Compared to the girl’s despair, Xuan He was quite happy.
The sooner she completed the client’s wish, the sooner she could go explore the delicious food of this minor world!
“Son, tomorrow we’ll hold the wedding banquet. Work hard this time and strive to give our Guo family a smart eldest grandson! That way, our Guo family will have an heir! No, one isn’t enough, we want three!” Old Man Guo said with an excited, flushed face.
Guo Da let out a drunken hiccup and smiled cheerfully, “Dad, don’t worry. I heard that woman is a college student, so she’ll definitely give birth to a smart baby! It’s just that her temper is a bit fiery!”
“Fiery? What’s a fiery temper? A few beatings and she’ll be well-behaved! That bastard from the Wang family next door is always showing off his two precious grandsons, and looking at them makes my blood boil. Son, you must win some face for your old man this time!”
“Don’t worry, Dad. But these women from the city are so tender, just like tofu, hahaha.”
The two of them pushed open the door and saw Xuan He and the girl standing at the kitchen doorway.
They paused for a moment. Old Man Guo reacted first, fire spewing from his eyes as he pointed at the girl and cursed loudly, “Wretched girl, was it you who let her out? You good-for-nothing wretch, if she runs away, your life won’t be enough to pay for it!”
With that, he grabbed a wooden stick and charged straight at the girl.
Hearing the curses, a bone-deep terror surged through every limb of the girl’s body.
She clutched her head and instinctively squatted down on the ground, bracing herself for the coming storm.
Even so, she didn’t try to run away, nor did she hide behind Xuan He. She just silently crouched on the ground, wrapping her arms around her head and neck, curling her whole body into a tiny ball.
It seemed she was already accustomed to being beaten like this.
Just as the wooden stick was about to land on the girl, and halfway aimed at Xuan He as well, Xuan He let out a cold snort, raised her leg, and kicked Old Man Guo fiercely in the stomach.
“Ah.” Before Old Man Guo’s wooden stick could hit anyone, his entire body went flying backward.
The familiar pain never came. The girl cautiously raised her head and looked over to see Old Man Guo collapsed in the corner, groaning in pain.
Only then did Guo Da’s drunkenness fade by half. Recovering his senses, his eyes widened with rage as he glared at the girl and Xuan He, roaring, “Have you both lost your minds?”
He snatched up a nearby bench and rushed forward, putting all his strength into smashing it down toward Xuan He and the girl.
Judging by the angle, however, most of it was aimed directly at the girl.
With the force behind this blow, she wouldn’t die, but she’d be left half-disabled, showing that Guo Da intended to beat her nearly to death.
Terrified, the girl once again clutched her head, shrinking herself into a tiny ball.
Guo Da’s reasoning was simple: he had saved money for a long time to buy this wife, and she hadn’t given him a big, chubby son yet, so she couldn’t be broken.
As for that little girl, she was just a good-for-nothing wretch anyway. Giving her enough food to keep her from starving was so she could be traded for money when she grew up. If she got broken, she got broken, and it would also serve as a harsh lesson to put the newly bought woman in her place!
Just as the bench was about to smash into the girl’s head and back, Xuan He extended a fingertip and pointed it into the empty air. Guo Da’s body froze rigidly in place.
Meanwhile, the bench that was about to land on the girl also hung suspended in mid-air.
Guo Da’s alcohol haze had not completely cleared, and his face wore a look of utter confusion. He still hadn’t figured out why he had suddenly lost the ability to move.
Old Man Guo, however, had sobered up quite a bit from the pain of the kick. Seeing Guo Da standing frozen in place holding the bench, he assumed Guo Da was just reluctant to hit them.
“Son, hurry up, beat them to death! Ouch, it hurts like hell! That bitch just needs teaching, a few beatings and she’ll be obedient! Hit them already!”
He kept shouting, trying to get Guo Da to teach those two wretches a lesson.
Xuan He ignored Old Man Guo’s ranting and raving, still pondering how to fulfill the petitioner’s wish.
To send these two to hell, how should she do it?
The girl remained curled into a tiny ball, not daring to look up. Hearing Old Man Guo’s shouts, she clenched her teeth and trembled all over, bracing herself for the intense pain.
Xuan He cast a spell to summon the grim reapers of the Underworld.
As the spell took effect, thick black fog completely blotted out the moonlight. Pitch darkness surrounded them, accompanied by howling ghostly winds and a bone-chilling cold that seemed to pierce straight into the marrow.
Fortunately, this world possessed its own Underworld, sparing her the trouble of summoning Underworld enforcers from another minor world.
Guo Da shivered from the chill, finally sobering up completely. Realizing the situation, his eyes widened in terror.
“Damn it, you stinking bitch, what kind of spooky ghost act are you trying to pull on me? I’m your husband, get your ass over here right now, or I’ll beat you to death!”
He shouted with a fierce expression, trying to mask the deep terror in his heart.
Xuan He felt a powerful wave of resentment welling up from her chest, the lingering resentment of the petitioner, Chen Nuo, which had been stirred into wakefulness by Guo Da’s shouting.
It really was rather noisy.
Xuan He waved her hand slightly. An invisible, massive hand tightly grabbed Guo Da by the throat, turning his face beet-red and letting out only choked, rattling sounds.
Before the resentment could dissipate, Xuan He looked at Guo Da’s upper body and then lowered her gaze to his lower half.
She remembered that Chen Nuo’s legs had been smashed to pieces by Guo Da using a stone.
Xuan He stretched out her hand and, across the empty air, crushed Guo Da’s legs inch by inch.
“Ahahahaha.” Guo Da’s face twisted in agony, his hoarse screams squeezed out from the very depths of his throat. Because an invisible hand was choking his neck, the forced screaming filled his throat with a taste like rusted iron.
Yet he had no spare attention to give to that; the agony of having his legs crushed inch by inch made him wish he were dead.
Yet he found, to his horror, that he couldn’t even pass out.
Xuan He felt the resentment dissipate just a little bit.
Seeing his precious son being bullied by the newly bought woman, Old Man Guo flew into a hot-headed rage. Ignoring his pain, he scrambled to his feet, grabbed his wooden stick, and charged forward once more, fuming with anger.
Xuan He glanced sideways at him, surprised that someone was in such a desperate hurry to get his legs broken too.
She immobilized Old Man Guo as well, and proceeded to crush his legs in the exact same manner.
The miserable screams of the two men echoed back and forth across the courtyard.
Because she had summoned Underworld personnel and feared disrupting the mortal realm’s order, the area was shrouded entirely in black qi, preventing even a sliver of sound from escaping outside.
Therefore, no matter how loudly the two men screamed, they would never attract anyone’s attention.
At this moment, their faces were as pale as paper, their eyes bulging out, staring at Xuan He in terror while their features were distorted and twisted by pain.
They already understood that Xuan He was nothing like the ordinary, easily abused women they were used to.
She was a devil!
Terror filled their hearts.
They desperately wanted to beg for mercy, only to discover they lacked even the ability to utter a single word, leaving them capable of doing nothing but letting out heart-wrenching screams.
Not only were Guo Da’s legs crushed inch by inch, but his entire lower half was dismantled bit by bit, just like tearing apart a cloth doll.
This was because the petitioner, Chen Nuo, held the deepest resentment toward Guo Da, the beast who had not only broken her legs but had also trapped her and forced her to bear children.
Accommodating the petitioner’s wish, Xuan He kept Guo Da fully conscious while thoroughly destroying everything below his waist.
Under the excruciating pain, Guo Da wished nothing more than to die immediately.
Nearby, the little ball of light trembled violently.
Too brutal!
Far too brutal!
It seemed the Lord God’s previous rough treatment of it had been the lightest of light punishments!
From now on, it must be thoroughly honest and well-behaved, and must never anger the Lord God!
The light ball instantly grew diligent, grit its teeth, and took out a points loan to upgrade itself so it could better distinguish foods and assist the Lord God!
Xuan He, however, felt very little emotion. To her, she was merely casually helping the petitioner fulfill a tiny wish.
As for whether it was bloody or not, she didn’t give it much thought; she was simply repeating to Guo Da what he had done to the petitioner Chen Nuo.
Since it hurt so much, why had this man named Guo Da done such things to Chen Nuo in the first place?
Xuan He didn’t quite understand, nor did she have any interest in understanding.
She glanced around, wondering internally if the Underworld officers of this minor world were traveling much too slowly, and whether she should file feedback with the Underworld authorities.
Honestly, they were delaying her time to taste delicious food.
The Underworld enforcers hurried over. Seeing someone being tortured, one of them drew a chain and opened his mouth to shout a halt, but the other enforcer was quick-handed enough to stop him on the spot.
Taking a closer look, the second enforcer discovered that Xuan He possessed a dense aura of Heavenly Dao laws, realizing she was no ordinary person. Their attitude instantly turned respectful.
Xuan He looked somewhat displeased, because they were far too slow! These ghosts took forever to arrive!
She stated her requirements. The two enforcers were extremely respectful, promising that Guo Da and Old Man Guo would be made to experience every single one of the Eighteen Layers of Hell.
“My Lord, please rest assured. The two of them, we will personally keep strict watch and make sure they go through every single one of the Eighteen Layers of Hell!”
Xuan He nodded, though she felt that going through it once might not quite be enough. Frowning slightly, she wondered how many times would be required to completely erase the petitioner Chen Nuo’s resentment.
One of the enforcers was extremely perceptive. Seeing Xuan He frown, he immediately bowed and cupped his hands.
“My Lord, rest assured! These two will be cycled through the Eighteen Layers of Hell a hundred times over, and finally cast into the Beast Realm, so they shall never meet a good end!”
Hearing the enforcer’s words and sensing that the resentment had dissipated by more than half, Xuan He nodded in satisfaction.
The two enforcers wiped sweat from their foreheads, bowed respectfully, and dragged the souls of Guo Da and Old Man Guo away.
As for the physical bodies of these two scumbags, a flame of the Underworld in a deep, spectral blue burned them away until not even ashes remained.
Having disposed of these two individuals, Xuan He turned her attention to fulfilling the petitioner Chen Nuo’s second wish, which was to make everyone in this village meet a miserable end.
What exactly constituted a miserable end?
Xuan He fell into deep thought once more.
With the departure of the two enforcers, the surrounding black fog gradually dissipated.
Feeling a bit drowsy, Xuan He decided she would simply rest and think about it tomorrow. When she turned around, she saw the frail girl crouching nearby, secretly staring straight at her with a pair of dark, wide-open eyes without blinking.
Xuan He stared back.
Oh? Just how much of that had she seen?