Chapter 364: Placement of Meng Po and Judge Cui
Then I saw the black evil qi in the sea of blood, frantically pouring into the bridge. The six bridges gradually turned into six golden spinning discs.
At the same time, all the mana essence of Houtu's flesh body exploded, fusing with the six spinning discs. Houtu shouted again: "Six reincarnations, Cheng." ”
Where has Ren Qiang seen this kind of formation! I was stunned by all this. I only heard a rumbling sound coming from the Netherworld Blood Sea, and the smoke was curling, and I couldn't see a single thing.
After the sound passed, Ren Qiang raised his eyes and saw that there was still the shadow of the Houtu and the Netherworld Blood Sea in front of him, it was a completely unfamiliar place, it was the reincarnation hell.
At this time, two things suddenly fell from the sky, one fell into the arms of the Styx Ancestor, and the other fell into the hands of Ren Qiang.
Ren Qiang raised his eyes and saw that what the Styx Ancestor had obtained was the Innate Spirit Treasure Book of the Underworld, which is what later generations called the Book of Life and Death; What Ren Qiang has in his hand is the judge's pen.
I only heard the voice of the day after tomorrow in mid-air and said: "I have to bother the two of you to find the master for this life and death book and the judge's pen in the future, thank you very much!" ”
At this time, the heavens inducted, a large piece of colorful glow flew from the nine heavens, and when it came to the top of the reincarnation hell, it was turned into two parts, one large and one small, of which ninety percent flew to the reincarnation hell, but one percent flew to Ren Qiang.
Suddenly, I saw that ninety percent of the colorful glow that flew towards the reincarnation hell flew towards Ren Qiang. But it was sent to Ren Qiang by Houtu who had just turned into a reincarnation hell.
Ren Qiang didn't know how, he just sat on the ground, looked at the reincarnation hell and muttered, "Uncle Houtu......"
The Styx Ancestor came over and said to Ren Qiang, who was sitting on the ground, "Let Daoyou mourn!" This matter is not over, and since you and I have been entrusted by the Houtu, we still need to discuss the affairs of this underworld. ”
Only then did Ren Qiang remember that he was still holding the judge's pen given by Houtu. He immediately stood up and said to the Styx Ancestor: "Styx River Friend, how about we go to the underworld?" ”
Houtu gave the book of life and death to the Styx Ancestor, and declared that the eighteen layers of hell were in the hands of the Asura clan, which implied that the Styx Ancestor would be in charge of the hell. As a human race, Ren Qiang naturally has to ask the Styx Ancestor for permission here.
Styx Ancestor nodded. The two of them walked there together.
Only after this walk did I find that Houtu had turned the place where he meditated with Ren Qiang into a ghost gate, and the distance from the ghost gate to the underworld was turned into a winding Huangquan road, but the Huangquan Road was repeatedly superimposed, how long and how long, how short and how short!
The two of them walked quietly on the Huangquan Road, and now the reincarnation hell had just been completed, and many ghosts had not yet returned to their places, and the Huangquan Road seemed deserted.
Neither of them used mana, and walked step by step. When I felt tired, I suddenly saw a big river at the end of Huangquan Road in the distance, the river was hundreds of zhang wide, and the blood-red water in the river waded through, which was the water of the Netherworld Blood Sea.
The big river doesn't know where it comes from, and it doesn't know where to go, only at the intersection with Huangquan Road, there is a pontoon bridge leading to the opposite bank, the pontoon bridge is divided into six layers of "gold", "silver", "jade", "stone", "wood" and "bamboo", Ren Qiangxin said that is the main body of the "six reincarnations" "Nai He Bridge".
"Nai He Bridge" is named after an ancient legend: people are reincarnated from life to life. The end of this life is only the beginning of the next.
People who are born in the cycle of life and life cannot have the memory of their past lives, because everyone will drink Meng Po soup on the Nai He Bridge to forget the memories of their past lives before they are reincarnated.
Therefore, when walking on the Nai Ho Bridge, it is the last moment when a person finally has the memory of this life. At this moment, many people are still clinging to the unfulfilled wishes of their previous lives, but they deeply understand that these wishes will not be realized in the end, so they will let out a long sigh.
This is the origin of the name of this bridge connecting the reincarnation of various generations.
"What are you going to name this bridge?" Ren Qiang deliberately asked the Styx Ancestor.
"I'm still thinking about this?" Styx Ancestor said, and said: "I think that Ren Daoyou's thinking is far-reaching and clear, so you can give it a name!" ”
Ren Qiang was waiting for this, and said with a smile: "Then I'm welcome." Life is a life, grass and trees are autumn, it is better to die than to live. There is no choice but to embark on this path. Let's call it 'Nai Ho Bridge'! ”
"Helpless, helpless! Well, that's a name. Styx Ancestor said happily.
According to folklore, there should be an old woman named "Meng Po" at the head of the bridge, who burns a pot of soup day and night, the soup is called "Forget Love Water", also called "Ecstasy Soup", and each ghost has to drink a bowl before the six paths, forgetting the memories of the previous life.
Details like this will not be arranged thoroughly. As a trusted friend of Houtu, it was under his own influence that he contributed to the enlightenment of Houtu. Ren Qiang felt it was his responsibility to help complete it.
Ren Qiang said to the Styx Ancestor as he walked: "A person is reincarnated after death, if he still remembers the memories of his previous life, and his karma is not removed, I am afraid that after reincarnation, he will always be entangled in the cause and effect of his previous life. Let its ghost drink a bowl of ecstasy soup while crossing the bridge and forget about his past life. ”
"It's good, but who will cook this soup, and where will the prescription come from?" The Styx Ancestor spread his hands, a little embarrassed.
"It's easy to do. There is an appendix to the book of ecstasy decoction prescriptions. As for the people who cook the soup, I can recommend them. There is a Meng Po in my Mud Pill Palace, who is cultivated as an earth immortal and can be competent for this work. ”
"If you have a candidate, you can launch it quickly, there are all kinds of industries waiting to be developed here, and there is a shortage of manpower!" The Styx Ancestor said, opening the Book of Styx to find the recipe for the Ecstasy Soup.
"Okay!" Ren Qiang said, and called out the most primitive Menlan among the thirty-six villains from the Mud Pill Palace.
Menlan is Meng Jing's wife, according to folk customs, after a woman gets married, she just adds the word "mother" after her husband's surname, which is her name. So Menlan is Meng Po.
Meng Po was sick before her death, and she was allowed to strengthen an innate true qi into her body to contaminate a trace of aura. After entering the Mud Pill Palace, he meditated devoutly, and cultivated to the earth immortal. As soon as he came out of the mud pill palace, he immediately turned into ~ people, as if he was old before his death.
The Styx Ancestor was also very satisfied with Meng Po.
Meng Po first thanked Ren Qiang. After listening to the role she played, she was even more overjoyed. said in a loud voice: "Menlan must live up to the trust of his father and do this job well." ”
Ren Qiang immediately lit a stove. At this time, the Styx Ancestor also found the prescription, and immediately lit up a large number of medicinal herbs, and handed them to Meng Po along with the prescription.
Ren Qiang said to Meng Po: "You put it in the furnace according to the recipe, just burn it every day." Every ghost who passes by has to give them a bowl to drink. Don't be soft-hearted, otherwise, it will cause chaos in the world. ”
Meng Po nodded frequently, and couldn't help but say, "Definitely!" Certain! ”
The two left Meng Po, crossed the Nai Ho Bridge, and came to the center of hell.
In the center of hell there is a hall of Hades. At this moment, there was nothing in the temple. Ren Qiang thought of the judge's pen in his hand, and couldn't help but move in his heart. He said to the Styx Ancestor, "Styx Fellow Daoist, this judge's pen is not something I can hold often. I have a candidate who can take charge of this. ”
"Didn't you say it, if you do, let him come over quickly. The more the merrier. You see it's deserted, not lively at all. ”
Ren Qiangxin said: If this underworld is lively, the world will suffer. said: "This person's surname is Cui, he is educated, and he writes well." Let him be in charge of the judge's pen, and he will be competent. ”
"Okay, call him!"
Ren Qiang transferred Cui Cunpu from the Mud Pill Palace again.
Cui Cunpu was seriously injured in a hunting fall before his death, and Ren Qiang also gave him his innate true qi. In addition, he loved to learn when he was a child, and he worked as a substitute teacher in Jianjin Village before his death. After his death, he cultivated even more devout in the Mud Pill Palace, and his cultivation had reached the late stage of the Earth Immortal.
Cui Cunpu took the judge's pen and was very excited. "Father, father" called hundreds of times. Ren Qiang told him the location of Meng Po and asked them to take care of each other. Cui Cunpu said in a loud voice: "This nature, this nature!" ”
Seeing that Ren Qiang had transferred another person from the Mud Pill Palace, the Styx Ancestor asked curiously, "How many people are there in your Mud Pill Palace?" How to come out one after another. ”
Ren Qiang smiled and said, "There are no less than four or five hundred people in my Mud Pill Palace, all of whom are the souls of my people on the west coast of the East China Sea. At that time, there was no reincarnation hell, so I put them in my mud pill palace. Later, there were many deaths, and I couldn't take care of them. ”
"In that case, why don't you release them all. Anyway, it's empty and lacks ghostly energy. ”
This Styx Ancestor's brain turned back quickly, and as soon as the underworld was built, the word "ghost" was used. It is also said that if there is no ghost in this underworld, it will not be an underworld.
Ren Qiang saw that knowing the Styx Ancestor was well-intentioned. I thought that this ghost light was not a long way to go in the Mud Pill Palace. Now that there is a prefecture, it can be regarded as a home. or reincarnation, or being a deserter in the underworld, all have a future for development. Then he called out the ghosts in the Mud Pill Palace one by one.
However, he still left the souls of the thirty-four mud spot people except for Menlan and Cui Cunpu in the mud pill palace. Although these thirty-four ghosts have not yet reached the cultivation of earth immortals, they are all fast. Now there are no prefecture positions, and when there is an opportunity in the future, it is not too late to let them come out.
People, selfishness can't be removed at any time, even if it's a saint or a person who has crossed over, the same is true!
The underworld was deserted, and the two never wandered again, Ren Qiang said goodbye to the ghost who had been with him for hundreds of years, and went out of the underworld with the ancestor of the River Styx.
Ren Qiang returned to Taiqing Dapingtian, and he wanted to talk to Taishang Laojun about the reincarnation of the post-soil. As soon as he opened his mouth, Lao Jun waved his hand and said, "I already know." You did it right, Houtu completed its mission, and the flood was sound. Heaven does. ”
Ren Qiang saw that the master did not blame himself, and a stone fell to the ground in his heart. He concentrated on refining a few furnaces of nine-turn golden pills, and when the time of a hundred years had come, he said goodbye to Taishang Laojun, said goodbye to the people living in the scenic spots, and flew to the Yuxu Palace of Kunlun Mountain.
The three Qings have their own specialties, and Hongjun Daozu asked them to teach in turn, the purpose is to let him learn the strengths of the three. Staying in one place for a long time will inevitably affect other places.