"Qin Luo, do you plead guilty?!"
Above the platform, a stern-faced old man thundered, jolting Qin Luo awake.
Looking at the unfamiliar yet familiar faces around him, he had no choice but to accept the truth: he had transmigrated.
He'd only gone to the hospital to get circumcised. And then he'd just died?
Honestly, he couldn't accept it, but there was nothing he could do about it.
He had transmigrated to another world and become the Holy Son of the Primal Void Holy Land.
"So because I was too weak, I ended up at the Void Holy Land?"
"Qin Luo, what are you muttering about? I asked you, do you plead guilty or not?" The Enforcement Hall Elder on the platform barked at Qin Luo again. A powerful aura swept toward him, making him stumble and nearly fall to his knees.
Several elders on the platform frowned, ready to speak. But after glancing at the Holy Lord, who sat with his eyes closed and said nothing, they immediately fell silent.
Qin Luo, who still wasn't accustomed to the power in his body, barely managed to stay upright. He looked at the old man and replied in a low voice, "I'm innocent!"
"Heh!" The Enforcement Hall Elder sneered.
"Whether you're guilty isn't for you to decide! We have eyewitnesses and evidence. You have no choice but to confess!"
Qin Luo cursed inwardly. "Fuck, then why ask me? Are you an idiot?"
He had also gleaned the relevant details from his memories. Someone had accused him of killing a fellow disciple in a secret realm and stealing the Primal Void Holy Land's damaged Saint Artifact, the Primal Void Bell.
"Senior Brother, even now, you still refuse to confess?"
The speaker was a woman in a gauzy dress, her brows like a crescent moon and her eyes as clear as autumn waters, enough to make anyone swoon.
She looked at Qin Luo with disappointment. "Senior Brother, as long as you confess, the Holy Lord will surely spare your life. At worst, he'll cripple your cultivation and expel you from the Holy Land."
This woman was Liu Ruyan, the Holy Maiden of the Primal Void Holy Land and the daughter of its Holy Lord. She was also Qin Luo's fiancée.
No, that had been true before. Now, it seemed she wasn't his fiancée anymore?
"Senior Brother, I know you resent me and the Holy Maiden, but that's no reason to side with the Heavenly Demon Sect and collude with its Holy Maiden!"
A handsome man with sharp brows and bright eyes stepped forward. A flash of smugness flickered in his gaze as he looked at Qin Luo, but no one noticed it except Qin Luo.
"Qin Luo colluded with the Heavenly Demon Sect's Holy Maiden to murder our Holy Land's disciples. He must have done it to cultivate the Heavenly Demon Sect's demonic art. Those senior brothers had all the blood and marrow drained from their bodies. Qin Luo must have cultivated the legendary Heaven-Devouring Demon Art! That's right, it has to be!"
"I think Qin Luo didn't do this on a whim. He must have planned it long ago. Maybe he isn't even an orphan—maybe he's a spy planted in our Primal Void Holy Land by the Heavenly Demon Sect!"
The disciples' imaginations ran wild, and one after another, they began to denounce Qin Luo.
"Qin Luo broke into the Holy Land's forbidden grounds in broad daylight, murdered the disciples guarding them, and stole the Primal Void Bell. That alone is a capital crime! He must pay for it in blood!" one man snarled, looking at Qin Luo with murderous fury.
His older brother had been one of the disciples guarding the forbidden grounds. He and Qin Luo had a blood feud over his brother's death!
"The Four Symbols Sword Technique that was stolen from the Scripture Pavilion a year ago must have been Qin Luo's doing, too!"
"Ling'er was raped and murdered ten years ago. That must have been Qin Luo as well!"
Looking at those hateful faces, Qin Luo was almost starting to believe them.
"Did I open my memories wrong? Is there some hidden side quest?"
But wait, that didn't make sense! Ten years ago, he'd only been eight! Eight years old! He'd barely started second grade. How could he have done something that vile?
So it was all slander! They were all kicking him while he was down!
The reason was easy enough to explain.
Qin Luo had been brought back from outside as an orphan by his master. He had shown his talent from a young age, reaching the Sixth Realm, the Divine Ability Realm, before he was even twenty.
He had even crushed all his rivals to become the Holy Son of the Primal Void Holy Land, and become engaged to its Holy Maiden, Liu Ruyan. He was the very picture of a winner in life.
But because he was too outstanding, he had made plenty of people jealous. Now that he had fallen from his pedestal, plenty were eager to kick him while he was down.
The accusations poured over Qin Luo in a relentless flood, as if slander cost nothing.
"Qin Luo, I lost my underwear three days ago. Was it you who stole it?"
"Qin Luo, was it you who slaughtered all thirty-six members of my family eighteen years ago?"
"Qin Luo, someone poisoned my Prosperity. I bet you did it!"
The accusations were getting more and more ridiculous.
The Primal Void Holy Lord on the platform finally couldn't take it anymore. He barked, "Enough!"
At a Saint's word, the entire crowd fell silent.
Then he turned his gaze to Qin Luo. "Qin Luo, the Enforcement Hall Elder accuses you of murdering fellow disciples, colluding with the Heavenly Demon Sect's Holy Maiden, and stealing the treasure of my Primal Void Holy Land. Are these accusations true?"
"Answer me truthfully!"
Just as Qin Luo was about to retort, a voice rang in his ear. He froze.
[System loading] [System loaded successfully] [The Super Villain System is at your service] [Everyone needs a dream. As a villain, you need one even more. A villain's ultimate dream is to suppress Heaven's Will, rise above it, suppress the myriad heavens, command billions of living beings, and reign supreme! You have to have a dream—what if it comes true?] [Does it matter whether these accusations are slander or fact?]
Qin Luo was just about to say, "Of course it matters!"
[What matters is what other people think. Once a rift appears, even if you mend it, things can never go back to how they were.] [Admit the slander, and your dream will come true.] [You can obtain the startup gift pack.]
"System, you're not going to screw me over, are you?"
"This script looks exactly like the protagonist's script. You're telling me you're a villain system? You've got to be kidding. What can you even do for me?"
[As long as the host obtains enough Fortune, the system can help the host improve his cultivation and combat strength, and acquire heaven-defying constitutions, bloodlines, cultivation arts, inheritances, and more.]
"If I confess, they won't kill me, will they?" Qin Luo asked, swallowing nervously.
[Isn't life just one choice after another?] [Choices matter more than effort. Choice one: admit the slander, bind to the Super Villain System, and obtain the startup gift pack.] [Choice two: deny everything, and the system will leave you.] [The system is counting to three. Please make your choice quickly!]
"Damn it..." Qin Luo was getting anxious.
Seeing Qin Luo standing there in a daze, the Primal Void Holy Lord's expression darkened. He was angry.
The Enforcement Hall Elder beside him immediately jumped in and yelled at Qin Luo, "Qin Luo, why aren't you answering the Holy Lord? Are you feeling guilty?!"
Qin Luo looked up at the powerful figures seated above him in the Holy Land. Then he smiled and said something that shocked everyone.
"Right, right, right. Everything you said is right. I, Qin Luo, did every damn bit of it!"
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