(How can there be pure light? The only thing that can be pure is darkness)
Although Yang Jian said this, the strength of Madam White Bones five hundred years ago was comparable to that of the Demon King.
Besides, this world is between life and death, so it’s better to be careful.
Seeing that Roaring Sky Dog looked sensitive and frightened, he simply let it return to his iron sleeves.
"Let's go and take care of ourselves as we come."
After Yang Jian finished speaking, he led the three monsters into the misty canyon.
The eyes of the sky are wide open, breaking through the fog to explore the future direction.
After about a quarter of an hour, the canyon ended. What appeared in front of a few people was a black water pond spanning hundreds of meters.
And on the other side of the pond is the city that Yin Mu Lian mentioned.
Yang Jian motioned to several people to stop and look at the strange things in the pond from a distance.
The water has no sparkling waves, and the quiet fragrance coils around the branches. The atmosphere is dense and dense, sinking into the black lotus pond.
The water in this pond was originally stained by the black lotus flowers, making it difficult to see the bottom of the water clearly.
As for the black lotus floating in the water, due to the arrival of Yang Jian and the others, the stamens rushed towards them.
"Hiss..." Chang Hao said, "Usually we only see red and white lotus flowers, rarely yellow and purple. This black lotus is indeed weirdly tight..."
Yang Jian said: "When I was practicing cultivation when I was young, I heard my master Yu Ding say that this lotus flower is a treasure handed down from generation to generation in Lingshan Mountain.
There is Tathagata sitting on a golden lotus, and Avalokitesvara sitting on a green lotus. As well as the various Bodhisattvas sitting down, they are all mainly white.
But the origin of this black lotus is unknown..."
"Demon King, there is a bridge over there." Centipede said at this time.
Yang Jian looked along what Centipede pointed and saw a redwood arch bridge on the shore. It only stretched out more than a hundred meters into the pond before it broke.
Yang Jian walked to the edge of the pond, lowered himself down and stretched his hand into the pond, but he didn't expect that his consciousness would follow his fingers and sink into the water!
Yang Jian hurriedly raised his hand and shook it, only to realize that cold sweat began to appear on his forehead for no reason.
Yang Jian boasts that he has supernatural power, and now that he has the blessing of the Heaven-Qi Demon Flag, even if someone has more power than him, he cannot easily sway his mind.
Moreover, this black lotus seems to be an ownerless thing, and it has not been cultivated into a spirit. But he was able to hook his own consciousness in just a few seconds...
What is the origin of this black lotus pond...
"Demon King, is there something wrong with this water?" Chang Hao and others saw that Yang Jian looked wrong and hurriedly stepped forward to ask.
Yang Jian looked at his fingertips and said: "This water cannot be touched. Now that our flying method has failed, I am afraid we can only go there and break the bridge before making any plans."
Several people looked at each other and walked onto the broken bridge.
But Yang Jian still has lingering fears. He has experienced countless killings, but he still knows very little about life and death.
Not only him, but even the gods in the divine world have been relying on the power of faith and the power of the sky, earth, sun and moon to achieve immortality.
But they never ask about the affairs of the underworld.
Even after Yang Jian heard Zu Bodhi mention that the gods had established the cycle of life and death, he went to the Sumeru Mirror to verify the truth.
What was obtained was indeed covered up by the "unconsciousness of the way of heaven".
If the white lotus on the Tathagata's side represents "life", then the black lotus in front of him represents "death".
In his own memory, it seems that the gods of the East and West have never interfered with the affairs of Fengdu, and Yama of the Ten Palaces is just an official sent by the gods to take over reincarnation.
But what about the actual ruler of the underworld...
A terrible thought sprouted in Yang Jian's mind. He recalled the scene when his body was destroyed...
The red letter Zhong Kui in front of the Well of Samsara, the book of life and death that he tore up casually, and the Ming Si Lun hidden by the Jade Emperor.
Which one is not suggesting to him that fate has nothing to do with life and death...
So, could reincarnation already exist before the birth of the Gods?
What is the reason that made the actual ruler of the underworld acquiesce to the takeover of the gods?
Or maybe the gods took over reincarnation through abnormal means? !
"Demon King, there is no way out..."
Yang Xian's words broke Yang Jian's contemplation. The broken bridge had reached the end, but it was still more than two hundred meters away from the shore.
Here you can vaguely see the broken flags standing on the wall on the other side, but you can't see the movement of the army of bones.
At this moment, Yang Jian and the others suddenly heard the water in the pool under the bridge stir up waves. In the bright light, I can see the countless lotus flowers entwined with their branches, rising higher and higher.
Finally, a three-foot-sized black lotus flower gathered in front of the broken bridge.
Everyone was shocked when they saw this. The three monsters immediately raised their magic weapons and prepared to deal with them, but Yang Jian had a stern expression and narrowed his eyes.
A trace of black light suddenly appeared, slowly pushing the lotus bag away. The flowers are divided into nine petals, with flowing stems and leaves. From bottom to top, little bits of red poured into the veins.
What happened next was unexpected by others.
The black lotus pulled out the crimson out of thin air to form a blood network, and then shimmered the black light into a human form.
This human form is unreal, half-permeable with mist, and the blurry face is full of chaos.
He said: "The broken bridge cannot cross you, so please go back."
Yang Jian said: "Now that we are here, is there any reason to turn back?"
The figure said: "You are going to the other side, but do you know that it is not the land of the living?"
Yang Jian said: "I have broken through the Nine Nether Palaces and Ten Palaces, how can I not touch the edge of life and death?"
"Hahaha..." The figure's smile was a little catchy, and he said: "Day and night are divided into half, and the sun rises and the moon sets in just a blink of an eye.
Do you know that for you, this moment is just a breath away?
But for these bones, it is eternity...
This moment is divided into day and night, life and death. "
After hearing this, Yang Jian moved his gaze from the figure to the city on the other side.
"Then according to your words, how can we get to the other side?"
The figure pulled the nine-petal black lotus and made a gesture of invitation sideways.
He said: "I said, living people can't go to that city, and souls can't go either.
Only by putting yourself in a state of neither life nor death can you step into the city gate..."
"Please make it clear." Yang Jian said.
The figure said: "The black water breaks the gate of life, and the black lotus solidifies the soul. The seven souls remain here, and the three souls are alone."
Chang Hao, who was listening to the sidelines, became irritated and immediately shouted: "Where do all these fancy words come from! What do you want from us?!"
Yang Jian murmured: "You mean, let us go down to this black water lotus pond..."
After Chang Hao heard what Yang Jian said, he became angry. He suddenly pulled out a pair of cold iron steel forks and hit the figure!
"You are clearly asking us to die!" Chang Hao shouted angrily.
Yang Jian didn't have time to stop him, he already saw Chang Hao twisting his black python tail and leaping towards the figure.
However, the figure did not move and allowed a pair of steel forks to fall.
"Empty spiritual body?!"
Yang Jian watched helplessly as Chang Hao's steel fork passed through the figure and Hei Lian, but it only faintly shook the figure as if it hit the air.
Chang Hao was so angry that he forgot that his flying technique failed and he fell straight down.
Upon seeing this, Centipede hurriedly flashed out its seven-foot centipede true body and hung its eight legs on the bridge, trying to catch Chang Hao.
It's a pity that things are changing rapidly here, so it's still a step too slow. Chang Hao fell into the black water and didn't even have time to struggle, so he was buried by the black lotus stems and leaves coming from around him!
Yang Jian was anxious. He knew that the black water was powerful. If he didn't get in, something might happen to Chang Hao.
After glaring at the figure angrily, he and Centipede Yang Xian fell into the lotus pond one after another...
The moment they entered the water, thousands of black lotus vines attacked, mixed with wails and resentments, and began to scatter the consciousness of several people.
"All evils disperse!"
Seeing the black lotus approaching fiercely, Yang Jian immediately activated the secret method of Xuan Gong Heavenly Scroll.
However, despite the flash of light, these black lotuses were not affected in any way.
"Heilian is not an evil demon..."
The voice of the figure came to mind again, and Yang Jian took advantage of the dissipated light to vaguely see the three Meishan monsters gradually giving up their struggle.
But he himself still struggled to support his spiritual consciousness with the body method of "purifying the mind".
"Aren't you just here to see those immortal bones? Go to sleep, close your eyes, and you will wake up..."
Tiredness struck, and Yang Jian's consciousness gradually blurred. At this moment, there was eternal darkness, and only the heavenly eye on his forehead still refused to dissipate its light.
I don't know how long it took, but when Yang Jian opened his eyes again, he saw the bodies of himself and the three monsters standing on the shore.
And he was standing on the water a hundred meters away from the shore.
He turned around and found that the figure was also standing aside, and there were three other silhouettes...
"What did you do?" Yang Jian said.
The figure said: "I just separated your souls. The three souls stayed in your bodies, and the seven souls stayed here."
Yang Jian pointed to the physical bodies and said, "Then how will they act?"
The figure smiled and said: "They will act as they should. Do you think they are unconscious now?"
Just as he was talking, the bodies suddenly turned around and looked in the direction of the figures in confusion.
Seeing this, the figure said to the four people on the other side: "The seven souls have been detained, you can just wait and go..."
"What on earth is going on?!" Yang Jian said.
The outlines of the three monsters on the side also began to stir, and the figure said: "I know this is difficult for you to understand. You have always believed that the consciousness and soul of a living being are bound together and are inseparable.
However, have you ever thought about it, when the soul of your divine race leaves the body, is it three souls or seven souls? "
Yang Jian was stunned. The soul leaving the body was the secret method of Xuan Gong Heavenly Scroll. It only recorded the soul leaving the body, but did not detail the matter of the soul.
The figure added: "The three souls are the foundation of the spirit, and the seven souls are the foundation of the law.
In layman's terms, the strength of your seven souls determines the level of your magic power, while the strength of your three souls determines the strength of your physical body.
The same is true for consciousness. The three souls are the original self and the seven souls are the self. Now it is you who is listening to me, and it is you who is controlling the progress of the physical body.
Got it? "
Yang Jian seemed to understand what he heard: "Then according to what you said, the few people who are going forward now have lost all their magic power?"
The figure said: "Yes...and no."
"Reconciliation?" Yang Jian asked.
The figure said: "They did lose their own mana, but when I peeled off your souls, I found that you had external power at my disposal.
I don't know what it is specifically, but this power is enough to keep you safe among those bones. "
"Qitian Demon Flag..." Yang Jian murmured, "Speaking of which, where are you from?"
At this time, the nine-petal black lotus lifted several people and slowly sank into the water. Only in the water did Yang Jian see the face of this figure clearly.
This is the costume of a foot monk, with a bare face without facial features, and a string of skulls hanging on the chest, with a mixed black Buddhist bead in the middle.
What he was wearing was a black cassock with a lotus pattern, and seven black lotus lanterns hung beside him.
The green fire on top looks particularly weird in this black water...
“When I was born, I was confused, and I was always lonely.
All living beings seek eternal light, but I seek eternal darkness.
You can understand that I am the shadow of all things, just like the demon is the shadow of God.
I stay here just to see what will happen to these immortal bones..."
"Are you a Buddhist?" Yang Jian asked awkwardly.
The young monk said: "I said that I am the shadow of all things, and the Buddha is also among all things.
I just landed on this pond and couldn't think of anything more suitable to transform into, so I simply decorated it with a pond of black lotus. It is said to be annihilated. "
The Annihilation Monk tore open a pair of eyes from Wuxiang's face at this time, with those deep eyes staring at Yang Jian...
