Chapter 22: The Land of Tribulation
Before we could get scared, the altar beneath our feet disappeared in an instant, and the four of us screamed and fell into the boundless darkness.
"Ah~~~"
The heart was about to fly out, and after a second of falling, we began to shout unconsciously, and our ears were full of shouts and whirring wind, and after a while, I lost consciousness as soon as I became dizzy.
In the confusion, it was like a dream, and it was dark all around. I slowly woke up, and the horror of the fall just now woke me up all of a sudden.
It's dark, it's dark all around, I can't see anything, but I have a familiar feeling, I've been here.
It was freezing cold, and I heard a familiar voice ------- sigh.
Sighs one after another.
Underworld!
Is this the underworld? I felt this way last time, I've been here before, and this time I feel this way again. A very familiar and yet very strange feeling, strange.
Looks like we fell to our deaths, yes, what about them.
"Wake up", it was Lacey who asked me.
I followed the direction of the sound and grabbed Lacey.
"Do you know where this is?" , Lacey asked me
"Maybe you know", I was a little nervous, maybe a little scared.
"You didn't panic at all when you woke up", Lacey said lightly, "I think you should have been here"
"If that's right, we're in the underworld"
Lacey didn't speak, apparently taken aback.
"Ah, then are we dead", it was Zhang San who spoke, and it seemed that he was also awake.
"I don't know, maybe I fell to my death," I said helplessly.
After a moment of silence, as long as we didn't speak, the sound of sighing would drill our ears one by one, and with each sigh, our hearts would beat a few times quickly.
There were a few low cries from the side, and Zhang San cried.
No one spoke, and after waiting for a while, Zhao Dong hadn't woken up yet, and Lacey sighed and asked me, "Where should we go?" ”
"I don't know, after death, the soul should be taken to the underworld by ghosts or black and white impermanence, how did we get here?".
The more I thought about it, the more I felt that something was wrong, and muttered, "Aren't we dead yet?" ”
"Not dead?" , Lacey asked.
"I don't know, but ...... But there was no ghost to lead the way."
"We're not dead?" , Zhang San asked me again
"I don't think so"
"Next to ...... Those...... Be...... Ghost, ghost", as soon as we heard that we might not be dead, we all became afraid, and Zhang San stammered a little.
"We're ghosts now, too"
I heard Zhang San breathe a sigh of relief, is it that ghosts are not afraid of those hungry ghosts, it is really strange.
"What then? Can I go back", Lacey asked.
"If you want to return the yang, you have to find the Nai He Bridge" I paused, "Maybe I have to find the ghost gate"
"Where the hell?"
"It's the first time I've encountered this, I really don't know, people have to go to the ghost gate when they die, and they have to go through the Nai He Bridge when they are reincarnated."
"Where should you go, based on your feelings?"
Can it be done by feeling, or be cautious, let me think about it, we didn't enter from the ghost gate, I'm afraid that we can't get out, plus there are legends on both sides of the ghost gate that there are eighteen ghost kings and ghost pawns guarding the pass, and you can't get out.
I made a decision, "Let's take the Nai Ho Bridge and cross the Santu River."
Zhang San asked hesitantly, "Will you be forced to drink Meng Po soup when you walk on the Nai He Bridge?"
"We are still yang and not reincarnated, so we shouldn't drink it"
"Which way are you going?" , Lacey asked
"I don't know, I threw a lot of paper money into the sky here last time, and I ran out."
"Then what should I do if I don't have any paper money now", Zhang San was still a little panicked.
"After I came down that time, I asked Master Mao how to get here, wipe the soil on the ground on his face, and then put a piece of soil on the top of his head and two shoulders to suppress the yang fire, and then he could be confused."
"How can there be yang fire when you die", Zhang San asked strangely,
"How do I know, Master Mao didn't say it, anyway, it's better to do it than not to do it well"
"Then what about Zhao Dong?" , Zhang San asked me,
"Wake him up, what should I do?"
Zhang San shook Zhao Dong there, I reached out to the ground to grab the mud, I couldn't help but shiver, the mud was as cold as ice, and I couldn't help but scratch the mud and wipe it on my face.
Shadows slowly appeared in front of me, and I knew that when we could see them, it meant that they could see us too.
"Quickly wipe the mud and wake up Zhao Dong"
Zhang San was still shaking there, Zhao Dong just couldn't wake up, and Lai Xi walked over in two silent steps.
I know what he's going to do, "pop", two slaps, Zhao Dong woke up.
I wiped the mud on Zhao Dong's face, and Zhao Dong was completely sober now.
"What are you doing!" , Zhao Dong shouted in fright.
"Save you", I didn't care about his struggle, wiped his face well, grabbed a few handfuls of mud and put it into Zhao Dong's shirt and put it on his shoulders and head. Then I'll get it for myself.
The sighs that were getting closer and closer slowly dissipated again, and it seemed that this method had worked. We told Zhao Dong about the current situation.
"Let's go, don't grind," Lacey beckoned, and chose a random direction, and we slowly moved forward with our heads in our hands and hunched over our waists, like a group of captives who had surrendered.
The sound of sighs near and far around us made us tense, and after walking for about twenty minutes, the darkness dissipated, and there was an open field in front of us.
Zhang San took three steps forward, but this made me break out in a cold sweat, this open area is a little familiar, it should be the place I was last here.
I secretly wondered in my heart why a huge piece of the underworld had come to the same place again.
Zhang Sanzheng strode forward, and I grabbed him.
"Don't move"
"This land is full of hungry ghosts, who will stretch out tens of thousands of arms to grab you"
Zhang San was frightened at this time, and the foot that had just stepped out slowly retracted.
Looking back at the place where I had just come out, a place behind me was wrapped in black mist.
In comparison, the darkness in front of me feels much better than the oppressive depth behind it.
I grabbed Lacey with my right hand and stepped gently down with my left foot.
The last time I came down, it was panicked and uncomfortable, but this time I really felt the feeling under my feet, the soil was very soft, there was a slight vibration, and I felt that something was slowly turning under the dirt on the surface.
I stood up gently, but I was fine, and turned to wave to them.
The soil under our feet kept churning, and our hearts kept churning, and there were a few times when I thought of the rotten arms under our feet, I felt a little disgusting and wanted to vomit, and the feeling was really uncomfortable.
When I finally saw the stone bridge in front of me, I was relieved that I wouldn't reach out to hold us anymore when I walked under the bridge. At this time, there was a cold breath coming from behind, making people feel that it came from the netherworld, we were already in the underworld, and there was something else that could bring this extreme cold, as if the whole body was about to freeze.
Even worse than the coldness of my body is the fear of ignorance, this fear is natural, I only know that the fear comes from the thing behind me, I feel it in all the cells and pores of my body, only I don't know.
The world suddenly became quiet, and I couldn't even hear the heavy breathing of Zhang San and Zhao Dong, what was behind me, I turned around and looked back.
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