Chapter 15

15 Wanton Killing Karma

Tushan Jiu arrived at the villa area earlier than Xu Jiangshan and them, but she didn't choose to go to the Tang family's villa; instead, she went to a villa in the southwest corner.

This villa is the smallest in the complex, only two stories high, but its yard is huge, with many red roses planted inside; at a glance you can tell the resident enjoys life.

Tushan Jiu's gaze shifted from the flowers to the female ghost at the villa's entrance.

The female ghost was naked, her body covered in knife wounds, a horrifying sight,

Cheng Xiujuan stared fixedly at the pitch-black gate before her and her own scorched hands, "Damn it, why is this like this? Only he remains; if we kill him, our vengeance will be fulfilled. Why! Why! Du Ming, you deserve to die, I will kill you, ah!!!"

She lunged at the gate again.

But as she merely approached the gate, her whole body trembled, with flames scorching her around.

But at this moment she had completely lost her reason, only hatred remained in her eyes; today, even if her soul and spirit scatter, she must kill that beast-hearted person.

Tushan Jiu furrowed her brows at the black gate and the surrounding fence, a cold glint appearing in her eyes.

Cheng Xiujuan's hands were about to be refined by the Pure Yang Blood (black dog blood), but Tushan Jiu stepped forward and grabbed her back.

The grabbed Cheng Xiujuan fiercely looked at Tushan Jiu.

Tushan Jiu said nothing, lowered her head and stroked her still-flaming hands; the black flames vanished, and Cheng Xiujuan's hands returned to normal.

To be honest, the female ghost Cheng Xiujuan was somewhat surprised.

She wasn't unaware that someone was behind her; Xiao Liu had already told her.

However, she kept looking at those roses, thinking she was merely admiring the flowers for their beauty, just enjoying the view.

She didn't harm innocents, so she didn't pay attention.

But when Tushan Jiu pulled her back, Cheng Xiujuan realized.

She is a person of the Mysterious Gate!

What surprised Cheng Xiujuan was that Tushan Jiu never expected she would actually help herself.

"Why are you helping me? Shouldn't you people of the metaphysical world capture ghosts on sight?" This is her understanding: capturing ghosts is the duty of Mysterious Gate members.

So after killing Lin Fenglan and Tang Wen, she would kill Du Ming as quickly as possible, otherwise she might not get another chance.

Tushan Jiu did not answer her question.

She took out a bone-chopping knife from her bag, "Buying a knife on credit?"

Cheng Xiujuan hadn't quite reacted yet.

Although Cheng Xiujuan hadn't reacted yet, someone else had, telling her that the girl in front of her was a knife-buyer.

As long as you buy her that knife, she will help them!

"Buy!" Cheng Xiujuan couldn't care less; time was running out, she would grasp even a sliver of hope.

"The deal is tentatively settled; I won't interfere in the killing, but this gate I'll take charge of."

After saying that, Tushan Jiu had Cheng Xiujuan step back two steps to avoid accidental injury.

Cheng Xiujuan didn't know what to do, so she could only listen to her.

When she had just taken the second step back, she saw Tushan Jiu perform a spinning kick, and a heavy wooden gate flew out.

Another kick, and the other gate vanished without a trace, only hearing a loud 'Duang'.

Cheng Xiujuan couldn't help but open her mouth wide.

At the same time, many sounds not belonging to her appeared on her body.

"Wow!"

"She's so cool!"

"I love it so much!"

Tushan Jiu: "......"

When Xu Jiangshan and the three of them arrived at the Du family villa's gate, they saw Cheng Xiujuan standing in the courtyard.

Yet the villa courtyard's two main gates had vanished.

Behind her were blood-red roses, echoing the horrifying wounds on her pure white body.

This is her state at the time of death.

She was tortured to death by someone.

And right now her hand is choking a man who is about to suffocate.

The man looks to be in his forties or fifties, and he is still wearing a white lab coat.

It is obvious this person is a doctor.

Du Ming saw someone coming and quickly reached out his hand for help.

"Save...... me......"

"Let him go!" Chen Rang immediately threw out a talisman, and the hemp-snake whip in his hand also lashed out, striking directly at the female ghost.

Cheng Xiujuan didn't even turn her head; a golden light shot up from her body, protecting her from head to toe.

The hemp-snake whip lashed against that golden light and was instantly bounced away.

The shock made Chen Rang's arm tremble incessantly.

"This is...... the divine light of our Lü Shan Sect? How could this be?" Chen Rang stood dumbfounded.

Xu Jiangshan and Lin Xiu'er were also stunned.

Does the fierce ghost receive the protection of divine light?

Never seen before!

Lin Xiu'er asked Xu Jiangshan: "Old Xu, what's going on? Could it be that this female ghost was a colleague in life?"

Xu Jiangshan shook his head and said firmly: "No, but I don't know why she has divine light protecting her body."

"Then what should we do now? Are we just going to let her kill people right before our eyes?" Chen Rang stared fixedly at Du Ming in Cheng Xiujuan's hand.

Xu Jiangshan fell silent for a moment, stepped forward two paces, and spoke to Cheng Xiujuan: "When a person dies, the lamp goes out and the soul returns to the Underworld; even if there is grievance, one must follow the order of yin and yang, abide by the rules of heaven and earth, must not again arouse killing intent, or create wanton killing karma."

Hearing this, Cheng Xiujuan moved.

She slightly loosened her grip on Du Ming's throat, giving him a faint chance to cling to life, turned her head to look at Xu Jiangshan and the two others, her face full of hatred.

"Hah, wanton killing karma? Do you even know what he's done?"

The three remained silent.

Cheng Xiujuan snorted, "Look at him, all clean in his white coat, but his heart is black."

She turned her head back, the pressure on her hand slowly tightening again: "Du Ming, owner and doctor of the Benefit the Masses Health Clinic, secretly trades in organs and people."

"Xiao Liu was brought to this clinic, had his corneas and both kidneys removed, and died of massive bleeding."

"Xiao Ba had his heart taken out, Xiao Shi Yi had his bone marrow drained, Xiao Er Shi Yi..."

"Do you say he counts as committing wanton killing karma?"

"Oh, right, why don't you ask me why I killed Tang Wen, a minor leader at an entertainment company, and what he has to do with all this?"

"He, under the pretense of recruiting actors, took those young women who had just entered society with no vigilance whatsoever, sent them abroad to sell to underground nightclubs; in less than a month, not one in ten survived."

"Are my scars many? But theirs are no fewer."

"You say the soul returns to the Underworld—can theirs come back?"

Cheng Xiujuan tilted her head to look at the wall covered in red roses; the resentment around her surged.

She tightened her grip, looking at the struggling Du Ming before her: "Du Ming, hah, that name really suits you well—you know full well you're doing illegal things."

"When you personally planted those red rose flowers, did you ever, even for a moment, think of the blood-red organs you yourself plucked out?"

"When you drink tea in this garden, do you ever smell a hint of blood?"

"When you painted the doors and rails with black dog's blood, weren't you also feeling guilty and fearful?"

At this moment, Du Ming's consciousness had completely blurred, blood seeping from his seven orifices, his eyes filled with terror and pain: "I was wrong... please... spare me... just once..."

"I spared you—did you spare them? Those who died at your hands, did you spare them!" As she spoke, each wound on Cheng Xiujuan's body burst open, blood dripping onto the crushed petals at her feet.

Xu Jiangshan and the two others, who had remained silent until now, showed looks of shock.

Because at this moment, pairs of blood-red eyes protruded from the wounds on Cheng Xiujuan's body.