"Nine thousand years." Mu Ziyun's smile turned pale, and he thought in his heart: "It only takes a hundred years for the human world to be one generation. According to this woman, the ghost country should be an independent existence that is different from the underworld and the underworld. That is to say , entering this country, I will not be able to re-enter reincarnation, and I will be imprisoned here forever. Haha, although I, Mu Ziyun, am a wicked person, I should not be reduced to this. Even if I am punished, there must be a time limit."/p
The mother-in-law and the girl could naturally hear what Mu Ziyun was thinking. The mother-in-law said: "Don't worry. A living person cannot stay in the ghost country for even half a day, but if the soul of the dead comes in, he may not want to leave for tens of thousands of years." Now, go in, you will find a reason for you to stay, not to mention, you have no other choice other than that. Your body in the world has been dismembered, and no one will repair it for you. Once you go back , you will immediately experience real death again. At that time, the underworld or the underworld will recognize the fact that you are dead, and you will disappear from the earth no matter what."/p
"What if it's repaired?" Mu Ziyun said unwillingly. /p
"Impossible," the ugly girl said, "Think about it, who would sew the neck of a decapitated corpse and then reconnect the broken bones? What's more, there are very few people in the world who have such ability. , you are now in the state of a soul, different from the evil ghosts who crawled from the underworld to the upper world. Resentment gave the evil ghosts a chance to appear, but when you arrived in the upper world, you were just a wisp of Qi. No one would notice you, and you could not find anyone to help you. , and Po Meng also said that you will die immediately when you go to the earthly world."/p
"Meng Po!" Mu Ziyun was shocked, and then said in horror: "This is Naihe Bridge!"/p
The girl was also surprised and asked suspiciously: "How do you know the name of this bridge? This name has a lot of origins. Where did you learn about it?"/p
"I understand, I understand!" Mu Ziyun said excitedly: "The legend is not groundless. People everywhere have legends about death, and most people believe in the existence of 'hell'. People describe the existence of 'hell'. Drink Meng Po and Meng Po soup, cross the Naihe Bridge, and end the past life. There are also ox-headed and horse-faced noodles, which are about you, a little girl. Because your appearance is too ugly, legends use words such as ox and horse to describe you."/ p
"What?" the girl snorted, "You are the ugly one!"/p
"Yes!" Mu Ziyun suddenly understood, "It turns out that hell is not the underworld or another name for the underworld, but another place. I used to wonder, if the souls of the dead really go to hell to be reincarnated, then why would the world know about it? As for the existence of hell, from my contact with the underworld, I have learned that after death, the soul will be quickly removed from the earth, and there is no possibility of lasting forever. If this is the case, then could it be that the Lord of Hell himself passed the news of hell to the earth? person?"/p
Then he thought: "This can explain it clearly. Hell is not responsible for reincarnation. The souls of the dead who came to the ghost country did not die in the real sense of the world. Even if the body has rotted or even disappeared, it is still there. The earth world preserves the meaning of their 'life', so they can still return to the earth world. So for thousands of years, many dead souls must have escaped from the land of ghosts, and then told the stories of their experiences in some special way. The world."/p
But the dead souls will not be noticed by living creatures when they return to the earth. If this is the case, what method did they use? Mu Ziyun suddenly remembered a story his father told him in the "Baliang Mountain Pass" when he was a child: Seven thousand years ago, an old monk fell into a deep valley and died. His disciples did not bury him immediately, but It was at seven hundred and seventy-seven breaths that he was revived with a magic elixir. Legend has it that after the old monk woke up, he cried bitterly and said that he knew the important events after death. It turns out that after death, the soul of the dead will be pulled by the face of a bull-headed horse to see Po Meng, cross the Naihe Bridge and enter hell, and then be reincarnated. Later, the old monk relied on this teaching to conquer a large number of believers, and from then on he carried forward the unknown "Buddha's teaching". /p
Moreover, in the evolution of "Buddha theory" over the years, the image of "hell" has become more and more full. First, there was a theory of resurrection, which refers to the possibility that living people will die within 777 breaths after death. The soul of the deceased was snatched back from the hands of the Minotaur and Horse Face, but after seven hundred and seventy-seven breaths, the soul of the deceased had gone far away, and there was no possibility of resuscitation. Later, it gradually evolved into the theory of "First Seven", which tells that seven days after death, the soul of the dead will return to the earth. Then it emerged that evil people would suffer endless torture in hell, etc. Mu Ziyun had also heard many rumors about the eighteenth level of hell. /p
And this story is also one of the origins of the emergence of "hell". /p
Mu Ziyun suddenly realized and thought to himself: "It should be when the old monk died, before the soul was eliminated from the world, he met the soul that escaped from the Kingdom of Ghosts. The soul cannot be seen by living people, but it should be able to communicate with another soul. When they met, the soul told its own story. It happened that the old monk's soul was brought back again, and the memory did not disappear. The old monk helped the soul spread the story of the ghost country."/p
Po Meng pondered for a while and said: "I have been in charge of this generation of Po Meng for only thirty years. I don't know what you are talking about. This girl has just turned thirteen and has only been a Sa Yu for two years. It is even less likely that she knows those things. Things."/p
"What?" Mu Ziyun said in shock: "You are living people!" Then he thought, yes, there is indeed a kingdom of ghosts in the sea, which means that this place can be known to living people, and even alive. People can come here too. Then he thought about what Meng Po said just now, that the appearance of living people here is different from that of dead people, so he became completely confused again. /p
"Big evil thief, hurry up and cross the bridge. Hum, I'm giving you an advantage!" The girl urged Mu Ziyun to cross the bridge. /p
Mu Ziyun reacted fiercely. He retorted in his heart: "If I don't go, I will die anyway. Why don't I go to the underworld and be reincarnated? Do I have to suffer in hell? When I return to the earth, I will die, but I will be liberated." /p
"Don't even think about it!" Po Meng slapped Mu Ziyun's right shoulder, and the black cherry blossom-shaped mark glowed dimly. Mu Ziyun didn't feel anything strange and looked at Po Meng suspiciously. /p
I heard Po Meng smile and say: "I have opened the Thousand-Eternity Contract with my Lord. The contract will take effect immediately. It doesn't matter if you run away. It will be useless to return to the world. If you don't believe me, you can try it. You will always maintain the state of your soul for thousands of years." , you can repay it slowly. Haha, I advise you to cross the bridge. In the ghost country, you will find a reason to stay."/p
"A lonely ghost?" Mu Ziyun smiled bitterly, "Those things recorded in the weird records also exist. Okay, okay, I'll just cross the bridge."/p
Mu Ziyun stepped onto the Naihe Bridge in despair, and the girl shouted from behind: "If you really want to leave, hurry up and finish what you promised to my Lord. After a thousand years, you still have a chance to ask for my Lord's forgiveness." ."/p
