Chapter 2205: He Decides to Die

Knock knock knock, knock knock knock.Chen Suan's index finger rhythmically knocked the armrest of the chair.Knock knock knock, knock knock knock.This sound was like someone currently knocking on a door.But the door of the Taixu prison room would not open.A prisoner in the Taixu illusion realm was absolutely impossible to leave before the end of their punishment period.Chen Suan sat in the only chair in the room. In front of him was the only table, and spread open on the table was a letter.He had been looking at the scribbled plea for help on the letter, contemplating for a long time.The virtual shadow of the sundial outside the window was projected onto the wall, letting him clearly know how time was passing, and letting him understand how much longer his punishment period was.After a long day of thinking...He decided to die.In his hand, he held a sword. This sword was three feet three inches long and one inch nine fen wide. It had a black and white Bi-Color Wood hilt, a light yellow and green embroidered copper sheath, and an iron blade that was just slowly revealing itself.This sword was named "Wai Fang," meaning "Beyond the Square," or "Outside the Dao."Everything he calculated, everything outside the calculation, he used "Wai Fang" to contend with.He was the most cautious person, often waiting until he had complete certainty before acting.But life had exceptions, just like this sword.Just like before in Tianjing City, he drew his sword when facing Jiang Wang.Heaven's mechanism held no lucky reasons; he still had to contend outside of heaven's mechanism.One with "Suan" (Calculate) as his name, with "Tianji" (Heaven's Mechanism) as his divine ability, holding the "Wai Fang" sword, within the Taixu illusion realm, was named "Jia Fugui."Finally, he knew that merit, fame, honor, disgrace, power, and wealth were all an empty field.Chen Suan had learned thirty-six sections of Penglai sword techniques, twenty-seven sections of Jing Country treasury sword techniques, six sections of Yujing Mountain sword techniques, thirteen sections of Da Luo Mountain sword techniques. Each section was a handed-down classic. He had also created one section of sword canon himself, named "Tianji."He understood how to use a sword very well.Killing people had a thousand changes and myriad forms, countless possibilities, but suicide was very simple—Draw the sword, place it horizontally across the neck, and pull with force.The sword blade would easily cut open the skin, sever the throat tube, sink into fresh blood, cut through flesh and sinews directly until the last layer of skin... the head would then detach.Chen Suan had foreseen death and even chewed on the pain of decapitation, but he did not succeed in dying.He clearly and completely slit his own throat, but everything seemed not to have happened.He still sat in that only chair, looking at that only table. The letter spread open on the table had not a single fold mark, nor a trace of blood stain.The blood splatter that had turned into a painting naturally did not exist.The pain was not an illusion, but suicide had become a fleeting shadow.Chen Suan's face was expressionless.As expected.The Taixu Dao Master would not let him die.Of course, it wasn't that the Taixu Dao Master had any good feelings towards people from Jing Country, or particularly looked at Chen Suan with favor. It was because the Taixu Dao Master acted strictly according to the law, and all actions adhered to the Taixu Iron Rules.He, Chen Suan, was imprisoned in the Taixu Pavilion. His punishment for his crime was only imprisonment, without any other injury, much less capital punishment.What the Taixu illusion realm was supposed to do was to imprison him in the Taixu Pavilion, wait for the end of his punishment period, and then release him completely whole, not hand over a corpse after five years.In other words—originally, in the Taixu prison room, there was nothing at all, nothing could be done, he could only stare blankly at his friend's plea for help. He finally obtained a chip.This was a bloody chip, a gamble on his life.Its weight was not known to others, but it was absolutely not without use.Chen Suan didn't say a word, nor did he take any other action. He only drew out the long sword again and slit his neck again. His strength and speed did not change at all.He felt the pain, just like the first time.Then everything was wiped away again, and he still didn't succeed in dying.Chen Suan continued to draw his sword, continued to slit his throat.His face was expressionless, and he repeated the cycle. It seemed it would continue forever, until the end of his punishment period. The determination of a present-day True Person could be verified.The Taixu Dao Master could prevent him from dying in the Taixu illusion realm, but how could they explain—the Tianjiao of Jing Country chose to die the first moment after the five-year punishment period ended?After one hundred and forty-seven self-inflicted cuts—Knock knock knock!The sound of knocking on the door truly rang out.Chen Suan lowered the long sword that was horizontally placed at his neck and slowly and methodically returned it to its sheath, as if he had only struck a pose. He brushed off his collar, then flipped over the letter on the table, and said: "Please come in! I am only a prisoner here, not the master here, there's no need to be so polite."That door that absolutely would not open, finally opened.Ju Kui, as the representative of the Taixu Pavilion, slowly walked into the prison room. With him was Zhong Xuan, who held a pen in one hand and a bamboo slip in the other, supervising and recording.Zhong Xuan silently sized up this interval of the prison room, and of course, also noticed the covered-up letter on the table. Ju Kui only stared at Chen Suan.Chen Suan smiled apologetically: "Conditions are simple, no tea or refreshments to offer, please forgive me. As for chairs, there's only one, so I can't ask the two of you to sit down."Ju Kui said: "This is a prison room after all. Having a table, a chair, and a bed is already quite presentable, I think."Chen Suan did not refute: "That's right, I am a person who has committed a crime after all."He looked at Ju Kui: "And you and the one beside you are all members of the Taixu Pavilion. Let us review the authority of the Taixu Pavilion again—all matters of the present world Taixu are handled by the Taixu Pavilion. The two of you hold high positions and heavy authority. How do you plan to handle my matter?"Ju Kui said without any emotion: "Tell me, why did you commit suicide?""Did I commit suicide?" Chen Suan retorted from where he sat: "I, Chen Suan, am a child of Tianjiao, a True Person of the present world. The direct disciple of the Eastern Celestial Master, the face of Penglai Island, a leading figure among the young generation of Jing Country. At most, I will just sit in prison here for five years. After five years, a high position in the empire will not be lacking for me. A present-day True Person enjoys a life of one thousand two hundred and ninety-six years. I haven't even lived a fraction of that, and I still have a great time ahead—please tell me, why would I commit suicide?"Chen Suan had no reason at all to commit suicide, and he had already emphasized this point.So if he really did commit suicide, no one would believe it was suicide.He must have suffered inhuman torment in the Taixu Pavilion prison room, endured insults that extinguished his desire for life, or perhaps this was a manipulated "being suicided"...And the most important point—no matter what, Jing Country would not believe that Chen Suan had committed suicide. Even if the evidence was placed in front of them, they would try every method to overturn it. Because a True Person of Jing Country could not die meaninglessly. Because centered around this matter, too many articles could be made!The severity of the matter was very clear to every member of the Taixu Pavilion. This was also why Ju Kui and Zhong Xuan rushed to the prison room.Zhong Xuan seriously sized up Chen Suan, re-recognizing this person.And Ju Kui looked at Chen Suan: "No matter what you say, using a sword to cut your neck and chopping off your head, even once, requires great courage. You must have your purpose."This member of the Taixu Pavilion, who held the Five Punishment Pagoda, seemed not to be severe today, only asking: "Tell me, what do you want?""I will emphasize it again." Chen Suan smiled: "From beginning to end, I never considered suicide, nor did I attempt suicide. I certainly never took a sword and cut my own neck—if one day, you do see this scene, I think there must be a hidden story behind it. Please help me find out the truth and not let me die unclear and ignorant. I think this is also the spirit of Legalism.""Good." Ju Kui said: "You are indeed a smart person. Then we don't need to beat around the bush anymore, just tell me your conditions directly.""If you want to chat like this, I can't chat with you." Chen Suan said: "What conditions? No offense—but I am a prisoner, how can I be qualified to talk about conditions with your Taixu Pavilion?""You don't need to be too vigilant, good, just pretend I didn't say anything." Ju Kui maintained patience and spread his hands: "Then I want to ask, you have been confined here for so many days, how do you feel?""I feel very good, very steady." Chen Suan said with a proper attitude: "Every day I am reflecting, repenting, and feeling ashamed for the wrong things I have done. After I get out, I will certainly regulate my words and deeds, strictly demand of myself, become a person who contributes to the Taixu illusion realm, and become a person beneficial to the human race."Zhong Xuan's face was expressionless, not wanting to record a single word, but still recorded it.Ju Kui then said: "Then, out of humanitarian concern, and also in view of the contributions you have made in the past, this pavilion represents the Taixu illusion realm to inquire of you—at this moment, do you have any demands? You did not commit a death crime and enjoy certain personal rights. Within a reasonable scope, it is not impossible for us to discuss.""Release me." Chen Suan said.Ju Kui turned around and just walked away."Hahaha, wait a moment! Just kidding!" Chen Suan laughed.Ju Kui stopped and looked at him coldly.Chen Suan pondered for a while, seeming to be seriously thinking, after 'thinking' for a period of time, he sighed: "I did something stupid and was confined here, it is my deserved punishment. Regret often gnaws at my heart and makes me unable to sleep at night.""The person I feel most sorry for is my master!"His eyes were full of genuine emotion, expressing it richly: "How am I worthy of his earnest teachings, how am I worthy of him pouring his heart and soul into me? I had no opportunity to say anything to him before I came in, and after I came in, I think about him every day. I'm not by his side, how can he hold his head high? I really want to write him a letter!"Ju Kui looked at him for a while, and finally said: "We need to discuss this matter.""You are exercising your authority, and I have always respected the authority of the Taixu Pavilion." Chen Suan made a 'please' gesture with his hand, polite and courteous: "Please be convenient.""But beyond this, I need to remind you—" Ju Kui looked at him seriously: "Some matters may happen once but not twice. Our concessions are not unlimited and must be within the framework of the Taixu Iron Rules.""I don't understand what you are saying." Chen Suan laughed: "I just want to write a letter to my master, telling him my longing and regret. If you feel it is not suitable, then I just won't write it. I greatly respect the authority of the Taixu Pavilion, and I am very willing to abide by your rules.""Do you have any other demands?" Zhong Xuan asked from the side.Chen Suan no longer laughed and said seriously: "I am not a greedy person. As a captured prisoner, being able to write a letter to my master makes me very satisfied. Beyond this, I have no other requests.""Wait for notification." Ju Kui said, then turned and walked outside: "Don't do boring things again.""Okay." Even at such a time, Chen Suan was still very cautious and polite: "Sitting here in a daze is indeed quite boring. I will immediately go back to studying the Dao scripture."The door of the room closed, and the two members of the Taixu Pavilion disappeared.This interval of the prison room was again isolated from the world.The letter paper on the table was slowly folded up.In the void, a sheet of paper covered in Sanskrit unfolded.It was only one sheet among many.Dense pages rapidly flipped over, seemingly describing someone's life, and the Sanskrit chanting grew louder!Leiyin Pagoda instantly became tall and imposing, Buddha light flowed in all directions, shining amidst the sky full of yellow sand, suppressing the boundless demon qi.The Sanskrit sound of universal salvation intimidated and killed the group of demons, its sound saying—"No cause for resentment, no end to hatred, no special shame, no nameless generation. I should become a Buddha, let him criticize me! I should become a Buddha, let him slander me!"This was none other than Huangfu's scripture, the "Great Compassion Universal Salvation Heart Sutra," and naturally, it was the scripture of Yellow-faced Buddha.Jiang Wang listened to the content and was also moved by Yellow-faced Buddha's realm. Let him criticize me, let him slander me... what kind of heart is this? What kind of spirit?But immediately after, he heard the next sentence—"I have already become a Buddha! The crime of slandering a Buddha, how can it not lead to death!?"Jiang Zhenren drove the sword tide that covered the sky and the earth, rolling over in the endless yellow sand, trembling a bit each time, nearly missing a kill.Combining this with the fact that Yellow-faced Buddha had endured for a while when becoming a Buddha, and then settled accounts one by one after becoming a Buddha. He truly deserved to be called "Great Compassion," what a great "Universal Salvation"!The Sanskrit sound of universal salvation converged into a single sound, and the treasure-light brilliant Leiyin Pagoda boomed down!The dense yin demons were cleared away in an instant. The surging, sea-like demon qi dissipated in an instant. This deep part of the edge wilderness, seven thousand li beyond the life and death line, actually had a moment of clarity!Of course, very quickly, demon qi swept back again.The treasure-light ostentatious Leiyin Pagoda instantly shrunk into a delicate object, spinning at Huang Sheli's fingertip. And she stepped on Jing Feng, strolling in the air."It seems these demon races are determined to shrink their line. We've been killing for so long, and haven't even seen a single hair of a true demon!" Huang Sheli's beautiful eyes rolled, and she laughed: "Brother Wang, do we still want to continue?"Jiang Wang looked into the distance with red eyes, as if lost in thought: "It is also not impossible to retreat."Where was the place where Zhongshan Yan Wen set up the eight thousand li True Person stele?He was alone against the edge wilderness world, and without any supplies, he killed his way to the deepest place a present-day True Person could reach.Three thousand li beyond the life and death line was already territory the demon race needed to control, the root of the demon qi. Before three thousand li, demon things grew rampant and flowed freely. After three thousand li, demon race elite teams began to patrol, truly embodying the concept of demon race "defense."Danger was everywhere, so from this invisible distance line, it became the "life forbidden zone."Human race demon hunting teams in the edge wilderness usually stopped at this point. Non-Divine Arrival powerhouses could not continue forward.Six thousand li beyond the life and death line, True Demons often appeared.Eight thousand li beyond the life and death line, it was necessarily within the range of Heavenly Demon forces.That is to say, Zhongshan Yan Wen was initially alone, circling under the eyes of Heavenly Demons, setting up steles to boast of his martial prowess!Jiang Wang and Huang Sheli joined hands, sweeping across the seven thousand li line. It could be said that as long as Heavenly Demons didn't appear, there was no one who could rival them. Even True Demons who wanted to block their path needed to do so in groups.Previously, when Jiang Wang and Cang Ming crossed the life and death line together, they repeatedly clashed with True Demons. Wherever the demon qi was rampant, they killed their way there. This resulted in the battle record of beheading two True Demons, which nearly exhausted Cang Ming, who was numbered as the "Present-day Divine Messenger," in the edge wilderness so close to the divine glory of Cangtu.This time, he provoked the edge again, but no True Demon was willing to respond to the challenge.As for the Heavenly Demons... when he and Cang Ming hunted True Demons, and when he and Huang Sheli swept across the seven thousand li line, behind them was Yan Dao's attention, all waiting for the Heavenly Demons to make a move.But Heavenly Demons were not so easy to lure.The plan of Tuhu and the Illusionary Demon Monarch required a hundred-year scheme, and in the end, they only managed to peel off a false face.Before the construction of the Yu Abyss Great Wall, Xu Wang's beheading of the Asura Monarch King was also considered a great merit. These existences at the absolute peak of cultivation all aspired to the limits of the world, and this was also how the human race maintained absolute suppression over heterogeneous races, allowing heterogeneous peaks like the Heavenly Demons to choose relatively narrow spaces, unable to contend on equal footing. Under this inevitable trend, Jiang Wang could only jump around so lively.For three whole days and three nights, Jiang Wang and Huang Sheli moved across the edge wilderness, almost destroying all the large demon gathering points on Jing Country's side of the seven thousand li line. But being unable to behead True Demons meant no loss for the demon race, and no harvest for the two present-day True Persons."Then let's go back." Huang Sheli sighed, but then laughed: "However—you seem to have lost. If you made a bet, you have to admit defeat. Have you thought about what you're going to lose to me?"She dared to compare the number of demons killed with Jiang Wang, of course, she had confidence.Cultivating a body of Buddha merit, her efficiency in suppressing demons was terrifyingly high. As soon as the Sanskrit chanting began, the group of demons took refuge, and as soon as the Buddha light shone, the demon things dissolved in groups.Jiang Wang only laughed: "Is that so?"At the same time his words fell, two Dharma appearances, reaching three hundred zhang high, rose behind him!One had wild hair, protruding fangs, red eyes, and towering demonic might.One was born with dragon horns, showed an immortal appearance, was exceptionally handsome, and exuded dense immortal qi.They stood side by side, flying swiftly towards the two sides, sweeping away everything between heaven and earth like a wild tide."Dao Method· True Fire Burning Plains!"Red fire submerged the yellow sand into a sea. Wherever it swept, the demons all turned into smoke."Immortal Method· All Seeing All Hearing Die!"Boundless seeing and hearing lines all turned into killers, piercing into the skulls of the demons!()()