The abandoned cannon fodder girl's path to immortality

Chapter 198 Paying Life
Before Chen Jinshu could finish speaking, his mother, Wu Shuya, had already reddened her eyes and clenched her hands. It took her a while to recover.

"Those bastards in the Chen family. How could they treat your father like this? No wonder the clan has been so kind to us all these years. They were just feeling guilty."

Wu Shuya's face was gloomy, and she gritted her teeth. The surging blood in her veins only slowly subsided when she saw Chen Jinshu.

"Tell your second uncle that there's no need to stay in a family like that anymore. They're ungrateful and selfish!"

“Take Chen Wenshan’s remains to pay tribute to your father.”

“Mother, I know. But we can’t let the injustices Father suffered go unpunished. We must seek justice!” Chen Jinshu’s eyes narrowed, her gaze growing increasingly deep.

The memory of trading Foundation Establishment Pills with Chen Qiaozhen came to mind; such a family was simply unworthy.

They actually did this to their talented cousins, and kept it a secret for so many years.

She took out a communication talisman from her storage bag.

"Second Uncle! I know why Father had that accident back then. We can't stay in the Chen family anymore."

She casually finished speaking and immediately activated the communication talisman.

On the other side, Chen Wentan was cultivating when he suddenly received a message talisman from Chen Jinshu, which he immediately took and examined.

"What happened?" Ning Lingwei asked.

"Jinshu said she found the truth about what happened to her older brother back then."

"Then let's go and see. It might be something important; we can't let them face it alone."

Ning Lingwei turned her head to look at Chen Wentan and said.

"Okay! Let's go take a look."

When the two arrived at the courtyard of Chen Jinshu and her mother, Chen Jinshu and her mother had been waiting for a long time.

"Second Uncle! Let's talk as we walk. This time I'm determined to leave the Chen family. If you're unwilling to leave, I'll attend your wedding and then leave with Mother." Chen Jinshu's face darkened slightly, his eyes flashing with a fierce light, as if he could devour someone.

"What exactly happened to Jinshu? How do you know the truth about what happened to my elder brother back then? Did you find Chen Wenshan?"

“My second uncle isn’t stupid. I not only found him, but I also killed him. I heard from him the reason for my father’s death. He was the one who plotted everything behind the scenes. The group of Chen family demon hunters that day were all accomplices. This time, my mother and I are going to demand an explanation. What do you two think?”

"What? This is too much! So many members of the Chen family have done such things to your father, yet they've been allowed to live comfortably in the Chen family for so long," Ning Lingwei said, her tone indignant.

"Literary circles, let's not hold the wedding at the Chen family's house anymore. I feel really uncomfortable with it. I'm afraid something might happen. Let's just have a small ceremony ourselves."

"It's all my fault. I trusted the family too much back then. I never imagined that so many clansmen were involved in this matter and concealed the truth." Chen Wentan's eyes flashed with regret, his lips trembled, and his face turned ashen.

"I can't stay in the Chen family any longer. Otherwise, I wouldn't have the face to go down to see my elder brother."

The group walked and soon arrived at the family hall.

At this time, the head of the Chen family had become the Grand Elder, and Chen Qiaozhen would certainly not show her face on ordinary days unless something important happened to the Chen family.

When the First Elder saw that Chen Jinshu's family had summoned him to the main hall and asked him to bring Chen Qiaozhen and a group of family elders, his eyes were full of doubt.

But Chen Jinshu is now one of the Chen family's hopes for resurgence, and no mistakes can be made. The Chen family's survival is largely thanks to him.

"Jinshu, what brings you here, literary figures?" the Grand Elder asked the two men with a wary expression.

"Clan Chief Chen should listen to what Chen Wenshan has to say about this matter."

The hall was already filled with elders, and Chen Qiaozhen was also there, but she sat in the very center, showing her respectful status.

“Chen Qiaozhen, you should take a look too. And while you’re at it, uphold justice. If I’m not satisfied, spit out this Foundation Establishment Pill you swallowed.” Upon hearing this, a hint of unease flashed across Chen Qiaozhen’s face, and her gaze towards Chen Jinshu was full of doubt and confusion.

"Jinshu, what has happened? I will definitely seek justice for you..."

"Elders, please look. I will not be satisfied if there is no bloodshed today."

Upon hearing this, everyone in the Chen family in the hall gasped, sensing that something was amiss.

Chen Jinshu poured spiritual energy into the prepared image-recording stone, and soon an image was projected and displayed in front of everyone, directly in front of the hall.

The image shows Chen Wenshan, who is in a state of demonic possession, with blood all over his mouth, but he is still very clear-headed.

"Besides you, were there any other cultivators from other families who participated that time?"

"Of course, there were other cultivators who tacitly approved, otherwise do you think I could have kept succeeding? Especially the one leading the group, who was somewhat jealous of your father's excellent cultivation aptitude. He never attributed the problem to the beast-attracting powder..."

……

The image captured on the photo stone shows an eerie silence falling over the scene.

The elder turned his gaze to Chen Qiaozhen, whose face was gloomy. Although she was a junior, she was now one of the few Foundation Establishment cultivators in the Chen family, and her strength was considerable. She basically held important power.

"Why are you all silent? Have you become mute? Is this how the elders of the Chen family behave? Have you thrown all your cultivation to the dogs?"

“This Chen Wenshan is truly heinous. I never imagined he had already framed and betrayed his clan. No wonder he betrayed the family when they decided to punish him,” the Third Elder said in a low voice.

Everyone chimed in, but no one mentioned the humiliation her father had suffered.

"Great! Chen Qiaozhen, you're tacitly agreeing with that, right?"

“These clansmen have betrayed their faith and framed their own family members; they deserve to die. You can handle this matter. I'm no longer involved. I will no longer concern myself with the Chen family's affairs, unless it involves the extermination of the entire clan. Don't come to me with anything.”

Chen Qiaozhen glanced around at her uncles and elders, surprised that they had remained indifferent for so many years.

She was beginning to doubt whether it had been worth saving the Chen family from their clutches that day.

"That's enough for me. Don't blame me for killing too many people later."

"Please, clan leader, bring me all the members of the Chen family who went out to hunt demons that time."

The elder nodded, tacitly agreeing with his daughter's actions. He was now on his daughter's side; she was his everything.

A moment later, nine of the fifteen people who participated in the previous demon hunt had arrived. Five of them had died during the hunt, and one of them, Chen Wenshan, had also died.

"Greetings, Elders and Clan Chief!" the nine people said in unison, respectfully addressing the Clan Chief and the others.

"I wonder why you elders have summoned us brothers here?" asked one of the puzzled men.

"Do you still remember my father, Chen Wen'an? On that day of the demon hunt, you all stood by and watched Chen Wenshan do whatever he wanted!" Chen Jinshu stared straight at the nine people and said in an icy tone.

"I don't…"

"we do not know!"

"You must pay with your life for your mistakes! Your wives, children, and elderly parents won't live on just because you're being stubborn today."

"What do you want to do?" one of them asked, his face filled with panic.

"Of course, it's a matter of paying with one's life for murder!"