The Northern Yin Fengdu Emperor looked at Meng Po and said, "Is there any favor from you involved?"
Meng Po shook her head and laughed, "Your Majesty, I'm just a small deity guarding the Naihe Bridge and Wangxiang Terrace, giving ghosts a potion. How could I have so many favors to pay?"
The Northern Yin Fengdu Emperor nodded and said, "That's good, but I still have some doubts about this case."
Meng Po said to the Northern Yin Fengdu Emperor, "Your Majesty, are you worried that the Four Judges deliberately created this case to settle their favors?"
"Yes," said the Northern Yin Fengdu Emperor, "I'm worried they'll resort to extremes to settle their accounts and deliberately fabricate this case."
"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, this will never happen." Meng Po shook her head and said, "The Four Judges are at most using this case to settle accounts, and they would never deliberately create such a case."
The Northern Yin Fengdu Emperor looked at Meng Po and asked, "Why are you so sure?"
Meng Po said, "Your Majesty, do you know that the human world has a saying about the underworld?"
"What's that?" asked the Emperor of Beiyin Fengdu curiously.
Meng Po said, "The underworld is where all evil converges, and it's also known as the 'place of supreme evil.' Therefore, most of the righteous gods in our underworld, from the King of Hell to the little ghosts, are born with extreme viciousness, like demons, simply because 'those who suppress evil must be even more evil than the evil ghosts.' If the Heaven is bright and holy, then the underworld is dark and filthy. Therefore, Your Majesty, in the underworld, some 'normal' things are inevitable. However, despite this, the four judges will at most do favors and seek small benefits, and they would never deliberately create a major crime or wrongfully harm others."
The Northern Yin Fengdu Emperor nodded and said, "So, the four judges are simply taking advantage of the Tushan Ghost King case to take advantage of the situation and cancel out the favors they've done?"
"It's not just the four judges." Meng Po only said this, but the Emperor of Beiyin Fengdu already understood that there must be favors from the Ten Kings of Hell and the Six Heavens of Luofeng as well.
At this time, the Northern Yin Fengdu Emperor looked at Meng Po and said, "It seems that you know more about these hidden things in the underworld than I do."
Upon hearing this, Meng Po replied, "Your Majesty, these hidden rules are naturally only known to those below us."
The Northern Yin Fengdu Emperor asked, "Have you sought any small gain for yourself?"
Meng Po said, "I dare not deceive your majesty, I also have some."
The Northern Yin Fengdu Emperor raised his eyebrows and said, "Report it to me."
Meng Po said, "If the ghost comes up to the bridge and offers a robbery jade or treasure, I will reduce the amount of Meng Po soup."
"What's the use?" asked the Emperor of Beiyin Fengdu.
Meng Po said, "The function of Meng Po soup is to clear all memories of a ghost's previous life, so that they can start afresh in the next life. However, if the amount of Meng Po soup is slightly reduced, some of the good memories of the previous life can be retained as 'talent' for the next life. In this way, the next life, this person will have 'innate wisdom'. The more the amount of Meng Po soup is reduced, the higher the innate wisdom will be."
Meng Po continued, "If one has innate wisdom for nine consecutive lifetimes, then this person is very likely to have the opportunity to become an immortal."
After hearing this, the Northern Yin Fengdu Emperor couldn't help but say, "Goddess Meng Po, you told me these things, aren't you afraid that I will punish you?"
Meng Po shook her head and smiled, "Your Majesty, if I didn't seek these small profits, where would the Meng Po soup come from? Furthermore, the Daoist Scriptures say: 'When water is too clear, there are no fish.' Although I seek a small profit to subsidize the refining of Meng Po soup, I can say that I have always strictly adhered to the bottom line and have a clear conscience during my years as Meng Po Goddess! If Your Majesty insists on punishing me, I will plead guilty."
"Alright." The Northern Yin Fengdu Emperor waved his hand and said calmly, "I understand all this. You may leave. I will not hold you responsible for the theft of Mengpo Soup. However, as the Mengpo God, you must fulfill your duties and not neglect them. If someone were to appear in the future without taking Mengpo Soup and reincarnate with all their memories, then the saying 'clear water kills fish' would not be enough to protect you."
Upon hearing this, Meng Po immediately bowed and said, "I will obey the order of the law."
Soon, the underworld submitted the case of Tushan Ghost King to the Shenlei Yufu Heavenly Court for approval. At this point, the matter should have been settled.
Just as the White Fox God said, the underworld will not investigate further, and the Tushan tribe has finally passed the most difficult hurdle. Now it is time to show their strength.
But just at this moment an accident occurred, causing the case of the theft of Mengpo Soup to take a sudden turn. When the case was about to be closed, it suddenly turned and headed in a new direction.
This matter started with the disciples of Xuanming Temple who were captured by the Tushan tribe.
End of this chapter
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