Chapter 135: Lesser Evil
The monk became stunned. He looked at Jiang Hao for some time but didn’t say anything.
"What happened? Can’t accept it? Weren’t you going to kill me to protect these sects? Weren’t you justifying that a lesser evil is much better and acceptable if it is done for the greater good? So how come you are hesitating?
Isn’t it equal to going back on your own beliefs? That’s not good. Your whole existence is based on your beliefs. How would you live if you go back on them? So you shouldn’t go back on them and prove that you follow your beliefs no matter what.
So here’s a simple offer for you. If you kill yourself, then I will spare at least two cultivators, one from Ethereal Cloud Sanctuary and one from Azure Sky Sect. See, I have improved the situation even more favourably for you. Instead of only one cultivator, I am sparing two. I will even take a heavenly oath this time. So go on, kill yourself for the greater good.
Also, I won’t kill you nor harm you, but if you don’t kill yourself, then remember, you broke your own belief. So any word from you monks would just be lies to manipulate people, nothing else."
The monk just gritted his teeth inwardly and cursed Jiang Hao, and also himself, for opening his mouth earlier. He was sure that they would be able to kill Jiang Hao inside the array, but he was thoroughly mistaken. This monster was unkillable.
What kind of idiots were these two sects to make an enemy out of this monster, destroy their foundations? What utter nonsense. This guy can totally annihilate them if he grows up.
And it looks like their own monastery wouldn’t survive after joining with them. They had dug their own grave.
Now he couldn’t even go back on his words easily. There were many people who were watching this. If he goes back, then it will not only damage his reputation but also his monastery’s reputation.
He would never be able to go back to his monastery again. Killing himself was also impossible—how could he even accept it?
He could only try to find some way to fool the narrative of other people.