"Hmm, we must first go back there to find the woman selling Mengpo Soup for directions."

.........

From afar, the ghostly woman saw the two living beings approaching.

"Mengpo Soup, are you here to buy Mengpo Soup?"

As soon as they got closer, the ghostly woman approached them warmly and asked.

After all these years, she had been here for so long, selling the soup over and over, finally down to just two bowls.

Originally, she thought she could sell both in one go when she met two living beings, but it turned out they didn't have that intention at all.

Now that they returned, she naturally assumed they were here for the soup.

Yet this time, she was disappointed again.

Chen Yi waved his hand and said, "We don't want Mengpo Soup, we just want you to guide us once more."

The ghostly woman was discouraged and complained, "You don't want Mengpo Soup, yet you want me to guide you; you living beings are really calculating."

The female crown had a cold expression, glanced at her.

Seeing her Taoist appearance, the ghostly woman retreated a bit in panic, replying hastily:

"I haven't forced anyone to buy."

"Then please guide us." The female crown's voice was cold and slow, "There will be a great reward at Taihua Mountain."

Upon hearing "Taihua Mountain," the ghostly woman was almost in shock, nodding quickly with a newfound respect in her eyes.

Yin Weiyin remained composed, casting a sidelong glance at Chen Yi.

In this underworld, her identity as the Taichua Goddess indeed held an advantage.

Jianghu is not just about fighting and killing, and neither is the underworld; the incident with the man-eating ghost earlier was an accident. This journey to the underworld, after all, relied on her, and he benefited more from her presence.

It wouldn't hurt to bestow some favor on him to make him remember.

Chen Yi didn't look at Yin Weiyin, nor did he know what was on her mind, as his gaze still fell on the ghostly woman:

"Just point us in the direction of the First Yama Hall."

The First and Second Yama Halls are not far apart, so they can take the road to the First Yama Hall and alter their path towards the destination.

The ghostly woman gave them a direction.

Chen Yi took a step to leave.

Grasping the bucket of Mengpo Soup in her hand, she was still reluctant, saying: "Actually, you don't need to drink it; just buy it for someone else to drink. I only have two bowls left now. Once they're sold…"

Her words stopped there, pondering for a while.

Seeing how insistent she was on selling the soup, Yin Weiyin asked, "After selling them, can you enter the cycle of reincarnation?"

The female crown had heard that some underworld souls, who neither sinned nor performed good deeds in their previous lives, would undertake some light tasks, such as tending to lamps or tending to fires, and once done, they could enter the cycle of reincarnation.

"Reincarnation? No... I don't want to reincarnate."

The ghostly woman shook her head, which surprised Chen Yi as well.

She lowered her head, glanced at the remaining Mengpo Soup in the bucket and said:

"I want to go out for a bit."

"Go out for a bit?"

"Yes, yes, King Chujiang said that if I sold the ninety-nine bowls of Mengpo Soup, I could go out and take a look."

"Go out and take a look?"

"To see the sunshine."

The woman spoke half-jokingly, half-seriously.

Chen Yi and Yin Weiyin exchanged glances.

Not being able to understand at all, Yin Weiyin couldn't help but ask:

"Why do you want to see the sunshine?"

"Why? Because I want to." The woman paused. Perhaps she hadn't had a conversation in a long time, and so she said:

"There's much I want to do, but the one thing I want to do most is just this one."

Yin Weiyin shook her head, thinking this woman lacked common sense, or perhaps her spirit was incomplete.

Chen Yi pondered for a moment, then asked back:

"You go out to see, why don't you enter the cycle of reincarnation?"

"But if I enter the cycle of reincarnation, I won't remember what I wanted most was just to see the sunshine."

Embarrassed, the woman shyly sighed and said:

"The cycle of reincarnation is separation, after all."

.........

Following the direction indicated by the ghostly woman, it wasn't long before they encountered traces of residual malicious energy along the way.

Undoubtedly, this was left by the man-eating ghost Liu Ting; he estimated he was trying to seek refuge with some Ghost Lord at the First Yama Hall's territory.

However, it didn't mean much to Chen Yi; letting Liu Ting go was to ensure an additional measure of safety, an extra road.

Grasping his garment hem, Yin Weiyin followed behind him as they embarked on a mountain path. He kept his head down, seemingly searching for something.

After walking for more than an hour, Chen Yi seemed to have not found what he was looking for, his brows furrowing.

Yin Weiyin couldn't help but ask: "What are you looking for?"

"Rice."

"Rice?"

The female crown was puzzled, why search for rice here in the underworld, amidst the growing break-hook grass and deathly flowers?

But despite her full load of questions, Yin Weiyin continued to follow closely behind Chen Yi, holding onto his garment hem.

She didn't really want to grasp it, but the natural yin energies of the underworld were bizarre and unpredictable; in such an eerie place, danger lurked at every corner, ready to overturn your path.

Moreover... holding onto his garment hem always gave her a strange sense of safety.

As if... the very things you fear were, contrary to sensations, guarding you.

After who knows how long, Chen Yi stopped again.

Yin Weiyin looked over curiously, only to see him bend down and pick up a glistening grain of rice from the ground.

The female crown asked: "You've been looking for rice, now that you've found it, what then?"

Chen Yi replied: "Do you know the day and month today?"

"The twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month... Wait, you're asking about the Yellow Calendar of the underworld," Yin Weiyin paused, calculating with her fingers, chanting, and then said: "The seventh day of the first lunar month? The day the mice get married?"

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