Hell Emperor.

Chapter 626 Ye Jie - Primal Reincarnation
"What nonsense are you talking about, you bastard?"

Upon hearing Ye Jie ask about this, A'da immediately flew into a rage, shouting a stern rebuke. The others also activated their magical weapons, ready to capture Ye Jie at any moment.

"How dare you, a mere outsider, spout such nonsense? It seems you'll never understand unless I teach you a lesson!"

Ah Da raised his long sword, a broad, gold-ringed dagger whose blade gleamed with a cold light. Combined with his muscular physique and fierce expression, it exuded an extraordinary aura of power.

If an ordinary person were here, facing such a situation, they would probably only think about how to avoid disaster and save their life. But Ye Jie was different. He simply raised his hand and released a magnificent and vast immortal energy, which immediately made the people around him feel as if they had been struck by lightning, and even moving was so difficult.

"What? This immortal energy... who exactly are you?"

Sensing the almost inexhaustible immortal energy within Ye Jie's body, A'da finally realized something was wrong. The moment that immortal energy appeared, the magnificent and arrogant aura emanating from it rendered him unable to move, let alone launch an attack on the person in front of him. The gap between the two was like an insurmountable chasm. Even if A'da cultivated for another hundred or a thousand years, it probably wouldn't change in the slightest.

Ye Jie's gaze remained fixed on the boy in the distance, and he spoke slowly:
"You don't need to worry about retaliation in the future. Tell me everything you know. How did you get these injuries?"

Ye Jie's words carried a reassuring quality, which resonated deeply with the boy. Even Ah Da, who was used to being domineering, seemed like a newborn infant in his presence, finally mustering the courage to recount his past experiences:

"What the immortal said is true. My arm was broken by Ah Da's men, and my eyes were blinded by them as well. There are many children like me in the village. He deliberately crippled us and made us beg from powerful and kind-hearted immortals. If we didn't get enough spirit coins, we would be beaten by them!"

Upon hearing what the boy said, even the Peacock King, who had remained indifferent throughout, subtly changed his expression. He subconsciously looked at Ye Jie beside him, as if Ye Jie had discovered the problem from the very beginning.

"really……"

Ye Jie sighed. He had heard from the Peacock King that those who came to explore this ruin were all kind-hearted immortals who revered Buddhism and Taoism. He never expected that their good intentions would be taken advantage of, and that such a heinous thing would happen.

Ye Jie turned his gaze to the side, his cold eyes falling on A Da. A Da was able to cultivate to the fifth level, which meant that all the goodwill bestowed by other immortals ended up in his pocket, making him the culprit of everything.

Under Ye Jie's icy gaze, A'da sensed something was wrong and struggled desperately to break free from the pressure. However, no matter how hard he tried, it was all in vain. Under the pressure of the Great Dao, his fifth-level cultivation was nothing.

Seeing Ye Jie slowly approaching, A'da straightened his head, knowing he couldn't escape his fate, but he was not afraid at all: "I've been defeated this time. I didn't expect that brat would dare to betray me. If I escape this, I will definitely tear him to pieces!"

As he spoke, he glared fiercely at the one-armed boy next to him. The boy was startled by his actions, and his legs began to tremble.

Ye Jie shook his head. This man was about to die, yet he still acted so fiercely. He then said, "You won't have that chance."

After a pause, Ye Jie glanced at him again: "Before you breathe your last, are you willing to apologize for the innocent children you have hurt? To repent for what you have done?"

Ah Da chuckled as if he'd heard the funniest joke ever: "Apologize? What kind of joke are you talking about? Their worthless lives will never amount to anything. I showed them the way, letting them beg from the immortals. They should be thanking me for that, why would they need me to apologize?"

Ye Jie then asked, "It's not their fault that they were born this way. If you say this now, and you are reborn as a beggar in your next life, then you will understand the meaning of suffering."

Ah Da's heart skipped a beat. Even though he was fearless of death, the thought of the completely unknown afterlife still filled him with a strange sense of dread. But he steeled himself and said firmly:
"How could my luck be so bad? Even in my next life, I can be reborn into a royal or noble family, and then I will finish what I didn't accomplish in this life!"

Ye Jie originally intended to kill him, but after hearing his words, he lowered his raised hand, feeling that killing him like this would be too easy on him.

Seeing that Ye Jie had concealed his aura, A'da thought he was wavering and immediately said, "Immortal, if you release me now, I can offer you all my savings from these years. Not only that, from now on, I will offer you ninety percent of all my future gains! Are you satisfied?"

As he spoke, Ah Da also looked at the one-armed boy beside him. No one could refuse such a condition. It wasn't that no one had ever caused him trouble before, but in the end, they were all bought off by the benefits. After all, no matter how many beggars there were in the city, they were not related to anyone else. On the contrary, getting the heavy spirit coins into one's hands was the real reward.

From Ah Da's ferocious gaze, the boy collapsed to the ground in terror, his heart filled with panic. If Ah Da escaped, he feared he would be tortured to death. Ye Jie glanced at Ah Da, and his next words caused Ah Da's face to freeze completely:
“I never said I was going to let you go. I just think that killing you like this would be too easy on you.”

Ah Da felt as if his heart had sunk into an ice cellar. His recent fantasy of escape had vanished completely: "What... are you planning to torture me?"

Ye Jie shook his head: "I just want you to pay for the mistakes you made, not to torture you. If anyone is torturing you, it's definitely yourself."

As he spoke, Ye Jie took out the Book of Life and Death from his bosom, hoping to find useful information from it, but in the end he found nothing and couldn't help but sigh.

Ah Da harmed so many innocent children, breaking their hands and feet, gouging out their eyes and noses, creating a miserable appearance, all just to beg from a powerful and compassionate immortal. He deserves even greater punishment.

If Ye Jie were to kill him like this, his soul would be reincarnated, thus living out his next life.

According to the rules of the original cycle of reincarnation, no one knows what he will be reborn as in his next life. If he were to be incredibly lucky and be reborn as a prince or nobleman, or into a family of immortals, that would be the biggest joke. Although the possibility is small, it is not entirely impossible.

Behind them, the Peacock King looked slightly puzzled: "Since you don't want him to be born into a good family, then just destroy his soul as well, let his spirit be scattered!"

Ye Jie simply shook his head. While it would be easy for his soul to be scattered, it wouldn't be enough to atone for the harm he had done to those children. He deserved a much harsher punishment.

Thinking of this, Ye Jie couldn't help but sigh. He glanced at the Book of Life and Death in his hand with resentment. If the system of Yin Virtue still existed, Ye Jie could deduct hundreds of millions of Yin Virtue from him and throw him into the cycle of reincarnation, making him repay it with countless inferior reincarnations. Unfortunately, all of that no longer exists.

Ye Jie reached out and grasped, and a pitch-black rope appeared in his palm. It then wrapped around A Da, and with a forceful tug, a faint, transparent phantom was pulled out by the rope—it was A Da's soul.

Ah Da turned around and saw his immortal body lying on the ground, no longer breathing. Everything around him was so unfamiliar, filling him with a deep-seated fear. Then he heard Ye Jie say:
"You'll stay here until I find a way to deal with you."

After saying that, Ye Jie summoned the Crossing Yin Banner, stuffed A Da's soul into the small, dark space of the banner, and then ignored it.

Besides Ah Da, all his other subordinates were also taken into the Soul Banner, awaiting further punishment.

With the demise of Ah Da and his companions, the children in the city who had suffered so much did not feel joy. Instead, they felt a sense of confusion and helplessness, as if birds had been caged for too long and had forgotten how to fly.

"Immortal, now that A-Da and the others are gone, what should we do..."

The one-armed boy had been following Ye Jie around, identifying many of the villains who harmed children in the village. Although things were peaceful now, he was still filled with uncertainty about the future.

Ye Jie pondered for a moment. He could only manage for a short time; he couldn't stay here forever. Once he left, even if Ah Da was gone, there would be Ah Er and Ah San. He feared the situation wouldn't improve. So he spoke:

“From here you should go south to the city of Kashmir, where the king will treat you well and you can settle there.”

As he spoke, Ye Jie took out a lot of dry food and spirit stones from his storage magic treasure and distributed them to the children, instructing them to be careful on the road.

Only after the children left, expressing their gratitude, did Ye Jie turn his attention back to the most important matter at hand: the ruins of the Peacock Dynasty ahead.

Seeing that Ye Jie had finally finished dealing with these matters, the Peacock King, who had been waiting impatiently, finally perked up:
"Finally, those brats are gone. If you ask me, we should have left them here to fend for themselves. Who told them to have such bad luck? Besides, so many disabled children are useless. They probably can't even work in the fields. Even if the king you speak of is very kind, he probably only sees them as a bunch of burdens."

Ye Jie shook his head and did not speak on the matter. Although he had agreed to the deal with Kanishka, he still did not know much about the king's nature. Taking this opportunity to test him was a good choice.

(End of this chapter)