Chapter 214: On the banks of the Lethe River
Gao Han found himself in a strange space where he and others came, this space was extremely wide, and he couldn't see the end at a glance, the whole sky was as black as ink, gloomy, the ground was full of some gravel, and the only plants were small flowers, lifeless, lifeless, and the whole space was full of gloom and cold.
Dotted with red flowers, blooming among the rubble. It is mentioned in the classic records: "The flower on the other side, a nine-shaped, flowers and leaves do not meet, and the vulgar and wicked people plant it, and a righteous grass." Together, the root is like a taro, there are twelve rings of wanderers, born from each other, and it is not connected, with the gas belonging, a solitary shake, a divorced mother, the person who eats the scholar, the call is a red arrow.
The other side of the flower, the tenderness of the devil. In folklore, the flowers that voluntarily threw themselves into hell wandered along the Yellow Spring Road to give guidance and comfort to the ghosts who had left the human world.
"It's the other side flower! Lin Li looked at the small red flower at his feet.
"Haha, this other side of the flower is called the flower of death, also called the soul flower, the other side of the flower is the flower that blooms on the road of the Yellow Spring and the underworld, this ghost gate was originally a piece of the other side of the flower, far away it looks like a carpet paved with blood, and because of its red fire, it is known as the "road of fire". It is also the only scenery and color on this long Huangquan Road, and the yin soul leads to the six reincarnations under the guidance of this flower. But this flower represents death. Xuanqing Ancestor saw that Lin Carp actually looked good at the flowers on the other side, so he reminded.
When Lin Li heard this, he immediately straightened his waist, his face changed, and Gao Han laughed when he saw this: "
The other side flower, also known as Manzhu Sawa. Grow in this underworld, the flower of the Yellow Spring Road by the river on the three roads. Floral legends have magical powers that evoke memories of the deceased.
Flowers on the other side, flowers bloom on the other side, you can't see the leaves when the flowers bloom, you can't see the flowers when there are leaves, the flowers and leaves don't see each other, and the life is wrong. The flower language is "sad memories". In this way, there is a kind of sad beauty in this flower."
"Haha boy, that's right, this flower can indeed evoke the ghost's memories before death, but most of them are random, not as good as the Sansheng Stone. Xuanqing Ancestor also affirmed when he heard this, but it was the three-life stone he said.
"Senior, do we have to pass through the Sansheng Stone on our way out of the underworld?" Gao Han also went to see the legendary Six Reincarnations and look at the Sansheng Stone.
"Haha, do you want to go and see the legendary six paths, there is nothing to see, but we do have to pass through the Nai He Bridge, but for a while, everyone had better stay vigilant, this Meng Po Niangniang has been there since the establishment of these six reincarnations, everyone should be respectful for a while. Xuanqing Ancestor laughed, but he said that he should be respectful when he met Meng Po.
Gao Han didn't ask much when he heard this, it should be that this Meng Po is also a big person, or the incarnation of someone, otherwise this old demon would not deliberately order others.
Gao Han froze down, looked towards the depths of the underworld, and vaguely understood that this should be the so-called Huangquan Road, and the depths should be the passage to the underworld.
Everyone followed Xuanqing Ancestor and walked all the way to the depths of the underworld.
Along the Huangquan Road, all the way to the depths, the red flowers on both sides of the bank gradually increased, like a fiery fire, a red flower.
Glancing around, Gao Han also vaguely saw many souls walking towards the depths on the road in a daze, these people didn't seem to have accepted the fact of death. However, these people couldn't see Gao Han and the others, the spirit rhino lamp seemed to have a force, and under the illumination of the bright light, it blocked all the yin qi outside, so that everyone was not eroded by the yin qi.
Ignoring these dead souls, Gao Han and the others looked at the scenery on both sides as they walked. The blood-drinking ancestor actually took out the Ten Thousand Soul Banner, and the magic trick in his hand continued, and bursts of black smoke continued to fly around the Ten Thousand Soul Banner. The Ten Thousand Soul Banner is constantly absorbing the cold qi in the Huangquan Road, slowly increasing the power of the Ten Thousand Soul Banner, this blood-drinking ancestor is obviously also familiar with the environment of the underworld, knows the power of this underworld, and always pays attention to the surrounding situation when absorbing the yin qi of the surrounding underworld.
"Xiao Wenzi, this is Huangquan Road, it is the intersection of the Yin and Yang worlds, you should be careful, there are many powerful ghosts and evil spirits and evil monks who like to detain the souls here, this is also the last dungeon for conjuring spirits, and there are also underworld Yin soldiers patrolling, don't be careless. I feel like I've taken the Ten Thousand Soul Flags. When Xuanqing Ancestor led everyone to a corner, he said to the Blood Drinking Ancestor with a solemn face.
"It's the seniors, and the juniors know. Hearing this, the Blood Drinking Ancestor hurriedly stretched out his hand and waved it, and accepted the Ten Thousand Soul Banner in his hand.
Gao Han also looked around when he heard this, and found that there were more souls around, and among those souls, there were also some demon souls, including rabbits, koi, tigers, foxes, sharks, etc.
"Let's be careful in a while, this is going to enter the core area of this underworld, we must be careful in everything, it is best not to go out of the range of this spiritual lantern, this light can prevent our immortal qi from leaking out, and not let the power of the underworld discover us." Seeing this, Xuanqing Ancestor said solemnly, reminding everyone to be careful.
Everyone nodded and said that they knew, after Xuanqing Ancestor's statement, everyone didn't dare to be careless, and they all knew that the water in this underworld was very deep, so Xuanqing Ancestor took the lead in moving forward, and Gao Han and a few people followed closely behind.
"Hey, how can there be a dead soul walking against the current?" Just as he was walking, Gao Han suddenly saw that there was a dead soul in confusion, and he slowly retreated backwards, and couldn't help but ask Xuanqing Ancestor curiously.
"The souls of some people whose lives have not yet reached the end of these stones, or the souls that have been lost, are summoned by some cultivators, and it is possible to return to the Soul Yang Realm and be reborn, but no matter what the soul, once they step on the Nai He Bridge, then they will be weak to return to the sky. This soul should have been brought back by the cultivator's conjuring spirit, and there was no fuss. Xuanqing Ancestor saw the two revenant souls who were against the current and said, obviously this Xuanqing Ancestor knew the situation, it turned out that these people were those who returned to the yang.
Legend has it that after a person's death, his soul is not destroyed. The return of the soul to the human world or to the resurrection of the physical body is called the return of yang. Since ancient times, the funeral customs of the Chinese nation, different places have different customs, but it is generally believed that the soul of the deceased will return home in the "first seven", the "first seven" is the seventh day after the death of the person, the family should prepare a meal for the soul of the deceased before the soul returns, and then must be avoided, the best way is to sleep, and hide in the bed if you can't sleep. If the soul of the deceased sees his family, it will make him remember it, and it will affect his reincarnation.
It is also said that after death, the soul will wander around in front of the "first seven", and when the time comes to return home on the day of the "first seven", the family should burn a ladder-shaped object at home, so that the soul can follow the "ladder" to the heavens.
And within these seven days, some Taoist priests used Taoism to perform the forbidden technique of returning yang, but some people who had not yet reached the end of their yang life returned to yang.
"It's not good, hurry up and gather your mind and pretend to be an ordinary revenant. Xuanqing Ancestor's face suddenly changed greatly, and he said quickly to everyone in an anxious tone, not knowing what happened.
Hearing the anxiety and worry in Xuanqing Ancestor's tone, although they didn't understand what was happening, Gao Han and the others immediately made a confused state, blended into a group of revenants, and slowly walked towards the front.
Just after Gao Han and the others had just finished all this, suddenly there was a sound of jumping behind them, accompanied by a bell, from far and near, and slowly three figures followed the sound and gradually jumped up from behind Gao Han.
"Black and white impermanence?!" Seeing the handsome ghost in the middle of these three figures, and on both sides were two black and white figures, Gao Han's gaze stayed on the two black and white figures, his face was already pale, and he was even more careful to restrain his breath and demeanor at the moment.
Black and white impermanence was refusing to take a hideous looking revenant soul towards the depths of Huangquan Road at this time, and quickly disappeared into Gao Han's gaze, but he didn't find the existence of Gao Han and others, and it could also be seen that the spirit rhino lamp of Xuanqing Ancestor was very powerful.
After seeing the two of them leave, Gao Han couldn't help but exhale lightly, he didn't expect to encounter black and white impermanence on this Huangquan Road.
"It's so dangerous, I didn't expect to encounter black and white impermanence, if it was discovered by these two people, it would be troublesome. Xuanqing Old Ancestor also breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the black and white impermanence and said.
"Senior, how about the strength of this black and white impermanence? I heard that the souls of people in the world are all captured by them, why do you refuse to take one person today, and the souls on the Huangquan Road don't care?" Seeing the black and white impermanence leaving, Gao Han also asked suspiciously, and he heard it from some Chinese or legends from later generations.
It is rumored that black and white impermanence, also known as impermanence. A pair of gods in the traditional culture of the Chinese nation is also the most famous ghost. These two gods are handcuffed and handcuffed, full-time arresting ghosts, assisting in rewarding good and punishing evil, and are often the generals of the gods of the underworld such as King Yama, Chenghuang, and Emperor Dongyue.
Bai Wuchang's name is Xie Bi'an, and he belongs to Yang. He is often full of smiles, tall and thin, pale complexion, with a long tongue, and the official hat on his head has the words "wealth at first sight" written on it, giving thanks and good luck to those who respect the gods, and respecting them as "impermanence", "white master" and so on. Suck the ghost of the male, and scatter the soul of the female.
Black impermanence is called Fan Wu Salvation (or no forgiveness, no blame), which belongs to Yin. The face is fierce, the body is wide and fat, the face is small, and the official hat is written with the words "the world is peaceful", which means that there is no forgiveness for those who disobey the law and bear the guilt, and they are called "short master" or "black master". Suck the yang soul of the woman, and scatter the yang spirit of the man. And folklore has it that these two people are also called the flail master, lock the master, so they are also named "seven masters" and "eight masters".
"Ha, ha, ha, there are billions of living beings in the world, if they all rely on black and white impermanence to refuse to take the soul, then the entire underworld is not enough, this black and white impermanence is only responsible for refusing to take some souls and some evil spirits that have reached the end of their lifespan, but do not want to enter the reincarnation of the underworld. As for its strength, it is all ghost immortal cultivation, black and white impermanence is the ghost immortal canonized by the underworld, in fact, after many cultivators become ghost immortals, if they do not go to the nine thunder tribulations, when their life is about to end, they will join the underworld and become black and white impermanence. Therefore, this black and white impermanence is not two people, and their strength is also different.
And those who cultivate the Tao accept the deletion of the underworld, so that they have an official position, and their lifespan will last for another thousand years, and many ghosts and immortals will also join the underworld as a last resort, seeking an official and a half-position, so the impermanence of the underworld is also a terrifying force. Seeing this, Xuanqing Ancestor smiled lightly, and as he walked, Xuanqing Ancestor slowly explained.
"Senior, this underworld is not in charge of the life and death of living beings, since this ghost immortal has joined the underworld, why can he only increase his lifespan for a thousand years?" Hearing Xuanqing Ancestor's words, Gao Han was also a little surprised, he didn't expect that a ghost immortal with an official position in the underworld would have a lifespan, Gao Han really heard of it for the first time.
"This monk only has a lifespan of about 1,200 years when he cultivates into a ghost immortal, and after joining the underworld, although his lifespan has increased, the yin god is filled with a large amount of yin qi, and this increase in yin qi has increased the strength of the ghost immortal.
But when the yin qi accumulates to a certain extent, the yin god will not be able to withstand this yin qi, and as soon as he walks out of the underworld, it will easily attract thunder tribulation, and if he does not survive the thunder tribulation, the yin god will be counterattacked by yin qi, and he will gradually lose his mind. Therefore, when the time comes, you will either choose to reincarnate and recultivate, or you will choose to survive the Nine Thunder Tribulations and achieve the body of a true immortal.
However, once you survive the Thunder Tribulation, you can increase your lifespan for another thousand years, but if the Yin Qi increases, the Thunder Tribulation will be even more terrifying, and very few ghosts and immortals will spend it.
But the ghosts and immortals who join the underworld will also have great discounts, and they can choose the identity of reincarnation when their life is at the end of their lives. This is also another reason why the underworld attracts a large number of ghosts and immortals to join. And some monks have a backstage, they can use the spirit storage stone to store the memories of their lifetime, and give them to their relatives and friends before their death, and when the time comes, after reincarnation on time, use the memory of the past life in the spirit storage stone, reincarnate and rebuild, but it is better to cultivate, and some of the disciples of the gate sect are reincarnated and reborn, and when there are people in the underworld, you can find his reincarnation, and when the time comes, you can cultivate the Tao again and impact immortality, haha The Tao inside is very deep. Xuanqing Ancestor laughed, but explained to Gao Han that the benefits were so deep, and the water in it was so deep.
"What the predecessors said, this underworld is really unfathomable. I didn't expect this ghost fairy to have so many Taoists. "Gao Han, who originally had a changed view of the underworld, couldn't help but feel shaken by the depth of the underworld again, this strategy alone can attract many ghosts and immortals in the world to join, how big the world is, how many ghosts and immortals there are, and the strength of the underworld is enough to shock the world. I don't know how powerful the hidden power is in the depths.
And how many big sects are involved, among which Shushan, Longhu Mountain, and Maoshan have ancestors in the heavenly court, and it is estimated that there are people who are ghosts and immortals in the underworld and seek benefits for their own sects.
"Hehe, boy, this is just the tip of the iceberg of the strength of the underworld, this underworld can compete with the heavenly court, the two great sages of Buddhism made a move, and wanted to install power in the underworld, but they were also forced by the underworld to be trapped in a corner, unable to grasp all the power, so this underworld is actually so easy to be despised.
At the same time, this hand of the underworld indicates that some powerful monks and mortals in the world are supernumeraries of the underworld, assisting the underworld in acting, which is equivalent to selling it to all the monks in the world, as well as those big factions, you say that this ghost and immortal is easy to take, this is all profitable, just such a means has a huge network of networks, this has so many human feelings, even Lingshan dare not move.
Therefore, the real strength of the underworld is rarely revealed, and what is revealed is just the tip of the iceberg. If you despise the underworld, then you will be the one who will be unlucky in the end. "Taking advantage of this incident, Xuanqing Ancestor actually said slowly with an elder, directly reminding Gao Han, I don't know why, he was so kind, maybe he was happy for the rest of his life.
"What the seniors said is that the younger generations dare not be arrogant. Hearing Xuanqing Ancestor's words, Gao Han naturally understood in his heart, although he didn't know why this Xuanqing Ancestor was so good to him all of a sudden, but although he didn't know why, Gao Han also accepted it humbly, and at the same time, he also knew a little bit in his heart that this so-called supernumerary personnel was another extension of the forces of Heaven and Earth, and they were all a network of interests.
Heavenly Court and Difu recruit monks, on the one hand, they can establish relationships with powerful sects and monks, and on the other hand, they can also enhance their prestige, in the face of the two major forces of Heavenly Court and Difu, some sects and some strong people are also willing to make friends, even if some of the great powers of the Golden Immortal Period are afraid that they will show favor for their own disciples, so this strategy is almost a powerful and correct win-win policy, so Gao Han can't help but admire.
The representative of these people should be the demon master Zhong Kui, Zhong Kui, the word is Zhengnan, the god who can fight ghosts and drive away evil spirits in Chinese folklore. It is the "Tang Blessed Town House Sage" in traditional Chinese culture. Ancient books record that he was a native of Chang'an Zhongnan in the early Tang Dynasty, with a pig iron face and sideburns, and a strange appearance; however, he was a talented, full-fledged and wealthy person, who was rich in learning and wealthy, and was talented and upright. Folklore has it that some people served in the heavenly court and the underworld after their deaths, and these should be the supernumeraries mentioned by Xuanqing Ancestor.
When Gao Han thought of this, his heart was almost filled with a kind of fear and fear of the power of this underworld, and he no longer dared to have any contempt. Don't dare to have that kind of mind anymore, the hidden strength of an underworld is not deep, it seems that the power of these veteran princes does not dare to underestimate.
In the midst of this conversation, several people quickly walked to the end of Huangquan Road and saw a huge yellow river, which was rushing and tumbling, splashing huge waves.
Seeing this huge yellow river, Gao Han moved slightly, knowing that when he arrived at the Lechuan River, as far as the eye could see, the huge river meandered and flowed to the depths of the underworld.
Gao Han also knew in ancient books that the Lechuan River, which is not a few feet wide, flows southwest. Its waters are bloody, and its filth is not approachable. Because there is a bridge on the river, it is called "Nai River Bridge". The bridge is narrow and smooth, and it is guarded day and night by the god of day and night.
The blood river under the bridge is full of insects and snakes, the waves are rolling, and the fishy wind is blowing. The ghost of the wicked fell into the river, just like the description in the tenth chapter of "Journey to the West": "The copper snake and iron dog are free to fight for food, and there is no way out of the Nai River forever".
Looking at this huge river, Gao Han couldn't help but want to ingest some river water, this river water is the raw material for refining the water of forgetfulness, this water of forgetfulness can cleanse the wisdom of all things, let mortals forget the past, and it is even more important for monks, these river water can refine mana, pure the power of the primordial gods. Although he wanted to give it up, regardless of the fact that it was not appropriate to cause more trouble at this time, after knowing that the water of the underworld was unfathomable, Gao Han did not dare to ingest these river waters.
Retracting his mind, he saw a huge arch bridge with a huge bluestone bridge deck on the Lechuan River, the end of which was shrouded in a layer of mist, which made it impossible for people to see clearly, but it gave the soul a strange attraction, making people move forward involuntarily.
"Nai He Bridge. However, as soon as you cross the bridge, life and death have been decided, and there is nothing to be done.
This bridge is just to the small island on the Lechuan River in the middle, the island floats in the center of the entire Lechuan River, and the island is the Sansheng Stone on top of this small island.
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The old spirit on the Sansheng Stone, the moon and the wind are not to be discussed.
I am ashamed that the deceased visited each other from afar, although this body of the opposite sex exists forever.
There is a lot of things in front of and behind him, and if you want to talk about marriage, you are afraid of breaking your bowels.
Wu Yue has searched all over the mountains and rivers, but he has returned to the smoke and the pond.
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"After the Sansheng Stone is Meng Po's Meng Po soup, after drinking Meng Po soup, there are three bridges leading to different people on the left side of the same path, it is the soul of the soul of the person who is light and spiritual, contains merit, and has less karma and cause and effect, this kind of person has a light soul and is pure, merit and protection, and after reincarnation, he will be reincarnated in a good house, and his own qualifications are also good, and some people with greater merit can even serve in the underworld, or directly become a heavenly soldier, and ascend to become an immortal, such as the ten worlds of goodness.
The bridge in the middle passes through those who don't have much karma, and who are equal to good and evil, and most of these people are mortals, and there is little cause and effect. There are some good and evil squares among such people, and they need to be reviewed by the ten Yamas and judges before they are divided into reincarnations.
The right side is full of cause and effect, karma, and even the soul blood is violent, such people have too heavy souls and have to walk on the right side, and this right side is covered with countless thorns and disasters, if you are not careful, you will fall into the Lechuan River below, rise and fall in the river water, and toss and turn for hundreds or even thousands of years, before you will enter the eighteen layers of hell, and after all kinds of calamities, you are allowed to be reincarnated, otherwise the karma, cause and effect in the soul and the power of blood are easy to cause the restlessness of the power of reincarnation, so that the soul is shattered and the soul is scattered, so these eighteen layers of hell are not so much punishment, but rather to give these souls a chance to wash away all kinds of karma of the soul。
As for those who are able to pass through the right side in these dangers, the karma of the soul can be consumed to a great extent. However, it also needs to be decided by the judges of the underworld, and according to the karma in the soul, the reincarnation should be determined or the karma should be continued to be refined. These are also to give these sinful souls a ray of life, otherwise they will not be able to reincarnate no matter what, and even if they are forcibly reincarnated, their souls will be scattered.
And the bluestone bridge deck of the Nai He Bridge, five grids for a step, and each floor is the west of the bridge for women, the east of the bridge for men, the left yin and the right yang, or the left mother, the right male.