I Have a Date with a Thousand-year-old Female Corpse
Chapter 426 Hope_1

Chapter 426: Chapter 426 Hope_1

Hearing these words, you were like a wronged child, and tears streamed down your face.

"Little Donor, your body is in a state of ruin. If you don’t repair it soon, I fear that in a hundred years, Heavenless Hell might have a new Ghost Emperor," said the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva.

You hadn’t expected the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva to have a sense of humor. But just the thought of Er Ya made the tears unstoppable!

"Bodhisattva, I hate, I hate this!!!"

You cried with tears flowing, wailing as you did.

The Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva smiled slightly; it seemed as if a hand large enough to encompass a 200-square-meter room reached out towards you, gently swaying above your head. Instantly, a mysterious sensation enveloped your whole body, reviving you as if you were a withered tree in spring.

"Little Donor, do you know why I have set the prison here in Heavenless Hell?"

You knew the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva didn’t speak idly; his words surely held a profound mystery!

Looking up sharply, you looked towards the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and asked, "Bodhisattva, are you suggesting that in Heavenless Hell, no one can die? Oh no, it should be that no ghost can die?"

The Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva sighed softly and said nothing.

Your face, which was full of hope a moment ago, slowly fell.

"Heavenless Hell, not within the Three Realms, once the Three Souls and Seven Spirits scatter, they have nowhere to return, wandering between heaven and earth, turning into elves from youth to run wild. However, nothing is absolute; just now, those two were certainly annihilated between heaven and earth."

You couldn’t care less about Changsun Wuji and his father!

There was still hope!

The words of the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva revived you in an instant. Without a second word, you took out a porcelain jar from your bosom, removed the last Spirit Gathering Pill, and quickly put it into your mouth!

Straight away, you opened the Gate of Life, and an abundant Life Force from all around rapidly converged, restoring your badly damaged body at a speed visible to the naked eye!

Seeing your body miraculously recover, King Qinguang and Li Shimin, as one of the Ten Halls of Yama, couldn’t help but show astonishment on his face and said to you, "Zhinu, what kind of miraculous cultivation technique are you practicing?"

You looked steadily at Li Shimin, with a serious expression saying, "Yama Lord, the past has turned into smoke and clouds; even if I try to grasp it with all my effort, I will only come up empty-handed. I declare for the last time, my name is Li Muyun."

The Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva slightly turned his head to look at King Qinguang and Li Shimin, "King Qinguang, it seems this Little Donor’s insight surpasses yours."

"Alas..."

Li Shimin sighed gently.

Nevertheless, even in death, he remained a revered emperor through all ages. His insistence was mainly due to the change of hands of the Li Tang Dynasty long ago. However, Wu Zetian eventually returned the realm to the Li Tang, so in the end, all was settled well.

"Enough, enough..."

Li Shimin flicked his sleeve and cast one last glance at you before he slowly disappeared into the air.

You looked up to the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and respectfully said, "Bodhisattva, with your great compassion, please tell me how to save Er Ya."

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva smiled, "Little Donor, I have already made myself clear. Ultimately, the matter depends on you. Moreover, even if her soul were to be reshaped, I would still confine her within the prison walls."

"No! Absolutely not!" You suddenly raised your head and stared straight at Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, "Bodhisattva, what does what Er Ya did in her past life have to do with this life? Don’t you think it’s wrong to repay the debts of a past life in the current one?"

"Oh? What is wrong with that?"

You are clever.

You know that to speak of Zen with Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva would surely be to play the lute to a cow, to wield a large axe in front of General Guan.

Giving your eyeballs a turn, you shifted the topic with a smile, "Bodhisattva, I have heard that prior to taking refuge in the Empty Gate, you vowed that not until Hell is empty will you become a Buddha. Is this true?"

"Yes, indeed it is so."

"I have also heard that before you entered the Empty Gate, you made several forays into the Underworld, doing everything in your power to save your mother, who was suffering there. Is this true?"

"It is true."

Continuing, you said, "All you did was for the salvation of all beings from suffering in the world, to incite people to commit good deeds and reap good karma, was it not?"

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva nodded his head.

"There is a saying in the Yang Realm, ’A prodigal who returns is more precious than gold," and Buddhism teaches ’Lay down the butcher’s knife and instantly become a Buddha.’ There are many such sayings. In the eyes of the world, goodness is what touches people the most." You paused, then continued, "I will talk about something that happened around me. When I was in junior high, there were two students in my class. One had excellent grades and was always honored as a triple excellence student. Teachers favored him greatly, and in the eyes of other students, he was flawless. The other one was always at the bottom of the class. Not only did he have poor grades, but he also often bullied his classmates, making both teachers and students dislike him."

Seeing that Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva was silent, you continued, "One day, the good student who was always favored by teachers and loved by fellow students made a mistake. In order to maintain his reputation as the top student for two consecutive years, he covertly tampered with a female student’s scores, causing her to drop from the top of the class to the second. This act was discovered by a student and exposed. After that, the school was filled with gossip about him, and everyone instantly looked at him with extreme disdain. Unable to bear such looks, he jumped from the school building, ending his young life."

"The bad student, who always had poor grades and bullied his classmates, saved a female student from a few thugs outside the school. Everyone began to take notice of him, and many girls even found his naughty behavior more attractive."

"Amitabha, Little Donor, is there more to the story?"

You nodded with a smile, "But later, we found out that the good student who jumped had been wrongfully accused. He had not tampered with any scores. Rumors had spread that his father was a leader in the education department, but in reality, his father was just an ordinary farmer, and their family was extremely poor; the one who framed him was that bad student. Those thugs who surrounded the girl were also called by him, aiming to make the girl fall for him as a result."

"Amitabha."

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva sighed softly.

"Bodhisattva, this thing called human nature, nobody can pin it down precisely. As long as a person is alive, they will be driven by endless desires, some for power, others for fame or wealth. Good and evil cannot be discerned from the surface. Take Er Ya, for instance. She was born into a great family as the legitimate daughter and heir to vast power."

You finally got to the main point, and as you spoke, your gaze remained on Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva’s expression, but unfortunately, not a trace of emotion could be seen on Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva’s golden body.

"Not to mention others, but even I—if I had been born with such favorable conditions—would certainly become arrogantly self-important, believing myself to be above all, deeming others as mere ants." You paused, then continued, "Yet, Er Ya did not do so. She treated everyone equally and personally committed herself to good deeds. She did these things not for reputation, but simply following her heart. Goodness was already deeply rooted in her heart!"

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva still did not speak.

You looked up at Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, who seemed as towering as a skyscraper, and the emotions within your heart exploded forth!

"I don’t understand, Bodhisattva, I really do not. Let’s not even mention that everything Er Ya did in her previous life was for the country and the people; just for her deeds over the past decade or so in this life, you should not imprison her in this Heavenless Hell!"