The Fairy: From the Traveling Merchant

Chapter 1035 Meng Po Soup

Seeing Zhao Chen speechless, the little boy's lips curled up slightly, seemingly quite pleased with the other's current predicament. He continued with a smile, "I don't want to get involved with you, so that's all I can tell you..."

"But I owe Fairy Mingguang and that powerful male visitor a favor, and I must repay this debt of gratitude."

“And they have all had contact with you… especially the former, you two should have had intimate moments not long ago, which is why Xiaoyin thinks you are an ‘adult’ and calls you uncle.”

As I said before, don't always emphasize "adult" matters! Zhao Chen was speechless. Since he had no way to deal with this child and didn't dare to really offend him, he could only temporarily shift his attention and think to himself:
The former is obviously referring to Hongyue... But that makes sense, as she is the reincarnation of the spirit separated from "Fairy Mingguang", so it's reasonable for her to inherit this karma... But who is the other powerful being?
I've actually encountered quite a few great beings, and there are probably even more watching me from behind... It's really not hard to be sure...

He deliberately thought about these things on a superficial level, his purpose being obvious: he hoped the little boy would say more.

However, the little boy wasn't having any of it. He tossed aside the nearly empty skeleton of the Great Tengu, picked up the scattered items—a fan, a mallet, a bamboo flute, a crow mask, and so on—and stuffed them into a storage artifact he'd hastily made from bones. He then handed it to Zhao Chen, saying:
“Take these to the reincarnation of ‘Fairy Mingguang’. They are a set of combined magical artifacts. When fully assembled, they can temporarily possess the power of a ‘magical treasure’. I have named them ‘The Pact of Ghosts and Gods’.”

"I won't go into the specific abilities of this 'Ghostly Pact,' since even the reincarnation of Fairy Mingguang can't control it right now. However, one of its secondary abilities is exactly what it needs for its current use—"

"As long as it is worn properly, this suit can slowly repair the flaws in her 'fate' that are caused by her own defects."

"A large part of her misfortune since birth is actually caused by the fact that this deficiency makes her more vulnerable to being exploited by others."

"Fortunately, those who took advantage of her presence didn't go too far and even gave her a 'chance'..."

"For example, meeting you, or for example, making me owe her a favor before."

"However, this set of magical artifacts is only a temporary solution. Her deficiency is due to the inability to completely sever ties with her original body in her previous life, and it is impossible to fully compensate for it."

"In her case, I can only think of two solutions. One is to merge with her original body again... but given the flaws in her destiny, she is 100% the one who will be merged."

"Secondly, one must drink the 'Meng Po soup' to completely sever ties with one's past life and usher in a new life."

Judging from your tone, it seems like you're on Hongyue's side too? You owe Fairy Mingguang a favor, so shouldn't you help either the main body or the clone?

Zhao Chen frowned, pondering to himself.

The little boy glanced at him, and since this did not involve Zhao Chen's karma, he readily said, "That person, who was conferred the title by the Dao Lord back then, is no longer the 'Bright Light Fairy,' but the 'Earthly Deity,' so these past connections naturally cannot be remembered by her."

"On the contrary, it was her wisp of soul that, because it was using the original body, inherited the fate with me."

After a brief explanation, the little boy changed the subject and began talking about the "Meng Po Soup": "The main ingredients of the 'Meng Po Soup' are nine: 'Love Poison Flower,' 'Forget-Me-Not Grass,' and seven kinds of soul tears: 'Tears of Birth,' 'Tears of Old Age,' 'Tears of Bitterness,' 'Tears of Regret,' 'Tears of Longing,' 'Tears of Illness,' and 'Tears of Separation.' Ah, those latter 'tears' aren't for external use; they require experiencing various hardships and sorrows beforehand, tears of self-dissolution of the soul. It's usually very difficult to gather them all, but this reincarnation of Fairy Mingguang, though young, has experienced almost all of these hardships."

"I said that the powerful figure behind the scenes gave her a chance to survive, and the biggest manifestation of that is actually here."

At this point, a hint of emotion appeared on the little boy's innocent face.

This isn't a lament for Ming Hongyue, but for himself... After all, even though he has a rank equivalent to "Ascension to Profound Realm," he's been in someone else's "game" since birth... He also has to find his own "path to survival."

After all, its essence is an "elixir of immortality"! An elixir that can help people "ascend to the next level of enlightenment," and even greatly enhance the "ascension to the next level of enlightenment"!
Therefore, he must sever all major karmic ties that he can sever, otherwise when the "calamity" arrives, others will have no qualms about consuming him.

Zhao Chen was unaware of the little boy's thoughts; he was currently preoccupied with figuring out exactly which tears the red moon had dissolved.

Tears of joy... There is no doubt that when she discovered that I had used the "True Qi of the Five Immortals" with true meaning, she must have mixed in "tears of joy from gaining life".

Tears welled up in her eyes... Although she had never truly "grown old" in her life, she was already quite frail before meeting me, often experiencing the "sorrow" of impending death. She must have been immersed in that state.

The bitter tears were tears of resentment. Over the past decade, she had done many things that now seem a bit crazy and stubborn, which were expressions of her resentment.

Tears of Regret, as the name suggests, are tears of remorse... They must have already been incorporated into her soul, and they were incorporated into her soul not long ago when she learned that it was because of her own origins that her parents suffered.

Tears shed during illness... I won't go into that. She has been accompanied by mental pollution for more than ten years, so there must be a lot of tears in her soul.

Tears of parting, the pain of separation from parents in life and death... Alas, she has no shortage of these tears.

Finally, as for the tears of longing... I don't know. Maybe I'll have to ask her when I get back? But since the little boy said she possesses all of those qualities, it probably isn't a lie... I just don't know if Hongyue was thinking of me before, or my true energy...

Thinking of this, Zhao Chen couldn't help but ask, "We might have all seven kinds of tears, but where can we find the 'Love Poison Flower' and the 'Forget-Me-Not'?"

Since it was the other party who had to repay the debt of karma, this was clearly not among the previous three questions, so the little boy immediately answered:
"The Love Poison Flower only blooms briefly at the boundary between the realm of the heart and the underworld, as for the Forget-Me-Not Grass, I don't know, you'll have to find it yourself."

"Once you have found all the ingredients, you can return here, and I will help you concoct a bowl of 'Meng Po Soup'."

The brief boundary between the realm of the mind and the underworld... that ruin in Xuancheng?! That fake Nine Netherworld Imperial Palace that Chai Xun had someone build?
Upon hearing this, Zhao Chen's heart stirred. He thought of the thing that the Bodhisattva of Joy and Lü Chunyang had used to melt the "ice of the soul," and blurted out, "Is the Love Poison Flower related to the Fruit of Desire?"

(End of this chapter)