White Bone Monkey King

"Going to Yin?"

Jin An and the old Taoist priest looked at each other.

Unexpectedly, the eminent monk from Bailong Temple actually came to visit him for this purpose.

After being surprised, Jin An shook his head and apologized to Master Shanneng, saying that he and the old Taoist priest would not go into trouble.

After hearing Jin An's answer, Master Shanneng just looked at Jin An and smiled without saying a word.

Jin An immediately understood what the other party meant.

He looked slightly surprised.

The man in front of me was indeed a distinguished monk from Bailong Temple, and he actually knew how to behave in the dark way.

But Jin An did not give an answer immediately. Instead, he asked Master Shanneng doubtfully, why he came to them?

Master Shan Neng did not hide anything. He said bluntly that when traveling in the Yin world, the physical body is in the Yang world and the soul descends to the Yin world. At that time, the physical body in the Yang world is equivalent to an empty shell, without any protection or resistance in the face of danger.

If an enemy suddenly breaks in and destroys the body at that time, then the soul will never be able to return to the earth.

So Master Shanneng approached Jin An, the old Taoist priest, and the He family.

He planned to go to the underworld in person at the He family, which was the most protected and had many masters. If Jin An and the old Taoist priests were unwilling to accompany him to the underworld, then he wanted to ask Jin An and the old Taoist priests to protect his body.

It would not cause his body to suffer disaster and be destroyed.

What Master Shanneng said is true. Now in Lingqian Township, the place with the most stringent protection is the He family's ancestral residence.

Just the dozen or so direct bodyguard masters brought by the eldest lady are all experts in horizontal training who can fight in close quarters, and they can also bend their bows and pierce the enemy with a hundred steps.

There are also dozens of people working in the He family's ancestral home, all of which are well-trained.

The strength gathered in the He family's ancestral home at this time was comparable to a local armed force.

The reason why Master Shanneng chose to go to Lingqian Township instead of returning to the Bailong Temple where masters from the Luohan Hall of the Discipline Academy gathered and then go to the underworld again was because Master Shanneng was worried about long nights and many dreams.

I am worried that the longer I am delayed on the way back and forth to Fucheng, the more the truth will be erased.

Master Shanneng also just arrived in Lingqian Township this morning. He was going to leave in the evening. He really didn't waste a moment and cared about the common people. Since Master Shanneng is willing to make such a sacrifice, Jin An will naturally not refuse. After all, he is now a half-Taoist disciple, so he cannot discredit or hold back Taoist disciples when he travels around the world.

This is called getting involved in cause and effect.

"Okay, I would like to accompany Master Shanneng on a trip to the underworld."

"Old Taoist, you and Xiejian are responsible for protecting Master Shanneng and I's bodies from being stolen by big rats or wild cats, and we cannot return to the sun before dawn."

"I know that you, old Taoist, also want to follow me to the underworld, but there is no one to take care of me when sharpening my sword. I'm worried that my body will be hollowed out by Madam Mouse, Zongzi, and Wong Tai Sin, and he will be able to sit still in a daze."

The old Taoist priest who originally wanted to go to the underworld was immediately amused by Jin An's words.

"Little brother, who is Mrs. Mouse?"

The old Taoist priest looked at Jin An curiously.

Jin An thought for a while and replied: "A big rice dumpling that cannot be eaten."

…

Talk about it.

The first time Jin An went to the underworld, he lay in a coffin and went to the underworld with Mr. Yin and Yang.

But that trip to the underworld was definitely not the way for a normal living person to go to the underworld.

That time he was almost entangled by an invisible dead child. It could be said that there were many dangers along the way, and he almost escaped death.

So Jin An was very curious, what would it be like for a normal person to go underworld?

And this was one of the reasons why he agreed to accompany Master Shanneng on his journey to the underworld.

Seeing that Jin An agreed to walk together, Master Shanneng chanted a Buddhist chant and began to arrange for them to walk together.

First, a pregnant woman who had just given birth prematurely and stillborn was invited and the fetal remains were dug out.

It was not easy to find a candidate at the beginning. The people of Kangding State were very particular about burying themselves in peace. There was no reason to dig graves after burial. No one else would agree.

Fortunately, He's family came forward at this time.

Mr. He ordered someone to find an honest couple with dark skin and wearing linen clothes. They looked like they had to work hard every day with their faces facing the loess and their backs turned to the sky. He is a tenant of the He family.

The couple is clean and tidy, and they don't look like those in the old society who were sallow and skinny and didn't have enough to eat all year round.

This also reflects that the He family has a good reputation in the local area and is not harsh on these tenants.

But there was an unconcealable sadness about this couple.

Not long ago, their unborn child was born prematurely and died prematurely. The couple was deeply shocked.

When the He family came forward and told the reason in person, they said that the real culprit who caused so many babies to die prematurely in Lingqian Township may still be at large. Today, some eminent monks and Taoist priests want to use the corpses of babies who died prematurely and those who worked hard to conceive them for several months. The mother helped, started a forum, found the real culprit, and avenged the people of Lingqian Township for so many innocent babies who died young.

As soon as she heard that her child who had died in infancy was mentioned again, and the sad thing was mentioned again, the mother suddenly burst into tears of grief, and the husband sighed to comfort his wife.

After some persuasion from the He family, the couple finally agreed to assist in the excavation and also agreed to re-excavate the bones of the unborn child that had been buried.

When the He family offered compensation, the couple refused, saying that although they were from poor backgrounds, they knew how to act with conscience and repay kindness.

Everyone is also trying to find the real culprit for their children, so how can they be greedy for money without conscience.

"Amitabha."

"After this incident is over, the Poor Monk Association and the two Taoist priests will personally recite the salvation sutra for all the children in Lingqian Township for three days and three nights, hoping that they will be able to see their parents again in their next life."

Master Shanneng sang the Buddha's name and spoke with great compassion.

"Supreme Taiyi saves the Lord Kutian." Jin An and the old Taoist priest nodded in agreement with Master Shanneng's statement.

actually.

Jin An and the old Taoist priest knew it very well.

The three souls and seven souls of those premature fetuses were all eaten by ghost fetuses. In fact, their souls were completely annihilated and dissipated from this world.

Although family members do not tell lies, sometimes a white lie can alleviate the pain of a living person while they are still alive.

The dead cannot be resurrected, but the living must continue to live. If a white lie can reduce the suffering of living people, Jin An and the old Taoist priest are willing to tell this white lie.

Master Shanneng is a truly enlightened monk.

…

Now that the candidate has been chosen.

Then the next step is to go straight to the negative side.

Master Shanneng began to talk in detail about this incident.

Well.

When Jin An listened to the process of the Yin Walk this time, well, he thought he would finally see a normal Yin Walk this time, but it turned out that the Yin Walk this time was still different from what he imagined.

Because the three souls and seven souls of those premature fetuses have been eaten by the ghost fetuses in Zhang's belly, which means that their souls are gone.

After the soul was gone, naturally there was no resentment.

Because you have been completely annihilated from the five elements of heaven, earth, and reincarnation, and no longer exist.

However, walking in the underworld requires the help of the deceased's obsession or resentment in order to go to the underworld to search for the real culprit, so this makes it impossible to go to the underworld normally according to common sense.

Therefore, Master Shanneng thought of another way to escape the yin.

"I wonder if the two Taoist priests have ever heard of a mother-son heart-to-heart relationship?"

"In The Twenty-Four Filial Piety, there is an allusion called 'biting one's fingers to hurt one's heart.' It is said that one day, a filial son went to the mountains to collect firewood, and guests came to the house. His mother was at a loss, so she bit her own finger with her teeth. The filial son suddenly felt I felt distressed, so I hurriedly carried firewood and returned home quickly to ask my mother why. My mother said, 'A guest suddenly arrived, I will bite my finger to let you know.'"

"For another example, in the spring of a certain year, a couple was busy sowing spring seeds in the fields. Suddenly, the mother felt restless and in a trance, as if she had a premonition that something bad was about to happen. The mother lost her mind. She was doing farm work in the fields and was running home when she saw her only son who was left at home and almost fell from a height. If she hadn't run home in time to catch the child, the consequences would have been disastrous."

"Another example is a child who was abducted by human traffickers when he was a baby. When the baby grows up, the long-lost mother and child have a special feeling when they reunite in a different place and recognize each other at a glance."

Master Shanneng continued to explain with Ci Mei: "This poor monk went to the underworld this time because he planned to use this mother-child connection to connect hearts."

"As the saying goes, ten fingers connect to the heart. The left hand is closest to the heart, and the little finger corresponds to the heart and kidneys. Later, the poor monk will use three thin red ropes to tie the left little fingers of himself, Taoist Jin'an, and the baby in the coffin. Finally, this Three thin red strings will be tied to the little finger of Donor Zheng’s left hand.”

The donor Zheng mentioned by Master Shanneng was the woman from the couple that the He family found.

After saying this, Master Shanneng asked the He family to find the thin red rope.

While the He family was looking for the thin red rope, Master Shanneng carefully took out a small brocade box from his arms.

Then he dipped some solidified antique yellow lamp oil from the brocade box. The amount was not much, only a little bit as small as the gap between fingernails.

Precious.

When the solidified ancient yellow lamp oil is put into the bronze lampstand on the table, it melts.

A vision happened.

The candlelight on the table, which was originally just an ordinary wick of the He family, turned into a golden steaming flame in an instant. Jin An even felt the rich atmosphere of Buddhism from it.

sacred.

Pure.

Pure Yang.

Buddha nature.

No impurities.

Jin An was surprised.

"This is the lamp oil in front of the Buddha. The lamp oil in front of the Buddha in Bailong Temple has accumulated ten kinds of merit for Buddhist believers. Like the ever-lasting lamp, it can be seen that the past has passed."

"As long as the Buddha's lamp remains bright, it can protect us from being overturned by the nine-curved yellow spring water in the underworld, and from being lost in the yellow whirlwind and black whirlwind."

Past Buddha?

Isn't this the ancient burning Buddha?

Jin An was surprised again.

Buddhism has three ancestors, namely the present Buddha, the past Buddha, and the future Buddha.

The Randen Ancient Buddha is the Buddha of the past.

Walking into the underworld is basically walking into the world of the dead. Seeing the past, Master Shanneng used lamp oil in front of the Buddha to walk into the underworld, which makes sense.

After the He family found the thin red rope, everything was ready and they started walking.

By this time, it was already completely dark outside.

After clearing the room, there were only three people and one corpse left in the room. Thin red ropes were tied to the little fingers of the left hands of several people. This is called a destiny that leads thousands of miles and the world is just a thin thread apart.

Just when Jin'an was curious about how to get out of the underworld next, Master Shanneng began to chant the Dharma, which became more and more grand and illusory, but Jin'an clearly saw that Zheng and Master Shanneng in front of him were still still there. exist.

But the sound continued to become more and more ethereal, becoming more and more distant.

Jin An was shocked.

His shock was like a person suddenly waking up from a half-sleep, and then found that he was already in a black and white world, surrounded by thick fog, unable to reach out, and visibility was extremely low.

It really is a true portrayal of no end in sight and no end in sight.

At the same time, countless people's whispering voices sounded in my ears, which were strange, evil, seductive and depraved.

After Jin An was at a loss at first, he immediately calmed down and realized that he had descended into the underworld.

Jin An turned around and looked around. He was the only one nearby.

At this moment, he seemed to notice something. He lowered his head and saw a thin red rope wrapped around the little finger of his left hand. The thin red rope extended into the fog in front of him. Who knows where it extends?

Snap.

Before he had taken a few steps, he stepped on a small puddle under his feet. He seemed to be standing on the bank of a river at this time?

A strange look appeared on Jin An's face.

He went to the underworld twice, but not once according to the normal process. The first time was when he was lying in a coffin, and the second time was when mother and son were connected...

Jin An shook his head.

Quickly get rid of all the random thoughts in your mind.

Snap!

Snap!

Jin An began to run quickly in the foggy area, wanting to find Master Shan Neng as soon as possible.

…

In thick fog.

There were hurried footsteps that broke the calmness in the mist, and there were feet stepping on splashing puddles, and heavy footsteps approaching step by step.

At first, only footsteps were heard in the mist, and no one could be seen.

As time goes by, the footsteps are getting closer and closer, and they are getting faster and faster. The footsteps of a person running through the puddles, the footsteps of two people running through the puddles, three people, four people, five people... …

The footsteps were dense, and there were no less than a hundred people running in a hurry.

suddenly!

In the fog where nothing could be seen, a dark shadow appeared vaguely. The dark shadow was getting closer and closer. It was several feet tall, as majestic and tall as a black tower.

Snap!

Snap!

The sound of hurried footsteps got closer, and only then did I see the blurry black shadow behind the fog, which vaguely looked like a huge monster with many heads and arms.

The breath is like a demon.

The rampaging Barbarian quickly approached the shore.

But the footsteps of hundreds of people were also approaching, as if they were chasing the tall demon god in front of them.

The distance between the two is quickly closing.

Just when the two were about to collide, the vision suddenly brightened up. The majestic multi-headed and multi-armed black shadow of the demon god, which was as tall as an iron tower, disappeared. Then, rushing out of the fog was a Taoist priest in five-color robes. Jinan.

Jin An, who finally boarded the soul boat safely after crossing his feet, turned his head to look at the river bank behind him with an ugly expression.

There seemed to be hundreds of cyan-skinned non-human paws standing in the mist.

But those only have human feet, no legs, and no bodies, so they are as scary as you want them to be.

Green-skinned soles crowded the river bank.

Looking at the direction of the soles of their feet, they seemed to be looking unwillingly towards the direction where Jin An was leaving by boat.

It wasn't until he was far away from the river bank and the thick fog blocked his vision that the river bank could no longer be seen, that Jin An withdrew his gaze.

"Taoist Master Jin'an, it seems that your journey is full of dangers?"

Master Shanneng, who was leaning on a pole at the stern of the boat, looked at Jin An curiously, as if he was wondering how Jin An provoked so many resentments from the dead in the underworld.

Jin An's face turned dark.

He was also speechless.

It seems that neither of the two times he went to Yin was peaceful and smooth.

The first time I provoked a transparent dead child who fell into the water and drowned.

The second time was even more brutal.

Directly provoking hundreds of disembodied human feet.

"Master Shanneng, am I the only one who has encountered evil spirits along the way? Didn't you encounter anything strange along the way?" Jin Anxin asked unwillingly.

Master Shanneng shook his head.

Monks do not lie.

He was indeed calm along the way.

That's why he was particularly curious, how did Jin An arouse so many resentments from the dead?

It was bad luck when he mentioned this matter. Jin An screamed that he was wronged. He followed the thin red rope and ran directly to the soul-inducing ship without daring to waste a moment.

Unexpectedly, in the mist where only his footsteps were heard at first, the footsteps of another person suddenly sounded.

Jin An, who had already experienced traveling to the underworld once, knew that he was entangled by the resentment of the dead that lingered in the underworld for a long time, so he did not dare to delay for a moment on the road and ran as fast as he could without looking back.

As a result, as he ran, the footsteps behind him not only did not become farther due to the distance, but became more and more numerous.

At first it was the sound of one person's footsteps, but it immediately turned into two, four, eight, eight became sixteen...

The footsteps following him seemed to be splitting without limit. The footsteps became denser and denser, forcing him to finally visualize the Great Demon God Tuotian and run with all his strength in his spiritual martial arts.

It's easy to say.

But only Jin An understands the dangers of life and death.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been forced to use his spiritual martial arts and run for his life with all his strength.

He was really close to being caught up by the strangely split feet behind him.

After listening to Jin An's description, Master Shanneng couldn't guess what kind of evil spirit Jin An encountered.

According to what Master Shanneng said, he has consulted Buddhist scriptures and manuscripts. According to the clues left by his ancestors, the underworld seems to have existed longer than the upper world?

Therefore, the underworld is larger than the yang world, just like the human world is a sea of ​​suffering, boundless, and no living being can escape from this sea of ​​suffering and reach the real other shore.

Therefore, no one can tell how many kinds of evil and weird things exist in the underworld from ancient times to the present. Because in this world, people are dying every moment, and weird and bizarre tragedies of people who die unjustly and tragically and die unjustly happen every moment.

People's hearts!

Ruyuan!

All ghosts and gods are afraid!

On the contrary, the remnants and grievances of the dead in the underworld, as the years go by and become more ancient, are also accumulating and becoming more powerful. They are everywhere filled with despair, curses, darkness, weirdness, and evil that can lead people to fall...

"Master Shanneng, didn't Mrs. Zheng go down to the underworld with us?"

After talking about the dangerous things he encountered on the road, Jin An looked at the two of them on the soul-inducing boat and curiously asked Master Xiang Shanneng.

Master Shanneng: "The underworld is too dangerous. From ancient times to the present, no one can guarantee that he will not miss the chance to go to the underworld, so the poor monk left the donor Zheng in the upper world. As long as the ever-bright Buddha lamp does not go out, as long as the ten-finger string connected to the heart remains unbroken. , with the help of Taoist Priest Jin'an and the poor monk, we can also find the real murderer and the missing Zhang family."

"If it is really those innocent little lives that Zhang killed, Amitabha."

Listening to Master Shanneng's words, Jin An seemed to have a feeling in his heart. He caught a trace of the feeling in the vast void.

That feeling came from a certain direction.

Jin An: "?"

Could this be the heart-to-heart connection between mother and son?

Jin An: "!"

Just when Jin An was thinking wildly, in the mist, Jin An saw the soul attracting boat passing Lingqian Township, but the soul attracting boat did not stop, and actually continued to drift forward along the Jiuqu Huangquan Road under its feet.

After traveling for a while, Jin An was surprised.

Why does the soul-inducing ship seem to be floating towards Fucheng?

This discovery immediately made Jin An frown. Could it be that the group of antique dealers brought Zhang and the ghost child back to the city?