Chapter 17: Lethe
Every person who dies will enter the ghost gate, cross the Yellow Spring, then pass through Lethe, walk across the Nai He Bridge, drink Meng Po soup, and then be reincarnated.
The color of the Yellow Spring is naturally yellow, which is the color of the soil, after all, after death, people will return to the land, and the Yellow Spring Road is also built along the Yellow Spring.
The water of the Lethe River is blood-yellow, the river water is a ghost that cannot be reincarnated, the river surface is the unique miasma of the Lethe River, and the living people will die if they touch it, there is no other sound here except screaming and wailing, and the harsh environment has also bred fierce beasts and poisonous insects.
However, the unique scenery of Lethe River is the flowers on the other side of the bank, the red is so enchanting, and the red is so poignant.
The flowers bloom on the other side, and life and death are not seen.
However, the bridge spans the Lechuan River, the bridge is bustling with ghosts all day long, Meng Po dressed in white handed out bowls and bowls of Meng Po soup, from ancient times to the present, from now on, heaven and earth are immortal, and reincarnation is not stopped.
Nan Haoming returned home after leaving the Styx, but he didn't see Wei's figure.
Nan Haoming didn't doubt him, he just played outside and forgot the time.
The Three Realms refer to the heavenly realm, the human realm, and the underworld, and the heavenly realm never has a night, and the underworld does not see light.
The underworld is to the underworld what the heavenly court is to the heavenly realm, and the true master of the underworld is the king of the underworld.
Nan Haoming stood at the end of Huangquan Road, quietly waiting for the slowly approaching ferry.
The ferryman belongs to the yin, but it is not recorded, there is no yin to enjoy, most of them are the children of the family who are engaged in the yin damage in the yang world, and after their death, they wake up to the ferrying here in order to alleviate the sins of future generations.
"What are you doing, what are you doing, line up!" Nan Haoming, who was waiting for the boat at the ferry, suddenly heard a scolding.
He turned around slightly, only to see two little ghosts with beast faces, holding soul chains in their hands, looking at Nan Haoming impatiently.
Nan Haoming was not in the mood to joke with them, but only slightly revealed a little fairy qi and let them retreat very interestingly.
The ferryman leaned the ferry against the shore and stretched out his hand to ask for something.
Hades is better, little ghosts are difficult, this is also a common knowledge of the Three Realms, plus no matter what kind of gods and people fall into this Lechuan River, they can only wait for death, Nan Haoming can't help but be afraid.
Nan Haoming also took out a copper coin full of green rust from his pocket, and the moment he took it out, all the ghosts looked sideways, and his eyes were full of greed.
"Take me to the end of Lethe. ”
The ferryman showed a hesitant look, and the ghost who was waiting at the ferry also showed a different color.
However, the bridge is only on the way to Lethe, and no one has ever been to the end of Lethe.
But the ferryman didn't seem to be able to resist the temptation of the copper coin in Nan Haoming's hand, and gritted his teeth and nodded.
Nan Haoming sat in the boat, the ferryman stood on the bow of the boat, and the river was long, which was enough for people to think about the past and present lives.
A centipede-like monster with wings leaps out of the lake, arcs over the ferry, and shakes off strings of splashes.
Nan Haoming and the ferryman were unfazed, there were all kinds of strange creatures in Lethe, and some were extremely aggressive, but they could never leave Lethe, and they could only sink in the Lethe River that was intertwined with resentment, hatred and killing.
From the Huangquan Ferry to the Nai He Bridge, no one on this road can specifically say how far it is.
Some people say that how long your life is, how long its distance is, how deep your sins are, how slow you will move forward, and if you are really sinful, you will be devoured by the beasts and poisonous insects in the waters of the Lethe River, and you will be tormented forever in this Lethe River.
The ferryman was silent all the way, for them, Lethe was just a river, and their job was to cycle between the two points, and there was no other meaning.
Do ghosts get tired?
Surely not, if there really is such a day, it must be the day when their souls will be gone.
The ferry boat walked unhurriedly, the river was rippled, and looking back, the bewitching flower on the other side twisted slightly and bloomed again with a touch of red.
Flowers bloom, it's always just a lifetime.
The bridge has appeared in their sight, and as the ferry moves forward, it is appropriate to describe it as the bustle of the world, but there is an old woman who is quite conspicuous, she stands at the head of the bridge, and sends Meng Po soup to the ghosts who go to reincarnation.
Nan Haoming looked slightly, Meng Po seemed to have noticed that he also forgot to glance at the river, and the two of them happened to look at each other.
A smile suddenly appeared on Meng Po's wrinkled face, and Nan Haoming also waved his hand to say hello.
"I'll get drunk with you when I'm done. Nan Haoming said to Meng Po.
"Here you go again. Meng Po nodded.
The ferry crossed the bridge and continued on.
He and Meng Po are old friends, and when they talk about their fate, it will be a long, long time ago.
At that time, Meng Po was a peerless beauty, she was still a fairy at that time, and she was still so beautiful at that time.
After crossing the Naihe Bridge, the mountains and rivers on both sides became more numerous, and a viscous red liquid flowed into the Lethe River on top of the mountains and rivers, as if molten slurry.
In some of the mountains, a plant grew obliquely between the cracks, and the plant was blood-red, with a corolla at the top, and the corolla was closed, but wisps of gray mist leaked out of it.
When Nan Haoming passed by, the corolla suddenly opened, and there was a human face growing in it, and the whole plant was suddenly pulled out, and the human face opened its bloody mouth and swallowed it towards Nan Haoming.
However, when he was about to touch Nan Haoming, he was burned by the divine light on Nan Haoming's body and quickly shrank back.
The ferryman rocked the oars as if he were unaware of everything.
Along the way, monsters continued to attack Nan Haoming, but most of these evil things were injured by Shenxi and returned defeated.
As the ferry continued to move forward, more and more creatures appeared, and even some birds with a pair of bony wings like bats pecked at Nan Haoming's eyes, but they were knocked down by Nan Haoming and dissolved in the water of the Lechuan River.
There is a rule in the underworld that no one is allowed to use the ferry, and this seems a bit unusual.
With this in mind, a stone statue of an ancient demon god rose from the Lethe River and blocked the ferry's path.
The stones above its eyes fell in fragments, and a pair of perforated eyes seemed to have a soul, and its mouth opened and closed slightly, making a buzzing and harsh sound.
"Forbidden land ahead, leave quickly!"
While the stone statue of the ancient demon god was talking, there were constantly rubble falling, and the water of the Lechuan River was also rippling.
Nan Haoming didn't talk nonsense, a flash of fire flew out of his hand, and it hit the stone statue hard, and the stone statue immediately shattered and fell back into the Lethe River, and the river surface returned to calm.
After advancing for a distance, there was a bright landscape in front of me.
A mountain peak lies atop Lethe, with peach blossoms and grass on the ground, a vibrant image that contrasts with the lifelessness of the underworld.
The ferryman docked the boat at the side of the mountain, and left after Nan Haoming got off the boat.
This is the end of Lethe.