68, nine hurdles
King Yama's face sank like water, and everyone behind him was speechless.
The reincarnation road is a one-way street, which can only enter but not exit.
Even if you are the ruler of the underworld, it will be difficult to break this law.
"Wang, are you like this?" A man beside King Yama stepped forward and asked.
His name was Lu Jue, and he was a military general in the Sui and Tang dynasties during his lifetime, and because of his loyalty during his lifetime, King Yama accepted him as a judge after his death.
Don't look at the status of the judge is much lower than that of the Ten Palaces Yama,
But because he was a popular person around King Yama, everyone didn't dare to offend easily.
"The road of reincarnation, the word of reincarnation, you all came from this road, what have you encountered?"
King Yama didn't answer the question directly, but turned around and asked rhetorically.
Lu Juan stepped forward and said with a deep salute:
"I think when I first entered the reincarnation path, I encountered bright and strange flowers on both sides of the road, and the smell was extremely fragrant, and the smell made people intoxicated."
"What else?"
"And...."Lu Juan hesitated, as if he didn't want to answer the question.
"Have you ever met yourself?" King Yama asked.
Lu Juan nodded.
"That day, when I was attracted by the fragrance of flowers, I met a shepherd boy who woke me up at the last time, and I wanted to thank him, but he told me that I am him and he is me."
"I still have an impression of that sentence, but I can't remember the appearance of the shepherd boy."
After hearing this, everyone suddenly realized and began to discuss.
"Yes, when I first entered reincarnation, I encountered a similar scene."
"I seem to be a little bit more, I met nine people, all of them with different appearances, all claiming to be me."
Under normal circumstances, when the soul enters the underworld, part of the memory will be washed away, and everyone usually does not communicate.
So there is almost no conversation about what other people have encountered on the path of samsara.
Of course, there is another very important reason for this.
What you encounter on the road of reincarnation is almost always the most private and ulterior thing for a person.
As a result, no one will bring up the topic.
Everyone doesn't quite understand why King Yama took the initiative to let everyone gather here today.
"I've walked this road too."
King Yama looked reminiscing, as if he remembered something important.
"When I walked this road, I encountered a hundred ghosts blocking the road, and in desperation, I could only swallow ghosts to survive, and finally saved my life."
"As far as I know, when King Jizo first came to the underworld, he encountered five hundred fierce ghosts."
"Amitabha.... Yama, you have a good memory. "
An old and deep voice sounded,
subsequently
Lotus flowers appeared within a range of about ten meters at the intersection of reincarnation, and the gorgeous light bloomed on the lotus, and the Buddha's light shone repeatedly, like the sun hanging in the air.
A deep and solemn chant sounded, as if all the Buddhas in the sky appeared in the underworld at the same time.
"Hmph."
King Yama snorted coldly,
Everyone present also looked displeased.
They are not afraid of the light, but they have lived in this dim, gloomy underworld for thousands of years.
I have long been accustomed to this kind of life without light.
"Jizo, you're still so fond of putting on a show." King Yama sneered.
An old monk came with a lotus flower, with a square head and big ears, a thin figure, and a light like the afternoon sun blooming behind his body.
"I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed, I'm sorry to disturb you."
This old monk is the Bodhisattva of the King of the Earth who came from the plane of the Buddhas.
He once made a vow that hell is not empty, and he vows not to become a Buddha.
I don't know how many years have passed since that day.
But he never forgot the oath he made back then,
He already had the strength to become a Buddha, but he had been suppressing his own realm.
In the eyes of outsiders, this is a monk with great wisdom and great kindness.
But only a few people understand,
He hizo,
It's just an eyeliner planted in the underworld by the Buddhas' planes.
All beings are born and die,
This is a law that is common to all planes.
Since you are going to die,
There must be a place for these souls.
no doubt
The underworld is one such transit point.
As a transit station, the underworld does not have its own position,
Those who come will be welcomed, and those who go will be sent.
Just ask,
Why go to such a place?
When there is a vacuum, where should the dead who have been eliminated by many planes go to rest in peace?
King Jizo also understood this,
So I simply lived the most salted fish life every day.
Occasionally, he opened the altar to give lectures, but it was just because of the task.
"Jizo, it looks like you're aware of something, too." King Yama asked.
The changes that occur on the road of reincarnation are not noticed by ordinary people.
If it weren't for the change in the book of life and death,
Even Yama couldn't detect such a movement at all.
"I didn't know that the powerhouse of that plane could make such a move."
Jizo and Yama looked at each other and didn't continue.
The others were full of doubts, Rao was already the leader in the underworld, but there were many things that they could not understand.
The atmosphere froze all at once,
The two stood at the door of the reincarnation road, looking in, but they didn't dare to go in.
..............
Ying Ning hid in mid-air, observing the movement below.
The Night Watch and the One-Eyed Wolf have woken up,
Although the two of them don't know where they are now,
But they could sense the danger from the group below.
Especially the man at the head, and the monk beside him, made the two instinctively want to stay away.
"Miss Baby..... This is... Where? The one-eyed wolf couldn't help but ask.
"Underworld." Ying Ning felt that there was nothing to hide, so she told the two directly.
"Where's the master?"
"He's in danger, and I don't know it's going to happen yet."
"What!" The night patrol subconsciously spoke, and then glanced at the people below very jealously, and after seeing that none of them reacted, he continued:
"We're going to save the Father."
The one-eyed wolf nodded: "One day as a teacher, one life as a father, mother, let's go and save people." ”
".........." Ying Ning.
She knew that the voice of her mother was calling her,
But it's also a bit embarrassing.
"He is deeply trapped in the road of reincarnation, and this hurdle can only be crossed by himself."
"Can?"
This word has another meaning in the Liaozhai plane, that is, the meaning of calamity.
The greatness of the whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister.
There is also an invisible force in the Liaozhai Continent that controls the development of the entire world.
If there is an anomaly, or if there is an attempt to change the destiny of heaven, this power will bring down the calamity.
Spent it,
The strength has soared, the realm has risen greatly,
But if you can't get through it, the end will be extremely miserable.
Nine times out of ten, he will die directly,
Even if it is a little better, in the end, it will end up with a great retreat and no improvement at all.
"Yes, Zhang Yan is now going to face his first hurdle."
Ying Ning's face was not anxious, but looked very relaxed.
"If you want to change your life against the sky, or even get the approval of the plane, you have to go through nine hurdles over there."
"The first hurdle that belongs to Zhang Yi has finally begun."