Chapter 116: Boundless Karma, but Immeasurable Merit (6k2)

"Wait a minute, what crime have I committed that deserves to be punished in endless purgatory? You have to explain clearly so that I can understand where I broke the law, right?"

Lu Wenwu widened his eyes and kept asking questions, with no intention of ending the matter.

"When I was in the human world, I heard that each of the Ten Palaces of the Underworld was a mirror hanging high above, and they enforced the law impartially. Assistant ghost, are you deceiving me?"

Yama's assistant's face flushed crimson as he argued, "Don't be so spitting nonsense! Souls in the underworld shouldn't be disrespectful to Lord Yama. How could I possibly be deceiving you?"

Lu Wenwu didn't say anything, just crossed his arms and looked at him straight.

The two sides stared at each other strangely for five seconds.

In an instant, the expressions of Yan Luo's assistant and the trainee judge changed drastically, and their eyes were filled with strong disbelief when they looked at Lu Wenwu.

He suddenly realized.

This isn't a ghost!

This is a living person!

The laws of the underworld are all about restricting ghosts and dead souls, and there is really no law that restricts living people.

This is not within the jurisdiction of the underworld!

Lord Qin Guangwang hasn't said anything yet, so why are you two meddling in other people's business?

The faces of the surrounding ghost soldiers and ghost officials suddenly became extremely interesting, and the atmosphere in the hall became a little awkward for a while.

King Qin Guang still had the same indifferent look as before.

His eyes shifted slightly as he spoke calmly, "As the underworld's shady messengers, you must enforce the law impartially. The underworld has been undergoing reform for decades now. Do you still think this is the time when you could arbitrarily embezzle, accept bribes, and distort the truth?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the faces of the two ghost messengers turned pale, and their souls even showed signs of instability.

"You will be sentenced to a hundred days in the hell of tongue-pulling. If it happens again, you will take off your official robes and report to the Ten Courts of Hell." The god of the underworld sitting in the center casually announced the sentence.

Reporting to the Ten Palaces of Justice means that the Wheel-Turning King will send them to be reincarnated.

All the merits and accumulations made before will be in vain, and the possibility of becoming a Yin God will be cut off.

The two ghost messengers were covered in cold sweat. They knelt on the ground in fear and kowtowed, shouting for mercy from the lord.

Then a black space-transmitting light flashed across his body, and he disappeared in a flash.

After casually dealing with the two ghost messengers, King Qin Guang looked at Lu Wenwu again, and a barely perceptible strange color flashed in his indifferent eyes.

A mortal who can come to the underworld in the flesh

When was the last time this happened?

It seems like it is still that bold monkey.

King Qin Guang thought so and raised his head slightly towards Lu Wenwu.

Assistant Yan Luo immediately took down something similar to a thermometer gun from the high platform on the right and glanced at Lu Wenwu's forehead.

“Ding. Ding.”

The familiar electronic synthesized sound continued to prompt, indicating that the scanning process was continuing.

Lu Wenwu couldn't help but ask, "What are we doing now? I read in the book that Lord Qin Guangwang is going to interrogate me or something?"

"Oh, the interrogation process you mentioned is too complicated. There have been too many souls lost in the past hundred years to handle it all. After the reform of the underworld, this slower method has been eliminated."

Assistant Yan Luo was surprisingly easy to talk to and answered and explained this question during the testing process.

"Now, when the dead souls arrive here, they go directly to the Sin Mirror Platform. It can show the past life of your past life. Then, Lord Qin Guang will ask a few questions as appropriate, and then you can go to the Second or Tenth Palace."

"Wait a moment. The response of the newly developed third-generation cloud mirror system from the Ghost Department is slightly slower than the previous main body detection. It will take about ten seconds. Please wait patiently where you are."

"My past life?" Lu Wenwu thought for a moment, then his expression changed drastically. "Wait, then aren't those browsing records I've seen also..."

Assistant Yan Luo obviously knew what this was and nodded with a regretful expression.

Lu Wenwu immediately said righteously, "Stop the test! Stop it! I'll admit any guilt! I think we should just skip the hassle and go straight to the Fourth Hall to see the coroner, Wang, and use the scale!"

Of course you can't stop, and it's even more impossible to fast forward.

Lu Wenwu suddenly realized that King Qin Guang seemed to have smiled subtly just now?

Is it an illusion?

"Lord Yan Luo, the test is completed." Assistant Yan Luo said respectfully.

"Um."

King Qin Guang responded indifferently.

As soon as he lifted his finger, the blue thread-bound book automatically flew up, opened up and down like a laptop, and appeared in front of him.

Obviously, this is also part of the Niejingtai cloud system.

This is what a notebook looks like!

"Invincible Tyrannosaurus God of War." King Qin Guang whispered the name, "Perhaps your wish can be fulfilled."

"Satisfied with what?" Lu Wenwu was confused.

Before King Qin Guang could explain, he could only hear the sound of "swish, swish, swish" writing on the thread-bound notebook.

Then a ray of light flashed, and Lu Wenwu appeared in a large house that looked like a court.

Directly opposite, behind the judgment table, ten figures with different temperaments and all carrying tyrannical power were lined up in a row. They were none other than the Ten Kings of Hell!

There are four other seats on the second step slightly lower, two opposite each other on both sides.

If not the legendary four judges of the underworld, who else could it be?

Countless ghost officials and soldiers with green faces and fangs were standing on both sides, led by a group of Black and White Impermanence and a group of Ox-Headed and Horse-Faced Impermanence. The swords, spears, swords and halberds in their hands were all shining with cold light and full of murderous aura.

Originally, in the center seat of the judge, sat a dark-faced man wearing a bright red official robe, a red crown on his head, and a crescent moon on his forehead.

Now, even without opening his eyes of insight, Lu Wenwu could see that this person must be the most famous King Yama in folk legends, the upright judge Bao Zheng.

but

What is going on?

This is not the Fifth Palace!

King Yama presides over the trial, and the other nine Yama Kings are there to listen?

Did my buddy break the heavenly law, to the point where ten Yamas and four judges showed up at the same time!

Lu Wenwu scratched his head and took the initiative to speak, "Master Bao... No, Lord Yama, what heinous crime have I committed to attract all the underworld spirits to come to judge me? The monkey who caused chaos in the underworld and the Heavenly Palace back then didn't get the same treatment as me, right?"

As of now, the various conditions in the underworld after the reform are obviously very different from those recorded in the "Yu Li Bao Chao".

but.

The ghost power in the underworld isn't so excessive, right?

He actually gave me such a grand ceremony!

Compared to King Qin Guang, who always has an icy expression, King Yama Bao Zheng is obviously more down-to-earth and more approachable.

He smiled and spoke in a powerful voice, "The circumstances of your group are quite special, and yours is even more special. A special procedure must be initiated for your review."

"Me? Special?" Lu Wenwu was full of questions. "How special can a little Karami like me be?"

King Qin Guang said calmly, "How special is that? Don't you know how many lives you've taken?"

The King of the Ten Courts of Justice laughed heartily. "I remember the last time someone this special appeared and went through a special trial was when we were conducting a joint trial with Hell. But the karma on that mustachioed guy's hands pales in comparison to this kid's."

Lu Wenwu: “???”

I seemed to have accidentally heard some news that contained a huge amount of information.

"Wait, wait, wait, I think I can make an excuse!" Lu Wenwu said loudly, "I did kill a lot, but the fusion of human puppets and those controlled and transformed lives also counts as karma. Isn't this a bit unreasonable?"

“Naturally it is reasonable.”

The Chakravartin answered with a smile, his eyes seeming to show admiration for Lu Wenwu.

"Whenever you kill a life, karma is created."

"But if you do good deeds, you will also gain more merit. What we need to calculate is the difference between merit and karma."

"Originally, this matter was under the responsibility of the Star Lord Siming. Later, because the application and approval process was too cumbersome, in order to improve the efficiency of administrative units and enhance the reincarnation experience of the deceased souls, this authority was handed down to our underworld. It is currently in the hands of the Coroner King."

"When weighing the difference between merit and karma, people generally use the classic method of weighing good and evil, or the Buddhist method of weighing by scripture, or the most visually appealing method of weighing by the hanging man."

"Merit and karma cannot cancel each other out. Karma can only be eliminated by punishment in hell, and only then can you be reborn."

"But the accumulation of merit can make the soul's life in hell a little easier, to the point where they feel no pain at all from the punishment of hell."

"So, do you understand?"

"I understand. Thank you, Lord Chakravartin, for clearing up my doubts." Lu Wenwu clasped his fists according to ancient etiquette.

Seeing that the conversation between the man and the god had ended, Bao Zheng, the King of Hell, who was sitting in the center, said loudly: "Lift up the karma mirror and the karma scale!"

Lu Wenwu: “!!!”

Karma Mirror!?

It’s bad, the society is going to die!

What’s the difference between this and pooping in public!

Lu Wenwu knew about the Karma Mirror, which was originally placed in the palace of the Heavenly Emperor Indra.

The Northern Wei Dynasty's "Sutra on Mindfulness of the Proper Dharma" describes it as follows: "It can see everything people do in the world, and according to their good and evil, it determines whether they are blessed or cursed. It covers the four continents. At that time, the gods and Indra entered the Karma Mirror. Seeing the retribution of their karma, none of them played around. Heavenly King, you observe the reflection of this Karma Mirror."

To put it bluntly, this thing is like the Eye in the Sky, a top-level surveillance device.

It was the thing used by Indra, the god of heaven, to listen to gossip.

Later, due to the great integration of Buddhism, Taoism and the underworld, this thing was seconded to the underworld for a pilot project.

After discovering that it was effective, it was transferred to the underworld and managed by King Yama.

Its main function is to make the souls who refuse to accept the sentence die on the spot in the Fifth Hall, asking for a hammer and getting it, and then confess their guilt and accept the punishment.

On the side of the Joint Court of the Ten Kings of Hell, a small door opened.

Three Yama assistants entered one after another.

Walking in front, carrying a large scale like a hanging balance is the assistant of the coroner Wang, known in ancient times as the Two Boys of Good and Evil.

This official position often appears in other Yama Palaces. It can help Yamas to search for written files while working. It is somewhat similar to positions such as secretary and judicial assistant.

Fortunately, King Yama was very reasonable and did not activate the Karma Mirror right away. He just asked the Good and Evil Boy to extract the karma and merits from Lu Wenwu and place them on the Karma Scale for weighing.

"Weigh your karma!" King Yama said in a deep voice.

Hearing this, the evil boy took down a tray and walked in front of Lu Wenwu with it in both hands.

"rise!"

He uttered a word softly, and the ancient and heavy tray suddenly enlarged and floated in the air.

The evil boy made hand gestures and chanted spells.

Strands of ghost energy that seemed to be tangible were released from his body and placed on the tray and Lu Wenwu respectively.

Strange light patterns lit up from the tray, emitting a faint suction force.

In an instant, Lu Wenwu's body turned red, and unparalleled murderous aura was released uncontrollably.

The entire courtroom was dyed in a hazy bloody color, as if a huge sea of ​​blood was descending.

Cold and scorching flames burned fiercely from all over the hall.

That is karmic fire!

Boundless karmic fire!

The endless ferocity and the cold and fierce flames emanating from Lu Wenwu instantly made the ghost soldiers and officials present change color and look horrified.

Big devil!

The greatest devil!

No wonder the Ten Kings of Hell and the four judges came out after just the initial trial in the Qin Guangwang Palace and after passing the Mirror of Sin.

It's really... really amazing!

In the face of this level of karma and karmic fire, even these battle-hardened underworld soldiers and ghost officials felt as insignificant as grains of sand in the desert.

They even need to try their best to mobilize the ghost energy to protect themselves, so as to ensure that they do not lose the majesty of the Yama Kings in the underworld.

How many lives has this demon before me killed? How much karma has he shouldered?

There must be at least hundreds of millions of them!

After his karma was triggered by the evil boy, this level of karmic fire should have instantly melted his soul into nothingness and turned his soul into chaos.

How on earth did he manage to remain unscathed?

A tremendous blood-colored power surged out from Lu Wenwu's body, turning into the turbulent Yangtze River, rushing and flowing like a substance, washing towards the ancient tray.

When the karma in Lu Wenwu's body touched the tray, the evil boy's face flashed wildly, and the rate of output of ghost energy increased to an extreme, and the ghost's face looked a little hideous.

But even so, the heavy karma still caused the tray to sink.

It is sinking in an unshakable and unstoppable manner!

The boundless karma was so heavy that even the evil boy in charge of weighing it couldn't lift it, and couldn't even stop it a little!

The coroner Wang was slightly surprised when he saw this scene, and waved his hand to release a ray of divine power.

Under the influence of this Yin God's divine power, the tray that was already overwhelmed finally slowly rose up.

At the same time, the suction force on the tray also increased tens of millions of times, increasing the speed of karma accumulation to an incredible level, almost completing it in an instant.

The tray that was supporting a palm-sized karma fire that looked like a glazed red lotus slowly returned to the karma scale and immediately pushed one end of it to the ground.

This small glazed red lotus represents the more than two billion lives that died directly or indirectly at the hands of Lu Wenwu in the Endless Reincarnation copy, which is more than thirty times the total death toll in the two world wars.

The death of the Puppet Apostle and the Life Apostle, along with the deaths of the deformed lives connected to them, was enough to make Lu Wenwu's karma explode.

Those ghost soldiers and ghost officials were all a little dazed at this time, and each one looked at Lu Wenwu with more fear than the other.

That’s not more than twenty, that’s more than two billion!

Could it be that this person single-handedly massacred half of the world's population?

This is a bit too horrifying!

The ten kings of hell had different expressions.

The Chakravartin, who was born as a top military general, looked at Lu Wenwu on the trial platform, and the admiration in his eyes became more and more obvious.

Those ghost soldiers and ghost officials did not understand many things and believed that Lu Wenwu had boundless karma and must be a peerless demon.

But the Ten Kings of Hell, as the gods of the underworld, obviously understand the system and the players.

The Wheel King is very fond of players like Lu Wenwu who dare to fight, dare to fight, and dare to kill.

On the high platform, King Yama glanced at the Coroner King and spoke again: "Weigh your merits!"

This time, there was no need for Shan Tongzi to step forward, as the coroner Wang, who was in charge of the four palaces, took action himself.

A yin divine power drew a mysterious mark in his hand, forming a glittering talisman.

In a moment, Lu Wenwu felt a warm feeling rising in his body, and a golden light seemed to surge in front of his eyes.

Suddenly, a golden light shone brightly above the judgment seat, and golden pillars of light that seemed to be solid shot up into the sky, spreading in all directions until they spread throughout the entire hall.

All the coldness and evil spirit that had been there before disappeared without a trace.

The ice and snow in the boundless sea of ​​blood melted away in an instant, transforming into warm golden light of merit.

The golden light is endless and the merits are immeasurable.

Countless ghost soldiers and evil spirits bathed in this golden light of merit, and even vaguely developed a sense of transcendence. Everything before disappeared without a trace, leaving only inner tranquility and peace.

It feels like I have already accomplished everything.

As long as he just tiptoes slightly, the light soul body can rise into the sky and become a Yin God on the spot.

The eyes of those ghost soldiers and officials who had experienced great ups and downs when they looked at Lu Wenwu changed again.

From the previous terror to the shock just now, to the current complexity.

All completed in just tens of seconds.

Infinite merits!

Could it be that this guy saved the world?

If Lu Wenwu could answer them, he could nod and say "yes" righteously.

As early as the day before, he had indeed just saved a world that had lost its future.

The more people are killed, the more they deserve to die.

A lot of people were saved, and most of them were innocent people.

The Ten Kings of Hell suddenly became serious at this moment, sitting upright and staring at the karma scale intently.

The golden light condensed from merit also gathered in the air to form a golden lotus.

The whole body is flawless, as if it were made of the finest gold.

The palm-sized golden lotus quietly landed on the empty tray.

Under the witness of countless ghost gods, ghost soldiers, and ghost messengers, the karma scale fell rapidly at an extremely fast speed, immediately balancing the two ends of good and evil.

Then, the end supporting the Golden Lotus of Merit continued to fall without hesitation, almost sinking to the bottom, pressing the entire lever of the karma scale to vertical!

Such a scene left countless ghost soldiers and evil spirits dumbfounded.

They never expected that Lu Wenwu, who they had just judged as a monstrous demon in their hearts, would suddenly change his identity and almost become a saint on the spot.

Such endless merits are an astronomical figure that they cannot accumulate even if they serve as ghost messengers for a whole Yuanhui.

The Ten Kings of Hell still looked at Lu Wenwu with different eyes.

But they all had an expression of approval.

Even Prince Qin Guang, who had been cold to Lu Wenwu before, had a slight smile on his face at this moment.

Seeing that the judge had finished recording the case, King Yama, who sat at the main seat, said, "Invincible Tyrannosaurus War God, do you have any objections to the Karma Scale's verdict? If you have any questions, you can look in the Karma Mirror."

"No, no, no need!" Lu Wenwu replied immediately.

Yama nodded slightly and said kindly, "According to the iron laws of the underworld, your life's merits and demerits have now been determined. You should go to the Chakravartin of the Ten Courts to receive permission for your next reincarnation."

"After receiving the offerings from the Offering Pavilion, you can go to the Ghost Realm Castle to spend your Yin life, and then go to the Golden Bridge to enter the reincarnation channel of the immortal way."

"However, you should be aware that this trip to the underworld is a test, but also an opportunity. No matter how much merit you have, you must still endure the trials of the eighteen levels of hell."

"Based on the absolute value of your good and evil deeds, the number of days of tempering should be reduced slightly. You will only need to endure three days of torture in each level of hell."

"During the torture, you must take out your personal belongings and hand them over to the Yincha for safekeeping. Remember this."

After saying that, King Yama looked at Lu Wenwu deeply.

Those eyes that seemed to be able to see through all the filth in the world seemed to be telling him something.

But before Lu Wenwu could say anything, King Yama waved his hand, and he immediately lost consciousness and was taken away to an unknown place by space.

The "criminal" who needed to be tried disappeared, and the judges, ghost messengers, and ghost soldiers in the hall took their leave. The entire hall fell silent, leaving only the ten Yamas sitting quietly there.

The ninth seat, an old man with a long beard and robes, spoke up and said, "Chakravartin, you seem to admire him quite a bit."

The Ninth Palace, the King of Equality.

He is also the most educated of all the Yama Kings.

The King of the Wheel smiled and said, "I'm just happy to see the prey. He's a good prospect."

Coroner Wang, who was also a military officer, echoed, "That's true, but the murderous intent is too strong. I'm afraid it goes against the laws of nature and human ethics, and is disliked by the Tao."

"But we happen to need a lot of these killers right now, even if he gets out of control." King Chujiang interrupted, "King Pingdeng and King Dushi, you two should feel this the most deeply."

The Equality King and the City King fell silent at the same time.

The Wheel-Turning King laughed heartily: "From my observation, his fate is similar to that of a broken army."

"Pojun? That's incredible." King Biancheng joined the group chat with a slight surprise.

"I didn't expect you to have such a high evaluation." King Qin Guang also looked surprised.

"Why not?" the Chakravartin asked in reply, "With a little training, he will become a knife that kills without bloodshed, an indestructible spear, a sword of majesty and courage."

"Whatever you say, I don't like him. He's completely disrespectful to his elders and has no respect for us." Emperor Song shook his head slightly. "Besides, with his reckless nature, he might not survive to the end."

"You're almost there! Stop expecting people to kowtow to you."

King Taishan, who had remained silent until now, immediately retorted.

"This is the modern underworld. The human world is progressing, and we, the Yin gods, can't stand still. Those old rules of monarchy and ministers are all outdated and should be swept into the trash can! The human world won't accept them anymore."

Emperor Song said nothing.

It was clear from his unhappy expression that this old-fashioned King of Hell who was in charge of hierarchy clearly did not agree with the idea of ​​equality for all in the new era.

"Okay, stop talking nonsense. That's enough gossip."

The eldest brother, King Yama, spoke up, interrupting the conversation that was only between the Ten Kings of Hell.

"It's time to get to work."

(End of this chapter)