Ling Qing paused at this and sighed. "Among the others, aside from Chun, whose misdeeds have not been too apparent, Pangolin's future fortune and misfortune are difficult to predict.
But Sun Hu and the rest are doomed; there is no escaping this calamity."
Canglingzi nodded. "Indeed. Though Chun Ying is guilty, she knows that every grievance has its debtor, and she kept her eyes fixed solely on Lu Dongbin, without committing any other great evils.
Now that she has already repented, she may yet have a chance in the future to abandon evil, turn to good, and attain meritorious achievement.
But Sun Hu and the others have cultivated for far too long. Over the years, they have committed no small number of evil deeds.
Before you came, they acted without the least restraint.
The merit from these past twenty-odd years is not enough to offset their previous karmic sins."
Ling Qing considered for a while, then said, "So be it. Uncle-Master, simply gather all the calamities you have collected onto them and have them bear the blame for the living beings of the Three Realms.
Let them use their deaths in this demonic calamity to dispel those calamities. That way, they too may be considered to have gained the merit of saving the world.
In their next lives, they may not lack the chance to be reborn as humans."
Canglingzi agreed. "That is the only way."
Ling Qing pondered for a moment, then looked over Canglingzi's condition and asked, "Uncle-Master, have you considered your own affairs?"
Canglingzi shot him a glance. "If you have something in mind, say it."
"Then this disciple will speak." Only after carefully choosing his words did Ling Qing say, "This disciple does not know what sins Uncle-Master committed ten thousand years ago.
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