Chapter 30: The Rakshasa Lair
Between life and death, Garuda pounced on it, seeing that the zombie's bloody teeth were about to bite the bare head of the bitter light.
Suddenly, a huge red shadow flashed, and only a "quack" sound was heard, and in an instant, the zombie's head had been screwed off. The unrecognizable zombie's head, still with its mouth wide open, was biting indiscriminately.
He couldn't help but be shocked, he hurriedly raised his head and shouted, "Red tassel girl!"
However, in front of him, there was a huge monster covered in red light, this monster was more than eight feet tall, with a thick layer of armor on its body, a face like a rhinoceros, and two long horns on its head.
Garuda cried out in panic, "You...... What kind of monster are you?", he said, pounced on him, and stared at him nervously. He couldn't help but think of the gluttony, and suddenly his whole body was full of feathers, ready to attack.
Li got up in a panic and looked at the huge monster, but when he saw that the monster had a kind smile on his face, he immediately said, "Garuda, don't move yet!"
The monster suddenly folded his hands, stood in front of Liku, and said with a smile: "Good! This bodhisattva does not need to panic, I have no ill will. I am the non-toxic ghost king of hell, and I know that you will be in danger in this demon hell, so I am here to save your life. ”
Li Ku was shocked, and said in a trembling voice: "Non-toxic...... How come I haven't heard of it......" He immediately cast his Heavenly Eye to look at the Ghost King, but strangely, he couldn't see anything.
The ghost king stood with a smile and said, "This Bodhisattva don't panic, you and I are both cultivators. I came to this Ghost Sea Rakshasa Kingdom this time because I was entrusted by a great bodhisattva of compassion. ”
Shocked and joyful, he excitedly asked, "Dare to ask which great Bodhisattva it is?" What came to mind for a moment was the Great Bodhisattva of the King of Fudo and the Master of the Heart Lotus.
The Ghost King smiled and said, "This great bodhisattva is reluctant to reveal his Dharma name. ”
Li Ku couldn't help but wonder and said: "This hungry ghost hell, how can there be a great Bodhisattva? May I ask where this great Bodhisattva is, the little monk needs to save people now, and when I rescue people, I must go and bow to the Great Bodhisattva!"
The ghost king shook his head and said: "That great bodhisattva is still very far away from this ghost sea, that place is ten thousand times more terrifying than here, don't go." ”
Listening to it was even more terrifying, thinking to himself, this hungry hell is terrifying enough, ten thousand times more terrifying than here, what kind of place could it be?
He asked in a trembling voice, "What about ...... Where is that? What is the Great Bodhisattva doing there?"
The Ghost King said: "This great Bodhisattva is at the bottom of the Great Hell, chanting sutras for the vast number of karmic beings. ”
As soon as these words came out, Li Ku was suddenly shocked, and said in a trembling voice: "The bottom of hell is ...... It's the legendary Abi Hell...... That...... What kind of world is that......" When I mentioned the hell of the nose, the terrible and miserable scene there, I only felt creepy when I left the suffering.
The Ghost King pointed to the vast Ghost Sea and said, "Crossing this great Ghost Sea, the east side of this sea passes through a hundred thousand miles, and there is another sea, and the pain there is doubled here, and to the east of that sea, there is another sea, and the pain is doubled. In this threefold sea, there are great hells, and in each hell there are many small hells, the larger ones have eighteen layers of hells, and secondly, there are five hundred small hells, and then there are thousands of small hells, and in each of them, they all suffer immeasurably. ”
He clasped his hands together and said in horror, "This great bodhisattva ...... How can ......you be in that hell of misery? I've got to save him!"
The ghost king said, "You don't know. This great bodhisattva volunteered to stay in that infernal hell. The origin of this great bodhisattva, as soon as I say it, you will understand. ”
Li hurriedly said: "I want to hear it in detail!"
The ghost king said: "In the past, before the immeasurable eons, there was a noble-born woman, whose mother was superstitious and superstitious in the great immortals, and often despised and slandered the good law. The woman knew that her mother did not accumulate good causes during her lifetime, and she would fall into the evil way after death, so she sold her house, helped the poor, and accumulated virtue and did good. Later, under the guidance of Wang Rulai, he came to hell with the power of chanting Buddha. She saw me and learned that because of her good deeds, her mother and other sinners of hell had been freed from the sufferings of hell and ascended to heaven.
This noble woman said in front of the statue of King Rulai of Juehua Dingzi: May I do my best in the future, and I should have sinful and suffering sentient beings, and make it convenient to liberate me. Therefore, this great bodhisattva has been making all kinds of conveniences for all sentient beings in hell who have sinned and suffered every day, reciting sutras and teaching the Dharma for them, hoping that all of them will be free from suffering and happy.
This great bodhisattva made a vow: hell is not empty, and he will not become a Buddha. So that sentient beings can simply recite his name and worship his image, and they will receive immeasurable merit and salvation.
Now that the Buddha has been extinguished and the Maitreya Buddha has not yet been born, in this world where the heavenly demons are in charge and there are no Buddhas, this great Bodhisattva has made a vow to keep the world and educate sentient beings to free themselves from the six realms of hell, hungry ghosts, beasts, asuras, humans, and heavens. ”
I saw that when I heard the words of the ghost king, my expression became more and more excited, and tears flowed from my eyes.
Garuda looked at him curiously and asked, "Little monk, who is this Bodhisattva he is talking about?"
I only heard the ghost king laugh and said, "Turning over the jungle in front of you, it is the iron city, the lair of the Rakshasa Ghost King." Go and save people, don't be too late! Suppressing that Rakshasa demon is also a great merit!"
As he spoke, the Ghost King jumped up and plunged into the Sea of Ghosts.
Looking at his departing back in a daze, he suddenly bowed respectfully.
Garuda couldn't help but be curious and asked, "Who is the great bodhisattva he is talking about, why are you so excited?"
With tears in his eyes, he folded his hands and said sincerely: "Nan Wu Great Wish Jizo King Bodhisattva!"
Garuda was taken aback, stunned, and said in surprise: "I know! I know! There are dojos of this Bodhisattva everywhere in the world!"
At this moment, suddenly another red shadow flashed, and he stood behind Liku.
As soon as he turned his head from the bitterness, he said excitedly: "May I ask if the non-poisonous ghost king has anything else to tell the little monk." ”
Shocked to see a hand shadow flash his cheek, a "snap" and a slap in the face.
Liku covered his face in surprise, only to feel that although this slap was extremely fast, it did not exert any force at all. It's not so much a fight as a shot.
But when he saw Hongying standing in front of him, he said with red eyes: "I am desperate to save you! You pat your ass and leave, throwing me into this hungry hell! Do you still have a conscience? What kind of Buddha do you still recite and cultivate?"
Liku rubbed his face and looked back at Garuda, but when he saw him covering his eyes, he said casually, "I didn't see anything." ”
Li Ku said with an embarrassed face: "Miss Hongying, I ...... I'm going to save people! When I get them out, I'll make good rest...... Okay?"
Suddenly, I saw the red tassel staring at the sky, and suddenly pressed the bitterness to the ground. Before he could scream, he was covered by Hongying's mouth with his hand, and then made a "shhhhhhhh
Seeing this, Garuda reacted quickly, immediately held his breath, hid sideways under a large tree, and leaned down to look up.
I saw a dark ghost figure flying from behind, surrounded by green ghostly fire.
This ghost is none other than the Rakshasa King!
His terrifying grimace sniffed around, looked at it alertly, and then a puff of black smoke rose and flew forward.
Hongying glanced at Garuda and whispered in Liku's ear, "Don't make a noise yet...... lest you startle the snake...... Find out the details of this old ghost and serve it in a pot!"
As she spoke, she stood up softly, hugged Liku with one hand, and with a little foot on her feet, she leaped up the tree, chasing the ghost of the Rakshasa King.
Garuda followed, spreading his wings slightly in the air, and followed without a sound.
After walking through a dense jungle and walking for miles, an eerie iron castle suddenly appeared in front of me.
The blackened iron city wall was stained with blood, and the stench of rotting corpses rushed towards him.
Outside this iron castle, there are human bones everywhere. The flesh and bones are all over the place, and the stumps and arms are broken everywhere, which is unbearable to see and the stench is overwhelming.
Liku was shocked to see the body of a child, who looked less than five years old, so thin that his muscles and bones were exposed, his eye sockets were collapsed, and his lower body was gone.
I saw Garuda suddenly stop to the side and spit out heavily.
Li Ku looked at it, his whole body kept trembling, and then he gasped, only to hear him grit his teeth and say, "I...... I'm going to subdue all these rakshasas! I can't let them kill another innocent being!"
Hongying pinched him and said, "Be quiet! Let's go and see first!"
As she spoke, she glanced at Garuda again and whispered, "Why are you like a girl, haven't you seen a dead person?"
Garuda vomited the sour water in his stomach, and said with a grin: "Are you Shura even women so violent...... This is much more smelly than a poisonous snake and a venomous dragon......"
Seeing that the red tassel "bell bell" stepped three times, she had jumped onto the top of the city, she leaned down to look into the iron city, turned back and beckoned to Liku and Garuda.
He immediately recited the spell of the Divine Realm and flew up to the city with Garuda.
When they looked down, they saw that in addition to the bones and corpses, they were also piled with gold and silver treasures. Stacks of gold bars and ingots, crystals and pearls, all stained with blood, piled up like mountains, faintly shining with blood-red light.
Li Ku whispered: "These jewels should all belong to merchants." Ay...... Now I don't even have my life......"
Looking around, they found seven or eight iron cages, filled with a group of living people with skin and bones! These living people, who seemed to have not eaten for a long time, had human flesh in front of them. Disgusting severed fingers, severed arms, and human internal organs were piled up on the ground.
Some people have never eaten human flesh, but they look like they are dying, and their skin and bones are like hungry ghosts. There are also people who lie on the ground and chew on human flesh in large gulps. Their appearance is no different from that of evil spirits.
Li Ku looked shocked, sad and angry, and immediately wanted to get up to save people. But seeing that Hongying still held him down, he said in a low voice: "It's not bad to save people for a while, let's see!"
At this time, many Rakshasa ghosts, with black bodies and red hair, came around, and they gathered together, stopping in the middle of the city, as if waiting for someone to come.
Hearing only the sound of "whew", the ghost of the Rakshasa King flashed and stood in front of them.
The ghosts cheered, "Oh Wang, Oh Wang, are there any living people?"
The Rakshasa King smiled and said, "Better than a living person!"
With a wave of his robe, he immediately picked up a girl with one hand and said happily: "Look! It's a female doll!"
The ghosts cheered, and they all pounced on the girl.
This girl is Pan'er, but seeing her eyes open, expressionless, motionless, vaguely she can still feel a trace of breath floating, and she doesn't know whether she is alive or dead.
Seeing this, Hongying hurriedly held down the bitterness with all her strength and covered his mouth with her hands. But Jue Liku was completely out of control at this time, his eyes were red, and his whole body was struggling desperately, as long as he let go, he would immediately pounce to save people.
The Rakshasa King smiled and said, "Don't worry, this is not just a girl! She has two peerless treasures! As he spoke, he rolled up Pan'er's sleeves, revealing her white arms. I saw the lifelike Seven Emotions Xiao, and suddenly danced on her arm.
The ghosts cried out in amazement, "What is this?"
The Rakshasa King said: "This is the treasure of the god of music! This treasure can control people's seven emotions and seven spirits, let's not go to great lengths to seduce people in the future!"
In an instant, I only heard the beautiful tune of Qiqing Xiao in the entire iron castle.
The ghosts were fascinated by this song for a while, and they turned in a circle in the iron castle.
The Rakshasa King said: "Look at this treasure again, it's even more powerful!"
I saw him holding a black cloth package in both hands, and said nervously: "You all retreat! Close your eyes!"
The ghosts looked dazed, and immediately retreated.
The Rakshasa King blindfolded his eyes and slowly opened the black cloth, and in an instant, a colorful light spread out layer by layer, illuminating the gloomy iron castle.
The group of ghosts panicked, and some of them secretly glanced at it, and suddenly their eyes burst into black smoke and screamed in pain.
"King, what kind of magic weapon is this! Throw it away!"
The Rakshasa King snorted, frowned tightly, and whispered: "This is the treasure of the Emperor Shakti Heavenly King! Just find a way to absorb its mana......" Suddenly, his ghost eyes widened, and a thick ghost fire actually erupted a foot away, and he shouted excitedly: "I have received this blessing! I can leave this demon hell and go to the world!"
Suddenly, I heard a cry of anger: "Rakshasa evil ghost, you give her back to me! I will subdue all of you evil spirits!"
The Rakshasa King looked up in panic, only to see Liku stepping on the colorful auspicious clouds and leaping forward. A golden light appeared, and the vajra sped towards him.
Suddenly, the roars of the ghosts became chaotic, and a swarm of bees pounced on Liku.
At this time, Red Tassel and Garuda also jumped down, and a hurricane blew up, which instantly knocked down several evil ghosts, and then the sword light flashed, and the head of a Rakshasa ghost had been cut off by Red Tassel.
But seeing the ghost of the Rakshasa King flashing, he flashed beside Liku, smiled, and said, "Give it back to you!" As he spoke, he threw Pan'er to Liku.
Li was so frightened and overjoyed that he couldn't help but be stunned, hugged Pan'er again and again, and lied: "Pan'er, wake up!"
Unexpectedly, Garuda screamed in terror: "Oh my God, you ...... What happened to Pan'er?"
Li was stunned for a moment, looked down at Pan'er, and was suddenly shocked. When he saw Pan'er's face gray and pupils dull, he opened his mouth, let out a beast-like roar, and bit down on Liku's neck.