Chapter 219: "I wonder, are you as strong as me?"_2
In the span of a century,
after accumulating nearly a hundred billion virtue points, she resolutely arrived at the Vast Continent, ready to witness this brand-new world with her own eyes. Just as she landed, she was engulfed by a terrifying crisis. In her panic, she rushed into a Heavenly Hall nearby and became a "Heart Demon Removal Master," signing a century-long contract with the Heavenly Hall.
Today is the day the contract will come to an end.
This client before her is her last one; as long as she helps the person in front of her eliminate their Heart Demon, she'll be completely free.
No one knows.
No one knows how she spent these hundred years. The main task of her position is actually only one: sincerely affirm the client's actions as extremely correct, to allow the client to achieve unity of knowledge and action, thereby reaching harmonious internal logic, and smoothly overcoming the Heart Demon Tribulation in the future.
For instance...
A righteous cultivator from a famous orthodox sect had been taught from a young age not to slaughter mortals, but one day, due to some special reason, the righteous cultivator killed thousands of defenseless women and children, which constitutes a discrepancy between knowledge and action.
Some with an extremely extreme mentality will crazily fabricate excuses for themselves, glorify the misdeeds they have committed, harmonize their internal logic fully, and lay the blame on others.
But... for those whose natures are not so extreme, after committing acts that don't align with their values, their whole being may gradually suffer from Divine Soul Inversion, or even be unable to calm their minds for cultivation, let alone face the Heart Demon Tribulation afterward. That's where she comes in.
Admittedly—
it is indeed a job where one could hear a wide variety of gossip, but it is not at all easy.
"Hmm,"
under the dim light, the old man in the cloak sat silently in the chair and hoarsely said, "I have killed many people, and I find it hard to get over this obstacle. I have a premonition that I will die in the next Heart Demon Tribulation."
Heart Demon Tribulation!
A type of Heavenly Tribulation, which is not only limited to Heavenly Tribulation but also includes Wind Tribulation, Fire Tribulation, and all kinds of Heart Demon Tribulation that utterly disregard Spiritual Energy and Protective Spiritual Treasures, and can only be withstood by one's own strength.
However, the Heart Demon Tribulation only appears after the Void Refining stage; those in the Divinity Transformation Stage only face Heavenly Tribulation, with no presence of Wind Tribulation, Fire Tribulation, or Heart Demon Tribulation.
The Heart Demon Tribulation is actually easy to understand.
For example, if you feel increasingly guilty toward someone, the more intense your guilt, the stronger that person's illusion will be during the Heart Demon Tribulation.
"And then?"
Behind the table, Ling Yue, veiled, quietly heaved a sigh of relief. Eliminating the Heart Demon of someone who has killed is easier, not a big deal. It seemed her last assignment in her career could end smoothly like this.
Good.
"But there's one person I've always remembered, impossible to forget."
After a pause, the old man continued, his voice becoming hoarse, "I am in the early phase of Void Refining, and have lived for more than three thousand seven hundred years. When I was sixteen, I was just a little ruffian at the third layer of Qi Refinement."
"Every day, I only knew how to fight and cause trouble on the streets."
"Back then I had a childhood sweetheart; we loved each other, until I was nineteen. I was ready to formally take her back home and marry her when I found out that she had already been taken by a son of a wealthy family."
"I was furious."
"Everyone in that village was laughing at me, laughing that my fiancée had been defiled."
"In a fit of rage, I fled the village, wandering alone. By chance, I encountered many opportunities and it took less than twelve years for my Cultivation to reach the late phase of Golden Core. By then I had long forgotten these childhood humiliations, even the face of that woman."
"But then, on the street one day—"
"I met that woman again. By then, she was nearly thirty, still charming at a glance, with only the peak level of Qi Refinement."
"Memories of my youth resurged, and a sinister desire emerged from within me."
"I abducted that woman and took her to my cave where I brutally violated her. That day, I felt like I found a long-lost happiness. I realized she couldn't speak, only waved her hands pleading for mercy, but I ignored her and continued."
"After I tortured her to death, I found a carefully wrapped Foundation Establishment pill and a letter in her embrace."
"The content of the letter was about her worry for me being alone outside, without a Foundation Establishment pill to not be able to enter Foundation Establishment, so she left the village alone to find me."
"And I..."
The old man's voice began to tremble, "She still cared for me; none of it was her fault, yet like a beast, I tortured her to death. This matter has haunted me for many years!"
"Hmm..." Ling Yue, behind her veil, paused for a long time before gently and crisply speaking, "This matter is not your fault, blame it on the wealthy family who took her in marriage back then. You should go back and seek revenge."
"Your woman died because of them, this way you can settle your Heart Demon."
"Yes... Yes..."
The old man's expression gradually turned distracted, "That's what I did. After discovering the truth, I was overwhelmed with grief and immediately returned to that village and slaughtered the entire village, including that wealthy family."
"But then—"
"I realized that I was actually the bastard son of that wealthy family, and she was their bastard daughter. The reason that wealthy family snatched her away was simply because they didn't want us together—we couldn't be together."