Chapter 229: The River of Lethe

We walked all the way to the fork in the road, and the fat man and the heavenly master Zhang sighed all the way.

"Great Heavenly Master, how long have you been working as a Heavenly Master? Have you ever seen this scene?"

"Nonsense! This Heavenly Master is not the Heavenly Master of the underworld, what are you doing in this gloomy place? Isn't the city on earth fun, isn't the snacks fragrant?"

"That's that, that's. Alas, Great Heavenly Master, do you think there are markets, houses, companies, and fried skewers in the underworld?"

“...... This Heavenly Master is estimated not to have any. You think, no matter where you look, this place is bare. Where are you going to get chili, beef, shrimp balls, leeks and eggplant?"

Alas, my generation of Thor can go anywhere, but I'm worried that I won't have anything to eat...... Hey, no, what do they eat with all these ghostly things?"

"You fat guy knows how to eat! Of course ghosts are souls, they can only absorb some yin qi at most, if you really want to eat, this heavenly master is afraid that they will die!"

"Yes. ”

"Alas, Great Heavenly Master, can these ghosts get married? I got married in the world, and then I went to the underworld to get married, hahahaha, the days of three wives and four concubines can be expected!"

"Okay, you're a stone fat man! This Heavenly Master heard the stupid hat talk about Xiao Tiantian, I didn't expect you to eat a lot, and the color amount is not small!"

"Ahh......h Don't pull my ears!"

......

Except for these two two hundred and five, the little monk and I didn't make a sound, walking quietly, feeling every bluestone slab under our feet.

Suddenly, the general pointed to the end of the stone slab and said:

"The Lethe River is just ahead. ”

I didn't have anything yet, so I listened to the little monk chanting as he walked:

However, the bridge is on the road, and the right and wrong do not cross the Lechuan River.

There is no right or wrong in front of the Sansheng Stone, and there will be Meng Po in front of the Wangxiang Terrace.

After chanting, the little monk waited for a moment and asked me:

"Big brother, do you have any allusions and sources to the Lechuan River? My master rarely mentions these strange powers, and he often says, 'Unknown life knows death', which makes me particularly curious about these legends. ”

At this time, the fat man interjected:

"What is this, my generation of Thor can tell me my innocence. ”

Heavenly Master Zhang said:

"You fat guy still dare to interject, good legends and stories always make you add fuel and vinegar to the mess, if you dare to say it, wait for this heavenly master to go back and see your little sweetie......"

"Don't, don't!"

The fat man said with a bitter face, "I don't dare to provoke this great heavenly master, I don't want to say it." ”

As soon as Celestial Master Zhang moved away from him, the fat man sighed in a low voice:

"Beat this fierce character like Yide, I don't know which idiot will suffer it in the future......"

Seeing that everyone was looking at me, I smiled and said:

"What are you looking at me for? Okay, but I can only pick up the tooth wisdom of "Daozang" and pick up the pearls left by my predecessors. ”

"From the perspective of history and mythology, the Lechuan River is the dividing line between Huangquan Road and Hades (Difu).

Legend has it that the water of the Lechuan River is blood-yellow, and it is full of lonely spirits and wild ghosts that will never be reincarnated.

The river is full of insects and snakes, and the fishy wind blows on the face, and no creature can get close, and there are day and night wandering gods to guard.

These are all records of the Daozang and the folk, so let's talk about other interesting rumors.

Legend has it that since ancient times, all souls have to pass through the Lechuan River and step onto the Naihe Bridge when they are reincarnated.

And in order to complete the reincarnation procedure, it is necessary to drink Meng Po soup.

However, the number of the Heaven and Earth Avenue 25 and 49 has escaped, and there is an exception for everything.

According to legend, in order to see the favorite of this life again in the next life, you can choose not to drink Meng Po soup.

But for punishment or testing, you have to jump into the Lethe River and wait for thousands of years in the filthy and smelly waters before you can continue to be reincarnated.

And in the millennium, you may see the person you love most in this life walking on the bridge, but no matter how many calls you make, she (he) can't hear you.

You see her, but she doesn't see you......

For thousands of years, you can only watch her (him) walk across the Nai He Bridge over and over again, and pick up Meng Po soup, while you can only suffer in the river and enjoy loneliness. ”

At this point, I suddenly stopped and quietly looked at everyone's expressions.

The fat man looked distressed, his eyebrows and eyes were about to wrinkle into an old man, he looked extremely aggrieved, as if he wanted to fight someone.

The little monk has a compassionate demeanor.

He silently clasped his palms together and chanted, but his eyes sparkled, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Celestial Master Zhang flashed his big eyes thoughtfully, and occasionally pursed his lips and twitched his nose, as if he was experiencing the mystery and the feelings in it.

And the most calm is the general.

This thing didn't care about the cigarette holder in his mouth, but when he heard "The person he loves the most, he walked across the Nai He Bridge over and over again, and picked up Meng Po soup", the corners of his mouth pulled out somehow.

In addition, the ghost general who walked in the front, because it has no facial features, I can't figure out what it feels and expressions.

I thought it would refute this ridiculous rumor, but it walked forward without saying a word.

Seeing that everyone was still immersed in my narrative, I continued:

"Of course, Heavenly Dao doesn't just ignore you. As long as you are determined not to drink Meng Po soup, you can stand the bite of the copper snake and iron dog in the river.

After a thousand years, if you still have the same affection in your heart, you can re-enter the world and find your lover in your previous life. ”

In fact, I just chose one of the countless legends and allusions just now.

And the rest...... They were all too desperate and sad to be selectively abandoned by me.

It was not until more and more ghosts of the dead gathered on our path that everyone came to their senses.

Because of the "Yin Qing Dan", whether it is a soul or a ghost, they all ignore me.

Maybe because there are too many souls, the bluestone road more than a foot wide seems to be very crowded, and no one can tell which ghost we are detained.

After entering the ghost world, I felt that in addition to the ubiquitous yin qi, it was a sense of pulling.

There seems to be some kind of power in the darkness that has been trying to lead me towards the ghost gate.

I asked everyone, except for the generals, they all had this strange feeling.

It wasn't until I stepped onto the extremely wide stone path that the feeling became even stronger.

It is a two-way eight-lane road equivalent to human society, and the sides of the road are lined with stone pillars like the previous path.

Countless souls made a short stay here, and the ghosts raised their whips one after another, driving the spirits to line up, and of course there was no lack of sad sobs.

Led by the ghost general, we didn't stop and walked along the middle of the road towards the distance.

The fat man looked left and right, as if he was traveling, and the novelty was amazing.

Suddenly, he asked again:

"Well, where is the Lethe River?"

The general raised his hand and was about to speak, when he saw the ghost stop his body, and then replied:

"Look at your right-hand side!"

Not only the fat man, but even me, Heavenly Master Zhang, and the little monk couldn't suppress the curiosity in their hearts, and they all tiptoed to the right.

The gray mist seemed to be thickening again here, and it was barely visible in the distance, until the fat man pointed to a faintly glowing thing and said:

"Hey, look! Is that place with lights on the Lechuan River? Strange, why do you still light the lamps? Could it be that the seeds of infatuation in the river are still afraid of the dark?"

Before I could see what was near the lamp, I heard the ghost say:

"That's not a lamp! that's the ferryman's eyes!"

Everyone was stunned!

Eye?

What a big watt of eyes, it can still loom so far away.

We all watched infatuatedly, and as the light gradually moved, the things shining under the "lamp" became clear.

It was an extremely gray mass, seemingly no flowing liquid at all.

It is said to be liquid, but in fact, it is because of the ripples brought up by a wooden boat under the glow of that faint light.

Dead silence, despair, dullness, suffocation......

That's how that lump of liquid makes me feel.

This hallucination, which makes me almost want to plunge into it, together with the faint crying that rings around me from time to time, makes me feel like I am in another world, and my heart is cold.

- Lethe River is bloodless, and the Yellow Spring is difficult to be quiet.

I tried to hold my mind and watched as the light gradually overtook us and continued to move away.

The Ferryman, another legendary figure.

Legend has it that every hundred years, the Lichuan ferryman will draw a lucky person among the countless souls and reward him for ferrying Hongchen Lechuan directly, not forgetting everything in his previous life and reincarnating as a man.

I don't particularly believe in this rumor.

The Lichuan ferryman is nothing more than a member of the underworld.

What is so special about him that he can be above the order of the underworld?

And the good rumors of the people are probably just a good wish.

Look at the Lethe River, and the ghost will continue to lead us forward.

Occasionally, when encountering ordinary ghosts, the latter will bow down in surprise, attracting countless souls to point at us, as if to say-look at these few, walk through the back door to the underworld!

Ignoring all speculation and jealousy, we finally arrived under a wall that was so high that it almost covered the sky.

Ninety degrees of my head was the only way to fully see the city wall and the towers on the wall.

In front of it, the Great Wall, the Forbidden City Palace, will become eclipsed, and there is no place to embarrass itself.

"Oh, such a big wall, was it built to defend against foreign invasions?"

The fat man shouted suddenly.

The little monk was also stunned, he looked up and said:

"Yes, it's not particularly nice to be far away, but once we walk in front of it, we're as tiny as ants, and it's shocking!"

Heavenly Master Zhang Ze's brain circuit is clear, she looked at the dark city wall and said:

"The bricks of this city are not bad, there is hardly a trace of smearing, what material is this made of? taller and stronger than our Blackwater City!"

As soon as the fat man heard Blackwater City, he immediately said angrily:

"Don't mention that there is a black water city! His grandmother's, I was slapped into a pig's head in that realm, not to mention, and I went back to the tunnel and became a follower...... NET AFFECTED AND ANGRY, CAO O!"

I was amused and was about to make fun of him, when I heard a shout from ahead:

"Where's your Kanhe Seal? Ouch, Lord Devil General...... I'm sorry, I recently got the order of the Great Yan Jun, and any soul who enters and exits the Ghost Gate, regardless of the rank and position, needs to be worthy of the seal!"