The Demon King is an Idiot [BL]-Chapter 147: H-He is the one...!
"I do not even know who you are talking about," Jie Fu Lian honestly spoke.
"Okay," Jin Gengxin gritted his teeth and nodded his head as he spoke, "Then let’s say that was also done by someone else who wanted to frame you. What about the proof that we have received of you contacting the demon king?"
"The demon king?" Jie Fu Lian repeated.
At this point, he felt as if this whole conversation was just ridiculous.
"Why the hell would I contact the demon king? There is no one else who wants to kill the demon king more than me!"
"Jie Fu Lian, you have been secretly contacting the demon king from time to time and have sold out vital information to that wicked man. We have every right to believe that you have colluded with the demons!"
"Don’t be ridiculous! I have killed more demons than I could count. Do you think I would really work with the likes of them...?!"
"It doesn’t matter what I think. There is proof."
Jie Fu Lian gritted his teeth as he heard this, "I didn’t do it. I don’t care what falsified proof you have. I am not a coward who would be afraid to stand up for myself."
"So you didn’t collude with the demons?"
"I didn’t!"
"Then let’s talk about the time you went around trying to help people and with a facade of a righteous cultivator, lured in innocents and killed them."
"The more you talk, the more I question your sanity. Sect Master Jin, has age started to rot your head?" Jie Fu Lian scoffed as he spoke, "I have helped a lot of people but never in my life have I killed an innocent!"
Jin Gengxin coldly smiled as he heard this and spoke, "I’m afraid you cannot get out of this one that easily."
"What do you mean?"
"We not only have proof but we also have a witness," Jin Gengxin spoke as he side-glanced over at a woman who had been standing behind him this whole time.
Jie Fu Lian looked at the woman and immediately frowned. No matter how much he thought about it, he was sure this was the first time he had seen the woman.
"H-He is the one...!" The woman stuttered out, pointing at Jie Fu Lian but not daring to make eye contact, "He is the one who killed my husband! I saw it with my very own eyes!"
Jin Gengxin smirked as he heard this and questioned, "What do you have to say for yourself, Jie Fu Lian?"
"I have never seen this woman before and I have no idea who her husband is. How can I kill someone I have never met before?"
"You bastard! You still dare deny it?!" A man shouted with tears in his eyes. He pointed at Jie Fu Lian and glared at him as he cried out, "You killed her! You killed my daughter! It was you! It was definitely you!"
Jie Fu Lian slightly frowned as he heard this and was a bit taken aback.
From the expression on the man’s face, it didn’t look like he was lying or acting. Jie Fu Lian could immediately recognize the way the man looked at him. It was a gaze filled with pure hatred and killing intent.
It was the first time someone was staring at Jie Fu Lian with such hatred and for a second, the situation made Jie Fu Lian feel a little stunned.
"Jie Fu Lian, can you still look at these people and say that they are lying?" Jin Gengxin asked with a mocking smirk, "You killed the ones they deeply loved and now, your sins have finally caught up to you. It is time for you to face your karma."
"What a load of bullcrap!" Jie Fu Lian gritted out and immediately turned to look at his father as he spoke, "Father, you know it, don’t you? You know that I’m innocent. Why aren’t you doing anything? Why are you just standing there?"
Jie Yang Zan pursed his lips together and did not even dare meet Jie Fu Lian’s eyes as he spoke, "I know nothing."
"..." Jie Fu Lian felt his heart ache as he heard these cold words.
"Jie Fu Lian, even your father knows what type of demon you are. Stop bothering to hide and turn yourself in. You should pay for your sins. Only then can the souls that you have taken finally rest in peace."
Jie Fu Lian looked over at Yin Ru as he spoke, "Senior martial sister, you know it, don’t you...?! You know that I’m innocent!"
Yin Ru, who was currently under the control of Jie Yang Zan, looked away without saying anything and showed the same indifference that Jie Yang Zan had shown him.
Jie Fu Lian bit his bottom lip, almost causing it to bleed. He could handle the fact that he was being accused of such heinous crimes that he hadn’t even committed, but what he could not handle was the indifference that the people he loved showed him.
He wanted to be believed... He wanted there to be at least a single person who would stand up for him and say that he was innocent.
"X-Xian Huan..." Jie Fu Lian looked at the boy who was the same age as him. The two had grown up together and they were close friends who had supported each other through thick and thin. They were so close that it would not even be wrong to call them brothers. Even now, Jie Fu Lian wanted to believe that at least this brother of his would trust him.
"You believe me... Right?" Jie Fu Lian’s voice was a little quiet as he tilted his head and questioned.
Xian Huan wiped away the tears from his cheeks as he spoke, "I have no idea..."
Jie Fu Lian’s eyebrows creased together and he looked as if he was on the verge of breaking into tears as he heard this.
"I honestly don’t know anymore," Xian Huan replied as he looked down at the ground, "I want to believe that you are innocent. I really do... But brother Ming, you never told me that you were a half-demon. You never told me anything. How can I still blindly believe you when I know nothing about you...?!"
"I am not a half-demon," Jie Fu Lian softly spoke, having no energy to raise his voice, "You have to believe me. I am just as confused as you are. I am innocent."
Xian Huan looked away and said nothing.
"Brother Shi XiuYing and brother Xue Liang, what about you?" Jie Fu Lian felt as if he was desperately clinging onto the last string of hope as he questioned, "You believe me, right? I am innocent. You know that, don’t you?"
Just like Xian Huan, Xue Liang also looked away without saying anything.
Shi XiuYing sighed as looked at Jie Fu Lian with pity and muttered, "I’m sorry..."
"Eh?"
Even the last string of hope seemed to have snapped and Jie Fu Lian’s mind went blank.
"Jie Fu Lian, just give up!" Jin Gengxin exclaimed, "There is nobody left to believe your lies!"
Jie Fu Lian looked at Jin Gengxin and then, his eyes naturally trailed over to Jin Long who, like all the others, turned away without saying anything.
"So you all believe it...?" Jie Fu Lian helplessly muttered, almost seeming as if he was talking to himself, "You all believe that I am guilty?"
"You took my daughter! You killed her! You monster! How can you still pretend to be innocent?!"
"My husband... My poor husband... What did he ever do to you...? Why did you kill him? Why did you take him away from me?!"
"You black-hearted demon!"
"Shameless bastard!" 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚
"Give up!"
"Turn yourself in!"
"Pay for your sins!"
"Kill him!"
"You murderer!"
Jie Fu Lian felt as if his head was spinning. The more hateful words he heard, the more tired he felt.
At this moment, he suddenly remembered the rogue cultivator that he had met a week ago.
Wei Hua was wrong... There was not a single soul standing by his side today...
There was not a single person who trusted him and was there to support him...
He was alone... Completely alone.
Even his own family had abandoned him...
The crowd started going wild and more people started shouting curses at Jie Fu Lian.
It was so ridiculous...
It was so ridiculous that he almost wanted to laugh.
Suddenly, Jie Fu Lian glanced back at the edge of the cliff as he heard the word ’Jump’.
He didn’t know who had shouted it. In fact, perhaps it wasn’t shouted by anyone at all.
"Jump!"
"Jump!"
"Give up!"
"Jump!"
"Die!"
"You monster!"
"Just Die!"
"Kill yourself!"
Jie Fu Lian shook his head, feeling extremely tired to the point where his vision was starting to go dark.
The curses and shouting had started to fade, but the hateful words repeated themselves over and over again in his head.
"Jump!"
"Jump!"
"Just Jump!"
"Give up!"
At one point, Jie Fu Lian was also softly muttering these words, looking as if he were under a spell.
