CHAPTER 426: CHAPTER 426: TAKING THE OATH (1)

"So, what is it that led you to bring us all here? I know it’s definitely not just to invite us to dinner." Grandpa Li asked his old friend as he sipped one of his favorite teas that Grandpa Chu had prepared.

The two had known each other for so long that they could tell what the other was thinking without saying a word.

"Well, you might not have left the perimeter wall of this community for a while but your young ones must have.

They should know that the world is changing and the zombies are evolving. They are becoming stronger and faster. Little Bunny said that today she met a zombie with high intelligence. It could command others and even knew to escape when it sensed danger.

Things are changing and we have to change with them.

With our current strength, the few of us can fight stronger zombies, but what will happen if more of them evolve?

My granddaughter is probably the strongest human alive, but she alone cannot face the threat of the apocalypse and everything it brings.

Even though many others are cultivating diligently and growing stronger everyday, there is still a gap brought about by the difference in the population.

When the apocalypse started, almost ninety percent of the human population mutated and turned into zombies.

That means that we were only left with a population of ten percent. Then came the heat wave, floods, and now the epidemic.

All these disasters have chipped away a significant part of that ten percent, which now means that the population of humans is even smaller.

If we face a war between humans and zombies, no matter how strong the few of us are, we will still lose.

That’s why we thought that our ancestors left a legacy in the Chu family for not only our bloodline, but all of humanity.

It is also why we decided to share the cultivation techniques and resources with everyone in the sect as long as they are people willing to protect humanity.

However, after the reports that have come back about the zombies mutating further and evolving, we have realized that what we are doing might not be enough.

So, we decided to bring out the Chu family’s trump card. But..." Grandpa Chu had talked so much to let the Li family understand the severity of the situation.

Even though he was aware that his friend and the other elders of the Li family must already know it as they had a powerful and responsible younger generation at home, he still believed that it was better to emphasize the importance of what they were about to do.

Not for anything else, but to protect his granddaughter. The secrecy of the soul ring could not be exposed so casually.

Even though they knew that she was stronger than anyone else, they couldn’t take the risk.

What if an old monster hiding somewhere in the mountains heard about it and came to steal the Soul Ring.

The ring had already combined with Chu Miao’s soul and the only way anyone else could get it was to kill her and scatter her soul.

They couldn’t take the risk.

"But what we have isn’t something we can take out in public. Moreover, all those who know about its existence must keep it a secret.

And for that to be absolutely ensured, in case someone let something slip by accident, everyone must take an oath.

It is something that will help to increase the cultivation speed by almost a hundred times compared to now, but the cost of exposure is too high.

So, my friend, I hope you understand. If you are willing to take an oath, I will immediately introduce you and everyone else who is willing as well." Grandpa Chu knew that he was showing distrust by asking the members of the Li family to take an oath, but he had no choice. He had to protect his granddaughter.

Before Grandpa Li could say anything, his youngest daughter-in-law was the first to object.

"Uncle Chu, how could you make us take an oath just because you want to show us something?

An oath isn’t something that should be taken lightly. Even though they are just empty words, they could still haunt someone.

I don’t think that’s fair." She said without a filter as if taking an oath was the same as killing her.

"Zhao Man, how could you talk to Uncle Chu like that?" The second son of the Li family reprimanded his wife.

He was not a stranger to oaths. They were also a military family even though they also had a successful business before the apocalypse.

He knew that oaths were meant to protect the most confidential military secrets and they were not to be taken lightly.

Once an official took an oath, he couldn’t share any information even with his own family.

Thinking of this, not just him, but every other member of the Li family understood the severity of the situation.

They knew that Grandpa Chu as a former general understood what taking an oath meant and he would not suggest it if what they were about to share was not extremely sensitive information.

Thus, they didn’t question it, except for the ignorant daughter-in-law.

The said daughter-in-law was about to argue with her husband when Grandpa Li looked at her with a stern eye and she shut her mouth immediately.

He was after all a general before even if he had retired. The aura of a soldier who had walked out of a battlefield and tasted blood was different from the soldiers who had worked during peaceful times like his son and grandson.

"Go on, if it’s an oath that we have to take, we will take it. No problem." Grandpa Li said without hesitation.

He understood his friend better than anyone. He was sure that his friend wouldn’t request them to take an oath if there was another way.