and said with a smile to Zhou Tong, “Seeing this person’s miserable state, how does it feel?”
“Nothing at all; I even want to laugh!”
Zhou Tong scoffed. “This person had extraordinary talent but never dared to face her calamity. She only knows how to find others to bear the brunt. Such a coward has no qualification to reach the Great Dao!”
“It’s precisely because she has never suffered that her resistance to calamities is far lower than ordinary people. Now, when the strongest calamities appear in one go, even a Sage cannot withstand it; she is destined to die!”
Zhou Tong spoke with cold rationality, as if discussing the life and death of an ant; as for Mo Liushu… who would care about her?
However, at that moment, an unexpected turn of events occurred.
The jade tablet in the Little Demoness’s hand suddenly emitted a faint light; though it was just for an instant, it still illuminated Mo Liushu.
This brief moment provided her with a second chance to breathe, prompting a gentle sound of surprise from You Jingfeng.
“How strange… there’s actually a turnaround!”
Hearing this, Mo Liushu immediately bowed deeply to the elder.
“Senior… Senior, I was impolite earlier; please be magnanimous and point me toward the light!”
“From arrogance to humility, it’s laughable to think.”
You Jingfeng said disdainfully, still explaining the way to break the calamity: “What you call calamity comes from the heart, initiated by the Heavenly Dao. The more delusional your thoughts, the more the Heavenly Dao will sense it and send down corresponding tribulations!”
“The reason you have fallen to this point is due to your special constitution and the numerous wicked deeds you’ve committed!”
“To resolve this, you must sincerely pray to the Heavenly Dao, repent for your past mistakes, and perhaps there will still be a glimmer of hope!”
“I repent; I am willing to repent!”
Mo Liushu hurriedly said, managing her intense pain as she knelt down, facing the east, and bowed her head with every word!
She recounted her faults over the past ten years clearly, leaving nothing out.
At first, those around her maintained their composure; being cultivators, they knew how cruel the laws of this world were; truly clean individuals were few and far between.
Mo Liushu had only made mistakes most people would make.
But soon, they noticed something was amiss.
As time passed, Zhou Tong’s name appeared more frequently.
It was not hard to hear that he was Mo Liushu’s former elder disciple.
Moreover, he was an extremely outstanding and exceptionally filial disciple.
To other strong warriors, such a disciple was considered a rare treasure, something hard to come by.
But what had Mo Liushu done to him?
Not only did she use him to fend off disasters, but in her desire to control him, she also isolated, suppressed, and even blackened his name!
How could there be such a cruel master in the world!
When Mo Liushu had knocked her head five hundred times, those around her became numb.
Taking any one of these mistakes alone might be excessive, but not to the point of being detestable.
However, when gathered together and placed on a single person, for that person, Mo Liushu became an absolutely irredeemable demon!
Even more terrifying was the fact that she remembered every single one of these offenses clearly; she indeed knew she was wrong, but still acted stubbornly, refusing to repent!
She was nothing short of a professional bridge destroyer, the scum of humanity, and the king of beasts!
Only through pain could her arrogance be truly shattered!
“Boom!”
At that moment, the laws in the sky surged, and a giant single eye suddenly opened.
Everyone gasped; Mo Liushu’s prayers had genuinely drawn the Heavenly Dao’s attention.
“Do you know repentance?” A majestic voice resounded.
“I know repentance!” Mo Liushu trembled as she spoke.
“Then are you willing to atone?”
Mo Liushu was momentarily stunned; was it not enough to repent? Did she also need to atone?
As if seeing through her thoughts, You Jingfeng let out a cold laugh.
“You don’t think that just saying you’re sorry is enough to make up for your sins, do you? The Heavenly Dao has no qualification to forgive you on behalf of others; with sin must come punishment!”
“I am willing to atone!”
Mo Liushu finally accepted reality and cried out.
Then, the light of heaven shifted, and countless rays converged, forming a projection of a pact.
The atonement pact stated: Mo Liushu willingly accepts punishment for all her past actions. For the next ten years, she must endure the “Five Punishments” in rotation for at least two hours each day!
The so-called “Five Punishments” referred to five kinds of torture: scalding water bath, sinew extraction, heart-piercing by arrows, bone-removal and flesh-carving, and soul-leeching!
Mo Liushu’s face turned pale as she looked at the pact, almost fainting.
Ten years! Ten years! Ten years!!!
For cultivators, this time is short, but for someone enduring torture, it is longer than ten thousand years!
Even more terrifying was that this pact had additional clauses: even if she wanted to die, she had to atone fully before she could die. Otherwise, her soul would plunge into endless purgatory, enduring eternal torment!
True sinners do not end their lives easily; rather, they are nailed to a pillar of shame, enduring infinite agony!
“Are you willing to accept punishment?”
The majestic voice echoed again, sounding both urging and threatening.
“Disciple… disciple…”
Mo Liushu trembled but still bit her finger to let her blood drip onto the pact.
“Disciple is willing!”
She sorrowfully said, as if turned into a walking corpse!
