Chapter 1 On the banks of the Lethe River, the origin of three lives
In ancient times, the gods and demons fought between heaven and earth, and all living beings went through a hundred years of catastrophe, and finally ended this vicious war with the fall of the old demon king and the demon king's wife. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ο½ο½ο½Uο½Eγ There are only a few members of the demon clan left, so they have to flee to the barren land of the far north, but the son of the old demon king invites himself to go to hell, and he has been tortured by the river water for thousands of years in exchange for a gift from the emperor - so that the souls of the old demon king and the demon king's wife can be reincarnated......
- "The Legend of the Sky"
When I first came up with this kind of consciousness, I kept telling myself, "I'm a rock, I'm a stone, well, I'm a rock......"
I don't know how long it took, but I don't know how long it was, but I could see and hear things other than just thinking about it. Every day, many people stop in front of me, but no one stays. They wept in front of me to tell their stories, or carved something into me, and then stepped on a bridge, took the decoction handed by the old woman at the bridge, and drank it all. Some of them did not want to drink, so they jumped into the river beside me, and suffered for a thousand years. The river was churning with blood, and I could hear the cries of misery and despair every day.
As time went on, my senses became sharper and I knew more and more things. I know that the road in front of the Lechuan River is called Huangquan Road, and the blood-red and bewitching flowers blooming on the side of the road are called the flowers on the other side, so that the whole road is reflected in the fiery red, and the people of the underworld call this road "the road of fire"; I know that the old woman at the head of the bridge is called Meng Po, and the dead soul will forget the past and present lives after drinking the medicine, so that they can be reincarnated; I know that the people who lead the dead souls are black impermanence and white impermanence, and I know that in addition to the underworld, there are also human beings and heavenly courts, I know...... I know my name is "Sansheng Stone".
Finally, when this day came, I found that I had formed a spirit body and could be freed from the Sansheng Stone. The discovery of being able to sense the outside world with my sense of touch made me excited, curious about everything, and immediately found someone to share my joy with.
"Meng Po, Meng Po, is this soup delicious?" I tugged at the corner of Meng Po's skirt. Then, now, I was taken to the Hades Hall in the underworld.
The bearded king of Yama had a fierce face, and he looked at me suspiciously, and then at Meng Po. Meng Po bowed her head and saluted, and said, "It's all to blame for the old woman's carelessness, I only cared about the souls on the bridge but didn't notice the changes in the Sansheng Stone." It's just that the resentment and yin qi of the underworld are already deep, and there has been no new birth for nearly a thousand years. What's more, when a spirit is born, it usually produces a vision, and this little stone spirit appears silently, which is really the first one I have seen in Meng Po. β
After hearing this, the king of Hades nodded: "This is strange, the rebirth of my underworld for thousands of years should be a good thing, but I don't know if this little stone is evil." Moreover, I have also seen ordinary stone spirits, they are all dull-eyed, dull and ignorant, but this little stone spirit is a psychic and transparent. Is it because it's a three-life stone? Forget it, let's take her to the evil mirror platform to see what is going on. β
Hades waved his hand, and the other guards in the hall retreated. He and Meng Po led me to a large mirror, in which the fog dissipated, and in the haze we seemed to see the turbid water of Lethe River and the "I" next to Lethe River, a plain-clothed monk and a large area of blood-red flowers on the other side. I can see the choppy picture, but I can't understand it. When the king of Hades saw the plain-clothed monk, his eyes widened significantly, and he shouted outside the hall: "Ox head and horse face, take this little stone spirit out to play." β
In this way, before I could say a word, I was taken to the streets of the underworld by two strange-looking ghosts. People who have run out of life in the human world will be brought to the underworld by black and white impermanence, and those who have no concern for the world and are unwilling to be reincarnated and reborn will stay here, forming a gathering area for the residents of the underworld, which is also lively. Some people have used their old profession to open restaurants and clothing shops, some people have continued their hobbies in the world, opened casinos and study houses, and some people have set up schools here to teach piano, chess, calligraphy and painting or arithmetic, and do business. The means of exchange in the underworld are the universal underworld currency or barter. The richest people are those who still have relatives in the world, and during the New Year's Festival or Qingming Festival, they can receive the "gold and silver" "sent" from their relatives, and they can exchange them for dark coins in the money bank of the underworld. No one cares, so I have to be self-reliant and make a living.
I saw all kinds of shops along the way, and I was curious to ask non-stop, the strange character of the bull head and horse face is very good, carefully explained and attached their experience and personal feelings, of course, I also took this opportunity to understand the spirit of Uncle Ma Mian's words: "The pearl tofu pot and braised lion head on the first floor are quite good, the chef was the imperial chef in the palace before his death, specializing in Huaiyang cuisine." It's just that the price is relatively expensive, and our monthly income is not high, and we can only go once or twice a month. Usually, I still go to Xiaoshu Xiang more, which is economical. It's a casino, don't go to it for kids, and if you want to go, you have to wait until you grow up. Ah, by the way, that is our private school in the prefecture, the female gentleman who teaches guqin in it is very beautiful, and many people are pursuing her, and it is good to go there to learn skills when you have money. Also, that building is the only pawnshop in the underworld, alas, don't look at the gorgeous appearance, the more gorgeous things are, the more dangerous they are, the young owner there is very big, even our Hades have to give three points when he sees him. You must not go in, because you will not be the whole of you when you come out......"
"Uncle Ma Mian, you must have not spoken to anyone for a long time. β
"Uh-well, it's been a long time, the human soul is all received by Xiao Hei Xiaobai (black and white impermanence), Meng Po soup is handed by Meng Po, I usually almost face the silent bull head, as soon as I see this face, all the words will disappear automatically, not to mention that he is not a person, Ao, by the way, you are not a human being. β
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At the same time, in the palace of Hades-
"I see. I'll just say how the good Sansheng Stone suddenly generates a spirit, it turns out that she is not a stone spirit. Meng Po, did you see the plain-clothed monk just now?"
"I saw it, and I also remembered that after the war of gods and demons, the little demon king was still unwilling to return to the demon clan after thousands of years of tempering in the Lechuan River, and turned into a flower on the other side of the Huangquan Road to lead the souls of the dead, and the monk saw the soul full of obsession in the Lechuan River and heard the story of the demon king, compassion for all sentient beings, and even shed tears, and once did not want to be reincarnated, and wanted to stay in the underworld to spend all the undead. Later, he was picked up by someone from Heavenly Court. β
"Do you know who that monk is?"
"The Dharma is good, and it was picked up by the people of the heavenly court, isn't it-" Meng Po gave the king of Hades a tentative look.
"Exactly. It was when the Buddha came to the underworld when he was reincarnated, and he felt pity for the miserable soul, and the tears of gratitude that he shed just fell on the Sansheng Stone. This little spirit is actually transformed by the tears of the Buddha, no wonder the mind is pure and transparent. This is the blessing of our underworld. β
"Oh, this is a happy event for our underworld. β
"Yes, this little elf has a pure mind, and he has heard a lot of worldly feelings and partings in Lethe, but his personality is not obsessed, but it is a rare good material for cultivating immortals. If you can stay in my underworld in the future, not to mention that you can make a difference, thanks to the blessing of the Buddha's light, you can also bring blessings to my underworld. Now I am still a child, and I have been bothered by Meng Po to take it first over the years, so that I can raise it, and you also know that the people who have affairs in the underworld are men, where will they take children. What's more, it's okay to look like, uh -- it's a little weird, I'm afraid it's not good for the growth of children. β
"Okay, I'll take this child with me and raise it first. By the way, she's got a backgroundβ"
"Be confidential. said to the outside world that she was a small stone spirit born in the Sansheng Stone to prevent someone from leaking the news. Hmph, those old immortals in the heavenly court, they will rob whatever they see is good, it's just, it's just, it's beasts! clothes, crowns, birds, beasts!"
"Okay, old woman, I made a note of it. It's just that I don't know if the king of Hades can see the cinnabar mole on the back of the child's neck, and I'm afraid that she will be in the futureβ" Meng Po's eyes were full of worry when she said this. β
"Hmm...... It was her own catastrophe, and she had to resolve it herself. Moreover, the man had promised me that he would not go out there to find him, unless the man who could save him appeared before him himself. β
"You mean, the child's love affair is him?!"