Chapter Twenty-Three: The Phantom of the Ghost Sea

"What's next?"

Garuda shouted as he flew towards the sea. However, Liku was still unconscious at this time, and his cries could not be heard at all.

He looked up at the skyline of the East China Sea, and vaguely saw a cloud of mist, and when he looked intently, he saw a beautiful mountain peak. Garuda was overjoyed and surprised, thinking, could it be that this is the Duyin Mountain that the little monk said?

I saw that on the top of that mountain, there was a huge peach tree that twisted and turned. From left to right, there is no end in sight, and the branches and leaves of the big trees cover the sky and the sun, and the shade of the trees envelops the whole world of hungry ghosts.

Garuda looked secretly frightened and said, "It turns out that this hungry ghost world has no light all year round, and it is because this huge tree blocks the sky. He looked up at the sky along the branches of the tree carefully, and was surprised to see that on the top of the tree, there was a big golden rooster, with his head up, as if he was making the action of the golden rooster announcing the dawn. On the top of the rooster's head, a glimmer of light could be faintly seen. It's just that the light is too faint, shining like a spark.

Garuda was overjoyed and thought to himself, behind the big tree, there should be a bright world. At the northeast end of the tree, there is a large arched trunk, and the treetops bend all the way down to the ground, like a natural gate.

He said happily, "Could it be that there is the exit of the hungry ghost world?"

He soared through the air and looked down, taking a glimpse of the road he had passed. There are two paths that lead to the vast sea and reach the peach tree.

One of the roads is a narrow mountain path on the right. This mountain road goes straight to the sky, look up, there is an arch bridge, bluestone bridge deck, five steps, thousands of zhang under the bridge, clouds and mist entangled, straight to the peach tree. Garuda couldn't help but think, could it be that the arch bridge is what the world often calls the Nai He Bridge?

It's just that on that bridge, I was surprised to see the firelight beating endlessly, swaying and shuttling in the darkness with white and red ghosts, with the whining wind, the cold and sharp voice sounded suddenly, up and down, sometimes near and sometimes far away, as if there were thousands of evil ghosts and resentful spirits hidden in the thick fog and roaring.

Another way to the big tree is to take the sea road, but when I see the sea, it is strange and calm, and there is not even a trace of sea breeze.

Whether you fly straight over the sea or take this narrow mountain path, you can reach the island on the other side.

Garuda hesitated for a moment, thinking to himself, which way should he go? He asked again, "Little monk, how should we go?"

Liku was still in a coma and did not answer.

Garuda was very anxious, but felt that it seemed safer to fly directly over this vast sea, and although there was no place for his feet to land, he could see the end at a glance without any obstacles. The narrow mountain road on the right, but the depths are entangled in clouds and mist, and there seem to be all kinds of demons and ghosts lurking, and I don't know what kind of danger I will encounter when I walk this ghostly path.

Although he was strong, he couldn't help but feel weak in the face of the terrifying hungry hell, and thought to himself, let's take the sea route!

At this moment, Garuda heard the roars of demons behind him. When he looked back, he saw hordes of demons already chasing after him.

Garuda spread his wings and shouted, "Come on, you hungry ghosts!

The ghosts shouted, "Catch him!

Garuda spat out a fire, and a hurricane followed. The ghosts panicked for a while, but saw Garuda wave his wings and soar straight into the depths of the sea.

The group of ghosts roared wildly, continued to chase fiercely, and suddenly all of them stopped in amazement on the beach.

Garuda looked back and laughed, "Are you scared?"

But the ghosts seemed to be very afraid of the sea, and neither the flying demons nor the diving demons took a step forward, but stood on the shore and roared fiercely towards Garuda.

Garuda felt strange, but he didn't think much about it, and flew high towards the Duyin Mountain.

Gradually, his ears cleared, and the roars of the demons disappeared from the shore.

Flying and flying, he couldn't help but feel more and more weird. I saw that Duyin Mountain on the sea level, looming, clouds and mist, looking like it was about to arrive, but it became very far away, as if it would never reach the end.

When he looked back, the coast was completely out of sight. Looking around, a vast black sea, bottomless, silent, a sense of desperate loneliness can't help but rise.

Garuda shouted, "Hey, hey, hey, is there anyone here, is there a ghost, is there a monster? Why is there nothing?"

The empty and silent sea sky did not even echo. In this environment, space seems to cease to exist, and time seems to cease to exist. This boundless loneliness is suffocating. Garuda secretly complained bitterly, thinking that it was better to go back and kill him with a group of demons and demons.

Garuda only felt that his chest was holding his breath, and he flew for a long time, and his eyes were hazy, and the Yin Mountain became smaller and smaller, like the reflection of a mirage, and gradually disappeared.

He cried out in terror, "Evil door, how can you never reach the shore! Where is this?" He was so nervous that he felt very tired, and thought to himself that if he continued to fly like this, he would have to fall into this dark Dead Sea. He then kept shaking away from suffering, trying to wake him up.

Suddenly, Garuda blinked, and he suddenly noticed that on the sea in front of him, a golden lotus slowly rose, shining with golden light. The light was like the golden light that flashed when he cast a magic spell from suffering.

Garuda was amazed, only to feel that it seemed to be illusory, he lifted his spirit, and flew towards the golden lotus to look down.

When he flew closer, he was surprised to see that there was a person sitting magically in the golden lotus.

Garuda was overjoyed and thought to himself, finally seeing people!

He didn't think it was strange to see a person in the middle of this silent and boundless Black Sea. He shouted at the man, but he ignored him.

He yelled, "Hey, do you see me?"

The man still ignored him.

He shouted again, "You are talking!"

Then he slowly fell, docked on the golden lotus, looked up, and was stunned, looking surprised, and shouted: "Who are you?"

I saw that the person in the golden lotus was a graceful girl, wearing a crown, wearing a white robe, with her eyes slightly closed, sitting on the lotus leaf, holding a wishful vase.

The girl slowly opened her eyes and said, "Guanyin." ”

Garuda's eyes widened, and he exclaimed, "You are the Guanyin Bodhisattva that the world worships, how can you be in this hungry hell?"

The girl folded her hands together and said, "Save the suffering and save the suffering, and purify all sentient beings!"

Garuda said, "Then please Bodhisattva save me, how can I escape from this hungry ghost world?"

The girl slowly raised her head, raised her arms, and said, "Come, I will bless you with magical power and help you escape from the hungry hell!"

Garuda stepped forward one after another, knelt down excitedly, lowered his head, and said, "Please Bodhisattva bless me." ”

At this moment, Li Ku slowly opened his eyes. He took a deep breath, clutched his chest and muttered, "I actually fainted...... Looking around, he saw that he was in the middle of a vast black sea.

Liku's face turned pale in an instant, and he said in horror: "How did we get here...... This...... ...... in the hell and the hell sea"

He looked back and shouted, "Garuda, what are you doing?"

I saw Garuda in front of me like a dream, bowing his head and kneeling in front of a statue. The figure was covered in golden light, like a dream. Li Ku raised his head and looked at it, and in an instant, his expression became more solemn, and he shouted: "Garuda, wake up!"

Garuda was stunned for a moment, turned his head to look at Liku, and said, "This is Guanyin Bodhisattva, little monk, you haven't come to bow yet!"

But seeing that Liku's expression was abnormally nervous, he looked at the girl, and did not show any excitement, and suddenly shouted angrily: "Demons and evil spirits! You dare to pretend to be a bodhisattva!"

The girl frowned, and said, "Bold! You demon monk, when you see the deity, you don't kneel! You don't even worship me, what kind of discipline do you cultivate?"

Garuda was amazed and said, "Little monk, how are you ...... How can you talk to a bodhisattva like that......"

"She is not Guanyin Bodhisattva at all!"

The girl's eyes widened and she said, "Isn't my outfit Guanyin Bodhisattva?"

Liku shook his head and said loudly: "When the Bodhisattva of Freedom and Freedom is walking in the depths of Prajnaparamita, he sees that the five aggregates are empty, and he will overcome all suffering. The relics are not different from the color, the emptiness is not different from the color, the color is empty, and the emptiness is the color. The same is true of what you want to do. The relics are the emptiness of all laws. The purpose of cultivation is to see the truth clearly! Everything is illusory, and the Bodhisattva is in my heart! You devil who lives in the sea, show your true form!"

As he spoke, he saw his hands folded and chanted the mantra loudly: "Om Ma Ma Bang Mi Mi~"

After reciting the mantra, Garuda only felt that the statue of Guanyin in front of him, like a dream bubble, gradually disappeared. He was shocked and suspicious, and said, "This ...... What's going on?"

He looked up again, and his face couldn't help but change greatly, and said, "What is this?"

I saw that in front of them, a huge black shadow swayed, and in the deep sea, a huge dragon gushed out of the sea. The body of this dragon is the same as that of the gluttonous that has become bigger, the whole body is dark green scales, the eyes are golden and yellow, and it is turning slightly, and its sharp and smooth teeth are exposed.

Looking at it again, there was a child standing on the dragon's body, his skin was a light ice blue, and two big red flowers were wrapped around his hair, which looked extremely enchanting. Orange eyes, pointed ears peeking out of the hair, look very strange.

Li Ku said loudly: "This is the ghost sea dragon, the one on its body, is a supernatural ghost! This is the spirit of the ghosts, specially pretending to use the aura of people to talk about myths and do ghost things, tempting the world to fall into obsession and worship evil, and gradually leave humanity and practice ghost paths. ”

I only heard the supernatural ghost laugh and say, "The world likes to worship idols, and they all like to think cranky, but I just cater to them." ”

Seeing this, Garuda grabbed the suffering, spread his wings, and shouted, "I've been deceived! I've been deceived! I'm damning! I'll kill you!"

Suddenly, I saw that the dragon's fierce whole body turned over, and a thousand waves were immediately rolled up. Garuda was stunned for a moment, and then blinked, only to see a huge wave rushing towards him.

Garuda was exhausted after a fierce battle with evil spirits and a long run to the Black Sea, and his reaction became sluggish for a while, and suddenly, he and Liku were swept into the waves.

They only felt a mouthful of seawater choking into it, only to hear a sudden cry from Liku: "Pan'er......"

Then, they all fell unconscious.

......

Since Pan'er and Liku were separated, they have been living in the palace of Emperor Shijun. Emperor Shijun took good care of Pan'er, and even cared for him meticulously. He arranged for her a very quiet and elegant room, and several maids served her.

On the bed paved with clouds and silk, Pan'er slept on the cloudy and silky pattern, embroidered with complex and gorgeous splendid mountain and river patterns, like water-colored ripples on the bed, which looked particularly noble. She looked out the window, a beautiful scene, rockery, small pond, blue lotus root, pink water lotus. She couldn't help but feel flattered, she was just a maid in the world, and this kind of treatment was like a royal relative in the world.

Emperor Shakti told her that if she slept in this bed often, she would be blessed with the blessings of heaven and man. In that realm of desire, all the karma in the human world can also be gradually eliminated.

Pan'er was uneasy, and she didn't know what she could do, and she was so entertained by Emperor Shijun.

In addition to treating her broken leg every day, Emperor Shakti also played chess and chatted with her from time to time, and shared the most exquisite food with Pan'er. Although these delicacies are vegetarian dishes, once you eat them, they leave a fragrant taste and a long aftertaste, which is better than the delicacies of the mountains and seas in the world.

He didn't leave until Pan'er rested. Later, every night, Emperor Shi often played the piano outside Pan'er's room, as if he was playing for her alone.

Pan'er only felt that the wisps of the piano of Emperor Shijun were euphemistic, delicate, fascinating, intoxicating, and vaguely, as if she was showing her her heart. Whenever I heard Emperor Shi Fuqin, I couldn't help but feel that the seven emotions on my arm were slightly numb, and then my heart surged, and I couldn't sleep all night.

She was worried and anxious in her heart, and she wanted to kowtow to Emperor Shijun to say goodbye. However, the broken leg is still recovering, and he is still unable to walk. She thought to herself, "Where do I go from here? Perhaps, I should go back to the Seventh Princess." I don't know if the princess will blame me after walking for so long, and whether she will ask me to ......"

However, she looked at Mingyue, and what she thought of was suffering. I thought to myself, "I don't know what happened to him, is the injury healed? He's with the lady in red, so naturally he doesn't need me anymore." I don't want to think about him anymore...... Otherwise, I'll go to Garuda, and I'll marry her as a brother and sister, and we will travel the Three Realms together...... Otherwise, I will go to the Great Bodhisattva of Immovable and ask him to shave my ordination for me, and when I become a monk, I can serve the Great Bodhisattva every day......"

She couldn't help but think of the days of this month and Liku and Garuda flying together in the * day, and thought of meeting the monster in the temple with Liku, meeting monsters together, leaping from the world to this * heaven together, living and dying together, and being injured and suffering together in the green valley.

Suddenly, I heard a loud shout from the courtyard outside the room: "Emperor Shakti, where did you hide the little monk?"

Pan'er was stunned, and hurriedly pushed open the window, only to see a beautiful woman in red standing in the courtyard.

This woman is none other than the red tassel.