116 Covetousness
Hearing this, I couldn't help but glance at the two immortals, and then they both smiled knowingly. After all, none of us want to equate ourselves with the "lust for the tongue" who has been shut out of the underworld.
After looking at the reactions of Granny Land and me, Father-in-law of the Land calmly continued: "Actually, 'the people take food as the sky', and as a fragile life form, it is understandable that you humans like to 'eat'. It's just that there are a few people who are greedy for 'eating' to the point of no return. In their concept, life can be avoided, but this 'delicacy' cannot be avoided. When I say 'lust for the tongue,' I mean such people! After their souls come to the underworld, because there is no longer a human delicacies to 'taste', they will also want to return to the world again in spite of the previous souls.
Of course, there are also 'lustful' traitors. These people are far from reaching the level of gentlemen who are 'lustful but not lewd', and they will do anything for 'beauty'. Because a person has done unforgivable and substantial bad things in the world, he will definitely be directly locked up and escorted to 'hell' now. But there are also some people, although they are 'greedy for sex', but they have not done anything bad in the world. If these people enter the underworld, they will become irritable and even crazy because they have not been satisfied for a long time.
The 'wealth', 'tongue' and 'lust' here are actually all material. Of course, there are many more material aspects than that, and the three I have mentioned are just the most common and typical of them.
In addition to the material aspect, of course, there is also the spiritual aspect. For example, 'greed for power'. Power is invisible and intangible, but it has infinite magic. Because power can bring so many things to the world. With power comes inexhaustible wealth. 'Promoted to get rich, promoted to get rich', many people are promoted just to get rich. Therefore, many 'power-hungry' people are, in the final analysis, greedy for material 'money'. Of course, this is not the case with those who are 'greedy for power'. Some people are 'greedy for power' to enjoy the pleasure of being on top. With power, there is praise, there is compliment, there is supremacy...... Many heroes are confused by such pleasure, so they will exhaust their life in pursuit of power. Perhaps, in addition to the pleasure, they want to get a sense of accomplishment. It's just that a lot of times 'there are gains and losses'. For the sake of power, they have inadvertently lost a lot of things. Someone may have really achieved a high position in the end, but in his twilight years, he sadly found that he had lost more precious things such as friendship and family.
Another example is 'fame'. The so-called 'false name', this 'name' originally means the spiritual honor of nothing. However, there are many people who do their best for the sake of this 'false name', even at any cost. I think that if you live in the so-called 'information age', you should have a stronger feeling about 'greed for fame' than we immortals. In today's human society, there are too many people who dream of 'becoming famous'. In order to become 'famous', many people are unscrupulous. For example, 'movie and television stars'. This popular 'film and television star' is really beautiful, everyone is hugging each other, and it has attracted the attention of various media. Many people just like this feeling of 'the world's attention'. This can be regarded as a spiritual need. Of course, what is even more is that he envies the decadent and depraved life of the rich and extravagant 'film and television stars'. They want to be 'movie stars' just running for the falling bills. The monetary aspect belongs to the material level. Of course, for people with ** thinking, many times, it is difficult to distinguish between 'material needs' and 'spiritual needs'. Not only has a glamorous and luxurious rich life, but also can satisfy the spiritual needs of vanity, so there are many people who do not hesitate to 'become famous'. What shame, what etiquette, get out of the fuck. And so, all the crazy behaviors appeared. What betrayal, what public undressing, what grandstanding, what malicious slander, what rumors and other ugly behaviors, there will always be people rushing to it. This is still in the human world, and they are already so crazy. If you go to the underworld, then you can imagine what will become of the souls of the dead who have this kind of thought.
'Fame, fame, fame and fortune', what a simple word, but there are too many people who are fascinated by 'it'. Alas, in your current society, how many people can really explore 'fame and fortune'. Don't blame the world for being too crazy, just blame people for being greedy! ......" The father-in-law of the land, who was infinitely emotional, suddenly noticed the sharp gaze from his side, so he hurriedly said with a straight look, "Okay, don't talk nonsense." It is precisely because the souls with 'obsession' and 'greed' were also led to the past at the beginning, that there was such an unprecedented turmoil in the underworld. Of course, there are only a few people with 'obsession', and there are more people with 'greed'. But whether it is the 'obsession' or the 'greed' faction, they all have a common characteristic, that is, they want to return to the world again very strongly. Because, the souls of the dead with 'obsession', their relatives and lovers are still in the world, and the only way for them to get rid of the infinite troubles and torments of their feelings is to return to the world, and those with 'greed', whether they are greedy for material or spiritual, are doomed to be unable to satisfy their 'greed' in the underworld. The social composition of the underworld is completely different from that of the yang. In the underworld, there is no way to 'collect money', no to 'eat', no 'beauty', no 'fame', of course, there is still 'power'. However, in Hades, 'power' is exactly the same as 'giving'. With greater 'power' comes great responsibility, and therefore more needs to be done. There are quite magical laws in the underworld that nothing can be done that can be wrong, otherwise there will be severe punishments. Therefore, in the underworld, those who have 'power' have no money and status, no flamboyance and vanity, and only heavy responsibilities and tedious work. You say, do those 'power-hungry' souls who came from the human world still dare to chase the kind of 'terrifying power' in the underworld that only gives without any return? "Maybe it's too much to talk in one breath, so in order to ease my breath, the father-in-law of the land asked me a very rare question