Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me
Chapter 877 - 674 cost

Chapter 877: 674 cost

"What do you mean by this, Emperor Lord? Are you dissatisfied with my words?"

Even after Jiang Chen spat in his face, that Elder of the Law Hall didn’t get angry. Instead, he wiped the spit off and counterquestioned him calmly.

"Shameless!"

"If sacrifices must be made, then why can’t it be you instead of those mortals?"

"Your flippantly spoken word of ’sacrifice’ has caused the efforts of two eras of our Human Race to go down the drain and led to the needless deaths of countless clan members."

"Are they supposed to die? Are they supposed to be sacrificed for your plans?"

"What are you exactly, to deserve the sacrifices of countless mortals? Ask yourselves, what have you done for the Human Race, do you deserve it?"

Remembering the clan members who died due to the weakening of the Human Race, Jiang Chen couldn’t help but furiously scold the Elder from the Law Hall.

"Emperor Lord, please, calm down. If our Human Race wishes to truly become the protagonist of Heaven and Earth, sacrifices are inevitable; that is the price we must pay."

"For the Human Race, their sacrifices are worthwhile."

The Elder from the Law Hall remained composed, still speaking with righteousness.

"Heh, double standards, huh?"

"The clan members who died because of the Human Race’s concealment are just a necessary price to pay. Those who died fighting the Demon Clan are innocently slaughtered."

"So, whatever fits your agenda is right; what doesn’t fit your agenda is wrong. You monopolize both sides of the argument; is there even a need to continue this debate?"

Jiang Chen sneered, ready to send him away.

"Emperor Lord, you’ve misunderstood..." The Elder from the Law Hall began, trying to explain, however, before he could finish, Jiang Chen interrupted him:

"No need to explain. All this talk about sacrifices for the Human Race being worthwhile, I see now, it’s actually sacrifices for your plans that are worthwhile. The opposite is not worthwhile."

"Your self-interest is too heavy; you are not fit to speak with me, nor are you fit to represent the Human Race."

"You should know that to be born as a human, living under Heaven and Earth, is to live well, not to be a price paid for your damned plans."

"Who wishes to live as a price while alive? Your so-called price is someone else’s life; on what basis?"

"Even if they truly are sacrificed as a price, so what if the Human Race becomes the protagonist of Heaven and Earth? What does it have to do with them? They are already dead; even if the Human Race becomes prosperous, they won’t enjoy a slither of the benefits."

"Sacrificing a small part to benefit the majority sounds so easy, but why must that small part be sacrificed for you? Have they done something wrong?"

"Get out!"

"If I see you again, I will kill you."

Jiang Chen waved his sleeve, creating a gust of wind that swept up the Elder from the Law Hall and blew him into the depths of the void, to who knows where.

"A bunch of villains!"

With a cold huff, Jiang Chen stepped up the green mountain and headed towards the place where the demons of the Lower Realm were imprisoned.

"Emperor Lord, do you truly wish to ignite a war between the two clans, leading to the devastation of all living beings?"

"We have strived for hundreds of thousands of years, sacrificed so much, to create this current state of weakness in the Human Race. Do you realize that if you rashly start a war, it could nullify all our previous efforts, turning them to water?"

"Can you really bear to see the sacrifices of countless beings go to waste?"

Just then, an elderly voice suddenly echoed in Jiang Chen’s ears, calling out to him as if reverberating in his heart, seeking to shake his Taoist resolve.

Here it came, the classic rhetoric of laying low, the main reason they had defeated the King’s faction. So much had already been sacrificed; if the plan was changed now, all previous sacrifices would be in vain.

Too much had been invested to turn back now.

"Hmph, playing tricks!"

Activating the Heavenly Dao hairpin, Jiang Chen launched a series of seven-colored divine lights, shattering the Dao Sounds wrapping around his ears.

"Don’t use grand words to pressure me, claiming all sacrifices would go to waste. The previous sacrifices of our clan members were meaningless anyway; they weren’t supposed to be oppressed by all clans. This is called cutting losses in time, a return to the right path."

Jiang Chen, undaunted, faced the pressure from the other side by outright accusing them of harboring ill intentions, insisting his actions were to stem losses and rectify chaos.

"Furthermore, who are you to speak for the entire Human Race? You don’t even take a look at yourself in the mirror; do you deserve to?"

As soon as the other party used Divine Ability to probe his conscience, if Jiang Chen’s Taoist heart wasn’t firm, his will could have wavered on the spot, taken advantage of by the other.

This person’s motive wasn’t pure; naturally, Jiang Chen was not about to be polite and immediately started berating him.

"You... vulgar!"

The other party, perhaps long accustomed to being revered, had never been treated this way. The direct scolding left him so angry that he couldn’t speak.

"Skulking in the shadows, yet to show your face—is it because you’re too unsightly to be seen?"

Jiang Chen’s skin was thick; being called vulgar was nothing but a light scratch to him. His expression unchanged, he continued to scold the hidden person.

"Impudent!"

The person in the shadows grew angry, stepping out from the void. It was a middle-aged man wearing a jade crown and splendid robes. Raising his hand, his palm gathered dazzling Taoist light, ready to strike down at Jiang Chen.

This person was a Quasi-Saint!

"How dare you!"

However, before he could make a move, from the depths of the void, a dignified voice came, scolding him coldly:

"Law Profound, what are you doing? Attacking the head of the Jiang Family, do you really think that just because you’re the head of the Law Hall, you can do whatever you please?"