Chapter Seventy-Five: Lethe
"Ahem......"
A burst of coughing sounds, old and delicate, everyone looked for the sound, and found that it was all an old monk from outside the secret realm of the Heavenly Monument, a young Tianjiao protector.
At this time, they were thin and faltering, and they had completely become old men in their last years, their skin wrinkled, as if one foot had stepped into the coffin board.
"My Body ......"
A hoarse and piercing cry sounded, startling people to tremble, as if it was a terrible roar from the underworld.
It was an old monk with a white beard, deep-set eyes, arms like chapped bark, shriveled lips, and no blood on his face.
He was half-propped against a dead branch, his legs like bamboo poles, trembling so much that he couldn't even stand up.
"He's dying of old age!"
Some elders of the same generation saw the reason, their words trembled, their pupils widened, and they couldn't accept their previous guesses.
The realm of reincarnation not only cut down their cultivation realm, but even Shouyuan was cut off and returned to the state of the divine blood realm.
"The old man has been cultivating for more than 100 years, and he is obviously ...... Obviously, there are still more than 200 years to live, how can it be ...... at this moment?"
The old monk's voice grew hoarseer and smaller, and at the end of the sentence he could only see his lips trembling, and he could not make any sound.
Bang!
The corpse fell, and soon it was cold, stiff and wrinkled like a piece of dead wood.
"cough", "cough", "cough", ......
Many old coughs sounded, and more than a dozen old monks fell to the ground with cloudy eyes.
Their hair was turning white at a pitiful rate to the naked eye, and their blood was gone, as if time had passed in the blink of an eye, thousands of years in an instant.
"No...... Not ......"
"I ......"
“......”
All kinds of unwillingness, all kinds of resentment, but they are powerless to change, their lives are passing, like quicksand between their fingers, they can't stop it.
A stiff and cold corpse fell, the realm of reincarnation was dim, the area was shrouded in fear, and everyone's hearts trembled.
"The lifespan of the Divine Blood Cultivator is only more than a hundred years, and these dead people are all hundreds of years old!"
They were originally the predecessors of the Six Lands Realm, even though they had been cultivating for hundreds of years and their bodies were old, they were still vigorous in qi and blood, far from their maximum age.
But now it is different, there are supreme rules in the realm of reincarnation, cutting down their cultivation, depriving them of longevity, and almost all monks over two hundred years old have died, which cannot be reversed.
The rest of the people are chilled and want to return and leave this world.
But the road behind them has been sealed, and the flowing chaotic fog washes away, not to mention their current bodies, even before they are deprived, and the moment they touch it, their flesh and blood will be shattered!
There were more than 100 people who entered the realm of reincarnation, but after going through this experience, nearly 20 people died of old age, and the number of people dropped sharply.
"Senior Qi Xian, how are you?" Luo Gu helped an old man and handed a golden fruit from the space vessel to the former.
This is a rare spiritual fruit, which can replenish qi and blood and cleanse muscles and bones.
However, Qi Xian didn't accept it, waved his hand, and asked Luo Gu to take it back.
"My body knows that it is not the elixir that can be replenished, and if it is forcibly consumed, it will be counterproductive, and it will not be able to withstand the vigorous medicinal power. ”
With the change of heaven and earth, the situation has undergone earth-shaking changes.
When he was in the realm of reincarnation, the protector cultivated to be extremely strong, and his ability was to rival many reckless beasts and birds, escorting a group of proud sons of the sky.
But when they got here, most of the protectors were exhausted, and their pace was unsteady, as if a gust of wind could blow them down.
"What kind of reincarnation realm, this is clearly a piece of Jehodi!" an old man yelled, cursing the ancient holy dharma body that had opened this secret realm.
The aura here is thin, rows of dry mountains, and broken rivers are horizontal, like interlaced spider silk, lifeless.
Zhuo Chuan and the others did not stay in place, walked away quickly, and left this place.
They are all young and vigorous, and they don't need to worry about longevity for more than a hundred years.
Facing the fog of chaos, he walked in one direction, the grass was sparse along the way, and the yellow leaves were flying, and he was bleak.
A quarter of an hour later, they were stopped by shouts behind them and stopped to wait.
"I'm with you!"
The person who came was dressed in white, as rich as jade, and held a broken folding fan in his hand.
It is Bai Mingyu, the leader of the Bai family, who is famous in Dazezhou and is known as Baiyu Xiaozun.
Zhuo Chuan did not refuse, in this realm of reincarnation, the crisis is not obvious, and one more person is one more strength.
The five of them traveled far away, chose a direction, and hurried day and night.
"The realm of reincarnation, also known as the shore of the other side, is said to be the ancient land of reincarnation of Tianzun, representing the end of heaven and earth. ”
Ye Yunfan had a remnant map in his hand, which contained part of the geographical information of this piece of heaven and earth.
This is the ancient map that has been rubbed down, and it is a copy of the Tianjiao people who have entered the primeval wilderness, guiding to the final place.
The distance was long, and following the guidance of the rubbing, they needed to reach the other end of the reincarnation realm, where there was an entrance to the next layer of heaven and earth.
The other side, also known as Polo in Sanskrit, is mostly used in Buddhism in earth culture, referring to a state of nirvana, immortal and immortal.
There is no trouble in the heart, the present is the other side!
There is a saying that the other side is a state of life, free from the troubles of the flesh, in the detachment of the earthly world, showing a kind of silence and joy.
But in this world of cultivation, the name of the other side represents a kind of ancient land, and the implementation of reincarnation is the end of the extinction of living beings.
The land of reincarnation, the sea on the other side.
There is a legend in Wuzhou Sanchuan that the end of the primitive wilderness is the final destination of all souls!
Here, there is no struggle with each other, there is no greed and hatred, all beings have no sorrow or joy, and the Lingtai is enlightened and in a state of sublimation.
But when Zhuo Chuan and the others approached this place in person, they were convinced that it was really just a legend.
This is clearly a dilapidated place, the mountains are broken, the ridges are destroyed, there is often black fog between the heaven and the earth, rolling up a cool wind, and the breath is terrible.
"In the remnant record, there are nine layers of reincarnation, and each layer of heaven and earth is different, separated by a world of worlds, and cannot be categorically owned by one place. ”
Bai Mingyu looked handsome and elegant, as beautiful as jade, and there were still some blood stains left by barbarian ancient beasts on the white clothes on his body, which added a bit of coldness to him.
The Bai family is also a big family in Wuzhou and Sanchuan, and there was an ancient saint in the door, although it was countless years ago, but the things left behind are very unusual.
From such a family, Bai Yu Xiaozun naturally knows a lot of secrets about the primitive wilderness, this is this forbidden land recognized by the world, and many people have explored it in ancient times.
The five of them walked at the forefront, dozens of miles behind them, and the monks along the way also followed the guidance of the remnant map, crossing the mountains and mountains, hoping to find the other side of reincarnation as soon as possible and leave this world.
The sky is vast, the sky is gray, and there is a howling wind from time to time, with a biting chill, even young people like Zhuo Chuan and them can't help but shiver, let alone those elderly monks who have been deprived of the realm of cultivation.
There were many old monks who were old and frail, whose flesh and blood had shrunk, and who walked with a shaky trembling spirit, and who could not climb a hill in an hour.
Because of this, some people in the Tianjiao of Wuzhou and Sanchuan abandoned their protectors, turned away, didn't want to be dragged down, and went on the road alone.
There are many such cases, but no one can say anything.
The environment of the old land of reincarnation is harsh, and they don't know how much time is left, so they can't delay because of this.
The brilliance of the Beidou Heaven Sealing Array is getting dimmer and dimmer, and the Eight Divine Beings of the Holy Saint will always exert pressure, and no one knows how long it can last.
Time passes, there is no alternation of the sun and the moon in the realm of reincarnation, and the sky is so dry from beginning to end, with no starlight, no moonlight, desolate and lonely.
They have no concept of time, and they rush day and night, moving in one direction.
The rubbing remnants have little information and are incomplete, and although they point to the destination, there is no accurate route.
"Save ...... Help ......"
On this day, someone suffered a tragic misfortune, and the terrible and frightened voice spread far away, not far from Zhuochuan and them, in another mountain range, which made the listener's heart palpitate.
When several people rushed over, they found a small black lake, the water of which was like ink, and it was so black that it seemed that there was an abyss underneath.
The lake is dry and silent, so quiet that there is not a trace of waves, if you don't look closely, you think it's a huge flat piece of dark iron, the luster is not transparent, and when you look into the water, you can clearly reflect everyone's face.
After searching here for a while, they saw a corpse, only a skeleton, as if it had been eaten clean by ants, white and miserable, without a trace of flesh and blood.
"It's weird. ”
Zhuo Chuan didn't touch the lake, he felt a silent coldness in his dark, and he had goosebumps when he looked at it, and instinctively wanted to retreat.
Later, someone rushed to see the skeleton of Bai Sensen, and they were shocked and inexplicable, and they stayed away.
"Ghost Pool!"
Luo Gu and Qi Xian also arrived here, and when they saw the Black Water Lake, they were shocked for a while, and their eyebrows furrowed.
"What's the saying?" someone asked, having never heard of such a place.
"In the ancient texts of the old land of ink bones, in the land where the ghosts do not disperse, there is a chance to conceive this strange land, which is said to be a spring that communicates with the underworld, symbolizing the extreme yin!"
He is the holy son of the Lanzhou Great Sect, and his court has an ancient lineage, and there are many other secrets that the Holy Land family cannot access in the Scripture Pavilion.
Luo Gu supported Qi Xian and warned everyone to retreat and not to approach this ghost pool.
"It is the condensation of the Yin Spirit, and every drop of water is a wisp of ghost, and the living soul must not touch it, otherwise there will be unknown horrors. ”
Everyone was shocked when they heard this, and they didn't dare to move forward because they had learned from the past, like avoiding snakes and scorpions.
"This is not a good place, and I advise everyone not to explore it and leave early. Luo Gu dropped this sentence and left, without a moment's pause.
Zhuo Chuan watched from a distance, but didn't find anything special, the ghost pool was calm, like a viscous ink slurry, and he couldn't see through it at all.
They didn't stop too much, although they felt that the ghost pool was not as simple as Luo Gu said, but with the current strength of a few people, they didn't dare to explore.
In such a harsh and cold environment, even if the elixir was in his body, many old monks ran out of oil and fell on the cold ground.
The things on their bodies were divided equally by the people next to them, and they looked at the other old monks around them with cold faces.
"There are not a few people who cross the river and tear down bridges. Ye Liuying sighed, shook her head and left, she would not interfere with anything, everyone has their own choices and attitudes towards the world, they are not sages, and they can't care so much.
I don't know how long I walked, but the mountains behind me were broken, the riverbed was dry and cracked, and I couldn't see the chaotic and misty place at the beginning.
Along the way, there are nightmares in the realm of reincarnation from time to time, some people lose their lives, bury their bones here, and there are only less than seventy people who can walk down so far, most of them are young men from Wuzhou and Sanchuan, and the old monks who protect the way have died a lot, which makes people sigh.
"There is a river!"
Ahead, the flowing water is in an uproar, a long river crosses the road, the water is rushing and surging, the span is very large, flowing from the distant place to the distant place.
Everyone was delighted that this was the first undried river they had seen in these days, and the sound of the water was loud and the waves were choppy.
But when they approached, their scalps tingled, and a stench of stench permeated from the river, making people cover their mouths and noses.
"This place...... Could it be the legendary Lethe River?"
Someone exclaimed, it was a young woman from Zizhou, fluttering clothes and neat clothes, even in a barren place like the realm of reincarnation, she was still wearing a streamer and gorgeous clothes, and she was spotless.
The river cut off its future, and the dark yellow water flowed endlessly, exuding a gloomy aura, but it was an unacceptable stench that fell on the mouth and nose of the monk who was vigorous in qi and blood, as disgusting as the bones of a corpse that had rotted for a hundred days, and the wriggling of flesh and white worms.
In the Lethe River, from time to time, there are skeletons and broken bones that are washed up by the current, and the color is completely white.
Moreover, the wind in this place was very heavy, and the biting chill made Zhuo Chuan shiver, and it penetrated deep into his soul, as if to freeze his divine sense.
"Here we are, and this is the end of this ancient land. Ye Yunfan took out the residual picture and compared it, and found that this was the destination of the first stop of their reincarnation.
"Across the Lethe River, on the other side is a different world. ”
"Legend has it that the other side of the Lethe River is full of aura, contains fragrant fragrance, there are hundreds of flowers blooming, the sacred tree covers the sky and the sun, and the setting flowers are colorful......"
There are many Taoist traditions in the five states and three rivers with far-reaching inheritance, and there are various ancient books in the door, and they are whispering and discussing with each other.
Lethe River was wide, and layers of mist spread out on the river, obscuring their vision and seeing what was going on the other side.
In the water, occasionally broken bones and carrion appeared, I don't know what age it was left, and in a trance, there seemed to be blurred faces that were pale and white, staring at their group of people with a solemn smile.
Even if they were all ancient sect saints and heirs of the big family, they were all frightened by this place, and their steps unconsciously retreated, not daring to approach.
Whew, whew!
The wind blew, like a cold, smooth hand brushing his cheeks, making a strange sound, as if mocking them, and as if welcoming everyone.
Zhuo Chuan had goosebumps all over his body, and his heart was drumming, and he couldn't help but have the idea of retreating.
There is no doubt that this is a ghost land, and the only thing that makes people feel at ease is that there are no so-called wandering ghosts and ghosts here, the world is silent, only the yin wind is howling.
"This is a dilapidated underworld, what kind of reincarnation of Tianzun, I think it's all nonsense!" someone scolded in a low voice.
"I've wanted to say it for a long time, I always feel that the so-called realm of reincarnation is actually an abandoned underworld, cold and cold, and it shouldn't be a place where creatures like us should set foot in it......"
As soon as this statement came out, many monks echoed it, overturned all kinds of miraculous legends recorded in the ancient books of the door, and satirized the former sages.