Chapter 200, Lethe River on the other side

Don't look back on Huangquan Road.

It is a lonely road, and everyone will walk this road after death. On this road, how many lonely souls and wild ghosts are left behind, and they do not want to be reincarnated. Be sure to wait here for your loved ones to accompany you through the last short journey. Everyone has the right to turn back on this path, but perhaps once they turn back, the pace under their feet will stop for many years.

The red dust is chaotic, and the world is prosperous. How much I can't give up when I'm alive, I can't let go. But when it comes to this, all the qiē in life must be thrown away. Step by step towards the abyss of no return. Some people had a lot of money in their lives, and some had a group of wives and concubines before they were born. The beauty of these worlds has turned into dark clouds after this road. How many people can't help but turn back, but how many people turn back and become lonely ghosts.

The road is not smooth, potholes, up and down, ups and downs, just like a person's life, no person's life is smooth sailing. In life, there are countless troubles and troubles. Walking through this Huangquan Road is like going through your own life again, and only you can clearly recall the ups and downs and twists and turns.

Shi Yunyang and his entourage maintained the locking technique, interspersed the past among the ghosts, and soon set foot on the Huangquan Road.

A living person walked through the Huangquan Road, which is probably the first time in the world.

I saw that this Huangquan Road was very terrifying under the red light in the sky, and the surrounding stones were all sharp Lingyan, under this red light, it seemed to be bloodstained teeth, which made people shudder.

The ghosts along the way are led by a lot of ghost soldiers. Whether you were a good person or a bad person in your lifetime, you have to walk this road together. These ghost soldiers couldn't tell which was good and which was evil, so they only waved their whips, whipping one whip after another, and shouted: "Go faster, there are still many ghosts behind, don't get in the way!" But these ghosts still walked slowly with miserable faces. The whips hit them like they were on stone pillars, and it seemed as if they didn't feel any pain.

Maybe it's because the pain in my heart is far greater than this little bit of flesh and skin, or maybe it's because it's difficult to get rid of my heart, and I feel balanced after a few whips. Everyone thinks differently, but everyone doesn't make a sound, such a gloomy world, the silence is terrifying.

Shi Yunyang and his party are all big living people, of course, not as complicated as these ghosts in their hearts. This Huangquan Road is just a part of their journey, and after this, they have to travel through the ghost world to find what they want. They shook past the rows of ghost soldiers, and in a short time they were already deep into the canyon.

The depths of Huangquan Road are much wider than when they first entered the valley, and there are a large number of lonely souls and wild ghosts gathered here, and here, the surrounding stones are plastered with prohibitions, and the valley walls are full of the big black birds that flew just now. Suddenly, the big bird fell directly and rested on a thin stone at the top of the valley, and everyone saw that it was a vulture. The vulture's round eyes snorted, and his eyes were full of slaughter. The crooked mouth shone like a scimitar to hook out a person's heart.

The vulture is a representation of death, and it is even more evil than the crow. Because only vultures can ignore the enchantment between the two worlds and go back and forth between the two worlds at will. In the human world, there is no one who is not afraid of the vulture, because it has a powerful death aura on its body.

When everyone saw this, they were also silent, and then they were bold and continued to walk inside, and the road turned out to be in the shape of a trumpet. The further you go in, the wider it becomes. But the journey is getting rougher.

On both sides of the road, sparsely growing red flowers, that is, the other side flowers. At this time, everyone saw the real flower of the other side. The flowers of this flower are all red, as if stained with blood, but in the center of the flower grows a long yellow heart. Like a blooming daisy. At this time, the flowers are blooming brilliantly, but not a single leaf is visible.

The red flower is also known as the mandala flower, and there is also a white flower called the manju sawa. The Lotus Sutra says: "The flowers on the other side bloom for a thousand years, fall for a thousand years, the flowers and leaves never meet, love is not cause and effect, fate is destined for life and death," there has always been a beautiful legend about these two kinds of flowers on the other side.

In the past, there were two people, Pi and An, who guarded the Difu Lechuan for life and life, but one of them came out of the other, the other came out of Ye Sheng, and the shore came out of flowers. The two maintain the only two life cycles in the underworld, never to see each other. But the two broke the rules of the sky, and one year they met on the other side, and that year the Lethe River was full of bright red and blood-like flowers on the other side. But this flower is no longer the life of the underworld. Because it has flowers and leaves.

The vitality of the underworld suddenly flourished, causing a riot in the ghost world. After the flowers on the other side were merged and uprooted, the ghost world fell into an endless dead air again. For a while, it was difficult for even ghosts to enter. The order of the two worlds of humans and ghosts was in chaos for a while. It took a long time for the two worlds of humans and ghosts to readjust this disorderly order.

The ghost emperor was furious and turned him and the shore into a flower, the flowers bloomed and the leaves fell, the flowers and leaves came out, and the flowers and leaves never met. After thousands of years of reincarnation, one day the Buddha passed by this place and was attracted by the demonic red flowers on the ground at a glance. When the Buddha descended, he saw a blood-red flower growing on the ground, and the bright red was more like the blood of the red eyes.

The Buddha already understood the cause and effect at a glance, and he said, "The Ghost Emperor has sent such an evil curse to you. The fate is exhausted but not dispersed, and the fate is extinguished without separation. Bear this pain forever. I can't break the curse, but I can take you to the other side, where it blooms beautifully. Let the ghosts who come here see you and read you. So as to benefit all sentient beings. ”

The Buddha held this flower in the placket, but passing by the Santu River in Lethe, the Buddha accidentally got wet on the placket. When the Buddha opened it, he saw that the bright red flowers had turned pure white, and all the red was floating in the river. A layer of red veil floated up.

The Buddha laughed and said: "Wonderful, wonderful, great joy is not as great sorrow, remember not to forget jì." Forget the past and start over. "The Buddha planted it on the other side, and it is called Manzhu Shahua.

Who knew that the red color of Manju Sawa was not washed off by itself, but washed away by the river. There were two people in that red who had accumulated thousands of years of longing, and when they were lost, Manju Sawa turned into a ghost and cried day by day.

When the Bodhisattva heard Mandrup Sawa's cry and came to the bank of the Santu River, he looked at the bright red color that could not be floated away from the river, and sighed: "Life is only a fleeting moment. But Heaven has given you infinite life. This infinite life is also endless suffering for you. Jizo threw a seed into the river. Soon, a more vivid red flower appeared.

Jizo Bodhisattva said, "Now that there is Manju Shahua, you can call it Mandala Hua." You mean remembering, and it means forgetting. When the deceased sees you, whether they appreciate and remember or appreciate and forget, it all depends on their own decision. There is no mistake in remembering, and there is no regret in forgetting. ”

Since then, in the area of the Lechuan River, all the red mandala flowers have grown, and in the area on the other side, all the manju sawa has grown.

This story is already a household name in the human world, and seeing this bright red mandala flower, no one does not feel sad in their hearts. There is an endless waiting in this flower, which is a rare infatuation in the world.

Ran Tianluo looked at the blooming flower, and a touch of sadness inexplicably welled up in her heart. Suddenly, her hand was grabbed by Shi Yunyang. She turned her head to look, only to see Shi Yunyang looking at her with an infatuated expression, Ran Qianluo smiled, and the sadness in her heart suddenly disappeared by half. The group of four people did not stop, and they had already reached the end of this Huangquan Road in a short time.

I saw that there was a reckless black wasteland, and a long river flowed quietly. On both sides of the riverbank grew large mandala flowers, like a blood-colored carpet unfolding under this dim sky. The faint blue river exudes a little bit of light, as if it is the heavenly river seen in the world. But the river is real water, but the river is as if it has life, and it constantly makes a whimpering sound.

This should be Lethe, and people say that Lethe is an unforgettable river, because there are many ghosts sealed in Lethe, and they do not want to die. Because they can't let go of the people they love in this life. So they willingly jumped off Lethe and turned into a Lang flower in Lethe. They don't stop here just to see their loved ones walk past them again and again. Walk on the Nai He Bridge, drink Meng Po's forgetful water, and re-enter the world. They could only watch, but they couldn't respond, they had turned into Lang flowers, and they couldn't even wave. Look at it like this, again and again. Maybe one day the person you cherish will not want to enter the cycle again, and jump off the Lethe River, but it is for another person. I don't know how much it hurts in my heart.

This is the pain that must be experienced in Lethe, and it is only after a thousand years have passed that the soul in Lethe will disappear. Disappear from this world forever. Not a trace remains.

The bank of the Lechuan River is unforgettable, but the bridge is not good.

Lethe River is a river of sadness, where there is no joy, only sadness. Or the whole ghost world is the same, there is no joy, only infinite desolation.

The four of them were mixed among the ghosts, and when they walked out of Huangquan Road, they suddenly saw that these ghosts were divided into many teams and walked towards eleven places. These ghosts should go to the Ten Kings Palace, but some ghosts can directly step on the Nai He Bridge without going through the review of the Ten Palaces of Hades, drink Meng Po's love water, and throw themselves into the best people's homes. Or for the emperor, or for the general. These people were all good people and elites in the human world. They did not commit any wrongdoing in their lives. Although there are few such people, their fate is under their own control, and they do not have to wait for others to pronounce the sentence.

A group of four people followed one of the eleven teams and walked along the river. At this time, they have really come to the ghost world, and what they have to do now is to get rid of the ghost soldiers, find a secluded place, and investigate the location of Lin Yan and Lingzhu. If you have the opportunity, you will meet the ghost emperor.

Several people followed the procession, but their figures were always hidden, in this long procession, far away from the four people. A ghost raised his head, an evil glint in his eyes, and he looked in the direction where the four were. It was as if what was seen was not the void, but the figures of the four people could really be seen.

A strange grin broke out of the corners of his mouth, and his eyes suddenly turned blood-red.