Chapter 45: Hell on Earth

Pan'er turned her head in horror and was shocked to see that the countless souls that emerged from the body of the Rakshasa King had been spelled by the Heavenly Demon and turned into terrifying demons. The black smoke from the Rakshasa King's body swept through the sky, and in an instant, the demons had torn him apart, and a large amount of green and faint blood splattered out, gradually, it turned into black blood, and the stench and black red enveloped his whole body, and the flesh and blood were blurred.

This evil ghost, who did all kinds of evil, was finally torn apart by the creatures he sucked.

The Heavenly Demon said to the demons: "Do you hate or not, do you hate or not, do you feel pain, go and take revenge on this world!"

The demons were scattered all over the place, howling loudly towards the forest, full of evil and hatred, and the sound of magic wafted through the valley and jungle, making people mad and afraid.

Garuda trembled, "This ...... This is the curse of the God of Desire...... These spirits have become resentful spirits, demons......"

Pan'er shouted, "Run, run, don't look back!"

Garuda shuddered, forced himself not to listen, not to think, not to look back, but quickly burrowed into the dark woods, did not dare to say a word, and used all his strength to fly towards the east.

It was silent, and the only brightness he could see in front of him was the glittering starlight under the black clouds. He could see the dark clouds in the low sky dyed dark red. The six demon hooks stretched out by the Heavenly Demon swept through the low sky and floated to the east, looking for his trace.

Flying and flying, right at Garuda's feet, the mountain formed a steep cliff and fell straight down, into a ravine, and on the other side of the ravine was a raised hill, but the hill was uneven and looked like the tip of a sharp claw, which was extremely uncomfortable.

Garuda exclaimed: "This is the Qinling Mountains! After crossing this hill, you will reach the Central Plains Dynasty!"

Pan'er turned her head to look at the prince and the princess, the two of them gradually regained their human looks, and with consciousness, they gasped for nervous breath, completely unaware of what had just happened, and asked in surprise: "Why are we here?"

Pan'er shuddered when she thought of the ugly face of the princess and princess just now, and she didn't know if what they said just now was the evil thoughts of the heavenly demons or the evil thoughts in their hearts? She paused and said, "Lord and princess, the matter is too urgent, we need to meet the saint immediately!"

The princess and princess's own soldiers were all killed, and they had just picked up a life from the ghost claws of the Rakshasa King, and when they saw that the eagle was flying in the air with them, they looked frightened, and they didn't dare to say anything, so they immediately nodded in agreement.

They crossed the Qinling Mountains and swooped down rapidly. In front of him was a large dark lake, dotted with a few sparks, and there was a very large fire, from which rose an astonishingly large column of smoke, tumbling into the sky. The bottom of the pillar of smoke is dark red, and the upper end forms the zenith that envelops the dark earth.

It was lifeless, littered with dead animals lying on the ground, but there was no flesh left at all, only bones. Pan'er couldn't help but feel terrifying and weird, and the air here was full of fear and hatred.

When they looked again, they saw that the fire was surrounded by hideous, ugly human beings. It can be seen from the clothing of these people that they are bandits who occupy the mountains and are kings.

"What are they doing?"

Garuda was curious, and leaned over to find out.

When they flew there to take a look, they only heard Pan'er screaming angrily.

She was shocked to see that in front of the fire, there was a wooden frame made of several wooden strips, and on the wooden frame, there were dead people tied!

Bloody dead people! Dead people who have been skinned!

These bandits sat in a circle, some were setting pots, some were sharpening knives, and they lived in a very primitive environment, with almost no cover on their bodies, and their bodies were smeared with a thick layer of lime. They swallowed their saliva and looked impatient, looking forward to a good meal.

However, what Pan'er smelled was a disgusting, stinking corpse rotting smell.

After a while, I saw a few people holding knives and began to cut off human flesh one by one, and put them into the boiling disaster.

Pan'er's eyes were red, and she gritted her teeth with tears and said, "They are eating people!" The dead man was like a slaughtered animal, and he could no longer tell whether it was a man or a woman, or how old he was. Pan'er couldn't help crying and trembling in her heart, and couldn't help but imagine what that person looked like before his death, his parents and relatives.

Seeing the prince again, he covered his mouth and almost threw it up, and when he looked at the princess again, he fainted in fright.

At the front of this bandit team is a tall figure, like the leader of the bandits. He was huge, ragged, and dirty. His skinny face was like a skeleton, and his eyes and nostrils were thick with red blood.

However, he is not a demon, but a living person, but he has been eating human flesh for a long time, and that face has mutated into a demonic demeanor. In his eyes, there seemed to be no trace of humanity's remaining kindness.

The prince lowered his head and did not dare to look directly. He knew in his heart that there were famines and famines everywhere in the world, and cannibalism was not uncommon. But the terrifying scene of such cruel and dehumanizing nature that he witnessed with his own eyes this time touched the depths of his soul.

His whole body trembled in astonishment, and he inadvertently grabbed the jade jade pendant hanging from his waist. However, due to excessive force, the jade pendant was ripped off and landed on the leader's head.

The prince was shocked, covered his mouth and said nothing, his face turned pale with fright.

I saw that the leader reached out and touched his head, picked up the jade pendant, looked around suspiciously, and then raised his head and found them.

In an instant, the leader shouted, and many bandits surrounded him, shouting: "Someone! These people screamed for a moment, not afraid of Garuda's divine appearance at all, and they all lowered their heads to move stones, trying to smash Garuda down.

Pan'er shook her head and said with tears in her eyes: "How come the world is like that hungry ghost hell?"

Garuda said, "God of Desire says that this is true human nature. Once hunger comes, their nature rules everything. In the face of desire, they will take off the cloak of hypocrisy, and only survival comes first. Man not only kills other living things, but also eats his own kind. ”

Pan'er was in great pain, as if her whole body was on fire, sad and angry, for a moment, she had no idea where she was, and the despair and sadness she had never felt before came to her heart. She even wondered suspiciously, should such a world be saved?

Garuda looked at these people with a look of disgust, and said, "Sister, if you don't look happy, I will burn all these people to death!" As he spoke, he took a deep breath, and Pan'er only felt that his whole body was boiling hot, and a thick fire had brewed in his chest.

Pan'er said angrily: "Garuda, you burn them all to death!

Garuda's face showed murderous aura, and he howled, and a thick fire gushed out.

In an instant, the flames were heavy, and only the screams of the people below were heard, and their whole bodies were burned by the flames, thick smoke rose everywhere, and a pungent smell of burnt human flesh poured into Pan'er's nose.

Garuda took a sip and shouted, "Relieve hatred!

The chieftain's whole body was burned by the fire, and with an angry cry of "ah", he picked up a large rock and threw it at Garuda.

Garuda stretched out his talons to meet him, and with a "bang", the stone was crushed. Then he grabbed the leader and shouted, "You wicked human! I only eat Jana and the poisonous dragon, but you eat your own kind! Lao Tzu will divide your five horses today!"

Pan'er covered her eyes and couldn't bear to look at them directly. Suddenly, inadvertently, she saw a trace of calm on the leader's painful and hideous face, a tear flowed from the corner of his eye, and he happily closed his eyes and waited for death, and whispered in his mouth: "Do it quickly...... I'm finally relieved......"

Pan'er's heart trembled, she had heard that all living beings were greedy for life and afraid of death, but when this leader faced death, he looked relieved. She suddenly came to her senses and hurriedly said, "Garuda!

Garuda was stunned for a moment and said, "Why? These cannibals are no different from hungry ghosts!"

Pan'er said: "He can't help it, hunger tortures him very much, he just wants to live." ”

Garuda didn't listen to Pan'er's words, and said angrily, "Then Lao Tzu will relieve him!" As he spoke, his pair of eagle talons tore in half, instantly tearing the leader in half. Blood splattered all over the ground, only to frighten the prince to scream.

Pan'er cried loudly, and at that moment, she couldn't help but think of the words that Liku said, "If I don't go to hell, who will go to hell?"

Isn't this scene hell?

At that moment, she seemed to understand why she had to do asceticism when she was free from suffering, why she had to endure hunger, cold, and hard cultivation and seek the Tao.

I saw those who were burned by the fire desperately rushing towards the dark lake, and they fell into the lake one by one, and the fire on their bodies gradually extinguished, and they were burned beyond recognition by the flames.

Seeing this, Garuda exclaimed, "I can't spare them!" and as he spoke, he flew over, stretching out his talons with lightning and thunder, intending to kill them all.

In the blink of an eye, only two screams of pain were heard in succession, and two people had their heads screwed off by Garuda's talons.

"Don't!"

Pan'er was so anxious that she shouted: "Don't kill it!

Garuda glared at his red eyes and said, "What are these hungry ghosts leaving him to do?" At this time, he was so murderous and beastly that he couldn't stop it at all.

Pan'er said compassionately: "It is precisely because of this that we need to educate them and save them! Not to kill them, so what is the difference between me and them? For now, let's not delay, let's go to the Central Plains as soon as possible!"

Garuda said angrily: "Phew! You have been following the little monk for a long time, how can you learn that set of nonsense! Kill them all, and there will be no more wicked people!"

Pan'er's heart was in a hurry, and suddenly her mind moved, and she said, "Garuda, you want to become a Buddha, how can you kill like that evil god of Shura." You let them go and let them mend their ways, and then your mercy will be even greater!"

Garuda was stunned, he heard Pan'er say that he would become a Buddha, but his heart was overjoyed. He saw the crowd of people who were thrown into the water, their bodies burned to the ground, and they howled miserably, sighed, and said loudly: "I will spare you today, if I see you eating human flesh again, I will send you all to the eighteenth layer of hell!"

Pan'er breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Let's go!"

Garuda leaned to the left and began to fly rapidly, toward the hill. As soon as they passed the highest point, they saw that there was already a town in the Central Plains architectural style in front of them.

Along the way, I saw barren fields and hungry people. There are mountains and rivers along the way, which is a solid and rich area, but the hunger in front of you is all over the wilderness, and the hardship of the people has reached the extreme. When several people saw this miserable scene, they all sighed at the misery of the people's lives.

The prince sighed: "Why is the life of the people so difficult?"

The princess didn't say a word, just folded her hands and kept chanting the Buddha.

When Pan'er saw such a miserable scene in the world, she held back some words in her heart, and just wanted to vomit it as soon as possible. It's a slim hope, but it's enough to give her the courage to regain her courage, and this may be her only chance.

Her compassion for all living beings suppressed all other emotions, and she said loudly: "Lord and Princess, the reason why the people's lives are so miserable is that the government is corrupt, the soldiers bravely oppress the people, and the court does not care about the people's livelihood, so bandits are everywhere, no one cultivates the land, the wicked are rampant, and the good people are all dead. ”

This fierce remark has always been hidden in Pan'er's heart. If it had been in the past, she would never have dared to mention it. However, at this time, she was no longer the princess's maid, and she took advantage of this opportunity to speak out, which could be regarded as speaking to the prince on behalf of the people of Dawn.

The prince was stunned, speechless for a while, and his face was red. In fact, he knew in his heart that if it went on for a long time, the world would inevitably cause trouble.

Many people were surprised to see a divine eagle flying in the sky, and when they saw Pan'er's celestial voice radiating white light all over their bodies, they were all amazed, and they poured into the streets one after another, bowing to the sky and saying: "Save the suffering, save the Guanyin Bodhisattva! Save us! Why is it so dark this day?"

But to the north of the town, the terrain is strangely steep, and the charred earth and rocks seem to have been destroyed by the army.

When Garuda saw this, he felt very strange and said, "It seems that there is a war here!"

At this point, the temperature drops and the air starts flowing again. Suddenly, a warm breeze blew. But the wind seems to fall from the sky, and it brings a fresh breath. A bright sun shines through the black clouds and shines on the dark earth,

Gradually, the horror faded away, and the town saw a ray of light again.

White light appeared in the world, mandala petals fell from the sky, and a burst of heavenly music lingered all around.

Pan'er raised her head in surprise, this Tianyin Tianxiang, she seemed to be familiar.

I saw a king who looked at the world and appeared in the sky.

This celestial person is dressed in a white robe, the sword eyebrows fly obliquely into the temples, the phoenix eyes are powerful, the wind gods are very different, the bones are extraordinary, although the face is kind, but it still seems not angry and self-authoritative.

When Pan'er saw this person, her face was shocked and happy, and she thought, there is salvation in the world!

She suddenly jumped down from Garuda, prostrated herself to the celestial beings, and said aloud, "The little girl is the Emperor Shakti!"