Chapter 54: Go to Hell to Find Answers
"It's a picture of hell. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info" Ye Shu said with a frown.
"Why is this picture in Little Red's mouth? Who gave it? Jiu Li asked with fear in her heart, feeling her hands tremble.
Obviously, this is a meaningless question, Xiaohong can't speak, only "whoops", looks at Jiuli innocently, and everyone shakes their heads.
Jiu Li stared at the painting, which was a horrific death scene, depicting the tragic condition of thousands of human beings. Countless souls live in the layers of hell and endure horrific tortures. Hell resembles a bottomless funnel-shaped crater, or more appropriately, a giant cavern, which clings to the inner wall of the funnel in a circle of steps until the bottom plunges into the earth. In this section, which is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, the hell is divided into several tiers of descending terraces, and the sinners and punishments become heavier and heavier, and each floor is filled with ghosts who have been punished for committing various sins in the mortal world. (This can be found in Sandro Botticelli's Inferno by the Italian Renaissance, or you can imagine it for yourself.) ļ¼
Suddenly, the ghostly voice came again, this time with great clarity:
"To enter Heaven, you have to go through hell.
The answer can only be found in hell,
Go for it and you will find.
Because you're in the center of the maelstrom,
You are not allowed to be too weak.
Only by walking through the forest of sin can you get a glimpse of the truth. ā
Unlike the previous ones, this time the ghost spoke the clearest revelation:
Only by walking through the forest of sin can you get a glimpse of the truth.
Jiu Li realized that she had been in a blinding white light since she had been, as if the white light was surrounding her. The scroll disappeared, and the two trees inn and the people who were standing together looking at the scroll disappeared. Jiuli understood that she had entered the ghost dream again, and suddenly she mustered up the courage to shout, "Who are you?" Why should I listen to you?! ā
Her voice echoed through the air for a long time, as if it were the echo of a scream she was shouting at the valley.
After a long time, long enough to think that the ghostly voice would no longer appear, as if through the deep and dark underground, the ghostly voice came slowly:
"I am a ghost, I am your salvation."
Jiu Li opened his eyes suddenly, and the last sentence echoed in his ears, I am a ghost, I am your salvation. When she opened her eyes, she saw that everyone was looking down at her with concern, and Xiaohong was less than a centimeter away from her, looking at her with wide, swarthy eyes looking at her worriedly, and she was indeed lying on the bed.
"Perhaps... I'm going to hell. She sat up and said.
Obviously, her nonsensical words did not attract everyone's attention, Xuechen hurriedly sat down and took her hand: "How do you feel?" You suddenly fainted while looking at the painting. ā
Jiu Li turned her head and saw that the scroll was closed and placed on the table, and she shook her head, "It's okay." ā
She said again, as if she had made up her mind, "I'm going to hell."
Everyone was shocked, and Xuechen touched her forehead: "I don't have a fever." ā
"Why go to hell?" Changqin asked her with a frown.
Jiu Li felt that if she said that she decided to go to hell because of a strange ghostly voice, then others would definitely think of her as crazy.
"Maybe it's because of that picture of hell, I always feel that there might be some kind of revelation in hell." Jiu Li said, "But you don't have to worry about me, I just need to take Xiaohong with me, after all, it came out of hell, and it should be more familiar there." ā
Xuechen realized that she was not joking, and hurriedly persuaded: "Are you crazy?" Hell is not something you can go to if you want to, even if you are a mythical beast that will not die, but as you can see, the scene of the ghost being tortured in hell depicted in that picture will bring a lot of shock to those who see it. And there's a good chance you'll get lost in hell and won't be able to get out. ā
Jiuli looked at Xuechen firmly: "I know, Xuechen. I understand how many catastrophes and scenes I will never forget, but I'm sorry, I have to go. ā
Seeing her so persistent, Xuechen was dumbfounded, and everyone didn't stop it, only Ye Shu said, "I'll go with you." ā
"No..."
"So it was decided." Ye Shu said, and then he quickly ordered, "Yunban will come with me, and Xuechen will stay with Changqin to find Yinghua." ā
"Yes, God-king." Yunban and Xuechen said together.
Seeing that Ye Shu was willing to take risks with her regardless of the reason, and that he had deployed the mission so quickly, Jiu Li looked at him gratefully.
Changqin said: "In this case, this Jiuli pot will be given to you first, and it can be used in times of crisis." I'll figure it out again over there. ā
Ye Shu nodded and took the Jiuli pot.
Xuechen also took out a piano from the storage space he brought with him and handed it to Jiu Li: "This is the treasure qin given to you by the king of Beidi Kingdom, and you also took it for self-defense when you went this time." ā
Jiuli took the Baoqin and hugged Xuechen: "Thank you for being so detailed." ā
Xue Chenbai glanced at her: "You know the benefits of my housekeeper now, right?" Without me, you don't even have any money in the guest house! ā
Jiu Li smiled and couldn't deny it, and suddenly she remembered something: "This inn is hidden, how did you find it?" ā
"This is the inn I built in the mortal world as the son of Zhuyin, and this time it can be used as a place for us to meet." Ye Shu said unhurriedly, his slender and white hand was playing with a fan, and his flawless handsome face showed a rare pride.
Jiu Li was completely impressed, and finally admitted that the god of night Shu Shangshen can be admired by all gods, not only relying on beauty, but also the mind and connotation are really important.
Everything was ready, and suddenly Xiaohong lay on the ground and whimpered. Jiu Li patted his head, how did he forget this guy.
Jiuli stretched out his hand and pointed at Xiaohong, only to hear the sound of "bang", a thick red smoke came out of Xiaohong's body, the red smoke dispersed, and a giant beast as big and strong as a mountain like a tiger and a cat appeared in front of everyone. The giant beast's bronze bell-like eyes looked triumphantly at the stunned crowd, and shook its body vigorously, shaking away the shiny red hair all over its body.
Xue Chen ran over, carefully touched the red fur of the giant beast, and exclaimed, "This, this is..."
"This is Xiaohong's real body." Jiuli touched his nose and said.
"Anyway, is Xiaohong's real body a cat or a tiger?" Xuechen was still studying Xiaohong's hair, and his loving eyes seemed to have seen a red fur coat with fine workmanship and expensive price.
"This giant beast seems to be an alien spirit beast, it is indeed very strange, and there has never been a similar spirit beast in the Six Realms." Changqin touched her chin and said while observing Xiaohong.
Jiu Li smugly nonsense: "That's it, our Xiaohong is from the Forest of Sin, and it is a rare tiger and cat spirit animal in the world. ā
Seeing that the gods didn't know such a precious spirit beast with their eyes, and classified it as a strange tiger cat, Xiaohong slumped to the ground with a painful whimper.
On the last night before going to hell, Jiuli woke up and opened the door of the house, and saw a man in a dark robe with eyebrows like ink painting standing in the peach blossoms flying in the sky, and next to him stood a majestic beast with fiery red fur, as beautiful as if he had just come out of the painting.
He beckoned to her, and she smiled and walked over to him.
In March, the sun is just poking its head out from behind the rolling mountains, reflecting a colorful light.
The Light of the Painter, as they call it.
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