Chapter 17: The Eighteen Realms
After walking for an unknown distance, the single-plank bridge finally came to an end, and what appeared in front of Liu Changqing's eyes was a Yellow River with no end in sight, and a white bridge stood on the wide river. This bridge is made up of skulls, no less than a million heads! Looking at the skull bridge in front of him, Liu Changqing couldn't help but think of the white bone bridge he had seen in the Blood Refining Land and Li Xian'er, the two had similarities.
At the head of the bridge, there stood an old woman with a cricket body, her long white hair covering half of her face, and she couldn't see her appearance clearly. Holding a gourd scoop in his hand, he kept scooping out yellow water from the Yellow River and splashing it into the air, not knowing what to do.
Liu Changqing took a step towards the Skull Bridge, and a line of ghosts immediately appeared in his eyes, his eyes were dull, and he walked bustling onto the bridge deck of the hole head and walked towards the opposite bank. At the head of the bridge, there is a stone tablet of Zhangxu, on which the words "Naihe Bridge" are written!
Liu Changqing's body was shocked, could it be that this is the legendary Naihe Bridge? The old woman at the head of the bridge should be Meng Po?
Liu Changqing turned his gaze to the old woman, only to see that every scoop of yellow river water she spilled was drunk by some ghosts below with their mouths open, and then one by one, their eyes became dull, and they lined up and walked towards the Naihe Bridge.
Some of the ghosts on the bridge walked smoothly across the bridge deck, and some were thrown into the Yellow River below by the shaky bridge, and were immediately dragged into it by the monsters that jumped out of it, and a few ups and downs disappeared.
Liu Changqing took out a fist big green bead in his hand, it was Bi Youzhu! Bi Youzhu emitted a pale green halo, wrapping Liu Changqing's body up and down, Liu Changqing's breath changed, and it became the same as those ghosts, gloomy, and all the ghosts around him who were originally curious about him lost interest and turned their heads away.
Liu Changqing walked towards the Naihe Bridge.
"Young man, you haven't drunk my 'Meng Po' soup yet, why did you get on the Naihe Bridge?" The old man's voice came, but it was Meng Po who raised her head and looked at Liu Changqing.
Liu Changqing also looked at Meng Po, but found that the old woman's eye sockets were hollow, and there were no eyeballs!
Liu Changqing stopped and did not move, waiting quietly. An imperceptible smile appeared on the wrinkled face of the old woman Meng Po: "Young man, are you bullying the old woman with bad eyes and trying to get by?"
Liu Changqing was immediately speechless, and walked towards the old woman, but the two refining corpses behind him stopped in the distance and did not follow.
"Hello old man. Liu Changqing said.
"The young man was very polite, nice. Meng Po scooped out the yellow water from the Yellow River behind her and splashed it, and said to Liu Changqing: "Young man, where are you going?"
Liu Changqing looked at the yellowing river, recalling the scene just now when he saw a few yin spirits falling into the river and being dragged into it by the monsters that jumped out of the river, and he couldn't help but feel nausea in his stomach, and he almost wanted to vomit, but he forcibly held back.
"Hehe, young man, don't you feel disgusting? You can see clearly, the old woman scoops up the same as the one in the river!" Meng Po seemed to find Liu Changqing very uncomfortable, and said.
Liu Changqing hurriedly took a closer look, but found that none of Meng Po's scoops were scooped out of a basin floating in the Yellow River behind her, not the water in the river. But I kept seeing Meng Po scooping out the yellow Meng Po soup from the basin, but the soup in the basin has not decreased, which is really strange.
Liu Changqing looked at Meng Po, and felt that she seemed to be smarter than someone with eyes, and she knew that her subtle reactions could be perceived. In that case, will she know Wen'er's whereabouts?
Liu Changqing thought about it, calculated the time, and slowly said, "Old man, the junior wants to ask you about something." About eighty years ago, a dead woman came from the Xuantian Continent, her soul was embedded in the soul nourishing wood, where did she go?" After speaking, Liu Changqing looked at Meng Po nervously, hoping to get an accurate answer.
Meng Po stopped the movement in her hand, thought seriously for a moment, raised her head, and under the dim sky, she revealed her full appearance, although she was extremely old, she could vaguely see the shadow of her youth, and she could be said to be a beauty.
"Young man, not eighty years ago, but one hundred and eighty-one years, three months and seven days. On that day, I remember the old body very clearly, there was a goose feather snow in the first realm of reincarnation that had not rained or snowed for 100,000 years, and it was three days and three nights, all of which were red blood! At midnight on the third day, two bull heads and horse noodles came to the old body with a beautiful woman, although the woman drank the old body's Meng Po soup, she was still very conscious. “
The old body was very strange at that time, so he took a serious look at her, and found that her soul was embedded in a very rare soul-nourishing wood, so she remained awake. The woman told the old man that if someone came to her, ask him to go back, and don't bother to rescue her! The Netherworld, also known as the Netherworld, is full of dangers and dangers, and it is not something that human beings can fight with, so let that person not lose his life in vain!"
Liu Changqing was already in tears at this moment, Wen'er was still thinking about his safety at this moment, let herself not rescue her, she had to find her!
Wait, Meng Po said one hundred and eighty-one years ago, how can she calculate seventy years? The longest time was in the Yellow Heaven Absolute Realm, there were thirty ** years, and then she came to the Netherworld and retreated for twenty years, plus ten years in the Echo Valley and other fragmentary times, but it was only about eighty years, how could Meng Po say that it was one hundred and eighty-one years?
Could it be that his own 100 years in the Nameless Palace are also counted? How is this possible? What is going on?
"Old man, are you sure you're not mistaken?" asked Liu Changqing in a trembling voice, if what Meng Po said was true, then he didn't have much time left, only one hundred and nineteen years.
"Young people, don't underestimate the old body. Although the old body is very old, he has a very good memory. A day millions of yin spirits can clearly remember where they came from and where they can go, not to mention the vision from heaven when the beautiful woman comes, it won't be wrong!"
Liu Changqing's head buzzed big, he didn't expect that time was so urgent, he thought that there was still a lot of time to find Wen'er, who knew that it would be less than one hundred and twenty years! One hundred and twenty years can be a lifetime for mortals, but for monks, it is a snap of a finger! And the Netherworld is so big, where can he find Wen'er? One hundred and twenty years is too short!
Thinking of this, Liu Changqing turned around and ran towards the Naihe Bridge, he wanted to hurry up and find Wen'er!
"Young man, don't panic yet. The old body has not finished speaking. You can't run around like a headless fly. If the old body is not mistaken, that beautiful woman has entered the thirteenth realm, and if you want to go, you must pass one realm after another!"
Liu Changqing gratefully bowed to Meng Po, "Thank you for telling the old man!" He was full of gratitude to Meng Po in his heart, which was a very important clue, which could save a lot of detours and a lot of time.
"Old man, your eyes" Liu Changqing wanted to repay Meng Po, but saw that Meng Po's eye sockets were hollow, and the eyeballs inside should have been dug out.
Millions of years ago, because the old body saw something that should not be seen, a pair of eyes were gouged out and thrown away, and now I am afraid that I will not be able to find it. Meng Po sighed and said disappointedly.
Liu Changqing nodded, I'm afraid I won't be able to recover, so I can only pay more attention to some exotic treasures in the future and see if I can replace her eyes.
"In that case, the juniors will find a way to find a replacement for you. If the younger generation is not mistaken, there is a special elixir in the Eighteen Realms in the Netherworld, called the 'Eye Pearl', which itself is a kind of bead that can replace human eyes. If there is an opportunity, the juniors will find it for the seniors to repay the kindness of the seniors!"
"Then the old body will thank you first. By the way, if you have the opportunity to encounter two kinds of spiritual eyes, you can help the old body get them back, and that is the eyes of the old body. One is called 'yin eye', which is black, and the other is called 'yang eye', which is white. ”
"Yes, senior, junior remember, junior farewell!"
Liu Changqing left Meng Po and walked quickly onto the Naihe Bridge, striding inside. The Naihe Bridge floated up and down, and the ghosts around Liu Changqing were thrown out, screaming and being swallowed up by the Yellow River on both sides, not knowing where to be sent.
There were a few times when Liu Changqing was almost bumped down by the Naihe Bridge, as if an invisible hand was pushing Liu Changqing, and Liu Changqing realized that it was not the Naihe Bridge that made those ghosts fall into the Yellow River, but a mysterious force of rules that pushed the ghosts into the river.
But Liu Changqing is not a ghost, and he was forcibly carried by Liu Changqing several times, so he passed the Naihe Bridge without danger.
The moment Liu Changqing stepped out of the Naihe Bridge, Liu Changqing was stunned by the scene in front of him.
At the front of the Nai River Bridge, there was a sea of fire, and red flames kept rising from the ground. In the sea of fire, there are countless ghost pawns who come and go, two ghost pawns are in a group, one ghost pawn holds the ghost coming down from the Nai River Bridge, and the other ghost pawn holds a red-hot iron tongs, clamps the tongue of the yin ghost, and then pulls it out! When the fiery red tongs fall on the tongue, bursts of green smoke come out, and the yin soul screams again and again, making people feel creepy!
The most terrifying thing is that after the Yin Soul's tongue is pulled out, it grows intact again, and the ghost pawns around him begin to pull out their tongues again!
Is this the origin of the first realm of the Eighteen Realms, the "Tongue Pulling Realm"? Through a period of understanding, Liu Changqing knew that in addition to being named in order, the Eighteen Realms also had other names. Starting from the first realm of "tongue pulling realm", they are also called "scissors realm", "iron tree realm", "evil realm", "steamer realm", "copper pillar realm", "knife mountain realm", "iceberg realm", "oil pot realm", "cow pit realm", "stone pressure realm", "spring mortar realm", "blood pool realm", "vain death realm", "punishment realm", "volcano realm", "stone grinding realm", "knife and saw realm" and other eighteen names.