Chapter 304 - Chapter 304 Chapter 304 Methods
Chapter 304: Chapter 304 Methods Chapter 304: Chapter 304 Methods The Zhu Family, having caught a brief respite, couldn’t help but heave a sigh of relief at this moment.
However, they still dared not make a sound, fearing they would once again draw the attention of the Five Ghosts.
After a good while had passed, the Five Ghosts seemed to have calmed down as well. When they looked at Zhong Nianyao, they still appeared cautious, but there was somewhat less ferocity in their eyes.
“What exactly do you mean?” the Wealth Ghost, as the leader of the Five Ghosts, directly asked, “Are you on our side today, or are you on the side of the Zhu Family?”
“I stand on the side of reason,” Zhong Nianyao said indifferently, “Whichever side has the reason, I stand on their side. The Zhu Family broke the agreement first, so your desire for revenge is understandable. However, if you take their lives, it would be going too far, and I cannot stand idly by.”
“So what exactly do you want?” Lu Ghost stepped forward and asked, “Even if you stop us today, you can’t stop us for a lifetime. Unless you scatter our souls today, we will somehow find an opportunity to take the lives of the Zhu Family.”
As they spoke, the Five Ghosts watched Lu Yichen’s direction with great vigilance. After the simple display of power Lu Yichen had just shown, along with the talismans cast by Zhong Nianyao, they realized that the strength of this man and woman was unfathomable, clearly far above their own.
If this couple truly wanted to scatter their souls, they feared they would not have any ability to retaliate.
Zhong Nianyao looked at the Five Ghosts, then at the injured Zhu Family members, and a trace of deep thought involuntarily flashed through her eyes.
Because of the Zhu Family’s reneging, the Five Ghosts and the Zhu Family were now in a state of neither die nor rest. Just like the Five Ghosts had said, even if she stopped them today, she could not prevent it for a lifetime.
In this affair, the Five Ghosts were indeed the victims. If she scattered the souls of these Five Ghosts, it would also go against the harmony of heaven.
A moment later, Zhong Nianyao spoke again, “What if I let the Zhu Family donate all their wealth now, and then I petition the heavens on your behalf to let the Zhu Family repay all the wrongs they have done, and the merit accumulated from the wealth they donate today goes to you?”
“With the karmic obstacles neutralized and merit accumulated, your path to reincarnation can be opened.”
Upon hearing Zhong Nianyao’s words, the Five Ghosts were inevitably moved.
They willingly became the Five Ghosts who transported wealth for the Zhu Family because each of them had various reasons why they were unable to be reincarnated. To be reincarnated, they must accumulate merit. But for them as ghosts, accumulating merit was a very difficult task.
This is what led to their deal with the Zhu Family. Everything they did was only to open the path to reincarnation, to be reborn as humans again, rather than remain wandering ghosts, constantly fearing being devoured by Evil Ghosts or captured by the Heavenly Masters.
If there was now a real chance for them to be reincarnated, whether they could take revenge on the Zhu Family seemed to be not so important anymore.
The Five Ghosts looked at each other in silent communication. In the end, the Wealth Ghost, as the leader, came forward.
“Is what you said true? Or are you just trying to deceive us, taking the chance to save these people of the Zhu Family?”
“Since I have spoken, of course it’s true,” Zhong Nianyao responded, “As for the Zhu Family members, I have no familial ties with them, no obligations to save them. I am here today only to prevent you from committing murder and becoming Evil Ghosts, causing trouble everywhere.”
“Fine, we agree,” the Wealth Ghost said, “But how can you guarantee that the Zhu Family will comply? What if they refuse?”
Zhong Nianyao raised an eyebrow and slowly made her way to Zhu Yu, looking down at him where he had collapsed on the ground, she asked, “If you had to donate all your household wealth right now to save your life and the lives of your descendants, would you be willing?”
After hearing Zhong Nianyao’s question, Zhu Yu turned his head, looking at his few injured sons in the living room, along with the pitiful looks of his grandchildren and granddaughters.
All of the Zhu Family members looked at Zhu Yu with pleading eyes, clearly hoping he would agree.
Although they were accustomed to a life of wealth and were real pained by the thought of living in poverty, when faced with the threat of death, they discovered that, more than money, they feared losing their lives. What use was all the money if they were dead?
Where there’s life, there’s hope.
Only by living was there hope.
Under the expectant gazes of his descendants, Zhu Yu slowly nodded, speaking with some difficulty, “I will donate all the household wealth.”
Though he said this, in his heart he secretly reserved an ace up his sleeve. He still planned to secretly keep aside a sum of money. At the very least, he had to ensure a basic living for so many people!
They needed a place to live, food to eat. As for the rest, they could only take it as it comes.
Zhong Nianyao seemed to see through Zhu Yu’s thoughts, chuckled coldly a few times, and then said, “Since you have agreed, then make an oath directly! Swear with the lives of you and all your descendants, that you will donate all the household wealth, including the villa we’re standing on right now.”
“If we even donate the house, what are we going to do?” one of Zhu Yu’s grandsons muttered under his breath, “We can’t be left with nowhere to live, right?”
Although the voice was soft, it was still audible to everyone in the quiet living room at that moment.
Zhong Nianyao glanced indifferently at the one who had spoken, then at Zhu Yu, and saw the evasive looks of the other Zhu Family members.