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Chapter 837: Killing to End Sins at the Blood Pool
Chapter 837: Killing to End Sins at the Blood Pool
"Elder Mother, they're smarter than we imagined," said Hu Ma and the others as they entered the Netherworld and arrived at the Blood Pool. Just then, the Red Wine Lady began her incantation to cast a spell on Burned Blade. Deep within the exquisite mansion, a faint voice spoke up.
"They're smarter than we thought. They didn't fall for our trap at Tiger Pass, and instead of attacking during the day, they went straight for our weakness."
The speaker's voice carried a hint of admiration. Madame Li, the eldest of the Unchanging Li Family, communicated with the speaker through a bronze mirror.
Madame Li was the most senior member of the Unchanging Li Family, but due to her advanced age, she could no longer freely enter and exit the Netherworld. Thus, the ceremony was presided over by the Great Administrator of the Unchanging Li Family. However, the elderly administrator was clearly concerned:
"If they truly fell for our trap and engaged in a fierce battle at Tiger Pass, then I would have underestimated those Celestial Beings and this descendant of the Hu Family who carries the hopes of generations."
Elder Lady Li, upon learning that a formidable foe had arrived at the Blood Pool, showed no hint of surprise. Instead, she spoke softly, "The State Tutor desires immortality and seeks the natal spirit temple of those Celestial Beings, believing it to be a weapon against the Evil Star. They consider it their most precious treasure."
"But I think it's the principles and wisdom in the minds of those Celestial Beings that are most crucial for us cultivators..."
"The Hu Family's success lies in their collaboration with the Celestial Beings. The gifts bestowed upon them have enabled them to surpass even the State Tutor."
"Since the Hu Family can do it, what's stopping us from achieving the same?"
"Who says we can't steal the knowledge from the minds of those Celestial Beings and break free from the shackles that bind the Li Family, becoming...immortal after changing heaven?"
"..."
The Great Administrator of the Li Family listened to Elder Lady Li's words, feeling a surge of emotions. Suddenly, they spoke softly, "Elder Mother, if we lose this battle..."
"Then the entire Li Family will bow in defeat!"
Madame Li's face in the bronze mirror seemed to turn exceptionally grim. She spoke in a deep voice, "Even if we win, we must hand over everything the Li Family has to him."
"Remember, in this gamble, regardless of the outcome, the Li Family must stand by their side."
"The difference is that if the Li Family wins, he won't be able to stop us from gaining complete control of the Blood Pool. From then on, the Li Family will share the same fate as the world, lasting for thousands of years. As long as this world exists, the Li Family will never fall."
"But if we lose..."
"The efforts of the past two decades will be in vain, and we'll only be making wedding clothes for others. The Li Family will survive, but we'll be no different from commoners..."
"..."
"The Massacre General's presence in this world brings forth a sea of blood and endless sins."
At that moment, outside the Blood Pool, the Red Wine Lady had already pierced Burned Blade's eyes with silver needles. She recited an incantation, and with a swift motion, she pushed both needles into his eyes.
Even Hu Ma and Second Pot Head paled at the sight.
There was no Killer God Bai Qi in this world, but even if there were similar figures, they had long been erased from history and were not of this realm. However, the Red Wine Lady's spell deceived the heavens, effectively summoning a figure like Bai Qi into this world.
In the realm of the Netherworld, where sins were punished, once her spell took effect, the Blood Pool would naturally respond, turning fiction into reality.
"Hiss!"
At that moment, the two needles pierced his eyes.
One needle, the Yang Needle, pierced inward, directly into Burned Blade's mind. This was to deceive himself, making him believe he was Bai Qi, the Massacre General known for his bloodthirsty deeds in history.
The other needle, with its tip pointing outward, was used to deceive the Spirit Realm, making this world believe that the Massacre General with a murderous aura, Killer God Bai Qi, had descended upon them.
With the needles in his eyes, a killing intent emerged.
Upon seeing the silver needles pierce Burned Blade's eyes, Hu Ma felt an overwhelming killing intent rising from nowhere, as if a substantial force was pressing down on him. It was as if an immense, illusory mountain had suddenly materialized on top of him.
Instinctively, he wanted to look up and see what Burned Blade had transformed into, but he heard the Red Wine Lady's warning, "Don't look into his eyes."
Heeding her warning, Hu Ma immediately averted his gaze.
Killer God Bai Qi was a figure from history, and later generations could only learn about him through fragments of ancient texts. No one knew his true appearance or how he had earned the title of Massacre General, leaving a bloody mark in history.
Burned Blade, too, only had a vague impression of Killer God Bai Qi.
The Red Wine Lady had deceived him, making him believe he was Killer God Bai Qi. It was as if she had pulled the vague shadow of Bai Qi into his body.
This Bai Qi was not the same Bai Qi from history; he carried an added layer of historical ambiguity and weight. Burned Blade's killing intent now possessed an irrational ferocity and an unreasonable power.
"Today I finally understand who I am..."
No one dared to face Burned Blade directly, and no one could tell what his expression was like. They only heard his deep sigh after a long silence, as if he had let out a low, mournful breath. Then, he turned his head towards the Li Family's mansion in the Netherworld.
As the moment of reckoning approached, the Blood Pool sensed his presence, and he, in turn, sensed the Blood Pool.
At that very moment, within the intricate and luxurious Li Family mansion, in the corridors, courtyards, and beside the lotus pond, all the maids and servants, as well as the cleaning and sweeping servants, had already looked up, their eyes dull and cold, focusing on the faces of a few people.
The Ten Surnames all favored the Netherworld mansions because they were closer to the origin of this world and more conducive to comprehending the law.
Initially, the Meng family wanted to enter the City of the Wretched Dead, but since the city was too large for the Meng family to handle, they could only repair a mansion in the city. However, the Li family was different; they had actually enclosed the entire Blood Pool.
This led to a situation where anyone from the mortal world who wanted to approach the Blood Pool had to do so through the Li family. Even those who were on duty at the Blood Pool had to obtain the Li family's permission before entering.
However, as he stepped into the mansion, facing the eerie and evil ghosts, the Asura Transients, and the Burned Blade, he slowly turned around and headed straight into the Li family mansion.
His footsteps were heavy and confident, not giving any heed to the wandering ghosts and spirits.
"Huala..."
As he took that step into the Li family's Netherworld mansion, it was as if he had stirred up a hornet's nest. In an instant, the eerie ghosts and rolling chains throughout the courtyard and mansion rose up, accompanied by a surge of purple aura, all heading towards the Burned Blade.
Since the Li family had decided to engage in a battle of laws with others, they naturally arranged things to appear relaxed on the outside but tight on the inside.
The maids and servants who remained in the Netherworld mansion, regardless of how obedient and gentle they appeared on the surface, were all ferocious and filled with grievances and sins.
Back in Mingzhou, the sweet potato burn had obtained a human-eating demon general, which he cherished like a treasure. However, in the hands of the Li family, even a paper doll maid had a more sinister aura than that demon general.
But at this moment, as the Burned Blade took a step forward, facing the overwhelming and surging malevolent aura, ghosts, and evil spirits, he merely looked up coldly and said, "Get out of my way!"
Boom!
In that instant, Hu Ma felt as if he had heard the sound of clashing weapons and galloping horses, sensing a thousand armies and ten thousand horses surging and trampling around him, their killing intent overwhelming. Deep within the mansion, there was a vast and terrifying flow of blood energy, like a mighty river, rushing towards them.
It gathered around the Burned Blade, transforming into the shape of a mighty army, brandishing spears and armor, and charging forward.
In the blink of an eye, the evil ghosts and servants sent by the Li family were completely overwhelmed and defeated, and even the exquisite houses were shattered, collapsing in all directions, until they reached the innermost part of the mansion.
Amidst the rubble and ruins, a blood pool filled with scattered bones appeared.
It existed there, strange and peculiar, surrounded by countless skeletons, and within it, the blood-red pool water rippled with waves, occasionally emitting desperate screams, wailing, and sobbing.
Looking at it, one felt a peculiar sensation; the pool seemed both small and infinitely vast.
When viewed with peripheral vision, it appeared to be only a few meters in diameter, easily fitting within one's field of vision.
But when looked at directly, it seemed to grow larger and larger, as if one's entire field of vision was enveloped, and even then, it seemed to exceed the boundaries of the world.
Next to the pool, there were clearly man-made structures—two rows of tall white jade steps. At intervals along the steps, there were figures sitting or lying down.
At the end of the white jade steps sat a middle-aged man with a white beard, wearing a Yin-Yang robe, and his gaze was distant. It was the Great Administrator of the Unchanging Li Family, and there seemed to be a hint of surprise in his eyes as he looked towards the man who had broken through their Netherworld mansion and was now striding forward.
Dressed in a cloth robe with calm and gentle features, he did not appear to have any obvious killing intent. However, as he walked, he stirred the blood-red pool water, and the blood energy around him took shape, forming an army of a thousand soldiers and ten thousand horses, guarding him.
The descendants of the Propagating Demon Hu Family, along with a man and a woman, followed behind him, craning their necks to observe the scene.
"The one who has come to break the law is not a descendant of the Propagating Demon Mansion, nor is he a notorious evildoer listed in the Li family's List of Wrongs. Instead, he is someone whose name is unknown?"
The Great Administrator of the Li family also had a strange thought, but he did not dare to underestimate the man in the black robe. The sleeves hanging on both sides of his robe were already bulging, as if something inside was eager to come out.
"Let him go!"
But just as this thought crossed his mind, he heard the reminder from the Elder Lady Li: "If it's a battle of laws, then it should look like one."
"There's no point in just sending my subordinates to their deaths. What we're fighting for is our respective laws. If we don't let them approach the Blood Pool, how can we see their abilities?"
"Only by following the rules can it be called a battle of laws."
"..."
Hearing this reminder, the Great Patriarch of the Li family slightly raised his head and smiled, nodding at Hu Ma and the others. The restless things inside the two large robes also calmed down at this moment.
"So, that's the Blood Pool?"
"At this moment, Hu Ma also fixed his gaze upon the pool, his expression slightly stern.
Facing the pool, he felt an indescribable pressure, as if something extremely sinister lurked within, eroding one's soul with just a glance.
'The thing in the pool is a 'Sin'.'
Miss Red Wine stood by Hu Ma's side, whispering an explanation, 'For sins and evils, yet not sins nor evils, it is a type of error in the mortal world, a cause and effect that cannot be explained or clarified. Sins follow one's body, and debts follow one's fate, all because of this thing.'
'No matter this life or the next, sins are the most difficult to erase.'
'In this life, Elder Lord Eyebrow was the first to bring the word 'Dao' as the Great Sage, empathizing with the common people and saving them from disasters.'
'Iron Guanyin originally wanted to bring the word 'Buddha' over. She believed that the Buddha of the next life possessed great wisdom, based on severing karmic cause and effect, to eliminate sins and resolve calamities, achieving Six Sense Purity.'
'But later, Iron Guanyin gave up because, in these twenty years, she understood this life, and she saw the Eight Scenes of Hell deep within the Netherworld, and she saw the Blood Pool.'
'Compared to the great wisdom of the Buddhist Sect, she came to appreciate this life's Blood Pool even more.'
'There is no Buddha in this world, so no one thinks of erasing these sins. There is only one way, and that is to kill to cease sin.'
'All the sins and debts of the mortal world, unforgivable, can only be repaid with blood!'
'...Sin...'
As Hu Ma listened, he understood the issue more and more, but kept silent, 'When Iron Guanyin escaped in the capital, it seemed like she revealed everything, but I could sense that she was hiding an incredible problem.'
'Now, seeing her guidance for Miss Red Wine and others, as well as her seclusion in the Twelve Ghost Shrines in the capital, it can be confirmed.'
'...'
In a moment of thought, he saw Burned Blade completely ignoring the Unchanging Li Family's Great Administrator standing across from the Blood Pool, merely coldly harrumphing before striding towards the pool.
On both sides of the Blood Pool were the Jade Platforms built by the Li Family, upon which were the shadows of Mortal Judges who had fallen into the Netherworld.
Whether in this life or the next, the problems faced were similar, like the sins and grudges. In the next life, there was the concept of the Buddhist Sect to dissolve these grudges, but in this world, there was no Buddha, and instead, the most direct method of killing to cease sin was chosen.
Since it was killing to cease sin, the Blood Pool required mortal executions. These shadows were all people who had received orders from the Blood Pool, and they were also a part of the Blood Pool. The closer they were, the heavier their killing instincts.
And now, Burned Blade was undoubtedly equivalent to forcefully intruding into the Blood Pool and seizing power.
Both sides widened their eyes in surprise, seeing Burned Blade stride forward, and the shadows on the Jade Platforms were startled by his imposing aura, one by one, opening their eyes and looking at him in disbelief.
Some were clearly enraged, while others immediately felt threatened, silently opening their mouths as if to rebuke him.
But Burned Blade, with his hands behind his back, didn't even glance at them. The killing intent rising from his body was like an invisible giant hand, gripping their throats.
One by one, the shadows, whether startled or enraged, suddenly felt fear as his overwhelming killing intent approached, and one after another, they knelt down on the Jade Platforms before him.
Some were so frightened that they fell from the platforms and dissipated into nothingness.
'Where in the mortal world did such a person come from, possessing such overwhelming killing intent?'
At the end of the Jade Platform, the Li Family's Administrator was shocked by this scene, despite being mentally prepared.
Burned Blade had previously received orders from the Blood Pool, but his ranking wasn't high, and even the Administrator didn't have a deep impression of him. But now, he displayed an extraordinary dominance.
Those who bowed their heads to him acknowledged that his killing intent was heavier, willingly relinquishing their tasks and authority in the Blood Pool.
Those who were startled and fell were equivalent to having their tasks forcibly taken away, and from then on, their mortal bodies would have no connection to the Blood Pool.
He hesitated several times but forced himself to endure. Seeing Burned Blade's momentum like a steamroller, he approached the Blood Pool with a crushing posture, now closer than Burned Blade himself. There were only three or five shadows left on the high platform.
'Hmm?'
But at this moment, Hu Ma was also startled, his gaze falling upon the three or five figures standing before the Blood Pool.
The one at the forefront was like a statue, sitting firmly in a cross-legged position. Judging from his posture and aura, it was none other than the Divine Bestowed King who was still guarding the Tiger Pass.
But the one in second place was a surprising presence to Hu Ma.
That person's attire and appearance were like an old farmer, his face calm, even with a sense of numbness. By his side were two broken blades, and his aura was completely different from those around him.
An acquaintance? Hu Ma recognized him as the old farmer he had met when he went to Wutong Town to deal with Digua Shou, the one who relied solely on his killing intent, causing evil spirits to follow him, darkening the heavens and the earth.
He didn't cultivate any Dao, yet he was here, and even sat in the second position below the Blood Pool?
(End of Chapter)
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