There was a sudden whirlwind of dizziness.
When Niannian came to her senses again, she had already returned to the outside of the Ghost Village.
Niannian turned around and looked at the Ghost Village behind her. It was still the same as before, with gongs and drums blaring and firecrackers popping, a false display of prosperity and excitement.
For a moment, Xiaotuanzi even felt that what had just happened was just a dream she had while in a daze.
That strange big brother had come and gone so quickly.
Niannian scratched her head. As she raised her hand, she suddenly noticed that there seemed to be something in her hand.
She opened her palm, and a delicate little white jade bottle was lying quietly in her palm.
This white jade bottle was exactly what the strange big brother had given her.
Ah!
It wasn't an illusion.
Xiaotuanzi stared blankly at the white jade bottle, feeling an inexplicable and complicated sense of unease in her heart.
She really didn't like this kind of emotion.
After a while, Niannian stuffed the white jade bottle into her small satchel, shook her head to shake off those strange feelings and thoughts, and left the entrance of the Ghost Village without any hesitation.
There was still something important to do!
If she could finish it quickly, maybe she would still have time to go to the Naihe Bridge to play with Sister Mengpo.
Taking brisk steps, Xiaotuanzi skipped all the way to the gates of Fengdu City.
The ghost guards at the gate saw Niannian, greeted her with a smile, and let her pass.
Niannian responded politely and swaggered into Fengdu City as if she was walking into her own backyard.
She made her way familiarly to the Crown Prince's Hall.
Seeing the majestic and solemn judge sitting on the throne, Niannian showed a big smile and waved her little hand like a money - attracting cat as she greeted, "Hello, Uncle Judge!"
The judge had a straight face, exuding an air of authority even without getting angry.
Even evil ghosts would tremble in his presence.
But Xiaotuanzi just thought he was extremely kind. She had always smiled at Uncle Judge since she was a child.
"Niannian is here. Are you here to find the Black and White Impermanence?"
The judge's expression on the throne didn't change a bit, and his tone was cold and imposing.
Only his bright black eyes revealed a hint of kindness.
"Yeah!"
Xiaotuanzi nodded repeatedly. Usually, when the Black and White Impermanence were idle, they would stay beside the judge.
Today, the black and white figures were not seen in the Crown Prince's Hall.
They must have gone out.
"Wait a while. They should be coming back soon."
The judge waved his hand.
Niannian understood immediately.
Seeing that there was no one or ghost around, she rushed towards the judge like a little cannonball and buried herself in his somewhat cold embrace.
Then she slowly climbed up along the judge's official robe.
She found a comfortable position to sit and imitated the judge, putting on a serious expression on her little face.
Now the expressions of the big one and the little one were exactly the same, as if they were copied.
It wasn't long before the figures of the Black and White Impermanence appeared at the door.
Behind them was a middle - aged female ghost in a red dress with blood - red eyes, glaring menacingly.
"Miss Cui, Cui Wuruo. In her lifetime, she used her beauty to deceive people out of their money, causing five families to be ruined. Later, she trafficked people, resulting in the deaths of thirty people. She was addicted to alcohol and gambling. Even after being imprisoned in the human world, she showed no sign of repentance. Three years after being released from prison, she continued to commit crimes. Finally, she died from accidentally falling into the water. After her death, in order to find a substitute and be reincarnated, she killed an innocent passer - by..."
"At the age of three, she played with fire and caused a fire in her neighbor's house. Although a family of three escaped, they were seriously injured. At the age of eight, while learning dance, she pushed a seven - year - old girl down the stairs..."
The judge, following the procedure, opened the Book of Life and Death to check the woman's past and read it out word by word.
Niannian listened with her eyes wide open. It was the first time she had seen such a heinous person.
It made sense. If she wasn't such a person, there would be no need to trouble the Black and White Impermanence to go out and capture her soul.
The woman's crimes were countless, with small and big mistakes never ceasing.
It had already been more than ten minutes by the time the judge finished reading her wrongdoings.
The judge shook his head in disgust and flipped to the second page to read the woman's good deeds.
The Book of Life and Death showed each person's life in two pages.
One page for good deeds and one for wrongdoings.
The two were combined, and after the good and bad deeds were offset, a decision would be made.
Xiaotuanzi was very curious. She wondered what kind of good deeds such a great villain could do to offset her wrongdoings.
She raised her head and leaned forward, trying to look at the Book of Life and Death.
She only saw that after the judge flipped to the second page, it was completely empty.
Not a single word appeared.
It was truly astonishing.
Ah...
People who only did good deeds and never did evil in their lifetimes were not common but not rare either.
But a person who only did evil and never did good in their whole life was a once - in - a - century case.
You know, even a small good deed like helping an old lady cross the road would be recorded in the Book of Life and Death.
It showed how evil this woman was.
"Cui Wuruo, having done no good deeds at all, is hereby sentenced to one hundred years in the Tongue - Ripping Hell, the Iron Tree Hell, the Copper Pillar Hell, and the Ice Mountain Hell respectively, and three hundred years in the Oil - Pan Hell. She can be reincarnated only after completing her punishment."
Based on the woman's crimes, the judge quickly made a decision. As the names of each hell were mentioned, the female ghost who had just looked menacing in the hall immediately changed her expression.
By the time the punishment period was finalized, the woman could no longer bear the fear in her heart. She suddenly stood up from the ground.
The iron chains hooked into her shoulder blades rattled.
The female ghost glared angrily and shouted, "I'm not convinced! I've already served time in prison in the human world! Why should I be punished for so long!"
Not to mention anything else, most people knew how terrible the Tongue - Ripping Hell and the Oil - Pan Hell were even before they died.
It was easy to imagine how painful the other hell punishments would be.
She would almost have to go through half of the eighteen levels of hell, spending one hundred years in each hell before she could be free.
It really terrified her.
"Serving time in prison in the human world is a matter of the human world. After death, it's a matter of Fengdu. You committed countless crimes in your lifetime and never did a single good deed. This punishment is already relatively light."
The judge was already used to such things.
Real villains never thought they were doing anything wrong when they committed crimes.
This woman deserved such a severe punishment.
Moreover, serving time in prison in the human world was to abide by the rules of the human world.
After death, all souls had to abide by the rules of the underworld.
The human world and the underworld were two different worlds. How could the rules be the same?
"I... I..."
The female ghost knew that she couldn't escape from the underworld at all. When she fought against the Black and White Impermanence, she was almost scattered into pieces after just two rounds. Now, seeing the even more powerful judge, she didn't even have the slightest thought of resistance.
She just wanted to excuse herself now. She wracked her brains to find something to prove that the judge had made a wrong decision.
But after rummaging through her memories of her lifetime, she really couldn't find anything to say.
Only then did she realize that she had truly lived a lifetime without doing a single good deed.