Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me
Chapter 1225 - 852 Taoist Master can die, but his death must have value. _2

Chapter 1225: 852 Taoist Master can die, but his death must have value. _2

"Your Majesty, although these five are guilty, after all, they are beings of the Innate Dao Sovereign Realm. If we just kill them outright, it would seem rather wasteful."

After hesitating for a long time, an old Taoist Master behind Jiang Chen couldn’t help but speak up. He was genuinely afraid that Jiang Chen, in a moment of impulsiveness, might just kill those five Innate Dao Sovereigns he had captured.

As long as there was no betrayal, no matter what crime an Innate Dao Sovereign had committed, they were generally punished lightly. After all, it wasn’t easy for the Human Race to cultivate a Daoist Master.

"Hmph, it’s precisely because when an Innate Dao Sovereign makes a mistake, we punish lightly and admonish sternly, that Dao Sovereigns become increasingly arrogant, having no regard for the Human Race in their eyes, only caring for themselves."

Jiang Chen had a different opinion; he felt that some rules of the Human Race needed to change. An Innate Dao Sovereign is still human; if they make a mistake and don’t pay a price for it, then they will surely err again.

The cost of committing crimes being too low only encourages the arrogance of criminals. Knowing they have erred but won’t face severe punishment, who could resist making the same mistake again under similar circumstances?

Take those few Ancestral Land Daoist Masters captured by Jiang Chen, for instance. Why did they dare to be so audacious?

Isn’t it because they knew that as Innate Dao Sovereigns, even if they offended the Human King, at worst, they would be put under house arrest or sent to guard some dangerous territory and that it wouldn’t harm their core existence?

Since it won’t harm their core, they naturally have no fear of the Human King.

"Then what does Your Majesty plan to do with them?"

Knowing he couldn’t dissuade Jiang Chen, the old Taoist Master sighed and asked.

"Killing them, that’s obviously out of the question. It’s not easy for any tribe to cultivate an Innate Dao Sovereign. Our Human Race may have abundant resources, but we can’t just execute five Innate Dao Sovereigns outright."

"According to my plan, I intend to send them to the battlefields of myriad races, each dragging a Dao Sovereign of the myriad races into battle or to send them to the void rifts to hunt the Fierce Beasts that dwell within."

There was nothing to hide; Jiang Chen straightforwardly revealed his intentions. It wasn’t easy for the Human Race to cultivate an Innate Dao Sovereign, and naturally, it wouldn’t make sense to let them die in vain. Even in death, it should be meaningful and reflect their value. It wouldn’t be a worthless death.

"..."

The three Taoist Masters behind Jiang Chen no longer spoke. What happened to not killing people? Sending them to the myriad races or the void rifts, what was this all about? Wasn’t this sending them to their deaths?

The battlefields of myriad races need no introduction, but the void rifts are no simple place. They are the strongholds of Fierce Beasts, inhabited even by Quasi-Saint level creatures.

Even the powerful Human Race only dares to station troops at the entrances of the void rifts and does not venture deep within. If these five Ancestral Land Daoist Masters were to enter, it’s possible they might never come out again.

"Isn’t that good? Whether they go to the battlefields of myriad races or to the void rifts, they could alleviate the pressure on our Human Race. It wouldn’t be in vain for them to have come into this world."

Since it wasn’t realistic to execute them directly, they could only be sent to their deaths, lessening pressure on the Human Race before their end. It would count as their contribution to the Human Race and somewhat demonstrate their worth; their deaths would not be in vain.

Responsibility and duty are relative. As the protagonists of Heaven and Earth, the Human Race enjoys the benefits bestowed by Heaven and Earth, but naturally, they also have to shoulder corresponding duties.

Why is it that there are so many powerhouses in the Human Race, yet their presence is seldom seen in the Three Realms? Is it because they are all ascetic Cultivators, living reclusive lives?

Certainly not!

They, too, wish to roam freely between Heaven and Earth, but they cannot, for they all have their own missions, responsible for suppressing the various dangerous places within Heaven and Earth. Thus, they have no opportunity to appear within the Three Realms.

Not only the Human Race, but the masters of other forces also generally do the same, assigned to various dangerous locations. Because of this, when one looks across the Three Realms, high-level masters are essentially nowhere to be seen.

It’s not that they don’t exist, but rather that the masters each have their own tasks and cannot easily move about between Heaven and Earth.

The Chaos World has been damaged repeatedly, and nobody believes that Heaven and Earth would just silently endure it all, right? Of course not; if Heaven and Earth were to passively suffer everything, there would not be instances of beings suffering cosmic retribution.

Although Heaven and Earth lack consciousness, they possess instincts, and they too will seek retaliation. The dangerous places scattered throughout Heaven and Earth are Heaven and Earth’s retribution against Living Beings.

Like a fissure in the void, this wound from the shattered Prehistoric World, unable to heal, was filled with boundless Powers of Destruction, giving rise to countless Fierce Beasts.

And the space fissures in the Chaos World were not limited to just one, but many.

To prevent these Fierce Beasts from escaping and wreaking havoc on Heaven and Earth, the Human Race, the protagonists of the world, together with the Mystic Sect, the greatest power of Prehistoric, sent out numerous experts to guard the entrance of the space fissures, constantly battling the beasts.

Beyond that, there are other dangerous places in Heaven and Earth, such as the annihilation tides formed by the powers of the four spirits—earth, fire, water, and wind, the destructive storms formed by the surging of the Five Elements, the Thunder Sea formed by the sweeping powers of Yin and Yang...

To prevent them from striking the Three Realms, these places all needed to be guarded, with formations used to weaken their power year after year.

All these were the pressures faced by the Human Race. To suppress them, the Human Race really did deploy a large number of their elite, who could be said to be tied up here, unable to move.

Including the Mystic Sect, the Primordial three tribes... all these top-tier forces were the same; in response to the retaliation of nature, the elites of Prehistoric were consumed by it.

On the other hand, the more common or weaker powers did not need to face these pressures.

When the sky falls, the tall ones will hold it up first, an accurate depiction of the current situation in Prehistoric.

Jiang Chen’s goal was to send the Innate Dao Sovereigns who had erred to these places, to use their lives to quell the disturbances, thus relieving the burden on the Human Race.

Can’t the major disturbances be calmed, can’t the lesser ones be calmed? With each disturbance quelled, the Human Race could redeploy a significant number of their elite.

Innate Dao Sovereigns are not immortal, but they should not die in vain; since that’s the case, let them manifest their true value and be worthy of the Human Race’s nurturing.

"Let’s not talk about this anymore. First, exterminate all those troublemaking clans. After that, clear out the Ancestral Land again, then we can discuss how to deal with the Innate Dao Sovereigns,"

Seeing they were about to arrive at the Grand Temple, Jiang Chen stopped talking and said no more.

For those below the Innate Dao Sovereigns, Jiang Chen, as the Human King, could make decisions with a single word. Even if it was just one or two Innate Dao Sovereigns, Jiang Chen could still act on his own intuition.

But with five Innate Dao Sovereigns, Jiang Chen couldn’t make a decision so easily; he had to consult with the other high-ranking members of the Human Race to determine their rightful punishment.

One could say that times had changed. In the past, when the Human Race was few in number and had only one king, naturally, whatever the Human King said was law. But now, the Human Race not only has many Human Kings but also numerous sages and even Human Emperors above them.

This meant that the Human King lost the ability to make unilateral decisions on many issues involving the upper echelons.

Moreover, as the Innate Dao Sovereigns are incarnations of the Tao, they deserve a certain level of dignity. Even if they truly are guilty, they cannot be judged in front of everyone, causing them to lose all face. This isn’t about giving face to the Dao Sovereigns, but to the Tao that they cultivate.

...

By the time Jiang Chen and his party arrived at the Grand Temple, there was still some time left before the time he had set, so not many people had gathered yet. Jiang Chen took a glance around, not in a hurry, and stepped into the Grand Temple.

Having come all the way to the front of the Grand Temple doors, it would be somewhat improper not to go inside and offer incense to the past sages.

When Jiang Chen came out after offering incense, people had almost all arrived, crowding the plaza in front of the Grand Temple, waiting for Jiang Chen’s address.

Before, upon hearing Jiang Chen’s orders, even if he spoke sternly, the people from the Ancestral Land might not have cared.

But now, things were different; even the Innate Dao Sovereigns left behind at the Ancestral Land had been captured by him. How could the members of the Human Tribe from the Ancestral Land not be afraid? They no longer dared to take Jiang Chen’s words lightly and hurried over.

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