Chapter 529: The Underworld
The ghost generals of the eight directions, as the name suggests, are the ghost generals who guard the dungeon in all directions, and their strength is extremely powerful, although they are not peerless-level existences, but if they are near the underworld, even the peerless level will not dare to provoke them, and it is a joke to force their way into the underworld. While the Bafang Ghost General is resting, it is still possible to sneak out of those places where the defense is relatively lax, after all, over the years, there have been many successful examples, but if you want to escape but are caught, it is not a matter that can be solved by adding a crime.
Most of the souls that can escape are powerful, or have a noble identity and a strong family background, and can buy the Yin soldiers under the ghost generals, at this time, even the underworld is turning a blind eye, as if they don't see it, anyway, it's just a soul, and there is no need to make a lot of effort to hunt it down.
There are two seemingly similar races in the underworld, the soul race and the ghost race, but the soul race is born with a soul, and can become a yin soul, a resentful soul, a ghost, and even after certain conditions are met, they can also condense the spirit body and achieve the immortal body, just like those spiritual cultivators in the yang world can fade away the old body and condense the spirit body, but they are missing a step to fade the old body.
The ghost clan and the soul clan are different, the ghost clan used to be the living beings of the yang world, but after death, they changed their cultivation and became a ghost cultivator, only cultivating the soul, but they have no body, and the aura they absorb is used to strengthen the soul, and the spells used are almost similar to the spirituality, because the spiritual cultivation uses mana, while the ghost cultivator uses soul power, which are two completely different powers.
The soul clan and the ghost clan use soul power, but their usage is almost the same, the spells used by the ghost clan are all 'explicit', while the spells used by the soul clan are 'introverted', just like the most special branch of spirituality - soul cultivation, almost. The sect called 'Xuanling Tianzong' that Xie Lingyun once encountered in the Nian Xuan World was a soul cultivation sect.
However, what is said above has nothing to do with what Xie Lingyun and they are doing now, because those resentful souls have the Heavenly Dao Oath on them before, so the underworld will not let them reincarnate, and even the trial and punishment will be postponed, unless the person who made the oath of the Heavenly Dao dies, or the oath taker takes the initiative to give up the Great Oath of Heaven, otherwise until the day of completing the Great Oath of Heaven, these resentful souls will not be judged and punished.
"Ahead, it's Huangquan Road. The two of you don't want to set foot on the Huangquan Road, let alone a dead person, even if you are a living person, you will never be able to turn back when you set foot on the Huangquan Road, let the Yin soldiers take you around. The western ghosts will have a relationship with me and Qingyun, and Xingchen you are here to fulfill your oath, and they will not embarrass you. With that, the female ghost fairy named Shengge turned around and left.
When she was leaving, Xingchen didn't forget to shout: "Senior Xu, don't mention it to Senior Qingyun, I told you his location, otherwise he will trouble me." ”
Xu Shengge didn't look back, but Xingchen knew that she agreed, and then he breathed a sigh of relief, if Qingyun knew, he would really come to trouble him. Now Xie Lingyun has enough masters, and the relationship between Qingyun and other women is obviously not to that point, it should just be their unrequited love, otherwise Xie Lingyun should have a few more masters.
Xu Shengge is special to Qingyun, Xu Shengge was Qingyun's childhood sweetheart in his previous life, because Xie Lingyun's master and Xu Shengge's master knew each other, so they almost grew up together, but later Xie Lingyun's master and ancestor insisted on going to 'that place' with his friends because he didn't listen to Xu Shengge's master's advice, so the two separated. Later, Qingyun's master died, and Qingyun began a bumpy wandering escape, and the two of them almost never saw each other again. However, if Xu Shengge's master hadn't helped Qingyun at the beginning, I'm afraid that Qingyun would have been besieged and killed before he started to flee, and there would be no subsequent story.
Xu Shengge is about the same age as Qingyun, but she can become a ghost immortal in just one hundred years after she dies and is reborn, not because her talent is better than Qingyun, but because of hatred, she gave up a lot of things. More than one hundred and eighty years ago, Xu Shengge and her master were killed, Xu Shengge fell into the underworld, reincarnated into the soul clan, in just more than one hundred and sixty years, she achieved a ghost immortal, and finally killed her enemy with her own hands more than twenty years ago, this is also what she asked Qingyun before she died, she must let her take revenge with her own hands, no matter how long time has passed.
Because she gave up a lot, she also gained a lot, she is the weakest true immortal-level monk in the world, she doesn't have any money in her hands, she has a very serious mental illness, she may go crazy at any time, and she has no progress in this life, but because she has given so much, she has also gained the power of revenge. Because of her low self-esteem, she didn't dare to see Qingyun again, and she was almost begging Qingyun not to see her again. However, it may be because of Xie Lingyun's appearance that she thought about it a lot, so she was going to see Qingyun this time......
This is Xu Shengge's own story, her own story, she just wanted to talk to Xie Lingyun and Xingchen at that time...... This reminded Xie Lingyun that when he contacted Qingyun before, behind the words written by Qingyun, I am afraid that what was hidden was just a forced smile.
"Two people have lovers, but I don't know if they can have a good death......" Xie Lingyun shook his head and sighed with a bit of melancholy.
The eight-way ghost will guard the eight directions, even if Xu Shengge or Qingyun comes in person, they may not be able to see them, it is their duty to guard the eight directions of the underworld, since the moment they accepted to become the eight-way ghost general, they have already had enlightenment. Therefore, Xie Lingyun and Xingchen didn't even see the face of the Western ghost general, so they were brought into the underworld by a Yin soldier.
Looking at the souls crowded with Huangquan Road, and then at the rushing but silent Lechuan River ahead, Xie Lingyun and Xingchen didn't know what kind of feeling they had in their hearts.
Huangquan Road and Nai He Bridge are not as they imagined, there are city walls outside the underworld, there are only eight gates in and out of the underworld, the road through the eight gates is Huangquan Road, Nai He Bridge is the extension of Huangquan Road, and under the bridge is the Lechuan River, the water of the Lechuan River can be used to wash away sins, but it makes the soul feel incomparably painful - this is the suffering they deserve.
The endless Lechuan River surrounds the underworld, and when viewed from above, it looks like a ring, placing the underworld in the ring.
There are eight Nai He bridges on the Lechuan River, and there are eight Wangxiang Towers behind the Nai He Bridge, and there are eight Sansheng Stones next to the eight Wangxiang Platforms, which illuminate the past life and present life of the soul.
And after all this, there is no Meng Po, and there is no Meng Po soup, all the living are guilty, whether it is the living in the underworld, or the living in the yang world, the living are guilty, whether they are punished before they are alive, there will be a hell to judge and punish after death, but if they have been punished in life, then the punishment after death will naturally be much less.
Xie Lingyun They didn't need to move forward anymore, because the person they were going to see, or the soul, was here, in the Lechuan River in front of them.
However, there were many people on the bridge who were hung by their necks and sank into the Lechuan River, washing away the sins they had committed in their lives, and judging from the expressions on their faces, they knew that this kind of punishment was very painful for them. This is one of the eighteen hells!
Although there are many similarities, they are not the same world after all—unlike the legend of Xie Lingyun's hometown, some of the eighteen hells of the Three Thousand Worlds are in a secret realm that has been reincarnated forever in the underworld, and some are in the underworld, such as the Lethe River in front of them now, which is one of the heavy hells.
The Yin soldier who brought them in said a few words to the Yin soldier who looked like a guard guarding the side of the Nai He Bridge, and then pointed to Xingchen, and the guard nodded and waved his right hand. Xie Lingyun could see that in his right hand, he was holding a stone talisman.
A white light flashed, and dozens of souls appeared directly in front of them, Xie Lingyun and Xingchen both knew that this was the villagers in that small village at the beginning, whether it was an old man, a child, or a young man, their souls appeared in front of their eyes.
Xie Lingyun took a step back and stood behind Xingchen, who had a complicated face, took out a porcelain vase from the Sumeru ring, took a deep breath, and said, "I'm here to fulfill my oath......"