The Old Mu family, who were so poor they jingled, went crazy. It was a time of famine, and everyone was rushing to flee, yet they went out of their way to pick up a little girl.
Ning Bao carr...
Ning Bao nodded.
"Yes, it was nailed to the vital spot of a newborn baby."
Meng Po frowned and pondered for a moment.
"Girl, since you've come all this way, you must have recognized that this is something from the underworld, right?"
"Yes, this thing is really weird. The people who use it are too cruel. How could they do this to a newborn child!"
"This thing is indeed eerie; it's eerie because it's haunted by many evil spirits."
"Does your mother-in-law know what this is?"
Meng Po nodded.
"I guessed it, I can go home today."
"Come on, I'll take you somewhere so we can confirm whether it was actually cut from that piece of wood."
Ning Bao nodded.
"Then I'll have to trouble you, Mother-in-law."
Meng Po put away her pots and pans, then opened a passage and led Ning Bao inside.
Ningbao followed Meng Po without hesitation. Once inside the passage, Ningbao felt as if she were constantly descending, layer upon layer…
Tongue pulling, mountain of knives, sea of fire, board of nails, cauldron of boiling oil...
Each floor was different, and Meng Po only stopped when she reached the eighteenth floor.
Meng Po led Ning Bao to the lowest level of the underworld, in front of a dark wooden stake. She carefully examined the stake and suddenly pointed to a very inconspicuous notch in it.
"Girl, look, this is it."
Ningbao looked at the wooden nail in her hand and realized it really did look the same.
"Grandma, this is the place."
How could something from hell appear on earth?
Meng Po frowned.
"A while ago, a demon escaped from the lowest level of hell. When you come to the underworld today, have you noticed that many people are missing?"
They went out to find the evil spirit.
"The lowest level of evil spirits?"
The lowest level of hell is where the most heinous demons are imprisoned. This King Yama is going further and further outrageous; even demons captured from the underworld can escape. I'm speechless.
Although Ning Bao harbored a great deal of resentment towards Yama, it was a matter for the underworld, and she couldn't interfere too much.
It's more important to get down to business.
"Mother-in-law, the souls of my sister and her child are locked by this numbness. Do you know how to unlock it?"
Meng Po nodded.
"I know, I'll help you."
Meng Po put the black wooden nail back into the wooden stake and chanted a spell. After a short while, the wooden nail began to vibrate inside the wooden stake.
Once the wooden stake returned to its original state, the two spirits, one large and one small, sprang out from inside the stake.
Ning Bao quickly and skillfully collected them into the Soul Nourishing Talisman.
Meng Po finished her work and looked at Ning Bao.
"I won't keep you here today, you should go home now."
I just saw the souls of that child and your sister; they can still be saved.
You'd better send their souls back to their bodies as soon as possible.
Ning Bao was stunned for a moment.
"Mother-in-law, do you mean the child isn't dead? That he can be saved?"
"able!"
"Grandma, I'm leaving now. I'll come to see you again next time."
Ningbao had barely finished speaking when she dashed away...