Chapter 616 - The Kowtow at the Critical Moment

The old man who was holding the sword seemed to be terrified by the situation. He subconsciously let go of his hand which was holding the strong dark-skinned person and turned to look at the Vigilante A in the air.

The dark-skinned person did not show any joy after his narrow escape, but was still trembling without any emotion on his face.

“XXXX@$HF%XX…” said the old man with a croaky voice.

“X@$&XXXXXX…” the Vigilante A replied with the same words.

…

Fang Ning had just texted Zheng Dao and looked outside. He was speechless.

“Can’t you both just speak Chinese?”

“Of course I can, but he can’t…” said the System confidently.

“You’re right, I don’t even know how to reply,” Fang Ning was helpless and went into Anderson’s office.

Surely, he knew the reason for the System speaking the old man’s language. In the Draconic Penitentiary, there were countless Descendants of the Upper Realm.

They had to serve the System, even after they died.

Luckily, in Anderson’s office, the broadcast on the screen was lined with subtitles of their conversation. It decoded the language into Simplified Chinese.

Right now, Fang Ning finally understood.

“Your divinity, why do you stop us from worshipping the Earth and heaven?” asked the old man unwillingly.

“Why do you need human sacrifices for worshipping the Earth and heaven? Heaven created all creatures, and all creatures benefit heaven. This is the law of nature. Human sacrifice is an act of wasting the blessings of heaven.” said the Vigilante A sternly.

“Your divinity, you’re not heaven itself. How can you be so sure that, the Earth and heaven do not favor this?” the old man was determined.

“So why do you do that?” the Vigilante A did not answer the question directly but responded with another question.

During their conversation, the other old men in white robes and red hats had moved down from the altar.

The oldest one among them in complete grey hair and beard, walked swiftly in front.

He walked to the front of the old man who was holding the sword just now, and looked up to the Vigilante A. After a few glances, his body suddenly shook. He groveled on the ground, and bowed to Vigilante A three times.

After these, he said with difficultly, “Your divinity, we, the Black Jade people, have just settle in this place. We only wished to sacrifice the blood of the strongest one to the Earth and heaven, in return for a plot of land to settle. If we have broken a taboo, I beg for your forgiveness. Since you dislike the sacrifice of the blood, we will then change the way of worshipping.”

The old man who was holding the sword and the rest who came down from the altar just now were shocked after hearing that, and looked at him all at once.

In a short while, just like obeying an order, although they did not seem to be willing, they lied prostrate and prayed to Vigilante A together…

“Err… what a coward! During my years of killing the monsters, I’ve never seen any monster kowtowing to me at the critical moment! How can I kill them now?” the System was helpless.

“Haha! They’re not some fools in the novels. The oldest person seems like the Elder. I think he felt your real power. Since he can lead this group of people, survived the challenge of the Upper Realm Vitality, and also survived the migration to the Earth, being flexible is a mandatory criterion for him with no doubt.”

If a leader does not understand the importance of being flexible, it would be very difficult for him to lead his clan to survive in the Jungle society in the Upper Realm.

Surviving in the Upper Realm was indeed cruel. If one wished to be respected, he had to possess the relevant power, or the price would be his life.

“My experience points are gone again? All of these people possess the potential of Lake-level which costs a hundred million experience points. I’ve not fought with monsters like them for so long.” The System was unhappy.

“Humph! If you beat Ling Yunzi and the heavenly Treasured Child last time, you would’ve already gained hundreds of billions of experience points,” Fang Ning despised him.

“It would be such a waste… They were useful to me.”

“Fine, return my body. Whatever, I can’t speak their language. I’m not like you who cheat using the people in the Draconic Penitentiary. You can translate any language, so you should settle this yourself.” Fang Ning was speechless.

“I don’t know how. What should I do?” the System mumbled.

“Leave them alone. Since they canceled the blood sacrifice, then let them go and observe them for a few days. You’ll see if they’re good or evil,” Fang Ning was decisive.

“Yeah… This method sounds just like you.” the System agreed.

“…” Fang Ning was speechless.

Therefore, the Vigilante A said calmly to the Lake-level old men under him, “Since all of you have realized your mistake, I decided to give you a second chance. A wise man once said, ‘To err is human, to err and be humble is divine’. You shall remember that love and justice are the main laws and morality of Earth and heaven. You shall not play with intrigues and schemes. I will always watch you from the above.”

“Yes… yes. Don’t worry. We, the Black Jade people will always remember your wise words, Your Divinity.” said the oldest old man while bowing his head.

“Great, I’m leaving now.” the Vigilante A slowly flew away with his back to the people on the ground.

“Sir, what’re you doing? Aren’t you always good at fighting?” Fang Ning was confused.

“Aren’t you always smart?”

“Oh, are you baiting me again? When we were in the Land of Heritage, you did bait those bloodthirsty beasts,” Fang Ning finally understood.

“Yes, you know me well, Mr. Wise Man,” said the System in satisfaction.

“No, please. Change it back to ‘Mr. Multi-Millionaire Host’. It sounds better.”

“No, I think this nickname sounds better. At least it saves more time, as the pronunciation’s shorter.”

“What the…” Fang Ning was speechless.

Although the Vigilante A looked undefended, the Black Jade people and the Elders were still respectfully praying on the ground, not even one of them tried to make an attack.

They were always different from the rebellious people on the Earth. The survival experiences in the Upper Realm taught them what to do when facing the real powerful ones.

The people on the earth were rebellious because there was no big gap between them in terms of intelligence and physical strength.

It was completely different from the Upper Realm, where the gap between individuals could be compared to the gap between the Sun and an atom. There was no possibility and chance to fill in the gap.

…

A long while after the Vigilante A left, about an hour later, those Elders among the dark-skinned Jade people slowly stood up.

“The warning from the River God is absolutely right. We really can’t simply pick a fight here,” said the oldest Elder slowly.

“But, Elder, we, the Black Jade people, always rely on the powerful ones and live as the lackeys. If we can’t fight, what’s the value of our clan in this world? We’re never good at farming and fishing…” said someone in worries.

“The River God has granted us a beautiful lake to live by temporarily. Let’s be more patient. I believe this world’s absolutely not themed with the ‘love and justice’ bullshit. I’ve never seen any place like that.” said the Chief Elder of the dark-skinned Jade people while shaking his head.

“If so, is the powerful one just now a fool? How can he say something so childish?”

“He’s not a fool. On the contrary, he’s a very determined person. Most probably he wishes to build this world into a place with ‘love and justice’. However, a person like him is usually easily influenced by the demons. They’re favored the most by the demon lord and the Great Demon Saint.” said the Chief Elder of the dark-skinned Jade people.

After his speech, he looked around the dark-skinned Jade People who were still praying on the ground, and mumbled something.

All of the dark-skinned people who were praying slowly stood up and walked back into the low huts.

“Let the war come soon! Only with wars, we’ll be able to obtain new slaves to build us houses, and provide us with corns and fresh fishes.” the Elders looked to the low huts with dissatisfaction, and madness was shown from their eyes.