Chapter Twenty-Three: The Protagonist's Aura
On the Huangquan Road, one of the Nine Prisons and Nine Springs, flowers are paved on the other side, and there are a few looming human souls floating on the sea of flowers, which provokes the peach branches to stop frequently.
On the Nai He Bridge, he suddenly heard a noise, which immediately attracted all the attention of Tao Zhizhi again.
I saw a bright red long table, there were several full soup bowls, next to the soup bowl, there seemed to be someone holding his head and talking softly, from the perspective of the peach branches, only a white neck and black sideburns could be seen - that was Meng Po.
And next to the long table stood a large cauldron, and there was no firewood underneath, but the pot was steaming.
In this hot air, Tao Zhizhi slowly crossed the Nai He Bridge with the crowd in line.
I could hear the staccato voice, but I didn't know who was speaking.
Until the sound gets louder and louder.
"I'm really not here to make trouble, I really want to forget, you listen to me sing to you!"
"Draw a dragon with my left hand and a rainbow with my right hand......"
At the beginning of the song, someone jumped on the table at once, kicked down a lot of soup bowls, and danced at the ghosts in line: "Friends in line, swing with me!"
The ghosts, who were originally immersed in their past, looked at the twisted human soul on the table, and gradually reacted, slowly shaking.
"Raise your hands and show me your enthusiasm!!"
Momozhizhi felt a little funny, and the first one raised his hand, jumping and jumping, which was very conspicuous.
As if they were infected, the ghosts in line raised their hands and shook one after another, and for a while there was a scene of a group of demons dancing.
Meng Po, who was supposed to serve soup on the long table, stood aside, took all this in her eyes, looked at the hand she was about to raise, and hurriedly slapped it with her other hand, and shouted in her mouth: "It's evil!"
Then he walked over and lifted his hands, and the table and the human soul on it flipped over together.
This thing in the underworld is really painful to hit the soul.
I only heard a "ouch!" and saw Meng Po grabbing the man's collar and walking away like a chicken.
The sound of conversation came from afar.
"I haven't drunk Meng Po soup yet, where are you going to take me?"
"I'm Meng Po, my son is powerful, my soup probably won't work for you, you better go to reincarnation first." ”
"It's easy to say, but you let me go first! Let me go by myself! So many ghosts are watching, do I want to lose face?!"
"Don't worry, there are plenty of opportunities for you to walk on your own, especially if you're walking on all four legs. ”
“...... What do you mean by that? Where is this? No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no......, no
After a scream, Yellow Springs regained its tranquility.
When Meng Po returned to the long table, the ghosts had returned to normal, and she looked at Tao Zhizhi and beckoned to her.
Tao Zhizhi walked in front of Meng Po, and only then did she see her appearance clearly.
Although she looks like a half-old, she has black skin and white skin, and she has a simple bun on her head and a hairpin, like a mortal dress.
The strange thing is that if you want to talk about her spirit, she exudes a strong air of depression all over her body, but if you want to say that she is sluggish, the eyebrows and phoenix eyes are full of flamboyance and wantonness.
It's about like "bright sorrow", a contradictory beauty that Momozhizhi can't understand.
"The fairy is here in Huangquan, but there is something wrong?"
"It's okay," Momozhizhi said calmly, "My master asked me to go to the world from here." ”
"Who is your master?"
"Immortals under the moon. ”
“......”
As soon as these words came out, there was no follow-up, and Tao Zhizhi waited for a long, long time before Meng Po looked up at her again, but her voice seemed to be suddenly a little dumb: "How is your master?"
"......" Tao Zhizhi thought about it for a long time, and then came up with a four-word phrase to sum it up: "Red face." ”
When he left, he waited for the immortals under the moon to drink a meal, but his face was not full of red light.
Just listened to Meng Po's ears, but it seemed to have a different meaning, only to hear Meng Po "heh", with a wave of his hand, the soup spoon in the pot flew up by itself, began to add soup to each soup bowl, and the soul of the person who was lined up didn't care, took a sip and drank it, put down the bowl and walked forward.
Tao Zhizhi didn't notice this, but wondered, "Are you familiar with my master?"
“...... Ripe...... Uncooked...... Yes, how can I say it, he uses the red line to tie people, and I use Meng Po soup to dismantle people, do you think we are familiar?"
Momozhia shook her head, indicating that she didn't understand.
“...... Your master should have told you to go to the gate of life and death, this is the path of reincarnation, and you have gone wrong. After Meng Po finished speaking, she said strangely: "I see that your mana is low, and there is no cinnabar between your eyebrows, why do you have to go to the reincarnation well when you go to the world?
"I don't know, Master asked me to go to the world to learn about human feelings. After Tao Zhizhi answered, he felt that he should say a few good words for the immortals under the moon, so he added: "My master will never harm me." ”
"......" Meng Po was about to say something, but the human soul who should drink the soup at the table said: "I won't drink! I promised Huahua to wait for her on the Nai He Bridge for three years!"
"Okay," Meng Po pointed to the sea of flowers on the other side: "Let's go over there and stay first." ”
The soul drifted away from the group.
Tao Zhizhi was surprised, pointed to the increasingly red flower on the other side and asked, "Don't people over there need to drink soup?"
"If you don't drink it now, it doesn't mean you won't drink it in the future," Meng Po looked at the souls who were becoming more and more clearly extinguished in the sea of flowers: "You know, if we are immortals, we can go to the mortal world to dissolve it if we have an obsession, but this person has an obsession, that is, he forcibly let him drink Meng Po soup, and he will also remember it under some stimulation, and then it will not be marriage, but fate." ”
When it comes to the importance of the life track, Tao Zhizhi still understands, so he said directly: "Is Meng Po soup so useless?"
"......" Meng Po looked carefully at Tao Zhizhi's serious face, and made sure that she was not here to smash the field, so she endured it and said: "Meng Po soup made of Lechuan water, what do you say?!"
Tao Zhizhi was about to speak, but Meng Po hurriedly said: "I originally thought you were very good like this, but now it seems that you still have to learn a little about human feelings, and you will not be killed when you go out to talk in the future." ”
"Oh. Momozhizhi had to focus on the soul of the sea of flowers: "Then when will they be able to drink soup?"
When they forgot about it, they would wander back and forth unconsciously, and at that time they couldn't even remember why they were there, so the envoy brought them over to drink the soup, and they would no longer resist, but just obediently drank it, and went to reincarnation. ”
"Will they all forget?"
"......" Meng Po was silent for a while before she said: "There are also those who do not forget until the soul disappears, and their obsession falls to the ground, and a flower blooms on the other side." ”
Tao Zhizhi looked at this red flower again, and actually felt solemn, and asked with a numb scalp: "What will happen if the soul disappears?"
"To disappear is to disappear, just like the fall of the gods, heaven and earth will never be ...... again Exist. ”
Tao Zhizhi didn't notice Meng Po's gloomy expression when she said this, and she was still immersed in her own incomprehension: "Is there any magic weapon there that makes them forget their obsessions?"
“...... Are you going to be my apprentice?" Meng Po said, but still solved Tao Zhizhi's doubts: "How can there be any magic weapon, naturally because of the sea of flowers below them, if you can't think about it one day, I will take you to the past to play, pick off a piece of the petals of the flowers on the other side, and you can hear a story that you will never forget." ”
"Oh, I see," Tao Zhizhi thought of the hearing gallery of Tianfu Palace, thought for a moment, and replied, "It was the other side flower who ate their obsession into her stomach, right?"
“...... The words are not rough. ”
Momozhizhi suddenly remembered: "Why did I come to you when I couldn't think about it?"
"Because most of these stories end in tragedy, when you hear them so miserable, you don't feel that your little is nothing, and your mood will naturally be better. ”
The two chatted happily at the table, and one of the human souls finally couldn't help it and interjected: "You say these things in front of us mortals, is it really good?!"
"What's the problem? You forgot about it after you drank the soup. After Meng Po replied, she took Taozhizhi's hand and said, "Although you and I have met for the first time, we are very ...... Cast fate, I will entrust you again, go to the world, although the mana is collected in the body, it cannot be used on mortals, but it can be used on yourself, if you cause trouble, you can still save your life if you become a powerful fox and fake tiger in the world. ”
"Oh," Momoeda nodded, "Don't worry, I won't get into trouble!"
“...... I don't think you know much about yourself. ”
Tao Zhizhi quit Meng Po and went to the door of life and death, just took two steps and remembered a question, so he turned back and asked Meng Po: "I can't use mana on mortals, so can I use mana on demons and monsters?"
Meng Po: "No. ”
Momozhia was surprised: "Then what if I encounter a powerful monster?"
Meng Po: "Fight to be killed, not eaten." ”
“...... I don't want to go. ”
Seeing that Tao Zhizhi was really scared, Meng Po comforted: "Don't worry, since you come from the reincarnation well, you will come back here regardless of life or death." ”
Tao Zhizhi had just put his mind at ease, and before he had taken two steps, he listened to Meng Po muttering for a while, and asked, "If you really can't come back, why don't you taste my soup first before leaving?!"