Chapter 1774: Chapter 412: Heavenly List—Six Masters Battle, Chen 94 Rings the Unity Bell (Part 2)

"As for being unyielding, I’ve already mentioned earlier, you have failed to achieve that as well."

"A true man stands for the country and the people, with benevolence, righteousness, and faith as his foundation. Benevolence, you and your father from the Du family, once you gained success, you acted tyrannically, which is not benevolence. Righteousness, at the most critical moment for the Holy Sect, you and your father from the Du family brazenly rebelled, which is not righteousness. Finally, faith, when you joined the sect, you swore allegiance to the Ming King, yet you are faithless. Benevolence, righteousness, and faith, you lack all three, yet you dare to call yourselves true men here. Truly shameless, without any sense of shame!"

Upon hearing this from Chen Jie, Du Xiong’s expression turned extremely unpleasant; it was the first time someone had scolded him so harshly.

At this moment, he felt utterly disgraced.

He glared at Chen Jie and said, "Chen Jiusi, aside from insulting me, what other methods do you have to use? I’m not afraid of you!"

Chen Jie shook his head after hearing this, "Haha, if you can’t even bear a little insult, let alone other means, Du Xiong, you’re just an immature child!"

"You, you... dare to insult me like this!"

Chen Jie calling Du Xiong an immature child thoroughly provoked him to jump up. Seeing this scene, Chen Long prepared to take action immediately, but Chen Jie waved his hand and said, "You all step back first."

Upon hearing this, the three of them exchanged glances and promptly stepped back, then discreetly withdrew.

After seeing Chen Long and the others leave, Chen Jie looked at Du Xiong, who was glaring at him with wide eyes, and said, "You, how dare you insult me?"

Chen Jie looked at him and said, "Alright, don’t raise your hand that lacks deterrence. Inside the Ruins, no one could defeat me, let alone now, do you think as one at the Dragon Peak, you can defeat the Melt God Realm strength?"

Upon hearing this, Du Xiong clenched his fist and finally, unwillingly, put it down. Seeing Du Xiong like this, Chen Jie said, "Alright, you don’t need to be so unconvinced. Honestly, given your crimes, there’s actually no hope for you to continue living. Rebelling against the sect is a grave crime, exterminating the nine generations!"

Du Xiong replied, "What does a true man fear... death."

He spoke with little confidence, having always considered himself a true man, but Chen Jie’s explanation of what a true man should be made him feel far from it.

Seeing Du Xiong in this state, Chen Jie smiled, thinking he wasn’t beyond saving yet.

Thinking this, Du Xiong looked at him and asked, "Do you want to live for yourself once?"

"What?"

Du Xiong was stunned, looking towards Chen Jie.

Chen Jie sincerely continued, "I said, do you want to live for yourself once?"

"Live for myself once?"

Du Xiong was silent and contemplated for a long time before asking, "How do I live for myself?"

Chen Jie said, "From the day you were born, your life was arranged. Up until today, your life should have reached its end according to your father’s script; you’ve been completely abandoned by your father."

Du Xiong remained silent after hearing this.

Chen Jie looked at him and said, "So, you can actually consider yourself dead. Being dead is pretty good, at least you can choose your future life again, whether to continue living for others or to live for yourself, to live to become a true man!"

Du Xiong sat there pondering for a long time, "What should I do?"

Chen Jie said, "Today, under heaven, heroes rise together, smoke from the beacon towers rolling. We, aspiring men, this is a good time to achieve accomplishments. Whether it’s for this world, for the people, or to fulfill our ambitions, shouldn’t we do something?"

"This time leaving Bright Peak, I plan to make a career, not to say to save all the common people, but at least not to disappoint my ambitions. What do you say, do you want to join me?"

After saying this, Du Xiong was stunned, then after a long time, he looked at Chen Jie and said, "You want to invite me to join you?"

Chen Jie said, "Yes, to join our big family to fulfill dreams. How about it, do you still want to be a true man? I’ll teach you!"

After hearing what Chen Jie said, Du Xiong was silent, then after a while, he spoke, "I’ll think about it."

Chen Jie said, "Hmm, think it over carefully."

Saying this, Chen Jie stood up. At this time, the three elders from a distance immediately came over. Chen Jie said, "You all stay here, Chen Long, accompany me to the rooftop to ring the Unity Bell!"

After hearing this, Monkey and Mei Tu immediately clasped their hands, "Yes!"

They are now even more fearful of Chen Jiusi. Previously, when he was in the Molten Furnace Upper Realm, they could still see the gap between them and Chen Jiusi. But now the gap is so large that it’s hard for them to discern the difference between each other.

Therefore, a sense of fear spontaneously arose, and they had more reverence for Chen Jie.

Chen Jie glanced at a few people, then directly followed Chen Long out.

Outside, Chen Jie saw the roof of the Ming King Hall had already been lifted off by himself and the Demon Slayer Monk, but at the top of the roof, there was still a terrace with a large bell hanging on it.

Chen Jie and Chen Long arrived in front of the large bell quickly with their Qinggong skills.

The large bell had two characters engraved on it: Loyalty and Righteousness!

Chen Jie looked at the Loyalty Bell in front of him, and Chen Long, who was very perceptive, spoke up at this time, "Young Hero Chen, this Loyalty Bell is a sacred artifact of our Holy Sect, inherited from the Buddhist Sect of the White Lotus Sect of yesteryears, forged with outer space meteorite iron, so when it rings, the sound spreads far and wide."

"Ringing it here, everyone up and down Bright Peak can hear it clearly, so this bell can only be rung on significant holidays or in times of major crises for the Holy Sect, and once it’s rung, no matter what anyone is doing on Bright Peak, they must stop immediately and gather at the Ming King Hall."