After completing the three tasks for the Ghost Messenger Assistant, Jun Wangchen arrived at the Meng Po Pavilion atop the Bridge of Helplessness.
Meng Po was sitting on the stone steps, occasionally gazing at the Waters of Forgetfulness beneath the bridge. A breeze brushed through her beautiful hair, creating a picturesque scene utterly at odds with the atmosphere of the Underworld.
Looking at Meng Po, Jun Wangchen vaguely recalled a legend from the mortal world. It was said that Meng Po was Meng Jiangnu. After her weeping brought down the Great Wall, she saw countless remains beneath it and could no longer find her husband's bones.
To forget those agonizing memories, she brewed Meng Po Soup, which could erase people's memories. Later, moved by her earth-shaking longing for her husband, Heaven spared her the suffering of reincarnation and had her brew Meng Po Soup beside the Bridge of Helplessness, allowing the spirits awaiting reincarnation to forget everything about their previous lives.
Yet for some unknown reason, Meng Po Soup worked on every ghost except her. Even if she drank a thousand bowls, she would forget nothing.
"Finished your tasks?" Seeing Jun Wangchen approach, Meng Po emerged from her reverie and asked with a smile.
Jun Wangchen nodded.
Meng Po studied Jun Wangchen for a while, then sent him five hundred merit points.
After collecting the merit points, Jun Wangchen intended to leave at once. But when he glanced at Meng Po, he found her staring absently at the endlessly flowing Waters of Forgetfulness again.
At that moment, she looked lonely, like those ghosts beside the Bridge of Helplessness who refused to reincarnate no matter what—blindly persistent.
Jun Wangchen paused, then suddenly asked, "Meng Po, after spending so long in the Underworld, do you ever feel lonely?"
"Those who have feelings