Chapter 3

"Wow, so fast!"

In the Ghost Realm, speed and strength are often proportional; Meng Feiyun's speed was so fast that his strength could not be weak. If not, why would Li Hao, who had "mixed" in the Ghost Realm for ten years, be so frightened by seeing his mortal enemy that he didn't even have the courage to fight back?

"This Meng Feiyun is even stronger than I imagined!" Fortunately, Li Hao's ten years in the Ghost Realm were not wasted. The surrounding "acquaintances" saw the situation and quickly gathered around.

Meng Feiyun, being a newcomer, dared not continue his pursuit when he saw the overwhelming number of ghosts, and turned to flee.

"Xiao Hao, what's going on? Why did you provoke a malevolent ghost?" the ghosts asked with concern.

Being a human is hard, but being a ghost is even harder. Therefore, ghosts usually form groups to support each other; if any ghost in the group encounters trouble, the others will come to help.

"I was killed by him. I never thought he would turn into a malevolent ghost after death!" Li Hao said.

The ghosts immediately understood.

"Malevolent ghosts are indeed very troublesome..."

"Don't worry too much, Xiao Hao. Be more careful when you go out, and try not to go alone!"

"Don't worry, this is Zhang Xiuzhe's territory; he won't dare to act recklessly here!"

After the ghosts dispersed, Jiang Wei, puzzled, asked, "We are both new to the Ghost Realm, why can't we beat him together?"

"Because..." Li Hao's expression was serious, "he is a malevolent ghost!"

"Malevolent ghost?" Jiang Wei frowned, "What exactly is a malevolent ghost?"

"Did you see the faint blood glow on his body?"

Jiang Wei nodded.

"That is the blood glow of a malevolent ghost, also known as... the blood glow of sin!" Li Hao said, "Only those with great sin will have such a blood glow on their body!"

"Great sin..." Jiang Wei immediately recalled the thunderous words that echoed in his heart when he was born: "Eleven 'floors' of merit, nine 'floors' of sin, eighty-three years of yin life!" Later, his merit and sin transformed into the two small horns on his head.

One horn for merit, one for sin.

"Merit and sin are the judgments of your actions in life and the basis for your reincarnation!" Li Hao continued, "Those with high merit can be reborn into the human or celestial realms; those with low merit may even be reborn into the animal realm."

"Doing good deeds earns merit, while doing bad deeds generates sin!"

"What is a good deed and what is a bad deed? — It's up to heaven to decide!"

"Even if the same action is performed, it can be a merit for one person and a sin for another; even the same person can sometimes earn merit and sometimes generate sin!"

"Of course, 'heaven' is not completely unpredictable; there are still some rules. For example, as people often say — saving one life is better than building a seven-story pagoda."

"So, saving one life earns eight 'floors' of merit; conversely, killing one person generates eight 'floors' of sin! Many people's merit and sin in their lifetime come from this."

"As long as one is human, they will definitely follow this rule; but if it's a tiger, killing a person won't generate sin..."

"When sin reaches a certain level, one will turn into a malevolent ghost with the blood glow of sin after death! It's hard to imagine how many people Meng Feiyun killed in his lifetime to have so much sin! — By the way, Ah Wei, how much merit and sin do you have?"

"Eleven 'floors' of merit, nine 'floors' of sin. I think it's because I killed Meng Feiyun and saved my junior sister, so I gained eight 'floors' of merit and eight 'floors' of sin just before I died!" Jiang Wei speculated.

Jiang Wei's level of merit and sin should be considered normal for a ghost; some ghosts, though they didn't kill or save anyone in life, would still generate merit and sin.

"Both are slightly more than mine. When I just died, I had only five 'floors' of merit and sin; but after ten years, I now have over thirty 'floors' of merit!" Li Hao said, "Merit is a good thing, Ah Wei, you should try to accumulate more in the future; it will only bring benefits and no harm!"

Jiang Wei had a vague understanding of merit and sin but was still puzzled: "According to what you said, isn't Meng Feiyun just a ghost who did a lot of bad things? What's there to be afraid of?"

"A ghost who did a lot of bad things is not scary, but a malevolent ghost with great sin and the blood glow of sin is terrifying! The blood glow of sin is not just for show; it greatly enhances one's strength; the more intense the blood glow, the greater the enhancement!" Li Hao said solemnly, "Don't think that Meng Feiyun's blood glow of sin is not very intense, just faintly visible; but his strength is at least five to six times greater than ours!"

"Five to six times!?" Jiang Wei, who was a core disciple of his sect in life, naturally knew what five to six times meant. The difference between a normal child with fifty pounds of strength and a strong man with three hundred pounds of strength is five to six times; even if the child uses all his strength to attack the strong man, it would probably just be like scratching his back!

At this moment, Jiang Wei finally understood why Li Hao had no courage to fight back; with a five to six times difference, there was no life left to fight!

"Meng Feiyun did so many bad things in life, and after death, he has the blood glow of sin, making him so strong... Heaven is unfair!" Jiang Wei sighed deeply.

In life, those who do good suffer poverty and a short life, while those who do evil enjoy wealth and a long life; in death, those who do good have average strength, while those who do evil have strong strength — the heavens are forcing people to do evil!

"You are wrong, heaven is still fair!" Li Hao said.

"Fair?" Jiang Wei couldn't see where the fairness was.

"Malevolent ghosts with the blood glow of sin find it very hard to survive in the Ghost Realm. Although they are strong, there are many ghosts stronger than them; some ghost heroes even make a living by killing malevolent ghosts to earn merit! Moreover, even if these ghosts with great sin don't die in the Ghost Realm, they will suffer in their next life after reincarnation; even if they are reborn as animals, they will still have a miserable death — those made into cruel dishes like three squeaks, braised donkey meat, and drunken shrimp are all because they had too much sin when they reincarnated." Li Hao said, "If you do evil in this life, you will suffer in the next; if you do good and accumulate merit in this life, you will enjoy happiness in the next — these concepts of merit, sin, and cause and effect are common knowledge in the Ghost Realm!"

"Merit, sin, cause, and effect..." With Li Hao's explanation, Jiang Wei gradually gained some understanding of the Ghost Realm.

Compared to the human world, the Ghost Realm should be a simpler and purer world, and also a more naked world; in such a naked world, one thing becomes even more important — strength!

Powerful ghost heroes can roam the Ghost Realm, doing good deeds and killing malevolent ghosts to earn merit; while weak ghosts like Jiang Wei and Li Hao, even if their mortal enemies stand right in front of them, are powerless to seek revenge and can only turn and run... The Ghost Realm is a world where strength speaks louder than anything!

Suddenly, Jiang Wei asked, "Xiao Hao, how can I become stronger!?"

"Stronger?" Li Hao looked at Jiang Wei in surprise and sighed helplessly after a long time, "It's very difficult!"

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