Shen Mo traveled to the one hundred and eight steps of Jinling Academy at night, and saw a dragon tree in the depths, which was tall and erect, and the tree pole was very thick, and it took five people to hug it. The branches are umbrella-shaped, and from a distance it looks like a large mushroom cloud. I don't know how old this tree is, but it is still sick, the leaves are wilted, the leaves are withered and yellow, there are no fruits and no flowers, and it seems that it has reached the end of its life. There was a well next to Nagarjuna, and there were streams of black liquid material flowing from the well, but it was not water, and it was strange and abnormal. The night of the moxibustion just inadvertently glanced at the substance, and then he was attacked by an evil aura, and then he felt extremely cold all over his body. It turned out that the black liquid was an extremely yin thing, born of people's evil thoughts.

There is a square stone table under the tree, and there is a round stone chair on each side of the table. On the stone chair in the south, there is a monk sitting at this time, wearing a yellow monk's robe and a red robe with gold trim outside, his eyes slightly stared, as motionless as a stone statue.

When the moxibustion came to the front at night, the monk opened his eyes sharply and recommended himself: "My cultivation has reached the end of the five dynasties, and my life has come to an end, but there is still a step away from the avenue, and I am afraid that I will not be able to reach it." As a member of Jinling, I can't bear to be robbed of my hometown. I have been protected by the ancestors of Jinling for many years, and I have been nurtured by the people of Jinling, so how can I not repay the favor? However, my ability is limited, and I can only temporarily prevent this karma from spreading to Jinling for three days, and I have to ask Xiaoyou to persuade the hundred ghosts to solve this Jinling unjust revenge. ”

Shen Moxibustion heard vaguely at night, and was about to ask again, when he suddenly saw the "black water" boiling in the well, and the voice of Taoism came out. A female voice persuaded: "Old bald donkey, don't hold on, give up!" Then, a male voice said angrily: "Old bald donkey, these people will go to hell sooner or later." Why are you risking your life to stop me from waiting out?" Immediately after, an old man pretended to be kind and said: "Old bald donkey, you can't hold on for more than three days, why bother?" As the saying goes, well water does not interfere with river water, so why do you bother to wade through this muddy water? Let me wait out, I'll wait out!"

The black liquid gushed out desperately, and every time they rose a foot, a leaf of the dragon tree withered. When all the leaves of the dragon tree withered, the dragon tree would also die and become a rotten wood, and the entire Jinling City would be destroyed by the Heavenly Dao in an instant. Because, this dragon tree is not an ordinary tree, but the "heart" of Jinling's leyline, representing the life of Jinling.

The earth where human beings live is actually as alive as human beings, and the so-called coming, living, deterioration, and extinction are the life processes of this human world, and even the celestial world that is closely related to it. There are also three veins in the human world, which are the factors that create the inheritance and destruction of the natural and geographical environment. These three veins are the water vein, the mountain range and the earth vein, of which the water vein is the breath of one side of the land, representing the fortune, and the mountain range is the barrier, inhabited by the mountain god, and the main protection of the peace of the land. Therefore, there are many outstanding people in the land near the mountains and rivers, and there is often a saying that "one side of the water and soil raises one person"; Because there are 12 heavenly stems that connect the human world with the outer celestial world, absorb the energy of the outer celestial bodies (such as oxygen), and transport it to the human world through the 12 earthly branches, which in turn are rooted in the earth's leylines, so they are closely related to this life on earth.

Seeing the black liquid gushing out, Nagarjuna's life was fading, the monk hurriedly recited the Buddha's name, trying to press the black liquid back into the well. Shen Moxibustion wanted to help at night, but was stopped by the monks. The monk said, "This is not your job, don't waste your time here." Go to the underworld and convince the hundred ghosts. ”

The monk spoke, waved his sleeves, and fanned the god moxibustion night down one hundred and eight steps. In just a few moments, the black liquid gushed out of the well by five centimeters, and Nagarjuna quickly withered at a speed visible to the naked eye. The monk stared anxiously and recited the Buddha's name. In reality, the monk's body kept shaking from side to side, as if he had been hit by a powerful force, and fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead. In the same place, in the low latitudes where rotten ghosts and evil spirits are located, evil forces are trying to break through the monks' barriers and attack Nagarjuna. Suddenly, a group of human-like beings came from afar, and one of them roared at the monk: "You have no faith in your words, and promise that if you are cultivated, I can go to your world to be a protector god, so I will no longer seek revenge from you." But now, if you don't repair, it's better to be nosy, and use your life as energy to delay the occurrence of the Jinling Catastrophe. Since you have so little to cherish your life and have no faith in your word, then today you have avenged it. ”

With that, he rushed to the monk and wanted to choke the monk's neck.

The spirit of life hurriedly rushed out, stopped this living being, and said to the monk: "I have been with you for three lifetimes, and I believe that you can cultivate." It will not be possible in this life, there will be an afterlife, but it will not wait for Erer. I only hope that after you have cultivated, you will be able to let me go to your world and become a sentient being, and I will be satisfied. ”

It turned out that these human-like beings were all creditors of the monks during their lifetimes, and because the monks were understanding, they promised to arrange their cultivation into their own world, so they gave up their hatred. Now, seeing that the monks did not care about their own lives in order to delay the disaster of Jinling's karma, there is an ambiguity, the evil side wants to take revenge and kill the monks, and the good side wants to wait for the monks to cultivate and protect the monks. The two parties were inseparable, and the monks watched dryly, hoping that the gods would persuade the hundred ghosts as soon as possible to resolve the grievances in Jinling.

On the other side, the night of moxibustion was fanned out by the monk out of the one hundred and eight steps, at this time it was on the one hundred and seven steps, and he wanted to go up one hundred and eight steps, but this ladder was the same as the first assessment of the night of the moxibustion, and it would rise as high as it was, and it would always be one step higher than the one hundred and seven steps where the night of the moxibustion was located.

The god was helpless at night, thinking of what the monk said, and wanted to go to the underworld to find the hundred ghosts. Walking to the thirty steps, Chen Yu and Ziyi asked the reason for going up the one hundred and eight steps on the night of the moxibustion, and the night of the moxibustion explained in detail the disaster of Jinling karma and the things encountered on the one hundred and eight steps.

After hearing this, Ziyi said: "I know that there is a place that can lead to the underworld, and Brother Night will come with me." ”

Purple Yi led the way, followed by Shen Moxibustion Night, and Chen Yu followed him for fear that Shen Moxibustion Night was in danger. When the three of them left Jinling Academy, they didn't take the usual road, but went to the desolate place overgrown with weeds and strange rocks. There was a ridge ahead, and some stones were piled up randomly under the ridge. Chen Yu felt that this place was not simple, and was about to warn Shen Jiu Ye and Ziyi to be careful. Who knew that Shen Moxibustion Ye jumped off the hurdle first, and Ziyi saw it and jumped down. Chen Yu was helpless, so the two of them jumped down.

It's strange to say, I don't know if it's because the group of people on the night of Shenjiu has become smaller, or if the stone has become bigger. The stone that the three of them saw on the hill was not very big, but when they got to the bottom of the hill, the stone was not only as big as a city gate, but also became a labyrinth, and even the hill that came down was gone.

Chen Yu was thoughtful, afraid that the maze road would be difficult to walk, and wanted to use the compass to study it first, but saw that Shen Moxibustion went straight into the maze at night. Chen Yu and Ziyi glanced at each other, afraid that they would get lost at night with Shenjiu, so they had no choice but to follow.

Shen Mo took Chen Yu and Ziyi to shuttle through the maze at a very fast speed, and Chen Yu didn't have time to peek at the road. Xindao, Brother Ye's current state is very human, so he shouldn't be disturbed. I'd better wait for him to come to a dead end, out of the state, and then use the compass to find a way out! Chen Yu thought about it, and suddenly felt a bright light in front of him, so he looked at it and saw that it was the exit of the maze, and his heart was shocked. Secretly said, Brother Night is really lucky, he doesn't want to walk around at will, but he actually arrived at the exit.

The three of them, Chen Yu, and Ziyi, came out of the labyrinth, and the night of the god went to a mountain in a hurry. Chen Yu and Ziyi followed, and the speed was raised again and again, lest they lose the night of the moxibustion. It turns out that this magic moxibustion night mountaineering does not take the ordinary road, the sheep intestine trail does not walk, the ladder does not walk, the road does not walk, the end of a vertical mountain road, encountering stones and rocks, encountering cliffs and cliffs, so that Chen Yu and Ziyi are speechless.

After about Mo Cha Gong, Chen Yu saw a view in front of him. The scale of the Taoist temple is not large, and the entrance is an empty dam. On the side of the cliff near the dam, there is a tree of unknown species, with leafy and lush branches, and under the tree is a round stone table and eight stone benches. The view gate of the Taoist temple is in the east, there is a long open space, the right wall is painted with a big Tai Chi pattern, and the plaque is written with the three words "Qingxu Guan" in seal carving.

Chen Yu and Ziyi walked to the Taoist temple and saw that Shen Ji Ye and a child were talking. Dao Tong said: "You are wrong. The place where you are going is on the other side of this mountain. When he heard this, he didn't say a word, and turned around and left the Taoist temple. Chen Yu thanked the aisle boy, and then chased after the god with Ziyi and went away at night.

As the saying goes, "It's easy to go up the mountain and hard to go down", but this saying doesn't apply to the body of Shen Moxibustion Night at all. A vertical route that is still taken when going down the mountain at night, jumping off rocks when encountering stones, and jumping off cliffs when encountering cliffs. Chen Yu and Ziyi were so frightened that they didn't dare to follow the method of Shenjiu Night, so they looked for the sheep intestine trail and rushed down, lest Shenjiu Night arrive at the bottom of the mountain without waiting for the two of them, and go to the back mountain by themselves.

Chen Yu and Ziyi arrived at the bottom of the mountain, and saw that Shen Moxibustion Yeguo was waiting for the two of them, and they were going to the right, wanting to make a detour to the back of the mountain. Chen Yu was puzzled, looking at the road left and right, it was clear that the left road was easier than the right road, and he should be able to get to the back of this mountain faster, but he didn't know why Shen Moxibustion Ye chose the right side.

"Where are we going?"

Ziyi also didn't understand the practice of moxibustion at night, so he asked Chen Yu where to go. Chen Yu looked at the night of the moxibustion, supported his forehead, and followed. Ziyi was helpless, so he had to follow.

Shen Mo walked very fast at night, and the tired Chen Yu and Ziyi complained bitterly. Fortunately, the road is getting wider and smoother. Chen Yu was secretly frightened, and thought: "Could it be that Brother Ye knew that this right path would get better and better, and the path he chose couldn't be successful?"

After walking a good road for a while, there was a fork in the road ahead, and Shenjiu Ye turned into the worst road on the right. This road is a common muddy field in the mountains, narrow and small, and can only be passed by one person. There is no vegetation around, and it is very gloomy. There is a white substance that can be seen by the naked eye floating in the air, and it is the yin energy that has been materialized.

Chen Yu felt that this road was ominous, and looked back, but there was no way out. What's even stranger is that when you come on, you're on the right, but when you come in, you're on the left side of the road. Because, along the right side of the road there is a temple. The temple is magnificent, with the length of the wall alone measuring 180 zhang (180 zhang). It's just that you can only see the wall outside the temple, and you can't see the things in the temple, and the temple door is also shabby, and it seems that the door is installed at random at the rightmost foot, and it is still a chai door.

Shen Jiu Ye opened the wood door and walked in, Chen Yu was shocked and didn't dare to come forward. It turned out that the chai door was opened by the night of the moxibustion, and then a yin wind poured out of the door. Chen Yu saw part of the eighteen-story hell scene, there are little ghosts who put people on the cutting board and chop them like chopping meat; a big pot is boiling oil, and there are two little ghosts who stick people on forks and fry people in the oil pan like fork skewers, but they don't blow people to death; there is even a mountain, the ground is full of sharp knives, the tips of the knives are facing up, there are several little ghosts waving leather whips and a group of fierce beasts are driving people to the knife mountain, every step must cut a layer of meat, as if Ling Chi ......

Chen Yu hesitated, and the chai door was closed, and it could not be opened again. With the closure of the chai gate, the eighteenth layer of hell that Chen Yu saw was instantly cut off. Chen Yu and Ziyi suddenly felt a change on the left, and both looked back, and saw a black and a white, cloud-like humanoid creature coming here, wearing a rectangular high paper hat, the black one has black impermanence, and the white one has white impermanence written on it, and at the same time drags the tongue to the jaw, the left hand holds the black and white orders respectively, and the right hand holds the soul hook lock, no feet, but it floats quickly, and the blink of an eye has reached the two of them.