Sky Fall Legend 79 Old Sigma 1

"You… Did you sell me out? How?" Jodye Trill was dumbstruck. He honestly hadn't expected this woman would betray him so quickly. Disappointment rushed over him in a wave, but soon reason caught up with him. How could Dessa have not been killed by the tribulation lightning of the heavens if she ratted him out? She took a heavenly blood oath.

"I'm so sorry! I didn't want to do it I swear, I just couldn't stop it… I mean," Dessa Chimes panicked and spoke too much, so she tried to hurry and cover her mouth.

"Couldn't stop what? Ah!" Jodye Trill's eyes suddenly brightened, as he instantly pieced the puzzle together, "That's right, Autumn Saver should have a rather powerful soul right? Taking over your body for a moment to save your life by snitching shouldn't be too hard. I suppose it's also this cowardly sword who promised to reward Sirius Regal."

The sword image on Dessa's hand lit up in response to Jodye's insult as if daring him to challenge it.

"Autumn Saver, do you believe that I will stay this weak for a long time? I'm sure you know the truth of my potential. Do you believe that I won't refine your soul once my realm improves? Do you feel infallible? Are you even a real person? You are nothing but a tool to me," Jodye Trill quipped ruthlessly, without emotion in his voice. The light on Dessa's hand brightened, and her face turned a bit red, but then the light disappeared altogether.

"She… she said women aren't respected in this land, and you could never understand them or the pain in my heart and hers when she discovered it," said Dessa Chimes gently, "Those men didn't touch me, Autumn Saver would have never allowed it. She just wants me to be safe while I grow stronger. Please don't erase her, young master."

"Autumn Saver is a… female?" asked Jodye Trill in puzzlement.

"She said that she would be whatever I influenced her to be… so… yes." Dessa nodded in affirmation. "If she hadn't protected me all the time in Dark Cave, those fiends would have surely violated me to death."

"…She had a point. What the d.a.m.n sword did was not wrong, it was the best thing for you based on the circ.u.mstances. After all, I wasn't there. Merely, the fact that it sacrificed your lord's well being for your own means that your heavenly oath doesn't apply to decisions made by your sword," Jodye had his eyes closed as he spoke to Dessa, but suddenly heard nine booming thunderclaps and Dessa's voice.

"I, Dessa Chimes, swear that… Autumn… Saver… will never harm my master in any way, or let me be struck by divine tribulation thunder!" Dessa Chimes gritted her teeth and spoke word for word. Apparently, she was resisting some significant obstruction.

"Dess… well, whatever. Do not fear, I still trust you," sighed Jodye Trill. He didn't know whether this girl was decisive or impulsive. "That reminds me… why is it that women are mistreated in this world? Is there truly no justice in this land, men simply can do as they please without rhyme or reason, action or consequence?"

"Well, the old maid Ma Dear who brought me up taught me many things about this land," Dessa raised a brow until she remembered that Mr. Jupiter had literally crashed out of the sky like a falling star when she first saw him. Plus he claimed to be six years of age. He wouldn't know much about the world. Thus, she explained, "It's not just the women, young master. Even little Aiken… well, it's… voodoo you know? Do you know about the barrier energy? The Great Motherland is really two continents, and Pangaea is the larger of the two. The barrier energy splits Pangaea into five wards, which we call the east, south, west, north, and central wards. The West and South Wards are known as the Voodoo States because all the overlords practice dark arts. Whereas the Northern and Eastern wards are the Magic States. I hear the culture in the Magic States is closer to how things are in Rodinia."

"Is Rodinia very different?" This was Jodye's first time hearing about these things.

His mother had never explained to him how wicked this world could be towards women, he had to learn that the hard way. Back at the Chimes estate, he saw plenty of examples of how low these peoples opinions of women were, it was too tasteless. At least back home he would still see influential female experts occasionally. He had yet to encounter a woman with a decent cultivation base in the south, all he had seen were mortal or captive women being violated. The strongest he had met was Monica in Little Oasis, and she was a master! Jodye's impression of masters was that they were born to be stronger than their peers, they had powerful souls.

This couldn't be the way of the world, right?

Of course, this was a place where might equals right! If the powers at the top of the food chain hand out the order for slaughter, it will, of course, be fulfilled.

"Ma Dear said that the Voodoo pract.i.tioners of Rodinia are different in that they are orthodox. The study of death and dark forces are allowed, but they don't harm mortals or innocents, or there are severe consequences. At least, for the most part, right?" Dessa Chimes was actually thrilled that Mr. Jupiter was taking such deep interest in her situation and her thoughts. Her smile was brilliant and threatened to make Jodye's heart race if he didn't steel himself.

"So basically, women are objectified this way because the men are just evil? That's a bit of a stretch…" Jodye Trill was unconvinced. Something was missing, right?

"No, it is mainly for our primordial yin, or any serenity qi that they can extract from us," responded Dessa Chimes patiently. "Many Voodoo Priests use dark arts to curse women so that their yin qi transforms into death qi."

Primordial Yin!

Death qi!

Sudden enlightenment!

Primordial Yin is the purest form of yin essence in a woman's body. Anyone practicing with death laws, which followed the yin principle, would naturally be attracted to the benefits of refining primordial yin. Jodye finally got it. These women were being used mainly as cultivation cauldrons. Voodoo Priests used them to accelerate the growth of their evil powers.

The fact that so few women around here were cultivators was probably manipulated somehow as well. After all, how could they be oppressed if they had the strength to resist?

Jodye Trill felt he could understand a lot better now. These voodoo pract.i.tioners favored forces that fit within the yin principle. Robbing women of their essence made their cultivation go smoother. In the end, it was all for strength.

"Voodoo States huh…" Jodye Trill thought about his mother and older sister, bound and in the hands of the enemy whom they referred to as White Demon. Then Jodye felt the pain and rage of his father dying in his place before his very eyes. Was this what a Voodoo State was? Rage swiftly built, but his astral points were drier than dry. Surprisingly, his anger was filling his astral pa.s.sages with a different type of strength. It was a mysterious feeling that he didn't truly understand at first.

However, after jogging through the memories left behind by T'Zhane, he realized that this energy resembled slaughter state! Just slightly, but this was definitely slaughter qi that was being produced from his anger, swimming through his astral channels! Could his rage be giving birth to slaughter force already?

Is it because he was able to open more astral points than usual? Would this side effect be good or bad? Knowing that these questions couldn't be answered yet, Jodye forced himself to calm down. However, he inwardly vowed that he would abolish every Voodoo State in this Great Motherland one day.

He would eradicate forces like the White Serpent Cove on his warpath back to the White Demon Castle in the sky! Jodye Trill wanted to help this broken society, this was how he would leave his mark on this world. More than that he wanted revenge, he wanted to kill!

His enemy maimed his father. His enemy kidnapped his mother and his big sister! That bald son of a b.i.t.c.h almost killed Jodye Trill, and he was likely still aiming to do so! White Demon tried to force him into a dead end but failed to do so. Jodye feared the worse for his parents and siblings, but he was totally powerless to even know more about the situation, let alone do anything to help. "I had considered heading to that pyramid next. However, it's clear I've underestimated the voodoo creatures and experts of this region. Let's head south, we'll find a way to travel to Rodinia."

"Ah!" Dessa Chimes heard they were changing direction and had an idea, "Maybe we can just take little Aiken back home after all!"

"Dessa, we don't have the time too… wait. The Moon clan is in Rodinia?" asked Jodye Trill. Dessa Chimes nodded. Jodye slapped his forehead in frustration, "Why didn't he just say that in the first place?!"

If Jodye had known that the home Aiken mentioned was in Rodinia this whole time, he would have likely head straight there to start with. Of course, what he didn't realize was that Aiken had already tried to tell him this several times.

"Mr. Jupiter, little Aiken is he… is he going to be okay?" Dessa Chimes was worried because the current Aiken Moon was b.l.o.o.d.y and swollen, bound to his mount by rope. He looked like a war criminal.

"He'll be fine. Once we put some distance between them and us, I'll make him some magic life pills," Jodye Trill was totally unconcerned with that boy. Aiken already dared to attack him once! Jodye may have been acting the role of the bad guy, but this kid was a bit too gullible, no? That's the real reason he was a bit heavy-handed in this matter, he wanted Aiken to know the consequences of betraying your savior!

The next time would only lead to death.