The majestic Mount Tai stands not far from the Ghost Gate, like a god supervising all living beings. The ghost gate, the junction of yin and yang, the only place to enter the underworld.

The number of people who die every day in this world, birds and beasts, is too many to count. Come to think of it, how long do people live, and the number of ghosts in the underworld is far more than the number of people who are alive.

In the queue, there were ghosts patrolling on both sides, and when they saw that there were dishonest people, they went up and beat them, without any mercy.

"Senior brother, isn't it black and white impermanence that escorts the souls of the dead in legends, bull-headed and horse-faced?" Mu Linfeng was a little curious, and when he looked at the two sides, he didn't see black and white impermanence or bull head and horse face.

Wang Daohe sent a voice to Mu Linfeng and said: "Look at how many ghosts this underworld has to attract every day, only rely on black and white impermanence to come over, these ghosts are the lowest-level clerks of the underworld, and they can be regarded as the subordinates of black and white impermanence." ”

"Then it seems that this black and white impermanence is in charge of a lot of ghosts, and the official is not small!" Mu Linfeng looked at the ghosts lining up in this ghost gate, and there were really a lot of ghosts on both sides.

"What officer? Black and white impermanence is even the smallest sesame official, just take care of these ghosts! Wang Daohe said disdainfully.

Mu Linfeng was about to ask something, when Wang Daohe came over and told him to shut up and be careful not to expose it.

Finally approaching the ghost gate, the huge stone door hung side by side with dark lanterns, flashing blue light, exuding cold, but these ghosts did not feel cold.

On both sides of the Ghost Gate, the ghost kings with blue faces and fangs stood and checked the path of each ghost one by one. Mu Linfeng counted, and there were eighteen ghost kings standing on both sides of the ghost gate, so you can imagine how many creatures die every day.

The ghost king who guards the ghost gate is particularly strict with some ghosts who look fierce, and for some weak ghosts, he takes a look at the guide and lets them go.

Wang Daohe and Mu Linfeng successfully passed the investigation, and after passing the ghost gate, it is the real underworld, and this place is separated from the yin and yang of the world.

There was no end in sight to a dark yellow dirt road, and all the ghosts were slowly moving forward in a line. Some ghosts can't help but look back, as if they are missing their relatives and friends in the world, but at this time they will never see each other again.

This dark yellow dirt road is the "Huangquan Road", and at the end of the Huangquan Road is the Lechuan River.

Both sides of Huangquan Road are full of fiery red and bright flowers, which illuminate Huangquan Road like flames, so it is also called "Huozhao Road" in the underworld.

There is a big difference between the ghosts on the road to the Yellow Springs and the state outside the Ghost Gate, because the bright flowers on the other side exude a magical fragrance, and this fragrance can evoke the memories of the deceased.

After the death of ordinary people, after the soul was detained by the ghost at first, the state was relatively confused, and he didn't understand anything. Some ghosts don't even know they're dead.

Until they arrive at Huangquan Road, the fragrance of flowers on the other side will make the dead souls clearly recall all the past in their previous lives. Therefore, the ghosts walking on the Huangquan Road usually hide their faces and cry, and are pushed forward by the ghosts behind them.

"The flowers on the other side, the flowers do not see the leaves, and the leaves do not see the flowers! Legend has it that among these leaves and flowers live two goblins who love each other but never see each other. Wang Daohe saw Mu Linfeng looking at the flowers on the other side in a daze, and said to him.

"Senior brother, why are there still some ghosts floating around in that other side of the flower?" Mu Linfeng asked puzzled.

Wang Daohe glanced at it and explained: "Hey, those are some bitter ghosts, whose own yang life has not ended, but they died unexpectedly due to various reasons. Like this, those who die before their longevity is exhausted, even if they are lonely ghosts, wandering around the flowers on the other side of Huangquan Road all day long, until their longevity is over, they can set foot on Huangquan Road and report to the underworld. ”

"Then what's the situation like this for you and me?" When Mu Linfeng thought of his own situation, he was afraid that he would be a lonely ghost.

"Cultivation is originally against the sky, Yuanying is not under the jurisdiction of the underworld for the time being, your body is not dead, your soul is alive, and these lonely souls and wild ghosts are different." Wang Daohe said as he reminded Mu Linfeng not to get too close to the side of the road.

"Be careful, you will reach the Lethe River in front of you, and the cave grass will grow near there." Wang Dao and reminded Mu Linfeng Dao.

The Lechuan River is a part of the Nai River, and the Nai River is the end of the Tongtian River, which extends from the fairy world to the underworld.

"Remember, I'll give you the "Xuanyang Soul Protector Array Banner" later! Otherwise, be careful to be pulled into the Lethe River, and you will never be able to be reborn! Wang Daohe said with a serious expression.

Seeing that Wang Daohe's serious expression was rare, Mu Linfeng hurriedly nodded in agreement, and then asked, "Then Lechuan River is so powerful?" ”

"If the river is really counted, it leads to the fairy world and is connected to the Tongtian River. Your cultivation can't resist the ghosts in the river at all! Wang Daohe explained.

When I got closer, I saw a gust of fishy wind fluttering in the Lechuan River, and poisonous snakes and yin insects were tumbling inside. I saw that some poisonous snakes were completely rotten, opening their blood-red mouths, revealing sharp teeth that shimmered with ghostly light, and some of them still had ghost limbs in their mouths.

And some ghosts who didn't pay attention to walking on the edge of Huangquan Road were constantly swept down the Lechuan River by poisonous snakes and insects, screaming in pain. Anyway, you can't die in the underworld, so you've been struggling painfully in the Lechuan River.

And some ghosts who fall into the Lethe River, after a long time, will become jealous of the ghosts who can enter reincarnation on the Huangquan Road and become evil ghosts.

These evil spirits are more unscrupulous than the poisonous snake and the yin worm to pull people into the water. There was even the female ghost crying and pretending to be pitiful, and once the ghost passed by and looked at her, she would be seduced by her, and unconsciously approached the water's edge. The end result was that she was dragged into the water and suffered never-ending pain together.

This is the real eternal life!

At the end of Huangquan Road is the Lechuan River, and at the end of the Lechuan River there is no road, and it is divided into three tributaries.

These three tributaries are the "Three Ways River"!

As the name suggests, there are three paths, which are divided into three types: "slow flow", "normal", and "extreme speed" depending on the speed of the water.

And each ghost is assigned which tributary to take according to the severity of the sins committed in life.

The evil ghosts and poisonous snakes under the Santu River are even more ferocious, and on the other side of the Santu River is the underworld.

That is to say, if you want to go to the underworld, you must pass through the Santu River, and the danger of the Santu River is self-evident, and you can only reach the other side by boat.

The ferry boat was constantly impacted by the evil ghosts and poisonous snakes underwater, Mu Linfeng observed it, and saw that the faster the water flowed on the tributary, the easier it was to capsize, and he couldn't help but be a little frightened.

"Senior brother, are we going to cross the river too?" Mu Linfeng asked.

"Yes, take a boat to cross the river, and the money we bring will have to be given to the boatman, otherwise we won't pull you across the shore!" Wang Daohe said.

"This death is dead, and I can't go to the underworld without money?" Mu Linfeng felt a little inexplicable.

"Nonsense, the maintenance of this underworld also needs money, who will give you free work!" Wang Dao said that Mu Linfeng glanced at him again and said.

Then, pointing to the blue grass that was exposed by the river, he said, "The one that shines blue is the cave grass, let's go and pick it off quickly, and make it more hidden, so that those ghosts don't find out." ”

Mu Linfeng looked towards the river, opened the "Xuanyang Soul Protector Array Flag", and walked towards the river. Fortunately, there are a large number of ghosts waiting to cross the river here, and the ghosts can't take care of them, so no ghosts have noticed Mu Linfeng.

Mu Linfeng dripped the prepared essence blood into the root of the cave grass, and the originally flickering glow instantly became a little more abundant, straight to the center of Mu Linfeng's eyebrows.

And the glow that bloomed immediately attracted the ghosts waiting for the boats by the river, and they all looked at Mu Linfeng.

"Not good!" Wang Daohe saw this on the side, and said secretly in his heart.

If these ghosts kept staring at Mu Linfeng, they would inevitably attract the attention of the ghosts. When the time comes, it will be difficult to take down Mu Linfeng.

Wang Daohe took out a handful of gold leaf and threw it hidden on the ground, some ghosts were worried about having no money to cross the river, and when they saw the gold leaf scattered underground, they immediately rushed forward to snatch it.

The attention of the ghosts was instantly diverted, and Mu Linfeng took the opportunity to sneak back to the team waiting for the ship.

With this gold leaf, it is possible to reach the underworld safely and thus be reincarnated. The desire for rebirth makes these ghosts forget the existence of ghosts.

Seeing this scene, Mu Linfeng hurriedly put the cave grass into the container prepared in advance, stuffed it into his arms, and walked back to the team.

"It's really rich to make ghosts grind! It seems that it is the same everywhere, money is a good thing! Mu Linfeng couldn't help but sigh.

"You kid have to give me a few bottles of good wine to compensate me when I go back, you see how much gold leaf I lost!" Wang Daohe said with some distress.

When he was in Jishitang, Mu Linfeng took out a bottle of treasured ambergris and poured a few glasses for Wang Daohe. As a result, Wang Daohe was obsessed with this taste and was out of control.

"Hey, strange, it's still like this!" Mu Linfeng saw some ghosts and some gold ingots appeared out of thin air in their hands.

"Senior brother, what's going on?"

"Say you haven't seen it, this must be the ghost's relatives burned in the world, and the burning was timely, just in time." Wang Daohe pointed to those ghosts and said that many ghosts had received the money burned by their relatives.

"Those who have no children and no daughters are pitiful, but the way of heaven is like this, no one can change it!" Mu Linfeng sighed.

"If you really want to be a good person in the world, it will be written on the road guide to the underworld, and this underworld also has many preferential treatment for good people. You can arrange reincarnation without money! Wang Daohe added.

Mu Linfeng and Wang Daohe were assigned to the tributaries of the ordinary flow rate, because of the "Xuanyang Soul Protecting Array Flag" on Mu Linfeng's body, the boat crossed the Santu River unharmed.

Passing through the Ghost Gate Pass, we arrived at the Lechuan River by Huangquan Road, and then crossed the Santu River by boat to the opposite bank. The world on the other side of the river is in order, and this is the real underworld. A place where all living beings stay when they die.

In front of the underworld, there is a high platform, which is "Wangxiang Platform".

This lookout platform is the last place where ghosts can look back at Hongchen and visit their relatives before entering the underworld. I saw that on the lookout platform, ghosts wept and waved to their illusory relatives, watching their relatives busy with their daily lives, but unable to communicate with them.

However, in the underworld, this Wangxiangtai is called "Forget the Hometown". It is the place where you last think about the world, and when you come down from this high platform, you will prepare to enter the underworld to be judged, and forget everything in the world.

"Senior brother, the cave grass has been picked, shouldn't we leave!" Mu Linfeng asked.

Wang Daohe said: "I can't go now, the Soul Restoration Cliff is at the Nai He Bridge, if you want to go there, you must pass the judgment of the Ten Palaces of Yama!" ”

"Senior brother, before you came, you didn't say that you would still accept the judgment of the Ten Palaces of Yama?"

"Senior brother, didn't you ask?"

Note: China's mythological culture is a multicultural culture, including not only Taoism, Buddhism, but also many other cultures, which are mixed together to form the myths and legends we know today. The same is true of the underground system, the concept of the underground government in China's myths and legends, Huangquan Road belongs to the culture of Taoism, and the six reincarnations are the culture of Buddhism. So myths and legends fused these different things together, so much so that later there was the addition of the Buddhist "Jizo King Bodhisattva". Readers don't have to worry about whether there is a conflicting clash of cultures.