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Chapter 285 [Evil] (7600)

Chapter 279 [The Evils] (7600)

With Chen Yan's shout, a wisp of black smoke slowly rose from the red dress that had been thrown on the ground.

As the black mist writhed, it gradually coalesced into the figure of a woman, though her face remained completely obscured. A red dress flickered within the black mist, her long hair flowed freely, and her arms were outstretched, her ten fingers sharp and pointed.
As the red-skirted ghost appeared, Chen Yan seemed to hear faint, shrill female screams.

Chen Yan frowned, his face cold, and shouted, "You dare to use mere malevolent energy to disturb my mind! Disperse!"

With a flick of his sleeve, a golden light shot out in an arc. The red dress was swept by the golden light and immediately fell backward, crashing against the wall with a scream.

Where the golden light swept, even the black aura on the red dress faded a bit.

The vengeful ghost seemed to be terrified and dared not let out that disturbing scream anymore. Instead, it huddled under the wall, warily watching Chen Yan.

Chen Yan squinted and stared intently at the vengeful ghost.

His eyes already possessed the supernatural power of "seeing through illusions." At this moment, with a single glance, his gaze seemed to penetrate the swirling resentment and vaguely reveal the appearance of a woman hidden behind the black mist.

The woman looked very young, with a pretty and delicate face, and her appearance was quite extraordinary.

His skin was bluish-white, and his brows were full of resentment, which made his features appear ferocious.

Seeing the female ghost's lips move and she mutter incantations, she angrily said to Chen Yan, "Who are you? Why are you ruining my plans!"

Chen Yan sighed: "How can murder be considered a good thing?"

"I died a tragic and unjust death. If I have been wronged, I should seek revenge. Why can't this be called a good thing?" the female ghost asked shrilly.

Chen Yan's expression turned cold, and he said indifferently, "Every wrong has its source, and every debt its debtor. You have already killed your entire family of enemies, so why do you still want to kill this Li Guohua?"

Faced with this question, the female ghost seemed stunned for a moment, then a blank expression appeared on her face. But this stunned look was fleeting, and she quickly regained her resentful expression: "I died a miserable death, why are others still alive and well?!"

Well, it really is a vengeful ghost; there's no reasoning with it then.

You died a tragic and unjust death. You killed your enemy to avenge yourself, so there's nothing more to say about that.

But because you died a tragic death, you can't stand seeing others live well and want to kill innocent people indiscriminately, then...

Chen Yan hesitated for a moment: "Now that you have taken your revenge and your resentment has dissipated considerably, why not leave now? This world is no longer relevant to you..."

A bluish aura suddenly appeared on the female ghost's face: "I don't want to!! Why should I die!! I..."

As she spoke, she seemed to erupt in anger, her red dress billowing as more and more black energy burst forth. With a sharp shout, she floated up and pounced towards Chen Yan.

The female ghost spread her ten fingers, seemingly about to grab Chen Yan's neck.

Chen Yan stood still, frowning as he watched the female ghost rush towards him. He coldly raised his hand and flicked his sleeve, sending out another burst of golden light!
The female ghost rolled away faster than she pounced on him.

After being struck by the golden light, she screamed and fell back into the corner, wailing incessantly, yet staring intently at Chen Yan with venomous eyes.

Chen Yan said kindly, "Now that you are dead and have avenged your great grudge, all worldly ties are no longer your concern. Why don't you go and live a peaceful life..."

Upon hearing Chen Yan's words, the female ghost curled up into a ball, clutching her head with both hands, her black hair fluttering in the wind. After a moment of silence, she let out a series of low laughs...

The laughter was shrill, filled with endless sorrow and resentment, sending chills down one's spine.

Chen Yan frowned: "I only spoke to you nicely because I saw how pitiful you were to die, trying to persuade you to let go, but you..."

The female ghost suddenly raised her head and stared coldly at Chen Yan: "Do you know how I died!"

Chen Yan frowned: "..."

This is why we can't communicate properly.

Chen Yan knew, of course, that Li Xin had died a tragic and unjust death. She was murdered by this father and son.

But no matter how tragic or unjust, the revenge has been taken.

At this moment, he confronted a complete stranger, demanding: "Do you know how I died?!"
It makes no sense.

Like that line: Have you ever had a husband who died...?

To be honest, Chen Yan was cold-hearted and didn't really want to waste any more words with this female ghost—he had already taken his revenge, and she was still harming others, so he might as well suppress and kill her.

However, remembering what the old Taoist priest said, resolving resentment can bring merit...

Hmm... Good deeds!
Others may not care about such illusory merits, but Chen Yan does!
For him, merit is cultivation!
Although he didn't know whether the merit the old Taoist priest spoke of was the same as the merit cultivation that Chen Yan was familiar with.

But there's no harm in trying, just in case!
Immediately, he pulled his hands behind his back, and also put away the two "Six Yang Righteous Qi Talismans" that he had been hiding in his sleeve.

"I already know that you were killed by this father and son." Chen Yan sighed, his tone deliberately softening. "But you have already avenged yourself."

The female ghost suddenly began to wail bitterly.

"The report isn't finished! The report isn't finished! Everyone in this village is an accomplice in my death!!"

Chen Yan was stunned!
The female ghost wept, slowly raised her head, looked at Chen Yan, and suddenly said slowly, word by word, "I didn't drink a drop of alcohol at the wedding banquet that day!"

Chen Yan's eyes widened instantly!

After a moment of silence, he suddenly stretched his hand out in front of him.

With a flick of his finger and a silent incantation, a beam of yellow light suddenly burst forth!

【The Guide to the Underworld】!
With a single strike, the inner demons and obsessions are severed!

The female ghost was pierced by the yellow light, and instantly countless black wisps of energy emanated from her body.

Then, images began to writhe and unfold within the black mist…

·
When she was very young, her parents regarded her as a burden.

Growing up alongside my elderly grandmother – a difficult journey.

My maternal grandmother was uneducated, never went to school, and even held some outdated and ignorant views.

But she gave the little girl a bowl of rice, a bed, and a home.

My grandmother even held some outdated ideas about favoring boys over girls, so when she was doing chores at home and saw the little girl toddling along helping to carry firewood, she would mutter some things to herself.

"What a pity, what a pity it's not a boy, it would be so much better if it were."

"It's a pity it's a girl. If it were a boy, your parents might have kept you."

"Oh dear, she's a girl; she'll always belong to someone else in the future."

Every time her grandmother said these things, the little girl would just listen, smile gently, lower her head, and go do other things.

Because she knew that her grandmother was actually very good to her.

Despite saying those things, when the family cooked porridge, the old lady would still habitually scoop the driest spoonful from the bottom of the pot into the little girl's bowl.

·
An elderly woman in her fifties and a little girl of a few years old couldn't farm their land, so they leased it out to someone in the same village for a small rent.

The old lady gets sick, and the little girl learns to start a fire and cook for herself. She even wears worn-out brass shoes and runs to the clinic to ask the village doctor to come and see her.

She would go to the field to dig up water chestnuts, peel them, and feed them to her grandmother, her crescent-shaped eyes smiling as she said, "Grandma, take a bite, they're so tender and sweet."

·
When she was seven years old, other children her age from the village went to primary school in town. When she got home, she asked her grandmother why she hadn't gone to school.

My grandmother, who used to say things like "It's a pity you're a girl," trudged to the village committee and argued with the village chief all day, demanding that her daughter be given the right to go to school.

She didn't understand household registration or culture; all she knew was "the right to go to school."

She went to the school, begged the principal, and even brought cured meat that her family had dried, pleading with him to accept her daughter.

The principal confiscated the old lady's belongings and gave her instructions regarding her household registration.

So the old lady began the arduous journey of seeking education for her daughter.

An old woman who is uncultured and cannot even read.

I've been traveling for over a year, covering villages, towns, and counties.

She called and berated her daughter, and also called and berated the man who had once hosted her daughter's wedding banquet.

He berated them, then pleaded, begging them to discipline the child.

Finally, they obtained proof from both of them and a hospital birth certificate.

Finally, before the girl turned nine, her household registration was completed. The nine-year-old girl started first grade.

·
The girl was beautiful; she was the most beautiful girl in the whole village.

When I was fourteen, there were already quite a few local boys who would hang around my house.

Some people even ran up to the girl and said things she couldn't understand.

When I was sixteen, a matchmaker came to my door.

The Tian family from Dongcun, the Zhao family from Xixi, and the Li Ertou family from this village all said they wanted to offer betrothal gifts.

Everything reminded the old lady of her own daughter.

My own daughter was also very beautiful, and she was engaged early on.

Looking at the young girl who was gradually blossoming into a graceful young woman, her eyes were filled with the image of her own daughter from back then.

"No, the child isn't old enough. There are laws that prohibit marriage!"

When the matchmaker came to her door, the old lady said firmly.

We must not let children make the same mistake twice!

·
I can't continue studying.

The girl didn't have the brains for studying—perhaps she only started primary school at nine, and before that, her heart had already been wandering wild in the countryside.

Sitting in the classroom, what the teacher was saying seemed like gibberish.

The girl, however, kept thinking about the water chestnuts on the paddy field ridges, the red peppers in the backyard, the green orange trees on the hillside, and the little fish in the pond...

She was already fifteen years old when she graduated from elementary school.

She met a man of similar age from the same village in the town.

The other person lives with their parents and makes potstickers in town; they're already earning money.

Yes, making money.

With the money I earn, I can buy my grandmother a new dress and a box of cigarettes.

In her first year of junior high, the girl secretly slipped out of school and worked as a helper in a workshop in town.

She can cut tobacco very finely, with excellent technique.

She would roll the chopped tobacco into cigarettes.

Then I rode my bike to the county town and sold my products in the karaoke bars there.

She can earn thirty yuan a day.

But people at school said she met some hooligans outside. Others said they saw her at a karaoke bar in the county town.

She's not learning anything good!

Then, at school, a boy who had previously shown interest in her came up to her and asked her in a very rude tone.

"How much will it cost if you come with me to a karaoke bar tonight?"

The girl slapped the other person.

She knew she had to leave the school. She couldn't stay there any longer.

·
A sixteen-year-old girl left her hometown, her village, and her grandmother.

She made an appointment with a peer from the next village to go to the city to work.

Before leaving, Grandma looked very calm and didn't cry. She just looked at the little girl and sighed softly.

"Let's go, let's go, we always have to leave..."

·
A seventeen-year-old girl was in a shared room at the factory, where five or six other female factory workers slept together. She wrapped herself in a blanket, covered her head in bed, and silently shed tears.

After daybreak, she wiped away her tears, wrote a letter neatly, bought a cell phone, and asked someone to send it back to her grandmother in the countryside.

"From now on, we can use this to talk. If we don't want to make a phone call, we can send a message. We can just press and hold to talk, and I can hear what you send."

·
An eighteen-year-old girl chatted with a female worker in her room and learned that there was a place in the world called Hengdian, where all those beautiful and entertaining TV dramas were filmed.

Those beautiful, glamorous celebrities all work there.

"You're so good-looking, no less so than those celebrities. Maybe you could become a star there and make a lot of money!"

The girl took what the other person said to heart.

She wants to make money.

She wanted to earn money to bring her grandmother from the countryside to the city, where they could live in an apartment building and go to the city hospital for treatment, so that her grandmother's chronic knee pain and persistent cough could be cured.

·
A 19-year-old girl in Hengdian had paint splashed on her face and was then made to lie on the ground and act as a corpse.

She was dressed in dirty and smelly clothes, playing the role of a refugee in front of the camera.

Although I didn't become a big star, I could earn 100 yuan a day, and sometimes I could even do two shows and earn 200 yuan.

Moreover, there are boxed lunches available.

The girl was very satisfied.

She saved the money, bought nutritional supplements, and sent them back to her hometown.

When she returned, she carried a pretty red and green box as she walked along the village road.

She was wearing newly bought clothes, dressed like a city person.

Her makeup was beautiful, something country girls don't have—she learned makeup on set.

She felt that everyone in the village was watching her.

But those looks weren't good!
·
A group leader told her that he would take her to play a maid, where she could wear beautiful clothes and appear on camera.

"Come to my room tonight, and I'll tell you everything in detail."

The girl silently gritted her teeth, turned around, and deleted and blocked the guy's contact information.

She started dating someone.

He was her first boyfriend.

My boyfriend came here to work; he makes props in a factory.

He had been a carpenter since childhood, so he had a solid foundation in the craft. He also apprenticed at a prop factory and was said to be very popular with his master.

When her boyfriend is busy, he stays at the factory; when he's free, he stays in a small attic room that the two of them rent together.

At night, he liked to hold the girl, watch TV together, and then imagine the future together.

The two would count the money they had saved together, and then happily think about how much more they needed to buy their own house.

Her boyfriend treats her very well; he saves the money he earns with her.

The two made a promise that her boyfriend would accompany her back to her hometown to visit her grandmother during the Chinese New Year.

·
The wedding banquet in the village was held on the threshing ground of the bride's family.

Rows of tables were set up, along with piles of plastic stools. The chef and his assistants placed large basins by the sink to wash dishes, chopsticks, and vegetables.

The crowd surged, and the seats were packed to capacity.

The girl was sitting at one of the tables, and the people at the table were looking at her.

A girl from the same village asked her why her lipstick color was so pretty, and where she bought her dress and how much it cost.

His tone was a little sarcastic.

The man at the table pretended to smoke, but his eyes couldn't help but drift towards her.

Especially the way the eldest son of the Li family, who grew tobacco, looked at the girl made her very uncomfortable.

She recognized that look in his eyes.

The group leader who asked me to go to his room that night was staring at me like this.

The girl still remembers that back in school, it was this guy who stared at her and asked her how much it would cost to go to a karaoke bar with him!
People were drinking at the table, but the girl wasn't drinking.

She unscrewed a bottle of orange juice with pulp.

She can't drink alcohol.

·
As the banquet progressed, things started to get chaotic. Some people grabbed plastic bags, stuffed the food into them, exchanged a few polite words, and then ran off.

People started getting up and running around to different tables looking for someone to drink with; it was quite chaotic.

The number of people at this table is decreasing.

The girl received a call from her boyfriend, but finding it too noisy, she got up and left to go to a quieter place to answer it.

After returning, the eldest son of the Li family insisted on having a drink with him.

The girl refused to drink, so he reluctantly picked up his half-full cup of orange juice and clinked glasses with her.

After drinking it, her mind started to become muddled after a while...

Then, someone handed her a drink, and she, not thinking clearly, took it and drank it.

One cup, two cups...

·
The banquet was chaotic, and Li's eldest son took advantage of the confusion to drag the girl away.

Nobody cared, nobody noticed.

The girl was taken to the Li family's house. She had no strength, her mind was unclear, and she couldn't move.

Once inside the room, the eldest son of the Li family took off the girl's clothes.

But at this time an accident happened.

The girl suddenly had a violent convulsion, and then vomited!

She vomited everywhere, choked, and couldn't breathe.

The eldest son of the Li family had already taken off half of his clothes. Looking at the struggling girl who couldn't breathe, he was at a loss and looked terrified!
Gradually, the girl on the bed stopped struggling and slowly stopped breathing.

The eldest son of the Li family just watched. He didn't dare to call for help. He patted the girl hard, but there was no response.

The father came home and saw it.

He kicked his eldest son.

Then he hurriedly checked on the girl.

died.

·
He drugged my water!

It was veterinary medicine! It's veterinary medicine given to pigs before slaughter to prevent them from causing trouble.

The female ghost cried out in a mournful voice, "I didn't drink any alcohol! I didn't drink any alcohol!"

Chen Yan remained silent.

The female ghost rolled her eyes and said coldly, "The father and son wiped the dirt off my body, and then waited until it was dark and no one was around before carrying me to a place far away from the river and throwing me into the river!"

Chen Yan slowly said, "So, this is how they took your life, is that right?"

As he spoke, Chen Yan frowned and said, "The one who harbored evil intentions towards you was the eldest son of this family. He fed you veterinary medicine—it should be a sedative. But this kind of medicine is very irritating, and when he later forced you to drink alcohol, it caused your body to convulse, vomit, stop breathing, and finally die."

The male head of the household, his father, was an accomplice, handling the scene and disposing of the body.

But...he has another person in his family, his second son. He didn't harm you, did he?"

"The second son isn't home," the female ghost said coldly.

Chen Yan sighed: "But you took your revenge, and you killed his second son too. Just because... his family took your life?"

The girl suddenly grinned bitterly: "One life? No! They owe me more than one life!"

·
After the girl's body was found, her grandmother lay on the ground crying, her body limp like mud, and she couldn't be helped up no matter what she did.

·
When the police conducted their investigation, villagers said the girl was usually indecent.

They say the girl works as a prostitute in the city, or that she's a mistress to rich men.

They said the girl's money came from illegitimate sources.

They said the girl drank a lot of alcohol by herself—she had been working in places like karaoke bars since she was a child, and that she drank with men at banquets, clinked glasses, and flirted with them with her eyes.

The villagers are shirking their responsibilities.

Someone drowned, and everyone said it was the girl's fault—that she liked to drink, that she actively flirted with men at banquets, and that she was immoral…

·
"After I died, my grandmother fell ill and passed away before the end of the year."

The female ghost whispered.

Chen Yan paused for a moment, then nodded: "So... the Li family owes you not just one life, but two."

They, father and son, killed you, and indirectly caused the death of your maternal grandmother.

"Yes, three!"

The female ghost raised her head, her face contorted with a grim smile, then burst into laughter before speaking in a cold tone.

"I didn't drink that day because... I was pregnant."

I'm only two months pregnant! I found out myself, and I haven't even had a chance to tell my boyfriend yet!
My period didn't come that month, so I secretly checked it myself. I plan to tell my boyfriend when I get back and discuss marriage with him!
I know he will marry me; he loves me very much!
No one knows about this except myself, I...

So when I found out I was pregnant, I didn't drink a single drop of alcohol at the banquet that day!

They, their family, owe me three lives!

Me, my grandma, and... the baby in my belly!!

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The black mist in the air is gradually fading.

The Yellow Springs Guide dispels resentment and severs obsession!
The female ghost's black aura gradually dissipated, and her figure became increasingly transparent.

After the black mist subsided, the color of the red dress seemed to become even brighter.

"Your life story is tragic. You were a perfectly good person, and you finally found some hope in life. You have your own life, your own pursuits, you have elderly parents you want to be filial to, a partner you love, and you are also nurturing the hope for the future, the continuation of life..."

All of this was ruined and destroyed by this father and son.

You have resentment, malice, bitterness, and hatred—all of that is understandable.

Chen Yan sighed and slowly said, "But everything can be summed up in six words: every wrong has its perpetrator and every debt its debtor."

The eldest son of the Li family harmed you, and the father of the Li family was an accomplice; they deserve to die.

But you indiscriminately killed innocent people in your revenge. The second son of the Li family did not harm you, and he wasn't even there that day.

As for Li Guohua, he... he had a grudge against the Li family next door, so he dug up your grave, used evil magic to gather your obsession and resentment, turned it into a vengeful ghost, stole your ashes, and disturbed your peaceful rest.

These are sins, but ultimately not sins deserving of death.

·
The black aura finally dissipated completely.

Under the light of the [Yellow Spring Guide], the black energy was swallowed up, dissolved, and eliminated.

The colors on the female ghost's body became lighter and lighter, paler and paler.

Her expression seemed less distorted, becoming more and more peaceful. Even her originally pale face seemed to gradually return to calm, no longer so ferocious.

It can be concluded that she was a pretty and gentle woman when she was alive.

She has crescent-shaped eyes and a smiling mouth.

“The people in this village are all wicked, and I originally intended to take revenge on them one by one.”

My grandmother died because of grief and despair.

But it was also because of the evil of these people in the same village.

These people talked badly about me behind my back. Even after I died, they told the police that I was immoral, a bad person, and promiscuous.

They said I flirted with men at a dinner party, got drunk, fell into the river, and drowned...

My grandmother died of grief and resentment after hearing these words.

My original plan was to kill the Li family, then kill Li Guohua, and then kill all the villagers who spoke ill of me behind my back, one by one…

Seeing a hint of ferocity reappear on the female ghost's face, Chen Yan suddenly spoke, shouting decisively, "It's over!!"

The female ghost shuddered!
"Life and death are two separate paths, and the living and the dead are on different routes!" Chen Yan said solemnly and in a deep voice, "The sins of the living should not be avenged by the dead."

You are dead. The "you" you are now is not actually you, not Li Xin herself.

Rather, it was just some obsessions and resentments left behind by Li Xin before his death.

The cycle of karma has come to pass; the wicked are already dead.

And those you believe have ruined your reputation in the village will also diminish their own fortune through their own words.

The cycle of nature is inevitable; every action, every drink, is predetermined.

Those who commit evil deeds will reap what they sow.

The female ghost trembled, and slowly, her face became covered in tears.

However, those tears then turned to ashes and vanished.

The colors on the female ghost's body gradually faded until she was almost invisible.

"When a person dies, all debts are settled. You have already avenged yourself, and even killed innocent people. This experience is now completely over."

Chen Yan sighed, gently waved his arm, and a gust of wind blew by, causing the female ghost's figure to gradually disappear.

With a single strike, the female ghost's obsession and resentment dissipated, and she was already on the verge of disappearing.

She is not Li Xin herself, but rather a collection of obsessions and resentment.

Once her obsession and resentment are eliminated, she will disappear.

The reason she lingered there...

"Your obsession isn't just about hatred; there must be something else behind it."

Chen Yan sighed.

The female ghost's form had already dissipated to its final moments.

"After I died... was he doing well?"

·
After Chen Yan woke Li Guohua up, he didn't make things difficult for the guy anymore.

To be honest, this person wasn't a good person either.

He conjured up Li Xin's vengeful ghost to take revenge on the father and son next door, not to uphold justice for Li Xin, but for his own hatred.

And his so-called hatred, his feud with the neighbor, may not actually be justified.

In rural areas, disputes over homestead land are a complicated and unclear matter.

Later, Li Guohua's hatred for his neighbors was mostly due to envy and jealousy.

The neighbors are getting better and better, while our own family is getting worse and worse.

After several failed attempts at extortion, he resorted to underhanded tactics.

In the end, his leg was broken.

However, Li Guohua has already paid the price.

To use a mortal body, one's life essence and lifespan to control talismans comes at a tremendous price.

At this moment, although Li Guohua was still in his prime, his vitality had declined to the point of resembling that of an old man.

Chen Yan could tell at a glance that this person didn't have long to live.

·
After waking Li Guohua, Chen Yan looked at him and sighed softly.

"You don't have much time left, do you know that?"

Li Guohua was taken aback.

He trembled for a moment, his face ashen, but he lowered his head and said, "I... I didn't know at first, but over the past few days, I've gradually started to have some guesses in my mind."

He paused, then looked up: "That spell... really, really has such a severe backlash? It could kill me?"

Chen Yan sneered: "Why do you think that old man was so sick when you met him back then?"

Such spells are inherently evil; even if a cultivator uses them, it will harm their fortune, let alone a mortal.

Li Guohua was stunned for a moment, then suddenly hugged his head and burst into tears!

Chen Yan stood in front of him, staring at him for a long time, and wept as she looked at the frail man.

After a while, Chen Yan spoke softly, "How about we make a deal?"

Li Guohua looked up blankly: "What?"

Chen Yan slowly said, "About your daughter."

Li Guohua's gaze gradually refocused and became more concentrated.

“I will arrange a way out for your daughter.”

And you, help me do one last thing.

Li Guohua was silent for a moment, then asked in a low voice, "What do you want me for?"

"Help Li Xin overturn her conviction!"

Chen Yan said coldly, "The father and son next door harmed people's names and died for their sins, but that's not enough."

Li Xin was an innocent person. It's wrong for an innocent person to die and still have to bear a bad reputation!

This father and son are bad people, and even in death they should bear the name of bad people!
Otherwise, the world would be unjust!

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(End of this chapter)