Huh? Isn't this an adventure kingdom building game?!-Chapter 878 - 794: Life-Buying Money

"The old man was over eighty, his Yang Energy was naturally weak and he was devastated, so drowning him was not hard with your temptation. But even if you devoured a soul, it shouldn’t grant you the power to lure a young man in the prime of his life into the water."

Aunt Yu blew a bubble and asked, "So you went and learned skills from other Water Ghosts while cultivating? Your resentment is quite something.

Logically, once the body dies, it loses its spiritual resolve, which should reduce the resentment a layer;

coupled with the fact that the one who acted was your kin, especially your own son, which would naturally reduce the hatred another layer;

the act of killing the old man should then reduce the resentment another layer;

lingering long in the Mortal World would further reduce a layer. In my experience, regular ghosts at this point usually let go of their hatred and leave, but you refuse and still want to kill others."

Immersed in sorrowful memories, Guo Quanzhi was startled by this, "You’re right.

Actually, at that time, all I knew was that devouring humans could make me stronger, but I had little intention otherwise. My obsession was merely to make them repent, or to see their evil deeds result in a more miserable end!

Day in and day out I lurked, until one summer night I saw from afar those two young bastards, having drunk some alcohol, go to a secluded spot by the river to discuss something.

I silently approached underwater, and heard the eldest complain why his uncle, Guo Quanmin, should be entitled to so much money, and he also lamented about marrying a wife, fearing he’d be swindled like the old man.

They were conspiring to stage an accident for Guo Quanmin before he got a marriage certificate, so they could inherit his property when he died.

Hearing this made me both happy and hurt; happy that Guo Quanmin also had his day; hurt because both sons were more ruthless than ghosts for money!

As they talked, it erupted into a squabble as the brothers disagreed; it was then that I learned—the eldest and the second deceived the third into gambling to recruit more.

The third didn’t oblige, nor did he want to fall out with them, so he resigned and planned to travel to avoid them; additionally, his wife’s family lived in the neighboring village and their house had been demolished—they transferred the household registry, but the brothers-in-law agreed to give her a sum of money.

The two were jealous, originally planning to kill the third brother and his wife, but didn’t expect my mother and wife to also take the third brother’s car, hence all perished! It enraged me..."

At this point, black mist rolled from Guo Quanzhi’s body, and the rage once again surged to the heavens, his eyes turning scarlet.

"Oh dear!" Chuci, knowing his combat strength was the lowest, was so frightened he hid behind Jiang Yuan. However, in the next second, the Water Ghost was immediately seated again by a diligent tiger’s paw.

Huang San held a teacup with his small paws, sighed, and said, "Tiezhu, remember this is what’s called Life-Buying Money. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

Some people have deep blessings and can handle billions well, their fortune flourishes; others have shallow blessings and lives, and without virtuous conduct and accumulation of blessings, cannot bear more money than their life’s capacity gives.

In my view, had Guo Quanzhi been more forceful, keeping the money and the house firmly in hand, only giving each family enough to live on, things would not have ended this way. It’s a pity, he withstood the wealth but could not withstand the relentless pressing of short-lived ghosts from his family."

"Then..." Li Tiezhu frowned deeply, lowered his voice, and asked, "If knowing someone can’t bear wealth by their fortunate capacity, and deliberately finds an opportunity to give them a sum of Life-Buying Money exceeding their fate, leading to an accident and death, is it considered murder?"

"Legally no, but karmically yes." Huang San, with an air of wisdom, replied, "Just like last time when I helped you watch over, I told you to take less, yet you were greedy, weren’t you hurt badly?

Taking that little extra was spent, and you had to suffer unnecessarily more. It serves as a lesson; if your greed had asked for more, it would have been your Life-Buying Money.

However, the client wouldn’t know you couldn’t bear it; they give as much as you ask, even if you die, it has nothing to do with them; if knowingly exceeding your bearing and insisted upon giving it, leading to your death because of it, then there would be some retribution on their part, as this is ill-intended from the start."

Mu Mian, seeing the rolling resentment on the Water Ghost, mused, "’Qi’ is truly magical, invisibly and intangibly, igniting with the heart’s fire can spontaneously arise."

"Exactly, cultivation, in essence, is refining that ’Qi’." Aunt Yu nodded, "Ghosts have resentment, Evil Energy; people have righteousness, Clear Qi, and when they can cultivate Immortal Energy, it’s true fruition."

Jiang Yuan noticed the sky getting brighter outside and the rain lessening, urged, "Quickly, tell about Pei Jiqiang—did you, in a fit of rage and surge of resentment, devour all those who killed you?"

"I originally didn’t intend to take their lives, they dug their own graves!" Guo Quanzhi, still engulfed in bitterness, said coldly, "Each of them was ruthless; after I painstakingly raised them, why couldn’t I avenge myself, my mother, and my wife? Therefore, I want to devour them all!

Once I knew the truth, I was furious, eyes and ears steaming, sensing that I could command that resentment..."

As he spoke, the black mist solidified once more, transforming into a sea urchin-like shape, a thin thread akin to a black light beam flowed from his hand.

"Are all Water Ghosts’ tricks the same? What happens if this thing is burnt?" Jiang Yuan laughed uncontrollably, wasn’t this identical to the one discovered at Chuci’s villa?

Back then I hadn’t been in Wilderness World for long, had limited means and was curious, so I hurled a Heaven-Burning Flame to sever the thread.

"Burn? It can’t be so easily severed. If truly cut, the Water Ghost would be injured and would need to consume at least two or three people to recover." Guo Quanzhi said smugly, "Later on, I learned that being able to entangle with resentment is a sign of true attainment.