Chapter 496: Breaking into the Underworld (17)
There is talk of leading the way, and I naturally can't ask for it.
After the ghost gate, you will officially enter the underworld, and the weather in this underworld is no different from that outside the ghost gate, the same black fog is swirling, and the atmosphere is gloomy. The terrain here is not spacious, but it is a long, narrow and winding mountain road, and on both sides of the road are towering black mountains. Walking on this road, an invisible sense of depression arises spontaneously.
I tried my best to suppress the suppressed anxiety in my heart and followed the conversation all the way forward. Tan Yi introduced me as he walked, this underworld is very big, so big that it seems to have no boundary, but when you enter the underworld, there is only this ghost door to close a portal. Of course, there is also a passage to hell, which is the vicious dog village run by Granny Qiao. However, it is an independent purgatory place, and it does not belong to the underworld mentioned here, so the ghost gate is the only gateway to enter the underworld.
After entering the Ghost Gate, this is the only way to go straight to the "Meng Po Soup House" managed by Meng Po.
This Meng Po soup house is only set up for the souls of the new arrivals in the underworld, and the new souls drink the "forgetfulness soup" in the Meng Po soup house, and after completely clearing the memories of their previous lives, they go to a place called "Extradition Hall" through the Nai He Bridge, where the souls of the dead will be randomly assigned to different living areas. There are a lot of teleportation stations in the extradition hall. The souls of the dead are sent to various places through teleporters.
According to Tan Yan's introduction, the places where the major ghosts lived, such as the Hades Mansion and the Judge's Mansion, were all independent, and the communication between the various places was all achieved through the teleportation stations set up in the extradition hall. In other words, in the underworld, the teleportation station is the only and universal mode of transportation, and it can be used to quickly realize it no matter where you go. It struck me as something new and had a kind of sci-fi feel to it.
In addition, the Nai Ho Bridge is a necessary bridge for the souls of the dead, and as for the ghosts and other legitimate ghosts passing through this place, they do not take this Nai Ho Bridge, but take another bridge that is set up side by side with it.
It's a shame to have Tan Yi with me, otherwise I really don't know how to go after passing the ghost gate, and how to find the judge's mansion.
As I spoke, I saw a temple-like building faintly in the distance, standing gloomily in the gorge pass in front of me, looking like a city gate at the border gate in ancient times.
"That's Meng Po Soup House. Tan Yan pointed to the building.
At this time, there were some dead souls on the road, and they all had ghost hearts at this time, and they were all a little excited when they saw Meng Po Soup House, and they all accelerated their pace.
Naturally, I am also quite curious about the Meng Po soup house, but I am not a dead soul, and the purpose of this trip is not to "enjoy the mountains and rivers", so I don't plan to stay in this Meng Po soup house.
Soon, we arrived in front of the Meng Po soup house, and sure enough, it was a place similar to the city gate, and after the city gate, it suddenly opened up, but it was a very empty place, and the sky inside was not so dark. I never expected that there would be such a big difference between inside and outside this pass, it was simply two completely different worlds.
Meng Po soup house on the right side, is a similar to the sun temple like a building, but the color is gray, it looks quite simple and plain, even the plaque hanging on the eaves of the building on the four big characters of "Meng Po soup house" are gray, almost integrated with the building, if you are not looking for it, you may not be able to see it.
On the left side is a high platform tens of meters high, which is also gray, and I don't know what material it is made of, it looks very majestic.
According to Tan Yi's introduction, the high platform is Wangxiangtai, and the souls who go to the underworld can freely decide to go to Wangxiangtai to last see their hometown relatives before drinking Meng Po soup to show their final farewell, hence the name "Wangxiangtai".
There are a large number of ghosts in Wangxiangtai and Mengpo Soup House to maintain order, but the ghosts here seem to be very kind, which is very different from the ghosts in the Ghost Gate, and these dead souls are also very consciously abiding by the order and going to Wangxiangtai or Mengpo Soup House in an orderly manner.
Directly in front are two stone bridges not far apart, erected side by side, and on the right is a circular arch bridge, one end of which is connected to the Meng Po Soup House. This is the Nai Ho Bridge.
On the left is the slab bridge, which is used for the ghosts and the ghosts of the underworld to pass through.
On the other side of the two stone bridges, about 500 meters away, is a huge building, which Tan Miao whispered to me was the Extradition Hall.
In order not to attract the attention of the ghost, Tan Yi asked me not to look around, and followed him straight towards the flat bridge. At the head of the bridge, there are two ghost messengers guarding to check the passes of the ghosts who pass by, so as to prevent the dead from going to the underworld without drinking Meng Po soup.
Fortunately, Tan Yi was quite familiar with these two ghosts, and they ignored my flawed pass, and let me go smoothly. Who knows, just as we were about to go up the bridge, we suddenly heard a woman's voice from Meng Po's soup house.
"I'm not a dead soul, I don't want to drink Meng Po soup. ”
"Yang Rui?!"
It turned out to be Yang Rui's voice, I was surprised, and at the same time, my heart was beating like a drum, beating very hard.
I hurriedly grabbed Tan Rui's hand, lowered my voice, and said to him excitedly: "Uncle Tan, I heard Yang Rui's voice, she is in the Meng Po soup house." ”
Tan Wei actually heard Yang Rui's voice, and was also taken aback when he heard me say this. Meeting Yang Rui here obviously exceeded his expectations. His face changed suddenly, and he could tell that he was very nervous.
I know that if I make a fuss here, it will inevitably involve the talk, which is why the talk is tense. But meeting Yang Rui here was an unexpected surprise for me, and I naturally wouldn't let it go, besides, it was clear that they were going to give Yang Rui Meng Po soup, and if they drank it, they would forget the memory of their previous life, which was obviously very dangerous. I had to stop it.
Of course, it is very inappropriate to hesitate at this bridgehead, and it is likely to arouse the suspicion of the ghost guarding the bridge. Tan Yi saw the opportunity very quickly, and hurriedly said to me loudly: "I'm a little thirsty, it's better to go to Meng Po Tea House to drink tea before leaving." ”
I naturally paid attention to it and quickly agreed.
Tan Yi pulled me towards the Meng Po Soup Restaurant, and said to me eagerly: "Lin Han, it seems that when the Black Impermanence and the White Impermanence took Yang Rui through the Ghost Gate, it took a lot of turnover because Yang Rui was not a dead soul, so the trip was delayed, and this is why we happened to meet in this Meng Po Soup Restaurant. They wanted to force Yang Rui to drink Meng Po soup, obviously they didn't plan to let her go back to the yang world. ”
I naturally know this, after all, I am a real shady person now, and I know this very well. In fact, black impermanence and white impermanence are only bringing Yang Rui's yang spirit now, Yang Rui's physical body is still in our Lin family, even if there are two grandfathers guarding it with spells, Yang Rui's yang spirit can leave the body for seven days at most. If she doesn't go back within seven days, she'll never go back.