247: Chapter 247 Trial, Fengdu City, Mission

"Li Wenyi, during your tenure at a certain company, you colluded with your superiors to collect blood samples from a large number of people to create organ-matching pools for the wealthy. By guiding and blackmailing them, you forced hundreds of people to sell their own organs to repay debts artificially manufactured by you. Furthermore, you coerced them into going to private medical clinics to have their organs removed using inferior drugs, leading to the unnatural deaths of 87 people over the course of five years."

"This Judge hereby passes the following sentence: You are sentenced to 100 years of Repairing the Yellow Springs River embankment. Afterward, you will be cast into the Icy Hell, enduring the pain of icy erosion on your soul body forever, until your soul dissipates entirely."

As Councillor Simu's voice echoed throughout the courtroom, amplified by his magic power and the status of a Judge, the [Sin-Judging Celestial Mirror] suspended high above silently recorded this person's evil deeds and the verdict.

Beside him, Councillor Yixiu recalled the articles of the Fengdu Law regarding trials and sentencing in his mind.

The Fengdu Law stipulates that anyone who causes the death of an innocent person must undergo two punishments.

The first is to enter the Yellow Springs River to tear apart one's own soul body to Repair the river embankment. Because the Yellow Springs River, while capable of Repairing soul bodies after dilution, carries a massive amount of seven emotions and six desires within it, the ghosts who use it must endure immense pain and emotional shock to Repair themselves.

Therefore, even the scattered evil ghosts in the wilderness of the Netherworld dare not use it rashly, for fear of their own intelligence being polluted.

The second is to enter the lower three levels of hell to receive hellish punishment.

The length of the sentence for this is determined by the judges based on the severity of the offender's karma.

Yi Xiu had no objections to this; for such pure villains and scoundrels, he had always advocated for striking them down with the most terrifying means.

They were like the disciples and followers of the Demon Lord Bo Xun, representing pure human evil that was difficult to reform with Buddhist teachings and could only be eradicated as soon as possible.

After sentencing this person, the superior who committed the crimes with him and those wealthy individuals were also escorted to the courtroom for further trial.

Unsurprisingly, they all received the maximum sentence. The sudden influx of so many people from the same case made the few people present realize that the world of the living was collectively punishing these individuals, and Bi Qi's lingering worry that those people might escape justice gradually faded.

Time passed little by little. The number of people involved in this case was extremely large, and it took 5 days to completely process the cases of the past month.

After Yi Xiu and Councillor Simu submitted their work reports, they headed to the Merit Division to accept the mission of refining first-tier Yellow Springs Water.

The Merit Division was not Merit in the traditional sense, but a contribution system established by the Netherworld system for cultivators.

Ghost Immortal cultivators and Dao Foundation cultivators from the world of the living who were able to enter the Netherworld could all accept these tasks, contributing to the construction of the Netherworld while gaining corresponding Merit to exchange for the resources, knowledge, and so on that they needed.

The two traveled together to Mount Luofeng in Fengdu, Fengdu City. The city covered an area of several hundred miles, and countless "people" on the streets were hawking specialties of the Netherworld.

"Step right up, don't miss out! Come take a look, fine Spirit Yin Grass! It has the effect of stabilizing the soul body and clearing away pollution."

"Ghost Immortal cultivation pills, Soul-Clearing Pills! Not 899, not 499, only 299."

"Exclusive Soul Dao cultivation dojo, pure Yin energy, abundant energy! Twelve people have already been admitted to the Celestial Palace from our dojo. Fellow Daoists with ambitions, you deserve it!"

The two continued as they always did, looking around as they walked.

As the core of the entire Netherworld, Fengdu City gathered countless pure Yin spirits and Ghost Immortal cultivators, gradually evolving a commercial system that was not inferior to the extraordinary cities of the living world.

However, for Yi Xiu and Councillor Simu, most Netherworld specialty resources were not worth the Merit required to send them to the world of the living.

As for Dao Foundation-level resources, most people would submit them to the Merit Division themselves to exchange for corresponding Merit, pursuing more profound knowledge and techniques.

Therefore, the two only took a rough look before heading to the Merit Division in the center of the city.

Just as they walked near the Merit Division, a huge light curtain appeared high in the sky, with countless missions listed on it.

The top three missions were pinned long-term.

"1. Refine first-tier Yellow Springs Water. Refining method provided. 100 Merit per drop."

Yellow Springs Water was originally a second-tier river flowing in the central region of the Netherworld. Now, to match the constantly expanding Netherworld, it needed to spread to the more desolate areas around it. Therefore, more low-tier tributaries needed to be differentiated to promote communication and management, while also bringing more vitality.

Although the entire Netherworld had a constant flow of Yin energy, most Yin-attributed plants still required Yellow Springs Water for irrigation, so expanding more resource production areas required the construction of a large number of tributaries.

The origin of the Netherworld was extremely precious and naturally could not be used for these minor matters. Therefore, the Celestial Palace formulated the tributary construction project to expand the managed territory. Using 108 drops of Yellow Springs Water as a unit, they laid out countless array bases connected to the main river, continuously supplying low-tier Yellow Springs Water.

"2. Yin Messenger guidance mission: 1 Merit per Yin spirit."

The Netherworld was currently still in a Tier 2 state and could not automatically attract Yin spirits to enter; it still required Yin Messengers to use the Ghost Gate Pass to go to the world of the living to guide them. Do not underestimate this mission for its meager Merit; it was basically risk-free and was a guaranteed job that could be done for a long time.

This was also the first job for the vast majority of Ghost Immortal cultivators just starting out. Although it couldn't make one rich, it could guarantee basic survival.

"3. R&D Mission: Depends on the situation."

The Celestial Palace had many preferential treatments for geniuses and those with Opportunity. If there were innovations in various directions, they could undergo R&D mission certification. It was precisely with the support of these missions that countless cultivators boldly innovated, cultivating various functional Yin plants, techniques, artifacts, formations, and so on.

Only then could the entire Netherworld system and the Ghost Immortal Dao be perfected at an extremely fast speed. In this way, even without Wang An's deduced Dao Foundation-level cultivation techniques, five Yin Generals could still be born.

However, these were only perfecting supplements for the artifact refining level and a small portion of the Dao Foundation level; they were still far from birthing Loose Immortals at the Zifu level.

Councillor Simu and Yi Xiu paused for a moment outside the mission light curtain before entering the Merit Division to accept the mission of refining Yellow Springs Water.

As the clerk handed them two copies of the Yellow Springs Water refining method, they finally learned of the power of this Yellow Springs Water.

"Yellow Springs Water is the water of life and death. It flows from the foot of Mount Luofeng, runs through the entire Netherworld, and finally flows into the Reincarnation Lake. At the same time, it possesses the effect of dissolving souls and nourishing soul bodies."

Of course, this was only the case for existences at the Zifu True Person level.