Chapter 48048 Abnormal love is more delicious
Madam Yu's life was simple. She was sent to a Taoist temple by her family when she was young. When she grew up and learned that her family was in trouble, she felt obligated to go down the mountain and flee with a group of elderly, weak, women and children. During this period, she took in many refugees and later established Yunshui Village in the valley.
"I was born with a fish scale on my side. My father believed I was a fairy who had descended to earth and would one day save our family from disaster. So, when I was young, he sent me to a Taoist temple and provided me with a generous annual stipend. Unexpectedly, his words would come true. When I was nineteen, my father wrote me a secret letter, declaring our family was in trouble and asking me to lead the remaining members of our family to escape.
After taking root here with my people, I felt as if I had accomplished some kind of mission. It was a very mysterious feeling.
During my years of studying Taoism, I've always had strange dreams. Sometimes a young man in red robes and silver armor rode a horse, sometimes a girl with a human body and a fish tail played by the river, and sometimes a river stained red, filled with bones... Later, I learned that the river was called the Yunshui River. We crossed it during our escape, and it's a very dangerous river.
I asked my master how to interpret these dreams, but he shook his head, saying there was no answer. Later, I gradually realized that the dreams I was dreaming of might be of myself in another world. Especially the girl with a human body and a fish tail. The scales I was born with might have come from her. Perhaps I am her reincarnation...
So I just waited here, not knowing what I was waiting for. However, I am an anomaly in this world. Even after death, I will not be reincarnated. Only a remnant of my soul remains in the world, watching the snake devour my flesh…”
Madam Yu said this, then looked at me with a relieved smile.
"When I see you, I know I've waited for you, just like the branches of a river, I know where it flows from."
I couldn't help but ask her, "Don't you feel a little bit unwilling?"
Madam Yu's smile froze on her face, revealing a slightly bitter smile.
"I'm not willing to accept this, of course I'm not. Who would be willing to accept being just another person's reincarnation, perhaps even an incomplete one? If I were just an ordinary person, I could be surrounded by my parents, without the pain of separation or the hardships of a Taoist temple. But when my family suffered, I was fortunate to have grown up in a Taoist temple, possessing the innate ability to lead my people to relocate and preserve the family bloodline. Perhaps this is how life is, both resenting it and being grateful for it."
I felt really bad when I heard what she said.
But I don’t understand, since my daughter is so capable, why has she ended up like this?
When I asked this question, Madam Yu suddenly smiled. She said:
"In troubled times, people are as worthless as grass. I was born with fish scales. Although my father believed I was the reincarnation of an immortal, to others, what difference was there between me and the reincarnation of a demon? I was sent to the Taoist temple when I was young, and naturally I harbored resentment... It took me over a decade in the mountains to master my abilities, and before I could even leave, I received news of my family's misfortune. It's too late, too late..."
As she murmured, Madam Yu's face was already in tears.
I didn't know how to comfort her. I had no memories of my parents, so I had never felt this way. But seeing Madam Yu like this, it felt like a damp cotton ball had settled in my heart.
After Madam Yu had finished shedding her tears, I asked, "Shall I take you to your hometown?"
Madam Yu's eyes flickered slightly, "Why?"
"You miss your parents, don't you?"
Madam Yu remained silent. She seemed lost in some recollection. After a long pause, she said, "Alright. Once this branch of my family has become part of your mainstream, please take my ashes back to my parents."
"good."
What does it feel like when the remnant soul merges into the soul?
It was like a cold stream slowly flowing into the blood, and like a silent snow falling into the heart.
Madam Yu's silhouette gradually faded. She cast one last glance at the sky outside the ancestral hall, where birds flew by and clouds rolled and unrolled. Her fingertips gently touched my brow, and instantly, countless unfamiliar memories flooded into my mind like a tide.
The morning bells and evening drums of the Taoist temple.
The resolute back of her father as he sent her up the mountain.
The tribesmen fell one after another on the way to escape, and she could only grit her teeth and move forward.
On the first night in Yunshui Village, the bonfire illuminated every tired yet hopeful face.
…
I suddenly opened my eyes. Madam Yu's spirit had completely dissipated. Only a gentle breeze blew through the ancestral hall, like her final sigh. A sudden pain hit my wrist, and I saw a golden fish scale pattern appear on it.
"Hey! What are you daydreaming about?" Little Nezha's voice came from behind me, with a hint of impatience and subtle worry. He took a few steps in front of me and waved his hand in front of my eyes, "Where's the residual soul?"
"She's not a ghost," I whispered. "She's... a part of me."
In fact, we are all the same. She is a remnant soul, so how can I be complete?
This is really absurd.
But when I think about it carefully, it seems natural.
If we consider the end of the Shang Dynasty, the Journey to the West during the Tang Dynasty, and the Lotus Lantern of the present, unknown era as independent worlds, then each world contains an "I." As Lady Yu said, she is the tributary, I am the mainstream, so this is more than just a parallel world setting. Perhaps death in a previous life caused the soul to split into several fragments, landing in different worlds and reincarnating as humans...
I won't let you die...
That was the voice of Little Lotus that I heard when I fainted.
Now that I think about it, maybe it was the little lotus in my previous life who said this to me in my previous life.
Ah…is this kind of corny plot really going to happen to me? I used to complain about it.
I just have one question. In Yunshui Village in the Shanhe Sheji Tu, why didn't I merge with Ah Mei's remnant soul? I haven't even seen Ah Mei's remnant soul. Logically, Ah Mei should also be the reincarnation of another fragment of my soul, or am I mistaken?
It seems that I still have to go into the Shanhe Shejitu.
——
After bidding farewell to Little Nezha and the villagers of Yunshui Village, I left with a portion of Lady Yu's ashes. Lady Yu founded Yunshui Village, and the people here hold a deep affection for her. Lady Yu was also the village's spiritual leader. If I took all of her ashes, the village would have refused. So, I took only a portion. When I reach Jiangnan, I'll bury her next to her parents. I just don't know where they are now.
But before going to Jiangnan, I promised Nezha to go to Huashan first.
The wind-fire wheel under little Nezha's feet burst into violent flames, and he bent over awkwardly.
I:?
He frowned and said, "What are you looking at? Come up quickly!"
I asked in disbelief, "You want to carry me?"
"How about carrying it? I don't mind if you carry it."
"No! Just carry it on your back!"
I'm tired of being carried. It's like hanging.
Seeing an expression of impatience on his face again, I quickly ran over and jumped onto his back.
Little Nezha is small, but very steady. Even though I'm a big person, I jumped on him and he didn't shake at all. He caught me very steadily, and then the feeling of weightlessness suddenly appeared.
After flying for a while, I couldn't bear it anymore.
"Little Nezha, the wind makes me feel uncomfortable..."
"Then keep your head down!"
“…It’s already been lowered.”
“…”
Although the rest of the journey was a bit difficult, we finally arrived at Liujia Village at the foot of Mount Huashan.
Little Nezha thought my hair was too shiny and eye-catching. Thinking that Liujia Village was different from Yunshui Village, I turned my hair black. Strangely enough, after the remnant of Lady Yu's spirit merged with me, my magic became increasingly proficient.
It seems that after my death in my previous life, not only was my soul shattered into pieces, but even my magic power was dispersed.
After entering Liujia Village with little Nezha, everything was strangely strange to me. This was my first true foray into human society. I'd only been to Chengyun County once at night, and it didn't leave me with anything special. In the Shanhe Sheji Tu, both Yunshui Town and Yunshui Village felt eerie and ghostly, not at all like the mortal realm. As for Yunshui Village, perhaps due to its long isolation, it's become less lively.
Whether it is the hawkers shouting on the street or the children chasing and playing, Liujia Village is a textbook version of a human village!
"Go directly to Liu Yanchang?" I asked little Nezha.
Little Nezha looked around, occasionally glaring fiercely.
"What are you doing?"
Little Nezha: "I really want to dig out their eyes!"
I:……
"Calm down, calm down. What's the point of digging out your eyes? You'll have to chop off your third leg to do the trick."
"What's the third one—" He suddenly realized, and his ears instantly turned red, "How can a girl like you..."
I blinked innocently: "I'm talking about a brush, what do you think it is?"
Little Nezha was so angry that the Qiankun Circle was buzzing, but he suddenly froze when he saw my cunning smile.
"You..." He hesitated and turned his head awkwardly. "Forget it, let's go to the teahouse to find out the news first."
On the way to the teahouse, I said, "Liujia Village is really nice. I'll stay in Liujia Village temporarily until I find a friend. I need to rent a house."
The matter between the Three Holy Mothers and Liu Yanchang couldn't be resolved overnight—of course, if Liu Yanchang had been castrated, that wouldn't have been necessary. However, this method was somewhat brutal. After all, who knows what a castrated man might do in the future? We couldn't afford to sow hidden dangers for the future just for the sake of a momentary gratification.
I dislike Liu Yanchang because he wrote a poem to mock the Three Holy Mothers, but there are so many versions of the story that I'm not sure how the two met in this version. So I need to investigate what kind of person Liu Yanchang was.
I will rent a house for the next few days. After this matter is over, I will go to Jiangnan and look for Xiao Lianhua and Nezha.
After I finished talking about renting a house, Little Nezha said dissatisfiedly: "Rent what? Do you have money?"
I:……
Oh, I have no money.
"But you do."
Little Nezha looked up and asked, "Why should I give you my money?"
"Can't I borrow it?"
"It depends on my mood!"
I:……
This damn kid!
"Hmph, if you don't want to lend it to me, then don't! I'll go work and earn money!"
I'm already a carp spirit, it's not easy for me to make money!
When we arrived at the teahouse, the storyteller was telling a love story between a fairy and a mortal. The plots were generally the same.
We found a place to sit down. Little Nezha threw a silver ingot on the table. The waiter smiled happily and served us tea and snacks attentively.
"Humans really dare to make up anything!"
Little Nezha sneered.
"Not necessarily." I remember there were quite a few fairies in the story of the Lotus Lantern who longed for the mortal world. But then I thought, isn't this also made up?
While drinking a cup of tea, I suddenly had a brilliant idea.
"I think the love between a fairy and a mortal is too ordinary." I said to little Nezha.
Little Nezha looked at me in surprise.
"Deformed love is more delicious."
Little Nezha: ...
I know what I should do. Not only can I make money, but I can also find Xiao Lianhua and Nezha.
"Little Nezha, have you ever heard of immoral literature?"
Little Nezha: ???
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