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Chapter 315 Massacre
debt?
When the hell did I owe this Taoist priest money?
Seeing the puzzled look on General Zuo's face, Zhou You said softly.

"General, you may have misunderstood something. This debt is not for my own benefit, but for the benefit of others."

General Zuo had no intention of wasting time with Zhou You—out of the corner of his eye, perhaps drawn by the noise, a deformed monster crawled out from the corner, its sharp teeth grinding together, its eyes greedily fixed on him—

Such a fine piece of fatty meat.

General Zuo originally intended to run away, but before he knew it, a clear, sharp sword was already positioned in front of him.

Although there was no warning, he immediately understood that if he dared to take a step, the long sword, as bright as the moon, would not hesitate to pluck out his fat head.

Feeling like he was in dire straits, Zuo instinctively reached into his pocket for food, but after only two bites, he vomited it all up.

Upon seeing this, someone laughed as well.

"Hey Lao Zuo, you've got a really good attitude. Even at a time like this, you're still indulging in your culinary aesthetics. But it's a shame there's no pig to help you deal with the leftovers now."

General Zuo vomited violently until his stomach was completely empty, at which point he struggled to sit up and cried out.

"Master Zhou, Daoist Master Zhou, Ancestor Zhou! Just tell me what you want, I beg you to spare my life, whether it's money, power, or..."

"Whether it's money, power, a beautiful woman, or treasures, name your price, and you'll agree to anything, right?"

Seeing the stunned General Zuo, Zhou You sighed with genuine boredom.

"No, I mean, why are all your pleas for mercy the same old thing? After all these years, can't you come up with something new?"

General Zuo was speechless.

But quickly, in the face of this life-threatening crisis, he rallied his spirits and hurriedly said...

"Master Zhou said before that I owed a debt. Did he mean that I killed that old Taoist Yu from Maoshan?"

Zhou You laughed.

"If you're not a complete idiot, then what do you want to say?"

Is this something we can talk about?

General Zuo immediately spoke impatiently.

“I acknowledge that the dead cannot be brought back to life, but I only killed—no, I mean, that old Taoist priest—who died by accident. I didn’t lay a hand on his disciple, and the real killers were those bastards. If you spare me this time, I can donate a thousand taels of gold to Maoshan, and I can recommend that disciple to the prince, or even the imperial court, guaranteeing him a life of wealth and honor, and perhaps even the position of Heavenly Master.”

Upon hearing this, Zhou You looked up and glanced into a shadowy area.

The shadow did not answer, but waited in silence.

Then Zhou You laughed again.

"That's a way to make amends. But I must say, General, you really have a short memory. Is this the only debt you owe me?"

General Zuo was taken aback.

He slumped to the ground, but still tried his best to crane his neck and argue vehemently.

"No, Uncle Zhou, I've only met you a few times. I admit, I was a fool and didn't recognize your greatness before. But apart from this old Taoist Yu, I have no other connection with you, so how could I owe you any other debts?"

Zhou You smiled without saying a word. Seeing the monster cautiously approaching, he neither stopped it nor let it go. He simply raised his head, looked around at the scenery, and then spoke softly.

“When I first came here, I couldn’t believe that there could be such a poor village in the world. The villagers couldn’t even afford a few pairs of pants, let alone anything else—they couldn’t even afford to worship their local earth god.”

"But even so, they are still alive."

"Difficult, arduous, yet they still lived optimistically and diligently—however, it is a pity that because of the thoughts of some people, they all died, and died tragically."

Upon hearing this, General Zuo finally understood.

"Taoist Master, are you also connected to these insects?"

What a monstrous creature!

Zhou You shook his head and then said.

"It was just a brief encounter."

"Then why?"

"Does that matter?"

After hesitating for a long time, General Zuo finally uttered only three words.

".It doesn't matter."

"Then tell me how you plan to repay this debt."

His words were plain and simple, but at this moment they sounded like a death knell, causing his obese body to tremble.

After racking his brains with every trick in the book, the man surnamed Zuo, sweating profusely, finally managed to come up with a solution.

"I can atone for my sins! Surely everyone in this village has family and friends? I'm willing to give away all my wealth to atone for my crime, I only beg you to spare my life."

To prevent Zhou You from disbelieving, he even added a sentence.

"I can swear a blood oath to the Goddess of the Earth: if I break this vow, may I be condemned to eternal damnation and forever condemned to hell!"

Unlike empty words in reality, swearing a blood oath to one's god in this world is considered extremely sincere.

Zhou You remained silent for a long time before sheathing his sword.

General Zuo felt a surge of emotion, almost bringing tears to his eyes—but then, Zhou You suddenly spoke.

“A very good proposal. Fine, I forgive you. You can go and talk to Master Yu and the villagers in person later.”

Upon hearing the first half of the sentence, General Zuo was already preparing to kneel down, but upon hearing the second half, he was suddenly stunned.

Old Master Yu and the villagers are all dead, so where am I supposed to find them to talk to?

But before he could even react, the longsword had already been completely withdrawn.

—Along with it, the silvery sword light also retreated.

next moment.

The monster, driven mad by hunger, finally found no resistance. With a grotesque smile on its face and drool dripping from its mouth, it pounced on General Zuo like a madman!
The feeble resistance lasted only a few breaths before it completely collapsed. Just before the giant mouth bit into his body, General Zuo let out an extremely shrill scream.

"Why!"

Zhou You remained as calm as ever.

"There's no reason why. I said I was collecting a debt from you, but after all, I'm not the creditor, am I? You owe someone, so you should go and pay them back."

But General Zuo could no longer answer. Sharp teeth had already torn open his belly, but because his body was so obese, no internal organs were visible for a moment; instead, white fat was exposed.

Upon seeing this, Zhou You sighed.

He suddenly remembered a phrase, which he didn't know if it was his master, Poison Heart, or someone else who had told him.

There are no end to the evil people in this world.

But how many demons and monsters has emerged from this mere Songzhou by now?
From bandits who raped and murdered women to prefects and generals of entire states, and later even the unfathomable Hidden King and the Thick Earth Cult.

If this killing continues, when will it ever end?

Hearing the heart-wrenching screams, Zhou You narrowed his eyes slightly—but then he laughed again.

He had neither the ideal of saving all living beings nor the old monk in the Buddha's heart; after witnessing the vicissitudes of life, all that remained was despair.

Since there will always be injustices in this world, then
Just kill them one by one.
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time flies.

The inhuman screams gradually subsided, turning into groans of pleading, and finally leaving only a gurgling sound like someone drowning. The monster finally finished its meal—it was still not satisfied, licking its lips and wanting to attack someone—but when its golden vertical pupils opened, it merely glanced at the monster casually, without even a hint of murderous intent, yet under the pressure of the Heavenly Dragon bloodline, the monster immediately fled in panic.

After that, Zhou You walked step by step to General Zuo.

At this point, the obese man was still alive.

Even though most of its internal organs had been eaten away, and even though there wasn't a single patch of intact skin left on its body, its heart was still stubbornly beating, sustaining the painful and desperate operation of life.

Upon seeing Zhou You approach, its previously cloudy eyes regained their brightness, and its mouth, now only showing bare white bones, opened and closed. Although no sound came out, Zhou You understood its meaning.

Ironically, this wasn't a desire to die.

Instead, they begged for mercy.

Even in this dire situation, General Zuo still begged Zhou You to save his life—he was willing to give anything, even betray the prince, for it.
But the person did not answer or hesitate; he simply swung the blade down smoothly.

And so, a head rolled to the ground.

Next, Zhou You unpacked his bag and took out a box that had been prepared beforehand. He stuffed the round head into the box, carefully covered it with a layer of lime for preservation, pressed it down, and then covered it with another layer.
Just as the work was almost finished, a voice suddenly rang out behind him.

"Master, the situation on the other side has also been resolved. All the soldiers were wiped out by the monsters' attack; not a single one escaped."

"Really? That's good."

Zhou You didn't turn around. He completed the last step of the process by himself, and then laboriously closed the box—General Zuo's head was really too big—before turning around.

The first thing you see is a bewildered face.

Fu Yu stood there, without any injuries, but his expression was extremely dazed. Helplessness and confusion filled the young man's face, eventually turning into utter bewilderment.

Seeing that he didn't answer, Zhou You asked again.

"So, are you satisfied?"

"what?"

"I mean, were you satisfied after you got your revenge?"

Fu Yu hesitated for a few seconds, then answered in a low voice.

"I...I don't know. At first, I really wanted to kill them all to appease my master's spirit, but just now I saw hundreds of people being torn apart alive, all of them becoming food for the monster. I..."

Seeing that Fu Yu was becoming increasingly obsessed, Zhou You sighed, walked up to him, raised his hand high, and then...
"Bang!"

There was a crisp sound.

Fu Yu immediately covered his head and squatted down.

"Ouch!!!! What are you doing, Taoist priest?!"

Zhou You shook off the hand that had just tapped Fu Yu on the back of the head and rolled his eyes dismissively.

"No, why do you have to learn the sentimentality of Japanese anime male protagonists? Am I supposed to give you some kind of gentle and kind stuff later?"

Taoist priest, what nonsense are you talking about?

Seeing Fu Yu's bewildered look, Zhou You didn't explain anything, but just casually said...

"I'm asking you, weren't the hands of these dead people stained with blood?"

".Yes."

"Let me ask you again, legally speaking, wouldn't it be enough to just chop off the heads of every single one of these guys?"

".Yes."

"I'll continue to ask you, if we let them go today, will they continue to harm other innocent people?"

".Yes."

Thus, Zhou You concluded.

"Then what are you worrying about? We're just executing them ahead of time to prevent more victims from appearing. It's both revenge and a just and compliant cause, understand?"

Fu Yu felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it—but after Zhou You said that, his complicated feelings eased considerably.

So Zhou You continued.

"Don't worry so much, you're just a kid. You'll go bald when you grow up. Also, after I told you to do it, did you manage to dig out that thing?"

Upon hearing this, for some reason, Fu Yu frowned again. He searched his body for a long time before taking out a black stone.

"Master, I dug out this Abyss Stone after the matter was settled, but it's different from before. Something has appeared on it. Well, you'll see when you take a look."

Zhou You took it, bewildered, and glanced at it.

Immediately.

His expression also turned cold.

The stone did change, but only with the addition of some thin, elongated lines—yet these simple lines pieced together a complete pattern.

—It was a person holding a head and forcefully stuffing it into a box.

That was exactly what he had done before.

"Hey Fu, was this already there when you dug it up?"

".Yes."

"The picture hasn't changed?"

".That's right."

Zhou You immediately curled his lip.

—What is this, a prophecy, or a stern warning?
After thinking for a moment, he shook his head and threw the stone back to Fu Yu.

—Forget it, I don't care what you are. I'm almost at your final boss's doorstep. What's the point of playing tricks now?

Seeing Fu Yu hurriedly accept the Abyss Stone, Zhou You continued.

"Young Fu, now that you've avenged your master, what are you planning to do next?"

Fu Yu remained silent for a while before answering.

"Before my master died, he sent a secret letter to the sect leader—he already felt that he probably didn't have long to live—but in the end, besides the safety of the people and me, all he cared about was this. As his disciple, I have to send this peace back to Maoshan and find a way to pass on his lineage."

Zhou You remained silent, simply watching until Fu Yu became somewhat at a loss, at which point he smiled and patted the man on the shoulder.

“Not bad, not bad. You have finally grown a bit after this incident. It didn’t take much of your master’s effort—although my disciple still has a lot to learn.”

After Zhou You finished laughing, Fu Yu asked cautiously.

"Then may I ask, Daoist Master, what are you planning to do?"

Zhou You smiled without saying a word. He picked up the Wine Immortal Gourd, took a swig, and then raised his sword to sever evil. With just one sword strike, he completely tore the ghost village apart.

“I’m different from you. Now that I have everything, I plan to eliminate the culprit behind all the suffering in Songzhou. In other words…”

"—Kill the King."

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