Chapter 275 - What a Con (1/2)

Translator: Atlas Studios  Editor: Atlas Studios

Lonemoon paused and glanced at Shen Ying, then turned back to Xuan Tong, who was now grinning even wider. What the hell?

“I’m used to being called Shortie.” Xuan Tong smiled with pride as she walked briskly to Shen Ying. “Sect Master, you are indeed wise. When did you realise it? I even sealed my memory and gave up my remnant soul.”

“Mm…” Shen Ying pondered very seriously for a moment. “From when the Godfiend let us find you.”

The corner of Meng Po’s lips twitched as her smile faded. “So you’ve known from the beginning? Sect Master, can’t you leave me a bit of my pride? Why can’t you say a different time just to please me?”

“Oh.” Shen Ying nodded and continued, “Then from the first time I saw you and realised that your soul was slightly different!”

“…” Isn’t that much earlier?

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“Wait!” Lonemoon turned around interrupted their conversation. “Shen Ying! Shortie is… she’s Meng Po. You freaking knew from the beginning and didn’t bother to tell me?”

“I thought you knew!” Shen Ying tilted her head.

“Knew my ass!” How would he know if she did not say a thing? “What exactly is going on? Isn’t she the mental demon that Chen Ge cut off from himself?”

“Mental demons aren’t souls. Even if they made use of the power of Samsara, how could they turn into entire souls in a few short lifetimes?” Xuan Tong explained before Shen Ying could begin to respond. She stepped forward and continued, “In the beginning, I was the one who felt too bored in the Underworld. I wanted to walk around in the mortal world and chanced across that mental demon in the River of Forgetfulness. Out of curiosity, I picked it up and reincarnated together with it. Actually, before that, I had already reincarnated multiple times.”

“You went on your own? Why did that Godfiend lead us to you then?” If she was Meng Po, how did the Godfiend not tell? Was he blind?

“He did not know about my reincarnation.” She shook her head. They were all part of the three great ancient gods. They could calculate everything that would take place in the world, but they could not predict what would happen to one another. “What’s more, initially, I left a part of my remnant soul at the River of Forgetfulness. That was why he thought I was in the Underworld all this time. Later, Hongyu took hold of my remnant soul. That was how he found out I was missing.” Hongyu himself also realised that her remnant soul was different from all the others. That was why he pulled her from the immortal realm back into the Divine Underworld.

“What’s up with the plot that the Godfiend gave me then?” It was obviously about her.

“Although I became a mortal after I reincarnated, my luck was very different from everyone else’s. Coincidentally, he wanted to settle the problem with the demonic realm. That’s why he included me in his calculations.” The girl’s wretched luck in the plot was also related to the fact that she was Meng Po.

What a mess! It was no wonder that Hongyu instigated Bian Xinchen to pull her back into the Divine World by force. He even said that her soul was special. How could it not be? She was the Supreme Divinity of the River of Forgetfulness.

Lonemoon scanned the familiar stranger from head to toe. He opened his mouth, as if wanting to say something, but no words came out. A moment later, he clenched his fists by his side and asked, “Well, now… are you Shortie or are you Meng Po?”

“I am both.”

Lonemoon frowned, not satisfied with the answer. “Shortie, you can’t come back with us?”

“…” Meng Po did not reply him. She did not know how to answer him.

“Forget it,” Lonemoon sighed. He did not want to hear the answer anymore. Damn it! Was the Invincible Sect fated not to have any sword cultivators as disciples? “Since you’re Meng Po, do you have a way of getting the remnant souls back from the people who have lost them?”

“As long as they are not being controlled by anyone, their remnant souls will find their way back.” She smiled. “Mother Feng has already entered Samsara. The travelling souls that were destroyed earlier will take a couple of days before their souls reform once more.”