Chapter 416: Killing the chicken to scare the monkeys and train the souls
Chapter 416: Killing the chicken to scare the monkeys and train the souls
The four monkeys once again walked on the Avenue of Bones of Lion Camel Ridge.
This time, wherever the four monkeys went, in addition to the evil and demonic energy that was overwhelming, they also emitted a strong yin energy.
Each monkey carries at least a thousand souls on its body, and the leading golden monkey carries seven thousand resentful ghosts on its body. It would be strange if it did not have a heavy yin energy.
Wen Rui was actually not unfamiliar with this feeling. At his peak, he was haunted by more than 100,000 wronged souls. A mere 7,000 was just a drop in the bucket and he didn't feel any discomfort at all.
Wen Ruike committed many sins during the Battle of the Gods, and countless people died tragically at his hands directly or indirectly.
Later, all the gods in heaven returned to their positions, and each newly deified general was able to ascend to heaven with his family members, and recalled the soldiers who had died in the war, which greatly reduced the number of wronged souls that were haunting Wen Rui.
Among them, there was also a super evil ghost who was extremely resentful and would rather not respond to the summons of the Heavenly Soldiers than to kill Wen Rui. During that period, Wen Rui was unable to even get a good night's sleep.
As soon as he closed his eyes, he saw various miserable faces of people who had died in different ways. They were shouting in sharp and piercing voices, saying things like "I died such a miserable death!" "Traitor, give me your death!" and other nonsense.
Fortunately, the system maintained his health and energy. His career was in its early stages during those years, so he simply gave up sleeping and worked 24 hours a day without rest.
The experience of being demanded by vengeful ghosts forced Wen Rui to formulate a plan to exchange gold sand for Buddhist scriptures. After he practiced Buddhism, he personally saved the souls of the vengeful ghosts who had been with him for more than a hundred years one by one.
When it comes to bullying ghosts, he is quite experienced.
However, this time when he was haunted by the ghost again, the experience was very different from the last time. This time he was the master!
From a contractual perspective, the possessed ghosts are all temporary workers hired by him and must obey the orders of him as the boss.
Even if the contract is put aside, Wen Rui, as the supreme god, can crush a red-clothed ghost with just a thought. Under the pressure of the god's will, the ghosts dare not disobey.
Those big monsters that slaughtered and devoured human beings also relied on their strong will to subdue the wronged souls and force the ghosts bound to them to obey their orders.
but……
Wen Rui's deterrent power seemed to be much weaker than that of the vicious monster. The seven thousand possessed ghosts were not really afraid of him. On the first day, there was lax discipline and even passive resistance.
After all, they were just a group of mobs who were paid to do things. They all read the contract one by one. The contract clearly stated that Wen Rui's side could not kill the ghost without reason, otherwise they would have to pay ten times the compensation.
As a result, the ghosts were so bored along the way that they started to chat, with groups of crickets chirping and gossiping.
What family gossip, what scandals, what rumors and legends...
"The pig next door, Wang Laoer, gave birth. Strangely enough, the piglet grew into a big wild boar in just three days, and it bit all the pigs in the trough to death!"
"There is a college student in our village. It is really a golden phoenix flying out of the mountain valley."
"It feels pretty good to be a ghost. My old cold legs don't hurt anymore."
"Oh, look at this place, there are human bones everywhere, what a sin. I heard that the monsters here are very fierce! They are different from the monsters in my hometown."
"The monsters are actually not bad by nature. The college student in our village found a monster boyfriend. I think he looks scary because of the hair all over his body, but the guy just likes him very much."
……
It was so lively!
This is much more annoying than yelling in a sinister voice: "I died such a miserable death!" For Wen Rui, who is sensitive enough to hear the voices of ghosts, it is simply a disguised torture.
Who wants to listen to your nonsense? Seven thousand people are talking nonsense in a chat group! Wen Rui was like this, Long Ji, Taibai Jinxing and Nezha were even worse. The three of them were completely in a trance because of the noise.
This was the first time for these immortal gods who were detached from worldly affairs to have such close contact with so many mortals. The gossips from their mouths, when pieced together, represented the mundane world and the joys and sorrows of all living beings.
Wen Rui just thought it was noisy, but the three immortals heard the joys and sorrows in it and suffered a great mental shock.
Among the three immortals, Long Ji was the one who suffered the greatest impact.
This royal descendant, the princess of the heavenly family, naturally has compassion for mortals. In the eyes of the gods, this is actually a sin of wanting to be a mortal, and represents an unstable heart of Taoism.
Listening to the conversation of a thousand mortal souls not only did not stabilize Princess Longji's Taoism, but instead made her feel more intimate with mortals. It was the movement of the Red Luan star that made her mortal heart tremble.
Although mortals have a short lifespan and their ideals and goals are not ambitious, they live very seriously and are full of vitality.
The second one is little Nezha. This kid attained enlightenment at a young age. When he was a mortal, he was still a child and his memory was not very deep. However, he took this opportunity to awaken the gate of memory that had been dormant for many years. He remembered his childhood playmates, the auntie who often gave him fruits at the street corner, and the old man who chased him because he stole persimmons...
These people had already died of old age and entered reincarnation hundreds of years ago, but they were resurrected in Nezha's memory, reminding him of his happy and carefree childhood.
He also suddenly felt that mortals became more friendly.
Taibai Jinxing, on the other hand, was not too moved. He often traveled among the human world and had seen a lot of selfishness and stupidity of human beings. The prejudice in his heart could not be easily changed.
"That's enough, shut up!"
Wen Rui, whose head was aching from all the noise, could no longer help himself and roared angrily at the ten thousand souls with his divine consciousness:
"From now on, you are not allowed to whisper to each other! Your mission is to pretend to be the souls of the innocent people we killed. You all look so happy and cheerful, and you seem happier dead than when you were alive. How can this be!"
After this roar, the volume of conversations indeed decreased a lot, but it didn't take long for the situation to return to its old state and it was noisy again. It was truly disorganized and undisciplined.
"Humph! If I don't kill a chicken to scare the monkeys, you guys don't know how powerful I am!"
Wen Ruihou's face was stretched long, his crop was swollen with anger, and he threatened murderously.
"Your Majesty, calm down! You are a magnanimous person. Why do you have to argue with ordinary souls?"
Princess Longji, however, could not bear to see these innocent souls being killed for no reason. She knew Wen Rui's methods too well. If the emperor's divine consciousness crushed the mortal souls, they would be shattered immediately.
The soul being torn apart and turning into ashes is the real destruction, which is more terrible than going to hell.
Even if one goes to hell and suffers, there is at least a glimmer of hope for repentance and to be liberated by Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva.
The soul is scattered and disappears completely and irretrievably.
In order to save the soul that was about to be destroyed, Princess Longji's voice rarely revealed a hint of tenderness and charm. She lowered her posture and begged sincerely.
"You, you, you! And you!" Wen Rui didn't care about the nonsense, just pretended not to hear, and said coldly: "You guys are the best at talking nonsense, so deduct 500 from your salary! If you do it again, the deduction will be doubled!"
When this punishment was inflicted, all souls were suddenly silent, and the whole world was quiet all of a sudden. The effect was even better than randomly selecting a few lucky audience members and having their souls scattered.
(End of this chapter)