#602 - To plead guilty

The Grand Elder watched as Jun Wuxie leisurely fiddled with the green bamboo, seemingly unaware of their arrival. He was busy building a house. He couldn't help but nudge the Ninth Elder with his elbow.

The Ninth Elder stepped forward, picked up some green bamboo, and started building the house with him, saying, "Wuxie, I know you're upset. We've already punished Old Sixth. After you left that day, we elders beat him like a dead dog. In the end, the Grand Elder had to drag him back to the Elder Council by his feet."

Jun Wuxie didn't say anything, only quietly doing what he was doing.

The Ninth Elder said with a bitter face, "We've also seriously reflected on our actions. Don't worry, things like that will never happen again. Come back with us. There are too many cultivation insights left by ancient sages from the Upper Realm in that extraterrestrial relic. It's a pity to give up like this."

"Ninth Elder," Jun Wuxie put down the green bamboo in his hand and said, "There's no need for you to act like this in front of me. We have no grudges between us, and you haven't done anything to offend me. If you're here to reminisce, let's change the subject."

The Ninth Elder was stunned and couldn't help but look at the Grand Elder and the others, his face full of helplessness.

"Wuxie, what can we do to make you feel better? Just tell us, and we'll satisfy you in any way we can. Even if you want to beat this old man up, I won't complain, as long as you come back with us."

The Grand Elder stepped forward and said this.

"Grand Elder, you're being too serious. You didn't provoke me, why would I beat you up?"

Jun Wuxie finished speaking and continued what he was doing, no longer saying anything.

After that, no matter what the Grand Elder and the Ninth Elder said, he didn't speak again.

The elders pleaded with him earnestly, even with entreaties, persuading him for an entire afternoon, but he remained silent, completely ignoring them.

They sighed deeply and finally left.

After leaving the Great Zhou territory, the elders looked at each other, their hearts heavy, and a deep sense of frustration.

"Grand Elder, what's going on? Since the creation of our Myriad World Academy, everyone has been breaking their heads trying to cultivate in our academy every time it opens. Now, we, the people in power, are personally begging him, but that kid is completely ignoring us, treating us like air, alas…"

"He has the capital to be arrogant. His talent is no weaker than any peerless genius under the starry sky, including the strongest successors of the strongest ancient god bloodline families! Besides, the person behind him is also unfathomable. The sword intent contained in the Sword Stealing Sect's sword monument is unimaginably strong. Even I feel frightened. It must be from his ancestor, a powerhouse so strong that it's difficult to fathom!"

"Even the Grand Elder feels frightened?"

The other elders were shocked. They were all late and peak Extreme Heavenly Position experts, and the Grand Elder had cultivated to the Great Perfection of the Extreme Heavenly Position thousands of years ago, a true apex figure in this universe!

But even so, this most apex powerhouse felt that way when facing that sword intent, which shows how terrifying it is!

"Wuxie's life journey is a legendary life," the Ninth Elder exclaimed, "At fifteen years old, his Chaos Bone was dug out and his bloodline was taken away. Half a year later, his body suddenly recovered, and from then on, he began a dreamlike legendary growth experience! In just five years, he cultivated from the Acquired Realm to the Saint Sect Realm, and his talent growth intensity entered the first level of the ancient legend realm! If it weren't for such a living example right in front of us, tell me, who would dare to believe it? Since ancient times, who has had such heaven-defying growth speed?"

"This is no longer something that can be described as a legend…" The Grand Elder sighed, "In a universe with our level of cultivation civilization, such growth can be called a myth!"

"But now, he refuses to return to our Myriad World Academy no matter what. What should we do?"

"What should we do? We can only let Old Sixth try. He must personally come to the door with thorns on his back to beg for forgiveness, even kneeling down to beg, and he must bring Wuxie back to me! Damn it, I want to kill that bastard!"

The Grand Elder recalled the scene that day and was so angry that he lost his composure. He couldn't restrain the anger in his heart and cursed directly.

The Ninth Elder nodded, "Now, I'm afraid that only bringing Old Sixth here can make him change his mind. Didn't he also say before that he has no grudges with us? The implication is that he only has grudges with Old Sixth. To make him feel better, we can only let Old Sixth personally apologize."

"With Old Sixth's stubborn donkey temper, asking him to carry thorns on his back, to admit his mistake, to ask Wuxie to return to our Myriad World Academy, I'm afraid he won't agree."

The Third Elder looked worried.

"Hmph, disagree? He has no choice in this matter. If we exhaust all means and Old Sixth still doesn't agree, then I will carry his head to beg Wuxie!"

Between the Grand Elder's words, there was a hint of cold killing intent, causing the expressions of the other elders to change.

They knew the Grand Elder too well. His words were never casual. Since he said so, then he really intended to do so!

…

They tore through the void and directly performed space travel, and soon returned to the Elder Council of the Myriad World Academy.

The Sixth Elder was sitting alone in the Elder Council, his face not looking very good.

Several elders beat him up for Jun Wuxie, and now they have gone to Great Zhou together to personally invite that kid.

Since the establishment of the Myriad World Academy, there has never been such a thing.

It has always been young geniuses breaking their heads trying to cultivate here. How could there be academy elders begging someone to come and cultivate? He felt that this was very embarrassing.

"What, he didn't come back?"

Seeing the Grand Elder and the others appear, the Sixth Elder's anger suddenly increased, and he cursed, "Does that kid really think he's the King of Heaven? You've all personally invited him, and he still dares to put on airs!"

The elders' faces darkened when they saw his attitude.

This stubborn donkey, hasn't he realized his mistake yet?

If it weren't for him, how could such a thing have happened?

A cold light flashed in the Grand Elder's eyes, and he said coldly, "Old Sixth, if you continue like this, I'm afraid you won't live long."

"What do you mean?"

The Sixth Elder vaguely felt the killing intent from the Grand Elder, and a chill arose in his heart.

"What do you mean? You caused this trouble. Tomorrow, you will follow us to the Sword Stealing Sect to carry thorns on your back and beg for forgiveness. You must personally beg for Wuxie's forgiveness, even kneeling down and kowtowing, you must bring him back to me!"

"What?" The Sixth Elder trembled with anger and roared, "I am a dignified late-stage Extreme Heavenly Position expert, and you actually want me to carry thorns on my back and kneel down to kowtow to a Saint Sect? This is simply a big joke. I think you are all obsessed with that kid!"

"You are a late-stage Extreme Heavenly Position, and you think you are great? Give him dozens of years, and he can beat ten of you late-stage Extreme Heavenly Position experts, do you believe it or not?"

The Ninth Elder sneered and said.

"Old Sixth, whether you are willing or not, you must do this! Otherwise, you are the sinner who cut off the hope of our Myriad World Academy! The original intention of the ancestor in creating the academy was to cultivate talents for the great world, to gain the upper hand in the competition with the extraterrestrial beings. This is the glory that our Myriad World Academy should strive for. For so many epochs, we have been repeatedly defeated, humiliated and ridiculed, and our dignity has been lost! In this life, we finally have such a peerless genius, who is expected to regain the glory of the ancient academy when the ancestor led it, but you have angered him away!"

"I am not the sinner of the Myriad World Academy, don't put a big hat on me!"

The Sixth Elder was anxious. He didn't care about the others, but he couldn't accept this hat.

"I don't want to waste words with you. I will go to the Ancestral Hall now and engrave your name on the Sin Tablet. When will you bring Wuxie back, and when will your name be erased!"

"Grand Elder, you…"

The Sixth Elder trembled all over, and the veins on his neck were throbbing.

The Sin Tablet, that is the symbol of shame. Having one's name engraved on the Sin Tablet is equivalent to being nailed to the pillar of shame, and will be spurned by generations of elders and protectors, leaving a bad name for eternity!

After the Grand Elder finished speaking, his figure disappeared.

The next moment, the Sixth Elder's body trembled violently.

He felt something in his heart, and in the dark, he seemed to hear many scoldings and curses resounding in his mind.

Those were all the obsessions left behind by the past epochs, the deceased elders and protectors.

Everyone who is identified as a sinner of the ancient academy, once their name is engraved on the Sin Tablet, will suffer the curses of those obsessions, constantly enduring mental torture, and will not be able to live in peace.

"Old Sixth, have you thought about it?"

The Grand Elder appeared again. He had just gone to the Ancestral Hall and engraved the Sixth Elder's name on the Sin Tablet.

"I'll go, I'll go!"

The scolding voices of the past elders kept ringing in the Sixth Elder's mind, even the scolding voices of his master and others, which made him very uncomfortable.

"Since this is the case, then adjust your mentality well. If you mess things up again tomorrow, I will cut off your head in public! From now on, you will become the object of spurn by generations of the ancient academy!"

The Grand Elder was very indifferent and ruthless. He was forced to do so, there was no other way, he could only do so.

"I know what to do…"

The Sixth Elder slumped weakly in the chair. In fact, he didn't hate Jun Wuxie, he just felt that that kid was too arrogant, and coupled with his fiery temper and his character of not responding to force, it led to such a situation.

Now that he thinks about it, he regrets it very much, but he just can't bring himself to apologize.

But in this situation, he has no choice.

"We will come to you again tomorrow morning and go to the Sword Stealing Sect together!"

After the Grand Elder finished speaking, he flicked his sleeves and left, and the other elders also left after taking a deep look at him.

"That's all, that's all, for the sake of the Myriad World Academy, I don't want my old face and dignity anymore. Tomorrow, I will stick this old face on and let him step on it…"

He seemed to have aged a lot in an instant, and let out a deep and helpless sigh.

…

The next morning, Jun Wuxie was improving the newly built houses.

The Grand Elder and the others came again, and this time the Sixth Elder also came with them.

Today, Ji Yinlan, Mu Yunxi, Yan Qingcheng, and Yan Ruyu were all present.

“Wu Xie, we’re here again.”

The Grand Elder pushed the Sixth Elder, who was bound with thorny branches, forward.

Jun Wuxie put down what he was doing, his gaze sweeping over them, finally landing on the Sixth Elder, and said, “What is the meaning of this?”

“Lao Liu is filled with regret for his words and actions that day, and has come specially to bear thorns and beg forgiveness.”

As the Grand Elder spoke, he kicked the Sixth Elder in the backside, causing the Sixth Elder to stagger forward a few steps.

“Wu Xie, I was wrong that day. Today, I have come specially to bear thorns and beg forgiveness. Please be generous and don’t hold it against me.”

The Sixth Elder said these words with a flushed face.

Jun Wuxie sized him up, stroked his chin, looked him over, and exclaimed, “You’re the Sixth Elder? I almost didn’t recognize you after a few days. How are you so different from your usual lofty self? What’s going on? Who could possibly make the Sixth Elder demean himself like this?”

Upon hearing this, the muscles on the Sixth Elder's face twitched violently. He thought to himself that this kid was really holding a grudge. He had already come to bear thorns and beg forgiveness, yet he was still being sarcastic and not giving him any way out.

But he didn't dare to lose his temper again, and could only say with a forced smile, “Who else could it be? Of course, only you have such great influence. I’m here to apologize to you, to beg for your forgiveness, and to hope that you can return to our Myriad World Academy…”

“Sixth Elder, you’re making things difficult for me. I remember someone saying that day that the Myriad World Academy couldn’t afford to keep a fiend like me, and that they looked down on someone like me.” He shook his head and said, “My talent is mediocre. I’m just an ordinary cultivator in this mortal world. I can’t possibly measure up to your esteemed Myriad World Academy.”

“Who? Who dares to say you’re a fiend? That’s outrageous!” The Sixth Elder, carrying the thorny branches, looked indignant and said, “Which bastard is blind! How dare they say you’re a fiend and look down on you? If I find out who it is, I’ll make them bear thorns and beg forgiveness!”

As soon as these words came out, and seeing his expression, which was as convincing as could be, the muscles on Jun Wuxie's face couldn't help but twitch a few times.

The elders of the Myriad World Academy couldn't help but twitch their lips.

Ji Yinlan, Yan Qingcheng, Mu Yunxi, and Yan Ruyu were all speechless. Weren't these the Sixth Elder's own words? Yet he was pretending not to know and even scolding himself. His skin was really thick…