"What's there to be frightened about?" Xiahou Qi said disdainfully: "A person who fights against others will still be frightened by such false words?"
"But the guide didn't look like he was pretending. When General Pei mentioned the city of Bacho, the guide was so frightened that he stuttered."
"Juniors also feel that things are not simple." Wu Nansheng said: "In a place that believes in Bon religion, the words 'unbounded and lawless' are actually used, which is really incredible."
"Is there any explanation for this?" Zhang Xingdao asked.
Wu Nansheng nodded: "In the Bon religion's cosmology, the world is divided into three realms: 'God', 'Zan', and 'Dragon'. All living creatures, gods and demons exist in these three realms, and at the same time exist according to the laws of the teachings, just like In a country, 'boundary' represents territory and 'law' represents regulations. People living in it are bound to both and cannot escape. However, the guide said that it is a land without boundaries and lawlessness. This is like Taoism. Do you think it's strange or not that there is a place that is neither under the control of heaven nor under the control of the underworld, and it is not yet in the human world?"
"Isn't that unreasonable?" Taoist Priest Grimace and Zhang Xingdao said in unison: "They have all escaped from the Three Realms."
"That's not what I mean, junior." Wu Nansheng quickly explained: "This example may not be appropriate, because there is the concept of 'outside the three realms' in Taoism, but in Bon religion, even one god, one demon, one plant and one tree , cannot escape from the Three Realms."
"That is to say, in their view of the universe, the Three Realms are the largest framework."
"right."
"Pindao seems to understand what you mean." The grim-faced Taoist priest said: "Does that mean that Bachao City is a place beyond the awareness of Bon believers?"
"Yes, yes! The Taoist priest described it very aptly."
"It's really strange to say that, a place that exists outside of everything in the world..."
"Pindao remembers that the guide mentioned a word, which seemed to be a 'place where evil spirits gather'. Could this mean that Bacho City is a place similar to hell?"
Wu Nansheng shook his head: "In the Bon religion's cosmology, both the souls of the dead in hell and the living creatures in the world exist in the 'Zan Realm'."
"Humans and ghosts live together?!" Qiu Laicai said in surprise: "Isn't that a mess?"
"There can be no chaos. There is a patron saint in the Zan world to maintain order. This kind of patron saint is called 'Zan'. The Lord of Zan God is equivalent to the King of Hell in the Central Plains culture. However, he does not live underground, but is a 'soul castle' on the ground. , In addition, on the top of the mountains in various places on the plateau, there is a kind of Mani pile with red feather arrows inserted, which is the residence of various praise gods, and the nearby Zangkang covered with red cloth is their "soul room" .”
"This is quite novel, but the Lord of Hell is already on the ground, so why is it left underground?"
"Under the ground is the Dragon Realm, and not only the underground, any rivers, lakes, seas, and even waterfalls and mountains and rocks belong to the Dragon Realm, also known as the 'Yin Realm'. Note that it is not the underworld. Bonism believes that the God Realm and the Dragon Realm are yin and yang opposite. Yes, the gods in the dragon world are mostly female, while the gods in the god world are mostly men. Many of the two are spouses. For example, Gundosam, the 'Mother of the Earth' who gave birth to all things in the dragon world, his spouse is the highest god in the god world. God – Gundo Sambu.”
"What about the divine realm? Is it similar to the Taoist heaven?"
"Well, the frame details are different, but that's basically it."
The Taoist priest with a grimace nodded: "This makes it much clearer. No wonder Brother Wu feels strange. It turns out that there is no concept of the underworld in Bon religion."
"Since it's not ghosts, demons, or other obscure things, then what should they be?" Qiu Laicai asked.
"I can't say for sure what it is now, and I can't be sure that it's not a rumor caused by ghosts." Zhang Xingdao said and looked at everyone: "Don't forget, what is the name of the fight we are going to fight this time."
"To the Hades."
The Taoist priest with a grimace suddenly remembered Pei Shuang's previous words - "We may have to go to the underworld this time." Now that I think about this sentence carefully, it seems to have a different meaning.
There was silence for a moment, and everyone fell into deep thought.
After a while, Xia Houyu, who had not spoken for a long time, finally spoke. He smiled and said: "You juniors like to make calculations before doing anything. Now you only have one side of the story from the guide. What's the use of your calculations? The guide also said Ordinary people wouldn’t be able to survive there, but wouldn’t he himself survive?”
"Huh? That's right!" Qiu Laicai reacted: "The old man is right, hasn't the guide himself been there?"
"You change your attitude so quickly." Xiahou Qi glanced sideways at Qiu Laicai, and then said to himself: "Only some small factions like to make wild guesses out of thin air. They want me to come from a famous family, with a dragon picture above and a gold seal below. , Why don’t you just find the dragon’s pond and the tiger’s den easily?”
"Stop bragging. The Faqiu Gate in "Mountains, Rivers and Dragons" is only half of it, and the Faqiu Golden Seal is even more peerless. Which golden seal do you hold?" The Taoist Priest with a grimace felt extremely disgusted with this villain-like Xiahou Qi, At this time, he didn't give him any face at all, and directly exposed his boastful words to his face.
"You!" Xiahou Qi's face flushed instantly, feeling like he was going to explode in anger the next second.
Qiu Laicai shook his head and sighed: "Oh! There's going to be a fight again."
Xia Houyu saw the Faqiu sect being humiliated. Although he usually did not deal with Xiahou Qi, he still came out to help: "How could Mr. Chen humiliate our sect like this? Shaohai (a fellow junior) today is so ignorant of etiquette? I miss you." When my grandfather Chen Ru was traveling around the world, he couldn’t help but see me..."
"Oh, stop it quickly!" the Taoist priest with a grimace said impatiently: "That bastard in the river still lives a long time, does this poor Taoist have to bow when he sees him?"
"The bastard doesn't seem to be able to live to his age." He Siniang poked the Taoist priest with a grimace and muttered a stab to the side.
"you!"
"Hey! What are you talking about that's so lively?" At this moment, the tent door was suddenly opened, and Pei Shuang walked in with a smile on his face.
"General." Everyone stood up and saluted.
Pei Shuang waved his hands and said, "Continue to sit down. I am here to discuss some issues with you."
"General, please take a seat."
The Taoist priest with a grimace quickly helped Luo Laoqi to gather it. When everyone gathered around and sat down, Pei Shuang said, "I mainly want to talk about the journey ahead. Did you hear what the guide said earlier?"
Everyone nodded.
"What do you think after hearing this?"
Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, but no one answered for a long time.
Seeing no one answered, Pei Shuang said with a smile: "This guide is from the Baoji Kingdom. The Bon religion he believes in is very different from the sect we are familiar with in the Song Dynasty, so his behavior and words are a little... how should I say, some gods Go ahead, but I have already convinced him, and he will take us into Cuogu Pass early tomorrow morning."
