Chapter 144: Losing Confidence
Ever since the members of the Hall of Yama learned that they could use Divine Grievance to forge magical treasures, they had been frantically preparing for the crafting.
They even brought out all the Divine Grievance hidden in the Great Liang.
But now, there was a crucial problem.
These Divine Grievances were indeed of decent quality.
The issue was.
They just weren’t vicious enough.
Without a certain level of malice, it’s impossible to create high-quality Yin Soldier treasures.
However, there was a simple way to make Divine Grievance more ferocious.
That was to let them harm people.
But clearly, that wasn’t an option.
The Hall of Yama was ruthless.
When dealing with enemies, they never showed mercy.
However, they wouldn’t really go out and harm innocent lives just for a few artifacts.
They weren’t part of the Demon Sect, after all.
In the end, they could only report this predicament to Lin Wudao with a heavy heart.
Lin Wudao pondered for a moment.
Then he brought someone with him and secretly entered the storm cloud.
That was the girl Zhao Gou had brought back.
Her name was Leng Shuang.
“It’s impossible to harm people, you see… cough cough, the Hall of Yama has its rules—anyone not listed in my judgment book can’t be casually killed!”
“For now, the best option is to have Leng Shuang brew some medicinal soup and see if it can help these Divine Grievances grow!”
Everyone nodded.
Then they started watching as Leng Shuang began making stew.
Leng Shuang set up a massive iron pot.
Though they referred to it as a pot, it looked more like a cauldron.
As Leng Shuang continuously added some medicinal herbs and blood pills to form blood water, a fragrant aroma gradually wafted out.
That scent made the members of the Hall of Yama quite moved.
Some even wanted to sneak a taste but were quickly stopped by Leng Shuang: “Don’t move! I’ve added a lot of lethal ingredients to help the Yin Souls; if any living person touches this, they’ll turn to bones in an instant!”
Horrified, the members of the Hall of Yama didn’t dare to move again.
So everyone just waited.
Once Leng Shuang finished brewing the medicinal soup, they quickly began tossing the Divine Grievance into the pot.
Then, Lin Wudao and others observed the growth of the Divine Grievances.
Three days passed.
The medicinal liquid was absorbed by those Divine Grievances, and they saw some growth.
But it wasn’t much.
They weren’t even close to condensing into soul flesh.
This left the Hall of Yama’s craftsman feeling a bit dejected.
“Is there really no other way but to have them harm people?”
Seeing her cauldron, Leng Shuang smiled and shook her head.
“Not necessary. My potion is effective in aiding the growth of these Divine Grievances. Next, I just need to brew more, and the sheer amount should expedite their growth!”
Her words lit up everyone’s eyes.
“Sounds good!”
“Miss Leng Shuang, just tell us what you need!”
Leng Shuang looked at the craftsman.
“I need a huge pot!”
The craftsman nodded.
“Got it!”
In the end, thanks to the efforts of the members of the Hall of Yama, they created a massive pot capable of holding twenty thousand people.
Leng Shuang stood right at the edge of the pot, starting to brew the herbal concoction again.
This time, the process was quicker.
Everyone was helping out.
Once the medicinal potion was ready, the Hall of Yama members began pouring the Divine Grievance into the pot.
“Roar…”
After absorbing the potion, those Divine Grievances immediately became violent, and waves of evil energy began to fill the air.
Their presence got stronger by the second.
“Buzz~”
At that moment, Dizang was seated on a golden lion, radiating golden light.
That golden light transformed into chains, directly wrapping around the entire pot.
The Divine Grievances were immediately suppressed.
The craftsman frowned.
“It still doesn’t work, and the potion’s potency is gradually diminishing.”
Everyone couldn’t help but feel gloomy.
At that point, Leng Shuang felt a bit defeated as well.
Then she clasped her hands together innocently.
“Oh dear heavens, I finally get to show my talents this time. Please help me out; don’t let me fail!”
With a sincere face, Leng Shuang gazed at the sky with her big, watery eyes that looked so pitiful.
“Splash…”
Right after that, everyone was dumbfounded.
Because, indeed, people began pouring down from the sky.
They fell with boisterous laughter.
“Ah hahahaha, tiny ants of the Celestial Realm, welcome my love!”
“Ah hahahaha… ah hahahaha… uh!”
Then the members of the Hall of Yama watched as these individuals, full of bravado, leaped into Leng Shuang’s pot, quickly dissolving and getting absorbed by the Divine Grievance.
The members of the Hall of Yama exchanged cautious glances.
“Are these people insane?”
At the same time, the Divine Grievances in the pot absorbed their lifeforce, also left dumbfounded.
The craziest part?
These people were falling in at an alarming rate.
Twenty thousand people pretty much dropped in at once.
As if they were in a rush to seek death.
Not wanting to be a second late.
The Hall of Yama members stood by the pot, watching the Divine Grievances rapidly grow, feeling a chilling silence.
At that moment, Leng Shuang gulped.
“Uhm, dear heavens, I asked you for help, and you sent almost twenty thousand people?”
The members of the Hall of Yama stared at Leng Shuang, their eyes filled with shock.
They had been watching her pray.
Initially, they didn’t take it seriously.
They even thought Leng Shuang was a bit adorable.
But who could have imagined?
Heavens really came through?
At this point, even the will of Heavenly Dao was filled with question marks.
Even the spirit of the thunder tribulation, hiding in the nine skies, was left feeling insecure.
“Could it be that I really did this?”
But the Hall of Yama was fretting over another issue.
“Lin Wudao, those twenty thousand people really weren’t killed by us! They jumped into the pot themselves! We shouldn’t be punished for this, right?”
Lin Wudao snapped back to his senses from the shock.
He hurriedly opened the judgment book.
After a thorough inspection, Lin Wudao’s mouth twitched uncontrollably.
“Alright, it says here that these twenty thousand are all outer demons. This time, our Hall of Yama has slain twenty thousand outer demons, and as a reward, everyone gets a hundred thousand Soul Pills and a hundred thousand Blood Pills!”
Without thinking, Lin Wudao read the content from the judgment book aloud.
But once he finished, he regretted it.
A hundred thousand Soul Pills and Blood Pills each.
With that, the Hall of Yama would be in dire straits.
But the members of the Hall of Yama were thrilled.
“Long live the Yama Lord! Long live the Judge!”
Lin Wudao forced a bitter smile.
“That’s a massive amount; I need to report this to the Yama Lord. Please wait a moment!”
Everyone nodded.
After leaving the dark mist, Lin Wudao quickly contacted Liu Shunyi.
He recounted what happened in the Hall of Yama.
Upon hearing this, Liu Shunyi was equally stunned.
“What the heck? You all set up a huge pot and then casually wiped out twenty thousand outer demons?”
Lin Wudao rubbed his temples.
“Well, to be precise, they jumped into the pot themselves, laughing while they did it—seeking to be first in line!”
“We didn’t even expect that twenty thousand people would die so efficiently!”
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