“You wretches, you are the ones who ruined my son. If you hadn’t brought misfortune upon him, if you hadn’t come to the capital, he wouldn’t be in this state today.”
However, before Liu could even reach Ye Xianya and the others, she seemed to be frozen in place, completely unable to move. Just as she was about to continue cursing, she was knocked to the ground by the speeding prison cart, her head hitting the steps hard, blood gushing out.
"Mother!" Jiang Mingtao shouted from inside the prison cart.
He had previously looked down on his parents who came to visit him, thinking they were poor and ignorant, and that they were a disgrace to him.
But he is to be executed today, and Jiang Mingtao hopes that his family members can live well.
Unexpectedly, Liu was knocked to the ground by the prison cart he was riding in and lay in a pool of blood.
"Mother!" Madam Chen hurriedly ran over with her three children.
"My son...my son..." Liu raised her hand, her whole body convulsed a few times, and then her hand fell limply down. She felt a darkness engulf her and slowly lost consciousness.
"That old hag was hit by the prison van!" Ye Miaoyun whispered.
"Her soul has left her body; she is already dead," Ye Xianya said calmly.
Just now, it was indeed she who cast a spell to immobilize Liu Shi. Who told her to use such foul language and cause trouble for the mother and daughter?
As for her being hit and killed by the prison van?
She deserved it!
Ye Xianya opened the small bottle she had prepared beforehand and used magic to collect Liu's soul inside.
When the official in charge of escorting the prisoners learned that Liu was the mother of Jiang Mingtao, a death row inmate, he criticized Liu for obstructing the prison van. He said that not treating her as a prisoner who was trying to break in was already being lenient.
After the person died, he had his men give Chen and the others a few taels of silver so that they could give Liu a proper burial.
At noon, Jiang Mingtao was executed.
Ye Miaoyun was a timid person, but she watched Jiang Mingtao's head fall to the ground without even blinking.
This man who abandoned his wife and daughter and even tried to kill them has finally gotten his comeuppance, which is truly gratifying!
After taking Jiang Mingtao's soul, Ye Xianya did not return to the Ye family with Ye Miaoyun and the others. Instead, she went to the outskirts of Beijing to avoid bringing the ghost messengers home.
Although these ghost messengers are not ghosts, they live in the underworld year-round and have a strong ghostly aura. If an ordinary person gets tainted by them, even if they don't get sick, they will feel listless for several days.
After a person dies, ghost messengers will come to collect their soul.
Those who are beheaded or die unexpectedly like Liu are also within the scope of the ghost messengers' soul-collecting.
Only those who have been harmed by evil cultivators and whose souls have been forcibly taken away will not have their souls taken away by ghost messengers.
Ye Xianya stopped when she reached a deserted area on the outskirts of Beijing.
"Young lady, please hand over the souls of those two men to us so we can report back to the underworld," one of the ghost messengers said politely.
As ghost messengers, what they saw was Ye Xianya's powerful soul, so they did not take action directly, but instead consulted with her.
"These two have some karmic connection with me, and they have committed many evil deeds. I wish to send them to hell to suffer, so that they will not be able to be reincarnated for a hundred years. Even if they are reincarnated, they will not be able to be born as human beings again. I hope you two little immortals will do me a favor."
After Ye Xianya finished speaking, she not only gave them the bottle containing the soul, but also handed them a wooden box.
The two ghost messengers reached out and took the souls of Jiang Mingtao and Liu, then hooked them with their magical artifacts before taking their leave.
"Don't worry, young lady. They are guilty and have offended you, so they will surely not have a good end."
Ghost messengers roam the human world year-round, taking away the souls of the dead, and naturally they will interact with the world's most skilled cultivators.
Ye Xianya was the person with the strongest soul they encountered, and also the one who put the most pressure on them.
They had to travel around the world year-round, and dared not offend these powerful cultivators, lest they be held back and prevented from returning to the underworld in time to report back. Not only would their own cultivation be damaged, but they would also be punished for their poor performance.
So... they are willing to turn a blind eye and, when necessary, do these experts a favor.
To put it simply, no matter where you are, whoever has the bigger fist calls the shots.
"By the way, there's something else I'd like to ask you two fairies." Ye Xianya used her magic to block their path.
"Please ask, young lady. If we know the answer, we will tell you." The two men were somewhat shocked to find that the young lady had easily trapped them. They exchanged a glance and then turned to look at Ye Xianya, their attitude becoming even more respectful.
Although they are ghost messengers, they are not ghosts, but rather servants of the underworld. Strictly speaking, they are also immortals.
However, the gap between immortals is also very large. As ordinary servants of the underworld, they really can't beat the girl in front of them.
"Fifty years ago, my cultivation reached its peak, and I planned to transcend the tribulation and ascend to immortality. However, after enduring eighty-one lightning tribulations, I failed to ascend. Then... an incomparably powerful heavenly lightning destroyed my physical body. Because of my considerable strength, I preserved my soul with the help of a magical artifact, allowing me to be reborn as a human. When I was struck by the last heavenly lightning, I received a message from the Heavenly Dao, saying that this world could no longer accommodate someone who could ascend, so it could only destroy me."
Ye Xianya paused slightly as she spoke, "Do you two little immortals know the reason behind this? Why can't this world accommodate those who can fly anymore?"
Although she no longer planned to cultivate immortality, Ye Xianya still wanted to ask about everything that had happened in her past life.
According to the experience passed down by the Taiyi Sect, cultivators in this world will attract a tribulation of lightning when they reach the peak of their cultivation.
If one can withstand the eighty-one tribulations of lightning, one can rebuild one's golden body and attain immortality.
As a result... she endured all the tribulations and was waiting to ascend, but was destroyed by the very hand of Heaven.
Ye Xianya couldn't defeat the Heavenly Dao, but she still wanted to know why.
After hearing her words, the two ghost messengers looked at each other, somewhat bewildered.
No wonder this girl is so powerful; she could have attained immortality, but the will of Heaven destroyed her.
Such people are reincarnated without going through the underworld, possess powerful souls, and will gradually regain all their strength.
“Replying to you, young lady, we are just ordinary ghost messengers and know nothing of this matter,” one of the ghost messengers quickly replied.
"Is the underworld functioning properly?" Ye Xianya asked again.
"Everything is normal!" The leading ghost messenger didn't hide anything: "We two have been ghost messengers for a thousand years, and everything in the underworld is normal."
Upon hearing this, Ye Xianya couldn't help but look up at the sky.
So who exactly blocked this path to ascension?
Moreover, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is becoming increasingly scarce, which also means that... fewer and fewer experts will appear in this world. In the future, it will probably be difficult for people to have the ability to withstand the eighty-one heavenly lightning bolts and achieve ascension.
"Thank you both for informing me." After expressing her gratitude, Ye Xianya looked at the souls of Jiang Mingtao and Liu Shi with a gentle smile on her face: "Enjoy the great gift I've given you. In your next life, don't be reborn as a human, because you don't deserve it!"
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