Lycoris safflower, a plant of the Lycoris family, a perennial herb. There are bulbous bulbs underground, covered with dark brown membranous scales. The leaves are narrow, dark green, drawn from the base, appearing in early autumn and falling in late summer. Flowering period is late summer and early autumn, from July to September. The flower stem is 30-60 cm long, usually 4-6 flowers arranged in an umbrella shape, bearing at the tip of the flower stem, the petals are inverted-lanceolate, and the perianth is red and white. Backward curl, wrinkled edges, very short perianths, prominent stamens and columella, small flowers, circumference of more than 6 cm.

Because people often see such flowers next to the graves, they are also regarded as "flowers on the Yellow Spring Road". The Huangquan Road leads to the Netherworld, and the Netherworld is often called the "other side", so this flower is also called the "flower of the other side".

The flowers on the other side bloom on the other side, but there is nothing to do in front of the bridge.

The king of Hades wants you to die three watches, who dares to keep you until dawn?

In the underworld, apart from the ancient tree of Sansheng that is regarded as a holy relic, the only plant is this flower that blooms all over the underworld.

The name of "Flower of the Underworld" is well deserved.

In fact, the flowers on the other side are divided into two categories according to their colors: red and white, and most of what the world sees is the red flower that is as hot as fire and as frightening as blood, that is, "Manzhu Sawah". However, if you really want to study it in detail, this Manzhu Sawa is opened on the "other shore of the underworld", that is, it opens on the border between the underworld and the yang world, which can be said to be the "yang world of the underworld"; but what really opens on the "other side of the other side" is the "mandala flower" that is as pure and white and beautiful as ice and snow.

Legend has it that a long time ago, there was a pair of fairy couples in the heavenly realm, the male fairy was named this, and the female fairy was named the other. The two immortals both lost their immortal bodies because they violated the rules of heaven and immortals, and were demoted to mortal beings, and went through thousands of reincarnations. Even, God also stipulates that even if they cherish each other and admire each other after descending to earth, they must not live in both habitats. On the occasion of descending to earth, the two immortals made an appointment, even if they were separated from each other from then on, they must not live up to their friendship.

It's a pity that the way of heaven is impermanent, and creation makes people. The two of them, who were erased by Meng Po with a secret method, also forgot this oath together. It refers to the troubled times of the Warring States, the royal road is not prosperous, the holy road is not revealed, and all those who are bloody have contention. This reincarnation was the general of the strong Qin in the west, and he was ordered by the king to accompany the army to conquer the state of Chu. Although the Qin army won a great victory, it was captured by the enemy. As soon as General Chu vented his anger at defeat, he actually executed this secret! And the one who was ordered to execute him was actually reincarnated as a female Jiao'e, but he chose to wash off his lead and red makeup, show himself in men's clothes, and join the army!

When they were about to be executed, they looked at each other, and all kinds of things in their previous lives came to the minds of the two of them.

However, the military order cannot be done, and in order not to embarrass him, he bit his tongue and committed suicide. After that, he hugged the corpse and wept bitterly, tears dried up and wept blood, and finally died of silence.

When the two met in Huangquan, they both sighed at the impermanence of creation, and remembered the punishment of reincarnation in their previous lives, and they both felt that their liver and intestines were broken, and they were in a trance. In the end, both of them invariably gave up the remaining punishment of reincarnation, and were willing to stay in the underworld forever as a lonely soul.

It is a pity that the majesty of the heavenly court cannot be provoked. In the end, although Heavenly Court granted their request, it sent down a new punishment, and put a vicious curse on the two of them: since they had to stay together regardless of Heavenly Court's face, they let them become flowers and leaves of the same flower, but this flower is very peculiar, there are flowers without leaves, leaves without flowers, and flowers and leaves without flowers.

Bloom for a thousand years, fall for a thousand years, and the flowers and leaves will never meet. Love is not cause and effect, fate is destined to life and death, and we will always know each other but we can't fall in love.

Three years of ghost words, three days in the world. Although only 2,000 days and nights have passed in the world, the two of them have been watching in solitude for 2,000 years.

Until one day, when the Lord (Note (1)) came here, he saw a flower on the ground that was very magnanimous and red like fire, and the Lord came to it to look at it carefully, and saw the mystery at a glance. Neither sad nor angry, he suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed three times, and reached out to pull the flower out of the ground. Shizun put the flower in his hand, and said with emotion: "In the previous life, you couldn't see each other, after countless reincarnations, you can't stay in love, the so-called division and union is just fate and fate, you have the curse of heaven, so that you are destined but not dispersed, fate is not divided, I can't help you unravel this vicious spell, so I will take you to the other side, let you bloom all over the wilderness." ”

On the way to the other side, Shizun needed to cross the Santu River in the underworld, and accidentally wet his clothes by the river, and there was this red flower brought by Shizun, and when Shizun came to the other side to unwrap the flowers wrapped in his clothes and looked at it again, he found that the fiery red flowers had turned pure white, Shizun pondered for a moment, and laughed: "Great joy is not as good as great sorrow, it is better to remember than to forget, right and wrong, how can you tell it, good flowers, good flowers!" So he planted this flower on the other side, called it Mandala Hua, and because it was on the other side, called it the flower of the other side.

As soon as the World Venerable's voice fell, the mandala flowers spread all over the other side, bringing a piece of silver to the other side of the charred underworld.

But the Lord did not know that he was on the Santu River, and all the red was dripped into the river by the fading flowers of the river, and he wailed all day long, which made people feel sad, and the Bodhisattva King Jizo was very powerful, and when he learned that the mandala Hua had been born, he came to the river, took out a seed and threw it into the river, and after a while, a flower that was more red and bright than before grew out of the water, and Jizo took it in his hand and sighed: "You have escaped and are at ease, why do you want to leave this boundless hatred in the boundless hell of the already bitter sea?" I will ask you to be a guide messenger and guide them to samsara, just remember your color, there is already a mandala on the other side, so let's call you Manju Sahua. ”

Since then, there have been two completely different flowers on the other side of the world, one grows on the other side, and the other is born on the side of the Santu River.

Because the mandala has been removed from the karmic curse on the body by the Bodhisattva of the Jizo King with great divine powers, its flower liquid has the effect of making people forget the karma of previous lives, and the Manju Sawa on the banks of the Santu River is the embodiment of the "karma of the previous life" of the Mandala Hua, and its floral fragrance can evoke the memory of the deceased during his lifetime (because of its red fire, the bank of the Santu River where the Manju Sawa blooms is also known as the "Fire Path").

Manzhu Sawa and Mandala Hua, the two flowers are homologous and different, and the same form is different. Because although the land where Manzhu Sawa was founded already belongs to the underworld, it borders the yang world, so Manzhu Sawa can absorb nutrients from the vitality of the yang world, so that he can use the tomb as a medium to bloom in the yang world.

A flower has to bloom in the two worlds of yin and yang, and it is also known as "two flowers" on the other side.

And the mandala flower, which is as white as snow, was picked up by Meng Po, who specializes in erasing the memories of past lives for reincarnation, because of its "forgetting" effect—so far, a legend called "Meng Po Soup" has been widely spread in the yin and yang worlds.

……

I don't know why, maybe it's because of that secret conversation with Hades, or maybe it's because of Zeus's lazy and casual nature, a new day has arrived, but Zeus hasn't made any new moves to Yang Jian and others, and the Olympian Protoss hasn't raised any questions when they see this. Perhaps, in their opinion, their god-king, who does everything purely by his own temperament, has long forgotten about this......

But for Yang Jian, this is fine, because if it is not necessary, he has always preferred to mingle in the rolling red dust and be in the company of the vast mortals, rather than spend a moment with these domineering and high-ranking "so-called gods". Besides, his newly recruited disciples are still in retreat, and as a master, he is happy to stay here and guard for him.

What's more, he has more important things to do now......

After listening to Yang Jian's story, Li Juntian said that he was frightened by Yang Jian again, "I see, I said, why have you been running to Fengshentai for a while...... But you're really, it's so dangerous to separate your soul, don't you think about the consequences of failure?"

"The consequences?" Yang Jian narrowed his eyes slightly, "There is nothing foolproof in the world, if you think about this and worry about that all day long, then you can't do anything." ”

"That being said...... although Yang Jian didn't care about this, Li Juntian felt scared for a while, "But after all, it's too risky." ”

"Really?" Yang Jian shook his head, "I think I've only done a trivial thing compared to this 'middle two disease' that is fighting against us. ”

“…… It's good if you're happy. ”

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Kyoto, an old garden house that is not known to outsiders.

"Tell me about you," Yang Ziji put down the tea set in his hand, and expressed the emotion in his heart for the end of a long speech, "If I have to make this enchantment, I have to come here to the Yin and Yang Juku in Tokyo first, and I can only get to you through the teleportation circle there." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Yang Ziji, a young man who had always shown himself with an elegant image, actually fell back so aggressively, lying on the wooden floor without caring about the image.

"Speaking of which, it's really like it!" Yang Zijian expressed his opinion on the decoration style of this courtyard.

The person sitting opposite him did not respond to Yang Ziji's slightly abrupt words, nor did he comment on Yang Ziji's previous lengthy remarks, but said lightly, "The general is here, I'm afraid I don't know if it's as simple as borrowing the way, right?"

"Well, this ......" Yang Ziji hesitated for a moment when he heard this, and finally made up his mind and sat up from the floor again, "Okay, anyway, I know that I can't hide anything from you, the 'fox', so I'll simply tell you what the second brother has found!"

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Exegesis:

Note (1): Shizun, one of the Buddha's 10th No. 1, "Forty-two Chapters Sutra": "At that time, the Shizun has attained enlightenment, and he is thinking. "The Buddha is noble both in the world and in the world, so it is called "World Honor", and it is also called "Three Realms Unique Honor".