Chapter 204: The City of the Capital
Since ancient times, there has been a legend about the land of nine springs and the secrets of the underworld.
According to legend, after a person dies, from the Yellow Spring to the reincarnation, a total of 12 stations have to be passed.
I, standing on the banks of the Lethe River at the moment, am restless.
Huangquan Road is not easy to walk, and there are no old and young people on Huangquan Road.
Looking upwards on Huangquan Road, you can't see the sun, moon and stars, looking down, you can't see the dust of the land, looking forward, you can't see Yangguan Avenue, and when you look back, you can't see your relatives and friends.
Seeing this, some people may ask, so why don't the paper carts and paper horses burned for the deceased use these tools on the road?
In fact, these tools are all kept in one place in the underworld, called the 'Offering Pavilion'.
It's kind of similar to the post office of our human society, which can be sent.
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The road was not smooth, and I encountered countless ghost brigades rushing together on the Black Yellow Springs Road.
All the ghosts were shackled with hands and feet, and were guarded by ten ghosts.
In front of it is the Lechuan River, the river is rushing endlessly, the river is turbulent and rushing as far as the eye can see, there are ghosts floating in the river, and there are even strange strange fish appearing, and even a giant beast suspected to be a dragon has appeared.
The river is very wide, and from the ghost detectives of Fang Cai, the Lechuan River has some characteristics similar to weak water.
As we all know, weak water cannot overcome mustard, no matter what happens, as long as it touches weak water, it will definitely sink to the bottom, and delusional hope will float to the surface.
Some ghosts who are unwilling to drink Meng Po soup and do not want to forget the memories of the past and this life, once they jump into this Lechuan River, unless the thousand years are coming, they can be reincarnated with their memories, otherwise they will be able to live forever and never be able to get out.
"Fuck it, it's so eerie and mysterious. I couldn't help but curse.
It was only then that I noticed a layer of gray mist that was coming in and the road behind me was gone.
I wanted to ask out loud, thinking that I wasn't really a ghost after all, what if they could see the road behind them?
"This damn place, fuck your Huang Yi, let Lao Tzu have to pick you up when he encounters it. He cursed viciously, and followed behind the ghost brigade with a soul hook.
In this dark ghost place, there is no time, no concept of time.
It must have been a few hours, maybe longer.
There is a high stone platform in front, emitting bursts of dark light, sitting and lying on the place where the road turns, three red characters are written on one side of the stone platform 'Wangxiangtai'.
The ghosts that have come to this point have almost no chance of resurrection.
The body of the yang world, at this time, it is almost time to put it into the cabinet and bury it.
Although the Wangxiang Terrace is gloomy, there is a hint of Buddhism lingering, which reminds me of a rumor.
Legend has it that Wangxiangtai is the result of the Bodhisattva Nanwu Great Compassion Guanyin who sympathizes with all sentient beings and does not want to die, and thinks about the true feelings of their relatives at home.
Let the soul of the deceased be able to stand on the lookout platform and take a last look at his hometown and his relatives.
Standing on the lookout platform, you can see Yangshi's house, see relatives and friends, and see your dead body lying in the coffin.
Ghosts are transformed by people, and naturally have their true feelings, and people who value feelings see all this, and the heart-rending pain is not enough to explain.
In life, no one is helpless, and this trip to the underworld has made me firmly determined to protect my family in this life.
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The leader of the ghost messenger took the lead, and ordered the ghost to remove the shackles of the ghosts' feet and go up to the lookout platform one after another.
Some weep with joy, some lose their minds, and even worse, their souls are unstable and about to collapse.
When it was my turn, it was another ghost who floated over and asked me if I wanted to go up and see my family.
I'm very surprised, the ghost can also go up to the lookout platform?
Since I can, I will not refuse, when I think that after leaving Z City, I don't know how long I haven't seen my mother and Xiaofan, my heart is very urgent.
Stepping onto the lookout platform, I felt that a divine consciousness wanted to invade my soul, and I realized that there was no malicious intent, so I let it go with me.
Standing at the highest point, I saw that there was a vast fog in front of me, and the sky and the earth were bleak.
Suddenly, an oval-shaped mirror image suddenly appeared.
I felt as if I had seen Lori's strange millet, and the ghost screamed, and my heart was full of curiosity.
The mirror image flickered quickly, but it was just a breath, the picture was directed to the town where I lived, watching the town be bustling, and there were people running with statues of princes and gods, and I suddenly found that this fucking Spring Festival had passed.
How long have I been in the underworld, and I've been gone for almost a year in the blink of an eye.
Xiao Fan's smile flashed in his mind, and the mirror picture flashed suddenly, but he saw the back of the little girl, which was pulled a little crooked under the pale yellow light.
Weak and boneless little hands, weakly propped up behind him, sitting on the balcony.
I spotted on her left, with a few loose cans of beer.
I tried my best to see the positive side of Xiaofan, but there seemed to be many limitations, and I couldn't find the slightest bit.
The heart suddenly fell to the bottom.
After giving up, I wanted to see my mother's current condition, but the wisp of consciousness suddenly left her body.
The mirror image disappears, shattering like a broken mirror, and dissipates into a white mist.
Helpless, I got off the lookout platform.
The ghost came over and asked me to share the story with it.
At that time, I had 10,000 grass and mud horses galloping past in my heart, and it was because I endured and endured that it did not break out, otherwise I promised to strangle it.
With a cold face, he turned back to the end of the line, and the large army set sail again.
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The location of Wangxiangtai is just where the road turns.
So I got away from the Lethe River and headed for another location.
Along the way, the black-gray mist became more and more numerous, and I gradually lost sight of the parts below me, and a cold aura enveloped me.
There were only 10 ghosts in total, and after I changed my appearance, I was not suspicious.
I slowed down, and the yin qi became more and more intense, eroding my soul body all the time, and it had accumulated a lot of yin qi in my soul, and if it was not purified as soon as possible, my soul would leave dirt.
Hooking the Dao Fire, in an instant, the black and white Dao Fire wrapped me, and with the sound of 'Zizizi', wisps of black Yin Qi detached from my soul.
The thick yin qi that permeated the soul body quickly diminished until it was empty.
Disperse the Dao fire and quickly keep up with the big team.
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After walking straight ahead for a long time, I suddenly heard a burst of dog barking, which became louder and louder, and more and more terrifying.
In myths and legends, dogs and chickens are two very important mediums for Yang Jian to communicate with the underworld, enough to see the soul of the underworld and make a dog bark.
When the golden rooster announces the dawn, the ghost must avoid the sunlight so that the soul does not fly away.
I saw that groups of vicious dogs suddenly rushed out from the side, their eyes were fierce, their mouths were full of steel teeth, and their fur was as hard as steel wire.
To my team, and to come, in short, all kinds of ghosts are frantically biting the past.
If you don't tear off your legs and feet, you won't let go.
Ghosts from all walks of life, even with all their might, can't escape the iron mouth and steel teeth of this vicious dog.
Broken legs, broken feet, some became one-armed, and some had both hands broken.
By the way, forgot to mention it.
The soul that has not reached the city can only be regarded as a pseudo-ghost, and only the ghost who has gone to the city can be called a ghost.
It's a real ghost!
Therefore, after this person dies, he will become a ghost in the underworld, and he will also have to go through three calamities and nine tribulations.
It's not easy to be a human, and it's not easy to be a ghost.
Therefore, in some traditional customs, when entering the coffin and decorating the burial, the corpse is generally given dry food and a dog beating stick in the palm of his hand, in order to cross the vicious dog ridge.
Except for me and those ghosts, who have never been bitten by a pack of dogs.
Only those who loved dogs before their deaths can walk on the ground and move forward all the way through this vicious dog ridge.
And the people who killed dogs, killed dogs, and ate dog meat before their deaths are likely to be scattered after passing through this vicious dog ridge.
Not to mention, the butcher who killed the dog before his death.
I'm afraid he will try the pain of being slaughtered and divided.
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The Vicious Dog Ridge is not long, and it feels like it has only been half an hour away.
But when I came back to my senses from the terrifying scene of a vicious dog tearing at the soul.
I even heard his grandmother's rooster crow!
Could it be, this is Jinji Mountain, right?
I wiped my cold sweat, fortunately, Lao Tzu was not bad luck, and he learned a trick that can be changed, otherwise he would return Nima Xuan.
But when I actually arrived at Jinji Mountain, I almost collapsed.
It is said that Jinji Mountain has two ridges and a straight peak.
The mountain peaks have to be climbed little by little.
It's like climbing from the back of a chicken to the comb of a chicken, and only by climbing over Jinji Mountain can you reach the capital city.
"Play a BB egg, this is Vicious Dog Ridge again, and Jinji Mountain again. I spat out and followed closely behind the group.
As soon as you enter Jinji Mountain, groups of roosters pounce on you.
The iron beak is as good as the vulture's beak.
In one moment, it is almost like blinding the eyes of ghosts, the flapping wings make many ghosts unable to open their eyes, and the sharp claws are more like the soul hook in the hand of the iron hook Black Impermanence, and one claw can tear apart the soul body of the ghost.
You must know that ghosts form the appearance of life, which is all kinds of internal organs.
Just imagine, all over the ground, red and white, all over the ground, not to talk about disgusting, there is no place to stay.
Endure the nausea, and tell yourself in the bottom of my heart that this is all fake, all fake.
Avoiding the dirty ground, I breathed a sigh of relief.
No wonder, a porcelain dish should be placed on the chest of the corpse at the time of burial, filled with grains, which was obviously prepared for this Jinji Mountain.
I crossed the Jinji Mountain with a group of ghosts, and waited for many souls to transform into bodies at the other end.
These ghosts are not afraid that the ghosts will run back at all.
Just rush to the vicious dog ridge and Jinji Mountain, I'm afraid there is no ghost who wants to try the pain of dog bite and chicken peck.
After waiting for a long time, the ghosts all over the mountains flew down.
The demons were shackled again and walked on.
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Walking and walking all the way, life is worse than death.
I finally saw the village.
No, how can there be a village?
After entering the village, there was a sea of people, and in a trance, it seemed that he had returned to the countryside of the world, and the colorful flags fluttered, as if he was holding a snake gathering.
There are twisted Yangge, there are dragon and lion dances, and they are very lively.
My gloomy mood has improved a lot.
However, when I was dragged away by the ghost, his uncle found out what kind of village this was.
Everything is conjured up, and all his meow is fake!
Fuck you! It's fake again!
These lively perennials are all conjured up.
They were all transformed by the combined efforts of incomplete souls after passing the Vicious Dog Ridge and Jinji Mountain before.
Because of the incomplete limbs, like a human, he can't move forward, otherwise when he is reincarnated, he may be born in a vegetative state in the next life.
Therefore, they can only stay and gather here, waiting for the arrival of the able-bodied ghosts who are bewitched by the bustle, and take the opportunity to find new limbs to replace with their own bodies.
Then continue on the way, towards the city of Xudu.
The ghost messenger told me that this kind of thing happens all the time in the underworld.
Because of the ghosts who have experienced the Evil Dog Ridge and Jinji Mountain, the original panic and anxiety in their hearts will definitely relax their guard when they see the festive village.
For this reason, it is called Wild Ghost Village.
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The wait was long, and as soon as I walked out of the Wild Ghost Village, I noticed that there were many ghosts waiting not far away.
Probably waiting for a new ghost to come, I was suddenly a little lost.
When a person lives, he suffers many sins, and after death, he will not be at peace in hell.
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Finally, my squad set off.
I don't remember how long it has been, and I'm numb to time.
Walking and walking, I came to a palace.
The silver hook pen reads 'Ecstasy Palace'!
After this stop, you can reach the capital city in the underworld.
There was ecstasy water in the hall of ecstasy, and the able-bodied ghosts, one after another, in shackles, walked through the hall of ecstasy and walked out from the other end.
I noticed that their gaze had changed, and their wild and vicious faces had suddenly become silent.
The ghost eyes of all ghosts are covered with a thin layer of water vapor.
Hearing about the ecstasy water of this ecstasy hall, after the ghost drank it, he would get drunk and spit out the truth, and truthfully report all kinds of crimes in the yang world.
Get ready to go, and you can finally see the mythical and legendary capital city.
I had a rare sense of excitement.
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It's been a long, long walk!
After passing through a dense foggy forest, through a stone forest full of strange stones, I finally saw a magnificent majestic pass.
There is a couplet at the gate of the city.
Shanglian: People and ghosts belong to people, and people and ghosts have different paths
Downlink: Yin and Yang, Yang and Yin, Yin and Yang are forever separated
However, there is no horizontal batch, only a black plaque.
Then, looking at the center of the city, the three golden lacquer characters of 'Xudu City' hung in the center of the city.
The city gate of the capital city is extremely solemn.
It's like an administrative unit in the world, it's so high that people are solemn and respectful.
Look up to the sky, you can't see the stars, sun and moon, and look down, you can't see the dust of the earth.
Finally, I entered the city of Xudu.
There are two gates inside, and in the two gates and the first gate, there are two lights floating in the air, but they do not move.
One light is bright, the other is dim and dark.
The dark light walked down and entered the second gate carved out of jade.
As soon as you enter the second gate, you will be able to see ten gates lined up side by side.
One to ten halls are arranged at a time.
The door of each hall is guarded by Yin soldiers, which is very strictly guarded.
When I got here, I suddenly had a very dangerous feeling, as if I would be swallowed up and die in the next second.
Suddenly, cold sweat dripped down.