The old woman's appearance was so similar to Yu Zhen's.
Qiu Yu took another look, but the old woman clearly didn't recognize her, still slowly sweeping the ground.
Qiu Yu brushed past the old woman. Opening her spiritual eyes, she saw the old woman's true form and confirmed that she was indeed Yu Zhen.
It was just that Yu Zhen had been reincarnated as an ordinary human, and now, being old, she had aged.
Seeing the reincarnated Yu Zhen diligently sweeping, a complex emotion flashed in Qiu Yu's eyes, and she finally turned to leave.
After walking far away.
Si Qing also briefly confirmed the old woman's identity, then turned to Qiu Yu with a puzzled look:
"Sister, that woman just now was actually Yu Zhen, who had already reincarnated? But I don't understand, why did that woman become so old?"
Even by human reckoning, this woman should only be in her early thirties.
How could she have become such an old woman?
Si Qing couldn't make sense of it.
Qiu Yu was indifferent, walking slowly. It wasn't until they were far away that she said, "Yu Zhen committed many evils in her previous life. Although she has been reincarnated as a human in this life, those retributions will attach themselves to her. So, even though she's in her thirties, it's not impossible for her to look like an old woman. I've calculated it, and her fate is correct. I just don't know why she would appear on Mount Beiyuan, having already reincarnated and forgotten her past."
Whatever Qiu Yu said, she wasn't particularly puzzled in her heart.
Before reincarnation, people drink Meng Po's soup, but there are always some things, some memories that Meng Po's soup cannot erase.
For example, the most important person in a past life.
For example, the most painful event in a past life.
These memories are engraved into the soul and bones, causing people to have a sense of being touched by the scene and gradually recall fragments of past memories even after drinking Meng Po's soup and reincarnating.
Si Qing had also heard of this saying.
But she had always dismissed it before. Now, seeing Yu Zhen return to the Beiyuan Sect again after reincarnation, she believed it a little.
Qiu Yu stretched lazily and was about to go down the mountain. Just as she stepped off the stairs, she heard hurried footsteps and a hoarse greeting from behind.
Qiu Yu turned back with some confusion and looked in the direction of the sound.
She found that the person chasing after her and waving at her was the old woman from before.
The old woman had bound feet. A normal person's step would take this old woman about three steps.
Qiu Yu stood still and silent. Only when the old woman approached did she ask faintly, "Do you need something?"
"It's like this, young lady. I felt you looked kind. I've been standing here the whole time. It's like this, young lady, I felt you looked kind. I've been standing here the whole time, thinking I must have met you before. Do I owe you money?" The old woman blurted this out, fumbling for her money pouch as she spoke.
There didn't seem to be much money in the pouch, only the faint clinking of a few copper coins.
The old woman said this while opening the money pouch. Only five copper coins spilled out, and she offered them with a sincere expression.
Qiu Yu looked at her with a somewhat strange gaze. After a long while, she curved her lips and said, "Old lady, we are strangers. You must have mistaken me for someone else. You don't owe me anything. We are already even."
"Oh, I definitely owe you something. I remember it," the old woman said, persistently pushing the copper coins in her hand forward.
Qiu Yu reached out and took the five copper coins, playing with them in her hand.
Seeing this, the old woman seemed to feel a little better. Then she sighed and said, "It's strange to say, but in my youth, I was a top courtesan in a brothel. Later, I managed to save enough money to buy my freedom and leave. But it was as if I was cursed, and nothing went right."
"I had a son, and that son was like a debt collector. Every day, a large group of people would come to my door demanding money. As for me... my memory is also poor, and I always remember owing money to others. Wandering through life, I feel like I've accomplished nothing..."
The old woman said this while patting her head.
Qiu Yu just glanced at her and didn't reply. Si Qing, however, asked with some confusion, "If that's the case, why are you on Mount Beiyuan? This place is so desolate. We are planning to establish a cultivation sect here, so why are you here?"
Upon hearing this, the old woman pondered for a moment, then slowly replied, "I can't figure it out myself why I came here. I'm still trying to understand it. I just had a feeling that I should come here, so I followed my intuition. Later, when I came here, I felt it was too messy, so I subconsciously helped clean it up."
Qiu Yu nodded. After the old woman finished speaking, she stood there blankly, as if reminiscing about something. Qiu Yu said nothing more and simply pulled Si Qing away.
The old woman did not follow but remained standing in place, looking at the direction Qiu Yu and Si Qing left with a lost and confused expression, like an ignorant and naive child, seemingly not understanding why they suddenly left.
On the way back.
Si Qing thought carefully and suddenly asked, "Sister, what do you think the reasons Yu Zhen just mentioned were? Why would she inexplicably feel like she owed people money? We all know about her son being a debt of karma, but other than that, I feel it's a bit beyond imagination."
"It's also a form of retribution," Qiu Yu said, looking at the five copper coins in her palm. "Because she committed too many evils before reincarnation, Yu Zhen always wants to make amends after being reincarnated. These are the debts she owes. Although I allowed her to reincarnate, I don't know how many lifetimes it will take for Yu Zhen to repay these debts."
Qiu Yu shrugged indifferently after speaking, then casually threw the five copper coins into the river beside them.
The copper coins spun on the water, and finally, with the sound of the flowing stream ahead, they sank bit by bit into the deepest part of the river, falling into the mud and disappearing.
Upon returning to the Changqing Sect, Qiu Yu immediately began to organize matters regarding the Changqing Sect's plan to establish a training ground on Mount Beiyuan.
Although the former Beiyuan Sect was overgrown with weeds, after careful tidying, its old appearance could still be vaguely discerned. Moreover, the warehouses and the weapons left behind were still usable.
Qiu Yu ordered people to clean and tidy them up, then decided to set up two formations between the Changqing Sect and the summit of Mount Beiyuan.
This way, they could directly travel back and forth through the formations, saving the trouble of climbing the mountain.