Chapter 4509 Chapter 4511 [The gain outweighs the loss]
After a while, Xiang Nan absorbed the soul of Pig Head Kelly and took over all his memories.
After all, compared to his millennium-long memory, Pig Head Kelly's memory of more than twenty years is nothing more than a small thing, and it won't have much impact on him.
But these memories were so disgusting. They were murders, arson, rapes, and plunders. They were all evil deeds. They were so disgusting that they hurt the eyes and even Xiang Nan felt mentally polluted.
In order to cleanse his soul, Xiang Nan immediately took out the purifying fire, confessed all the crimes of Pig Head Kelly, and let the purifying fire burn away the filth on his body.
"It hurts, it hurts, it hurts~ Pighead Kelly, you deserve to die!" Xiang Nan couldn't help but scream.
Pighead Kelly's sin caused him to be burned by the purifying fire and suffered endless pain. The evil he did in just over twenty years was more than what Xiang Nan had done in a thousand years, so Xiang Nan suffered more.
More importantly, although Xiang Nan absorbed the soul of Pig Head Kelly, it was not much nourishment to him.
If Xiang Nan is a bonfire at night, Pig Head Kelly is at best a firefly, not much brighter.
Therefore, absorbing Pig Head Kelly did not improve Xiang Nan's strength much. Instead, it caused him endless pain, so Xiang Nan couldn't help but scold him.
This time it really did more harm than good, and it was a bit more gain than loss.
"It would be uneconomical if every time I absorbed a soul in the future, I would be burned by the purifying fire." Xiang Nan couldn't help but think.
If he wanted to improve himself by absorbing the souls of mortals, then absorbing only one or two would not have much effect at all.
Because his soul is already very powerful, even Corybuso said that his spirituality is stronger than many weak gods in the spiritual world.
Therefore, he has to improve himself unless he absorbs thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions, tens of millions... But a pig-headed Kelly has already made him suffer a lot.
If it really absorbs thousands of sinful souls, then the purifying fire must burn them into dregs. After all, the more serious the sin, the harder the fire of purification burns.
"Can I let them confess their sins first, and then I can absorb them after their sins are burned away by the purifying fire?" Xiang Nan couldn't help but think.
He first absorbed other people's souls and then repented. As a result, he suffered all the pain alone.
If someone else repented first, was purified by the purifying fire first, and then absorbed it, the absorbed soul would be relatively pure, and he would be able to avoid a lot of pain.
"I just don't know if this will work, and whether these souls can withstand the burning of the purifying fire." Xiang Nan couldn't help but think, and then he was ready to give it a try.
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Xiang Nan then pulled out another soul from the bottle, "Repent your sins, sinner! Purify your soul!"
"Are you a devil? Please, let me go." The pirate was so frightened that he begged again and again.
When Xiang Nan is active outside of Port Royal, he usually does not reveal his true identity, not wanting outsiders to know his true identity.
At this moment, the pirates saw Xiang Nan, an old man with white hair and long beard, so the pirates could not recognize him at all. He was Major General Norrington of Port Royal.
"I am not a devil, I am a messenger of God, responsible for guiding your souls. But your souls are too evil and cannot enter God's Kingdom for the time being, so they need to be purified first." Xiang Nan said loudly, "As long as you can If you sincerely repent of your regrets, you can go to the Kingdom of God and enjoy eternal bliss." "Really?" Hearing what he said, the pirate said with great anticipation.
"Of course it's true." Xiang Nan nodded.
The pirate listened to Xiang Nan's words and immediately began to confess his crimes.
As soon as he confessed, "I confess that I have killed many people," he was immediately surrounded by purifying fire. The pain made him scream miserably and he wished he could die on the spot.
It's just that he is dead now and cannot die again, so he can only endure it. It took a long time before the purifying fire let him go. It seemed that he had really killed a lot of people.
"Continue to repent." Xiang Nan ordered.
"Oh my God, it's really painful. I'd rather not go to the Kingdom of God." The pirate waved his hands repeatedly.
Although it was uncomfortable to be locked in a glass bottle, at least he wouldn't be burned by the flames. It was really painful.
Xiang Nan was stunned for a moment, then waved his magic wand, summoning a blazing flame, and threatened, "If you don't repent, you will be burned at the stake!"
The pirate was frightened and had to continue to confess, "I regret that I have robbed property..."
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It took seven days for the pirate to finally repent.
Xiang Nan was impatient to wait, "Have you confessed all your sins?"
"Yes, all sins." The pirate nodded immediately.
"Okay, I allow you to enter the Kingdom of God and enjoy eternal bliss." Xiang Nan said and opened the magic circle. The pirate immediately threw it in happily, and then his soul was absorbed by Xiang Nan.
And Xiang Nan absorbed his soul and all his memories.
It can be seen that this time the soul is indeed much purer, with fewer disgusting memories, but there are still some ulterior and unsightly memories.
For example, he actually behaved like an animal to his own daughter. He also knew that this act was extremely shameless and unforgivable, so he did not dare to repent.
But because Xiang Nan deserved to repent for him, he was burned at the stake again and endured severe pain.
"It seems that this method is indeed feasible, but it is not perfect enough, and it is too painful." Xiang Nan couldn't help but think.
Letting the soul be purified first and then absorbed can indeed alleviate his pain, but the speed is too slow. One person has to repent for seven days, and a hundred people have to repent for two years. If you have that time, it would be better to practice cultivation yourself.
And it is difficult to determine whether those people sincerely repent or are hiding something. After all, only the Dharma Eye can clearly see a person's past and future, and Xiang Nan hasn't even developed the "Wisdom Eye" yet.
"The Christian religion says that there are raging flames in hell. Buddhism, Hinduism, Zoroastrianism, etc. also say that there is a hell. Those who have sinned will be punished. They can only leave after they have redeemed their sins... Is this the same method as mine?" Xiang Nan suddenly thought.
The so-called hell, underworld, six reincarnations, ascension to immortality...couldn't it just be a purification process deliberately designed by God in order to absorb pure souls? !
"It is said that there are evil mirrors and heart mirrors in the underworld. The evil mirrors can reflect the evil deeds and deeds committed in one's life. The heart mirror can reflect the evil thoughts and evil thoughts in one's life. There is no way to hide them. This should be to prevent the soul from concealing anything when it confesses. To achieve the purpose of complete purification," Xiang Nan thought again, "By the way, there is also Meng Po soup..."