My Lady Always Lacks Ambition-Chapter 1088 - 1058: Searching for Someone in Sword Mountain Hell

Chapter 1088: Chapter 1058: Searching for Someone in Sword Mountain Hell

A disaster struck the human world, resulting in many deaths. The Judge’s hand that wielded the Judge’s Token Pen had started to tremble, flipping through the Merit and Demerit Book so much it was nearly worn out. Yet, none of this compared to the vexation of Qin Liuxi seeking him out again.

King Yan directly evaded, lacking any sense of justice.

Qin Liuxi looked at the Judge’s forced smile, and wisely slipped over two gold ingots, smiling warmly: "Don’t be like this, I’m just here to ask you about someone."

Money can make the ghost turn the mill.

The Judge stuffed the gold ingots into his sleeve, and his smile became more genuine: "You are being too formal with old me, my lord. What is my relationship with you? If you need something, just summon me, why come here yourself?"

"I also need to find Ksitigarbha and the Great Emperor for some matters, that’s why I came personally."

In the back, King Yan immediately signaled a little ghost to inform the Great Emperor.

The Judge pointed out the Chang City Li Weng that Qin Liuxi wanted to find, took a glance, and said: "This person used living people for sacrifice, altering fate and fortune against the heavens, committing twenty counts of murderous crimes. He was sentenced to the Sword Mountain Hell for punishment. Because of his good deeds, the punishment is offset by merit, reducing it to twenty years, with two years remaining."

Qin Liuxi said: "I want to see him."

The Judge said: "I will lead you over."

"No need, just let a little ghost lead the way. Many have died recently, I don’t want to inconvenience you." Qin Liuxi was very considerate.

The Judge was flattered, but dared not let her wander alone, saying: "No worries, I’ll take the chance for a breather. This way."

Qin Liuxi didn’t mind, following him to the Sword Mountain Hell.

King Yan watched them leave, then stepped out, muttering conspiratorially: "Has that little disaster star changed? Or is something bigger brewing, the calm before the storm?"

Announce full alert throughout the hall, level twelve!

Qin Liuxi, unaware she had been deemed a terror by King Yan, stood before the Sword Mountain Hell, watching those inside scream in agony. They were being cut into pieces, not on the body but upon the soul, being incessantly sliced and reformed.

The Judge had already found the Ghost General guarding the Sword Mountain Hell, who had brought out Li Weng.

Li Weng, having been punished for eighteen years in this Sword Mountain Hell, had long been ravaged beyond human form. Now standing in front of Qin Liuxi and the others, his soul body seemed on the brink of dispersal.

Upon arrival, introduced by the Ghost General, he trembled and knelt.

Qin Liuxi got straight to the point: "Back then, you set up a Five Elements Formation at the Li Family tea mountain, why choose tea? Even if you had your son study, that excellent feng shui would have led to prominence. You chose to cultivate tea and enter merchant registration, why?"

Li Weng trembled, looked up at Qin Liuxi, shock mixed with fear in his eyes, how did she know?

Qin Liuxi said: "Using living people for burying and array formation, such monstrous evil, you should have anticipated the karma. So, you established ancestral injunctions for the Li Family not to forget good deeds, but what’s done is done; merit cannot entirely offset it. You weren’t wrong, retribution fell on the Li Family, leading to its ruin and destruction."

Li Weng’s soul body quivered in terror, seemingly about to rush forward, but the Ghost General harshly chained and pulled him back, sternly warning: "Do not act recklessly before the lord."

The chain was a magic artifact, imbued with the power of a Thunder Strike, and with a strong hit, Li Weng let out a scream of pain.

The Judge said: "Enough, release him, how will the lord interrogate like this?"

The Ghost General obsequiously complied, freeing him again.

Given freedom, Li Weng dared not be impudent, only looked at Qin Liuxi, asking: "What happened to the Li Family?" 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

"The signs of ruin and destruction, what do you think? Everything taken must be returned, so ask no more. I’ve come because the Li Family has indeed done many good deeds and they wish to redeem all the Li Family’s sins, thus I’ve come." Qin Liuxi said: "Who was it that helped you set up the formation back then? Do you remember the children who were buried alive, who were they?"

"Why do you ask this?"

"Those children’s resentful energy from being buried alive is immense, a soul sacrifice to curse the Li Family. With the Judge here, if you remember, name one."

Li Weng, despite years of punishment, had a muddled mind, but this he dared not forget, his deepest, most shameful burden; he immediately named someone and gave the household registration.

The Judge took his Book of Life and Death, checked, and found that the person had died long ago but hadn’t entered Reincarnation. He shook his head at Qin Liuxi: "Not entered Reincarnation."

Qin Liuxi had anticipated this, and looking at Li Weng again, saw even more despair in his expression.

"After committing that act, gaining wealth, I sought to reward their families." Li Weng said: "I knew my sins were severe, daring not to seek divine forgiveness, so I thought to atone through good deeds. I didn’t anticipate..."

He didn’t anticipate they hadn’t even entered Reincarnation.

Nor did he anticipate they would consent to soul sacrifices to curse, truly superstitious and haunted by demons.

"Who was the person setting up the formation?"

Li Weng replied: "It was a traveling Taoist named Xuanming. At that time, I just wanted better feng shui. He proposed using child boys and girls with noble Five Elements and Eight Characters for the formation, achieving twice the result with half the effort. I was solely focused on revitalizing the Li Family and reclaiming our glory."

"Reclaim?"

"Yes, you asked why focus only on tea, that’s because my Li Family’s ancestors rose by cultivating tea. In the previous dynasty, the Li Family even created a tea called ’Youlan,’ a tribute tea. Later, it was schemed against by the Wunan Xian Family, leading to the ruin and downfall of the Li Family. That tribute tea was seized and renamed ’Yulan’ for tribute. The Xian Family rose by stepping on my Li Family’s blood. Before my father died, he tasked me with reclaiming that glory. I bore a sea of blood feud, living in hiding, even faking my death to escape the Xian Family’s eradication, earning money as a tea attendant until I reached my thirties to begin anew. It was then that I followed Xuanming Daoist’s advice and laid that formation, nurturing Jade Mist."

Li Weng recalled the past, saying: "One wrong step led to another, I’m guilty of being blinded by evil spirits, I admit."

"Your scope was too narrow. To restore family glory, must you be a tea merchant? Couldn’t you assume office? Such a feng shui treasure land, burying your ancestors’ remains would certainly produce an official!" Qin Liuxi shook her head.

Li Weng shuddered, laughing bitterly. Reclaiming everything from the Xian Family, making the Li Family produce tribute tea once more had become his obsession and Heart Demon, leading him to believe in that malicious and cruel act. Since that incident, he hadn’t slept soundly a single night.

Now, hearing about the Li Family’s downfall, he oddly felt a sense of inevitability as this day finally arrived.

"Lord Heavenly Master, please convey to my descendants that the Li Family’s ill-gotten wealth must return to the people to atone..." Li Weng prostrated on the ground, listing the names he recalled and entrusted her to pass them on, asking them to donate all family assets.