Max Level Metaphysician: A Debt Repayment Journey…?
Chapter 513: The ancestor mocks greatly

Chapter 513: 513: The ancestor mocks greatly

Jiangli chuckled lightly, "Is that so? Yet, why do I feel that you are even worse than animals? There’s an old saying, ’Even a tiger does not eat its young,’ but you’re not even up to a tiger’s standards, and you still dare to speak of the value of human life? Furthermore, when you took a life, why didn’t you think that life was precious? Is your life the only life that matters, and others’ lives don’t?"

Chu Xi’s father’s face puffed up as if inflated, "You!"

"Little girl—"

Chu Xi’s mother grabbed hold of Chu Xi’s father, who was about to explode in rage.

She seemed to finally muster the courage to defend for her children, pleading eyes fixed on Jiangli, full of entreaty.

"I know you must be capable, that you can help us. I also know that we have brought this misfortune upon ourselves. I am willing to make compensation, even with my own life! But my children are innocent. Can’t you spare them? They don’t know anything..."

Jiangli looked at Chu Xi’s mother, and the chill in her eyes subsided a bit, "As I said before, this is your retribution. Instead of begging me, you should beg her."

She...

Chu Xi’s mother suddenly realized who the ’she’ Jiangli was referring to.

She immediately said, "Is my youngest sister here? Can I see her? I could go beg her. Even if she takes me away, as long as it dissipates her resentment and spares my other children any harm, I’ll do anything..."

Looking into Chu Xi’s mother’s eager eyes, Jiangli said, "She is not here."

Chu Xi’s mother and Chu Xi were both taken aback.

Chu Xi’s mother: "Didn’t you just say that she was here?"

"That was to deceive you," Jiangli said indifferently.

Chu Xi subconsciously touched his own spine, "Then, the Abbot was looking behind me all this time..."

"She may not be here, but the sins are on you." Jiangli looked at Chu Xi, who was surrounded by layers of deep red sins, visible only to her.

Black represents the transgressions made by oneself.

Red represents the sins of ancestors or from past lives.

That’s why Jiangli couldn’t help but look at Chu Xi more when she first saw him.

"Then, what must I do to beg for her forgiveness?" Chu Xi’s mother asked, lost for what to do upon hearing this.

Jiangli glanced with the corner of her eye at Chu Xi’s father beside her, "She is trapped in the tomb, unable to pass on, enduring agony day after day. Sorcery, after all, is sorcery, and a price must be paid to alleviate her resentment."

"Whatever the price, I am willing to pay it!" Chu Xi’s mother immediately replied earnestly.

Jiangli rested her arm on the table, propping her forehead, "You’re quite funny."

Chu Xi’s mother was taken aback, "What..."

Jiangli said, "Don’t you find yourself laughable? You didn’t protect her, but you weren’t the one who killed her either. How can you believe that your sacrifice will appease her resentment?"

Chu Xi’s mother’s face turned pale.

Chu Xi’s father’s complexion turned green.

"This sort of thing, naturally, whoever took action is responsible," Jiangli hinted meaningfully.

Chu Xi’s father rubbed his thighs and knees vigorously, his face alternating between shades of green and pale, his brows furrowing and relaxing in a repeated cycle.

After a while, he seemed to gather his courage and said, "So, what should I do?"

Jiangli corrected, "You should say, what do you think you can do as atonement."

Hearing the sarcasm in her tone, Chu Xi’s father flushed, "I, I don’t know..."

"Are you truly remorseful?" Jiangli pointed out the crux of the issue.

Chu Xi’s father: "..."

Jiangli scoffed, "You don’t even believe that you’re wrong. Why would I dictate what you need to do?"

Chu Xi’s father couldn’t stand it any longer and almost wished he could crawl into a hole.

But he had to admit, Jiangli was right...

He believed that he had acted with the Chu Family’s best interests at heart. How could it all be his fault alone?