Inheriting A Divine Cultivation Clan At The Start, All My Juniors Are Empresses-Chapter 664 - 249: The journey after farewell! The eye-catching small shabby town! (Seeking subscription support)_7

Yuchi was aware of this fact.

And this prison cart, jolting as it was, was approaching the location of the execution ground.

...

South City, Water Prison.

A prisoner with a deathly pale body was dragged out, with two or three soldiers whispering, he was shackled with heavy chains on both legs and hands, a massive iron ball hung on his ankle. His mind was already completely muddled. He looked up, bewildered, at the blinding low sky. It was three-quarters past noon, the best time for execution by beheading.

Behind him, the soldiers urged him on, and before him, the blood-stained Beheading Platform loomed. The prisoner gradually regained his senses, losing control of his bowels.

Next to the Beheading Platform stood over three hundred commoners, some carrying their babies, others holding a bowl of noodles, their eyes fixated on a man in black armor standing on the platform, the atmosphere tense.

The man in black armor spoke steadily, holding a scroll of bamboo slips in his hand. He had been reciting much before the prisoner was dragged up, and now he was at the conclusion stage, "...His desecration of Master Xuanhong is the main reason for his downfall. May you all take heed, and exercise self-awareness, for this is the price of disrespecting a true immortal!"

He glanced back, nodding.

The rest of the process was known to all. The shackles on the prisoner's legs and hands were removed, the heavy chains taken off. He wanted to escape, but there was nowhere to run. His legs turned to jelly, and he burst into tears, held by two soldiers and delivered directly to the Beheading Platform. The Executioner was waiting, a mouthful of murky yellow wine was poured on his blade, accompanied by the blade lifting high!

"Swish-"

The prisoner's terrified head gradually rolled away.

The man in black armor walked over to the adjutant beside him, "I'll leave this to you, handle the body, don't let the stray dogs get it. Be mindful of where you bury it, don't go to the third cemetery in South City, it's full."

"Alright." The adjutant nodded calmly.

As the adjutant and the man in black armor were talking, a new prison cart was pulled over, and inside it were two young girls.

"Are they also...?"

"Yes, they are too."

"Oh, so young, yet they defiled Master Xuanhong, what a pity."

Yuchi: "?"

He simply didn't understand what these people were saying. The language barrier was truly a significant issue, no wonder the old Qin Emperor was so furious back then, two people muttering words that seemed like encrypted communication, who wouldn't be angry hearing it.

So now he didn't know what was happening, how did he encounter an execution ground, why did someone get beheaded out of nowhere.

Why is it so?

Please, someone explain, I really don't understand the situation right now.

"You're not a local, are you?" someone finally spoke up voluntarily, in very awkward language.

"No." Yuchi quickly replied.

He was moved to tears, this old man seemed to be in his seventies or eighties, though speaking was difficult, he could barely make himself clear!

It's not easy at all.

Yuchi hurriedly said, "So what's going on? Why was he beheaded, and these two little girls, they're so young, but why are they to be beheaded?"

The old man shook his head after hearing this, "It can only be understood, not spoken."

Yuchi: "What the hell!?"

The old man: "...Young man, a bit impatient, you are."

Yuchi pulled out some silver pieces: "Will you speak or not?"

The old man's eyes lit up: "I'll speak."

And after a long discourse from the old man, Yuchi finally understood the meaning of "living long enough to see it all," it was truly living long enough to see it all!

...

Firstly, why was this prisoner beheaded on the spot?

The prisoner was not very old, at most seventeen or eighteen, it wasn't because he had committed evil deeds, in fact, he hadn't done anything outrageous at all...

To get to the root of it, the reason was very simple.

"Is this what's called the price of desecrating a true immortal!" Yuchi was stunned on the spot.

Yes, it was the price for disrespecting Master Xuanhong.

In this world, indeed, there existed the cultivation of immortality, but to do so, one had to join an immortal sect. Before joining the sect, one had to enter the Immortal Tower of each major city. The entry to the Immortal Tower seemed simple; it was merely gaining the approval of a small "Heart Testing Stone." The Heart Testing Stone could check if one revered a true immortal. If one did, nothing happened; they could join the Immortal Tower...

If not revered...

The recently beheaded was the consequence of not being revered.

And the True Testing Stone of the Immortal Tower was extremely powerful. Anyone wanting to cultivate immortality must sincerely revere a certain true immortal.

He couldn't even remember the specific names of the true immortals, let alone inexplicably worship anyone. So, when one sought immortality and the Heart Testing Stone found they weren't at all appeasing, their fate was like that of the recent prisoner: confined in the Water Prison for three days, then dragged out for immediate execution.

So, if you didn't cultivate, no one cared what sort of person you were. Once you wanted to cultivate and climb upwards, someone would demand you believe in a true immortal.

Thus, life truly seemed simple and very clear.

Want to become stronger?

No? Then you don't have to believe in any true immortals; no one will drag you to the Immortal Tower, and you can live peacefully without fear.

Want to? Then you must sincerely revere your respective true immortal… otherwise, it's disrespecting a true immortal, defying the rules, and the result is miserable.

Bullshit immortals… Yuchi had never even heard of them!

Let alone the fact that originally, everyone could cultivate by themselves. When he was in Xufu Town, he hadn't heard of having to join an Immortal Tower to cultivate, let alone offer tributes of Spirit Stones and treasures to some dog-true-immortal who, after gaining enlightenment, collected all the resources by banding together gradually wiping out all loose cultivators.

Want to cultivate?

Sure, come to my place to cultivate! But of course, you must completely submit your soul at my feet.

After understanding, Yuchi could sum up the current situation in a few words.

"Originally, anyone could cultivate on their own, but in this South City, it's not allowed. To cultivate, one has to join a sect, and to join a sect, you have to fawn over Master Xuanhong, who has found some kind of artifact, like a lie detector."

"Those who want to cultivate have to go to the Immortal Tower to undergo the lie detector test. Passing the test, they could become disciples under Master Xuanhong, otherwise failing means certain death."

"The person previously executed failed this lie detector test, and these two girls are about to be executed for the same failure!"

Yuchi: "..."

Unbelievable, isn't it?

It's truly unbelievable!

Is such a thing possible? Master Xuanhong has quite an imagination, to come up with such a scheme? Is this even a human? If breathing is conveniently chargeable, does that mean there would be charges even for breathing? And no cultivation allowed, you must completely submit to cultivate, or it's death?!

"Damn it!"

"It's really eye-opening, no wonder this small city is so dilapidated, there's its own logic!"

Seeing everyone's bystander appearance in front of him, Yuchi no longer felt these people were apathetic, just feeling that in such a small city appearing this way, was there truly no one managing it? Looking at the bystander scene, it seemed it had been this way for a long time, so no matter how bizarre the matter, these commoners couldn't be blamed.

It's the pressure from above, then if changed to commoners, this couldn't be stopped either.

"I thought it was just a simple side quest."

"Now it seems, a hidden quest has been triggered."

"Damn, it's been a while since I last cursed."