Shadow Hack

Chapter 840: All You Want to Speak About is Rules

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The easiest people to deal with were brutish ones because they brought the minimum amount of surprises to the table. While the hardest ones were those who could bow and submit as well as stand tall. Once a brute stood in front of the enemy, they would maintain their stance of seeing the other party as an enemy from beginning to end. But the shrewd people would display goodwill along the way and no one would know whether it is real or fake.

“They were disrespectful toward me, so I sealed the cultivation of these three youngsters to let them learn in the colosseum. Jiao Xiu, why have you and the other three patriarchs come here?”

Li Yunmu looked at the smiling Jiao Xiu with a cold expression, feeling as if his attack had landed on cotton.

His original plan was to let the three youngsters suffer humiliation in the colosseum, and even experience the crisis of life and death. Afterwards, the patriarchs of the four great clans would rush over and immediately attack him. The final conclusion would then depend on whether Asura sitting in the city lord’s mansion far away would make his move or not.

But after coming, the elders of the four clans did not charge toward him, so he could not find any faults with them and attack himself.

When Jiao Xiu heard his words, he apologetically bent toward him and said with a smile, “The younger generation has broken the rules, so they should be punished. But lord ancestor, punishment also must be according to the rules. These youngsters already know their mistakes.

“Lord, your distinguished self is magnanimous, so you should release them now. After all, even if they are the rudest people, they are still nothing more than a few youngsters.”

On the spectator stand, all the descendants looked at clan patriarch Jiao Xiu bowing and talking to the former branch family descendant of his clan in a polite tone with astonishment. Moreover his words clearly displayed his intent to sue for peace.

“Jiao Xiu, you are a patriarch of one of the four great clans, so you should know that the hierarchy is very strict in Asura City, and it is supplemented by various rules. I will ask you then, what’s the punishment for someone who disrespects an ancestor?”

Li Yunmu did not pay any attention to the other party’s words and instead smiled at Jiao Xiu while speaking slowly.

After hearing those words, Jiao Xiu’s expression slightly tightened, and it took him a moment to open his mouth again to speak.

“If the people of lower city offend the ancestor, they should be executed, and after death, their soul should be placed in spirit fire for ten thousand years. If branch family descendants of the middle city do it, the same punishment applies. If direct descendants, clan elders, or patriarchs do it, they should be given a hundred lashes from the spirit whip. This has always been the rule and there have been no exceptions.

“One hundred lashes, however, would only injure the flesh of the young masters and elders. Yet lord ancestor has punished them by making them fight in the colosseum. Not only are they injured, but they can no longer even retain their positions of young masters anymore. I think this punishment is sufficient for them. Lord ancestor, what does your distinguished self says about this?”

After saying that, Jiao Xiu looked at Li Yunmu sitting on the iron hammer with a faint smile at the corner of his lips. Even if Chen Xiu, this branch descendant had already become an ancestor, he was still beneath him. The feeling of down upon him was truly refreshing.

“According to what you said, they naturally have received their punishment.” Li Yunmu nodded and immediately changed the topic of discussion. “But... what if someone in Asura City attacks the ancestor?”

The moment he said that, Jiao Xiu froze, but continued to maintain his slight smile. He did not have the slightest reaction.

Jiau Xiu believed himself to be extremely shrewd, and he had thought of all sorts of plans while coming to the colosseum. Since Chen Xiu had sealed the cultivations of the three young masters and four great elders without the slightest scruple, god father had to be supporting him from behind and using him to obtain leverage over the others.

It was quite likely that the three young masters and four great elders would have only spoken rudely and would receive a little bit of punishment. In that case, if Chen Xiu continued to pester them, Jiao Xiu would use his ability to make him eat grievances.

What he hadn’t considered though was that the three young masters and four great elders might have attacked Chen Xiu.

In the past, none of the ancestors had ever been attacked by someone in Asura City.

In Jiao Xiu’s mind, a long forgotten rule appeared. Disrespecting an ancestor and attacking them were two completely different concepts, and the punishment was completely different as well. Disrespecting only represented speaking or acting rudely to an ancestor and thus apart from the citizens and branch family descendants who received death penalty, direct descendants and elders would at most receive a hundred lashes.

As for attacking, regardless of the status of the person, as long as their position did not surpass that of an ancestor, they would receive death penalty. It was a rule laid down by ancestors themselves, so no one would break it unless it was forgotten.

“Why aren’t you speaking? If you won’t speak, then I will speak in your place. Regardless of whether it is an ordinary citizen of Asura City or a direct descendant, whoever attacks an ancestor will only have one fate awaiting them—the destruction of their body and soul.

“Among the three young masters and four great elders, there are some who have raised their hand against me. Thus, my punishment is only beginning and has yet to conclude. You four need to withdraw to the side and retrieve your divine presence. Don’t alarm the beasts.”

Li Yunmu casually waved his hand while speaking with a hint of impatience on his face.

When the three young masters and the four elders in the colosseum heard his words, their faces immediately paled. By then, they had already believed that they had escaped alive, but it showed up that they were still going to die.

Everyone’s complexion turned ash-white, and they nervously looked at the clan patriarchs in the sky. Jiao Xiu did not reply, but he did not leave the sky either. If he left, it would mean truly bowing before Chen Xiu.

Yet if he did not leave, he would have to face the repercussions of disrespecting an ancestor about which they had talked previously.

Whichever path he chose, he would have to eat a loss. Jiao Xiu looked at the carefree Chen Xiu, squarely facing up to his former patriarch. Someone who had obtained the recognition of god father and was being used a chess piece by him was really not simple.

“Lord Ashchen, this means that the three young masters and the four great elders must die, right?” Jiao Xiu calmly said, with the clothes on his body fluttering without any wind and a powerful presence erupting from him like a volcano.

Li Yunmu slightly shook his head while looking at the four people in the sky.

“Naturally no,” he said indifferently. “Is it possible that you think that I am bent on killing the innocent? As long as those two who attacked me remain behind, others can go. Right, leave the two from Rahu Clan.”

What was the difference between leaving two behind and leaving all behind?

Jiao Xiu looked at Chen Xiu with endless resentment in his heart. Chen Xiu’s way of doing things was straightforward and without the slightest flaw. If the others agreed to leave behind the two people from Rahu Clan like he asked, the patriarch of Rahu Clan would naturally not agree. If the other three patriarchs still left, the alliance between the four great clans would rupture.

But if they did not agree, then the three young masters and four great elders would die. The patriarchs of the four clans were naturally not willing to let that happen, however, so they could only forcefully rescue them. If the four of them attacked, Chen Xiu who had recently become a god would naturally not be their opponent. In the worst case scenario though, god father residing in the city lord’s mansion might make his move.

“No need to continue talking nonsense with him. A bastard like him dares to be so arrogant after obtaining the attention of god father? He is too wanton. We four should directly attack and capture him.”

The patriarch of the Rahu Clan had a fiery temper, and so he howled loudly. A golden light blossomed around his hands, and his figure immediately turned into a blur that rushed toward Li Yunmu. When the other three clan patriarchs saw that, they sighed slightly and attacked without the slightest hesitation.