Chapter 717: Chapter 717 - 680 Yun Family’s Karma_2

Why do these high and mighty figures from the Yun Family treat us like this? We are the families of traveling merchants, forcefully abducted by them. Not only are we forced to marry the crude men on Yunzhou Island and live out our wretched lives, but at this very moment, it seems our lives are entirely at their mercy!

"You’re all aware, aren’t you? If the Fourth Level of the Array of Heaven is broken, we will die, won’t we?"

Finally, someone could no longer bear the silence and roared at Old Island Master Yun Yi and the others.

Xiaosuisui and Ji Youzhi didn’t speak. They both stood where they were, shaking their heads in helplessness, choosing to remain silent at this moment.

Old Island Master Yun Yi couldn’t help but heave a sigh. "This is the fate of us Yunzhou Island people! Whether we can survive today all depends on the will of Heaven!"

"Fate, my foot! We are seafaring traders and their families. It was the selfish men of Yunzhou Island who kidnapped us. You forced us to become part of you. If you had treated us like family, we might have borne it for survival, but you..."

A woman, tears in her eyes and teeth gritted, pointed an accusing, shaking right hand at Yun Yi.

"You people are too selfish, treating our lives with disdain! Why? By what right do you so arrogantly decide our life or death?"

The old woman’s forceful question was filled with such resentment it seemed to shake the ground.

Ji Youzhi couldn’t bear to see his maternal grandfather being pointed at and loudly accused. He made to step forward and mediate.

However, Xiaosuisui subtly pulled him back, saying, "This is the karmic consequence created by Great-Grandfather and his ancestors. They have to resolve it themselves!"

After experiencing the Array of Heaven, Xiaosuisui seemed to have understood a lot. She didn’t even need to consciously activate her ’heavenly eye’ to see through some of the cause-and-effect connections between ordinary people.

By the looks of your great-grandfather, it seems he can’t bear the people’s heart-piercing accusations!

Xiaosuisui sighed lightly in her heart. Great-Grandfather doesn’t have much time left. With the Yun Family’s karmic debt, he probably wants to resolve it bit by bit!

"Wh-What? What do you mean by that?"

Xiaosuisui sighed and shook her head, unwilling to say more.

Over there, Old Island Master Yun Yi had already understood the current situation. His beloved great-granddaughter had already breached the Fourth Level of the Array of Heaven, yet they were all still alive and well. The Yun Family members were all intact and would surely be able to leave this place in the future.

If that were the case, the past karmic debt accumulated by the Yun Family would certainly affect their descendants. They would need to repay this debt, and their lineage would surely not prosper, declining with each passing generation.

Therefore, the burden of resolving this matter now fell upon his old shoulders.

So be it. My time is short anyway. If I can alleviate some karmic debt for my descendants before death, I’ll still have some use.

"There’s no need for such agitation. The karmic debt for this matter rests entirely on me alone. If you want to strike or blame someone, direct it all at me. I know you hate me, hate Yunzhou Island, and hate our Yun Family even more. It’s because of our Yun Family’s existence and our oppression that you’ve been forced to live here."

"You did more than just force us to live here!

"All our loved ones died at your hands!

"Tell me, Yun Yi, how much blood is on your hands?

"How can you live with a clear conscience after all these years?"

The old woman from before angrily pointed at Old Island Master Yun Yi’s nose as she questioned him.

The younger members of the Yun Family quickly shielded Old Island Master Yun Yi, and someone even shouted, "Madame Lan, you’re being insolent!"

It turned out this old woman was the most senior among the elder women on the island. Her husband had not been a Yun Family member but a descendant of a friend the Yun Family had brought to Yunzhou Island to live with them long ago. Now, her husband was gone, but she had several sons, daughters-in-law, and two grandsons. Among the women present, she held the most authority, which was why others dared not speak out when she accused the Yun Family.

"Me, insolent?

"What right do you have to call me insolent?

"Hasn’t your Yun Family committed enough sins already?"

The Yun Family members were instantly struck speechless. The younger generation looked at each other, their faces flushing crimson. Yun Cang and Yun Kuo tightly shut their eyes. Old Island Master Yun Yi let out a soft sigh.

"The Yun Family has indeed committed too many sins. I, this old man, will bear responsibility for it all."

As Old Island Master Yun Yi said this, Yun Kuo cried out anxiously, "Grandfather!"

Yun Cang and his brothers also cried out, "Father!"

Old Island Master Yun Yi waved his hand at them, then snatched the longsword from Yun Kuo’s grasp and offered it to Madame Lan.

"I know that on this Yunzhou Island, countless people wish to seek revenge against my Yun Family! But you fear our Yun Family’s martial strength, so you don’t dare. Especially the women who were abducted from the outside—torn from your homes, forced to watch your loved ones die brutally, and then made to submit to your enemies. I understand your anger, your hatred. Now, I give you a chance. My life is here. If you want it, come and take it!"

The Yun Family members exclaimed in alarm, "Father (Grandfather)! This isn’t right!"

Old Island Master Yun Yi waved his hand, saying to them, "This is my decision, and it is the Yun Family’s karmic debt. No child of the Yun Family is to interfere!"

"Father! You mustn’t! If a debt must be paid, let your son do it!" Yun Cang’s eyes instantly reddened.

His other brothers also rushed forward, crying, "I’ll do it! Let me repay it!"

Yun Kuo also shed tears. "Me too, Grandfather! Let me."

Old Island Master Yunyi reached out and stroked his head, saying, "From the moment you were born, Grandfather knew that the hopes of the Yun Family’s younger generation rested on your shoulders. It was also from that year that Grandfather decided to stop going out to sea to plunder. Later, when you secretly went out to sea for leisure and brought back your third cousin, I investigated further and discovered you were destined for great things. But the Yun Family’s karmic debt is too heavy and will surely affect you. Let me, a dying old man, take this karmic debt away with me! Henceforth, you must always keep the common people in your heart, accumulate merit, and repay the Yun Family’s future karmic debts!"