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Chapter 458: Cleaning the house
Chapter 458: Cleaning the house
Chapter 458: Cleaning the house
The reason was quite simple actually, Tianlong Yun knew about their presence because he was the one who had planted the seeds.
He was clear, more than anybody, that the human mind is fickle, and that you can never truly control it, and there are many two-faced, or multi-faced people amidst them.
No matter how perfect or how ideal something looked on the first view, no matter how good the selection process was, there were bound to be some bad apples mixed with the good ones.
If he left these bad apples work out of his sight, no matter how weak and insignificant they were at the moment, he was sure that they would cause trouble when they shouldn't for him.
They were a dangerous factor that he couldn't leave alone, so he had thought of the best way to deal with them.
Since they were bound to spring out, he decided to plant the seeds for them, he gave them 'friends' of the same cause, like them, he gave them a 'place' where they could belong.
Like this he himself created the resistance seeds in his own Clan, each one of those seeds though was controlled by some of his most loyal servants, members of the Shadow Hall.
Nobody beside him and Tianlong Xia knew their identity, and no one beside him and Tianlong Xia had the right to command them.
These guys were the ones who baited the troublemakers, and the bad apples inside his Clan, and then sent all their information to him.
The bad apples never understood how they died, or how their treason was discovered, and even if they did, well, it was already too late for them.
The same thing had happened in this case, but this time the problem was bigger since those guys had gone a bit too far and infected too many disciples outside their group.
It was perfectly clear that some of the disciples who had eaten the 'herb roots' by the enticement of their fellow disciples, had no idea about its effects, or Tianlong Yun's orders.
They were just pulled to treason unwillingly, and unknowingly, but this didn't make them innocent, just not smart enough, and manipulatable.
These guys were an even bigger danger than the ones that were directed against him, as he didn't know when they would fall, and he wouldn't even be able to guard against them.
For that reason, even their punishment would be the same as those handed to those traitors, he couldn't allow himself to show mercy to the traitors.
As he was thinking like this, he was looking at the list that Tianlong Hu Die had given him and making comparisons with the list he had of the traitors.
Just like he thought there were a lot of mismatches in the lists. Not all the traitors had eaten the 'herb roots'!
In fact, most of them had kept staying in the dark and had only enticed the others to do it. It was clear that these guys were only trying to sow more hate towards him, as they kept their hands clean.
More than 70% of the disciples who had eaten the 'herb roots' were those idiots that had been enticed by these guys.
Tianlong Hu Die's list was comprised of only about 30 names, but the true number of the traitors should be more than 100.
Since he knew their names and was concentrating more on them, Tianlong Yun was able to see their seething rage and anger at his words.
After all, he had hit them on their weak spot, their pride, and their past. Something they had earned with strength, and something they wished to forget and erase from their lives.
The stronger they became, the wider their path became, and the higher their pride and ego rose and blotted their minds.
If at first, they thought that it was Tianlong Yun who gave them the strength to become who they were becoming.
But slowly, that belief started fading away, as they started thinking that it was their own abilities, and fate to reach where they were.
When this belief took root inside them, they started thinking that being just a disciple, and a servant to someone else didn't befit their standing.
It was at this time that they started giving birth to their first thoughts of rebellion, and treason, as they were later taken in by the 'resistance faction'.
Right now, they had already surpassed the point of doubts, and most of them were on a path of no return, either Tianlong Yun died, or they did.
It was precise because of this that as they heard Tianlong Yun talk like that, their 'selves' couldn't accept it, and were showing little signs of disagreement.
No matter how good actors they were, and no matter how capable they were of controlling their bodies, and expressions, they were still unable to escape Tianlong Yun's senses.
Without delaying the matter any further Tianlong Yun started his cleaning of the house, starting from the guys who had clear signs of rebellion, and disobedience.
The first was one of the disciples who had the most obvious signs of having eaten a 'herb root' as he was the most violent one.
His death was as sudden as it was unnoticed, as all the disciples around him were able to see was just him suddenly stop moving totally.
This guy was part of the 'resistance' group, so Tianlong Yun had no qualms about him, as he didn't kill his body, but destroyed his consciousness sea, his soul, and everything in there.
He had a special hate towards traitors, and treason so he was especially vicious to them. Furthermore, if he only killed the body the remnant soul could try to escape, and find a new host.
Immediately after him, all the others followed, the only exception was that those who had been fooled didn't have their souls disintegrated upon their death.
This could be said to be a special pardon, and a second opportunity that Tianlong Yun gave them, but how much they valued it, only their next life would tell.
After taking care of the 30 names in the list, Tianlong Yun started taking a look at all the confined disciples in the training grounds.
He was carefully checking each and every single one of them, as he couldn't allow to have some timing bombs by his side at the moment.
Even though the process would be long, he didn't care, and he didn't slack either, he meticulously inspected more than 4000+ remaining disciples, and servants in there.
That's right he didn't check only the disciples, but the servants as well, which more or less amounted to more than 1000.
All this time there were a few disciples, and servants who either tried to take him down or beg for forgiveness but the end was the same for each and every one of them.
Death!
In the end, more than 200 died in the cleanup, none of them was forgiven, or given another opportunity! 163 disciples, and 37 servants.
Tianlong Yun had to accept that he was a bit startled seeing the servant's numbers, but there was nothing he could do about it.
When he finally checked the last one of them, the whole crowd in the training grounds heaved a sigh of relief.
More so did the resistance members that were still alive, these guys felt like they had escaped death in those moments.
Even though their plan had failed, as long as they were alive they would be able to come up with something else.
But if they died, then that would be the end of it. All their work, and actions until now would be totally meaningless, and they couldn't allow this to happen, could they?
Furthermore, they weren't only fighting for their freedom, but also for their brothers, and sisters' freedom.
They couldn't allow the sacrifices of their fellow comrades to go down in vain, as they would make sure to take revenge for them and live for them too.
Whatever happened until now only served to further deepen their hate, strengthen their resolve, and clean their conscience.
They couldn't allow a demon-like Tianlong Yun to continue living in this world, as most likely he would send many more towards their death.
He was a natural catastrophe that was given a body and life that could take thousands of lives with batting an eye.
They had to give an end to this demon, and use their gained power for good. Seeing that they were still alive after that massacre, they were only thinking about their next chance.
But before they could get relaxed with the way things had gone, they were completely stunned when suddenly one of their own stopped moving suddenly.
At first, they thought that most probably he had just fainted due to the really high tension, and pressure on him until now, but soon enough they found out that his heart wasn't beating anymore.
That guy had turned nothing more, than a mere soulless body! Even though Tianlong Yun had confined each and every one of them, he had left their senses uninterrupted.
To most of the disciples, this guy's death was nothing more than a continuation of the previous ones, as those who hadn't done anything wrong were able to maintain their calm.
The 'resistance members' though were in a truly bad position, as the pressure that had disappeared a moment ago had just returned into full swing.
They all had a bad premonition inside their hearts, as they all had the same line of thought, at this moment, probably,
"This is the end! Everything was over!"