Chapter 234
Chapter 234
Meng Po slowly nodded after hearing Hua Jiunan.
“Very well. Let events come to fruition in their own time and follow their natural course.
“Who can truly explain all the karma, gratitude, and grievances of this world?”
At that point, Meng Po suddenly fell silent, and the atmosphere grew somewhat heavy.
For Chen Daji, however, this was an excellent opportunity.
He seized the chance to ask a question that nearly everyone wondered about.
“Grandma, um… well… what does Meng Po’s Soup taste like? Is it good…?”
Meng Po could no longer suppress her amusement and laughed aloud.
“You brat. No matter how many times you reincarnate, you’re always exactly the same.
“I truly don’t know how someone with your temperament ever rose to the position of general…”
At Meng Po’s words, the Day-Wandering God and Night-Wandering God both turned and studied Chen Daji carefully.
A moment later, Night-Wandering God Qiao Kun exclaimed with delight,
“Do we stand before the Young General?!”
The great deity Meng Po answered for him with a genial smile.
“Who else could it be but this brat?”
Once Night-Wandering God Qiao Kun received confirmation, he was overjoyed.
He strode forward and embraced Chen Daji.
“Young General, more than ten years have passed since we last met!
“Have you been well, General?!”
Chen Daji stared foolishly at Qiao Kun in confusion.
“Um… Brother, did we know each other before?!”
Night-Wandering God Qiao Kun froze, only then remembering that Chen Daji was merely an ordinary person in this life.
He had never cultivated and broken through the mystery of the womb.
Qiao Kun could only smile helplessly.
“Alas, we did far more than know each other.
“Before you reincarnated, you refused to drink Meng Po’s Soup. I was the one who forced it down your throat…”
Chen Daji’s curiosity was thoroughly aroused.
“Brother… Brother Little Face, why wouldn’t I drink Meng Po’s Soup?”
The words “Brother Little Face” instantly made the Night-Wandering God feel incomparably close to him.
Before Chen Daji reincarnated, that was what he had always called him.
It truly confirmed the saying: rivers and mountains were easier to change than a person’s nature.
“Hahaha! In your previous life, Young General, you said Meng Po’s Soup was too bitter and that drinking an entire bowl at once would give you diarrhea.
“You were afraid you’d shit inside the womb and stink yourself to death.
“You sobbed and demanded it to go so you could savor it slowly after you were born!”
By this point, Night-Wandering God Qiao Kun was rocking with laughter.
“How could the great deity Meng Po agree to such an unreasonable demand? I had no choice but to force it down your throat.
“Besides, Young General, have you ever seen a woman give birth to a great bowl before the baby, with that bowl still full of Meng Po’s Soup?
“Wouldn’t that be terrifying?!”
Chen Daji was somewhat embarrassed and could only scratch his head with an awkward grin.
But then he reconsidered and felt fortunate that Grandma Meng Po had refused his request.
His father Chen Fu was such a coward that if his wife strained for half a day only to give birth to a great bowl first, the sight would surely frighten him to death!
Wouldn’t that mean Chen Daji was born an orphan… and poor besides?
At the thought, Chen Daji bowed and scraped before Meng Po and Night-Wandering God Qiao Kun.
“Thank you both!”
Qiao Kun had no idea why he was being thanked.
But when he remembered the Young General’s habit of unexpected behavior and ideas, he let the matter go.
The man’s mind was built differently from everyone else’s. Who could ever know what he was thinking?
While everyone laughed and joked on this side, a sharp gleam repeatedly flashed through Day-Wandering God Wen Liang’s eyes on the other.
With the great deity Meng Po intervening, it seemed he would not be able to make trouble for these people today.
Unless… unless he went before the Emperor of Fengdu and lodged a complaint against Meng Po and the Night-Wandering God.
He would accuse them of neglecting their duties, bending the law for personal reasons, and deliberately allowing living people to perform Guoyin!
Such grave offenses would be enough to make even someone of Meng Po’s status suffer serious consequences!
As for the Night-Wandering God… if the Emperor of Fengdu held him accountable, even if he survived, he would be stripped of his divine office!
With these thoughts in mind, Day-Wandering God Wen Liang lowered his head even farther and adopted an even more respectful expression before Meng Po.
As the story quietly explains:
The Day-Wandering God’s complaint stirred powerful undercurrents throughout the Underworld Court.
Not only did it implicate Meng Po, the Night-Wandering God, and others, even Ox-Head and Horse-Face on the Yellow Springs Road suffered greatly because of it.
It would lead to Hua Jiunan’s second Guoyin and a whole series of events.
While the Day-Wandering God plotted, Meng Po spoke to Hua Jiunan.
“Your identity is far too sensitive. Unless it is concealed, someone may recognize and harm you.”
As she spoke, the great deity Meng Po swept a hand across Hua Jiunan’s forehead. A faint gray light flashed and vanished.
“Now no one with ill intentions will recognize you.
“It is getting late. Since you risked Guoyin, you must have important business to conduct.
“Qiao Kun, please escort them across the bridge.”
Night-Wandering God Qiao Kun hurriedly accepted the order. Hua Jiunan and his companions also bowed farewell to Meng Po.
“We thank the great deity for her protection!”
The Naihe Bridge had three levels.
The upper level was red, the middle level dark yellow, and the lowest level black.
Each lower level was narrower and incomparably more dangerous than the one above. Those who had done good in life walked the upper level, those whose good and evil were evenly balanced walked the middle, and evildoers walked the lowest.
Led by Qiao Kun, the group naturally took the uppermost level.
Yet the moment they stepped onto the bridge, boundless regret and sorrow involuntarily surged through their hearts.
Apart from Hua Jiunan, everyone-including Wuxin-immediately dissolved into tears.