Only at the Mahayana Stage Does the Reversal System Appear - Chapter 518

Chapter 516: A Sip of Mengpo Soup

“The Human Emperor is so powerful, it’s beyond my expectation. I wonder how he cultivated it?” the female ghost said with a smile. Four Golden Immortals are only worth four punches to Jiang Li.

The two walked along the Yellow Springs Road, chatting casually. The fiery red flowers of the other shore bloomed on the roadside. From a distance, the Yellow Springs Road looked like a carpet paved with blood.

Jiang Li didn’t think twice and spoke directly, as if it was a matter of course.

“It’s simple. Use limitless spiritual energy to break through the shackles of the Tribulation Crossing Stage and reach the Mahayana Stage. Then, cultivate constantly, and naturally you’ll achieve your current level of cultivation.”

“…The Human Emperor is joking. That’s impossible. We’ve arrived at the Samsara Zone, where two Yamas, Equal and Rotating, preside over it.”

Jiang Li praised, believing the Underworld to be of great learning value. “King Yama judges. There’s a Yama in each of the Celestial, Human, and Animal Paths. There are four Yamas in the Four Hells, and there are two more here. The Ten Yamas each perform their duties, and the Underworld is well-organized. It’s truly remarkable. I wonder what part Hou Tuhuang is solely responsible for?”

Before the Ladder to Immortality was severed, the Immortal Emperor ruled the celestial realm. The Immortal Emperor established the Heavenly Court, which was considered the legitimate celestial realm, though his position as the Supreme Supreme was somewhat awkward.

He was the youngest Hunyuan Wuji Immortal. The Dao Patriarch, the Buddha Patriarch, the Confucian Sage, and the Origin Patriarch were nominally under the jurisdiction of the Heavenly Court, but when it came time to contribute, whether these four would intervene depended on their mood.

However, the Immortal Emperor also has real abilities, otherwise he wouldn’t be able to hold his position as the Lord of Heaven. Before the Daozu’s three corpses merged into one, he and the Daozu fought each other, and they were evenly matched.

In comparison, ruling the underworld is easy, and Hou Tuhuang only has absolute power.

Specifically, Hou Tuhuang can ignore matters at will, and no one can stop her.

The female ghost messenger forced a smile: “Hou Tuhuang only has overall management and doesn’t care about specific matters. Her position is very important, so she is definitely not indifferent. Come, let’s not talk about this, I will introduce you to the process of reincarnation.”

Jiang Li and the female ghost messenger were not the only two people on the Yellow Springs Road. In addition, there were also a large number of ghosts rushing to reincarnate, but most of them were not reincarnated into the human world, but the animal world.

“There are fewer and fewer worlds to reincarnate into. Many worlds are devoid of human life, only animals remain. These ghosts are destined for the animal realm.” “

I’m not afraid of being laughed at by the Human Emperor, but the Underworld is already operating at full capacity and can barely hold all the ghosts.”

The Underworld’s area far exceeds that of the Nine Provinces, but even with its larger size, it can’t possibly contain all the ghosts in the heavens and myriad realms.

“Why don’t you consider expanding the Underworld?”

“We can’t. The Underworld is the embodiment of the laws of the cycle of life and death. Its size is not something we can decide or change.”

The two reached the end of the Yellow Springs Road and stepped onto the Naihe Bridge. The bridge was patrolled by two types of ghost officials, the Day Wandering God and the Night Wandering God. Beneath the bridge lay the foul and unapproachable Forgetful River.

Jiang Li peered over and saw many wandering ghosts in the Forgetful River, their arms stretched out as if to pull the dead souls ashore.

It was a futile effort, as the distance between the Forgetful River and the Naihe Bridge was several thousand meters, making the ghosts’ movements somewhat comical.

“What are the origins of these ghosts?”

“They are all ghosts who want to reincarnate secretly. Some of them can’t wait to line up and reincarnate early. Some don’t want to take Mengpo soup to forget their past lives and want to swim across the Wangchuan River. As a result, you have seen that these ghosts can’t come out of the Wangchuan River, nor can they reincarnate. They watch other dead souls reincarnate, and they are jealous, so they want to pull other dead souls down.” “

For example, that couple died for love. Before they died, they swore not to forget each other, to be together in the next life, and they resolutely refused to drink Mengpo soup.”

The female ghost sneered: “It’s ridiculous. If you don’t forget your past life and are still together in the next life, what kind of reincarnation is that? It’s called living a new life. You simply don’t take the rules of the underworld seriously.”

“Who doesn’t have a past that they don’t want to forget? Why are they special? If everyone is like them, the order of life and death will be messed up, they are naughty kids.”

The female ghost has seen a lot of people like this: “Whenever they think clearly in the Wangchuan River, they will be fished out.”

Walking to the back of the bridge, Jiang Li saw a group of ghosts holding Mengpo soup and asking the dead souls to take it.

The female ghost messenger said, “Previously, several Golden Immortals from the Celestial Realm found the Underworld, broke through its walls, and descended here, forcing the souls that were supposed to be reincarnated in Kyushu to arrive there without consuming Mengpo Soup.” “

The Wheel King and the Equal King simultaneously engaged the Golden Immortals from the Celestial Realm. The Black and White Impermanence, who had been away, also quickly returned to protect the souls, otherwise the Underworld would have suffered considerable losses.” Only

then did Jiang Li understand the origins of the souls that had drifted to Kyushu.

“Why do I remember that in folklore, it was Mengpo who brought the Mengpo Soup?”

This group of ghost messengers, a mix of men and women, young and old, seemed unrelated to Mengpo.

The female ghost officer rolled her eyes. “Where did Meng Po come from to serve Meng Po soup? There are so many ghosts in need of reincarnation, and we even have to find an elderly woman to serve the soup? It’s good enough to have someone serving it.”

“If you really want to find Meng Po, there’s one too,” the female ghost officer pointed to an elderly woman at the bridgehead, simmering soup. “Her name is Meng Po.”

“…”

For some reason, Jiang Li suddenly thought of Yangzhou fried rice. The cook is called Yangzhou, and the rice is called Yangzhou fried rice.

Before drinking Meng Po soup, the ghosts cry and scream, unwilling to forget their past lives and reincarnate into the animal realm. After consuming the soup, they become confused and dazed, even those with cultivation.

Jiang Li noticed that Meng Po had added a bag of tiny crystals when she brewed the soup; it looked very familiar.

The female ghost messenger curled her lips: “This Mengpo soup has no effect on Daozu. Daozu drank a pot of it and commented that it had no salty taste. Since then, Mengpo has added salt when making Mengpo soup.”

“But this brings up a problem.”

“What’s the problem?”

“No one can taste whether there is too much or too little salt. People who drink Mengpo soup even forget the taste of salt, so how can they know whether it is salty or not?”

“Is Mengpo soup only effective for Hou Tuhuang?”

“Not sure. If it works, wouldn’t it be a big trouble?”

“…”

The female ghost messenger asked: “Would Emperor Jiang want to try it?”

Jiang Li became playful and took a sip.

The female ghost officer stared at Jiang Li with a scorching gaze: “Do you still remember that you are the ruler of the underworld? You manage the underworld day and night and never rest.”

“…Ghost sister, I haven’t lost my memory. And this soup is too salty.”

Jiang Li asked Meng Po to put a bag of salt in at once. Putting half a bag of salt would be enough.

At the end of the Naihe Bridge is a stone tablet. Countless ghosts were sucked into the stone tablet, and their cultivation was washed away, turning them into faceless baby-like souls.

Behind the stone tablet is a passage. The faceless baby souls entered the passage and were sent to the heavens and all realms.

When they find a person to reincarnate, their souls will gradually change into the appearance of their next life.

“The Taoist master had profound cultivation. The Six Paths of Reincarnation Tablet could not completely erase his cultivation. In the end, the stone tablet shattered, and only then did the Taoist master’s cultivation be completely wiped out.”

“The current stone tablet was re-refined by Hou Tuhuang.”

(End of this chapter)