"Then what exactly do you know? Do you know how many people you killed? One jumped off a building, five were shot, and you say you're suffering, that you can get away with it by saying you didn't know? I don't care if you did it intentionally or unintentionally. If you can't give me a clear answer, I'll wipe you out today!"
Wang Yao raised the sage's command and shouted loudly.
“I…I…the shelter here has been disappearing, and I was getting increasingly anxious, with nowhere left to hide. The yang energy had been so intense for days, I was already…I was already…about to dissipate, and then…then one day, I…I suddenly…suddenly lost my mind…”
“I…I don’t know…what I did, I just…I just feel so…so restless…I always have to wander around, and when I see…when I see something I want to fight, it’s like…it’s like only by giving up some lives…going to the underworld, can I feel better.”
Lin Yazhi knelt there and stammered her reply.
"Sending a life into the underworld?" Wang Yao frowned, thinking to himself that Lin Yazhi was acting like a ghost in a muddle, and probably didn't even know what evil she was possessed by.
But one thing is certain: since Lin Yazhi is sending her life to the underworld, then Lin Yazhi's changes must be closely related to the underworld. Does that mean I really have to make a trip to the underworld?
He had always felt that something was off about the underworld, and now it seemed even more so. If the underworld was short of ghosts, why not just take Lin Yazhi down there? Why let Lin Yazhi harm people?
“It’s so bitter…so bitter…” Wang Yao frowned and pondered, while Lin Yazhi, kneeling there, cried out in pain again.
"Female benefactor, please get up quickly. It's not bitter, it's not bitter. Boss Yu has gone to the Western Paradise and didn't give me the 300,000, but I didn't complain. You're still standing here alive and well, without illness or disaster, that's a blessing. There's nothing to suffer about. Female benefactor, please get up quickly. Buddhist teachings say that life has eight sufferings..."
Seeing Lin Yazhi's sorrowful appearance, Hui Shuo couldn't help but keep nagging and trying to persuade her.
"Lin Yazhi, do you still want to go to the underworld?" Wang Yao pondered for a while before suddenly asking.
"Yes, yes, I beg the immortal to have mercy." Lin Yazhi was overjoyed to hear Wang Yao's words. For a wandering ghost like her, the underworld was truly the best place for her. Whether she was reincarnated as a human or stayed as a ghost, she would be much more at ease in the underworld than in the human world.
Seeing Lin Yazhi kowtowing to him repeatedly, Wang Yao secretly made a decision: he would go to the underworld first and send Lin Yazhi down there. If he left Lin Yazhi unattended, she might be affected by some inexplicable thing again.
Previously, when Lin Yazhi caused someone's death, Wang Yao could explain it away by saying that ignorance is no excuse. But now that he knows the reason why Lin Yazhi caused the death, leaving her ghost here is irresponsible. If someone else dies, Wang Yao will be unable to escape responsibility.
As for whether there would be any danger in going to the underworld, Wang Yao felt that as long as he was careful, there shouldn't be much danger. After all, the Awakening Order had just shown its power, and if all else failed, there was still the immortal technique "Good Person," right? Sending a ghost there shouldn't be any major problems.
Of course, there's no problem with the dark and bright days. If there's danger, just strike the wooden fish and chant sutras. Only ghosts are afraid of him; how could they possibly hurt him?
“Um… how can I take you to the Underworld?” Wang Yao asked. “Will you come with me, or…”
"It's night now, I'll just follow you, Immortal. If you're worried, you can take me and send me to the Underworld," Lin Yazhi hurriedly kowtowed and said.
"Take her?" Wang Yao was stunned for a moment, then remembered that he had a magic technique called "Capture". He immediately used it, and sure enough, the image of Lin Yazhi appeared in his mind, being tightly gripped by a large hand, while Lin Yazhi in front of him immediately disappeared.
"Huh? Where did that female benefactor go?" Hui Shuo asked in surprise.
"I've already taken her," Wang Yao replied calmly. He was secretly amazed, wondering if he could have subdued Lin Yazhi when she was possessed. If he could, it would be far more effective than any sedative or chanting.
"Father and Mother are so amazing! Where did you hide the female benefactor?" Hui Shuo praised Wang Yao, then blinked and asked.
"What female benefactor? It's just a female ghost. Let's go." Wang Yao said, turning around and walking away. He suddenly felt his steps become much heavier. It seemed that he was carrying a female ghost on his journey, and the weight of the female ghost was all on his body.
"Is she a ghost? She looks so sad and pitiful. Parents, please let her go!" Hui Shuo actually pleaded for Lin Yazhi from the side.
"Just because she's heartbroken and pitiful, does that give her a reason to kill indiscriminately? Hui Shuo, it's not right for you to be such a good Samaritan. Whether you're a ghost, an immortal, or a monk, the first rule is that you can't harm people. Think about it, who isn't born of parents? Who isn't their own family's precious child..."
"...The dependence of loved ones? Let alone death, even if he gets a scrape or a few bills out of his pocket, his family will still worry and sigh. You said there are eight sufferings in life. It's one thing to suffer yourself, but if you make others suffer, then you have a bad conscience..."
Since Wang Yao couldn't walk fast anyway, he could only pretend to be taking a leisurely stroll, lecturing Hui Shuo as he walked.
“Father, Mother, I won’t harm anyone. I really want to build Lingguang Temple and worship the Bodhisattva. Besides, the eight sufferings of life are not my words, but the words of the Bodhisattva. They are birth, old age, sickness, death, and being with those you hate…”
"Hey! You two, what are you up to?" Huang, the head constable, stood at the alley entrance, surrounded by a large group of constables. He watched as Wang Yao and Hui Shuo jumped around under the haunted building for a while, then turned around and walked over. He then shouted loudly at them.
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