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Chapter 219 Catching a Big Fish

This is not an exaggeration. We are now approaching the end of the Dharma era, and the three realms are collapsing, making it difficult to distinguish between humans and ghosts.

Even the Tree Demon Granny can freely enter and leave the Netherworld, let alone these vengeful ghosts who have been imprisoned for who knows how many years!
Thinking of this, Yan Chixia felt a chill run down his spine. He couldn't help but raise his head and look at Lin Yu, who was floating in the sky, hoping that this senior could take action to reinforce the seal so that the wronged souls and vengeful ghosts could escape.

Unfortunately, Lin Yu doesn't seem to have any intention of repairing the great formation.

Instead, he intensified his efforts, and with one burst of energy, he wielded the colossal sword that was a thousand meters long, cleaving the entire City of the Unjustly Dead in two!
"No!"

As the city crumbled, the Black Mountain Demon's terrified voice rang out once more.

Lin Yu shifted his gaze and took the opportunity to pinpoint the location of his soul.

"Got you!"

A slightly amused voice came from the sky.

A burst of brilliant golden light surged forth, transforming into golden chains that descended from the sky, piercing through the City Lord's Mansion of the City of the Wrongfully Dead and locking up the severely injured divine soul within.

The next second, Lin Yu clenched his fist, and the Black Mountain Demon, whose limbs were bound by golden chains, let out a miserable wail. He was forcibly pulled out of the City of the Wrongfully Dead and turned into a cloud of black mist that flew into the sky.

Lin Yu drew the black energy into his palm and chuckled as he looked at the distorted face that appeared on it.

"Now let's see where you can run to!"

The Black Mountain Demon looked terrified and hurriedly cried out, "Immortal, spare me! Immortal, spare me! This little demon—ah!"

Before he finished speaking, streaks of golden light burst forth from nowhere, scorching the black mist with a hissing sound.

Lin Yu held up the black mist and sneered, "Weren't you just about to devour my flesh and blood and sacrifice my soul?"

After saying that, without waiting for the Black Mountain Demon's reply, he continued, "Don't worry, we have a lot of time to spend together. I'm very interested in the cultivation techniques and secret arts you practice."

"Once this matter is settled, we two must have a good talk!"

After saying that, he flipped his hand to collect the black energy, then landed and looked down at the constantly cracking sealing array below.

At this moment, Yan Chixia had also rushed over from outside the battlefield, and asked anxiously:

"Senior, is there any solution?"

"..."

Lin Yu glanced at him and said simply, "No."

"what?"

Yan Chixia's eyes widened.

Lin Yu chuckled and said, "Don't worry, just because I don't have it doesn't mean you don't."

Yan Chixia was taken aback by these words and asked in confusion, "What do you mean?"

Lin Yu didn't speak, but turned his gaze to his chest.

Yan Chixia was slightly taken aback, then seemed to be deep in thought, and reached into his robes to take out the Diamond Sutra.

In an instant, the originally plain and unadorned scripture suddenly shone with golden light, flew up from Yan Chixia's hand, floated in the air, and automatically turned its pages without wind, revealing the golden Sanskrit characters on the pages.

"Senior, this..."

Yan Chixia was completely astonished, seemingly having no idea what was happening before him.

Lin Yu was not surprised at all; on the contrary, it confirmed some of his previous guesses.

"What's so surprising? It happened the same way when you chanted sutras to help the female ghost pass on..."

Lin Yu glanced at Yan Chixia and said, "What, didn't you notice at all?"

Yan Chixia frowned slightly and remained silent, clearly unaware that such a strange phenomenon had occurred while he was reciting scriptures.

Lin Yu said calmly, "Now you understand, right? You are the chosen one. Whether it was the Xuanyuan Divine Sword or this scripture, they were all specially delivered to you so that you could cultivate both Buddhism and Taoism, thus creating the current situation."

"In other words, even without my intervention, you would still have stormed into the underworld and fought the Black Mountain Demon."

"If we lose, there's nothing more to say, but if we win, we'll still inevitably face this dilemma..."

Yan Chixia's heart sank, as if he understood Lin Yu's meaning.

Lin Yu ignored his reaction and continued, "Now, you have two choices in front of you."

"One is to accept the arrangement, recite the scriptures, and use the power of the Diamond Sutra to deliver the souls of the countless unjustly killed under the city."

"As for the other one..."

Before Lin Yu could finish speaking, Yan Chixia said without hesitation, "I choose the first one!"

Lin Yu was slightly taken aback, and looked at him with some surprise, saying, "Are you really sure?"

Yan Chixia nodded solemnly, then sighed deeply and said in a low voice, "I understand what you mean, senior, and I appreciate your kindness."

"But the situation is urgent now, and we have no choice but to act."

"Yan had no time to hesitate, much less time to get entangled with the so-called mastermind."

"Since the person behind the scenes made such arrangements, it means that I, Yan, have the ability to deliver these countless wronged souls and vengeful ghosts."

"As the saying goes, if I don't go to hell, who will? If I, Yan, am truly destined for greatness, then I will use this body to prove it!"

Having said that, he bit his fingertip without hesitation, drew a blood talisman, and shouted:
"Heaven and earth are boundless, and the universe borrows its power!" As his magical power surged, Yan Chixia sat cross-legged, gazing at the Diamond Sutra floating before him, and began to recite the sutra in a low voice.

Seeing this, Lin Yu fell silent.

He had already planned to rewrite the script, but he never expected that Yan Chixia would choose this path himself.

Furthermore, the fact that he made no attempt to conceal his actions along the way, yet the people behind the scenes remained completely silent, suggests that they had already anticipated that Lin Yu would not affect the final outcome.

Of course, it's just 'won', not 'impossible'.

If Lin Yu wanted to, he could easily intervene and forcefully change the outcome.

But given Yan Chixia's selfless act of righteousness, Lin Yu, with his personality, would indeed respect his choice.

In this light, his pointing out the extraordinary nature of the Diamond Sutra actually propelled the development of the plan.

"Is this the scheme employed by the gods and Buddhas...?"

Sure enough, compared to the old silver coins of the mythical world, he's still very green!

Thinking of this, Lin Yu once again turned his gaze to Yan Chixia in front of him.

At this moment, his body had already floated up, his whole body shining with golden light, like the Buddha descending to earth, seemingly compassionate and merciful, constantly chanting the golden scriptures in front of him.

As the Buddha's light shone upon them, all the wronged souls that had been squeezed out of the cracks in the magic array calmed down.

The resentment clinging to the wronged spirits gradually dissipated, and their distorted faces slowly returned to peace and tranquility...

Unlike the so-called free will in Western values, Yan Chixia knew that this path had been deliberately arranged, but he still made the choice firmly.

This selfless righteousness is why he becomes the protagonist of this world!
Lin Yu watched quietly for a while without interfering.

Putting aside the deliberate arrangements and behind-the-scenes strategies, this choice was not necessarily a bad thing for Yan Chixia.

After all, performing a ritual to help the souls of the dead is a great act of merit. If he can take this opportunity to advance further, he might even be able to reshape the order of the underworld and become a Yama in this realm.

But... I'm still a little annoyed!

Lin Yu curled his lip, then suddenly waved his hand, releasing golden light to protect Yan Chixia's entire body, and then said calmly:
"I'll give you ten seconds to come out and see me, or else..."

Before he finished speaking, a terrifying will rose from Lin Yu's body.

This is the first time he has released his consciousness in this realm, rather than his degraded spiritual power.

With Lin Yu's extremely high status, equivalent to the world consciousness, even if placed in the main world of the mythological multiverse, he would be considered a being of the Pangu consciousness, with a status comparable to the Three Pure Ones.

If it were a dilapidated little world like "A Chinese Ghost Story", it would be even more so!

"boom!"

In an instant, a terrifying consciousness shot straight into the sky, stirring up the thick dark clouds above.

The great formation that was healing began to tremble violently. The vengeful ghost that emerged from the crack was annihilated under the pressure of this consciousness before it even realized what was happening.

Upon seeing this scene, Lin Yu heard a soft sigh.

The next second, a burst of Buddha's light appeared, from which a faint, yet powerful, force of attraction emerged.

Lin Yu glanced at the Buddha's light and knew that it was an invitation extended to him by the person behind the scenes.

However, he was already planning to give them a hard time first, so he ignored the pulling force and forcefully squeezed his consciousness into the Buddha's light, where he saw the astonished figure behind it.

She was a stunningly beautiful woman sitting gracefully on a thousand-petaled blue lotus.

He held a jewel in his left hand and a staff in his right, and wore a red kasaya. Although his appearance was exceptionally beautiful, it did not inspire any sense of disrespect. Instead, it gave people a feeling of tranquility, compassion, and majesty.

Upon seeing the dignified and solemn-looking nun, Lin Yu's eyelids twitched, and he suddenly felt a little regretful for his rash actions just now.

He had guessed the identity of the person behind Yan Chixia's scheme, but he never imagined that a mere peripheral world could catch such a big fish as Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva!
However, the authentic Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva in his memory was not in female form.

Although the Bodhisattva before him was quite skilled and concealed himself so well that even he could hardly detect him, he was still far inferior to the real Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and was most likely just an incarnation.

Thinking of this, Lin Yu's brows relaxed as he gazed at the figure behind the Buddha's light and slowly said:

"Could it be Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva?"

"Of course."

The astonishment on Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's face gradually disappeared. He then put his hands together and bowed slightly, saying, "Please calm down, benefactor. The souls suppressed in this town of the unjustly dead are all those who died unjustly. The Black Mountain Demon only selects those with the strongest resentment and ghostly aura to serve as ghost soldiers. Although the remaining souls have resentment, most of them are those who died unjustly."

"If these souls' resentment dissipates, they will achieve perfect merit and be reincarnated."

"Please, benefactor, have pity on their plight and give them a chance to be reborn..."

"Don't worry, Bodhisattva," Lin Yu said softly. "I wouldn't stoop to indiscriminately killing innocent people."

"Those who died at Lin's hands just now were all the vengeful spirits who rushed out at the first moment."

"The Bodhisattva should know the great formation of the City of the Wrongfully Dead better than I do. Those who can maintain their strength under the suppression and rush out first must be the most vicious wronged souls and vengeful ghosts."

“Even if such a wicked spirit were to be reincarnated, the best outcome would be rebirth as an animal.”

"To die at Lin's hands is too good for them!"

(End of this chapter)