Chapter 372: Who is more worthy?
In Mu Taishi's mind, there was chaos at present.
He was fighting against various things, and the voices of his loved ones were continuously coming from one side to the other.
All these voices were continually telling him to give up, over and over again. But there was one voice encouraging him to keep going.
That voice belonged to his sister and the woman he respected most in this world, even above the respect he had for Shi Yue.
That was why he had not given up.
He couldn't put his sister to shame in this case, but...
'It's hard, sister...' He thought in frustration as he realized that his steps were getting heavier and heavier.
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This situation also brought back his inner demon, with which he had been fighting for many years and had always won until he had buried it completely. But it seemed that he had not killed it, for it soon began to take repercussions in his mind and to bombard him with questions from one side to the other.
He ignored them and, though he found it difficult, kept moving forward.
Slowly, even so, his vision began to blur, and he had to internally bite his tongue to try to hold on.
The continuous attacks coming from all sides, and the voices in his head kept rumbling. On top of that, that added to the spiritual pressure he felt in his physical body and the attacks it sent to his mind, which was hard to endure for anyone who tried.
Even someone more powerful than him. For this is also testing his perseverance, not just his physical strength.
His determination and all that can be tested by a simple spiritual pressure of great magnitude, coming from countless powerful elders from the past.
Just as he was almost reeling from what he was feeling, he heard a voice from up ahead.
"Hehe, Mu Taishi, it looks like it's the end of you as a sect master." Elder Ding said as he looked back slightly and spoke to him in a way that only Mu Taishi could hear.
He frowned and opened his eyes again to see him.
He was almost at the top...
"...You know, I have always known that I am not worthy of the position. That's why I'm not against you taking that position. I am already exhausted and would rather live the life of a protector, for the sect has been so good to me that I must repay it somehow."
"But that doesn't mean I'm going to give it to you easily when you're so unworthy of holding that position now." Mu Taishi said and looked up firmly to take several more steps in one leap as he bit his lips hard and began to bleed.
Elder Ding still didn't look worried about this, but he frowned when he heard him say that.
"What do you mean? Haven't I given enough for the sect? I have completed many missions for the sect and bestowed my entire life to it, my son, who could have entered the three most powerful sects on the continent, I brought him to this place to increase the sect's status, do you think I don't deserve the position?" he asked angrily.
This conversation could only be heard by those on the stairs, no one outside could hear it, although many of them could see that they were talking.
So, they spoke without restraint.
Mu Taishi scoffed a little.
"Yes, I too have given my life to the sect, do you think you are more worthy than me, who brought my sister to the Sect?
She would have the best future you can think of in the Alchemists' Association, but she came to our sect for me, who is more worthy then?" Mu Taishi asked back, causing Elder Ding to frown in annoyance, for the truth was that Mu Taishi had done more for the sect than he had, but...
He lacked leadership and would attack him over there.
"Hmph, though you have given much, you are not worthy of being a leader, for you do not know how to do it." He replied, and Mu Taishi nodded.
"That's right, I can't deny it. I don't like the position. Even so, I am still more worthy than you."
"Besides, I can list many of your crimes to you, Ding Yun. Do you think only you, know about my life? Do you think you have been doing everything undercover? Hehe, you've made a grave mistake, Ding Yun." Mu Taishi said coldly as he took another step closer.
This took Elder Ding Yun by surprise, who glared at him.
"What do you mean?" he asked in surprise as he clasped his hands behind his back.
He wondered if his small but dangerous secrets had reached this guy's ears.
Just as he thought that, he felt a shiver as he remembered his dead executioners...
'Could it be...' He thought with surprise, and at that moment, Mu Taishi opened his mouth.
"Murdering disciples is forbidden and the penalty is death. Murdering elders who are against you and taking some hostage to get the support of their relatives by forcing them, have you forgotten what the Lightning God wrote to us? You are not worthy, Ding Yun. Besides...
Allying with foreigners to take control of the sect, there is not a single point in you that makes you more worthy than me, of that position..." Mu Taishi said coldly with his eyes closed, as if he was thinking, although he was trying to climb to the next step, and right now, he was already two steps away from Ding Yun, who looked at him in shock.
"You... Shut up, you bastard, do you think you're a saint!?" he shouted angrily after remembering that there was someone else on the stairs, and immediately after that, he showed his hidden hand that was meant to deliver a powerful blow to a sweating Mu Taishi.
This shocked everyone present, and many screamed in shock at what was happening.
The protectors quickly attempted to retaliate for this but were soon pushed back by the Patriarch's Mechanism.
The powerful blow was aimed hard at Mu Taishi's chest destined to knock him completely off the stairs.
Mu Taishi noticed this and smiled slightly for a moment, immediately raising his hand with an unexpected powerful blow...
The sound of the impact came next, and blood came out of Mu Taishi's mouth, but the smile on his face was not wiped off, and although his arm was almost shattered from the impact, he immediately raised his hand over this power and firmly grabbed Ding Yun's arm.
This left him in shock, 'Did he grab my arm? Didn't he break several bones?' He thought in shock, but soon, he felt his sight spin around several times, and he was pulled forcefully downward by Mu Taishi's hand which was exerting its full force.
'Shit...' Ding Yun thought as he felt the spiritual pressure on his body wobble and sent him several steps down.
Mu Taishi then opened his eyes and leaped forward without giving his arm a thought, skipping several steps in one go...