Chapter 198: Lethe
Death.
When I was a little ghost, I would sit on a stone and look at the sky every day, the color of blood rolling in the thick clouds like ink, this is the eternal scenery of the underworld, not boring, but also not interesting.
I stepped on the Huangquan Road, the iron boots were stepping on the bluestone slab and made a knocking sound, I was not the only one walking on this road, but I was the only one who could make the sound of footsteps, the illusory souls passed by me, they were confused, they had no feet, no heart, and their faces still retained the expression of living to the last moment, or anger, or despair, or stupid laughter, that is the ugliness of not eternal life.
The flowers on the other side floated in the wind, like an umbrella, and in a trance were the woman's fluttering eyelashes, and the heart swelled up like the disturbing troubles of mortals, they rose and fell, dancing in the long clouds, dyeing the colorless sky with a red glow, representing the eternal flame of Hades.
There are many ghosts on Huangquan Road, they turned out the iron chain expressionlessly, trapped the ghosts contaminated with evil energy, and ignored the struggles of those sinners, forcibly pulled to the Hades Hall to approve the guilt, and those with clear souls can go straight to the Naihe Bridge to reincarnate and die.
And for me, they didn't dare to look at it.
After walking for a long time, I saw a bridge, and I also saw a stone under the bridge full of fine words, in which countless names were disillusioned, and the most conspicuous of them were two names, different from other carved white names, these two names were black and gold, strange and abrupt.
Xiaobai.
Sun and Moon Concubines.
I stood in front of these two names and looked at them for a long time, the past is like a passing cloud in front of me, that short decades are unforgettable, the little girl was too nonsense, and I wrote my name on the Sansheng Stone, you must know that the fate on the Sansheng Stone is mostly marriage.
I pointed to the two names on the Sansheng Stone with my fingers, and they could be erased with a light wipe, but I was silent for a long time, shaking my head and walking up to the bridge.
The yellow light is always on, guiding the pedestrians in front of them, like the cloudy and sunny moon, like the old world, reflected in the depths of my eyes. I looked at the river below, which stretched for a long time, and the name of the river was Lethe.
Do you know how many infatuated people there are in this world?
In the distance, there was a tireless rickety figure, handing bowls of Meng Po soup to the confused soul, day after day, without rest, no one ever thanked her, and she never cared.
I came to her, my eyes were a little complicated, I felt the existence of divine power from her, although it was not as good as me, not as good as the God Emperor, and not as good as the Demon Lord, but except for the three of us, there should be no stronger person than her in the Three Realms.
How could such a person be kicked by me as a little ghost back then?
"Coming?" Meng Po raised her cloudy eyes and glanced at me, but the movements of her hands did not stop at all.
I lowered my eyes, bowed, thanked me for letting me go, and said, "It's here." ”
Meng Po didn't speak for a long time, and seemed to be a little dissatisfied with me, I thought it was strange, and was about to ask again, when she suddenly spoke again: "She has been waiting for you for a long time, almost a hundred years." ”
I sighed in my heart, but there was not a trace of color on my face: "I know. ”
"Then why don't you jump down and look for her? Do you want me to give you an extra kick?"
Hesitant and uneasy, but can only face it.
I looked at the Lechuan River under the Nai River Bridge, stepped on the railing one step, and then stepped into the air, the figure floated down on the river, and then pointed the water with my boots, the ripples on the river did not rise, and it was as quiet as a mirror.
Suddenly, countless hands rose from the river, and I seemed to hear the crazy roars of all beings coming from the bottom of the raging river, dry, tender, and strong...... They all clung to me, bound me, and wanted to pull me into the river to accompany them.
How many lonely souls have waited for a thousand years, a thousand years and a thousand years, until they have forgotten who they are waiting for, so they are in pain, and they have to pull others to suffer together.
Spend a hundred years in this filth in the long night of eternity, will you forget me?
In order to find the figure of the sun and moon concubine, I walked forward, and those hands did not want to let go, so they could only break, like walking among the thorny vines, I stepped step by step over all beings.
Where are you?
Where are you.
Where are you......
I walked along the river for a long time, and I couldn't find her, so I had to go back to the bridge to ask Meng Po for help, but Meng Po just glanced at me and said, "If you don't call her, how will she know that you are coming?"
I suddenly came to my senses, jumped on the Lechuan River again, and after hesitating for a while, said, "Sun and Moon Concubine." ”
After this sound, I felt a moment of silence in the river, and then the hands that entangled my feet reluctantly retracted into the river, as if feeling very sorry, but no one responded to my voice.
I screamed a few more times, but there was no movement around me except for my voice.
I lowered my head and thought about it, and when I spoke again, my voice was no longer so stiff and cold: "Sun and Moon Concubine." ”
The surface of the river, which had not flowed all year round, moved, and a ripple spread, and I was overjoyed, and I called her name again, and another ripple spread, and my face gradually smiled.
"Concubines. ”
A hand as clear as jade stretched out from the river, like a lotus blooming, elegant and beautiful, the fingertips trembled slightly, as if unable to support, slowly sinking.
I didn't have time to think about it, I stepped out to the jade hand, pinched my wrist, lifted it gently, and gradually, the whole person in the river was slowly pulled out by me, she bent over and coughed, coughed up the dirty water, her long hair was wet and sticky to her body, her clothes were transparent and her skin was faintly visible, her face was pale, weak and shaking.
With light eyebrows and autumn water, stained with the willows in the world, she is undoubtedly her.
I took off my wide robe and wrapped her up, her feet were weak, she fell into my arms, her whole body shivered, I could feel her cold, like holding a piece of ice, my heart ached, but there were a thousand words out of my mouth, and finally I was dumbfounded.
"Ahem...... cough cough cough cough ......"
Wrapping her in a cloak, we hugged each other tightly, the divine power boiled, the temperature continued to rise, she gradually stopped trembling, I pulled her ashore, back against the bridge pier, her breathing gradually stabilized, her eyes slowly returned to her senses.
Didn't speak, we didn't speak, she pursed her lips, her fingers grasping the black cloak, her expression stubborn like a mortal woman who has not yet reached the end of her life.
"You're Junying...... Or is it a novice?"
"I'm the Black King. ”
She breathed a sigh of relief, and we fell silent again, though silent, but the strength of the hug remained undiminished.
After a long time, Concubine Sun and Moon finally pushed me away, looked into my eyes, seemed to be immersed in it for a moment, and then regained her clarity: "I want to explain to you." ”
I shook my head, indicating that she didn't have to explain.
But she's the master, and she says, I'll have to listen.
"The Demon Gate is restarted, the God Emperor intends to write the Mandate of Heaven, he wants to turn you into his puppet, send you a path without choice, become an immortal, return to the immortal class, become an immortal, and finally let you forcibly drive your ten-tailed body that has not returned to the soul with three major human weapons, and seal the Demon Gate again. And he caught me in order to make you obedient, because Junying is willing to do anything for his only relative. ”
"In case the Black King wakes up, I'll be his bargaining chip against you. I had to pretend to be obedient and find a chance to escape, I had no choice, I had to break off with Jun Yingen, when I succeeded, the mandate of heaven was changed, and the God Emperor immediately wanted to arrest me, I could only sink myself into the Lethe River and hide in the billions of resentful souls, even with the power of the God Emperor, it would take at least a hundred years to find me. ”
"I was really ...... There is no way...... There is no way to ......"
Concubine Sun and Moon lowered her head, her voice became softer and softer, no one could think of her pain at that time, she was fighting against the strongest person in the Three Realms, she lost her godhead, even I was not by her side, I couldn't take any wrong step, that huge pressure was as heavy as a mountain, pressing her chest couldn't move.
I sighed, I've been holding this breath for a long time, and today I finally understand everything, and Junying should be relieved.
"The God Emperor is not stupid, he will imprison you with chains, trap you with enchantments, how did you escape from the palm of his hand when you only have a little divine power left?"
"Break your limbs with your teeth, dig through the barriers of the Three Realms with your hands, and find a corner in the middle to wait for your body to grow. ”
My heart trembled, I had been with her for a long time, and I didn't know that she could be so cruel to herself and calmly judge the overall situation, and the God Emperor naturally couldn't think of it.
"I'm sorry for you. ”
She shook her head and said, "Compared to you, not together." ”
With that, she walked towards the bridge, and I walked up to follow, except for the wandering ghosts who had nothing to do with us, there was only an old woman in front of me.
"Granny Meng. ”
Hearing this, Meng Po raised her eyes and looked at Concubine Sun and Yue: "Woke up?"
"Well, thanks to Granny Meng for taking care of the two of us, the concubine is grateful. Concubine Sun and Moon pulled me and asked me to bow and thank her: "A hundred years ago, it was Granny Meng who told me how to dig out the Godhead, which saved your life." ”
Surprised, I bowed to her again and thanked her.
This Meng Po seems to have lived for a long time, and she even understands this, and she usually doesn't fake colors to anyone, but today she took the initiative to take care of us, and it seems that she has some unusual love for the Sun and Moon Concubine.
"It's nothing, I just don't like you guys banging in the underworld every day, give you what you want early, and end it early. Meng Po said, but the action of scooping the soup in her hand did not stop, she said impatiently: "Since the person has also been found this time, let's leave the underworld quickly, here are just some fragile souls, and you powerful people are not welcome." ”
Concubine Sun and Moon said goodbye obediently: "Okay Granny Meng, let's leave now, and I will come back to see you when I have time in the future, your soup is so delicious, there are both sweet and sour, men drink to relieve thousands of sorrows, and it is also a reason for us women to drink soup." ”
Meng Po smiled: "When you have divine power, come and drink again, don't take a sip and rely on Granny here." ”
"No, the concubine is measured. ”
Sun Moon Concubine hugged Meng Po's hand, turned around and held my hand, after we got off the bridge, she offered to see the flowers on the other side, I accompanied her, the red petals that were full of disturbances have been around her, just like a butterfly that loves honey, her eyes are wide, she can see it, and said that Huangquan Road is very beautiful.
There is always a faint fragrance, I don't know if it's her fragrance or the fragrance of flowers.