“Merciful Buddha.” Zen Master Baimei sighed. “The sea of sorrow has no end; turn your head, and you shall see the shore. From ancient times until now, evil has never defeated virtue. You’ll only harm yourself if you go against the heavens. To be actually willing to sacrifice so many innocent lives just to become immortal...”

“You know nothing!” screamed the uncle. “I’ve longed to kill them for a long time. If it weren’t for them, I wouldn’t have become an orphan, and that filthy hag wouldn’t have had the chance to raise me. Do you really think that I’ve waited for so long just to become immortal? No, you’re wrong… completely wrong! I wanted to trigger the heavenly punishment and shift it onto those ignorant fools. They should all taste the heavenly punishment. All of them must die!”

The uncle gnashed his teeth in anger. It was enough to show how much he hated those people.

“Why do you hate them so much?” I asked. “Although they are not your real family, that granny raised you. Aren’t you grateful that...