"Ten Thousand Nether Mountains?"
Upon hearing Meng Po's words, Judge Cui Jue's eyes flickered. He immediately said, "Ten Thousand Nether Mountains is a forbidden zone of the netherworld. Let alone us members of the Underworld, even ghost immortals from other divine kingdoms dare not approach that place. Where did you learn that there is a Soul-Wandering Branch in the Ten Thousand Nether Mountains?"
Meng Po smiled slightly and said, "You should know that when I was still a mortal, before I became an immortal, I cried down the Great Wall for my husband, right?"
Hearing Meng Po's words, Black Wuchang's eyes suddenly lit up. He immediately said, "I know this! It was I who reaped your husband's soul back then. I never expected that Meng Po, your temperament was so resolute, you actually moved a certain high immortal in the immortal realm, and cried down a large section of the impregnable Great Wall."
"My heavens... that was truly a grand spectacle, I still can't forget it! Little Meng, I personally witnessed that legend!"
Meng Po looked at Black Wuchang and narrowed her eyes with a smile, "Then I should really thank you for reaping my husband's soul?"
Seeing Meng Po's smile, Black Wuchang suddenly felt a chilling killing intent, and he couldn't help but shiver. He stammered with a smile, "No, no thanks... I, I was just doing my job."
White Wuchang, standing beside him, kept his mouth shut and said nothing.
He had gone to reap souls with Black Wuchang back then. Meng Jiang Nü could cry down the Great Wall for her husband. Such tenacious emotion was not something ordinary people could achieve. Black Wuchang's actions just now were no different from dancing on a minefield.
He still wanted to live a little longer.
Cui Jue, however, frowned and said, "We all know your story, Meng Jiang Nü, but what does this have to do with the Soul-Wandering Branch in the Ten Thousand Nether Mountains?"
The Ten Thousand Nether Mountains were already a forbidden zone of the netherworld. All major divine kingdoms in the three realms had explicitly prohibited their members from going there. Even Cui Jue himself did not know what the Soul-Wandering Branch was in the Ten Thousand Nether Mountains. Now Meng Po knew, and even used the Soul-Wandering Branch to refine the Forgetfulness Water...
This was truly unreasonable. As a judge of the Underworld, Cui Jue felt it necessary to investigate this matter.
"Brother Cui, don't rush, I'm telling you..." Meng Po looked at Cui Jue with a wronged expression, her face filled with grievance.
Even the stony-hearted Cui Jue couldn't stand Meng Po's wronged expression. His face immediately turned red, showing his embarrassment.
"Cough, cough..." Cui Jue covered his embarrassment with a cough and gestured for Meng Po to continue, "You, you continue speaking."
Meng Po seemed to enjoy teasing Cui Jue and the Black and White Wuchangs like this. After Cui Jue retreated, she changed her wronged expression and chuckled, "Back then, I was troubled by love and moved a certain high immortal."
"That high immortal took pity on me and bestowed upon me a Dao fruit, allowing me to secure a minor position in the Heavenly Court. Later, fearing that I would not be able to overcome the matter of my husband, he specially brought me the Soul-Wandering Branch from the Ten Thousand Nether Mountains, allowing me to refine the Forgetfulness Water."
Hearing Meng Po's words, Ye Ling couldn't help but become curious, "I've been to the Ten Thousand Nether Mountains. Those who can come out of that place safely must have at least the cultivation of a saint. According to you, he also secured a position as an immortal for you in the Heavenly Court, which means he has a considerable status there. Do you know which saint he is?"
A saint who can go to the Ten Thousand Nether Mountains to retrieve something is not simple. Ye Ling also wanted to meet him.
Meng Po shook her head, "Unfortunately, I don't know..."
"After that high immortal gave me the Soul-Wandering Branch, he disappeared. I also inquired about him, but many of my colleagues in the Heavenly Court said they had never seen that high immortal. As for other high gods of saint level, I do not have the资格 to meet them, so I still do not know the identity of that high immortal."
"If possible, I also want to thank him personally. If it weren't for that high immortal, I would probably have been left exposed in the wilderness and re-entered the cycle of reincarnation, let alone working in the Underworld."
"You don't know..." Ye Ling murmured, for some reason. He felt a slight concern about the high immortal Meng Po mentioned.
However, since even Meng Po didn't know the identity of that high immortal, he wouldn't get any answers by continuing to question her here.
Soon, Ye Ling stopped dwelling on this issue and confirmed with Meng Po, "To refine this Forgetfulness Water, we only lack the Soul-Wandering Branch now, right?"
Meng Po respectfully bowed to Ye Ling and said, "Yes... When Your Majesty goes to retrieve the Soul-Wandering Branch, I will complete all the preparations here. As long as Your Majesty brings back the Soul-Wandering Branch, I can refine the Forgetfulness Water."
"Good, I'll be back soon!"
Ye Ling nodded, did not linger in the Son of Heaven's Hall, tore open space, and fled towards the Ten Thousand Nether Mountains.
"We respectfully see off Your Majesty."
Meng Po respectfully bowed towards the direction where Ye Ling disappeared, then whispered, "I wish you... good luck."
Ten Thousand Nether Mountains.
Here, dense nether energy still lingered. The mountain range was silent, with no signs of life.
The dense death energy made the place extremely gloomy.
The trees in the mountains were shrouded in nether energy, all black, with only bare branches.
Ye Ling walked out of the torn space, glanced at the surrounding black branches, and frowned. He muttered to himself, "This Meng Po didn't say what the Soul-Wandering Branch actually looks like. Where should I find it?"
Ye Ling casually walked up to a tree and found that the entire tree was made of metal. Inside, apart from the nether energy that could erode life force, there was no other power, not even a trace of spiritual energy.
"The branches of these trees should not be the Soul-Wandering Branch. I still need to find something special..."
Ye Ling scanned the surroundings and found that the black trees were all similar. Just as he was about to release his divine soul to cover the Ten Thousand Nether Mountains to search for the Soul-Wandering Branch, a phantom slowly condensed in front of him.
Seeing the phantom condense, Ye Ling's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said, "Who?"
"Your Majesty..."
A man wearing broken armor, with a blood hole in his chest and a pale face, appeared before Ye Ling and bowed respectfully, "I've been waiting for you for a long time."
Ye Ling carefully examined the pale-faced man and confirmed that he had never met him before. He then asked, "Who are you? Have we met before?"
The man said hoarsely, "My name is... Chu Yuan."
"Chu Yuan?"
Hearing the man's words, Ye Ling's eyes changed slightly, "Are you the ancient chaotic god Chu Yuan who created the Heavenly Annihilation Evil Array?"
Chu Yuan smiled weakly and said, "It seems Your Majesty has heard my story... But those are just empty titles. Compared to you, Your Majesty, I am far behind."
Ye Ling truly did not expect to meet Yuan's father here. His mood also fluctuated slightly. He sighed, "Legend has it that you have perished and are no longer in this world. I didn't expect to see you here."
Chu Yuan smiled bitterly, "I fell in the Ten Thousand Nether Mountains back then. A large number of living beings died due to the power of many saints, causing a large amount of nether energy to gather in the Ten Thousand Nether Mountains."
"My soul was corrupted by the nether energy when I was about to perish. I eventually survived because of the nether energy, but I was also trapped in the Ten Thousand Nether Mountains by the nether energy."
"It is a blessing that I could wait for Your Majesty here."
"Wait?" Ye Ling raised an eyebrow and looked deeply at Chu Yuan, "It seems our meeting was not a coincidence... but a setup by someone..."