MC - Chapter 410: Questioning One's Conscience

In a daze, Chen Chao murmured to himself, "Can I really do nothing for her?"

The voice in his mind sounded out softly, "She's still a child. Can you bear to watch her die like this? How much can it delay you to send her home?"

The voice was very calm, yet it carried a certain alluring undertone, making it difficult for Chen Chao to focus. However, the pain in his mind lessened somewhat at this moment, though the voice in his head continued one after another, incessantly.

"What do you cultivate for?"

"Is it just so your life and death won't be decided by others?"

"Then why are you a warden?"

"Who will you never believe in this life?"

"Everything is solely for your own benefit?"

"Can someone like you reach the pinnacle of the martial path?"

The voices in his head kept sounding out one by one. That voice remained calm from start to end, devoid of any emotional fluctuations. Yet, it was precisely this calmness that left Chen Chao feeling bewildered and deeply immersed in them.

He muttered, "Was I wrong?"

The voice did not answer. Instead, the little girl who had been standing in front of the lantern suddenly disappeared. When she reappeared, it was a different scene. She lay in a pool of blood, her small face covered in fresh blood.

One of her hands had already been partially eaten by a ferocious-looking demon.

"How could this be..."

Chen Chao widened his eyes, his gaze filled with confusion and self-blame. If he had truly accompanied this mother and daughter to White Deer Prefecture, would this little girl still be alive?

It would not have mattered much for him to arrive late at Sword Qi Mountain, but for this little girl, it was different.

It might be the difference between life and death.

That voice slowly sounded out again at this moment. "Do you regret it? If you regret it, why did you do it in the first place?"

Chen Chao remained silent. It was just that he closed his eyes rather painfully.

The sachet in his bosom happened to fall out at this moment. Chen Chao glanced down absentmindedly, then

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Martial Cultivator Chapter 410: Questioning One's Conscience

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