Considering Dayxiang's family situation, while the garbage collection station didn't dismiss him, they still punished him for his underhanded actions. They fined him and, while reducing his salary significantly, also slashed his workload for the next six months.
Though Dayxiang managed to keep his job, his income plummeted due to his mistake, adding insult to injury for his already poor family. In the following months, Dayxiang's income barely covered the daily expenses of himself and his son. Paying for his son's medical expenses became an impossible dream.
To make matters worse, his son's brain tumor started rapidly deteriorating around this time. Without immediate surgical treatment, his son would soon succumb to a severe cerebral hemorrhage caused by the tumor's deterioration. However, Dayxiang had no means to afford the exorbitant surgery and postoperative medical expenses for his son.
Holding his son, who was asleep due to a headache, Dayxiang felt lost and desperate. The detailed medical bills and the loan application rejected by the bank due to lack of repayment capacity weighed heavily in his pockets. If he couldn't come up with a solution, his son would be sentenced to death. All his hopes for a better future, all his efforts, would be in vain.
Was all the effort in vain? Would everything revert back to square one? In the end, Dayxiang couldn't escape the entanglement of misfortune and would tragically live a solitary life engulfed in endless pain.
Finally, Dayxiang Zhongxiaogui completely collapsed. On the cold and desolate street under the setting sun, he hugged his son tightly, his thin and small body curled up in pain, leaning against the corner of a high wall, howling in agony and weeping bitterly. Yet no one paid attention to this miserable man, even his son, seemingly oblivious to his father's cries, continued to lie quietly in his embrace, fast asleep.
After hearing about Dayxiang Zhongxiaogui's situation, everyone present fell into silence.
After a while, Haoyun looked at Dayxiang Zhongxiaogui, who was sitting in the distance, holding his son tightly and crying bitterly, and said, "Ah! So, every hope Dayxiang gets, every effort he makes, is paving the way for the ensuing cruel punishment. The greatest pain a person can experience lies here. The bigger your hope, the more joy you receive, the more despair you will feel when everything is suddenly taken away. This spiritual torture is the most unbearable pain in the world."
"So, do you still think that a criminal sentenced to 'transmigration punishment' is more comfortable than one sentenced to 'torture'?" Master Gu asked Haoyun.
Haoyun quickly shook his head and said, "No one can bear such punishment! Especially when it happens unknowingly, and you have to go through countless cycles of reincarnation and experience such things countless times. If it were me, I would still prefer to be sent to the Bixia Underworld's Bixian City to do hard labor and endure the whip. At least there, the pain is only physical. This kind of spiritual pain—ah, thinking about Dayxiang Zhongxiaogui's ordeal makes my teeth ache!"
"Hahaha! Well then, how about I take you to Bixian City later to see how those criminals accept the punishment of 'torture'?" Dao Lao smirked maliciously.
Haoyun hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Forget it, forget it! I think even the 'torture' in the Bixia Underworld wouldn't be any better!"
After Haoyun and Master Gu talked like this, the heavy atmosphere gradually eased. People's emotions slowly emerged from the deeply immersive story, realizing that it was just the result of punishment from the Bixia Underworld. Indeed, it was. After all, the miserable life of the person in front of them seemed real but was actually a punishment from the Bixia Underworld.
However, while readjusting their emotions and facing Dayxiang Zhongxiaogui's unfortunate life, Haoyun couldn't help but sigh with some confusion, "Ah! It's just a pity for his parents and wife and children. They have to endure such a tragic life just to comply with Dayxiang's punishment."
Dao Lao, however, sneered disdainfully and said, "Hmph, who said they were innocent?"
Haoyun was stunned, but he quickly understood. So he asked in surprise, "What do you mean? Could it be—could it be that they were also born from the souls subjected to 'transmigration punishment'?"
Dao Lao, Master Gu, and Bage exchanged knowing smiles, indicating for Haoyun to figure it out himself.
After some thought, Haoyun's speculation seemed reasonable. After all, it was very unfair to let innocent souls cooperate with the punishment of guilty souls by the Bixia Underworld. Moreover, it also violated the law of the Linggong Realm not to interfere with the free development of the Lower Realm. Therefore, the best way was to have multiple guilty souls undergo transmigration punishment simultaneously, allowing them to jointly stage a human tragedy. This not only punished the guilty souls more comprehensively but also achieved the goal of punishing multiple criminals at the same time. So, this should be considered a very efficient way of working, right?
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"Ah!" At this moment, Liu Erwa suddenly murmured softly, "If death could end it all, it wouldn't matter. But the reason I hold such deep resentment towards Wang Keming is that even if he dies, he cannot relieve me of the hatred in my heart."
Upon hearing Liu Erwa's words, Master Gu immediately responded with earnestness, "Exactly. Wang Keming killed your family, creating his own karma. Then you sought revenge on him, killing him. Therefore, you've also created karma. But unlike Wang Keming, you killed as a ghost, making your karma even heavier. Your malevolent aura will turn Wang Keming's soul into a malevolent ghost. And then? Will he seek revenge on you again? This cycle not only fails to resolve your grievances but also deepens them. What's worse, if things spiral out of control, more innocent beings will suffer."
"Causing more suffering to beings in the mortal realm is exactly what the Mouldy Spirit Energy desires. Because only then can it extract more negative energy and become more powerful." Liu Erwa nodded in agreement with Master Gu's words, then added. It seemed that after witnessing the punishment inflicted on Wang Keming's soul, Liu Erwa finally had some enlightenment.
"Indeed. Liu Erwa, all the dissatisfaction and resentment in your heart are manipulated by the Mouldy Spirit Energy." Seeing Liu Erwa's current demeanor, Master Gu nodded in satisfaction and continued, "As you can see, the sins Wang Keming committed in his previous life cannot escape the eyes of the Bixia Underworld. His soul will receive severe punishment from the Bixia Underworld after death. Because of the various atrocities Wang Keming committed against your family and compatriots in his previous life, he must cleanse his sins through countless cycles of transmigration punishment after death."
"What we see today is just the first transmigration punishment he's undergoing. After this, there will be more, even more brutal transmigration punishments awaiting him. And this is the Bixia Underworld's account of all the beings, including your entire family, that he killed in his previous life."
"That's right." Liu Erwa nodded again and said, "What pains me the most is that I couldn't resist Wang Keming during my lifetime. Since now, the Bixia Underworld hasn't let off the deeply sinful Wang Keming and is also acting on behalf of us lost souls after his death. Then, Erwa should feel relieved."
With that, Liu Erwa respectfully bowed to Master Gu again and said, "Although we are dead, the heavens have not forgotten us. The Bixia Underworld will eventually uphold justice for me and my parents, and the evildoers will eventually be severely punished. On behalf of my parents, Erwa sincerely thanks the Bixia Underworld once again."
"So, Erwa, are you willing to give up your thoughts of revenge now?" Haoyun cautiously asked, seeing the situation.
"Yes." Erwa nodded firmly. "Compared to the punishment of transmigration, my revenge was too simple and too lenient on Wang Keming's soul. Erwa believes that the severe punishment the Bixia Underworld is giving Wang Keming is the best way for him to bear the consequences of his actions and cleanse his sins in suffering."
At this point, tears of relief welled up in Liu Erwa's hollow eye sockets. But how could Liu Erwa, a malevolent ghost, shed human tears? So, two streams of black mist surged out instead of tears, and Liu Erwa's body trembled uncontrollably.
Under the violent shaking of the soul, Liu Erwa began to convulse uncontrollably. His soul gradually became transparent and distorted, and the black mist no longer flowed from his eye sockets but jetted out like columns. With a painful low groan, Liu Erwa exaggeratedly opened his mouth, unleashing another burst of black mist from his mouth without reservation.
Seeing this, Dao Lao immediately reminded Haoyun, "Haoyun, Liu Erwa has let go of all the grievances from his past life. He's now expelling the Mouldy Spirit Energy from his body! This Mouldy Spirit Energy seems weak. Quickly activate the Mouldy Spirit Energy Collector, and I leave this capture operation to you! Don't mess it up!"
Upon receiving Dao Lao's reminder, Haoyun, who was baffled by Liu Erwa's sudden change, immediately reacted. He activated the Mouldy Spirit Energy Collector, which had been on standby all along, and, while taking deep breaths, opened his palms towards the black mist emitted by Liu Erwa, ready to await Dao Lao's next command.
On the other side, Liu Erwa's soul began to be enveloped in swirling black mist. However, soon, this black mist began to emanate from Liu Erwa's soul and spread outward, seeming to fill the entire space previously shrouded by Master Gu's ghostly presence.
"Haoyun! Now is the time!" Just then, Haoyun received Dao Lao's command again.
"System, initiate capture!" Haoyun immediately issued the command to the Mouldy Spirit Energy Capture System in his consciousness.
After issuing the command, Haoyun soon felt a faint warmth in the palms of his hands. Then, two indescribable strong suction forces appeared in his palms. The suction force quickly sucked up all the Mouldy Spirit Energy emanating from Liu Erwa's body and rapidly drew them into the vortex at the center of Haoyun's palms.
The Mouldy Spirit Energy emitted a terrifying wail, as if from the depths of hell, and tried to resist the strong suction. But no matter how it struggled, it couldn't escape from Haoyun's palms. The Mouldy Spirit Energy that had just been expelled from Liu Erwa's body immediately tried to turn back and re-enter Liu Erwa's body. However, under Liu Erwa's heartfelt rejection and the double resistance from Master Gu's constant application of divine protection, those Mouldy Spirit Energies could only struggle helplessly in the air, unable to return.
As the capture of the Mouldy Spirit Energy began, Haoyun's nervousness gradually subsided. Because Haoyun found that throughout the entire capture process, apart from consuming his mental power and making him feel a little tired, he felt no pressure. Just as Dao Lao said, the Mouldy Spirit Energy Capture System was like a high-level add-on device installed on Haoyun. All the system's functions didn't require much intervention from him. As long as Haoyun could control his mental power well, everything else was left to the system to complete autonomously.