#603 - The evil of human nature

The hour was Xu, within the Zhongling County government office.

Standing in the darkness, Wei Changtian looked up at the black and gold plaque, the hem of his clothes fluttering in the wind.

Laughter and women's cries echoed from within the county office, as if bandits were reveling.

In contrast to the "lively" atmosphere inside the office, the outside was deathly silent, with no movement other than the sound of the wind, not even a patrolling bandit.

Perhaps they had grown accustomed to throwing their weight around in Zhongling County, leading these bandits to believe there was no need for patrols.

"Clang."

Slowly drawing his saber, the leaking shadow blade gleamed with a cold light under the moonlight.

Wei Changtian expressionlessly walked step by step up the stone steps in front of the government gate, stopped, and then pressed one hand against the tightly closed door.

In the next moment, pure internal energy burst forth from his palm, instantly blasting the several-inch-thick door into countless fragments.

"Bang!!!"

"Rumble!!!"

The huge noise exploded in the night sky of Zhongling City, also causing all the commotion inside the county office to come to an abrupt halt.

"Damn it! Who is it?!"

"Dare to break into the county office? Are you tired of living?!"

"Disturbing my pleasure! Cunt!"

In front of the gatehouse, several disheveled bandits, wielding sabers, emerged, their eyes fierce, shouting and cursing.

They saw Wei Changtian standing with his saber at his side at a glance, and then rushed over without any hesitation.

Behind them, through the open doorway, several women with tattered clothes and bloodstains stared wide-eyed in terror, their bodies curled up tightly.

"Boy! I think you are-"

"Swish!"

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The saber flashed, taking a head with it, blood spurting into the air.

The bandit at the front didn't even finish his sentence before his head fell, the others not even seeing Wei Changtian's movements clearly.

"He's... he's an expert..."

"Ah!! Quickly, notify the boss!!"

"Run!!"

The remaining bandits immediately stopped, turned tail in panic, and fled without hesitation.

In an instant, accompanied by terrified shouts, several disheveled figures quickly disappeared into the depths of the county office.

Wei Changtian, however, did not kill them, but dragged his blood-stained leaking shadow saber and slowly walked into the candlelit gatehouse.

"Whoosh!"

A gust of wind blew, causing the candlelight to flicker, the flames casting reflections on the various instruments of torture in the room, creating a nauseating refraction.

This was not the county jail, nor was it a torture chamber, so these blood-stained instruments of torture were naturally not for interrogating prisoners.

Then their target was undoubtedly the women in the room, covered in wounds.

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His gaze swept over seven or eight faces, each of different ages and appearances, but with the same experience, looking at their expressions of fear, numbness, or despair, Wei Changtian said nothing.

The ugliness of human nature was displayed vividly at this moment, as if all the base and evil things in the world were nakedly displayed before his eyes, like the exposed skin of these women.

Clearly, these women did not possess any important secrets, and most likely had no deep hatred with the bandits before.

The bandits could neither improve their cultivation by torturing them, nor could they extract any justifiable value from them.

Therefore, the only purpose for those bandits to abuse these women with such cruel methods was:

To amuse themselves...

You should know that anyone has a reason and motivation for doing anything or committing any evil.

Perhaps it was like Ning Yongnian, for the sake of the country, or like Bai Youheng, for his own cultivation.

But now, when that reason became the simplest "amusement"...

Wei Changtian realized that he had underestimated the extent to which human evil could reach.

A thick, bloody smell lingered in the air, sliding down the blade, making one want to vomit.

Wei Changtian slowly closed his eyes, then slowly opened them after a few breaths.

He had not said a word from beginning to end, and neither had these women.

The latter might have thought that Wei Changtian was just a bandit from another mountain, or they might have developed an indelible psychological shadow of any "man with a saber."

In short, Wei Changtian could see the deep fear and pain in their eyes.

The woman's voice was very weak, somewhat trembling.

Wei Changtian was stunned, subconsciously looking in the direction of the sound.

He quickly found the speaker, but his gaze only lingered for a moment before quickly shifting away.

Because this woman, or rather girl, had no clothes on her body, only bloody wounds.

Wei Changtian could not accurately judge her age through her blood-stained face, but he estimated that she was no more than twelve or thirteen years old.

At this age, she should still be in elementary school in his previous life...

Taking a deep breath, he stuck the leaking shadow into the ground and reached out to unfasten his outer robe.

Wei Changtian's actions caused the women in the room to close their eyes in despair, the last remaining hope in their hearts instantly shattered.

Footsteps sounded, getting closer and closer.

However, what they thought was going to happen did not happen.

Especially the girl who reminded Wei Changtian to leave quickly, only felt a sudden warmth, as if something soft was covering her body.

She had never worn such smooth, high-quality clothes.

Trembling, she opened her eyes and looked at Wei Changtian, who was slowly getting up, the girl's eyes suddenly brightened a little.

But in the next moment, as shouts came from far and near into the room, she immediately became terrified again.

"Boss! That kid shouldn't have left yet!"

"Damn it! Dare to cause trouble here, he doesn't know how to write the word death!"

"Hurry up, everyone!!"

"Kill that little bastard!!"

"Yes! Boss, just watch!"

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"Quick, go, go..."

There seemed to be some pleading in the trembling voice. The girl now knew that Wei Changtian was a "good person" and didn't want to see him buried under the bandits' sabers.

However, Wei Changtian did not respond, but turned around expressionlessly and slowly pulled out the leaking shadow that had been stuck in the ground.

The girl stared blankly at his back, her lips trembling, her eyes seeming a little wet.

She didn't know why she was crying.

She hadn't cried even when she was being tortured by the bandits before.

Including the other women in the room, their eyes were also filled with desolation.

This emotion was due to both the returning bandits and their own inability to resist fate.

It was also because a rare "good person" like Wei Changtian was about to die at the hands of evil people.

"Why... why..."

"Why do good people have to die, but bad people can live?"

"God, please, open your eyes and take a look..."

Suddenly, the girl's desperate murmur stopped abruptly, and the suddenly blooming golden light illuminated her wide eyes.

She stared blankly at that back, watching as blades of light emanated from the latter's scabbard, like a golden dragon churning in the night sky.

At this moment, she seemed to see the gods in the sky slowly opening their eyes.

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"Fuck your mother."

On the other side, standing outside the gatehouse, looking at the hundred or so surprised bandits opposite him, Wei Changtian cursed with a profanity he hadn't said in a long time.

His gaze passed over countless flying golden blades, glanced at the bleak night sky, and slowly raised his left hand.

"Boom!!!"

Accompanied by a loud noise, an invisible air barrier rose from the ground, enveloping the entire county office.

"Today, I will..."

Muttering to himself, Wei Changtian's figure suddenly disappeared from the spot, and in the next second, he crashed into the bandit crowd with countless sabers.

"Execute justice on behalf of Heaven!"