Chapter 44 - Hitman VS God Lawsuit Dismissed Because the Judge Was an Abbot
Just as Fu Tong fetched another karma coin to use, the vibrant telepathic voice of Kong Xuan entered Fu Tong’s mind.
’Spare the life of the poor grandfather and grandson. The prophecy is rely a warning. They haven’t hard an innocent yet.’
Fu Tong flinched. He looked around and found Kong Xuan and his monks following a daoist in brown robes who was descending from the sect. Narrowing his eyes, Fu Tong replied.
’That’s not possible. Long Hao has to die today.’
’How about we gave him a chance to prove himself? Maybe the prophesy you are worrying about might not happen.’
"..."
Fu Tong smacked his lips. He could ignore Long Yunfei’s pleas, but couldn’t afford to offend anybody from the Buddhist Faction. They had a close tie to the Karmic River of Reincarnation, and they had full control of the karma coin’s power. If they wanted to, they could curse him, disabling his abilities to use karma coins as weapons forever.
This plot armor was too strong. Fu Tong had no choice but to yield, for now.
As Fu Tong couldn’t kill Long Hao today, he changed his approach. He ordered Long Yunfei instead.
’Swear with your dao oath. If Long Hao harms or kills an innocent mortal out of spite or greed, you will kill your grandson yourself.’
Long Hao gnashed his teeth, yet he patiently negotiated.
’He doesn’t have to. I swear with my dao oath. If I kill an innocent person, I’ll kill myself.’
As soon as he declared, he slapped his chest with his palm, and a seal erged. Long Hao vomited a mouthful of blood and collapsed on the ground.
The dao oath had been implanted. From that day onward, Long Hao would be under the permanent oath or curse that he had inflicted himself.
As Fu Tong couldn’t see the seal, he asked Huli Jiubai.
’Has that beggar slap his own chest yet?’
’Yes, he did.’
Fu Tong was satisfied. He sent a last ssage to the dragon family pair and the eavesdropping abbot.
’Long Hao, I’ll let you go today, but I’ll be watching you.’
Long Yunfei and Kong Xuan let out a long sigh of relief, but Long Hao clenched his fists, blaming his powerlessness and his vile elder brother.
They didn’t realize Fu Tong was even more frustrated. He slapped his forehead and groaned to himself.
’Plot armor after plot armor. The ga is a lot easier than this. I can just ignore the NPC’s reactions and abuse the save state. But I can’t rewind ti in reality. I can’t experint with my ga routes or test their reactions.’
He kept sighing while the brown-robed cultivator and the group of monks arrived at the plaza, leaving the sect’s protective barrier. The daoist introduced himself.
"Welco, young cultivators! I am Lin Xuan, and I’ll be in charge of this year’s entrance examination!"
Lin Xuan exuded the aura of a golden core stage. It seed insignificant to Huli Jiubai, Long Hao, and Fu Tong. However, the young n in the plaza flinched as the pressure from the aura made them uncomfortable. Several commoners vomited or fainted as they couldn’t handle the Qi pressure.
After weeding out weak n, Lin Xuan dispelled the Qi pressure and proceeded with the explanation.
"Just in case soone doesn’t know the rules or our background. I’ll explain. Every year, we accept up to 100 disciples to join our ranks. It doesn’t matter if you have a prior martial arts background or you are a commoner, you have a chance to pass our exam and beco a proper cultivator under our guidance."
The elder’s dialogue was the sa as Fu Tong had rembered. Fu Tong faintly smiled as he felt nostalgic hearing the lines in person.
Elder Lin Xuan continued. "The entrance examination will be separated into two groups. The first group is for those without a cultivation base, and the second group is for those under the foundation establishnt stage. Anybody who has already reached the foundation establishnt stage automatically passes all exams!"
Despite the perk, no one among the crowd claid to have reached the foundation establishnt stage. Huli Jiubai puckered his lips and whispered to Fu Tong.
’Should I increase my cultivation base and avoid the complicated procedure?’
Fu Tong sighed. "Go ahead."
’Alright.’
Huli Jiubai stood up and adjusted his cultivation base, easing his strength suppression technique up a notch. The air of a level 1 foundation establishnt stage exuded from him as he smiled.
The fox elder cunningly grinned and asked Lin Xuan.
"Then, may I be exempted from the examination?"
Lin Xuan brightly smiled at Huli Jiubai. He asked.
"What’s your na?"
"Jiu Bai, senior!"
Several n snickered as Jiu Bai sounded similar to a vegetable in their local tongue. However, Huli Jiubai didn’t mind.
Lin Xuan threw a wooden plaque toward Huli Jiubai, who caught it. The forr declared.
"You pass! Go up the stairs and wait for everybody at the front plaza!"
Huli Jiubai turned to Fu Tong and nodded. "I’ll be going ahead, Young Lord."
"Just go."
With a light step, Huli Jiubai kicked the ground and leaped up the stairs, disappearing into the barrier and the mountain. Young cultivators in the plaza, including Long Hao, gazed at him in envy. They also glanced at Fu Tong, since they seed close.
Lin Xuan looked around. Finding no other foundation establishnt stage cultivator among the crowd, he proceeded with the exams.
"We will start with the people with so martial arts background first. The test is simple."
Lin Xuan turned to Kong Xuan, who nodded and turned to his disciples. The monks behind him sat cross-legged and began reciting a sutra.
Gold light erged from them and expanded outward, creating a bright yellowish do around them.
Lin Xuan walked toward the edge of the do and drew a line with his sword. He turned around and paced 10 steps. Next, he drew another line in the gold part and put wooden plaques behind it.
"Go stand behind the first line and walk toward here. Pick up a plaque and climb the stairs to the outer sect’s plaza before sunset. As for the commoner group, take a plaque from and start climbing the mountain! You must reach the plaza before sunset, too!"
Young cultivators grinned and rushed to the line. The first person dashed toward the gold do.
As soon as his front foot stepped into the boundary, he froze and sweated profusely. He couldn’t move another step.
Another young man found the first guy annoying and shoved him aside. He took two steps into the gold do. When he took the third step, his knees gave up on him and he collapsed.
The young cultivator group faltered. Everybody got stuck after taking two or three steps, unable to move forward. Soon, everybody but Fu Tong and Long Hao entered the do and were trapped inside.
Fu Tong got up and calmly walked to the test area. Looking at the gold do, a wry smile escaped him.
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