Chapter 206
Chapter 206
Su and Le Zheng Shui Ling exchanged what they had seen and heard since they separated. Now they didn't know how to return to Suhemati, so they went to see where Su and the others had entered.
Walk a few meters in the opposite direction of the coffin forest and you will see a bridge.
There is a bottomless abyss under the bridge. Looking to the left and right, there is endless darkness with no idea of its boundaries. It seems that there is only this place that can lead to the other side.
Le Zheng Shui Ling stretched out her foot to test it, and said with a smile: "This bridge looks dangerous, but it is actually solid."
Su Xian started to move forward, but as soon as Le Zheng Shui Ling stepped on the bridge, the bridge began to change. Curtains of water fell from it. Le Zheng Shui Ling looked up and stepped back in fright.
She saw a huge face above her. After she stepped back, it disappeared. She tried to stand on it again, and the face reappeared. Water fell from its open mouth. Thinking that it was saliva, Le Zheng Shuiling was extremely disgusted.
Su was watching her from the side, and Le Zheng Shuiling then remembered that she was just on the bridge and showed an apologetic expression.
"Fortunately, I reacted quickly, otherwise I would have been soaked."
"What kind of mechanism is this? Is it dangerous?"
"I don't know if there was any danger, but we all saw it. Those guys with lanterns, carrying the light balls collected from the Black Forest, came in from a door opposite. At that time, we also came through that door.
My brother and I didn't realize you were missing at first, so we quickly used magic to hide. Then we saw those people with lanterns, and some of them went over and some stayed here.
Balls of light flew out of those guys' lamps, and after landing they turned into human shapes, object shapes... Then they walked onto the bridge one by one, and curtains of water fell down one after another.
Then I heard the guys holding lanterns saying: One is to explore all the good and evil deeds in your life, two is to wash away the past dust, three is to overcome the lost path and know how to return, four is to enter the underworld and determine reincarnation. Everyone, please go ahead.
Then they lined up one by one to cross the bridge, turned back into balls of light, and were led away by teams holding lanterns, walking into the forest of coffins. We have no idea where they went in the end.
Seeing that they were about to leave, my brother wanted to go over and grab a few of them to ask about the situation, but the door behind them closed heavily, and then we realized that you were missing.
It was impossible to go back the same way. We were worried that you had been taken away, so we quickly chased after you and ended up in the coffin forest, where the fog blocked our view. Fortunately, my brother and I were able to tell the direction, but then we were mesmerized by the illusion in the forest.
It was when we saw those guys in the coffin forest eating those who got lost in it that we gradually realized they were illusions. We wanted to catch a few of them to ask them, but they couldn't speak at all.
I felt that they were gathering more and more, and I was worried about being at a disadvantage, so I could only persuade my brother to retreat first.
When we went in again, we were still blocked by the illusion, and then we heard your cry for help. I thought it was an illusion, but I would rather believe it than to risk the possibility that I actually saved you."
"We didn't see any illusions. Maybe it's because of the direction we went in."
Su asked her about what happened on the other side of the coffin forest. Le Zheng Shuiling told her what she had seen and heard, and apologized to her. The incident happened suddenly and she did not see it carefully, but even these made Su feel that there was a secret of her and Xuan's life experience on the other side.
"Did you get caught in the rain?"
"No, we walked up like the ones with the lanterns, and we were not drenched with water."
"Sister Su carried me here. At first, I didn't realize that Xiaoyu was ejected from her body by an external force, so I didn't notice that Xiaoyu and you disappeared.
When I realized it, I was panicked and scared. Brother Xuan didn't seem to want to take me with him. Fortunately, Sister Su took me in her arms. "
"Xuan is really right."
"Don't blame him. Brother Xuan is a cold-faced but kind-hearted man. He even protected me in the forest of coffins. I shouldn't have been so scared. I can fly away by myself. Even if I follow him, Brother Xuan won't chase me away."
"You really understand them. Since none of you got wet, I wonder if this water on your head will cause any harm?"
Le Zheng Yuhua had never seen these before. After all, his world was full of legends, and he had never heard of such things. If he really wanted to confront something, he could only think of the Naihe Bridge.
Le Zheng Shuiling was testing frantically until a villain appeared on the bridge, unable to bear it any longer, and hit her foot hard. Le Zheng Shuiling almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, Le Zheng Qiming, who was about to persuade her, caught her from behind.
"Girl, how can you let this Forget-Me-Not fountain be trampled upon?"
Le Zheng Shuiling rubbed the place where she was hit and looked at the little guy with a shrill voice. It turned out to be an old lady who was no taller than her knees. The wrinkles on her face were so deep that her eyes could not be seen. She was leaning on a crutch in her hand, and she had just hit herself with it.
"What are you?"
"Bah, you are such a bad talker. I am the old woman at the entrance to the netherworld, on the Naihe Bridge..."
"Mother Meng."
Le Zheng Yuhua muttered.
"You, a boy, actually recognized me, an old woman. It's interesting that you look unfamiliar."
They already knew that Le Zheng Yuhua came from another world, where there were many legends that they were not aware of, so the two of them were no longer surprised that he said such a thing.
"The entrance to the netherworld? On the Naihe Bridge? Meng Po?"
Le Zheng Shuiling took advantage of the other party's inattention and jumped over her head. Meng Po was angered by her action and was about to punish her.
I saw a curtain of water falling, Meng Po quickly pulled Le Zheng Shui Ling back. At this time, it had become its normal size and its voice was normal as well.
"Girl, you are truly ignorant and fearless."
"Mother-in-law, what will happen if this water falls on you?"
Meng Po smiled triumphantly, waved her cane, and a ray of light struck across, allowing everyone to have a good look at the place and the round door opposite.
"All living things in the world have a lifespan. When their lifespan is up, they die. Their souls are ripped apart and they wander in the dark forest, waiting.
When the full moon comes, it will give us, the ghost clan, great power, and the door to my underworld will open.
The soul guide comes out with a lantern to lead the lost souls, entering from the entrance of the underworld, crossing my Naihe Bridge, and receiving the baptism of three streams of Forgetful Spring water.
Wash away all the experiences, merits, sins, memories, etc. in your life. All these washed away will be remembered by the Forgetful Fountain and taken to the underworld.
Some can enter reincarnation directly, while others must pay for their sins in the underworld before they can enter reincarnation, and some pay after entering reincarnation. Still others will get lost in the coffin forest and become food for the dogs.
Their attachment to things in their previous lives will turn into illusions. If the Soul Guide's call cannot make them let go, they will not be able to enter reincarnation. How sad, how sad, hahahaha."
Everyone was puzzled as to why she was laughing, and Meng Po then realized that they were living people, along with a soul guide and...something unknown.
She quickly took out the Book of Life and Death, which was smaller than the one in Jinxiu's. The three of them roughly confirmed that this might be another entrance to Suhemati.
Le Zheng Shui Ling took the Book of Life and Death while she was not paying attention. Meng Po wanted to take it back but was blocked by Su Ge.
"You are a soul guide, a member of my ghost tribe, why are you helping this stranger?"
"How do you know that I am a soul guide?"
Meng Po cast a spell on her directly, turning Su back into a cat, and then cast another spell on her to restore her human form.
"I haven't seen your fur for a long time, but you look familiar. I'm old, and I've lived for tens of thousands of years, so my eyesight isn't very good."
She took back the Book of Life and Death easily. Just as she was about to check on the situation of Le Zheng, Shui Ling and the others, she found that they all had nameplates on them, so she cast a spell and took them away.
Su signaled Le Zheng, Shui Ling and others not to act rashly. Meng Po's magical power was unfathomable and everyone had seen through it.
"If you have this thing, you should hang it around your waist, so as to avoid misunderstandings from your tribe members and it would be difficult to deal with them if they hurt you."
She cast a spell to make everyone wear it, then looked at Qinglian, who quickly hid behind Le Zheng Qiming. Meng Po glanced at Le Zheng Qiming, then at Qinglian, and smiled knowingly.
"Why is grandma laughing?"
"Every cause has its effect. In the cycle of reincarnation, whoever owes whom will have to pay it back in one lifetime, unless you leave this cycle. Little girl, you are no longer in my cycle of reincarnation. I, the underworld, have no control over your life, and I, the underworld, have no control over your death either. You must remember that this life may very well be the end of your life."
"end?"
“There is no reincarnation.”
Le Zheng Yuhua was the first to react.
The theory of reincarnation is ubiquitous in his world. If Qingguo is not in reincarnation, then after she dies in this life, she will not go to the underworld, nor will she enter reincarnation. She will no longer exist in this world, which is the so-called end.
After listening to Le Zheng Yuhua's tales of the underworld and reincarnation, Le Zheng Shuiling and Le Zheng Qiming also had a general understanding of it. They also gradually understood what Meng Po meant by what she said to Qingguo, but Qingguo still didn't know.
"Grandma, why... why is he not in the reincarnation? He was there at the beginning, but not later. I understand those who died in the coffin forest, but Qinglian is still alive, so why is he not here?"
Meng Po looked at Le Zheng Shui Ling, holding the Book of Life and Death in her hand. Having lived for so many years, she could see through many things at a glance.
"I am only responsible for looking after this place. You all have your own destiny. I will not make any rash comments." She walked towards Le Zheng Yuhua and looked at him. "It is hard to know whether it is good or bad after losing it. Well, this is something that others asked me to do. Now I will hand it over to you."
Le Zheng Yuhua took it from her hand. It was a jade button. Meng Po called it the Sun.
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