Also known as: What Does It Take to Interview for the Position of Meng Po?
The selection contest for the guardian of the Bridge of Helplessness, also known as Meng Po, is held once every ten years. So many people registered this time that all three realms took notice. After round upon round of selections, fewer than ten candidates remained.
Ling Shan is the most likely to take first place among this year's substitute Meng Po candidates. Many immortals have put up their treasures, betting that she will win.
The current Meng Po, Luo Yi, smiled as she placed a pearl before the crowd.
It was the Pearl of Seven Lives and Seven Trials. It could reveal a person's past and present lives according to what they held in their heart.
Ling Shan prided herself on being emotionless, with a heart as still as water in the face of worldly feelings. But this time, she fell hard.
Note: A collection of angsty stories, all with bad or open endings. Enter at your own risk.
In this collection's setting, "Meng Po" does not refer to a single person, but to an occupation.
Theme: The flavors of the mortal world, the tears of the mortal world, how lamentable they are.
