I am a fairy in Journey to the West

Upon hearing Yan Miaozhen introduce herself, King Qin Guang was taken aback at first, then exclaimed in surprise, "The murdered person and the murderer are both in the palace. Are you going to file a lawsuit?"

"You must fight!" Elder Jin Hua turned his head and saw Yan Miaozhen. He immediately knelt down and cried out for justice, "Your Majesty, please investigate! This humble monk has never done anything evil in his life, nor has he offended this person. Yet this person killed this humble monk without distinguishing right from wrong as soon as they met. This humble monk must appeal to Your Majesty."

After hearing this, King Qin Guang immediately asked Yan Miaozhen, "Yan Miaozhen, is Jin Hua's statement true or false?"

Yan Miaozhen said, "Your Majesty, I had a reason for killing Jin Hua."

"What is the reason?" King Qin Guang asked.

So Yan Miaozhen told him what the Xuanjie abbot had said and what Elder Jinhua wanted to revise the Buddhist scriptures. After listening, King Qin Guang couldn't help but look at Elder Jinhua and say, "Revise the Buddhist scriptures? Then you really deserve to die."

It should be noted that the Ten Kings of Hell are directly under the command of the Great Emperor of the Eastern Peak and the Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha, and above them is the Great Emperor of Fengdu, the ruler of the entire underworld.

Therefore, modifying Taoist or Buddhist scriptures is absolutely forbidden under the laws of the underworld.

Upon hearing this, Elder Jinhua immediately became anxious and denied it, saying, "Your Majesty, Yan Miaozhen's words are all nonsense. I haven't even become the abbot, so how could I be talking about revising Buddhist scriptures?"

"She's spreading rumors and slandering us!" Elder Jinhua said, then immediately bowed and kowtowed, "I beg King Yama to investigate."

Upon hearing Elder Jin Hua's words, King Qin Guang immediately said to the judge beside him, "Investigate his deeds during his lifetime and see if he committed such an act."

The judge acknowledged the order and began his investigation. After a short while, the judge reported back, "Your Majesty, there is indeed no such thing."

Elder Jin Hua immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and then counter-accused Yan Miaozhen of framing an innocent person and killing innocent people indiscriminately.

King Qin Guang slammed his gavel and immediately ordered the ghost messengers to seize Yan Miaozhen. "Yan Miaozhen, I only speak of evidence here. You claim that Elder Jin Hua altered Buddhist scriptures, but there is no evidence. This is a frame-up. You murdered Elder Jin Hua without any evidence. This is a wrongful death!"

After saying this, King Qin Guang pronounced his judgment: "According to the laws of the underworld, for the crimes of false accusation and wrongful killing, I hereby sentence you to be imprisoned in the 'Stripping Pavilion of Icy Cold Hell' for one hundred years. After serving your sentence, you will be transferred to the 'Sixteen Heart-Piercing Minor Hell' in the Fifth Court for one hundred years of imprisonment before you can be reincarnated."

"Thank you, Lord Yama, you are wise." Elder Jinhua knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly.

Seeing this situation, Yan Miaozhen had no way to argue, because she really had no evidence. Elder Jin Hua only intended to modify the Buddhist scriptures after becoming the abbot, but the fact had not yet occurred.

While King Qin Guang ordered the ghost messengers to send Yan Miaozhen to hell to suffer, he also ordered the ghost messengers to escort Elder Jin Hua to the Mirror of Retribution to distinguish between good and evil, and then to the Tenth Court, King Zhuanlun, to determine her level and send her to be reborn in the four continents. Her lifespan, wealth, poverty, and status were recorded in detail for each person.

Those sent to be reborn are first handed over to the goddess Meng Po, who puts them under the Forgetfulness Platform and pours them a potion of oblivion to make them forget their past lives.

Just as Yan Miaozhen was being escorted by the ghost messengers and was about to be thrown into the 'Stripping Pavilion Frozen Hell' for torture, a long sword suddenly appeared above her head. The sword energy cut through the restraints on Yan Miaozhen's body and then fell directly into her hand.

Upon seeing this, the ghost messengers exclaimed in alarm, "Oh no! Someone has trespassed into the underworld and is stealing souls!"

As he spoke, he was about to rush forward and grab Yan Miaozhen, but the long sword suddenly emitted a beam of immortal light, and then a secret character appeared in the immortal light.

Upon seeing this secret, the surrounding ghost messengers were all terrified and immediately knelt down and kowtowed in worship.

The secret character, with its "霊" radical, "鸿" radical, and "青" radical, exuded a vast and mysterious aura, radiating supreme heavenly power.

Yan Miaozhen was stunned when she saw this scene. She did not recognize the character "Mi", but she recognized the sword in her hand. Wasn't this the precious sword that Master Lingtai had forged from the plum blossoms of Sanhua Temple?

While Yan Miaozhen was still in a daze, the word "secret" had already alarmed the Ten Kings of Hell.

The Ten Kings of Hell, along with their judges and underworld generals, came forward in a grand procession. Upon seeing the secret character, they all kowtowed and bowed.

After the prayers were completed, the Ten Kings of Hell rose and stepped forward to Yan Miaozhen's side, looking at the precious sword in her hand.

"Who gave you this sword?" King Qin Guang asked with a smile and a gentle tone, completely unlike his previous solemn and imposing demeanor.

Yan Miaozhen immediately realized that the Lingtai Daoist was no ordinary person, but she simply told the truth and informed the Ten Kings of Hell of the sword's origin. As Yan Miaozhen finished speaking, the Cold Plum Sword sheathed its immortal light and flew straight into Yan Miaozhen's soul.

The word "secret" quickly dissipated, but the Ten Kings of Hell understood that it was clearly the Great Emperor of Shenxiao protecting this junior.

So all the other nine Kings of Hell, except for King Qin Guang, returned to their respective palaces. Only King Qin Guang remained in place and said to Yan Miaozhen, "Your judgment needs to be changed. Come back to the palace with me."

Then Yan Miaozhen was taken back to the First Hall by the ghost messengers. This time, without any procedure, King Qin Guang ordered his men to take Yan Miaozhen to the Mirror of Retribution and look at her.

Although Yan Miaozhen did not commit any evil deeds in her life, she did not do many good deeds either, because she was cold-hearted, did not like to go out, and was not good at interacting with people.

However, after using the Mirror of Retribution to examine Yan Miaozhen's entire life, King Qin Guang still managed to find a key point.

"Excellent! Excellent! To rescue Buddhist scriptures from the fire, preferring death to destruction, what piety and dedication! To sacrifice oneself to preserve the scriptures is truly a great act of merit!" King Qin Guang praised.

Then King Qin Guang wiped Yan Miaozhen's sins clean, and finally said, "Your merits offset your sins, so you have neither merits nor sins. You can directly reincarnate."

After saying this, King Qin Guang issued an edict to send Yan Miaozhen directly to the Tenth Palace for reincarnation.

Then Yan Miaozhen arrived at the Tenth Hall, where even Elder Jinhua was still waiting in line for King Zhuanlun's judgment. As soon as Yan Miaozhen arrived, she was sent directly to King Zhuanlun.

Elder Jinhua was dumbfounded when he saw this scene. He couldn't understand why Yan Miaozhen, who had already been thrown into the eighteenth level of hell, had been brought here again.
Then Elder Jinhua heard the voice of King Yama, "Yan Miaozhen, in your next life you will be reborn as a human in Jambudvipa and walk the path of humanity."

After quickly approving the note, Yan Miaozhen heard the Wheel King's voice again behind her as she was being escorted away from the Wheel Reincarnation Palace: "Jin Hua, your lifespan in the underworld is not yet over. You must live in the underworld for another twenty-four years before you can be reincarnated."

But Yan Miaozhen had no time to care about Elder Jinhua, because she had already crossed the Naihe Bridge at top speed and arrived at the Desire Forgetting Platform.

Here, thousands of ghosts are also queuing up to drink Meng Po soup for reincarnation. Yan Miaozhen only saw many ghosts who were unwilling to forget their past lives, crying and shouting that they would rather die than drink the bewitching soup.

Then a ghost messenger came up and pinned them down, beating them mercilessly with his ghost-beating stick. The ghosts rolled on the ground, howling and wailing, a truly pitiful sight.

After the beating, the ghosts were dragged by the ghost messengers to the potion of bewitching, and their mouths were forcibly pried open and poured into it.

After the infusion was finished, without allowing them a moment to rest, the ghosts were roughly dragged away and taken directly to the Reincarnation Platform.

The goddess Meng Po, dressed in a Heavenly Crow Immortal Robe and a white jade belt, sat solemnly on the golden platform, calmly observing everything. After the ghosts in front of her were dragged away, she pointed with her Ruyi scepter and said, "Next."

"Wait a minute." At this moment, the ghost guards escorting Yan Miaozhen shouted, and then led Yan Miaozhen from the back all the way to the first row. "Reporting to the Goddess Meng Po, there is an urgent matter here."

Meng Po looked at Yan Miaozhen and then asked, "What is the reason?"

The ghost messenger stepped onto the golden platform and whispered to Meng Po, "This person is under the protection of the Great Emperor Shenxiao."

"Oh?" Meng Po sat up straight instantly, the sternness on her face quickly fading away, replaced by a kind and benevolent expression. "In that case, let her pass first."

The ghost messenger responded and then led Yan Miaozhen to the potion of forgetfulness. He poured her a bowl and said, "Drink it. After drinking this soup, you will forget your past life and be reincarnated to start a new life."

Yan Miaozhen did not resist, but simply reached out and took the bowl of bewitching soup. Just as she was about to drink it, she saw a divine light fall into her soup bowl.

Yan Miaozhen looked up and saw Meng Po smiling kindly, saying, "This soup is full, you don't need so much."

After saying that, the divine light reduced the potion by half. Yan Miaozhen drank the remaining half and immediately felt dizzy.

But after a short while, she returned to normal. When she was brought to the Reincarnation Platform, she found that she had only forgotten the trivial memories and people in her previous life, but her memories of cultivation and training were completely preserved.

Just as Yan Miaozhen was still feeling unreal and dazed by what had happened, someone pushed her from behind, and she fell directly into the human realm of the Six Paths of Reincarnation to be reborn. (End of this chapter)