Clan Cultivation: I Transmigrated With My Smartphone-Chapter 619 - 571: Traitor Gu Yang_2
"When the cultivator from the Jin Family took me back to Jinshan City, they treated me well. Every year, I had Jade Emperor Rice to eat, along with some delicacies. They even taught me to read and passed on cultivation techniques. Later, they even married some collateral daughters of the Jin Family to me."
"The Jin Family treated me quite well!"
Jin Xi said, "Then why did you betray my Jin Family?"
Gu Yang said, "At that time, I also thought I was a member of the Jin Family, wholeheartedly serving them. But it wasn't until later events that I realized I was naive and ridiculous. I have always been called Gu Yang, never Jin Yang. To the Jin Family, I was just a son-in-law, a mere henchman!"
"Just like a night pot, they treat you as something when needed but discard you aside when not."
Jin Xi retorted, "You're talking nonsense. The Jin Family treated you well and didn't shortchange you in any way."
Gu Yang said, "Yes, I used to think the same. I considered myself part of the Jin Family, but during my Golden Core Peak stage, I realized it was all a lie.
At Golden Core Peak, I wanted to move to the Nascent Soul stage and sought to redeem a Nascent Soul Secret Manual from the Jin Family, but they wouldn't allow it. Their reason was that the manual wasn't suitable for me."
"I also tried to exchange some Fifth Grade elixirs, but the Jin Family claimed there were none in stock. However, not long after, I witnessed a Jin Family cultivator redeeming a Nascent Soul Secret Manual and Fifth Grade elixirs from the Mansion Vault. Unfortunately, I saw it happen."
Jin Xi said, "It was just an exceptional incident!"
Gu Yang nodded, "Perhaps it was, or maybe I misunderstood. So I investigated thoroughly, continually searching, but found that Jin Family cultivators could easily exchange for Nascent Soul level techniques, Fifth Grade elixirs, magical treasures, and so on. However, none of these were available to cultivators with different surnames!"
"For outsiders, reaching Golden Core Peak is the limit. Becoming a Nascent Soul cultivator is nearly impossible. Over the years, have you seen any non-Jin Family Nascent Soul cultivators?"
Jin Xi opened his mouth to argue.
But found no suitable reason, not even an excuse.
The Jin Family had many cultivators, but all Nascent Soul cultivators carried the Jin surname, and there were none with different surnames.
Gu Yang continued, "It's not just about resources, even in cultivation techniques, outsiders are blocked. Dangerous tasks are often assigned to outsiders; dirty and tiring tasks are also given to them. The more I investigated at Golden Core Peak, the more despair I felt towards the Jin Family."
"The Jin Family is a clan of Jin surname cultivators. We outsiders, no matter how much we strive for the Jin Family, are just cannon fodder, henchmen; no matter how hard we work, we can't become Nascent Soul cultivators or enter the Jin Family's core circle. I saw the Jin Family as my home, the Jin Family cultivators as my brothers; but the Jin Family saw us not as family members, but as a pack of dogs!"
"To a pack of dogs, just throw a few bones. Do dogs expect to eat meat or stand equal to humans? It's neither realistic nor possible."
As he spoke these words, Gu Yang's eyes were blood-red, a murderous intent surging.
Jin Xi listened intently, also emotionally stirred, and involuntarily said, "We of the Jin Family have wronged you, but is this worth colluding with outsiders to sabotage the Jin Family, opening the Mountain Protection Array?"
Gu Yang listened and uncommon silence fell upon him. He said, "Yes, the Jin Family may be unkind, but I can't be unkind. Regardless of later stages, in the early stages, the Jin Family treated me well. At that time, seeing the unfairness towards those of different surnames, I only thought of leaving with your little aunt!"
"If not here, there must be somewhere for me. If the Jin Family treated me badly, I would just leave. Back then, leaving was all I thought about, not revenge against the Jin Family!"
"But three months after leaving with your little aunt, Jin Family cultivators hunted us down, captured your aunt and me, and finally threw us into the Death Prison. If nothing unexpected happened, we would be successively executed as punishment for betraying the Jin Family."
"According to the Jin Family's words, since we joined, we live as members of the Jin Family, die as ghosts of the Jin Family, and there is no way to sever ties. Any attempt to leave is punishable by death as a traitor!"
"Does the Jin Family have a point? Of course, they do. But I have my own reasoning. I've made great contributions to the Jin Family, repaying everything."
"Without unexpected events, within a few months, I would have faced execution, but they underestimated my array formation skills. I found a flaw in the Celestial Prison and escaped, using the Array-breaking Pearl to shatter one of the Jin Family's array nodes and fled in the ensuing chaos!"
Jin Xi could only angrily say, "That's nonsense!"
"Haha, if you think it's nonsense, then I guess it is," Gu Yang's expression was calm as he said lightly, "The Jin Family has its reasoning, and I have mine. The Jin Family was unkind to me, so I am unkind in return."
Jin Xi was speechless, unsure of what to say.
Lu Xuanji suddenly spoke, "Was it you who cast the Jin Family cultivators' curse?"
Gu Yang said, "No. I'm just a Golden Core cultivator, incapable of such a curse."
Lu Xuanji nodded, looking at Jin Xi, "Xi'er, let's not speak any further. The Jin Family has its reasons, and Gu Yang has his. Let's not argue over who is right or wrong. Only children do that; adults look at the interests. Moreover, we can't discern right from wrong!"
Jin Xi fell silent. After a long while, she asked, "How is my little aunt?"
Gu Yang said, "Your little aunt is just a distant branch of the Jin Family, the curse's impact on her was limited. But fifteen hundred years ago, she failed to break through the Golden Core stage and died on the spot."
"Enough, a battle is inevitable today; otherwise, my mind will not be at ease!"
Jin Xi looked at Lu Xuanji and said, "Xuanji, don't get involved. I will fight Gu Yang, win or lose, to settle the cause and effect!"
Lu Xuanji intended to persuade her, but when he opened his mouth, he said, "Alright!"
This was Jin Xi's battle; he better not interfere.
Although Jin Xi's talent wasn't as good as his, she was still a top genius, at the fifth layer of Divinity Transformation, and with the Feathered Transformation Pagoda in her hand, she might not lose.
"Alright!"
Gu Yang also nodded, "Then let there be a battle!"
With that, he ascended into the sky.
Jin Xi followed closely behind.
In the sky, ten thousand meters high, Gu Yang urged his magical power, and nine golden suns appeared behind him.
