The Daily Life Of Mei Furen Doting On Her Husband - Chapter 103

Wu Zhen walked along the edge of the canal with a smile on her face, half of her body hanging above the surface of the river. After seeing enough, she explained, “I do want to stop something from eating wandering souls, but not these soul fish.”

Mei Zhuyu then realized he had misunderstood and felt relieved. He also watched the fish shadows that Wu Zhen called soul fish devour the wandering souls.

Wu Zhen explained to her husband as they walked, “The water of the Ghost Festival connects to the netherworld, but not everything that goes into the water can go to the netherworld. It has to go through the Styx. Under the netherworld, the Styx is indeed a river, but in the human world, the so-called ‘Styx’ is formed by the shadows of these fish. They swallow the wandering souls here and return to the netherworld in groups through the bottom of the water. By connecting to the Styx, they can bring these wandering souls back.”

“They are formed from the water of the River Styx. Although they are in the shape of fish, they are not fish. Therefore, they cannot see or hear. The only thing they can sense is the guiding light. Therefore, only by riding on the guiding light can they be captured by these fish shadows.”

Mei Zhuyu listened carefully and looked at the water. Sure enough, the wandering souls being swallowed by the fish were very calm. They seemed to understand that these fish were the path to their final destination, and many of them could not wait to jump into the fish’s belly.

Although Mei Zhuyu was born in Changxi Temple, had the guidance of his master and senior brothers, and had the books left by his predecessors, he could be considered to have extensive knowledge, but he really didn’t know these things, so it was quite interesting to listen to Wu Zhen’s explanation.

Seeing that he was interested, Wu Zhen explained more. After swallowing the wandering souls, the swarm of fish in the river slowly became several feet wide, almost filling the water surface. Then they stopped swallowing the wandering souls but slowly sank and were about to disappear into the water.

At that moment, a clear bird song suddenly came from the sky.

Mei Zhuyu looked up and saw countless white birds flying down from the clouds in the sky. These birds had their wings spread out, as light as clouds, and their white feathers were elegant and beautiful, making them particularly eye-catching even in the dark night.

So many white birds suddenly fell from the clouds, but the crowd still by the river was unaware and continued to be lively.

Mei Zhuyu only felt the sound of wind around him, and when he turned to look, he saw that Wu Zhen had disappeared from the spot.

The shadow of a giant cat appeared in the sky. The shadow was long and slender, and it didn’t even look like a cat, but some other more terrifying monster. She stood above the canal, bit a few white birds that wanted to fly into the river to catch fish, and swallowed them directly. The falling white feathers turned into smoke and dissipated in the air.

Mei Zhuyu had originally decided to come and help, but from beginning to end, he was unable to do anything. Wu Zhen alone firmly controlled the canal and did not allow a single white bird to approach the water.

The fish shadows sank in groups and appeared in waves, and more and more lights were extinguished on the river.

The white birds that couldn’t catch the fish looked a little anxious and attacked more fiercely. The big cat raised her claws and rudely slapped the white birds away. One of the birds fell at Mei Zhuyu’s feet. Seeing that the bird was still struggling, he wanted to kill it, but all the talismans and spells were useless to it, and he couldn’t even touch the white bird.

The huge cat shadow was still showing its power, opening its mouth wide and swallowing all the white birds like a giant net.

Seeing her doing so, Mei Zhuyu suddenly became worried that Wu Zhen would have a stomach ache later. She seemed to always like to swallow things randomly.

While he was thinking and worrying, the white bird under his feet struggled and dissipated, leaving only a piece of white smoke. Mei Zhuyu reached out to touch the white smoke and suddenly had a guess: that bird seemed to be full of life energy.

Life energy was not the same as evil energy and was harmless to humans, but it was harmful to the wandering souls of the dead. The reason why they wanted to prey on the fish shadows in the river was probably because the fish shadows transformed by the water of the Styx carried death energy. The two energies were inherently conflicting, so it turned into a fight between fish and birds.

Mei Zhuyu realized that he could not help, so he stood there and watched. Wu Zhen did not need his help; she dealt with all the white birds with ease. After midnight, no more white birds appeared in the sky, and the fish shadows in the water all sank.

The gates of hell were closed, and the night of the Ghost Festival was over.

Mei Zhuyu didn’t find his wife but instead found a tabby cat that looked like it was full and had a round belly.

The cat fell into his hands, stepped on his arm, and burped uncontrollably. Covering her mouth with her furry paws, the tabby cat said, “I ate too much, and my stomach is bloated. Please carry me back.”

Mei Zhuyu touched the furry belly and found it was indeed round. He pressed it a little, and the tabby cat burped again, spitting out a cloud of white mist.

“Don’t swallow random things.” Wu Zhen grumbled inwardly as she slapped his hand away. If he used a little more force, her stomach would be broken.

Mei Zhuyu glanced at the river behind him and indeed took the cat home. He hesitated and asked, “If you really feel uncomfortable, maybe I can boil a bowl of talisman water for you.”

Wu Zhen refused decisively upon hearing that, “No, I don’t need that. If you do that again, I won’t go back.”

Mei Zhuyu kept silent. In fact, he thought the magic water was good, and it would be much easier to vomit out the things in her stomach, but Wu Zhen obviously didn’t think so. She wanted to explode whenever she thought of the disgusting taste.

There was no other way. After returning home, Mei Zhuyu had to rub the cat’s belly all night. The strength was not properly controlled, and the cat would puff out clouds of smoke from time to time. If the strength was too strong, the cat would paw at her husband. Mei Zhuyu didn’t know how many times he was hit.

The couple had a good time during the Ghost Festival, but they didn’t know that someone had an unspeakable experience that night.

Shortly after the nightfall of the Ghost Festival, Mei Si passed by the East Market. He and Master Zhao had just finished drinking and were about to go back when he remembered that there was a store in the East Market selling delicious bayberry cakes during the Ghost Festival. His parents liked them very much, so he turned around and walked into the East Market.

The East Market that night was more prosperous and lively than the East Market in his memory in previous years. It was just like daytime. Mei Si was so drunk that he thought this year’s Ghost Festival Night Market was almost comparable to the Lantern Festival in the first month of the lunar year.