While waiting for the Black and White Impermanence outside the gates of the Underworld, Leng Yue chatted with Ox-Head and Horse-Face. Leng Yue then brought up the matter of Hong Ling, and unexpectedly, Ox-Head and Horse-Face knew quite a lot.

“Brother Niu, do you also think Hong Ling is very cunning?” Leng Yue looked at Niu Tou. “I think so too. I was almost eaten by her in the mortal world before.”

"You'd better be careful. Don't underestimate Hong Ling just because she's only a fragment of Shan Shu's soul. She's not so easy to deal with," Niu Tou earnestly warned Leng Yue.

"What should I do? The judge told me to catch him within a month, or I'll have to spend a hundred years reflecting on my sins on the River of Oblivion." Leng Yue rubbed her face helplessly. "It's all my fault for being so talkative, otherwise I wouldn't have gotten myself into such big trouble!"

"What happened? Tell us so we brothers can have a laugh!" As soon as Horse Face heard Leng Yue say this, he immediately surrounded them, looking very gossipy.

Leng Yue glared at Ma Mian with a dark expression. "Can we stop being so gossipy? Honestly, someone like you would definitely be a paparazzi in the mortal world. It would be a shame if you weren't!"

"Tell me quickly, there are benefits if your Brother Ma is happy." Horse-face had a lewd look on his face, and Leng Yue couldn't help but turn her head away.

Leng Yue knew that if Horse-Face knew, it meant everyone in the Underworld knew. Therefore, no matter what Horse-Face said, she absolutely could not say a word.

"Brother Ma, you don't need to try to trick me. I won't tell you," Leng Yue said firmly.

"It's a pity. I wanted to tell you some things about Shan Shu, but if you don't want to know, that's fine too." Horse-face said with a regretful expression.

Leng Yue glanced at him and said, "I'm not in a hurry. I'll ask the two brothers, Black and White Impermanence, when they arrive."

"You little brat, you really don't know what's good for you." Horse-face was furious. "Go away, go away, don't wander around in front of me."

"Fine, I'll go then, hmph!" Leng Yue said, carrying a small stool to sit down next to Ox Head. "Brother Ox, may I sit here with you, please?"

Niu Tou nodded. "It's alright, have a seat."

After hearing this, Leng Yue gestured towards Ma Mian with her lip, "I'm not in the middle now, I'm on the very edge. How about that, out of options now?"

Horse-face glared at Leng Yue, then said in a low voice, "Judging from your expression, I think I know what you're talking about?"

"What?" Leng Yue craned her neck to look at Ma Mian. "How did you know? Do you think you can read minds?"

"What mind-reading ability? Just by looking at that smug expression of yours, I know you must have said something thoughtless that offended the judge." Horse-face continued, "It's strange, you seemed like a fine kid before, how come your personality has become more and more eccentric lately?"

"What's so strange?" Leng Yue asked uncertainly, feeling somewhat doubtful after hearing what he said.

"You used to be quite smart, so why have you been so quick to talk back lately? You speak and act without thinking, have you become stupid?" Horse-face teased Leng Yue with a smile.

Upon hearing what Horse-Face said, Leng Yue ignored him. "Say what you will, I'm watching a drama!" Leng Yue said, taking out her phone to watch a TV series.

After watching for a while, Leng Yue got bored and turned off the video to play a single-player game. However, she always lost to the robot, and eventually, she didn't want to play anymore.

Finally, Leng Yue took out various snacks such as peanuts, melon seeds, and potato chips and started eating them. Although they all smelled like candles, it was better than nothing.

Leng Yue sat to one side, crunching away on candle-flavored snacks while admiring the scenery outside the underworld. Actually, there wasn't much scenery; it was all dark and there wasn't much to see.

However, Leng Yue was really bored; what else could she watch?

"Do you miss the mortal world?" the bull-headed man asked.

Leng Yue nodded. "Yes, I miss it. Even though I've been here for a year, I still feel out of place. I miss the feeling of basking in the sunlight, the changing seasons, the delicious food of the human world... so many things, I miss everything. Everything in the underworld is different from the human world. The TV shows are all starring dead ghosts, so watching anything feels like watching a horror movie. In the games, robots are always stronger than humans; the settings are never properly designed. The snacks are all made of candles, and they all only taste the same. Sigh, I'm so tired. I want to go back!"

Niu Tou chuckled, "Even if you go back now, you won't be able to enjoy the food anymore. Your sense of taste will change after you become a ghost."

"Why? I feel like my sense of smell is still there!" Leng Yue didn't believe it; she had smelled many fragrant things before!

"Smell and taste are two different things," Horse-Face chimed in. "Do you know the phrase 'tasteless'? Try it someday. Now, when you eat food from the mortal world, no matter how delicious it is, you won't be able to taste it."

“But I’m already eating candles right now, aren’t I? If they all smell like candles, I think it’s worth a try.” Leng Yue said expectantly, “At least I can eat candles while smelling the fragrance, which should be a pretty good experience.”

"No, no, you're overthinking it." Horse-face waved his hand. "When I said it tasted like chewing wax, I was just using a metaphor. You'll know how awful it is once you try it."

"No matter what, I must try it next time." Leng Yue smacked her lips and kept fantasizing.

“Horse-face is right. We can’t eat the food from the mortal world, we can only smell it,” Ox-head added. “Look at those offerings placed on the altar. They look untouched, but they are actually enjoyed by the recipients. We can’t eat them, but we can smell them. After smelling them, we can treat it as if we’ve had a feast.”

"So, many people don't feel anything while they're alive. They feel like they can't go on living and want to commit suicide when they encounter even the slightest setback. But after they die, they regret it and want to go back."

"In the end, no matter how bad life is, as long as you're alive, at least you have the chance to enjoy good food. But once you're dead, you have nothing left."

"Not only that, but people who commit suicide are usually required to repeat the actions they performed in life, and they have to endure the pain of death countless times until their lifespan is exhausted before they can enter the underworld to be judged. Whether they can be reincarnated is still unknown. After the judgment, they may be imprisoned in the Hell of Unjust Death. In short, they are pitiful!"

Ox-Head shook his head and sighed, unable to hold back his words.

"Can't those who commit suicide enter the cycle of reincarnation? Do they have to repeat the process of suicide? Then what about me? Why wasn't I locked up in the Hell of Unjust Death?" When Leng Yue first arrived, both Black and White Impermanence said that she had committed suicide by jumping off a building, so why was she treated differently from others?

"So that means you didn't commit suicide?" Horse-face chimed in. "You really are stupid. You don't actually think a judge can bend the law for personal gain, do you?"

"Isn't that right? Have you ever seen anyone who can be reborn more than a hundred times?" Leng Yue replied without hesitation.

“I’ve never seen it before, but are you sure you really died?” Horse-face looked at Leng Yue. “You know, the underworld often receives some cases of misplaced souls. They are just souls that have left their bodies for unknown reasons, but they are not really dead.”

"If the soul leaves the body, it can be resurrected as long as it is sent back within a certain period of time. This is not favoritism or bending the law; it is just normal operation."

"So, you didn't commit suicide or die before. Your arrival here was purely coincidental. However, if the Black and White Impermanence hadn't taken you back to the underworld, your soul might have wandered aimlessly, and over time, you might have actually died."

"Brother Ma, I suddenly realize that you can be reliable sometimes." After hearing what Horse-Face said, Leng Yue looked at him with new respect. "If you hadn't told me, I wouldn't have known that my death was all about this! I admire you greatly. I was so blind to your greatness before!"

"Come on, come on, these are my most treasured snacks! Brother Ma, Brother Niu, come on, let's eat together!"

"No need, no need, you can buy wine next time..."

"..."