In the depths of Cui Ling's memory, Meng Po went back to the place where he began to remember.

Meng Po is not a stranger to Cui Ling, as the child of Cui Yu, the underworld's judge, Meng Po can be regarded as watching Cui Ling grow up. In my impression, Cui Ling, a child, was very gloomy at first, but slowly became cheerful, and then showed a strong ability to deal with government affairs and became Cui Yu's right-hand man.

I have heard that Cui Ling is Cui Yu's adopted child, no matter when, Cui Yu is secretive about this matter, and it seems that he has never revealed the cause and effect to others.

Meng Po used her hand to remove the redundant memory fragments and slowly began to probe upwards, this speed must be slow, otherwise she may lose her way in the turbulence of memory.

In that deepest part of the water, Meng Po saw ......

A beam of light.

……

Cui Ling was looking around, the buildings next to him were very tall, maybe he was a toddler now.

He was surrounded by a light blue light, and lay on the ground without crying or making a fuss, not moving. Passers-by hurried past Cui Ling, occasionally glancing at the child dressed in light, but no one stopped. It's been an eventful day now, and everyone is exhausted.

Cui Ling had been there with his little eyes peeping into this world that did not belong to him, until a tall figure came over, the black robe hung ironically on his broad shoulders, he took out the book of life and death, and said to Cui Ling:

"Hmm...... Fairy of the Rising Light? Is it here? ”

The blue light surrounding Cui Ling turned out to be faintly humanoid, a girl's face was outlined from the shimmer, and then there were fluttering light blue clothes, the long skirt hung on the ground, and a finger hooked in Cui Ling's hand.

The girl said excitedly:

"Here, here! Hehe, you've just found out! ”

The man snapped and put away the book of life and death, frowning slightly: "Let's go, I've been looking for you for a long time." ”

The Yingguang Fairy slowly walked forward with Cui Ling in her arms, curiously looking at everything in the underworld.

The man said as he walked, "Fairy of the Shining Light, you are the first fairy of light to come to the underworld...... As a light and an immortal, do you still have a lifespan? ”

The Fairy looked around and replied casually, "Oh, the light can only show our appearance when it shines in a place where there is no light." I used to light a group of lost pioneers on a rainy night, and they fell into the depths of the canyon, and then they lost their strength to shine on them, and when they came to their senses, they were here. It's good that we just want to go to the darkest places! ”

The man walked forward on his own, without answering.

"That's right," Fairy Yingguang hugged Cui Ling with a smile, "This is the little ghost I picked up before the ghost gate closed, how about it, it's good-looking, right?" ”

The man glanced back at Cui Ling briefly, and stretched out his hand to the Yingguang Fairy: "This is the Hades Palace, please." By the way, my name is Cui Yu, and you can also call me a judge. By the way, watch out for the threshold, it's a bit high over here......"

……

It's been floating upwards for a while, and you can faintly see the white light on the surface of the memory lake.

"How so!" It was the angry voice of the Fairy of Yingguang, "Can these orphans only stay in the underworld forever?" There's no light here! ”

Cui Yu shrugged: "There is no way. The defection of the Stygian Orphan in the previous few times made the Hades Kings reconsider the necessity of the existence of the Abyss Academy. Until the new policy is down, the Abyss Academy is temporarily closed. ”

"What about these orphans? There's no way they're going to wait for that lengthy decision-making process in your Hades! By the time you've decided, they're all gone! ”

Cui Yu stretched out his hand and tried to calm the excited emotions of the Yingguang Fairy: "Fairy, don't get excited. You might as well think of this as a necessary process for the operation of the Three Realms, just like the Yang Realm, there is already the law of the jungle, isn't it? ”

The Yingguang Fairy hugged Cui Ling tightly with one hand: "Why don't you build an orphanage?" ”

Cui Yu sighed helplessly: "Hades does not have the conditions to establish an orphanage at present. Orphan souls need to consume a lot of offerings to grow up, and the war between us and the demon clan is still ongoing, and the materials are tight, so we can't afford such a high cost. ”

The Yingguang Fairy hugged Cui Ling and slowly took a few steps back.

Cui Yu tried to continue to persuade: "In addition, your reincarnation time has come, according to the instructions of the Hades King, you will become a light fairy again, and I hope you ...... Fairies, fairies? Where are you going? ”

Cui Ling raised his little head from the fairy's slender arm and looked at the fairy's dusty appearance. Now he doesn't know exactly what's going on.

……

Cui Yu pushed the door in, and the wooden door squeaked. The wind outside the house was loud, like a thousand ghosts crying. Inside the room, a dim oil lamp was sickly lit.

"Fairy, I need to remind you," Cui Ling was still in the same black robe, seriously looking at the Yingguang Fairy who was sitting in the corner of the wall and holding Cui Ling, trying to persuade, "You are the light, even if you become a soul, in the dark environment of the underworld, the divine power to maintain your body will slowly dissipate." I advise you to reincarnate as early as possible so that you don't get ......"

Cui Yu was stunned for a moment.

He saw a group of orphans behind the Fairy Shine.

"Fairy, this group of orphans is ......"

The fairy smiled: "It's my child." ”

Cui Yu said helplessly: "Fairy, I told you, the current conditions are not able to raise these children, even if he can maintain his figure, he will not be able to grow up to have the intelligence required for reincarnation, because...... Wait a minute...... The light in their eyes is ......"

Cui Yu looked at the faint blue light in the children's pupils in disbelief.

"Fairy...... You put your fairy power ...... Divided into them? ”

The light around the Fairy did dim a lot, and she smiled.

"Yes, I didn't expect that this bit of my fairy power is actually quite useful to them, these little guys are very happy!"

"But...... If you do this, it won't take long for the immortal power to collapse, and now that the yang world is also at war, how many children can you save? ”

The Fairy began to count in earnest.

“…… Six, seven, eight, nine, nine. In two more days, there will probably be ten, eleven. ”

The Yingguang Fairy stroked Cui Ling's face with her almost transparent fingers: "Look, this little guy, you've seen it, and now he's about to be able to walk!" ”

……

Cui Ling has begun to read and write, but his mother is always in and out of nowhere, and even when she appears, it is often a pale blue outline shadow, and every now and then, his mother will say:

"I didn't read again, spank you, Cui Ling!"

Today, the man who is always dressed in a black robe came again, and his mother sent himself to study next to him, Cui Ling ran to the side one after another, and quietly leaned on the window to eavesdrop on the conversation between his mother and the other party.

Cui Ling didn't like the man in the black robe very much, and every time he came, there was bad news.

It was the man's voice: "...... Very bad. The battle situation is also very unfavorable, the third brother and the seventh brother are injured, the eighth brother is nowhere to be found, the demon clan is attacking very fiercely at this time, maybe it is a war general borrowed from Hou Tu Niangniang...... Bao Zheng, the king of Yama, resigned from the position of king of Yama, he had suggested to other Hades kings to reopen the Abyss Academy, but it was never approved by other Hades kings, and many of the proposals have been the same recently, so he quit, thinking that he might be able to do something practical when he was a worker......"

The mother poured a glass of water for the man: "Don't worry, take your time, it will be solved." ”

The man looked at his surroundings, picked up the water glass and asked his mother, "How is it?" Are you still used to it here? ”

Mom smiled, and a trace of peaceful brilliance overflowed: "Thank you, Lord Cui, for setting aside such a large courtyard for us to live in our house, and the children are very happy." ”

The man sighed, "I'm not doing a tenth of what you're doing right now." Can the body still stand it? What about these orphans? ”

My mother showed a smug look: "I went up two days ago and intimidated the pioneers I rescued before, and now they have erected new monuments and temples for me, and there are a lot of believers!" Now that I have a steady stream of supplies, I can help a lot of children again! I send a lot of children to reincarnation when they have intelligence, except for him......"

The man asked, "Still not?" ”

Mom sighed: "It's all my fault, I poured too much immortal power into him at once, some time ago, I asked Meng Po, he now has a body, no longer a soul, and is not suitable for drinking Meng Po soup, so now he can't enter reincarnation, and it is estimated that he can only stay in the underworld." ”

The man nodded: "This is easy to do, Hades will always lack manpower, people like him can always find errands in Hades, very clever, you see, still peeking at us over there......"

Cui Ling heard the two talking about himself, one foot was not steady, he fell to the ground, patted his buttocks, and hurriedly ran away.

……

There was a heavy knock at the door, and Mom appeared from a glimmer of light, sat up, and got up to open the door.

Cui Ling rubbed his eyes: "Mom, who, it's so late that you still knock on the door." ”

Mother patted Cui Ling's forehead lightly: "Good, you have a good rest." ”

The sound of the door being opened creaked over, and Cui Ling continued to fall asleep in a daze.

When Cui Ling woke up, his mother hadn't come back yet, and a long sigh sounded in the room next to him.

Cui Ling got out of bed, rubbed his eyes and walked out the door. The door of the next room was lightly closed, and Cui Ling leaned his ear against the cold door paint.

The man's voice was again, but now it was much more tired: "...... You don't have to say yes. This matter has nothing to do with you. ”

Mother's melodious voice sounded like a silver bell: "Master Cui doesn't need to say it, if the Hades are really willing to reopen the Abyss Academy, then they will definitely be able to save more children." I should do something for Hades. ”

The man's voice was a little anxious: "No, it's not a matter of doing something, it's a matter of sacrificing your entire life!" I told the Hades, and they didn't pay any attention to it! They just conclude that you will say yes, but you are not obligated to do so, you don't have to...... You don't have to ......."

The man's voice grew deeper and deeper like a broken drum, and finally it was silent.

Mom's voice was as thin as a piece of paper: "But it's the best solution to Hades, isn't it?" If there were more sacrifices on the battlefield, Hades would also collapse, there is no way around it, I know. ”

Mom's voice softened: "You don't have to blame yourself, this matter has nothing to do with you, Master Cui." However, if you can, I'll entrust that little one to you. ”

After a long time, the man's voice rang out: "...... What's his name......"

Mom seemed to ponder for a moment, and then her voice was cheerful: "Cui Ling, what do you think?" ”

Cui Ling outside the door was ignorant, but he also seemed to notice something, and pushed open the door crying, hugging his mother tightly.

"Mom, I don't want you to go!"

Mom's weak and boneless palm stroked her hair and whispered, "I don't want to go either." However, the light is meant to shine into the darkest places. ”

……

Cui Ling quietly flipped through the dossier and carefully read the account of the first battle of the demon again:

Countless monsters went up the cliff, broke through the defenses of Chi Yunling and the Cold Wall Wall, and launched a fierce attack on the underworld army from the bottomless abyss. The black mist that lingered for a long time lingered on the battlefield, and it was the insidious murderous aura spread by the monsters. The army could not find its way in it at all, and was slaughtered to the ground.

Until a ray of light descended on the battlefield, the light was like a beacon that dispelled the black fog of the entire battlefield, and the blades and armor of the warriors were scorching. The abyssal monsters exposed to the light panicked and were bloodied by the soldiers, driving them back into the abyss. With the help of this momentum, Hades overthrew all the advance army camps of the demon clan in Hades, and the Heavenly Army belatedly eliminated the power of the demon clan in the yang world, and the first Hades War ended with a tragic victory in Hades.

There is no record of where the light went, it seemed to have dissipated on the battlefield, and the soldiers thought it was a miracle and did not pay attention to it.

In the same year, under the strong suggestion of Cui Yu, the then Wen Judge, the wise and martial Hades restarted the Abyss School and established a place for the orphans of Hades to grow and nurture.

"Cui Ling, are you in the study?" The voice of his father Cui Yu came from outside the door.

Cui Ling put away the file and took two steps outward: "Father." ”

My father had an unsmiling look on his face: "How's the study?" The Immortal are waiting for your report. ”

"Ready, father, let's go."

The two walked side by side towards the outside of the house.

The courtyard is sunny, the grass and trees are very well trimmed, and you can comfortably bask in the light and swagger.

"Father, I asked you before about the origin of the light in the courtyard...... You told me that you got a treasure. This treasure...... Does it have anything to do with the mother? ”

The muscles on Cui Yu's face moved imperceptibly.

The two walked a few more steps, and Cui Yu stopped and said solemnly to Cui Ling.

"Yes. That treasure is your mother, and she is ...... Treasure of Hades. ”

……

"Cui Ling, how is today? I heard that you were furious when you came out. ”

Cui Ling sat boredly on a bench in the courtyard, holding a blade of grass in one hand and shaking on the ground with one leg, frowning.

Cui Ling heard the voice, got up and said hello to his father, and then sighed again: "It's been rejected again." It was too difficult for the Ten Halls Hades to reach a consensus, and it was obviously a very simple matter...... Before, things didn't work in the implementation process, except for Lord Bao and me, everyone else has their own plans, too, everyone's position is decided, there is no reward for the right, and there is no punishment for the wrong, no one wants to do more, but ...... But ......"

Cui Yu also nodded helplessly: "I've been judging for so long, and the Hades King of the Ten Halls has also rotated a lot." But Hades has always been like this, Cui Ling, get used to it. ”

"I can't get used to ......"

"Force yourself to get used to it. When I go to the Heavenly Realm after a while, I will discuss the following things with the Heavenly People, hoping that something will change. ”

"Really, father?"

"Uh-huh. By the way, there are a few more light fish in the study, did you get Cui Ling? ”

"Huh? I don't know, isn't it Mother? I'll check it out! ”

……

Cui Ling angrily threw the letter on the table.

The content of the letter has not changed from before, and the Heavenly Realm does not seem to care about everything in the Underworld at all, and my father is not valued at all in the Heavenly Realm. Now that the financial crisis of Hades has taken shape, the trend of deterioration is getting faster and faster, and Hades will one day completely collapse.

Cui Ling finally understood that the Hades, which was subordinate to the Heavenly Realm, would not end well.

Everything Mother Did for Hades...... can't get back a little gratitude, there is no record of my mother in any history book.

Cui Ling's dark blue pupils flashed with a scorching light.

Don't want such a Hades.

……

Meng Po had already swam to the surface of the memory waters, she found everything she needed, closed her eyes, and gently shook her fingers.

The water of the lake rose rapidly, compressed, and gathered into a small cup.

Meng Po picked up the cup, shook it gently, and then picked up the cup and drank it all.

These memories have an eternal home.

The water cup disappeared into Meng Po's palm.

Meng Po closed her eyes and slowly opened them again.

It's time to get out.