Supernatural Brokers Rampaging in the Human World - Chapter 177 - The Nether Path

Caught in an embarrassing situation by her best friend, Shang Yue felt like she wanted to disappear. Not far away, Tushan Le was smirking at her with a pipe in hand. Shang Yue: …

Clearly, Tushan Le had at least half the credit for this mess.

Su Yang looked at her bewildered friend with a hint of helplessness and instructed Xuan Chi to dive into the water and bring Shang Xuan back up. Although he emerged from the river, the Wangchuan water only affected souls, so his clothes remained dry.

“So, what’s going on here?” Su Yang sighed, bringing everyone to the palace in the netherworld, intending to get to the bottom of this.

Having been caught red-handed, Shang Yue couldn’t hide anything from her. She had to recount everything, starting from her unexpected encounter with Shang Xuan at the Ghost Market.

Su Yang was aware of the incident, vividly recalling Shang Yue’s breakdown at the time. She just hadn’t expected so many things to follow, and it seemed she even played a role in it.

The royal struggle for the throne… Su Yang thought for a long time before finally recalling that it was something from ages ago. According to Shang Yue, she was the maid who died because of a human back then?!

Su Yang remembered the Prunella vulgaris, though the memory wasn’t as clear. At the time, she had just gained the power to create and was interested in everything. Her power was only enough to animate small things, so she animated a plant in the Demon Realm Palace-a Prunella vulgaris.

Later, Xuanran added some power, turning the Prunella vulgaris into Su Yang’s maid, attending to her daily needs. One year, while Su Yang was dealing with matters in the Human Realm, the Prunella vulgaris died by suicide because of a human.

Su Yang remembered this incident but never imagined that fate would be so intricate. It was a terrifying karmic bond, she couldn’t help but sigh.

“So, what are you thinking now?”

Shang Yue frowned, clearly conflicted. “I don’t know about the past life; I don’t remember anything… Besides, I’ve always felt we had nothing to do with each other.”

Su Yang nodded. “Then that’s settled. Just pretend today’s events never happened.” Back then, after the Prunella’s death, Shang Xuan, seeing no hope in the power struggle, took his own life, even though Shang Shu might not have pursued him relentlessly. After death, he met Su Yang on the Naihe Bridge, pleading for another chance to make amends with the Prunella.

At that time, the Prunella’s soul was incomplete, as the Samadhi True Fire¹ was especially harmful to spirits, particularly plant spirits. The idea that the Wangchuan River could let him see the Prunella again was just a lie Su Yang told him in anger.

Such a scenario only applied to mortals. The Prunella, being a spirit, had its soul collected by Su Yang, ready to reincarnate through a backdoor. She just wanted an excuse to torment Shang Zhong back then.

Unexpectedly, too many things happened afterward. After Shang Zhong’s thousand-year sentence ended, he reincarnated on his own, and Su Yang nearly forgot about the whole affair.

And now, after all the twists and turns, fate had once again brought them together.

“Can I restore the Prunella’s memories…?” Shang Yue hesitated but firmly made this request.

Su Yang gave her a long look, then sighed, “You really are as Tushan Le said, quite the fool.”

Shang Yue bristled instantly, ready to pounce, but Su Yang continued, “Your memories were sealed by me. Of course, I can unlock them. What you do next is up to you.”

After saying this, Su Yang unlocked Shang Yue’s memories. Shang Yue was sent to another room to rest and process the sudden influx of past-life memories in her mind, while Shang Xuan remained unconscious.

After dealing with this, Su Yang felt exhausted and returned alone to the Wangchuan. Xuan Chi was frolicking in the river, and Meng Po, watching the splashes of Wangchuan water, some even landing in her Meng Po Soup, was nearly driven to duel with Su Yang out of anger.

“Meng Po, how long have you been here?” Su Yang asked with interest, sitting on a bench. After all, in the netherworld, it was common knowledge that the position of Meng Po was usually filled by someone with a broken heart, and she had heard several stories to the point of boredom. However, this Meng Po, who took office after her death, seemed to have an unknown background.

Meng Po was caught off guard by Su Yang’s question. He paused, seemingly recalling, and after a while, said, “It seems to have been over a thousand years.”

“A thousand years… the Han Dynasty (an ancient Chinese dynasty lasting from 206 BCE to 220 CE)?” Su Yang calculated. By then, she had been dead for a long time, her soul serving as nourishment for the mandala flower for countless years.

“Probably.” Meng Po was indifferent, feeling somewhat lost about the past. His story… what was there to tell? It was just the tale of a fool.

“Then why haven’t you left? A thousand years, you could have reincarnated into an aristocratic family,” Su Yang teased, not really interested but merely passing time while waiting for Xuan Chi.

Meng Po fell silent, glancing at the dark Wangchuan, its thick waters seemingly capable of swallowing everything, including his once unattainable dreams.

“Your lover is in there?” Su Yang was taken aback, also looking at the Wangchuan. At that moment, Xuan Chi stirred the water, causing it to splash everywhere. He emerged from the Wangchuan with a jade pendant in his mouth.

The pendant was entirely black, cold to the touch, and looking at it caused a searing pain in the eyes. Su Yang let out a soft moan, covering her eyes as the pendant fell to the ground, releasing wisps of black smoke.

Meng Po’s gaze never left the pendant, as if recalling some painful memory, leaving him stunned.

“He asked me to tell you. It’s been two thousand years; when will you let yourself go?” Xuan Chi wrapped Su Yang around him, leaving with a soft parting remark.

Though Xuan Chi thought he spoke softly, his words were heard clearly by the ghost guards and spirits by the Naihe Bridge. Now, out of Meng Po’s sight, they discreetly focused their attention, eager to know the first-hand scoop on the netherworld’s most mysterious Meng Po!

So, Meng Po’s lover was in the Wangchuan! Meng Po indeed had a broken heart! Wow! They had to post this on the forum; such gossip might make them famous and earn them a fortune.

Meng Po was initially shocked, and upon realizing what Xuan Chi had done, he was immediately furious, vowing to tie that pesky dragon into knots again!

Recovering from his shock, Xuan Chi glared at those who had been eavesdropping before turning to leave. Yet, as he departed, he still clutched the jade pendant tightly in his hand.

Su Yang had merged the nether paths, and this news quickly reached the Heavenly Path. It had never relaxed its vigilance over these two, so it could detect any disturbance swiftly. However, even with this awareness, it couldn’t prevent the merging of the nether paths.

The Heavenly Path, irritated, accelerated its search for the Human Realm in the Lower Realm. Whenever there were significant natural disasters or calamities, the Human Realm would inevitably appear. It could only continue to create disasters… the Heavenly Path thought, not considering the loss of lives significant, even if entire cities were involved.

Tushan Le quickly learned of Su Yang’s situation and wisely informed Chen Zhao immediately. If anything happened to Su Yang, Chen Zhao might very well turn the entire netherworld upside down.

Chen Zhao felt that this young girl was born to vex him, likely as revenge from the previous Lord of the Netherworld for being forced to death, manifesting as an infant spirit to torment him.

It had only been a few days since he last saw the young girl, and she had already caused such a commotion. Chen Zhao sighed, both amused and helpless, but still dutifully helped her clear her energy channels and carefully observed her condition.

In truth, Su Yang wasn’t in any real trouble; it was just a normal reaction from the merging. Apart from the initial eye pain, she simply fell asleep, quite comfortably at that.

Footnote:

1. Samadhi True Fire(三昧真火): Samadhi True Fire is a mystical flame in Chinese Taoism and martial arts novels, formed by the combination of heart fire, liver fire, and kidney fire. It possesses the power to burn away evil and purify impurities.