Chapter 1: The Catastrophe of Reincarnation
The lights of the past are dim, and the road of life is confused,
I can't remember the vicissitudes of life.
Stepping on thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, with a piece of spring in mind,
In the past and present lives, there is nowhere to hide because of love.
I can't forget the joy and sorrow of gathering and dispersing,
I can't see the sorrow of the clouds and the sunshine,
This life is like a dream.
Looking back at the window, your shadow is still dressed;
However, on the bridge, Hongchen's past was forgotten.
The next life is like a dream, the end of the world does not know where to go,
May you bud in the world,
Eventually, passers-by will pick up your fragrance......
A gust of wind blew, and the Huangquan Road was glowing with a faint red light, and there was no end in sight. As far as the eye can see, there is an endless sea of flowers on the side of the Huangquan Road, the flowers are very bright, like blood, and the world calls this flower the flower of the other side. Looking along the sea of flowers, I don't know when there are many ghosts on Huangquan Road. These ghosts were all hideous-looking, armed with spears, and walked towards the Lethe River with gusts of gloomy wind.
There are more than a dozen ghosts among these ghosts, all of them wearing handcuffs and anklets, and it seems that these ghosts have been taken to Naihe Bridge to be reincarnated. Among these ghosts, there was a man dressed in white, his face was as pale as ashes, and he was beaten and scolded by the ghosts from time to time in the process of marching, like a dead leaf in the autumn, let the autumn wind blow around, and drift in the wind without knowing the way back.
The ghosts were escorted to the bridgehead, and then all the ghosts stood neatly on both sides, surrounded by the escorted ghosts. A ghost with horns and bloody eyes and wearing iron armor stood on top of the Nai He bridge and said to the ghosts below: "After crossing this Nai He bridge and drinking Meng Po soup, you can be reincarnated." In the past and present life, grievances and hatreds are all broken here, you should hit the road!"
The blood-eyed ghost almost finished speaking, and the ghosts below began to riot, some fled in all directions, some wailed, some raised their eyes, and only the man in white stood motionless in place.
Seeing this, the blood-eyed ghost almost shouted: "Throw all those restless imps into the animal path, and you can only be used as cattle and horses in the next life!"
The Blood-Eyed Ghost's words made the scene a lot quieter, after all, this is a catastrophe that no one can escape, and no one wants to be a cow or a horse in the next life. After the commotion, the ghosts walked up to the bridge one by one, and finally it was the turn of the man in white, only to see him come to the head of the bridge with heavy steps, and the chains on his feet "ding" with each step. He stood at the head of the bridge and glanced at the blood-eyed ghost, but there was an indescribable smile on the corner of his mouth.
The Blood-Eyed Ghost was still the number one person in this underworld, and he was used to seeing life and death, but he seemed to be a little interested in the contemptuous smile of the man in white. So he stepped forward and said, "Stop, among these ghosts, you kid is a little special, let me guess what you have experienced in your previous life!"
After hearing the words of the blood-eyed ghost, the man in white remained silent and stood motionless. Seeing this, the blood-eyed ghost continued: "Seeing that you kid looks like he has no love, he must be borne by a woman in the world. In life, the most difficult thing to cross is the love calamity, but it doesn't matter, after crossing this bridge and drinking Meng Po soup, a new reincarnation will begin!"
The corners of the man in white's mouth moved slightly, and he stopped talking, as if he was hit by the blood-eyed ghost. The man in white stood in place for a while and then walked towards the Nai He Bridge, but when he didn't take a few steps, he suddenly stopped, turned to the blood-eyed ghost and said, "Is the Sansheng Stone on the other side destined to be used for love in the next life?"
The blood-eyed ghost chuckled lightly and said: "That's right, the three-life stone records everyone's love in the next life and this life, since you are borne by a woman in this life, you will definitely find a good marriage in the next life, don't look at it, the time is almost up, hurry up and go to reincarnation!"
After walking through the Nai He Bridge, there is an earthen platform, called Wangxiang Platform, where you can take a last look at the world. There is an old woman named Meng Po who sells Meng Po soup by the Wangxiang Terrace, and after drinking Meng Po soup, she can be reincarnated.
What about the bridge, what about the parting of the previous life, what about the meeting in this life, but how about the reunion in the next life. A thousand years of looking back, a hundred years of promise, after crossing this bridge turned to dust. However, under the bridge for thousands of feet, the clouds and mist are shrouded, and no one knows what kind of way awaits the next life.
The man in white came to the lookout platform, he didn't look back, it seemed that there was no nostalgia for him in this life. Meng Po handed a black porcelain bowl to the man in white, only to see that the porcelain bowl contained scarlet soup. The man in white took the porcelain bowl, looked at Meng Po with a wrinkled face, and said with a smile: "In the next life... Afterlife... Afterlife... I don't want to love anymore!"
When the words fell, I saw the man in white drink the soup in the porcelain bowl. Meng Po put the porcelain bowl back, and muttered in her mouth: "Bluestone bridge deck, five steps, west of the bridge for women, east of the bridge for men, left yin and right yang! Go!
After the man in white drank the Meng Po soup, he went to the reincarnation path. However, when he passed by the bank of the Lechuan River, a strange stone tablet caught his attention, and he looked at the strange stone tablet in front of him with two eyes, but he was silently muttering in his heart: "You should be the Sansheng Stone, for thousands of years, it is you who have witnessed the pain and happiness, sorrow and joy, laughter and tears, gathering and scattering of all living beings." The causes of the past life, the fruit of this life, the reincarnation of fate, and the origin and extinction of the cause must all be heavily engraved on this stone tablet. In the next life, I don't want to love anymore..."Thinking of this, I saw the man in white slowly walking towards the stone monument. But before he could take a few steps, a ghostly voice came from behind, shouting: "What do you see, don't hurry up and go to reincarnation, you missed the time, you will be thrown into the animal path, and you should be a beast in the next life!"
The man in white knew very well in his heart that his love in the next life was recorded on this three-life stone, but he kept claiming that he didn't want to love anymore, and if he didn't erase his own name on the three-life stone, how could he stop loving in the next life. But the ghost was almost inseparable from him, and he didn't have the slightest chance to erase his name from the Sansheng Stone, so he had to give up.
The man in white stood on the edge of the reincarnation path, and when he looked around, he saw that the reincarnation path was pitch black, bottomless, as if it was like a black hole. However, at this moment, a white lightning bolt flashed over the reincarnation path, followed by a deafening thunderclap. Immediately afterward, the wind roared, the thunder continued, and the lightning pierced the sky, as if it was about to swallow the entire underworld.
Meng Po and the blood-eyed ghost almost flashed to the side of the reincarnation road, both raised their eyes to look at the lightning and thunder in the sky, the blood-eyed ghost was full of horror and uneasy, and asked Meng Po beside him: "Is this the reincarnation catastrophe that is rare in a thousand years?"
Meng Po nodded heavily and replied: "It's been more than two thousand years, and the reincarnation catastrophe has reappeared, and it seems that the world is going to be in chaos again! Since ancient times, good and evil have been opposed, and they will never be separated!"
The reincarnation catastrophe comes from the reincarnation path, and it is often when there are different ordinary people who are reincarnated that the reincarnation catastrophe will occur. Just now everything was as usual, but when the man in white came to the side of the reincarnation path, there was lightning and thunder in the air, and the wind was raging, and it was obvious that the reincarnation catastrophe that appeared at this time was inseparable from the man in white.
Speaking of this, Meng Po remembered that the man in white was coming, but at this time, the man in white was no longer beside the reincarnation path, and Meng Po shouted: "Where is the person?"
The blood-eyed ghost looked around, only to see that the man in white was standing in front of the Sansheng Stone, looking for something. The blood-eyed ghost almost pointed to the Sansheng Stone and said, "Where is he!"
Meng Po took the opportunity to look in the direction of the Sansheng Stone and said, "Hurry up and catch people back and throw them into the reincarnation path, this reincarnation catastrophe started because of him and will end because of him, otherwise the reincarnation of my underworld will never be peaceful!"
Meng Po's words fell, and the blood-eyed ghost almost turned into a wisp of wind, and in a blink of an eye, he came to the side of the man in white, and then he saw the man in white smiling bitterly at the Sansheng Stone, and the blood-eyed ghost almost followed the gaze of the man in white, only to see that there was a vacancy on the Sansheng Stone, and a person's name was missing. Obviously, the void on the Sansheng Stone was caused by the man in white, who erased his name from the Sansheng Stone.
The blood-eyed ghost couldn't care so much, and directly brought the man in white back to the reincarnation path, and the man in white kept laughing wildly along the way, shouting loudly: "I don't have to love anymore.. I don't have to love anymore..."
Just when the blood-eyed ghost almost came to the side of the reincarnation path with the man in white, a lightning bolt as thick as an arm slammed into the reincarnation path, and the lightning was so powerful that it seemed to split the reincarnation path. A gust of wind blew, and those ghosts who were standing in other reincarnation paths were blown away, some male ghosts were blown into the female reincarnation path, some female ghosts were blown into the male reincarnation path, and even more some were blown into the animal path, of course, there were also lucky ones who were swept into the immortal path, and these ghosts who were involved in the immortal path were destined to become gods and immortals in the next life, superior to others.
Seeing this, Meng Po immediately said to the blood-eyed ghost beside her: "Hurry up and send this person into the reincarnation path, otherwise this reincarnation catastrophe will turn my underworld upside down!" The words fell, and then another lightning bolt struck the reincarnation path in front of Meng Po.
The blood-eyed ghost reacted very quickly, and pushed the man in white into the path of reincarnation, but at this moment, the wind rose again, blowing out the man in white who had originally entered the path of reincarnation, and under the action of the wind, the man in white was accidentally swept into the animal path and disappeared into the darkness. Seeing this, Meng Po shouted: "It's not good, it's all messed up now, it's all messed up!"
As the man in white was swept into the beast path by the wind, the wind and lightning gradually subsided, and the surrounding area returned to calm. Meng Po and the blood-eyed ghost stood beside the beast path, looking at the bottomless reincarnation path with a blank face. The blood-eyed ghost glanced at Meng Po and asked, "What should I do now?" The reincarnation catastrophe has not happened for thousands of years, the reincarnation catastrophe has not happened in this world, and there will be a great war between good and evil. But now that this person who set off the catastrophe of reincarnation has thrown himself into the animal path, how will he participate in the contest between good and evil in the next life!"
Meng Po sighed and said, "The matter has come to this, and there is no power to return to the sky! Everything is a certainty, maybe it is already destined in the dark!"
After speaking, Meng Po looked in the direction of the Sansheng Stone and asked, "Did the man in white erase his name on the Sansheng Stone just now?"
Immediately, Meng Po walked towards the Sansheng Stone, and said: "Since this person doesn't want to love anymore in the next life, then give this marriage to others!"