Mortals: Take Mo Juren at the start

Chapter 920 Surrender?

On the deck of the giant ship, a white-haired old Taoist suddenly appeared.

Some of the Foundation Establishment cultivators on duty nearby naturally noticed something, but when they found that their leader did not make any movement, they immediately felt relieved.

I think it should be someone the leader knows. Small people like them dare not interfere.

"You, who are you?" As the old Taoist came closer and stood side by side with him, Liudao finally saw the person clearly, but his heart was full of doubts.

Of course, he felt more fear. He was horrified to find that with the strength of his spiritual sense, he could not see the opponent's true strength at all. It was as if the person standing in front of him was an ordinary person with no cultivation.

This is obviously impossible. Not to mention a mortal, even a cultivator of the same level cannot have such a terrifying method that would leave him completely helpless.

Could it be?

  He suddenly thought of a possibility, and it seemed that this was the only possibility!

But ever since the previous Palace Master of the Star Palace passed away hundreds of years ago, existence of that realm has never appeared again!

  "The time is not right yet, so I cannot tell you yet." The old Taoist shook his head slightly, but he obviously did not intend to explain, and then said,

"Now I give you two choices. One is to release your spiritual consciousness and let me plant a restriction. Of course, you can also choose to refuse. In that case, hehe..."

"Even if I give up resistance, how can you guarantee that you won't take my life?" Seeing that the other party did not kill him immediately, Liudao felt a little relieved, but asked again.

  "If I want to kill you, it's no different from killing an ant. Why waste time?" The old Taoist sneered and continued.

"I have already said it. It is up to you to believe it or not."

"I..." As the leader of the Anti-Star Alliance and the strongest person in the Chaos Star Sea, Liudao has not felt so aggrieved for many years. If possible, he really wanted to kill the other party.

Unfortunately, when you are under someone's roof, you have to bow your head. If you continue to resist when you are not as strong as others, it would be tantamount to seeking death.

This is a gamble right now. I'm betting that the other party may have other purposes and not want to take my life. But even so, once I release my spiritual sense and let the other party plant a restriction, I will no longer be able to control my life and death.

This is definitely not his character. As the saying goes, my destiny is in my own hands, and I will never become someone's puppet.

Perhaps, the backup plan I prepared...

Something occurred to him, and he immediately closed his eyes, looking as if he was lost in thought.

  A moment later, when a trace of impatience appeared on the old Taoist's face, he suddenly opened his eyes again, his expression filled with entanglement and unwillingness:

"I can agree to let you plant the restriction, but there is a condition."

  "Are you qualified to negotiate terms?" The old Taoist smiled coldly.

"Don't mention swearing or anything like that. Don't say that I won't agree. Even if I really agree, how can you be sure that I don't have the ability to circumvent the oath?"

"No matter what, at least this makes me feel at ease. Otherwise, without any constraints, I really cannot agree to your request." This time, Liudao was unusually resolute, as if he was ready to die if he was not agreed.

"Really?" The old Taoist's eyes turned colder.

“I still say that. I have no intention of taking your life. If you don’t believe me, there is nothing I can do. Since you have made your decision, there is no room for discussion. It’s just a pity that your cultivation will be wasted. I will grant your wish…”

Having said that, the old Taoist stopped talking nonsense and immediately his mind moved, as if he was urging something.

Liudao's face suddenly changed drastically. He was just arguing with reason in order to add some guarantees. Theoretically, since the other party did not intend to take his life, he should agree.

Who would have thought that the other party would not play by the rules and would kill directly.

Almost instantly, he felt an extreme murderous intent, especially the Nascent Soul in his body, which seemed to be tightly grasped by an invisible giant hand. The feeling of suffocation was simply worse than death.

At this moment, his heart instantly sank to the bottom. He didn't have time to think about it, and immediately gave in while enduring the huge pain:

"Senior, please calm down. I agree to your request. I also hope you can show mercy and forgive my offense."

  "Agreed?" The old Taoist looked slightly surprised. He thought he would insist for a while, but he didn't expect that he would give up right away? As the number one person in Chaos Star Sea, is this guy so soft-hearted? Or is there another reason?

In short, he instinctively felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't figure out why.

"In that case, let's release our spiritual consciousness."

"Night...Junior obeys your command..."

Liudao's face was full of fear, and he immediately gave up resistance as the other party requested. At the same time, the old Taoist also moved his hands very quickly, and suddenly a mysterious curse seal flashing with strange golden light directly sank into his Nascent Soul.

After doing all this, the old Taoist nodded slightly, and then directly dissipated the restrictions in the other person's body.

"What I planted on you is the legendary 'True Soul Curse'. Not to mention a Nascent Soul cultivator like you, even if you were a Spiritualization cultivator, it would be extremely difficult to resolve it."

"True Soul Curse!" Liudao was shocked upon hearing the name. That was a famous vicious secret technique from the ancient times. It was not created by the people of this world. It was said to have come from the high-level demons who once invaded this world.

  This person is clearly dressed as a Taoist priest, yet he possesses such evil magic. Could it be that he is also a demon?

But if that's the case, why is he targeting me? What's his purpose?

As for the 'True Soul Curse', he had already carefully sensed it but found nothing, which showed that it was far beyond his understanding.

The magic power in his body was regained under control, but Liudao did not dare to ask any more questions. Instead, he turned his attention to the battlefield ahead.

At this moment, the monks of the Anti-Star Alliance were still attacking the colorful light curtain with all their might. As for the series of changes happening here, no one found it unusual.

On second thought, it was understandable. After all, he was nominally the strongest person in Chaos Star Sea, so how could he possibly encounter problems? And the series of changes just now happened silently, so naturally, they would not attract any attention.

Speaking of the colorful light curtain, it has been about a quarter of an hour so far. Theoretically, it should be about the same. After all, with the entire army of the Anti-Star Alliance attacking from both inside and outside, no matter how powerful the formation is, it cannot last that long.

But the reality is not so. Until now, the colorful light curtain is still as solid as a rock, with no signs of being breached.

How can it be?

Liudao frowned, wondering if something went wrong with the Anti-Star Alliance monks trapped inside the light curtain, and they did not attack from the inside as he expected?

You have to know that the people trapped inside are the real elite, 70% of them are in the Nascent Soul stage, and half of them are in the Core Formation stage. Without their cooperation, the attack power of these people outside will be greatly weakened. Thinking of this, he immediately communicated with the Four Sky Swords suspended in the air again, intending to continue the attack, but he never thought that he was stopped by the old Taoist before he could make a move.

  "Senior, you..." Liudao's face changed, and he immediately thought of a possibility. Could it be that this old Taoist is on the side of Xinggong?

He didn't even think about the possibility that the other party was actually a member of the Star Palace. After all, if that was true, not to mention that they had been suppressed to the point of almost suffocating for so many years, the Anti-Star Alliance would have had no possibility of being established from the very beginning.

  But even if he is not from the Star Palace, and just has a bias towards it, it is enough to be fatal!

"You don't need to participate in this battle, just let them fight on their own." The old Taoist did not explain anything, but replied indifferently.

Hearing such an answer, Liudao's already ugly face became even gloomier, and his heart sank into the abyss.

This old Taoist really leans towards the Star Palace side. It can be predicted that the Anti-Star Alliance will be completely defeated in this decisive battle, and it will be a miserable defeat.

"Senior, why?" Liudao was really unwilling and asked with a trembling voice.

  "Why?" The old Taoist smiled coldly.

"I would like to ask you, why did you establish the Anti-Star Alliance to resist the rule of the Star Palace? Don't you know the consequences of doing so?"

“I admit that doing so does not take the overall situation into consideration. It will trigger a civil war among the human race, causing the human race to lose strength, which will eventually benefit the outer sea monsters.

But you should also know how selfish and overbearing the Xinggong’s rule has been for tens of thousands of years, especially for our forces of good and evil, and they have tried every means to weaken them.

Faced with this situation, as a demon, how can I not resist? "

  "Xinggong is selfish and domineering?" The old Taoist laughed.

"He is quite good at confusing right and wrong. It is clearly his own fault, but he is able to completely shirk the responsibility."

At this point, he suddenly paused, and glanced at Le Qing who was fighting fiercely with Wan San Gu in the other half of the sky. He found that the other party had already fought with all his strength and was not at a disadvantage at all. Then he continued,

“In ancient times, it was the ancestors of the Star Palace who first came here and paid a huge price to finally win a human habitat from the monsters’ territory.

In the tens of thousands of years that followed, it was also the ancestors of the Star Palace who led more and more human beings, overcoming all obstacles and continuing to expand, leading to everything we have today in the Inner Sea.

  In this situation, is there anything wrong with Xinggong being the ruler of the human race?

As for what you said about being selfish and domineering, don't think that I don't know what's going on. It's nothing more than that you, both the righteous and the evil, have no bottom line. Especially you, the evil cultivators, have done too many evil things that have angered God and man because of your practice of martial arts.

Selling slaves, raising furnaces and cauldrons, slaughtering innocent people, practicing evil skills, refining evil treasures, etc.

  Just like the two demons of the Lan family, these extremely evil demons, isn't it because of your protection that they have been able to survive until now and still roam freely in the world?

How many similar situations are there? Among the many forces in your demonic sect, I'm afraid they are everywhere, right?

As the ruler, Xinggong naturally has to maintain the order of the human race and has set up many targeted rules in order to deal with those who have no bottom line.

This will naturally affect your interests, and it is not surprising that you will unite to resist out of dissatisfaction..."

The old Taoist's story directly tore off all the fig leaves on the other party and left Liudao speechless.

In the final analysis, the claims that Xinggong is selfish and domineering, constantly weakening the power of both good and evil, etc., are just superficial excuses, and fundamentally it is still a struggle for interests.

The inland sea is so small and its resources are limited. With the gradual rise of both the good and evil forces, they naturally came into competition with the Star Palace, and conflict was inevitable.

The Star Palace has made great contributions to the human race. It may have some shortcomings here and there in its rule over the starry sea, and there are indeed some bad apples, but overall it has no fundamental mistakes.

In this situation, it is indeed unreasonable for the good and evil forces to unite because of a conflict of interests and form the Anti-Star Alliance to resist the rule of the Star Palace, especially under the premise that the demon tribe in the outer sea is eyeing them covetously.

The other party specifically mentioned that the demonic monks have no bottom line. This cannot be said to be true for all of them, but it is true for a large part of them.

Because of the way they practiced, most of the demonic monks acted in extremes. In order to gain power, they could abandon family affection, human relations, morality, etc. Especially some of those who practiced evil arts, their methods were so cruel that they were even worse than those of animals.

  Not to mention others, isn’t Liudao himself the same?

To be able to cultivate to his current level, countless innocent souls have died at his hands, and the blood debt he owed would be difficult to wash away even if all the energy in the world was used up.

But there is no way, this is the norm of the evil way.

Compared to the evil ones, the righteous cultivators are actually not much better. Maybe their techniques are a little milder, but their methods are just as bad. There are also many who kill innocent people in order to improve their strength.

In short, the world of immortal cultivation has always been a place where the strong prey on the weak. There are no rules here, and morality, emotions, etc. are just burdens. Only strength and interests are fundamental.

Of course, although this is the case, it cannot be a reason for me to form the Anti-Star Alliance and stir up civil strife among the human race.

"So, senior is determined to support Xinggong?" Putting his thoughts away, Liudao couldn't help but sigh, and seemed to be hesitant to speak.

"Just say whatever you want to say." The old Taoist guessed what the other party was thinking and pointed it out directly.

"Now that things have come to this, I have nothing more to say. I just hope that you can preserve some vitality for me, both the righteous and the evil."

"Do you think Xinggong will do that?" The old Taoist did not answer immediately, but asked the other party back. Sure enough, after hearing this, Liudao also reacted instantly.

That's right, if Xinggong loses this battle, as the leader of the Anti-Star Alliance, he will certainly kill some people, but if the rest are willing to surrender, he will not kill them all.

It's not that he is kind, but he has to do this in the face of the threat from the monsters in the outer sea. Xinggong has ruled the inner sea for tens of thousands of years, so it is impossible for him not to understand this.

Thinking of this, he said no more.

The defeat of the Anti-Star Alliance is certain, and he is now helpless. Naturally, he can't take care of anything else. He should just wait patiently.

His abnormal behavior was nothing at first, but as time passed, it gradually attracted the attention of many monks from the Anti-Star Alliance.

Especially Wan Sangu, she was entangled in love at the moment and had no time to take care of other things, but she was also very concerned about the current situation.

The colorful light curtain could not be breached for a long time, and the lives of the Anti-Star Alliance monks trapped in it were unknown, including the forces of righteousness. Naturally, she was a little anxious.

However, she was in danger all around, but Liudao, as the leader, only launched a symbolic attack and then stood by and watched. This was a bit unreasonable.

  Even if you don't care about the power of the righteous path, there is still the evil path. You can't just stand by and watch them die, right?

She also noticed the white-haired Taoist priest who suddenly appeared beside the other person. His face was unfamiliar and she didn't recognize him, but that was not the point. The key was Liu Dao. Why was he not moving?

Thinking of this, she fought with Le Qing while immediately questioning Liu Dao through voice transmission.